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The hardscrabble city of Gary, Ind., which rose to prosperity in its steelmaking heyday and saw its fortunes fall with the industry, sees an opportunity in the death of its most famous native: Michael Jackson.
The mayor is calling Jackson's modest boyhood home the new Graceland, and others hope to use Jackson's name to raise funds for a museum.
But Jackson and his family, like so many others, left the northwest Indiana city behind a long time ago.
Flags flew at half staff outside Gary's City Hall on Friday as Jackson's hits, including "Bad," blared inside the building intercom system. Outside Jackson's childhood home, fans danced to a boombox playing "Thriller" and performed his trademark Moonwalk on the street.
Major Rudy Clay said he would like to transform the downtrodden community into a mecca for the pop singer's fans. He said even he'd like to arrange to have the pop icon, who died Thursday at the age of 50, buried in Gary, though he has not broached that possibility with Jackson's family.
"If they can do it for Elvis Presley in Graceland, we can do it for Michael Jackson in Gary," Clay, 73, told The Associated Press.
But tourism experts said they were skeptical that Gary could really draw Jackson fans.
For one, Jackson only lived in this community about 30 miles southeast of Chicago through the age of 11. Since then, the pop star rarely visited.
Roger Brooks, the CEO of Destination Development International, believes that Jackson's famed sprawling Neverland ranch in southern California has more potential to be a lasting tourist attraction.
"It was his place as an adult," he said. "It was his vision that built the place from the ground up." And, he said, it was the place associated with all the bizarre and troubling stories about Jackson.
"People would go to California to see that," Brooks said.
But Clay shook his head when asked if Neverland might be a better location for die hard fans to connect to the singer's legacy.
"No. No. No," Clay said. "If you're going to build a museum to Michael Jackson you should build it where the true love for him is."
The Jacksons moved from Gary after the Jackson 5 recorded their first album in 1969.
By that time, the steel industry, in which Jackson's father had worked, had started to decline. Over the following decades, the city's unemployment and poverty soared, crime increased and the population dwindled.
Nearly 200,000 people lived in Gary in the 1960s. By 2007, that dropped to 96,000 and one-third of residents lived below the poverty line, according to recent U.S. Census data.
Clay said he hopes Jackson's death will help energize officials to push for building a memorial, which could include arts center and museum, to the singer in his childhood hometown. Proposals also include moving the Jackson home near an interstate that serves as a main route for commuters heading to and from Chicago, Clay said.
More than 100 people gathered Friday outside the small white-colored home where Jackson lived, creating a circus-like atmosphere. As a boombox blared "Thriller" and other hits, some fans danced while others did the Moonwalk down the asphalt Jackson Street — initially named after U.S. President Andrew Jackson.
Dozens of teddy bears, flowers and affectionate notes piled against the door.
"If you're a real Michael Jackson fan, this is where you come," said Kandy Keaton, 38, who drove from nearby Hammond to pay her respects. "This is about his roots. This is where he and his brothers practiced and practiced. This is where his dad pulled it all together."
But at least a few neighbors said they were disappointed Jackson didn't do more to help his hometown when he was alive. His reported pledge to help raise money for an arts center that would bear his name never materialized.
"This is great that this (Jackson's death) is now bringing attention to Gary," said Darrell Hodges, 49, who went to the same elementary school as Jackson. "But the Jacksons could have done more for this community."
Clay dismisses such criticism.
"Michael Jackson's rare show in the city shouldn't suggest he didn't care," Clay said. "His physical body wasn't always here, but his heart was always in Gary."


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jeanzdyn replied to NicoleAJ's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseI have a question regarding notifying my employer officially, with a letter from my GI doctor, that I have Celiac Disease. They want an "outline" of restrictions, if any. I am concerned that they will try to use it as ammunition to fire me. I was hired because I have a CDL (commercial truck driver's license) and they think that if I cannot drive the vehicle they can fire me. I would be required to go out alone and move trailers and hook/unhook trailers, and a host of other duties --we are NOT a trucking company, we do hearing testing. My wish is to transition into the office and not have to travel or drive any more. I do not want to give them a letter from my doctor if they can use it to fire me. All of that stated: I am not sure I want to work for them at all any longer, HOWEVER, I cannot simply quit my job, I have no savings and am single, I have no one to provide for me, no pension, etc. This is very complicated. The main thing I want to know is: can they fire me for providing them with a letter that may state that I cannot travel overnight away from home?
Gluten free apparently not helping entirely
jeanzdyn replied to jeanzdyn's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchI will tell them I want the records. The thing is that I do not like my GI at all. He disputes my symptoms, says they have nothing to do with Celiac Disease, yet they are on the lists of symptoms I have seen. Also, if he doesn't think my symptoms are related to Celiac Disease, why doesn't he help me figure this out? or recommend a doctor who can look at more of my symptoms.
Gluten free apparently not helping entirely
jeanzdyn replied to jeanzdyn's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchI tried to request a full thyroid panel. The doctors won't listen to me. I have not been tested for celiac antibodies. I have no idea what the original gastro doctor did in the way of tests, other than the biopsy. I have no details. I know that I messed up there.... I don't even know where to go, now, to find a doctor who will help me. I don't know where to find anyone who will help me at all.
Gluten free apparently not helping entirely
jeanzdyn replied to jeanzdyn's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchI already have a used car.... a 2008 Jeep Liberty.... my previous car was not paid off,... I owe too much to be able to fix that particular issue. As for moving out of my own house --I have too many belongings in it. There is no way I can transition easily. Understand that my last 2 moves were major and it was (as always) me, all by myself moving everything that I was able to lift on my own. There were movers for only the big furniture. Also, my last move the movers stole things from me, -I have not recovered from that trauma.......... my best thought is to move it all into a storage unit and walk away from everything else...... I don't know. I can't really see a good way out of this. I will just get sicker until I am unable to work at all, because my bosses don't believe that I am sick......."you look fine". Not only that, I cannot find a doctor who will listen to me and test me for what I ask to be tested for. You want it capped off? today is another crappy day that was an ok day, but is now in the crapper. I had to wait for someone else, before I could begin my evening, so there was 45 minutes of my time wasted, and on top of that (yes there's more) - there was no hot water when I got in the hotel shower. the water never got warm. I had to dry off, get dressed, get a key to another hotel room -a block away, to take a shower. I am just. plain. done. If I had my way I would go home and curl up in a ball and stay there forever.
Gluten free apparently not helping entirely
jeanzdyn replied to jeanzdyn's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchThe thing is: I cannot just quit my job. I have no savings. I have a mortgage, car payment, and other payments. I really don't know what to do. This job, it's like indentured servitude --I am not near home enough for job hunting, or for regular doctor appointments. I know that I need to get out of this situation, because it is definitely no win. My employer wants me well, but they really do not understand that taking a week off fixes absolutely nothing, and only stresses me out more. I have made contact with one employment agency in person, and I plan to email another and see if we can get the ball rolling without me actually going into their office, at least for the next 3 weeks.......
When Your Boss Doesn't Get It
jeanzdyn replied to DestinyLeah's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseI had a run in with HR at work today. The HR woman's son has gluten "sensitivity" or allergy or something, but NOT celiac disease. She tried to tell me that I am being unreasonable! I said that I cannot eat in restaurants because of cross contamination. I walked out on her. I sent her an email and explained that she really does not understand what I am talking about. I am extremely distressed by this turn of events. I have been having a lot of issues and I believe that my Celiac disease has gotten much worse in just the last month. I am forced to travel for work and it's killing me --the stress, the restuarants, the poor nutrition because we change hotels daily and I cannot bring perishable food items with me.
I have real problems. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease by biopsy in 2011. I have considered myself to be gluten free for over 4 years, with the unfortunate condition that I am forced to travel for work -almost constantly. This makes it very difficult to maintain gluten free, when it becomes necessary to eat in restaurants or starve. An additional complication is the hours I must work, which sometimes mean I am getting up at 3:00am and other times not going to bed until after 11:00pm. Some of my symptoms have never truly improved, as I am still suffering from fatigue, which was only every moderately better, and is now extreme fatigue. I have acid stomach, and frequently loose stools. I started having hot flashes with great frequency about 7 months ago, and an additional symptom of being cold all the time. Even during a hot flash I have learned that my body temperature is below 97 degrees, as it is nearly 24 hours a day. My doctor seemed to be heading in a direction of discovery, but when blood tests came back "normal" he abandoned any exploration of my current symptoms and told me that I am depressed and he gave me an antidepressant, which I do not want and will not take. An additional symptom that is newer for me is a feeling of weakness. one day last week I simply shut down almost entirely. I just collapsed into a chair and stayed there for over an hour. my boss took notice and I think that he was alarmed. (I could not just go home, firstly because I was afraid to drive right then, and second because I am forced to travel for my job and I was not anywhere near home. This would also be a primary reason why I would not want to go to an emergency room.) I have never lost weight from the celiac disease or from being gluten free, almost the opposite --I am hungry too much of the time, despite over-eating. I am not depressed, I am unhappy because there is still something wrong with me, but I cannot get any of my doctors to listen to me. I am trying a different doctor tomorrow. Losing hope fast. Low body temperature? Thyroid? any other ideas would be appreciated..... losing hope fast.
