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News & Notes: Game 138/139
Buffalo Bisons
72-65, T2nd(-10.5)
G1: LHP Raul Valdes 1-1, 2.61
G2: RHP Josh Stinson 1-1, 2.08
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees
82-54, 1st(+10.5)
G1: RHP John Van Benschoten 2-0, 4.05
G2: RHP Hector Noesi 1-0, 6.00
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Coca-Cola Field – Buffalo, NY
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TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons take on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in the first two games of a three-game series from Coca-Cola Field (Game 1: 5:35 p.m.). The Herd was swept in a two-game set by Syracuse to begin this homestand. Buffalo has lost four straight games. Tomorrow, the Bisons will host the Yankees in the final home game of the 2010 season. The Herd ends the season with two games in Lehigh Valley and two in Rochester.
WILD RACE: The Bisons are now tied with Syracuse, four games back of Louisville for the league's lone Wild Card race. The Bats, meanwhile, are now a half-game back of Columbus for the IL West title. The Bisons have seven games left while Syracuse and Louisville have six each.
vs. YANKS: The Bisons are 7-6 against the IL North Division champs. The Herd won five of eight at PNC Field and is 2-3 against the Yankees at home. Buffalo split a four-game set with the Yanks at Coca-Cola Field, April 17-20. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre won the lone game of a rain-shortened two-game series with a 10-7 win on July 8.
DOUBLE DIP: The Bisons are playing just their third doubleheader of the season, all of which have come in the last 11 days. The Herd was swept in a pair of games by Pawtucket on August 22 (2-9, 5-7). Buffalo split a twin bill the Yankees at PNC Field on Saturday, winning 4-0 and losing 2-1.
TURN IT UP: In just his second game since missing nine games with a knee injury, INF JUSTIN TURNER went 3-3 with a double and his 10th home run of the season. Turner has hit .311 between the Bisons and Norfolk, the 5th highest average in the International League. With the Herd, Turner has hit .332 (93-280) with 20 doubles, nine homers and 53 runs scored in 71 games.
BISONS BITS: INF NICK EVANS has reached base safely in 30 of his 32 games with the Herd since his promotion. Evans sports a .317 batting average and a .387 on-base percentage with Buffalo…OF KIRK NIEUWENHUIS has six outfield assists in only 23 starts with the Bisons…RHP DILLON GEE leads all of Triple-A baseball with 161 strikeouts.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (65-67) lost to the Braves, 9-2, last night. After the game, New York promoted OF LUCAS DUDA and RHP JENRRY MEJIA from the Bisons. Duda will be making his major league debut after .314 with 23 doubles, 17 home runs and 53RBI in 70 games with the Herd. Mejia made one start for Buffalo, striking out nine in eight innings of a no-decision on Monday against Syracuse.
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This video was filmed when I was teaching in Lund, Sweden in October 2011. Over the weekend we had been exploring the progression found in the Pinan Heian series. We began with the core techniques found in Pinan Shodan (Heian Nidan) and progressed through the whole series to the more advanced techniques found in Yodan and Godan (See my DVDs "The Pinan / Heian Series: The Complete Fighting System" for a detailed breakdown of this progression).
The sequence is often explained as a" lower cross block" to a low kick, an "upper cross block" to a face punch, a "pressing block" to a middle level punch, before hitting the enemy twice. One key problem with such applications is that they are rendered totally invalid the minute the attacker does anything other then precisely what they are told. Other issues are that the individual techniques are very unlikely to work in themselves, they would produce great vulnerabilities even if they did, and parts of the sequence go unexplained (i.e. why bring both hand down at once for the "pressing block"?).
The sequence makes far more sense when viewed as a grip strip, arm-lock and punches. It is nevertheless interesting to note that people still cling to the "blocking sequence" as being valid – despite its many obvious flaws – simply because it is widely practised. What we need to do to make sense of kata is to avoid "appeals to authority", look at kata with fresh eyes, and ask what truly best explains the motion?
