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Roll Centers Revisited - Racecraft: Chassis
How They Influence The Dynamics Of Your Race Car
During the last five years, the growth of information about the front and rear roll centers has helped us to understand how these unseen points control the dynamics of our race cars. When we first published information about the front roll center in the May 1998 issue of Circle Track, much of the industry did not understand exactly how the RC worked and most thought it was not important at all. Since that time, we have defined exactly what the RC does and where it should be located. We have also coined a new term for this point-"moment center"-that better defines its role. Because the "roll" center is not the point around which the chassis rolls, we should stop referring to it that way.
What is the moment center The moment center (MC) in both the front and rear suspensions is the bottom of the moment arm for each system. The moment arm is like a pry bar that controls the rolling forces for each end of the car. Its top is the center of gravity (CG) of the sprung mass (the whole weight of the car minus the unsprung components such as the wheels, tires, brakes, rearend, and so on) and the bottom is the moment center. That is the simple explanation, but the true definition is a little more involved.
Explanation of moment center There are upper and lower control arms on each side of the car (in a double A-arm suspension system) and those have pivot points at each end, a ball joint at the spindle, and bushings or Heim joints at the chassis mounts. If you draw a line through the upper control arm pivot points and again through the lower control arm pivots, these lines will intersect at a point called an instant center (IC). Each set of control arms on each side of the car has its own IC. If you also draw a line from the IC to the corresponding center of contact patch of the tire on the same side as the control arms that were used to create the IC, the intersection of the two lines from the left and right ICs creates the moment center.
Myths About MC Here are some popular myths concerning the moment centers that have now been disproved.
1. The front roll/moment center is at the center of the car.
Fact: The front moment center is rarely at the centerline of the race car.
2. The front moment center location is not important to the dynamics of the chassis.
Fact: The front moment center dynamic location is critical to the dynamics, as we will show.
3. When changing front control-arm angles, you are really affecting the camber change characteristics-and the changes to the handling of the car are related to that, not the new moment center location.
Fact: You can move the moment center without affecting the camber change characteristics of the car and see a drastic change in the handling and how the front end works.
4. The rear moment center is located where a line through the ends of the Panhard/J-bar intersects the centerline of the car.
Fact: The rear moment center height is the average height of the two ends of the locating device. It is "felt" halfway between the tops of the two rear springs. This definition can be found in older automotive dynamics books dealing with the subject of the straight axle suspension and has since proven to be accurate. The angle of the bar and its lateral location has an effect that can redistribute the weight on the four tires and that effect is different than the dynamic affect that the rear moment center has related to chassis roll.
5. The rear moment center moves laterally as the car dives and rolls.
Fact: The lateral location felt by the chassis remains midway between the top of the spring mounts. The rear moment center height is affected by the vertical movement of the ends of the locating device (being the Panhard or J-bar) due to its height being determined by the heights of the ends of the bar. As the ends move vertically, so too does the height of the moment center.
6. A Panhard/J-bar mounted on the left side of the chassis produces a more stable dynamic condition and more consistent handling due to the limited movement of the left rear corner of the car and so too the rear moment center.
Fact: While it is true that the rear moment center stays relatively at the same height through chassis dive and roll with a left-side chassis mount, that is not what you want.
As the car dives and rolls, the center of gravity of the car moves downward because, in most cases, the entire car is lower in the turns than at ride height. At the same time, with a right side chassis mounted bar, as the right rear (RR) corner of the car is moving lower, so is the bar and with it the rear moment center. With both the CG and the rear MC moving down, the rear moment arm stays relatively the same length and the dynamics remain consistent. With the bar mounted on the left side of the chassis, the opposite would be true. The moment arm becomes shorter as the CG moves down and the rear MC stays at the same height. This loosens the car in the middle of the turns-the exact reason why this design came about and was a useful crutch for a chassis that would not turn well.
A Simple Experiment It is difficult to understand the importance of an imaginary point and how it could possibly be integral to the dynamics of the front suspension. We generally think in terms of hard points that you can put a bolt through and that are attached to the chassis. The MC is not directly connected to the chassis and has no bolt through it. Some years ago, while I was trying to understand how the moment center really worked, I decided to build a model to find out exactly what influence the MC had on a AA arm suspension.
A two-dimensional model of a double A-arm suspension was built on a board, with spindles and upper and lower control arms. The "chassis" portion was weighted and supported by springs. A series of holes was drilled along the centerline of the chassis between the control arm mounts to simulate the CG of the "car." Arm angles could be changed to create different locations for the moment center.
For each configuration and location of MC, I began at the top CG hole and attached a string and pulled laterally to the right on the string. The "chassis" would roll to the right each time as I moved down from hole to hole. When I reached the hole that represented the MC, the suspension locked up and would not roll. As I proceeded below the MC, the chassis rolled to the left because the moment arm was now inverted.
I changed the MC location several times. Each time I put the CG nail in the hole that represented the MC, the suspension locked up. That told me that the MC was indeed the bottom of the moment arm. When the MC is in the same location as the center of gravity, there is no moment arm and therefore no lever arm to roll the chassis. I finally had my proof-but the research did not end there.
The Industry Begins to Understand MC Racers, as well as race car builders around the country, have experimented with MC location and design and found the correlation between the MC location and front end dynamics to be significant. Front suspension efficiency, as well as camber change characteristics, all depend on the MC height and width. To understand how the lateral MC location affects the dynamics of the car, you need to understand how the forces are applied to the center of gravity and the MC.
Forces and Moment Arms The true moment arm that tries to roll the suspension is represented as a line between the moment center and the resultant force line. This is called the "Effective Moment Arm." You can see how, with the effective moment arm pointed down and to the right from the center of gravity that as the moment center is located farther to the right, the effective moment center becomes shorter.
The MC has basically two locations-static and dynamic-that can be easily calculated. Static is where the MC is located when the car is at ride height and standing still. The dynamic location is where the MC moves as the car dives and rolls through the turns. Because the control arms move as the car rolls and dives, the instant centers also move. This causes the MC to move along with the instant centers and, in most cases, the MC moves to the right in a left-turning circle track race car.
Control Arm Angles vs. MC Location Control arm angles are measured in degrees from horizontal. Therefore, level would be 0 degrees and straight up would be 90 degrees. The lower control arm angles largely control the amount of lateral movement of the front MC and the upper control arm angles mostly control the lateral location of the two MCs. Excessive lower control arm angles cause the front MC to move a greater amount as the car goes through the turns. Increasing or decreasing the upper control arm angles moves the MC side to side. Low angles in the upper control arms causes excessive camber change in the front wheels, especially in the right front wheel where it affects the handling the most.
Rules About MC Location As you begin to design your car's front suspension, you need to determine where the MC should be located according to your type of racing and what kind of race track you will run. Here are a few general rules you need to follow:
1. The farther left the MC is located, the longer the effective moment arm and the more efficient the front suspension will be (meaning it will want to roll more). A more left location is proper for low-banked asphalt race tracks and dry slick dirt race tracks. 2. The farther right the MC is located, the less efficient the front suspension will be (meaning it will be stiffer). An MC that is located farther to the right will be good for all tracks banked beyond 10 degrees, including dirt and asphalt tracks. The higher the banking, the farther right the MC should be. Because of the higher amount of downforce caused by the banking, the front needs to be somewhat stiffer to resist excessive dive on entry and in the middle of the turns.
3. The amount of MC movement from static to dynamic locations that the car needs depends on how the race track is constructed. A track that has consistent banking throughout the turns requires an MC design where there is very little movement from the static to the dynamic location. Tracks that are constructed where the banking going in and coming off the corners is far less than the banking in the middle of the turns require an MC design that incorporates a greater amount of movement of the MC from static to dynamic locations. As the car turns into the corners, the MC can be designed to start out statically farther to the left and that is more suited to the lower banking. As the car moves through the middle where the banking has increased, the MC should move farther to the right, and that location is better suited to the higher amount of downforce caused by the high banking.
4. The lateral location of the MC range depends on the height of the center of gravity of the race car as well as the track width of the car. A modified stock car with its low CG can tolerate an MC that is farther left than a stock class car where the ride height is above 5 inches and the CG is above 18 inches. The narrower the car, the more effect there is on lateral location of the MC. A narrow track width (distance from center to center of the tires) results in a greater tendency for the front end to want to roll. Narrow stock cars should be designed with an MC that is farther to the right than wider cars.
5. The circle track stock car wants zero camber change-relative to the racing surface-in the right front wheel after the car dives and rolls through the turns. The right upper control arm angle mostly affects the right front (RF) camber change characteristics. When designing the MC location, you need to find the correct right upper control arm angle that will result in zero camber change after the car dives and rolls in the turns, and then keep that angle. The left front wheel will always lose +1/4- two degrees of camber regardless of the upper control arm angle, so changes to the left upper control arm angle can be used to locate the MC range laterally.
6. The entire dynamic MC range for dirt and asphalt stock cars lies between 10 inches to the left of the centerline of the car and 20 inches to the right of the centerline of the car. Moment centers that lie outside that range will be detrimental to the performance of the car. Shallow upper and excessive lower control arm angles (inside points lower than the ball joints) contribute to MC locations that are outside of the optimum range.
The Rear Moment Center The rear moment center design is fairly simple. Mount a Panhard or J-bar lateral locating device to the rear axle housing and to the chassis, and adjust the height of the ends to raise or lower the rear MC. That's all there is to how the rear MC relates to the roll dynamics of the rear suspension system. As previously stated, the lateral locating device should almost always be mounted to the right side of the chassis. There are exceptions to this rule.
Left Side Bar Mounting One example where it might be an advantage to mount the bar to the left side of the chassis involves dirt track stock cars, where it is desirable to angle the bar to point it at the RR tire contact patch. This exerts a lot of force and most of the rear weight on the RR tire during cornering. This is sometimes needed for dry slick conditions in order to cut through the dry material so the tire can grip the track surface.
The RR tire will be the dominant tire driving the car off the corners. Mounting the bar on the left side of the chassis can cause both a dirt car and an asphalt car to be inconsistent if there is a lot of traction in the racing surface. This is always true with asphalt stock cars and asphalt race tracks and sometimes true with dirt cars running on a racing surface that has a lot of grip. It would be ideal for dirt cars to be able to quickly switch the mount from side to side in order to be able to adjust to changing track conditions. Most tracks start out the day moist with lots of traction and then either go black slick or dry slick. The left side mount would usually only be necessary for the dry slick condition.
Bar Angle Influence Angle in the Panhard/J-bar will cause a certain amount of weight jacking as the car rounds the turns, and this can be mistaken for changes in MC location. The rear MC height is always the average height of the two ends of the locating device. During cornering, the bar will always want to straighten out and be parallel to the track surface if it is mounted to the chassis on the right side. If you angle the bar where one side is at a different height than the other, weight will be redistributed to some degree by this effect.
By mounting the bar at an excessive angle for left side chassis mounting, extreme differences in weight distribution can be achieved, if that is your desire. As the car corners, the left end (higher end) of the bar will try to ride up and over the right (and lower) end, and this creates a serious jacking effect. Weight is transferred off the springs and redistributed onto the right rear tire. The left rear tire retains little weight. Most of the weight of the rear of the car is now on the RR tire.
At this point in the setup, moment center dynamics are of little or no use. The redistribution of weight that goes with the angled/left chassis-mounted bar negates any positive effects you could have achieved by dynamically balancing the chassis using moment center location as one of the tools to accomplish that.
For all asphalt applications and most dirt racing situations, a balanced setup using optimum MC locations makes the car faster and much more consistent. Around 90 percent of handling problems associated with stock cars are where the car is tight and will not turn well. The front MC location, as well as the balance of the setup you choose, are major contributors to this condition.
Differences in Handling Caused By MC Location The primary reason two seemingly identical cars will handle differently can usually be traced to a front MC in a different location from car to car. It doesn't take much of a difference in arm lengths or chassis mounting point heights to cause a pair of cars to experience different handling characteristics. Just a few years ago, many professional stock car teams experimented with different upper control arm lengths to tune the handling while holding to preselected spring packages and weight distribution numbers. They were essentially moving the MC left and right in a trial and error way to try to find the ultimate handling balance for a particular race track.
Today, we know better than to waste time doing that. There is a combination of spring rates, moment centers, and weight distribution for each car at each race track that will make the car balanced and consistent. Knowing the role of the MCs and being willing to make changes so that the MCs are in the right position is one of the most important steps to take to achieve the total handling package.


