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Skip to comments.Civilisation Has Left Its Mark On Our Genes
Posted on 12/19/2005 2:52:15 PM PST by blam
Civilisation has left its mark on our genes
22:00 19 December 2005
From New Scientist Print Edition
Bob Holmes
Darwins fingerprints can be found all over the human genome. A detailed look at human DNA has shown that a significant percentage of our genes have been shaped by natural selection in the past 50,000 years, probably in response to aspects of modern human culture such as the emergence of agriculture and the shift towards living in densely populated settlements.
One way to look for genes that have recently been changed by natural selection is to study mutations called single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) single-letter differences in the genetic code. The trick is to look for pairs of SNPs that occur together more often than would be expected from the chance genetic reshuffling that inevitably happens down the generations.
Such correlations are known as linkage disequilibrium, and can occur when natural selection favours a particular variant of a gene, causing the SNPs nearby to be selected as well.
Robert Moyzis and his colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, US, searched for instances of linkage disequilibrium in a collection of 1.6 million SNPs scattered across all the human chromosomes. They then looked carefully at the instances they found to distinguish the consequences of natural selection from other phenomena, such as random inversions of chunks of DNA, which can disrupt normal genetic reshuffling.
This analysis suggested that around 1800 genes, or roughly 7% of the total in the human genome, have changed under the influence of natural selection within the past 50,000 years. A second analysis using a second SNP database gave similar results. That is roughly the same proportion of genes that were altered in maize when humans domesticated it from its wild ancestors.
Domesticated humans Moyzis speculates that we may have similarly domesticated ourselves with the emergence of modern civilisation.
One of the major things that has happened in the last 50,000 years is the development of culture, he says. By so radically and rapidly changing our environment through our culture, weve put new kinds of selection [pressures] on ourselves.
Genes that aid protein metabolism perhaps related to a change in diet with the dawn of agriculture turn up unusually often in Moyziss list of recently selected genes. So do genes involved in resisting infections, which would be important in a species settling into more densely populated villages where diseases would spread more easily. Other selected genes include those involved in brain function, which could be important in the development of culture.
But the details of any such sweeping survey of the genome should be treated with caution, geneticists warn. Now that Moyzis has made a start on studying how the influence of modern human culture is written in our genes, other teams can see if similar results are produced by other analytical techniques, such as comparing human and chimp genomes.
Journal reference: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509691102)
GGG Ping?
Dawkins will not be pleased.
Why are there no transitional species - if Evolution is true there should be some species that are not complete ... like Democrats, forinstance .....
Some religeous idiot will do a bible quote.
I see precious few quotes from Darwin around here, except for the purposes of derision.
If you buy into the premise of the book "The Bell Curve," from about 15 years ago, it appears we citizens of the USA are evolving furiously, and most of the important evolution has taken place since World War I. Our meritocracy, which the USA has been (more or less) since roughly the end of WWI, is producing a much higher percentage of intelligent folk than has ever been seen in the history of any human society. At any rate, news like this shouldn't be considered particularly surprising, since it seems to be rediscovered every 5 - 10 years.
Hmmm. More evolutionary claptrap.
Let's run it through the mechanics of evolution and see if it makes any sense. The docile, agricultural humans had an evolutionary advantage such that their docile, agricultural offspring outcompeted the offspring of the cunning, tough hunter/gatherers, who died off en masse leaving the meek to inherit the earth.
Sorry, guys, doesn't wash. Evolution requires a LOT of death and survival of the fittest. (Darwin: "Nature is red in tooth and claw"). And if the offspring of BOTH survive together and can ultimately interbreed, evolution hasn't occurred at all.
Evolution always comes down to speculation and comes up short on evidence.
Just because they grew crops doesn't mean they quit hunting. Its not an either/ or situation.
And so what random genetic mutation occurred and how did it manifest? The gene for hunting AND farming behavior?
See, the problem with evolutionists is that their theory demands brutal rationality (ie, survival of the fittest), but when you point out the stark reality of a particular change -- like settling down to farm, losing body hair, inability of humans to smell or hear well, or even the dilution of a creature's genes through sexual reproduction -- there is always an exception or "possibility" thrown up to save the theory.
This is smoke and mirrors, nothing more. It comes down to a persistence to deny the existence of God and postulate that life "sprang" into existence. Not buying it.
Why would there be transitional species?
Because evolution doesn't happen in huge multi-gene mutational leaps. C'mon man, you know that!
If Evolution is true, then species are continually evolving ... and if so, there has to be species going from one thing to another ... like ocean to land or land to air .... something .... if you look at every living thing you'd notice they're complete ... a fruit fly will not evolve into an elephant or a rose into a fir tree ...
Sure, but the successful ones survive. Besides that, most all the evidence gets eaten.
There are plenty of species around now, and plenty of them are related to us. Even the plant kingdom is related to us. Any intermediate steps would have been localized in small populations except for the ones that were successful, and most of the intermediate steps would have disappeared. Life has a way of disposing of its ancestors, leaving nothing.
Tortured logic.
"I know what the theory of evolution says about survical of the fittest, but could not an intelligent designer be changing us and all other species for survivability in any new environment to which any species may venture?"
Well it's not doing a very good job, the vast majority of species are extinct.
"Why are there no transitional species"
There are, all of them are transitional species.
Disease resistance is something one would expect but the protein metabolism thingy is a bit counter-intuitive.
Maybe more meat as humans became better hunters as they got smarter?
Animal domestication.
That's less than 10,000 I think, although adding in herding should make it longer.
I suspect two possible countervailing trends... first an increase in protein supply with more efficiency, then, when agriculture came in, a dimuition as grains replaced meat.
10,000 = 10,000 years
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No. Not even remotely.
Could you explain a litte further? Wouldn't there have to be new genetic information to explain the theory of punctuated equilibrium?
Glad to try.
First, so I know where you're coming from, can you give me some idea of your understanding of "new genetic information"
From other scientists we get
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Nearly 99 percent alike in genetic makeup, chimpanzees and humans might be even more similar were it not for what researchers call "lifestyle" changes in the 6 million years that separate us from a common ancestor.
...Clark emphasizes that a study like this cannot prove that the biology of humans and chimps differ because of this or that particular gene. "But it generates many hypotheses that can be tested to yield insight into exactly why only 1 percent in DNA sequence difference makes us such different beasts," he says. link here: [http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Dec03/chimp.life.hrs.html],
Is it not amazing that modern man is genetically closer to chimpanzees than he is to man 50,000 years ago.
to what?
What are you transitioning too :)
Your opinion ....
The "docile" agriculturist was able to store food and live densely with others and would have been more than a match for hunter/gatherer bands who also had to deal with periodic shortages with no stored food to draw on. Starvation and predation of the H/G were most likely the cause of the Agriculturists prevailing, not direct competition.
Ok .... oil had to come from something/animal/fishes ... :)
It could have favored the planners, meek or not. A hunter wakes up, "me hungry, me go kill, me eat". That takes care of today. The farmer wakes up, sows his crop, and waits, while living off of last year's harvest which will carry him through the year. Of course, he still hunts too, but can take a day off from time to time to see a play or go to a museum. Less dangerous than hunting woolly mammoth.
