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The Grand Non-Winner
Cochon 555 Washington, DC 2013
Behind a fawned over figurehead's formidable speech (Theodore Roosevelt notwithstanding), is generally an obscured speechwriter worthy of a couple kudos, snap-shots, blogs, high-fives and twatters. I am such a wordsmith with an equally subjective, savory craft who doesn't always receive the credit they work hard to earn.
After all but begging my employer to get me to participate in the DC Cochon 555 edition since my requests to be considered as a candidate were routinely ignored, I had 5 weeks to develop a menu and after delivery of a decent Large Black hog from Leaping Water's farm, 6 days to execute. With the exception of a few fabrications and tasks that were delegated to colleagues, I made 96.83% of all the food; butchering the hog, brining the hams & bellu, making the aspic, the rillettes, the cheese sausage, the loin, the pâté en croûte, the pickles, the liver terrine, the pojarski, the breading, the gribiche and even cut the booties for the Pojarski.
As dictated by the contest rules, I would be judged based on usage of the entire animal, flavor, creativity, affability, star appeal and apparently marketing. In hindsight, the menu should have mentioned the parts used, which have now been added in parentheses. The quality of the animal was not remarkable and any enthusiasm was quickly snuffed out by the presence of a few blood splashes in the shoulder caps, a symptom of careless slaughter and not being bled quickly enough. Nonetheless, it was a decent hog.
Cochon 555, DC 2013
Prosciutto Cotto (hams) & Mortadella (top sirloin, fatback)
Asparagus in blood aspic (bones, feet, skin, blood)
and chicories in a smoked ham-hock vinaigrette. (shanks)
Danish-style liver terrine wrapped in cured belly. (liver, trimmings, belly)
Salted and cured anchovies, a couple of marinated capers.
Pâté en Croûte
It's heart, tongue, kidneys, fatback, pistachios and a few figs. (lard, trimmings, offal)
Some pickled rhubarb and mushrooms.
Pork Belly Pojarski
Breaded and fried. (belly, trimmings)
Ramp gribiche
Loins roasted with spring garlic. (loin, tenderloin)
Warm confit potatoes and rillettes (jowl, belly)
Saucisson en Brioche
Clothbound cheddar sausage baked in a leaf lard brioche. (trimmings, lard)
And cracklin' whipped lard.
Hams (and shoulder caps) were given a heavy brine, tied and simmered. Mortadella was stuffed into smaller beef middles so as to be more manageable to cut and serve. Shanks were brined, smoked and simmered with tomato juice after which my sponsor assembled a vinaigrette with the diced meat, gelatin enriched tomato juice, pickled mustard seeds, olive oil and banyuls vinegar. Stock was made from the feet, skin and bones then clarified with blood and egg whites. The blood doesn't impart so much of a flavor as it does an amber color, which didn't necessarily produce a credible sanguine color until it was supplemented with clarified beet juice. The asparagus was manicured and gently blanched, then tediously dipped like a candle in the aspic.
Danish style liver terrine was comprised of liver, belly, milk, eggs, salted anchovies, salt tears, madeira, lemon zest, picked thyme and a purée of onions cooked in lard. The terrine was wrapped in slices of brined and poached belly. I should have dry-cured the belly as the wet cure yielded flabby slices that were difficult to work with. This was a very good terrine (a pressed pâté) with a proper balance of liver and meat and the lightest touch of anchovy, which could have been more pronounced. The slice was adequately garnished with marinated salted capers and pickled white anchovies.
For the pâté en croute, lard represented the fat content of the dough, malt syrup supplemented the mixture for added strength and color and the corn starch was entirely eliminated so as not to compromise the amount of protein in the dough –so as to eliminate breakage. Tongue, gizzard and heart were brined & cooked; premium trimmings marinated with Armagnac, lemon zest and thyme, figs plumped in booze and a delicate inlay of pistachio assembled with the addition of chlorophyll, egg whites and a nominal amount of trimmings. The hinging properties of the mold were properly used to apply a decorative pig emblem and after learning a thing or 2 at the Pâté Croûte World Championship, the pâté was built upside down to ensure a clean top and eliminate fissures. This was a very good pâté, and with absolute humility, better than any other there.
Pojarski's were diminutive, fancy mock-cutlets fashioned from trimmings of raw shoulder, cured belly, onions cooked in lard, spices, toasted bread crumbs and cream. Twice breaded and gussied-up with a paper bootie. Gribiche made with barely boiled eggs became seasonal with a surplus of ramps; the bottoms sweated in olive oil, the top blanched & chopped, along with gherkins, mustards, lemon and whatnot. They were fried to a golden George Hamilton and down right delicious.
The loins and tenderloins were brined (without #1 curing salt) in a 5% brine flavored with rosemary and fennel seed. I do not remember any of the other contestants using the loin, surprisingly. L'Astet is a regional pork dish from l'Aveyron that involves a trussed loin and garlic. In this case, the tenderloin was cut in half lengthwise and threaded through the center of each quarter loin. The loin(s) were expertly trussed, nice & tight, and left to marinate in olive oil with spring garlic. It was later cooked to 145F internally, roasted fat-side down and sliced for the contest. It was completed with one of the best batches of rillettes I have ever made –jowl, belly, 4 spice and meyer lemon. Yukon gold potatoes were punched out, blanched and finished in rendered fat with mustard seeds.
A variant of saucisson à l'ail (garlic sausage) had clothbound cheddar replace the garlic and after a quick steam in the combi oven was wrapped in lard-based brioche dough and baked. The prototype came out much better. Inexplicably, these ones had a significant gap between the sausage and the dough which we had not experienced when using the garlic sausage. It was a worthwhile sausage, though the binding properties of garlic make for a better, firm texture than cheese.
Complimentary smoked fat-back truffles with Bavarian pretzel crust were offered courtesy of our pastry chef and a testament to the amount of rendered lard that we used. We had a modest amount of food left over after the liquor drenched event and with the exception of a pound or 2 of fatback, used up the entirety of the animal. 2 of the more reputable judges validated my efforts with firm handshakes and solidly honest compliments, but their votes were diluted by the great unwashed whose palates and eyes were fooled by pedestrian fare and stickers. Congratulations and thanks to the teams from Proof, Vidalia and Birch & Barley for providing creative and satisfying fare under such considerable time constraints, particularly to those that did the work. If there is a next time, I'll develop a winning recipe for making T-shirts. Tremendous thanks to Richie Havens too, even if your career really took off before I was born.


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Spotify's new API, 'Libspotify', is now available to developers that want to write applications for the leading music-streaming service.
Libspotify is described by the company as the "first step in opening up Spotify as a music platform" opening it up to allow third-party developers to write Spotify apps as well as offering devs "the possibility of creating an exciting new range of features."
Libspotify and any apps created with it will be available to Spotify Premium users as of today.
New ways of Spotifying
"With the release of Libspotify, we hope to empower our users to build upon what we've started and come up with imaginative and innovative new ways of interacting with Spotify," reads the post on the Spotify blog.
"There are hundreds of features that users have suggested to add to Spotify and by taking this step we hope to encourage the developer community to expand our service.
"Developers interested in using Libspotify can head on over to our developer site for more details. Initially we are offering support for Linux on IA-32, but we have plans to open up Spotify to more platforms and provide additional access to our services in the near future."