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Music-News.com has learnt that one of the greatest bands the world has ever known are to reform.
The Smiths, widely regarded as THE seminal British band, are to throw their differences aside and return to the live stage this autumn.
The legendary songwriting partnership comprising of musical luminaries Morrissey and Marr are set to make a return after finding common ground.
It will be the first time that Manchester's independent monoliths, who were signed to London's Rough Trade label, have graced a stage since their acrimonious split in 1987.
Legal wranglings in the band saw other members, Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums), sue with varying degrees of success.
This announcement comes after a source revealed that the 80s icons had been in talks to perform with a well-known promoter.
The decision was said to have been made after fellow Mancunians, The Stone Roses, gave in and reformed.
The Smiths had previously turned down a lucrative offer of over 76 million pounds to tour the US.
Update: Since we published this article earlier today, denial of this reformation has been rife.

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André-Paul Duchâteau is one of the best realistic comic scenario-writers for the French/Belgian market. After a few novels, André-Paul Duchâteau wrote his first comic scenarios in 1948 for magazines like Bravo, Mickey Magazine and Spirou, working in the studio of Tenas and Rali. He started working with Tibet in 1951 and their first comics were published in Tintin and Ons Volkske, soon followed by legendary series like 'Ric Hochet' and 'Chick Bill'. In the 1960s Duchâteau intensified his activities, writing scenarios for Mittéï ('Les 3A'), Aidans ('Bob Binn'), Parras ('Commissaire Marin') and Eddy Paape ('Les Jeux de Toah'). His collaboration with Christian Denayer produced the series 'Yalek', 'Alain Chevallier' and 'Les Casseurs'.
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This is my "hometown" walmart and u have to visit it to fully understand the the original posters frustration. I dont think the complaint was about the overnight stay but more about being treated rudely. It takes close to an hour to get through chec kout
Looks like I would have to rush things in US supermarkets.
I can't imagine needing to spend more than 3 hours shopping at WalMart
I don't discriminate, I can't see me spend 3 hours in any store, unless they sell beer and have free sampling.
I am not allowed to park in this store if I am planning to stock for holiday and need to do large shopping which takes me more than 3 hours? This is not logical to me. Don't us retail outlets need the customers to spent money there?
I can't imagine needing to spend more than 3 hours shopping at WalMart
I would like to see all Wallmarts, Flying J'S ect stop overnight camping. There are thousand of campgrounds in the USA use them. What's next, free electric hook ups? Wash in the Burger King? Campgrounds are for camping, and they are at all price levels. They rely on us to keep in business. I can guarantee Wallmarts will not go out of business if you don't shop there. Yon can take that to the bank....I can't wait to see what this starts....Jim
A Super Walmart may very well have most of what you'll need, so don't let this thread regarding one particular store in a very active tourist area discourage you. Only about 15% of the approximately 3700 US Walmart stores have any RV parking restrictions, most prohibiting overnight parking due to local laws, zoning requirements, or parking lot ownership issues.
I will be looking in my navigation system for Super Walmart, not just for Walmart. (is that right?)
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USDA has released notices to FSA state and county offices on the new regulations for the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program improvements authorized in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008.
"These loan changes are a great benefit to corn farmers," National Corn Growers Association President Bob Dickey said. "Better farm storage allows producers to improve future planning for their businesses and increasing loan length and amounts of loans will make a huge difference. Many farmers are pleased to have these new options available for their farming operations."
Changes made in the 2008 farm bill include increasing the maximum loan limit from $100,000 to $500,000 and the maximum loan term from seven to 12 years. Additionally, the secretary of agriculture is now authorized to allow partial disbursement of the loan to assist in the construction of storage facilities and offer more options for farmers to be able to pledge security for the loan.
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This is the extension of my healthy cookies attempt. In 2008, I created a Healthy Cookies which I shared the recipe in 2009. Today, I make it healthier with extra virgin olive oil and increase the energy of this cookie by adding oats, walnuts, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds (all these are health boosting food).
I grew up from eating cookies as a snack so it will be very hard to ask me to give up on cookies. Most of the cookies selling at the supermarkets today have trans-fat (partially hydrogenated oil, hydrogenated oil or shortening) listed in their ingredients list. So, the choices I have were limited unless I pay more for all natural or organic cookies. Even the cookies selling at Asian markets have trans-fat or shortening, imagine I have to give out the Asian cookies that I grew up eating and loved. It was heart breaking to take down the cookies that I loved and had to put it back on the shelf when I read the ingredients list. It happened to me so very often. I am someone who is very careful about trans-fat because I realized over the years I had been eating trans-fat laden cookies, cakes, donuts, or bakes when I grew up when trans-fat was not listed in the label and people were not aware of it. But now we know, it is all a choice and it is your choice to decide what you want to put in your body and how you want to raise your kids. It is hard to avoid trans-fat food all the times but I am trying very hard to.
So, these days I try to bake cookies and cake as best as I can. I baked this cookies for my girl's school snack and also my afternoon snack, limit to 2 a day. As this is a healthy cookies, it's only suitable for those that are eating for their health, love the taste of extra virgin olive oil and whole wheat flour and won't miss the smell of butter in a cookie. This is not an indulgent cookies that when you sink your teeth in it, you taste butter and extreme sweetness. This is a crispy cookie that when you bite into it, you would taste olive oil, whole wheat flour and walnut. This is not a super sweet cookie too. Of course you can use canola oil for the neutral taste and cheaper alternative, just change the extra virgin olive oil to canola oil. Seriously, if you are a little health conscious and love to snack on cookies, it's worth a try. Did I also mention that it's super easy to make and put together?
I am also submitting this recipe to Dr. Oz Healthy Holiday Cookie Challenge.
I loved feedback!! So if you tried this please feedback to me ya. Appreciated! :)
~Yield about 28-30 cookies, depended on the size of the cookies.
- 1 large free range brown egg
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil ( or you can use the less pungent olive oil)
- 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup + 1/8 cup pure granulated cane sugar
- 1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour (or organic)
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 cup old fashion rolled oats
- 1/4 cup whole walnuts, chopped
- 2 Tbsp. sunflower seeds
- 1 Tbsp. white sesame seeds


