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Enrique Corbellini
Joined: 20 May 2009
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Posted: Wed 07 Mar 2012, 06:47
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fantasing with hardware
Subject description: trying to avoid unnecesary hardware to mail
i just bought a new computer. I was only needing to send and receive e-mails, and practically never watching videos (since when needing to watch them -very few times-, I have the possibility of going outside to a cyber-cafe).
So now am too much -powered , using a recent Sempron processor, to have many possibilities I don't need. If I had opted for buying a used computer, probably it won't have lasted enough before getting broken.
I also have cable tv in my living room. The people who installed it, gave me a decodifier to choose the tv channels, which has an input for ethernet. According to the manual, that's to allow actualizing the decodifier's inside software when needed.
Then I wonder, is it so difficult to have a decodifier which allows to send and receive mails? If existing this gadget, it should use a keyboard, and a e-mail manipulation program. I don't think this adding to the decodifier would have mean to make it extremly complex or impossible to create it.
Does anyone know if a gadget like this exists? And if not existing, does anyone know if it's possible to create it without using too much technology?
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Posted: Wed 07 Mar 2012, 08:30
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My internet access is with my cable TV company (Cox cable), through a cable modem which I purchased. The same cable carries all the cable TV channels, plus my phone, plus my high-speed internet! However, I pay for only the phone and internet, so I don't get cable TV channels or have a cable TV decoder box.
So I think what you seem to be asking for is physically possible with the cable you have, though your cable company may not have the other hardware that would be required to give you internet access through your cable.
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Enrique Corbellini
Joined: 20 May 2009
Posts: 100
Posted: Wed 07 Mar 2012, 14:37
Post subject: the company announced it but still didn't give it
But anyway, the input for ethernet that the decodifier has, is adaptable to adsl coming from normal telephone connection line.
Perhaps the point is that, if having internet through cable tv, it is more or less the same like connecting through the telephone line.
Probably there's no way to use mail boxes like gmail, yahoo, hotmail, etc. if going to use a gadget instead of a computer, since those sites are complex by themselves.
My fantasy is that if using a very simple mailbox (ex. as the one that puppy users have?) , wont that mean we can use a very stable software to manipulate it, without having to actualize it for long periods of time?
If so, hardware instead of software is possible to manipulate the mailbox, and because of it's small size, it could be implemented in a small gadget... of the size of a tv cable's decodifier.
It is obvious that when depending from big companies as google or yahoo, there's no choice to determine the exact software that's going to be needed, since those companies permanently change their mailbox's characteristics (without asking us for any advice).
Now I'm writing a letter to ecologist partners, since they say that in their community (very known in Argentina) they use computers with the real minimal hardware.
This is a site that shows how this community lives:
I hope they'll have some answer.
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Posted: Wed 07 Mar 2012, 17:24
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Enrique, not a fantasy - a brave company tried to sell something like this way back .... but I don't think they sold very many!
I'm puzzled though -
i just bought a new computer.
-and you a Puppy guy! WHY???
If I had opted for buying a used computer, probably it won't have lasted enough before getting broken.
No way! The only computer I ever bought new is now landfill, my old recycled Puppy boxes are going strong after 10+ years (certainly old enough to drink, and still not smoking).
Just tell those nice folks at the gaia ecovillage they don't need new computers, tell them about Puppy (should fit in well with their ideals of 'coexistence, harmony, participation, democracy and tolerance') and they can add communication to the list, without doing more damage to poor old Gaia's resources.
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Enrique Corbellini
Joined: 20 May 2009
Posts: 100
Posted: Thu 08 Mar 2012, 13:33
Post subject: interesting
that's news from 12 years ago, isn't it? so perhaps I'm a little slow in considering some things haha
now we can send mails using cellular phones. But I didn't want to use a cellular because of wanting to have photos and videos in my hard disk (not necessarily to send them by mail).
Plus looking comfortably inside web pages....
In my country a used computer normally comes some crashed when arrives to your hands, even if the seller tells you everything's ok. It's a big risk. That's why I put some more dollars (not many more) and bought a new one.
Now I'll install ubuntu to use the exceding amount of hard disk space. I'll continue being a Linux user at least, even if puppy stops being the unic system I use.
And probably puppy will continue being my favorite system, truly (even though a ubuntu's community exists in my country and no puppy one!).
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Posted: Thu 08 Mar 2012, 17:41
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Thanks, Enrique -
In my country a used computer normally comes some crashed when arrives to your hands, even if the seller tells you everything's ok. It's a big risk.
In my country, perfectly good computers get thrown in the garbage when M$' latest bloatware makes them too sloooooooow (and we Puppy people can recycle them for free! - thanks for that, Bill G). Heck, I wasn't suggesting you BUY one! :-)
And probably puppy will continue being my favorite system, truly (even though a ubuntu's community exists in my country and no puppy one!).
Now that is an important point - on this forum we have long had German and French speaking communities, why not Spanish? Surely South America is one of Puppy's great areas for new enthusiasts .... so don't just sit there, go ahead and make it happen!
Also, if you would enjoy talking (live) to fellow enthusiasts in your own locality/language, you need to take a look at the PuppyPhone conference facility, it is really, really good.
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Enrique Corbellini
Joined: 20 May 2009
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Posted: Sat 10 Mar 2012, 14:09
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i'll try
really? better than skype?
i'll try
now the people of Gaia's community answered me: "we aren't having any computer's expert between us, but we did in the past. Now we have a conventional conection and using ubuntu system in an normal PC".
I don't know exactly what means "normal" for them but i imagine something like it doesn't use to gets broken.
