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"Our home is one and a half stories with a finished walkout basement. We have very high cathedral ceilings in the living room and until recently, we had very uneven heating and cooling throughout the house. We had a few rooms that wouldn't cool in the summer and wouldn't get warm in the winter. Plus, our infant's room and kitchen both face the south and were very hot. Our son still naps during the day and there was just no way to keep his room cool. So, we had to do something. We had all kinds of suggestions from tearing out the ductwork to replacing the entire heating and cooling system with one that was oversized. We were so frustrated we even tried installing a new system, but it still didn't do the job. I had heard about zone control for some time and finally called to learn about the Arzel system. Our Arzel zoning system was installed in one day and we noticed a big difference right away. We've already noticed, that our heating bill is reduced about 10%. With my two small children, I had to keep the whole house warmer. Now, I can turn down everything except for the three bedrooms. It definitely works... my wife is very happy with it." —Dave Warpell
"Ours is a very large, two year old, 3 story home with a walkout basement and we had a major heating and cooling problem. The upstairs was unbearably hot in the summer and the lower level was freezing. The builder we used and even the equipment installer didn't know how to remedy the situation. We investigated every possibility, but didn't want to do anything to the house that would ruin its appearance. We learned about the Arzel zoning system through an advertisement and called to learn more. The company was great to work with. After they examined the situation, they assured us that the problem could be solved. Within a day, they had installed a complete 4-zone system and our new home has never been more comfortable. My husband says it's the best thing we've ever done to this home, he just wishes it could have been part of the original mortgage. We're very thrilled with the system and are extremely glad that there was something out there that could solve our problem." —Janet Falcon
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August 26, 2013
K-State Olathe, Advanced Manufacturing Institute named Economic Development Administration University Center
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has announced that Kansas State University Olathe has been awarded a five-year designation as one of the U.S. Economic Development Administration's University Centers.
The agency is providing a total of $2.5 million in grants to 19 colleges and universities in 10 states to leverage university assets that will promote American innovation and strengthen regional economies. K-State will receive a $250,000 grant annually over the next five years to support the creation and infrastructure of the K-State Olathe Innovation Accelerator.
The accelerator is a joint partnership between the university's Advanced Manufacturing Institute, the Institute for Commercialization, K-State Olathe and the office of corporate engagement. The Advanced Manufacturing Institute has served as a University Center for the last nine years on the Manhattan campus, providing innovation-based economic development services throughout Kansas.
The accelerator will focus on advancing the technology development and commercialization of innovations that will increase the global competitiveness of the companies concentrated throughout the animal health corridor and the region's food production industry cluster. It will support rapid development, scale-up and commercialization of scientific discoveries and market innovations by bringing scientists, engineers, business experts, industry and stakeholders together.
"Building on the foundation of deep knowledge, broad technology and workforce development assets of Kansas State University's colleges of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Engineering, and Human Ecology, the K-State Olathe Innovation Accelerator will leverage the more than 25 years of experience that the Advanced Manufacturing Institute has in providing hands-on, early-stage technology development and innovation intermediary services," said Jeff Tucker, executive director of the institute.
The accelerator will deepen the present and future commercial impact of other recent state and federal animal health and food safety investments at K-State, such as the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, the Biosecurity Research Institute and the Food Science Institute. It also will help close the gap between the university's new Olathe campus, the region's animal health and food processing companies and the region's broader economic ecosystem.
Accredited institutions of higher education, including community colleges, or a consortium of accredited institutions of higher education are eligible to apply. The Economic Development Administration awarded Kansas State University and Iowa State University with the largest grant awards in the region.
The mission of Economic Development Administration is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy.


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"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." – John F. Kennedy
Fortunately for us, some ideas do not live on. For example, the Marquis Nazi Belt Buckle Pistol invented during World War I and (nearly) fielded 'en masse' during World War II.
Through an exhaustive research project, with some logistical assistance from our friend Wendy Cunningham of the NRA National Firearms Museum, the My Gun Culture staff has learned just how close we came to a very different course of history – and new world order.
The Marquis Belt Buckle pistol, also known informally as the Power Pelvis Gun, was conceived by Louis Marquis while interned in a POW camp during World War I. Frustrated by long chow and loo lines, Marquis was consumed by a desire to exert his authority over other POW's without drawing the attention of guards – hence the idea for a concealed weapon not requiring the use of hands or traditional holsters. Named the Koppelschlosspistole, the design was patented before the outbreak of World War II. The patent was issued in late 1934 for a "trommelrevolver" to be mounted on a belt. Both .22 (four barrel) and .32 (two barrel) versions were produced in very limited numbers.
The innovative weapon faced challenges from the start. In order to gain approval for broad scale deployment, Marquis had to prove that average soldiers could easily be trained to use the weapon effectively. As the pistol had no sights, and relied entirely on groovy pelvic gyration to aim, it was assumed that biological instincts would overcome any training obstacles. And of course, the natural male instinct to aim for the toilet.
Not so, according to WWII historian Basil Exposition. "Training soldiers to charge, while aiming with their pelvises, proved more difficult than anticipated" commented Exposition. "Not only was it nearly impossible to run while aiming one's midsection, it really looked quite effeminate. The enemy was not at all intimidated."
Recent tests have determined that accuracy and effectiveness are increased if Elvis Presley songs are played at loud volume. Unfortunately for the Germans, Presley was not available to train soldiers in proper hip-aiming techniques.
However, military training teams did adjust screening criteria for prospective belt buckle assault troops, although too late to impact the war effort.
"The Nazis were quite disappointed with early field trials" explained Exposition. "Until they elected to actively recruit accomplished Salsa dancers that is. Their natural sway and hip motion really helped cut training time. However, there were few Salsa dancers in Nazi Germany at the time, and the program was not considered scalable."
The NRA National Museum continues to search for specimens from other top-secret wartime weapons programs. Stories of experimental crotch rockets, hula hoop grenade launchers, monocle lasers, and garter garrotes persist; although surviving specimens have yet to be found.


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A Guide to Taking Care of Yourself
"The care you give to yourself is the care you give to your loved one," said a caregiver. Absolutely the easiest thing for someone to say and the hardest thing to accept is the advice to take care of yourself as a caregiver. It is often hard to see beyond the care tasks that await you each morning.
What is shown by study after study is that caregiving compromises health. About 60% of caregivers show signs of clinical depression, and caregivers take more prescription medications, including those for anxiety and depression, than others in their age group. Reluctance in asking for and accepting help is a major barrier to getting necessary respite and support. Who has time to think about breaks when there is a diaper that needs to be changed? Seventy-five percent of caregivers in America are women, some taking care of spouses/partners, some adult children taking care of parents, some parents taking care of adult children. What does taking care of yourself mean, why is it so hard to do, and how do you do it?