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Victoria Beckham has been in New York the last few days presenting her latest collection to the people who matter. Clever bitch that she is, she also let it drop that in addition to all the other famous people who've worn her designs (Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez), she could be adding a Princess to that list.
Princess Catherine of William of Wales of the Brother of Hot Harry on a Horse? (Please. That's what some royal titles sound like.)
Indeed Posh says Kate Middleton is into her dresses:
"Apparently, she likes my clothes and has asked to see a selection. It will be from my current spring/summer collection. It's tremendously exciting and I would be honoured if she were to wear my designs. I admire her tremendously. She's a beautiful young girl, she has a wonderful figure and I think she wears clothes beautifully."
Victoria loves repeating adjectives. And I do love her comment on Kate's figure. Kate has no figure. She has bones. Just like Posh. Everyone wants to dress Kate. It'll be the ultimate accomplishment if Posh can do it.
How about this though?
Dear Victoria,
If you could ONLY dress ONE, who would it be?
Kate Middleton or Anna Wintour?
You know what else Posh said about her clothes? She was wearing the only thing from the collection that could accommodate her pregnancy. Because she's so huge now you know?
"When I started designing the collection I didn't know I was pregnant. I can't wait to fit into all these again."
Now see Victoria last night with David, who flew in to spend Valentine's Day with her. I will never be that thin in my life. She's 5 months along and complaining about being fat. It's a different kind of existence.
Below – video of Posh's new collection.
Photos from Jackson Lee/Splashnewsonline.com


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Dear Abby: I'm writing for advice on friendship. There is a person who insists we are "best friends." She calls every day to gossip and get into people's business, including mine. We are grown women, and I find this childish.
I am a loner. I don't like too many people in my space, but I don't want to hurt her feelings. I just want her to get a life. I'm married; she's single. We have nothing in common, in my opinion, and she tries to keep up with my every move. If I don't answer the phone at home, she calls me at work.
Help me tell this person, without being hurtful and rude, that I like her but I want to have a normal adult relationship with her. I have other close friends, but I don't have to call or talk to them every day to maintain our friendship. - Infringed Upon in Mississippi
Dear Infringed Upon: The woman might be trying to live vicariously through you, which is why she's calling daily and pumping you for information. Tell her phone calls at work are distracting, so please don't call you there.
She also should be told while you like her, the closeness she craves has become claustrophobic and is making you uncomfortable, so to please limit her calls to one or two a week. If you do not set boundaries, you can't expect her to observe them.
Dear Abby: I know a fairly well-to-do couple who, after living together for a while, have decided to get married. I went to their online wedding registry to select something for them and was stunned to see several of the items they had on there were pricey items for their cats. Is this the status quo these days, or is it just plain bad taste?
I chose to put money toward another item, but now I'm wondering if it will go where it was directed - and not to the cats. It also was suggested I provide an email address so an e-card of thanks might be sent.
Abby, you keep telling your readers times have changed. I reluctantly guess we need to resign ourselves to the emails, but what is your take on the gift suggestions? - Offended Wedding Guest in New York
Dear Offended: The couple you mentioned might have most (or all) of the household items they need. While the request for something for their pets instead of themselves is somewhat unusual, no rule of etiquette forbids it. The object is to give something they can use, and I'm having trouble understanding why you find their request offensive.
I do, however, take exception to the idea of a generic, mass mailing being used to acknowledge wedding gifts rather than an individual thank you. If that's what they're planning, it seems more of an impersonal "shrug" than an actual expression of gratitude.
Dear Abby: A woman at work wears flip-flops every day. The sound of her walking is extremely annoying, to the point where I get a headache every day. The boss said her footwear is fine. Any advice? Thanks. - Footsteps in Ohio
Dear Footsteps: If the boss said her footwear is fine, then you're out of luck. Wear earplugs, use aspirin as directed and pray for an early winter.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


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Public Comment Period Extended for Proposed Change to the Soil Cleanup Plan at the Fletcher's Paint Superfund Site in Milford, N.H.