They solved other tecnological problems as many ecological communities did in many sites of the world, as getting electrical energy from the wind.
I understand what you mean by using puppy with used computers that people don't know they can still be used. But after spending one hour installing ubuntu only to have some more programs, I confirmed puppy's my definitive favorite system, despite I use a new PC. Perhaps the ubuntu community of my country uses it because having economical and negotiating expectations about their system.
Since I accepted planting tomatoes, lettuce and other vegetables to put in practice ecological proposes, I also tried to offer puppy to more people. But what I really think it could be usefull, is to try to have our own hardware instead of depending from companies. Ecologists build their own electrical materials, why then not to have our own computers or ways to send mails without asking for anything to others?
Hope the thing is not we should forget computers for completly. Gaia's people say "we find we are getting nearer of a way of living in which we don't need any strong technology", and they aren't the unic ecologists saying that.
But now they say they use ubuntu.... ok, may be I should present them puppy.
After that, and especially if they accept using puppy, they'll ask me "heaven! and why are you still taking buses and eating hamburguers? tomatoes and lettuce aren't enough".
I think i'm going to like the following dialogs with ecologist people.
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Location: Chatham, Kent, UK
Posted: Sat 10 Mar 2012, 16:48
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Something for you to discuss with the people at the Gaia ecology group about technology, is also a possible communications method to escape paying lots of connection fees
The One Laptop per Child project was set up for educating children about computing, and they included in the design of the OLPC laptop a system called mesh networking, which enables each PC to act as a network node in a local network, adding to any signal from the service provider, so internet access is spread to more people/villages
Mesh networking isn't just usable with the OLPC laptop, as it can be used with any PC that has 2 or more network interfaces, especially if one is wifi
Wifi aerial signals can be boosted and directed to other aerials for long distance connections, and many such devices can make a local network.
This is being done in some Countries with Government support, in others freelance by hackers/nerds/geeks ...and puppy users
Please google/scroogle it, but here is some info, to whet your appetites
the last is in Spanish, and is just one example of aerial booster/cantenna
I hope you will discuss this and using Puppy with your friends
If you can get some people to help with old PCs many can be made usable with puppy without even a hard drive for some uses, and can be an email, webbrowser, or VOIP telephone station easily
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Enrique Corbellini
Joined: 20 May 2009
Posts: 100
Posted: Tue 13 Mar 2012, 08:56
Post subject: ok
thank you
here we've got lots of XO computers, thanks to a government strategy to give em to every child coursing school.
Once I heard ubuntu's people in Uruguay, my country, went to a group of hills far from town, and did internet connection to know the possibilities of having an independent and autonomal net.
What I was trying to explain, was that Gaia's people and other ecologists in my region, look for using the minimal amount of technology as possible. Not because of disliking technology, but to avoid unnecesary problems, as we do when we use puppy to not having to wait for a system's installation, opening programs, etc.
I confess that when I use gmail's account service, I feel comfortable, because of its simplicity and powerfull contacting that allows you to see who's on-line, in example.
But no one ever said that feeling comfortable is a priority, and to say the truth, people like Gaia's, and mine in my country (who are other ecologists), tend to use only mailboxes, without requiring anything else. Simple mailboxes as the ones we have in the puppy forum.
So, what I'm thinking to do right now, is to start using my puppy's mailbox to communicate with anyone, stoping to use my gmail's account. But I cannot do that since puppy's mailbox is only for internal puppy's community members, isn't it?
Perhaps ubuntu's people have an open mailbox account, I should look for that.
About hardware's recycling or creating our own, it seems more difficult to have our own microprocessors instead of INTEL or AMD ones, than creating our own ways to provide electrical energy.
That looks credible since we know the high tecnology needed to create those processors. But was then a lie the description of biodegradable processors made in Europe some years ago?
And as you say, since internet is only net telephony, we shouldn't necessarily need high technology to connect.
So mesh networking is possible here, since we also have the "one laptop per child" project, and I find interesting the explanation about the african child who repaired a laptop in Nigeria. But now, we the south american ecologists wonder, what's going on in Australia too, where puppy comes from.
We follow a few number of big ecologists in the world, and one of them is an australian: Bill Mollison. We've heard about the ecological communities that he created with his people. And I know nothing about the solutions he found for networking communication and pc usage, I only know the puppy people.
I'll apreciate if any puppy user knows a way to advise Gaia's people and me about what Bill Mollison's communities do with computers and the internet.
I imagine that if puppy user's are all common-sensed people, since they showed their ability to use the minimal amount of hardware needed to communicate, it's also probably they know ways to do things and live as Bill Mollison do.
Thanks again for your material.
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Posted: Tue 13 Mar 2012, 19:50
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My feeling is, having been on a few permaculture courses and camps here in UK, that many such communities have very little in the way of computing onsite, as most energy is put into growing, building composting toilets, recycling projects...and trying to keep the Local Authorities off the property, as they want to tie everyone up in red tape...doing admin work to comply with their regulations....
People take laptops/tablets and smartphones
Here's a story I found inspirational
I have built several small windmills, and helped with a miniature [100watt] water turbine battery charger project, and several reedbed waste-water schemes, and solar water heaters and the like - small is definitely beautiful, AFAIK
Communications can be VOIP or just messenger type stuff using something like pidgin or puppysip...
For the adventurous, you could have your own private telephone setup using an asterisk type OS, or a communal file/webserver using LAMP
Getting low power hardware is fairly important in the wild, away from power grids...though I did make a bicycle powered generator, for which the design got copied and ended up in Africa, I believe
We are currently looking forward to puppy porting to ARM for the Raspberry PI
...but there's nothing really wrong with Intel/AMD, apart from the high power use, low power can be done, especially underclocked mobile processors....flash memory saves power, too, as a replacement for hard drives
Bill Mollison's manual
He/they seem to focus on permaculture courses/training now - I lean more towards alternate technology projects....
