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Description of Research ExpertiseLife demands that proteins fold into elaborate structures to perform the overwhelming majority of biological functions. We investigate how components of the proteostasis (protein homeostasis) network enable cells to achieve successful protein folding. In particular, we seek to understand how cells prevent, reverse, or even promote the formation of diverse misfolded conformers, encompassing: prions, amyloids, fibrillar structures, amorphous aggregates and toxic soluble oligomers.
Amyloid fibers are self-templating protein conformers. They self-replicate their specific 'cross-β' conformation at their growing ends, by converting other copies of the same protein to the 'cross-β' amyloid form. When amyloid fibers grow and divide with high efficiency they can be infectious, and are then termed prions (Cushman et al., 2010; Shorter & Lindquist, 2005; Shorter, 2010). Cells have evolved a sophisticated machinery to alleviate such aberrant protein aggregation. For example, protein disaggregases resolve protein aggregates, molecular chaperones prevent protein aggregation, osmolytes act as chemical chaperones, and degradation systems eliminate misfolded proteins (Shorter, 2008; Vashist et al. 2010).
Nonetheless, these safeguards can be breached, especially as organisms age, and the consequences are often fatal. Prion and amyloid formation are associated with some of the most devastating neurodegenerative diseases confronting humankind, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and Huntington's disease (Cushman et al., 2010; Jackrel & Shorter, 2011). Yet, surprisingly, it is becoming increasingly clear that prions and amyloids are not always a problem. In fact, several have been harnessed during evolution for adaptive purposes and feature in some of the most revolutionary new concepts in biology and evolution, including protein-based genetic elements, long-term memory formation, melanosome biogenesis, evolutionary capacitance and the revelation of cryptic genetic variation (Shorter & Lindquist, 2005; Watt et al., 2009; Shorter, 2010). We employ biochemistry and genetics to understand the enigmatic mechanistic interfaces that exist between protein disaggregases, molecular chaperones, small molecules and amyloid/prion fibers or other misfolded species, and how these interfaces can be manipulated to divert pathogenic and promote beneficial phenotypic trajectories. Specifically, we are pursuing the following goals:
1) Defining the structural and mechanistic basis for Hsp104 function. One major focus concerns Hsp104, a protein disaggregase of the AAA+ superfamily from yeast, which disaggregates denatured proteins and returns them to normal function (Shorter, 2008; Vashist et al. 2010; DeSantis & Shorter, 2012). Hsp104 is also essential for the formation and inheritance of several yeast prions; protein-based genetic elements comprised of amyloid fibers that self-perpetuate alterations in protein form and function. Hsp104 can both construct and deconstruct self-replicating amyloid forms of Sup35, which comprise the yeast prion [PSI+], and Ure2, which comprise the yeast prion [URE3] (Shorter & Lindquist, 2004; Shorter & Lindquist, 2006). We aim to elucidate the hexameric structure of Hsp104 (Wendler et al., 2007; Wendler et al., 2009; Sweeny et al., 2011). We also strive to understand the mechanistic basis of how Hsp104 structure enables these disaggregation activities and other prion-regulatory functions (DeSantis et al., 2012; DeSantis and Shorter, 2012).
Hsp104 is often assisted by a supporting cast of molecular chaperones to rescue aggregated polypeptides (Sweeny & Shorter, 2008). Most notably, Hsp70, Hsp40 and small heat shock proteins synergize with Hsp104 to promote the reactivation of protein aggregates (Duennwald et al., 2012). We wish to understand how these molecular chaperones achieve these synergistic activities (Doyle et al., 2007; Shorter & Lindquist, 2008; DeSantis & Shorter, 2012; Duennwald et al., 2012). Finally, we seek to define the natural substrates comprising the Hsp104 folding reservoir and determine the impact of specific Hsp104 clients on yeast biology.
2) Applying Hsp104 to disease-associated protein misfolding and aggregation. Inexplicably, Hsp104 has no known homologue or orthologue in metazoa. This deficiency is vexing, for it would seem that a protein that reverses protein aggregation and restores protein function, would be critical in our fight against several diseases caused by aberrant protein aggregation. Hence, we engineer, evolve and apply Hsp104 to metazoan systems to antagonize and reverse the proteotoxic aggregation pathways that are intimately connected with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease as well as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and HIV infection (Lo Bianco et al., 2008; Shorter, 2008; Vashist et al. 2010; Castellano and Shorter, 2012; DeSantis et al., 2012).
3) Defining the metazoan disaggregase machinery. The loss of Hsp104 from metazoan lineages is abrupt. The choanoflagellate protist, Monosiga brevicollis, one of the most advanced pre-metazoans has a clear Hsp104 homologue, whereas even early branching metazoans like the sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis do not. The reason underlying the loss of Hsp104 is unclear, especially because Hsp104 is well tolerated in animal systems. Whether mammals possess an analogous protein disaggregase (AAA+ protein or otherwise) has endured as an important open question. Recently, we have answered this question and identified a mammalian disaggregase system comprised of Hsp110, Hsp70 and Hsp40, which catalyzes the disaggregation and reactivation of chemically and thermally denatured aggregates, but is unable to rapidly remodel amyloid (Shorter, 2011). However, together with small heat shock proteins, Hsp110, Hsp70 and Hsp40 can slowly depolymerize amyloid fibers from their ends (Duennwald et al., 2012). We are now delineating the mechanism of Hsp110, Hsp70 and Hsp40 action . We are also interested in identifying additional metazoan disaggregases.
4) Defining how small molecules modulate amyloid folding trajectories. We employ a variety of small molecules as mechanistic probes to understand amyloid foldings pathways of Sup35 and Aβ42. These include 4,5-dianilinophthalimide (DAPH-1) and analogs, which dissolve Aβ42 fibers (that occur in Alzheimer's disease) and eliminate their neurotoxicity (Wang et al., 2008). DAPH-1 also disrupts Sup35 prion structure and function (Wang et al., 2008). We are interested in defining the mechanisms by which DAPH-1 and other small molecules modulate amyloid formation. Intriguingly, we have found that some small molecules select for the formation of drug-resistant prions or amyloids (Roberts et al., 2009; Shorter, 2010; Duennwald & Shorter, 2010). We have also discovered that specific small molecule combinations can preclude the formation of drug-resistant polymorphs or 'strains' (Roberts et al., 2009; Shorter, 2010; Duennwald & Shorter, 2010). Furthermore, we seek to elucidate synergies between small molecules and protein disaggregases that may accelerate the disruption of specific amyloid oligomers and fibers.
5) Defining the misfolding trajectories of RNA-binding proteins bearing prion-like domains in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative disorders. Finally, we are investigating the mechanisms by which certain RNA-binding proteins, including TDP-43 and FUS, misfold and aggregate in various neurodegenerative disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with ubiquitin positive inclusions (FTLD-U) (Johnson et al., 2009; Sun et al., 2011). Intriguingly, using a bioinformaics approach we have discovered that TDP-43 and FUS harbor a prion-like domain similar to the domain in Sup35, Ure2 and other yeast prion proteins that confers prionogenicity (Cushman et al., 2010; Sun et al., 2011; Gitler and Shorter, 2011; King et al., 2012). Remarkably, our bioinformatics approach indicates that several RNA-binding proteins in the human genome harbor prion-like domains similar to FUS and TDP-43 (Gitler and Shorter, 2011; Couthouis et al., 2011; Couthouis et al., 2012; King et al., 2012). We have determined that two of these, TAF15 and EWSR1, are intrinsically aggregation prone and connected through pathology and genetics to ALS (Couthouis et al., 2011; Couthouis et al., 2012). We are interested to determine whether other RNA-binding proteins bearing prion-like domains misfold and contribute to other neurodegenerative disorders (King et al., 2012; Li et al., 2013). Indeed, we recently established that mutations in prion-like domains in hnRNPA2B1 and hnRNPA1 cause multisystem proteinopathy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Kim et al., 2013). We aim to understand how the prion-like domain enables misfolding and whether these RNA-binding proteins access prion-like conformers (Li et al., 2013). We are also elucidating methods to prevent or reverse the misfolding of various RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains and mitigate their toxicity (Sun et al., 2011; Armakola et al., 2012).