That assume there was a where, which begs the question.
but then I repeat myself ... did they "self" generate?
one wonders .... :)
and if all that DNA stuff is true, then why are there bald men? If 80% of body heat goes out the head, then there should never ever be bald men .... evolution seems to work whenever it wants to ....and, it has to work all the time ... if not, poof ... we're all gonzo ....
If you heard the evolutionist on Coast last night, you would be questioning a lot. I bought his book a few months ago. He is the happiest man on earth because he has figured it out. He points out that DNA does not rule the cell, and he has a point because there are cells without DNA, without a nucleus at all, yet they are alive. He points out that intelligence does not originate in the nervous system because creatures, single cells, even plants, develop behavior without any nervous system. Can't think of a reason there must be electrons and protons, but we can make interesting, useful, and entertaining things out of them. At some point in our infinite regress to original causes we must come to a question for which there is no answer, which point varies with each person and at each moment of his intellectual development.
Well with all that I just say ok, if I'm wrong on Evolution and Darwinism then what am I out at the end of my life ... but on the other hand, if Creationism is true and in which I believe, then ......
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ...
In the sense of the humble origin of the greatest advance of civilization--the star, the stable, the three gifts--Merry Christmas
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Traditional Apartment in Heart of Paris
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The traditional studio features exposed wooden beams, wooden floorboards and classical décor. It consists of a double bed with a fireplace and the fully equipped kitchen offers a coffee maker. Bed linen and towels are provided and laundry facilities are available.
The Notre Dame Cathedral is 15 minutes' walk from the apartment. Châtelet-Les Halles Train Station is 10 minutes' walk away, and offers a direct train line to the airport. Rambuteau Metro Station is 500 meters away and a Vélib bike hire station is within 200 meters.
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like living in a Parisian roof-top apartment? Well here is your opportunity.
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Valerie's place is a quiet space within the heart of the city: double bed studio, antique floorboards, low ceiling, with a small but useful kitchenette. The bookshelves are stacked with guides and literature. There is wifi, and a TV. Direct Metro to CdeG.
The website picture is of the unique fourth floor roof top balcony entrance reached via an antique 17th century staircase. It is a secret hideaway.
As for Valerie, she is an excellent hostess. She is interested in you, has a wealth of knowledge, and sorts out any issues. Central Paris without any hassle. The perfect getaway.
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I recommend Valéries apartment. Very neat and special, very well situated in a nice local neighborhood. It is simply lovely, and so much better than a hotel. Valérie herself is a perfect host, and did everything to make us feel comfortable and welcome. Thank you!
This is an exceptionally charming appartment with a lot of character - we loved the attention to detail and the combination of vintage furniture and a very modern bathroom. Even though the kitchen is tiny, it is exceptionally well equipped. Ideal location to go on long walks through Paris, close to many lovely restaurants and sites and the ideal place to rest after a log day.
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We absolutely loved Valerie's apartment and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who is considering a trip to Paris.. The apartment is clean and so beautiful with the wooden beams throughout. It's a great location, close to excellent bars and restaurants, we barely had to catch a metro as so many great attractions were within easy walking distance. We'll definitely be staying again in the future! Many thanks Valerie!
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Would recommend it for nice stay
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Fairmont rolls by Ellsworth
FAIRMONT – Fairmont junior Mitch Pfingsten and Ellsworth junior Mitch Leuthold lit up the scoreboard for a combined 52 points during Monday night's nonconference basketball game in Fairmont.
Pfingsten and the Class 2A, No. 10-ranked Cardinals, however, prevailed by defeating the visiting Panthers, 75-55, at Cardinal Gym.
Pfingsten scored the first of his team-leading 25 points with a layup off of the opening tip before Leuthold responded on the other end with a 3-pointer for the first of his game-high 27 points.
Pfingsten drove in for another layup on the ensuing possession, made it and was fouled, finishing the traditional 3-point play from the free throw line.
Leuthold again swished a shot from behind the 3-point arc to give the Panthers a 6-5 lead.
After a 3 from Ellworth's Tim Nolte tied the game at 11-11 with 13 minutes to play in the opening half, Fairmont took the lead and never gave it back.
"We wanted to start fast this game. The last few games we haven't been doing that and tonight I thought we did a good job of coming out, playing fast and grabbing control," said Fairmont head coach Jared Thompson.
A Pfingsten steal at halfcourt turned into a layup to give the Cardinals a 13-11 lead, before teammate Josh Eversman sank a jumpshot outside the lane and Nick Roggow followed it with a shot along the baseline to start the Cardinals on a 13-0 run.
"I thought we had good movement tonight. We did a good job of moving the ball in the offense, but also player movement and getting open," said Thompson.
It was the Panthers' Johnathon Kramer's 3 from the top of the key that stopped the Cardinals' scoring run, making it a 24-14 game with 9 minutes left in the opening half.
Eversman and Roggow came off the bench for Fairmont, making a combined 6 of 8 from the floor and two free throws, to help the Pfingsten-led offense build a 17-point halftime lead.
After his game-opening pair of 3s, the Cardinal defense held Leuthold to just one basket the rest of the half for eight points, before he tallied 19 points during the second half to lead the Panthers.
"Defensively, we had good player rotations tonight. We like to switch on screens, but couldn't with their height tonight. So there was a lot of good communication, and we held Leuthold to just 14 points until the end, so I'm happy about that," said Thompson.
After the Cardinal offense had built a 40-23 halftime advantage, Pfingsten came out and scored 10-straight points to give the Cardinals a 50-25 lead just 4:30 into the second half.
Fairmont's defense held the Panthers to just 21 of 50 shooting from the floor and also limited Ellsworth to just 19 boards in the game, with eight coming in the second half.
"We gave up too many offensive rebounds in the first half. I thought we did a much better job of controlling that the second half," Thompson said in reference to his team's 25 rebounds – 12 of which occurred in the second half.
Eversman, who came in off the bench, made a perfect 4-for-4 in the first half to finish 7 of 10 from the floor for 14 points for the Cardinals. Eversman also pulled down a team-leading six boards.
Roggow and Jay Ruen each finished with eight points for Fairmont.
Fairmont (12-3, 4-0 South Central) hosts St. Peter in a 7:30 p.m. conference game on Thursday night at Cardinal Gym.
Ellsworth (5-9) hosts Adrian in a 6:15 p.m. game on Thursday night.
Ben Abel scored 13 points and made five steals to lead Fairmont to a 48-27 victory over Ellsworth during B-squad action on Monday in Fairmont.
Spencer Chirpich scored nine points, pulled down four rebounds and doled out four assists during the Cardinals' victory.
Kale Fritz added six points and grabbed five boards for the Cardinals.
Fairmont's B-squad (9-3) hosts St. Peter on Thursday.
Tyler Tennyson produced 17 points to lead the Fairmont C-squad to a 47-40 victory over Blue Earth Area on Thursday.
Chris Andrews netted six points, while Noah Quiring scored six and grabbed a team-leading 11 rebounds.
Anthony Shimon cleaned the glass for 10 rebounds, while Clayton Maakestad made three steals for the Cardinals.
Fairmont (7-4) hosts St. Peter on Thursday.
Martin County West 73, Cleveland 60 – Austin Krumwiede surpassed the 1,000-point career scoring milestone on the strength of a double-double effort of 15 points and 11 rebounds to help the Mavericks to a 73-60 Valley Conference victory over the Clippers on Monday night in Sherburn.
