text: Abstracts: 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroentrology, Hepatology and Nutrition: Porto, Portugal, June 1-4, 2005INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY IN HEALTHY BREAST-FED INFANTS, DURING THE POSTNATAL PERIOD SY5-02Castellaneta, SP1; Masciale, A1; Zaccaro, A1; Straziuso, S2; Miniello, V2; Gatti, F3; Polimeno, L3; Francavilla, R3 Author Information 1PO Pediatria - Ospedale San Paolo, Bari, Italy. 2Clinica Pediatrica - University of Bari, Bari, Italy. 3CIRGEEE (Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca di Gastroenterologia ed Epatologia Pediatrica dell'Età Evolutiva) - University of Bari, Bari, Italy. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition: May 2005 - Volume 40 - Issue 5 - p 632 Free Background and Aim: The maturation of the intestinal epithelial barrier play an important role during the postnatal period and few data are available on the exact timing of gut closure in neonates. The aim of our study was to assess the timing of maturation of the gut barrier by the measure of the intestinal permeability (IP) in full term infants. Patients and methods: Twenty-nine full term infants born by vaginal delivery and exclusively breast fed entered the study. Caesarian section, therapies with antibiotics or probiotics, partial formula feeding, febrile or chronic diseases and a positive family history for atopy were considered exclusion criteria. All underwent double sugar (lactulose and mannitol) intestinal permeability test according to Generoso et al. 1 using pulsed amperometric detection (DIONEX DX 600) at birth and at day 20, 40 and 70 of life. The lactulose-to-mannitol ratio (L/M) was determined as a marker of IP. Results: 19 infants (65,5%) completed the study, 8 (27,5%) disattended one or more IP determination and two (7%) were excluded for antibiotic treatment. Mannitol excretion significantly increased (Day 0: 3,8%; D10: 5,9%; D20: 7,5%; D40: 8,1%; D70: 7,9%; p < 0.01) and lactulose decreased (Day 0: 0,6%; D10: 0,4%; D20: 0,3%; D40: 0,3%; D70: 0,1%; p < 0.01) respectively during the study period. L/M progressively decreased reaching the normal value at day 20 (Day 0: 0.16; D10: 0,07; D20: 0,04; D40: 0,03; D70: 0,02; p < 0.001). The test was well tolerated by all infants. Summary and conclusion: Our study show that the IP to sugar probes in healthy breast fed infants is high at birth and progressively decrease during the first two months of life: however yet at 20 days the maturation of the IP and the gut closure seems to be completed.© 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.View full article text


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St Andrew's Parish of Indooroopilly
Feast of All Saints
Luke 6.20-31
Sunday 3 November
Make a nesting place ©Sue Grimmett
The lives of the official Saints can be daunting. Like a glossy magazine cover, many of the narratives of these superhuman men and women have been airbrushed to eliminate flaws but have also grown in strangeness as centuries of the faithful have elaborated and made their stories more fantastical.
We may look at the examples of St Patrick driving all the snakes out of Ireland, or St Francis calming the savage wolf and write off saints to the category of fairy tales. At other times we may read stories of incredible courage and selflessness, from Mary, the mother of Jesus offering herself to God's will to the earliest followers of Jesus who refused to renounce their faith and were put to death in Roman arenas, to modern days saints like Mother Teresa who renounced the world and dedicated their lives to living and working with and amongst the poor. When we measure up our own lives against the example of such as these, we may feel that we could never aspire to a place amongst 'all the saints'.
Reading the blessings and the woes from Jesus' famous sermon may not leave us feeling any better. It seems like the path set out for us will be full of renunciation and self-sacrifice. When we hear, "Blessed are the poor, blessed are the hungry, blessed are those who weep, blessed are those who are hated" it is hard to not be confronted by this perspective where all we have ever been taught about success, power and protection of our self-image is turned upside down. Jesus words about the blessings of poverty, hunger, mourning and persecution may seem a harsh expectation and an exercise in pointless self denial. If this is what it means to be a saint, we might think, those of us with wealth, full stomachs, lots of laughter and plenty of friends are never going to make the grade.
But maybe we have renunciation all wrong. One of my favourite stories of saintly self-denial is the tale of St Kevin and the blackbird. Kevin, kneeling and praying with his arms outstretched finds the confines of his tiny cell too great and extends his arm out the window. A passing blackbird spies his open hand, and, seeing in it a cosy nesting site, alights and settles in Kevin's upturned palm. Kevin, feeling the warm soft body and tiny claws, takes pity on the creature and remains, his arm a branch and his hand a shelter through the sun and the rain as the bird lays eggs and settles into the long days of incubation. Now this is an apocryphal story and one that seems to glorify self-sacrifice and suffering. This saint after all could have shaken that bird off as soon as it landed so he could pursue more worthwhile things. There is hardly much glory for a saint in hatching eggs.
But what can this whimsical story teach us? I think the poet David Whyte captures something of the life-giving, joyful nature of service in his poem, Coleman's Bed;
Make a nesting now, a place to which
the birds can come, think of Kevin's
prayerful palm holding the blackbird's egg
and be the one, looking out from this place
who warms interior forms into light.
Human beings dream of greatness, but it tends not to be the patient, tender practice of making of our lives a nest and "warming interior forms into light".
The story of St Patrick also points us to the meaning of what it is to be a saint whose life becomes a nesting place for God to birth something new. As a boy, Patrick was a slave amongst the Irish and had no use for them, railing against their heathen ways even as he felt called to evangelise. One day, Patrick encountered two strangers who blocked his way and asked for his name. "Magonus Succatus Patricus, late of Britain" he told them, in true Roman form.
The strangers rebuffed this saying, "For sure he is Padraig!" They then go on to tell him that they are Finians sent back from another world and another time to tell him legends of days lost in mist and shadow.
Patrick rails at them for heathen foolishness, but is pulled up short by a voice from deep within, that same voice that had called him back to Ireland, saying "I have sent them."