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The Gnomon School of Visual Effects was launched on the premise that those who are actively working in the special effects industry would be in the best position to train others working in the industry, and a classroom setting where pros teach other pros would be the best way to bring about a grand sharing of techniques and ideas. Soon after the school opened for admission, however, it turned out that most of the applications were from folks who wanted to get into the industry—not people who were already in the business and looking to learn new skills. Furthermore, many students entered wanting to work in the world of video games, rather than television or movies. But if you'd like to do any of these things, there are few places better suited to build your skills and find a job.
I was invited to tour the school during my time in Los Angeles for E3, and I jumped at the chance to check out where the people who make games are trained. My tour guide was Alex Alvarez, the Gnomon's founder and director. I said that I could give up a few hours early in the morning before E3 began, and the PR rep seemed a little taken aback. "Alex is an artist," I was told. "He's not going to like getting up that early." Alvarez met me at Gnomon at 8:30 in the morning, bleary eyed, holding a cup of coffee as if it were a life preserver.
The school's stats are impressive: 350 students, and a 98 percent placement rate. The instructors are all working professionals from studios, so they know how the industry is now, not what it was like before they left it to begin teaching. "Every night they're driving in from Sony or Blizzard or Activision," Alvarez tells me. "Dreamworks, Digital Domain..." This is something that is constantly stressed: you are being taught by people in the industry.
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M ustard, that splendid complement to soft pretzels, hot dogs, and salad dressings, has an extensive repertoire. One of the oldest spices in the world, it's also one of the most widely consumed. According to the Encyclopedia of Spices, the ancient Chinese, Greeks, and Romans used it, and France's King Louis XI loved it so much that he is said to have carried a pot of the golden goodness with him throughout his travels, in case he found himself in a mustard-free zone.
Mustard is a condiment to be reckoned with. Its storied reputation has much to do with its ability to improve the taste of sandwiches, potato salads, glazes, and meats. Even umami-rich ketchup needs a little dry mustard to make it great. (Seriously, it's often a homemade ketchup ingredient.)
Before mustard can do its magic, the sauce itself needs to be top-notch. That's where we chime in. Mustard varieties are endless. There are beer mustards, fruit mustards, and whole-grain mustards. For our taste test, we opted to stick to the basics: yellow and honey mustards. Read below to see which ones are welcome at our next grilling session.
Best Mustard Overall
Nathan's Deli-Style Mustard
($3.35 per 12-ounce bottle)
Pros: "It's got everything I would want in a mustard. It's savory, bold, and it doesn't look like a yellow school bus." Judges appreciated that this mustard had a natural appearance and a flavor that held its own.
Cons: Some found it to be salty.
First Runner-Up, Yellow Mustard
Gulden's Yellow Squeeze Mustard
($1.69 per 12-ounce bottle)
Pros: "The ideal mustard!" exclaimed one judge. "It's not too much of anything—not too vinegary, salty, or sweet. Just right!" Judges also enjoyed its smooth consistency.
Cons: The color seems a somewhat more artificial yellow than the others.
First Runner-Up, Honey Mustard
Bookbinder's Honey Mustard
($2.55 per 10.5-ounce bottle)
Pros: One judge described Bookbinder's as "delicately sweet, a nice blend." Another taster proclaimed it "hands down the best honey mustard I've ever had!"
Cons: Not the most appealing color.
The Other Contenders: The Bottom Three
Not only is Colman's Mustard an extreme yellow, but it's too spicy and tart, and has an alarming aftertaste. Visually, Eden Organic Yellow Mustard looks a lot like pâté. All the judges were turned off by its mealy texture and acidic flavor. Lastly, 365 Organic Yellow Mustard looks more like a mousse than mustard. And one editor pointed out that it's "hazardously sour."
Additional Taste Test Details
All 19 varieties of mustard evaluated are available nationwide in supermarkets or online. Listed from highest to lowest score achieved, they are: Nathan's Deli-Style, Bookbinder's Honey, Gold's Honey, Gulden's Yellow Squeeze, French's Classic Yellow, Organicville Yellow, Plochman's Yellow, Annie's Organic Honey, Billy Bee Original Yellow, Thumann's Real Honey, Hellmann's Honey, Annie's Organic Yellow, Billy Bee Original Honey, Emeril's Smooth Honey, Inglehoffer Honey, Woeber's Honey, Colman's, Eden Organic Yellow, 365 Organic Yellow.
Methodology: In a blind taste test, judges compared the flavor, consistency, and appearance of 19 types of mustard (ten yellow and nine honey). All were squirted on hot dogs. Mustards were ranked according to the Epicurious four-fork rating system (four being best).


