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The cador Leptospira Reagent contains reagents and enzymes for the specific and efficient amplification of highly conserved regions of the Leptospira genome. Inhibition and other malfunctions of PCR are determined by measuring the fluorescence signal in the yellow channel via amplification of the Internal Control (IC), which does not influence the amplification of the analytical PCR for Leptospira. An external positive control (Leptospira Control DNA, containing the targeted Leptospira DNA) is also supplied. Leptospira DNA is detected efficiently and precisely over a wide linear range (see the figure Efficient and precise identification of Leptospira DNA over a wide linear range).
Pathogen identification by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is based on the amplification of specific regions of the pathogen genome. In real-time PCR, the amplified product is detected using fluorescent dyes. These are usually linked to oligonucleotide probes that bind specifically to the amplified product. Monitoring the fluorescence intensities during the PCR run (i.e., in real time) allows detection of the accumulating product without having to re-open the reaction tubes afterward, which reduces the risk of cross contamination.
The cador Leptospira PCR Reagent contains a primer-probe set specific for a highly conserved region of the Leptospira genome. The reagent also includes a heterologous amplification system as an internal control to ensure the correct interpretation of negative results, and an external positive control. Real-time PCR detection is carried out on a real-time PCR cycler, such as the Rotor-Gene Q.
Bacterial DNA can be manually isolated from samples using the QIAamp cador Pathogen Mini Kit. The isolated DNA is ready for use in real-time PCR with the cador Leptospira PCR Reagent on a real-time PCR cycler, such as the Rotor-Gene Q.
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
A little sport, a whole lot of gambling
The sport or gambling vehicle debate was not dormant long, it appears. Again, it bubbles to the surface, as it has for years.
Truth is racing is both though the gambling aspect is probably more important in the grand scheme than the sporting aspect.
Few of those who define themselves as fans refrain from wagering and few of those who are the everyday-horseplayer backbone of the business do not appreciate a competition on the highest level even without having taken a wagering position.
Claiming horses do not provide "sport." There is no consequence to the outcome of such races beyond the gambling level to anyone not in position to benefit financially, including owners, who are gambling on more than one level. Do we not inspect fields of 2-year-olds beginning their careers looking for the potentially good horses; spend time examining pedigree all the while with no intention of making a bet. Some of these horses will become claimers, some champions.
But it doesn't work that way.
Racing cannot survive a day without wagering. Betting receipts pay the bills and provide purses for $10,000 claimers. There is a large group of people of every stripe who enjoy the challenge that handicapping a field of horses poses and they play against one another, not the house. Some people prefer slot machines, roulette, the lottery. But this game appeals to another distinct type.
Some horseplayers deny that the class of horse or importance of a race matters. They are either liars, in denial or soulless. There is nothing like a big race day. I seldom bet on the Kentucky Derby. I have never made a future-book bet on the Derby and passed an entire Breeders' Cup run on a synthetic track. But I also found these races exciting displays of top-class thoroughbreds under extreme pressure, some quite memorable, a few unforgettable.
But to get to the days when racing means more than cashing a bet there are countless nine-race afternoons when nothing matters expect the betting and the most important question involves the pick-six carryover.
These are the days when the people who do the most for racing are involved.--PM
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tiger Woods insists his game is coming together and it's just a matter of time before he wins his first tournament in more than a year.
Appearing relaxed and upbeat at the Dubai Desert Classic, the third-ranked Woods said Wednesday his game "was progressing" and he took away positives regarding his overhauled swing from finishing in a tie for 44th in his season-opener at San Diego two weeks ago.
"I still feel I can win golf tournaments," said Woods, who has won 14 majors among 82 titles around the world. "I'm not that old. I figure I've got some years ahead of me.
"I don't always win. I've certainly lost a lot more tournaments than I've won. But it's the goal every week you tee up and that doesn't change," he said.
Woods' result at Torrey Pines was his worst to start a season since he turned professional. Last year, his marriage ended following a string of extramarital affairs and he lost the No. 1 ranking to Lee Westwood in October.
Woods said he wasn't going to return to the top soon because of the "complete overhaul" he's made to the movement and philosophy of his swing with the help of his coach, Sean Foley.
"Obviously I still have to pay attention to the short game and my techniques there, all the different shots, as well as the putting stroke," Woods said. "It's progressing. I'm putting pieces together and working on the same things.
"Sean and I, we are sticking with the game plan and just trying to get better each and every week," he added. "Good things happened in the last event I played in, and it's nice to have some things that showed up that I had not had in practice. So we were able to identify that, work on it and I feel a lot more comfortable coming into this week."
Woods acknowledged his struggles have been "frustrating" but he takes some solace from the fact that he has been through similar slumps before, especially from 1997-99 when he won only one tournament.
"Certainly it was frustrating that I didn't perform the way I know I could," he said of Torrey Pines. "But … I've been here before. It takes time. I went through, as I said, a two-year period where I didn't do anything and a year-and-a-half period where I didn't do anything … You don't make changes and just start winning a bunch of golf tournaments."
This week, Woods is grouped with Westwood and No. 2 Martin Kaymer on Thursday and Friday, the first time the world's top three golfers are playing in a regular European Tour event in 17 years.
"It's fun," he said. "The last time I played in a pairing like this was the U.S. Open in 2008, the top three guys and we had a lot of fun. It was fun competing and playing in the group. I think tomorrow will be the same."
