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For several decades, research has been suggesting that substance abuse is a disorder with neurobiological underpinnings. Several medications are already available to treat alcoholism, and more are in the pipeline. Findings in 2008 show that different types of addiction may have genetic roots. One line of research shows that an alcoholic patient's response to treatment may hinge on variations in a key receptor. Another effort reveals distinct pathways of alcoholism, brought about by separate neural circuits. In the future, treatments will be targeted to the type of addiction a patient has, pinpointing the approach that will be most successful for each individual.
Although progress in 2008 centers on the roots of alcoholism, the implications could shed new light on understanding addictions in general. In fact, studies of alcoholism and other types of addiction are occasionally, sometimes surprisingly, intertwined.
Much of the scientific knowledge of substance abuse centers on the opiate drugs. These include opium itself—an extract of the poppy plant known since ancient times for its superior pain-relieving qualities—and its derivatives, including heroin, morphine, and codeine. The opiates have a downside, however: the potential to cause addiction. In the first half of the twentieth century, researchers directed their efforts toward finding a drug that rivaled the painkilling power of the opiates but did not carry the addictive potential. To date, they have found none.
Despite these efforts, interest in treating addictions lagged during that half-century. According to Ting Kai Li, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), not only addiction but behavioral research in general was slow to be regarded as a subfield of neuroscience. Behavior was widely considered voluntary—a choice, for good or bad—and not the result of brain processes.
"It's true that drinking or drug use may start out as voluntary behavior," Li observed, "but for some people what's voluntary may become habitual and, finally, compulsive."
The question of what happens in the brain to cause addiction became a priority when the government declared a "war on drugs" in the 1970s. To find answers, the NIAAA and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) were founded in the early 1970s.
One of the first milestones in addiction research resulted from this initiative. Scientists had already developed several successful opiate antagonists—structurally similar compounds that (presumably) latched onto the same receptor as opium, either blocking or reversing its actions. These included naloxone, a rapid-acting compound used to treat overdoses, and a longer-acting version called naltrexone. But the future of addiction research was limited by the fact that the receptor itself was still undiscovered. "They were working in the dark," said Charles O'Brien, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Studies in Addiction. The first opiate receptor was officially identified in a 1973 NIDA-sponsored study by Solomon Snyder and Candace Pert at Johns Hopkins University.1
Scientists had found no apparent reason for the human brain to contain receptors for a plant extract. The brain did have its own repertoire of chemicals—about a dozen had been identified by the mid-1970s. But many researchers suspected that the opioid receptor interacted with an unknown brain chemical, which opium resembled sufficiently to bind to the same receptor.
This view was confirmed in 1975, when two researchers from Scotland, John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz of Scotland confirmed this view in 1975, isolating the chemical structure of an endogenous, opiatelike neurotransmitter they called enkephalin.2 The word "endorphin" (short for "endogenous morphine") was already in general use and became the better-known term for the brain's naturally occurring painkillers. These findings raised hopes—both in the scientific community and among legislators—that addiction could be treated medically. Studies over the next three decades culminated in a 2008 finding showing that an alcoholic patient's response to the opiate antagonist, naltrexone, may be linked to the patient's genetic makeup.
A bit of context will illustrate the significance of this finding. In 1980, the scientific community was jolted by a study of rhesus monkeys showing that naltrexone helped quash the desire for alcohol. At the time, little was known about alcohol's effects on the brain; the prevailing dogma held that opioid receptors were not involved. "As is always the case with basic research, something turned up that no one would have dreamed of," said O'Brien. Other studies upheld the finding, however—including many studies of naltrexone in human alcoholics conducted by O'Brien and colleagues—and in 1995 naltrexone won FDA approval as a treatment for alcoholism.
In 2003, O'Brien led a study that linked naltrexone response with a specific genetic variant of the mu-opioid receptor.3 This receptor type is widespread throughout the body, including the reward areas of the brain, and is thought to play a role in the adaptive changes that accompany chronic drug or alcohol use. Specifically, O'Brien's team examined the DNA from participants in several published studies. Individuals with the genetic variant were less likely to relapse into drug use after treatment.
O'Brien's findings were confirmed in 2008, in a multicenter study of more than 900 patients, reported by Raymond Anton of the University of South Carolina and colleagues.4 The paper appeared in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry (a journal that rejected the original 1980 naltrexone study, as O'Brien noted in an accompanying commentary).
A) Alcohol is thought to stimulate the release of endogenous opioids, which may produce the euphoric feelings associated with alcohol consumption. B) Endogenous opioids are released into the synapse and C) stimulate activity at opiate receptors, which produces a signal in the target neuron. D) Exogenous opiates such as morphine also stimulate opiate receptors. E) Naltrexone is thought to block opioids from activating opiate receptors. (Joseph Volpicelli / NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Just how alcohol works at the opioid receptor remains a mystery, but it seems to produce its high by stimulating endorphins, which, in turn, drive up dopamine levels in the brain's reward pathway—a relay that's effectively blocked by naltrexone. When experimental animals accustomed to alcohol are first given naltrexone, the endorphin-induced buildup of dopamine in the reward pathway is curtailed. Human subjects, too, report less of an alcoholic buzz when given naltrexone.
"Naltrexone responders" seem to share certain traits. Their cravings for alcohol are especially intense, and they have a strong family history of alcoholism. They begin drinking young and can outdrink everyone else. On a biochemical level, their endorphin response is more marked than that of nonresponders.
In the 2008 study, alcoholic patients with the genetic variant who received naltrexone were able to go for more days without a drink, had fewer days where they drank heavily, and were better able to abstain from alcohol or drink only moderately for the last eight weeks of the sixteen-week study. On the other hand, among patients without the variant, those given naltrexone showed no more improvement than did the placebo-treated group.