According to the story, after that Patrick would come to one of these men and entreat them to tell these heroic tales of the past. As Patrick listened to the stories he slowly began to love the people who had enslaved him. This is a story not of heroic feats of magic like driving out the snakes, nor of stoic self-denial. It is a tale of repentance and openness to the Spirit who is always calling us to a wider more generous hospitality. For Patrick, it would have meant that there was some weeping as he let go of his own sense of who he was and all he thought he knew so that he could create the space for the other who had been his enemy. But in doing so, Patrick made a nesting space in Ireland for the Spirit to 'warm new forms into light'. When Jesus says, "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you" he is not asking us to suffer but to be open to the surprising gift of the other and to the joy of conforming our lives to the way of God's love.
When we hear stories of the saints we may reflect on their self-denial, but I don't think we talk enough about the suffering entailed in pursuing a self centred life. In our culture that seeks pleasure, popularity and prosperity at seemingly all costs, we create hell, for both ourselves and others, when we do not learn to surrender and instead allow the demands of our controlling natures to take over. We seem to presume that self-sacrifice is something we should do, and expect it to feel bad, and that pursuit of our own pleasures is something that is selfish but feels good. But what if we haven't realised that we are being invited into something far greater and more joyful?
Gandhi, a man who did know something about self-denial, had a favourite saying- "Renounce and enjoy." He understood the tyranny of the self and the way our wilful pursuit of our own happiness actually leads us away from the greater gift of enduring joy. C.S Lewis has said that in the end there are only two kinds of people, those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." Maybe hell is getting what you want. Maybe Jesus has come to set us free from the tyranny of our own self interest and woe to those who are rich, popular pleasure-seekers because ultimately this is not what can lead to either happiness or holiness.
So where do we find the courage to pray, "Thy will be done"? It was Jesus' mother, Mary who said to the angel, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; Let it be with me, according to your word." The annunciation shows us that it is the surrender of our will that makes present amongst us the glory of God. This is how God is enfleshed. Every time we say, "Not my will", we are not only dying, but allowing the power of God to rest upon us, and, in the words of Whyte's poem, to 'warm interior forms into light.' That poem continues;
… begin to welcome back
all you sent away, be a new annunciation,
make yourself a door through which
to be hospitable, even to the stranger in you.
This is the secret of the great saints- not rigid self-denial but a joyful and daily opening of the whole self, with all its failings and absurdities, to the loving acceptance of God. In this way these saints can then offer the same radical hospitality even to their enemy, and to being constantly converted by others to the way of Divine love.
Whyte's poem concludes;
Live in this place
as you were meant to and then,
surprised by your abilities,
become the ancestor of it all,
the quiet, robust and blessed Saint
that your future happiness
will always remember.
To be a saint is not to be a superhuman who lays down all their desires and willingly embraces suffering. To be a saint and live a life of service does not mean a life of resentful self-denial. The invitation is to open our hearts to the God whose ways are always surprising and generative, and who will pour blessing upon blessing when we pray in trust, "Here I am Lord…"
So make a nesting of your life…..be a new annunciation… that you may become the quiet, robust and blessed saint that your future happiness will always remember.

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A lot of german newspapers have got a problem: there are using Windows (of course thats the biggest problem). If a Mac- or Linux-user sends them pictures the "umlaute" (for example: äüöß) disappear.
The reason is a different Character Set (German: Zeichensatz): ISO/IEC 8859-1 , MacOs, UTF8 or ASCII.
So, is it possible to make a setting in the iptc, to set wich character set is on the other side (recipients)???
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A Perfect Day
The first thought that crossed my mind this morning at sunrise was how perfect this day was going to be. We slept with the windows open, and the birds woke us up with their joyful singing. I made one little pot of coffee for myself, let my husband sleep in a little, and grabbed my cup of coffee and headed outside. Mornings like this one are so rare that they deserve to be savored
This is another of my new abstract landscape collages. The background paper at the top of the image is baked parchment, originally used under a loaf of bread in the oven. The irregular edges are due to the brittleness of the baked paper.
I've made a few more of these abstract landscape collages this week. Like everything else, I need to do these until I get them out of my system. I think it's going to take a while.
May 18, 2012 9:39 am
Sensational collage. The colors, composition, and suggestion of light/shadow…perfect!
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Leader of the Pack
May 5, 2014
Leader of the Pack
1 Samuel 22:1-2
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], they went down thither to him. And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
It is interesting that when David became an outcast, rejected and hunted by the King, he became identified with a different group of people. David was the anointed of the Lord and even though he was anointed to become king of Israel, David never presumptuously pursued to gain that by his own means and with his own hands. He was submitted to the Lord's work in his life and the Lord's timing. He had his chance to do it his way. He was tested, he was given opportunity and encouragement, he could have justified it, but David never raised his hand against Saul, whom he also regarded as the Lord's anointed.
David became the outcast of the traditional and proper Israel. It was through no rebellion or disobedience of his that now he is running and hiding for his life. When the anointing is operating in our life it can create some interesting dynamics. Those you think would accept you and embrace you, may well become your greatest persecutors. They may be the leadership of the church, the ones regarded of men to be spiritual pillars of the community. So why would they reject you if you carry the anointing of God? The same reason they persecuted Jesus and the prophets. This is one way to discern between those operating under a religious spirit and those who are operating out of the truth and spirit of God. A religious spirit will have the pretense and the appearance of the real, but its interest is in control and domination, not in developing the anointing and calling of God in other people's lives. Especially when their spiritual stature and abilities exceed those of the present administration.
One thing that is interesting about this anointing is that while it causes rejection and persecution from the religious spirits, it will attract the sinner, the distressed, the debtor, the discontented and the needy. There is something in their spirits that is drawn by this anointing. They have already experienced the disappointments of the world, they are hoping and looking for something and someone not of this world, someone who has touched God and carries in themselves the reality of His presence and life. We can readily see these qualities in both David and Jesus. Look at the people that both David and Jesus were surrounded with. They were not exactly the socialites or the happening crowd by the world's standards. They were often the outcasts, the hurting, the needy and the discontents. They are often people that would take you out of your comfort zone and not necessarily those you would choose in the natural for friends. That anointing in you is like the smell of water to a thirsty animal. They will be drawn to it, because it offers life, hope and salvation in their time of need. Their spirits are the poor, broken, humble and meek. Their heart is in a condition to receive the life of the Spirit.