Skin Tags ... From Celiac?
jeanzdyn replied to nb-canada's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchI have noticed more skin tags since my diagnosis of Celiac Disease and going gluten free. A doctor has asked me if anyone in my family is diabetic, because "diabetics have skin tags and dark patches"..... my mother had the same --dark patches and skin tags but NO diabetes in the family. I find the mention of insulin resistance and skin tags very interesting. In addition I have started to crave sugar.... not sure what that means.....
More, Worse Symptoms,.... Depression Taking Hold.
jeanzdyn replied to jeanzdyn's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseI do not take meds for depression and I do not want to, or need to. I have these downward spirals periodically, but not regularly enough to call for meds. I know the reasons for the downward spiral, and there is not a whole lot I can do about it, except to let it come and this too shall pass. I am all alone in the world. No one cares about me. My worst problem lately is the amount of travel for work and the huge difficulty of having a pleasing meal, that is warm food, and having that meal also be gluten free. At home I have no problem, out on the road,... I am tired of eating flavorless crap,... it is very difficult to bring anything that requires refrigeration, because we check out of hotels and move every day,... there is no way to keep things cold enough all day long in a hot car. I am not made of money. Small towns don't have gluten free options. I am over 50 and there are NO job options available to me --- no one wants to hire an old lady who they think will leave in a few years. (I am going nowhere---I am flat broke, not a nickel to my name, where would I be going?) In a nutshell it is a fact that: life is a b%$@# and then you die.
in addition to celiac disease I am now in menopause, so everything is totally out of whack. currently my hair growth is not that great,.... it's even less on legs and under arms. The hair on my head had been getting healthier - stronger, but due to a current relapse of symptoms it has become weak and unhealthy again as well.
A few nights ago I had a shocking episode of diarrhea,.... It was like passing gas, but I knew that it was more. By the time I got to the toilet I had a small mess to dispose of.... that got me to think about all of the myriad symptoms I have had lately. Symptoms that seem to be getting worse. Is this more than Celiac disease? what is happening..... It is sending me down that spiral to depression. All of the worst of my symptoms are returning,.... severe and extreme fatigue, acid stomach nausea, a shaky feeling, achy all over, headaches, flaking skin in specific areas (nose and eyebrows)..... I cannot tell if my stomach is asking for food or not. I am on the verge of breaking down in tears. Top all of that off with new nonsense from my workplace.... I have been told that, during a specific week, our department is "forbidden" from making any kind of medical appointment, as that will be viewed as avoiding a specific job. I am in the beginning stages of worsening symptoms, and have a doctor appointment next week which was to be the start of figuring out what my body is trying to tell me. I am so upset, I don't know if I should eat something, or sleep, I don't know what to do..... My job involves a great deal of travel, and maintaining a gluten free diet is very difficult --- too often there is nothing I can eat that is nutritious and that tastes good to me. I am really struggling to deal with everything. I manage to do laundry and pay my bills, and somehow I work on the weekdays --I don't know how I do that, because I spend the weekends doing as little as possible due to exhaustion. How I get through a work week is a mystery to me.... I must be on autopilot. That can't be good. Thank you for giving me a place to vent my frustration. I wish that I could find a doctor who cared about figuring this out and actually helping me.
I was lethargic and spent my weekends sleeping --up to 18 hours of sleep a day, both Saturday and Sunday. After being gluten free for over 18 months I finally noticed that I was sleeping much less. Sorry to say, but some things just take longer than others, and we are all different,.... you have to stick with the diet and give your body time to realize that it can stop fighting everything all the time. You are not stupid! You came here and asked your questions and laid out relevant explanations.... nothing stupid there.... I have found that taking a vitamin B12 supplement helps clear that brain fog. In fact, when I first started the B12 it was like someone lifted a curtain! No more brain fog! Also, by the way, thank you!! For helping me to understand that I am NOT alone in this "laziness" --but IN FACT it may be part of the healing process of being gluten free (after being sick for my entire life until recently because I never knew I had celiac disease.).
Bloating - Help? :(
jeanzdyn replied to Waitingindreams's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseI think that there are other food intolerances that are "hidden" by the Celiac or the gluten intolerance. Like your body is working so hard to combat itself, in the case of Celiac disease, that it kind of fails to alert you to other problems. For example, I never had an issues with citrus, then suddenly, after a year of being gluten free I was (and am) allergic to citrus! I cannot have any citrus at all because the symptoms are like torture --burning, itching --no rash or eruptions, just terrible, terrible burning itching! I am starting to have sensitivities to other things now (2 years gluten free)..... I really cannot help believing that my body, fighting the celiac symptoms, was "masking" other intolerances, allergies, and issues. And: A food diary is an excellent idea!! I kept a food diary for 7 years and it helped me to figure out a lot of things!!
Aaaagghhh... Ginger Ale?
jeanzdyn replied to Em314's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & MedicationsThis past November I was ill. I had digestive system discomfort with severe nausea and I had dizzy spells. I finally tracked down the one thing I had consumed that I did not use for many years prior to this event..... chewing gum containing ASPARTAME. Aspartame is nasty stuff!! I was so sick for so many days, accompanied with the dizzy spells, which become more severe as the days passed!! I chewed gum on 3 separate occasions, and I spit it out after only an hour or so, but that was all it took!! I was sick for the next 3 weeks. I feel that many of these sensitivities and symptoms and issues may be heightened by being gluten free. If you are gluten free your body can stop attacking itself because of the gluten and now it's attention becomes riveted to other things!! Kind of like an unending nightmare..... Anyway, BEWARE OF ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS!!!
Itching, But Not Eczema, Or Dh, Or Shingles,....
jeanzdyn replied to jeanzdyn's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac Researchitching again..... winter, so predictable.... this time I think it has to do with perhaps one of the following: sugar corn products dairy (I sure hope not) tea? caffiene? this morning I have had my supplements, things I have taken daily for year and years with no symptoms that I am aware of. I have had water. I was hungry, so I ate some sweet potato "pancakes" with butter and brown sugar. It appears that the itching is dissipating after 72 hours of suffering..... so now I am not sure how to proceed..... I will drink more water throughout the day, and see if the itching continues to go away..... My current plan is to probably have some ground sirloin and rice for dinner, maybe with some cheese.... Please, God, please let the itching go away. please.

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VIDEO: The Daily Zap for games played Feb. 3
Report: Suns, Lakers still talking Pau | Lakers may get Nash back tonight | Report: Sixers shopping Turner | Warriors put new arena plan on hold
No. 1: Report: Suns, Lakers still talking Gasol deal — A days worth of buzz around the Internet about a potential Pau Gasol-to-Phoenix trade hasn't scuttled the deal. Phoenix remains open to acquiring the former All-Star big man, but is waiting to see how he mends from a strained groin before going further, writes Ramona Shelbourne and Marc Stein of ESPN.com. As well, the other option to consider for the Suns, writes Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic, is how Gasol would fit into a pretty tight-knit bunch in Phoenix:
The Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns engaged in a fresh round of trade discussions Monday focused on four-time All-Star center Pau Gasol as both sides continued to assess their options in advance of the Feb. 20 trade deadline, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Sources told ESPN.com that, while there is substantive interest on both sides, it's believed Suns officials want to see how Gasol recovers from a strained groin before deciding whether to take talks to the next level.
Gasol noted on his Instagram page that he'd received a PRP injection on his groin on Monday.
One option for the Suns, by virtue of their $5.6 million in available salary-cap space, is swapping the expiring contract of injured big man Emeka Okafor for Gasol, even though Okafor's $14.5 million salary this season falls well shy of Gasol's $19.3 million. A trade for Okafor's expiring deal would save the Lakers $4.8 million, taking them less than $3 million away from the league's luxury-tax threshold, meaning one more smaller deal before the trade deadline could conceivably be enough to take them out of tax territory completely.
Because the trade would not bring the Lakers all the way under the luxury tax, sources said L.A. remains insistent on getting back draft picks or young players in addition to salary cap savings for the 33-year-old center.
The Lakers are also comfortable with keeping Gasol beyond the deadline to maintain as much financial flexibility for free agency this summer and beyond, sources said.
While it is attractive to try and get under the luxury tax threshold this season, it is not imperative, and the Lakers believe they have several other options to do so, sources said.
And here's Coro's report on how the Suns' players are viewing potential trade talks:
The Suns are exploring many options for the Okafor trade chip, but Gasol leaked to light. Even with Gasol's $19.3 million contract, the Suns could make the deal because of their cap space. But it would come at a cost of about $7 million for what the Suns would lose in Okafor contract savings and take on in prorated payroll.