Release Date: 07/14/2008
Contact Information: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017
(Boston, Mass. – July 14, 2008) – EPA has granted a thirty day extension to the Public Comment Period for the proposed change to the soil cleanup plan at the Fletcher's Paint Superfund Site in Milford, New Hampshire.
The extension allows for comments to be made on the Proposed Plan through August 18, 2008. Based on information collected over the past several years during the remedial design, EPA is proposing a fundamental change to the Operable Unit 1 remedy that was selected in the September, 1988 Record of Decision. The 1988 plan selected excavation and on site treatment of the soils with the highest levels of contamination by low temperature thermal desorption.
The updated cleanup plan presented at the June 17, 2008 public meeting proposes excavation and disposal of approximately 28,000 cubic yards of highly contaminated soils to a licensed off-site landfill. The proposed change to off-site disposal would achieve the same overall protection of human health and the environment by achieving the same cleanup standards through the removal of highly contaminated soil from the community.
Off-site disposal would reduce the overall construction period and reduce the time until cleanup standards are met in soils. The overall cost of the soil cleanup action may be reduced by up to $9 million.
The comment period began June 18 and has been extended to August 18, 2008.
More information:
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Hard copies of the Proposed Plan and other materials related to the cleanup at the site are available for review at the following locations:
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Manning the grill in Milford
The Milford shore area took substantial pounding from the storm.
Homes along East Broadway were savaged, salt water from Long Island Sound mixing with backed up sewage, storm flotsam and jetsam, to form an awful mixture in basements, crawlspaces and first floors.
When Carl Loschiavo, a 37-year-old Stratford man who owns and rents a house at 850 East Broadway, arrived he found devastation.
His tenants had been evacuated, but many of their belongings had been destroyed, and the structure itself was badly damaged.
So Loschiavo set to work, alongside all the others.
But he wanted to contribute something to the overall mood.
He set up a grill, a table and all the fixings, and cooked hot dogs and hamburgers for two days at the end of the week for neighbors, workers and anyone else who needed a break and a bite from the back-breaking work.


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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Baby Bump!
The DRC family is excited to announce that Santini is expecting! Her new bundle of flippered joy is due to arrive in late November-early December.
Santini's doing great and the pregnancy is smoothly progressing. She's receiving terrific pre-natal care, of course, and we'll monitor her throughout the coming months. We know you'll join us in keeping our flippers crossed that everything continues to go well.
We look forward to welcoming Tina's new son or daughter (and Tanner's little sister or brother) in the fall!
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
DRC Helps Rescue Injured Manatee
A manatee injured by a boat in the Florida Keys is now receiving treatment for her injuries thanks to Dolphin Research Center's Manatee Rescue Team and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). On Friday, March 16th, the female manatee was rescued near Jasmine Street in Key Largo.
Manatee assessors from DRC had gone out to observe the animal for a few days prior to her rescue. On Thursday, March 15th, Medical Director Pat Clough and veterinarian Dr. Mike Renner went by boat to get a good look at her injuries and her movement. With the cuts on her back from a propeller and buoyancy issues that made her "ride high" in the water and compromised her mobility, they reported to the FWC that she should be rescued.
The following morning, DRC's rescue team deployed, traveling to mile marker 90 to meet with manatee biologists from the FWC and launch the rescue mission. They found the manatee in the same area where she had previously been spotted and cautiously approached.
Not knowing the full extent of the internal injuries she might have suffered, the crew hoped to achieve the rescue without multiple net sets and stress on the animal. With excellent timing, they encircled her with the net and were able to safely bring her aboard the rescue boat.
Dubbed Jasmine by the rescue crew after the street near where she was rescued, she was examined on the boat and then carefully lifted into the FWC's truck.
From the scene, she was then transported to Miami Seaquarium for treatment and rehabilitation. Antibiotics have been administered to ward off infection and staff report that she is eating well and socializing with other manatees in her pool. Her condition will be carefully assessed as she continues to heal. When she is deemed completely recovered from her injuries, she will be transported back to the Florida Keys and released.