Support and coping comes in many forms—prayer, talking to family, friends or professionals, saying "yes" to offers of help, taking walks, reading a book, eating hot fudge sundaes. But most caregivers end up withdrawing from friends and family and feeling isolated and as if no one understands. Support groups can be an important source of understanding and connection.
Guilt that "I should" do this or be able to do it, guilt that your loved one won't get as good care if you aren't doing it, guilt that something will happen if you are away, guilt about having a good time when someone else is not. As there is no "perfect parent," there is no such thing as a "perfect" caregiver. And you are not selfish to sometimes think about yourself and your needs and feelings. Although caregivers feel guilty when they get angry or frustrated, these feelings are OK and a way to know how well you are coping. "How can I say it is difficult when I really love this person?" questioned the husband of a client.
Setting Limits
Learn to ask for help. The often-heard question, "Is there anything you need?" has but one answer: Yes. "Yes, I need a meal, I need someone to stay here so I can go out, I need some time by myself, I need flowers, I need help in the garden, I need some groceries." Learn to say "no" to requests that are draining rather than nurturing, such as hosting holiday meals. You can still make choices about your life and what is right for you and you do still have some control.
Your Body
Not getting enough sleep is a major cause of illness and stress in caregivers. Exhaustion is one of the main complaints, leading to irritability and then inappropriate anger which then leads to more guilt. Talk with your physician about medication for either yourself or your loved one to help with sleeping through the night. Know the limits of your own endurance and strength. Make sure you have regular check ups and that those "little concerns" about your health are looked into. Exercise is even more important as it gives you a break, combats depression, and helps you maintain health. When I talk with caregivers, one of their fears is worrying about what will happen to their loved one if something happens to them. Worrying doesn't help. Taking better care of your health does.
Learn as much as you can about the illness so that you can understand what is happening. Attend a workshop or support group, not just for emotional support but also to learn caregiving tricks to make caregiving easier. You can't know it all; this is a job you weren't trained to do. Contact someone who can help you connect with community resources and use them.
Emotional Health and Respite
Taking care of yourself may mean dealing with family problems. How can you make your siblings pull their weight? Possibly you can't, and learning how to have a family meeting or work around them is essential for survival. One family actually has a chart and marks off what each does so no one can say, "You aren't doing your share." It is easy to become overwhelmed, thus the need for breaks. One caregiver told me that she deals so much better with her husband when he has been at day care, because when he comes home, she is not already frustrated by him. Without breaks, you begin to question yourself, feel inadequate, and experience burn out. Caregivers are often mourning the loss of the person "who used to be." Grief and loss need to be acknowledged.
One of the stressors of caregiving is seeing no end to the situation. Having a life and connections outside of caregiving helps you to maintain perspective, so that caregiving doesn't become one's only reality. You might be interested in the FCA's Taking Care of YOU: Self-Care for Family Caregivers, a guide to assist caregivers in facing day-to-day challenges.
Meanwhile, your best defense is a sense of humor. Find people or situations to laugh at daily. It refreshes the soul and renews your spirit.


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Our Technical Consultants (or TC's) provide on-site technical and advisory support at locations around the world. They conduct research trials and carry out auditing services. But their expertise also extends to the optimisation of the post-harvest procedure. During audits,we recommend ways of improving the overall quality of flowers and potted plants. These recommendations cover hygiene, dosage, the length of treatment, as well as the best way of applying our products. Our TC's work hard to find the best solution to match your own specific needs. Contact us.
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Chrysal's R&D centre is located in Naarden. Here we work on leading-edge technology and an in-depth understanding of the processes involved at each stage of the flower and plant journey. This helps us to create full-care solutions for all our customers. We monitor flowers and potted plants and the effect of different formulas: no formula leaves our production plant without the approval of our laboratory. Our test results are standardized and recognized by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality. As a service to our customers, we can also provide vase life trials in our vase life rooms around the world.


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There are very few industries that have been around as long as the construction industry. Mankind has been building shelters ever since the stone age. Today the business of building is as far away from those first shelters as we are from our neolithic ancestors. Instead of worrying about how to best arrange stones to keep safe from the elements (and predators), modern contractors have to worry about protecting themselves from entirely different kinds of threats.
On any given day, news of a cyber threat can be found on our Twitter feeds, in our inbox, or on TV. From hackers claiming they've breached NSA data to worldwide ransomware attacks to smart TVs being turned into listening devices in our home, cyber attacks keep getting bigger and badder.
No industry is safe from cyber threats, and that includes the construction industry.
If you haven't taken cyber security seriously, here are 4 threats that you should watch out for in your construction business.
If you got an email message from your bank or another institution that you do business with, would you think twice before clicking on it? Most people don't which is why phishing scams are so common.
The 2013 hacking of Target was traced back to a small HVAC contractor that provided services to the retail giant. Hackers were able to access Target's network after hacking the HVAC contractor, and the breach likely initiated as a phishing attack. An employee likely opened what seemed like a legitimate email, opening the virtual door for hackers.
Phishing emails look like legitimate messages from banks, credit card companies, or even Facebook, Google, or Amazon. The email typically directs you to a copycat site where hackers collect your login data, personal data, account info, or even access your contact list.
You can avoid becoming a victim of a phishing scam by looking for red flags in emails, such as strange or misspelled email addresses. If an email sounds urgent and is asking you to take action, reach out to the person or company (via phone or email) and verify its legitimacy before taking action.
Malware is a term for "malicious software" which can take the form of spyware, viruses, and ransomware (to name a few). Malware can find its way to your computer when you open an email attachment, click on a link, or download something from a compromised website.
One particularly nasty form of malware is ransomware, a type of malware that can lock up your system and hold your data ransom until you pay to have it removed. Crypto-ransomware encrypts your files and demands a payment to provide the decryption key.
The best protection from malware continues to be the usual advice: be careful about what email attachments you open, be cautious when surfing and stay away from suspicious websites, and install and maintain an updated, quality antivirus program.
Avoid ransomware and other malware attacks by keeping your operating systems, browsers, plug-ins and security software up-to-date.
Do you take credit cards from customers? Hacking attacks against POS (point-of-sale) terminals are still on the rise, despite adoption of EMV (chip) card technology.
Smaller businesses may turn to mobile payment options, such as the Square Reader, which allows you to accept credit and debit card payments from your cell phone or tablet. Mobile card readers and other technological advances in payments, such as mobile wallets, aren't impervious to attacks.
If you accept credit card payments from customers via traditional POS, mobile card reader, or other method, be sure you're protecting your customer's information.
One cyber risk that contractors should look out for is the increased risk of data breach from adopting Building Information Modeling (BIM) and other file sharing initiatives. The digital collaboration and file sharing nature of BIM creates a security risk; hackers could access architectural designs, security system information, financial information, and personal employee information.
