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Belisario back in LA after travel issues at break
By Alex Angert and Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
He said he wasn't given a reason for why he was detained, but said he was forced to wait about an hour before being released. He was on the next flight about 4 1/2 hours later, and he said arrived in L.A. at approximately 9:45 p.m. PT.
Belisario said he was mad at the time while connecting in Miami, but he had calmed down by Friday afternoon when he was back in the Dodgers clubhouse.
After talking to his reliever, manager Don Mattingly said he wasn't upset and that it wasn't Belisario's fault.
Belisario, who sports a 1.48 ERA after pitching a scoreless eighth in the Dodgers' 2-1 win over the Padres, missed all of 2011 when he couldn't obtain a visa after testing positive for cocaine. He missed the first 25 games of this season serving an ensuing suspension.
Guerra to take bereavement leave to be with father
LOS ANGELES -- Javy Guerra, who pitched a scoreless inning of relief in the Dodgers' 2-1 win over the Padres on Friday night, will take a bereavement leave Saturday to be with his father, who is hospitalized in Mexico after suffering a heart attack Friday morning.
Guerra said his father is scheduled for open-heart surgery Saturday, and he spent Friday figuring out travel and passport details, which is why manager Don Mattingly had mixed feelings about asking Guerra to pitch the seventh inning after the Dodgers had taken a one-run lead.
"I was a little nervous for Javy. He's got stuff going on at home," Mattingly said. "But he was good."
Guerra said coming to the ballpark was a welcome, if temporary, distraction.
"I'm thankful I came out here for the day," he said. "It wears on you and it was good to see the guys and come back to the field so you don't think about it so much."
Guerra will be traveling to Nuevo Laredo, just across the Texas border. He said his father might need a stent.
"I'm praying for the best but prepared for the worst," he said. He learned of his father's condition on a phone call from his mother Friday morning.
The Dodgers will likely place Guerra on the bereavement list for a minimum of three days and a maximum of seven days. A likely callup is right-hander Josh Wall, who has 18 saves but a 5.68 ERA at Triple-A Albuquerque.
Kemp, Ethier return; Herrera, Van Slyke sent down
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers activated outfielders Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier off the disabled list Friday and made room by optioning Elian Herrera and Scott Van Slyke to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Herrera, despite making an immediate impact when he finally got the promotion after nine years in the Minor Leagues, has been passed by another newcomer, Luis Cruz. Herrera, batting .305 as recently as June 17, is 9-for-64 (.140) since.
Van Slyke is hitting .167 in two callups with two homers and seven RBIs.
Kemp, who missed nearly two months with a strained left hamstring, had a double, single, groundout and flyout in the Dodgers' 2-1 win over the Padres. Ethier, who missed two weeks with a strained oblique muscle, grounded out, grounded into a double play and was hit by a pitch.
Hairston takes turn in leadoff spot for Dodgers
LOS ANGELES -- For the first time this season, Jerry Hairston's name was penciled in at the top of the Dodgers' lineup card as manager Don Mattingly continues to explore his options with Dee Gordon injured.
At Thursday's team workout, Mattingly mentioned Hairston, as well as Bobby Abreu and Tony Gwynn, as possibilities to bat leadoff. He batted Elian Herrera there twice and Gwynn twice in the four games without Gordon before the All-Star break.
Abreu and Hairston have never started a game batting leadoff for the Dodgers -- Abreu did twice for the Angels -- while Gwynn has started 18 games this season atop the lineup. None of the three is an everyday starter, which means the position should rotate often while Gordon recovers from thumb surgery that will keep him shelved for six weeks.
However, both Abreu (51 starts) and Hairston (322) have experience batting first in their careers, and neither are concerned with where in the lineup they hit.
Hairston went 1-for-4 and scored a run in Friday's 2-1 win over the Padres.
"I just go out and play and play the game like I know how," said Hairston, who has now hit in every spot this year but eighth. "Whether I'm hitting leadoff, second, third, I'm just trying to hit the ball hard and have good at-bats. If I have good at-bats, then I'm happy."
Abreu echoed the same feeling.
"It doesn't matter what number I hit," he said. "I do my job, get on base and work the count. That's what I always do. Leadoff would be no problem for me. That's where you can start rallies, get on base for the guys in the middle of the lineup to do the damage."
Alex Angert is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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But apparently, Curry was disliked by some in the "Today" show family — even Katie Couric, at times — long before the Matt Lauer drama.
Before she even arrived at Studio 1A, Curry's ambition was legendary. In 1993, while anchoring an early-morning show called "NBC News at Sunrise," Curry made a play for the weekend "Nightly News" slot. When it went to Brian Williams instead, she called the president of NBC News, Andrew Lack, at his home to express her frustration. When she eventually replaced Lauer as the "Today" news reader four years later, Curry jockeyed to fill in for Katie Couric every time Couric was away. According to several well-placed producers, Couric didn't appreciate Curry's eagerness. Producers said Couric thought Curry was melodramatic and, in a word that one used, "fake."
When Couric left the network in 2006, Executive Producer Jeff Zucker decided to quietly pursue Meredith Vieira as co-host — despite it being Curry's "turn" as co-host.
"When Vieira agreed to take the job, in April 2006, Zucker called Curry to his office for what he said was a 'very uncomfortable conversation,'" writes Stelter. "As soon as Curry saw the direction of the talk, her tears started welling up. Curry told Zucker that she believed she had earned the chance to co-host. She said that she might leave the network."
But with the promise of one day getting the gig, Curry stayed with the intention of succeeding Vieira — which she did, for a short period of time before saying a tearful on-air goodbye amidst drama behind-the-scenes at the "Today" show.
And while the "Today" ratings have suffered ever since Curry's departure, it hasn't been easy on the 56-year-old journalist, either.
"On particularly bad days 'Good Morning America' beat 'Today' by a million viewers. Some of this was attributed to Curry's fans exacting revenge," Writes Stelter. "She was overwhelmed by condolences. 'It feels like I died,' she told colleagues afterward, 'and I've seen my own wake.'"
