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Like me (Jundo Cohen), Rev. Taigu Turlur is also teacher at Treeleaf Sangha. He leads our 'sit-a-long' Zazen periods on most Mondays. Born in France in 1964, he started Zazen early -- at age 13! -- and received Shukke Tokudo ordination in 1983 -- at age 18! -- from Rev. Mokudo Zeisler of the Deshimaru Lineage, and Dharma Transmission from Chodo Cross in 2003. A lifelong student and servant of sewing the Kesa (Buddhist robes), he now resides near Osaka, Japan.
Taigu will be speaking in our series "Zazen for Beginners" (because we'realways beginners) on sitting with the body ... as body-mind are not two.
Click through here to see today's talk, and to "sit-a-long".
Taigu writes ...
Sitting with our body-mind is the very heart of our tradition. How to sit? You will find on line a lot of information about it. People tell you what you should be doing or what you should not. In some Zendos, firm hands may correct your posture so it looks as if it gets closer to what they imagine to be the real thing. In some instances, Zen practice may nurture in us an army-like attitude, alongside we may display some arrogance and intolerance and sit like huge stones, filled with tensions and knots.
I would like to invite you to something slightly different.
Tricks and methods can work to a certain extent. We may receive very helpful instruction and guidance, but eventually, we are alone and it is within and with this body-mind of ours that we sit. The problem is that everybody is different and you cannot correct somebody's sitting from outside. The activity of sitting is to allow the flower of the Dharma to blossom, to let sitting sitting us and not to force the body into a rigid-fixed composure.
I am not an expert at sitting. I have no diploma about body-work or the like. Although I started sitting more than thirty years ago, it feels like yesterday. So please, take my words with great caution. I would like to provide a few directions and invite you to start where you are with who you are. Beware of not cultivating a particular thought or of toying with a certain idea during sitting, for instance, the picture of the flower blossoming is just a metaphor to give you a flavor or the balanced way to release the lower part of the body into the ground, it is not supposed to be present in your mind during sitting itself. Sitting itself is free of any clinging, so in Shikantaza, following the breath, counting the breaths, or focusing on a koan are not required. It is coming to a place where through not-doing and not-knowing one enjoys the complete and vast scenery of things-as-it-is. Sitting is to realize , not just intellectually, but through our whole body-mind that nothing is lacking, that our being is imperfectly perfect. Sitting is to strip the doing and thinking habits, which is what we can truly call karma, and return to our true home, always where we are. And please, just be humble, forget your knowledge and experience, drop your bag at the gate of sitting, if you keep the weight of a straw or even a tiny thread, it's extra. To be a beginner is to come to sitting as a beginner. It is open to everybody. As Master Dogen guided inFukanzazengi...
In general, a quiet room is good for Zen practice, and food and drink are taken in moderation. Abandon all involvements. Give the myriad things a rest. Do not think of good and bad. Do not care about right and wrong. Stop the driving movement of mind, will, consciousness. Cease intellectual consideration through images, thoughts, and reflections. Do not aim to become a buddha. How could it be connected with sitting or lying down?
Usually on the place where we sit we spread a thick mat, on top of which we use a round cushion. Either sit in the full lotus posture or sit in the half lotus posture. To sit in the full lotus posture, first put the right foot on the left thigh, then put the left foot on the right thigh. To sit in the half lotus posture, just press the left foot onto the right thigh. Let clothing hang loosely and make it neat. Then place the right hand over the left foot, and place the left hand on the right palm. The thumbs meet and support each other.
Just sit upright, not leaning to the left, inclining to the right, slouching forward, or arching backward. It is vital that the ears vis-à-vis the shoulders, and the nose vis-à-vis the navel, are caused to oppose each other. Let the tongue spread against the roof of the mouth. Let the lips and teeth come together. The eyes should be kept open. Let the breath pass imperceptibly through the nose.
Having regulated the physical posture, breathe out once, and sway left and right. Sit still, "Thinking that state beyond thinking." "How can the state beyond thinking be thought?" "Non-thinking." This is the vital art of sitting-zen.
What is called sitting-zen, sitting-meditation, is not meditation that is learned. It is the Dharma-gate of effortless ease. It is the practice and experience that gets to the bottom of the Buddha's enlightenment. The laws of the Universe are realized, around which there are no nets or cages. To grasp this meaning is to be like a dragon that has found water, or like a tiger before a mountain stronghold. Remember, true reality spontaneously emerges, and darkness and dissipation vanish at a stroke.
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The two sides say they will meet with a federal mediator.
The management of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra plans to resume contract negotiations with its locked-out musicians next week.
In a joint statement Thursday, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Society and the Twin Cities musicians union said they've agreed to meet next Wednesday and Thursday.
The two sides say they will meet with a federal mediator. Both sides said they will not disclose publicly what is said in the meetings.
SPCO musicians were locked out Oct. 21 after they declined to approve a contract proposal. The two sides then met several times but bargaining broke off in early November.
A spokesman for locked-out musicians at the Minnesota Orchestra told the Star Tribune (http://bit.ly/VDAWJ7 ) in an email Thursday that management and musicians would meet on Jan. 2.

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Live stream available for Saturday's commencement ceremoniesDecember 10, 2013
As more than 500 students prepare to graduate from Emporia State University on Saturday, at least two degree candidates will continue family legacies when they receive their diplomas. For the first time, those who cannot attend can view the ceremonies live on the Internet at https://new.livestream.com/emporiastate.
Emporia State University will confer degrees in two ceremonies on Saturday.
At 9:30 a.m., nearly 300 candidates for undergraduate degrees will be recognized at White Auditorium, 111 E. Sixth Ave. Dr. David Edds, 2013 Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor, will address the graduates.
At 2 p.m., more than 200 candidates for graduate degrees will be hooded at Albert Taylor Hall in Plumb Hall on the Emporia State campus. Shane Bangerter, a member of the Kansas Board of Regents, will speak at both ceremonies.
More information on commencement can be found online at www.emporia.edu/commencement.
Family legacies
When Courtney Brokaw Stemler of Silver Lake headed to college, she saw herself becoming an attorney, which is why she chose Washburn University and an undergraduate degree in political science. Midway through her college career, though, she changed direction.
Active in debate and forensics while a student at Silver Lake High School, Stemler found herself helping coach the team as a college student and decided to pursue an education degree.
Two outside factors helped her decide to transfer to Emporia State University.
One, the Emporia High School debate coach offered her a job. Two, her father, Kevin Brokaw, was already a Hornet. He earned a bachelor's degree in business education in 1992 from Emporia State. Her stepmother, Shannon Langley Brokaw, also came from a long line of Hornets. Shannon Brokaw is a member of the Wendling family from Olpe, which was named the Hornet Heritage family in 2002.