The greater cost to weigh with Gasol, or any other deal, would be the effect on the team's rhythm and chemistry with two months left. The Suns have risen from a last-place pick to the eighth-best NBA record somewhat because of how the team bonded on being young and lacking big-name stars. Gasol is a four-time All-Star who, at 33, is older than all of the Suns and currently is out because of a groin injury.
"I know he's a great guy," Suns guard Goran Dragic said. "He is not a troublemaker. He would be a good fit. You never know. He played for the Lakers so many years. They've got that three-angle offense, and it's a totally different offense than we've got here. We have to run. We like to run."
The attention is on Gasol, but the Suns have considered other players. Those have not been revealed, but they could involve other teams with no postseason aspirations. Philadelphia has Thaddeus Young and Evan Turner for youth. Milwaukee has Larry Sanders to fortify a front line's defense and rebounding. Orlando has Arron Afflalo, a defensive, shot-making guard.
Falling short of a sure thing such as Kevin Love becoming available, there is no certainty to a midseason acquisition improving a 29-18 team.
VIDEO: Suns coach Jeff Hornacek talks about the team's recent success
No. 2: Lakers get point guard reinforcements tonight?— A lack of depth at point guard — along with an injury to that Kobe Bryant guy — have played a big part in the Los Angeles Lakers' freefall from fringe playoff contender to third-worst team in the Western Conference. Things might look up a little bit tonight in Minnesota (8 p.m. ET, League Pass) as point guards Steve Nash, Steve Blake and Jordan Farmar might all be available to play. Trevor Wong of Lakers.com and ESPNLosAngeles.com's Dave McMenamin have more on the Lakers' backcourt:
Steve Nash, Steve Blake and Jordan Farmar all participated in a second straight practice on Monday before the Lakers departed for their three-game road trip.
"They're all good," coach Mike D'Antoni said. "I think they're all ready to go. There's a possibility all three could play (at Minnesota)."
Blake addressed the media post practice and did not explicitly state he'd suit up at Minnesota, but acknowledged he's felt much better with two consecutive days of practice.
"We'll see," he said. "I felt pretty good today. We'll see how I feel when I wake up and go from there."
Farmar, who has been out of action for one-month plus, echoed similar sentiments regarding his imminent return.
"I'm not sure about tomorrow," Farmar said. "We'll see. I'm available if they allow me (to play)."
Big man Pau Gasol will not play against the Wolves (strained right groin), which could also mean changes for the L.A. frontcourt, writes McMenamin:
The coach said he wondered if Nash, out since Nov. 10 with nerve root irritation in his back and hamstrings, would ever make it back to the court.
"With the age and how his back is, yeah, I definitely [wondered]," D'Antoni said. "Again, it just shows his perseverance to overcome whatever just to play. He wants to play, obviously. And he's done an unbelievable job to get himself ready up to this point and we'll see how it goes."
Gasol's absence and the presence of the three point guards will present D'Antoni with lineup options. He said either Chris Kaman, Jordan Hill or Robert Sacre could fill in as the starting center.
The question remains whether Kendall Marshall, who has averaged 11.9 points and 11.5 assists in 15 games as the starting point guard, will suddenly find himself without a role.
"I think he knows he's going to play," D'Antoni said. "Whether he starts or whether he doesn't, he'll have to [get used to the fact that] it won't be the same. He's not going to get 35 minutes no matter what he does. So, that's how the NBA is and he'll have to keep carving his niche out. He's played well, so he's got to continue that."
Kaman, who received a Did Not Play — Coach's Decision in 10 of the Lakers' 15 games in January, sympathized with the position Marshall is in.
"I think Kendall is kind of in a whirlwind right now, trying to figure out what to do," Kaman said. "The poor guy has been doing it on his own for the last month and a half and now that everybody is back, he's like, 'What am I doing? What do I do?'"
For his part, the 11-year veteran Kaman said he has stayed ready to play.
"Unfortunately it comes with someone getting hurt before I have a chance to play, but it's part of the game," he said. "You kind of wait your turn."
VIDEO: Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni discusses the team's injured point guards
No. 3: Report: Sixers shopping swingman Turner — The Philadelphia 76ers are in the midst of a rebuilding season, but despite the struggles that come with that, swingman Evan Turner is enjoying his best season as a pro. Turner leads the Sixers in scoring (17.9 ppg), has delivered a couple of game–winning shots this season and generally is developing into a solid starter in the NBA. But Turner is also in the last year of his rookie contract and is hearing his name bandied about in trade talks. The Sporting News' Sean Devaney writes that several teams are inquiring about Turner, but his ability to potentially be an unrestricted free agent next summer might hold up any deals:
The Philadelphia 76ers, deep into a rebuilding project that kicked off last June on draft night with the trade of All-Star point guard Jrue Holiday, have been stepping up their efforts to make a move before the trade deadline, and swingman Evan Turner has been at the forefront of those discussions, sources told Sporting News.
The Sixers are eager to net a draft pick for Turner—they've also shopped free-agent-to-be center Spencer Hawes and forward Thaddeus Young—and that has been a hang-up in their efforts to find a trade.
The problem, one league executive said, is that Turner can become a restricted free agent this summer—or unrestricted, if the Sixers decide not to extend the $8.7 million qualifying offer he is slated for this offseason. If Turner is to become an unrestricted free agent, trading for him now makes little sense.
The Thunder, who will own Dallas' draft pick this year if it is outside of the Top 20, expressed interest in Turner earlier in the year. A source said, too, that Phoenix—which potentially has four first-round picks in the 2014 draft and would be willing to part with at least one—discussed Turner with the Sixers, but nothing solid resulted.
For Turner, now in his fourth season after having been the No. 2 overall pick in 2010, none of this comes as a surprise. Once the Holiday deal was announced, he knew the Sixers would be taking a step backward, and that he might not factor into the rebuilding plan.
That was confirmed this fall when not only did he fail to reach a contract extension with the team (players drafted in 2010 were extension-eligible this offseason), but there were not even any discussions between new Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie and Turner's agent, David Falk, on a contract.
"I never expected to get a contract extension, especially when we switched GMs, you know?" Turner said. "I always said, Mr. Hinkie is going to do what he wants to do, and he has his own vision and everything like that. So when you trade an All-Star like Jrue, I mean, what occurs next isn't going to surprise me. I was just trying my best to keep focused, keep helping the team win and getting better."
Averaging 7.2 points as a rookie and 9.4 points in his second season caused him some anxiety—he was all too aware that he was already being labeled a disappointment and a bust, and he took that to heart.
"That's what the No. 2 tag comes with," he said. "Sometimes there are people who write stuff and say stuff that don't even watch the game, you know what I am saying? I enjoyed my first two years.
Turner admits that dealing with the criticism was hard for him. He had been a star at Ohio State, and signed with Falk (who was retired) mostly because Falk had represented Michael Jordan. While Turner never expected to be Jordan, he did expect to be a star in the league.
"I was young," he said. "When it came down to it, I got blamed for dang near everything. I wasn't this, I wasn't that. You become insecure about it."
After the Sixers' loss on the road to the Brooklyn Nets last night, Turner responded to the trade rumors with the following comment (per the Philadelphia Daily News' Bob Cooney):
"I really don't read the paper; whatever is going to occur is going to occur," said Turner, who is having his most productive season with a team-leading 18.1 points a game entering last night's game against the Nets. "I just focus on the next day. That's the honest-to-God truth. Until it happens, it's nothing to really worry about.
"I bleed Sixers red, white, blue. At the end of the day, I never really worry about it. If something needs to be discussed, [his agent] will let me know. Other than that, you go with the flow and go about your business. Whatever happens, happens."
No. 4: Warriors put new arena plans on hold — Way back in May of 2012, Golden State announced it would be building a new arena on the San Francisco waterfront with hopes of opening it in 2017. Since then, renderings have been released and Warriors fan fervor over the new digs has been rising all along. Apparently, that excitement will have to be put on the shelf for a while, per Phillip Matier And Andrew Ross of the San Francisco Chronicle. The Warriors are halting plans on the arena for at least a year, if not longer:
The Golden State Warriors are putting their goal of opening a waterfront arena in San Francisco by 2017 on hold for a year – and maybe longer.
"It's about getting it right, not about getting it done fast," said Warriors President Rick Welts.
In the past 20 months, the team has produced three rough designs in an attempt to come up with one palatable to its prospective waterfront neighbors and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, which must approve the deal. In the meantime, cost estimates for preparing Piers 30-32, on which the arena would sit, have doubled to $180 million.
The Warriors' acknowledgement that a 2017 opening won't happen comes just days before arena opponents are expected to turn in more than 15,000 signatures for a measure that would require the Warriors – and any other developer – to win voter approval to exceed current height limits along the waterfront. The deadline is Monday.