Read the full excerpt from Stelter's upcoming book on the morning show wars here >

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Michelle Hernández Abeyta began her musical career as a singer at the age of fourteen in Pueblo, CO and has been highly sought after at numerous community events and celebrations. At age 17, she represented the Latino community as Colorado State Fair Fiesta Queen. She traveled to Puebla, Mexico in 1982 as Ambassador of Pueblo, CO representing her community to their sister city, Puebla. Michelle has been a professional soloist in the Diocese of Colorado Springs for the past 22 years. Additionally, she is well known throughout Colorado and New Mexico for her contributions in preserving the folk music of the region. She excels in the mastery in various styles of music, such as Mariachi, Classical, Sacred and Country. Her work as a folk artist is recorded in the Smithsonian Archives and she has received various awards and recognitions. Michelle was nominated in 2008 by the National Endowment for the Arts National Treasure Award. Her greatest honor was to sing for Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day in 1993 in Denver. Michelle continues to entertain audiences in Spanish and in English throughout the United States. She has produced two significant culturally inspired recordings during her career; Palomita Mensajera and …Con Sabor A Latino America. She was recently recognized in Enduring Legacies, An Anthology of Ethnic Histories and Cultures of Colorado "Ay Que Lindo Es Colorado: Chicana Musical Performance From the Colorado Borderlands." University Press of Colorado, 2011. In 2010, Michelle was the recipient of the "Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award."
Charles Aguilar, of Bernalillo, NM has been the lead musician for Los Matachines de Bernalillo for the past fifty years at Las Fiestas de San Lorenzo. His role as group violinist includes providing the main tune for each of nine different lengthy melodies that comprise the dance – drama, "Los Matachines." Charles has teamed with local musicians for the past five decades, to provide the melodies for Los Matachines at numerous religious and secular events throughout New Mexico. He has traveled to Washington, D.C. on numerous occasions to perform with Los Matachines de Bernalillo and to play La Música De Los Viejitos. Locally, he has participated in Religious Feast Rituals in his neighboring communities, dedicated to the planting cycles of crops, beginning every spring on May 15, for El Día De San Isidro, the patron saint of farmers. Charles is known throughout his community as the rezador (prayer leader) at wake services and as procession leader at the Pueblos of Sandia and Santa Ana. He has served as past Mayor of Bernalillo for 12 years and most recently, Charles served as Probate Judge of Sandoval County.
Billy Archuleta, of Des Montes, NM, has been playing music and singing the popular folk songs of the area from an early age. He is a member of the Southwest Musicians and is Director of the church choir at Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Parish in Taos. Billy most recently composed, arranged and recorded Primero Dios, a religious themed CD. Billy's pursuit of maintaining traditions also includes hosting Las Posadas annually in addition to his past membership in the Penitente Brotherhood as a member of the local Morada in Arroyo Seco, NM.
Benjamín Baca, born in Las Vegas, NM, was one of 11 children. His familia later moved to Santa Fé where he attended public school. After serving in the U.S. Military, Benjamín graduated from St. Michael's College in Santa Fé and later the U. of New Mexico where he received his graduate degree. As an educator and administrator in the Santa Fé Public Schools for over 25 years, Benjamín directed the Special Olympics in the region. He and his wife, Deluvine, have been active members of La Sociedad Colonial Española de Santa Fé – otherwise known as Los Coloniales. Their mission is focused on preserving Los Bailes Antiguos that were commonly danced throughout the region of Nueva España and later México. In 1948, Los Coloniales began reintroducing those dance traditions and to the present day, they have performed at fairs, festivals, public schools and countless other special occasions. Another of their milestones came with an invitation to perform abroad in Santa Fé de La Vega, Los Palacios and Madrid, Spain. In 2010, Benjamín Baca was recognized for his leadership role as President of Los Coloniales de Santa Fé during the past 15 years by being nominated and receiving "Premio Hilos Culturales – Traditional Folk Artist Award."
Charles M. Carrillo, Ph.D., of Santa Fé, NM is a graduate of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque in Anthropology/Archealogy. A Santero Artist, he has studied and researched the carving tools and styles, pigment and varnish preparations, traditional iconography, and paint styles of the old Santero masters. He teaches and demonstrates traditional santo-making throughout the country. Charlie is a renowned wood carver and painter of retablos ( a painted devotional panel) and reredos (alter screens.) He is the author of Saints of the Pueblos, an exploration of the connections between Hispanic and Pueblo cultures, which is also a touring exhibit presently being shown at the Indian Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Charlie is the recipient of the "National Endowment of the Arts National Heritage Fellowship in Folk and Traditional Arts" and the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Spanish Colonial Arts Society of Santa Fé, New Mexico.
Debbie Trujillo Carrillo, originally from Abiquiú, New Mexico. Having studied under Felipe Ortega, master potter of Hispanic and Jicarilla descent, Debbie is recognized as an accomplished potter of micaceous clay. Debbie, her husband Charlie, and children, exhibit annually at Spanish Market in Santa Fé, NM.
Antonio Esquibel, Ph.D., Antonio was born in Lamar, CO, one of twelve siblings, accompanying his parents during his formative years as they followed the crops through eastern Colorado and western Kansas. He later received degrees from Adams State College in Spanish and Latin, and Highlands University in Bilingual Education. He began his professional career as a teacher of Spanish and Latin at Englewood High School in the suburbs of Denver. He completed his post graduate studies in Higher Education Administration at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He then taught in the Department of Health Administration at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. He later served as Vice President of Student Affairs and Associate Vice President for Community Outreach at Metropolitan State College in Denver where he worked for 20 years. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO. Antonio was the 2004 recipient of the "César Chávez Leadership Award" for his life-time contributions to the Denver Latino community, and received "Colorado's Hispanic Annual Salute Award," given to the Hispanic who has contributed most to Hispanics statewide. He has long had an interest in dichos and adivinanzas (proverbs and riddles), having written a monthly column for the ¿Que Pasa? Newsletter on dichos and adivinanzas. Antonio has just finished his third book, Hipolito: The Prodigal Son. His other publications are, Message to Aztlán; Selected Writings of Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales and The Career Mobility of Chicanos in Higher Education. Antonio has recently completed a four year term as a member of the Board of Trustees for Metropolitan State College. He has served for two decades as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of La Escuela Tlatelolco and as a Board Member of the Adams State College Alumni Association.