"My dad said, 'Courtney, you really ought to think about going to Emporia,'" Stemler recalled. "I am so glad I did."
Stemler credits professors in The Teachers College for making her transfer into the elementary education program so easy — including a last-minute change of her final Professional Development Site.
During her first semester, Stemler was in a fourth-grade classroom at Emporia's William Allen White Elementary School. Her second-semester site was to be in Olathe, where her new husband was working. But before the semester began, Chris Stemler took a job in Topeka.
Three weeks before classes started in August, Stemler was placed in a kindergarten classroom at Topeka's Whitson Elementary School.
With commencement right around the corner, Stemler is now looking for a job.
"My plan is to teach K-6 unless a middle school math position opens up," she said. "I'll teach a couple of years then probably look at programs for master's degrees."
Skyler Delmott of Emporia is preparing for his second walk across the stage in an Emporia State University commencement. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2010. On Saturday, he will receive a master's degree in biology.
As an undergraduate, Delmott ran track and cross country for Emporia State. In fact, earning degrees as members of the track team is a family tradition in the Delmott house.
Dad Dennis came to Emporia from Iowa to run track, left college for service in the Marines before returning to coach while training for the Olympics and earning a master's degree. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in social sciences education and a master's degree in physical education. Dennis went on to a lengthy career with the Emporia Police Department.
Mom Patty was also running track when a coach suggested to Dennis that the two pair up for a couples race. Eventually, the couple paired up to raise a family in Emporia while Patty, who earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics, worked as an applications developer in Emporia State's Information Technology department.
Skyler is their oldest son. Asher Delmott, younger by two years, was also a track athlete while earning a bachelor's degree in psychology. He graduated in 2012 and is now pursuing a master's degree in psychology at Emporia State.
With all that family history, attending Emporia State was an easy choice, Skyler Delmott said.
"I was a runner and this team had the best fit," he explained. Then-Coach Dave Harris offered a scholarship and "Emporia State was the most cost-effective route to a good education."
Delmott's specialty is environmental biology with an emphasis in aquatics, a field that allowed him plenty of hands-on learning.
"I started out wanting to do herpetology in high school, but I've learned that everything is tied to water," he explained. "In aquatics, there are more field trips; it's about half class and half field trips."
After earning his bachelor's degree, he was looking for a government job but not having much luck. His advisor, Dr. David Edds, offered him a research assistantship if he enrolled in graduate school.
"It was the only door that was open," Delmott remembered. "I'm glad I took it."
Now, it's again time to look for a job. He had an internship followed by a temporary job with Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and is now expanding his job search to wildlife agencies in other states.
But first, he and his family will celebrate another Emporia State diploma.
Check out our students' achievements and accomplishments on Emporia State's meritpages.com site


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LONGMONT -- Paul Ferruzza, 63, is angry about the traffic ticket he got Monday afternoon.
That is a common enough response for a ticket recipient, as any police officer will tell you.
But the violation itself is unique. Ferruzza is apparently the first motorist in Longmont to be ticketed on suspicion of texting while operating a motor vehicle, a state law that went into effect in November 2009. Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur said a records check did not turn up any others under the statute number in Longmont police reports.
Ferruzza said he doesn't believe he deserved the ticket.
"I will go to court on this because I was using the voice activation," Ferruzza said Wednesday.
According to police reports, Officer Staci Stallings was driving a marked patrol vehicle east on the 100 block of East Mountain View Avenue and stopped behind Ferruzza at a red light at Lashley Street.
She reported that the light turned green, but Ferruzza did not move. She reported that she could see that he was holding up a cellphone in his right hand "and it appeared as though he was texting because I could see his thumb moving around in front of the screen of the device."
Stallings honked the horn of her patrol vehicle and Ferruzza proceeded through the light, according to Stallings' report. She followed him to the 400 block of Verdant Circle, where he pulled into a driveway. She activated the car's overhead lights and, she reported, Ferruzza opened the car door but did not get out.
She told him she stopped him because he was texting while operating a motor vehicle and, she reported, he denied it. She said he also failed to signal a turn and noted in her report that he was sitting on his seatbelt and "I recalled I had not seen Paul take his seatbelt off as I watched him from the time I saw him at the green light."
Stallings issued him a ticket on suspicion of texting while driving and failing to wear a seatbelt.
Ferruzza is outraged at both violations.
"I said, 'I wasn't texting and driving,'" he recalled, noting he also asked the officer if she was having a bad day and told her she was a disgrace to the uniform.
He said he looked at a text while he was at the red light and used a voice activation to respond, but had not composed a text on the screen. He said he plans to show in court that he received the text and it had been 18 minutes before he responded, which is when he was at the red light.
"I refused to sign the ticket," he said.
He added that he did not know it was against the law to text while driving.
Longmont Police Traffic Sgt. Mike Bell said the law is difficult to enforce because an officer has to witness the action and most people will stop texting in the presence of a marked police car. He said most people who are texting and driving end up getting tickets for other violations because it affects their driving. He said most people are likely getting a four-point careless-driving ticket, instead of the one-point texting ticket.
"The reason it is so rare is it is very, very difficult to enforce. It is very, very difficult to see someone who is doing it," he said.
Under the statute, a driver must enter data into a phone, instead of simply glancing at the display to push a button or answer or dial a call.
Bell said studies show that texting affects drivers' response times dramatically. He said an average response time for a driver who is attentive is two seconds. However, texting drivers can take eight to 10 seconds to respond, all while the car is still moving.
"By then it is way too late," he said.
Ferruzza said he was surprised to hear that the law was in effect. He said he stays active in political campaigns and tries to pay attention.
"I stay fairly well up on laws," he said.
He said he will challenge both violations in Longmont Municipal Court on Feb. 25. Stallings' report noted that Ferruzza said "I will see you in court." She also reported that he asked her if she had anything better to do than stop people for "piddly stuff," accused her of lying, and added, "Why don't (you) go catch some real criminals?"
Ferruzza reiterated on Wednesday that he believed the officer was lying.
Cmdr. Rick Brough of the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said a deputy cited a motorist with a weaving and texting violation in June. He said the motorist reportedly swerved into the deputy's lane and then admitted to texting when she was stopped for the weaving violation. Boulder Police records were not immediately available, but a records clerk who answered the phone Wednesday said she had seen them submitted in Boulder.
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Three people were hospitalized following a six-car accident this afternoon at the intersection of Foothills Parkway and Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder.
Police say the pileup may have been caused by a man suffering from a medical condition.
Police dispatchers at about 4:15 p.m. began receiving calls about a black Chevy Tahoe that was weaving through traffic and driving aggressively in the Boulder-bound lanes of the Diagonal Highway, according to Boulder police and fire spokeswoman Kim Kobel.