Along with the sight of the top three playing together, there is much at stake this weekend which is not only exciting fans but many of the golfers as well.
Westwood could lose the top spot if Kaymer wins and he finishes lower than second, and if Kaymer finishes second and Westwood is out of the top 10. If Kaymer is tied for second, he could still become No. 1 if Westwood finishes out of the top 36.
Woods could jump ahead of Kaymer if he wins and the German finishes outside the top five.
"It feels different because you've got the best three players in the world here this week," said seventh-ranked Rory McIlory, who is also playing in Dubai. "Plenty of points up for grabs and plenty to play for. Westwood could be No. 1, Kaymer could be No. 1. Not sure if Tiger could quite get to No. 1 with a win. It's great."
Woods won in Dubai in 2006 and 2008 but did not play here last year. He played in a pro-am on Wednesday.
"They (the greens) are running very true," said Woods, who lagged behind on several holes Wednesday to practice his putting and chipping.
"We'll see what happens as the tournament progresses, see if they dry out or not because they have the potential of being pretty firm," he said. "You know, today, this morning, it was pretty soft … I suspect if you get any kind of wind or warm weather, it will dry them out and it will be a really good test come this weekend."


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Monday, June 29, 2009
Happy Anniversary to Us!
Here we are in Mad Donna's upstairs lounge, in front of a Betty Page painting:
Mad Donna's totally lived up to our expectations! The atmosphere is totally laidback with photos of gay icons — Donna Summer, Judy Garland, etc. — lining the walls. The prices were affordable, and they had a $3 long island iced tea special going on. And they have drag queen bingo!!!
As for food, I tried the To Wong Fu:
Crisp cubes of fried tofu are smothered in a coconut panang curry sauce with spinach, red and green bell peppers, red onions, steamed green beans, and a mound of jasmine rice. The tofu was perfectly cooked — chewy and crispy — and the sauce was delectable.
I'll spare ya'll photos of Paul's Flat Iron Steak, but he said his dish was also delicious. I'm not sure how dead cow can be delicious, but I'll take his word for it. We'll certainly be eating at Mad Donna's again in the very near future.
21 comments:
- jd said...
Yay! Happy anniversary to such a cute couple :)
Sounds like dinner was great!
- June 29, 2009 at 1:55 AM
- Tara said...
Happy anniversary! That sounds like a great restaurant!
- June 29, 2009 at 2:36 AM
- Gena (Choosing Raw) said...
Awww, what a cute photo! Happy Anniversary, B!
- June 29, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Sal said...
happy anniversary!! sounds like a fun restaurant and the tofu dish looks yum.
- June 29, 2009 at 7:26 AM
Happy Anniversary Bianca!!!
That photo made me go "awwww"! =)
- June 29, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- A said...
Your tofu looks GREAT.... But seriously, any place that has drag queen bingo MUST be good!
Great restaurant review!
- June 29, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- happyherbivore.com said...
:D congrads! xxoo
- June 29, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Happy anniversary. Great looking couple. Glad you had a good time
- June 29, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Gina said...
Happy anniversary!! Sounds like a great place :)
- June 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM
- Jen said...
happy anniversary. i love panang curry.
- June 29, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- vegan.in.brighton said...
Mmmm you made me want that tofu, looks great. Happy anniversary - you guys are super cute!
- June 29, 2009 at 12:32 PM
hey I updated with more info on the browning. Will reply in my post next time.
- June 29, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- Macie said...
Happy anniversary!
- June 29, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- Cyn said...
You guys are so cute! And that food looks delicious. Happy anniversary!
- June 29, 2009 at 6:24 PM
- jessy said...
awwwwwwwww! happy anniversary, Bianca! you guys look like you make such an awesome team! i'm so glad the foodz @ Mad Donna's were most yummy! $3 long island iced teas + drag queen bingo = one glorious place, fo 'sho! your 'fu looks perfect and it sounds ooooh-sooo goooood!
- June 29, 2009 at 8:30 PM
- nora said...
congratulations! he's a lucky man! i love the part about the drag queen bingo hahah
- June 30, 2009 at 12:21 AM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
- June 30, 2009 at 3:55 AM
- T said...
Aww, you guys are so cute! And that meal looks great! I love it when omni restaurants give their veg clients some extra lovin!
- June 30, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Erin said...
Sounds like a cool restaurant. Happy Anniversary!
- July 1, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- aTxVegn said...
You two look so happy together. Happy Anniversary!
- July 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
- Adriana said...
Interdietary bliss... I can attest to that!
- July 13, 2009 at 12:21 AM


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Thursday, December 1, 2011
One Way to Fail
This metal sphere
Ten times the size of Jupiter
floats just a few yards past the Earth.
You climb on your roof
and take a swipe at it,
Hit it once every thousand years,
'Til you've worn it down to the size of a pea.
Where you gonna be?
Where will you spend eternity?
I'm gonna be perfect from now on,
I'm gonna be perfect starting now.
-Randy Described Eternity, Built to Spill
When you're working on something big, the most difficult part is always the middle bit. Starting a project is easy -- you're full of new ideas, untapped energy, and naively optimistic notions about scheduling. And you'd be surprised what kind of spiritual reserves become available as the finish heaves into view. But the middle is a drag.