Description of Itmat ExpertiseDr. Shorter's laboratory employs biochemistry and genetics to understand the enigmatic mechanistic interfaces that exist between protein-remodeling factors, molecular chaperones, small molecules and amyloid/prion fibers, and how these interfaces can be manipulated to divert pathogenic and promote beneficial phenotypic trajectories. Dr. Shorter is interested in translating these biochemical and genetic efforts into therapies for human patients.
Selected PublicationsMarch, Z. M., O.D. King*, and J. Shorter*: Prion-like domains as epigenetic regulators, scaffolds for subcellular organization, and drivers of neurodegenerative disease. Brain Res. 1647: 9-18, September 2016 Notes: *Co-corresponding author.
Sweeny, E.A., M.E. Jackrel, M.S. Go, M.A. Sochor, B.M. Razzo, M.E. DeSantis, K. Gupta, and J. Shorter*: The Hsp104 N-terminal domain enables disaggregase plasticity and potentiation. Mol. Cell 57(5): 836–849, March 2015 Notes: *Corresponding author.
Jackrel, M.E., M.E. DeSantis, B.A. Martinez, L.M. Castellano, R.M. Stewart, K.A. Caldwell, G.A. Caldwell, and J. Shorter*: Potentiated Hsp104 variants antagonize diverse proteotoxic misfolding events. Cell 156: 170-182, January 2014 Notes: *Corresponding author.
Li, Y.R.*, O.D. King, J. Shorter*, and A.D. Gitler*.: Stress granules as crucibles of ALS pathogenesis. J. Cell Biol. 201: 361-372, April 2013 Notes: * Co-corresponding author.
Kim^, H.J., N.C.Kim^, Y.D. Wang^, E.A. Scarborough^, J. Moore^, Z. Diaz^, K.S. MacLea, B. Freibaum, S. Li, A. Molliex, A.P. Kanagaraj, R. Carter, K.B. Boylan, A.M. Wojtas, R. Rademakers, J.L. Pinkus, S.A. Greenberg, J.Q. Trojanowski, B.J. Traynor, B.N. Smith, S. Topp, A.S. Gkazi, J. Miller, C.E. Shaw, M. Kottlors, J. Kirschner, A. Pestronk, Y.R. Li, A.F. Ford, A.D. Gitler, M. Benatar, O.D. King, V.E. Kimonis, E.D. Ross, C.C. Weihl, J. Shorter*, and J.P. Taylor*.: Mutations in prion-like domains in hnRNPA2B1 and hnRNPA1 cause multisystem proteinopathy and ALS. Nature 495: 467–473, March 2013 Notes: ^Co-first author. *Co-corresponding author.
DeSantis, M.E., E.H. Leung, E.A. Sweeny, M.E. Jackrel, M. Cushman-Nick, A. Neuhaus-Follini, S. Vashist, M.A. Sochor, M.N. Knight and J. Shorter*: Operational Plasticity Enables Hsp104 to Disaggregate Diverse Amyloid and Non-Amyloid Clients. Cell 151: 778-793, Nov 2012 Notes: *Corresponding author. See also Preview: Hsp104 gives clients the individual attention they need. Murray, A.N, and J.W. Kelly. Cell. 151: 695-697.
Duennwald, M.L, A. Echeverria, and J. Shorter*.: Small Heat Shock Proteins Potentiate Amyloid Dissolution by Protein Disaggregases from Yeast and Humans. PLoS Biol. 9(6): e1001346, June 2012 Notes: *Corresponding author.
Sun, Z.^, Z. Diaz^, X. Fang, M.P. Hart, A. Chesi, J. Shorter* and A.D. Gitler*: Molecular determinants and genetic modifiers of aggregation and toxicity for the ALS disease protein FUS/TLS. PLoS Biol. 9(4): e1000614, April 2011 Notes: ^Co-first author. *Co-corresponding author.
Johnson, B.S., D. Snead, J.J. Lee, J. M. McCaffery, J. Shorter* and A.D. Gitler* : TDP-43 is intrinsically aggregation-prone, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-linked mutations accelerate aggregation and increase toxicity. J. Biol. Chem. 284(30): 20329-39, July 2009 Notes: * Co-corresponding author.
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Halos' reserve catcher carries memory of Adenhart close
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
It was April 9, just after midnight, and Nick Adenhart and three friends were seated at an intersection in nearby Fullerton.
Wilson was in Salt Lake, having been dispatched four days earlier to Triple-A with the final Angels cuts.
April 8 was his 26th birthday, and the catcher was feeling so good having heard that Adenhart -- one of his best friends -- had pitched six scoreless innings against the Athletics in his season debut.
"Had I been there," Wilson was saying on Wednesday, the eve of the Angels' American League Division Series against Boston, "there's no saying for sure, but I was doing everything else with Nick. I probably would have been celebrating with him, excited for him. Without a doubt."
Wilson was devastated when news arrived that his friend had perished along with Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson, and that only one passenger -- Jon Wilhite -- had survived when their vehicle was broadsided by a drunken driver now facing multiple murder charges.
"Nick had so much ahead of him," Wilson said. "I would have taken his place in a heartbeat."
When he was named by manager Mike Scioscia on Sunday to the Angels' 25-man American League Division Series roster as a third receiver in support of Jeff Mathis and Mike Napoli, Wilson was moved on many levels.
He thought about Adenhart, the kid with the golden arm and quirky sense of humor, and what it would mean to him to see him in this role.
"It feels like I'm in his spirit in a way," Wilson said. "It's like I'm not alone. It kind of feels like I'm playing with Nick in my heart.
"He's always going to be with me. It almost feels like we're a team, doing this together."
In Salt Lake in 2008 and at Double-A Arkansas in 2007, Wilson, outfielder Brad Coon and Adenhart were virtually inseparable.
"We did everything together, Nick, Brad and me," Wilson said.
In the season's opening week, it appeared Adenhart, 22, finally had his big shot in the Angels' rotation and was going to tap into his many gifts. Wilson was convinced his buddy was on the threshold of a breakout year.
"Nick was just so good, such an amazing talent," Wilson said.
Then came the unspeakable news.
In a season that began with such heartbreak and despair, with mourning the imponderable, Wilson moved forward day by day, doing what he knew Adenhart would have wanted.
He played the game they loved with passion.
"Obviously, something like that gives you a new perspective, a new way of looking at things," Wilson said. "Really, this is just a game. I think that has helped me, putting things in the right perspective.
"I've been able to go out and play a little bit freer, playing with enjoyment instead of the pressure. You can enjoy it more, because at the end of the day, you have your family and friends and your health, that's all that really matters."