After reportedly being involved in a hit-and-run accident on the Diagonal near 63rd Street, the Tahoe continued onto southbound Foothills Parkway where, just before 4:30 p.m., it collided with several vehicles stopped at a red light at Arapahoe, Kobel said.
The chain-reaction accident eventually involved six cars, including the Tahoe.
One woman had to be extricated from her vehicle after the Tahoe came to rest against her driver's-side door, Kobel said.
The extricated woman, the driver of the Tahoe and another person were transported to hospitals following the accident, Kobel said.
The driver, a male, has not been identified. Police are investigating whether he may have been dealing with a medical condition at the time of the crash.
Details about the extent of the injuries to the three people transported from the scene were not immediately available.
Significant traffic delays in the area of Foothills and Arapahoe have been reported.


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A brand new portrait of Michael and Emily Eavis, by photographer Joanna Vestey, is launched this week as part of an exhibition to celebrate International Women's Day (March 8).
The portrait is part of the 'Dreams for My Daughter' exhibition which will be on show at the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank from March 8 until March 12. Entrance is free.
Meanwhile Festival goers who visited the White Ribbon Alliance Tattoo Parlour in the Park can see this short film featuring Joanna Vestey's photographs from Tanzania (also featured in the exhibition), with a great soundtrack from East African hip hop star and MP Sugu (aka Mr 11).


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For the past year, I have been working as a research assistant here at LACMA, helping the curator Ilene Susan Fort with the preparations for a major exhibition called In Wonderland: the Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States. This show, opening in January of 2012, will showcase the work of many well-known artists such as Frida Kahlo, but also introduce many important women who have not achieved such international renown. One of the most enjoyable aspects of working on this project has been tracking down key paintings and sculptures by these lesser-known artists and learning about their extraordinary lives.
This past June, I was lucky enough to travel to Paris in the pursuit of information on one such artist, Helen Phillips. Born in San Francisco in 1913, Phillips won a travel scholarship to study art in Paris in 1936, where she fell in love with the ideals and practices of the surrealist movement. Phillips also fell in love with the artist William Stanley Hayter, director of the Atelier 17, a print studio which served as an important center of experimentation for many surrealist artists. In the 1940s and 1950s, Phillips created anthropomorphic forms in bronze, and we are eager to include a few of these in show.
In Paris I went to stay with Phillips' daughter-in-law, the Italian curator Carla Esposito Hayter, whose apartment in Saint-Germain-des-Prés is right down the street from the famous Café Les Deux Magots. With regular doses of espresso and pain au chocolat, we spent long hours happily digging through Phillips' documents from throughout her career, including wonderful photographs such as this of Phillips and Hayter in their studio.
We also measured and photographed many examples of Phillips' work, lugging bronze sculptures onto a bathroom scale (it is important to have a weight estimate for shipping purposes). Phillip's best-known sculpture is a work in Carla's apartment called Metamorphose (1946) a good example of the artist's concern with forms in perpetual motion and transformation.
As Carla and I were looking through a batch of old photographs of Phillips' sculptures, she suddenly realized that one of the works was in corner of the bedroom where I was staying. Neither she nor I had given much attention to the piece, which seemed sort of flat and nondescript. However, as we carried the bronze out into the living room and set it in the proper position according to the old photograph, a fully-realized work came to life.
Although the piece is romantically called Amants Novices (Inexperienced Lovers), its sharp "teeth" and tangled limbs give the sculpture a slightly menacing quality that may relate to the surrealist interest in symbols of violent female sexuality, such as the Praying Mantis. Carla and I were very excited about our discovery, and it may turn out that this sculpture is perfect for a show about the ways in which women artists responded to surrealist concepts.
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Mali: After the fall of Timbuktu
As northern rebels rout the army, it's clear that the justification for Mali's coup has backfired miserably. François Picard's panel looks at the double-whammy of a country cut in two and the prospect of crippling sanctions.
- Gregory Mann, Professor of History, Columbia University;
- Adam Thiam, Columnist at newspaper Le Républicain (from Bamako, Mali);
- Melissa Bell, France24 Senior Correspondent (from Bamako, Mali);
- Gilles Yabi, Director of West Africa Program, International Crisis Group (from Dakar, Senegal).
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Austin Stouffer, a senior at Greencastle-Antrim High School, recently won the Under-2050 Rating Event during the Maryland Table Tennis Center's Spring Open Championship.
Entered as the top seed in round-robin play, Stouffer convincingly defeated his first three opponents in straight sets, 3-0, advancing into single elimination.
In the semifinal, Stouffer edged his opponent 3-2, thus moving on to the championship for a rematch with Alan Pruce, who Stouffer had beaten earlier in round-robin play.
A back-and-forth battle ensued, with Stouffer and Pruce exchanging points through the first four sets, leaving the match tied 2-2 to force a winner-take-all stanza.
With Stouffer trailing 10-8 in the final set, Pruce called a timeout, giving Stouffer the opportunity to regroup. From here, Stouffer recorded four consecutive points, capping his decisive rally en route to a 12-10 set victory and the event's title.
Aside from the championship trophy, Stouffer also won an $80 cash prize.
"Austin had a difficult challenge to reach the final," Stouffer's coach Jef Savage said. "There were several good players in the later stages and he pulled out all the stops to become the champion."
Stouffer, who has been playing table tennis for four-and-a-half years, practices his craft with Savage at The Table Tennis Centre in Mercersburg and competes in MDTTC leagues. Stouffer plans to attend Lindenwood University in the fall, where scholarships are offered for his sport.


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The finale of "Smyrna's Got Voice-Kids Rock!" was Saturday night, with four MOT singing sensations making up the final seven contestants.
The boys were conspicuously absent Saturday night at the Smyrna Opera House during the finale of "Smyrna's Got Voice-Kids Rock!" All seven contestants across two age divisions were girls. And, of those seven, four were there representing the talent pool of MOT, using their time on stage to wow the attending crowd with vocal range and stage presence.
And, wowing the crowd was important as the audience collectively held the fate of the final two winners in the palm of their hands. In exchange for a ticket stub, each spectator was given a slip of paper with detailed voting instructions: Pick three of the four girls in the first group, which included the four girls in the younger division. Pick two of the three girls in the older division.
The younger girls included Alexandra Cseke, Sydney Wilson, Katie Loftus and Jaden McGeoch,
McGeoch, who utilized the whole stage, moving and dancing as she sang, went home as the winner of her division, following a breezy performance of Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On." The judges lauded her performance as "sultry and lilting," while also saying that her effortless stage presence and sass was perfect for the song she chose.