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In name and in theory, the premise is great: "One Nation Working Together." Initially, the Web site looks the part as well. There is talk of uniting conservatives and moderates, liberals and progressives. There is the common goal of advancing prosperity for all Americans in a manner that is above politics and encompasses citizens from all backgrounds.
And then there's the welcome video clip with former DNC Chairman Howard Dean. When you see it, you understand what this rally is truly all about: not losing the elections in November.
A closer look at the sponsorships of the rally gives a deeper understanding of the folks who are expected to participate in the rally at the National Mall in Washington: a coalition of political left-leaning and leftist organizations, some of which have no reputation at all for working with conservatives and moderates for political and social solutions in today's America.
Furthermore, a quick peek at some of the rhetoric on the site, including Dean's monologue, tells us what "nation" this rally is really attempting to unite today: the Obama Nation — or at the very least, the movement of Obama voters who came to the polls in 2008. Without them, there will be a lot of electoral losses for the Democrats in November. With them, the Democrats feel that they have a shot at holding on to at least one of the two chambers on Capitol Hill.
Either way, we have lost the true definition of "nonpartisan" in the process. Just as the left criticized the Restoring Honor event as nothing more than a rallying cry for Republican voters in the fall (while overlooking the significance of Aug. 28), those holding Saturday's rally are guilty of the same halfhearted efforts to feign bipartisanship through nice slogans and good sound bites, only to display their partisan tones soon after. The One Nation march will, in the end, come off as nothing more than a political rally for voters to "stop people that want to take us backwards, not ahead," and will not do much to fulfill the promise of reuniting America.
And just like the controversy surrounding the Restoring Honor rally, the pall hanging over the One Nation rally proves that unifying leadership in America is disappearing at a time when our nation badly needs it.
Years ago, there was a time when national organizations, public speakers and public figures could be counted on to truly bring together the nation. Martin Luther King Jr. and others did this, most famously at the Mall. They used their platforms to call out their oppressors where necessary and chastise their supporters when needed — not merely to rally them to vote in an election. Leadership to inspire action on such a broad scale — such as the One Nation rally — requires that honesty and unity be present in the planning, execution and aftermath of one's actions, with an exclusive focus on uplifting results.
A Dearth of Statesmen
The economic crisis is already putting us through the worst of times. The political environment is turning it even more negative. With a dearth of real American statesmen and women out there — people who are skilled at reconciling past differences and making appropriate compromise — we no longer have the social structures to regain our sense of stablity and common identity as "one nation."
Instead of offering an alternative to what they say is the primary focus of the Tea Party — dividing America with polarizing political and social rhetoric — the One Nation leadership has acquiesced to the "You're for us or against us" mind-set that first came onto the American landscape during the Bush White House years, a direction we were promised we would move away from during the Obama era. Sadly, the One Nation march symbolizes an era in which everything seems to be burning down around us economically, socially and morally in America, and too many leaders want to invoke the "fight fire with fire" mantra.
We must admit: In facing the challenges of hard choices and tough times today, we cannot continue to bypass any opportunity to unite our nation for liberty and justice for all — be it under God (as the Pledge of Allegiance rightly states), under a common stance against terrorism or under a common vision for a more prosperous country. However, as long as we continue to refuse to listen to one another while calling our efforts "nonpartisan," we will move away from truly being one nation.
Lenny McAllister is a syndicated political commentator and frequent contributor to The Root. He hosts the morning radio show Launching Chicago With Lenny McAllister on WVON, the Talk of Chicago 1690 AM. Follow him at Twitter and on Facebook.
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Maya 5 Paint Effects
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- Paint Effects Overview
- Working with Strokes
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In This Chapter
Paint Effects is one of the most fun and visually impressive tools in Maya. At first glance, the ability to create 3D objects with brushes of trees and flowers seems impressive, but you can also paint 3D objects onto other 3D objects. For example, you can paint a tree onto a terrain you've painted in a viewport, and the tree's componentsthe branches, twigs, and leaveswill actually exist in 3D space instead of looking like a "flat," painted-on effect. You can also easily adjust and animate these elements to create a 3D environment with realistic light, movement, and shadows. With Paint Effects, you can paint a landscape with plants in a matter of minutes, and a 3D tour of that landscape is just a few clicks away! Some of the areas of Paint Effects you'll explore include the following:
Making objects paintable Before you can start using Paint Effects to paint on an object, you must make it paintable.
Brush control You'll learn about the controls for brushes, such as width and density, to help you get better results.
Picking a brush type Before you begin making your own brushes, you'll want to explore the hundreds of preset brushes that come with Maya.
Optimizing the display Paint Effects taxes your system and graphics display, so you need to control what's displayed and its level of detail to keep your visual feedback fast and accurate.
Modifying paint strokes After you've created a stroke, you can change its shape and how Paint Effects uses the stroke.
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stroke The paint stroke; what's created when you drag the Paint Effects tool. The stroke, which is attached to a NURBS curve, controls how the paint is applied along the path you draw with the Paint Effects tool.
brush The collection of Paint Effects settings that define what the stroke looks like and how it acts; can be thought of as your "paint"daisies, hay, noodles, and so on.
template brush Your current brush settings. You can configure these settings to affect what the next stroke looks like, or select a new brush to reconfigure the template brush settings.
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8 Switch to Paint Effects panel.
b+LMB-drag Resize the brush scale.
m+LMB-drag Adjust the brush offset.
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Se-ah-dom Edmo, coordinator of the Indigenous Ways of Knowing (IWOK) Program at Lewis & Clark, weighs in on the use of Native mascots in a recent guest opinion for the Oregonian.
According to Edmo, Governor John Kitzhaber has gone on record saying he will veto Senate Bill 215. The bill, which passed the Oregon House and Senate, would overturn the Oregon Board of Education's 2012 decision to eliminate the use of Native American mascots in Oregon schools.
Edmo considers this a civil rights issue. "Exposing individual Native students to mascots, targeting and bullying for sport, recreation, and entertainment is not dignified or honoring, and is race-based discrimination," she writes.
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Becoming Disloyal: 6 Reasons to Quit a Loyalty Program
KRISTIE ARANOW | October 4, 2013
Reward programs have covertly taken over America's key rings, eaten up prime real estate in consumers' wallets and spammed inboxes. They offer countless "deals," but at some point, your loyalty may cost you too much time and headache to be worthwhile.
The average American household belongs to 22 loyalty programs and actively participates in 10, according to Colloquy, a firm specializing in loyalty marketing. That's a lot of loyalty, but is it going both ways?
Here are six ways to tell when your loyalty program isn't working for you.
1. High interest rates burn up any rewards. Retail credit cards often offer users rewards and savings, but CreditCards.com's surveys of retail credit cards consistently show they tend to charge higher rates. Even if a shopper gets a low initial interest rate on a card, failing to pay off balances can negate any savings.
"No reward in the world is going to outweigh you going further into debt," says Katie Ross, education and development manager with American Consumer Credit Counseling, a nonprofit debt management and financial education organization. "You end up spending more than you probably can afford, which results in you not being able to not be able to pay it back, or letting interest accrue on the purchase."
Bottom line: Shoppers signing up for cards that promise to save them money with discounts and coupons can lose the value of the rewards if a balance is carried on the card, especially if the card has a high APR.
