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Philips monitors with LED backlighting are free from Mercury, one of the most toxic natural substances, which affects humans and animals. This reduces the environmental impact of the display throughout its lifecycle, from manufacturing to disposal.
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Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is an author and foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN on Sundays at 1 and 5 p.m. ET
New York (CNN) -- In the wake of the failed Christmas Day airplane bombing, President Obama ordered speedy reviews of how the air security system failed and the Transportation Security Administration began enhanced screening for passengers traveling through 14 nations.
Finding the flaws in the system is needed, foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria told CNN, but he said much of the response from politicians in Washington amounts to an overreaction.
"We have to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security, that there are inevitably going to be lapses," Zakaria said. "Those lapses must be fixed, this is not an excuse for anything, but we must also be careful not to fulfill the exact intent of the terrorists by going berserk as a consequence.
"The clearest flaw here is that when the intelligence about this guy was received from his father, there should have been some standard operating procedure somewhere where somebody said, 'Let's check if this guy has a visa.'
"That to me is the key flaw," Zakaria said.
"And whether that is a systemic problem or a human problem, I don't know. But that's the simplest fix. When you have some piece of intelligence like this, you check whether this person had a visa, and if had been issued a visa, you make sure that he doesn't enter the country without serious security checks, additional screening and perhaps the revocation of the visa itself."
Zakaria, author and host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria: GPS" spoke to CNN Tuesday:
CNN: The Christmas Day bombing attempt has started a raging debate about terrorism and U.S. foreign policy. What are the most important things that we should be watching for right now?
Fareed Zakaria: I think the most important thing we should be watching for is the danger of an overreaction. It's important to remember that the purpose of terrorism is to terrorize the public. In other words, it's a tactic that's unique because it depends entirely on the response of the public. The more we overreact, the more we whip ourselves up into a froth of hysteria, and the more we are actually helping this tactic succeed.
CNN: Do you think that there are signs that people are overreacting?
Zakaria: It's been very interesting to watch. I've always worried about what would happen if there were another terrorist attack in the United States -- you know a backpack bombing or things like that. And I've never really worried about how the American people would react. I feel like life would go on. We're pretty resilient as a society, this is a huge economy, one backpack in a mall would not derail it. But I've always worried that Washington would go nuts and would overreact. And I think what you're seeing is very similar.
Life goes on for most Americans. In Washington, between polarization and media hype and bureaucratic wrangling, this is turning into a kind of systemic overreaction. I want to be clear. We should fix the problems that exist. Every system has its flaws. I'm sure this one has them.
We should figure out what they are and fix them but in a calm deliberate manner rather than take things wildly out of context and turn them into a political football. If you look at the way Michael Chertoff and Michael Hayden, Bush's secretary of homeland security and director of the CIA, handled it, they handled it in a professional, calm, serious way, which is very different from the way most of the political figures in Washington have been handling it, which has been to turn this into an opportunity for grandstanding and partisanship.
CNN: Apart from airport security, there have been questions raised by this incident regarding U.S. policy toward Yemen and what has been happening in Nigeria and London. Could you address those?
Zakaria: It does reveal something interesting about al Qaeda. This is not a vast organization that has great political support in the Islamic world and has to be countered with a broad nation-building effort in all parts of the Muslim world.
This is a thin networked organization with probably a few thousand, utterly ruthless, evil, fanatical adherents that is mobile and that takes advantage of the realities of globalization and moves around to the weakest point of the system and opportunistically finds ways to attack. So this Nigerian guy appears to have presented himself and they turned that opportunity into an attack.
What that means is that we're up against something the response to which is probably not about having vast armies and nation-building efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. And if were to move that now to Yemen, they would move somewhere else.
It means a huge focus on intelligence, counter terrorism, homeland security. To think of this as something that requires a huge infusion of military and nation building in several Muslim societies all over the world misses the point.
If we were to partner with the Yemeni government or the Nigeria government and bring development to Yemen and Nigeria, it's not going to change the mind of these small bands of fanatics.
CNN: Do you have a view on the wisdom of military retaliation in Yemen?
Zakaria: To the extent that we have good intelligence on al Qaeda leaders in Yemen or elsewhere, we should use whatever military force we can to do it. Obviously you don't want collateral damage because that tends to be counterproductive, as we've found in Afghanistan and Pakistan because you generate an enormous amount of hatred and anger.
But to the extent that you can do them surgically -- and we've gotten very good at doing them surgically, for example, in Pakistan -- I think absolutely, and that may well be one of the keys to the struggle.
I don't think it's the solution for the long term, but it's part of an ongoing effort to keep these guys on the run, to keep them on the defense. It doesn't mean however that you will ever get at every one of them because there's always going to be some new misguided fanatic that will come along.
CNN: What's the impact likely to be for other decisions the Obama adminstration faces, including the issue of Guantanamo?
Zakaria: I think there's no question that it makes it more difficult to shut down Guantanamo. It shouldn't make it more difficult to move people from Guantanamo to a Supermax prison in the United States -- other terrorists are in these Supermax prisons. Richard Reid the shoe bomber is in it. ... But the political reality is that it has become more difficult, and the Obama administration will have to deal with that reality.
CNN: Following the announcement of enhanced security measures for people coming from 14 countries, a number of countries have protested that the U.S. is overreacting. What are the implications?
Zakaria: I think it is probably not the most effective kind of profiling. My understanding of successful security systems, for example the Israelis, is that they do profile based on behavior rather than purely on national origin or ethnicity or religion.
The problem with those categories is that they're too large -- there are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world. When you're trying to find a needle in a haystack, adding hay does not help you.
If you were to do it on the basis of behavior, which could involve travel to certain countries, which could involve what kind of ticket you buy, whether you have bags, any kind of intelligence on activities that might be considered extremist in any way, that would probably be a more successful path. I hope it's the direction we'll end up in.


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Waterproof jackets (or hard shells as they are also known) are the final protective layer in your layering system. This layer provides a waterproof barrier.
The main difference between these waterproof layers is the fabric they are made from and the level of breathability that this will give you.
The level of breathability you need is dependent on your chosen activity:
Below, Charlie from GO Outdoors will take you on a brief overview of the different types of waterproof jacket.
With such a large range of waterproof fabrics and at different prices, which is right for you? This simple table should begin to help you find the type of jacket you are looking for, based on the activity it is intended for. For more information on these fabrics, keep reading below.
Coated fabrics will be available in either two or three layer construction.
Some common coatings are:
GORE-TEX® is by far the most well known membrane name on the market, however it can actually be split down into 3 different variations. These variants all offer different levels of protection, dependent on the garment's use.
GORE-TEX® is a membrane bonded to other protective fabrics to create a laminate. This membrane consists of millions of tiny pores that allow water vapour to evaporate through from inside, but are small enough not to let water through from the outside, which is what makes the fabric waterproof and breathable.
Tip: An ideal jacket for a walker or day to day use, but during high aerobic activity, you may want to look toward GORE-TEX® Active shell for improved breathability.
Tip: Extremely breathable and ideal for trail runners, cyclists or any arduous activity.
Tip: The most rugged of the 3 variants, made to withstand abrasive activity such as rucksack straps, mountaineering etc where the material is put under stress. This is GORE-TEX's only air-permeable option.
The eVent membrane is made up of millions of tiny pores, which keep the water out, but also allow the vapour to evaporate, making the garment air-permeable.
Unlike GORE-TEX® and eVent, Neoshell has a spun construction, this means that instead of microscopic pores in a membrane, Neoshell is made up of microscopic strands which under a microscope would look a bit like candy floss. This creates an air-permeable, extremely breathable but fully waterproof fabric.
The fit of your hood is important, in poor conditions you lose most of your body heat through your head. The size and fit of the hood can be adjusted on most jackets, to make sure the hood covers your head and moves with it, without restricting your view. Stiffened hoods often offer more protection from bad weather. Mountaineers need to make sure their hoods are helmet compatible.
Zips can be taken for granted, but the last thing you need when you're caught in bad weather is to have a jacket that you can't fasten. Zips should be smooth running and, if they're not waterproof, hidden with storm flaps to prevent water from getting in. Zips are also a great source of ventilation for when the body gets too hot, look for pit zips on higher end jackets, these help regulate your body heat and move moisture more efficiently.
The number of pockets you need is dependent on your intended use for the jacket. Jackets that offer a large chest pocket or inside pocket are usually for the purpose and size of an OS Map and compass. Pockets should have storm flaps covering the zips to make sure what goes inside, stays dry.
Everybody is different, and drawcords are a very handy way of making sure that the fit of the jacket can be made to fit you perfectly. These drawcords can be found at the bottom of the jacket, and sometimes on the back of the hood and on the waist of the jacket. Adjust these cords and make sure the jacket fits you as perfectly as possible.