"I heard this song on 'The Voice' and I just loved it," said McGeoch, explaining how she chose her song. "The performers were magnificent and I really liked the song."
The other three girls in her division may not have brought home the trophy but they managed to impress the audience and the judges just the same. Sydney Wilson was the first Middletown resident to grace the stage, singing Jordan Spark's "This is My Now" with what the judges referred to as a "sweet voice."
Katie Loftus bravely tackled Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," dedicating it to her great-grand-father who died last week at the age of 98.
"I really like the melody and the meaning," said Loftus, explaining why she chose the song. The judges thought both melody and meaning suited Loftus well, telling her that they love the character she brought to the song.
The three older girls included Lauren Berry, Gracie Buskirk and Smyrna resident Chrystina Haldeman. Buskirk won her division with her "last minute choice" of Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me," saying that Raitt was one of her mom's favorite singers and that she hoped she made both her mom and Raitt proud of her version that night.
Berry, the lone MOT representative of the older group, sang Martina McBride's "Broken Wing." The judges complimented her all-American look and sound, saying that the song was a great choice for the subtle twang she has when she sings.
Last year's winner Jessica Reynolds also made an appearance, coming back to entertain the crowd as the last of the votes were being tabulated. Reynolds sang three songs, reminding everyone how she walked away as the 2012 winner.
The program, which kicked off the first round of competition in February, was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Close to 30 kids auditioned and following the first round, six kids from each group advanced to round two. Those 12 hopefuls were then whittled down to the seven who competed Saturday night.


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Red fluorescent proteins are ideal for in vivo imaging due to reduced autofluorescence. Like all fluorescent proteins, they can be detected in cells without adding cofactors or substrates, making them valuable, noninvasive tools for investigating biological events in living cells (1).
mCherry is one of the Fruit Fluorescent Proteins, which were developed in Dr. Roger Tsien's lab by directed mutagenesis of mRFP1, a monomeric mutant of DsRed (2–5).
mCherry has been successfully fused to several proteins, including actin and tubulin (Figure 1). mCherry fusions have been reported in Arabidopsis (6), zebrafish (7), E. coli (8), HIV virions (9), and yeast (10). These fusions have also been used for quantitative imaging techniques including fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET; 11), fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP; 12), and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM; 13).
Figure 1. mCherry fusion constructs. HeLa cells were transiently transfected, via a lipid-based method, with mammalian expression vectors encoding mCherry fused to either human cytoplasmic actin (Panel A) or tubulin (Panel B). Cells were fixed using 4% paraformaldehyde and imaged 36 hr posttransfection with a 40X objective on a Zeiss Axioskop microscope using the 575/50, 610, 640/50 filter set.
We have established three stably-transfected HEK 293 cell lines with different levels of mCherry expression (as measured by flow cytometry). Transfected cells were observed to grow at a rate similar to nontransfected control cells, without increased cell death, as determined by visual inspection.
tdTomato is another Fruit Fluorescent Protein (2–5). It is a genetic fusion of two copies of the dTomato gene (5) which was specifically designed for low aggregation. Its tandem dimer structure plays an important role in the exceptional brightness of tdTomato. Because tdTomato forms an intramolecular dimer, it behaves like a monomer.
tdTomato's emission wavelength (581 nm) and brightness make it ideal for live animal imaging studies. In one xenograft mouse model of metastatic breast cancer, tdTomato was easily detected as deep as 1 cm below the surface, and extremely small lesions could be detected and tracked over time (Figure 2; 14). A second model used tdTomato to quantify breast cancer tumor growth in response to target gene activation (15). Transgenic mouse models have also been developed, including one where tdTomato was used as a reporter for Cre recombination. This model was also useful as a tool for cell lineage tracing, transplantation studies, and analysis of cell morphology in vivo (16). tdTomato has also been used very effectively in fusion protein applications (17) and as a promoter reporter (18).
Figure 2. tdTomato, but not GFP, can be detected in the SCID mouse cadaver phantom model. False-color overlay images (regions of interest encircled) indicate that the imaging system could detect tdTomato fluorescence in the cadaver model, but not GFP fluorescence. Panel A. Implanted tube with 100 x 106 MDA-MB-231-tdTomato-expressing cells, imaged with the DsRed filter set. Exposure time: 1 sec. Panel B. Implanted tube with 100 x 106 MDA-MB-231-GFP-expressing cells, imaged with the GFP filter set. Exposure time: 1 sec.
DsRed-Express is a rapidly maturing variant of Discosoma sp. red fluorescent protein (DsRed) with mutations that enhance its solubility, reduce its green emission, and accelerate its maturation. Although DsRed-Express most likely forms the same tetrameric structure as wild-type DsRed, DsRed-Express displays a reduced tendency to aggregate (19). DsRed-Express2 has even higher solubility, and was designed to be better suited for cell and stem cell applications (20).
Figure 3. Robust expression of DsRed-Express2 in mouse bone marrow hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Mononuclear bone marrow cells were transduced with retroviral vectors encoding DsRed-Express (Panel A), DsRed-Express2 (Panel B), or EGFP (Panel C); and fluorescent cells were sorted 87 hr later. Red and green fluorescence signals were detected using the PE and FITC filter sets, respectively. The lines represent gates defined by analyzing untransduced cells.
DsRed-Monomer is a true monomeric mutant of our red fluorescent protein from Discosoma sp. reef coral, which makes it the optimal choice for use as a red fluorescent fusion tag. DsRed-Monomer is well tolerated by mammalian cells, and has been successfully used to create stably transfected, clonal cell lines. The DsRed-Monomer chromophore matures rapidly and is readily detected 12 hours after transfection and the fluorescent protein is extremely stable, allowing you to monitor fluorescence over extended periods of time.
Ideally, when you label a protein of interest, the fluorescent tag itself should not interfere with the biological function of the target protein. If the fluorescent protein has a strong tendency to form oligomers, it is more likely to alter or hinder the original function of the tagged protein. Because DsRed-Monomer is a true monomer, it is the optimal choice for use as a red fluorescent fusion tag. When expressed in mammalian cells, the protein is highly soluble and homogeneously distributed within the cytosol, with no detectable aggregation (Figure 4).
Figure 4. DsRed-Monomer is soluble and displays even, consistent, and homogeneous distribution in HeLa cells.
DsRed-Monomer has been expressed as a fusion with a large panel of diverse proteins with diverse functions and subcellular locations. The localization of the resulting tagged protein was monitored and all the tested proteins localized properly. For example, the DsRed-Monomer-Actin fusion protein correctly incorporates into the actin filament system—the cytoskeletal network, ruffling edges, and filipodia.