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Enrique Corbellini
Joined: 20 May 2009
Posts: 100
Posted: Sun 25 Mar 2012, 07:39
Post subject:
thanks again
about permaculture and other knowledge related to ecology, we have a regional mailgroup centered at Buenos Aires, through which we receive much information. I already sent a copy of this information you just sent me to this mailgroup.
Perhaps if we continue conversating about something that's not puppy linux, our partners will ask us to move to other forum haha.
About processors,.... it's true that there's probably nothing important to say against INTEL or AMD.
But, since our partners of the Transition Movement* awared us about the convenience of start being independent of any corporation, we try to do everything by ourselves, even when not having any visible problem yet.
* http://player.vimeo.com/video/27847304
In this same line of trying to be independent, goes a work that a department of the United Nations proposed us to do now.
We don't know if the UN have trustable people to do so, but a document they showed us explains a way to work in a net of ecological developers, that they want to help.
I wonder if in your country, your ecological partners are receiving any help from the UN or other world's organization.
Receiving or not this sort of help, I believe it's possible to have world's communication between ecologists.
I find this puppy forum is helping to do so.
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Huge farms in the valley of the Red River of the North provided much of the wheat needed for the new flour mills in Minneapolis. Wheat farming in that region was stimulated by a serious financial problem affecting the Northern Pacific Railroad, which ran from St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, through Fargo, North Dakota, and then westward. Northern Pacific stock lost its value in the Panic of 1873. Stockholders agreed to exchange their worthless stock for some of the land the railroad had received from the Federal Government, but soon found that no one would buy the land in Dakota Territory, described on most maps as the "Great American Desert."
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1. Look up the word "bonanza" in the dictionary. Most bonanzas on the American frontier were in mining or ranching. What do you think the word might mean applied to a farm?
2. Why do you think it took so long for farmers to settle here?
3. Why did the Northern Pacific Railroad want to encourage large wheat-growing businesses?
4. What conditions in the Red River Valley favored large-scale wheat cultivation?
5. Go over the excerpts from Mrs. Woodward's diary and make a list of kinds of work, types of machines, effects of weather, things she liked, and things she didn't like. What threats to the wheat crop can you identify? Do you think such a business was a practical venture? What other generalizations can you draw? Would you have liked to live and work on a bonanza farm?
6. How do you think the introduction of steam-powered machinery would have affected wheat farming generally, and bonanza farms in particular?
Reading 2 was compiled from Lauren McCroskey, "Bonanza Farming in North Dakota" National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1990; Marty Perry, "Bagg Bonanza Farm District" (Richland County, North Dakota) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1985; Harold Briggs, "Early Farming in the Red River Valley of the North" (a paper presented at the joint session of the Agricultural History Society with the American Historical Association, Minneapolis, December 28, 1931), 27-28; and Merrie Sue Holtan, "The Bonanza Farms," North Dakota Rural Electric Cooperative Magazine (January 1989), 42-44; and Mary Dodge Woodward, The Checkered Years, Mary Boynton Cowdrey, ed., Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1937, (reprint edition, St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1989), 40-184, used by permission.
¹Mary Dodge Woodward, The Checkered Years, Mary Boynton Cowdrey, ed., Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1937, (reprint edition, St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1989), 40-184, used by permission.
¹Mary Dodge Woodward, The Checkered Years, Mary Boynton Cowdrey, ed., Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1937, (reprint edition, St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1989), 40-184, used by permission.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Ashley Correa of Westmont (Calif.) has been named the NAIA National Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and Kristen Fulbright of Northwest Christian (Ore.) has been tabbed National Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Correa and Fulbright were selected based on their performances from Oct. 15 - 21 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.
Correa, a native of Lynnwood, Wash., keyed a Westmont offense that scored 10 goals in two matches last week. The senior forward notched her first career hat trick in the Warriors 4-0 victory against then-No. 21 The Master's (Calif.) on Oct. 17. Correa continued her offensive onslaught with a two goals and an assist three days later against San Diego Christian (Calif.). For the week, Correa compiled 11 points (five goals and one assist) and 13 shots, including seven shots on goal.
Correa's 12 goals and 32 points this season currently leads the team and the Golden State Athletic Conference.
Fulbright, a freshman goalkeeper from Eugene, Ore., tallied nine saves in 101 minutes to shutout then-No. 1 and previously unbeaten Concordia (Ore.), 1-0, last Saturday. The shutout, which is her fourth of the season and set a Beacon freshman record, gave Northwest Christian its first-ever victory against the Cavaliers. In a 3-2 win against Warner Pacific (Ore.) on Oct. 19, Fulbright allowed two goals and made one save in nearly 100 minutes of action.
Fulbright owns a 1.29 goals against average and .794 save percentage in 10 matches this season.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete player of the week calendar, click here. The next NAIA National Women's Soccer Players of the Week will be announced on Oct. 30.