If you'll indulge another cycling metaphor: drawing a (slow) comic is like riding (slowly) in the Tour de France. The peloton has left you behind, the cheering crowds that lined the streets of the last hamlet can no longer be heard. The next town lies somewhere over the horizon, and the surrounding countryside does not change. There is no way to mark your progress, nor are there other racers against whom to measure your pace. The motorcycle-mounted camera has disappeared with the fast riders, so you don't even get the satisfaction of knowing your struggle is being shared.
There's just the sound of your breath to distract you from the pain in your legs. Occasionally, you pass a lone spectator who has waited patiently by the roadside to clap for you. There's also the rare heckler, who jeers as you wobble past.
But no matter how much the world begins to feel like a demense-covered treadmill, you remind yourself that the finish line is up there somewhere. It may be far away, but every turn of the pedals brings you a little bit closer. It took Lance exactly the same number of foot-pumps to get there as it'll take you.
The only way to fail is to stop.
I'm somewhere in the middle of issue 2 of Nonplayer. With my shoulder back in shape, my work-days are approaching their former length. But I'm comically late -- my milestone schedule mocked me today with the words "End Nonplayer #2." The drastic inaccuracy of that prediction would be funny if it didn't also trigger shortness of breath and a cold sweat. It feels like I'm failing. In slow motion. In public.
But I have to keep reminding myself: the only way to fail is to stop. All the predictions of doom and gloom, the retailers wailing about betrayal, the publisher bemoaning the loss of sales, the general sense of having been forgotten -- it's all immaterial, as long as I don't stop.
You may not see me, but I'm out there somewhere in the dark right now, pedaling. And knowing that there are other folks out there on their own stretches of lonely road, putting away the miles -- that's just about the greatest comfort there is right now. That, and this video.
Don't stop, you guys.
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People who follow your work will sick with you no matter how long it takes. Others will flock to your story when it shows up. I feel that, know matter what you're feeling about the deadlines flying by, you ultimately have to focus on the story you want to tell. So try not to worry about it. Just relax and create. The rest will happen.ReplyDelete
Now what was the name of that comic you created? ;^)
I'm cheering you on, man. And I'll keep cheering as long as you keep doing your thing.ReplyDelete
Nice man. Really inspiring. The poop video I mean.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2011 at 2:27 PM
The cycling metaphor is actually pretty good.ReplyDelete
Keep at it! Your comic is worth struggling for.
...Who is this?ReplyDelete
Still cheering you on! Everyone runs into obstacles, it's those who overcome them who are remembered, no matter how long it takes!ReplyDelete
count me as that cheering spectator, Nate. Cycle on!!!ReplyDelete
Don't worry how long it takes to finish this leg of the race, you will still do it with style.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Keep on cycling, dude. It's not getting to the finish line in time that's important. It's the journey itself. I'll be waiting on that second issue Nate. You're my inspiration. Best of luck.ReplyDelete
We will still be waiting at the finish line.ReplyDelete
I've been reading your blog almost since the beginning. I'm a screenwriter trying to develop my own comic book after floundering around the edge of Hollywood for a few years. Your struggle has been a cautionary tale at times, but I've watched you push through to do some incredible things. You remind us that we're all human but also capable of doing incredible things. You inspire me with every post. Keep it up.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 6, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Dude, you are awesome and I love the cycling metaphor...except the part about the number pedal strokes to go the same distance as Lance. Let's face it, if you are floundering in hilly stage of the TDF, you are not going to be riding in the exact same gear ratio as Lance. You'll be working in quite a few more pedal strokes per mile in an easier gear. :) Keep on keeping on.ReplyDelete
Well, we all understand why things are slow. You had a major accident, and a long recovery process. I read Nonplayer #1 earlier this year before your accident, and I can't stop thinking about it. It is such a beautiful piece of work. I know it will take a while for #2, but I know that it will be worth it. Your work speaks for itself, and you have not been forgotten.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2011 at 11:57 AM
I'm standing on the side of the road patiently waiting for the moment you ride by and I can clap and cheer. Until then, I'll enjoy the view here and sip my mojito.ReplyDelete
i like riding my bike too.ReplyDelete
I will buy Non-player#2 whether it comes out tomorrow or 10 years from now.ReplyDelete
yeah man you can do it! persistence is the key!ReplyDelete
TEAM NATE 4 EVER ahaha
seriously, keep on truckin'!
Just read np1. Genius. Take as long as it takesReplyDelete
several years have pass since this article, and I still remember it.ReplyDelete
I remember this words ''the only way to fail, is to stop''. I remember them, because I had them written on a piece of paper on my desktop... and I just realized that as I've moved to Europe two years ago, I have that same piece of paper inside my wallet.
I just remembered the whole story and was able to find this blog again looking for the story of your bike accident.
that mantra ''the only way to fail, is to stop'' has become my main frase all these years.
Just wante to thank you for writen it down here. :D


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1. God, our Father, hear us pray;
Send thy grace this holy day.
As we take of emblems blest,
On our Savior's love we rest.
2. Grant us, Father, grace divine;
May thy smile upon us shine.
