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Sustainable Preservation
Old buildings work hard, constantly adapting, always works-in-progress. We can preserve our architectural heritage alongside adaptability for future energy and resource needs. Looking through the lenses of sustainability, recycling and conservation; historic preservation sets a natural stage for green building, recycling and retrofitting aged structures, conserving precious resources, community investment and job creation and retention. This whole systems forward-thinking is sustainable preservation.
"The greenest building is... one that is already built."
— Carl Elefante, FAIA, LEED AP
Guide Sections
- The Case for Preservation and Sustainability
- Resources for Old Homes
- Technical Assistance
- Innovative Portland Preservation Case Studies
- Financial Incentives for Preservation
- City of Portland Zoning Regulations
- Green Preservation Workshops and Degree Programs
- Further Resources
The Case for Preservation and Sustainability
Benefits from preserving old buildings:
- Waste reduction
- Jobs
- Recycling and reuse
- Livability, complete and sustainable neighborhoods
- Our built history
- Embodied energy
- Craftsmanship and architectural character
- Stewardship
Articles and Postings
- Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency: A Guide for Historic Commercial Buildings - A new guide from Pacific Power
- The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Value of Building Reuse - a report from the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
- This Old House: Why fixing up old houses is greener than building new ones - from Grist.org
- District Energy and Ecodistricts - from the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Back to the Future - from Preservation Magazine (District energy and the Main Street Program – Portland mentioned)
- Making a Difference - from Preservation Magazine
- Sustainability and Preservation - from National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Historic Preservation is Inherently Sustainable (PDF) - from Louisiana SHPO
- Sustainable Preservation (PDF) - An addendum to Building with Nantucket in Mind
- Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Historic Preservation (PDF) - from Clean Air Cool Planet
- The Economics of Sustainability and Historic Preservation - by Donovan Rypkema
Resources for Old Homes
Advice on windows, weatherizing your old home, hazardous materials like lead and asbestos and waste minimization.
The Window Replacement Dilemma
- Window Repair and Weatherization Guidebook: A Handy Guide for Owners of Portland, Oregon Homes - from the Architectural Heritage Center
- Wood Window Tip Sheet (PDF) - from SHPO
- Does Window Replacement = Defacement? (PDF) - from the Historic Preservation League of Oregon
- How to Restore Sash Windows (PDF) - By Beth Goulart
Weatherization and Insulation
- Energy Efficiency Tips for Historic Homeowners (PDF) - from State Historic Preservation Office
- Weatherizing and Improving the Energy Efficiency of Historic Buildings - from the National Park Service
- Interactive Preservation House - from Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Hazardous Materials
- Lead-Safe Practices for Older and Historic Buildings - from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Waste Minimization
What is embodied energy? Embodied energy is the sum total of all the energy required to grow, harvest, extract, manufacture, refine, process, package, transport, install and dispose of a particular product or building material. When a building is demolished with no plans for recycling or reclamation this energy is lost.
- Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Waste Prevention Study A two-year study highlighting information on carbon emissions, how home remodels produce an abundance of construction debris and which has the most impact for building materials – reduction, reuse or recycling.
- City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Construction Waste - Contact Shawn Wood 503-823-5468 firstname.lastname@example.com for help with deconstruction, code, waste minimization, construction debris recycling and salvage.
Historic Properties and Solar
Many owners of historic homes want to reduce their carbon footprint and energy consumption. Through neighborhood volume purchasing programs for solar energy systems and local and national incentives and tax credits, solar is more affordable than ever. This area discusses the challenges facing historic structures and where to turn for help.
City of Portland - Solar Energy Program
- Solar and Your Historic Home
- The National Trust's Position on Solar Panels
- Solar Shingles - from This Old House magazine
Local Tours Including Historic Properties
Seeing is believing. How did they insulate that drafty attic? Where did they get that fir washboard siding for their cottage? Where can I find a refurbished range for my atomic ranch? Go on a tour – you'll be inspired!
- Architectural Heritage Center's Kitchen Revival Tour – each April
- Irvington Home Tour – each May
- City of Portland Build it Green! Home Tour – each September
Technical Assistance
National, regional and local assistance for your preservation questions.
- City of Portland Historic Resources Program – Contact Brandon Spencer-Hartle 503-823-4641 firstname.lastname@example.com for information pertaining to historic designations, regulations, and best practices for adaptive reuse of existing buildings.
- City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) Construction Waste - Contact Shawn Wood 503-823-5468 email@example.com for help with deconstruction, code, waste minimization, construction debris recycling and salvage.
- Regional Green Building Hotline - Contact 503-823-5431 firstname.lastname@example.com for help with construction tech assistance, local programs, aging-in-place, where to find materials and incentives.
- State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) - Contact Joy Sears firstname.lastname@example.com 503-986-0688 for help with the federal tax credit program and technical restoration inquiries. Cara Kaser firstname.lastname@example.com 503-986-0784 for help with the National Register/Survey.
- Metro Find A Recycler - Metro Recycling Information Hotline 503-234-3000.
- Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) - Contact AHC for help finding businesses and services specializing in historic preservation.
- Ask the National Trust a question on their Home RX blog
Innovative Preservation Case Studies
These Portland Portland case studies showcase why preserving aged buildings makes business sense, enhances neighborhood livability, receive high-profile awards and certifications for innovation, and display an abundance of historic character and resource savvy.
Preservation Case Studies
Brewery Blocks
Built 1856. Restored 2007.
Current use: residential, offices, retail, restaurant.
Original use: Blitz-Weinhard Brewery, Chevy dealership.
Certification: LEED NC Silver or Gold for each of the five blocks.
Gerding Theater at The Armory
Built 1891. Restored 2006.
On the National Register of Historic Places.
Current use: performance space, offices, restaurant, event space.
Original use: annex and drilling ground for the Portland Armory.
Certification: LEED NC 2.1 Platinum
Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center (Ecotrust)
Built 1895. Restored 2000.
Current use: offices, retail, event space, restaurant.
Original use: rail warehouse.
Certification: LEED NC 2.0 Goldwww.ecotrust.org/...NCC_Fact_Sheet.pdf
Martha Washington Apartments
Built 1923. Restored 2010.
On the National Register of Historic Places.
Current use: affordable apartments.
Original use: hotel.
Certification: LEED NC 2.2 Silver
Mercy Corps Global Headquarters
Built 1892. Restored 2009.
On the National Register of Historic Places.
Current use: education, offices, non-profit resource center.
Original use: Packer-Scott Building, Skidmore Fountain Building.
Certification: LEED NC 2.2 Platinum
The Morgan Building
Certification: LEED EBOM v2009 Silver
The Nines Hotel
Built 1905. Restored 2008.
On the National Register of Historic Places.
Current use: hotel, restaurant, event space.
Original use: Meier & Frank department store.
Certification: LEED NC 2.1 Silver
People's Co-op
Built 1900. Restored 2003.
Current use: retail, event space.
Original use: grocery store
White Stag Block
Built 1883 (Bickel Block Building), 1889 (Skidmore Block Building), 1907 (White Stag and Hirsch-Weiss Building). Restored 2008.