If a waterproof jacket is working properly, water should bead off of the surface. If water starts to settle into the surface and the jacket looks wet or damp then it may be time to clean and perhaps re-proof.
How to clean:
Wash your jacket with a non-detergent based solution.
Products such as: Nikwax Tech Wash and Granger's 30ºC Clothing Cleaner are ideal.
How to proof:
Re-proofing isn't necessary each time you wash, if you're cleaning your jacket regularly you should be able to give it 3-5 washes before the garment needs to be re-proofed.
A good way to test this, is to spray some water on the jacket when dry, if the water beads – you don't need to re-proof. If it doesn't, then follow the steps below.
Products such as: Nikwax TX Direct/ Nikwax TX Direct Wash-In and Granger's 30ºC proofer are ideal.
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Plans, A List and a Blessing in Disguise
I got ahead of myself with the last post, and actually this one has been sitting on my computer, half-finished, for some time. Before we could begin demolition and clean-out at Ah Tong Tailor, there were procedures to be followed and permission to be gained.
As much as we love George Town (an ardor that grows every time we drive into town to check on progress at the house, which inevitably carries us down a side street which, on that day, is home to some curious happening or another, like this), we would never have purchased property in the city if it were not a UNESCO world heritage site. Why? Because the world heritage designation guarantees — or gives as close a guarantee as is possible here in Malaysia — that neighboring structures will not be pulled down and replaced with a 25-story condo building.
You laugh, but I am serious. In Hong Kong, in Shanghai, in Bangkok, in Saigon — in every Asian city in which we've lived, except for Kuala Lumpur — we have, for all or a portion of our residency, lived next to or within earshot of a construction site. In some cases we lived beneath a unit being renovated while living next to or within earshot of a construction site. In this part of the world (Singapore may be an exception here) there is no public consultation vis a vis demolition/building, nor are there any rules once construction begins. If you're unlucky enough to find yourself living next to a construction site, which can happen with no warning whatsoever — as in Saigon, when I woke one morning in our lovely just-renovated French colonial villa overlooking the park in the center of District 1 to find the equally lovely French colonial bungalow next door being bulldozed (by the City of Hanoi, but that's another story) — you may fall asleep (or try to) and wake to the glare of floodlights and the sound of jackhammers. Dave and I often joke that our years in Asia have left us with construction-related PTSD. Though that's probably not a joke at all, because it is still the case that whenever I hear jackhammers my stomach folds in on itself.
But we are protected from that in George Town, we think. Technically speaking, buildings within the world heritage site cannot be torn down and replaced unless they are structurally dangerous and beyond salvage. (That said I have seen at least two structures in Little India fall to the wrecking ball since we bought Ah Tong Tailor. There are always property owners willing to — and well-connected enough — to flout laws and regulations.) We may yet suffer through top-to-bottom renovations in the two shop houses with which we share party (common) walls. But renovation noise is a far sight less painful than the rhythm of a pile driver.
There are other building/renovation regulations in George Town (or any UNESCO world heritage site) — facades must not be altered, extra stories must not be added, etc. And one of the means of enforcing those regulations is by requiring all property owners to obtain permits before beginning work. Many property owners don't bother with this formality; they just slap up metal hoardings around the structure and go at it. To some extent I sympathize — the bureaucracy surrounding permit acquisition is thick as mud, and if you are a business owner bleeding money waiting for the wheels of bureaucracy to turn is especially painful. But our plans for Ah Tong Tailor were not complicated, nor were they against the spirit of the heritage guidelines. We did not plan to sneak an additional story in under the cover of darkness, nor did we want to make other alterations to the structure or its facade that would radically alter its character. And so we suspected that securing a permit would present no difficulties and could be accomplished in a timely fashion.
"Do it legally," a local conservationist admonished me in her best imitation of a school marm when I happily told her, during a chance meeting at a favorite coffee shop in George Town's Little India, that our purchase had finally gone through. So much for "Congratulations". She needn't have snarked; we'd planned to do it by the book all along.
Our planned changes were so minimal: removing/moving the timber room partitions, updating/rebuilding the ground floor outhouse, updating the upstairs "bath", reversing the direction of the staircase and building a kitchen where there wasn't much more than a sink and a portable gas burner. We would be refurbishing rather than restoring (an important distinction — here is an excellent, fairly detailed blog on a conservation/restoration project in George Town). So we didn't need the consultation of an (expensive) restoration specialist architect. Instead, on a recommendation from a friend we hired an agent or consultant who could take us through the permit procedures for a reasonable fee.
The whole process took about 6 weeks. In September of 2010, about a month after we'd taken possession of Ah Tong Tailor, we met Agent O — who, as a sometimes-contractor, knows all about buildings and refurbishment of "heritage" structures — at our house and did a walk-through. He relayed our vision to an architect with whom he had worked in the past, who then put it all down on paper. We were living in Kuala Lumpur at the time so the architect emailed the plans. We asked for a few minor adjustments (such as move a partition here, make the rise on the stairs lower and the tread deeper), the architect made the changes and, all told, we had final plans within a couple weeks. (The plans are up top.) We filled out some forms, made photocopies of passports and deed and other documents and wrote a check and Agent O filed a permit application with MPPP (Municipal Council of Penang Island). Three or four weeks later our application was approved and the permit issued. We were now good to go.
Easy enough. Now it was time to get down to the monetary nitty-gritty. We needed to find a contractor and find out exactly how much our vision would cost us.
Agent O introduced us to C, a stocky guy with a big stride and a firm handshake. Experienced in all kinds of renovations, he told us with a big plastic smile, referencing a few projects around George Town that weren't quite to our taste. One of our biggest concerns relating to finding a contractor was identifying That Certain Someone who could appreciate old stuff. Old timber, old beams, old paint, scuffs and scratches, the marks of time, the bits and pieces of a building that would tell its history, or at least say "I have been here for a long time." Much in our refurbished shop house would of course be new. But we didn't want it all new. We didn't want matching floor and ceiling boards and shiny varnished shutters and inexpensive, easy-care synthetic roof tiles. We didn't want to trap Ah Tong Tailor in a time warp — it had to be liveable — but at the same time we didn't want it to be a theme park-y ode to Old Skool George Town. We needed someone who "got" all that.
A quick tour of George Town will show that not many contractors do "get" that kind of refurbishment work. Renewed structures like this and this are more our style than this. And we surely did not want this.
So we had some doubts about Contractor C going in. But we figured that if his quote was reasonable we could make an effort to be on the scene often enough to reign in his love of varnish. (We are a freelance travel writer and photographer. In retrospect, how realistic was that line of thought?) We met Contractor C at Ah Tong Tailor on a sweltering morning and did a long, long walk-through, front to back, up and down the stairs. We examined boils on the plaster, rot on the beams. We measured stair height and length, stuck our fingers through crumbly wood partitions, took measure of the out house (it would all have to go), examined cracks in cement. Contractor C took lots of notes and so did we. We handed over a copy of the plans and he promised a quote within a week. In two weeks, after a bit of phone tag, he sent one by email. It was as detailed as we could have wished, and three pages long.
Here's a shortened list of what the house needed:
- Demolition and site clearance
- Hack concrete slab at airwell area and create drain
- Construct 15-ft concrete counter for kitchen
- Remove staircase and rebuild
- Rebuild and tile outhouse
- Chip off all water damaged plaster and replaster with lime (appox 60% of walls)
- Restore rear G/F window to original size, paint and varnish (!!!) doors/windows
- New timber door for outhouse
- Repair existing G/F concrete slab
- Remove all upstairs floor boards, keep what's not rotted and replace what is
- Salvage existing bedroom doors, make good and build frames
- Make modern the bathroom upstairs
- Remove all timber ceilings upstairs, keep timber not rotted and replace what is
- Repair entire roof and retile using existing tiles if possible, repair/replace gutters
- Replace asbestos roofs in courtyard and over outhouse
- New piping throughout
- New electrical throughout
The cost of which came, in total, to around what we had been quoted in 2000 for a high-end (but small) kitchen renovation in our 1930's San Francisco Bay Area Mediterranean bungalow. But this would cover the structural and cosmetic refurbishment of an entire structure with about 3,200 square feet of living space (including courtyard). It did not include the cost of replacing beams (because it wouldn't be known exactly how many beams needed replacing until we got into the structural work), paint, appliances (fans, aircons, kitchen stuff, water heaters, etc.) or bathroom/kitchen fit-outs (sinks, toilets etc.).
Still, all in all this seemed like a doable project, certainly one we could never afford to undertake anywhere in our home country.
After receiving the quote we drove up to Penang for another meeting with Contractor C. There were a few things we wanted to clarify, and we thought we'd ask for some changes that would likely increase the amount of his quote. We met at Ah Tong Tailor, Contractor C took more notes, we shook hands and he promised to get back to us within a week. It was early November 2010, and we hoped to be in the house by autumn 2011. After all, we had seen refurbishments in George Town that had been completed to satisfaction within 6-8 months.