2. It's simply too complicated. Some loyalty programs are so complex they require you to plan ahead like a chess grandmaster.
Take, for example, Walgreens' Register Rewards, a program that gives members coupons at checkout, good toward the next in-store purchase. To make it work, shoppers must follow these rules:
- They must purchase a set amount of an exact product advertised in the weekly catalog.
- Shoppers can earn only one Register Reward per promotion in a single purchase, but Walgreens allows the same item to be purchased for an additional coupon if rung up separately.
- When attempting to redeem the reward, shoppers cannot use a coupon and a Register Reward toward the purchase of one product; only one of the discounts can be put toward the purchase.
- Customers must present the paper Register Reward upon checkout, meaning they have to keep track of it long enough to redeem it, and remember to redeem it before it expires.
"If there are too many terms and conditions to earn something of value -- for example you have to shop on a Tuesday after 3 p.m. to get points -- consumers kind of shut themselves off," says Jeff Berry, research director with Colloquy.
Bottom line: Programs with too many qualifiers make you work too hard for the reward.
3. Reaching a reward threshold costs too much. Some stores have multiple membership levels. Spending a fixed amount will escalate your status as a shopper, earning you better rewards. Retailers such as Starbucks, Best Buy and Express feature membership levels as part of their loyalty programs. The Express program, Express NEXT, allows customers to earn $10 in rewards for every 2,500 points accumulated (or $2,500 spent). Customers who earn 7,500 points in a year become "A-list" shoppers, triggering $15 rewards, among other perks. Express gives one point for every dollar spent, meaning to earn A-list shopper status a customer would need to spend $625 a month at Express.
When earning rewards is that slow-going, customers might feel compelled to shop at a certain store even when they shouldn't, says Angela Colley, a freelance financial journalist. Restricting themselves to a single store just to meet the thresholds could cause them to miss out on savings at other stores.
Or they may just spend too much in the chase for points. Shoppers attempting to trigger their loyalty rewards tend to purchase more, according to a report called "For Love or Money? 2013 Consumer Study into Australian Loyalty Programs," commissioned by strategic marketing company Directivity and digital agency Citrus.
Bottom line: Attempting to create a shortcut to rewards with extra spending leaves you with a small reward for a big bill.
4. The rules change. You've been with this program since the outset. You've gone out of your way to shop within the rewards program and even took the time to master maximizing your points. You're only a few more purchases away from finally cashing in all those points. Then one morning you get up and the rewards terms have changed.
In early 2013, for example, Starwood, Hilton, Marriott, the Intercontinental Hotels Group and Wyndham hotel chains, all giants in the industry, restructured their loyalty programs, making points less valuable. For example, a room at the Hilton in Miami Beach, Fla., that cost 50,000 points a night jumped to 80,000 points. More than 220 million Americans were members of hotel loyalty programs in 2012, according to Colloquy's numbers.
"It's natural for customers to feel cheated or manipulated with fine print, but that's the world we're living in today," says Kenneth De Meuse, a psychologist specializing in loyalty programs and executive vice president of research and development for Tercon Consulting.
Bottom line: Loyalty programs can change the rules in the middle of the game. Don't stay with a program to cash in on savings if the new rules negate the reward.
5. You get bad customer service. Even for a program that offers streamlined and efficient rewards delivery, bad service can taint the experience. The best loyalty programs do not manage a program around products, brands and stores, but focus on individual customers, according Hanover Research, a global information services provider that advises organizations to help improve their effectiveness.
Bottom line: Don't shop at a store that isn't courteous, kind and attentive. While it's nice to earn rewards, the points you can earn shouldn't be enough to stick with a product that you're unhappy with. A dozen comparable products and companies are waiting to take your business and offer you a chance to indulge in their loyalty program.
6. They're over-mining your data. A common trade-off in the world of loyalty programs is for consumers to surrender personal information, such as product preferences, hobbies or future vacation plans, during the sign-up to get the program's goodies. If the store is sharing your personal info with a marketing partner or it's not using your data to your benefit, it might be time to quit the loyalty scheme.
Loyalty programs frequently sell data to marketing companies, which use the information to target members with mail, email and phone solicitations. Though some trade-offs are necessary, protect your personal information as much as you can. Instead of filling out every blank on the sign-up form, fill out the minimal amount of information required. If they ask for too much information, walk away. And if they ask for your Social Security number, run. No one should ask for it unless they're lending you money.
If you've given a loyalty program access to your data when you signed up for the program, the least it can do is use your data to your benefit. A store that tracks your purchases will know what you buy and when you're buying it. If you buy dog food every month, a store should use this information to offer you a coupon for more dog food or a bag of treats. If a store offers coupons that have nothing to do with shoppers' purchase histories, shoppers feel the communication is disingenuous, says Matthew Green, managing director for Emnos, a consulting organization working with retailers such as Target and Walgreens to analyze data from loyalty programs.
Bottom line: Stores should use customer data to improve their buying experience, whether through more personalized ads or relevant coupons. Hawking your phone number to some telemarketer isn't providing better service, it's "taking advantage of the consumer's data," says Jonathan Marek, senior vice president of Applied Predictive Technologies, a business analytics software company.
Make sure loyalty cuts both ways
In short, blind loyalty isn't a virtue. Be aware when loyalty programs aren't working for your wallet.
"You must do things in your best interest," De Meuse says. "Be flexible, adaptable and willing to change. Look at the programs available and see what's in your best interest."


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Glass Artist (Oct, 1947)
Glass Artist
For centuries the Hammesfahr family has been blowing rods of glass info wee objects of art.
THE place is a Brooklyn workshop, the year, 1947. George Hammesfahr blows gently into the hollow glass rod and a wine-red bubble puffs slowly outward from the middle of the hot, pliable glass. The bubble grows, the deep red mellows into a soft vermilion as it presents a larger surface to the light. Deep inside the bubble a vision starts to take shape, a mind's eye vision which only George can see. …
The place is a workshop in old Bohemia, back in the middle ages.
A gnarled craftsman heats a glass rod over a flame, blows into it and begins to mold fantastically tiny objects from the brilliantly-colored glass. He works swiftly, deftly, shaping little creatures with a deft flick of the wrist, a sharper breath. The flickering candle on the workbench lights his seamed face as admiring villagers stare through the frost-encrusted panes in the night outside. They nudge each other and whisper, "That's old man Hammesfahr, the Glass Man. Well does he know his craft, better than any in old Bohemia. He is passing his secrets down to his children and his children's children, so they too shall know. . . ."
The vision fades. George works on.
Outside, a group of urchins and several passersby stare through the windows of the small Brooklyn store in the gathering twilight. Centuries have passed, but the picture which George had conjured up in his mind recreates itself. Because the famed glass blower of another year had passed the secret of his art down through the generations and across the sea to this descendant, who plies his craft today with the same dexterity and with practically the same methods.
Inside the room as George works is his small son, sturdy five-year-old George Hammesfahr III. He is already learning the art and has begun to fashion simple models. Hovering near is George's wife, who had never seen a glass figurine outside ,of a store until she married George ten years ago. Now she too has become adept at the art; in fact, as Mr. and Mrs. Glass, they have toured the country several times, giving exhibitions in fairs and department stores.