Offensive Nominees: Jenica Bloom, Bellevue (Neb.); Shayla Beene, Bacone (Okla.); Mishayla Bertelsen, Northwest Christian (Ore.); Kelsey Niles, Morningside (Iowa); Savannah Struck, Friends (Kan.); Steph Wisen, Viterbo (Wis.); Chelsea Fisher, Ashford (Iowa); Krizzy Menez, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Alex Shaffer, Campbellsville (Ky.); Justine Jones, Westminster (Utah); Ashley Parent, Madonna (Mich.); Jamie Palermo, William Woods (Mo.); Carianne Sobey, Grace (Ind.); Elisabeth Wahl, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Kristina Stammer, Point Park (Pa.); Chloe Mccleary-small, Montreat (N.C.); Kayla Leeser, Central Methodist (Mo.); Meghan McMahon, Oklahoma City ; Sasha Rodriguez, William Carey (Miss.); Yalu Borbolla, Martin Methodist (Tenn.); Natalie Ingram, Menlo (Calif.).
Defensive Nominees: Caitlin Stier, Bellevue (Neb.); Amanda Fulton, Texas at Brownsville; Caroline Scales, Lee (Tenn.); Megan Bodiford, Kansas Wesleyan; Megan Manley, Midland (Neb.); Kathy Butt, Cornerstone (Mich.); Jerica Christensen, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Katelyn Swart, Great Falls (Mont.); Tori Capo, Carlow (Pa.); Lauren Gallant, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Danielle Wilson, William Woods (Mo.); Abigail Burns, Grace (Ind.); Katrina Holm, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Maggie Grieser, St. Catharine (Ky.); Abby Stephenson, Virginia Intermont; Jordan Harris, Rogers State (Okla.); Briana Williams, Biola (Calif.); Meredith Brick, Central Methodist (Mo.); Jennifer Loewen, Martin Methodist (Tenn.); Katie Rappazzo, William Jessup (Calif.).
2012 Women's Soccer Players of the Week (Offensive; Defensive)
Week 1 (Sept. 4): Kelsey Langille, Cumberland (Tenn.); Indigo Recker, Concordia (Ore.)
Week 2 (Sept. 11): Jordan Davidson, Vanguard (Calif.); Helena Hansson, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 3 (Sept. 18): Kirsty Montignani, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Bekah Garvin, Concordia (Calif.)
Week 4 (Sept. 25): Kelsey Langille, Cumberland (Tenn.); Mallory Conrad, Bethel (Ind.)
Week 5 (Oct. 2): Karly Linton, Spring Arbor (Mich.); Katie Zenz, Grand View (Iowa)
Week 6 (Oct. 9): Mallory Rondeau, Grace (Ind.); Ilyssa Espiritu, The Master's (Calif.)
Week 7 (Oct. 16): Esther Anyanwu, Brenau (Ga.); Lauren Terry, Vanguard (Calif.)
Week 8 (Oct. 23): Ashley Correa, Westmont (Calif.); Kristen Fulbright, Northwest Christian (Ore.)


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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces the risk of death in people who suffer from both sleep apnea and a lung condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study.
Researchers analyzed data from 227 patients with both conditions, and found that those who used CPAP had a lower risk of death than those who didn't use the therapy. Seventeen patients died during the 2007-2010 study period.
While minimal use of CPAP was associated with some reduction in the risk of death, the more hours that patients used CPAP while they slept, the lower their risk of death.
The study appears in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
The researchers were "most surprised" to find that any level of CPAP use by these patients was associated with a reduced risk of death, according to study author Dr. Michael Stanchina, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Brown University and a physician at Rhode Island Hospital.
"This study adds to the growing body of literature regarding the combined impact of [obstructive sleep apnea] in patients with COPD," he said in a journal news release.
Smoking is the leading cause of COPD, a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Sleep apnea causes a person's airway to become blocked or collapse during sleep. CPAP keeps the airway open by streaming air through a mask that a person wears during sleep.
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1. The succession, or following, of one thing, process, or event after another; in dysmorphology, a pattern of multiple anomalies derived from a single known or presumed prior anomaly or mechanical factor.
2. The imposition of a paricular order on a number of items.
[L. sequor, to follow]
sequence/se·quence/ (se´kwens)
1. a connected series of events or things.
2. in dysmorphology, a pattern of multiple anomalies derived from a single prior anomaly or mechanical factor.
3. in molecular biology, DNA having a particular nucleotide pattern or occurring in a particular region of the genome.
amniotic band sequence early rupture of the amnion with formation of strands of amnion that may adhere to or compress parts of the fetus, resulting in a wide variety of deformities.
gene sequence the ordered arrangement of nucleotides into codons along the stretch of DNA to be transcribed.
oligohydramnios sequence a group of anomalies, usually fatal shortly after birth, caused by compression of the fetus secondary to oligohydramnios, which may result from renal agenesis or other urinary tract defects or from leakage of amniotic fluid; infants have characteristic flattened facies (Potter facies), skeletal abnormalities, and often hypoplasia of the lungs.
sequence(sē′kwəns, -kwĕns′)
1. A following of one thing after another; succession.
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3. Biochemistry The order of constituents in a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.
tr.v. se·quenced, se·quencing, se·quences
1. To organize or arrange in a sequence.
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Etymology: L, sequi, to follow
an order of arrangement of objects or events, as the sequence of peptides in a protein molecule.
The order of performing a task.
Molecular biology
noun A heteromeric chain of similar, but not identical molecules—e.g., nucleotides (in a gene) or amino acids (in a protein).
verb To determine the order of a sequence.
(1) An array of multiple congenital anomalies resulting from an early single primary defect of morphogenesis which unleashes a cascade of secondary and tertiary defects.
(2) A group of clinicopathologic consequences of the aberrant formation of one or more early embryologic structures.
sequencePediatrics Anomalad An array of multiple congenital anomalies resulting from an early single 1º defect of morphogenesis that unleashes a 'cascade' of 2º and 3º defects; a sequence is also defined as a set of clinicopathologic consequences of the aberrant formation of one or more early embryologic structures. See Dysmorphology.