Those that are drawing near to Christ in relationship, prayer, praise and worship are becoming like the David's of their generation. In that place of fellowship with the Father and the Son they are being anointed of the Holy Spirit. There will be a day when the Holy Spirit will lead you into the wilderness and there you will begin to live out of this Anointing and Spirit life. It is not for you alone, it is for those whom the Lord will attract to you and place you with.
Father is not looking for the rich, the famous and the social up and coming. 1 Corinthians 1:18-21 says, "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where [is] the wise? Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." Many of us know that we are nothing by the world's standards. We may not be exceptional, outstanding or distinguishable as someone of any significance in the world's eyes. But God is not the world and He sees something valuable and significant in you and I, because we see that He needs to be everything in us for us to be anything. Paul goes on in this passage to say, "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are That no flesh should glory in his presence But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 1:27-31)." If Christ is bringing forth His anointing in you and I today, then we mustn't despise those of low estate, just as Christ did not despise us. All that He places in us and however He uses us is for none other than for His glory alone. God is in the business of making somebodies out of nobodies. Aren't we His examples? Take those Christ brings to you and nurture them as He has nurtured you.
January 8, 2013
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Through life many seasons come and go,
In that time many people we get to know.
Through our hearts and lives relationships pass.
Many will fade, but others will last.
Rather we know them for a moment, a season or more,
No matter how long they may be here for.
May their lives be richer for having crossed our path.
May we have spoken words of life that last.
Kent Stuck
When we think back through our lives at all of the people that we've known, some we knew as casual acquaintances and others we may have been very close too. As we go through those seasons of life and all of the demographics that change, we see most of those people and know them only for a period of time. Some we will reunite with and many we never will. When we stop to think about the brevity of life then it impacts us how short it is and how important it is never to take our opportunities in our relationships for granted. Just as we have no assurance of tomorrow; we have no assurance that a relationship or friend will be there tomorrow.
One of the things that I get bored with quite quickly is just small talk. A certain amount of it is necessary and useful, but so much of our relationships are spent talking about things that don't really matter or have any eternal value. As believers we want our conversations to seasoned with the words of life, hope and the things that are eternal. We understand that not all of our friends or acquaintances are at that place, but with Holy Spirit discernment and direction we should endeavor to flavor our conversations with those things that speak to the eternal and the lasting. Our life and our actions are the testimony to who we are and what we represent. Some may be turned off by that, but others will be drawn to us because of it. We are not in this world to please people and by the same token we are not here to recklessly offend them either. I believe God wants us to be sensitive to where people are at in their journey through life and endeavor to meet them where they are at, in love, not just mindful of where we at. Relationships are not just about us. They are about our opportunities to communicate Christ, in His various attributes, to others in a way that they can hear and receive.
The apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:22, "To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some." Paul's sole purpose in relating and befriending people was to stain their lives with the blood and the love of Christ, but he used wisdom as to how he could relate with them. So many times Christians have an arrogance, self-righteous and condescending attitude that is demeaning to others that are not like them. That is not the Spirit of Christ, that is a religious spirit. Christ came down and was planted under the earth that He might get under us and lift us up to where He is. 'He didn't come to condemn the world, but that the world, through Him, might have life.' We are to be like him. He didn't aspire to gain the approval of the righteous and the religious, he aspired to relate with people where they were at in their lives.
May God grant us the wisdom to have the heart of Jesus and Paul that people would know that when they have been with us, they have been in the presence of Jesus, because Christ is so much a part of who we are in our love and our demeanor. May their lives be richer for having crossed our path. May we have spoken words of life that last.


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Applications accepted all year round
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD studentship, to commence in October or February.
This project involves the prediction of building performance in future climate change scenarios, and is supervised by Stephen Neale, Professor Mark Gaterell and Dr Brett Martinson.
Studies have identified a performance gap between the design of a building and the building's constructed behaviour. As a result of this difference, buildings might be less energy efficient than specified or overheat unexpectedly in high outdoor temperatures. At the same time, climate predictions indicate evolving changes in global environmental conditions.
Computer modelling offers the possibility of mapping building designs against weather data sets as a means of studying the potential consequences of climate change. However, there are suggestions that modelling techniques do not achieve the accuracy required for this study.
We suggest research should be undertaken to tackle this problem by mapping actual environmental data, from a known building, to that of a model of the same building, with the aim of improving future predictions of performance.
At the University of Portsmouth, we have access to measurement data from real buildings and the opportunity to produce computer models of those buildings. We have a dedicated research facility, called Port-eco House, which can be used to obtain performance data and serve as a subject for experimental analysis.
Fees and funding
Funding availability: Self-funded PhD students only.
PhD full-time and part-time courses are eligible for the UK Government Doctoral Loan (UK and EU students only).
2022/2023 fees (applicable for October 2022, February and April 2023 start)
PhD and MPhil
UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man students
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Entry requirements
- The project requires a candidate with a good first degree (minimum 2.1 or equivalent) in Building Surveying, Architecture, Computing, Environmental Sciences or a related subject, and a desire to excel as a researcher together with disciplined work habits.
- This project is suitable for both home/EU and or International students.
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On October 6, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released Meaningful Use-Stage 2 modifications and Stage 3 final rules.
On October 6, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released Meaningful Use (MU)-Stage 2 modifications and Stage 3 final rules.
The final rules will simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers to make electronic health information available when and where it matters most and for healthcare providers and consumers to be able to readily, safely, and securely exchange that information, according to CMS.
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Here are three things you should know about the new MU final rules.
#1.CMS believes the goals of its Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program are real and attainable-but the organization is willing to be flexible.