"These findings put us on the verge of an important therapeutic development," said O'Brien. "Right now an alcoholic is someone who drinks too much. But we may soon be able to identify subsets of patients who respond very differently to treatment depending on the mechanisms of their addiction."
Li of the NIAAA agreed. He points out that currently, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), the standard handbook for mental health professionals, an alcoholic is someone who meets three of seven criteria, a list that includes loss of control when drinking, tolerance, and withdrawal syndrome. "If you have only two of the seven factors you're not an alcoholic. If you have three—any three—you are," Li said. In the future, alcoholism may be classified and quantified, using both the patient's genetic profile and personal characteristics to come up with the best possible treatment.
Only two other drugs have been approved to treat alcoholism. Acamprosate has shown modest success in easing withdrawal symptoms; though it is widely used in Europe, U.S. studies have questioned its efficacy. The earliest treatment, disulfuram (Antabuse), blocks the metabolism of alcohol, leading to the buildup of a toxic compound. The results are unpleasant: flushing, palpitations, nausea, and vomiting. Li, who has worked with alcoholic patients using disulfuram, found the approach effective if the drinker was strongly motivated, or compelled by law (after a drunk driving conviction, for example) to take it. But the unpleasant effects are easily avoided by simply not taking the drug. Disulfuram remains a deterrent, not a cure.
Other 2008 findings support the possibility that future treatments could be genomically based. In the April 23 BMC Medical Genetics, as part of a larger study of substance abuse among American Indians, Cindy Ehlers and colleagues at The Scripps Research Institute reported a connection between mu-opioid receptor variants and the effects of alcohol.5
Participants from eight reservations gave blood samples and completed diagnostic interviews describing their response to alcohol. Subjects who had more-intense or unpleasant feelings after two or three drinks—such as clumsiness, dizziness, nausea, or discomfort— were likely to have at least one of seven individual variants of the mu-opioid receptor. Because they reported more-unpleasant experiences with alcohol than did those without the variants, these participants were less likely to drink, suggesting that the genetic configuration of the receptor conferred resistance to alcohol.
A study of former heroin addicts showed an "epigenetic" alteration of the mu-opioid receptor, possibly increasing susceptibility to addiction. This type of alteration, which affects the gene's function but not the DNA sequence (and so is not a "mutation" in the strict sense of the term), may be either genetically inherited or drug-induced. Studies of humans and animals show that substances of abuse, including alcohol, nicotine, and cocaine, can affect a biochemical alteration process called DNA methylation. In the July 23 Neuropsychopharmacology, David Nielsen and colleagues at Rockefeller University looked at a specific site in the promoter region, which controls gene expression, and found significantly higher alteration of the mu-opioid receptor gene in former heroin addicts as compared with controls.6
Two drugs already in use may reduce methylation—azacitidine, used to treat a group of blood diseases, and valproic acid, an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder—and may be a therapeutic option for addiction. Because DNA methylation may be influenced through many routes, including inheritance, environmental events, and drug exposure, the potential benefits of such an approach extend beyond just patients with a specific genetic configuration.
The computer-analyzed output from a gene sequencing procedure shows changes in the genetic structure of the mu-opioid receptor gene in former heroin addicts undergoing methadone treatment. (David Nielsen, Ph.D. / Rockefeller University)
Research in 2008 sheds light on another broad category of patients— the ones who do not respond to naltrexone. These patients, who may represent the majority of alcoholics, don't get more of an alcoholic buzz than most people; in fact, getting drunk is not their goal. Typically they indulge only moderately until later in life, when they escalate their drinking in response to stress, anxiety, grief, or health problems. For these users, heightened dopamine effects in the reward pathway are not the explanation. Instead, alcohol begins as a coping tool but soon disrupts the very circuitry with which the brain responds to stress. In what neuroscientist George Koob of The Scripps Research Institute describes as the "dark side" of substance abuse, these drinkers suffer more intensely from the discomfort of withdrawal. Quitting becomes a stressor in itself, which only the forbidden substance can relieve.
This line of research shares its beginnings with the 1975 discovery of endorphins. Endorphins belong to a class of chemical messengers called neuropeptides—short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Many researchers suspected not only that the brain produced neuropeptides but that some of them acted as hormones— secreted by a part of the brain called the hypothalamus into the bloodstream, then acting on the pituitary gland to touch off a variety of hormonal responses.
One such neuropeptide, corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), was discovered in 1983 by Wylie Vale of the Salk Institute.7 When secreted from the hypothalamus into the bloodstream, CRH acts on the pituitary gland to mobilize components of the body's stress response, such as the endocrine and immune systems. This discovery helped reveal many of the biological underpinnings of stress and stress-related illness. But CRF also acts within the brain itself, in areas that play a role in both stress and addiction.
Koob and others have shown that the brains of rodents accustomed to alcohol have overly active stress pathways. In particular, the effects of CRH are exaggerated in a region called the amygdala, a nexus of both fear and memory. A 2008 study published in Biological Psychiatry by Markus Heilig, a former student of Koob's who is now at the NIAAA, found evidence of a link between stress, alcohol, and CRH activity.8 The investigators found that in rats that are accustomed to alcohol but are currently "on the wagon," a subsequent stressor makes the rats more likely to drink alcohol when it becomes available; the animals also have heightened fear responses and increased levels of CRH receptors in the amygdala.