On the National Register of Historic Places.
Current use: education, offices and retail.
Original use: manufacturing, offices, warehouse.
Certification: LEED NC 2.2 Gold
Financial Incentives for Preservation
- Financial Incentives for Historic Preservation
- Federal Tax Credit program for Income-Producing Properties
- Oregon Special Historic Properties Tax Assessments
- Clean Energy Works Oregon - no up-front cost energy and weatherization upgrades for your home available in several Oregon counties.
- Portland Development Commission Storefront Improvement Program
City of Portland Zoning Regulations
Is my building in a Conservation District or a Historic District? When do I need a Historic Design Review?
Green Preservation Workshops and Degree Programs
Local and national hands-on programs.
- National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE) - Guide to Academic Programs
- Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) - 503-231-7264 (trainings and workshops)
- American Institute of Architects (AIA) Historic Resources Committee - 503-206-3185 (meet monthly)Regional Green Building Hotline - 503-823-5431 (presentations on request)
- State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) - 503-986-0671 (trainings and workshops)
- Preservation Green Lab Seattle - From the National Trust for Historic Preservation a center showcasing green preservation best practices and advocating for policy change.
- University of Oregon Historic Preservation - (degree program) includes a course on Preservation and Sustainability.
- Historic Real Estate Professional Certification
Further Resources
Local, regional and national experts in the field.
- Bibliography of Architecture, Architectural History and Historic Preservation in Portland and Oregon
- National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP)
- Historic Preservation League of Oregon (HPLO)
- State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
- Architectural Heritage Center (AHC)


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Update: According to the King County jail bookings event website, Glen Jensen was released at 1:26 today, Jan. 14, from the Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Glen B. Jensen, who spent several terms on the Enumclaw City Council, found himself behind bars Saturday morning.
Police allege a domestic violence situation erupted between Jensen, 43, and his girlfriend late Friday night.
Jensen has been charged by the King County Prosecutor with second degree assault and unlawful imprisonment, both felonies. He was also charged with reckless endangerment, a gross misdemeanor.
He was initially held at the Enumclaw jail Saturday before being booked into the Regional Justice Center in Kent; he is to be arraigned Jan. 28.
Jensen was a council member until approximately two weeks ago. His most recent four-year term expired Dec. 31, 2013.
The state is requesting a bail of $150,000. Prior convictions include negligent driving in 2000 and minor in possession in 1987.
According to the prosecutor's charging documents, Jensen "violently assaulted the victim in her home, strangling and suffocating her." Jensen allegedly held the woman against her will for a couple of hours.
The document stated, "The victim was so scared that she ran out … in the middle of the night. The defendant coaxed the victim back to her house. When the victim saw her bruised and bleeding face, she said that she wanted to go to the Emergency Room. The defendant offered to drive. However, once the victim was in the car, the defendant drove in a different direction, at extremely high rates of speed. The defendant refused to let the victim out of the car and she ultimately had to jump from the moving car to escape the defendant."
The Enumclaw Police Department probable cause report stated the couple got into a fight after coming home from a party.
The incident allegedly turned violent when Jensen grabbed the woman around the throat and, "strangled her which was consistent with the marks I saw on her neck, (he) then shoved her to the floor hitting the back of her head on the floor causing a lump and soreness. Jenson was on top of her, holding her down, and hit/punched her in the face. Jensen then grabbed a dog bed lying on the floor, put it over her face, and pushed down smothering (her)."
The police report stated the woman fought to free and herself and fled to the bathroom. Jensen busted the door down. He then locked the front and back doors, took the woman's house and car keys, personal and work cell phones and hid them. He would not allow her to call 911.
The reported stated after holding her hostage for about two hours, the woman escaped out the back door, "into the cold, rainy, and windy night. She was in fear for her life because she said he has never done anything like this before and was afraid of him. Jenson followed her as she ran down the alley and circled back around to her house. She was cold and agreed to go back into the house."
He told her to go to bed and all would be better in the morning. The woman said she wanted to go to the hospital for her injuries. Jensen told her, "the dog did it to her."
After she demanded to go to the hospital Jensen agreed to take her. As they were driving toward the hospital Jensen suddenly turned in the opposite direction and accelerated up to 80 mph. The woman told the police officer she thought he was going to take her up into the woods and kill her.
She fought to stop the truck and get out. The report stated Jensen hit her multiple times and yelled at her for trying to damage his truck. At one point, she tried to jump out when he slowed to make a turn and he pulled her back and hit her again.
Jensen headed east on state Route 410. The woman told the officer she was sure Jensen planned to kill her. She was able to step on the brake with one foot and kick the truck out of gear with the other. She then jumped out of the moving truck onto the road, went over a guardrail and down a steep embankment. Jensen looked for her briefly than fled the scene. The woman climbed back up the embankment and flagged a car down that drove her to the Enumclaw Police Department.
The reported stated Jensen fled to a storage business and hid in an upstairs apartment refusing to answers knocks at the door or answer the phone.
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Huskers Honored at Annual Football Banquet
Junior I-back Ameer Abdullah led the list of honorees, as the Nebraska football team gathered for its 2013 banquet on Sunday afternoon at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln.
Abdullah was named the overall Team Most Valuable Player and earned the prestigious Lifter of the Year Award for the second straight year. The 5-9, 190-pound Abdullah is the second player in the past three years to win the Lifter of the Year Award in back-to-back seasons, after Rex Burkhead won the award in 2010 and 2011.
Abdullah was also named a 2013 team captain. The Huskers elected four captains before the start of the season, and Abdullah and senior defensive end Jason Ankrah were announced as additional captains on Sunday. Abdullah and Ankrah joined season-long captains Quincy Enunwa, Spencer Long, Taylor Martinez and Ciante Evans.
In addition to his role as captain, Enunwa was also named the team's Offensive MVP, after catching 10 touchdown passes and moving into the top 10 on Nebraska's career receiving charts. Sophomore defensive end Randy Gregory was voted as the Defensive MVP. The first-year Husker leads the Big Ten with 9.5 sacks, with nine of his sacks in conference play. Senior place-kicker Pat Smith was awarded the Special Teams MVP Award. Smith connected on 11-of-12 field goals in his lone season in Lincoln.
Senior offensive tackle Jeremiah Sirles was announced as the winner of the Chamberlin Trophy. The award dates back to 1967 and is voted on by members of the media, and honors a senior player who has the qualities and dedication of the great Cornhusker tradition.
Senior center Cole Pensick, a Lincoln native and second-generation Husker, was presented the Cletus Fischer Native Son Award, given annually to a senior who is a Nebraska native. The award is named in honor of long-time Nebraska offensive line coach Cletus Fischer.
Senior quarterback Ron Kellogg III was presented the Tom Novak Trophy. The oldest of Nebraska's senior awards, the Novak Trophy dates back to 1950. The Chamberlin, Native Son and Novak awards will also be honored at the Outland Trophy Award ceremony in Omaha on Jan. 9.
Sophomore receiver Sam Burtch was awarded the Huskers' 2013 Walk-on MVP Award, while linebacker Courtney Love was named the Scout Team Defensive MVP and I-back Adam Taylor was the Scout Team Offensive MVP.