Then Contractor C disappeared. No second quote. We never got our plans back. (Luckily we had another copy.)
It was the best thing that could have ever happened to us, or to Ah Tong Tailor.


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Shamu is no one-trick pony. Or whale.
Blackstone, the private-equity owner of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, which last week launched its pathway to an IPO, is also considering a straight up sale of the theme park operator, Reuters reported this morning.
That tactic is becoming as common as Shamu's daily shows. As IPO markets have been touch and go, private equity over the past year has several times turned to the so-called dual track for exits.
Putting a company's financials on display in an IPO filing also serves as revealing details that can attract buyers. And sales provide the PE owners with an immediate return that skips the occasional sloppiness of the stock market.
But at the same time, it hedges the owners from any failed auction by allowing the IPO to go on, particularly attractive in a tepid the M&A market.


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What: Camp Vela
When: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 15 through 18
Where: Boulder, Longmont
Cost: $560 for all four days; $150 for a single day
More info: velaadventures.com/camp-vela.html
For years Denver resident Kelly Kocher wanted desperately to learn how to whitewater kayak, and last summer she was determined to make it happen.
Kocher, 38, began coaxing her equally adventurous girlfriends into taking a class with her when she discovered that they were much more willing to participate if there was wine involved.
"Women in general have so little time between working, balancing life, husbands and kids, that we tend to put ourselves last as a gender," Kocher said. "At first I was focused more on the adventure, but then, after talking with Heather, we thought it would be great if we could go get a glass of wine after.
"We wanted the pampering at the end to celebrate the accomplishment and have a day that was just for us," she said.
With the promise of wine, Kocher convinced her friend, Heather Fleck, to try whitewater kayaking with her, and soon after Vela Adventures was born.
Kocher and Fleck, both 38, became business partners in September when they launched the Denver-based company that offers adventure day camps for women.
Excursions include instruction for introductory whitewater rafting, rock climbing, dog-sledding, snowshoeing, ice climbing, zip lining, fencing and mountain biking. Founders plan to offer intermediate outings in the future, Kocher said.
Every adventure is followed by a relaxing activity meant to reward participants for trying something new, Kocher said, including spa treatments, yoga, wine and beer tastings and painting.
Adventures begin in the morning and include coffee, equipment, snacks, water and lunch in the price, which averages about $150 per person.
The company also hosts occasional free outings such as a morning hike or an intro to boxing class, which were held early this month.
Bringing it to Boulder County
Following nearly 30 outings in Denver, Vela Adventures is expanding to Boulder County.
On June 28, three women participated in the first Boulder County day camp at McIntosh Lake in Longmont.
The participants spent the morning learning stand-up paddleboarding on the lake with a guide from Boulder. The session was followed by a yoga class in Dawson Park and a reflexology massage and foot soak from Lemongrass Spa, based in Pine, Colorado.
The company will host the first Boulder adventures Tuesday through July 18 during Camp Vela, four consecutive days of excursions that can be purchased separately or as a package. The sessions will include stand-up paddleboarding and yoga, whitewater tubing and beer tasting, mountain biking and painting and outdoor archery and a spa party.
Boulder County's terrain and residents make it a perfect place to expand the adventure-focused business, Kocher said, though it's not the experienced, super athlete that Vela Adventures is catering to.
"We aren't doing this for those women who are already out there doing the crazy adventures," Kocher said. "We're doing it for the ones who want to try it and they want a way that's safe and supportive and comfortable."
Adventure creating community
Denver resident Rachel Van Natta joined the first Longmont excursion looking for more than a paddleboarding lesson.
Van Natta, 25, moved to Denver from Los Angeles in March and was hoping Vela Adventures would help her connect with some like-minded women in her new home.
"It's hard coming to a new place and sometimes you just want to be surrounded by women," Van Natta said. "Being around each other and having that female support and bond is really important and something all women need."
Several friendships have formed through the excursions, Kocher said. Besides creating a safe space where women to feel comfortable trying something new, making friends was one of the main goals for the outings, she said.
"A lot of women we've met have initially done this because they want to make new friends," Kocher said. "We don't realize that it's really difficult for some women to find a venue to make new friends, especially if they're really reserved, and these adventures give them a space to do that on their own terms and something they can immediately bond over."
Denver resident Kate Egan said she was looking for community when she signed up for the Longmont paddleboarding excursion, but the pampering was enticing, too.
"It's not inexpensive and you're taking a day out of your schedule to be with people you don't know and so if there are things you know you'll enjoy it's easier to make the effort," Egan, 40, said. "You know there's some benefit with the yoga and the massage regardless of whether you like the activity that you're trying for the first time or if you don't connect with the other women."
Egan said she enjoyed paddleboarding, got her daily workout in during yoga, felt relaxed after the massage and took home two phone numbers of women she met at the outing. Overall, it was a successful and productive day.
"Why not give it a shot," Egan said. "It's all set up for you, and the quality of lessons and activities were good, so there's just no reason not to do something for yourself for a day."
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Mariah Bruehl, an author and founder of the playfullearning.net Web site, which has received the Parent's Choice gold medal, is celebrating the publication of her latest book, "Playful Learning: Develop Your Child's Sense of Joy and Wonder."
The book, which will be in stores on Tuesday, offers simple activities that parents can do with their children to develop math, reading, and other skills while instilling a love of learning.
Ms. Bruehl's store, Playful Learning in Sag Harbor, has also expanded its services. The shop sells toys, books, and crafting supplies, and also puts together learning adventures for families to bring home, and offers workshops for children and parents.
Laughing at Ross
Laughing Pizza, a band that includes a mother, father, and daughter, will perform with the Broadway Dance Center Kids on Friday, Aug. 12, at the Ross School in East Hampton.
The band plays original pop music to get families up and dancing. Tickets for the concert, which will be held in the school's Center for Well-Being on Goodfriend Drive, cost $20 for kids and $25 for adults. Showtime is 4 p.m.
Ross Scholarship Benefit
Tommy Mottola's and Ryan Ross's Gallery Valentine in East Hampton will hold a benefit for the Ross School Chamberlain/Fairweather scholarship fund for the arts on Saturday evening from 6 to 9.
Attendees will have a chance to glance at works by Picasso, de Kooning, Warhol, Botero, Jim Dine, and many others. The fund was founded to benefit Ross students who are interested in the arts and in need of financial aid.
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Guild Hall's KidFest continues on Wednesday with two events — a circus and a chance to create art.
The Handsome Little Devils will present the "Squirm Burpee Circus" at 1:30 and 5 p.m. The production, according to a release, "is an exhilarating, fantastical adventure featuring classic vaudeville comedy, high-skill circus acts, and a plot rooted in American melodrama."
Acts include a Human Cannon, the Ladder of Love, and chainsaw juggling. Tickets are $16 for adults and $13 for kids.
Also on Wednesday, a hands-on arts and crafts workshop will be held for kids 5 and up from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Boots Lamb Education Center at Guild Hall. Participants pay $10.
Tickets can be purchased over the phone, at the box office, or at guildhall.org.
Montauk Fun
The Montauk Playhouse's FamilyFest will continue tonight at 7 p.m. with a performance by Skyriders, a trampoline team that performs acrobatics and "hi-flying hijinks" with skis, snowboards, and even hula hoops.
Tickets are $15 per person. Next Thursday at the same time, Comedy Sportz, an improv comedy group, will perform. Tickets are available by phone or at Willow in downtown Montauk.
Of Boats . . .
Calling all sailors! Well, sort of. The Amagansett Library will hold its fourth annual Paper Boat Regatta on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the library.
Families will construct their own vessels, then put them to the test in a race to the finish line. The event is free.
. . . And a Goat
Two puppet shows are on tap in the coming week at the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor. Today, tomorrow, and Saturday at 11 a.m. Liz Joyce and a Couple of Puppets will perform "Little Red Ridinghood," a hand-puppet show for kids 2 to 7 years old.
Next Thursday, Friday, Aug. 12, and Aug. 13 at the same times, the Talking Hands Puppet Theatre will present "Little Super Heroes," a show appropriate for children in preschool through fifth grade.
Tickets to each show cost $10, $9 for grandparents and members of the theater, and $5 for kids under 3.


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Can a 12-Core ARM Cluster hit critical mass?
Subject: Processors | June 26, 2012 - 05:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: arm, cortex-a9, e-350, i7-3770k, z530, Ivy Bridge, atom, Zacate
Taking a half dozen PandaBoard ESes from Texas Instruments that have a 1.2GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor onboard, Phoronix built a 12-core ARM machine to test out against AMD's E-350 APU as well as Intel's Atom Z530 and a Core i7 3770K. Before you you make the assumption that the ARM's will be totally outclassed by any of these processors, Phoronix is testing performance per Watt and the ARM system uses a total of 31W when fully stressed and idles below 20W, which gives ARM a big lead on power consumption.