Jake Faber generated 16 points and seven boards for a Mavericks' offense that had four players in double figures.
Cordell Weber and Alex Biehn each tallied 10 points in the win.
Tyler Feitz scored 30 points to lead the Clippers, while Kyle Ziebarth added 11 points.
The Mavericks made 26 of 55 shots from the floor and went 16-for-22 from the charity stripe.
Martin County West (12-3, 7-1 Valley) travels to Alden-Conger for a 7:30 p.m. conference game on Thursday.
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 74, Truman/Martin Luther 67 – Bryson Yackel scored 33 points to lead the Knights to a 74-67 victory over the BluejayKnights in a Valley Conference game on Monday in Truman.
Sam Geistfeld recorded a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds to go with five steals to lead the BluejayKnights' effort.
Cade Ekstrom scored 15 points, grabbed six rebounds and distributed six assists for TML, while teammate DaMarko Thomas netted six points and grabbed a team-leading 13 boards.
Michael Coates scored 13 points for LCWM, while Lucas Hesser grabbed 12 rebounds.
The BluejayKnights went 8-for-18 from the free throw line and made 25 of 62 shots from the floor.
The Knights shot 20-for-52 from the floor, and sank 15 of 20 from the charity stripe.
Truman/Martin Luther (8-7, 4-4 Valley) travels to East Chain for a 7:30 p.m. conference game against Granada-Huntley-East Chain on Thursday.
St. Peter 80, Blue Earth Area 53 – The Class 2A, No. 2-ranked Saints defeated the Bucs, 80-53, in a South Central Conference game on Monday night in St. Peter.
No individual stats were reported.
Blue Earth Area (5-6, 1-4 SCC) travels to Wells for a 7:30 p.m. game against United South Central tonight.
St. Peter (13-1, 14-0 SCC) travels to Fairmont for a 7:30 p.m. conference game against the Class 2A, No. 10-ranked Cardinals on Thursday.


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He was born Dec. 22, 1958, in Jamestown, the son of Joseph and Della Ann Chiazzese Panebianco.
He was a 1976 graduate of Jamestown High School, and worked for many years in the tool and die industry.
He was extremely generous to all who knew him. He was a loving son who will be missed by his family very much.
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About the Author: Nicole Shepardson serves as a Program Officer in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).
Though born in Vietnam in 1982, Ho Manh Cong's life in his native country was proscribed in many ways by his lack of citizenship status. That is until July of this year, when the government of Vietnam, working together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, committed to end the saga of statelessness this year for more than 2,500 former Cambodian refugees and their descendants, many of whom came to Vietnam in 1972 to escape the Pol Pot regime. Unable to buy homes, receive social and health benefits, or even attend universities, many Vietnamese people of Cambodian descent now have access to citizenship and all the social benefits that this status implies. For Ho Manh Cong, this means he can now -- at the age of 28 -- purchase and register a motorcycle, for the first time in his life.
Most people around the world seldom think twice about showing their identity documents to travel freely, enroll in school, get a job, open a bank account, get married, or register the birth of their children. Yet in all these ways and others, citizenship is a critical part of our daily lives, livelihoods and human dignity. For a stateless person -- someone who is not recognized as a citizen of any country -- these aspects of daily life that we take for granted are a constant challenge.
Efforts to publicize and elevate the importance of statelessness are critical because for many, statelessness seems abstract -- some vague notion caught up in political theory about the relationship between the individual and the state. Few Americans might ever imagine that the problem is so widespread, with considerable stateless populations living in countries such as Burma, the Dominican Republic, Syria, Nepal, Russia, Kuwait, and the Ukraine, as well as for many Palestinians living in the Middle East, and on and on. Most Americans have never met a stateless person, and those of us whose citizenship is secure tend to take it for granted.
Until recently, the issue has been "in the shadows," like stateless people themselves. There is little data on the history of statelessness or population trends. Information on stateless populations has seldom been highlighted. Issues of citizenship and nationality are politically delicate. In the most egregious cases, governments have denationalized their citizens for political reasons; in some cases, governments simply lack the capacity to officially recognize and document their citizens; and in other cases, statelessness results from systematic discrimination or other gaps in citizenship laws and procedures. Whether they are deliberately excluded or simply fall through administrative cracks, stateless persons are often described as "legal ghosts."
This information graphic produced by the Department's Humanitarian Information Unit with the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) is the latest in our continuing efforts to create awareness about the global challenge of statelessness. Further information is available in the State Department's annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, the PRM-supported Forced Migration Review issue on statelessness, and from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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THE WEARHOUSE DISTRICT will be hosting a 3-hour long cocktail event and fashion presentation at 7 p.m. on May 30th at The House of Blues's FOUNDATION ROOM (225 Decatur St. New Orleans LA) to help raise money for The Audubon Institute's AUDUBON FUND. (21+ only, valid ID's will be needed to enter).
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The first National Junior Team Tournament will be held following the 2009 U.S. Junior National Badminton Championships on July 27 at the Orange County Badminton Club.
All U15, U17 and U19 participants of the Junior Nationals are invited to take part in this tournament. The top 5 players of each age group have the option to play up, therefore, the top 5 boys and girls of U13 are also invited to participate.
The National Junior Team Tournament will consist of four teams of U15, U17 and U19. The tournament will be played in a round robin format. In its first year, the organizers will attempt to even up the teams by distributing ranked players in each team. In the future, this competition may be based on inter clubs or regions.
Each tie will consist of a maximum of 11 matches. Organizers have the option to adjust the number of matches in each tie, depending on the number of participants. The goal is to have each team plan a strategy for winning more matches while working with two limitations: Each player plays a maximum of 2 matches per tie and a minimum of two matches throughout the tournament.
The objectives of the US Junior Team Tournament are to:
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Sarcoma Bike Tour 2006 Funds Awarded
|Posted by Julie Royster (juliecontent) on May 09 2009
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Sarcoma Bike Tour Funds Awarded
In July 2006 , Team GIST Support participated in the Team Sarcoma Bike Tour organized by the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative. Team GIST Support, pictured below, included Megan Lamb, Rob Lamb, and Jonathan Craig.
The goal for Team GIST Support was to raise funds for two young researchers: Dr. Anette Duensing and Dr. Sebastian Bauer. On October 16 Bruce Shriver announced that Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative is awarding $5000 each to our two recipients, with 85% raised by Team GIST Support. GIST Support International is proud to have partnered with Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative in this global effort to increase awareness of sarcomas and monies available for sarcoma research.
For details about the riders' experiences as they circled throughout the entire country of Denmark, check this related story with photos. Dr. Duensing and her husband, Dr. Stefan Duensing, were able to join the ride for one memorable day. Dr. Bauer organized a virtual ride in Essen, humorously described in his photo essay.
Dr. Duensing and Dr. Bauer are both working on innovative GIST research projects in their respective labs. Identifying new strategies to render GIST more susceptible to apoptosis (cell death) through molecularly targeted treatments is painstaking work, and we are grateful to these dedicated physicians for their efforts. Their photos are shown below with their comments about their curent GIST research efforts.
Dr. Duensing stated "I feel extremely honored to be recipient of a generous award from the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative, which was raised by "Team GIST Support a.k.a. Team GSI" during the Team Sarcoma 2006 bike tour in Denmark. These funds will be used to further elucidate of the precise mode of action of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec).