Recalled by the Angels from Salt Lake on May 12 - he'd had one hit and an RBI in six at-bats in 2008 -- Wilson was drawn first to Adenhart's locker, preserved in the clubhouse.
Wilson then paid a private tribute to the wall in center field, where Adenhart's image, throwing a pitch, is etched. Wilson would revisit it on the night the Angels clinched the division title against Texas, leading a celebrative charge to the wall.
"Whether it's Nick saying, `Check me out' or whatever, it definitely helps to go out there," Wilson said.
Adenhart's locker has been maintained as it was when he departed late on the night of April 8.
"If I imagined how Nick would have left his locker, that's how it would have looked," Wilson said. "That was one of the first things I noticed. It's nice to see the guys are keeping his legacy going. It means a lot to his family that the guys keep it going."
Wilson, who maintained contact with Adenhart's family, is familiar with the Angels' pitchers, having caught them in Spring Training and also for 24 innings in three separate stints this season.
His catcher's ERA of 3.00, in a relatively small sample, is even better than those of Mathis (3.99) and Napoli (4.86).
Wilson saved a game for John Lackey in Oakland, blocking a pitch in the dirt that would have given the A's the winning run. He also excelled behind the plate in a late-game role in Boston in mid-September. Wilson is 1-for-5, a double, with a sacrifice in six at-bats.
"If you don't like Bobby Wilson," Lackey said, "there's something wrong with you. He's a great guy."
With Wilson available to replace Mathis, Napoli can be withheld for late-game pinch-hitting opportunities.
"Bobby's come a long way," Scioscia said of the Dunedin, Fla., native who played at Seminole High School with former Angels first baseman Casey Kotchman. "He's a terrific receiver -- good hands, good mind back there, strong, accurate arm that can control a running game.
"He's worked very hard to turn himself into a Major League catcher. I wouldn't hesitate to use him."
Wilson was drafted in the 48th round of the 2002 First-Year Player Draft and signed by Tom Kotchman, Casey's dad. Not many players taken that late make it to the big leagues.
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This time around I will be getting my MA in English Literature. It will be interesting because it will be my first semester as a grad student, but I also plan on attending the BD premiere in LA so I will be juggling a lot. Hopefully it all works out and I plan on checking out this topic from time to time, especially when I get to school. Right now it is about enjoying summer, trying to plan for the eight hour drive I must take to school, and the mere thought of packing makes me cringe. Oh well, that is the life of a college student in August.


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February 15, 2013 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Business, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Ethics, Government, Jobs, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, Nanny State, President, Progressives, Taxes, The New York Times, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment
-By Warner Todd Huston
The paltry spending cuts coming out of Congress are no where near enough to balance Washington's budget, but in his analysis of the President's State of the Union speech, New York Times writer Mark Landler happily went to pains to note that Obama signaled the end of "the era of single-minded deficit-cutting."
One has to wonder what "single-minded deficit-cutting" the Times writer and the President are seeing?
Employing a lot of emotionally tinged rhetoric to favor Obama's speech, Landler included several subtle tricks to push Obama's ideas as "tangible" and "helping." Landler also repeatedly poked Republicans as "still smarting" from the past election and claimed that picking Sen. Marco Rubio for the GOP reply was "implicitly acknowledging" that they had been "damaged."
In his February 12 piece, Landler also claimed that Obama's minimum wage increase idea was a "tangible" initiative.
"The increase in the minimum wage, from $7.25 an hour now, was the most tangible of a raft of initiatives laid out by the president, from education and energy to public works projects," Landler wrote.
What does "tangible" mean here? It was an idea floated without any substantive way to get to the hike in pay. It was more like a pie-in-the-sky idea than a "tangible" one. But apparently tangible sounds better.
Landler next loosed a shot to the GOP, saying, "Speaking to a divided Congress, with many Republicans still smarting from his November victory…" One has to wonder what this line is doing in an analysis of the President's remarks?
The NYT writer carried on this "smarting" theme by slapping the choice of Sen. Rubio to give the GOP response.
Still, in selecting Senator Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American from Florida, to deliver their party's official rebuttal, Republicans implicitly acknowledged the damage they had suffered at the polls from their hard line stance on immigration. Mr. Rubio, one of the party's rising stars, favors overhauling immigration laws.
Landler's message: Marco Rubio is an admission of defeat. Another Landler message: even when the GOP tries to reach out to Hispanics, it is just further examples of defeat. Can't win for losing.
Next Landler noted that Obama "admonished North Korea" for having tested a nuclear weapon the day before his speech but did not note that Obama did not make any move to show leadership in a response to the hermit nation's violations of international sanctions. All Obama really did was put the onus of responding to North Korea's actions onto the international community. Obama was "leading from behind" with his comments on North Korea, not that Landler saw any reason to inform his readers of this fact.
While refusing to read into Obama's failure to lead on North Korea, Landler was happy to give voice to Obama's celebration of the end of deficit cutting.
Mr. Obama also signaled, however, that the era of single-minded deficit-cutting should end. He noted that the recent agreements on taxes and spending reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion, more than halfway toward the $4 trillion in reductions that economists say would put the nation's finances on a sustainable course.
Someone should point out that even a full $4 trillion cut in spending would only be a good start on cuts in spending, not a final goal. Sadly, Obama is only "halfway" there.
Finally, one thing that Landler didn't note is where Obama tried to pretend he didn't invent the "bad idea" that is sequestration. In his speech, Obama said, "That's why Democrats, Republicans, business leaders, and economists have already said that these cuts, known here in Washington as 'the sequester,' are a really bad idea."
The President presented this as some bad idea that someone else came up with, one he is against. But the fact is, he is the one that invented sequestration. So if it is a "bad idea" it is his bad idea.
Curious that Landler never noted that important point, isn't it?
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Sisters of Charity Hospital and the Cancer Services Program of Erie County are teaming up to offer a free breast cancer screening for women without health insurance on Saturday, March 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the M. Steven Piver, M.D. Center for Women's Health & Wellness at Sisters Hospital.
The Piver Center, located in the hospital's Seton Professional Building at 2121 Main Street in Buffalo, offers state-of-the-art digital mammography.
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At full health, Hanigan hitting his stride
By Mark Sheldon and Jeremy Warnemuende / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Since returning from the disabled list on May 10, Reds catcher Ryan Hanigan appears on his way to rebooting his season. In the 11 games since being activated, Hanigan has gone 11-for-37 (.297) with two home runs and eight RBIs. He is riding a four-game hitting streak.
Hanigan was out from April 21 through May 9 with a strained left oblique and a sore right hand. While he's only batting .187 this season, it's an improvement from the .079 average he had when he went on the DL.
"You can't bring back what's already there. It's too late," Reds manager Dusty Baker said on Monday. "Can't live in it. Remember the Funkadelic song? Back in the day, I always think about this song called "Maggot Brain," that says you will rise above it all or you'll drown in your own [stuff]. That's what starting over is. You can drown in it, or wallow in it, it's still the same. You need to rise above it. It helps that Hani's hand is a little better."
Baker addresses Garza's criticism of Cueto
CINCINNATI -- In the sixth inning of Sunday's series finale against the Cubs, Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto threw a pitch high over the head of David DeJesus. Home-plate umpire Bob Davidson warned both benches, play moved on and Chicago went on to win, 5-4, in 10 innings without incident.
After the game, though, Cubs starting pitcher Matt Garza took exception to the pitch and sent his own warning to Cueto.