Phoronix tested out these four systems and the results were rather surprising as it seems Intel's Ivy Bridge is a serious threat to ARM. Not only did it provide more total processing power, its performance per Watt tended to beat ARM and more importantly to many, it is cheaper to build an i7-3770K system than it is to set up a 12-core ARM server. The next generation of ARM chips have some serious competition.
"Last week I shared my plans to build a low-cost, 12-core, 30-watt ARMv7 cluster running Ubuntu Linux. The ARM cluster that is built around the PandaBoard ES development boards is now online and producing results... Quite surprising results actually for a low-power Cortex-A9 compute cluster. Results include performance-per-Watt comparisons to Intel Atom and Ivy Bridge processors along with AMD's Fusion APU."
Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
- AMD FX-8120 Black Edition CPU Review (with Asus M5A99X EVO) @ Kitguru
- Intel Core i7-3720QM: Mobile Ivy Bridge @ Techspot
- Sandy Bridge for servers: Intel Xeon E5-2600 review @ Hardware.Info
- Desktop CPU Comparison Guide @ TechARP
- Workstation & Server CPU Comparison Guide @ TechARP
- Mobile CPU Comparison Guide @ TechARP
AMD Releases Brazos 2.0, dual-core Bobcat for low power platforms
Subject: Processors | June 6, 2012 - 05:08 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: Zacate, Hudson-M3L, FCH, E2-1800, E2-1200, computex, brazos 2.0, brazos, Bobcat, amd
Today AMD is officially releasing their Brazos 2.0 parts. This is a case of good news/bad news for the company. The good news is that they have an updated product that is based on their very successful Brazos 1.0 platform and that particular part has sold over 30 million units and is included in some 160 designs. The bad news is that AMD did not improve the product dramatically over what we previously had.
While Brazos will not beat these Intel offerings in pure performance, they do match up nicely in terms of price and battery life.
It is well known that AMD cancelled their original Bobcat 2.0 28 nm parts last fall (Krishna and Wichita), and instead worked on improving the fabrication of the current Brazos APUs. Little is known as to why those original 28 nm parts were cancelled, but perhaps the overriding reason is that there simply would not be enough 28 nm production through the first three quarters of 2012 to enable AMD to adequately meet demand on these parts (all the while sacrificing higher margin GPU wafer orders on the 28 nm node). We also must consider that AMD could have been counting on GLOBALFOUNDRIES to have their flavor of 28 nm HKMG process up and running, which of course at this time it is not.
These new Brazos 2.0 chips are still manufactured on TSMC's 40 nm process, but that particular process is very mature at this time. This has allowed AMD and TSMC to squeeze every last drop of performance and efficiency out of the aging 40 nm node, and in so doing has allowed AMD a bit more headroom when it comes to the Zacate APUs that Brazos 2.0 is based off of. The two new processors are the E2-1800 and the E2-1200.
The E2-1800 is a dual core Bobcat CPU featuring an APU with 80 stream units based on the older HD 5000 series of parts. AMD has renamed the GPU to the HD 7340, though it has little in common with the GCN (Graphics Core Next) based HD 7000 graphics units. AMD increased the core CPU speed from the E-450 by 50 MHz and the GPU portion by 80 MHz. This gives the E2-1800 a core clockspeed of 1.7 GHz and the graphics runs at a brisk 680 MHz. This continues to be an 18 watt TDP part and the die size is the same 75 mm squared.


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Charlize Theron's 'Italian Job'
NEW YORK, May 27, 2003
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(CBS) In the contemporary update of the classic British film, "The Italian Job," Charlize Theron plays a nerves-of-steel safecracker, who with the help Mark Wahlberg, sets out to avenge her father's death after a gold heist gone bad.
I am not really a con-artist, says Theron to The Early Show co-anchor Rene Syler about her role. I actually work with the FBI, and you know, I'm very clean, and my father did the thief thing. So I, God forbid, I get involved in it. So that's how I get dragged - kind of like virgin ground for me.
Directed by F. Gary Gray, "The Italian Job" is a contemporary update of Paramount's 1969 classic and it includes a cast of solid actors: Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, Franky G. and Donald Sutherland. Theron says everybody got along, noting that she and Wahlberg already knew one another.
Everybody kind of knew each other somehow, and there wasn't a moment that we didn't laugh constantly. I mean we had such an amazing time making this film, Theron says.
The film also features the ever-popular MINI coupe in state-of-the-art chase scenes down Hollywood's Walk of Fame through the Metro Rail tunnels and down narrow escape routes only MINI can go.
Theron proved to be one of the more proficient drivers of the MINI off screen and on. With a big smile she said, Well, give myself a little smack on the shoulder there.
And why not, even Wahlberg said she was the best driver of the bunch.
Theron says, funny he said that. They told us right up front that they wanted us to do as much of the stunt work that we felt comfortable doing. So we all went to driving school and I was told that I had to go for two extra weeks just because I was the girl. And I was, like, 'Wait a second.' And then we showed up, and I think it's just this generalization that, you know, you're blonde, you're pretty, you don't know how to drive a car.
So she says there was a competition among the actors in which Wahlberg ended up not having the stomach for it. He admits getting sick at one point.
Theron says, We were on an actual race track that we were practicing on. And we had, with me, in one car and Mark in a car and Jason in a car and we all would do different exercises. And one of the exercises was to just basically forcing the car to go as fast as it would in a circle. So you're basically just driving around in a circle constantly all day. And I just remember like an hour of practicing coming back and Jason and I were like, Where's Mark? And everybody was trying to cover up for him. Oh, he had a meeting. And I was like, Wait a second. Something's not right, she says with a laugh.
But not all went so smoothly for Theron, she broke a camera when she crashed her car. It's not as bad as it sounds. Because, I've been told that a lot of things can go wrong when you make movies like this. And then I was told that we actually did really well. I crashed, not big crash, like I kind of bumped the car twice, she said sounding like a 16-year-old coming back from a date.
Theron adds, The funny thing is you forget that you're on a set, and I don't know, I've only been in one car accident, it wasn't bad, thank God. But the first thing that goes through your head is like, 'Insurance, and for the next month my life is going to be just complete **** .' And when I did it that was instantly what happens. 'Insurance, license, I'm a foreigner. Oh, no, I'm on a movie set. It's OK.'
She was headed back to Pris for more fiilming of her current movie, Head In The Clouds with Penelope Cruz.Her next film coming out the next of the year is Monster.
About Charlize Theron:
Born in Benoni, South Africa, on Aug. 7, 1975
She grew up on a familys farm and began studying ballet at the age of 6. She danced professionally in Johanesberg. In 1991, at age 16, won an Italian modeling agency contest. So she moved to Milan and for the next year traveled all over Europe modeling.
Then she relocated to New York City, taking modeling jobs to pay the rent; studied with the Joffrey Ballet for eight months before a knee injury curtailed dance career. Moved then to Miami and in 1994, settled in Los Angeles.
In 1995, worked as an extra on "Children of the Corn III".
In 1996, made her feature film debut in John Herzfeld's "2 Days in the Valley;" also had a featured role in Tom Hanks' directorial debut, "That Thing You Do!"
In 1997, Theron won praise for her performance as Keanu Reeves' neglected wife in "The Devil's Advocate."
In 1998, she had featured role as an oversexed supermodel in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" and starred opposite Bill Paxton in the Disney remake of "Mighty Joe Young."
The following year, she played the title role in the thriller "The Astronaut's Wife."
In 1999, Theron offered a strong turn as a woman torn between two loves in "The Cider House Rules."
In 2000, she co-starred with Ben Affleck in "Reindeer Games," a thriller directed by John Frankenheimer. She portrayed Faye Dunaway's daughter in "The Yards."
Also acted with Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. in "Men of Honor", the true story of the US Navy's first African-American salvage-and-retrieval diver.
And she starred with Matt Damon and Will Smith in Robert Redford's "The Legend of Bagger Vance."
In 2001, she re-teamed with Keanu Reeves for the remake of "Sweet November." And reunited with Woody Allen for a role in "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion."
In 2002, she starred in the drama "Trapped" with Kevin Bacon as parents whose daughter is kidnapped. She also starred in the comedy "Waking Up in Reno" with Billy Bob Thorton. And was cast as blonde bombshell and former Bond girl Britt Ekland in the HBO bio-pic "The Life and Times of Peter Sellers."
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Scott R. Barnum (b. 1957), Professor of Microbiology, (secondary appointments in Neurology and Rheumatology) completed undergraduate studies in biology at Loyola College in Baltimore (B.S., cum laude, 1979). He completed his graduate studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Ph.D., Microbiology, 1985) on the biosynthesis and catabolism of complement factor D. Postdoctoral studies were pursued at the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic on the genomic organization of several complement genes. He joined the UAB faculty in 1989, where studies examining the production and regulation of complement in the central nervous system were initiated. Outside interests include dogs, gardening, futbol, cycling and music.