Imatinib is a potent small molecule kinase inhibitor that is very successful in the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). However, imatinib is not a cure, and unfortunately many patients acquire resistance to this drug over time. Identifying the exact mechanism of action of imatinib will be instrumental for the development of alternative treatment approaches for patients with primary or recurrent GISTs and novel strategies to circumvent imatinib resistance. We have shown that a molecule that is known to be involved in DNA double strand break repair is massively overexpressed in GIST cells after imatinib treatment. Further experiments revealed that the upregulation of this protein is critically involved in the induction of GIST cell death (apoptosis). We will expand these findings using various GIST cell line models as well as a GIST tissue microarray."
Dr. Bauer commented: "Imatinib has greatly improved the treatment of patients with metastatic GIST. However, 20% of patients exhibit primary resistance and the majority of patients who respond to imatinib eventually progress. For these patients, alternative treatment strategies are urgently needed.
While the mechanisms of early or primary resistance to imatinib remain unclear, several mechanisms have been identified for patients with secondary resistance. Among those are additional mutations in the imatinib binding area, which reduce the ability of imatinib to bind and inhibit KIT. Therefore, current strategies focus on alternative KIT-Inhibitors or inhibitors of KIT-depending signaling intermediates. Our group focuses on the evaluation of potential therapeutically relevant inhibitors of KIT. Among those are direct and indirect KIT-inhibitors, which need to be extensively evaluated to enable the future use in patients. The contribution by GIST Support Internationl and the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Foundation will help to co-finance Ph.D. student Thomas Mühlenberg, who currently evaluates an indirect approach to inhibit KIT. This approach may be helpful to overcome the problem of secondary mutations in imatinib-resistant GIST. In addition, funds will be used to partly defray costs for media for cell culture experiments as well as antibodies to test the molecular effects of the new treatments. We are most grateful for this contribution which is not only a financial help but also a tremendous motivation. We will do our best to fulfill the hope and expectations that are connected with this donation. Thank you."
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Several weeks ago, Rajendra Pachauri — the Indian engineer and economist whose Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore — stopped by the offices of Yale Environment 360 to talk about the path the world must take to slow global warming. He was on yet another stop of what certainly must be one of the most hectic travel schedules on the planet. When we saw him, Pachauri was in the midst of a trip that was taking him from China, to the United States, to Europe, to Africa, and then back to China, all within a few weeks.
Popping lozenges to soothe a scratchy throat, Pachauri spoke to e360 editor Roger Cohn and senior editor Fen Montaigne for nearly an hour about his vision of how to tackle the growing climate crisis: the need for the developed world to set an example by beginning to wean itself from oil and coal, the moral duty of the world's rich nations to help undeveloped countries adapt to wrenching, climate-related changes, and the close link between global warming and international peace and security:
Here is an edited version of our conversation:
e360 editor Roger Cohn: We are here in our offices with Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dr. Pachauri, welcome back to New Haven. We are absolutely delighted and honored to have you as our guest. And we'll start with a very recent development. President Bush has proposed that the United States wait until 2025 to start reducing the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. What's your reaction to the president's recent statement on this?
Rajendra Pachauri: I think it's a positive step. It's a step in the right direction. One can question and maybe quarrel with the contents of what has been said. But if you compare this to what was being said from the White House six years ago, it's a big step forward. I think it certainly makes it possible for whoever is going to occupy the White House next year to build on this commitment.
e360: But is it nearly enough? It may be a step forward from what has been the policy, but do you think it's anywhere near what the U.S. needs to be doing between now and 2025?
Pachauri: Well, I suppose there's a negotiating process which is on, so one wouldn't expect any country to make a unilateral commitment that's any more ambitious than what's been stated so far. There are two reasons why I feel generally pleased with this. The first is the fact that this marks a major shift from what was being said earlier by this administration. If I could say something which is actually paraphrasing what [German Environment] Minister [Sigmar] Gabriel said: in some sense it's like Neil Armstrong reaching the moon, when he said that, "This is a small step for me, but a giant step for mankind." And he [Gabriel] said that what President Bush has said is a small step for mankind, but a giant step for the president.
e360: Are you concerned, though, that given the pace of physical change, the world does not have 17 years to wait for the U.S. to kick into gear?
Pachauri: I think that's absolutely right. And you know, in the IPCC, we have clearly assessed stabilization scenarios. And one particular scenario, which would essentially limit temperature increases to two to 2.4 degrees Celsius, would require that we allow peaking to take place no later than 2015. And beyond 2015 global emissions have to start declining.
So I agree with you. If the world is serious about containing climate change — and some may even argue that two degrees or 2.4 degrees of increase is much too high, for good reason — it should probably say that we need to bring down emissions very rapidly. And 2015 should be the outside limit. So compared to that, yes, 2025 is 10 years much later. And therefore one could hope that when a new administration takes office, and does its homework, then they will be able to come up with something more inspiring for the rest of the world.
e360: What do you believe the new administration — whether it's President Obama, or McCain, or Clinton — what steps do you believe that next U.S. president needs to take immediately and specifically to address these issues?
Pachauri: Firstly I think whoever is in the position of leadership in the new administration must realize that it's imperative that the U.S. must lead in this effort. I think it's also important that the U.S. must regain its prestige, must regain its credibility, its influence. Because today, let's face it, the political influence of the U.S. in global forums is very, very low, for a variety of reasons. And in climate change, people just feel as though the U.S. is not in the mainstream at all. So not only must the U.S. be in the mainstream, but it should be the leader as far as action is concerned. I feel very strongly about that. I do realize that obviously the U.S. is not going to take action which is going to be detrimental to the economy and to the well-being of its people. But there is now so much evidence to show that much can be done without loss of jobs. Much can be done without loss of economic output.
As a matter of fact, a number of measures that can be taken have so many so-called co-benefits at the local and the national level that in effect you would be taking some of these steps at negative cost. So the economy
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I was a little concerned to read that there's some talk about taking away taxes on gasoline, which I think would be a backward step. I mean, look at the rest of the world and what they are paying for petroleum products. In the words of the president himself, America is addicted to oil. Let's kick that addiction. Let's kick that habit. There has to be a very specific commitment through the pricing mechanism, through the market, to see that we shift to other than fossil fuels as sources of energy.
e360: When you look at the effort to slow climate change, what do you believe has been the price of U.S. inaction over the last eight years?
Pachauri: I would say that globally there hasn't been too much action. Because firstly, of course, the U.S. and Australia didn't ratify the Kyoto protocol. And that certainly, in my view, reduced the resolve on the part of even those countries that ratified the Kyoto protocol, because it took away a little bit of the sanctity of this multilateral agreement, even if it's not a perfect agreement. And you can't get perfect agreements when you get all the countries in the world to agree to something. It's always something which is the result of compromise. But the result [of inaction] has been that we find the increase in temperature has been much faster in recent years.
Just to give you an indicator, of the 12 warmest years since we've had recorded data on temperatures, 11 have taken place in the last 12 years. If you look at sea level rise since 1993, the rate of sea level rise has been much faster than what happened in the previous 40 years.