Right now the descendants of old man Hammesfahr are scattered all over the nation, all masters of the old method. At least four families live and work in Brooklyn, one is in California, and numerous cousins are in the middle west.
Watch George in action as the little moppet stands at his father's elbow, bug-eyed in admiration. He works with the simplest of equipment, as did the founders of the Bohemia craft. Bohemia-type glass blowing differs from other varieties in that it consists of shaping only the tiniest and most delicate objects without using molds or elaborate tools or large furnaces to melt the glass. Bohemia style shies away from the beautiful but larger vases and bottles fashioned by the Venetian school and confines itself to objects which can be covered by the palm of the hand.


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Frozen Fruit Salad Mold
From Faye Hintz of Springfield, Missouri comes a new kind of fruit salad. "The thought of something chilled was so appealing to me one hot day," relates Faye. "I combined frozen and fresh ingredients. It's a treat we eat often now."
Total TimePrep: 10 min. + freezing
Makes12-16 servings
- 6 large firm bananas, sliced
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 4 cans (8 ounces each) crushed pineapple, undrained
- 1 package (20 ounces) frozen unsweetened strawberries, thawed
- 2-1/2 cups water
- 1 can (12 ounces) frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1 cup sugar
- In a medium bowl, toss bananas with lemon juice; set aside. In a large bowl, combine remaining ingredients; mix well. Add bananas.
- Pour into an ungreased 14-cup star-shaped or other mold or plastic freezer containers. Freeze for several hours or overnight. Unmold 20 minutes before serving.


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And a Good Morning to you all here, fellow citizens, on this fine morning when the Muslims are attempting to slit our throats at every American embassy in the Middle East today, pissed because they didn't get us all back in '01. Maybe the bad spirit of war was called up from the DNC seance of Obama, Michelle Antionette, Karl Marx, Joe Biden, Judas Iscariot and Pontius Pilate, rather than a grainy homemade video that's been out on Youtube for at least a year, according to what I heard on radio this morning. I'm just kinda wondering, being how it's so close to election time and all...
- September 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- Dale said...
DC --- You have a suspicious mind, my son. Can't you tell how much they care? You should say 9 hail Barry's and make a donation to Obama for Amerika.
- September 13, 2012 at 1:46 PM
- The MUSEman said...
This is just the 1st step in a foreign policy crisis manufactured to take attention off of the economy. When Barry-O marginalizes Israel to the point where they go solo on Iran, then you'll see him "solve the crisis" to get the Jewish vote.
(If I'm wrong, see Rev. 11:1-8, 14:8, and 21:2)
BTW: I think it would be cool to depict Barry-O as the "Phantom of the Obama", where he's taking off his 1/2 face mask to reveal Jimmy Carter underneath, with lady Liberty as the innocent woman held hostage. Just sayin', not telling :-)
Once again, thanks for the great work - always a pleasure!
Thanks for reading!
- September 13, 2012 at 2:55 PM
- Woodsterman (Odie) said...
A real Congress would impeach this Golden Pantload for treason.
- September 13, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- Neil A Russell said...
This picture is like looking into the future; the large image being Big O's reaction on November 7th and the smaller image his historic journey back to Chicago as America's first black ex-president.
The rest is just painful truth.
And exellently executed as always Dale!
- September 14, 2012 at 9:41 AM
- Neil A Russell said...
Ugh..."exCellently" obviously
- September 14, 2012 at 9:42 AM
"America's first black ex-president..." What a lovely little symphony of sound that makes on the ear. Play it again, Neil.
- September 14, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- LL said...
Or a cartoon of Hillary celebrating Eid ul-Fitr with the Libyan Ambassador before the American Ambassador and the other three State Dept. people's tortured and sodomized bodies are even returned to the US.
Just saying.
The hits just keep on coming the ObamaNation.
Also, Barack as Nero, fiddling while the Middle East blazes...
- September 14, 2012 at 10:46 PM
I hear ya, LL. We ought to be kicking the $hit out of Libya this morning, then drawing a large line in the sandpit and letting the rest of the nesters know that if they cross this line, the rest of 'em are going to get it too. But thanks to Oscar Meyer Obama at our helm, we look like a damn pack of weenies. Has anyone seen our military around? We've got 50 Marines down on the ground, a few extra drones in the air today, and apparently our battleships are parked in the Gulf, working a crossword puzzle and having a cup of coffee. I have six relatives who are retired Navy and my grandpa went at it hand to hand with the Nazis back in WWII. I'd give my rebel flag today just to hear what Gramps would have to say this morning about the situation. The Muslim in the White House ain't gonna touch his brothers. We are sitting ducks!
Paging General George Patton...
- September 15, 2012 at 7:49 AM
- Ron Russell said...
Another great effort Dale. Now showing at Obama Cartoons.
- September 15, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Dale, as always you are incredibly incisive and really hit the "sweet spot!" You do so elegantly without resorting to racist slurs or bad language. In my never humble opinion, you are a GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!
- September 15, 2012 at 6:49 PM
- Dale said...
Thanks Anonymous. His pigmentation has nothing to do with what a horrible president/American he is, and how incredibly dangerous his politics are. If I were a genius, I'd be rolling in dough and not having any problem thinking of a theme this week. Thanks again for your post.
- September 17, 2012 at 7:35 AM
Anonymous, you can bill it as "racist" if you'd like. So far, you can state your opinion and I can state mine. Let's see after the election whether either of us gets to exercise our First Amendment rights and continue to state our beliefs publicly without being arrested. I don't have a problem with Obama being black, I have a problem with an extremely bad president and evil man who happens to be black. I do believe, however, that Obama was elected BECAUSE he is black. The man had no qualifications for becoming a U.S. president. I believe he was not your standard old white guy on the hill; people thought he was new and different and it could be the modern PC thing to do to hire a black man to head the country. I also believe that billing someone a "racist" because they have a differing viewpoint from yourself is at least 90% of what got this country into the morass that it is in today. I'll agree with you that bad language on a public forum will get no gold stars in an etiquette book somewhere, but bad language can sometimes be the best option in a circumstance. My apologies if I offended anyone here with such.
- September 17, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- Neil A Russell said...
Dale, you must have a time machine or a crystal ball or something.
You managed to capture exactly Barry's expression at the debate more than two weeks before the event!
- October 5, 2012 at 8:12 AM


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Revision as of 09:36, 17 May 2011
Post Peer Assessment Discussion
Hey guys in response to the peers i moved around my pictures, gave them text under them, and added a lot of new information and some photos to the structure section. the only issue we have left is to clean up our reference list since it mostly looks like a bunch of pubmed IDs. i guess we will ask mark what to do with this.--Michael Orenstein 21:48, 25 May 2011 (EST)
Week 7
- This is the week before the mid-session break.
- In the lab this week we will have an opportunity to discuss any issues which are slowing progress on your project.
- The Thursday of the week beginning 02 May will be when all projects will be open to Peer Assessment.
- What you have on your page by Thursday of that week will be the content that others in the class will comment upon.
Week 6
- I see many groups now have subsection titles for their projects.
- Here are some searches: Pubmed search all databases junction | PLoS junction | JCB junction You can now simply put your own search term into each top window.