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Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell lines using 4EHP (E4D5S) Rabbit mAb.
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|MW (kDa)
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Product Information
|Western Blotting
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
For western blots, incubate membrane with diluted primary antibody in 5% w/v nonfat dry milk, 1X TBS, 0.1% Tween® 20 at 4°C with gentle shaking, overnight.
NOTE: Please refer to primary antibody product webpage for recommended antibody dilution.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
Load 20 µl onto SDS-PAGE gel (10 cm x 10 cm).
NOTE: Loading of prestained molecular weight markers (#13953, 10 µl/lane) to verify electrotransfer and biotinylated protein ladder (#7727, 10 µl/lane) to determine molecular weights are recommended.
NOTE: Volumes are for 10 cm x 10 cm (100 cm2) of membrane; for different sized membranes, adjust volumes accordingly.
* Avoid repeated exposure to skin.
posted June 2005
revised June 2020
Protocol Id: 263
4EHP (E4D5S) Rabbit mAb recognizes endogenous levels of total 4EHP protein. This antibody does not cross-react with eIF4E protein.
Human, Mouse, Rat
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ala194 of human 4EHP protein.
Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) binds to the mRNA cap structure to mediate the initiation of translation (1,2). eIF4E interacts with eIF4G, a scaffold protein that promotes assembly of eIF4E and eIF4A into the eIF4F complex (2). eIF4B is thought to assist the eIF4F complex in translation initiation. Upon activation by mitogenic and/or stress stimuli mediated by Erk and p38 MAPK, Mnk1 phosphorylates eIF4E at Ser209 in vivo (3,4). Two Erk and p38 MAPK phosphorylation sites in mouse Mnk1 (Thr197 and Thr202) are essential for Mnk1 kinase activity (3). The carboxy-terminal region of eIF4G also contains serum-stimulated phosphorylation sites, including Ser1108, Ser1148, and Ser1192 (5). Phosphorylation at these sites is blocked by the PI3 kinase inhibitor LY294002 and by the FRAP/mTOR inhibitor rapamycin.
A mammalian cap-binding protein related to eIF4E, 4E Homologous Protein (4EHP), was later identified (6). 4EHP does not interact with eIF4G and, therefore, cannot activate translation (7). Instead, it inhibits the translation of a subset of mRNAs (7).
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- Eggplant - Yeah, I'm still not a fan.
- Tofu - I experimented with tofu during my Vegan Week and enjoyed it, though it still isn't a favorite and definitely doesn't make an appearance all that often on my table.
- Mussels - Sadly I didn't get to this one. It's going on the 2012 list.
- Tarragon - While I didn't cook much with tarragon, I had it in a few more dishes and discovered I really just don't like it.
- Fennel - See Tarragon :)
- Leafy greens (kale, mustard greens, etc.) - This was by far my greatest 2011 resolution success. Due in large part to the green smoothies Luke and I now drink every morning and to fun and sassy salads, we've incorporated more leafy greens in our diets. This will definitely continue into the New Year.
Here's to hoping the 2012 food resolutions go a bit better!
- Goat - now that this is becoming a bit more "main stream" I might need to take a stab at cooking goat. Let's see how it goes!
- Tamales - After reading a bunch of fun Christmas posts on different variations of tamales and enjoying some at my mother in law's house for Christmas, I'd like to try these this year.
- Homemade ravioli - you've seen my post on homemade pasta. Now I want to take it a step further to make some delicious homemad ravioli. Hoping to accomplish this by February!
- Indian cuisine - I never make it, that's sad. Also, I never eat it except for the Indian offerings at the hot food bar at Whole Foods. This year, that's all changing!
- Make my own tortillas - how have I never done this?! Luke and I go through taco phases, but I have a feeling once I master the tortilla, they'll be a lot more frequent.
- The whole bird: Other than occasionally roasting a whole chicken, I rarely opt for the larger cuts of meat or the whole bird. Not only is it a better value to buy it all, but often you get a great deal more flavor by cooking larger cuts.
I also realized earlier this week that I don't have a basic mac and cheese recipe on the blog (a crime considering how much I love it and make it!) anything else you're hoping will appear in 2012?
Thanks for another great year,


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This is the first in a four-part special report on special needs planning for advisors and their clients. In part one below, a new online tool for parents and caregivers.
Merrill Lynch on Thursday premiered a special needs calculator for the parents and caregivers of special needs individuals. The calculator is designed to assist in calculating the amount of money necessary to sustain a special needs person throughout life, and is a variation on the one long used by Merrill advisors who carry the Certified Special Needs Advisor designation.
The calculator, available for anyone's use at a Merrill website, analyzes an individual's needs based on the input of financial information and projected life expectancy. It factors in several variables, including projected income of an individual with special needs; monthly expenses that can include housing, transportation, special education and health-care costs; and also accounts for federal and state government benefits. The calculator also factors in parents' number of years until retirement, with the flexibility to modify assumptions about return on investments and inflation rates.
In a statement, Chris Sullivan (left), head of Special Needs Financial Services for Merrill Lynch, said of the need for such a tool, "One of the greatest challenges parents of children with disabilities face is providing their loved one with financial security. Thanks to medical advancements, people with special needs are living longer, fuller lives than ever thought possible. This welcome trend has left many families unprepared to provide a lifetime of financial support while also achieving other important goals."
With the calculator, families can identify potential shortfalls in finances intended to sustain the quality of life of an individual with special needs long after parents or caregivers retire. Based on its open-source design, the calculator can be accessed online via an iPad and other tablets and smartphones. Families can then choose whether to consult with an advisor for more in-depth analysis and planning.
Sullivan, himself deaf, started the special needs group at Merrill over a decade ago, according to Scott MacDonald, a Merrill advisor based in Modesto, Calif. According to MacDonald, Sullivan "started the department and brought in advisors already doing the work [with special needs families] to set it up."
Special needs families have "complex needs," adds MacDonald. "Planning and investing are much more complicated than for a regular client," he explains. "They have a need to preserve and protect public benefits like disability benefits and Medicaid, and [special needs individuals] can't go back to work, so retirement may be a 60-year timeline that we have to plan for."
There are complications not just families, but planners unfamiliar with the ins and outs of special needs rules and regulations may not be aware of, warns MacDonald, who points out that "if grandma and grandpa leave money [directly] to the child, the money goes [instead] to the state to repay benefits [already collected]."
The calculator is designed to be easy to use, says MacDonald; families can get a simplified version of a plan in ten minutes. If they want to go deeper into expenses and itemizing, he adds, as well as specialized needs unique to their situation, it can take a half hour to an hour.
"A lot of work is done figuring out what the needs are," he says. There is also a link on the website to a free generic workbook that shows families issues they need to look at regarding income and expenses, as well as additional links to more information.


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My boss is desparately looking for an application out there that can help us effectively manage our workflow, project scheduling and task lists. We have anywhere between 40-50 projects at a time, each having up to 20 different deadlines between 20 different people. Reports and such would be a huge plus. Also deadlines are constantly changing so it would need to be easily updatable.
I'm completely ignorant of this type of thing, anyone have any recommendations? I've been told he does NOT want to use MS Project.


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Oh, how I love Fridays! Fridays are easily the most slacker-ish day at my office (and given how light the workload has been, that's saying something!) All the doctors are usually on-call and out, so the day is generally spent planning what I'm going to eat all weekend long. This Friday is not so different as I am preparing for a pre-concert bro-date over some bangin' burgers and a day trip to NYC tomorrow (read: a day full of eating trip to NYC). So much eating, so little time…
Today's fantastic piece of frivolity comes from McSweeney's delightful series of letters to people and/or entities who are unlikely to read them. In this edition, writer Cleo Plagg (if you know more about her, please post links in the comments – I love her style!) sounds off on all the people who judge or look down upon us single ladies who prefer to spend money on bar tabs than groceries and find Facebook updates about kids and pets completely obnoxious. The letter reads like the inside of my brain, with one great paragraph bemoaning friends who become married:
Yet still more questions for you, judgers: Does Bed, Bath and Beyond really require a 16-month pre-registration? Do people actually like shiny vests under rented jackets? Why do committed friends of committed friends not know how to talk to me since there isn't a relationship to ask about? Are chocolate fountains real? Why do women in long-term relationships stop wearing high heels and start dressing like my fourth grade music teacher? Why do I have to make plans with you four weeks in advance? Why are you so tired all the time?
I highly recommend you read the entire letter (link below) and post in the comments anything that you'd add to the rant!
An Open Letter To People Who Judge My Single, Post-College Lifestyle
Happy Weekend!


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I realise that this story is now a couple of days old, but I couldn't let it slip by without comment.
This Piha tree has had $12,000 spent on it by bureaucrats.
How can you tell?
I know that's a tough one, but if you look closely you will notice that the tree looks exactly the same as it did before the bureaucrats decided it required their collective attention.
Several layers of paperwork, reports, consultation, meetings, lunch breaks, annual leave, conferences and general poobah later.... nothing.
If there was ever an example of our "perfected stupidity", this would be it.
As a society we have taken $12,000 of hard earned, potentially productive money and pissed it up against a tree.
And we wonder why we borrow money every week to pay our bills.