Markus Heilig and colleagues found that mice accustomed to alcohol are more likely to drink it when their stress pathways are stimulated. (Markus Heilig, M.D., Ph.D. / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
"The CRH work provides compelling evidence that a genetic variant can predict who is likely to be the second type of alcoholic—the ones who don't drink to feel good but because they feel even worse when they stop," said Koob. Unlike the naltrexone responders, however, these alcoholics do not have a treatment currently available. Experimental chemicals that block CRH receptors are not feasible options for humans.
A related pathway, however, holds promise as a possible therapeutic target. The stress-induced increase of CRH activity in the brains of alcoholics has been shown to trigger changes in another neurotransmitter, called substance P. The receptor for this chemical messenger, called the neurokinin (NK-1) receptor, has a known antagonist already in use in clinical trials. In the March 14 Science, another team led by Heilig showed that in recently detoxified "anxious alcoholics" a drug that attached to the NK-1 receptor (thus blocking the effects of substance P) blunted the patients' cravings for alcohol, including those brought on by stress.10 Imaging studies showed that the effects of alcohol in key emotional centers of the brain were reduced among the study subjects compared with untreated alcoholics. NK-1 antagonists have been safely used in an effort, albeit unsuccessful, to relieve symptoms of depression and may become an important treatment for stress-induced alcoholism.
The first written records of the pleasures of alcohol date to 4,000 B.C., when recipes for fermented beverages appear in writings from China, Egypt, and Sumeria. Ancient Greek and Roman gods were sometimes depicted carrying poppy plants, the original source of opium. Modern, synthetic forms of opiates used for the relief of severe pain seldom result in compulsive drug-seeking behavior. But recreational use of opiates has long been known to be both destructive and addictive. In 1821, Thomas De Quincey published an essay called "Confessions of an English Opium Eater," in which the drug's pain-relieving effects paled in comparison to the euphoria it produced. De Quincey's essay sparked a fad of opium use by celebrities of the day, including the poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (the poem "Kubla Khan" was written under the drug's influence); both quickly became addicts. Injected morphine, a highly purified opium extract, was first widely used for pain relief during the Civil War; so many soldiers came home addicted that morphine addiction became known as "the soldier's disease."
By illuminating the pathways of addiction in the brain, research continues to dispel the long-perceived link between substance abuse and pleasure-seeking (even in Roman times, the poet Seneca defined drunkenness as "nothing but voluntary madness"). Experts agree that recent findings in addiction research signal a change of fortune in what has traditionally been a challenging field in which to make progress, and may have profound implications for the future. For example, the naltrexone research may extend beyond alcoholism.
"The fact that an opioid receptor can predict which alcoholic patients will respond to treatment with an opiate receptor antagonist suggests a shared fundamental mechanism in substance abuse," said Li. Koob added that recent advances extend beyond addiction research. "Whatever we discover about how emotional systems are disrupted by addiction will carry over into other areas of research, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and possibly schizophrenia."
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In 1500's, a charter allowing Jews to live in the Volhynia area was renewed. The Jewish population grew. They worked in trading , tailoring, and running saloons.
History of the World, by Shimon Dubnor, Vol. 2, page 260, writes: In 1386, communities existed in the area so one could infer that Jews lived in the Stepan area then. The Turks ruled Crimea. Crimean Jews traded with Jews of Volhynia and some Jews from Crimea moved into Stepan in the 1500's (maybe from Turkey originally?-comment by Shimshak).
Geographical Dictionary for Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Kingdoms, Warsaw, 1890, pages 326-327, writes: In 1890, there were 3,384 people in Stepan, 47% Jewish, 512 households, 3 churches, 1 Gothic style shul, 2 stieblich, 1 brewery, 2 flour mills, 6 markets and 1 candle factory.
According to tax records, in 1577 there were 28 farms in Stepan. In 1648 Stefan Czarniecki defeated the Cossacks in town. In 1775, 521 people lived in town. According to census data, there were 1,717 Jews in Stepan in 1847. In the 1897, there were 5,137 people, of whom 1,854 were Jews.
Reb David ben Reb Shmuel died in 5571 (1811). He was a talmed of the Besht and of his successor, the Maggid of Mezerich. In the cemetery are graves of the tzaddikim. There was a structure with a tin roof in the cemetery where they were buried. In that structure, people would go and place kvittilim before Rosh Hashana. Reb David Shmuel HaLevy was from Stepan. From the dynasty of the Maggid of Trisk came Rabbi Baruch Twersky who was killed in the Shoah.
From 1795 to 1918, Poland was chopped up and Stepan became part of Russia. Then Stepan became part of the Ukraine in 1918. In 1921 it became part of Poland until 1939. From the 13th20th centuries, Jews lived in Stepan. Jews suffered under many attacks. However, there were signs that local Ukrainians tried to defend the Jews. But that was not what happened when the Nazis and Ukrainians destroyed the Jews during the Holocaust.
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People tend to assume I'm mild-mannered just because I drive the speed limit, avoid trans fats and consider it a wild Friday night if I stay up until 10 knitting socks. But I'm a thrill-seeker, all right.
I get my kicks on eBay.
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(Here is what I wish I had overheard and seen in the main office this morning, when a young mother came to pick up her child from school.)
Good Morning! How can I help you? (Smile...)
You're here to sign your child out? May I ask the reason? (Nod politely...)
Alright then. May I ask your child's name?
And what room is your child in? Teacher's name? (Prod patiently...)
You're not sure? Well, if you tell me what grade your child is in, I can help you with that.
Please sign here while I call for your child. (Point, provide a pen...)
You're not sure where to sign? Here, please sign here. (Smile...)
Now, please have a seat while you wait for your child to come down. Can I help you with anything else? (Smile...)
Here is your child! Do you have everything? It was nice to meet you - have a lovely day! (Smile and wave...)