Gregorio Gonzales, a member of the Genízaro community Los Comanches de la Serna of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., has been recognized as a 2009 National Finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship in Leadership and Public Service and as the 2010 Outstanding Senior for the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University, where he graduated with a B.A. (with honors) in Government and Spanish in 2010. As a co-facilitator for the highly successful symposium entitled "Los Comanches de Los Ranchos de Taos: An Hispanicized Native American Cultural Tradition" held at Tortugas Pueblo, N.M., a panelist/performer of the panel discussion entitled "The Genízaro Experience: A Living Legacy" held at the Pueblo de Abiquiú, N.M., and a current advisor for Cynthia Gómez' upcoming documentary entitled "Without a Tribe: The Genízaro Legacy," Greg has engaged academic and non-academic communities in recognizing and appreciating his community's unique cultural heritage, legacy, legitimacy and continued experience. Currently, Greg is a graduate student in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. where he continues to pursue the nexus between cultural activism and community advocacy, particularly linking these concepts to Genízaro communities.
Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D., Enrique teaches folklore, literature and cultural history at the University of New Mexico's Department of Spanish and Portuguese, which he chairs. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Author of Tesoros del Espiritu: A Portrait in Sound of Hispanic New Mexico; Los Comanches – Text, Performances and Transculturation in an Eighteenth-Century New Mexican Folk Drama; Angeles, Pastores y Comanches Cantan al Resplendor/Angels, Shepherds and Comanches Sing to the Light. His literary writings explore the borderlands between cultures, their natural environments, popular traditions and literary expressions. Enrique is also an acequia activist. He and his students are preparing documentation for a UNESCO nomination for the Acequia Cultures and Systems of New Mexico and Northern Mexico for world heritage designation in the category of intangible cultural heritage. Enrique has also created a historical character performance for the New Mexico and Colorado Endowment of the Humanities: Rafael Chacón, a nineteenth century New Mexican and military commander, who is considered to be the most resonant Hispano voice of the nineteenth century and is recognized as one of the founding fathers of Trinidad,CO.
Lorenzo Martínez, son of Roberto Martínez, Lorenzo is highly recognized for excellence as a violinist of Spanish Colonial musical style and enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a traditional Hispanic violinist.. Since the age of 6, he began playing in public with his father's group, Los Reyes De Albuquerque. As a teen, he toured with Antonio Aguilar's International Mexican Rodeo as a member of Mariachi San Miguel. Lorenzo was also a member of El Mariachi Los Tecolotes, directed by the renowned José "Pepe" Martínez. Lorenzo is highly recognized for his excellence as a violinist, as well as his vocal talents and acclaimed compositional abilities. He has numerous valuable recordings of acoustical music that capture the social breadth of period music of the 19th and 20th centuries in New Mexico; combining musicianship including vocal and musical arrangements. His leading role in re-invigorating la música de los bailes has been significant. His first album, El Redondo Largo, was enormously successful in spreading knowledge of this music. He has additional recordings that focus on los bailes that include: Ambos, Tradición y Cultura and Lo Mejor De Lorenzo Martínez y Sus Violines . Lorenzo has been awarded numerous local and national awards and has toured throughout the nation and abroad at folk festivals and concerts, sharing his multifaceted musical talents. He is a recipient of "Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award."
Maclovio C. Martínez, a native of San Acacio, CO, Maclovio served in the U.S. Department of State – Foreign Service – in India, Pakistan and South America. He later returned home and received his BA and MA from Adams State College in Business Administration. He is author of the book, The Penitente in Fantasy and Fact, based on his interest in telling the true story of the Old and New World Penitente Brotherhood. Maclovio traces a multi-generational membership of penitentes in his family's history in San Acacio. He is currently an active member of the Arroyo Seco Morada in NM. In addition, he has served as President and Curator of the San Luis Museum and Cultural Center for the past 20 years. Maclovio was a co-founder of La Sierra Foundation and is the founder and Publisher of La Sierra, a weekly newspaper founded in the 1980s.
Robert Martínez plays guitar and sings traditional Hispanic music with his brother Lorenzo and father Roberto. Growing up in a musical family, he has been a valuable contributing member of the highly recognized musical ensemble, Los Reyes De Albuquerque. Through the years, Robert has performed at the Smithsonian Institution's Folk Life Festival in Washington DC, the Kennedy Center, as well as locally at the New Mexico State Fair, the Albuquerque Folk Festival and Globalquerque, a world music festival. Robert is also a research historian who has worked in Spain, Italy, France and Mexico, researching New Mexico's Spanish Colonial past. Robert presently teaches world history at Rio Rancho High School in New Mexico.
Roberto Martínez, Founder of Los Reyes de Albuquerque in 1962. Los Reyes de Albuquerque have been recognized as one of the most influential of New Mexico's Hispanic musical ensembles; active in the musical life of the state, they have displayed a wide repertoire and stylistic range. Roberto founded M.O.R.E. Records (Minority Owned Recording Enterprises) which proved to better posture Los Reyes as they embarked on a very successful and long-lived Mexican Hispanic folk music tradition. He also began composing corridos on contemporary topics during the 1960's. Roberto was invited to perform at the Smithsonian's Traditional Folk Life Festival on several occasions with his family, La Familia Martínez. He is also the recipient of the "Governor's Award in the Arts" in New Mexico. Roberto has toured the United States with his son Lorenzo on four National Endowment of the Arts' Raíces Musicales Tours. Roberto was nationally recognized by Time Magazine as a leader of the onda nueva (new wave) of Hispanic music in the 1960's and 1970's. Roberto and his son, Lorenzo are dual recipients of the "National Endowment of the Arts National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico in Folk and Traditional Arts" and of the "Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award." His contributions to the music of the region span over fifty years, all are indexed at the Smithsonian's Folkway Recordings Library, and he proudly boasts an active musical family of three generations.