The monomeric nature of the DsRed-Monomer protein (28 kDa, calculated molecular weight based on amino acid sequence) has been confirmed by two independent methods:
Figure 5. Living Colors DsRed-Monomer is a monomeric protein. Panel A. Recombinant DsRed-Express and DsRed-Monomer (100 µg) were analyzed by FPLC gel filtration chromatography. Overall absorbance (A280) and chromophore excitation (A557) of the eluted material were monitored simultaneously. DsRed-Monomer elutes from the column at a retention time (39 min) corresponding to a molecular weight of 28 kDa. The calculated molecular weight of DsRed-Monomer is 26.8 kDa. DsRed-Express is a tetrameric protein that elutes at an earlier retention time (33 min) corresponding to a molecular weight of 89 kDa. Panel B. Pseudonative gel analysis of proteins. The oligomeric structure of proteins is preserved during SDS PAGE analysis if samples are kept at 4°C and not boiled prior to loading on a gel. Boiled and unboiled recombinant proteins (7.5 µg) were separated by SDS PAGE electrophoresis (12% acrylamide). In both the boiled (denatured) and unboiled (nondenatured) samples, DsRed-Monomer runs as a uniform band of ~30 kDa due to its monomeric structure. The unboiled (nondenatured) DsRed-Express runs at a much higher molecular weight than its boiled (denatured) counterpart due to its tetrameric structure.
DsRed-Monomer preserves key spectral features of other DsRed variants, in particular DsRed-Express. DsRed-Monomer has an excitation maximum of 556 nm and an emission maximum of 586 nm. Its spectral profile is virtually identical to our other DsRed fluorescent protein variants, allowing DsRed-Monomer to be detected using standard existing filter sets or with custom-tailored, optimized sets such as those available from Chroma Technology Corporation (see http://www.chroma.com/ for details). Although DsRed-Monomer is somewhat less bright than DsRed-Express, it is nevertheless an excellent choice for fluorescence microscopy imaging and flow cytometry. As with our other red fluorescent proteins, DsRed-Monomer performs well when multiplexed with compatible fluorescent proteins such as AcGFP1 (Figure 6).
Figure 6. Fluorescence excitation and emission spectra of DsRed-Monomer and AcGFP1.
DsRed2 is a variant of our original red fluorescent protein (DsRed), modified with six point mutations to improve solubility and decrease the time from transfection to detection. DsRed2 retains the benefits typical of red fluorescent proteins, such as a high signal-to-noise ratio and distinct spectral properties for use in multicolor labeling experiments.
mStrawberry is another Fruit Fluorescent Protein (2–5). Its excitation and emission maxima are 574 nm and 596 nm, respectively.
AsRed2 is a novel fluorescent protein that has been adapted from the corresponding full length cDNA for higher solubility, brighter emission, and rapid chromophore maturation (8–12 hours). It has also been human codon optimized to enhance translation efficiency in mammalian cells. It is a very good reporter, and is useful in two-color analyses with AmCyan1 or ZsGreen1.


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Sunday, September 4, 2011
I am Salman,You are Salman,We are all Salman!
This is the 'Jhoola' picture , shot by the late Mitter Bedi, that hangs in one of the large Celebrity Windows in the corridor of the Taj Mahal Hotel. I am very proud of it... it is an honour to be included with the likes of international greats - Pandit Ravi Shanker,Sunil Gavaskar, Amitabh Bachchan, The Beatles, Richard Branson, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Sports Stars, Movie Stars,Kings and Queens.You like???
This appeared in the Sunday Times, but for some inexplicable reason, the people in charge of making the page changed the headline to a less naughty one : New Supermen of the Besotted Masses. BORRRRRIIIIINGGGG!
Khair, it's their prerogative. Just like it is Naseer Hussain's prerogative to call our cricketers 'Donkeys'. Harsha Bhogle.... really!!! How could you take that lying down?
I am in a feisty mood this drippy sunday. Must be the modaks I had at lunch. Our home experiment wasn't too successful... but the effort was sincere. Am kicking myself for not having asked my mother for the exact recipe when she was alive.
Today is the last day of the Society Collections. I am tempted to go back for the third time and pick up some more Diwali decorations.
However, I did very well at Reena Bodani's Design Quest ( it's her virgin show at Design One, which starts on the 8th ). I love Reena's design sensibilities and splurged on her elegant stationery ( she's happy to personalise it for customers).
I also enjoyed shooting for Ahlan's Special Issue, India's Hot Hundred, with my daughter Avantikka and grand-daughter Anasuya Devi.Once we were done with the shoot in the Rajput Suite of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (imagine! it was in the same suite that my iconic 'Jhoola' picture was shot, 40 years ago!), we went down to the Sea Lounge and celebrated Anasuya's premiere visit to our favourite hotel. A tiny chocolate cake sent across to the table, marked the occasion. Such a 'Taj' touch!
How did we mark the end of Shravan? Well, Arundhati, who observes it with me, was away in Leh on a camping trip, and broke hers at an altitude of 15,000 feet. I was at Avantikka's home and raised a glass of sparkling wine!Alas, at sea level.But that single glass made me feel I was at 30,000 feet. That's what I call a real 'high'.
Now for our annual darshan of the magnificent Lalbaugh Chha Raja!
I am Salman,You are Salman,We are all Salman…
Feel the punch.Feel the heat.Feel the kick.Feel the powerrrrr!
Feel it? If you just did, it's called the Salman Hangover.And those are lyrics from the title track of Salman Khan's latest release 'Bodyguard', which has smashed all box office records on the first day of its perfectly timed Eid release. Incidentally,it is a monumentally ridiculous film.Does that matter? Salman's myriad admirers are on a high.So are Anna's (even after 'pack up' was called at the now deserted Ramlila grounds).These men do not have fans, they have devotees. After two consecutive superhits, Salman's producers were hoping for a hat trick with 'Bodyguard'. Their only worry was the stupendous success of an earlier production that was running to a packed house and had virtually captured every available sub-continental eyeball watching television, 24x7. The script of that particular production changed by the hour and was compelling enough to keep a billion Indians riveted for close to a fortnight. It was a unique and original script, though a few 'khadoos' critics insisted it was a remake of Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi'. So what? 'Bodyguard' is a re-make , too. Audiences don't care, so long as they get their money's worth. The Ramlila verion of 'Gandhi' guaranteed 'houseful' shows and was fully paisa vasool. Its canny producers ( Team Anna) realizing its potential as a national and possibly, an international blockbuster,had gone flat out to leverage its popularity, with marketing gimmicks that generated shock and awe. Caps, flags, placards and soundbytes were neatly in place, as were pre-booked slots on popular tv programmes including a reality show that enjoys high ratings. The positioning and placement of the 'product' ( Jan Lokpal Bill) was shrewdly calibrated to appeal to the target audience ( same as 'Bodyguard's'). If Katrina Kaif was sweet enough to help out good friend Salman with an item number ( feel the heat, you guys!), Team Anna was fortunate enough to have Kiran Bedi dancing a daily jig on the dais ( could have done with better choreography, though). The music of both productions was mediocre, though Team Anna scored with live performances, a few of which drew top stars like the other Khan – Aamir.