Dear mother-in-the-office,
I am sorry your experience in our school was so uncomfortable this morning. I wish I had stepped in to take over. Unfortunately there are certain "territories" that must not be invaded and I've been told not to get involved when I see this happening.
You were spoken to disrespectfully. The person whose job it was to assist you was rude and impatient. I would not be surprised if you avoid coming to our school in the future and if you speak poorly about our staff.
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Monday, June 8, 2009
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2 comments:
- WideEyedWonder said...
I like that you write about this because I think that people rarely think about it. It is our job to create a safe and comfortable environment in our school and to promote the inclusion of parents in learning. I know that secretaries are very busy, but if the first thing that parents meet when the walk is the door is resistance, we don't even get a fighting chance.
- June 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- Stella said...
que pena q eso pasara Cassy! Las personas de las oficinas son personas vitales para la imagen de una escuela. Lo siento mucho por esa mama y su mala experiencia.
- June 15, 2009 at 8:43 PM
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
I yam my own cad
Starp borgheen' me, Wooman, I yab worgh to do. Appoin'mens to schedule. A mayor to oberthrow, my boogh to plan. Y peectures to taghe (btw, you are so fire'). Yes, go away.
An' I doan need you anymore: the Smoothman has feeghsed a throwaway labtarp yos por my personal use. I now hab a Mac. Do you? Do YOU??
I deedn' theenk so.
Also, I ged more presen's than you. A cadneep mouse frarm Massachussetts y cad treads farm Beerginia.
I yam eendependen'. I yam arff the greed.
A new era has begorn.
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We've been waiting! Viva la revolucion!ReplyDelete
You have about as much revolution in you as you have Irish blood...ReplyDelete
Your own Mac? Wow, that's awesome!ReplyDelete
M. Beence, maybe the hermano is Black Irish?ReplyDelete
You certainly can talk the talk. But..... ?ReplyDelete
Hola! First thing we noticed...no goody word.ReplyDelete
Si, viva la revolucion, hermano!
Also, The Secretary says she will send you a postcard.
Viva la vida Don Estorbo! Cats rule. That is why the humans are referred to as staff.ReplyDelete
- Anne BoleynApril 7, 2012 at 9:35 PM
I wouldn't push it too hard, Buddy. Just saying.ReplyDelete
Si, viva la revolucion, Estorbo -- but if there is one, I want those red cushions!ReplyDelete
Perhaps Beerginia cad treads were not meant to threaten others with? no? be careful, now that you have your own computer, you may have to earn your keep? yes? beware.ReplyDelete
Storbie, don't forghet that behind ebery successbul man is a ..... woooooman. Promise.ReplyDelete
But who will put the agua in the pellets if you revolt???--Tino, who must go out NOW!ReplyDelete
I wonder how long before you revolt from us, your loyal fans?ReplyDelete
I wonder how long we remain loyal?
wow, Storbie
Sweetie Storbie, Viva la revolusssion dominicana!ReplyDelete


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Committee Declares War Over Club, Store
On his first visit to the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee as its newly appointed town board liaison, East Hampton Town Councilman Dominick Stanzione got an earful of complaints Monday, the majority of them concerning the hamlet's Surf Lodge restaurant and 7-Eleven store.
Committee members were furious and confronted the councilman — at times quite angrily — saying the town board was not being aggressive enough toward the owners of both establishments, especially the Surf Lodge, which was cited with 686 town code violations between May 28 and Sept. 16. The allegations range from problems with a boutique to a lack of a building permit to illegal clearing of wetlands and overcrowding, plus a fire code violation.
Moreover, the club's popularity has caused a number of traffic problems, with patrons parking and walking all over Edgemere Road and down Industrial Road, often parking on homeowners' lawns. Last summer the town posted no-parking signs in various areas on both roads.
Committee members called for a review of the two establishments by Tom Preiato, the senior building inspector. Of the 7-Eleven, they said, an earlier certificate of occupancy was issued in error by Don Sharkey, a former building inspector, and should have required a site plan review. Marilyn Behan, who recently ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the town board, called the convenience store's parking lot a mess — dusty, crumbly, and unsafe.
"I'm really surprised the town hasn't addressed that," she said. "It's an issue the town board has to address."
Committee members laughingly recalled a visit from Pete Ferraro, the building's owner, several years ago. He had promised them a nice landscaping project at the site and even produced plans for that proposal in order to gain their support for the project, without ever mentioning a 7-Eleven, they said. At the time he said he was envisioning a furniture store.
"We have to get the town to realize the determination was made in error," John Chimples, a committee member, said.
"If there is so much trouble there, I'm surprised people are using it," answered Mr. Stanzione, who was told that the business is mostly frequented by nonresidents and out-of-town visitors.
As for the Surf Lodge, committee members believe it was required to receive a permit to fill in a pool that was then covered with a deck overlooking Fort Pond. Had they applied for the deck it would have triggered a site plan review, said Richard Kahn, a retired attorney and the chairman of the Concerned Citizens of Montauk's legal committee.
"That was a mistake. How could this deck be put on top of a swimming pool without a permit?" he asked. "If this new building inspector would reinspect it, he would find it should never have been permitted. If he says it was a mistake, then the whole Surf Lodge thing goes away."
"There is no time limit on any agency of the town to correct a mistake," he said, referring to past claims that the time to challenge such a determination had expired. "Mr. Preiato can reverse the determination; there is no statute of limitations. If he reverses that decision the problem goes away. The Surf Lodge has demonstrated contempt for the town, which so far has lay down with its legs spread."
The committee also thought it was a good idea to tell the State Liquor Authority about the nightclub's many outstanding violations. The information could be used against the club when its liquor permit is up for renewal, members said.