"We are going to ensure that the Warriors arena goes before voters," said Jim Stearns, the political consultant who is running the campaign for a June vote with the backing of the Sierra Club and others opposed to the 18,000-seat arena.
Backers had to gather the valid signatures of 9,702 registered voters to qualify their measure for the ballot. "The fact that this could get the needed signatures in just three weeks is a reflection of the kind of passion that is behind it," said former Mayor Art Agnos, the most prominent politico opposing the Warriors' proposal.
Meanwhile, the team is in talks to stay at Oracle Arena in Oakland beyond the 2016-17 season.
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Thunder star Kevin Durant maintains his position that he's not a fan of the 'Slim Reaper' nickname … Nuggets coach Brian Shaw expects Andre Miller to talk to him — not the other way around — if he wants back on the team … Rookie phenom Giannis Antetokounmpo has a bright future, but how can he realize it? … Good look at what role Andrew Bynum might serve with the Pacers this season … Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey says the team isn't 'on the same page', but he's open to remaining in Detroit long-term, too … Austrailian Draft prospect Dante Exum already has ideas on where he'd like to play in the NBA … Brandon Knight has his first hero moment in Milwaukee as the Bucks top the Knicks
ICYMI of the Night: In case, for some reason, you forget just how freakishly athletic LeBron James can be, this alley-oop against Detroit last night was a great reminder …
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Architect James Jagadish McCabe is a long-time devotee of Sri Gurudev who, along with his Florida firm, Atlantic Architects Group of Indialantic, is in charge of building LOTUS. Jagadish spoke candidly with The New Saivite World about the project while walking through the cavernous structure.
New Saivite World: Mr. McCabe, could you describe Swamiji's role in the work of building LOTUS?
Jagadish McCabe: I would say he is the architect and the builder. He and I have worked very closely for many years with it, and even now he comes down. Yesterday morning we spent two hours together going over two different aspects in a great deal of detail. His involvement is total...
Q: Was much special research necessary to equip yourself to handle LOTUS, it being such a unique architectural project?
A: Yes, and it has been a kind of constant update on different systems and techniques of construction...It's been quite an experience. Sometimes I feel like an architect in the Middle Ages, for here there is a real involvement I can rarely get in any project. It is like the master builder concept where you just get down in the mud and really understand the problems and solve them.
Q: Do you forsee building more LOTUS's?
A: Actually Gurudev talks about that, I'd like to build them forever... Last week he was talking about the next LOTUS and it sounded real serious. He said once we get it going and the feeling of LOTUS spreads that he thinks we'll need to build more centers.
Q: How does LOTUS integrate with Integral Yoga?
A: We had a really good discussion about that very thing the other day at a committee meeting for the LOTUS dedication in '85. We discussed it quite thoroughly, and how to present LOTUS to the world, and what it actually represented. Gurudev's feeling was that it represented his ideas, basically, which are very ecumenistic. And integral yoga itself is very inclusive. And he felt that the world would see it and understand it. So, I would say it's philosophically Gurudev's idea, but it is so inclusive that I think the world is going to find it a very comfortable spot.
We were very concerned about how to present it to the public without the attendant problems that we've all had with presenting things like this to the public. Gurudev said, "It doesn't matter. If your heart is in the right place, people will see it. They will just have to see it and understand it. People that want to feel differently already do. And we are probably not going to change their minds."
Q: How much has the Ramalingar shrine built in Vadallur, India, influenced the conception of LOTUS?
A: I've heard recently a lot about it from devotees of Gurudev's from India, and they were devotees of Sri Ramalingam, and they were very involved in the light, and so I would say it had a very strong philosophical basis, very strong...
Q: How would you respond to the thought that LOTUS's design emphasizes religious difference rather than unity?
A: Well, I see the 12 altars as being almost secondary to the uniqueness of the building and the oneness. The center really is the light, and the whole graphic with the light coming out of the center and shedding its light on the various religions tends to unify them...
But the central altar isn't an altar in the sense that we are used to in any religious tradition. It's almost just a graphic. It's a yantra, a meru - which, of course, is a three dimensional yantra - and the light comes out of that. The center of the shrine is tremendously charged. It has a gem box in the lower part of it, and all the way through the center, everything is right on that center - the main altar, the light and the colophon up above, spire which is some kind of cosmic antenae...
And the whole building is a yantra in itself. So, to be within the yantra, within a tremendously charged space, I think on the metaphysical level is really where the strength is. That's why I say it's a personal experience.
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Teens Pick 'Divergent' as Favorite Novel
NEW YORK (AP) - Veronica Roth is the current rave among teen readers, according to a new survey.
The young adult division of the American Library Association announced Monday that Roth's "Divergent" was picked No. 1 by teens voting online between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15. Roth's dystopian story has been compared to Suzanne Collins' million-selling "The Hunger Games."
John Green's "The Fault of Our Stars" was second, followed by Marie Lu's "Legend." Other favorites included Ransom Riggs' "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," Sarah Dessen's "What Happened to Goodbye" and Beth Revis' "Across the Universe."
Rounding out the list were books by Marissa Meyer, Maggie Stiefvater, Gayle Forman and Meg Cabot.
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35 Years Ago: Ted Nugent Releases 'State of Shock'
While many of classic rock's greatest artists were simply trying to get out of the '70s alive, Ted Nugent was absolutely thriving: packing arenas coast to coast and moving millions of records. He tried to keep the hot streak going by slipping one final album into stores before the end of the decade, delivering 'State of Shock' in May of '79.
Unfortunately, in a direct if unintended reflection of its "electrifying" cover image, the album (Ted's fifth proper solo effort, not counting his long association with the Amboy Dukes) offered decidedly mixed and unfamiliar results for long-serving Ted-heads.
It certainly opened in scorching fashion, thanks to galvanizing first single, 'Paralyzed,' which bore all of the familiar Gonzo trademarks and slithery slide guitars to boot. Not to be outdone, ensuing tracks such as the slow-boiling title cut, the provocative 'Bite Down Hard,' and the particularly vicious 'Snake Charmer' kept the high voltage rock and roll coming.
Unfortunately, additional rockers such as 'Take It or Leave It,' 'It Don't Matter' and 'Satisfied' lacked that distinctly manic Nugent energy -- an issue that exposed their dull, seemingly thrown-together lyrics. There was also an unusually straight-faced ballad, 'Alone' ( which truth be told, was a great showcase for singer Charlie Huhn) and an ill-fitting, oddly reminiscent of Cheap Trick paranoid pop-rocker, 'I Want to Tell You.'
In other words, the electrical charge promised by 'State of Shock' was, at best, delivered via alternating, not direct current, if you catch our metaphor. This inconsistency was eventually reflected in the album's rather brief passage through the U.S. Top 20, and disappointing sales -- although to be fair, it "just" went gold, where all of its recent predecessors had gone platinum.
Nevertheless, Nugent and and his band — bassist Walt Monaghan and drummer Cliff Davies — carried on gamely promoting 'State of Shock,' both on the road and in the media, throughout 1979 and well into 1980. This trek including stopping by ABC's short-lived 'Fridays' live comedy show for this sizzling rendition of 'Paralyzed.'
Watch Ted Nugent Perform 'Paralyzed'
Sadly, the '80s wouldn't treat Ted Nugent nearly as well as the '70s did; but at least we can all agree that his legacy from the second half of that decade alone would be cause for incredible pride for most any artist. And as we've stated many times, to this very day there's few things better to spend your money on than a ticket to one of Uncle Ted's still-incendiary live shows.


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Toward an HIV Cure: Overview and Latest Strategies
November 3, 2012
How close are we to an HIV cure? What have we learned from the precious few "functional cure" cases out there, and what other interventions are being developed?
To answer these questions, Joseph Eron, M.D., director of the University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research, provided an overview of HIV cure research at IDWeek 2012. In his presentation, he reviewed the barriers to a cure, while highlighting the current and potential strategies being researched.
Three Patients "Functionally" Cured
Eron started by highlighting the known cases of patients who appear to have been "functionally" cured of their HIV infection. Timothy Brown, whose case has been widely reported, received two stem-cell transplants for leukemia in 2006. His CD4+ cells were replaced by the donor's CD4+ cells, which lacked the CCR5 receptor that HIV primarily attaches to, effectively making him immune to most forms of HIV. He has been off therapy for over five years without the virus rebounding.
Similarly, two other patients show no traces of HIV in their blood after receiving stem-cell transplants. Unlike Timothy Brown, these two patients received donor cells that did not lack the CCR5 receptor. However, because they were on antiretroviral therapy during the transplant period, the donor cells were not infected with HIV. Although the two patients are still on treatment, at 1,300 days post-transplant, no virus can be detected, even with a single-copy assay.
Eron noted that stem-cell transplants are too toxic, too dangerous and too expensive for most individuals living with HIV. However, he suggested that for HIV-infected individuals who need a stem-cell transplant, curing HIV should also be a goal. Regardless, he said, any intervention should be time limited and tolerable, with only moderate risk and a measurable level of success -- it doesn't have to be 100%, Eron said, but we have to start somewhere.