"Yes, in its current form the EHR incentive program will sunset in 2019 as Medicare begins to pay physicians on its new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System [MIPS], created under legislation that replaces the much-maligned sustainable growth rate formula," says Anwesha Dutta, director, Healthcare Advisory, PwC. "How much the program changes, however, is still an open question-and one CMS is willing to work with the industry to determine. The new rule, released earlier this week, takes steps to gather more of the health industry's insights into how much participation in the EHR incentive program should count towards performance scores under MIPS."
That said, according to Dutta, the agency nevertheless is taking steps to show greater flexibility under the program's current structure and timeline. The just-released rule gives providers an additional year, until January 1, 2018, to meet the new meaningful use requirements. At the same time it drops more than a dozen objectives that eligible professionals (EPs) and hospitals must meet.
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"Among those objectives and standards that remain, some will have lower thresholds than before," Dutta says. "For instance, the requirement that hospitals demonstrate patient engagement using an electronic record changed considerably. Now, a hospital only needs to show that one patient has viewed, downloaded or transferred his or her medical record to meet the requirement. That will increase to 5% under Stage 3, however."
There's another sign that CMS is being flexible, according to Dutta: The agency greatly shortened its reporting period.
"While the Stage 3 requirements are optional in 2017, those providers who choose to report will have a 90-day period to do so, not a full-year as originally described," she says.
However, this may not be enough to satisfy critics of the program, according to Dutta. "The American Hospital Association points out that more than 60% of hospitals, and about 90% of doctors, have yet to attest to Stage 2," she says.
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#2. The ability to share data is now a priority.
"Health system executives will tell you that one of the biggest problems with investing in expensive EHR technology is that the systems are rarely truly interoperable to follow the patient's story and major events across the care continuum," Dutta says.
In other words, they are unable to exchange data in a meaningful way to improve care coordination, reduce duplication, errors, and inefficiencies beyond the four walls of a health system/ambulatory practices, she says.
"Stage 3 begins to tackle that challenge," Dutta says. "More than 60% of the remaining measures providers can choose from require interoperability to further the goals of patient centered team-based care. Under Stage 2, that number was only 33%. The renewed focus on interoperability should sit favorably with health system chief executives. The ability to share data from multiple health IT platforms and devices is the foundation to success in an era where reimbursement is increasingly based on value and quality."
Stanley M. Goldstein, president and CEO of Patient Engagement Systems, a healthcare services company, shares a similar viewpoint.
Related:Payment reform shifts into high gear
"One might make the case that achieving the lofty goals of meaningful use will be impossible without the ability of doctors, hospitals, patients, and other parties to effectively and securely communicate and share clinical information," Goldstein says. "Ensuring that all parties have access to the right information at the right time to make the right decision should be fundamental to any electronic health record [EHR] technology. Without this, the goals of meaningful use cannot and will not be achieved."
The government, providers and patients should get together and adopt a set of standards by which all EHR's will be developed, according to Goldstein. "Patients should own and control their medical record and be able to choose who does and does not have access to it," he says. "All certified EHRs should be able to communicate with each other and share appropriate clinical and patient generated information. This kind of approach will result in real meaningful use."
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Her family's lineage is documented in the Library of Congress.
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"Smoke That Travels" took her on a journey for over a year. She met Indigenous communities from around the world -- from the Sami of Scandinavia, Ainu of Japan and many more -- who were all dealing with the same struggle to preserve their language and culture.
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A quick online search with the keywords Biden and land in the Virgin Islands will populate various fact-checker sites, all featuring a prominently displayed 'false information' icon, insisting the former Vice President does not own any property in the area. At a glance, this is true; Joe Biden does not own land near Epstein's Little Saint James.
However, earlier this year, Politico released an article drilling down into the suspicious details of Joe Biden's connection to the Virgin Islands. Through property record information, Politico uncovered that Joe Biden's brother, James Biden, purchased approximately 1-acre of land on Water Island, located fewer than 9 miles from Epstein's private island.
James Biden purchased the plot for $150,000 in 2005, split it into three parcels, then sold one parcel to lobbyist Scott Green a year later for $150,000. Undoubtedly property value could have increased in between that time. Still, the price tag does raise some eyebrows when considering the tax record estimated the value of Green's land at only $38,000 in 2006.
Perhaps that odd transaction can be explained when taking a closer look at the extensive history between Scott Green and Joe Biden.
Biden was responsible for landing Green a career on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1980s. In the mid-90's Green broke away from that role and became the co-founder of Lafayette Group. The primary focus of the lobbying and consulting firm centered around national security, with the U.S. government regularly contracted them for various jobs.
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Minnesota for Marriage hires National Organization for Marriage's Christopher Plante
The National Organization for Marriage, a Washington, D.C.–based group that opposes rights for same-sex couples, has hired Christopher Plante to run its Minnesota operations in the run-up to a 2012 vote that would ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota's constitution. Plante is the executive director of the National Organization for Marriage Rhode Island. Plante opposes marriage rights for same-sex couples including civil unions and even the right for same-sex couples to make funeral arrangements together.
According to the Catholic Spirit, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Plante is the newest edition to the Minnesota for Marriage Coalition, which is made up of three groups: the Minnesota Catholic Conference, NOM and the Minnesota Family Council.
Over the weekend, Plante accused opponents of the amendment of being intolerant against groups that oppose rights for LGBT people. He told CBS that he heard rumors that activists may try to glitter the Minnesota for Marriage booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
"We understood it might happen," he said. "Quite honestly, it says more about the other side. We are here exercising our right and that says more about the tolerance from the other side."
Recent statements by Plante were ruled "Pants on Fire" false by Politifact. Earlier this year during a debate at the Rhode Island General Assembly on whether to legalize marriage for same-sex couples, Plante said, "The people of Rhode Island don't want same-sex marriage."
Politifact said that that simply wasn't true.
We disagree. Of course it's a statistical claim. When you say "the people of Rhode Island don't want same-sex marriage" you're saying that more than 50 percent would oppose such legislation.
The most recent polls from Brown, RI-GLAD and even NOM-RI — Plante's organization — show the opposite.