Mr. Stanzione told the group of the tactics being used by the Surf Lodge attorneys to stall court-mandated appearances, often by not showing up or being unprepared. "They have excellent lawyers who are playing games. They will litigate until the cows come home," he said.
He suggested the committee focus on the club's proximity to Fort Pond and make it an environmental issue. "That's the best opportunity; use Fort Pond as leverage," he said.
According to Julie Brumm of the C.C.O.M., the pond has already been tested, and the results found that it was highly contaminated.
The attorneys for the Surf Lodge are expected to be back in town court for a hearing on Monday. A group of committee members are planning to be there. "The fact that we are there in numbers will show the court that Montauk is represented," Raymond Cortell said.
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Southporters angered by proposed relocation of Westport Walgreen's
The proposal to move the Westport outlet of a national pharmacy chain to a site just over the Fairfield border in the Southport section of that town is getting a chilly reception from neighbors there.
"Go away," in a nutshell, was the reaction of Southport neighbors to the plan to build the new Walgreen's on a site comprising 3553-3571 Post Road and 886 Kings Highway West in Southport.
The pharmacy is currently located at 1870 Post Road East in Westport.
An informational meeting arranged by the Sasquanaug Association between a lawyer and architect for the developer Monday at the Pequot Library was attended by about 40 people.
Many of those on hand expressed opposition to the proposed construction on land bordered on one side by a consignment shop and on the other side by a soon-to-be-built Garelick & Herbs gourmet food store, another business planning to relocate to Fairfield from Westport.
The new Walgreen's would face the Post Road, but a residential neighborhood on Kings Highway West is behind the proposed building.
Some of the loudest opponents at the meeting declined to give their names, and one man referred to former Fairfield Selectman Sherri Steeneck, principal in the LLC that owns the four lots comprising the parcel, as a "bimbo."
"We will not give up our property values. We will not give up our neighborhood. We will not give up our community," Kings Highway West resident Suzanne Marziotti told John Knuff, the lawyer representing the developer.
Marziotti said traffic is already bad in the neighborhood, and because of that it's dangerous for her to go out and get her mail in the morning.
"Don't tell me, don't tell us, this is not going to increase our traffic," she said. "They're not here to listen to us."
William Staeger bought his house on Kings Highway West in Southport a year ago for $1.175 million.
"I wouldn't have bought the house, and I'm a major taxpayer in this town, if I had any knowledge the town of Fairfield and the town of Southport would be willing to change residential zones at the drop of a hat," Staeger said. "It's decidedly insulting for those of us who work our ass off ... You will not see approval from me. It's criminal in my opinion."
Staeger said if the project wins zoning approval, he will "personally sue the town and Walgreen's and the property owner. Go away."
One of the lots in the parcel is zoned for designed commercial use, another is light industrial and the other two are designated residential. The application filed asks the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to approve a zone change to make all the land designed commercial, as well as a special permit, for the project. A TPZ hearing on the application has not yet been set and Knuff said it likely won't be until July or August.
Knuff said he would let Walgreen's know about the vehement objections by neighbors to the proposal. He said it was possible that an entrance-only driveway planned for Kings Highway West could be eliminated, but said he doesn't see the pharmacy chain eliminating a drive-through window in the plans.
"This is the entrance into Southport," said Gaylord Meyer, a Fairfield Representative Town Meeting member from District 1. "Parts of it are in a historic district."
She called the proposed 9,000-square-foot building "huge."
"I know you have to prove a hardship," she said. "Look at the historic homes along the back side ... I hear nothing but angry people right now."
An applicant does not have to prove a hardship to win a zone change from Fairfield's TPZ.
"We don't want it," another neighbor said. "We don't want the zone change from residential to commercial."
Many in the audience expressed doubts that Knuff would convey their feelings to Walgreen's.
"You're not writing anything down," one man said.


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Biological Sciences
Research Highlights
October 2004
PNNL to receive NIH contract for proteomic studies of potential therapeutic targets
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have learned they will be awarded a contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to identify proteins that can be used as targets for drug therapy. Specifically, the team will use the high-throughput proteomics technologies developed at PNNL to characterize the proteome of Salmonella typhimurium and orthopox virus to identify proteins required for productive infections.
The 5-year, $10.3M project will involve collaborators from the Oregon Health Sciences University, where the pathogen work will take place. The key PNNL staff are Dick Smith, Karin Rodland, Mary Lipton, David Camp, Yufeng Shen, Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic, Christophe Masselon, Gordon Anderson, Joshua Adkins, Ron Moore, and members of the entire Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory high-throughput proteomics team.
The proposal was written for RFP-NIH-NIAID-DMID-BAA-03-08, Biodefense Proteomics Research Programs: Identifying Targets for Therapeutic Interventions using Proteomic Technology. The NIAID, which is one of the National Institutes of Health, conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.


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text: Nice silkscreen work from California-based illustrator and comics artist Kelsey Short. I dig the muted palette full of green, black, and blue. It perfectly matches her washed out, moody style. A lot of Short's work is like those rainy days where you're not bummed that you can't go outside because the quiet sound of the rain just matches your mood for some reason. Hit the tumblr over here for a little insight into Short's process (artistic and otherwise), and grab yourself a copy of her zine, "Grid" and some prints at her Etsy shop.


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McCutcheon could be the new Citizens United.
The Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to hear a campaign finance case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, in its next term gives the justices a chance to continue their dismantling of restrictions on money in politics, most notably with the landmark Citizens United v. FEC decision of early 2010.
With the new case, the court could strike a blow against fundraising limits for federal candidates and political parties.