As we eat the broken bread,
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I don't get what the bit about Obama and Desperate Housewives at the start of this article from Slate entitled "Pscyh-out sexism" is trying to say, but the research summarized later sounds interesting. Here's a quote about the first study:
The psychologists asked female students studying biology, chemistry, and engineering to take a very tough math test. All the students were greeted by a senior math major who wore a T-shirt displaying Einstein's E=mc2 equation. For some volunteers, the math major was male. For others, the math major was female. This tiny tweak made a difference: Women attempted more questions on the tough math test when they were greeted by a female math major rather than a male math major. On psychological tests that measured their unconscious attitudes toward math, the female students showed a stronger self-identification with math when the math major who had greeted them was female. When they were greeted by the male math major, women had significantly higher negative attitudes toward math.
In the next study, they found that university-level women asked fewer questions in class and in office hours after a term with a male prof than they did after a term with a female one. And in the final study, they found that women had more confidence with a female teacher… even if tests showed that they were outperforming their male colleagues.
The latter two studies could be for reasons other than the gender of the teacher: previous studies have shown that although fewer women reach the level of prof, those who do tend to be exceptional so it might be their innate talents and not as much their gender that allows them to reach their students better. But still, it's an interesting selection of research, and really speaks to why outreach from women's groups like my local CU-WISE can be especially valuable! We do a variety of events for younger women including helping at summer camps, science fairs, and visiting schools.
So next time you wonder if it's worth doing an outreach event, remember that your smiling face may be just what another young woman needs to get her to try that little bit harder!
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TMZ obtained an exclusive outtake clip from Fox's special O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? that is set to air on Sunday night. In the clip, Judith Regan, the woman who published the book and conducted the original interview, said that Simpon's lawyer called her and admitted his client murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
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Fox is airing a lost interview from 2006, which was filmed right before the release of If I Did It, which details the hypothetical way in which O.J. would have committed the murders. Many people took the book to be a confession from Simpson. The interview was canceled after it was revealed that Regan had paid Simpson for the sit-down.
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The loss was one thing, a bummer. But something that happened in the eighth inning of Tuesday night's game at Turner Field left the Padres' veteran catcher, John Baker, a bit dazed and confused as well.
Something contradicted almost everything that he'd come to know as being very, very true over more than a decade behind the plate in professional baseball.
""Apparently," Baker said with a feigned look of bewilderment, "it's really easy to pitch in the big leagues."
Baker was referring to a most "epic" major league debut by a 27-year-old left-hander who'd had a most extraordinary day. Tom Layne -- a pitcher on almost nobody's radar before he got the call from the Padres on Monday night, a reliever newly converted from starter after he compiled an 0-10 record this season – came out of the visiting bullpen and proceeded to strike out the side against the Atlanta Braves.
Brian McCann … three-pitch whiff. Dan Uggla … have a seat. Tyler Pastornicky … thanks for playing.
"You know, I don't think I've ever struck out the side before," said Layne. Seeing the expressions of disbelief in the interviewers before him, Layne said, "I'm dead serious."
Of course he hadn't. The Tom Layne Story wouldn't be complete if he had.
A 26th-round draft choice of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007, Layne has flip-flopped around the minor leagues as both a starter and a reliever, compiling no better than a 38-42 record over six seasons and a 6.93 ERA in two Pacific Coast League campaigns with the Triple-A clubs of the Diamondbacks (Reno) and Padres (Tucson). Prospects for the majors certainly didn't look strong, especially after he got demoted from Tucson to San Antonio.
"I was 27 years old in Double-A, one of the older guys in the (Texas) League," said Layne. "I'd been getting beat up as a starter and you're not going to get to the big leagues doing that."
Saying he's been noted as having a "rubber arm" and loved the idea of going to the ballpark every day with the possibility of pitching in the game, Layne welcomed the word from the Padres to make a permanent transition back to a relief role. He began impressing the right people in the Padres organization with his performance out of the 'pen. What they really liked was the deception of Layne's delivery, described by both Padres manager Bud Black and Braves skipper Fredi Gonzalez as "funky," the ball coming from two different arm slots.
When the Padres designated southpaw Alex Hinshaw for assignment on Tuesday, they decided to give Layne a try a shot as their only left-handed reliever, bringing the total of rookies in the San Diego bullpen to six. Not a fan of letting newcomers wait nervously for their first action, Black called for Layne with the Braves holding a 6-0 lead.
"The coolest part was coming down the steps and breaking through the wall (to the field)," said Layne. "You see all those people and the chills set in. Once I got to the mound, it felt like any other ballpark I was pitching in."
With each strikeout, Gonzalez said he could see Black turning around in delight at the bench behind him. Gonzalez was impressed, too, noting that McCann's a six-time All-Star and Uggla's been to three Midsummer Classics. Uggla'd homered off Padres starter Clayton Richard earlier in the game.
"Three strikeouts," said Gonzalez, "and (the swings) weren't even close."
Gonzalez said he shouldn't have been surprised, especially since it was the Padres on the other side. He recalled a past series when Black summoned a "soft-tossing lefty" – presumably, Australian southpaw Josh Spence – who gave the Braves fits.
"The guy couldn't break a window pane," said Gonzalez. "One of our scouts said "This guy shouldn't even be in spring training. He should be on Field One. Can't get anybody out.' He pitches against us in San Diego and we can't hit ball out of the infield.
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Lance Armstrong, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Friday night, swatted away the idea that he had only confessed to doping to be able to return to cycling, though he added that he thinks he should be granted another chance.