According to marine mammal medical personnel and manatee biologists, the animal may have suffered an internal injury to its lung which permitted air to leak into the body cavity. This trapped air increases the buoyancy of the manatee which can make it more difficult for the animal to stay submerged beneath the water's surface and dive to the sea grass beds to feed. X-rays will determine whether any of the manatee's ribs were broken by the boat strike.
"Jasmine is fortunate that area residents saw her injuries and alerted authorities so that she could be rescued and helped," said DRC's Chief Operating Officer Armando "Mandy" Rodriguez. "She serves as a strong reminder for all boaters to pay attention to posted slow speed zones and be aware of manatees in our local waters." Licensed by the federal government, Dolphin Research Center's manatee rescue team responds to calls about injured, entangled, ill or orphaned manatees from Key Largo to Key West.
The veterinarian and staff of Miami Seaquarium will provide Jasmine with excellent care while she is in residence. We'll keep in touch to get updates about her condition. We're all thrilled that we were able to help this injured animal and are very optimistic that she will make a full recovery.
As you know, DRC is a nonprofit organization. All of our mission-based activities, including our manatee rescue efforts, are funded by admission and program fees as well as by private donors and members. Many thanks to all of you for your support. With your help, Jasmine has been given a terrific chance. We'll keep you posted on her progress!
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David Szauder, a German digital artist, takes interest in the glitch phenomenon. Failed Memory, the name of the compilation of images, showcases photographs that are purposely altered. Precisely, the photograph's flow is interrupted by the sudden ambiguity of lines and distortions occurring in certain parts of the subject's body.
His 'glitch' technique literally translates to the themes he is working with here: memory and the possible failure to reconstruct them. Much like the files on our computer's memory, human recollection of events might get distorted throughout time.
"Our brains store away images to retrieve them later, like files stored away on a hard drive. But when we go back and try to re-access those memories, we may find them to be corrupted in some way."
His work is more than just visual; Szauder provides text to go along with the images. On his Behance profile, the artist expresses that the images recollect failed memories related to family moments. (via IGNANT)


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BuGhOu§eMASTER said:[quote=Ted]Bug, I would never post bad info on here.
BuGhOu§eMASTER said:... I just find it very odd that casino's would NOT care about using a BS card to reduce the odds from 12% all the way down to 0.5%, but to care just for having a small notepad and a pencil.... :shock: As I said in my earlier post, it's not ELECTRONICS so why would it matter?!?!?!?!?!?!
From what I've read of Renzey's articles, the basic house edge is around 1-3% for most players (not 12%). It drops to .5% if you play perfect basic strategy.
BuGhOu§eMASTER said:Buffarino, here's a post by a strong BJ player that I notice you didn't say anything about on another thread:
[i]I know the casinos expect a take of between 15-20% on the blackjack tables, if it averaged out to less than 1% I wonder what they might do? [i/]
That's even worse odds than what I had said... @ 12%.... you mind asking him how he got it to 15-20%???
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Oral capsules a viable delivery route for FMT in recurrent C. difficile infection
Use of oral capsules in the delivery of faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) appears to be equally effective as colonoscopy in terms of preventing recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI) over 12 weeks, according to the results of a trial.
Specifically, in a cohort of 105 adults with RCDI (mean age 58 years; 68 percent female) who completed the trial, the primary endpoint of proportion of patients without recurrence at week 12 was 96.2 percent in both the capsule arm and the colonoscopy arm (51 of 53 vs 50 of 52; difference, 0 percent; p<0.001), meeting the criterion for noninferiority. [JAMA 2017;318:1985-1993]
In terms of secondary endpoints, one case of death due to underlying cardiopulmonary illness not associated with FMT was reported in each treatment arm. Minor adverse events occurred in 5.4 percent of patients in the capsule arm vs 12.5 percent in the colonoscopy arm.