Not only did the trends in the NOM-RI and RI-GLAD polls show opposition to same-sex marriage evaporating, the Brown and RI-GLAD polls showed that the public wants gay couples to have the right to marry, even if you assume that every voter who didn't express an opinion was opposed to gay marriage.
Plante's assertion isn't just false. It's ridiculous. We rate it Pants On Fire!
Plante isn't a stranger to making incendiary comments about the LGBT community. Blogger Jeremy Hooper noted that Plante said that same-sex couples treat their children like "accessories." He claimed that same-sex marriage would lead to polygamy. And he said that if same-sex marriage was legalized, it would be forced into schools.
Plante, in his work for NOM in Rhode Island, has opposed strengthening hate crimes laws.
"NOM (National Organization for Marriage) Rhode Island is pleased that the governor chose to veto the hate crimes legislation that was before him this year on the grounds that hate crime legislation like this has been used in other places, such as Vermont and Connecticut, to further the homosexual marriage agenda," he said in 2010.
Plante has also opposed civil unions.
"We're against civil unions simply because where they have been enacted, civil unions have been used to force the courts to judicially change the meaning of marriage. What we don't stand against is evaluating the law on a case-by-case basis," he said in an interview with the Warwick Beacon.
Plante even opposes funeral rights for same-sex couples. In 2009, then-Gov. Don Carcieri, a Republican, vetoed legislation that would have granted rights for same-sex couples to make end-of-life decisions. The bill passed the Rhode Island Assembly almost unanimously, but Plante urged lawmakers not to override the veto.
"NOM – Rhode Island respectfully requests that you vote to sustain the Governor's veto both to avoid creating unnecessary law and to not move Rhode Island closer to recognizing homosexual-marriage," Plante wrote. Despite [homosexual-marriage activists] claims to the contrary, these bills serve simply as 'Trojan Horses' for homosexual-marriage."
Ignoring Plante, lawmakers voted to override the veto.


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A 16-unit apartment complex on Green Bay's northeast side was destroyed and about 40 occupants were displaced after a late-night fire that started in the basement.
It happened just before midnight Tuesday at 1011 N. Danz Ave. One of the occupants set off the alarm and everyone escaped safely, but firefighters searched the burning building after hearing reports that a disabled person may have been inside. That person had already escaped.
Residents were evacuated to a nearby school by the Red Cross.
The first firefighters on the scene found fire in the basement, but it traveled through the walls and spread into the attic.
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According Notebook Check the GeForce 940MX, 930MX, and 920MX are all based on Maxwell GM108 and will replace the 940M, 930M and 920M.
Besides changes to clock speeds, the main difference between these GPUs is support for GDDR5 memory, alongside support for slower and cheaper DDR3.
Both the 940MX and 930MX come have 384 CUDA cores and a 64-bit memory bus for GDDR5 or DDR3. The 940MX is clocked at around 1176 MHz, while the 930MX has 967 and the GDDR5 has 1006 MHz. The 920MX has 256 CUDA cores and is clocked at 926/965 MHz for the GDDR5/DDR3 models.
The DDR3 variants of the MX series are similar to the existing M SKUs. A GDDR5 model will have a performance gains because of the better memory bandwidth.
So far we have not heard of any new notebooks signed up for the new GPU, but then it is early days yet. They will probably head for entry-level gaming laptops and mid-range workstations.


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Have you heard? Amy Butler's husband, David, is launching a new fabric line! With three boys in the house (yes, I'm counting the hubs), I'm excited to see his new line of "guy friendly" prints. No website yet, but you can follow the winter introduction of Parson Gray on Facebook.
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David Butler's Parson Gray
Posted in Décor, Shop It, What Do You Want to Change?, What Do You Want To Do?, Windows on October 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Leslie Graff: Artist, Mother, and More.
Posted in Art, Fashion, Inspiration, Interiors, Kids' Stuff, Shop It, Walls, What Do You Want to Change?, What Do You Want To Do? on October 6, 2011| 1 Comment »
When I first heard about Boston-based artist Leslie Graff from Design Mom, I instantly fell in love with her work. Tuesday night, while at Pivot Boston (an amazing event that brought together women who want to make or have made a change in their careers that bring them more joy/fulfillment/peace of mind/etc.), I squealed a little when I realized she was a panelist (actually it was more of loud WOOT! followed by a burst of clapping). After hearing her speak about the journey to her "pivot," owning an original Leslie Graff shot to the top of my wish list.
I'm particularly fond of Leslie's Domestic Series, a collection of paintings that features an unidentified woman (turns out they're self-portraits) in fabulous heels running her household and raising her children. While the scenes could be straight out of the 50s or 60s, the clothes are just modern and sexy enough that I feel like Leslie has captured today's working mom and honored her in acrylic.
Learn more about Leslie's background, see her portfolio, and buy her notecards and prints here.
Image credits: Leslie painting from her blog Smart Mama; "Ironing it out" notecard from the Pivot Boston goodie bag
What are you doing this weekend?
Posted in Art, Décor, Furniture, Kids' Stuff, Lighting, Make It, Organization, Reinvent It, Shop It, Walls, What Do You Want to Change?, What Do You Want To Do? on July 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I'm off to Vermont this weekend for a family wedding (congratulations Lauren and Justin!)…how about you? The wedding is in the north country, so I'll have lots of time to catch up on reading on the way up and back. It's been a really long time since I've spent hours getting lost in my favorite blogs, so I'm really looking forward to it.
See you soon!
Want to get lost in The Mudroom? Start with my most popular DIY posts:
Image credit: Mary Sarah Holland
Kate Spade at Bed Bath & Beyond
Posted in Décor, Fashion, Inspiration, Linens, Shop It, Tabletop, What Do You Want to Change?, What Do You Want To Do? on July 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Does it annoy anyone else that "Bed Bath & Beyond" isn't "Bed, Bath and Beyond"?
Just me?
Okey dokey.