"I took total disrespect out of that," Garza said. "[DeJesus] has never done anything wrong, he just plays the game the right way. If Cueto has any problem, he can throw at me, and I'll definitely return the favor. I didn't like that one bit. We don't retaliate. We take it game by game. Hopefully, he learns to grow the [heck] up. That's totally uncalled for."
Reds manager Dusty Baker wasn't aware of what Garza said until Monday morning, and his reaction after hearing about it was simple:
"Take care of it then," Baker said. "I mean, [Cueto] couldn't hit Wilt Chamberlain with that pitch."
Baker had not talked to Cueto about what happened, and the 27-year-old right-hander wasn't available for comment after Sunday's game or before Monday's game vs. the Indians. Cueto appeared annoyed in the first inning when DeJesus repeatedly stepped out of the box between pitches, but Baker said he didn't think there was any bad blood between anyone involved.
The pitch occurred with the Reds holding on to a 4-0 lead and after Garza had been chased from the game.
"Would [Garza] have been as upset if he got the win instead of potentially get a loss?" Baker said. "You got something to say, you go over there and tell him. Johnny ain't running. Know what I mean? A guy can say what he wants to say, but it's better if you go over and say it to his face.
"Can't be selling woof tickets. Somebody will buy them."
Baker said he came "from a different school" and didn't agree with the way Garza handled his frustrations.
"Guys didn't talk as much," Baker said about when he played. "You just did it. Guys are nicer now. They are. They all have the same agents, they all played on certain All-Star teams, they text each other, email each other. Nice game now.
"I just wish, put them in a room, let them box and let it be over with, know what I mean?" Baker said. "I always said this. Let it be like hockey. Let them fight, somebody hits the ground and then it'll be over with. I'm serious about that."
New pitching and catching rotation may help Mesoraco
CINCINNATI -- As the Reds took two of three games from the Cubs over the weekend, catcher Devin Mesoraco did not see even a hint of action.
Combine that with the team being idle on Thursday, and Mesoraco's start on Monday was his first time playing after four days off. He last caught on Wednesday vs. the Mets. Reds manager Dusty Baker is exploring altering his catching tandem of Ryan Hanigan and Mesoraco.
"I've got to find a way to kind of change this [pitching] rotation up a little bit," Baker said on Monday. "The guys that are throwing well to [Hanigan] are throwing so well to him that it's not really fair to Mesoraco to miss three days in a row and expect to keep his stroke. We'll figure something out -- changing up off-days or something."
During the Cubs series, Hanigan caught Bronson Arroyo, Homer Bailey and Johnny Cueto as he usually does. Mesoraco often gets Mat Latos and Mike Leake. It was Leake who started vs. the Indians on Monday.
"I think [change will help]. Especially this time the way the off-day fell, four days off in a row is quite a bit," Mesoraco said. "It's not something I'm used to. I just went out there and tried to replicate some game situations the best I can, whether it be in batting practice or early work."
Mesoraco also fell back on his experience from his rookie season in 2012.
"It's not like it hadn't happened last year. I don't expect it to change a whole lot," Mesoraco said. "It just takes a little getting used to."
Reds honor veterans on Memorial Day
CINCINNATI -- The Reds joined teams across baseball on Monday in a celebration of Memorial Day by wearing digital camouflage jerseys and hats to honor the men and women of America's armed forces.
"It's kind of the least we can do," right fielder Jay Bruce said. "We support the troops as much as we can and everyone who served and everyone who makes it possible for us to do this and make America as great as it is."
Pregame festivities were mostly dedicated to honoring people from different branches of the military.
Three members of the Tuskegee Airmen -- a group known for being the first African-American military pilots for the United States -- were recognized and received a standing ovation from the crowd at Great American Ball Park. Shortly after, U.S. Marine Gunnery SGT Samuel Deeds, who was injured by an improvised explosive device while serving in Iraq in 2005, threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Following the national anthem, performed by U.S. Navy Second Class Petty Officer Nicholas Gagner, retired Lt. Col. Robert R. Adams delivered the game ball, and Marine Corps veteran Lincoln Ware joined manager Dusty Baker in exchanging lineup cards as Monday's honorary captain. As they've done in multiple games this season, the Reds also recognized a Hometown Hero in the middle of the second inning, with Monday's guest being U.S. Air Force Sr. Airman Nathan Reiser.
Men and women in military uniforms could be spotted throughout Great American Ball Park, and Bruce said he hoped the Reds could give them an enjoyable afternoon.
"Obviously, the team tries to do that for everyone," Bruce said. "But to be able to do it for them is very, very important to thank them for the things they have to go through in order to keep us safe."
Worth noting
• Monday was the fourth consecutive sellout at Great American Ball Park, marking just the second time the Reds have done that since 1970, the year they moved into Riverfront Stadium. The last such occasion came in June 2004, when Cincinnati hosted Texas (two games) and Pittsburgh (two games).
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. Jeremy Warnemuende is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SOCORRO, N.M., Jan. 20, 2009 – New Mexico Tech professor Dr. Penelope Boston hypothesizes that life on Mars – albeit microbial – is a distinct possibility.
An 18-minute Internet video features Boston talking about her career in geomicrobiology, caves, microbial life and the study of possible life on Mars. The video was posted on the TED website in December 2008.
Boston's video is available at www.ted.com/index.php/talks/penelope_boston.html
She presented her talk at the 2006 TED Conference. TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, started in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The annual conference brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes.
Boston shared the bill in 2006 with Al Gore, Peter Gabriel, Tony Robbins and 34 other scientists, artists and visionaries.
"I had met Al Gore when I was a grad student at the National Center for Atmospheric Research on an Advanced Studies Fellowship," she said. "I knew of his long interest in climate issues even then. It was nice to see him again and chat about Earth's possible futures including moving out into the rest of the Solar System."
Boston's talk hardly seems like lecture. She touched on a variety of subjects – from the personal to professional, including a variety of topics and background vignettes. She said she spent a day preparing her presentation, which was rather easy because she's familiar and comfortable with the material.
"Speaking at TED was an interesting and rather bizarre experience," Boston said. "I followed Einstein, the amazingly cognitively aware and highly talkative African Grey Parrot from the Knoxville Zoo. I was followed by an African children's dance group and then Al Gore talking about global climate change."
She said she received a great deal of feedback, largely due to the event's design as a dialog about cerebral topics. She said she had a great conversation with comedienne Julia Sweeney, a Saturday Night Live alum, who turns out to be a big space exploration fan.
"The TED Conference was really a delightful experience," Boston said. "At a typical scientific meeting, one doesn't usually have much opportunity to interact with artists, musicians, poets, graphics gurus and the like. At this meeting, movie stars and experimental string quartets were mingling over the hors d'ouevres with performing artists from around the world, neo-beat poets, actors, and comedians, CEOS of corporations, theramin players (yes!), sculptors, and philanthropists working on starvation and AIDS issues."
Now in its 25th year, TED Conferences organizers invite the brightest, cutting edge minds. Each year, hundreds of the world's leading thinkers converge on Long Beach, Calif., for four days of riveting, mind-expanding presentations and discussions about the future, science, art, technology and philosophy.
Boston began her power-point lecture with a brief explanation of how she became interested in space, science and exploration.
"I blame the Soviet Union," she said. "They had the audacity to launch a primitive satellite named Sputnick. … as a result, a tremendous amount of money funded math and science and I'm a product of that."