Cure Barriers: Why HIV Persists Despite Treatment
The first and biggest hurdle to achieving a cure for HIV is an infected person's pool of latently infected cells, specifically resting CD4+ cells, Eron pointed out. These cells would be part of hidden HIV "reservoirs" that continue to evade current antiretrovirals. There are different reservoir sites in the body, including the blood, gut, central nervous system and kidneys. They consist of resting CD4+ cells, but could include other cell types. Targeting and eradicating the HIV reservoir remains the number one challenge, Eron said.
Eron also briefly mentioned the role that may be played by long-lived cells, such as macrophages and microglia. "Turns out if you get chemotherapy and radiation, your microglia in your brain actually turn over. That's perhaps one reason why people who get transplants don't relapse in the brain with HIV," he stated. While residual HIV replication may exist in the body, Eron hypothesized that it probably exists in a low level and wouldn't be a major barrier to a cure.
The last barriers Eron listed were HIV-specific immunity loss and generalized immune dysfunction among patients who have been virally suppressed for a long time.
HIV's Evolution in the Body
After patients start treatment, HIV doesn't seem to evolve or diversify for at least six years among those who stay on treatment, Eron said, referencing work done by Mary Kearney, Ph.D., and John Coffin, Ph.D. However, Eron raised a finding he found particularly disturbing: HIV "clone cells" that were showing up five or six years after treatment initiation. "There are things called predominant plasma clones. This is a clone of the virus that's almost identical. There are some cells that are producing identical virus over long periods of time," Eron explained.
"That either means there's one cell producing a giant amount of virus that lives for a long time, or what I think is going on: There's probably a cell that's divided -- maybe it was a stem cell and then it proliferated -- and it continues to produce virus. I think those may be another hurdle we may run into," he continued.
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Mike Leake held New York's floundering offense to just three hits over seven innings of work, and the Cincinnati Reds shut out the Mets, 4-0, on Tuesday to take the second test of a three-game set.
The Reds managed only seven hits, but took advantage of a two-out error by Mets third baseman David Wright to score two of their three first-inning runs.
That's all the support Leake (4-2) needed to notch his third straight victory and fourth in five games. The righty struck out four and set down nine of the last 10 New York batters he faced.
"Leake threw a great ball game," said Reds manager Dusty Baker. "He had it all going on tonight, his last start too and the start before that. He's throwing the ball well."
Devin Mesoraco forced a run in with a bases-loaded walk then hit a solo homer in the ninth to help the Reds to their ninth win in 11 games.
After a lengthy first inning, Jonathon Niese (3-5) settled in and went on to record a season-best seven strikeouts, but couldn't get any help from a feeble lineup which has produced a combined eight hits in the last two games.
The Mets have won just two of their last 12 contests at Citi Field, where they have scored less than three runs in nine straight. Lucas Duda and John Buck each doubled and were stranded in scoring position.
Niese managed to toss six innings after a frustrating start. He retired the first two batters he faced but then needed 41 more pitches to get through the opening frame.
Joey Votto and Jay Bruce each worked walks around a single from Brandon Phillips, and Cincinnati sent Todd Frazier to the plate with the bases loaded.
Frazier hit a hard but playable ball toward third, but Wright let the ball go through the wickets and the miscue allowed two runs to score.
An infield single from Donald Lutz reloaded the bases, but after Niese walked Mesoraco to make it 3-0 Reds, he bounced back from the 48-pitch frame to retire 16 of the last 19 batters he faced without giving up another run.
"He really pitched well after the first inning," said Mets manager Terry Collins. "He started making pitches and throwing strikes."
Leake didn't give the Mets many opportunities to score, but his toughest test came in the fourth after issuing a walk to Duda and surrendering a two-out double to Buck.
That brought up the struggling Ike Davis, who grounded out softly to first to end the threat. New York's first base man is hitless in his last 24 chances with runners in scoring position and mired in a 1-for-36 slump overall.
"It's all part of playing here," said Collins about the crowd booing Davis. "When you're scuffling, you got to be a big boy and face it and I think Ike has handled it very well so far."
Reds relievers Sam LeCure and Logan Ondrusek pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth inning, respectively, and Mesoraco delivered a solo blast in the Reds' final turn at-bat.
Game Notes
New York has lost nine of its last 12 games overall ... Mets reliever Scott Rice made his major league-leading 27th appearance out of the bullpen, tossing a scoreless eighth ... The Reds have won 11 of their last 15 road games ... Votto went 1-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.


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Narrative Documents
Neil Brown MK3 CTD
The Neil Brown MK3 conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiler consists of an integral unit containing pressure, temperature and conductivity sensors with an optional dissolved oxygen sensor in a pressure-hardened casing. The most widely used variant in the 1980s and 1990s was the MK3B. An upgrade to this, the MK3C, was developed to meet the requirements of the WOCE project.
The MK3C includes a low hysteresis, titanium strain gauge pressure transducer. The transducer temperature is measured separately, allowing correction for the effects of temperature on pressure measurements. The MK3C conductivity cell features a free flow, internal field design that eliminates ducted pumping and is not affected by external metallic objects such as guard cages and external sensors.
Additional optional sensors include pH and a pressure-temperature fluorometer. The instrument is no longer in production, but is supported (repair and calibration) by General Oceanics.
These specification apply to the MK3C version.
6500 m
3200 m (optional)
|-3 to 32°C
|1 to 6.5 S cm-1
0.03% FS < 1 msec
0.003°C < 30 msec
0.0001 S cm-1
0.0003 S cm-1 < 30 msec
Further details can be found in the specification sheet.
Aquatracka fluorometer
The Chelsea Instruments Aquatracka is a logarithmic response fluorometer. It uses a pulsed (5.5 Hz) xenon light source discharging between 320 and 800 nm through a blue filter with a peak transmission of 420 nm and a bandwidth at half maximum of 100 nm. A red filter with sharp cut off, 10% transmission at 664 nm and 678 nm, is used to pass chlorophyll-a fluorescence to the sample photodiode.
The instrument may be deployed either in a through-flow tank, on a CTD frame or moored with a data logging package.
Further details can be found in the manufacturer's specification sheet.
Chelsea Technologies Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Irradiance Sensor
This sensor was originally designed to assist the study of marine photosynthesis. With the use of logarithmic amplication, the sensor covers a range of 6 orders of magnitude, which avoids setting up the sensor range for the expected signal level for different ambient conditions.
The sensor consists of a hollow PTFE 2-pi collector supported by a clear acetal dome diverting light to a filter and photodiode from which a cosine response is obtained. The sensor can be used in moorings, profiling or deployed in towed vehicles and can measure both upwelling and downwelling light.
|Operation depth
|1000 m
|2000 to 0.002 µE m-2 s-1
|Angular Detection Range
|± 130° from normal incidence
|Relative Spectral Sensitivity
flat to ± 3% from 450 to 700 nm
down 8% of 400 nm and 36% at 350 nm
Further details can be found in the manufacturer's specification sheet.
SeaTech Transmissometer
The transmissometer is designed to accurately measure the the amount of light transmitted by a modulated Light Emitting Diode (LED) through a fixed-length in-situ water column to a synchronous detector.
- Water path length: 5 cm (for use in turbid waters) to 1 m (for use in clear ocean waters).
- Beam diameter: 15 mm
- Transmitted beam collimation: <3 milliradians
- Receiver acceptance angle (in water): <18 milliradians
- Light source wavelength: usually (but not exclusively) 660 nm (red light)
The instrument can be interfaced to Aanderaa RCM7 current meters. This is achieved by fitting the transmissometer in a slot cut into a customized RCM4-type vane.
A red LED (660 nm) is used for general applications looking at water column sediment load. However, green or blue LEDs can be fitted for specilised optics applications. The light source used is identified by the BODC parameter code.
Further details can be found in the manufacturer's Manual.
RRS Challenger 99 CTD Data Documentation
The CTD profiles were taken with an RVS Neil Brown Systems Mk3B CTD incorporating a pressure sensor, conductivity cell, platinum resistance thermometer and a Beckmann dissolved oxygen sensor. The CTD unit was mounted vertically in the centre of a protective cage approximately 1.5 m square. Attached to the bars of the frame was a Chelsea Instruments Aquatracka fluorometer and a SeaTech red light (661 nm) transmissometer with a 25 cm path length.
Above the frame was a General Oceanics rosette sampler fitted with twelve 10-litre water bottles. These comprised a mixture of Niskin, general purpose Go-Flo and ultra-clean teflon lined Go-Flo bottles as dictated by sampling requirements. The bases of the bottles were 0.75 m above the pressure head and their tops 1.55 m above it. One bottle was fitted with a holder for twin digital reversing thermometers mounted 1.38 m above the CTD temperature sensor.