- Now's the time to get your images, movies, media etc uploaded. Biomed central | JCB | JCB Archive | PLoS. Once uploaded you can make a gallery on either your project or discussion page using <gallery>File:name here</gallery> tags with your image files listed between the tags. When you upload project images, add this text as it appears replacing # with your own Group number to the summary information [[Category:2011Project#]].
- Shown below are the criteria that will be used to assess your final project.
Group Assessment Criteria
- The key points relating to the topic that your group was allocated are clearly described.
- The choice of content, headings and sub-headings, diagrams, tables, graphs show a good understanding of the topic area.
- Content is correctly cited and referenced.
- The wiki has an element of teaching at a peer level using the student's own innovative diagrams, tables or figures and/or using interesting examples or explanations.
- Evidence of significant research relating to basic and applied sciences that goes beyond the formal teaching activities.
- Relates the topics and content of the Wiki entry to learning aims of cell biology.
- Clearly reflects on editing/feedback from group peers and articulates how the Wiki could be improved (or not) based on peer comments/feedback. Demonstrates an ability to review own work when criticised in an open edited wiki format. Reflects on what was learned from the process of editing a peer's wiki.
- Evaluates own performance and that of group peers to give a rounded summary of this wiki process in terms of group effort and achievement.
- The content of the wiki should demonstrate to the reader that your group has researched adequately on this topic and covered the key areas necessary to inform your peers in their learning.
- Develops and edits the wiki entries in accordance with this sites wiki guidelines.
By Week 5
Each Group member has added to the discussion page:
- A Review Article
- A Historic Research Article
- A Current Research Article
No two students should add the same paper and there should be a link to the original article.
Peer review
Group 1
-there are a few of grammar mistakes and typos,under the intro part "neurones are a specialised cell", under the subheading of what is a synaptic junction , first line "between to nerve cells".
-the terms or text in images are hardly seen as the text was either fainted or too little and it isnt resourceful compare to others.
- Introduction: More info about what you are going to talk about
- History: Good and to the point though is there something more recent(Only some points have full stops others do)
- What is a Synaptic Junction:The pictures need likes to the site they came from and maybe extend the caption that says 'Em Synapse' to at least capital EM as it took me a while to understand what you were saying.
- Types of Synaptic Junctions: Nice comparative table and images
- Synaptic Integration and modulation: Well researched
- Neurotransmitters: Excellent Table
- Disease: The actual headings of the diseases, Parkinson and Myasthenia Gravis, gets lost in the writing which makes it confusing when reading. Also maybe a bit too much pathological and epidemiology on the topic, Maybe make this into a paragraph about the disease rather than so many subheadings.
- Current and Future Research: Maybe add some links in to current research being done.
- Gallery: Make sure ALL the images on the page are in it.
- Glossary: You just need to Alphabetise this.
Group 1 Peer Review
- The good thing about this project is the table of the neurotransmitters.
- The picture is a good opening but the intro doesn't introduce the topics that are covered.
- History is not referenced so it make difficult to verify or know more about the historic research itself.
- There is no information about the proteins involved/cell that make this structure
- The diseases were explained as a pathology format which loses a bit connection. Should be more focused on what happened in this junction, what genes are involved in the abnormalities of this junction.
- More research needed to complete the function part and what is important about this junction.
- Some grammatical errors are here and there.
- Drawings look good.
- Glossary need some work
- References need to be added.
- Overall, the text needs to be simplified and balanced with the pictures. This will help the reader for a better understanding of this junction.
Group 1 Peer Review
- Introduction should briefly describe the overview of what is going to be discussed throughout the page.
- There should be some recent 20th century discoveries included in the history since the history stops at 1981.
- The hand drawings are well drawn and amazing.
- The table on neurotransmitters is very visual, and informative and straight to point. Love the colour coding!
- The explanation on what is synaptic junction should be more simplified and easy to understand since I feel like there are a lot of terms and I got lost in the words.
- Diseases associated with synaptic junctions is well done in a way that the diseases are not briefly described but includes the causes, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentations, etc which shows great research and understanding.
- Overall, the images and texts balance out but it would help the reader to understand more about synaptic junctions if written in more simplified version.
Group 1:
- Love your initial picture, it really captured my attention and wanted to make me read more about synaptic junctions.
- I also loved the cancer cell picture and the student (Z3284061) drawn image. Obviously alot of time and effort went in to draw it! :)
- The first thing i noticed was that there are no references in your history section, where did you get this information?
- It also finishes a bit early, maybe try to find history up until around 2005.
- Also there are missing references in the neurotransmitters subheading.
- The current and future research section is really short.. are there any other future or current research topics you could cover? *There are are a few spelling errors, just do a quick spell check.
- Glossary is really short, eg what is the Edrophonium test?
Group 1- Synaptic Junctions
- Some of the sentences are long, and make it difficult to understand. I find myself lost when trying to read it.
- I personally have not looked into the history of research on synaptic junctions, but i find it interesting that you have nothing after 1981. I am sure that there has been significant research since this time and maybe some more should be added, just so we can get a feel of what recent research is like. I know that you have a research methods section later on but I'm not sure this is sufficient.
- In the "What is a synaptic Junction" section, the list of components in the image is a different order from the list in the image itself. I know this is a small thing to pick at but it just helps in understanding, and creates flow between text and image.
- There is alot of information about WHAT the synapses are, but I feel like there isnt much on how or why. I think it would be more beneficial to describe the processes (in dot points) so that we can understand what is is doing, rather than what it is.
- When I click on "axo-axonic synpase" it goes to an editing page?
- The hand drawn images are amazing.
- The tables make the information very clear. I understand the content well and it is visually appealing.
- It is very impressive that you have gone into so much detail about the diseases. As a student who studies such processes I did find this interesting. However, by the end of it I was a little bit tired. I feel as though there is a focus on the diseases and neurotransmitters rather
- Grammar and spelling errors are found throughout. This is a minor issue and can be fixed easily.
- Overall your project is interesting, and for the most part easy to understand. I did at some points find that there were sections missing, such as function, but when I read further, I found some bits spread throughout.
- Good work, good luck with the rest of the work to be done.
Synaptic Junctions
- Some gramatical errors under "what is a synaptic junction"
- What happens at each part of the synaptic junctions? Ie what happens at the synaptic cleft?
- Need the basics before getting into different types of junctions ,
- Lots of good information in "types of synaptic junctions" section, but there are many points without much elaboration. For example, if you mentioned two or three important discerning features of electrical synapses, it would be easier to read that 10 different points and minimal explanation
- The chemical synapses section is a lot easier to read, if you follow a similar path for the electrical synapses (how not only what) it'd show your effort a bit better.