"I think I deserve it," the disgraced cyclist told Oprah Winfrey in the final segment of a two-part interview taped earlier in the week. "Maybe not now," he added.
Picking up where he left off in the segment that aired Thursay night, Armstrong repeated his desire to return to competition but insisted that the true intention behind his mission to come clean was to free his five children from the weight of his scandal.
Growing emotional, he recalled breaking the news to his children from his first marriage—a 13-year-old son and 11-year-old twin daughters—that the rumors they heard in school and on the internet, that their father was a cheater, were in fact true.
"I said, if anybody says anything to you ... if some kid says something to you, do not defend me," he said. "Just say, hey, my dad said he was sorry."
He knew it was time to tell them the truth when he saw his oldest son Luke defending him on the internet.
"That's when I knew I had to tell him. And he had never asked me. He never said, Dad, is this true? He trusted me." Armstrong said, pausing as tears welled in his eyes.
He had that talk with them over the holidays, he said.
His most humbling moment on his fall from grace, however, came when was asked by his Livestrong cancer foundation to consider stepping down from his chairmanship and later the board, the cyclist said.
"The foundation is like my sixth child and to make that decision and to step aside—that was a big deal," he said.
For anti-doping officials, his admissions to Oprah are just the beginning. Now they want him to give details — lots of them — to clean up his sport.
While his confession made for riveting television, if the former cycling icon wants to take things further, it will involve several long days in meetings with anti-doping officials who have very specific questions: Who ran the doping programs, how were they run and who looked the other way.
"He didn't name names," World Anti-Doping Agency President John Fahey told The Associated Press in Australia. "He didn't say who supplied him, what officials were involved."
In the 90-minute interview Thursday Armstrong said he started doping in the mid-1990s, using the blood booster EPO, testosterone, cortisone and human growth hormone, as well as engaging in outlawed blood doping and transfusions. The doping regimen, he said, helped him in all seven of his Tour de France wins.
His openness about his own transgressions, however, did not extend to allegations about other people. "I don't want to accuse anybody," he said.
But he might have to name names if he wants to gain anything from his confession, at least from anti-doping authorities.
Armstrong has been stripped of all his Tour de France titles and banned for life. A reduction of the ban, perhaps to eight years, could allow him to compete in triathlons in 2020, when he's 49.
Those in cycling and anti-doping circles believe it will take nothing short of Armstrong turning over everything he knows to stand any chance of cutting a deal to reduce his ban.
"We're left wanting more. We have to know more about the system," Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme told the AP. "He couldn't have done it alone. We have to know who in his entourage helped him to do this."
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U.S. Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart, who will have the biggest say about whether Armstrong can return to competition, also called his confession a small step in the right direction.
"But if he is sincere in his desire to correct his past mistakes, he will testify under oath about the full extent of his doping activities," he said.
Pierre Bordry, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency from 2005-10, said there was nothing to guarantee that Armstrong isn't still lying and protecting others.
"He's going in the right direction, but with really small steps," Bordry said. "He needs to bring his testimony about the environment and the people who helped him. He should do it before an independent commission or before USADA and that would no doubt help the future of cycling."
It's doubtful Armstrong could get the same kind of leniency today as he might have had he chosen to cooperate with USADA during its investigation. But in an attempt to rid cycling of the doping taint it has carried for decades, USADA, WADA and the sport's governing body aren't satisfied with simply stopping at its biggest star. They still seek information about doctors, team managers and high-ranking executives.
Tyler Hamilton, whose testimony helped lead to Armstrong's downfall, says if Armstrong is willing to provide information to clean up the sport, a reduction in the sanctions would be appropriate, even if it might be hard to stomach after watching USADA's years of relentless pursuit of the seven-time Tour de France winner.
"The public should accept that," Hamilton said. "I'm all for getting people to come clean and tell the truth. I'm all for doctors, general managers and everyone else coming forward and telling the truth. I'm all for anyone who crossed the line coming forward and telling the truth. No. 1, they'll feel better personally. The truth will set you free."
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has been accused of protecting Armstrong and covering up positive tests, something Armstrong denied to Winfrey.
"I am pleased that after years of accusations being made against me, the conspiracy theories have been shown to be nothing more than that," said Hein Verbruggen, the president of the UCI from 1991-2005. "I have no doubt that the peddlers of such accusations and conspiracies will be disappointed by this outcome."
But Verbruggen was among the few who felt some closure after the first part of Armstrong's interview with Winfrey. The second was set for Friday night.
Most of the comments either urged him to disclose more, or felt it was too little, too late.
"There's always a portion of lies in what he says, in my opinion," retired cyclist and longtime Armstrong critic Christophe Bassons said. "He stayed the way I thought he would: cold, hard. He didn't let any sentiment show, even when he spoke of regrets. Well, that's Lance Armstrong. He's not totally honest even in his so-called confession. I think he admits some of it to avoid saying the rest."


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If it works in peanuts and cotton, maybe it'll work as well in corn. That's the philosophy driving researchers to look at a biological means of controlling aflatoxin in corn.
"Over the last several years, I've been watching with real interest the work being done by Joe Dorner and the National Peanut Research Laboratory at Dawson, Ga.," says Dewey Lee, University of Georgia Extension agronomist. "He has used a biological approach to reducing aflatoxin in peanuts. And this same type of research is being conducted on cotton in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, where cottonseed is subject to aflatoxin infection."