Award Winners
Team MVP – IB Ameer Abdullah
Offensive MVP – WR Quincy Enunwa
Defensive MVP-DE Randy Gregory
Special Teams MVP-PK Pat Smith
Captains - Offense: WR Quincy Enunwa, OL Spencer Long, QB Taylor Martinez, IB Ameer Abdullah
Defense: DE Jason Anrkah, DB Ciante Evans
Chamberlin Trophy-OT Jeremiah Sirles
Novak Trophy-QB Ron Kellogg III
Fischer Native Son Award –C Cole Pensick
Bobby Reynolds Award-TE Jake Long
Lifter of the Year Award-IB Ameer Abdullah
Walk-on of the Year-WR Sam Burtch
Offensive Scout Team MVP-IB Adam Taylor
Defensive Scout Team MVP-LB Courtney Love
Character Award-WR Taariq Allen, OG Mike Moudy, OL Scott Criss
Pat Clare Award-WR Taariq Allen
Husker Heart Award-OT Brandon Chapek
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Were the high cotton yields of 2004 the result of great genetics and good farming, or were they statistical anomalies the world will not see again for many years?
The question will certainly be a lot clearer when harvest begins this fall, but for now astounding cotton yields around the world — which led to a 23 percent increase in world production in 2004 — are causing consternation among market analysts.
Joe Nicosia, speaking at the Market Outlook Conference in Memphis, Tenn., even had two forecasts for the 2005-06 U.S. and world crops — one for trend yields and another with yields similar to last year.
The CEO of Allenberg Cotton, Memphis, expects low prices, due to 2004's large contribution to world supply, will lead to a 3 percent reduction in world acres in 2005-06.
China will be the leader in the decline and is expected to reduce its plantings by 10 percent, after increasing acreage 22 percent and 10 percent, respectively, in the precious two years.
This would produce a world crop of just under 105 million bales in 2005-06, assuming normal yields. "But we are plugging in yields that are based on historical numbers. One of the problems we have is that early last year, USDA estimated 2004-05 world cotton production at 102 million bales. We thought last February that it would be even lower.
"Today, we're at 116.7 million bales. So it's gone up 14.2 million bales, a phenomenal increase."
The numbers were shocking not only in the United States, but around the world. China, Pakistan and India all had crops much larger than the year before, with significant increases in yield. "No one could have believed that this was possible."
Weather conditions in the United States may have helped U.S. growers achieve record-breaking yields, but Nicosia added that the U.S. crop was hit by four hurricanes that went through the Delta and Southeast, torrential rains at harvest in the Mid-South, and a massive snow storm in west Texas.
"We have to ask ourselves if the yields that we achieved in the world last year are a precursor of what's ahead or are they complete outliers. Will we return to historical average yields, or have we turned a corner on yields, either because of farming practices, technology and better genetics? Is it a new trend or coincidence?"
A world carryout of 43.8 million bales, consumption of 107.4 million bales, and a 105 million-bale world crop, assuming normal yields, would reduce world carryout for 2005-06 to 38.8 million bales. "On the surface, it's a tight number. If this scenario plays out, prices are going up.
"But if you plug last year's yields into the world, production jumps up to 113.3 million bales, and world carryout jumps to over 47 million bales. If that happens, we're looking at prices around 28 cents.
"Producers will see very wide, wild swings of opinions on price momentum because of yield changes. We have to deal with yield changes potentially up or down 10 to 15 percent.
On the upside, Nicosia is extremely bullish about cotton use around the world. "Currently we expect use to rise to about 110 million bales in 2005-06. That's due to continued strong use in the Chinese cotton sector. In the last five years, China has been responsible for about 85 percent of the world's growth in cotton use and textile use."
Not all of the growth is in the flood of imports into the United States, according to Nicosia. "Westernization and fashion change has taken place in Southeast Asia, which has created a tremendous demand for its own textile products."
China cannot raise enough cotton to satisfy its consumption, Nicosia said. "Every additional bale of consumption is another bale they're going to have to import. We can see roughly a 17 million- to 18 million-bale deficit in China that's going to have to be made up in imports.
"They need to buy around 200,000 bales of cotton a week from the rest of the world. The job of prices for 2004-05 is to stay competitive in the export market to decrease the excess surplus. In the meantime, the heavy surplus will continue to weigh on prices."
According to USDA, U.S. exports in 2004-05 will come in at 13.2 million bales, slightly under the 13.8 million estimated for 2003-04. Nicosia believes U.S. exports could easily reach 14 million bales in 2005-06.
U.S. carryout for 2004-05 should be around 7 million bales, which Nicosia expects to fall to around 6 million bales in 2005-06.
Nicosia is plugging in 19.1 million bales of production for the United States this year. "However, if we repeat the yields of 2004, we come up with a crop of 23.1 million bales. One contributor to the yield last year was a lot of moisture early in the year in Texas. Well, Texas has very good subsoil moisture again this year.
"If we repeat the yields of last year, prices are going to collapse. Ending stocks could go to 10 million bales."
Nicosia says that if proposed changes to the cotton program, including elimination of the three-entity rule and marketing loans being subjected to payment limitations, "could decimate the cotton industry. Those are major changes for the cotton industry. We have to be ready to fight."
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LOS ANGELES, CA – During a tumultuous weekend, starlet Lindsay Lohan let loose a torrent of anger on her Twitter account. What caused this outburst? Ronson has gone astray!
Last week, the LA police department issued an arrest warrant for Lohan, stemming from a 2007 arrest for a DUI and hit-and-run. She also got into a vicious fight with her girlfriend, Samantha Ronson, Saturday afternoon, while a crowd of paparazzi and cops sat outside.
Very early that morning, a "tweet" on Lohan's Twitter account, stated the following confusing message:
should you end it if the one person in the world fails to love, hold/comfort, apologize, and CHERISH you the night before jail? LIARS R COWARDS cuz they don't know what they got til it is far gone. and people-if you fucking love someone. PUT UR PRIDE A-f***ing-SIDE AND JUST LOVE THEM BACK! do not ever dj before calling if they ARE F***ING ABOUT TO GET ARRESTED FOR CHASING YOU TO MAKE YOU STAY
What triggered this breakdown? Weekly World News sources have now confirmed that Ronson was spotted at her DJ gig that same evening, getting frisky with Tonya, the World's Fattest Cat!
A close friend said, "Word got back to Lindsay pretty quickly about Sam's new 'acquaintance'. She went ballistic! She spends so much time dieting and watching her weight, and then Sam turns around and starts eyeing up big girls?"
Tonya is well-known for being addicted to the spotlight. She has romanced Ricky Gervais and Daniel Craig, appeared on "Deal or No Deal" and "Jon and Kate Plus 8", and even leant support to big girls Oprah and Jessica Simpson. But stealing another woman's woman? "This is an all new low for Tonya," said the source.
Ronson had reportedly promised Tonya that she would DJ the Meow Mix Benefit for Feline Obesity, but it's doubtful Lohan will let her off the short leash any time soon.