- The links for 'other synapses' don't lead to anything
- Good table, it is succinct and information but regulated your use of capital letters
- Need a section to explain function before getting into modulation and regulation, where they're present etc (everywhere I know, but it would make it clearer to state it)
- In 'synaptic regulation and modulation' section, the following paragraph doesn't make sense – "Graded potentials can vary in size because they depend on the amount of neurotransmitter releasedThis is achieved through the regulation of free calcium inside the cell[16]. Axoaxonic synapses control calcium influx into the presynaptic terminal of . If more neurotransmitters bind to receptors, the amplitude of the depolarization increases. Summation to threshold can occur in two ways, or a combination of these two ways;"
- Need to explain what axoaxonic synapses are
- Neurotransmitter table looks really good
- The abnormalities section looks really good and detailed, lots of information there
- Fantastic pictures that have been drawn, they look really good and concise
- There seem to be lots of spelling errors and gramatical errors throughout, I suggest you go through the whole thing and do a quick edit
Group 1- Synaptic Junctions
- Watch the syntax in intro, history, what, types, and current research. Difficult to read
- History section is not referenced
- "receptive region" is not defined, making it difficult to understand the difference between chemical synapses and the list of synapses below
- I'm not sure that the table summarising electrical and chemical synapses is necessary, because it is difficult to understand unless you read the text anyway.
- Integration and modulation – worded well to aid readers understanding. Pictures are relevant and enable better understanding
- Neurotransmitters- Grammar could be improved. Sentences don't flow. The table is helpful, but I wonder if the "abnormalities" column would be better left out and the info placed in the disease section
- Disease- interesting and well written. Some terms could definitely be included in the glossary e.g. "Substantia nigra", "rostral midbrain", "Superior Colliculus". The link between Synaptic junctions and how dysfunction can cause disease is not well addressed
- Excellent images throughout- attractive and informative
Hey guys .. great work .. yayy !! everything is looking much better now .. :) thank u everyone ... xoxo--Navneet Ahuja 01:43, 12 May 2011 (EST)
hey guys its looking good! try to fill up the glossary a bit more, otherwise I cant think of anything else to add besides that =D --Mark Woods 22:13, 11 May 2011 (EST)
Hey guys, its looking gud.. can anyone think of any last minute inclusions before peer review? nice work guys =)--Mark Woods 00:38, 11 May 2011 (EST)
Hey .. lol awesome mark .. !! and i have neuro anat essay due on fri and my cofa thing due tonight .. but seems like everything is coming together now !! yayy .. good work everyone .. Meedo = L-O-V-E ur hand drawn photo !! seriously its gorgeous !!! ... if u want we can even use that for the group profile page .. its very nice .. worth waiting for hehe .. as for nathan .. i think the intro you uploaded is not here ?? I remember u telling me u already posted it up .. but its not appearing ? can u reupload ?? !! GREAT work guys .. !! i love our team !!!!!!!!! xoxo --Navneet Ahuja 21:54, 10 May 2011 (EST)
fair enough nany great work, ill fix up mine with references and adding to the glossary tonite =) wat other assignment do u hav? --Mark Woods 22:27, 9 May 2011 (EST)
hey guys ... i think its time to upload the rest of the photos and the introduction ?? its due this thursday for peer assesment and right know its still incomplete..plus the glossary is still very empty .. i will try to add more words but if u guys come across some special words in your own sections please add them in .. i am just a little worried about the page since i wouldnt be able to do anything on weds night with another major assignment due .. :) .. thanks guys ..xoxo --Navneet Ahuja 17:17, 9 May 2011 (EST)
Hey guys .. i have just added the current research part with a pic .. i am not sure if its ok ? can somebody read through and let me know ?? i am a little lost lol .. thanks guys .. :) --Navneet Ahuja 21:27, 8 May 2011 (EST)
ah yea now i remember, il organise some of the stuff ive already got for future research =) --Mark Woods 23:02, 4 May 2011 (EST)
hey all, im putting my stuff up tonight but im on a mac so my pictures wont be up til i can get on a windows with paint lol. Also ive got some future research stuff so ill do that part...but wernt we all gonna add something to it?--Nathan Weller 21:42, 4 May 2011 (EST)
I went through library textbooks =) i realise these ones are a little dull, perhaps ill replace them with more colourful ones after the perr assessment.. isnt nathandoing future research? nany, how bhout doing the intro? that counts as a section lol we wanted to save it til last just to c how our page wud look. wat do u think?--Mark Woods 17:13, 4 May 2011 (EST)
Hey guys .. I was thinking that the 2 left over sections should be spliited up between me and nathan since both of u had already done 2 sections each and i dont mind doing the current research section .. !! I just hoped we divided the sections earlier - otherwise .. good work guys and yes mark i do love ur photos .. where did u manage to find these from ??!! :P --Navneet Ahuja 15:05, 4 May 2011 (EST)
Hey Guys,
I'm happy to do introduction " simple version" then we can modify it or play around from your own sections!
But I'm not sure about the Development and current research! --Maqdad Al Saif 15:01, 4 May 2011 (EST)
hey guys, ill upload pictures of my section later today. Check it out, it goes fairly in depth and I tried to keep it simple but a lot of it seems pretty technical. Let me know if it's too much for the peer level, the pictures and stuff in my section will reinforce what is written.. I can change if necessary of course. Also, who wants to do the intro? :P --Mark Woods 10:14, 4 May 2011 (EST)
Hey .. I am a little confused with that one too .. but i think what he said today was we need all the content up and if the references is giving us trouble (computer hang) then we can slowly fix it later .. as for when its due .. (in the announcement it says next week but is it only for groups that is finding difficulties in ref ?? i am not entirely sure .. I like what meedo said of having a photo in each section and i have just added mine .. well i edited the photo (since the lisence allow me to) and labelled the key structures .. anyways I also added one funky image in the gallery its called "stained neurons" !! :)
meedo i was reading through ur section and loved it .. but i thought
"the nerve impulses are conveyed through the action of what is called neurotransmitters including " is it better to say conveyed "through chemicals or Chemical actions " since neurotransmitters are simply chemicals molecule but if you like it the way it is then its fine with me too :P --Navneet Ahuja 22:22, 3 May 2011 (EST)
do we need references completed for the peer assessment?
Hey guys .. AWESOME WORK !!! lol .. really loved the history section .. may be a "history timeline" but .. i read through all of them and like what meedo said .. its easy to understand .. !! and of course we could have both the gallery and pictures through out the page .. i just thought its going to be just in the gallery .. sorry for the confusion .. and history must have involved huge amount of research ??!! great work mark !! .. Ohh and as for the your part .. i liked it and i think it is related to synapse like what you said .. you need to explain about action potential before you can start talking about the release of neurotransmitters !! Ohh and nathan .. - i know i told you its due next week but as the announcement says .. i think we should try and finish everything as soon as possible ?? everyone think so ?
As for meedo .. dont worry about it .. ur section looks awesome .. love the background research !! --Navneet Ahuja 21:12, 3 May 2011 (EST)
no worries meedo! ur sections are looking gud, the writing style is very effective if this page were an educational tool =)
Ok guys, I want u to check out the first half of my section. A lot of this is outlining in a basic way how the nervous system works and y. Let me know what you guys think bout it, it felt weird writing stuff not directly linked to the synapse lol but i felt it is still important in understanding their function.--Mark Woods 20:27, 3 May 2011 (EST)
Hey Guys, sorry for being out of touch! Since i got problems uploading my things mainly due to my internet connection and my references... Mark, I like the simplicity of the history--> easy to read and straight to the point! after we add up all things together we can have a look at the overall process and whether additional historical information will be useful or not :)
and for the images, I agree with the idea of leaving an illustrative picture beside the text of the disease! " that way we can picture it in our heads" but I reckon having at least one image for each section will look better and less boring. what do you guys think?