Mary Montaño, instructor and lecturer at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She is author of Tradiciones Nuevomexicanas, University of New Mexico Press, 2001. Mary's research provides an overview of the folk arts of New Mexico from the sixteenth century to the present. As a native of the San Luis Valley, Mary's ancestors contributed to the building of the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church in Conejos in the 1850s. She has earned two degrees, B.M. and M.M. in music at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Her artistic background includes co-founder and Managing Director of Viva Zarzuela, an operetta featuring a four hundred year old musical tradition from Madrid, Spain. As a professional grant writer and administrator, Mary focuses her experience on broadening the potential of arts education and workforce development and finds the time to contribute to the arts community as a journalist, publicist and presenter. Mary has written extensively on the arts and culture of New Mexico for Hispanic, Impact, New Mexico and El Palacio magazines, as well as the Albuquerque Journal and Albuquerque Tribune.
Joseph P. Sánchez, Ph.D., is superintendent of Petroglyph National Momunent and the Spanish Colonial Research Center at the University of New Mexico. He is also founder and editor of the Colonial Latin American Historical Review (CLAHR). Dr. Sánchez was a professor of Colonial Latin American History at the University of Arizona, Tucson, as well as the University of New Mexico, Santa Ana College in Southern California and at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. Additionally, he has taught seminars in history at the Universidad de Sevilla, and the Universidad Internacional de La Rábida in Spain. Throughout his career, Dr. Sánchez has researched archives in Spain, Mexico, France, Italy and England, and has published several studies on the Spanish frontiers in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Alaska. He has been internationally recognized for his lifelong work in Colonial Mexican History. In April 2005, he was inducted into the prestigious knighthood order of the Orden de Isabel la Católica by King Don Juan Carlos of Spain. In 2006 he was appointed to the History Commission of the Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e Historia that is headquartered in Mexico City and affiliated with the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. Recently, in 2011, the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service named Dr. Sánchez to serve as chair of the American Latino Heritage Theme Analyses Task Force to review how Latino themes can be better integrated into the narration of our national story. Dr. Sánchez has published several books, including:
All Trails Lead to Santa Fé: An Anthology Commemorating the 400th Anniversary Founding of Santa Fé, New Mexico in 1610, Sunstone Press, Santa Fé; The Aztec Chronicles: The True History of Christopher Columbus by Quilaztli of Texcoco; and
Between Two Rivers: The Atrisco Land Grant in Albuquerque History, 1692 – 1968, University of Oklahoma Press, 2008.
Larry Torres, a native of Arroyo Seco, NM, has been a teacher of Spanish, Russian, French, English, Latin, Linguistics, Bilingual Education and Southwest Studies. A noted New Mexico educator, Larry, after receiving many local, regional and state honors, came to national prominence in 1992 when he was awarded "National Outstanding Foreign Language Teacher of the Year" at the Annual Disney Salutes The American Teacher Awards program in Los Angeles, CA. He is currently Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Cultures at the University of New Mexico in Taos. He has written extensively and authored Las Posadas; Los Moros y Los Cristianos; Las Cuatro Apariciones de Guadalupe, and Los Matachines Desenmascarados. Larry has been an actor with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities' Chautauqua Program, successfully completed many years of impersonating Jean-Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fé; the persona of conquistador, Don Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and of Civil Rights activist Reyes López Tijerina. Larry has been inducted into Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society for Excellence in Teaching and also received the "Excellence in Teaching Award" sponsored by the Southwest Coalition of Language Teachers; the "National Educator Award" sponsored by the Milken Family Foundation and is the recipient of the "Camino Real Award" as one of 15 Outstanding New Mexicans.
Lorenzo Trujillo, Ed.D., J.D., A graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder; San Francisco State University and the University of Colorado School of Law. Lorenzo is the director of the Southwest Musicians. He is a violinist, guitarist, and vocalist, including contributions as an ethnic dancer, folklorist, arts administrator and culture bearer for approximately four decades. A folk musician, he has received the Colorado "Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts," and is a recipient of the "Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award." Lorenzo was a founder of the Chicano Music Hall of Fame and has served on the National Endowment for the Arts as a panelist, presenter, and evaluator. He was named "Colorado Folk Artist and Master Teacher" by the Colorado Council on the Arts through the Master/Apprentice Program. His numerous recordings include Musical Traditions of Colorado and New Mexico with the Southwest Musicians and A Musical Banquet: From Santa Fé to Denver, a new release of traditional music with EJ Rodriguez. Lorenzo is a recently retired Professor and Assistant Dean at the University of Colorado Law School and is currently a practicing attorney with the Denver Law Firm of Sherman and Howard, LLC. His most recent publication is: Music of Colorado and New Mexico's Río Grande, published in Enduring Legacies: Ethnic Histories and Cultures of Colorado, University of Colorado Press, 2011. Dr. Trujillo has recently produced the recording; The Golden Age of the Southwest: From 1840 to Hollywood.
Angel Vigil, a graduate of the University of Kansas, at Lawrence. He is Chairman of the Fine and Performing Arts Department and Director of Drama at Colorado Academy in Denver, CO. He is an award winning author, performer, stage director and educator. As an arts administrator, he has developed many innovative educational arts programs for schools and art centers. Angel is the author of six books on Latino and Western culture. His book The Corn Woman: Stories and Legends from the Hispanic Southwest, was awarded the prestigious "New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age National Award." His book, Una Linda Raza: Cultural and Artistic Traditions of the Hispanic Southwest, won the "Border Regional Library Association Southwestern Book of the Year Award" and the "Colorado Book of the Year Special Recognition Award." His other books are ¡Teatro! : Hispanic Plays for Young People, and The Eagle on the Cactus: Traditional Stories from Mexico. Angel's fifth book is Riding Tall in the Saddle: The Cowboy Fact Book. Angel is also the author of a Hispanic children's book Papi, How Many Stars Are In The Sky? His awards include the "Governor's Award for Excellence in Education;" "Heritage Artist Award;" "Master Artist Award" and "COVisions Recognition Fellowship" from the Colorado Council on the Arts. Angel is also the recipient of the "Mayor's Individual Artist Fellowship" and the "Theatre Educator of the Year Award" from the Colorado State Theatre Association. As an accomplished storyteller, Angel specializes in the traditional stories of the Hispanic Southwest and Mexico. He has performed at national storytelling festivals throughout the United States. He is featured storyteller on Do Not Pass Me By: A Celebration of Colorado Folklife, a folk art collection produced by the Colorado Council on the Arts. He has also created a historical character performance for the Colorado Endowment of the Humanities: Diego Martín, El Vaquero, Stories of America's First Cowboy.