She said she is motivated by a child-like curiosity and a value judgment that all life is valuable. As an undergraduate, she became interested in Mars exploration and life elsewhere in the universe. Later, she focused on geomicrobiology – the study of microbial life forms, especially in extreme environments.
"Finding life on another planet is a non-trivial occupation," she said on the video. "My first bold prediction is that life will be everywhere in the universe – on planets that can support it and these planets will be very common."
At the time of the Big Bang, the Universe consisted almost exclusively of hydrogen, followed later by more complicated elements as the first generation of stars was born and then died. Then, planets formed from the increasingly complex elemental palette available.
"Life is a natural outgrowth of the increasing complexification of matter over time," she said. "I believe that life will prove to be a common planetary-based phenomenon."
Prior to expeditions to Mars, Boston said she considered the existence of life on Mars a 1-in-25 chance. With several major expeditions to Mars completed or under way – and the discovery of subsurface ice and recent confirmation of atmospheric methane, she now considers it a 50-50 proposition that life exists on Mars or did at some time in the past.
"On Earth, where there's water, there's life," she said. "It's probably microscopic and it's never easy to study microscopic things. … It's probably hiding. … The game is afoot."
The extreme conditions found in some terrestrial caves serve as an analog for conditions found on Mars, she said. Boston talked about several of the caves she has explored – hazardous, extreme environments saturated with lethal levels of toxic chemicals.
"Extreme parameters make biology found there very special," she said. "These environments are not devoid of life. They are bursting with it. Extremes on Earth are interesting because they may represent the average conditions on other planets. We have to stretch our imagination for what we might find in the future."
Microbial life – bacteria – survive and even thrive in many extreme environments. Of particular note are lava tubes, which are created by slow volcanic activity on the ocean floor, and some sulfur rich limestone caves which can be highly acidic and extremely hot. In these extreme conditions, some bacteria flourish.
"These organisms make a vast array of novel compounds," she said. "The potential for exploitation is completely untapped – and probably exceeds the entire biodiversity of the planet's surface."
Boston explained a project on which she has been collaborating to design a robotic missions to Mars. She and her colleagues are designing micro-bots that can behave like a swarm, literally hopping across inhospitable terrain, gathering information.
One of Boston's goals is to find more links between life on Earth to life on Mars. Meteorite evidence points to material that has been exchanged between both planets.
She closed her talk with the question: "Where did life start? Earth or Mars? Or somewhere else? This will be a fascinating puzzle as we head into the next half century."


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West works 4,000th game as umpire
Veteran has memories of great players, moments in career
By Cash Kruth / MLB.com
On Thursday, he joined an even more exclusive club.
West, 56 and in his 30th year umpiring games for Major League Baseball, worked his 4,000th career game Thursday afternoon at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
"I've really been blessed because I've worked with great people," West said before the Brewers hosted the Nationals. "I was lucky to come up at a time when National League umpires were outstanding and they helped you and kept trying to help you."
West becomes the 19th umpire in Major League history to ump in 4,000 games.
West celebrated the milestone in the top of the third inning, ejecting Nationals interim manager Jim Riggleman with one out in the inning and the score tied at 0. Riggleman was arguing a check-swing strike three on Anderson Hernandez.
West began his umpiring career in the Western Carolina League in 1974, and worked various Winter League games before umpiring his first National League game on Sept. 14, 1976.
He officially joined the Major League staff in 1978, and has since umpired in three Division Series and seven League Championship Series.
"You always remember your first one," West said of his fondest memory. "I was 23 years old and I remember Bob Watson, who's now in the Commissioner's office, hit a ball down the left-field line. It was very close and I called it foul and I got ready, thinking, 'Here they are, going to come argue,' and no one said a word.
"In the Major Leagues, it's completely different [than the Minors]. They let you umpire up here until they really think you missed it."
West missed two seasons after joining other umpires in a mass resignation plan by their union that ultimately wasn't successful. He was rehired prior to the 2002 season, and in April of this year was elected as the president of the World Umpires Association.
Aside from his years on the diamond, West also has made himself visible to fans with his outside pursuits.
He has performed with country singers such as Merle Haggard, also releasing a country music album called "Blue Cowboy." His most recent album, "Diamond Dreams," is a compilation of stories from his 4,000 games in Major League Baseball.
West also had a role in the 1988 film, "The Naked Gun" -- "You know, I just got a residual check [Wednesday]," West laughed when asked about the experience. "It was for $11.57."
For all of West's other pursuits, he said the games he's worked on the field and the historical moments he's seen first-hand have provided lasting memories that he'll cherish forever.
"To look back on the whole career, I watched Nolan Ryan's fifth no-hitter from first base," West said. "I was behind the plate when Pete Rose broke the [National League] record with most consecutive games with a hit. I saw Willie McCovey's 500th home run -- some of the players today don't know who Willie McCovey is. So, you look back on things like that and it's been a hard and a fun road."
Cash Kruth is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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With Slowey on DL, Ames gets first MLB chance
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
MIAMI -- A month ago, Steven Ames was working his way toward making his big league debut with the Dodgers. Now, he is getting that opportunity with the Marlins.
The 25-year-old was recalled by Miami on Sunday morning from Triple-A New Orleans. He fills the roster vacancy created when right-hander Kevin Slowey was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right forearm strain.
The veteran Slowey felt discomfort while warming up in the third inning on Saturday night during the Marlins' 7-4 loss to the Pirates.
Slowey is getting an MRI exam on Monday to determine the severity of the injury. He said he has been pitching through some soreness, but it reached the point where he couldn't go on Saturday.
"Our training staff has been great," Slowey said. "They said, 'When you feel like you can't compete, that's when you need to say something.'
"When I was warming up, I just realized, this is not something I can get through. I wasn't getting loose."
Ames was one of three pitching prospects the Marlins acquired from the Dodgers on July 6 for Ricky Nolasco. Like manager Mike Redmond, Ames attended Gonzaga. The right-hander was the 17th-round pick of the Dodgers in 2009, and he opened the season at Triple-A Albuquerque.
Since joining New Orleans, Ames made five relief appearances, and he didn't allow a run in seven innings, while striking out five with one walk.
Ames was with the Zephyrs on Saturday at Albuquerque when he was called into the dugout. New Orleans manager Ron Hassey played a joke on Ames, telling him he was being sent to Double-A.
As Ames turned to walk away, Hassey broke the good news. "You're going to the big leagues."
The reliever took a red-eye flight out of Albuquerque and arrived in Miami at about 10:30 a.m. ET.
"I was really excited," Ames said. "It was crazy."
Before being dealt to Miami, Ames made 30 relief appearances for Triple-A Albuquerque, and he was 2-2 with a 3.67 ERA. He logged eight saves.
During the 2010 offseason, Ames actually met Redmond a couple of times at the Gonzaga campus. Redmond, still playing in the big leagues, was hitting in the cages.
"[Redmond's] picture is up there in the locker room," Ames said. "We have his jersey up there from when he won the World Series with the Marlins."
LoMo getting re-acclimated to playing every day
MIAMI -- Producing on a consistent basis is difficult when you've missed prolonged periods of playing time.
Logan Morrison is becoming well aware of this fact.
A pair of right-knee surgeries have caused Morrison to miss substantial time since 2011.
"I think when you have a lot of layoffs, it comes and goes," the Marlins first baseman said. "You've got to find it again. It takes a while to find it."