Sequence types
Malformation Incorrect formation of tissues
Deformation Abnormal forces acting on normal tissues
Disruption Breakdown of normal tissue
Note: The Pierre-Robin sequence is caused by 1º mandibular hypoplasia, which results in a tongue that is too small for the oral cavity and which drops back–glossoptosis, blocking closure of the posterior palatal shelf, resulting in a high arched U-shaped cleft palate Examples of sequences include athyroidotic hypothyroidism sequence, DiGeorge sequence, early urethral obstruction sequence, bladder exstrophy sequence, cloacal extrophy sequence, holoprosencephaly sequence, jugular lymphatic obstruction sequence, Kartagener syndrome/sequence, Klippel-Feil sequence, laterality sequence, meningomyelocele, anencephaly, iniencephaly sequence, occult spinal dysraphism sequence, oligohydramnios sequence, Rokitansky sequence, septo-optic dysplasia–de Morsier sequence, sirenomelia sequence
The succession, or following, of one thing or event after another.
[L. sequor, to follow]
1. Succession, or following, of one thing, process, or event after another.
2. Imposition of a particular order on several items.
[L. sequor, to follow]
the order in which monomers occur in polymeric molecules; the order of amino acids in a polypeptide chain or of nucleotides in nucleic acid.
autonomously replicating sequence
usually plasmids that replicate independently of chromosomal DNA.
coding s's
sections of DNA which code for the amino acids of a protein.
consensus sequence
a sequence of nucleotides that is always present in a large set of independently determined sequences. See also box.
enhancer sequence
in DNA transcription, an upstream cis-acting DNA sequence that enhances expression of a particular gene and forms part of a complex array of upstream sequences that control gene expression.
expressed s's
in eukaryotic pre-messenger RNA the noncoding sequences, also called intervening sequences or introns, are removed in the nucleus; the mRNA is transported to the cytoplasm where the exons are translated to a protein.
intervening sequence
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palindromic sequence
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signal sequence
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Anomalous Metal-Insulator Transition in Filled Skutterudite CeOs_4Sb_<12>
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Anomalous metal-insulator transition observed in filled skutterudite CeOs4Sb12 is investigated by constructing the effective tight-binding model with the Coulomb repulsion between f electrons. By using the mean field approximation, magnetic susceptibilities are calculated and the phase diagram is obtained. When the band structure has a semimetallic character with small electron and hole pockets at г and H points, a spin density wave transition with an ordering vector Q = (1, 0, 0) occurs due to the nesting property of the Fermi surfaces. Magnetic field enhances this phase in accord with the experiments.


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Fighting Depression and Improving Cognition with Omega-3 Fatty AcidsOctober 2007
By Laurie Barclay, MD
Antidepressant drugs continue to raise concerns about their side effects, which include suicide, clinical worsening of depression, and unusual changes in behavior in adolescents and children.
Recently, the FDA instructed all drug manufacturers to add black box warnings (the most serious warning label for a prescription medicine) to their antidepressant drugs.
In light of these findings, doctors and patients are seeking safer alternative therapies. New research reveals that omega-3 fatty acids may effectively alleviate depression without dangerous side effects.
In this article, we unveil the growing evidence base for omega-3s in improving mood and restoring structural integrity to brain cells that are critical in performing cognitive functions.
Already well known for their ability to protect against heart disease, cancer, and diabetes,1 the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may be highly effective in preventing and managing depression and cognitive decline, according to a growing body of evidence.2-4
The American Psychiatric Association's treatment recommendations for the use of omega-3 fatty acids bears testament to this strategy. Joseph R. Hibbeln, MD, from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) tells Life Extension magazine, "The strongest evidence was found for managing major depressive symptoms, with the effect of omega-3s being at least as great, if not greater than, antidepressant medications." Regarding these powerful fatty acids, Dr. Hibbeln further notes, "… deficient intakes may increase risk for mental distress."
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Depression
Consuming plenty of omega-3 fatty acids may offer powerful protection against depression. A large Norwegian study of nearly 22,000 participants revealed that those who regularly took cod liver oil, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, were about 30% less likely to have symptoms of depression than those who did not. The longer the participants took cod liver oil, the less likely they were to have high levels of depression.2
Omega-3 fatty acids may also help improve mood in those who already suffer from depression. In a recent study at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the effect of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation was studied in 49 patients with repeated episodes of harming themselves. In addition to standard psychiatric care, study subjects were randomly assigned to receive 1200 mg EPA plus 900 mg DHA, or placebo, for 12 weeks. At the end of the treatment period, the group receiving omega-3 fatty acids had significantly greater improvements compared with the placebo group in scores for depression, suicidality and daily stresses.5
Furthermore, other studies suggest that people who are still depressed despite use of antidepressant medications may have reduced intensity of depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and sexual dysfunction when supplementing with omega-3 fatty acids.3,4
How Omega-3s Fight Depression
Scientists are intensely examining how omega-3 fatty acids work to promote a healthy mood.
A new study sought to shed some light on how omega-3 fatty acid deficiency may aggravate depressed mood. Researchers looked at plasma levels of essential fatty acids and neurosteroids, which are neuroactive chemicals implicated in several neurophysical and disease processes. Study subjects included 18 healthy men and 34 men with alcoholism, depression, or both. In the group of all 52 subjects, lower level of omega-3 essential fatty acids was associated with higher levels of neuroactive steroids.6
It appears that a lack of DHA has far-reaching hormonal effects, increasing corticotropin-releasing hormone, a hormone that moderates emotionality. This may in turn contribute to hyperactivity within the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis, an important neuroendocrine system that regulates mood, aggression and "fight-or-flight" responses associated with anxiety.