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One question which arises a lot when sifting through Darwin's letters is are we prying? Did Darwin and his correspondents consider their letters to be public objects or private exchanges intended only for the eyes of the sender and recipient in question? The answer appears to be both.
As a rule, Darwin's correspondents tended to state explicitly when a letter (or a specific section of a letter) was "private" or "confidential" – a custom which suggests that they assumed that their written exchanges were by default public property, or at least potentially so.
In Darwin's case, the practice of flagging-up private content developed out of – perhaps bitter! – experience. As he explained to one of his correspondents in 1871; "I put "private" from habit only as yet partially acquired, from some hasty notes of mine having been printed, which were not in the least degree worth printing."
Darwin perhaps referred in part here to a frustrating experience he had in 1857 when William Sharpey read content from one of his letters to the Council of the Royal Society. Darwin's annoyance over this transgression is clear both in a letter he wrote to Hooker on the subject and in an uncharacteristically confrontational reply he wrote to Sharpey.[1]
Even where an explicit request was made for a letter to remain private, however, it was impossible to ensure that it did. As scholars of the epistolary form have shown over and again, despite best intentions letters have a habit of hanging around and ultimately being consumed by a far wider public audience than was perhaps intended. [2]
Interestingly, some of Darwin's correspondents seem to have been aware of this risk. Thus, when dealing with content that was deemed especially sensitive, some correspondents requested that their letters be burned after reading.
One extremely rare example of a male correspondent who made this request is provided by John William Salter, a Geologist and Palaeontologist who wrote to Darwin on new year's eve, 1866 to ask him for help in supporting his family; "Are you rich enough to aid me at all," he asked, "—and make me your debtor for any help I can give in looking over the paleozoic part of your reasonings in your great book." Salter signed off his letter by stating that, "I trust you will burn my letter— I had hoped for so different a career—". As far as Salter was concerned, then, sensitive content equated to professional failure, unemployment and the inability to act as breadwinner and support his wife and children.
For women the case was very different. Where a middle class man's public reputation hinged on his professional and financial success, a middle class woman's reputation was measured by her modesty and chastity.
The vast majority of 'burn this' requests in the Darwin archive can be found in the correspondence of Fanny Owen, a woman who Darwin courted as a young man. Tame as the content is, Owen was evidently anxious about the letters she exchanged with Darwin, ending most of her correspondence with statements such as, "Burn this as soon as you have made out the nonsense", "you must burn this when you get it" and – shortly before Darwin left on the Beagle – "Burn this before you sail for pitys sake". Darwin was devastated when the first batch of letters he received in South America brought news of Fanny's betrothal to another man.
Owen's repeated requests that her letters be destroyed reflect the pressures that she laboured under as a young middle class woman whose volatile reputation depended primarily on her modesty and chastity. These characteristics were key a part of her feminine status and crucial if she was successfully to secure a husband and thus future happiness. As she herself said to Darwin in 1828, "For Heaven's sake burn this, or if it falls into the hands of any of the young men, what would they think". [3]
While some of the letters in Darwin's archive were never meant for public consumption, there is a great amount to be gained from an analysis of "public" and "private" letters alike. A comparative analysis of these different sorts of correspondence helps us to develop a sense of what kinds of information and styles of delivery were deemed appropriate – and indeed inappropriate - for the public sphere. We also get a sense of how public profiles were constructed and, crucially, the means by which they might have been undermined. More fundamentally, an analysis of Darwin's most confidential letters reminds us of the serendipitous and incomplete nature of his archive. After all, we will never know for sure how many letters managed to remain private nor how many Darwin burned after reading
[1] In this instance Darwin's concern was for his professional reputation which was built on well-crafted ideas and considered, balanced prose; "[I] fear I expressed myself dogmatically", he told Hooker. More generally, the letters/content which Darwin marked as explicitly private or confidential falls neatly into two categories: one which, like the Sharpey case, concerned his professional status and another which concerned religion – a controversial topic which he was always reluctant to discuss publicly.
[2] For an introduction to the historiography of the epistolary form see Rebecca Earle (ed.), Epistolary Selves: Letters and Letter-Writers 1600 – 1945, (Aldershot, 1999).
[3] For more on the gendered workings of the courtship ritual see Laura Gowing, 'The economy of courtship', in her Domestic Dangers, (Clarendon, 1996).


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The Oscars were televised in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut after all.
Feuding media companies Cablevision and Disney struck a deal to restore access to 3.1 million WABC-TV subscribers in the New York area late Sunday, flipping the switch about 20 minutes into the Academy Awards telecast, The Associated Press reported.
Cablevision spokesman Whit Clay told the AP that Channel 7's signal was turned on at about 8:50 p.m. Sunday.
Local news from across Southern California
Hours earlier, the Walt Disney Company had pulled ABC from Cablevision after failing to reach a deal in negotiations over new fees. The move sent some customers scrambling to buy antennas and digital converter boxes ahead of Hollywood's biggest night, while others resigned themselves to watching the Oscars via computer.
The company yanked ABC from Cablevision at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, making good on threats it would cut off access to subscribers if Cablevision didn't pay new fees Disney requested.
The Walt Disney Co. was seeking an additional $40 million a year in new fees, according to Cablevision Systems Corp. exec Charles Schueler. He said the company currently pays more than $200 million a year to Disney.
Schueler said after the plug was pulled on ABC that Disney was holding viewers "hostage."
"It is now painfully clear to millions of New York area households that Disney C.E.O. Bob Iger will hold his own ABC viewers hostage in order to extract $40 million in new fees from Cablevision," Schueler said.
Iger should "immediately return ABC to Cablevision customers while we continue to work to reach a fair agreement," the New York Times reported Schueler said.
The Walt Disney Co. fought back, saying Cablevision had "betrayed its subscribers" and that the cable provider, not ABC, should be blamed for stalled negotiations.
"Cablevision pocketed almost $8 billion last year, and now customers aren't getting what they pay for...again," spokeswoman Charissa Gilmore said in a statement.
Disney said Cablevision charges customers $18 per month for basic broadcast signals, but does not pass on any payment for ABC to Disney.
The dispute is similar to a standoff at the end of last year between News Corp. and Time Warner Cable over how much Fox television station signals were worth. That tussle, which threatened the college football bowl season and new episodes of "The Simpsons,'' was resolved without a signal interruption.
Cablevision also feuded with Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. in a January dispute that temporarily forced the Food Network and HGTV off the service. Neither side provided terms of an agreement that restored the channels after three weeks.
Disney and Cablevision have been airing dueling advertisements about the ongoing dispute for the past week. Also, lawmakers in Washington have chimed in, suggesting the Federal Communications Commission step in.
The company's previous contract with Cablevision expired more than two years ago, but it was extended month by month as talks continued.
Under previous arrangements, Disney was paid for cable channels such as ESPN and Disney Channel, but gave its ABC broadcast signal away for free, a situation that most broadcasters are now trying to change.
WABC-TV is the most watched TV station in the country, said Disney, which is based in Burbank, Calif.


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We are happy to share that three (Charlie, Maverick and Tombstone) of our remaining 6 sea turtle patients are ready for release!
In the past two weeks, these turtles have successfully come off their antibiotic treatments and have a clean bill of health from our veterinary staff! As typical with every release, we're in the process of scheduling exit examinations, so that each turtle patient can be properly tagged for release later this month!
The patients still in-house receiving treatment are Cougar, Blade and Iceman. Our team is currently trying to manage the ongoing shoulder joint injuries both Cougar and Blade presented with at the time of admittance.
Just yesterday, Cougar traveled to Annapolis with our Animal Health team for an arthroscopy procedure. Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure in which an examination is performed using an endoscope inserted into the joint through a small incision. This procedure allows our veterinarians to better assess the full scope of damages to the area for a better outlook on treatment options.
Cougar is back and resting in his pool with his tank-mate Blade, who is having the same difficulties with his forelimb joints. Our husbandry staff and team of veterinarians are developing plans for both of these Kemp's ridley sea turtles so that we can get them back on track and healing properly.
Iceman is still receiving treatment for some plastron shell abrasions. Our team was able to remove infected tissue from the areas a last week so that his abrasions could heal properly.
Stay tuned for more updates on our remaining patients, and as always, thank you for supporting our work!