This and other research, says Lee, could offer a short-term approach to reducing aflatoxin in corn until aflatoxin-resistant hybrids become available sometime in the future.
Aflatoxin continues to be a concern for Southeastern corn producers, he says. "We have aflatoxin problems just about every year in Georgia corn — it's a major concern for our growers. Our current method or approach to reducing or managing aflatoxin has consisted of one thing — irrigation.
"Georgia corn growers have shifted their production to about 65 percent irrigation. They've done this by reducing their corn acreage in the state from about 1 million acres down to 300,000, and shifting the remaining acreage to irrigation," says Lee.
Good management, he continues, also plays a role in managing aflatoxin in corn. "If you have the opportunity to harvest early, you will see a reduction in those aflatoxin levels. You'll see an increase if you let that corn dry down from 22 to 25 percent to 13 to 15 percent in the field. Part of good management is getting that corn out of the field at 22 to 25 percent moisture and drying it," he says.
A later planting date also will have a positive effect on aflatoxin levels, notes Lee, because the corn is maturing during cooler parts of the summer, and aflatoxin thrives in warmer temperatures.
"But we typically see slightly lower yields in those later plantings, so that might not be the best management tool to use," says the agronomist.
Hybrid selection also can be a tool for managing aflatoxin, says Lee. "The only way to really affect aflatoxin with hybrids is by selecting hybrids with avoidance characteristics, such as a tight husk and good grain quality. The seed companies have provided us with hybrids that have good grain quality, including resistance to ear rot. But there's no usable hybrid now that has genetic tolerance or resistance to aflatoxin."
Lee says he expects to see more progress in the future — with partnerships between USDA, public institutions and industry — in developing hybrids that will grow well, produce high yields, and resist the development of mycotoxins.
"The industry has provided us with great yielding hybrids. We've seen great consolidation in the industry, and a number of regional companies are providing hybrids that will increase your value on a per-acre basis.
"But the reality of the situation is that Southern corn acreage — from Texas to Virginia — represents only about 7 percent of the total marketplace. So companies are focusing more on that 93 percent of the market. And mycotoxins really haven't been up on the radar screen for many years."
Mycotoxin research, says Lee, is not the priority in the Midwest and Mid-South that it is in the Southeast.
The biological control of aflatoxin, explains Lee, involves the seeding of non-toxic strains of Aspergillus flavus — the soil-borne fungus that causes aflatoxin.
"Joe Dorner at the USDA National Peanut Research Lab has had extraordinary success at reducing the levels of aflatoxin in peanuts when this type of strain has been seeded or applied to the field. It also has been very effective at reducing aflatoxin in cottonseed in work done by USDA researchers in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, with upwards of 90 to 98 percent control."
These successes, says Lee, have led he and other researchers to look at using the same method in corn. "A colleague in Mississippi also has looked at this in corn for the past three years, and his results have been extremely encouraging."
Mississippi researchers, he says, used two non-toxigenic strains. These are strains that do not produce aflatoxin as a by-product of their natural infection says Lee.
"In other words, Aspergillus flavus grows, feeds and lives, but there's no by-product in the mycotoxins. Their non-toxigenic strains — CT3 and K49 — have been very effective in competing with toxic strains."
The material developed by the National Peanut Research Laboratory is being marketed as alfa-guard by Circle One Global, Inc., a Shellman, Ga., company.
The EPA reportedly notified the company in February that the product had passed the pre-screening. The company has leased a plant in Cuthbert, Ga., and plans to have it operating by the third week in April.
"Hopefully, we'll eventually see a registration in corn if it continues to work well in research."
In his research, Lee is applying the non-toxigenic strains to sterilized barley seed, so it can be applied to the field. "Studies in peanuts have shown that about 20 pounds of this barley seed coated with the non-toxigenic strain is about the best competitive rate for peanuts. We took the same protocol in peanuts and applied it to corn at four Georgia sites."
Planting dates ranged from March through mid-April, with corn planted either in peanut or cotton fields. The plots were dryland and were planted in susceptible hybrids, says Lee.
The results from this past year were encouraging, he says, and the research will continue this year. "This has proven effective in cotton and peanuts. It also has proven effective in corn in Mississippi. And we saw a significant response in Georgia this past year.
"It won't be a cure-all, but it possibly can be part of multi-system approach to reducing and eliminating aflatoxin in corn."
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|Brachylophus gau
Fisher, Niukula, Watling & Harlow; 2017
Gau Iguana || DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.5
holotype (SUVA H 0264) Painting by Cindy Hitchcock.
The south Pacific iguanas (Brachylophus) currently have three recognized living species in Fiji. Recent surveys have uncovered more specific variation (morphological and genetic) within the genus and have better defined the geographic ranges of the named species. One of these recent discoveries is a strikingly different iguana from all other island populations in Fiji which is restricted to Gau Island of the Lomaiviti Province. Gau is the fifth largest island in Fiji and maintains excellent upland forests in the higher elevations. We describe this population from Gau Island as a new species, Brachylophus gau sp. nov., in recognition of its type locality.
Keywords: Reptilia, Pacific islands, endemism, conservation, Iguanian, Brachylophus, Gau Island
Brachylophus gau sp. nov.