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Ideas, resources, book reviews, and discussions especially for independent School Librarians.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Blog Tour - Engaging the Eye Generation
On March 3rd, Archipelago will be stop one on a four-stop blog tour for the new book Engaging the Eye Generation: Visual Literacy Strategies for the K-5 Classroom by Johanna Riddle. Download Engaging the Eye Generation, read it, and send me questions for the author before February 28th. I will forward the questions to her, along with some of my own, and she will answer them for the March 3rd blog tour stop. Also, let's discuss the book together in the comments - I look forward to hearing what you have to say.
Ms. Riddle's 25-year career in education has included being a media specialist, classroom teacher, art teacher, and arts administrator. She is also a writer, focusing on multiple literacies and integrated learning. In Engaging the Eye Generation she walks the reader through her philosophies about visual literacy as well as hand-on projects using technology she often learned with, or right before, the students. Her practical ideas should inspire middle and secondary school teachers and librarians as well.
I recommend reading this book for the practical tips but also for the well-thought out reasons for teaching visual literacy. Drawing from educational standards as well as ideas from A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, Ms. Riddle shows a sequence of skills and projects that not only engage students but excite them about research and creating visual images with meaning. She emphasizes collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and trying something new. Students of every age are bombarded by images now more than ever. Giving them the tools to not only understand visual media but to make their own (and make them well) should be an important part of teaching information skills for the 21st century.
Let's talk about the book and how, or if, you teach visual literacy at your school!
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El ataque a Ciudad Juárez y los acontecimientos del 14 al 18 de junio. English.
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Date: 1919
Creator: Enciso Durán, Xavier.
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There are many curcumin products on the market, but Curcumin™ Extreme with BCM-95® has superior bioavailability and absorption. BCM-95 contains the natural spectrum of the turmeric rhizome and is 100 percent natural. Curcumin Extreme promotes liver detoxification, promotes healthy glutathione levels and normal cellular regeneration. Taking Curcumin Extreme every day can help detoxify impurities in your body that build up over time.* Curcumin Extreme also includes 167 mg of broccoli seed extract, a powerful source of sulphoraphane glucosinolates. Sulforaphanes support the normal production of Phase II liver detoxification enzymes, including glutathione synthase, heme-oxygenase and catalase. Sulforaphanes also support gene transcription, the process by which genetic information is copied from DNA to RNA. They also support the body's natural defense systems. Glutathione is the master antioxidant in the human body, which serves to preserve and protect the brain and other body tissues by protecting them from the damage of free radicals. Furthermore, glutathione recycles vitamins C and E, which are also powerful antioxidants.*
Curcumin™(BCM-95®) 400 mg
Scientists have long been aware of the wide array of health benefits from the Indian spice turmeric, which is a source of the active phytochemical curcumin. Until now, curcumin has been known to have poor bioavailability, requiring high doses to promote health. BCM-95 delivers significantly more pharmacologically bioactive curcumin into the blood than other curcumin sources. This new delivery system allows for a variety of health benefits. How is this possible? Traditional 95% extract focuses strictly on one part of the Turmeric rhizome. This bioactive substance of Turmeric (Curcuma Longa) contains "Curcuminoids" and Curcumin is the most important molecule. Research has shown its tremendous health benefit. Even though Curcumin is the most important molecule, the bioavailability of the regular Turmeric 95% extracts sold on the market is not very good in terms of uptake or sustainability in the blood stream. There are other essential components present in Turmeric Rhizome which have been neglected during the traditional method of manufacturing of Turmeric 95% Extract. BCM-95 represents the natural spectrum of turmeric rhizome. It is 100 percent natural and has been proven to provide optimal bioavailability for synergistic effect. This new method of manufacture offers tremendous value in terms of bioavailability. Antioxidants have received increased attention, and it's important to know what nutrients are antioxidants and information about them. One such nutrient is Curcumin. Curcumin is a natural extract from the spice turmeric. Turmeric is derived from the plant Curcuma Longa, a member of the ginger family. Curcumin is employed mostly as an antioxidant; though it was traditionally used to promote stomach and joint comfort. The immune-balancing activity of curcumin has been demonstrated through multiple mechanisms to support normal COX-2 and NF-KappaB levels in the body. The neuroprotective properties of curcumin are among the most studied. Curcumin has been designated as a strong candidate for the promotion of neurological health and cognitive function. Curcumin can cross the blood-brain barrier and support the normal uptake of amyloid-beta in the brain. This supports the brain's memory and learning abilities as we age. Another neuroprotective property of curcumin is its ability to promote normal levels of glutathione, superoxide dismutase and catalase in the brain. This can help to maintain the health of neurological tissues. Curcumin supports the normal production of Phase II liver detoxification enzymes including glutathione synthase, heme-oxygenase and catalase. The liver plays several roles in detoxification: it filters the blood to remove large toxins, synthesizes and secretes bile full of cholesterol and other fat-soluble toxins, and enzymatically disassembles unwanted chemicals. This enzymatic process usually occurs in two steps referred to as phase I and phase II . They promote the body's natural enzyme antioxidant defense systems and function as a powerful indirect antioxidant. These enzymes promote the body's normal metabolism of harmful chemicals such as heavy metals, toxins and pollutants into less reactive molecules. Curcumin has also been shown to promote normal hepatic tissue repair.
Broccoli Seed Extract (6% Sulphoraphane Glucosinolates) 167 mg
The health benefits and protective properties of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables have been well documented over the past 25 years. Broccoli seed extract is a powerful source of sulphoraphane glucosinolates. Sulforaphanes support the normal production of Phase II liver detoxification enzymes including glutathione synthase, heme-oxygenase and catalase. Sulforaphanes promote the body's natural enzyme antioxidant defense systems and function as a powerful indirect antioxidant. Sulphoraphanes work to support gene transcription, which is the process by which genetic information is copied from DNA to RNA, resulting in a specific protein formation. Conclusively, sulphoraphanes work to support the body's natural defense systems and to maintain elevated levels of glutathione. Glutathione is the master antioxidant of the body. It is an important chemical that acts as a powerful antioxidant to preserve and protect the brain and other body tissues by protecting them from the damage of free radicals. It also acts to recycle vitamin C and E, which also reduce free radicals. Since glutathione cannot be absorbed intact orally due to gastrointestinal degradation, sulphoraphane supplementation may be the most effective way to increase endogenous glutathione concentration.
Selenium (Selenomethionine) 100 mcg
Selenium is a required cofactor for selenoproteins such as glutathione peroxidase. Selenomethionine is incorporated directly into proteins because selenomethionine cannot be distinguished from methionine during the translation of mRNA into protein. This serves as a storage form of selenium and is liberated upon protein catabolism. Selenium accumulates in the prostate, promoting the health of the prostate. Selenium supports immune function by promoting normal growth and development of T helper cells.
What is Curcumin™?
Curcumin is present in the spice turmeric, frequently used in Indian food. Its chemical makeup is responsible for the yellow coloring of turmeric and is often used specifically to give color to foods. However, it may serve a more important purpose to humans.
Are any side effects associated with Curcumin Extreme?