But just like Salman devotees don't really bother with the side shows and are there solely for Salman, Team Anna's core group understood it was Anna who attracted those mammoth crowds – just Anna.That's what real superstardom is all about. It knows no logic and there's nothing remotely rational about the hysteria it triggers off. The Wave is everything – and professionals know exactly how to time it, ride it…. just like competitive surfers. But no matter how cold bloodedly minders try and manufacture the magic or capitalize on a craze, at the heart of such madness lies something entirely ephemeral. It is called love. And that cannot be manufactured. People love Salman and Anna. Unconditionally, at that.It would appear these two men have absolutely nothing in common. One is a 41- year-old, pumped up movie actor whose specialization lies in the many and highly innovative ways of removing his shirt on screen( a water hose does the job in 'Bodyguard').The other is a bird- like 74- year- old who may have never worn a shirt ( except in the army).But both men are seen as avatars of 'Superman' by besotted followers.One performs unbelievable physical feats on screen ( Salman single handedly slays no less than fifty baddies in 'Bodyguard'), the other does so in real life (fasts for 13 days without a single sign of fatigue).. Their stupendous success defies the odds. Their undeniable charisma sees them through life's most daunting tests. Salman plays a simpleton in 'Bodyguard' – an innocent, trusting person called Lovely Singh ( you read that right!). Anna is such a person in real life. Both men are single, though Salman is ever ready to mingle. India is their extended family. And such is the fanaticism of their followers, one word spoken or written about either, generates an avalanche of abuse. Clearly there's zero tolerance for criticism.Allegiance is everything and camps are closed to 'outsiders'. Interestingly enough, Salman's last hit, 'Dabbang' was launched at a time when his only rival was Baba Ramdev (I had written a column on their similarities in this space). Ramdev's fortunes went downhill right after. Today, it's Anna Hazare, and he is still going strong. But it is Salman Khan who leads a charmed life and seems indestructible.
It's got to be that shirt trick!
30 comments:
- Chintan said...
I love the photo Shobhaa :) now I need to read the post...
- September 4, 2011 at 5:48 PM
- Chintan said...
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- September 4, 2011 at 5:54 PM
- Chintan said...
ah! loved the article, i think we are following herd mentality a bit too seriously these days, earlier besharmi morcha, then anna movement and salman is salman! i must confess i loved Dabbang...and i was looking forward to bodyguard too but well my friends on facebook/twitter said it's not a good movie....talk about herd mentality and social network ;)
- September 4, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- goodluck said...
Is that really you? I thought it is the picture of some filmstar in the Nanda era.
First Anna. Now Salman. Next what? If someone calls Indian fielders as donkeys, others may call us sheep for our herd mentality.
- September 4, 2011 at 6:39 PM
Ha Bhai Ha - I am talking about The 'Jhoola' picture.
Re.: Leh
Re.: Bodyguard/Dabbang
Masala movies with the touch of technology - The success mantra.
Good to watch HOUSEFULL at single theaters after long long time. "Ghajini" was the start maybe. Thanks to Aamir.
- September 4, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- चंद्रमौलेश्वर प्रसाद said...
`monumentally ridiculous film.'
The more the ridiculous, the more the box-office success. :(
The photo is fantastic and ageless. Saree has eclipsed the Jhoola. Three cheers for the photographer and the model :) :) :)
- September 4, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- obssesor said...
Sheer Elegance
- September 4, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- NAT said...
Now we know why you were chosen Miss India...
Majority of us Indians want to live life king size. If not in reality, then why not for those 2 to 3 hrs. in the movies.
- September 4, 2011 at 10:36 PM
- Faith said...
You look classically beautiful in the snap
- September 4, 2011 at 11:07 PM
- Mona said...
Loved the analogy of salman & Anna!
That photo reminds me of my late husband's jhoola picture taken with another model for the Bangalore Ashoka hotel brochure...
- September 4, 2011 at 11:24 PM
- Tsomo85 said...
Word to chintan! I was going to do the same thing but then I changed my mind & managed to wait myself to compliment your sophisticated picture! Classic & pleasant looking! Fun read too, luckily I picked up to work for someone this weekend & ditched my girlfriends on Bodyguard! My impression on film was same as Kambakt Ishiq! Waiting for Rockstar!!!
- September 5, 2011 at 5:11 AM
- glimpses said...
yes we like too much - such beauty you were ...you are!
- September 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Desi Babu said...
Dear Mrs. De,
It is a beautiful photograph! Black and white photos are always a delight to look at. And one must agree that there is significant confusion on which is prettier - the photograph, or the subject?
Aren't you glad we left you alone after the controversial posts on Anna Hazare? I have to agree on one thing though -- you spoke your mind, and didn't give in to popular pressure. My hats (or shall I say pugree?) off to you for that!
I liked your post on Amir Khan too -- about his public posturing on Anna Hazare. Sometimes, it is important for movie stars to stand by the things they believe in. Without our beliefs -- we don't exist.
I recently wrote a similar post on Jodie Foster, the Hollywood star. Hope you like it: Jodie and the Little Green Men
- September 5, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- *Aham* said...
im sorry but i am disappointed.
very very very very disapointed.
I visit your blog to primarily read your views...
how can people read what you have written when you put such a beautiful picture on top.
P.S. : "me making the sushmita sen "AWWWWWW" expression"
- September 5, 2011 at 3:45 PM
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- September 5, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- Pooja Rathore said...
the picture is beautiful,black and white photo unique, different.
i liked your post on salman.
- September 5, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- Cheryllyne said...
You look sooooo fabulous!
Do you remember what type of a sari you were wearing? Is it a Benarasi (yes, I would love to know in your next post... please indulge me)?
I love how the light glints of the zari work and the silk.
I love the way your hair is styled.
And I love the composition.
You are ageless!!!!
- September 5, 2011 at 8:42 PM
- Theyoginme said...
I cant help but pass that window every time I stay at the Taj and your picture always stands out.
- September 5, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- Sushma Harish said...
Every where Sallu Bhai indeed. I just popped into the office and a Colleague asks me "naya movie dekha...Salmaan...."
- September 5, 2011 at 9:21 PM
Isn't this comparison pathetic? Salman - who is known to have links with the crime world, and for his egregious behaviour in public, is being compared with a sadhu social activist who fights for the right cause. Why always take these "good for nothing" cine stars for comparison??