"The [evidence] is becoming quite compelling that increasing omega-3 fatty intake enhances many aspects of brain function, including the control of mood and aspects of personality," Brian M. Ross, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Chemistry and Public Health at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine of Lakehead University, tells Life Extension. "For example, combining the results of a series of clinical trials clearly shows that supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids, in particular the long- chain varieties EPA and DHA, helps reduce the symptoms associated with clinical depression. Other provocative data suggest that boosting omega-3 fatty acid intake increases attention and reduces aggression, probably by enhancing cognitive processes."
According to a hypothesis recently presented by Dr. Ross, deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids in major depressive disorder may reflect the interaction between a diet lacking these essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and a genetically determined abnormality in their metabolism, such that cellular uptake of omega-3 PUFAs is decreased. Low level of omega-3 fatty acids could thus be is a risk factor for depression, while dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids might be a useful and well-tolerated treatment for major depressive disorder.7
Given that brain tissue is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, particularly in the membranes of three different types of brain cells, this link between omega-3 fatty acids and brain health is hardly surprising. These essential fatty acids are required for proper growth, development, and function of brain tissue.8
"The human brain is 60% fat, and omega-3 fatty acids are the fatty acid of choice for the structure of certain parts of brain cell membranes and brain intercellular nerve connections," Douglas London, MD, Research Associate in Psychiatry at the Psychopharmacological Research Laboratory of McLean Hospital and medical faculty at Harvard Medical School, tells Life Extension.
"Lack of dietary omega-3 forces the brain cells to utilize other fatty acids on hand, resulting in cells constructed with inferior building material," Dr. London says. "Lack of available omega-3s affects brain function and is associated with cognitive and emotional disorders. There is growing evidence that a significant proportion of the US population is at risk for omega-3 fatty acid deficiency."
Omega-3 Levels Affect Mood and Brain Function
Further evidence to strengthen the link between dietary lack of omega-3 fatty acids and depressed mood was presented in March 2007 at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting held in Budapest, Hungary.
One of the studies presented in Budapest by Sarah M. Conklin, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, showed that in healthy adults of average age 45 years, low levels of EPA were associated with high levels of impulsive behavior, hostility, and cynical ideas. Low levels of either EPA or DHA predicted high degrees of angry feelings and outbursts.9,10
"The omega-3 fatty acids have widespread biological functions in the body including the brain," Dr. Conklin tells Life Extension. "Our research has shown that individuals who have higher levels of these fats in their blood are less likely to report symptoms of depression. Similarly, those who have lower levels of these fats in their blood score higher on measures of impulsiveness."
Even more exciting, Dr. Conklin presented a second study in Budapest showing that the amount of omega-3 fatty acid consumed in the diet may actually cause beneficial anatomical changes in areas of the brain that regulate emotion. Fifty-five healthy adults provided information about their typical daily consumption of omega-3 fatty acids and had MRI scans to determine the volume of gray matter in specific brain regions. The higher the intake of omega-3, the larger was the volume of gray matter in the anterior cingulate cortex, a brain area controlling emotion and mood and implicated in depression.11
After making adjustments for age, sex, race, total gray matter volume, smoking status, alcohol use, and IQ, gray matter volume in a specific region of the anterior cingulate cortex decreased as scores on a depression scale increased. This observation supports the role of this brain region in depression, and uncovers a possible mechanism by which omega-3-fatty acids act as antidepressants.
"We were able to show that individuals who consumed more omega-3 fatty acids in their diets had more gray matter volume in areas of the brain important for regulating mood," Dr. Conklin explains. "These results suggest that these specific fats, certainly not fat in general, may confer a protective effect against depression and other mood-related problems."
Interestingly, autopsy studies of brains from patients with major depressive disorder show selective deficits in DHA in the orbitofrontal cortex, another brain region implicated in depression and mood disorders.12
Cognitive Benefits of Omega-3s
A third study presented in Budapest by Dr. Conklin's group revealed that low levels of DHA and high levels of the detrimental arachidonic acid were associated with poor cognitive performance on tests of delayed memory, logical memory, and ability to draw designs from memory.13
Earlier work by Dr. Conklin and colleagues showed that relative deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids was associated with depression and antisocial behavior. In adults with high cholesterol, depressed mood, neurotic tendencies and impulsivity were linked to low levels of omega-3 fatty acids and high levels of the omega-6 fatty acids.
Dr. Conklin adds, "[Omega-3] fatty acids are abundant in only a handful of very specific marine foods such as salmon, some other fish and mollusks, and increasing evidence is suggesting that it is important to ensure that we consume adequate amount of these omega-3 fatty acids."
There is further promising evidence that putting omega-3 into our diets is associated with improved outcomes for other mental health disorders, such as impaired cognition and perhaps even Alzheimer's disease.