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complement,adhesion molecules, neuroimmunology, innate immunity, neuropathology, neurodegeneration, multiple sclerosis, cerebral malaria, ALS
Our lab is broadly interested in inflammation in the CNS and focuses on model systems to address questions related to CNS innate immunity. Currently we are focusing on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, the animal model for multiple sclerosis, experimental cerebral malaria, the animal model for human cerebral malaria and amyothrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Using these models we examine, with our collaborators, for the role, that complement, adhesion molecules and C-reactive protein play in disease development and progression. We employ a wide variety of techniques using a broad array of mutant mice. Our focus is mechanistic but with a strong emphasis on moving towards translation studies, developing proof of concept for therapeutic approaches for these CNS diseases.
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1. Barnum, S.R., Narkates, A.J., Suddath, Jr., F.L. and J.E. Volanakis. 1982. Comparative studies on the binding specificities of CRP and HOPC8. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 389:431-434.
*2. Barnum, S.R., Niemann, M.A., Kearney, J.F. and J.E. Volanakis. 1984. Quantitation of complement factor D in human serum by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay. J. Immunol. Methods 67:303-309.
3. Barnum, S.R., and J.E. Volanakis. 1985. In vitro biosynthesis of complement protein D by U937 cells. J. Immunol. 134: 1799-1803.
4. Volanakis, J.E., Barnum, S.R., Giddens, M. and J.H. Galla. 1985. Renal filtration and catabolism of complement protein D. N. Engl. J. Med. 312:395-399.
5. Barnum, S.R. and J.E. Volanakis. 1985. Biosynthesis of complement protein D by HepG2 cells: a comparison of D produced by HepG2 cells, U937 cells and blood monocytes. Eur. J. Immunol. 15:1148-1151.
6. Gray, B.M., Simmons, D.R. Mason, H., Barnum, S.R. and J.E. Volanakis. 1986. Quantitative levels of C-reactive protein in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with bacterial meningitis and other conditions. J. Pediatr. 108:665-670.
7. Wetsel, R.A., Lemons, R.S., LeBeau, M.M., Barnum, S.R., Noack, D. and B.F. Tack. 1988. Molecular analysis of human complement component C5: localization of the structural gene to chromosome 9. Biochemistry 27:1474-1482.
8. Barnum, S.R., Amiguet, P., Amiguet-Barras, F., Fey, G. and B.F. Tack. 1989. Complete intron/exon organization of DNA encoding the α' chain of human C3. J. Biol. Chem. 264:8471-8474.
9. Barnum, S.R., Kristensen, T., Chaplin, D., Seldin, M. and B.F. Tack. 1989. Molecular analysis of the murine C4b-binding protein gene. Chromosome assignment and partial gene organization. Biochemistry 28:8312-8316.
*10. Barnum S.R. and B Dahlback. 1990. C4b-binding protein, a regulatory component of the classical pathway of complement, is an acute-phase protein and is elevated in systemic lupus erythematosus. Complement Inflamm. 7:71-77.
*11. Barnum, S.R., Jones, J.L. and E.N. Benveniste. 1992. Interferon-gamma regulation of C3 gene expression in human astroglioma cells. J. Neuroimmunol. 38:275-282.
*12. Barnum, S.R., Ishii, Y., Agrawal, A. and J.E. Volanakis. 1992. Production and interferon-gamma-mediated regulation of C2 and Factors B and D by the astroglioma cell line U105-MG. Biochem. J. 287:595-601.
*13. Barnum, S.R., Jones, J.L. and E.N. Benveniste. 1993. Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor mediated-regulation of C3 gene expression in human astroglioma cells. GLIA 7:225-236.
*14. Yang, C.Y., Jones, J.L. and S.R. Barnum. 1993. Expression of decay-accelerating factor (CD55), membrane cofactor protein (CD46) and CD59 in the human astroglioma cell line, D54-MG, and primary rat astrocytes. J. Neuroimmunol. 47:123-132.
*15. Barnum, S.R. and J. Jones. 1994. Transforming growth factor-β1 inhibits inflammatory cytokine-induced C3 gene expression in astrocytes. J. Immunol. 152:765-773.
*16. Lacy, M., Jones, J., Whittemore, S.R., Haviland, D.L., Wetsel, R.A. and S.R. Barnum. 1995. Expression of the receptors for the C5a anaphylatoxin, interleukin-8 and fMLP by human astrocytes and microglia. J. Neuroimmunol. 61:71-78.
*17. Barnum, S.R. and J. Jones. 1995. Differential regulation of C3 gene expression in human astroglioma cells by interferon-γ and interleukin-1β. Neurosci. Letts. 197:121-124.
*18. Barnum, S.R., Jones, J., Müller-Ladner, U., Samini, A. and I.L. Campbell. 1996. Chronic complement C3 gene expression in the CNS of transgenic mice with astrocyte-targeted interleukin 6 expression. GLIA 18:107-117.
*19. Müller-Ladner, U., Jones, J., Gay, S., Wetsel, R.A., Raine, C. and S.R. Barnum. 1996. Enhanced expression of chemotactic receptors in multiple sclerosis lesions. J. Neurol Sci. 144:135-144.
*20. Drouin, S.M., Carlino, J.A. and S.R. Barnum. 1996. Transforming growth factor-β2-mediated regulation of C3 gene expression in monocytes. Mol. Immunol. 133:1025-1034.
*21. Kossman, T., Stahel, P. F., Morganti-Kossman, M.C., Jones, J. and S.R. Barnum. 1997. Elevated levels of the complement components C3 and Factor B in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid of patients with traumatic brain injury. J. Neuroimmunol. 73:63-69.
*22. Stahel, P.F., Frei, K., Eugster, H.P., Fontana, A., Hummel, K.M., Wetsel, R.A, Ames, R. and S.R. Barnum. 1997. TNF-α-mediated expression of the receptor for anaphylatoxin C5a (C5aR) on neurons in experimental Listeria meningocephalitis. J. Immunol. 159:861-869.
*23. Stahel, P.F., Nadal, D., Pfister, H.W., Paradisis, P.M. and S.R. Barnum. 1997. Increased cerebrospinal fluid levels of complement components C3 and factor B discriminate bacterial from viral meningitis. Lancet 349:1886-1887.
*24. Stahel, P.F., Kossmann, T., Hans, V., Morganti-Kossmann, M.C. and S.R. Barnum. 1997. Experimental diffuse axonal injury induces enhanced neuronal C5a receptor expression in rats. Mol. Brain Res., 150:205-212.
*25. Stahel, P.F, Frei, K., Fontana, A., Eugster, H.P., Ault, B.H. and S.R. Barnum. 1997. Evidence for intrathecal synthesis of alternative pathway complement activation proteins in experimental meningitis. Amer. J. Path. 151:897-904.
*26. Drouin, S.M., Carlino, J.A. Kiley, S. and S.R. Barnum. 1998. Transforming growth factor-β2 regulates C3 expression in monocytes by a PKC-dependent pathway. Mol. Immunol., 35:1-11.
*27. Paradisis, P.M., Campbell, I.L. and S.R. Barnum. 1998. Elevated complement C5a receptor expression on glial cells and neurons induced by the central nervous system production of interleukin-3 in transgenic mice. GLIA, 24:338-345.
*28. Nataf, S. Davoust, N. and S.R. Barnum. 1998. Kinetics of anaphylatoxin C5a receptor during experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroimmunol. 91:147-155.
*29. Davoust, N., Jones, J., Stahel, P.F., Ames, R. and S.R. Barnum. 1999. The receptor for the C3a anaphylatoxin is expressed by glial cells and neurons in the normal and inflammed central nervous system. GLIA 26:201-211.
*30. Nataf, S., Davoust, N., Ames, R. and S.R. Barnum. 1999. Human T-cells express the C5a receptor and are chemotattracted to C5a. J. Immunol. 162:4018-4023.
*31. Davoust, N., Nataf, S., Holers, V.M. and S.R. Barnum. 1999. Expression of Crry, a murine complement regulatory protein, in the central nervous system. GLIA, 27:162-170.
*32. Davoust, N., Nataf, S., Reiman, R., Holers, V.M., Campbell. I.L. and S.R. Barnum. 1999. Central nervous system-targeted expression of the complement inhibitor sCrry prevents experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. J. Immunol., 163:6551-6556.
34. Stahel, P.F., Kariya, K., Shohami, E., Barnum, S.R., Eugster, H-P., Trentz, O., Kossmann, T. and M.C. Morganti-Kossmann. 2000. Intracerebral complement C5a receptor (CD88) expression is regulated by TNF and lymphotoxin-alpha following closed head injury in mice.. J Neuroimmunol. 109:164-172.