Quality of life scores increased considerably following FMT treatment, with no significant difference between the two treatment arms. Meanwhile, significantly more patients in the capsule arm rated their experience as "not at all unpleasant" (66 percent vs 44 percent; difference, 22 percent; 95 percent CI, 3–40; p=0.01).
The investigators noted a higher success rate with FMT capsules in the current study than in previous ones. This rate is said to potentially indicate a benefit of bowel lavage prior to administering FMT, because residual vancomycin in the present cohort was detected up to 8 days despite its discontinuation. [JAMA 2014;312:1772-1778; JAMA 2016;315:142-149; Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2015;41:835-843]
"Currently, most patients with RCDI are referred to gastroenterology or infectious diseases, and the method and route in which FMT is administered are specialty dependent," the investigators said.
"Although colonoscopy delivery is more invasive, resource intensive, costly and inconvenient for patients, it has the advantage of identifying alternative diagnoses. Conversely, when FMT is given by oral capsules, it can be administered in an office setting, which could substantially reduce cost and wait time," they added, highlighting the need for comprehensive economic evaluations to further understand the value and efficacy of FMT by oral capsule.
Despite the presence of several limitations, the study demonstrates that treatment with oral capsules may be an effective approach to treating RCDI, the investigators said.
Tough pill to swallow
In an accompanying editorial, Dr Preeti N. Malani and colleagues from the University of Michigan Medical School in US noted that although the presented data on oral FMT capsules were promising and might facilitate increased adoption of FMT for RCDI, many broader questions about the efficacy of the treatment remains to be elucidated. [JAMA 2017;318:1979-1980]
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In LQG we work in the spirit of Antonio Machado: "Traveler, there is no path; Paths are made by walking." I will present a bird's eye view of some of the paths that have emerged since Loops 11 and offer a few suggestions.
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It has been a long time since I have seen a horizontal shooter and this is quite possibly the first I have seen on a mobile phone. Overkill is a horizontal shooter that throws you into round after round of attacking ships, incoming asteroids, and strange alien spacecraft.
You are flying a ship that can be controlled either by touchscreen or tilting your device. As you fight through the rounds, you will need to make use of your three weapons. Your normal gun fires automatically and your rockets and heavy weapon need to be fired manually.
At the end of each round you can decide to spend the money you have earned on upgrades to the different categories. Each time you upgrade, your weapons will become stronger and recharge faster.
Overall the game didn't feel too special but it definitely had its challenges. I was able to breeze through the first levels with no problem, but as you get deeper into the game they get much harder. It's a fun game but a little too simple for my tastes. If you like survival shooters, you may think this game is enjoyable. Check it out.


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Don't tell Zupa, but I think fishing sucks.
It probably doesn't help that I a neither a good fisherman in real life or WoW.
Likewise, I tend to run about like, well like a little hyperactive Gnome, in real life and WoW.
The one fish I remember catching in Real Life was from the once majestic (before white settlement) Murray River.. it was a carp.
I was so excited… my Dad and Uncles laughed while they killed it and threw the vermin back into the river to feed the native species.
Gone Fishing!
I had a little WoW time on Wednesday night, so I thought that I would try out the fishing dailies everyone is talking about (while I waited for something, anything, better to happen). Turns out any Gnome and their dog can do them, so why not (more…)


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In his own words, MIT neuroscientist Mark Bear admits he did not "wake up one day and say, 'Hey, I'm going to cure autism.'" But, after decades of painstaking basic research on how the brain rewires itself in response to external cues, Bear has discovered a way to reverse the symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome, a disorder that can cause autism, mental retardation, and epilepsy. "It was a classic payoff of basic research," says Bear, the Picower Professor of Neuroscience.
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And Bear is not the only MIT neuroscientist discovering this payoff. Several basic research projects have recently yielded drugs now in clinical trials to treat a variety of brain disorders. Helped by advances in lab technology, neuroscientists have learned enough about how the brain works that they can start coming up with ways to treat problems that arise when something goes wrong, says Mriganka Sur, head of MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
"A lot of basic science is abstract, and necessarily so, but I foresee that as neuroscientists, we can have as much impact on brain disorders as biologists have had on cancer," says Sur, whose own research has led to potential treatments for Rett Syndrome, a specific type of autism.