The case does not challenge the $2,600 cap on donations to a single candidate's campaign but rather the overall limit — $123,000 — that one person can give over a two-year election cycle.
Removing that ceiling would allow a single donor to give the maximum amount to more candidates and, crucially, to political parties such as the Republican National Committee, which brought the lawsuit along with Shaun McCutcheon, an Alabama businessman and conservative activist.
The court decided decades ago that the government is constitutionally permitted to limit donations to candidates with the goal of fighting corruption. But the RNC argues that there's no constitutional rationale for limiting how much one donor can give to many candidates. The thinking goes that because each candidate receives only $2,600, none of them ends up corrupted.
Since the justices decided to take the case, speculation has been raised that the conservative majority is looking to reverse a lower-court ruling and strip away that overall limit, which was upheld in a different form in 1976. Such a change would allow more money to flow, in particular, to political parties, which have had a diminished role in campaigns with the rise in spending by advocacy groups in the past few years, mainly after Citizens United.
Stronger parties are a good thing, says Jim Bopp Jr., a seasoned campaign lawyer who is arguing the case for the RNC coming off several victories in the courts in recent years.
"In a rational universe, candidates and political parties would be more central to our system," Bopp said. "They are the most accountable and the most transparent. The candidate is the one going into office, not the super PAC."
Advocates for restrictions on political money are concerned, however. They say that without the aggregate limit, officeholders and political candidates could solicit eye-popping sums of money, conceivably more than $2 million.
Currently, those big contributions have to go to super PACs, groups that must operate independently of the federal candidates they're working to help. Candidates are prohibited from soliciting checks of that size for a super PAC backing them.
"We had a system of no limits and it resulted in one of the greatest political scandals of the 20th century," said Fred Wertheimer, referring to Watergate. He has been fighting for regulation of political money since then.
In recent elections, candidates have increasingly been seeking contributions above the $2,600 limit, mostly by raising money for the national Republican and Democratic parties and their state affiliates nationwide. The parties can spend the money on behalf of candidates.
That practice has been bumping up against the overall caps challenged in McCutcheon, however. If McCutcheon and the RNC win their case, Republican and Democratic officials could theoretically begin cashing checks for as much as $1.2 million. Add in candidates' campaigns and a single donor could give $2 million to one party.
The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., which ruled against McCutcheon, wrote that the candidates soliciting and benefiting from such a large contribution "will know precisely where to lay the wreath of gratitude." It cited the Supreme Court's precedent in deciding that the limits represent "a coherent system rather than merely a collection of individual limits stacking prophylaxis upon prophylaxis."
The conservative majority on the Supreme Court has shown that it is willing to revisit past decisions that upheld laws limiting money in politics. The only question is how far it will go.


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Losses: 0
Holy crap. The Gophers cruised through their non-conference schedule to a 4-0 record. They're a mere 2 wins from being bowl eligible and it isn't even October. The Gopher defense appears to be legit as they stifle another throwing quarterback. The d-line was in Nassib's face and hit him so many times that he now likely has nightmares that cause him to diarrhea the bed. You can't get that out of the sheets, either.
This Saturday, the Gophers head to Iowa in a game that I tabbed in my pre-season preview as "winnable" for the Gophers. I could be sucking down the Kool-Aid with extra sugar, but now all B1G games appear to be winnable, this one [still] included. It's true, everyone sucks.
Vegas still inexplicably has the Stinkeyes a 7 point favorite at Kinnick. This is odd because Sagarin and the like have it Iowa -2 or thereabouts. Think about this for 4 seconds; Iowa is 93rd in the country in passing (202), 72nd in rushing (155) and 107th (20.5) in points for and they've played Northern Illinois, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Central Michigan! They're 38th in points against (18.5), but again, look at who they've played. Plus, that 9-6 barnburner against ISU helps a bit. They're coming off a 32-31 loss to Central Michigan. FYI, Central Michigan was projected by most outlets to be a MAC bottom feeder.
In other words, Iowa played a non-conference schedule similar to the Gophers, but with much more disastrous results. The Gophers are getting no respect here, so it's up to them to go Shede on Iowa here.
|Going Big Shede
As a Junior, Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg had a pretty good year. He threw for 3000+ yards and 25 TDs with only 7 interceptions. So far this year he has just 808 yards passing and 1 TD against 2 interceptions. Keenan Ivory Davis and Kevonte Martin-Manley are the two big targets at WR with CJ Fiedorowicz as the 6'7" light pole in the middle.
The running game was featuring sophomore Damion Bullock, but he'll miss a second consecutive game due to a head injury. Freshman Greg Garmon has been dealing with an elbow injury as well. The last two games for Iowa have featured sophomore walk-on fullback Mark Weisman. Weisman has rumbled for 330 yards and 6 TDs in the last two games.
|Weisman mid-rumble.
PredictionSo, everyone isn't on the bandwagon yet. There are some who are though. Tom Deinhart and Brent Yarina at BTN are both predicting Gophers wins (as are 65% of voters on the poll there). Brian Bennett and Adam Rittenberg of ESPN also picked the Maroon and Gold this week. Note: Over lunch I read that Randball via the Strib called out these expert picks as well. FML for thinking I'm making an original point.
The Gopher pass defense has proven themselves to be strong, but this week the onus will likely be on the run defense. Weisman needs to be held in check in addition keeping Vandenberg under duress. My new hero Adam Rittenberg says that alongside Purdue and Michigan State the Gophers have one of the three best defenses in the conference. I predict Weisman has trouble running against the Minnesota front four. In fact, I expect Ra'Shede Hageman to once again impose his will on the offensive line and make it a very long day them.