*35. Nataf, S., Carroll, S., Wetsel, R.A., Szalai, A. and S.R. Barnum. 2000 Attenuation of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in C3 and factor B deficient mice. J. Immunol. 165:5867-5873.
*36. Nataf, S., Levison, S. and S.R. Barnum. 2001. Expression of the anaphylatoxin C5a receptor in the oligodendrocyte lineage. Brain Res. 894:321-326.
*37. Barnum, S.R., Ames, R.S., Maycox, P.R., Hadingham, S., Meakin, J., Harrison, D. and A.A. Parsons. 2002. Expression of the complement C3a and C5a receptors after permanent focal ischemia: An alternative interpretation. Glia, 38:169-173.
38. Tarner, I.H., Barnum, S.R., Echols, J., Jüsten, H.-P., Neumann, E., Wessinghage, D., Gay, S., Schölmerich, J. and U. Müller-Ladner. 2002. Local production of complement components in rheumatoid arthritis synovium. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 46:934-945.
*39. Reiman, R., Gerard, C., Campbell, I.L. and S.R. Barnum. 2002. Disruption of the C5a Receptor gene fails to protect against experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Eur. J. Immunol., 32:1157-1163.
40. Szalai, A.J., Nataf, S. Hu, X-Z., and S.R. Barnum. 2002. Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis is inhibited in transgenic mice expressing human C-reactive protein. J. Immunol., 168:5792-5797.
41. Rancan, M., Morganti-Kossmann, M.C., Barnum, S.R., Saft, S., Schmidt, O.I., Ertel, W., and P.F. Stahel. 2003. CNS-targeted complement inhibition mediates neuroprotection after head injury in transgenic mice. J. Cerebral. Blood Flow Metabol. 23:1070-1074.
*42. Axtell, R.C., Webb, M.S., Barnum, S.R. and C. Raman. 2004. Critical role for CD5 in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: Inhibition of engagement reverses disease in mice. J. Immunol. Cutting Edge. 173:2928-2932.
*43. Boos, L., Wetsel, R.A., Ames. R.S., Campbell, I.L. and S.R. Barnum. 2004. Deletion of the C3a receptor attenuates while CNS-specific ectopic expression of C3a exacerbates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Immunol., 173:4708-4714.
44. Campos-Torres, A., Touret, M., Barnum S.R., Vidal P.P. and C. de Waele. 2005. The response of central glia within the vestibular and cochlear nuclei following unilateral labyrinthectomy or vestibular afferent activity blockade by transtympanic tetrodotoxin injection in the rat. Neurosci. 130:853-865.
*45. Boos, L.A., Szalai, A.J., and Barnum, S.R. 2005. Murine complement C4 is not required for experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Glia, 49:158-160.
46. Nicholas, A.P, Sambandam, T., Echols, J.D. and S.R. Barnum. 2005. Expression of citrullinated proteins in murine EAE. J. Comp. Neurol. 486:254-266.
*47. Osmers, I., Bullard, D.C. and S.R. Barnum. 2005. PSGL-1 is not required for development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroimmunol. 166:193-196.
*48 Boos, L., Szalai, A.J and S.R. Barnum. 2005. C3a expressed in the central nervous system protects against LPS-induced shock. Neurosci. Letters. 387:68-71.
*49. Read, R.W., Szalai, A.J., Vogt, S.D., McGwin, G. and S. R. Barnum. 2006. Genetic deficiency of C3 as well as CNS-targeted expression of the complement inhibitor sCrry, ameliorates experimental autoimmune uveitis. Exp. Eye Res. 82:389-394.
*50. Reiman, R., Campos Torres, A., Martin, B., Ting, J.P., Campbell, I.L. and S.R. Barnum. 2005. Expression of C5a in the brain does not exacerbate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Neurosci Letters. 30:134-138.
*51. Bullard, D., Hu, J., Schoeb, T., Axtell, R., Raman, C. and S.R. Barnum. 2005. Critical requirement of CD11b (Mac-1) on T cells and accessory cells for the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J.Immunol. 175:6327-6333.
52. Szalai, A.J., Hu, X., Raman, C. and S.R. Barnum. 2005. Requirement of the Fc receptor common γ-chain for γδ T cell-mediated promotion of murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Eur. J. Immunol. 35:3487-3492.
*53. Osmers, I., Szalai, A.J. and S.R. Barnum. Complement in BuB/BnJ Mice Revisited: Serum C3 Levels and Complement Activity are Not Elevated. 2006. J. Immunol. Meth., 43:1722-1725.
54. Nozaki, M., Raisler, B.J., Sakurai, E., Sarma, J.V., Barnum, S.R., Lambris, J.D., Chen, Y., Zhang, K., Ambati, B.K., Baffi, J.Z. and J. Ambati. 2006. Drusen complement components C3a and C5a promote choroidal neovascularization. PNAS, 103:2328-2333.
55. Vogt, S.D., Barnum, S.R,, Curcio, C.A. and R.W. Read. 2006. Distribution of membrane-bound complement regulators and anaphylatoxin receptors in normal human retina. Exp. Eye Res., 83:834-840.
56. Axtell, R., Xu, L., Barnum, S.R. and C. Raman. 2006. CD5 dependent CK2 activation is vital for the persistence of encephalitogenic T-cells in the CNS. J. Immunol., 177:8542-8549.
*57. Bullard, D., Hu, J., Schoeb, T. and S.R. Barnum. 2007. ICAM-1 expression is required on multiple cell types for the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J.Immunol., 17:851-857.
58. Melendi, G.A., Hoffman, S.J., Karron, R.A., Irusta, P.M., Laham, F.R., Humbles, A., Schofield, B., Pan, C-H., Rabols, R., Thumar, B., Thumar, A., Gerard, N.P., Mitzner, W., Barnum, S.R., Gerard, C., Kleeberger, S.R. and F.P. Polack. 2006. C5 modulates airways hyperreactivity and pulmonary eosinophilia during enhanced respiratory syncytial virus disease by decreasing C3a receptor expression. J. Virol., 81:991-999.
*59. Adams, J.E., Webb, M.S., Hu. J., Staunton, D. and S.R. Barnum. 2007. Disruption of the β2/αD gene (CD11d) fails to protect against experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroimmunol., 184:180-187.
*60.Szalai, A.J., Hu, J., Adams, J.E. and S.R. Barnum. 2007. Complement in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis revisited: C3 is required for the development of maximal disease. Mol. Immunol., 44:3132-3136.
*61. Bullard, D., Hu, J., Adams, J.E., Schoeb, T. and S.R. Barnum. 2007. Deletion of CD11c (p150,95) attenuates the chronic phase of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Amer. J. Pathol. 170:2001-2008.
62. Rahpeymai, Y., Barnum, S., Humbles, A., Gerard, C., Pekny, M. and M. Pekna. Signalling through C5aR is not involved in basal neurogenesis. 2007. J. Neurosci. Res., 85:2892-2897.
63. Briggs, D.T., Martin, C.B., Ingersoll, S.A., Barnum, S.R. and B.K. Martin. 2007. Demyelination protection conferred with astrocyte-specific expression of a soluble form of the murine complement control protein Crry in the cuprizone model. Glia. 55:1405-1415.
*64. Smith, S. and S.R. Barnum. 2008. Differential expression of β2-integrins, central nervous system trafficking, and cytokine production between γδ and αβ T cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Leuk. Biol., 83:71-79.
*65. Smith, S., Ludwig, M., Wohler, J.E., Bullard, D.C. Szalai, A.J. and S.R. Barnum. 2008. Deletion of both C3 and ICAM-1 enhances severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis compared to C3-deficient mice. Neurosci. Letts. 442:158-160.
*66. Wohler, J.E. and S.R. Barnum. 2008. Nylon wool purification alters the activation of T cells. Mol Immunol. 46:1007-1010.
*67. Dugger, K.J., Zinn, K.R., Weaver, C.,. Bullard, D.C. and S.R. Barnum. 2009. Dual roles for LFA-1 on effector and regulatory T cells during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroimmunol. 206:22-27.
68. Osmers, I., Smith, S.S., Parks, B.W., Yu, S., Wohler, J.E., Barnum, S.R. and J.H.S. Kabarowski. 2009. Deletion of the G2A Receptor Fails to Attenuate Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroimmunol. 207:18-23.
69. Brambilla, R. Hu, X., Karmally, S., Shestopalov, V., Ivanov, D., Nathanson, L, Barnum, S.R. and John R. Bethea. 2009. Transgenic inhibition of astroglial NF-κB improves neurological outcome following EAE by suppressing chronic CNS inflammation. J Immunol. 182:2628-2640.