The left-handed-hitting Morrison is a big part of the Marlins' lineup. He's being counted on as a middle-of-the-order presence, batting either cleanup or fifth.
After undergoing right knee surgery last September, Morrison opened the season on the 60-day disabled list, and he joined the lineup on June 9. After going 3-for-4 in Saturday's 7-4 loss to the Pirates, he raised his batting average to .270.
Initially, Morrison banged up his right knee on Sept. 9, 2011, when he crashed into the wall in foul territory in Pittsburgh. At the time, he was playing left field, and he smacked his kneecap into the side wall.
His first surgery came in December 2011.
"Playing every day again, your body goes through an adjustment," Morrison said. "Also, your mind goes through an adjustment. You don't want your mind to trick your body into something it doesn't need to do."
Morrison made his MLB debut on July 27, 2010. He played a stretch of 172 games from July 27, 2010 to Sept. 9, 2011. In that span, he batted .263 with a .354 on-base percentage, and he hit 21 home runs with 85 RBIs.
Since his initial injury in 2011, he has played in 137 games and is batting .237 (106-for-448) with 19 home runs and 54 RBIs.
The Marlins are banking on Morrison to provide protection for Giancarlo Stanton. Saturday was an encouraging night, because he and Stanton each had three hits.
It's just a matter of performing at a consistent level. Right now, Morrison is going through the process of playing on a daily basis.
"I think it's mechanical for me," Morrison said. "It's definitely not mental. I feel like I'm still having good ABs. I'm just not having results. I'm driving balls to the center-field wall, and they're just not going out. I'm getting walks."
Hechavarria makes Gold Glove case on daily basis
MIAMI -- Adeiny Hechavarria has a knack for making the difficult plays seem routine.
On Saturday night, the 24-year-old shortstop showed why the Marlins feel he has the makings of being a future Gold Glove Award winner.
Hechavarria made a sensational diving catch in the seventh inning, robbing Gaby Sanchez. And to cap the night, the shortstop completed a nifty, sliding play on Jose Tabata's sharp grounder for an out in the ninth.
"For me, I think he's the best defensive shortstop I've seen this year," Marlins third-base coach Joe Espada said. "His first step is so good. He makes hard plays seem routine. We're getting a look of what a shortstop is supposed to look like."
After Saturday's 7-4 loss to the Pirates, Marlins manager Mike Redmond said he wished Hechavarria would receive more recognition.
"I just wish more people knew about him," Redmond said. "He deserves a lot more credit than he gets."
The industry has taken notice.
A National League scout who has closely followed the Marlins noted: "Hechavarria is the best defensive player I've seen this year, hands down. At any position."
Marlins right-hander Tom Koehler says Hechavarria's defense allows pitchers to attack more with confidence the defense will make plays behind them.
"It's incredible," Koehler said. "You almost become shocked now when a ball goes through. He's that good over there, that it allows you to just attack and say, 'Hey, hit one to the middle of the field.'
"You feel confident that anything hit up the middle or on the ground, he's going to come up with. That guy is playing better defense than probably anybody in the National League. It's tremendous."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Paul Maholm faces a familiar foe as he takes the mound for his 97th career start at PNC Park, and he will end the Cubs 10 game losing streak tonight, book it. Here are the lineups!
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
1. Jose Tabata, LF
2. Josh Harrison, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, CF
4. Pedro Alvarez, 3B
5. Neil Walker, 2B
6. Matt Hague, 1B
7. Rod Barajas, C
8. Clint Barmes
9. Kevin Correia, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. David DeJesus, RF
2. Starlin Castro, SS
3. Joe Mather, CF
4. Bryan LaHair, 1B
5. Alfonso Soriano, LF
6. Ian Stewart, 3B
7. Darwin Barney, 2B
8. Blake Lalli, C
9. Paul Maholm, P
Thanks, go Cubs!
– George


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The goal of the Denver Regional FAC is to engage students, from across the many academic institutions in the Denver Metro area, in a comprehensive dialogue about the fiscal challenges our nation faces. This will be a student focused project in Denver working primarily with the University of Denver and its Chancellor Robert Coombe. Specifically. Starting this summer and into the early fall, we will be recruiting students to participate in a steering committee whose goals will be:
Convene two to three panels of experts for public forums on Social Security reform, health care reform, and solutions to the nation's sustainability crisis; (much like the current FWUT)
Host a student coordinated Fiscal Responsibility Summit in the late fall. The result of this summit would be to produce a multi-media presentation containing principles of reform crafted by the student committee.
The kickoff was an I.O.U.S.A. screening at Denver University on Saturday, April 18th. While the screening was intended to be followed by a panel discussion -- with the film's director, Patrick Creadon; Bob Bixby; and Former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, Andrew Romanoff -- inclement weather did not allow this panel discussion to occur due to traveling complications.
Additional meetings have occured with a core group of stakeholders; namely, officials from several Denver academic institutions including the University of Denver, Regis University, Colorado State University, and University of Colorado for purposes of setting up the fiscal advisory council.
Concord staff has scheduled meetings with faculty at Regis University and Denver University about hosting future events. We hope to move ahead for a fall semester series of events -- culminating in a October student summit and then to bring in some of the more active participants to Washington in early December for the Fiscal Stewardship Project conference.


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by Jeremy Leaming
The evolution of the nation's democratic process has been arduous, tragic and bloody. And the process which still excludes too many remains a work in progress.
It took a Civil War, constitutional amendments and eradication of Jim Crow for African Americans to be able to participate in democracy. But dogged bigots still worked on ways to keep blacks from the polls. The Voting Rights Act, enacted in 1965, was a step by the federal government to drag recalcitrant states into line and stop harassment and oppression of African Americans at the polls. We now have several states with long, tawdry histories of discriminating against minorities at the polls, fighting to gut a major enforcement provision of the VRA. (Some of those state officials, in Alabama, for instance argue that discrimination at the polls does not exist anymore and therefore Section 5 of the VRA needs to be dumped. Congress, however, has found ample evidence that discrimination against minorities at the polls is not a thing of the past.)
It wasn't until 1920 when women gained the right to vote via a constitutional amendment. In summer 1920 the 19th Amendment was ratified after a close vote in the Tennessee legislature. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of Sex," it reads. And the ratification of the 19th Amendment didn't happen overnight; it was nearly a 70-year work in progress.
Over at The Dish, Andrew Sullivan notes a "quick and comprehensive lesson" on voting rights, linking to a video, "Democracy Distilled: Examining the Evolution of our Nation's Voting Rights."
The video, less than 4 minutes, notes, "When our nation was founded, voting rights were anything but equal. The freedoms we have today represent two centuries of successes and failures made by individuals constantly battling to make their voices heard." Watch it here, or below the jump.
The "battle" for voting rights though is one that we will likely drag on. The Supreme Court has given corporations greater power drown out individual voices and there remain too many state efforts to make voting difficult.


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Row over Church's Jesus cancer-healing claims
A New Zealand church has erected a billboard saying "Jesus heals cancer", after claiming six of its members had been cured.
The large black and red billboard was put up by the Equippers Church in the suburb of Tamatea, in Napier…
Pastor Lyle Penisula of Equippers Church, which has about 150 members, told Campbell Live the sign was put up to offer hope to those who are suffering.
"We've seen Jesus heal people from sicknesses and we thought that since cancer is a big deal in our world today … we wanted to broadcast the very fact that Jesus can heal cancer.
Mr Penisula said those who have been healed were still taking medication for their illnesses.