Cipriano F. Vigil, Ph.D., a graduate of New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas. His post graduate work is from El Centro Nigromante, Mexico, D.F., and Kennedy-Western University, CA, in Ethnomusicology. He has performed at the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival in Washington, D.C. and has recorded and transcribed Regional Folk Music since the 1960's. He has researched and performed the ritual and traditional music of New Mexico that dates back to the early 17th century. Cipriano has also developed a repertoire folk-based style, La Nueva Canción Nuevomejicana, as demonstrated in his recording, Los Folkloristas de Nuevo México. He is the recipient of the "New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Life Time Achievement Award," the "New Mexico Hispanic Folk Music Award," and the New Mexico "Governor's Award for Achievement and Excellence in Traditional Folk Music." He is also a recipient of "Premio Hilos Culturales - Traditional Folk Artist Award." He has performed with his son and daughter, (Cipriano Jr. and Felícita) La Familia Vigil, for over 20 years throughout the region and together they have produced numerous recordings. Cipriano is Professor Emeritus at Northern New Mexico Community College in Española, NM and continues to work with elementary school children in the public schools on musical instrumentation and the cultural art traditions of our ancestors. He recently completed Estudio Del Folclor Nuevo Mejicano, a cultural survey of ritual music and written verse styles which capsulize the treasury of Hispano heritage of the Upper Río Grande region. It is scheduled for publication through the University of New Mexico Press to coincide with the observance of New Mexico's Centennial in 2012.


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Some North Texans say Pizza Hut is acting in poor taste by offering "free pizza for life" to whoever asks "sausage or pepperoni?" during Tuesday's presidential debate.
The Plano-based pizza chain released a video on its official YouTube channel on Tuesday that offers a lifetime's worth of pizza to whoever quizzes the presidential candidates about their pizza preferences during Tuesday's debate.
"The next debate is town hall style -- meaning real people ask real questions. ... If someone asks a question about pizza during the next debate on October 16th, Pizza Hut will provide them with free pizza for life," the video says.
The offer translates to one large pizza per week for 30 years -- reportedly a more than $15,000 value.
But the promotion is rankling voters in North Texas.
Amanda Frances McKinney, of Dallas, said her first impression after watching the video on her smartphone was that the actual debate would be overshadowed.
"I thought it was ridiculous," she said. "It feels like they're making a mockery of something really serious."
Others agreed.
"It's a stupid publicity thing," Udit Mehrotra, of Plano, said.
"This is the time we should be asking serious questions," Ajed Singh, of Richardson, said.
Lanira Warner called the stunt "silly" but said the financial motivation might inspire someone to stand up and ask, "Pepperoni or sausage?"
(According to the promotion, "Sausage or pepperoni?" is also an acceptable question.)
Pizza Hut did not return NBC 5's calls or emails for comment. The pizza chain is part of Louisville, Ky.-based Yum Inc.


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Do you think he was actually fighting minato at his best/seriously Or his motive was just to summon the fox on the village? and bear in mind he has the MS at this point.
I highly doubt he was fighting minato seriously. Obito's Genjutsu is strong enough to actually kill the opponent (vs Konan)
Being that Minato has no knowledge of Uchiha's secret technique's A simple 'Izanagi + Tsukyomi that could kill' combination should catch him off guard.


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Cambodia Says Asian, European Companies Are Flocking to the Country in Search of Oil
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Scores of Asian and European companies have expressed an interest in tapping Cambodia's oil wealth, though it will be years before the country realizes the benefits from its offshore reserves, a government official said Tuesday.
Te Duong Tara, the director-general of Cambodian National Petroleum Authority, told The Associated Press Tuesday that the country was still assessing the situation and was a "long way" from reaching a production phase.
Impoverished Cambodia was set abuzz in 2005 following the discovery of oil off the southwestern coast by U.S. energy giant Chevron Corp.
Since then, Te Duong Tara said oil firms from Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, France, Indonesia and China, have been lining up for licenses to explore other potential blocks in the Cambodian waters.
The Chinese state-owned oil company CNOOC Ltd. is presently negotiating terms of agreement with the Cambodian government, which could be signed in the near future, he said without elaborating.
"We are bringing in highly experienced operators," Te Duong Tara said on the sidelines of a petroleum seminar.
Chevron, meanwhile, is conducting exploration drillings in Block A where it first discovered oil, a site located about 87 miles southwest of the seaport of Sihanoukville, which is about 115 miles southwest of the capital, Phnom Penh.
The company discovered crude oil in 2005 in four wells in the block and has plans to drill 10 more through 2007.
Te Duong Tara said that oil revenues could have a "profound" impact on the future of Cambodia, where 35 percent of the country's 14 million people live below national poverty line of 50 cents a day.
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Date: 19 March 2010 12:04
Dear Authors of 2009/424,
I have two problems to be answered! I will try to be more precise in this email.
About the first problem (page 11):
There is a sentence on page 11: "In our scheme the certification of the voters also contains g_^IDv mod nCA in which IDv is the identier of the voter which is chosen by CA in Z_q."
In the second step of the first phase (page 11, obtaining a voting ticket) AS checks the validity of I by using the Cert_V. With the sentence above you can only check that the validity of I=[g_0^(ID_v)]^(d_CA) whether it is signed by CA by simply using the public key of CA (since it is signed). For example, I can take your signed value (imitating like mine) and send it to AS. In this way, AS will not stop the protocol. Also, from the sentence above you can see that the certification contains X= g_1^(ID_v) mod n_CA. The most important thing here is to prove that the identifier inside I and X are equal to each other (namely equal to ID_v). In other words, there must be a zero knowledge proof which shows the equality of identifiers inside I and X. As far as I know this is not related to certification.
About the second problem (page 12):
Please see the first step of the second phase (page12, voting and collecting tickets): how can the voter compute r_0 without knowledge of ID_v in equation (20) (on page 12)? In other words, if only CA knows ID_v then how can the voter computer the equation 20??
I hope the explanations here are clear enough. Waiting for a reply!
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Dear Vahid & Yaser
Let me continue asking for further questions: You say that the security of your protocol comes from the security of Okamoto's protocol.