Above the rosette was a PML 2pi PAR (photosynthetically available radiation) sensor pointing upwards to measure downwelling irradiance. A second 2pi PAR sensor, pointing downwards, was fitted to the bottom of the cage to measure upwelling irradiance. It should be noted that these sensors were vertically separated by 2 metres with the upwelling sensor 0.2 metres below the pressure head and the downwelling sensor 1.75 metres above it.
No account has been taken of rig geometry in the compilation of the CTD data set. However, all water bottle sampling depths have been corrected for rig geometry and represent the true position of the midpoint of the water bottle in the water column.
Data Acquisition
On each cast the CTD was lowered to a depth of approximately 5 metres and held until the oxygen reading stabilised. It was then raised to the surface and lowered continuously at 0.5 to 1.0 m s-1 to the closest comfortable proximity to the sea floor. The upcast was done in stages between the bottle firing depths.
Data were logged by the Research Vessel Services ABC data logging system. Output channels from the deck unit were logged at 16 Hz by a microprocessor interface (the Level A) which passed time stamped averaged cycles at 1Hz to a Sun workstation (the Level C) via a buffering system (the Level B).
On-Board Data Processing
The raw data comprised ADC counts. These were converted into engineering units (Volts for PAR meters, fluorometer and transmissometer; ml l-1for oxygen; mohms cm-1 for conductivity; °C for temperature; decibars for pressure) by the application of laboratory determined calibrations. Salinity (Practical Salinity Units as defined in Fofonoff and Millard,1983) was calculated from the conductivity ratios (conductivity / 42.914) and a time lagged temperature using the function described in UNESCO Report 37 (1981) .
The data were submitted to BODC in this form on Quarter Inch Cartridge tapes in RVS internal format for post-cruise processing and databanking.
Post-Cruise Processing
The data were converted into the BODC internal format (PXF) to allow the use of in-house software tools, notably the workstation graphics editor. In addition to reformatting, the transfer program applied the following modifications to the data:
- Dissolved oxygen was converted from ml l-1 to µM by multiplying the values by 44.66.
- Transmissometer voltages were corrected to the manufacturer's specified voltage (4.813V) by ratio using transmissometer air readings recorded during the cruise (4.656V).
- Transmissometer voltages were converted to percentage transmission by multiplying them by a factor of 20.
- The transmissometer data were converted to attenuance using the algorithm:-
|attenuance = -4 * ln (percent transmittance / 100)
Reformatted CTD data were transferred onto a high speed graphics workstation. Using custom in-house graphics editors, downcasts and upcasts were differentiated and the limits of the downcasts and upcasts were manually flagged.
Secondly, spikes on all the downcast channels were manually flagged. No data values were edited or deleted; quality control was achieved by modification of the associated quality control flag.
The pressure ranges over which the bottle samples were being collected were logged by manual interaction with the software. Usually, the marked reaction of the oxygen sensor to the bottle firing sequence was used to determine this. These pressure ranges were subsequently used, in conjunction with a geometrical correction for the position of the water bottles with respect to the CTD pressure transducer, to determine the pressure range of data to be averaged for calibration values.
Once screened on the workstation, the CTD downcasts were loaded into a database under the ORACLE Relational DataBase Management System. As no oxygen calibration data were available for this cruise, all oxygen data values were flagged as suspect.
With the exception of pressure, calibrations were done by comparison of CTD data against measurements made on water bottle samples or, for temperature, from the reversing thermometers mounted on the water bottles. In general, values were averaged from the CTD downcasts but where inspection on a graphics workstation showed significant hysteresis, values were manually extracted from the CTD upcasts.
All calibrations described here have been applied to the data.
The pressure offset was determined by looking at the pressures recorded when the CTD was clearly logging in air (readily apparent from the conductivity channel). No single consistent value was observed throughout the cruise, though periods of stability were identified. The following corrections were applied:
|Corrected pressure = Observed pressure + 0.06
|Corrected pressure = Observed pressure - 0.25
|Corrected pressure = Observed pressure - 0.29
|Corrected pressure = Observed pressure - 0.24
|Corrected pressure = Observed pressure - 0.16
|Corrected pressure = Observed pressure - 0.10
|Corrected pressure = Observed pressure - 0.05
The CTD temperature was compared with the digital reversing thermometers attached to the water bottles and was found to agree closely. Consequently, no correction has been applied to the temperature data.
Salinity was calibrated against water bottle samples measured on the Guildline 55358 Autolab Salinometer during the cruise. Samples, generally taken from the first bottle fired, were collected in glass bottles filled to just below the neck and sealed with plastic stoppers. Batches of samples were left for at least 24 hours to reach thermal equilibrium in the constant temperature laboratory containing the salinometer before analysis.
Examination of the offsets between bottle and CTD data showed that they fell into two distinct groups. Separate calibrations have been determined for these as follows:
|Corrected salinity = Observed salinity - 0.011
|Corrected salinity = Observed salinity - 0.007
No extracted chlorophyll data were available for this cruise. The CTD fluorometer values have been calibrated using the chlorophyll calibration for Challenger cruise CH41 which operated in the same area and same time of year as CH99.
The calibration applied was:
|Chlorophyll (mg m-3) = exp (1.199*V - 2.238) (n=132,R2 =33.4%)
The upwelling irradiance sensor malfunctioned throughout this cruise and consequently there are no data. The downwelling irradiance data were converted to µE/m2/s using the following equation determined by RVS in February 1990.
|Downwelling PAR = exp (-5.123 * V + 7.0194) * 0.0375
Note that the scaling constant of 0.0375 is an empirical conversion from µW/cm2. The data may therefore be converted to W/m2 by dividing by 3.75 if required.
Suspended Particulate Matter
The attenuance data were calibrated in terms of suspended particulate material by regressing attenuance values at the bottle firing depths against gravimetric determinations of sediment load.
The calibration obtained was:
|Suspended particulate load = (attenuance + 1.05) / 0.1935 (n=60; R2=93.8%)
It should be noted that the intercept of this calibration (-1.05) differs significantly from the theoretically predicted value of 0.37.
Data Reduction
Once all screening and calibration procedures were completed, the data set was binned to 2 db (casts deeper than 100 db) or 1 db (casts shallower than 100 db). The binning algorithm excluded any data points flagged suspect and attempted linear interpolation over gaps up to 3 bins wide. If any gaps larger than this were encountered, the data in the gaps were set null.
Data Warnings
The fluorometer calibration from another cruise (CH41) had to be used as no extracted chlorophyll data were available from this cruise.
The intercept of the transmissometer SPM calibration deviates significantly from the theoretically predicted value
There are no upwelling irradiance data from this cruise.
Fofonoff N.P., and Millard Jr., R.C. 1982. Algorithms for Computation of Fundamental Properties of Seawater. UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science 44.
Project Information
Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS)
The Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) was a Community Research Project of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The broad aim of LOIS was to gain an understanding of, and an ability to predict, the nature of environmental change in the coastal zone around the UK through an integrated study from the river catchments through to the shelf break.
LOIS was a collaborative, multidisciplinary study undertaken by scientists from NERC research laboratories and Higher Education institutions. The LOIS project was managed from NERC's Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
The project ran for six years from April 1992 until April 1998 with a further modelling and synthesis phase beginning in April 1998 and ending in April 2000.
Project Structure
LOIS consisted of the following components:
- River-Atmosphere-Coast Study (RACS)
- RACS(A) - Atmospheric sub-component
- RACS(C) - Coasts sub-component
- RACS(R) - Rivers sub-component
- BIOTA - Terrestrial salt marsh study
- Land Ocean Evolution Perspective Study (LOEPS)
- Shelf-Edge Study (SES)
- North Sea Modelling Study (NORMS)
- Data Management (DATA)
Marine Fieldwork
Marine field data were collected between September 1993 and September 1997 as part of RACS(C) and SES. The RACS data were collected throughout this period from the estuaries and coastal waters of the UK North Sea coast from Great Yarmouth to the Tweed. The SES data were collected between March 1995 and September 1996 from the Hebridean slope. Both the RACS and SES data sets incorporate a broad spectrum of measurements collected using moored instruments and research vessel surveys.
Data Activity or Cruise Information
|Cruise Name
|Departure Date
|Arrival Date
|Principal Scientist(s)
|Alan W Morris (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
|RRS Challenger
Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here
Fixed Station Information
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Rampage needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 16 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Extend current business logo for internet business
Wealth Rampage
My company is Rampage Inc. tag line "take your sales on a rampage" I help organizations sell better by shaking up their sales teams and developing their selling skills. I like the Rampage brand and want to extend it into helping people increase their Wealth through numerous business opportunities that I have. I thought Wealth Rampage with a tag line "take your wealth on a rampage..." would be a good way to extend the brand.