Gau Iguana (pronounced Ngau)
Brachylophus fasciatus Gibbons 1984 (first map showing island record); Zug 1991; Morrison 2003 (on maps as literature record).
Brachylophus bulabula Fisher, Harlow, Edwards, and Keogh 2008.
Diagnosis. This species has a unique combination of color pattern characters that distinguish it from all other species of described Brachylophus (Figures 2–7, Table 1). It also does not match any museum specimens we have previously seen in collections, except two from the BMNH that previously lacked specific locality info. These specimens are included in the type series as we were able to determine their provenance as Gau Island (see below in Provenance of Historic Specimens section). Although added to the type series, their measurements are left out of comparisons, but included in Table 2. We found that there are no locality specific museum vouchers that could represent extinct island populations of this species. Otherwise, this species differs from B. vitiensis by having sexually dichromatism, with banded males and females that are either unicolor or with small spots, and a maximum snout vent length for both sexes of 153 mm, versus 255 mm for B. vitiensis. It differs from B. bulabula and fasciatus in that males and females have green throats, whereas in these species males have white solid or white with green/grey spots or blotches, as do the females in most populations. Although in certain populations the females in B. bulabula and fasciatus the throat will be unicolor green, but never the males. It differs from the other three species by having a primarily green colored nasal scale. The mean snout vent length is 149.2 and max size for B. gau is 153 mm (n = 7), versus adult B. fasciatus with a mean 154.5 mm SVL and a maximum 176 mm SVL (n = 57) and B. bulabula with a mean 156.6 mm and a maximum 195 mm SVL (n = 23) (Table 1).
Etymology. The specific epithet is for the only island where the species is known to occur, Gau.
Distribution. Brachylophus gau appears restricted to the large inland forest patches on Gau Island (Figure 1). Iguanas were reported from Gau by Watling (1986), but no specimens were collected or described. It continues to be widespread in high quality forest habitat in the interior of Gau Island (Figure 8), with some individuals also in degraded forest closer to the coast (Figure 9). Gau is about 136 sq. km. in size and is the fifth largest island in Fiji.
|live female Brachylophus gau sp. nov., illustrating the overall green coloration and light spotting
Robert N. Fisher, Jone Niukula, Dick Watling and Peter S. Harlow. 2017. A New Species of Iguana Brachylophus Cuvier 1829 (Sauria: Iguania: Iguanidae) from Gau Island, Fiji Islands. Zootaxa. 4273(3); 407–422. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.5


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Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling author of the "Lancaster County Secrets" series (Revell) as well as non-fiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace and Amish Values for your Family. She hosts a popular weekly radio show called Amish Wisdom and lives with her family in California.
Posted 3/23/14 at 10:36 AM | Suzanne Fisher
"People with a heart for God have a heart for People." Amish proverb
Contrary to some misperceptions, the Amish do extend the hand of friendship and care beyond their church community borders. They spring into action, but they do it quietly.
Some of the men are members of local volunteer fire companies and emergency medical units. Women gather together to sew comfort quilts for the needy. They have provided foster care to babies and children of incarcerated women. After a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or flood or fire, Amish crews will travel by van and bus to disaster sites to help rebuild. They work closely with Mennonite-based Christian Aid Mnistries (CAM), a national agency that responds to disasters.
I met two Old Order Amish brothers in Pennsylvania, both in their early twenties, who had donated weeks of time one summer to help rebuild Ward 9 in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. They came home, helped on the farm, then hopped on another bus and went west to help fight forest fires. "We like to help," one brother said. With a grin, the other chimed in, "And we love to travel." FULL POST
Posted 2/7/14 at 10:35 AM | Suzanne Fisher
The Amish have a rich tradition of proverbs. Easy to remember, proverbs can clarify the difference between right and wrong, good and evil; they help an individual avoid moral mud puddles.
With colorful language out of an oral tradition, these sayings evoke vivid word pictures: "You can smell scorched soup from afar" is a reminder that gossip spreads like wildfire. "Much straw but little grain" is a person who is all talk but no substance. This one needs no explanation: "They who trim themselves to suit others will soon whittle themselves away."
Here are a few proverbs to enjoy on this cold winter weekend:
A woman's work is not seen unless it's not done.
Don't sell a poor horse near home. FULL POST
Posted 2/1/14 at 11:34 AM | Suzanne Fisher
Internationally acclaimed photographer Bill Coleman passed away earlier this week at age 88 from complications after a heart attack. This post came from an interview I had with Bill a few years ago. To learn more about this remarkable man and his work, go to amishphoto.com.
Remembering Bill Coleman
Pray for a good harvest but continue to hoe. Amish Proverb
For thirty years, Bill Coleman owned and operated a successful portrait studio in State College, Pennsylvania. "I was photographing the most beautiful coeds [from Penn State] in the world," he said.
Life was good. But life got even better.
When Bill was in his mid-forties, a friend offered to take him on a road trip that would take his life in a drastically different direction. They drove out to a remote, isolated Amish village. "I couldn't even spell Amish! I had no idea Amish even lived around here. I'd heard about the Amish in Lancaster, but that's a massive tourist trap. I learned more in one month there than I had in thirty years." FULL POST
Posted 1/10/14 at 4:03 PM | Suzanne Fisher
I'll be heading to Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina next week for a book tour. Come see me if you live nearby!