Note that in the first phase CA sends Cert_v, a, I, (u_1,u_2)^(e_AS) to the Voter. It is like the first phase of Okamoto's protocol (namely, signer sends a): Therefore, CA looks like Signer and Voter looks like User here.
However, in the second step the Voter sends [c, Cert_V, I, (u_1,u_2)^(e_AS) ]^(e_AS) to AS. This part now looks like the second step of Okamoto's protocol (namely, User sends c). After that AS computes re_1 = u_1+cx_1 mod q, re_2 = u_2+cx_2 mod q. Check now that the Voter is User and AS is Signer. The roles are changed and overlapped. That's really strange since CA was signer above. Therefore, who knows x_1 and x_2 ??? is CA=AS?? In your scheme: CA---> V ----> AS ---->V ----> VS. It is not like Okamoto's protocol as there are only two parties there, Signer and User.
Finally, are x_1, x_2's used for only a voter or re-generated for every voter??
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Hey guys,
I think your paper has quite a lot of errors. Therefore, I will not read anymore since it becomes rubbish.
Last issue on your paper is as follows:
See the security analysis of Rodriguez et al. In the last paragraph it says "Certainly, the DSA/RSA based scheme described in Section 4 can still be attacked by a corrupted AS as described in Section 3.4.1. However, our DSA solution can be adapted to be used in both, Hwang et al. and Yang et al. schemes, thus preventing that attack".
That means your attack to this paper is completely wrong since they don't claim that they fixed that part. I think you have not understood their paper..
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CHICAGO -- There was no wait for Adrian Nieto's second career hit Thursday night, when he singled to right field off Danny Salazar in the third inning of a 7-3 victory. The rookie's first hit started as a Mike Moustakas error on April 5 in Kansas City, but was overturned by MLB executive VP Joe Torre, giving Nieto his first hit -- a double.
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The White Sox have always held to the line that they simply want quality hurlers in their rotation, regardless of whether they are left- or right-handed. But having this trio of talented southpaws stands as a bonus for the South Siders.
"I don't think it stops there," Danks said. "You know certainly Felipe [Paulino] and Erik [Johnson] haven't gotten off to starts they wanted to and we all thought they would, but we have no doubts they are going to be right there pulling their own weight.
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Danks describes Sale as "undescribable, in that he does everything in terms of command and stuff." Quintana is pinpoint and moves the ball, according to Danks, and the wily veteran joked that he himself is just "trying to get by."
"No, I would like to be as consistent as those guys," Danks said. "I feel like I'm going to be. I haven't been quite as sharp as I would like to be. I know it's there and we'll get it right."
With Sale (possibly under control through 2019) and Quintana (possibly under control through 2020) securely in the fold, the White Sox appear to have a solid starting one-two punch at the top of their rotation.
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Ventura understands that the resiliency he speaks of has to show more than once or twice to cultivate that feeling among the team.
"You can sit there and try to fool yourself into being one thing, but if it doesn't happen ... I see that with us, as far as early on being able to come back once you're down," Ventura said. "And that's something that has to happen more than once and you have to believe it."
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• Alexei Ramirez hit his second homer Thursday night, a number he didn't reach until Aug. 9 last year against the Twins in his 113th game.
• Abreu stands as the first rookie in franchise history with two four-plus RBI efforts within his first eight Major League games.
• Daniel Webb picked up his first hold of the season against the Indians Thursday.
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Codemasters has issued a statement on the slip of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, saying more time is needed for balancing. "As stated by the Executive Producer in yesterday's interview on IGN, Codemasters is investing additional development time on the project to balance the player experience throughout the game," said a rep. "The studio is now […]
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising slips to "autumn", new trailer
Codemasters slipped Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising yet again this morning, pushing the game back to "autumn" instead of the previously announced "summer". The news came at the end of a new trailer for the war sim, which looked pretty damn spectacular. No reason's been given for the delay, and Codemasters was unavailable for comment at […]
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising gets first gameplay trailer [Update]
Codemasters put out a gameplay trailer of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising this morning. After the break. Most of it doesn't look much like gameplay to us, but we're not going to argue. It's out on PC, PS3 and 360 this "spring". Update: Just added six in-game shots as well. They're below the movie.
Op Flashpoint: Dragon Rising demo confirmed for all platforms
Codemasters has confirmed an Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising demo for 360, PS3 and PC. The tester will be released "prior to launch," but there's no specific date there. The game's down for a "summer" ship. Thanks, Johnny Cullen.
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David Preston
David Preston, president of Preston Construction Group, specializes in unique commercial and equine projects. A horse owner and sportsman, he has built and remodeled several barns in Kentucky and Illinois ranging from development of complete Thoroughbred farms to small horse barns.
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Run-In Shed Rundown
November 01, 2011
A good run-in shed, whether simple or elaborate, should follow some basic design concepts. Read More
Demystifying Mats and Bedding
September 01, 2011
Choosing the right mats and/or bedding for your barn will help keep horses comfortable and stalls clean. Read More
Manage Summer Pastures
July 01, 2011
Assess your geographic region, plant species, soil, and plant stand to help maintain your pastures' (and your Read More
Winter Barn Ventilation
November 01, 2008
What could possibly be more interesting than barn ventilation? It ranks right up there with oil changes and trimming those low-hanging tree Read More
Barn Design Tips: A Place to Call Home
August 01, 2007
Placement of the barn in a convenient, well-drained location, close or adjacent to turnout areas should be your primary consideration. Access for hay, feed, or bedding delivery vehicles is important. Try to put the structure downwind from the house, Read More
Stall Stuff
May 01, 2007
The care of horse stalls is an inherently messy part of horse management. There are a variety of opinions on how to cope with this daily chore. Let's face it: urine and manure reek. Additionally, an excess of these two elements creates unsafe and Read More
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May 01, 2006
The scenario is everyone's worst nightmare: Two men speaking a version of English you can't understand roll in on the wrong day at the wrong time in a muddy, beat-up truck with an ancient backhoe leaking hydraulic fluid on Read More
The scenario is everyone's worst nightmare: Two men speaking a version of English you can't understand roll in on the wrong day at the wrong time in a muddy, beat-up truck with an ancient backhoe leaking hydraulic fluid on Read More
Barn Makeover: Gathering Storm or the End of the Rainbow?