Hugh Boyes, cyber security lead at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), told Construction Manager Magazine that all businesses in the construction sector need to start seeing data and information as a physical commodity that needs to be protected. "Companies need to start thinking of information as a major asset. Within the construction industry I would say they haven't quite got there yet."
Best Practices to Avoid Cyber Attacks
While not all cyber attacks can be avoided, you can minimize your risk by following some best practices:
Hackers are thinking of new and innovative ways to disrupt industries and make a buck faster than new construction homes are selling in California. While there's no surefire way to prevent all hacks and cyber attacks, being diligent and treating data as a valuable company asset can go far. The last thing you want is to go down in infamy as the contractor whose hack led to the breach of a world-renowned company, or to deliver the news to your customers that you're responsible for their personal information being stolen. It's a brand new world full of exciting technology that's changing the construction industry, and that means the added responsibility of keeping hackers at bay and your data safe.


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Epidemiology Studies
From Beachapedia
Many people know that beaches can be closed or posted with swimming advisory signs due to harmful levels of bacteria in the water. But did you ever wonder how those levels were determined, what types of bacteria are tested for and what exactly "harmful" means? Well, it all starts with health studies called epidemiology studies, or "Epi" studies for short. Epi studies are usually conducted at a popular beach with known or suspected pollution sources (e.g., storm drain, sewage outfall or river/creek). During the test period, which may range from a few weeks to three months, water samples are collected several times per day at different beach locations and analyzed for "indicator bacteria" such as enterococcus and E. coli.
The actual disease-causing agents (pathogens) are typically not analyzed because of the potentially large number of pathogens, the difficulty and expense of analysis, and the very low concentration of some pathogens, such as viruses, that can cause disease. An ideal "indicator bacteria" is one that is nearly always present when pathogens are present, survives in the environment as well as the pathogens, and is easy and inexpensive to detect.
Simultaneous with the testing, beach visitors are recruited to participate in the study. If they agree and pass some basic screening criteria, they are interviewed at the end of their beach day to establish basic demographic information as well as to determine if they went swimming. The study participants who did go into the water are questioned further to better characterize their exposure to beach water. The participants are contacted again several days later to determine if they experienced any ill effects that they attribute to their beach visit. The type of illness, severity and duration are noted. Medical verification of these complaints may be done by physicians.
The water testing results and the health survey information are then evaluated to determine: 1) what type of illnesses were reported (rashes, infections, fevers, gastrointestinal problems, etc.), 2) if there is a statistically significant difference in illness rates between those who went in the water and those who did not, and 3) if there is a correlation between the concentration of an indicator bacteria or some other measured pollutant and the number of participants who contracted a particular illness.
The end result is a series of graphs (see below) or statistical correlations between, for example, the concentration of enterococcus bacteria in the water and the number of swimmers/surfers who came down with gastroenteritis (stomach ache, diarrhea, vomiting). If a relationship can be established, then it is possible to predict the enterococcus concentration that correlates with an increase of illnesses due to swimming or other contact with beach water.
As detailed in EPA's Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria – 1986 (pdf), the current U.S. beach water quality standard is 104 colony forming units of enterococcus bacteria per 100 milliliters of water in a single water sample. Past Epi studies predict that at this bacteria concentration, approximately 19 cases of gastroenteritis will occur for every 1000 swimmers exposed to the water. The EPA has determined that any waters that test lower than the water quality standard are 'safe' for swimming, and any that exceed it present an 'unacceptable' health risk. Swimming advisories must be posted at beaches that fail to meet the standard. In some locations, beaches are closed when the health standard is exceeded. Related information from EPA can be found here.
The following graph is from a seminal EPA report Health Effects Criteria for Marine Recreational Waters, Part 1 and Part 2, by Victor J. Cabelli in 1983. That report led directly to the 1986 Ambient Water Quality Criteria document referenced above.
Astute readers may note that on the above graph, 19 cases of gastrointestinal symptoms per 1000 persons corresponds to an enterococcus density of about 35 per 100 milliliters, not 104. As shown in Table 4 of EPA's 1986 Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria, the value of 35 per 100 ml is the "steady state geometric mean indicator density", while the value of 104 per 100 ml is the "single sample maximum allowable density" for a "designated beach area." If at least 5 equally-spaced samples are collected from a beach in a 30-day period, a 30-day geometric mean is calculated. Swimming advisories are then issued if either the geometric mean standard or the single sample standard are exceeded. To make matters even more complicated, EPA's guidance allows states to use different single sample criteria (higher single sample standards) for beaches that are designated as "moderate full body contact recreation," "lightly used full body contact recreation," or "infrequently used full body contact recreation." For example, Oregon uses the "moderate full body contact" standard of 158 enterococcus per 100 ml, Maryland uses this same standard for "tier 3" beaches, and Connecticut uses a standard of 500 per 100 ml for "all other recreational uses" (besides "designated swimming" locations).
A document which briefly summarizes the results of Cabelli's and several other epidemiology studies is part of the guidance developed by California in setting their beach standards.
More recently, additional Epi studies have been performed, including one in Mission Bay, San Diego, CA. That study failed to establish a link between enterococcus and illness at a location where extensive efforts had been undertaken to eliminate sewage sources and many storm drain discharges had been diverted away from the area.
In the summer of 2007 a project that involved a series of Epi studies was initiated. Epi studies were conducted at Doheny Beach in Dana Point, California and at Avalon Beach on Catalina Island in southern California by a team of researchers from the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) and U.C. Berkeley. The investigation team continued their work at Doheny Beach and at Surfrider Beach in Malibu during the summers of 2008 and 2009. The final report from these studies was expected sometime in 2012. Meanwhile, here is a summary of the results from the study at Doheny.
The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act of 2000 required EPA to develop new water quality criteria. In order to assist with this effort, water quality and public health experts from around the country convened in Virginia in March 2007 to come to a consensus on how to develop new water quality criteria. This effort required conducting several new epidemiology studies covering both freshwater and marine beaches, various climates, and different types of pollution sources (sewage, urban runoff, agricultural). Subsequent expert workshops were held in 2009 and 2011.
The process of developing new water quality criteria was ultimately dictated by a Settlement Agreement and a Consent Decree.
Prior to the conclusion of the lawsuit, EPA prepared a Critical Path Science Plan and a Criteria Development Plan. The Critical Path Science Plan describes the high priority research and science that EPA conducted to establish the scientific foundation for the development of new or revised recreational water quality criteria. The companion document, the Criteria Development Plan, describes the process and timeline EPA followed to develop and publish new or revised water quality criteria for pathogens and pathogen indicators. EPA made both documents available in August 2007.
EPA modified the activities described in the Critical Path Science Plan and the Criteria Development Plan as a result of the legal settlement. For example, EPA legal obligations modified statements in the Critical Path Science Plan and Criteria Development Plan as follows:
- EPA signed for publication in the Federal Register a notice of availability of new or revised water quality criteria for pathogen or pathogen indicators by October 15, 2012.