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"No one is strong enough to bear his burdens alone." Amish proverb
People need people. Everyone needs a community. Isn't that what is behind the exploding success of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? People seeking people. We have a longing to be needed and to belong to something bigger than ourselves. It's just the way God wired us.
But how big?
In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell wrote a chapter on the natural limits of human beings. He found people can only handle so much information at once. Even so many acquaintances at once. Once we pass a certain boundary, he wrote, we become overwhelmed.
Gladwell cited the work of British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, who called that boundary our social channel capacity. Dunbar came up with an equation to determine that one hundred and fifty seems to represent the maximum number of individuals with whom we can have a genuinely social relationship. FULL POST
Posted 10/31/13 at 1:16 PM | Suzanne Fisher
"Faith is the bridge over which we can cross all the unknown waters of tomorrow." Amish proverb
One Light Still Shines isn't the book you might be expecting to read of the "untold story" of the Nickel Mines Amish Schoolhouse shooting. Without glossing over the tragedy nor the bumpy road of recovery, Marie Roberts Monville, the wife of the shooter, invites readers into her thoughts as she processes the unimaginable that began with an eerie phone call.
A few themes were particularly inspiring:
Marie's startling wisdom about how to handle a crisis of this magnitude. She knew her children's lives would be forever affected by their father's violent actions. She was cautious about how much her children needed to be told and when--but she never avoided the reality of what they had to absorb. By week's end, she was resolved to regain "normal" for her family--moving home again, getting the children back into school. And most impressively, she sought to help them cherish good memories of their father. FULL POST
Posted 9/10/13 at 10:09 AM | Suzanne Fisher
"Mer muss Hoi mache, wann die Sunn scheint." Amish proverb
Translation: "Make hay while the sun shines."
A busy September sometimes makes late nights for the farmers, so they like to catch a snooze whenever they can. This one weary farmer was in the field raking hay one day last week when a shower of sprinkles went through.
He decided to just wait it out, out in the field, and lay down on the windrow for a snooze. He had just dozed off when a police car came across the field. Someone from the road had seen the horses, with the farmer lying on the ground. Thinking there had been an accident, they reported it to the police, who came to check it out.
Next time, honey, sleep under a tree.
From a Scribe's letter in The Budget.
Suzanne Woods Fisher is a bestselling author of books about the Old Order Amish for Revell Books, including The Letters, book 1 in the 'Inn at Eagle Hill' series. She has a free downloadable app, Amish Wisdom, for iPhone or Android, that delivers a daily Amish proverb. She lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can find Suzanne on-line at www.suzannewoodsfisher.com.
Posted 7/16/13 at 5:51 PM | Suzanne Fisher
"It may be difficult to wait on the Lord, but it is worse to wish you had." Amish proverb
Mary Miller is a thin, attractive Amish woman of 46, a mother to eight children born within a span of eleven years. During the day, Mary wears a starched white organza prayer cap over her tightly pinned hair bun. In the night, she wears another covering. Why does she wear a head covering at night? "In case I wake up in the night and need to pray," Mary explains in a tone that suggests it should be quite obvious. "And with eight children, I do. Often."
Religion is 24/7 for the Amish. Everything they do, especially the manner in which they dress, is based upon their faith. Their simple clothing—a tradition of the Amish and the reason they are also called thePlain People—is a tangible reminder that they are a people set apart, belonging to the Lord. The Kapp or "head cap," worn by every woman and even by infants, might be the most symbolic garment of all. As girls become young teens, they start to wear the cap: black for Sunday dress and a white cap at home. After marriage a white cap is always worn. The style and size of caps can vary among church districts, but it is essentially the same cap as that worn by the Palatine women of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Back in those days, the Amish were perceived as radicals. FULL POST
Posted 6/24/13 at 4:00 PM | Suzanne Fisher
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
"The kind of ancestors you have is not as important as the ones your children have."
Amish Proverb
Not long ago, I was asked to speak to a young mothers' group. The topic focused on incorporating some Amish child-rearing values into today's modern families without "going Amish." Later, a woman approached me to share a story. Attached like Velcro to her knee was a two-year-old girl, her curly-haired daughter. "Just last week," this woman said, "a friend told me that I really need to have more scheduled activities for my little girl. We do attend a Gymboree class once a week, but that's not enough, this friend said. She thinks I should sign my daughter up for soccer." FULL POST
Posted 5/24/13 at 7:05 PM | Suzanne Fisher
Valerie Weaver-Zercher is the author of the newly-released Thrill of the Chaste: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels (Johns Hopkins Press). Valerie is a writer and editor whose work has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Mennonite Weekly Review, and other publications. Valerie has been kind enough to answer some questions about the popularity of the sub-genre of Amish fiction.
Why is it important to know what draws readers to Amish fiction?
The sheer number of Amish-themed novels on the market made me realize that something substantive was going on in terms of readers' desire for this particular kind of novel, and I knew it was an important part of my task to figure out what was driving readers to yearn for Amish stories. Readers of Amish fiction frequently told me that the novels provide "escape" or transport away from their daily lives. So as I began to question them about what, exactly, their daily lives consisted of, or what they were trying to "escape" for a while, I listened carefully to try to hear any common themes that might emerge. I became convinced that two main factors—hypermodernity and hypersexualization of popular culture—were at the root of Amish fiction's appeal to its readers. FULL POST