Shortell will get his second consecutive start after being serviceable last week against Syracuse. After cutting off Ryan Nassib's head post-game, he has absorbed even more passing excellence. There can be only one. This will help him to find a couple of throwing scores in a relatively tight contest. Gophers 20, Iowa 16
Absurd Hawkeye Fan Comments of the Week:
"Unfortunately, Our Iowa Hawkeyes have fallen to the bottom based on what happened last week. Weisman is impressive and we needed him to start the season and punch holes to the end-zone from the first whistle. It will take a big improvement from the rest of the team to win the Big Ten like they should have in 08,09,10"
TRE says: So you're saying there's a chance????
83Hawk (on Iowa's Rivals board) : "Not predicting the score, but Kirk is one of the best coaches in the country. He will have a masterful gameplan and the team will be ready to play. "
TRE says: Central Michigan masterful or Iowa State masterful?
Whinny (Iowa Rivals Board): "Earth to Glen Mason: Iowa has not lost one game in conference play. So how that translates to being out of the Legends race boggles the mind."
TRE says: I think it MIGHT BE because you guys have laid down and vomit volcanoed on yourselves twice already.
Other Notes:- The Tao of @BIG_shede: "She really is CRAZY!!! She even said so herself"
- Bryce Harper is the 2nd teenager ever to reach 20 homers in a season.
- The Twins are still not in contention.
- I've watched 3 episodes of that show with that dude from Friends where he's a sports radio personality that lost his wife. (Go On?) He looks creepy; like he had a bunch of plastic surgery and wears a ton of makeup. Let's call it the Jerry Jones Face. Anyway, there's a crazy beardy guy on the show that rules.


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by Kathiann M. Kowalski
On August 14, 2003, all the rides at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio suddenly stopped. The day was steamy, and so was Chris; he'd wanted to plunge into cold water on a ride called Snake River Falls. Michelle, a friend who was visiting from Alabama, still hadn't ridden Millennium Force by the time the power went out. And Chris's sister Laura wanted to ride Top Thrill Dragster. Frustrated, the three friends headed back to Cleveland. The trip only added to their frustration. With no traffic lights working, cars crawled.
Last August's blackout was the biggest ever in U.S. history. From New York to Michigan and into Canada, 100 power plants shut down. Work halted in offices, malls, supermarkets, and restaurants. Trains and subways stopped running. With no electric pumping stations working, water pressure dropped and some areas lost running water. Food spoiled as temperatures climbed.
The August 14 blackout underscored how much North Americans rely on electricity—and lots of it! Just what happened?
Producing Power
Electricity and magnetism are different aspects of the same thing—electromagnetism. Electricity is the force produced when one electron from each of billions of atoms jumps to the next atom in a circuit. Magnetism is like the flip side of the coin. It's the force produced when a material's magnetic domains all line up the same way. Magnetic domains are groups of millions of atoms whose electrons orbit the nuclei in the same direction. Think of magnetic domains as arrow-tipped pick-up sticks. Only when the "sticks" all point the same way does something become magnetic.
You can use electricity to make an electromagnet—a magnet that "works" while current flows. You can also use a moving magnet to generate electricity in a wire. Most electric generators work by combining these concepts.
In a typical generating plant, pressurized steam powers a turbine. The turbine spins a magnet (usually an electromagnet) inside wire coils. The magnet makes electricity flow through the wire.
The spinning magnet alternately exposes the wire to its north and south poles. Thus, each half spin changes the current's direction. Turbines in North America's generating plants rotate 3,600 times per minute. Thus, their alternating current (AC) switches direction back and forth 60 times per second.
To get from the generator to where it's used, electricity travels along wires. Power from an electric line is voltage times the current, measured in units called amperes, or amps. Voltage is basically the pressure of the electricity, while current is its flow rate.
"If we can keep the voltage very high, we keep the current low to transmit the same amount of power," says Don Benjamin at the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC). That reduces heating on wires and makes the system more efficient. To do that, step-up transformers just outside the generator boost the voltage from 12,000 to 25,000 volts up to anywhere from 69,000 to 765,000 volts. Power travels along transmission lines at nearly the speed of light.
Step-down transformers at substations lower the voltage for delivery within service areas, and more step-down transformers finally reduce voltage to 120 or 220 volts. Voilá! Your toaster, TV, computer, and lights can turn on.
Going with the Grid
Throughout North America, electric transmission systems connect to each other in a network called "the grid." The Eastern Interconnection serves most of the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. The Western Interconnection serves most of Canada and the United States west of the Rockies (except Alaska and Hawaii). Texas has its own interconnection.
"The grid provides many different paths for electricity to get from the generators to the customers," says Benjamin. "You cannot map a particular customer back to a generator."
The setup provides backup sources of power. If one generator or transmission wire goes down, electricity can flow in from elsewhere. The grid also lets companies sell each other electricity. Sometimes it's cheaper to buy 100 megawatts of power from another company than to run a less-efficient plant during peak demand times.
Because wires link everything, all generator turbines in an interconnection must spin in sync with each other. Otherwise, they could disrupt power flows and cause shutdowns.
Meeting demand is tricky, too. Electric companies can't readily store power. "It has to be generated at the instant that it's used," says Benjamin, "so we're constantly chasing the demand on the system." Computerized control centers constantly monitor power flows into and out of about 140 areas, using NERC standards.
"There has to be a perfect balance," stresses Jim Owen at the Edison Electric Institute, an industry organization. Otherwise, lines could overheat and cause fires. Or, variations could change the frequency of the whole grid and affect the speed of generator turbines.