I have a business card for my current Sales Consulting business and I like the look and feel of that - I'm not locked on the same red/black color scheme so feel free to experiment. I like edgy designs. You can see the font and color scheme at
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Create White Space in Your Life to Gain a Competitive Edge
For busy entrepreneurs who live and die by their calendars, Jeff Boss suggests penciling in white space to achieve some level of work-life stability.
The former Navy SEAL turned business consultant says intentionally adding white space to your agenda book or scheduling app helps you be more proactive "rather than reactive and putting out office fires as they ignite." In this Google Hangout, Boss discusses the critical move of setting up white space on your calendar to prevent burnout in the long-run.
Related: 4 Ways to Steal Time for Yourself and Find a Better Balance


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The first photo was taken about 1943 and I'm standing next to a family heirloom that I would dearly love to find. I was told that my great-grandfather, M. F. Michels, a skilled carpenter and painter of detailed and exquisite embellishments on the passenger cars for the Milwaukee Railroad at their shops in Dubuque, handcrafted this sled, perhaps for my father, his grandson. It was a deep maroon and the scene in front is of a deer and other animals in the forest. After I left home to start nursing school and as my parents moved into their second home, my father donated many beautiful family pieces from his childhood, including this sled, to St. Vincent de Paul. I never dreamed I had to ask to keep it.
This photo was taken the winter of 1944 in our backyard in Dubuque, Iowa. It looks like I struggled to make it this far, falling a few times. Not long after, I'm sure I sat inside next to the heat register from our coal furnace, trying to get warm, a favorite place for my sisters and me to dress during the cold winter mornings.
By February, 1947, when the following photo was taken, my sister, Carolyn, had arrived. Here, she and I stand guard over a fort my father made by piling the snow until the walls were higher than my shoulders. My winter memories are of deep, deep snow. Now I know why...I was a lot shorter back then.
The last photo was taken during January, 1949. My second sister, Liz, was to arrive two months later. The snow looks too cold to pack into perfect snowballs, a common problem during our cold, cold winters. But we could eat it.


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Whether you call it a Stag, Bachelors or Bucks the principle is the same; one man's best mates spend a weekend taking him down to Chinatown, all the way down. For such splendid occasions alcohol is important but costumes are more important because never again will you be able to dress the man of the hour in something he really doesn't want to wear.
Statistically 57% of stags will be dressed as a woman. We are very supportive of this as it should be the costumes equivalent to hell for him, and this is it for many men. However, we think that some of the best stag costume ideas are when the stag is dressed as one character and then all the other members of the stag are dressed as a co-ordinating alternative character. Gru and the Minions and Snow White and the 7 Dwarves being our particular favourites!
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Zionist fingerprints all over 9/11 attacks: David Duke
US President Barack Obama has signed a proclamation, designating the anniversary of the September 11 attacks as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.
In December 2001, the US Congress designated the anniversary of the attacks as Patriot Day. In April 2009, Congress requested the observance of the anniversary as an annually recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance.
Nearly 3,000 people died during the attacks on September 11, 2001, including two planes crashing into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Both towers collapsed within two hours.
However, there are still many unanswered questions regarding the attacks, and many believe that the whole incident was an inside job, designed to justify subsequent US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Press TV has conducted an interview with David Duke, member of the House of Representatives, from New Orleans, to further discuss the issue.


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Apple's new Magic Trackpad clicks, has unique three-finger gestureReleased Tuesday, Apple's Magic Trackpad acts just like a bigger version of the multi-touch trackpads found on the company's notebook computers, though it does include one new, unique gesture for moving windows.
The customizable device can have certain features enabled or disabled through software, including options such as tap-to-click. Like the trackpad on a current MacBook or MacBook Pro, the entire surface can be pushed for a physical click as well.
According to Engadget, the hardware also comes with one exclusive new feature: a three-finger gesture that allows users to drag windows around quickly.
Much like can already be done on a Mac desktop via the Magic Mouse, the Magic Trackpad offers standard multi-touch gestures, including two-finger scrolling, pinch to zoom, rotate, and three-finger swiping. Users can also invoke Expose or switch between applications by using four fingers, all capabilities previously found on the company's notebook multi-touch trackpads.
In the Magic Trackpad's software settings, users can enable or disable tap to click, dragging, drag lock, a localized secondary click (such as tapping in a specific corner of the trackpad). Other features include inertia-based scrolling, screen zoom, pinch to open and close, and the aforementioned new three-finger dragging.
"It's made with smooth, wear-resistant glass that feels great to the touch," Apple said. "And its nearly 80 percent larger than the built-in trackpad on the MacBook Pro, giving you plenty of room to perform gestures. Because the entire surface of Magic Trackpad is a button, you can click on objects just as you would using a traditional mouse. And Magic Trackpad sits at the same height and angle as the Apple Wireless Keyboard, so you can go from trackpad to keyboard in one seamless motion."
The $69 wireless device works with any Bluetooth-enabled Mac, and can be connected up to 33 feet away. The device also detects periods of inactivity to conserve battery life, and has a dedicated on-off switch. Apple has said that the device will operate for "months at a time" without the need to replace its AA batteries.
In addition to two AA batteries —which are included, and which Apple now sells in a rechargeable form —the new Magic Trackpad requires users to have a Bluetooth-enabled Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.4 and the latest software update.


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'"A kirkyan is, if I understand it right, a spime weighted toward the temporal."
Not quite. It's weighted toward the multi-dimensional and the temporal dimensions (plural) just so happen to be the most important because they facilitate a multi-vector, evolutionary system.
"It's an info-object, and maybe a "blobject" that, like a spime, exists primarily as information."
A kirkyan is a superset of both. A blogject (which I believe is to what you're referring), is much more limited. The RadTag device I designed a couple of years ago fits that description. A spime is a superset to a blogject, but by definition it's limited in a number of ways - primary among them being the caveats that it always starts as 3D data (a "virtual" object), is then fabricated into our reality and then is trackable to the end of it's physical existence at which time that object expires (even if the data is collected did not). A kirkyan has no such limitations (and perhaps lacks a few others that don't come readily to mind).
"It becomes material when needed, instantiating on the fly, ..."
No. There is always a material version. The reason for this is simple survival so that it can "evolve" (although it's by no means an AI). A purely virtual instance leaves a kirkyan vulnerable to a computer virus that might wipe out the virtual space in which is exists (i.e. the entire database). Because the instantiations remain in contact, whatever a virtual instance learns is passed on and preserved in the other(s).
The more redundancy, the better the chances of survival. But even with only one virtual and one physical, the chances are dramatically improved. In the event the physical is destroyed for whatever reason, it can then be refabricated (using new RP/RM technologies like EBM or SLM) by the same device to which a spime ends up - the recycle bin.
That last bit makes sense to me because with advances in materials and material reclamation (including the use of bacteria to break down styrenes and other nasty plastics), it makes sense to have the object itself be part of the system that recreates it. It's a bit like a phoenix.
"... and is extremely modifiable and hackable (by its users)."
That would depend on the creator of the original kirkyan. Some will be resistant - and for good reason. An environmental sensor/response kirkyan (say for oil-spill clean up) is not something I'd necessarily want to be hackable or modifiable by just anyone.
Some authors may choose to not allow their books to become modified by outsiders, but may themselves somehow adapt over time. Other authors will doubtlessly open up their work.
"Books will be kirkyans when publishers make info about the book (like all the user reviews, ratings, editorial reviews, concordances, and even message boards and wikis to supplement the document, etc.) available with the book "object",..."
The creator of the original makes this determination (much like how Second Life's system works with creator's granting different level of permissions on the objects they create). And for books, you might have an author who limits modification of his creation by disallowing someone from changing the actual text, but allowing people to add notes to the text. You might get a kirkyan book and select a particular reviewer, for example, whose notes might be accessed through highlighted text (the new e-ink technologies will make this a nice option).
Then the author, who then sells rights to a publisher, might then specify that the publisher may not a) alter the text in any manner, and b) prevent the addition of notes from public reviewers. There might be any number of "rights" assigned and could get very complex and complicated.
I expect levels of control will get very granular - at least for some time until a "best practices" model emerges and a collection of "rights" is packaged more easily. At some point, however, average people will have to grapple with issues very similar to what corporations are currently going through; all part of the democratization of production.
"and especially when the book "object" includes some kind of device that allows the book to get updates (new information about itself, errata, an addendum, and anything from the above list, etc.) and some kind of "smart" or non-inert or non-static or modifiable "paper"."
The physical book/kirkyan will soon be an electronic paper and as such updating becomes a non-issue. And connectivity so that it remains continuously connected will also soon be with us. Blogjects can be made now. There are objects that seem to come close to being spimes of which I'm aware (spatially-limited and not very "cradle-to-grave" at this point). After the spimes are in place, kirkyans would come next in the development tree - and a book may very well be the first one.