Making Connections
One of neuroscience's major goals is unraveling the mechanisms of human learning and memory – a daunting task. One way that brain scientists narrow their approach is to target the connections between individual neurons, known as synapses.
At these synapses, neurotransmitters such as glutamate, dopamine or serotonin carry messages from one brain cell to another. Those chemicals set off a variety of responses in the receiving cell, such as electrical signals or producing another signaling molecule.
Sometimes the messages enact changes to the synapses themselves, usually a strengthening or weakening of the connection – a phenomenon known as synaptic plasticity. This plasticity forms the basis of learning and memory.
In the late 1980s, Bear's research suggested that a cell receptor – called a metabotropic glutamate receptor – plays a critical role in synaptic plasticity. He was intrigued by its role in a phenomenon known as long-term depression, a suppression of synapses that helps shape brain connections during development. However, he had no inkling that it would lead him to a potential way to reverse autism symptoms.
"I had no idea what Fragile X was. None," he says.
Many years later, after the Human Genome Project was completed, researchers linked Fragile X Syndrome to a gene that codes for a protein produced when synaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors are activated. After several years of experimentation, Bear realized that Fragile X protein actually inhibits the response to metabotropic glutamate receptors. When the fragile X protein is missing, overactivity of these glutamate receptors leads to excessive synaptic connectivity, protein synthesis, growth and excitability – all symptoms of Fragile X.
To prove his theory, Bear and his students crossed mice with Fragile X symptoms with mice that were genetically engineered to have fewer metabotropic glutamate receptors. The offspring were normal, showing that knocking out the glutamate receptor could reverse the symptoms of Fragile X.
"It was unbelievable," Bear recalls. "It is absurd to think you could correct a disorder as varied as Fragile X by this one mechanism."
This kind of result shows the value of the National Institute of Health's approach to funding basic research, Bear says. In effect, the NIH is saying "keep working under the hood and I'm sure you're going to find something important someday," says Bear.
Four drug companies, including one co-founded by Bear, are now testing drugs that inhibit glutamate receptors in Fragile X patients.
Successes like these prove the value of basic research, says Constantine Stratakis, director of scientific programs for the NIH's National Institute of Childhood Health and Human Development. In fact, the lines between basic and clinical research are becoming increasingly blurred, he says. "There is no question that everything we do in clinical science is based on basic science," says Stratakis.
'Holy Grail'
Research in Sur's lab has followed a similar arc. Clinical trials will start later this year for drugs based on Sur's research on Rett Syndrome, which began as an effort to understand plasticity in neurons that process vision.
That work led naturally to studying brain disorders such as autism because "disorders of development are disorders of how the brain is wired," says Sur. "That's why autism is so fascinating to me, because it maps so directly onto plasticity."
So far, this approach of linking specific molecules to disease treatment has been most successful for specific types of autism caused by mutation of a single gene, such as Rett Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome. However, Sur and Bear hope their work could also extend to other forms of autism someday.
"You need the basic science background to pursue treatments for these disorders, which has always been the Holy Grail for most if not all health sciences research," says Sur.
In the laboratory of Li-Huei Tsai, director of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, recent advances have led to promising potential treatments for Alzheimer's disease. Using a unique mouse model developed in her lab, she has shown that inhibiting a specific enzyme involved in brain plasticity can dramatically improve cognitive performance. A company called In Vivo, in Waltham, Mass., is now conducting phase I clinical trials of one such inhibitor.
Tsai is optimistic about those trials, and also believes there are many other brain disorders – such as post traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder – that could be treated with similar drugs. "Nothing can be more rewarding than knowing that what you do may one day benefit people who suffer from these devastating diseases," she says.
Material adapted from Massachusetts Institute of Technology by CFisher.