May 01, 2006
Are you torn between undertaking a completely new structure or an extreme renovation of a building already on your property to use for housing horses? You might have what you need right there in front of you. With careful evaluation and planning Read More
Quick Barn Fixes
September 01, 2005
You can create a functional, safe barn in an existing structure on your property with some practical, Read More
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February 01, 2004
Barns can be elaborate statements about our love for our animals and our economic status. In terms of equine health and safety, the best solution is one that works, not necessarily the most impressive or expensive one. Often, spending more money Read More


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Alepeni; Vivao v.
TULI VIVAO, Plaintiff
PENI ALEPENI AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, Defendants
High Court of American Samoa
Trial Division
CA No. 57-95
July 24, 1995
[1] Counsel's inability to keep track of his calendar is not excusable neglect.
[2] Relief with regard to an inexcusable mistake of an attorney lies against the attorney, not relief from judgment.
[3] Summary eviction from a mobile structure is available without eviction from the land on which the mobile premises are located.
Before KRUSE, Chief Justice, VAIVAO, Associate Judge, and BETHAM, Associate Judge.
Counsel: For Plaintiff, Ellen A. Ryan
For Defendants, Albert Mailo
Order Denying Motion For Relief From Judgment:
This matter came on regularly for hearing on July 14, 1995, upon defendants' motion for relief from judgment entered by this court on June 5, 1995. In that judgment, we granted plaintiff summary relief, pursuant to A.S.C.A. §§ 43.1401 et seq., and ordered the eviction of defendant from plaintiff's lunch wagon; plaintiff was also awarded $1,200 from defendant in rent arrearage. We further noted the absence of defendant or any representing attorney at trial. In the motion for relief from judgment, filed June 19, 1995, defense counsel, Albert Mailo, claimed "excusable neglect," and further argued that the judgment was "void" under T.C.R.C.P. 60(b). Counsel Mailo excused himself for neglecting to look at the court's amended summons and therefore failing to notice that trial of the matter had been set for the appointed day. Counsel contends that the judgment is void because defendant holds a lease obtained from the American Samoa Government ("ASG") for the property upon which the lunch wagon is located, and is therefore entitled to some type of relief from an absolute eviction. Subsequent to the hearing of defendant's motion, ASG filed a motion to intervene on June 30, 1995, citing its leasehold agreement with defendant for the land on which the lunch wagon has been located.
I. Excusable Neglect
[1-2] Counsel Mailo's inability to keep track of his calendar is hardly an excusable neglect. This court has previously held that an attorney's inexplicable failure to move for a continuance when the attorney and client were off-island was not excusable within the meaning of T.C.R.C.P. 60(b). Scratch v. Sua, 23 A.S.R. 2d 20, 21-22 (Land & Titles Div. 1992); Scratch v. Sua , 22 A.S.R.2d 53, 54 (Land & Titles Div. 1992). In the aforementioned case the attorney was off-island for a family emergency and the client was off-island seeking medical attention, but the failure of counsel to properly seek a continuance made the neglect inexcusable. Id. If medical and family emergencies are not excusable reasons to give relief from a judgment, we are certainly not persuaded that counsel Mailo's overlooking the amended summons is "excusable." On the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court we also rejected substituted counsel's argument that the client should not suffer because of a former attorney's incompetence. Scratch, 23 A.S.R.2d at 21-22 (quoting Smith v. Ayer, 101 U.S. 320, 326 (1879)). Relief with regard to an inexcusable mistake of an attorney lies against the attorney, not relief from judgment. Cf. Davis v. Damrell, 174 Cal.Rptr. 257, 259 (1981).
II. Judgment Void
Defendants assert that their lease of the property on which the lunch wagon rests should prevent an eviction from the lunch wagon itself, rendering the existing judgment void. The question presented by this fact is whether the courts of American Samoa may evict a tenant from a mobile structure without evicting the tenant from the underlying property.
[3] Summary eviction to "recover the premises" for failure to pay rent is taken under A.S.C.A. § 43.1405. The word "premises," as defined by A.S.C.A. § 43.1401(b) includes ". . . structures fixed or mobile, temporary or permanent, vessels, mobile trailer homes and vehicles which are used or intended for use primarily as a dwelling or as a place for commercial or industrial operations or storage." In the present case we are concerned with a "mobile" structure which is used for "commercial . . . operations". It is therefore "premises" within the meaning of the summary eviction law, regardless of the ground upon which it may be resting at a given time. In other words, we can evict defendants from the "premises" without evicting them from the ground on which the mobile "premises" is located. Defendants may wish to evict plaintiff's lunch wagon from the leased ground, and may attempt to do so in a future action.
In our opinion granting summary eviction, we ordered that "[p]laintiff shall be restored to possession of the said lunch wagon forthwith." Vivao v. Alenepi, CA No. 57-95, slip op. at 3 (Trial Div. 1995). We see no reason to modify this order, but we clarify that the said eviction pertains only to the mobile lunch wagon, and not necessarily to the underlying land which is the subject of the alleged lease. We deny the defendants' motion for relief from judgment.
It is so ordered.


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Visit Flaunden this weekend for a chance to see snowdrops at their best.
Between 2pm and 4pm on Saturday – dubbed Snowdrop Saturday – the church of St Mary Magdalene on Flaunden Hill will be open for guided tours among the grounds.
Any donations will be gratefully accepted the Barnabus Fund, which is sending aid to war-torn Syria. During the afternoon there will be talks inside the church about the work of the fund.
After the tours, tea and cake will be served at Clonmel – opposite The Green Dragon pub on Flaunden Hill.


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Could EHV-1 cause Blood Clots?
- Jul 6, 2014
- Intermediate
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A clot cutting off blood to the wrong place can spell disaster or death for horses—from unborn foals to mature adults. And researchers now believe that when equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) causes abortions and neurologic disease, blood clots could be to blame.
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine clinical pathologist Tracy Stokol, BVSc, PhD, has been investigating how the virus triggers these clots. Funded by the Harry M. Zweig Memorial Fund for Equine Research, her work investigating the role of platelets—small cells in blood involved in clotting—in EHV-1 infection pathogenesis has shown that the virus particles appear to be binding to platelets,.