- The Criteria Development Plan date was December 2012.
- EPA will complete an epidemiology study in a tropical region no later than December 15, 2010.
- The Critical Path Science Plan did not identify this as a priority project.
- EPA will complete an epidemiology study in marine waters impacted by urban runoff in a temperate region no later than December 15, 2010.
- The Critical Path Science Plan included either an epidemiology study in fresh or marine waters impacted by urban runoff and/or a Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA).
The new water quality criteria was finalized and released in late November 2012. The criteria presents the states with two different sets of numeric concentration thresholds that correspond to slightly different risk levels. There are also optional recommendations to use Beach Action Values of either 60 or 70 colony forming units of enterococcus per 100 milliliters water as a "precautionary tool to provide an early alert to beachgoers." It remains to be seen how rapidly the states will adopt the new water quality criteria and which set of criteria they will adopt. Follow the latest news regarding development of new water quality criteria here.
One of the most recent developments in the epidemiology world was the release of a Surfer Health Study conducted at two beaches in San Diego, California during the winters of 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. This study was one of the first comprehensive Epi studies to focus specifically on surfers and also to focus on wet weather exposure. This article was written by Surfrider Foundation to summarize the main findings of the study.
This article is part of a series on Clean Water which looks at various threats to the water quality of our oceans, and the negative impacts polluted waters can have on the environment and human health.
For information about laws, policies, programs and conditions impacting water quality in a specific state, please visit Surfrider's State of the Beach report to find the State Report for that state, and click on the "Water Quality" indicator link.


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In 2014 Alva Primary P5s worked with the Forth Fisheries Trust to learn about rearing trout and aquatic invertebrates.
The class reared trout in a special tank in the classroom, then released them into Alva Burn at the approriate time. In addition, the class learned what trout like to eat by river-dipping to find stoneflies and mayflies that trout love to eat! The Forth Fisheries Trust returned to Alva and electro-fished Alva Burn to see if they could find some of the trout released by the class. They did, and the trout are all grown up!
Click below to see Trout Tales, the animation made by the class!
In 2013 Alva Primary 7s looked at 'Comparing temperate and tropical forests'.
Alva pupils became tree detectives in Alva Glen. They found out about the woodland and estimated tree heights, circumferences and ages. Pupils studied and identified twigs from trees such as Ash and learned about the differences between coniferous and deciduous trees in Alva Glen. The class hunted for mini beasts to assess the variety living in Alva Glen and they compared them with the giant beasts of the rainforest. The class compared millipedes, centipedes and beetles. They also explored insect and bird egg adaptations and discovered how insects adapted to their habitats by developing warning colouration or mimicking other species to avoid being prayed upon. The class pond-dipped to collect samples of water louse and freshwater shrimp and they studied food chains. Pupils now understand the similarities and differences between temperate and tropical forests and the unique biodiversity within them.
Click below to see Relocation Deforestation, the animation made by the class!


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The body of former Pope Benedict XVI is on public view at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
The Vatican has announced that Thursday's funeral will be solemn and simple.
INSKEEP: And NPR's Sylvia Poggioli will be covering it. She's on the line from Rome. Hi there, Sylvia.
SYLVIA POGGIOLI, BYLINE: Hi there, Steve.
INSKEEP: What's the funeral going to be like?
POGGIOLI: Well, we don't know much. When reigning popes die, there are very precise, elaborate rituals that take place over a nine-day period. But Benedict was the first pope to resign in more than 600 years. So it's likely that many precedents will be set this week. For instance, as far as is known, this will be the first ever funeral in more than 2,000 years of a former pope to be led by his successor, the reigning Pope Francis. The Vatican has said there will be only two official delegations from Italy and from Benedict's native Germany. And we know that according to Benedict's wishes, the funeral will be solemn but simple and that he'll be buried alongside other popes in the Vatican grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica.
INSKEEP: OK. So we don't know how this is all going to play out or what the symbolism will be. But you do have that public viewing today. What do people see?
POGGIOLI: Well, photos issued by the Vatican yesterday showed the body lying on a burgundy-colored bier near the altar of the chapel in the monastery on Vatican grounds where he lived for almost a decade. He was dressed in red and gold liturgical vestments, a miter on his head and a rosary in his hand. Nearby, there was a decorated Christmas tree. Now, the setting inside the basilica is certainly more somber and more imposing. And several Italian officials have already paid their respects this morning.
INSKEEP: Sylvia, I'm thinking about Benedict's place in history. And I feel that he cut a smaller figure than his predecessor or his successor. What kind of public reaction is likely now after his death?
POGGIOLI: Well, you know, after Pope Francis revealed last Wednesday that Benedict was seriously ill, only small groups of people went to St. Peter's Square. This morning, though, thousands were lined up before dawn, waiting to view the body and to pay their respects. Today's viewing will last 10 hours. And security officials expect at least 25,000 people to pass by the body today. You know, Benedict was highly revered in particular by conservative Catholics. But he did not have the charisma of either his predecessor, John Paul, or his successor, Francis.
INSKEEP: What's his substantive legacy, though?
POGGIOLI: Well, it's a complicated legacy. He was a very polarizing figure, a strict disciplinarian on issues of sexual morality and theological dissent. He made many missteps seriously offending Jews, Muslims and other Christian religions. And by his own admission, he was a very poor manager of the Vatican bureaucracy. As a former pope, he became a lightning rod for conservative Catholics opposed to the much more liberal Pope Francis. And many Benedict loyalists considered Benedict the real pope. He himself created confusion by calling himself emeritus pope and by continuing to wear white. But the real Benedict paradox is that with his shocking decision to resign, one of the most conservative popes in recent memory set the papacy on a radical new course. It will no longer be an anomaly to have a pope and a former pope living at the same time.
INSKEEP: Interesting historical figure. Sylvia, thanks so much.
POGGIOLI: Thank you, Steve.
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I'm spending July in Cádiz, Spain, with my family and a bunch of students from Davidson College. The other weekend we visited Granada, home of the Alhambra. Built by the last Arabic dynasty on the Iberian peninsula in the 13th century, the Alhambra is a stunning palace overlooking the city below. The city of Granada itself—like several other cities in Spain—is a palimpsest of Islamic, Jewish, and Christian art, culture, and architecture.
Take the streets of Granada. In the Albayzín neighborhood the cobblestone streets are winding, narrow alleys, branching off from each other at odd angles. Even though I've wandered Granada several times over the past decade, it's easy to get lost in these serpentine streets. The photograph above (Flickr source) of the Albayzín, shot from the Alhambra, can barely reveal the maze that these medieval Muslim streets form. The Albayzín is a marked contrast to the layout of historically Christian cities in Spain. Influenced by Roman design, a typical Spanish city features a central square—the Plaza Mayor—from which streets extend out at right angles toward the cardinal points of the compass. Whereas the Muslim streets are winding and organic, the Christian streets are neat and angular. It's the difference between a labyrinth and a grid.