As for me, I will upload some EMs and my sections will be filled! and my own drawings... If there's any comment or a need for adjustments, please feel free to do so and make a note that it has been changed.
Hope to see some awesome Synaptic junction page :D --Maqdad Al Saif 18:34, 3 May 2011 (EST)
hey guys what do u think of the history? i kept is breif and stuck to the main events, I don't think this section should take up too much space on the page, but there's still other events that did take place which I could include. --Mark Woods 18:03, 3 May 2011 (EST)
Good point Nany. And ur rite, images should be throughout the page as per usual, so don't let the gallery throw you off! I was hoping the gallery would be a place for addional images and such. Also, I don't see a problem with using an image in a section and having it also available in the gallery, what do u guys think? --Mark Woods 11:27, 3 May 2011 (EST)
I loved the images mark !! .. and I am going through the images too .. as for nathan .. my "abnormalities" section already mentioned all the diseases so you can just find a couple of article with images to go with some of the diseases listed .. hope that makes it easier .. and guys i was thinking should all the images be in the gallery ?? I think esp for the disease section it should be right next to the diseases .. like .. text on the right hand side and images on the left ?? what do you guys recon ??!! but good start mark .. :) xoxo --Navneet Ahuja 08:32, 3 May 2011 (EST)
hey guya, worked out the gallery lol. sso when u add an image, type Image:file name|what name you want to appear --Mark Woods 02:08, 3 May 2011 (EST)
Nathan, i found this on Pubmed for alzheimers; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16273023. Could be useful --Mark Woods 16:30, 2 May 2011 (EST)
Hey Nany, hav u come across any images for the gallery? we're thinking EMs, diagrams, just a bunch of helpful pics n vids. I don't think we've set up the gallery yet, but when we do we can add to it before and after peer assessment, so keep that in mind =) --Mark Woods 15:03, 2 May 2011 (EST)
Hey mark .. i totally agree with the position of the title .. i think synaptic integration comes before neurotransmitter and very happy for u to change .. !! as for nathan - i am glad its almost done .. cant wait to see it .. and i agree with nathan that we all should start putting up resources for the current studies as well as photos .. i tried finding images but seemed like i have to look through them again during this weekend.. !! anyways .. as for the meeting .. did i miss out on anything ??!! and if u guys need any particular help on any sections .. please do not hesitate to let me know .. xoxo--Navneet Ahuja 19:45, 30 April 2011 (EST)
nice nathan. hey meedo, how in depth are you going to go into the function of the types? If not a lot, I can use my section to go into a fair bit of depth. What do you think? --Mark Woods 10:03, 30 April 2011 (EST)
hey just wanted to say good work yesterday, everythings starting to come together now. My diseases part is almost done and should have it up by the end of the weekend. everyone by due date try and add some things to the new research part if you can. --Nathan Weller 12:47, 29 April 2011 (EST)
nice work nany =) i switched around our sections, so synaptic integration comes before neurotransmitters, is that okay? I figure it makes more sense since I'm going to be talking about the presynaptic action potential, before neurotransmitter release.
--Mark Woods 11:42, 29 April 2011 (EST)
Hey there .. i just wanted to tell you guys i added a little tiny bit of glossary just to get it started .. !! lol I think its relevant to my section and will keep adding it once i find more info .. !! And thank u mark for letting me know the due date .. I thought it was on the 1st of May !! anyways .. hope u see u guys real soon .. xoxo--Navneet Ahuja 21:36, 26 April 2011 (EST)
hey nany, hope ur break is going well :) great work with the neurotransmitters section.the rest of us are planning to meet up on thursday to do some project work. the peer review is due the thursday of the week back, so we need the bulk up by then!
--Mark Woods 19:03, 26 April 2011 (EST)
Hey again guys .. I already did my part which is the neurotransmitters (although some of the references are missing .. i will slowly add them up !! Lol ..) please feel free to add or delete anything up there..!! I just realized i will be missing the group meeting .. please update me here of whats going on .. sorry again guys for not being able to attend the meeting .. and if you need my help for anything just post them here .. i promise to check it regularly lol!!! xoxo --Navneet Ahuja 03:49, 26 April 2011 (EST)
hey guys .. i saw that my section is neurotransmitters .. am more than happy to do it !!! I will totally keep in touch and start adding on my parts little by little .. sorry for not being there at todays lab though !! (hope i didnt miss out on alot??) anyways .. just letting you guys know great work with the subheading !!! Laslt, does anyone know if when this is due ? is it still on the 1st of May ? cya soon guys ... !!! xoxo --Navneet Ahuja 12:31, 21 April 2011 (EST)
Ok so those subheadings work;
1) Introduction
2) History? --> although I'm not sure if that's easy to find! however if it's important to be included, why not?
3) what is synaptic Junction? a different pictures
4) types of synaptic junctions! Table is essential + images to demonstrate the difference between types!
5) Neurotransmitters??
6) Synaptic integration
7) Diseases associated with synaptic junctions dysfunctions--> pictures needed!
8) Current and future research and developments ( where it's aimed, potential medical applicaitons)
9) Gallery (pretty much just thumbnails showing a whole lot of images we've come across. Will help ppl with visualizing)
10) Glossary
--Mark Woods 10:43, 21 April 2011 (EST)
Hey Guys,
Let me start by Saying that a Proper meeting would be great to See what parts we are going to write about. Since I find it a little difficult to see comments about neurotransmitters or types of synaptic junctions. I reckon it would be wonderful if we meet up and write the outline of the project for a start. After all, we can get starting with an actual progress! I know all of us want to get a good grade for this subject and get the most out of it! Note: it's essential for the meeting to be prior the holiday :)
What do you guys all think? Sorry for all that, it's my first time doing online project and stuff, so my way is by actual meetings
Oh, and I like the idea of neurotransmitters + synaptic junctions types!
A simple Outline I see commonly is;
1) Introduction
2) History? --> although I'm not sure if that's easy to find! however if it's important to be included, why not?
3) what is synaptic Junction? a different pictures
4) types of synaptic junctions! Table is essential + images to demonstrate the difference between types!
5) Neurotransmitters??
6) Synaptic integration
7) Diseases associated with synaptic junctions dysfunctions--> pictures needed!
8) Future research or developments!
9) Conclusion
Hope that wasn't much for a start!
--z3284061 22:53, 20 April 2011 (EST)
a section on neurotransimmtters is a gud idea, theres plenty in this textbook i got which we can use as a starting point. Also, the book (Principles of Neuroscience 4th edition- Kandel) splits up synaptic junctions as either chemical or electrical. Here is a little from it's intro pages:
Two types of synapse, electricaland chemical. Chemical synaptic junctions have synaptic clefts , electrical synaptic junctions have gap junctions 176.
Electrical distance between pre and post synaptic cell membrances: Electrical is 3.5nm and chemical is 30-40nm.
Electrical transmission is graded and occurs even when the currents in the presynaptic cell are below threshold for an action potential. 178
I think it would be helpful in terms of a starting point to look for additional references, as well as a good reference itself. ALso, we should cover synaptic intergration and modulation by second second messengers. What do you guys think?