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The 'Birds are Back in Town
Today marked the second year of another successful 'Bird Watching event as fans gathered at AutoZone Park to watch the Redbirds practice in preparation for Opening Day April 7 at 7:05 against the Oklahoma City RedHawks.
Fans were able to get autographs from players while enjoying complimentary nachos, hot dogs, and soda as they watched the team take batting practice and infield.
"Thank you to all the fans who came out today for our 2nd annual 'Bird Watching event. We hope this event got everyone as excited as we are to open the 2011 season on Thursday." said Ben Weiss, General Manager of the Memphis Redbirds.
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DURBAN, South Africa — After 72 hours of continuous wrangling, the 17th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change wrapped up early Sunday with modest accomplishments: the promise to work toward a new global treaty in coming years and the establishment of a new climate fund.
The deal on a future treaty renews the Kyoto Protocol, the fraying 1997 emissions agreement that sets different terms for advanced and developing countries, for several more years. But it also begins a process for replacing the Kyoto agreement with something that treats all countries — including the economic powerhouses China, India and Brazil — equally.
The deal on a future treaty was the most highly contested element of a package of agreements that emerged from the extended talks among 200 nations here.
The expiration date of the protocol — 2017 or 2020 — and the terms of any agreement that replaces it will be negotiated at future sessions.
The delegates also agreed on the creation of a fund to help poor countries adapt to climate change — though the precise sources of the money have yet to be determined — and to measures involving the preservation of tropical forests and the development of clean-energy technology. The reserve, called the Green Climate Fund, would help mobilize a promised $100 billion a year in public and private financing by 2020 to assist developing countries in adapting to climate change and converting to clean energy sources.
The conclusion of the meeting was marked by exhaustion and explosions of temper, and the result was muddled and unsatisfying to many. Observers and delegates said that the actions taken at the meeting, while sufficient to keep the negotiating process alive, would not have a significant impact on climate change.
"While governments avoided disaster in Durban, they by no means responded adequately to the mounting threat of climate change," said Alden Meyer, director of policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "The decisions adopted here fall well short of what is needed."
The European Union had pushed hard for what it called a "road map" to a legally binding treaty, against fierce resistance from China and India, whose delegates argued passionately against it. They said that mandatory cuts would slow their growth and condemn millions to poverty.
"Am I to write a blank check and sign away the livelihoods and sustainability of 1.2 billion Indians, without even knowing what the E.U. 'road map' contains?" said India's environment minister, Jayanthi Natarajan. "Please do not hold us hostage." The head of the Chinese delegation, Xie Zhenhua, accused developed countries of hypocrisy. "What qualifies you to tell us what to do?" he said. "We are taking action. We want to see your action."
The United States never ratified the Kyoto treaty because of objections to its division between developed and developing countries. Todd D. Stern, the chief American climate negotiator, said he was hopeful that talks in coming years would produce a more equitable arrangement.
Some analysts argued that the Europeans were required to compromise on their core position, accepting a vague promise of a legal treaty without assurances it would ever be ratified.
"It is difficult to avoid concluding that the Europeans ultimately blinked," said Michael A. Levi, a climate change and energy fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
"The reality is that there is no more agreement on the future of the climate talks than there was when negotiators first convened two weeks ago," he said. "Europe will continue to insist on a full-blown legally binding agreement; China and India will continue to oppose one; and the United States, while leaving the door open to an agreement that is binding for all, will continue to be unenthusiastic as well. These positions are largely rooted in incompatible views of the future, and there is no reason to believe that more talking will change them."


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"Dancing with the Stars" inched one step closer to the finals on Tuesday night as they eliminated another celebrity from the competition.
Tuesday's elimination show became a battle of the blondes in the bottom two — between ESPN's Erin Andrews and former "Baywatch" babe Pamela Anderson.
Erin, however, was saved to dance another day with her professional partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, while Pamela and her partner, Damian Whitewood, were eliminated from the competition.
"This has been one of the best experiences of my life and that says a lot," Pamela laughed after she heard the elimination news.