It just so happened that on our long bus ride to Granada I finished playing Anchorhead, Michael Gentry's monumental work of interactive fiction (IF) from 1998. Even if you've never played IF, you likely recognize it when you see it, thanks to the ongoing hybridization of geek culture with pop culture. Entirely text-based, these story-games present puzzles and narrative situations that you traverse through typed commands, like GO NORTH, GET LAMP, OPEN JEWELED BOX, etc. As for Anchorhead, it's a Lovecraftian horror with cosmic entities, incestual families, and the requisite insane asylum. Anchorhead also includes a mainstay of early interactive fiction: a maze.
Two of them in fact.
It's difficult to overstate the role of mazes in interactive fiction. Will Crowther and Don Woods' Adventure (or Colossal Cave) was the first work of IF in the mid-seventies. It also had the first maze, a "maze of twisty little passages, all alike." Later on Zork would have a maze, and so would many other games, including Anchorhead. Mazes are so emblematic of interactive fiction that the first scholarly book on the subject references Adventure's maze in its title: Nick Montfort's Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction (MIT Press, 2003). Mazes are also singled out in the manual for Inform 7, a high level programming language used to create many contemporary works of interactive fiction. As the official Inform 7 "recipe book" puts it, "Many old-school IF puzzles involve journeys through the map which are confused, randomised or otherwise frustrated." Mazes are now considered passé in contemporary IF, but only because they were used for years to convey a sense of disorientation and anxiety.
And so, there I was in Granada having just played one of the most acclaimed works of interactive fiction ever. It occurred to me then, among the twisty little passages of Granada, that a relationship exists between the labyrinthine alleys of the Albayzín and the way interactive fiction has used mazes.
See, the usual way of navigating interactive fiction is to use cardinal directions. GO WEST. SOUTHEAST. OPEN THE NORTH DOOR. The eight points of the compass rose is an IF convention that, like mazes, goes all the way back to Colossal Cave. The Inform 7 manual briefly acknowledges this convention in its section on rooms:
In real life, people are seldom conscious of their compass bearing when walking around buildings, but it makes a concise and unconfusing way for the player to say where to go next, so is generally accepted as a convention of the genre.
Let's dig into this convention a bit. Occasionally, it's been challenged (Aaron Reed's Blue Lacuna comes to mind), but for the most part, navigating interactive fiction with cardinal directions is simply what you expect to do. It's essentially a grid system that helps players mentally map the game's narrative spaces. Witness my own map of Anchorhead, literally drawn on graph paper as I played the game (okay, I drew it on OneNote on an iPad, but you get the idea):
And when IF wants to confuse, frustrate, or disorient players, along comes the maze. Labyrinths, the kind evoked by the streets of the Albayzín, defy the grid system of Western logic. Mazes in interactive fiction are defined by the very breakdown of the compass. Direction don't work anymore. The maze evokes otherness by defying rationality.
When the grid/maze dichotomy of interactive fiction is mapped onto actual history—say the city of Granada—something interesting happens. You start to see the the narrative trope of the maze as an essentially Orientalist move. I'm using "Orientalist" here in the way Edward Said uses it, a name for discourse about the Middle East that mysticizes yet disempowers the culture and its people. As Said describes it, Orientalism is part of a larger project of dominating that culture and its people. Orientalist tropes of the Middle East include ahistorical images that present an exotic, irrational counterpart to the supposed logic of European modernity. In an article in the European Journal of Cultural Studies about the representation of Arabs in videogames, Vít Ŝisler provides a quick list of such tropes. They include "motifs such as headscarves, turbans, scimitars, tiles and camels, character concepts such as caliphs, Bedouins, djinns, belly dancers and Oriental topoi such as deserts, minarets, bazaars and harems." In nearly every case, for white American and European audiences these tropes provide a shorthand for an alien other.
My argument is this:
- Interactive fiction relies on a Christian-influenced, Western European-centric sense of space. Grid-like, organized, navigable. Mappable. In a word, knowable.
- Occasionally, to evoke the irrational, the unmappable, the unknowable, interactive fiction employs mazes. The connection of these textual mazes to the labyrinthine Middle Eastern bazaar that appears in, say Raiders of the Lost Ark, is unacknowledged and usually unintentional.
- We cannot truly understand the role that mazes play vis-à-vis the usual Cartesian grid in interactive fiction unless we also understand the interplay between these dissimilar ways of organizing spaces in real life, which are bound up in social, cultural, and historical conflict. In particular, the West has valorized the rigid grid while looking with disdain upon organic irregularity.
Notwithstanding exceptions like Lisa Nakamura and Zeynep Tufekci, scholars of digital media in the U.S. and Europe have done a poor job looking beyond their own doorsteps for understanding digital culture. Case in point: the "Maze" chapter of 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 (MIT Press, 2012), where my co-authors and I address the significance of mazes, both in and outside of computing, with nary a mention of non-Western or non-Christian labyrinths. In hindsight, I see the Western-centric perspective of this chapter (and others) as a real flaw of the book.
I don't know why I didn't know at the time about Laura Marks' Enfoldment and Infinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art (MIT Press, 2010). Marks doesn't talk about mazes per se, but you can imagine the labyrinths of Albayzín or the endless maze design generated by the 10 PRINT program as living enactments of what Marks calls "enfoldment." Marks sees enfoldment as a dominant feature of Islamic art and describes it as the way image, information, and the infinite "enfold each other and unfold from one another." Essentially, image gives way to information which in turn is an index (an impossible one though) to infinity itself. Marks argues that this dynamic of enfoldment is alive and well in algorithmic digital art.
With Marks, Granada, and interactive fiction on my mind, I have a series of questions. What happens when we shift our understanding of mazes from non-Cartesian spaces meant to confound players to transcendental expressions of infinity? What happens when we break the convention in interactive fiction by which grids are privileged over mazes? What happens when we recognize that even with something as non-essential to political power as a text-based game, the underlying procedural system reinscribes a model that values one valid way of seeing the world over another, equally valid way of seeing the world?
Header Image: Anh Dinh, "Albayzin from Alhambra" on Flickr (August 10, 2013). Creative Commons BY-NC license.


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When we're young, life transitions are fun and empowering. We go from crawling to walking, walking to running. We start with training wheels but soon no longer need them. As we age we graduate into higher grades and become more independent.
But as adults, life transitions can feel not so fun and far from empowering, because life transitions can often include loss: loss of a job, a marriage, and loved ones. During these life transitions, we can feel out to sea, completely at the mercy of the tides that seem to be tossing our lifeboat around.