So the cost of inaction has been very harmful to not only the world as a whole, but certainly to some of the most vulnerable regions in the world. And the fact that the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave the Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC and Mr. Al Gore clearly establishes the link that they see between climate change and peace and stability. Now if you have problems of sea level rise which threaten the well-being of societies in the free parts of the world, if you have the problem of food security, and growing water scarcity, that clearly is going to be destructive of peace in different parts of the world. And I would say that the inaction that we have seen in the last 16 years since the Framework Convention came into existence is only going to make these problems much worse — perhaps taking them to a crisis level in some cases.
e360: It's been somewhat unexpected that in recent months all of these problems, this sort of perfect storm of problems — of drought in Australia, of food shortages, of these intensifying physical changes, particularly at the poles — have occurred. In your opinion is this happening much more quickly than many thought it would happen?
Pachauri: Absolutely. You know, we have clearly projected that there is an increase in extreme precipitation events, which will continue. There will be more heat waves. That is happening already — floods, droughts, and a growing scarcity of water in different parts of the world. So all of this is in some sense reaching a boiling point, and it's really not a matter of coincidence that all of these are happening together. They'll probably get much worse over time if we do nothing.
e360: Looking at the physical and ecological changes that are taking place around the world right now, what that you're seeing gives you most cause for concern?
Pachauri: There are a variety of things. I'm concerned about the melting of the glaciers which will affect (in terms of availability of water), we have estimated, something like 500 million people in South Asia, some 250 million in China... And the fact that the flow in these rivers is going to decline is not only going to affect the water that flows in the rivers, but also the recharge of the aquifers. Because rivers perform an extremely vital function in terms of recharging ground water resources.
So all of that goes down. And if you don't have enough water in the rivers, what will people do? They're going to pump out more and more water from underground sources. And this has other implications because it's only the rich who can afford the energy, and the installation, and capital equipment to pump out that water. The poor will have no option at all but to just beg, or steal, or whatever. So, again, you're asking for a very unfavorable outcome in terms of the security and stability of a society.
I'm concerned about several countries in Africa where we have projected that agricultural productivity by 2020 may go down by 50 percent. That could be disastrous because these are countries that don't have the money to import food, particularly at the prices that we see today and that we can project for the future. I'm worried about the growing water scarcity.
Again, by 2020 we expect 75 million to 250 million people being further stressed as far as water availability is concerned on account of climate change. These are things you can see. You just have to travel to these countries. Obviously in them are the seeds of potential conflict and a great deal of suffering. And certainly something that the world today, when communications and images from far away enter into our bedrooms, we just cannot accept. It would be inhuman. It would be totally insensitive to just shut our eyes to what's happening in the rest of the world, particularly when these communities have had no share of the responsibility for causing the problem to start with. So there's an ethical and equity dimension in the whole thing, which I think as human beings we just can't ignore.
e360: You mentioned that ethical dimension in your Nobel acceptance speech. And you talked about the Hindu philosophy of the world as a single community of one.
Pachauri: Right. Yes. It's one family.
e360: In your thinking, how does that apply to a global response to this issue?
Pachauri: We really ought to look at the most dispossessed communities. We ought to look at the most underprivileged, the most vulnerable communities, in the world. But do we ever bother about them? No, we don't. We don't look at the small island states. We don't look at the most impoverished regions of Africa who are living under conditions of stress on account of a number of factors. But climate change is going to make these much worse. So I think what ethical behavior would require is that we look at the worst affected regions of the world and then determine our global responses and actions to ensure that somehow we contain the level of problems that they will face. So I think equity and ethics go together in this issue.
e360: And concretely, what do you think countries such as the United States, member states of the European Union, Japan, the huge emitters, should do? What concrete steps in terms of help, adaptation, mitigation, should be taken to help these very impoverished areas?
Pachauri: Well, the first thing we need to do is to generally help them establish the capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change. To be quite honest, most of these countries have zero capacity. I mean, they have been coping with changes in weather, changes in climate, which take place naturally. But what we are talking about today is far beyond the range of what is in their capacity to handle. So I think we need to help them create that capacity. In some cases, we may have to provide infrastructure. If in areas you're going to have much greater scarcity of water, how are we going to ensure water is stored when it's available so that people can get at least some quantity throughout the year? This may require storage facilities and other infrastructure, and knowledge, technology. The ability to cope with some of these problems; I think that's extremely important.
Secondly, I think if we want countries to be able to move along a path that is sustainable and not necessarily a replication of what the developed world has done, I think you have to help them set up public transport infrastructure.
[These are] substantial examples of where the developed world, by helping some of these societies, would be helping the world and therefore helping themselves as well. I think there's a range of things that can be done — facilitate investments in some of these sustainable technologies, possibly provide funding to make technologies available that are sustainable. There are 1.6 billion people in this world who don't have access to modern forms of energy or electricity. There are 400 million people in India who don't have access to electricity. And a number of them have darkness once the sun goes down. They might have a little bit of kerosene oil or something, and light a little wick stove which gives you a flicker of light during the evening. What we've developed is a solar lantern that costs roughly the equivalent of $70. This can be provided to people. They will pay for it if they are given credit, if they are given financing options. And they can light up their homes using a sustainable, clean source of energy.
So I have launched a program called "Lighting a Billion Lives." If one was to do this on a global basis — and I'm not saying that this is going to be easy — it would cost the equivalent of 15 or 16 billion dollars. How much is the war in Iraq costing — twelve billion dollars a month? So you know, there's something very distorted in this world, and if we keep ignoring these kinds of reality, we're only going to compound the problem over a period of time... Surely as a global community we can find the resources to make something like this [solar lanterns] happen. This is a very, very small price to pay.
e360: In the IPCC Report you forecast that at the high end there would be possible sea level rise by the end of the 21st century of two feet. And now more recent reports talk about sea level rise of five feet or more in that time frame. Now, knowing this, do you think that your forecast may prove to have been conservative?
Pachauri: Actually in the Synthesis Report, which we produced in November, we clearly stated that we don't know enough, and therefore we weren't placing an upper limit on the amount of sea level rise that we will get. Because, frankly, the jury is still out, and we don't have enough evidence to provide an upper bound on how much sea level rise would take place. And God forbid, if the Western Antarctic and the Greenland ice sheets were to collapse, then we're talking about a sea level rise of several meters. And that clearly means that we're changing the geography of this planet. Because there are several low-lying areas, including some in North America, that will just vanish.
e360: I wanted to ask a quick question about the economic rise of China and India, the growing affluence there. How do you think China, India, Brazil, and Southeast Asia can develop and have greater affluence, without creating the kind of climate disaster that would happen if they start creating the sort of greenhouse gases that we Americans do? What paths of development do you foresee that can be a way out of this?
Pachauri: Firstly let me talk about the sociopolitical situation, as it exists. I think if we want to provide a compelling case for these countries to move along a different path, then I think the developed countries have to take some urgent and vigorous action to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases. And this would require a major shift in terms of the way we do business: the size of cars, the inefficiency of the automobile sector, the excessive reliance on private vehicles rather than public transport, requiring much greater investments in public transport in the developed countries.
All of this will provide compelling evidence to the developing world that this is a serious problem, where the developed world is not going to impose two standards: That we are going to have all the good things in life, and you guys better make all the sacrifices when you grow and develop. I think there's a sociopolitical dimension to this problem, which really means that countries in the developed world have to take leadership. The second thing would be to facilitate some of the things that I just talked about — whether it's the use of solar photovoltaic technology, whether it is investments in public transport.