Research findings from the Netherlands suggest that consuming more fish and omega-3 fatty acids protects against cognitive decline. The Zutphen Elderly Study followed a group of 210 men 70 years and older, examining them in 1985 and testing their cognitive ability in 1990 and 1995.14
Men who did not eat fish experienced measurable cognitive decline from 1990 to 1995 that was four times greater than that of men who ate fish regularly. Strikingly, there was a dose-response relationship between intake of EPA and DHA and loss of cognitive ability. The investigators concluded that "a moderate intake of EPA plus DHA may postpone cognitive decline in elderly men."14
Mood and mental function are inextricably linked, with depression impairing cognitive ability. In fact, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias often first appear as changes in outlook and personality. Not surprisingly, deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids has also been implicated in cognitive impairment, whereas diets supplemented with omega-3 fatty acids appear to benefit cognitive function.15
Animal studies further suggest that dietary supplementation with DHA may protect against the type of brain damage seen with Alzheimer's disease.16 Some scientists also believe that a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent Alzheimer's disease and other dementias,17 and that they may be of modest benefit in some patients with mild Alzheimer's disease.18


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The internet is filled with disrespectful nonsense towards women but here these Israelite street preachers are in the middle of New York City publicly embarrassing and disrespecting a woman. Calling her all types of bitches and hoes, skanks and sluts and then attempting to validate these disgusting actions with words from the Bible
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Created by artist David Buckland, Cape Farewell has taken artists, scientists and educators on a series of expeditions to the High Arctic to collectively address and raise awareness about climate change. Aboard the schooner Nooderlicht, they voyaged through the seas that hold the key to understanding changes in our weather patterns and climate, 79 degrees north to the Svalbard archipelago.
Cape Farewell - Art and Climate Change brought together commissioned work from the artists, inspired by their journeys to the Arctic. The exhibition was created in partnership with the Natural History Museum in London, where it was shown from June September 2006. It was specially recreated for its multi-site installation for the Liverpool Biennial, in partnership with National Museums Liverpool and Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University.
The Liverpool showing of this exhibition featured the artists Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey, David Buckland, Peter Clegg, Siobhan Davies, Gautier Deblonde, Max Eastley, Nick Edwards, Antony Gormley, Alex Hartley, Gary Hume, Ian McEwan, Michèle Noach and Rachel Whiteread.
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A.L. June 22 [c. 1865]. [Roxana Chapin Gerdine] to �Dear Sister� [Emily McKinstry Chapin]. West Point, [MS]. 4pp. Fragment.)
West Point June 22nd"
Dear Sister"
I rec�d the letter you wrote me by Mrs. Livingston little more than a week since. I am looking for her to return now as I understand Mr. S. is Marshal for this district.
This letter is the first I have rec�d from you but it seems you have had better success. The communication between here and Memphis will be open in a week or two but I do not know how soon the mail line will be established. The boys are all at home again now: Maddie and her baby are both dead. she never was able to name it. we got a negro woman as wet nurse but the little thing never seemed to thrive. he was the least bit of a child you ever saw. smaller than yours if possible. He died just six weeks to a day after Maddie


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Break out the chips and cold drinks, but let Chris Dufresne handle the remote. The Times' national college football writer handicaps what's worth watching, and skipping, on Saturday's menu of games:
No. 3 Ohio State (9-0) at Illinois (3-6)
9 a.m., ESPN
If you sleep in until noon you will have missed Ohio State tying the school record with its 22 straight win and Illinois losing its 20th consecutive Big Ten Conference game. The Buckeyes are 21-0 under second-year coach Urban Meyer and needing one more victory to match the winning skein posted by the great Woody Hayes teams of 1967-69. Ohio State should have no trouble then breaking the mark next week in Columbus against Indiana.
9 a.m.: Iowa State at Oklahoma, FS1; Indiana at Wisconsin, ESPN2; Troy at Mississippi, ESPNU; Cincinnati at Rutgers, ESPN News; Purdue at Penn State, BTN; West Virginia at Kansas, FS West.
9:15 a.m.: Kentucky at Vanderbilt, KDOC.
11 a.m.: Washington State at Arizona, Pac-12.
Syracuse (5-4) at No. 2 Florida State (9-0)
12:30 p.m., ESPN2
It's never good news when TMZ starts covering your team, so this was not a good week for Florida State. What should have been a romp over a mediocre opponent has been clouded by news that a sexual-assault complaint filed last December could involve star quarterback Jameis Winston. Details are sketchy at this point, but at best this is an unwelcome distraction for a team trying to win its first national title since 1999.
No. 25 Georgia (6-3) at No. 7 Auburn (9-1)
12:30 p.m., Channel 2
Georgia has played a brutal schedule but could foul up Auburn's national title dreams with an upset win on the Plains. Auburn gets a shot at No. 1 Alabama later this month.
No. 12 Oklahoma State (8-1) at No. 23 Texas (7-2)
12:30 p.m., Channel 11
Baylor is No. 5 in the Bowl Championship Series standings but isn't even leading the Big 12 Conference. That honor (for now) goes to the beaten-down Mack Browns, who are 6-0 in league compared to 5-0 for Baylor. Texas has won six straight games since it became common knowledge that Brown was going to be replaced at the end of the season. The streak has been accomplished without several key starters lost to injury, yet the hard work starts here. Texas also has remaining games against Texas Tech and Baylor.
No. 24 Miami (7-2) at Duke (7-2)
12:30 p.m., ESPNU
Miami, which has lost two straight since a 7-0 start, has to face Duke without the services of star back Duke Johnson, who broke his ankle in the Florida State loss. This is a key game in the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal division, with the winner gaining the edge to play Florida State in the conference title game in Charlotte.
12:30 p.m.: Michigan State at Nebraska, Channel 7; Michigan at Northwestern, BTN; South Alabama at Navy, CBSSN; Texas Christian at Kansas State, FS West.
1 p.m.: Utah at Oregon, FS1.
2:30 p.m.: California at Colorado, Pac-12.
4 p.m.: Louisiana Tech at Rice, CBSSN; Texas Tech vs. Baylor at Arlington, Channel 11; Florida at South Carolina, ESPN2; Houston at Louisville, ESPNU.