If you are feeling stressed and overwhelmed right now because you are facing one or more life transitions, here are some ways you can navigate these choppy waters:
Slow Down
Have you noticed that the pace of life has picked up? Most likely your heartbeat and breathing have also picked up as a response. It's time to slow down.
As simple as it may sound, slow, deep breaths are a powerful way to tell your body that everything is okay. Right now, your body is in "fight or flight mode," as you subconsciously, and maybe even consciously, feel you are being attacked. Making time each day to be still, away from the noise and chaos to breathe deeply and slowly, will slow down your heart rate and make you feel calm and peaceful.
Embrace Uncertainty
I know, it seems completely counterintuitive if not downright impossible. But when we surrender control and embrace the unknown, with an almost scientific curiosity about outcomes, we feel positive emotions (curiosity, wonder) instead of negative emotions (lost, out of control).
Acknowledge the Cycles of Life
Someone once said, "This too shall pass." Life, like weather, has seasons. While you may feel stuck right now and like nothing is going the way you hoped or planned, recognize the truth, which is, this too shall pass. Transitions are just that, an uncomfortable bridge from one part of life to the next.
Fall Back on Traditions
Rites of passage have been used for thousands of years in all cultures to help people transition from one place in life to another. It's time to call upon this ancient wisdom of our ancestors and empower ourselves.
Rites of passage put us in the driver's seat. We can acknowledge that things MUST change because we intuitively understand that the human journey is all about facing challenges and becoming new versions of ourselves.
Life, such as it is, throws us curve balls and sadness and things that cast fear and doubt into our vision. This is natural and no one escapes.
But there ARE ways to navigate these challenges. Try these three tips. And if you'd like additional help along your journey, please get in touch with me.
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201703/10-ways-make-it-through-your-life-s-transitions
- https://chopra.com/articles/9-ways-to-navigate-loss-change-and-transition
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December 10, 2002
ConocoPhillips, BP Contribute Nearly $4 Million to UA Foundation
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ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc., and BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., have presented the University of Alaska Foundation with checks totaling $3,876,500, the third annual contribution under the terms of the companies' charter agreement with the State of Alaska.
Kevin Meyers, president of ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., and Chris Phillips, vice president, Operations Integrity, for BP in Alaska, made the presentation to UA Foundation Trustee Jeff Cook at a reception at the home of University President Mark Hamilton. ConocoPhillips contributed $2,250,000 and BP contributed $1,626,500.
The latest contributions bring to $10,444,228 the amount contributed to the UA Foundation over the last three years by the two companies.
The charter agreement specifies that 30 percent of the money BP and ConocoPhillips set aside each year for community giving will go to the University of Alaska Foundation for use by the university.
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It's a family first — you're having everyone over for the holidays. And while planning your first family feast can be nerve-wracking, it's also an opportunity to create wonderful memories and new family traditions. So take a deep breath, follow these pro tips for your first holiday gathering and prepare to enjoy a successful feast.
Planning 4 to 6 Weeks Ahead
Starting early sets you up for success. Sit down to finalize your guest list and plan your menu. Since it's your first holiday, keep the meal streamlined — a simple starter, an entree with a few sides, and a selection of two or three desserts is all you need, with the portions scaled to meet your family's needs.
Finalize the dinner date with your loved ones and contact a farm to order your turkey and ham, with a pick-up date scheduled two or three days before your feast.
Plan your drinks menu and pick up your holiday wine in the weeks leading up to the holiday. Stick to the classics for simplicity — choose a pinot noir for your red option and a full-bodied chardonnay for white.
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Start prepping dishes that can be frozen in the weeks leading up to your holiday feast. Baked cookies can be frozen ahead of time and thawed the day before your meal. Choose two or three types of cookies for an impressive platter that won't require any work the day of your dinner.
Use your Vitamix machine to make soft sugar cookies, gingersnaps and almond cookies, taking advantage of the easy 60-second cleaning feature to save time between batches.
If you don't want to forego pumpkin or sweet potato pie at your feast, make and freeze the pastry dough ahead of time. You can thaw it and assemble your pie the day before your dinner.
Preparing the Day Before
Many traditional holiday dishes can be made the day before to minimize your to-do list on feast day. Go for a simple starter of pureed vegetable soup, like a roasted butternut soup with honey and pecan butter. Not only will you save time making it in advance, but the soup's flavors also will marry overnight for a better-tasting bowl.
Bake your pumpkin or sweet potato pie as you're roasting the butternut squash and make a decadent-but-simple orange cranberry sauce to serve the next day. Now's also the time to thaw your frozen cookies for the dessert platter.
While you're baking, prepare the table for the next day's feast. Keep it simple — red or green table linens give your table festive atmosphere, and a few unscented red candles set a holiday mood. Use small pine cones for five-minute D.I.Y. place cards — simply stick the card between the spines on the pine cone for decor with rustic charm.
Stay Stress-Free on Feast Day
The day of your holiday should involve as little intensive cooking as possible. Get up early to prep and cook your turkey. Chop heartier vegetables, like carrots, for cooking later in the day, and arrange your cookie platter for dessert. Set out empty serveware for each of your entrees and sides, with its future contents labeled on small pieces of paper. Once the food is prepared, you'll have your serveware ready to go, and you'll know which food goes in which dish.
In the half hour before dinner, prepare your mashed potatoes and easy-and-delicious gravy and steam your veggies. Dress up your sides — try a drizzle of olive oil, a dash of parsley or a sprig of fresh rosemary for added flavor.
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On Thursday night, Curious Sofa celebrated our Tenth Year of Christmases!! For months we unpack, for weeks we prepare, and for two days we close the store to transform the shop into what you are about to see. This year our holiday decor did not have any particular theme. I just design each department around what I find that inspires me and what vignettes we haven't done before.
We always open our doors the night before our public reveal for a private party with 65 special customers who sustain us throughout the year. Champagne, food and music are flowing as they get a sneak peek at the goods. During all of this, my incredible staff is still standing, smiling and helping after a grueling week of getting everything together. Come 8 p.m., after the doors close, we are all spent. (And the Open House hasn't even begun!) Later over dinner, we concluded there is a much needed energy that happens when customers see what we have been up to. The squeals are heard from across the store, everyone gets in the Christmas spirit and the cash register is ringing. After all, that is what we do it for.
Take a look around and see what we have in store for you this Holiday Season. Here is just a sampling of what to expect and much more is to come over the next six weeks. Only 56 days 'til Christmas!
As you enter, I opted for a simple, Scandinavian style setting
complete with firewood bed frame and antique bedding.
complete with firewood bed frame and antique bedding.
My all-day project: Birch branch display and yarn ornaments.
Our spin on a white Thanksgiving.
"For the Fruit of the Spirit is Love..." Gal. 5.22
Wire wrapped fruit near our religious display.