Tip: @IanDavidB on Twitter
A church is making a testable medical claim in the name of religion. Where has this come up before? Hmm.
U.K. group banned from advertising public medical claims about the healing power of prayer
Once again, there is no problem with a religious institution believing what they want but what they are doing here is making a claim that is not established (so far, blinded studies of intercessory prayer do not show that it helps people do better). They should quit that. It's not hope but false hope.
I dispute his use of the word "fact". Oh, and then there is the part about the patients still using modern medicine. So, they obviously don't understand causation either. When religion ventures into the realm of testable claims, the end up looking mighty foolish.


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Type: Defect
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Completed
Affects Version/s: Release 1.2
Fix Version/s: Release 1.3
Component/s: None
It appears like the clojure compiler doesn't get the starting scope of let bindings right from the java debug interface perspective.
The compiler sets the starting scope of a local to the let/loop body, rather than to immediately after the local is bound. So when you are stepping through a let statement in a debugger, you can't eval the already defined bindings until you get to the let body.
Because it is a compiler problem, you see the symptoms with any jdi based debugger, (I've confirmed this on both jdb and cdt.)
The fix is pretty straightforward. Just gen.mark() a label after each binding is emitted and use that in the gen.visitLocalVariable() call instead of the loopLabel. I've attached a patch for clojure 1.2 branch. (If there is interest I'll create one for clojure master.)
here is the diff against the current clojure master branch.
re-added patch in proper format
To test: start clojure with a jdi port, (like 8050 below)
java -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=8050,server=y,suspend=n -cp /Users/georgejahad/incoming/clojure-1.3.0-alpha4/clojure.jar clojure.main
Then start jdb and attach to that port like so:
jdb -attach 8050
Set a breakpoint on pmap from jdb:
stop in clojure.core$pmap.invoke
Invoke pmap from the clojure repl:
(pmap inc (range 6))
From jdb, step over the first line of pmap, (that binds the local n):
From jdb, try to print the just bound local:
print n
Without the patch, you'll see:
com.sun.tools.example.debug.expr.ParseException: Name unknown: n
n = null
With it, you should see n equal to the correct value:
n = 4
Rich: does this need to be rewritten so that BindingInit is a value, or is the mutation of startScope ok?
Patch works against master.
Yes, it is weird to mutate bindinginit with emit-related info. Better to keep a map of bindinginit->label inside doEmit, please.
fixed to use HashMap of labels
Feb 26 patch is good


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420 Jam Sesh: 10 Weed Inspired Genre Benders
It's Friday, you ain't got no job (or even if you do), tomorrow is every blunt-stuffing, bong-hitting, stoners' favorite day of the year…4/20!
Let's pack up a spliff and get dazed with these 10 weed inspired genre benders. –>
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SOUTH JAMAICA, N.Y. The New Rens (Artie) and N.Y. Elite kicked off the afternoon games of the iS8/Nike Fall Tip-Off Classic at the gymnasium of Intermediate School 8 with electrifying sequences and hardnosed play. Ultimately, the New Rens would capture the lead and win, 78-70.
Though the teams matched up against each other well in the backcourt, it seemed as if N.Y. Elite had the advantage with its frontline. Bigs 6-foot-9 Cheick Diallo (Our Savior New American High School (N.Y.) '15) and 6-foot-8 Kassoum Yakwe (Our Savior New American High School (N.Y.) '16) smothered New Rens' 6-foot-9 Adonis DelaRosa (Christ the King High School (N.Y.) '14) in the paint, preventing him from getting usual boards and buckets under the rim.
With DelaRosa rendered pretty much as a non-factor, except as a defensive body against penetrating guards, the New Rens' 1's, 2's and wings had to step up.
One player that lit up the hardwood, exhibiting unmatched play, was New Rens' Jon Severe (Christ the King High School (N.Y.) '13). Though N.Y. Elite held as much as a five-point lead, 21-16, over the Rens in the second quarter, Severe knocked down long jumpers to help his team get back.
The Rens held a brief lead before the close of the first half. However, by the break, N.Y. Elite led by one point, 38-37.
Rens' floor general Isaiah Cosbert (Christ the King High School (N.Y.) '13) and teammate Malik Harmon (Christ the King High School (N.Y.) '13) served as great complementary pieces to Severe.
The guard play of N.Y. Elite slowed to a drip in the second half. Kevin Little (Our Savior New American (N.Y.) '14), who nailed 11 of his 16 points in the first half tried to keep his squad's momentum going. In the first few minutes of the third quarter, N.Y. Elite's Diallo and Evan Hubbard (Neptune High School (N.J.) '14) extended their squad's advantage to as much as six points, 43-37.
That would be the largest lead N.Y. Elite would hold over the competition for the duration of the contest.
The Rens went on to knot the game at 45 on a bucket by Severe. And the Rens would tie again at 57 before going up by a deuce, 59-57, at the close of the third quarter.
The Rens went on a 12-2 run in the fourth period, leaving the Rens with a 71-59 lead at about the 4:45 mark of the quarter. By the 1:45 mark of the period, a completion of the conventional three-point play by Little helped cut N.Y. Elite's deficit to seven points, 71-64.
N.Y. Elite attempted to keep chipping away, slicing the Rens lead to six points, 72-66, with about a minute left to play. However, N.Y. Elite could not get over the hump due to poor execution in the final minute, either by committing turnovers or bad shot selection.
New Rens' Severe finished with an impressive 33 points, while teammates Cosbert and Harmon posted 18 and 13 points, respectively. N.Y. Elite's Diallo netted a team-high 20 points, while teammates Little and Hubbard added 16 and 10 points, respectively.
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Monday, July 21, 2008 - 3:38pm
The mid 90's was the era of Yahoo!'s directory. The web was organized by hierchical categories (the names and children of which were decided by Yahoo) and somebody visited sites to place them in a category. You searched the hierarchy, not the text of the web pages themselves. Search engines came only a little bit later).
Web browsers usually have the ability to save web addresses as bookmarks. These can also be organized, like a file system, or like the file cabinet each draws their metaphor from, in a system of hierarchical folders.
Web 2.0 has popularized the concept of tagging data; marking it rather than filing it. This increases the complexity of categorization exponentially.


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Like many other IT journalists, I started arranging my
schedule for CeBIT 2007, which will take place from March 15th to 21st (with
some pre-show events on the 14th) in Hannover, Germany. Although CeBIT is
currently facing a minor scale down along with a little bit more business
orientation in the coming years, it's still the largest IT trade show and as
such of significant importance for IT journalists.
Usually I go through a list of companies I'd like to meet and talk to at the
show, starting with the most important. NVIDIA, being among those, informed me,
that they won't be present at this year's CeBIT exhibition. When I phoned a PR representative
about CeBIT, I found out that NVIDIA will not have a booth on the exhibition
grounds, will not hold a press conference, will not host a party (NVIDIAs
parties at CeBIT are well-known) and will not even have representatives
available for the press.
They actually do have two people - Luciano Alibrandi and Jens Neuschaefer -
sneaking around at the show, but unless you are a board partner, you will not
have any chance to talk to them (the exception might be high ranked online and
printed media). The reason for this sounds quite simple, yet it leaves some
food for thought. I was told NVIDIA has no new products to exhibit, thus there
is no reason to have a booth at CeBIT. I then asked, what's up with GeForce
8600 and the reply was, "you can assume it will launch after CeBIT."