- September 5, 2011 at 10:21 PM
- Anil Kumar said...
It raises serious questions on the state of her mind. I think she is used to do these cheap comparisons and she has done it before for Baba Ramdev also. My feeling is that when a person loses logical argument, his/her ego comes in play and they will do these kind of cheap stuff to discredit someone.
I would suggest her to eat blue-berries which is considered brain food and helps both young and old people.
- September 6, 2011 at 10:22 PM
- Jyostna said...
Firstly the picture is an ageless classic. I wld luv to hav one :)
The post seems as if u r so obsessed with Anna more than his devotees..u keep mentioning him so many times :P
- September 7, 2011 at 5:47 PM
- venk@t said...
You look absolutely gorgeous in that shoot. so vintage. why did u ever stop modeling?
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Circa 1910
A large fluted and garland-detailed opaline glass pendant on nickel fittings custom made in the Remains Lighting workshop. Due to the antique nature of this fixture, there may be some nicks or imperfections in the glass.
Minimum height: 25"
Overall: 13" diameter
Can be UL listed for use in dry environments
Single Edison socket, maximum 100 watts
1 fixture total available.
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Today was another triumph in our war against high fructose corn syrup, as not only did we find more Mexican coke at the supermarket (as well as sugar-sweetened Mexican Sprite and Fanta), we also found a single 12-pack of throwback Pepsi. We were concerned the Pepsi may have been old stock from a forgotten corner of the store-room, but it has an early 2013 sell-by date, so it seems another run of this limited edition soft drink may be in production.
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Amazon.com has suspended sales of the downloadable version of SimCity due to connectivity issues with the game. The page carries the following note: "Many customers are having issues connecting to the "SimCity" servers. EA is actively working to resolve these issues, but at this time we do not know when the issue will be fixed. Please visit https://help.ea.com/en/simcity/simcity for more information." This note is also on the page for the boxed version, but this remains available for purchase. EA has announced they are adding servers to address connectivity and authentication issues that have plagued the game since launch, and the downloadable version currently has a one-star rating on Amazon based on 929 customer reviews. Thanks Ant via Geek.com via Slashdot.
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John Tooley Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award
Last week the Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) honored John Tooley of Advanced Energy by naming him the 2013 recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry, at the Opening Plenary ceremony of the ACI National Home Performance Conference in Denver, Colorado.
Tooley was nominated by industry peers and selected by an independent panel of impartial judges for his integrity and commitment to quality assurance processes in home performance contracting.
Regarded as a pioneer in the world of energy efficiency with over 30 years of experience diagnosing and repairing more than 5,000 homes, Tooley trains builders and contractors throughout the United States. As a senior consultant for Advanced Energy in Raleigh, North Carolina, he has spent more than 15 years helping the top 10 builders in the nation implement quality process management, where they can guarantee heating, cooling and comfort in their clients' homes.
"There's no one in our industry who has advanced the delivery of quality contracting to customers more than John," said Larry Zarker, BPI CEO. "He stands alone not only in having examined thousands of buildings, but also, in examining the processes of contractors who improve them."
Tooley has made important contributions to virtually every technical standard the industry uses today. Most recently, he contributed significantly to the development of DOE's Standard Work Specifications (SWS). Part of DOE's Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals project, the SWS is an unprecedented collaboration of industry members compiling their collective knowledge in one place to support the development of a skilled residential energy upgrade workforce.
The Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry is an initiative from BPI in honor of Tony Woods, former president of Canam Building Envelope Specialists Inc. and ZERODRAFT, and a pioneer of the home performance industry. During his career, he served tirelessly as a volunteer board member with BPI, Affordable Comfort Inc. (ACI), as president of the Ontario Building Envelope Council and on more than ten standards committees dealing with air leakage control, air barriers, ventilation and more. Woods passed away after a battle with leukemia on May 8, 2009, just over two weeks after the inaugural award in his name was presented by BPI.
Building Performance Industry Hall of Fame Inductions
Also part of the ACI Opening Plenary session, three new individuals were inducted into the Building Performance Industry Hall of Fame. Nominated by their peers and selected by a panel of impartial judges, these individuals were recognized for their significant and lasting contributions to the building performance industry over the course of their careers. The new inductees are:
Joe Kuonen, Program Manager for Residential and Commercial/Industrial Programs at CLEAResult Consulting in Little Rock, Arkansas. Kuonen is known as an evangelist for home performance contracting. For over ten years he hosted a live radio call-in show on Saturday mornings to talk to people about their home performance problems. He conducts building performance trainings nationally, and has been a tireless champion for ACI. In just one four year period ending in 2008, he made over 30 presentations at ACI, and led ACI's inaugural Duct Camp webcast series in 2007. Meanwhile, he's had great success selling building performance packages, achieving annual sales of more than $1 million on multiple occasions.
Michael Blasnik of M. Blasnik & Associates in Boston, Massachusetts is one of the most respected energy efficiency researchers in the country. He has spent 30 years searching for the answers behind how buildings use energy. He has done many large scale evaluations of retrofit energy savings, developed algorithms for predicting energy use, and is credited with inventing zonal pressure diagnostics, an established method for diagnosing indirect air leakage paths in houses. He's currently working on impact evaluation for DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program and data analysis/modeling for the new Nest thermostat.
Rick Chitwood of Chitwood Energy Management in Mt. Shasta, California has had a major impact on the development of California's home performance industry as a contractor, a trainer, and an advocate and advisor to utilities, state programs and regulators. He is well known in California for challenging the state's building codes, particularly in the area of HVAC performance. Through his passion and persistence, he's made crucial contributions to the development of the most stringent modern energy codes that effect all new and existing home construction in the state. As a trainer he has mentored hundreds of talented contractors. He has helped prove to both new home builders implementing REACH code, and high performance home performance retrofit contractors bringing older homes up to and beyond code, that efficiency is possible, practical, and profitable in the real world.
Leslie McDowell joined BPI in October 2010 and holds the position of Marketing and Communications Director.
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Ed Gallucci: The Crawdady Years and Beyond
This exhibition features selections from freelance photographer Ed Gallucci's life work and includes photographs of celebrities like Muhammad Ali, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Jerry Garcia, Paul Simon, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, and many others. Opening Reception and Artists Lecture: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Reception: 5 p.m. Lecture: 7:30 p.m.
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Eating like our distant ancestors is the most popular road to weight loss, according to Consumer Reports.
The February issue of the U.S.-based magazine, available online now at www.ConsumerReports.org, rates both do-it-yourself diets and commercial programs based on response from 9,376 of its dieting readers.