Wire wrapped fruit near our religious display.
Pale blues used in another bedroom area.
...and all things silver of course.
In the center of the store, our chalk busts displayed with new and vintage
ornaments, pearl trees and layers of vintage necklaces.
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From The Guardian, 17 October 2012 (story by Randeep Ramesh, social affairs editor).
One in 10 disabled households with children fear they might lose their home as a result of cuts, report says
Nearly half a million disabled people and their families could lose up to £58 a week under the coalition's flagship welfare policy – cuts so deep that one in 10 disabled households with children fear they might lose their home, a commission led by the Paralympic gold medallist Lady Grey-Thompson has found.
Backed by three charities – Citizens Advice, the Children's Society and Disability Rights UK – the commission examined the impact on disabled people of the switch from the complex set of means-tested benefits to a single universal credit payment from next October.
The commission's report, based on surveys of 3,500 disabled people and their families, says about 450,000 disabled people could stand to lose out under universal credit once it is fully implemented. Many are likely to struggle to pay for basic essentials such as food and heating, it says.
Three groups are particularly at risk, according to the report: 100,000 disabled children stand to lose up to £28 a week directly; 230,000 severely disabled people who do not have another adult to assist them are at risk of losing £28-£58 a week; and up to 116,000 disabled people who work could lose about £40 a week as the disability element of working tax credits is subsumed into the new scheme.
The charities and the commission are calling for more cash to be injected into universal benefits for disadvantaged families. "When families who may be affected were asked about losing £30 per week in support for disabled children, they expressed widespread concerns about having to cut back on food or heating, and getting into, or further into, debt," the report says. "Around one in 10 families expressed fears that they could no longer be able to afford their home."
The government claims universal credit will "make work pay", but the commission says it found evidence that the changes could make it harder for disabled people to remain in work.
Grey-Thompson said: "The findings of this report do not make easy reading. The clear message is that many households with disabled people are already struggling to keep their heads above water. Reducing support for families with disabled children, disabled people who are living alone, families with young carers and disabled people in work risk driving many over the edge in future."
Labour has called on the government to postpone the introduction of universal credit by a year, arguing there are too many unresolved problems.
Liam Byrne, the shadow welfare secretary, said: "This report is another nail in the coffin for David Cameron's claims we are all in this together. The PM tried to hide it in the Commons, but this report lays bare the truth that he is snatching up to £1,400 from 100,000 disabled children yet offering a huge tax cut to millionaires. Disabled people and their families are being forced to pick up the tab for the government's shambolic mismanagement of our economy".
The government reacted sharply to the report, saying it was "highly selective and could result in irresponsible scaremongering". A spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions said: "We inherited a system of disability support which is a tangled mess of elements, premiums and add-ons, which is highly prone to error and baffling for disabled people themselves.
"Our reforms will create a simpler and fairer system with aligned levels of support for adults and children. More importantly, there will be no cash losers in the rollout of universal credit. In fact, hundreds of thousands of disabled adults and children will actually receive more support than now, including paying a higher rate of support for all children who are registered blind."


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A hypha (from Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ) 'web'; pl.: hyphae) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium.[1] In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium.
editA hypha consists of one or more cells surrounded by a tubular cell wall. In most fungi, hyphae are divided into cells by internal cross-walls called "septa" (singular septum). Septa are usually perforated by pores large enough for ribosomes, mitochondria, and sometimes nuclei to flow between cells. The major structural polymer in fungal cell walls is typically chitin, in contrast to plants and oomycetes that have cellulosic cell walls. Some fungi have aseptate hyphae, meaning their hyphae are not partitioned by septa.
editHyphae grow at their tips. During tip growth, cell walls are extended by the external assembly and polymerization of cell wall components, and the internal production of new cell membrane.[3] The Spitzenkörper is an intracellular organelle associated with tip growth. It is composed of an aggregation of membrane-bound vesicles containing cell wall components. The Spitzenkörper is part of the endomembrane system of fungi, holding and releasing vesicles it receives from the Golgi apparatus. These vesicles travel to the cell membrane via the cytoskeleton and release their contents (including various cysteine-rich proteins including cerato-platanins and hydrophobins)[4][5] outside the cell by the process of exocytosis, where they can then be transported to where they are needed. Vesicle membranes contribute to growth of the cell membrane while their contents form new cell wall. The Spitzenkörper moves along the apex of the hyphal strand and generates apical growth and branching; the apical growth rate of the hyphal strand parallels and is regulated by the movement of the Spitzenkörper.[6]
As a hypha extends, septa may be formed behind the growing tip to partition each hypha into individual cells. Hyphae can branch through the bifurcation of a growing tip, or by the emergence of a new tip from an established hypha.
editThe direction of hyphal growth can be controlled by environmental stimuli, such as the application of an electric field. Hyphae can also sense reproductive units from some distance, and grow towards them. Hyphae can weave through a permeable surface to penetrate it.[3]
editHyphae may be modified in many different ways to serve specific functions. Some parasitic fungi form haustoria that function in absorption within the host cells. The arbuscules of mutualistic mycorrhizal fungi serve a similar function in nutrient exchange, so are important in assisting nutrient and water absorption by plants. Ectomycorrhizal extramatrical mycelium greatly increases the soil area available for exploitation by plant hosts by funneling water and nutrients to ectomycorrhizas, complex fungal organs on the tips of plant roots. Hyphae are found enveloping the gonidia in lichens, making up a large part of their structure. In nematode-trapping fungi, hyphae may be modified into trapping structures such as constricting rings and adhesive nets. Mycelial cords can be formed to transfer nutrients over larger distances. Bulk fungal tissues, cords, and membranes, such as those of mushrooms and lichens, are mainly composed of felted and often anastomosed hyphae.[7]
editClassification based on cell division
edit- Septate (with septa)
- Aspergillus[8] and many other species have septate hyphae.
- Aseptate (non-septate) or coenocytic (without septa)
- Non-septate hyphae are associated with Mucor,[9] some zygomycetes, and other fungi.
- Pseudohyphae are distinguished from true hyphae by their method of growth, relative frailty and lack of cytoplasmic connection between the cells.
Classification based on cell wall and overall form
editCharacteristics of hyphae can be important in fungal classification. In basidiomycete taxonomy, hyphae that comprise the fruiting body can be identified as generative, skeletal, or binding hyphae.[12]
- Generative hyphae are relatively undifferentiated and can develop reproductive structures. They are typically thin-walled, occasionally developing slightly thickened walls, usually have frequent septa, and may or may not have clamp connections. They may be embedded in mucilage or gelatinized materials.
- Skeletal hyphae are of two basic types. The classical form is thick-walled and very long in comparison to the frequently septate generative hyphae, which are unbranched or rarely branched, with little cell content. They have few septa and lack clamp connections. Fusiform skeletal hyphae are the second form of skeletal hyphae. Unlike typical skeletal hyphae these are swollen centrally and often exceedingly broad, hence giving the hypha a fusiform shape.