Looking at some unofficial info, it's a pretty safe bet to watch for it in the
April timeframe, and that kind of confirms it.
So NVIDIA has no new video cards, chipsets and associated software (their
drivers should receive some updates in the near future) to show at CeBIT. With
AMDs socket AM2+ platform due out in the middle of the year it might be a tad
too early for new chipsets, though in my opinion it's about time to find out
more about them. AMDs recent delay of R600 surely gives NVIDIA some room to fix
their DirectX 10 drivers and release further G80 products for more affordable
price-segments. I will watch out at the booths of NVIDIA partners, if they have
some novelties in store that NVIDIA doesn't like to talk about.
As a side note I'd like to add that ATI had no booth at CeBIT last year, though
they had a meeting room with representatives available for the press. NVIDIA had no booth at CES either, only meeting rooms for selected partners.


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A Fair Shot for All
John is a plumber and heating and refrigeration technician in the South Valley of Albuquerque. He's volunteering to help re-elect President Obama because the President is giving working folks like him a fair shot.
"He's done pretty well considering all the trouble we're in. But he's trying to get us out of it. The other one running for President, I don't think he really wants to do anything—he wants to go for the rich."
As with many people during the recession, John lost his job and isn't sure how he would have made it without President Obama's extension of unemployment benefits.
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Homeowner confronts prospective thief inside car parked in driveway
A 44-year-old Ann Arbor man may have thought it was easy pickings when he entered a parked car early Saturday morning.
However, the homeowner was awake just before 6 a.m. - and came outside to confront him, according to Pittsfield Township Police.
Minutes later, the homeowner had chased the man down, and subdued him until police arrived.
The incident unfolded in the 3600 block of Hillside on the eastern side of the township, near Ellsworth and Golfside.
The homeowner called police at about 5:55 a.m., reporting a larceny in progress - so police were on their way when the homeowner went outside.
Officers said the suspect did not take anything from the car when he tried to run away. They added that he'd entered the vehicle through an unlocked door.
He's now lodged in the Washtenaw County Jail on pending charges of larceny from a motor vehicle.
Mon, Nov 19, 2012 : 1:47 a.m.
Thanks go out to the Township Police for stopping at least one Ann Arbor habitual criminal. Luck with the rest of them!
Sun, Nov 18, 2012 : 1:30 a.m.
Usually the only people out in that neighborhood that time of day are regulars - local joggers and dog walkers. It's a dark area with no sidewalks. Seeing a stranger walking there that time of morning would attract attention.
Sun, Nov 18, 2012 : 12:30 a.m.
Humm, would not have had as much excitement if the car door had been locked. Good catch homeowner!
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 10:43 p.m.
A "prospective thief?" Is that what we call stealing now, "prospecting?"
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 5:56 p.m.
Well Done!
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 4:30 p.m.
"Hang a thief when he's middle-aged, and he'll no steal when he's auld." — Robert MacQueen, Lord Braxfield, Lord Justice of Scotland, 1776-1799
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 8:35 p.m.
Och laddie, you're no wrong aboot that!!
Nicole B.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 3:17 p.m.
Strictly speaking, "prospective" isn't misused here, since it means "likely or expected." However, the word is generally used when a person is being considered for something, as when someone is applying for a job, trying out for a team, etc. For example, "the prospective employees were asked to sit in the break room until their interviews." In this article, I would have used "apparent" or "putative" instead of "prospective," or simply "thief" without the qualifier.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 10:47 p.m.
That is a stretch. Usually it is "alleged." "Apparent" might be okay. I prefer calling a thief a thief. What do you get into somebody else's car for? Now if he were homeless and he slept there all night lacking shelter, that is not stealing. Actually if he moved something, say something from the glove box that is now in such a place he could carry it with him, that can be enough to charge with with theft or attempted. I believe there is precedent that the moving is enough. For example, I break into your house and stack your TV. laptop, DVD player and all your jewelry next to the door. I hear your garage door go up and I high tail it out the front door. I am guilty of Home invasion because I moved your stuff with the obvious intent of loading it up in the getaway car when my buddy pulls up after I call him.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 3:06 p.m.
"Officers said the suspect did not take anything from the car when he tried to run away. They added that he'd entered the vehicle through an unlocked door. He's now lodged in the Washtenaw County Jail on pending charges of larceny from a motor vehicle." If he didn't take anything, how can they charge him with "larceny from a vehicle"? It's fortunate for the homeowner that the "perspective" thief was not armed.
Sun, Nov 18, 2012 : 3:08 p.m.
Maybe being charged with attempted "larceny from a vehicle" is overstepping things here. But last time I checked, a vehicle is someone's property. Locked or unlocked, that gentleman had no business being in that property owner's vehicle.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 4:56 p.m.
Just speculating here, but the courts might assume as a default that the illegal presence of someone in a vehicle means they are in the process of stealing something, either from the vehicle or the vehicle itself. I suppose if the intruder was found to be sleeping in the vehicle a case could be made that he was just looking for shelter out of the cold, but even then I don't know if that would fly. It seems to me he should at least be charged with trespassing if not larceny or attempted larceny.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 2:10 p.m.
Everybody's jumping to conclusions again. Maybe he was just an "undocumented valet".
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 8:34 p.m.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 8:33 p.m.
Best post I've read all day
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 2:17 p.m.
You are hilarious, sir. Thanks for the chuckle.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 1:57 p.m.
Holy smokes. Where do you have to be in life to be breaking into a car at 5:30 in the morning on a cold day like this. Kinda makes you wonder.
Elaine F. Owsley
Sun, Nov 18, 2012 : 1:28 p.m.
I wonder if it's really "breaking" into a car if the door is left unlocked. Is there a penalty for sitting in an unlocked car?
Sun, Nov 18, 2012 : 12:57 a.m.
A few houses near me got TPed so I think it's safe to say cold makes no difference.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 1:55 p.m.
Nice!!! Glad one of these "car shoppers" got caught. I'd say something about not leaving you car unlocked....but I leave mine unlocked all the time...
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 1:51 p.m.
Kudos to the homeowner on a job well done! We need more quick action like this.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 1:47 p.m.
Yay! Chalk one up for the good guys. I'm so proud to see someone brave enough to do this. I feel sorry for any perp who'd enter my car or home. I'd subdue his butt all the way to the police station.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 8:37 p.m.
and not just his butt either, all of him.....
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 8:33 p.m.
Yep, as would I.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 1:44 p.m.
And locking doors might help...
Mon, Nov 19, 2012 : 3:41 a.m.
Our cars where broken into 10 years after we moved in. Never locked them. Until one year we were broken into 6 times. Our cars are always locked now and yes, we still know people are checking our cars. Sad reality is that this is the way life is now a days. Thieves among us. No one to trust anymore.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 6:36 p.m.
Agree. A thief will usually break the window only if there are valuables in plain sight or if he actually wants the car. This will become particularly important now as temps drop and people leave their cars running to warm up.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 1:57 p.m.
True, I agree and always lock my doors for this very reason. I've heard of situations where the would-be thieves go around trying door handles and just move on to the next vehicle if they're locked. I don't think many burglars want to risk smashing the windows and attracting attention if they aren't even sure what's in the car (as long as nothing of value is left in plain sight).
Matt Tuck
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 1:50 p.m.
Then he would have broken a window. Good job!
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 : 1:40 p.m.
Nice job! The homeowner probably stopped 50 future break-ins.