A book could be written and a "master" version could be fabricated (using electronic paper, built-in networking, aso). The question in my mind is what happens when it allows distribution across virtual spaces - millions of e-book readers. You might then have kirkyan P and kirkyans V1, V2, V3, etc etc (different virtual versions for each reader platform). And from those millions, perhaps a few thousand become reviewers on just one platform (e.g. V2'3579) and provide feeds back to V2' (V 2 prime - the "master" for that platform). Now V2' sends those on to the others - kirkyan P, kirkyan V1, V3, V4, etc. You can see that the data collected could grow very fast.
Now when you consider all this, filtering out the garbage might be a good idea. But you get to one early stated problem with mp3's. I once read comments by a small label president (very small label) that reminded people that a big part of what they did was help filter the crap (he was defending labels in general). True a few years ago. Not so true anymore. Arguably some web 2.0 systems do this now using social apps and ranking systems. But those social apps are increasingly getting bought up by major corporations, so one has to ask whether there is (again) undue influence in the filtering process. And if not the corporations, it's users who learn how to game a system to gain some personal advantage. These are issues.
Tough nut to crack. I don't have any idea right now how that will all play out, tbh.
"This sentence is for stating clearly that I don't think all documents should be editable by anybody; also note that hackability is not, as I see it, a requisite for kirkyans."
Sorry. I'm editing as I go. Take above comments in the spirit of the moment.
"In my opinion, that's going to be empowered by the cellphone -- or something like it that's soon to come."
I tend to agree. Flexible displays will really offer some advantages to bridging the cell phone with the PC - in terms of visibility/useability.
"Where a kirked person and a kirked "book" talk the same language and recongnize each other as belonging to the same, well, species."
I've come across the idea of "species" before. I actually was careful to exclude living things from the definition of a kirkyan and that was to help avoid this kind of confusion. It's a difficult enough concept I think without including living things. I think at that point we're getting to real artificial intelligence. I was hoping to help bridge the gap between what we had now (complex "AI" algorithms) and true self-awareness. Hence the need for a spime that has DNA and redundancy to ensure survival.
"All kirking things kirk toward intelligence -- whether you want to call that "artificial" or not."
Exactly. And whether they achieve it or not. Some kirkyans will be wiped out. Some will have built-in failsafes to prevent is (I hope the current military systems in development employing UCAVs have this). No system is perfect. Someone could infect the physical with a virus which promulgated the code to every virtual instantiation. Tough to do though. If just one computer is off the net for any length of time, the kirkyan can survive.
"Libraries are ideal breeding and testing grounds for spimes and kirkyans. Libraries could become kirkyan "timesuites". Libraries, their users, and their "books" would join into some kind of new form of life or consciousness. Libraries would become self-aware and ubiquitous."
When you think about it, what is a library? The future library could itself be a kirkyan of sorts. Perhaps we need a new definition for something that collects together kirkyan physical instantiations and tracks all their activity? An "entyary" - enterprise-level collection of kirkyans. Or something like that.'


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Several recent newspaper articles, including one published in the December 12, 2011 edition of Tuoi Tre, draw attention to the status of the Silvered langur (Trachypithecus germaini) populations on the karst hills of Kien Luong District, Kien Giang Province. As the Tuoi Tre article states, this species is assessed as Endangered by IUCN, the International Union of Conservation of Nature, because it is believed to have undergone a decline exceeding 50% over the past 36 years (three generations, given a generation length of 12 years) due to a combination of habitat loss and hunting pressure (http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/39874/0). The Tuoi Tre article also correctly acknowledges the unique biodiversity of the Kien Luong karst hills.
Since 2008, Holcim Vietnam Limited (HVL) and IUCN have cooperated to mitigate the environmental impacts of HVL's quarrying operations at its Hon Chong site in Kien Luong. This has included funding to the Center of Biodiversity and Development (CBD), which is part of the Institute of Tropical Biology (ITB), to survey the area's Silvered langur populations and to propose measures to conserve them given current and planned quarrying by HVL and several state-owned cement companies. CBD's surveys provide a detailed understanding of the distribution of these langur populations and measures that would ensure their survival.
While addressing an issue of high conservation importance, some the Tuoi Tre article's statements are incomplete and potentially misleading. To provide readers with a better understanding of the issues, we would like to draw attention to the following points.
First, while HVL quarried the west side of Bai Voi between 2006 and 2010, this did not directly affect the 28 langurs living in the northern part of the karst hill (known as Mo So). In 2010, HVL started quarrying vertically on the west side of Bai Voi. This quarrying is not believed to be having an serious impact on the langurs.
Second, in response to CBD's survey results, HVL has slowed down quarrying the northern part of Khoe La, which is home to 48 langurs. The southern part of Khoe La, which supports 30 langurs, however, is being quarried by the Ha Tien II cement company. This threatens to cut the connection between the northern part of Khoe La and the mangrove belt along which the langurs could migrate to Ba Tai to the south. In 2010, CBD reported this risk to Kien Giang DONRE but no action has been taken.
Third, to assist the potential migration of the langurs to Ba Tai, HVL is supporting mangrove replanting in the mangrove belt. However, the cutting of shrimp ponds in the mangroves, which are under DARD management, threatens this connectivity. Near Khoe La, the mangrove belt is only 30 meters wide and is composed of young trees. This habitat may be too poor for the langurs to use.
Finally, as the article states, the Kien Giang PPC has assigned DONRE to establish a nature reserve to protect Kien Luong's remaining karst hills. Since 2009, CBD has provided DONRE with extensive data and information on the area's biodiversity to support the preparation of a feasibility study and investment plan for the nature reserve. Despite this assistance, the area is not yet legally protected. Once the nature reserve is established, HVL, recognizing that its quarrying operations have unavoidable environmental impacts, is prepared to support management of the nature reserve and its langurs. But the responsibility for creating the reserve lies with the provincial government, not with HVL or CBD.
We would also like to bring to the attention of your readers that in addition to helping to protect the Silvered langurs, HVL supports work by the International Crane Foundation (ICF) to protect the Sarus crane in the Phu My grasslands. The Sarus crane (Grus antigone) is assessed as Vulnerable by IUCN. A nature reserve has been proposed to safeguard the Phu My grasslands against further encroachment, but no decision has yet been taken. As with the karst hills, responsibility to establish a nature reserve lies with the provincial government.
The key message is that conserving Kien Luong's unique biodiversity is a collective responsibility involving all cement companies, international and state-owned, provincial government, scientific organizations, NGOs, and local communities. A great deal is known about the area's langurs, cranes, and other globally threatened biodiversity. But effectively protecting them requires a commitment by the provincial government to, first, work with the state-owned cement companies to adjust their quarrying plans to take into account potential langur migration routes and, second, to establish nature reserves to protect the karst hills and grasslands.


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Robin is the slightly power-mad, perfectionist leader of the group whose main complaint is that the other Titans just won't do what he says.
Beast Boy is Cyborg's best bud--a slightly dim but loveable loafer who transforms into all sorts of animals when he's not eating burritos and watching TV.
Cyborg is a laid-back, half-teen, half-robot who's more interested in pizza and video games than in fighting crime
Starfire is an alien struggling to fit in and learn the ways of Earth while driving Robin insane with unrequited puppy love.
Raven is the sarcastic, deadpan demon girl who'd rather be left alone.
Teen Titans Go! features hilarious, all-new adventures of Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy. They're superheroes who save the day, but what happens when they're not fighting crime? Join the Teen Titans and see what sort of comedy chaos their rivalries and relationships cause next. Learn more about Teen Titans Go! on Cartoon Network!


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Like Donald Trump's execu-mullet, the Rolls Royce-amino is business up front and a wild party out back. There are two for sale on eBay right now, meaning it's finally your chance to hold the most ostentatious Home Depot hauling ever.
Built by customizers for customers with conspicuous taste and big pockets, no one knows how many Rolls-Royce-aminos and we'd have guessed the number was in the two-digit range until we found two for sale at the same time.
The first model, for sale in Ft. Lauderale, is a 1972 Silver Shadow II converted into truck duty with a covered bad in a stunning white. It's erroneously and hilariously advertised as "THE ONLY ROLLS ROYCE PICK UP IN THE WHOLE WORLD." Not quite, but the RR is in amazing condition considering the driving habits if someone who needs/wants one. There's a buy-it-now price of just $39,950, which compares well to a new F350 Lariat.
The second model is a 1969 Silver Shadow in a rich black for sale in Minnesota. This is the true collector's item as the car was owned by artist/sculpter Bill Mack. This one also is advertised as "the only known Rolls Royce Pickup Truck in the United States, possibly world." Error aside, the car possesses a more detailed lineage, including the revelation it was put together by Foreman Motors of West Palm Beach at a cost of $100,000. The bed cover isn't quite as nicely constructed as the white version, but it's still totally classy. It's listed at a buy-it-now price of $64,900.
It's a great deal because for $125,000 you can own two identical cars the owners insist are one-of-a-kind.
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