- Binding hyphae are thick-walled and frequent branched. Often they resemble deer antlers or defoliated trees because of the many tapering branches.
Based on the generative, skeletal and binding hyphal types, in 1932 E. J. H. Corner applied the terms monomitic, dimitic, and trimitic to hyphal systems, in order to improve the classification of polypores.[13][14]
- Every fungus must contain generative hyphae. A fungus which only contains this type, as do fleshy mushrooms such as agarics, is referred to as monomitic.
- If a fungus contains the obligate generative hyphae (as mentioned in the last point, "every fungus must contain generative hyphae") and just one of the other two types (either skeletal or binding hyphae), it is called dimitic. In fact dimitic fungi almost always contain generative and skeletal hyphae; there is one exceptional genus, Laetiporus that includes only generative and binding hyphae.
- Skeletal and binding hyphae give leathery and woody fungi such as polypores their tough consistency. If a fungus contains all three types (example: Trametes), it is called trimitic.
Fungi that form fusiform skeletal hyphae bound by generative hyphae are said to have sarcodimitic hyphal systems. A few fungi form fusiform skeletal hyphae, generative hyphae, and binding hyphae, and these are said to have sarcotrimitic hyphal systems. These terms were introduced as a later refinement by E. J. H. Corner in 1966.[15]
Classification based on refractive appearance
editHyphae are described as "gloeoplerous" ("gloeohyphae") if their high refractive index gives them an oily or granular appearance under the microscope. These cells may be yellowish or clear (hyaline). They can sometimes selectively be coloured by sulphovanillin or other reagents. The specialized cells termed cystidia can also be gloeoplerous.[16][17]
Classification based on growth location
editHyphae might be categorized as 'vegetative' or 'aerial.' Aerial hyphae of fungi produce asexual reproductive spores.[18]
See also
edit- Ascocarp – Fruiting body of an ascomycete fungus.
- Hartig net – Network of inward-growing hyphae
- Mycorrhizal network – Underground fungal networks that connect individual plants together
edit- ^ Madigan M; Martinko J, eds. (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-144329-1.
- ^ Maheshwari, R. (2016). Fungi: Experimental Methods In Biology. Mycology (Second ed.). CRC Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4398-3904-1.
- ^ a b Gooday, G. W. (1995). "The dynamics of hyphal growth". Mycological Research. 99 (4): 385–389. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80634-5.
- ^ Baccelli, Ivan; Comparini, Cecilia; Bettini, Priscilla P.; Martellini, Federica; Ruocco, Michelina; Pazzagli, Luigia; Bernardi, Rodolfo; Scala, Aniello (1 February 2012). "The expression of the cerato-platanin gene is related to hyphal growth and chlamydospores formation in Ceratocystis platani". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 327 (2): 155–163. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02475.x. hdl:2158/645742. PMID 22136757.
- ^ Wösten, Han A.B.; van Wetter, Marie-Anne; Lugones, Luis G.; van der Mei, Henny C.; Busscher, Henk J.; Wessels, Joseph G.H. (28 January 1999). "How a fungus escapes the water to grow into the air". Current Biology. 9 (2): 85–88. Bibcode:1999CBio....9...85W. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80019-0. PMID 10021365. S2CID 15134716.
- ^ Steinberg, G (2007). "Hyphal growth: a tale of motors, lipids, and the Spitzenkörper". Eukaryotic Cell. 6 (3): 351–360. doi:10.1128/ec.00381-06. PMC 1828937. PMID 17259546.
- ^ Moore, David. Robson, Geoffrey D. Trinci, Anthony P. J. 21st Century Guidebook to Fungi. Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2011 ISBN 978-0521186957
- ^ "Mycology Online – Aspergillosis". Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ Klatt, Edward C. "Mucormycosis". WebPath. University of Utah School of Medicine. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ^ Reiss, Errol; DiSalvo, Art (31 May 2018). "Yeasts". In Hunt, Richard (ed.). Microbiology and Immunology On-line. University of South Carolina. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Sudbery, Peter; Gow, Neil; Berman, Judith (2004). "The distinct morphogenic states of Candida albicans". Trends in Microbiology. 12 (7): 317–324. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2004.05.008. PMID 15223059.
- ^ "Hyphal System". Illinois Mycological Association. Archived from the original on 2006-10-14. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
- ^ Corner EJH (1932). "A Fomes with two systems of hyphae". Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 17 (1–2): 51–81. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(32)80026-4.
- ^ Cunningham GH (1954–55). "Taxonomic Problems of some Hymenomycetes". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 82: 893–6.
- ^ Corner EJH (1966). "Monograph of cantharelloid fungi". Ann. Bot. Mem. 2: 1–255.
- ^ See glossary of Meinhard Moser, translated by Simon Plant: Keys to Agarics and Boleti (Roger Phillips 1983) ISBN 0-9508486-0-3.
- ^ See section "Microscopic features ..." of 2006 Summer Workshop in Fungal Biology for High School Teachers Archived 2008-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, Hibbett lab, Biology Department, Clark University, "Guidelines for collecting and identifying macrofungi (basidiomycetes)".
- ^ Kaiser, Gary E. (2014-06-01). "II: FUNGI". Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
External links
edit- Close-up light micrograph of coenocytic hyphae
- MicrobiologyBytes: Introduction to Mycology
- Hyphal growth and branching movies by P.C. Hickey and N. Read, University of Edinburgh
- Fungi Online Fungi Online: An Introduction to the Biology of Fungi


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BLOCK: How do we know this earth-shattering fact? Well, the Republican Senate candidate from Indiana, Richard Mourdock, who famously defeated Richard Lugar in the primary, made a video. His campaign wanted to be ready with a response when the Supreme Court releases its much-anticipated ruling on the health care law.
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MOURDOCK: We now know that Obamacare came down to this split decision. The Supreme Court struck down part, but not all, of the health care bill.
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Judas Priest revealed the cover art and a brief sample of Firepower back in November. Halford said that the group didn't waste any time when it came to working on new material once the Redeemer of Souls tour ended in 2015.
"We're a hard-working metal band still making the metal 40-odd years later, thanks to our glorious metal fans around the world," Halford recently told Vintage Rock. "So we make music now, obviously, still for our own pleasure and enjoyment, and the challenge of finding a new riff and a new melody is always … a great feeling."
Firepower, the band's 18th studio album, was co-produced by longtime collaborator Andy Sneap and Tom Allom. It's the first Priest album since 2014's Redeemer of Souls, and is slated to come out in March. The metal legends will be touring in support of the album, with the North American leg kicking off on March 13 in Wilkes Barre, Penn., and wrapping up on May 1 in San Antonio.


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