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Tulipa 'early harvest'
Pronunciation: Tew-li-pa
Family: Liliaceae
Common Name: Early harvest tulip
Cultivar: Early harvest
Plant Type:
- bulb, tuber, corm
Height to: 10"
USDA Hardiness Zones:
- -20 to -30ºF ZONE 4
- -10 to -20ºF ZONE 5
- 0 to -10ºF ZONE 6
- 10 to 0ºF ZONE 7
Sun Exposure:
- part sun
- full sun
Bloom Season:
- mid spring
Bloom Description: Early harvest tulip (tulipa) produces pinkish red flowers with yellow margins and bases, and bronze-green basil marks. Insides are yellow with vivid, reddish orange markings and pale yellow anthers.
Soil Type: Early harvest tulip (tulipa) prefer fertile, well drained, neutral to slightly acidic soil
Plant Perks:
- Container Gardening
- Cut Flower
Pests and Diseases: Early harvest tulip (tulipa) is susceptible to root and bulb rots in wet or poorly drained soil, gray mold, slugs, snails, aphids, and nematodes
Propagation: Sow early harvest tulip (tulipa) seed of species in containers in cold greenhouse or frame in autumn (it may take 4-7 years for flowers to be produced). Separate offsets of species and cultivars in summer, replant and grow on.
Notes for Identification: Early harvest tulip (tulipa) is a bulbous, deciduous perennial with lance-shaped leaves. Early harvest tulip (tulipa) care: most tulips require a long winter and thrive in zone 4-6. In zone 7-8 fewer are adaptable and in 9-10 they should be grown as annuals or chilled for the winter. Bulbs must be pre-cooled at 40-45 degrees f for 8 to 10 weeks before planting. Remove faded flowers but don't cut back stems or foliage until they are brown. Tulips need these to create energy for next years blooms. In warmer zones plant in shaded part of the garden. Fertilize tulip bulbs when the foliage pushes through the soil in spring with a general low-nitrogen fertilizer. Bulb planting depth: 8" to base of the bulbgroup: kaufmannianahabit: clump-forming, erectearly harvest tulip (tulipa) years to maturity: 1-2 years (depending on bulb size)toxicity: eating may cause severe discomfort and may cause a skin allergy. Source: various resources including the american horticultural society a to z encyclopedia of garden plants and the usda
USDA Heat Zones (days above 86ºF):
- 14 to 30 days ZONE 4
- 30 to 45 days ZONE 5
- 45 to 60 days ZONE 6
- 60 to 90 days ZONE 7
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Could it be compression artifacts from satellite/cable?
Why Do I See Motion Blur on My Plasma TV?
Q I thought that plasma TVs don't suffer from motion blur, but I definitely see it when watching with my new Panasonic TC-P60ST60 plasma. Is there some setting I have configured incorrectly, or was I wrong in thinking that plasma tech is free from motion blur? —Bob Shedlock / Strongsville, Ohio
A Motion blur generally isn't a problem with plasma TVs. That's because the RGB subpixels in a plasma display can rapidly switch between an on and off condition (the rate is usually stated by manufacturers as 600 Hz, though there's marketing-speak involved in that spec). Contrast that with LCD tech, where the liquid-crystal material in the display panel isn't able to twist/untwist quickly enough to avoid a slight degree of overlap when displaying successive video frames—a cause of motion blur. Even sets with a 120- or 240-Hz refresh rate are subject to blur when displaying fast-motion images unless there's some kind of additional backlight scanning/strobing or motion interpolation processing going on.
That said, I'll grant that what you're seeing on your plasma actually is motion blur, except in this case it's likely an artifact present in the source instead of something generated by the TV. Let me explain. Most Hollywood films and TV dramas are shot at 24 frames-per-second (fps) rate. That rate isn't fast enough to record blur-free images on fast-motion scenes and camera pans, however, so a degree of blur ends up being captured in each frame. Why shoot films at 24 fps if it adds blur? Because motion-picture film was standardized at a 24 fps rate in the early days of sound cinema, audiences became used to the look (the "film look"), and the tradition has continued into the present day. Even high-def and 4K video cameras used for professional production usually provide a 24 fps mode to emulate a film look.
If you want to play with your Panasonic plasma's settings to try and eliminate blur, try switching the set from its default 60 Hz to the 96 Hz mode. This reportedly reduces the blur/judder in film-based programs, though it's also said to add a slight amount of flicker to images. You might also want to enable the set's Motion Smoother mode. Doing so will introduce a degree of Soap Opera Effect, though it may not be as noticeable at the mode's Weak setting. Anyway, since your eyes are apparently sensitive to motion blur, so you might actually prefer SOE to blur.
I have a Panasonic Plasma and know what he's talking about. It's for sure related to source and thus there's confusion between the plasma and the source. Turning on the motion feature can make the picture a bit jittery so I don't enable it.
24fps is simply not enough.
If a camera is moving and only 24fps are recorded, you'll always have an unfocused moving picture.
The explanation provided by Mr. All Griffin are dead on.
Like he said; it's not the plasma TV's fault, it's the source's fault, the movie industry with old and sub-standards.
If we can improve that deficient standard by say, 96fps, that would be a step into the right "moving" direction, without blurring our 'cinema reality'.
We have much much progress to evolve in cinema, and even in intelligent sound envelopment.
We're better that 20 years ago, but wait an other 40 years or so.
We are moving at the slowest turtle paste when it comes to improving our technologies, as to what they are trying to make you believe.
Eventually, perhaps 50 years from now we'll finally get true dimensional holographic moving pictures (without 3D or 4D glasses), with 448 frames per second, and a high resolution 64K picture.
Then we'll picture back 50 years in the past, and realize how truly far behind we were back then (meaning today).
The problem with our world is that we cannot access the future fast enough, and with a slow rate we live in a blurry world of blurry on-screen pictures; plasmas and OLEDs included.
Except higher frame rates look horrible. They're fine for sport and documentaries, but they make everything look cheap and nasty in dramatic cinema.
Say that the film was recorded @ 48fps, and that it was also transferred on Blu-ray @ 48fps, and that your Blu-ray player allows for perfect 48fps video reproduction, and that your HDTV is compatible with 48fps.
What would you see?
24P content aside, my Panasonic Plasma has noticeable motion blur in games at 60 FPS compared to the Sony HD CRT I had previously. Batman Arkham Asylum is a good example of a game where this is apparent. It's not terrible, but I was surprised to see it after hearing so much about plasma displays having "zero" motion blur.