So I think we need to provide resources to see that the developing countries don't get hooked onto the same path of development that we have over here. But that's easier said than done because in this day and age everybody watches television. They look at the soap operas, they look at all the good things in life that people have in the developed world. And that fires aspirations and ambitions which will need to be curbed.
I quote Gandhi extensively. He was a man who was ahead of his time, and he realized the dangers of pursuing exactly the same path of development. He was asked a very specific question on this. "Mr. Gandhi, don't you want India to reach the same level of prosperity as Britain?" And his response was, "It took Britain half the resources of the planet to get where it is. How many planets will India require?" Here he was in the beginning of the 20th century, he foresaw the implications of continuing on this path.
I think we also need leadership, both in the developed and the developing world, to tell us, "Look, we've got to get off this path. It's going to create havoc if we don't make some major changes." I think if everyone in the developed world shows a change in direction, and starts implementing measures that are visible and credible, then this will have an influence on the developing countries as well. But as long as people's aspirations are essentially based on what they see in the developed countries, it's very difficult in a democracy to move people along a different path. And so I think you really need some degree of convergence between North and South, to be able to see that we come up with global solutions that are sustainable. I don't see that happening so far, but it must.
e360: If you could single-handedly introduce a program to slow and reverse climate change, what specific steps would you take?
Pachauri: I'd place a high price on carbon in the economies across the globe. A cap-and-trade system has a lot of merit. But over and above that, perhaps there's a need to put taxes on those activities and those products that are highly energy intensive, or intensive in the use of resources of various kinds. An example would be like what Mayor [Ken] Livingstone has done in London. In central London he's taxed cars coming into that area to such an extent that it's made an enormous difference in traffic.
Now, that's a win-win situation because you improve mobility. You improve local pollution and local environmental quality. You're reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses. And he is also collecting resources, which could then go to financing substitutes that are sustainable.
So I think one has to look at a mix of regulatory taxation, as well as other fiscal measures by which one can bring about a shift. One of the benefits of the Kyoto protocol has been the fact that at least it's begun a market for carbon, which didn't exist earlier. This wouldn't have happened but for the fact that there is a Kyoto protocol which requires countries to reduce their emissions. And they're using some market mechanisms to bring that about. I think a cap-and-trade system has merit. But that may not be enough. We may need to do much more in terms of taxation; in terms of maybe providing fiscal incentives to develop new technologies. And I think overall, if one wants to make the most efficient use of the marketplace, then we need to provide a powerful signal on the use of carbon throughout the economy.
e360: If you had benign dictatorial powers, other than putting a price on carbon, what concrete steps would you take immediately?
Pachauri: Well, you certainly need some regulation of those particular sectors that are contributing a large amount to emissions. You can use regulation in the building industry, where perhaps the amount of energy per square foot of a certain type of building in a particular location would be limited to X kilowatt hours. And one has to do that rather judiciously. You don't want to introduce a bureaucratic overlay of things that would not actually help.
e360: Right. Do you believe that the United States and other developed countries have an obligation to help pay for adaptation and mitigation efforts in developing countries? And if so, what should the developed countries be doing?
Pachauri: Well this is already there in the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and in the Kyoto protocol. There is such a thing as an adaptation fund which has come into existence, but there's just such a measly sum of money involved that it doesn't really get you anywhere. So I think there has to be some general effort on the part of the developed countries to help. In the end, a lot has to be provided in the way of emergency and rehabilitation assistance, all of which might prove to be much more expensive than actually preventing the problem to start with.
Look at the problem in Sudan and Darfur. The Secretary General of the UN said that much of this problem is caused by climate change, and people chewed him up because he made that statement. But clearly, climate change is a contributing factor. All of us in the IPCC clearly bring out the fact that climate change exacerbates existing stresses, and it could literally be the last straw on the camel's back. So I think somehow we need a new spirit by which everyone understands that, really, we're all in it together.
e360: Since the IPCC report last year, the climate-change skeptics have been noticeably quiet. I think public awareness of this issue, with your winning the Nobel Prize, has become focused. Do you think that the era of needing to convince people and the skeptics that there is in fact man-made climate change is over? Or do you think that's a debate that will still be fought in the future?
Pachauri: No, I think they [the skeptics] have probably gone into tactical retreat. I don't think this will go away. Clearly the credibility of the skeptics has been affected, and they realize they don't have the same influence that they perhaps had earlier on. But as someone associated with the IPCC, I'm not terribly worried about it, because if you go back in time, historically, every time there's new knowledge, every time there are new scientific facts which come out, there's always a backlash.
e360: Besides the public awareness factor, what difference do you think your winning the Nobel Prize, the IPCC winning the Nobel Prize, has really made in spurring the world community to action?
Pachauri: Firstly, it certainly provides a certain level of glory and credibility to the work of the IPCC. Secondly, by drawing the link between peace and climate change, they [the Nobel committee] certainly raised an alarm. The prize has certainly raised an alarm on the cost of ignoring the problem because I think if there's one thing that human beings are really worried about,it is the danger to peace and security. That somehow comes closer to home than anything else.
e360: Dr. Pachauri, we thank you for being with us today and talking with us about this crucial issue.
Pachauri: Thank you very much.


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You've heard about the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Friday morning Dec. 14, 2012. Twenty innocent children lost their lives because they went to school that day.
Think about the unwrapped presents they might have had. Think about the soccer teams they might have played on. Think about all they would miss and all that we will miss because they will not be here.
That was one morning and we should mourn for them.
Now think about one day in United States. What if their parents had gone to a Planned Parenthood clinic six years before hand?
Instead of a gun, the terminator had a scalpel or suction tube or some other means of removing the child from life. We mourn when life is lost in the public school, but we pay people to terminate life in a Planned Parenthood clinic.
No one hears. No TVs are there, but in one 24-hour day nearly 2,000 children lose their lives and we pay for it.
Please weep for the other children who lost their lives that day without a gun being fired.
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The rescheduled TechTrends: Annual 2010 Webinar took place yesterday, and was a smashing success. Thanks to all of our participants and panelists, who helped make it such a great event. We also want to thank Michael Stephens and Jason Griffey, who were both unable to participate in the rescheduled event, but contributed by posting their slides and a rundown of their TechTrends on the blog (Jason's Trends are here and Michael's are here).
Below you'll find the following, in this order:
Enjoy the archive! We'll see you at the next TechSource Webinar. Read More »
Like Jason, I can't participate today but I am happy to share my slides and a few words about the trend I was going to explore in my portion of the Webinar. I was only at ALA for 24 hours but the conversations I had with colleagues and people who inspire me pointed to the over-arching idea of "Teaching & Learning in Flux." Under that trend, I pulled out three sub-categories:
Organizational Immersive Learning
This subcategory addresses the outstanding success of the Learning 2.0 model of staff training: free, open, and inclusive. I was going to highlight my Australian research project sponsored by CAVAL. The foundation for this multi-dimensional study comes from the global replication of the program (1000 institutions and counting) and the words of Stephen Abram: ""I believe that this has been one of the most transformational and viral activities to happen globally to libraries in decades." Read More »
I'm not able to participate synchronously with the rescheduled TechSource Trends webinar about ALA Annual, but I wanted to chime in and explain a bit about my somewhat vague set of slides that I put up just after the technical issues from the originally scheduled one. So here are my thoughts, and the talking points that I had for the slides if I were able to participate. So sorry that I won't be there, but I'm sure it's going to be awesome. Read More »
Creative Commons 101Where U.S. Copyright law dictates how creative work cannot be used, Creative Commons licensing makes it clear how a work may or may not be used. Creative Commons licensing has several attributes, or conditions, each of which can be assigned independently: Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, and Sharealike. Attribution is just that: if you use a work, its creator must be credited. Works that use the Non-Commercial stipulation may not be used for any commercial purpose. No Derivatives means that the work must be used exactly as it's provided. Sharealike requires users to license any derivative works the same way that the original was licensed.