Side effects are uncommon and are generally limited to mild stomach distress.
What are the potential advantages of taking curcumin?
Curcumin supports liver detoxification activity, promotes normal cellular regeneration and helps maintain healthy glutathione levels. It also supports the body's natural ability to produce detoxification enzymes and has been shown to be a powerful antioxidant. It promotes neurological health and helps to maintain neurological health as we age. It can also promote free radical protection and a strong immune system.*
Are there any warnings associated with taking Curcumin Extreme?
If you are currently taking warfarin (Coumadin) or other anti-platelet/anti-coagulate, you should not take this product. If you are taking any other prescription drugs or have an ongoing medical condition, you should consult your physician before using this product. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take this product.
Who should take Curcumin Extreme?
Anyone 18 or over can take Curcumin Extreme, especially those who want to support their normal liver detoxification activity, help maintain their healthy glutathione levels, promote their neurological health and those who want to promote a strong immune system.
What other Market America products work well with Curcumin Extreme?
Curcumin Extreme can be taken in conjunction with Glucosatrin® to support normal COX-2 levels and promote joint comfort. It can also be taken with Cognitin™ to promote normal immune cell-brain (neuron) interactions in order to maintain cognitive health and also to promote neurological health.
Can I take OPC-3® with Curcumin Extreme?
Yes, as long as the directions for use are followed for each product.
I am considering purchasing Curcumin Extreme because of some of the positive effects that I have read about. Should I refrain from taking my medications while taking curcumin or can I take both?
If you are taking any prescription drugs or have an ongoing medical condition, you should consult your physician before using this product. Your physician can properly advise you about the best course of action regarding your prescription medications.
What is the recommended daily serving for Curcumin Extreme?
Take one (1) capsule per day with or without a meal.
Are there any human clinical trials done with curcumin?
There have been clinical trials performed with curcumin in patients with different diseases. These are mostly pilot studies that are "proof of concept" type. More than 10 trials are now in progress in the United States and other countries.
What is the purpose of the broccoli seed extract contained in this product?
It promotes the liver detoxification activity, and it works to support the body's natural defense systems and to sustain elevated levels of glutathione.
Can men and women take this product?
Yes. However, women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take this product.
Does Curcumin Extreme contain any allergens?
No, the product is free from any allergens such as soy, wheat, gluten or dairy.
When should I start to see/feel the effects of this product? What should I expect?
The antioxidant benefits of curcumin should be noticeable in about four to six weeks. Please remember that everyone's body is different, so for some it may take longer to notice the benefits of curcumin. You should expect to feel better and healthier overall.*
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A bit of Europe in Dakota
"A bit of Europe in Dakota." Harper's Weekly, 11 July 1896.
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Away out near the border-line of the two Dakotas, perhaps thirty miles from the Missouri and seventy from Fort Yates, lies a stretch of rolling prairie-land where lives a colony of peasants; the most remarkable, in certain ways, to be found in this country. They are self-isolated from the rest of the world, safe as they communicate through the medium of their marketing-place; the little town of Eureka. They have established a small section of Europe in the New World, and they are very, very slow to merge it into the type and texture of the newer civilization.
Just a word of history may make the life of this colony more interesting:
Toward the close of the last century, the Russian government invited a large number of thrifty German farmers to go to the fertile region in the vicinity of the present city of Odessa. There they were to establish farms and to bear an agricultural influence upon the roving tribes in the region. Each family was given a comfortable farm and the utmost freedom was promised. They were to be exempt from military service, to be allowed to maintain their allegiance to the German state of which they were a political part, and were to be allowed the fullest religious freedom. They settled in villages, went out by day to till their farms, and returned to their villages by night.
But as the years passed, the Russian government began to lose sight of its old-time promises as new rulers came to the throne. The peasants found their rights slipping away from them; found that in their courts, their language, and their religion, they were becoming assuredly more and more Russian than German. In brief, after many years they sought a home in America. Emissaries came out from Odessa and looked over the plains of Dakota. Some time about the year 1870, large numbers of these German-Russians settled near Yankton. Ten years later another agent reached the Western plains. He was commissioned to find a new home for more of the peasants who were tired of the encroachments of the Russians. He sought a degree of latitude as near to that of the Russian home of the peasants as possible. On the wide prairie where Eureka is located, just eleven miles north of the latitude of the city of Odessa, he chose a home for his people. The soil was like that of the region where they lived in Russia, the climate was the same, and the country was one of absolute, not conditional, freedom.
As soon as the news could be communicated to Russia, the hegira from Odessa began. In 1887-8 over nine thousand came; in 1889-90, three thousand; in 1891-2, four thousand five hundred - all of them settling in the region close about Eureka, and beginning at once the cultivation of wheat on the same careful, methodical plans that they and their ancestors had followed from the old German days down. The largest number of them settled in the counties of McPherson and Campbell.
Some families were poor, many of them were in comfortable circumstances, some of them were rich, as wealth goes among those who till the soil for a living, but all of them were industrious and inheritors of ancestral thrift. But they did not assimilate with American ways and customs - perhaps because there was neither opportunity nor inclination. They were a people by themselves as much as they were when, still German to the core, they toiled in the wheat-fields of Russia. The men assumed early the obligations of American citizenship but, for the most part, they remained distinctively foreign.
Recently, I visited this curious town of Eureka. There are changes going on, but very slowly, and it will be more than one generation, as things are moving now, before these foreigners are fully Americanized.
Low-roofed and broad are the houses of these peasants, veritable homes of earth. They are not the sod shanties of the Western boomer by any means, for these foreigners have a way of building for the future. They construct their homes in curious fashions and build them so substantially they will last half a century if necessary - last until greater prosperity and American influences call for houses of wood or stone. When the farmer has decided upon the location of his house, he plows up the heavy sod in the swale at the foot of one of the low Coteau Hills and draws it to his house in long strips. This sod is the roof for his house. He has been making bricks for days; huge clay and straw bricks, perhaps twelve inches thick by eighteen inches long. The clay subsoil affords material for a brick that will last for years. After the bricks are sun-dried they are laid up for his walls with the joints being properly broken. The interstices between the bricks are filled in with clay in a soft mass, making the wall solid and about two feet in thickness. The color of one of these walls as you see it on the prairie is a dark, soft gray; or when, as in some cases, it is plastered upon the outside, it is lighter in color. The walls are probably not more than seven feet high. From them coarse boards are built to a ridge-pole in the center to form a foundation for the sod roof. The sod strips are then laid upon the roof boards, still bearing their grassy furze, and the places between the strips are filled in with gravel and clay in a coarse stucco that makes the roof rain and cold proof.