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The CIA is embracing big data to dramatically speed up the time it takes to analyze and act on the sea of data its sensors and agents collect, a top agency official said.
There have been profound changes caused by technology in recent years, much of it driven by social, mobile and cloud applications, said Ira "Gus" Hunt, the CIA's chief technology officer, speaking at the recent AFCEA Emerging Technologies Symposium in Washington DC. One example of this is the Arab Spring uprising, which would not have been possible without those technologies, he said, adding that cheap, ubiquitous and networked devices change how the public and private sectors do business.
"If you succeed, you can scale fast and win. If you don't succeed, you can fail cheap," he said.
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Vancouver city council's plan to require oil tankers in Burrard Inlet to carry enough liability insurance to cover a worst-case scenario spill raises an interesting question. What would the worst-case-scenario look like?
In the tradition of Hollywood's disaster flicks, I picture it something like this:
An Aframax tanker the length of two Canadian football fields leaves the Westridge terminal in Burnaby, loaded with enough toxic oilsands bitumen to blacken the entire harbour. The tanker is tethered to three tugs, one in front, two in the back, ready for any emergency. Almost any emergency, that is.
Just before high tide, the tanker approaches the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. Meanwhile, a tanker truck loaded with gasoline heads up the Trans-Canada Highway. It crosses the water's edge just as the tanker's bow eases under the bridge deck.
As the ship and the truck are about to intersect, the Big One hits — the magnitude-9 earthquake we've been dreading. The bridge deck wobbles, drivers panic and a delivery van flips over in front of the gasoline truck. The heavy tanker swerves and smashes through the side of the bridge, bursting into flame and landing on the ship below, setting it and the tug in front on fire. The tug veers to starboard, dragging the oil tanker off course. Explosions and mayhem ensue. Oil pours onto the water and the folks who are supposed to respond to an oil spill are caught in the chaos on shore.
I'll save the rest for the movie, but you get the point. A fevered imagination can easily come up with a worst-case scenario that would cause damages far in excess of the estimated $1.3 billion in liability insurance now available to operators of tankers that ply Vancouver harbour.
So in that respect, Mayor Gregor Robertson raises a valid concern about Kinder Morgan's proposed twinning of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and the anticipated three- to five-fold increase in tanker traffic.
Regardless of whether the motion passed by council leads to a bylaw that would stand up in court, a dubious proposition given the city's lack of jurisdiction over shipping, in raising the liability question Robertson also points to what I believe is a more useful approach to the proposed pipeline expansion than the no-way, no-how position the mayor has taken.
What are the real risks and what can be done to reduce them? The first thing to recognize is tankers such as the one that I describe are sailing through the harbour now and any worst-case scenario you can imagine for the future could happen today.
I think it is also fair for consumers to pay the full costs of the goods they purchase and oil is no exception. It may be that once the real costs are established, the new pipeline won't be commercially viable. Part of that cost is the liability insurance that producers have to carry. The premiums for that insurance are based partly on the magnitude of the potential liability — Robertson's worst-case scenario — but also on the probability that it will come to pass.
That's why term life insurance gets more expensive as you get older. You are more likely to die and the insurer is more likely to have to pay out the policy.
While death is inevitable at some point, the risk of an oil spill — cataclysmic earthquakes notwithstanding — can and should be reduced to as close to zero as possible. That's as true for the tankers we have now as it is for the anticipated increase that would come with a twinning of Kinder Morgan's pipeline.
That won't be done by pretending that we aren't shipping oil or other hazardous products through the port of Vancouver. Rather than trying to stop shipping, why doesn't Vancouver city council investigate the plans in place for preventing oil spills and stopping the spread of any that do occur to satisfy themselves that they are adequate?
Of course if Robertson's bizarre claim that Vancouver gets no benefit from oil shipped through the harbour was true, we should probably stop all shipments. We should also stop all shipments of coal through Roberts Bank, since Vancouver's environment is arguably more at risk from climate change driven by the burning of coal than it is from an oil spill. We just have to hope that the people living to the east of us don't take the same attitude. Robertson's green city will become more of a reality than most of us will be comfortable with if we can't get oil and other petroleum products shipped here.


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NEW YORK — With a horse meat controversy raging in Europe, the US Department of Agriculture is likely to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico in the next two months — making it the first time since 2007 that equine meat suitable for human consumption will be produced in the United States.
The plant, in Roswell, N.M., is owned by Valley Meat Co., which sued the USDA in the fall over the lack of inspection services for horses going to slaughter. Horse meat cannot be processed for human consumption in the United States without inspection by the USDA, so horses destined for that purpose have been shipped to places such as Mexico and Canada for slaughter.
Justin DeJong, a spokesman for the Agriculture Department, said several companies had asked the agency to reestablish inspection of horses for slaughter.
He said the Obama administration was urging Congress to reinstate an effective ban on the production of horse meat for human consumption; that ban lapsed in 2011.
The impending approval comes amid growing concern among US consumers that horse meat will somehow make its way into ground beef products in the United States as it has done in Europe. Major companies, including Tesco, Nestle, and Ikea, have had to pull food from shelves in 14 countries after tests showed that products labeled 100 percent beef contained small amounts of horse meat. Horse meat is not necessarily unsafe, and in some countries it is popular. But some opponents of horse slaughtering say consumption of the meat is ill-advised because of the use of various kinds of drugs in horses.
"We now have the very real prospect of a horse slaughtering plant operating in the US for the first time in six years,'' said Wayne Pacelle, chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States. The last plant that slaughtered horse meat for human consumption in the United States closed in 2007, after congressional approval of an appropriations bill that included a rider forbidding the USDA from financing the inspection of such meat. That rider was renewed in subsequent appropriations bills until 2011, when Congress removed it from an omnibus spending act.
That opened the door for a renewal of the horse slaughter business, but only if the USDA reestablished inspections. The agency never moved to restart its equine inspection service.
Valley Meat sued Tom Vilsack, the agriculture secretary, and Al Almanza, the head of the food safety inspection service, charging that the department's failure to offer inspection of horse meat violated the Federal Meat Inspection Act.
That law directs the agriculture department to appoint inspectors to examine ''all amenable species'' before they enter a slaughtering facility.
"Amenable species'' were animals subject to the act the day before it was enacted, including cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses, and mules.
A. Blair Dunn, the lawyer for Valley Meat, said the Justice Department recently asked the company for an additional 60 days to file a response to its lawsuit. Dunn said the Justice Department indicated it was asking for the extra time because ''the USDA plans to issue a grant of inspection within that time, which would allow my clients to begin operations.''


text: The Tegra 3-touting tablet from Acer known as the Iconia Tab A700 hasn't made the rounds since CES, just over four months ago. It's finally hit the federal stage, with the WiFi-only version getting the seal of approval from the FCC, which tells us that its absence from the public spotlight doesn't mean Acer has stopped preparing it for its eventual (and still unannounced) launch date. Sadly, the docs are pretty limited in details, but there's plenty of reason for us to be excited -- the ICS-running tab should ship with a 1.3GHz quad-core NVIDIA SoC and a 10.1-inch 1080p display. Let's hope this is followed up with some news out of Taiwan sometime soon.


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So when you right click on a link it displays a different context menu to the one before if no link has the mouse hovered on them.
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Kaplan Named University Police Chief for Both Potsdam & Canton
John Kaplan to Serve as Chief of Police for SUNY Canton, SUNY Potsdam Forces
The two University Police departments at SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton will soon share a chief. John Kaplan will assume the position of Chief of Police for both forces beginning on Jan. 19, 2013.
SUNY Canton's current Police Chief Lisa E. Colbert announced her intentions to return to the classroom as an Associate Professor in the College's Department of Criminal Justice last semester.
"Chief Colbert has done an exceptional job leading our University Police over the past year, but we respect her desire to return to the classroom," said SUNY Canton Interim President Carli C. Schiffner. "She is an exceptional instructor, and our students will benefit greatly, learning from her experiences in University Police and outside agencies."
"Since joining his alma mater in 2010, John Kaplan has proven himself to be a valuable asset for both campus and community. His years of service to the Village of Potsdam and now to SUNY Potsdam have prepared him well to work closely in collaboration with the force at SUNY Canton," SUNY Potsdam President Dr. John F. Schwaller said. "We would like to thank Chief Colbert at Canton for her hard work, as she and John discuss how both departments can work together over the coming months."
The University Police forces will soon conduct a comprehensive assessment of both departments' operations.
"Chief Kaplan and I will be working together to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities and services," said Colbert. "I will miss working on a daily basis with my fellow officers in University Police, but I truly look forward to returning to the classroom, rejoining the criminal justice department staff, and preparing students for successful careers."
"We are going to lead an in-depth analysis of what we do and how, looking at best practices at both universities as we collaborate. It is vital to get that input from the men and women on the front lines," Kaplan said. "This would allow for us to work on joint training, to share the special skills, abilities and expertise of our officers."
After a careful assessment, the UP departments will evaluate opportunities for sharing services.
As the two campuses have done in their conversations regarding shared services in areas like human resources and environmental health and safety, this study will also help identify ways that the forces can improve upon how they operate.
A member of the SUNY Potsdam Class of 1982, Kaplan served as a member of the Potsdam Village Police Department starting in 1986, going on to serve as chief for seven years, before joining SUNY Potsdam in 2010. The Potsdam Chamber of Commerce awarded him the 2011 Commitment to Community Award in recognition of his service to a number of local organizations.
"I look forward to serving both institutions, as the two University Police forces focus on their top priority—protecting the students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors at SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton," Kaplan said.
Tags: Carli Schiffner, Chief of Police, John Kaplan, Lisa Colbert