*70. Wohler, J.E., Smith, S.S., Zinn, K.R., Bullard, D.C. and S.R. Barnum. 2009. γδ T cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: early trafficking events and cytokine requirements. Eur. J. Immunol. 39:1516-1526. (featured paper)
*71. Wohler, J.E., Bullard, D.C., Schoeb, T., and S.R. Barnum. 2009. LFA-1 is critical for regulatory T cell homeostasis and function. Mol. Immunol. 46:2424-2428.
*72. Ramos, T.N., Wohler, J.E. and S.R. Barnum. 2009. Deletion of both the C3a and C5a receptors fails to protect against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Neurosci. Letters, 467:234-236.
*73. Hu, X., Barnum, S.R., Wohler, J.E., Schoeb, T.R. and D.C. Bullard. 2010. Differential ICAM-1 isoform expression regulates the development and progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Mol. Immunol. 47:1692-1670.
74. Ingersoll, S.A., Martin, C.B., Barnum, S.R. and B.K. Martin. 2010. CNS-specific expression of C3a and C5a exacerbate demyelination severity in the cuprizone model. Mol. Immunol. 48:219-230.
75. Hu, X., Jones, N.R, Ramos, T.N., Skibinski, G.A., McCrory, M.A., Wright, T.T., Barnum, S.R. and Szalai, A.J. 2011. Inhibition of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in C-reactive protein transgenic mice is FcγR11b dependent. Autoimmun. Dis. 2011: ID#484936.
*76. Ramos, T.N., Darley, M., Bilker, O., Rayner, J.C., Ahras, M., Wohler, J.E. and S.R. Barnum. 2011. Cutting Edge: The membrane attack complex of complement is required for the development of experimental cerebral malaria. J. Immunol., 186:6657-6660.
77. Woehrl, B., Brower, M.C., Murr, C., Heckenberg, M.G.B., Baas, F., Pfister, H.W., Zwinderman, A.H., Morgan, B.P., Barnum, S.R., van der Ende, A., Koedel, U., and van de Beek, D. 2011. Complement factor 5 in pneumococcal meningitis. J. Clin. Invest., 121:3943-3853.
78. Weinberg, J.A., MacLennan, P.A., Vandromme–Cusick, M.J., Angotti, J.M., Magnotti, A.J., Kerby, J.D., Rue III, L.W., Barnum, S.R., and R.P. Patel. 2012. Microvascular response to red blood cell transfusion in trauma patients. Shock, 37:276-281.
79. Wheeler, C., Nabors, L.B., Barnum, S.R., Yang, X., Hu, X., Schoeb, T., Chen, D., Ardelt, A.A. and P.H. King. 2012. Estrogen Dependent Attenuation of EAE in a Transgenic Mouse with Astrocytic Expression of the RNA Regulator HuR. J. Neuroimmunol. 246:34-37.
*80. Darley, M.M., Ramos, T.N., Wetsel, R.A. and S.R. Barnum. 2012. Deletion of Carboxypeptidase N does not alter susceptibility to experimental cerebral malaria. Parasite Immunol. In press.
*81. Ramos, T.N., Darley, M.M., Weckbach, S., Stahel, P.F., Tomlinson, S. and S.R. Barnum. 2012. The C5 convertase is not required for activation of the terminal complement pathway in murine experimental cerebral malaria. J. Biol. Chem., 287:24734-24738.
82. Stapley, R., Owusu, B., Brandon, A., Cusick, M., Rodriguez, C., Marques, M., Kerby, J.D., Barnum, S.R., Weinberg, J., Lancaster Jr, J.R. and R.P. Patel. 2012. Erythrocyte storage increases rates of NO- and nitrite scavenging: Implications for transfusion related toxicity. Biochem. J., In press.
Books, Book Chapters, Commentaries and Invited Reviews:
1. Barnum, S.R., Fey, G. and B.F. Tack. 1989. The biosynthesis and genetics of C3. In Current Topics of Microbiology and Immunology, J.D. Lambris (ed.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Vol. 153, pp. 23-43.
2. Barnum, S.R. and J.E. Volanakis. 1990. Structure and function of human C3. In The Year in Immunology 1989-90, J.M. Cruse and R.E. Lewis, eds. Karger, Basel. Vol. 6, pp. 208-228.
3. Barnum, S.R. 1991. C4b-binding protein, a regulatory component of complement. Immunol. Res. 10:28-42.
4. Stransky, G., Gay, R.E., Trabandt, A., Barnum, S.R. and S. Gay. 1992. Oncogenes and retroviruses in rheumatoid arthritis. In Rheumatoid Arthritis, J. Smolen, J. Kalden and R. Maini (eds.) Springer, Heidelberg. pp. 231-243.
5. Barnum, S.R. 1993. Biosynthesis and regulation of complement by cells of the central nervous system. Complement Today: Complement Profiles J.M. Cruse and R.E. Lewis (eds.) Karger, Basel. pp. 76-95.
6. Volanakis, J.E., Barnum, S.R. and J.M. Kilpatrick. 1993. Purification and properties of human factor D. In Proteolytic Enzymes of Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Complement Activation (Methods in Enzymology), L. Lorand and K.G. Mann (eds.) Academic Press. Vol. 223, pp. 82-97.
7. Barnum, S.R. 1995. Complement Biosynthesis in the Central Nervous System. Crit. Rev. Oral Biol. Med. 6:132-146.
8. Spiegel, K., Emmerling, M.R. and S.R. Barnum. 1998. Acute phase proteins: Strategies for inhibition of complement activation in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. In Inflammatory Mechanisms and Management of Neurodegeneration. P. Wood, ed., Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, pp. 129-176.
9. Stahel, P.F. and S.R. Barnum. 1997. Bacterial meningitis: Complement gene expression in the central nervous system. Immunopharmacology 38:65-72.
10. Nataf, S., Stahel, P.F., Davoust, N., and S.R. Barnum. 1999. Complement anaphylatoxin receptor expression on neurons: New tricks for old receptors? Trends Neurosci. 22:397-402.
11. S.R. Barnum. 1999. Inhibition of complement as a therapeutic approach in inflammatory CNS disease. Mol. Med. 5:569-582.
12. Akiyama, H., Barger, S., Barnum, S., Bradt, B., Bauer, J., Cooper N.R., Eilelenboom, P., Emmerling, M., Fiebich, B., Finch, C.E., Frautschy, S., Griffin, W.S.T., Hampel, H., Landreth, G., McGeer, P.L., Mrak, R., MacKenzie, I., O'Banion, K., Pachter, J., Pasinetti, G., Plata-Salaman, C., Rogers, J., Rydel, R., Shen, Y., Streit, W., Strohmeyer, R., Tooyoma, I., Van Muiswinkel, F.L., Veerhuis, R., Walker, D., Webster, S., Wegrzynaik, B., Wenk, G. and A. Wyss-Coray. 2000. Inflammation and Alzheimer's Disease. Neurobiol.Aging. 21:383-421.
13. Barnum, S.R. 2001. The complement system in demyelinating disease: new insights from transgenic and complement-deficient mice. In Inflammatory Events in Neurodegeneration. S. Bondy and A. Campbell, eds., Prominent Press, Scottsdale, AZ, pp. 139-156.
14. Barnum, S.R. 2002. Complement in central nervous system inflammation. Immunol. Res. 26:7-14.
15. Szalai, A.J. and S.R. Barnum. 2004. Fc receptors and the common γ-chain in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Neurosci. Res. Mini-Review, 75:597-602.
16. Barnum, S.R. and A.J. Szalai. 2005. Complement as a biomarker in multiple sclerosis. J. Neuropath. Exp. Neurol. 64:741.
17. Read, R.W., Szalai, A.J., Vogt, S.D., S.R. Barnum. 2005. Experimental autoimmune uveitis in the C57BL/6 mouse. Exp. Eye Res. 83:229-230.
18. Barnum, S.R. and A.J. Szalai. 2006. Complement and demyelinating disease: No MAC needed? Brain Res. Reviews, 52:58-68.
19. Stahel, P.F. and S.R. Barnum. 2006. The role of the complement system in CNS inflammatory diseases. Exp. Rev. Clin. Immunol. 2:445-456.
20. Stahel, P.F., Felderhoff-Mueser, U., and S.R. Barnum. 2009. Interleukin-18 and neuroinflammation. In Springer Encyclopedia Reference of Neuroscience, J. Haddad, ed., Springer-Verlag, Heildelberg, Germany, pp. 2716-2720.
21. Alexander, JJ, Andersen, A, Barnum, S.R., Stevens, B. and A. Tenner. 2008. The complement cascade: Yin-yang in neuroinflammation: neuro-protection and -degeneration. J. Neurochem. 107:1169-1187.
22. Wohler, J.E., Smith, S.S. and S.R. Barnum. 2009. γδ T Cells: the overlooked T cell subset in Demyelinating Disease: J. Neurosci. Res. 88:1-6.