The interior of the house is not so gloomy a place as you might expect. It is composed, in some cases, of only two rooms, but sometimes there are four or five. In the centre there is a wide hall. Opening from this are doorways to the other apartments. There are two heating plants in the house that frequently border upon this hall. They are built of clay and granite cobble-stones, which are thick upon the prairie in the vicinity. These stoves, or ovens, are several feet square and they have wide hearths and a somewhat rude top. There is a large chimney connecting with the roof. Hay or straw is stuffed into the stove. It burns furiously and with a tremendous heat. As soon as the smoke has passed up the chimney, a damper in the chimney is closed and the clay and cobblestones husband the heat for many hours. One firing at night and one in the morning are sufficient for twenty-four hours. There are windows for ventilation and light, but the tendency in the severe cold weather is to keep the house far too warm for health. The extreme contrast between the heat of the house and the cold of a Dakota winter is responsible for a great deal of eye-trouble among these immigrants. Not only is the house cold-proof, but it is fireproof. The fiercest prairie fires may leap upon it and over it and no harm come. It would also take a remarkably healthy cyclone to shake its squat walls.
The walls are plastered with clay on the inside and are then painted or kalsomined; the ceilings in almost all instances, being tinted a pronounced blue. The walls are plain white or decorated. In this decoration, much ingenuity is shown. The body of the wall will first be painted white. Then, with long corn-cobs and different-colored kalsomines, the walls are done in different-colored strips the width of the cob's length, which is dipped in the coloring matter and rolled up and down the walls to make a strange, but not inartistic graining effect. There is generally a piece of wainscoting of some neutral tint from three to four feet high.
The floor in the poorer houses is of clay, hardened almost to stone, and easily swept. Floors of wood are found in the better class of houses. There is as much attempt at homespun adornment as you would find in the home of the average Western farmer, perhaps more, while some of the houses are furnished with some degree of luxury.
The home life of these peasants seems to be particularly happy. By far, the greater number of them are church-goers; Lutherans and Presbyterians predominating. They have maintained their Old World simplicity at table, though their boards may be more generously garnished with delicacies than was the Russian custom. They buy very little in the way of groceries. Sugar, tea, and flour will very nearly complete the list. They make large, fine loaves of bread in their big ovens; the steady and regular heat being especially adapted to such baking. They are innocent of desserts. They raise vegetables - or go without. Some meat finds its way into their larder if they raise animals for food themselves. I do not know that I ever saw a healthier lot of men, women, and children than those I saw filling the streets of Eureka on a market-day. Their menus may be meager, but their muscles are not.
They are said to be a unusually honest people. The same simple, plain, common life they followed on the plains of Odessa has been followed here; and they have been wholly unprepared for the ways of the land-shark and the chattel-mortgage fiend.
It takes not so very long a time for the men to drop some part of their Old World style of garb, their sharp-visored caps, their great top-boots, and their leathern jackets; for they cannot so well replace them here, so they buy their new garments of the native type. But the women are slower to change. They are still clinging religiously to their bright short skirts, their white aprons, and their shawls about their heads. The folded shawl about the head will be the last garment that will succumb to American influences. What a royal lot of colors they come out in on a market-day! Such merry finery as I saw - shawls of many hues for the head, embroidered in fancy-colored silk-thread patterns; bodices of black, red or yellow; skirts of red, purple or green, falling like truncated cones from the broad hips to the coarse shoes; aprons of white, yellow or pink - verily they presented a kaleidoscope of color as they sauntered about the market-place or into the small stores, waiting for the horses or the oxen to finish their mid-day meals; then to take up the long journey homeward across the dim prairies in the night.
In person, the women are small, given to breadth rather than to height. The men are strong of frame, of average height, and look to be possessed of great endurance. All of them have the rather sallow complexion so common among the immigrants from the realm of the Czar.
These peasants are not only unique because they have brought into America a small section of Europe, their language and customs intact, but they have a claim to a uniqueness of another kind in that they haul to market in the town of Eureka more grain than is marketed in any other primary wheat market in the world. During the period between the day when the first load of wheat was drawn into Eureka last autumn and the time when the last load of the season was hauled in mid-February, there were unloaded from the wagons of these peasants three million bushels of wheat. In 1888, about nine hundred thousand bushels were marketed. Four years later, this had been increased to two million bushels and, this year, so prodigious is the crop with another million bushels added. Out of the wagons of these German-Russian peasants, who learned their trade of wheat-growing in the Old World, is unloaded more wheat year by year than at any other place in the world.
From twenty to fifty thousand bushels of grain are marketed per day. Much of this is hauled in from long distances - sometimes sixty or seventy miles away from the town. Some of the farmers still cling to the ox-team mode of locomotion and haul their wheat by slow and laborious stages. The wheat is shipped out as rapidly as possible. There are thirty-one different grain firms represented among the buyers on the market and there are about forty small elevators and grain warehouses with a storage capacity of nearly three hundred thousand bushels. The grain comes in so rapidly that the train-loads of wheat are very heavy. Poor crops a few years ago caused a turning toward other produce than wheat and some of the more progressive farmers are devoting a good deal of attention to stock and dairy farming. Some of the houses look at a distance, to be abnormally long due to the fact that the barn and the dairy are under the same roof - a continuation, in fact, of the house itself.
While this town of Eureka is the end of the railroad, and on the very frontier, and while some eight or ten saloons run at full blast even in prohibitioned South Dakota it is a remarkably sober and unquarrelsome lot of people who throng into this curious little place to send their wheat into the great arteries of trade. Almost to a man, the male members of the colony smoke cigarettes; pipes seem to be at a discount.
It will doubtless be many years before these peasants shake off their picturesqueness, if they shall be left to themselves as much as they are today.
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The original US flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes. After Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to the Union, two stars AND two stripes were added making 15 of each. By the beginning of 1818, another five states had been admitted. The Act of April 4, 1818, returned the number of stripes to 13 to represent the original 13 colonies. It further provided for one star for each state which would be added on the 4th of July following admission.


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"Kiev" - Circle Line station of the Moscow Metro. Opened March 14, 1954 in the section Belarusian - Park of Culture. Located between the stations Krasnopresnenskaya and Park of Culture. Goes to Filyovskaya and Intercession Arbatsko-line. The only Metro Ring line is not located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow.
Pilon deep-level station.
EI Katonin
VK Skugarev
GE Golubev.
AV Mizin
G. Opryshko
AG Ivanov
From 1954 to return to the city is the half-pace escalator (the work of architects IG Taranov, GS Tosunov, design engineers Sachkova LV, MV Golovinova), which leads to the general lobby with the same name station Arbatsko Intercession-line.
On the site there is an intermediate transfer station submarines. In front of the escalator on the circle line is preserved, this rarity plate.
In 1953, the post of General Secretary of the CPSU intrudes Nikita Khrushchev, and among his first acts is to perpetuate and the great destiny of the Ukrainian people in the Moscow subway. At that time, neither of the two existing "Kiev" did not satisfy him. According to the results announced by the contest were submitted 73 projects, which won a victory in Kiev. A group of construction workers headed member of the Academy of Architecture of the Ukrainian SSR EI Katonin.
Architectural innovations used Ukrainian group of architects. The main stylistic and engineering principles work for them are growing at the top of the pylons and a parabolic arch, borrowed from the LM Polyakov - Metro architect who designed "Arbat" Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. Subtle forms of ornamental plant girdling design reminiscent of "Novoslobodskaya." The track walls and bottom of the marble pylons mark "Koelga" floor is gray granite slabs.