It found the so-called caveman or Paleo Diet came out on top in the do-it-yourself category, yet another victory for the low-carb legions. Like the Atkins diet and the initial stages of the South Beach Diet, it eliminates starchy foods like bread, rice and potatoes and allows lots of lean meats, fish and vegetables.
Weight Watchers took the highest rating among commercial plans, followed by Medifast, Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem. The Canadian Herbal Magic program was not part of the survey. Medifast users reported the greatest weight loss of all the 13 diets with men dropping 20 to 43 pounds loss and women about 14 to 40 pounds. In comparison, men on the Paleo diet lost 10 to 32 pounds, women from six to 20.
Readers endorsed a free mobile application and website called MyFitnessPal for its calorie awareness and food variety in the do-it-yourself category. It doesn't limit food groups, but instead helps dieters record what they eat on their smart phones. It makes keeping a traditional food diary more efficient because it links to a calorie counter database. The Paleo Diet, which instructs dieters to eat like our ancestors before the advent of farming, ended in a statistical tie with MyFitnessPal for top spot in the same category followed by the Mediterranean Diet and SparkPeople, also an app and website.
Readers lost weight on all diets if they stuck to them, the report concluded, so the key is to find a diet that suits your ability to maintain the required changes. Someone who never cooks might want the convenience of packaged, portion-controlled Jenny Craig food even though it's more expensive than other options. Likewise, a person who doesn't mind a highly restricted diet will tolerate being a caveman, but Weight Watchers is better suited to those who want to eat a smaller amount of any food. And keeping a true record of what you eat is a key to success.
Meanwhile, a study published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association which found people who were overweight (a body mass index of 25 to 29) were less likely to die from any cause, compared to people with a normal weight.
More surprisingly, individuals rated as Grade 1 obese (BMI of 30-34) didn't have a higher mortality rate than slimmer folks. But Grades 2 and 3 obesity (BMI over 35) were linked to a significantly higher risk of death from all causes, said the study which crunched numbers from previous research available through the online medical data bases PubMed and EMBASE until Sept, 2012
To put that in perspective, a five-foot-ten-inch person has a normal BMI between 132 and 167 pounds, is overweight between 172 and 202 pounds, Grade 1 obese between 209 and 236 pounds and Grade 2 obese starting at 243.
At five-foot-five-inches, the weights in pounds are: normal 114-144; overweight at 150-174; Grade 1 obese at 180-204; and Grade 2 obese starting at 210. Public health agencies no longer publish separate BMI tables for men and women.
Scott Lear, a professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby and a researcher in St. Paul's Hospital's Healthy Heart Program, says the study focuses narrowly on death rates, not overall health.
"This is just looking at whether people are alive or not, (but) there's the quality of life aspect. It doesn't discuss people's ability to be mobile, to enjoy life or whether they have diabetes.
"And outside the issue of disease, there is still a lot of stigma associated with being an obese body type. People who are obese, who have high BMIs, tend to be depressed more often, to have challenges succeeding in the workforce, succeeding in relationships as well."
The focus on BMI also ignores weight distribution and the fact that carrying pounds around your waist creates a higher health risk than pounds on the hips, he added.
So while previous studies have shown that BMIs at the high end of the normal range are optimal for health, falling into a pattern of yo-yo dieting in an attempt to get there is a danger in itself, said Lear in a telephone interview.
"Weight-cycling, people who lose weight and gain it back, and sometimes gain more back, that's actually worse than if they maintained their weight. It would be healthier in the long run for someone to be overweight, maintain their weight, be regularly active and eat well, than somebody who goes in fits and starts."
Since obesity is a key risk factor for Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, authors of the JAMA study suggested a counter-intuitive explanation for their findings: that overweight people see their doctors more often for various ailments and are therefore likely receive medical attention which could pick up a serious health problem.


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- Rub fillet generously with salt and pepper
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Rally Software, a Boulder-based provider of Agile software development services, acquired a Finnish firm that created a social collaboration technology for developers, company officials announced Wednesday
Flowdock's technology integrates activity from a team's project with a real-time chat functionality.
The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
"Collaboration is fundamental to Agile software development; Flowdock represents a powerful way for teams to collaborate on projects directly from their usual workflow," Tim Miller, Rally's chief executive officer, said in a statement. "Flowdock introduces an innovative way for teams to chat so users can stay in context and in flow."
As a result of the acquisition, the founders of Flowdock will remain with Rally and join the Boulder firm's first international research and development facility, which will be based in Helsinki, Finland, officials said.


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Brisk winds & the cold air over us on this Wednesday, believe it or not, will turn even worse during the day Thursday & especially Thursday night & Friday. Little to no snow will fly for most through tonight, but after 7 or 8am a batch of snow will move in & be heavy at times with a reinforcing shot of Arctic air blowing in during the mid to late morning hours. Flurries & squalls will become more concentrated up near Lake Ontario as the afternoon progresses & the front moves away. About 1 to 3" of snow will likely fall for everyone Thursday, but several inches as depicted in the graphic above will pile up near the lake. Temperatures will fall from 15 to 20 in the morning back to near 10 by late in the day Thursday with winds sustained between 15 & 30, & gusts 30 to 40 mph! These winds will create significant blowing & drifting snow reducing visibility to near 0 at times even outside the falling snow right into early Thursday night. Wind chills average around -10 throughout Thursday, but at times will get down to -15 to -20 late Thursday through the start of Friday! Lake snows could be very significant in far Northern Orleans, Monroe & Wayne counties later Thursday afternoon through Thursday night & quite possibly lingering into Friday morning. Around & north of the Thruway snow accumulations will likely be minimal at best, with little to no accumulation expected for most.
A little snow will fly in advance of a cold front Saturday, & some more measurable snows will be probable Saturday night into Sunday morning with the help of lake enhancement/effect. Then we will focus our attention on a storm developing south early to mid next week. We'll see how much of an impact it actually has on us as we near & get into the weekend. Stay tuned.
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Public hearing
The biannual public hearings to present findings in compliance with the Permanent Noise Monitoring Act (R.I. General Laws 1-5-1 et seq.), on Federal Aviation Administration, Part 150 noise abatement measures will be held by The Rhode Island Airport Corporation as follows:
October 18, 2012
Edgewood Congregational Church,
1788 Broad Street
Cranston, Rhode Island
October 18, 2012
Mary Brennan Board Room, 2nd Floor,
T.F. Green Airport
Warwick, Rhode Island
The report will be posted on RIAC's website, available at the Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane and the William Hall Library, 1825 Broad Street, Cranston, Rhode Island, and by calling 401-691-2000. The Meeting Rooms are accessible to the handicapped. Those requesting interpreter services for the hearing impacted must contact Ms. Sharon Traficante at 401-691-2224 OR TDD NUMBER 401-691-2531 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of meeting.