Before taking to the ballroom floor one last time to dance with Damian, who with Pamela's exit ended his first ever "Dancing" season, the actress offered her gratitude to her Australian partner.
"Damian's amazing. I just want to thank him. I never knew that I could dance or I don't really know if I can dance yet, but he just helped me so much," she said. "I just want to thank you very much for doing this and I'm sure he's going to be around a really long time with you guys."
"Dancing" co-host Tom Bergeron revealed that the show had actually approached Pamela to join during Season 1, and he revealed that he personally was going to miss having the actress' bubbly presence around.
While Pamela was disappointed by her exit, it was revealed earlier in the night that she had suffered an injury.
The injury prevented her from participating in an encore cha cha cha with Team Gaga — along with fellow "Stars" Nicole Scherzinger and Chad Ochocinco.
The nature of her injury, however, was not immediately disclosed.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Washington rebuked BP and two contractors at the heart of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as company executives were to testify Thursday before a House committee.
But regulators refused to block BP from bidding in upcoming Gulf of Mexico oil-and-gas lease sales.
The U.S. Interior Department's new Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement filed 15 "incidents of non-compliance" against BP PLC, based in Britain, and contractors Transocean Ltd. of Geneva, Switzerland, and Halliburton Co. of Houston, the department said.
Each charge carries a maximum penalty of $35,000 a day.
The decision to penalize the contractors "reflects the severity of the incident," the department said in a statement, adding Interior Department officials were committed "to holding all parties accountable" in the disaster.
But Michael Bromwich, head of the Interior bureau, said officials decided not to keep BP from bidding on the new leases, even though they had considered it, The Hill reported.
"We are not going to suspend or de-bar BP from that lease sale. We have considered and thought about this issue quite a lot and we don't think it is appropriate in these circumstances," Bromwich, told the House hearing.
The gulf oil spill was triggered by an April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion that killed 11 men, followed by an 88-day, mile-deep, sea-floor oil gusher that spewed 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the gulf.
It was the largest accidental marine oil spill in petroleum-industry history, and caused extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats and to the gulf's fishing and tourism industries.
The violations Washington alleged include failing to "protect health, safety, property and the environment by failing to perform all operations in a safe and workmanlike manner" and not taking "measures to prevent unauthorized discharge of pollutants into offshore waters," the department said.
BP's citations were widely expected, but those against Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon rig, and Halliburton, responsible for cementing operations on BP's ill-fated Macondo well, jolted the contracting industry, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Contractors traditionally avoid liability in such accidents, so pursuing contractors for violations raised concerns that smaller companies might decide it's too risky to work on gulf projects, the Financial Times said.
All three companies have 60 days to appeal the sanctions.
Transocean said it would appeal. Halliburton said it believed it was indemnified by BP against any incident-related losses and penalties.
BP said it has since taken steps to improve safety and asserted the rebuke of Transocean and Halliburton, as well as BP, "makes clear that contractors, like operators, are responsible for properly conducting their deep-water drilling activities, and are accountable to the U.S. government and the American public for their conduct."
It pressed Transocean and Halliburton "to acknowledge their responsibilities in the accident."
BP and the contractors are embroiled in lawsuits blaming each other for the spill.
Any Interior Department fines would be separate from current U.S. Justice Department lawsuits against BP and Transocean.
The Wednesday sanctions came a day before executives from the three companies were to testify before a House Natural Resources Committee hearing about the government's probe of the gulf spill.
It would be the first appearance by company representatives since last month's release of the final federal investigative report on the disaster, which concluded a series of failures and regulatory violations by BP, Transocean and Halliburton contributed to the accident.
The 10 a.m. EDT hearing was originally to feature only the co-chairmen of the joint Interior Department-U.S. Coast Guard team that probed the accident. But panel Democrats, led by Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., insisted the companies must explain themselves, too.
The executives set to testify included BP America Vice President Ray Dempsey; James Bement, vice president of Halliburton subsidiary Sperry Drilling; and Bill Ambrose, managing director of Transocean's North America division.