The decoration station on the theme of friendship of Russian and Ukrainian peoples.
In 1972 he built additional transitions from the central hall in the eastern end of the station "Kiev" Intercession Arbatsko-line and in the anteroom of the eastern exit station "Kiev" Filevskaya line.
The door to the cable channel on the track wall.
The central part of the boarding hall, covered graceful white arch, which is connected to the lateral parts of parabolic arches, stucco bordered braid that is characteristic of Ukrainian architecture of the seventeenth century. In this description, there is a contradiction with the caption to the photo number 5 - on the same design, there are two different points of view: Wikipedia and the official website Metro.
I wonder what's changed?
18 pylons are decorated with mosaic panels of glazes, painted on the history of Ukraine and the friendship of Russian and Ukrainian peoples.
Together with two other stations and some of the objects that GO node is a complex engineering structure.
On the front wall of the central hall are a large station with stucco panels in the form of flags, and a mosaic portrait of Lenin in the center. Around - the anthem of the USSR-line.


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Digital Image Capture and Processing
Time-Lapse Cinemicrography
Time-lapse cinemicrography is a valuable tool for studying a wide variety of dynamic events, ranging from protracted particle motion and slowly recrystallizing chemicals to cellular movement and division. Many of these events occur over a period of many minutes or hours, a time scale that does not readily lend itself to being recorded with full-motion video. Instead, capturing sequential images at distinctly spaced time intervals followed by playback in real time can often enable the microscopist to observe relatively slow events on a much faster time scale.
A majority of the published time-lapse studies are concerned with the dynamics of living cells in tissue culture experiments. Basically, the technique involves sequential recording of a stationary viewfield at fixed or variable time intervals to monitor events that occur at high magnification in the microscope. After being collected, the sequence of images can then be played back as a full-motion video (movie) to reveal movements that occur so slowly as to be unnoticeable in a single, momentary observation. In many cases, structural features that appear fixed in a still image are observed in dynamic motion during sequential playback. For example, monolayer cells attached to the plastic surface of a culture vessel appear stationary and motionless when viewed through the microscope. When a single viewfield of cells is repeatedly imaged over a period of time, the cells are observed to interact with their neighbors and often relocate into different regions of the viewfield. When imaging living cells, the most significant problem is maintaining a healthy environment for the cells in terms of temperature, atmospheric gas composition, and hydrogen ion (pH) concentration.
Before the widespread adaptation of analog (film) camera systems to the microscope, early investigators obtained information about sequential cellular motion by producing detailed drawings (often with the assistance of an optical drawing tube) while observing seemingly stationary cells. This method is complicated by the amount of time required to produce accurate drawings, coupled to the necessity for some artistic skill, and can be severely compromised by bias of the observer. The first cameras attached to microscope were utilized to capture events on film at crudely timed intervals, followed by assembly of the resulting photomicrographs into a collage in an effort to demonstrate motion as a series of still images.
The first sophisticated time-lapse sequences were recorded when 16-millimeter movie cameras were attached to the microscope, along with support instruments that controlled the time interval between sequential images (intervalometers) and automatically turned the illuminator on and off to avoid overheating the specimen or subjecting it to excessive light. These techniques were often dependent on outside photo processors, which led to delays in observing the results of individual experiments and some variability in film processing quality. In addition, the experiments were often complicated by slowly drifting stages (producing focus changes), inaccurate film exposure times, differential heating of the specimen, and vibrations originating from a variety of sources. Many of these problems still plague modern investigators who attempt to conduct time-lapse studies using digital video equipment.
Another major advance in time-lapse cinemicrography occurred when video cameras and their sophisticated electronic accessories were first coupled to the microscope. Although video cameras produce lower resolution than film, they eliminated exposure problems associated with film cameras, and the results could be reviewed at the end of the experiment by playback of tapes produced on video recorders. This feature enabled microscopists to rapidly determine the success of an experiment and repeat the sequence capture, if necessary. In addition, the overall cost was reduced because film processing was eliminated and video tapes could be reused.
As video time-lapse technology progressed, real-time image processing hardware and software was employed to further increase the accuracy and quality of image sequences. Computers were added to the ensemble of microscope accessories (for image processing), and the technique of background subtraction emerged to further enhance image quality. Coupled to differential interference contrast (DIC) imaging techniques, video cameras made possible a methodology termed video-enhanced DIC microscopy, which enabled scientists to record time-lapse sequences of structures not previously visible in the optical microscope. For example, the intracellular movement of microtubules was observed for the first time, and the translation of motor proteins, such as kinesin, could be recorded.
The entry of relatively low-cost digital cameras and high-speed personal computers has catapulted time-lapse cinemicrography to a new level of sophistication. Today, image sequences can be captured and stored locally on the host computer hard drive at time intervals specified by associated software. Hardware interfaces to the computer are capable of controlling a host of variables, including stage motion (x, y, and z), the illumination wavelength and shutter position, specimen temperature, atmospheric composition and pressure, and support systems that maintain living cells. In addition, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques enable investigators to observe events utilizing a wide spectrum of fluorophores targeted at specific cellular receptors. Multiple events can often be simultaneously recorded in four dimensions (laterally, axially, and temporally) to provide a three-dimensional view of intracellular activity over a period of time. These techniques have helped to lead the current revolution in cell biology, which is providing scientists with dynamic information that was previously unavailable with older and less sophisticated methodology.
The Olympus MIC-D digital microscope interface software contains a time-lapse capture settings panel, as illustrated in Figure 1, which can be utilized to build video files of specimens displaying sequential motion. This panel is adjacent to the Load settings panel tab of the capture window and is entitled Movie on the panel tab. Clicking on this tab launches the menu presented in Figure 1, which can be utilized to configure the software to collect digital video sequences in timed intervals. In order to set the time-lapse capture parameters, use the Minute Interval pull-down menu to select the number of minutes between the capture of each individual image in the sequence. The allowed range is from 0 to 60 minutes. Next, select the number of seconds to be added to the total number of minutes, between a range of 0 and 59 seconds, using the Seconds Interval pull-down menu. These two values are added together to arrive at the target time interval. For example, in Figure 1, the Minute Interval box is shown with 1 minute selected, and the Second Interval menu selection is 30 seconds for a total interval time of one minute and 30 seconds.
After the interval period has been selected, type the total number of images to be captured in the Total Shots (or Total Captured Images) text input box. This input box does not have a pull-down menu, so the value must be input from the keyboard. The software automatically calculates the total time necessary to complete the sequence and displays this value in hours, minutes, and seconds beneath the Total Time text line, adjacent to the Total Shots text input box. To initiate time-lapse capture, click on the Timelapse button in this settings panel. The target storage directory, file name prefix, and storage format must have been previously selected using the Auto Save settings panel. When the Timelapse button is activated, it turns red in color, then back to blue upon deactivation or premature termination of the capture sequence.
Time-lapse and full-motion video sequences are automatically stored with an associated *.thm data file that contains image information necessary for displaying a thumbnail image of the video sequence in the Thumbnail Image panel of the MIC-D software Capture Window. The first frame of full-motion video and time-lapse sequences appears in both the Preview Box and the far right-hand frame of the Thumbnail Image panel. In addition, a small movie camera icon is positioned in the lower right-hand corner of the image.