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Between the Frog Princess' Art camp, VBS, and another little school camp,
the girls and I are passing our summer vacation
with some homegrown fun.
I'm doing little theme camps with them
right here at home.
No, Not ALL DAY activities but a few
art projects, science experiments, fun snacks, games, and books.
It helps to break up the long days
and gives us something different to look forward to...
We had our first little week-long camp at home two weeks ago.
It was...get ready for it...
RAINBOW Camp!
I know... Big. Shocker.
Me? Rainbows? Come on.
We did all kinds of fun little rainbow projects,
some oldies but goodies
and a few new things thrown into the mix.
WE even recruited a neighborhood friend
to join us for a full day of camp activities!
Here is a peek at some of our activities....
Sorting and Stringing
Fruit Loop Rainbow Necklaces.
I do love my mini quiche trays!
This is a thirsty project if you've been
running around in the backyard for an hour
and you have to sample each color as you work!
Spin Art.
What kid doesn't love spin art?
No machine? No problem?
Lay some paper in your salad spinner,
throw on some washable diluted tempera paint
or liquid watercolors and spin away!
We bought this little machine two years ago
for a birthday party and we still pull it out
regularly (in the garage)
on rainy days, snow days, hot days...
Rainbow camp days!
The girls have been begging to make
Lisa (from 5 Orange Potatoes Fame) 's
We dyed the noodles with food coloring
and a splash of rubbing alcohol in plastic snack bags.
I saved the bags to reuse for other dying projects.
After letting the noodles soak for a couple of hours,
and dry overnight in bowls (sorted by color of course!)
We covered waxed paper with Elmer's school glue,
and started lining up our rainbows.
Big Sister made the big rainbow.
Little Sister made the little rainbow.
This was a fun project because Mini-Saurus
could participate with minimal guidance.
We also tried our hand at making
ornaments/sun catchers.
This fabulous project idea also came from Lisa,
seriously...you need to go check out 5 Orange Potatoes
(I wish she and her girls lived next door to me!)
They looked great wet on the tray.
(plastic wrap underneath so they don't stick)
but the mini squeeze tubes of glitter glue
pulled and left big holes as it shrank and dried.
We had to go back a couple of days later and fill in with
Elmer's galactic glitter glue.
Gorgeous window stars drying.
Mixing food coloring and water
with my glorious mini quiche tray collection!
(anyone recognize this activity from our doctor party?)
We got the pipettes, eye droppers, and test tubes
from Discount School Supply.
Rainbow Monograms
Then we cut out initials with clear contact paper,
and rubbed them onto mom's good water color paper.
They painted with their newly mixed
home-made food coloring water colors.
When the paint was dry in less than an hour,
(we put our wet paintings out in the sun to dry)
we removed the contact paper.
This little "resist" water color project
goes back to my art teacher days,
but I've seen it popping up on a lot of blogs lately.
It's fun and easy,
and your kids will think
you're a rock star if you try it with them!
I'll post some more Rainbow-rific ideas soon!
(wow, that sentence sounds like I need Scooby snacks to go with it)


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Priest gives used car to pope, who wants to drive
Photo: L'Osservatore Romano
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis now has his own mini popemobile after getting a good deal on a used car that he plans to drive himself.
Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini, says Francis accepted the 1984 Renault 4, donated for free by a priest in northern Italy who used it to visit poor parishioners. The four-door car, in papal white, is manual shift and has a new engine. Benedettini told The AP on Wednesday: "The pope intends to drive it."
The donor, the 79-year-old Rev. Renzo Zocca, says he took Francis for a short drive in the car at the Vatican on Saturday and that Francis told him he knows how to drive it.
Zocca said he thinks Francis will use it for short commutes on Vatican grounds.


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Believe it or not, even after the surge of foreclosures, some buyers may still qualify for loans with no or little down payments. Review this article and let me know your thoughts:
Happy house hunting!
Are You Worried About a Recession?
Joe is someone we can all learn from (you know Joseph – the one with the multi-colored coat, he has a musical about him, and a few chapters in the number 1 best-selling book feature him). In the years of prosperity, he saved for future times of economic downturn – he saved for the cycles in the economy that consistently repeat themselves. We too have to move from a place of every time we receive a bonus, tax refund (what did you do with yours?), raise, etc. that we increase our lifestyle – we beginning eating out more, upgrading our vehicle, etc. Instead, let's transform our thinking so that we are investing/saving at least 10% or more of every dollar that comes into our hands.
Why? To prepare for the unexpected! With the reports of an economic recession, becoming a habitual saver (one good habit we can all cultivate) instead of a spender, can very well put us in a position that we don't even feel the financial valleys. Saving is especially vital if you are or want to be a homeowner/real estate investor/business owner so setup an automatic savings draft so that you don't even have to think about if you saved this month or not.
Check out this article for more tips:
15 Money Moves for Tough Times — With a possible recession around the corner, here are some ways to prepare your finances.
Be like Joe!
Before You Buy, Consider This!
With the real estate market being the way it is, this is a great time to buy. But only if you are prepared because purchasing real estate can be a God-send or a nightmare when you have not done due dilligence. Check out this article on what you should consider before buying and write me if you have any questions or are in the Atlanta area and need help in finding a property as a home buyer or investor:
7 Must-Dos for the First Time Home Buyer — Finding the house is just the beginning. First-time homebuyers will need to answer these questions to see if the time is right to buy in their desired location.
Happy house hunting!
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See you there!
HOMELESS – Why Everyone Should Have a Place 2 Love in Georgia
You may have been one of the fortunate that had a good night's sleep in your own home. But here in the metro Atlanta area, there are many that cannot say the same.
I have determined to help eradicate homelessness in the metro Atlanta area by creating affordable permanent housing that can be rented or owned. Although we will start small, helping one family/individual at a time, I know we can make a difference!
I had the wonderful opportunity of volunteering with Home Stretch, which provides transitional housing in North Fulton, and I met a wonderful individual. He had a great work ethic and had worked in lawn care for years but because of the recent drought (affecting greatly his business), he is now among the homeless.
What are your thoughts about this issue of homelessness? Let me know.
Here are some stats. from The United Way's Regional Commission on Homelessness – http://www.unitedwayatlanta.org/e0-homeless.asp
|homeless people were found to be on the streets, in shelters, transitional housing, service programs or at meal sites.
|stated that they were veterans with 32% reporting to have been in combat.
|of the people indicated that drug or alcohol use was the reason for their homelessness
|of survey respondents had been homeless for more than one year.
*Source: 2007 Tri-Jurisdictional Collaborative Homeless Census and survey covering the City of Atlanta, Fulton and DeKalb County. The information is from a point-in-time survey.


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This is an "Anything Goes" week, so let your imagination run wild and create a card/project and enter for a chance to win!
The adorable chick is from Chubby Chums set. I colored her with Copic markers and fussy cut her out.
That's all from me. Don't forget to find out what the other design team members created for this challenge by clicking on the links below.
- Alice Wertz ---> That's me!
- Jenny Mullens
- Katie Gehring
- Lynn Mangan
- Lori Tecler
- Larissa Heskett
- Savannah O'Gwynn
You have until December 6th 11:59pm PST to enter for a chance to win. For all the challenge details, please visit Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenges Blog! I can't wait to see what you create! =)
Have a super day and thanks for stopping by!
cardstock: (Aqua Mist, white) Papertrey Ink, (white watercolor paper) Strathmore Artist Papers
clear stamp: Paper Smooches
dye ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
coloring medium: Copic, (Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor) ZIG
fiber: (sewing thread)
accents: (star wood veneer) Studio Calico, (various sequins) Avery Elle
other: (foam tape) 3M, (label maker) Dymo, (sewing machine)
card size: 3 3/4" x 5 1/2"