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An opinion piece by David Brooks, which ran in the July 9th edition of the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/opinion/09brooks.html?_r=1&ref=davidbrooks), articulates a key challenge facing libraries in America today. Of course, like many an utterance from beyond librarianship that touch on key library issues, this one doesn't actually mention libraries.
Brooks focuses on the underlying assumptions of two cultures that currently are "at war" in America: Internet culture and Literary culture. The overt bone of contention is how participation in these two cultures affects students during their formative formal educational years. Read More »
Texting. The cloud. E-books. Location-based services. Mobile devices, virtual worlds, microblogging, wikis, social media, and so on. What do these things have in common? They have all taken their turn as "the next big thing." There's never a been a shortage of up-and-coming library technologies, but while some prove to be revolutionary, others flame out just as quickly. Confusing matters even more, the next big thing might pan out great for Library A, but crash and burn for Library B. We all work with limited resources, so when we invest in a new tool or service, we want confidence our time and funds go towards something lasting and useful (rather than a lot of hype). Read More »
To Anyone who Registered for Today's Webinar,
Due to unanticipated technical problems, we have been forced to pull the plug on today's webinar, TechTrends: Annual 2010. Though we were very excited to bring you this event, it appears that the number of attendees led to a severe server crash.
We are tremendously sorry for the inconvenience, and will work to resurrect this event as quickly as we can. We will keep you updated as we work to make this up to all who registered for this event.
Thank you, and again, we offer our sincerest apologies to everyone who wanted to participate.
Does your library charge fines? For everything? I've been chatting with a couple of libraries that don't charge fines for books, but do charge them for DVDs and videos. One library finds that their books often don't come back. Or that they come back months late. Not so with the DVDs and videos. Fines, they conclude, are the way to get materials back. Read More »
It's recently come to our attention that there is a glitch in the registration process for our workshop Building the Digital Branch with David Lee King. The ALA Store is incorporating a shipping charge into the fee for this event, despite the fact that there is nothing to ship and thus no such fee.
We are short staffed because of the holiday weekend, and will not be able to fix this problem until Tuesday, July 6th. If you are planning on registering for the event, please wait until after that date. If you have registered for the event and been charged the shipping cost, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will process a refund for you.
Thank you for your patience. Read More »
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Every library needs a presence on the Web. Whether you work at a large academic library or a public library in a small town, you need to be able to provide service and content to your patrons beyond the walls of your building. In this workshop, David Lee King will take you through the process of building an effective, user-friendly library website that will exand and enhance your library's presence in its community.
This event will take place on Tuesday, August 3rd at 2:30pm Eastern (1:30pm Central, 11:30am Pacific).
Whether you're looking to launch your first website, redesign your site, or expand the site you have, this workshop will provide practical guidance for every step of the process. Read More »
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Here are my top 5 favorite tutorials of the year!
These candles were so easy and I'm such a sucker for easy decor projects! I think these have been a focal point in the living room ever since they were made.
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Journeying to the skies with Bioshock: Infinite
The release of the original Bioshock in 2007 was a significant moment in this console generation.
The release of the original Bioshock in 2007 was a significant moment in this console generation.
The sequel to 2K Games' critically acclaimed smash-hit BioShock is bubbling ever-closer to the surface. In just a few short weeks, gamers will be able to fulfil all their Big Daddy fantasies as they once more take to the watery bowels of Rapture. Wit...
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Now that spring is here, your dog is much more likely to encounter ticks when it is romping in the woods or at the park. Many owners are familiar with tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease in dogs, but there are others to be on the lookout for, too.
Anaplasmosis in dogs is an increasingly common infection transmitted from deer ticks. According to the Times Union, deer ticks spread this disease in the northeastern and upper Midwest U.S., and black-legged ticks carry it in the western part of the nation.
The clinical signs of anaplasmosis range from mild to severe. Lethargy, high fever and severely swollen, sore joints are the characteristic signs, but in some cases seizures in dogs are reported. Once this condition is diagnosed, it can be cleared up in a matter of weeks with doxycycline, an antibiotic.
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Donald Thyrion
THYRION, Donald, 73, of Alpena died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at home.
He is survived by his wife, Janet; seven children, Andrea (Timothy) Rodden of Holly, Tina (Jimmy) Aldred of Winchester, Ky., Denna Webb of Howell, Veronica (Tony) Sullivan of Jackson, Ky., Triki Hauk (Lester Wirgau) of Alpena, Jenny (Michael) Freel of Millersburg, and Brandon of Millersburg; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Phyllis Park of Westland.
Per his wishes, he has been taken from the Karpus-Hunter Funeral Home for cremation.
Family and friends will gather on Saturday, March 30, 2013, at the VFW Hall on 2900 Connon Street in Alpena starting at 12 p.m. for the family memorial service begins.


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2009/H1N1 infection in pregnancy association with adverse perinatal outcomes
- Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Singapore
- Correspondence to May Li Lim
Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Level 7 Women's Tower, KK Women's & Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899; lim.may.li{at}kkh.com.sg
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■ 2009/H1N1 infection is associated with increased risk of perinatal death and preterm birth.
■ Infected women delivering preterm were more likely to be infected in the third trimester, be admitted into intensive care unit and have secondary pneumonia.
■ Further evaluation using larger sample size, rigorous matching of controls and consideration for variables lacking in current study will be advantageous.
Since identification of the 2009/H1N1 influenza virus, the increased risk of maternal morbidity and mortality from this novel infection has been highlighted.1 Past pandemics and seasonal flu have shown inconsistent perinatal effects. Some data have shown increased risk of preterm birth and fetal death.2 Other studies have indicated no increased fetal risk, supported by …


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IFSC or Indian Financial System Code is the code allocated to all banks branches. Bank branches use this code to participate in RTGS and NEFT transactions.
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Topic: This is what happens when you look for weird names for Ruby programs
I was looking for Parrot and Ruby since I can not find the projects site yet
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gandboss/O 20page.htm
It's a Parrot! And it's named Ruby! Oh what joy! *MY GOD! (and that another ruby named app) it's drinking an energy drink! Sick.*


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Acer, the third largest personal computer vendor in the world, has reduced pricing of its Aspire One netbooks that come with either Linux or Microsoft Windows. The price drop may trigger a price war on the market of already inexpensive personal computers. But Acer, which is trying hard to replicate the success of Asus Eee PC, thinks that lower pricing just opens doors to new users.