Time-lapse and full-motion video sequences can be saved in either MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) or audiovisual (AVI) file formats. These are selected through pull-down menus in the Capture Window, as are the image pixel sizes (640 x 480 or 320 x 240) for all capture and storage formats. Time-lapse and full-motion video sequence files are not limited in size by the software and can range up to hundreds of megabytes in size, restricted only by the hard drive space available on the host computer.
The Save As settings panel of the MIC-D software Capture Window can be accessed by clicking on the appropriately labeled tab above the Preview Box in the image capture window. This configuration panel can be utilized to rename and save a video (movie or time-lapse) sequence previously captured into another file format. Video sequences can only be converted from AVI format to MPEG format using this panel. Note that it is not possible to save a single image in a video sequence format (AVI or MPEG), nor is it possible to save a video sequence in a single image format (TIFF, JPEG, or BMP).
There are a wide variety of specimens that are good candidates for time-lapse cinemicrography. If the MIC-D digital microscope has been configured for polarized light illumination, then several readily available chemicals, such as sucrose, vitamin C, and naphthalene (moth balls), can be dissolved in water or melted and then recrystallized to form beautiful patterns in the microscope. Additional specimens are the microscopic creatures, including protozoa, diatoms, worms, and algae, found in pond water. Many of these tiny animals and plants move too fast to capture with time-lapse techniques, and are better candidates for recording real-time movies. In some cases, the creatures can have their motions slowed by adding specially designed commercially-available chemicals ("retarders") to the pond water prior to undertaking time-lapse sequence experiments. Larger specimens include worms and ants, which move relatively slowly over a period of time. Dividing cells are also interesting, but require more preparation and are far more delicate than chemical crystals or pond creatures.
An example of time-lapse sequence capture with the MIC-D software is presented in Figures 2-5 for a slowly recrystallizing sample of pure cholesteryl acetate. This synthetic chemical is the acetate ester of cholesterol, and has a relatively low (and convenient) melting point of 112 degrees Celsius. A small quantity of the ester (approximately 5 milligrams) was sandwiched between a microscope slide and coverslip and heated with a hot plate until the crystallites had melted and formed a confluent layer of liquid between the glass plates.
After allowing the molten chemical to cool for a few minutes, the microscope slide was transferred to the stage of a MIC-D microscope equipped for polarized light observation with a polarizer (the analyzer) mounted beneath the stage and a second polarizer secured into the threaded mount of the illumination arm. Crystallites of cholesteryl acetate grow slowly over a period of 5-10 hours, so 2-5 minute intervals will be ideal for capturing the formation of these beautiful crystals. In general, investigators should experiment with a variety of specimen preparations and time intervals to determine the appropriate time interval for each specimen.
When the cholesteryl acetate exists as a melt, polarized light passing through the specimen is not separated into orthogonal components, and is blocked by the analyzer to produce a dark viewfield (Figure 2(a)). Focusing the microscope on can be difficult under these circumstances, especially if no birefringent crystals are present to establish a focus position. A good solution is to focus the microscope on the edge of the coverslip, then move the slide until the edge is removed from the field of view.
The MIC-D time-lapse feature (in the Capture Window) was set to collect sequential images in 5-minute intervals for this experiment. Upon cooling, tiny crystallites begin to form after about 15 minutes (Figure 2(b)), which ultimately spread to cover the entire viewfield (Figure 3(a)) over a period of an hour (during which 12 sequential images were captured). After 2 hours, tiny spherulites begin to form (Figure 3(b)), which slowly grow (Figure 4(a) and 4(b)) and ultimately merge into a confluent layer (Figure 5(a) and 5(b)) over a 5-hour period.
Time-lapse cinemicrography can reveal important details about how chemicals crystallize. As an example, examine Figures 3 through 5(a), which reveal a hint of higher order interference colors in the lower right-hand portions of the images. In this case, the colors are due to a specimen thickness gradient as evidenced by the higher order interference colors in Figure 5(b). The transition from miniature crystallites to large spherulites in this specimen suggests a second-order kinetic process that occurs over a rather long time span.
During time-lapse recording, the microscope should remain stationary and undisturbed, except for focus and adjustment of illumination intensity (if necessary). Moving the specimen slide or Petri dish during the course of recording a time-lapse event will produce a playback in which specimen features appear to be randomly and suddenly relocated in the field of view. Maintaining microscope focus is critical for producing acceptable time-lapse sequences, and should be checked often to ensure that important specimen details do not drift out of the focused field depth.
The increasing use of time-lapse cinemicrography in optical microscopy is evidenced by the numerous reports of cellular activity monitored in tissue culture using fluorescence labeling techniques coupled to time-lapse sequence capture. A variety of contrast-enhancing techniques, such as differential interference contrast, phase contrast, Hoffman modulated contrast, brightfield, and darkfield can be utilized for recording a wide variety of specimens with time-lapse sequences. Other examples of time-lapse candidates are crystal formation in biological, chemical, and geological systems, as well as liquid crystalline phase transitions and structural analysis of new materials in metallography.
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Thomas J. Fellers and Michael W. Davidson - National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32310.
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Upon deciding to return to my blog and to my clean eating habits too, my daughters body spoke to our kinesiologist about the need to return to our candida cleanse for a fortnight. This would be to ensure that we can strengthen her immunity during the seasons of change upon us allowing it to combat any possible reoccurrance of glue ear - something we hope not to endure this winter. I say "our" because if my daughter needs this, then Mama does too.
Here is our beginning of:
- zero processed food
- whole food goodness
- reduced gluten
- zero sugar - including refined and natural sugars, with the exception of fruit in moderation
- and in our lives no dairy (which is permanent) or no milks of any sort.
The first meal is Russian inspired and modified from Eleanor of Petite Kitchen:
Click here for her Borscht Soup recipe full of vegetable goodness.
I modified the recipe by replacing stock with water and tamari sauce to taste, and butter for olive oil.
As we are dairy free I found and created raw cashew sour cream. Rawtarian's recipe for cashew sour cream is here.
To accompany our soup I baked quinoa bread, modifying "The NZ Food Allergy Cookbook" recipe.
Quinoa Bread
1 c quinoa flour
1/3 c barley flour
1/2 c tapioca flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
3/4 c water
1/4 c olive oil
Mix dry ingredients together. Make a well and add wet ingredients. Mix. Place in greased loaf tin. Bake for 20 minutes in a pre heated oven to 190 degrees. Reduce oven to 175 degrees and bake for a further 10 minutes.
The meal was enjoyed by our nearly four year old (twice), our 19 month old (twice) and us (twice). Can't wait to make it again.


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My Valentine
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What a delightful card - delicious background, subtle colours, and Shirley looks so adorable with the flower bucket!
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I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful blog started by the talented Kim Prince. Kim and I will work together to make this blog an inspiring place to get new ideas, share and have fun. Kim will be running the blog and I will pop in often to add. We hope this will be an inspiring place for all.
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