Anyhoo…in case you haven't heard, Kate Spade has made her way to BB&B. Maybe this is old news, but since I had a temporary absence from the design blogosphere, I missed the announcement until about three weeks ago. She's got some VERY cute stuff including dinnerware, crystal, and linens. But my very favorite piece in the entire collection is this little number…
One hundred percent cotton bedskirt perfection.
{And yes, I promise my next post won't be about stripes. Perhaps I should add "stripe-obsessed" to my profile?}
Photo credit: Kate Spade Heirloom Roses Bed Skirt, Bed Bath &Beyond
Horizontal Stripe Drapes
Posted in Make It, Shop It, What Do You Want to Change?, What Do You Want To Do?, Windows on July 27, 2011| 2 Comments »
I love this horizontal stripe shower curtain from West Elm…
…but I like it even better as easy-peasy drapes for my in-progress kid's room. $120 to add three graphically-awesome, light-killing window treatments to my early riser's room? Yes, please.
Want to do the same? Go here for directions (only this time I used fabric glue instead of fusible webbing…an even lazier, er, I mean, easier approach).
Photo credits: Stripe Shower Curtain, West Elm; Paige Lewin's mad photography skills
Let them eat cake!
Posted in Art, Kids' Stuff, Shop It, Walls on March 1, 2011| 1 Comment »
In another life, I was a pastry chef.
I can barely cook an egg, but man, can I bake a good cake.
Ok, so it's usually from a box, but I make it really pretty when it's done, just like these…
{aren't they divine?}
{spring is just around the corner…}
{'scuse me while I wipe the drool from my chin}
{makes me want to get married all over again}
These sweet paintings are the work of Paul Ferney, husband of the lovely Jordan Ferney (whose panel on the fine art of Throwing a Great Party I attended at Alt, and boy-oh-boy does she throw a fabulous fete). While the original cake paintings have long sold, you can buy the 5×7 prints (printed on an 8×10 sheet with a border) for a mere $25 during The Great Cake Sale.
Don't miss it, or you'll have to settle for crumbs.
Image credits: all images are the work of superbly talented Paul Ferney
Jellybean Rugs
Posted in Floors, Inside the Mudroom, Kids' Stuff, Outside, Shop It on February 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
About six years ago, I developed an unhealthy obsession with hooked rugs. My husband and I had been invited to spend the weekend at a quintessential Nantucket home, complete with a garden full of hydrangeas, comfy slipcovered furniture and a serene wooden mermaid perched in the front hall welcoming visitors and friends. And on every floor were hand hooked rugs in the most gorgeous patterns and colors I had every seen.
Unfortunately, the rugs were way out of my price range (just like everything else in the house with the exception of the paint color, which I immediately copied and have used in every house I've owned), but it didn't squash my love for them. So when I arrived at my stepmother's house this weekend and saw this beauty from Jellybean Rugs, I was immediately smitten.
Although it's not hooked, the look is so spot-on that I was immediately, well, hooked. And that was before learning that it retailed for $30 and was indoor/outdoor…perfect for bathrooms, kitchens, and welcoming guests or pets. Here are some of my favorites…
Image credits: Paige Lewin's iPhone and Jellybean Rugs; online retailers can be found here.
A Touch of Nautical
Posted in Art, Décor, Fashion, Floors, Outside, Shop It, Walls, Windows on February 14, 2011| 2 Comments »
About this time of year, the stripes start to send signals…
…that spring is coming!
I love a touch of nautical in my wardrobe, but I've always been a bit of sucker for it in my home too. Remember this post?
Last fall, I went to the Brimfield Antique Show with my friend Cheri, and I fell in love with this guy…
Cheri didn't get my crush on him, and frankly, I couldn't explain it. I just knew I had to have him. It's not like I come from a family of sea captains, or grew up in Gloucester, or particularly like Salty Dogs, but I loved the idea of looking at his grumpy eyes every day. So now he lives in my downstairs bathroom, freaking the crap out of people when they walk down the hall.
A touch of nautical? It makes my captain feel right at home.
Image credits: J.Crew; EmersonMade.; Tea Accessories; Oh Captain, My Captain and his close up taken by Paige Lewin's iPhone; Dash & Albert; Uncommon Goods; L.L. Bean; Wisteria; Anthropologie
Currently Coveting
Posted in Art, Décor, Floors, Furniture, Interiors, Lighting, Shop It, Tabletop, Walls on February 7, 2011| 2 Comments »
I know it's a sin, but I'm just not that religious. Here's what I'm coveting for my home this month…how about you?
Casually elegant stemware that can serve up milk or mimosas equally well,
simply beautiful turned wood lamps,
Michael A. Palmer's view of the world,
and perfect flatware for parties, picnics or pasta.
Image credits: Hartland Stemware, Simon Pearce; Fish Design Rug, Landry & Arcari, White Turned Table Lamp, Hudson; ch24 Wishbone Chair, Hive Modern; Boat House by Michael A. Palmer, Van Ward Gallery; Seaborne Flatware, Anthropologie
Weekend Plans
Posted in Art, Shop It on February 4, 2011| 1 Comment »
So, what are you up to this weekend?
Among the many things on my list — including a project that's hopefully worthy enough to end up here and going out for a very belated holiday celebration with a gaggle of girlfriends I haven't seen in months — I'm heading to the book launch of friend, mom and artist Abigail Patner Glassenberg. I met Abby just after she landed her book deal, so it's pretty exciting to celebrate her success now that she's published!
If you missed my previous piece on Abby, you can read all about her here. A teacher-turned-artist, Abby found her bliss at the sewing machine creating soft sculpture animals. Her new book, The Artful Bird, celebrates her amazing flying creatures and helps us non-artists learn how to make our very own. If you're in the Boston area and want to see her amazing sculptures up close, visit Essentia in Wellesley from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday. Hope to see you there!
Image credits: Abigail Patner Glassenberg


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Samsung is showing off new high-density platters at the CeBIT show in Germany. According to Heise, the Spinpoint maker has managed to create a 2TB hard drive using only two discs. Do the math, and that's one terabyte per platter—a hefty increase over the 750GB media lurking inside Western Digital's Caviar Green 3TB.