4:45 p.m.: Alabama at Mississippi State, ESPN.
No. 5 Stanford (8-1) at USC (7-3)
5 p.m., Channel 7
How many more games does interim coach Ed Orgeron have to win before he should be seriously considered for the permanent job? Answer: This one. A win over Stanford on a national stage would keep USC undefeated in Pac-12 play since Orgeron replaced Lane Kiffin.
Oregon State (6-3) at No. 24 Arizona State (7-2)
6:30 p.m., Pac-12
Arizona State cannot afford to look ahead to next week's Pac-12 South showdown against UCLA at the Rose Bowl. Oregon State is not a powerhouse, and but any team that has the pass-catch combination of Sean Mannion and Brandin Cooks is a threat to win on any Saturday.
Wyoming (4-5) at Boise State (6-3)
7:15 p.m., ESPN2
This game has BCS implications but not for Boise State. The Mountain West team in the hunt, Fresno State, is locked in a battle with Northern Illinois for a berth in the Fiesta Bowl. Fresno State probably wants Boise State to win this game and then the Broncos to win the Mountain West Mountain division. A rematch victory against Boise State in the Mountain West title game would probably benefit Fresno State more in a close BCS standings race against Northern Illinois.
7:30 p.m.: San Diego State at Hawaii, CBSSN; San Jose State at Nevada, ESPNU.


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This is something you don't see every day — a poignant reminder of what we might take for granted.
The scene starts off at your departure gate at the airport. You're waiting for a flight, possibly bored or absorbed in last-minute emails. Maybe you don't want to be bothered.
But then the awe-inspiring happens.
Military blogger Doctrine Man shares this evocative story captured by US Airways passenger Chris Muller, who posted his personal account on his website.
Late last month at Reagan National Airport, Muller happened to be near Gate 38 when he heard an announcement over the loud speakers.
"A US Airways gate attendant announced that an Honor Flight of World War II veterans would be arriving momentarily and encouraged anyone passing by to help greet them," he recalls.
Honor Flights are arranged for U.S. veterans, particularly survivors of WWII, to visit the national capital and spend time at the memorials dedicated to them and their fallen comrades.
Muller noticed there were only five or six people who were officially tasked with greeting the veterans. Everyone else was a traveler with a plane to catch, going here and there.
He had a sinking feeling as he thought about what would happen if just a half dozen people cared to greet the war heroes.
But he was immediately surprised:
All throughout the terminal, people left their gates and gathered around Gate 38. A few active military personnel in plain clothes approached the gate attendant and politely asked if they could join in the salute within the jet way as the heroes first stepped off the plane. Every human being in the terminal stood at attention and faced the door.
As soon as the first veteran appeared — old and frail — he was met with a hero's welcome. Muller described how people cheered and total strangers held back tears.
The atmosphere in the US Airways wing of the airport was completely transformed. A collective demonstration of gratitude overflowed from Gate 38, and Muller managed to film a video of the whole encounter.
"This is the America we picture in our heads," he concludes.
"I realized that World War II wasn't just a chapter in a history book. It was men and women who saw an evil like the world has never seen before and traveled across the world to meet that evil. And they defeated it."
Here's his video of the spontaneous welcoming, which he describes as a unique "flash mob"— ararity that reveals what honor looks like:


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Hospital cuts to close beds, delay surgery
VICTORIAN hospitals will slash elective surgery and extend Christmas bed closures for up to six months due to a $107 million reduction in federal funding.
In a memo to staff on Friday, Southern Health chief executive Shelly Park said she had been forced to make tough decisions to find $13.6 million in savings.
''To meet this reduction in funding we have identified that we will need to reduce elective surgery by up to 1800 cases - with [a] flow-on effect on beds and theatre closures,'' Ms Park said. ''In addition we will need to close a 26-bed ward at Clayton … At this stage no decision has been made on which ward will close.''
Southern Health had 8620 patients on its elective surgery waiting lists on June 30, including at the Casey and Dandenong hospitals and Monash Medical Centre's Clayton and Moorabbin campuses.
At Western Health, chief executive Alex Cockram said a $6.46 million cut could affect up to 1300 patients waiting for elective surgery at the Western (Footscray), Sunshine and Williamstown hospitals.
Western Health had 3189 patients on its elective surgery waiting lists at June 30.
''Their operations will need to be rescheduled and this will cause unavoidable increases in waiting times,'' Associate Professor Cockram said.
A spokeswoman for Western Health said about 110 beds would be closed as part of a planned slowdown for between one and three weeks over Christmas, but up to 70 beds would remain closed until the end of June due to the cuts.
Details of the impact at Southern and Western Health follow the Royal Melbourne Hospital this week confirming that it will double from three to six weeks planned Christmas closures of an operating theatre and 45 beds.
The hospital is also considering closing a 25-bed ward from February 4 until the end of June due to a $8.4 million cut to its budget this financial year.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Melbourne Hospital said staff affected by the bed closures would be redeployed and ''at this point in time there has been no discussion about job losses''.
The cuts follow a funding adjustment by the federal government based on new population data from last year's census.
The federal government has said that overall funding for Victorian hospitals is increasing despite the $107 million write-down, and accuses the state government of using the issue as a smokescreen to distract from its own budget cuts.
Victorian Healthcare Association chief executive Trevor Carr said hospitals normally reduced elective surgery and closed beds in a planned slowdown for two to three weeks over Christmas but the public would feel the full effect of the cuts from mid-January. ''That's when people who have surgeries scheduled will start getting notified that they won't be able to proceed,'' he said.
Mr Carr said the state government needed to step in with extra funding to help hospitals maintain services.