"The Aspire one is a breakthrough product that meets the connectivity needs of both students and mobile professionals. By increasing the value of our mobile Internet device lineup, Acer is opening the Aspire one experience to a whole new base of users," said Kristin Markworth, senior manager of notebook product marketing for Acer America.
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As someone born and bred in Detroit, I think the lady is only part right. It's true, when I grew up in Detroit, we never used the term, "Detroit pizza." I only started using it... well, here, when I started the Buddy's thread, because it was only after leaving Detroit that I realized that the style was unique. But in Detroit, the it was just, "Let's got to Buddy's... or Shield's or whatever. Neither me nor any of my friends were "pizzaphiles," just kids that liked pizza. We liked Buddy's, Shield's, etc. better than plain old round pizza or Sicilian, but we didn't know, or particularly care, why - it just tasted good!Though I don't know, I suspect that people in Chicago called their unique style "deep-dish pizza" or something, until it became widely known to people beyond Chicago.So today, I can say "Chicago pizza" and people know what I'm talking about. But say "Detroit pizza" and I'm sure I would get a blank stare and need to explain what a "Detroit pizza" is. In fact, I have a friend here in NYC, who grew up in Detroit, but had no idea what I meant by "Detroit pizza" and in fact had never heard of Buddy's!But maybe, as the "gospel" of Detroit pizza spreads, maybe that will change... :^)Gene
I know my Kitchen Aid mixer doesnt mix exactly the same as my Hobart mixer does, and my Hobart is usually faster and does mix better, but I found something Steve told me Tuesday interesting. Steve told me my crumbs at market are softer than when he used the same formulation as I did (by that I mean the slices just about melt in your mouth if that can be understood (when the Buddys clone doughs are tempered right). I told Steve my best results on both mixers are when I just use the flat beater on my Kitchen Aid and Hobart mixers and I told him the mixes are on speeds like 1 first then 2 and 3 and sometimes 4 on my Kitchen Aid mixer. I mix until the dough isnt really sticky in both mixers. I found Steves comment about my crumb being different than his crumb somewhat strange, because even at home my Buddys clone are almost the same in the softer crumb. Steve told me he doesnt have a flat beater or a Kitchen Aid mixer and mostly mixes by hand and sometimes uses his Bosch mixer if I recall right. Steve then does stretches and folds different times when I dont do that with my Buddys clone doughs. Do you have any explanation as why Steves Buddys clone pizzas dont turn out like mine in the crumb? Maybe if Steve sees this post he can also explain more. Steve has been looking at some used Kitchen Aid mixers, but I dont know if he will get one or not. I am not sure either how far I am developing the gluten structure really at either places, but to me the dough feels strong when trying to be stretched right out of both mixers. I guess what I am trying to explain is the dough feels something like when trying to feel is the dough is windowpaning if that makes any sense to you. It can be seen in some of my photos of how the dough balls look after being formed after I divide and scale. I guess I could mix longer to see what happens. I also did work on some higher hydration doughs before like in the Pizzarium thread and I know what it takes to get that kind of higher hydration dough stronger. My way for that is using the stretch and fold methods.
This isnt related to the Buddys clone pizzas and dont want to get too far off topic like I can, but find when trying to quote what someone said and erasing some things I dont want to quote the screen wants to jump too much to get rid of that stuff I dont want in my quote if lots of things need erased. Do you have the same problems? I see you can easily just put different quotes and then answer right under them, which I can't easily do.
Norma,It sounds to me that you are doing a good job with the kneading of your Buddy's clone doughs. Because of the relatively high hydration of such doughs, I also think that it is important to get sufficient gluten development, even to the point of being able to pass the windowpane test. If using the paddle or flat beater attachment helps that process along, then I would continue to use it. I do that myself for just about all doughs, for pretty much all hydration values, before switching to the dough hook on my home KitchenAid stand mixer. However, the flat beater attachment does a better job with higher hydration doughs than lower hydration doughs. I have no good explanation for why Steve doesn't get results similar to yours. Maybe he can elaborate further on his methods.
I have not experienced the "jumping" problem you mentioned. My practice is to compose replies on the forum in real time (unless I am doing something really involved or complicated, in which case I compose in Word). I have learned just to use the proper quote commands where necessary to tie my responses to the particular material quoted. Everything else gets deleted. That way, I am not quoting entire posts, which takes up more space. Peter
I've just mixed by hand along with a couple S&F. I wonder if this method and a higher gluten flour would yield a more similar result to Normas'?
Thanks Britt. I have some KASL but no KA mixer. I may try a hand mix with the KASL though. Good looking pie there, btw. The bottom looks nice and crispy.
Yes, it's crispy, just slightly oily, and so soft and pillowy inside that you have to fight hard to not inhale the entire piece in one bite.
I've never had a real DS pizza so can't directly compare with what I'm making, unfortunately. We have relatives in Chicago, might have to tag along next time my wife makes a trip up there and take a side trip to Detroit just for sampling. I've made a LOT of DS pizza in the last couple of months (at least four 4-slice pans a week, sometimes six) and have found two ways that work well for me with the dough - either dropping it into the pans after a short bulk rise (no balling) and then allowing it to spread and proof inside the pan for a couple hours at room temp, giving it a final stretch, then proofing in a warm oven before dressing (this is what I would do if I was making it commercially, think it's close to what Buddy's is doing from the pictures and what I've read), or giving it a 24-hr cold ferment, balled, and then proofing, stretching, and proofing warm. I think I prefer the cold-fermented crust a little over the other, it's a bit more tender, but unless they were tasted side-by-side I don't think I would notice.
I'm using KASL with 70% hydration and 2% IDY with a quick mix with a paddle, five minute rest, then 2-3 minutes on speed 1 (in a Kitchen Aide). The dough is sticky and rough at this point. I just leave it in the bowl as-is and give it an hour at room temp followed by a couple of gentle kneads, weighing (350g for an 8x10), and balling. The dough is now silky smooth and can form a tight ball. After 24 hours of cold-proofing, I stretch the cold dough out to just fit the pan and let it warm to room temp, stretch a little more if it needs it, and then proof in a 100F oven for about an hour. Baked at 475F for 16-18 minutes depending on toppings. Here are some pics of the latest results:
Norma,Thanks for the compliment!I'm using Boar's Head NY White Cheddar for the edges, 2oz per pan (shredded), and a 60:40 mix of whole milk:part skim mozzarella (both Boar's Head brand), 4 oz per pan (shredded), plus 1oz of the cheddar for the rest of the pan, for a total of 7oz cheese per 8x10. The 350g per pan comes from taster's preference. I started with that amount because that's the weight I use for a 16" NY and everyone liked it. I tried backing down to 320g with the same sauce and cheese load and most people preferred the 350g going head-to-head with the 320. So I've settled on 350g. Cheers,Britt
Norma,What's the latest on the brick cheeses you've been sampling? Can you narrow it down to perhaps two choices, one sharp and one mild? I do have access to a commercial account and I would like to purchase some brick, but don't want to get anything except the best!Thanks,Britt
Peter,I understand that you live in Texas? Have you tried Via 313, yet? ().
Gene,No, I have not. I live in north Texas, outside of Dallas. Via 313 is in central Texas, in Austin. However, as part of my research on the Detroit style pizza, I learned a fair amount about Via 313. See, for example, the thread at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,16820.0.html.Peter
Yes, but Texas is such a small state, should only be a few minutes' drive... :^)