Like the Caviar Green, this latest Samsung drive has a 5,400-RPM spindle speed. New platter tech is easier to deploy at slower speeds, which may be why we've yet to see Western Digital put its 750GB platters inside a 7,200-RPM Caviar Black.
Although no official release date is mentioned, the terabyte platters are due to be available in hard drives this year. Samsung is reportedly working on stacking up to four of 'em, so we could see a 4TB drive before long. Drives with fewer platters tend to be quieter than those with more, making the lower capacity points in what may be called the EcoGreen F6 family particularly attractive for secondary storage and home-theater PCs.
Not content to offer high-density platters in 3.5″ hard drives, Samsung also showed a Spinpoint M8 notebook drive with two platters and a terabyte of total capacity. 2.5″ terabytes typically use three platters and a thicker 12.5-mm casing that's incompatible with most notebook drive bays, but the M8 is a standard 9.5-mm model. You probably don't want to use the M8 as your notebook's primary hard drive, though; like the EcoGreen, its platters spin at only 5,400 RPM. Thanks to Engadget for the tip.


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How much does it cost to build a Log Home?
"Hi Carl, we are just in the beginning stage of all our research on building a milled log/timber hybrid home. We like one manufacturer best, not only because of their product but because they provide the crew to come to your location and erect the weather tight shell for us…then we can choose to be our own contractor and finish the interior. This seems like a less daunting task to proceed towards.
However, our initial contact with them on our favorite design (2330 sq feet) they said would run approximately $700,000. WOW! We are use to high amounts here in the California sierras but that was unbelievable. They stated if we choose a more simple design then the construction costs would run around $225 sq foot being your own general contractor. How can that be?
We have contacted two general contractors in the area and both have stated the same figures on building conventional homes at $170 to $200/sq ft for premium finished homes. Are log homes that much more expensive than conventional and doesn't $225 sq ft seem really high for us to be our own general contractor? This has really discouraged us, but we will keep doing further research. Dan"
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You are experiencing what I went through years ago when I wanted to build our dream house. All General Contractors quote retail (what else would they say?), and no one except people like me will tell you what building a house really costs. Fortunately, I found someone who did (a draftsman), and the rest, as they say, is history.
But, as to your dilemma, yes, log homes do cost more, but not that much more (Not $700,000 for 2330 sq ft!) You need to shop some more, maybe a lot more. Having a set of plans drawn up would certainly help you in your quest, even just a preliminary set.
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A profile of another young star Hamid FarooquiThursday, May 15, 2008
Hamid Farooqui, 30, is the Chief Technology Officer, Zarca Interactive, a company that creates online surveys for companies and non-profit organisations, such as surveys on customer satisfaction and employee engagement. The company also owns mouthshut.com, an online information exchange website on which users can post their reviews about various products. He helped his brother Faisal start this venture in 2000.
Hamid had an interest in computers and the Internet back when most people could not differentiate between e-mail and a web address.
This was during the early '90s. He was then doing his Bachelor of Engineering at Saboo Siddik College, majoring in production, a branch of mechanical engineering. The realisation that his true calling lay in computers came a year after he graduated, and it led him to apply to various US universities for admission to a masters degree in computer science. He eventually went to StateUniversity of New York at Binghamton.
After completing his Masters, he decided not to pursue a PhD, and worked with software giant Oracle in its travel software division in Boston.
It was during Farooqui's stint in the US that he realised that things were rapidly changing back home. Indian entrepreneurs were launching various products and service companies were flourishing, and the world was taking notice.
Having helped his brother founded mouthshut.com, and as its client list expanded, Hamid had no choice but to come down from the US to help his brother manage the company's growth. Since 2006, he's been associated with the company in the role of chief technology.
Mouthshut.com today has more than two million registered users from India, and gets more than a million page views a day.
His day's schedule is hectic: he wakes up at 8 am and often goes to sleep at 2 am the next day.
Since the company is in expansion mode, he now oversees hiring and ensures that the right talent is recruited. The company today has more than 100 employees in India and physical presence in the Gulf, Singapore and United States.
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Being overweight can cause depression even when no other health problems exist, according to a study released Tuesday by the University of Exeter.
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JP and I met up with Tommy and Paul of Between the Buried and Me podcast in Orlando. We loaded on the progressive metal band's tour bus to record an episode of The Vanflip. Having been a fan for almost 20 years, so sitting down with them and having a chat was pretty amazing. The signed vinyl was just the cherry on the top!
I first learned about BTBAM on the internet around the time of their first or second full-length release, 2002/2003. Around that time, I was diving into bands from the North Carolina's metal/hardcore music scene, which boasted bands like Beloved, He Is Legend, Glass Casket, BTBAM, and many more. One can certainly remember the release of The Silent Circus but I am not sure if I had heard or known about them prior to that release. The band was formed in 2000 and at the time I was running my own web-zine based around heavy music so chances are I'd heard of them and checked their stuff out prior to 2003, but that was quite some time ago and I can't remember.
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Early on the band was definitely more heavy and sporadic. Typical of youth culture of blindly trying to write the heaviest and weirdest thing you could write to impress the music scene. They kept releasing albums as the years went on. Releasing Alaska in 2005 and I found more than a handful of songs that caught my attention. My desire for weirder music from researching endless bands and new genres on the internet was at an all-time high.
Colors, The follow up to Alaska was the band's breakthrough album. With that release, they started to show how BTBAM would sound in the future. They started to leave the "core" genres behind them and started to wade more into the waters of experimental progressive metal & tech metal. They've since set up a fulltime floating island out there in said waters. Breaking down the walls of experimentation by throwing bits of in jazz, bluegrass, or even samba parts in their tracks without warning, and oddly enough making it work very, very well.
I went a few years without listening to the band's newer material but I would still attend their shows. A little over a year ago I started to reach back into their discography and check out what I had missed. I definitely dropped the ball. I remember attending their tour for their release Coma Ecliptic (2015) but I really hadn't heard anything off the record. That record may, in fact, be my favorite BTBAM album currently. On top of that, the material from 2018 is great as well! I dig some of the tracks off the double release more than some on Colors!