When incubated together with platelets at a multiplicity of infection of one—a ratio of one virus particle per platelet—particles of the neuropathogenic strain Ab4 and abortion-inducing strain RacL11 induced platelet activation within 10 minutes. Activation causes the release of P-selectin, a protein that platelets use to bind to other cells. The viral gene product glycoprotein B was also amplified from platelets, suggesting that the virus is binding to them directly.
"We are excited to discover that EHV-1 activates platelets," said Stokol. "Platelets play a crucial role in thrombosis, a major cause of abortion and neurological symptoms due to EHV-1. If platelets are involved in the pathogenesis of these EHV-1-associated disease syndromes, administration of platelet-inhibiting medications such as Plavix or aspirin may prove useful in the treatment of infected horses."
Stokol is planning several experiments to address the many remaining questions regarding how EHV-1 activates platelets. These include projects that will determine if virus-mediated platelet activation requires other clotting proteins in blood, if the virus uses known cell receptors (such as MHCII) to bind to and then activate platelets, and if inhibitors (such as Plavix and aspirin) can prevent the virus-induced platelet activation.
She is continuing an innovative technique involving growing equine endothelial cells, which line blood vessels, in a microfluidic device to determine whether virus-activated platelets show increased binding to these cells, which could spur clotting and potentially inflammation.
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One tiny flaw in one gene in one little girl. That explains why Beatrice Rienhoff, 8, is so lean and leggy.
But it took the communal contributions of many researchers - in an open-ended, open-source scientific search, led by her father - to solve Bea's singular mystery.
Most medical research is secret and proprietary. At Saturday's Open Science Summit in Mountain View, Calif., however, Bea's father, Hugh, described a needle-in-a-haystack quest made possible by the pitchforks of so many.
"We used materials that are public, freely available," said Rienhoff, a physician and scientist, as Beatrice frolicked nearby. "And everything we've learned we've put back out there, in the public domain. It's for the patient's good, and the public good."
Born with small, weak muscles, long feet and curled fingers, Beatrice confounded all the experts.
No one else in her family had such a syndrome. In fact, apparently no one else in the world did either.
Rienhoff - a biotech consultant trained in math, medicine and genetics at Harvard, Johns Hopkins and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle - launched a search.
He combed the publicly available medical literature, researching diseases, while jotting down each new clue or theory. Because her ailment is so rare, he knew no big labs or advocacy groups would be interested.
He did some of his own lab work in his San Carlos, Calif., home, borrowing tools or buying them used online. A few commercial labs, like the San Diego-based biotech Illumina, offered him help for free. And a wide array of pediatricians, geneticists and neurologists volunteered their opinions.
Over time, he zeroed in on a stretch of genes that control a growth hormone responsible for muscle cell size and number. And he knew he could further target his search - saving time and money by not sequencing Bea's entire genome, but only the exomes, which are the genes that code for proteins.
Eventually, he needed to interpret all that genetic data. For that, he turned to a public genetic reference library, stored on the University of California-Santa Cruz computers.
Rienhoff's tale of searching and sharing genetic information is one just one facet of the so-called "Open Science" movement.
At the conference, held at the Computer History Museum, other speakers - from efforts such as Figshare, Collaborative Drug Discovery, Ayaski, the Personal Genome Project and Syapse - described how they enlist big public databases to do pharmaceutical and genomic research.
There are other examples. Open access journals, like the University of California-San Francisco-based Public Library of Science, don't require ultra-expensive subscriptions. And open-source software and hardware are driving down the cost of science because amateurs can build their own lab equipment.
"Napster disrupted the music industry, but now we're seeing changes across many different fields - including biology," said conference founder and organizer Joseph Jackson, a Harvard-educated philosopher. Biology is becoming more data-driven and better coordinated, and costs are plummeting, he said.
"Dr. Rienhoff is an early adopter of DIY-genetics, out of necessity, not choice," Jackson said. "Our hope is to scale that up."
Using such shared resources, Rienhoff sequenced his family's exomes. He discovered that all five of Bea's family members - himself; his wife, Lisa Hane; and two brothers - carry the standard identical sequence of amino acids within a specific gene. It's an important gene, regulating a growth hormone needed for normal muscle development.
The same sequence was even found in worms, fishes and other primitive animals - unchanged, despite 600,000 years of evolution.
But in Bea, he was startled to find that the sequence was different. She is missing an amino acid called cystine. In its place is a different amino acid, called tyrosine.
This single genetic quirk is responsible for Bea's maladies, he believes.
What went wrong? He thinks that when she was very young - just a 1- or 2-week-old embryo - the faulty gene sequence caused too little growth hormone to be produced, so her muscles failed to build enough cells.
Bea is otherwise healthy and loves music. She plays the violin and piano.
"We found it. We found the gene," he said. "It's very satisfying."
His work continues. Now he's collaborating with an Arizona lab to induce the identical defect in the genes of mice.
Soon there will be a whole colony of mice with Beatrice-like syndromes.
Hugh Rienhoff and other scientists aim to study their embryonic development, so they can better understand her genetic error. They'll watch the mice age and die, for a glimpse of her future.
And he'll freely share what they learn with the entire scientific community to construct a better understanding of muscular architecture.
It's his turn to give back, Rienhoff said.
"Beatrice may not be the beneficiary," he said. "But somebody will."
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I ordered 20 different Doodling Templates..and when they arrived..they were better than i had hoped. nice weight template..sturdy...clean cuts...and easy to use...clean up..etc
they were shipped nicely..secured in shrink wrap on a cardboard backer..so that they wouldnt bend or warp.
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naval underwater demolition team. In World War II their efforts reduced troop losses and facilitated the landing of men and supplies on enemy shores. Before an amphibious landing was made, frogmen reconnoitred the beach area. They measured the actual depths of the water, detected natural or man-made obstructions under the surface, and observed the enemy's defensive positions close to the water's edge. One of their most important functions was to destroy dangerous underwater obstructions. Frogmen were carefully chosen volunteers who were intensively trained and worked without weapons. After the war they performed research and rescue operations
and served in Korea, Vietnam, and on other expeditions