23. Hu, X., Wohler, J.E., Dugger, K.J. and S.R. Barnum. 2010. β2-integrins in demyelinating disease: not adhering to the paradigm. J. Leuk. Biol., 87:397-403.
24. Hunt, N.H., Grau, G.E., Schofield, L., Hansen, D., Engwerda, C., Barnum, S.R. and H. van der Heyde. 2010. Murine cerebral malaria – the whole story. Trends Parasitol., 26:272-274.
25. Weinberg, J.A., Barnum, S.R. and R.P. Patel. 2011. RBC age and potentiation of transfusion related pathology in trauma patients. Transfusion, 15:867-873.
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Even though Mount St. Joseph Academy and Springside Chestnut Hill are located just a few minutes from one another, last Tuesday's basketball scrimmage between the schools was a rare occurrence.
There are several reasons for this. The Mount and its Athletic Association of Catholic Academies peers belong to the Pa. Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) which also encompasses public high schools of all sizes across the state. SCH and fellow members of the Girls Inter-Ac League do not belong to the PIAA and are not bound by its eligibility requirements or restrictions on the number of games played during a given season.
There's also a great difference in the enrollments of the two schools. Mount St. Joe's basketball program competes against the largest public school teams in Class AAAA of the PIAA, and going by those same guidelines, Springside Chestnut Hill would belong in the single-A division.
The Inter-Ac schools recruit student athletes more actively than the AACA members, but in turn, the Catholic Academies also have a leg up on their public school counterparts, since they are not limited to accepting students from a single school district.
Despite the different organizational affiliations, many of the individuals on the two teams know one another, and at the scrimmage last Tuesday there was plenty of social interaction outside of the court boundaries. Many of the girls from the two schools played together either on grade school or club teams, and a number of the parents are friends, as well.
Both schools had strong squads last winter, but on the basis of graduation losses and the talent returning for this season, last week's workout at the Mount had the potential to turn into a lopsided affair favoring the hosts.
However, the visiting Lions acquitted themselves well, on the whole. After each of the four 10-minute periods involving the varsity units the scoreboard was reset to zero, but overall the Magic put up 49 points to the visitors' 37. The Lions (1-1) had already played two actual games the previous weekend, while the Magic would officially launch their season on Friday at a tournament in central Pennsylvania.
The SCH program got hammered back on Graduation Day 2012, losing four starters. Three of the former Lions are playing hoops in college, 5'11" guard Sydni Epps (Hofstra), 6'1" power forward Michelle Boggs (East Stroudsburg), and 5'11" forward Elana Roadcloud (Ursinus). The fourth player who has moved on, guard Alexis Giovinazzo, is primarily a softball player who'll be out on the diamond at Muhlenberg College, but SCH will still miss her as a mentally-tough athlete with a high sports IQ.
Due partly to the returning athletes at the Mount, the Magic's losses from last year were not as damaging, although they weren't insignificant. Gritty point guard Bridget Higgins has tried out as a walk-on at the University of Pittsburgh and made herself stick, while forward Cailin Schmeer and guard Maddie Kohler are playing basketball at Union College and St. Mary's College, respectively.
Current senior Kelsey Jones, a point guard who has signed with Philadelphia University, is almost ready to return to action coming off of a knee injury late last season, but she did not play last Tuesday. The other two seniors on the roster, guard Adrienne Cellucci and forward Meg Geatens, have not yet made their college choices. Both were starters in last Tuesday's scrimmage, along with guards Gen Hagedorn and Alex Louin, and forward Carly Monzo, who are all juniors.
Louin is a 5'11" guard who is being heavily recruited at a high level (even at last week's informal gathering, one Philly-area Division I coach turned up). She started last year alongside the three seniors, and the remaining forward spot was initially filled by Monzo and later by Geatens after Monzo went out with an injury.
Hagedorn saw a fair amount of action as a reserve last year, and the fourth 11th grader on this year's roster is forward Colleen Steinmetz. There are three sophomores, guards Mary Kate Ulasewicz and Katie Maransky, and forward Emily Carpenter, and in an unusual move, 7th-year MSJ coach John Miller has included three freshmen on his varsity roster right from the get-go.
Caitlyn Cunningham and Libby Tacka are both tall guards, and Sarah Wills is a forward. Tacka's older sister, Natalie, is a 2011 Mount grad who is playing field hockey for Lehigh University. There is also a familial hockey connection for Wills, whose cousins, Liz and Anna, were standouts in that sport at Penn Charter.
Last winter, the MSJ hoop squad was runner-up in the AACA and placed fifth in the PIAA's District 1. After reaching the second round of the state tournament, the Magic wound up with an overall record of 25-6.
The two seniors on the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy roster, both guards, are still in the process of making their decisions regarding college. Gianna Pownall is the only returning starter for the Lions this season, and the other 12th-grader is Norwood Fontbonne Academy graduate Maddi Hinchey.
Another NFA alum, Madi Sehn, is one of three juniors, along with fellow forward Katie Shields and point guard Julia Schumacher. Sophomores Olivia Byron (forward) and Caroline Henry (guard) saw playing time with both the varsity and junior varsity squads last winter.
The largest class is the ninth-grade group, which is a good sign for the future but makes the Lions a very young team this year. The five freshman round out a total of 12 players making up the entire upper school hoops program at SCH, both varsity and JV. Day-to-day personnel decisions with these limited numbers will require a deft juggling act by second-year skipper Steve Purcell, and even minor injuries could have a major impact.
Gianna Pownall's younger sister, Marissa, came up through the Lions' middle school system, as did fellow ninth-grade guards Singley Risico and Drew Kevitch. Forwards Lindsay Hiner and Essence Walden are new students at SCH.
Last season, Gianna Pownall missed most of the first round of Inter-Ac games due to injury and a 2-4 performance during that stretch buried the Lions in the standings. When she returned and the team became more focused overall, SCH took league champion Germantown Academy to overtime before succumbing, and won all of its other rematches to finish 7-5, tied for fourth place with Penn Charter. The Lions got to the second round of the Pa. Independent Schools Tournament, losing by a single point to the eventual champ, Shipley, and coming away with a 14-14 mark for the year.


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Martha Morgan: The future lies in studying yesterday's trash
A. Sue Weisler
Martha Morgan believes that one man's trash is another man's treasure. In fact, Morgan, assistant professor of archaeology in the College of Liberal Arts, has focused much of her career studying just how meaningful garbage is to modern society, while at the same time answering important questions about cultures, habits and sustainability.
Garbage archaeology was introduced by William Rathje, a former anthropology professor from the University of Arizona— and one of Morgan's mentors. Throughout his graduate seminar, Rathje taught Morgan and his other students how studying refuse can lead to a greater understanding of their behaviors and societal engagement and to positive lifestyle changes.
Today, Morgan has passed on those same messages to her students and impresses upon them the importance of studying consumption, waste and recycling, and the impact this has on individuals and societies.
"From an archaeological standpoint, garbage archaeology helps us solve mysteries like who was living here, what habits they had, what their lifestyles were like, and what they threw away and why," she says. "In fact, 99 percent of what archaeologists study is garbage— or what's been left behind."
Throughout her course, Morgan asks her students to collect every ounce of their personal garbage for a one-week period. And she means everything—from used tissues to potato chip bags to unfinished pizza slices and soda pop. At the end of the week, students bring their trash to class to sort and catalogue every single item.
"The point of this exercise is for them to take a hard look at what they consume, use—and waste—over the course of one week," she explains. "When this exercise is completed, most, if not all, of my students realize that they can modify their behaviors in some way. Whether it's by limiting their food and beverage intake to eliminate some of the waste or through the realization of how much money they've spent at Starbucks in seven days, my students are genuinely surprised by how much they waste and how little they actually recycle. In essence, archaeology is based on what people really do versus what they say they do."
Morgan acknowledges that there is a definite trend in studying garbage. She points to documentaries like Waste Land and Garbage Dreams that tell stories of the exorbitant amount of garbage that is created. She also notes that in the 1950s, there was a culture shift that enabled many products to become disposable. Today, 90 percent of what we produce ends up as garbage, she says.
In addition to classroom lectures, Morgan takes her classes to the Monroe County Recycling Facility on Lee Road in Rochester to gain a greater understanding of what happens after garbage and recyclables are hauled away.
"People measure garbage using weight and volume, but these measurements don't shed light onto what is being recycled," Morgan says. "As a result, only 25 percent of the total garbage accumulated by the United States is actually being recycled and obviously, there are global implications due to this behavior."
Ultimately, Morgan hopes her lessons will teach her students how to be mindful of recycling and how much is consumed or tossed into landfills.
"We have to be in the mindset to maintain living a 'green' lifestyle. There is no 'Planet B,'" Morgan warns. "This is the only Earth we will ever have."