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It has been a wild 20-year ride. I have seen this band play the tiniest of stages to seeing them headline large capacity festivals. They have toured with bands the likes of Dream Theater and even play Bonnaroo of all places. I am looking forward to seeing where the next 20 years take BTBAM.
I strongly suggest anyone who is wanting to check out Between the Buried and Me.
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– Colors
– Coma Ecliptic
– Automata I & II (separate albums released in 2018)
Do not skip over Alaska and Colors!


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Treatment options for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been limited for most of Elisa Boden, MD's career. Until a few years ago, she and her colleagues – including James Lord, MD, PhD, and Michael Chiorean, MD – have had only a few types of medications to treat IBD. And those drugs often failed to stop the immune attacks that trigger the two forms of IBD: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
"Only about half of IBD patients respond to those drugs – and only about 20 percent achieve remission," says Dr. Boden, a gastroenterologist at the Virginia Mason Digestive Disease Institute and a principal investigator at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI). "Unfortunately, this leaves many IBD patients to endure incessant digestive problems, severe pain and other symptoms that can erode their quality of life."
The good news is that IBD treatment options are rapidly expanding and an unprecedented number of new therapies are in clinical trials. But there's no way to predict which one will work for a particular patient. Instead, doctors must follow a 'trial and error' approach, and it can take months before they find the right therapy.
That's why Drs. Boden, Lord and Chiorean are working to revolutionize IBD treatment by pursuing a precision medicine approach that could tailor treatment to individual IBD patients. They are performing research to identify biomarkers – proteins and other molecules in patients' blood or cells – that can predict whether they respond to a specific drug.
"The vision is that doctors could use advanced tests to pinpoint a patient's biological profile as soon as they're diagnosed, and then match them with the right therapy," Dr. Lord says. "This means patients could almost immediately get the treatment that gives them the best shot at success, without having to endure symptoms or get worse while we search for the right drug."
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Drs. Boden and Lord reached a key milestone last year, when they published their discovery of a biomarker that could potentially identify which patients respond to the drug vedolizumab.
The researchers started this study by taking blood samples from IBD patients before they started using vedolizumab, and then again after they had taken several doses. Dr. Lord's lab then carefully analyzed the immune cells in these samples.
Vedolizumab binds to a type of receptor on some immune cells. Drs. Boden and Lord discovered that some people who have more of this receptor on the outside of their cells respond better to the drug.
Now Drs. Boden and Lord are running a study to confirm their results.
"This could eventually open the door to a clinical test that could predict which patients should receive vedolizumab," Dr. Boden says.
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The vedolizumab study is just one example of how Drs. Boden and Lord are investigating biomarkers related to new IBD therapies. IBD patients at Virginia Mason have the option to participate in a BRI biorepository. Dr. Lord's lab studies the cells in these samples to identify differences between people who respond well to a therapy and people who don't.
"We're extremely grateful for people who donate these samples, because it gives us what we need to study the IBD biomarkers, and to investigate many other pivotal questions," Dr. Lord says.
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As this research progresses, Dr. Lord envisions developing a "menu" of biomarkers that physicians can use to determine which therapies are right for which IBD patients.
The fact that patients respond differently to different treatments suggests there are several forms of IBD. Discovering biomarkers that can differentiate these forms of IBD might reveal what happens in different people. More importantly, the research could help uncover ways to rebalance the immune system when it turns against people to cause IBD.
"I think there's a realistic chance we'll cure some forms of IBD in my lifetime," Dr. Lord says.
Creating a Brighter Future
Celeste Gracey started having bleeding, irregularity and intense stomach pains in her late teens. It took 10 years before doctors solved the mystery and diagnosed her with inflammatory bowel disease.
Now Dr. Chiorean is helping her manage her illness, and Celeste's journey inspired her to volunteer in Dr. Lord's lab – and to pursue a career as a physician. She helped Dr. Lord with key tasks on the vedolizumab study, like capturing images of cells. Playing a small role in this research makes her optimistic about the next generation of IBD treatments.
"I feel like, someday, I could walk into a doctor's office, sicker than I was before, and know that a medication will or won't work for me because of this research," she says.
She recently finished her medical school prerequisites and applications, all while raising two kids. As a mother who knows that autoimmune diseases are genetic, Celeste sees BRI's work creating a brighter future for her family.
"BRI's research gives me hope that if my kids do get an autoimmune disease, they'll be able to control it and live really productive lives – they won't have to suffer like I did," she says.
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Arabidopsis Salicylic Acid-Binding Metalloendopeptidases TOP1 and TOP2 Regulate H2O2 Accumulation and Programmed Cell Death during the Immune Response against the Bacterial Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae
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Zampogna, Giulio
Salicylic acid is a phytohormone indispensable for plant immunity. Interactions between hosts and pathogens create selective pressures—a cycle whereby hosts evolve novel defenses and alarm systems while their pathogen counterparts evolve enhanced weaponry and stealth tactics. Not uncommonly, plants lose the war against pathogens and succumb to disease. If a plant does survive a pathogen attack, it may be left with battle scars that reduce vegetative growth and fruit yield and quality. Without question, human survival depends on the abilities of plants to defend themselves against and survive pathogen onslaughts. With an increased understanding of plant immunity, humans will gain the ability to modulate and augment plant defenses to minimize disease and yield losses. Arabidopsis thaliana thimet oligopeptidase (TOP) family TOP1 and TOP2 metalloendopeptidases bind salicylic acid and may, therefore, play critical roles in plant immunity. Our research demonstrates that TOP1 and TOP2 regulate hydrogen peroxide accumulation, programmed cell death intensity, and possibly chloroplast integrity during the hypersensitive response following infection by the hemibiotrophic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. We hypothesize that TOP1 and TOP2 are central hubs in reactive oxygen species production and redox regulation, and, as such, may influence physiological responses during both abiotic and biotic stresses.
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