I'm also happy with being allocated any subheadings =)
--Mark Woods 20:11, 20 April 2011 (EST)
hey guys --i totally agree with mark that we gotta start splitting up and i think the types of neurotransmitters should also be included somewhere in the page and i am more than happy to do anything u guys assign to me but in particular - i dont mind doing this table thing !! I will be missing thursday lab but of course i will be in touch and like what i said .. i am happy to do anything and i guess we should really get started since the deadline is not very far away .. ?? do u guys think we should do the timeline too ??!! --Navneet Ahuja 00:06, 20 April 2011 (EST)
Okay guys lets start getting some stuff up. So should we divide up the subheadings and each work on one? Some of the sections seem bigger than the others, maybe the Role shud be included in the intro?
--z3254753 21:08, 19 April 2011 (EST)
Hey guys, realised my historic article probably isn't old enough. Here's another one from a fair while back
Pharmacology and Nerve-endings (Walter Ernest Dixon Memorial Lecture): (Section of Therapeutics and Pharmacology)
--Mark Hill 17:02, 30 March 2011 (EST) OK Group 1, No content has been added to either your discussion or project page. You were meant to have already begun looking into both the topic and references, pasting links on your discussion page. I will see you in the lab tomorrow to discuss whether you are having problems or are simply not doing the work. This search should get you started. Search Pubmed: Synaptic Junction
Hey everyone. I was doing some research on our topic but it will be so similar to one of the other pages being done. Have a look yourself before tomorrow and we should make a final decision in the lab if this is what we should do.--Nathan Weller 23:37, 30 March 2011 (EST)
Good Idea, we should make a final decision before we can start posting references. See you guys tomo --z3254753 00:14, 31 March 2011 (EST)
hey guys ... sounds good .. and nathan i think u put the content in the wrong page.. (its in group 2's page) lol .. :) --Navneet Ahuja 09:11, 31 March 2011 (EST)
I think Nathan has done a remarkable Job for a start :)... Well, we can re-adjust it and have a look at the previous projects for more enlightments.. Maqdad Alsaif
Hey guys i did research some articles and here are some of it --Navneet Ahuja 16:12, 2 April 2011 (EST)
1)Synapse Formation in Developing Neural Circuits - general discription on how synapse work !!
Abstract [2]
The nervous system consists of hundreds of billions of neurons interconnected into the functional neural networks that underlie behaviors. The capacity of a neuron to innervate and function within a network is mediated via specialized cell junctions known as synapses. Synapses are macromolecular structures that regulate intercellular communication in the nervous system, and are the main gatekeepers of information flow within neural networks. Where and when synapses form determines the connectivity and functionality of neural networks. Therefore, our knowledge of how synapse formation is regulated is critical to our understanding of the nervous system and how it goes awry in neurological disorders.
Synapse formation involves pairing of the pre- and postsynaptic partners at a specific neurospatial coordinate. The specificity of synapse formation requires the precise execution of multiple developmental events, including cell fate specification, cell migration, axon guidance, dendritic growth, synaptic target selection, and synaptogenesis (Juttner and Rathjen in Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 62:2811, 2005; Salie et al., in Neuron 45:189, 2005; Waites et al., in Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 28:251, 2005). Remarkably, during the development of the vertebrate nervous system, these developmental processes occur almost simultaneously in billions of neurons, resulting in the formation of trillions of synapses. How this remarkable specificity is orchestrated during development is one of the outstanding questions in the field of neurobiology, and the focus of discussion of this chapter.
2) Review: disruption of the postsynaptic density in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative dementias.
Abstract [3]
The most common causes of neurodegenerative dementia include Alzheimer's disease (AD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). We believe that, in all 3, aggregates of pathogenic proteins are pathological substrates which are associated with a loss of synaptic function/plasticity. The synaptic plasticity relies on the normal integration of glutamate receptors at the postsynaptic density (PSD). The PSD organizes synaptic proteins to mediate the functional and structural plasticity of the excitatory synapse and to maintain synaptic homeostasis. Here, we will discuss the relevant disruption of the protein network at the PSD in these dementias and the accumulation of the pathological changes at the PSD years before clinical symptoms. We suggest that the functional and structural plasticity changes of the PSD may contribute to the loss of molecular homeostasis within the synapse (and contribute to early symptoms) in these dementias.
3)Recent research Early Events of HIV-1 Infection: Can Signaling be the Next Therapeutic Target?
Abstract [4]
Intracellular signaling events are signposts of biological processes, which govern the direction and action of biological activities. Through millions of years of evolution, pathogens, such as viruses, have evolved to hijack host cell machinery to infect their targets and are therefore dependent on host cell signaling for replication. This review will detail our current understanding of the signaling events that are important for the early steps of HIV-1 replication. More specifically, the therapeutic potential of signaling events associated with chemokine coreceptors, virus entry, viral synapses, and post-entry processes will be discussed. We argue that these pathways may represent novel targets for antiviral therapy.
4. Historical research ACTION OF ADRENALINE ON SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION AND ON ADRENAL MEDULLARY SECRETION [5]
and lastly this article might be helpful to us old neurons
Hey guys,
I found I've covered a fair bit of relevant stuff in my lecture notes for another course lol. Maybe they could help us direct our research a bit. Speak more about it in person in the lab :)
here are my research articles;
Gray Matter NG2 Cells Display Multiple Ca-Signaling Pathways and Highly Motile Processes. - current research
The importance of sensory nerve endings as sites of drug action. - review article
Electrophysiologic evidence for an intersegmental reflex pathway between lumbar paraspinal tissues - historical research
--z3254753 12:48, 6 April 2011 (EST)
--z3254753 23:55, 5 April 2011 (EST) Hello Team,
After searching for a while, I came up with these related Articles--z3284061 20:35, 6 April 2011 (EST):
Morphological changes in the neuritic growth cone and target neuron during synaptic junction development in culture
Turnover of synapse and dynamic nature of synaptic molecules in vitro and in vivo.
Synaptic next term structure and function: Dynamic organization yields architectural precision
*Note: Since this Article is not from Pubmed, I've added an external link.
--Nathan Weller 00:24, 7 April 2011 (EST)
Review article:
To build a synapse: signaling pathways in neuromuscular junction assembly
Historical article:
Electron microscopy of the cerebral cortex. I. The ultrastructure and histochemistry of synaptic junctions.
Current article:
Ca2+ signaling in the regulation of dendritic cell functions.
Review article
To build a synapse: signaling pathways in neuromuscular junction assembly, Haitao Wu, Wen C. Xiong and Lin Mei*, doi: 10.1242/dev.038711 April 1, 2010 Development 137, 1017-1033. article link
Historical article
Electron microscopy of the cerebral cortex. I. The ultrastructure and histochemistry of synaptic junctions,DE LORENZO AJ., Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp. 1961 Apr;108:258-79. [1]
Current article
Ca2+ signaling in the regulation of dendritic cell functions, Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Mar 30, Shumilina E, Huber SM, Lang F. University of Tuebingen.


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Despite needing to defend 23 seats, Democrats managed to retain control of the Senate, a feat that seemed unlikely when this election year began. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
Updated at 2:00 p.m. ET, Nov. 7: Democrats added another seat in the Senate on Wednesday, according to NBC News projections, strengthening their control of the Senate.
Democrat Heidi Heitkamp was declared the winner of the North Dakota senate race Wednesday, defeating Republican Rep. Rick Berg. See results
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