"The steam turbines are designed to run within a narrow band," says Benjamin. "If they run too fast or too slow, there are automatic controls that will take those generators off-line to protect them." Otherwise, instead of being down for several hours or days, generators could be out of service for months.
So, What Happened?
Hours before the lights went out on August 14, things started going wrong. Between noon and 1:35 p.m., several generators in Ohio and Michigan tripped, or shut down temporarily. Around 2 o'clock, a brushfire disconnected a transmission line in southwestern Ohio. Seven more transmission lines in Ohio disconnected between 3:05 and 4:10 p.m. A generating unit in Michigan shut down, too.
Power flows changed through the grid. Northern Ohio had less and less ability to deliver power. Voltage dropped, and the Eastern Interconnection alternating current frequency rose slightly. Around 4:10, more generators and transmission connections in Michigan and Ohio went out.
With transmission along Lake Erie's south shore out, the power flow reversed between Michigan and Ontario. In a quick cascade, more lines disconnected in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, northern Ontario, New England, and New Jersey. Fifty million people lost power.
Restoring Power
Getting the lights back on takes much more than just throwing a switch. Generators must be restarted. Customers must be added little by little to balance generation and load. And all generators put back on the grid must be in sync. "That's why it takes 30 hours," says Benjamin. "It's just a very methodical process.
As ODYSSEY goes to press, an interim report suggests that FirstEnergy in Ohio should have cut power to certain areas to keep the grid going. California utilities did that when they couldn't meet demand in 2001. "Rolling blackouts" temporarily cut power to different areas so that the whole region doesn't lose power.
An open question is whether the system can meet today's energy needs. The grid should withstand random failures. Is more equipment or a different control system needed?
"There is no way to 100-percent ensure that we never have any power outage," says Owen. But investigators hope that they can learn from the August 14 blackout. After all, says Owen, "Electricity touches almost every part of our lives. It's the lifeblood of our economy.
- At the beginning of this article, the author describes a trip to an amusement park that turned into a bad day because of a power outage. Imagine what your life would be like without electricity. Imagine a typical day in your life. Write about every activity, from the time you wake up until the time you go to bed, that uses or relies on electricity. What would be different if there were a power outage and you had no electricity? What would you have to do differently? What could you still do? What could you no longer do? What would you do instead? Write a paragraph to describe how you use electricity every day and what a day without electricity would be like.
Answer: Answers will vary.
- At the beginning of this article, the author describes a trip to an amusement park that turned into a bad day because of a power outage. Imagine what your life would be like without electricity. Imagine a typical day in your life. Write about every activity, from the time you wake up until the time you go to bed, that uses or relies on electricity. What would be different if there were a power outage and you had no electricity? What would you have to do differently? What could you still do? What could you no longer do? What would you do instead? Write a paragraph to describe how you use electricity every day and what a day without electricity would be like.
Answer: Answers will vary.


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6—Jean-Paul Lafontaine, F
7—Zach Palmquist, D
8—Max Gaede, F
10—Mat Knoll, D
27—Brett Stern, D
Also, sophomore forward Matt Leitner is indeed on the roster, and he'll wear No. 18.
There always seems to be a number change or two by the veterans, too. There's one this year: John McInnis has changed from 7 to 22.


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Singapore GP 2013
Sunday Team Quotes
Red Bull-Renault
Sebastian Vettel (1st): "It's just been a fantastic weekend. The start was close, but then we had strong race pace, especially when the safety car came in, and we pushed very hard to try to build up a gap. You never know what's coming up and what can happen. The last ten laps seemed to go on forever inside the car. I kept my concentration by reminding myself how easily you can make a mistake around here, the walls are close and if you don't pay enough attention it can go wrong pretty quickly. I focused on hitting the brakes correctly and on saving the tyres. We didn't expect to be that strong, but it's a team effort. Everyone is pushing hard and I think the secret, if there is one, is that we love what we do and we're so passionate. The conditions aren't great here with the heat, but the team always pushes hard and I think that's what makes the difference. I'd like to say to everyone working for team that it's a privilege for me to be driving the car you have built."
Mark Webber (15th, Engine): "I think I did pretty much everything I could today. We had pace in the car when we needed, we managed the tyres and made a very good undercut on Nico, I was really happy with that lap. Then six laps from the end, the guys were getting worried about the car. So, yeah, it's annoying but someone's had a tougher day than me somewhere and that's the way it goes. I was having to short shift, but then, unlike Monza, we started to lose a lot of power. We were just trying to get home at that point but then on the last lap we caught fire."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "A really bittersweet result today. It was a phenomenal performance by Sebastian. It was one of his strongest ever drives, particularly after the safety car came out halfway through the race. It wasn't the best moment for us and after that, Seb needed to pull out a gap of 27 seconds. He pulled out 30 seconds in 15 laps, at times lapping over two seconds quicker than the rest of the field; it was incredible to watch and it was a thoroughly deserved and really dominant victory today. There was huge frustration for Mark that after two hours of driving really well we could see with 12 laps to go that we began to lose water pressure. The water then effectively ran out at which point it is only a matter of time until the engine overheats, which is what happened on the last lap ' it was cruel luck. Nonetheless today is our third successive win and our third consecutive Singapore win, while we've extended our lead in the Drivers' Championship."
Thierry Salvi, Renault: "Sebastian had fantastic pace today. He controlled the race from the beginning to the end. Mark retired following a water leak about five laps from the end. We tried everything, including short shifting, to get to the end of the race, but we came up just short and the engine overheated within sight of the line. The whole team did a great job this weekend, showing the potential of the Red Bull-Renault chassis/engine package yet again. Apologies to Mark, as he deserved more after such a strong race."
Fernando Alonso (2nd): "Today's second place is like a victory for us, at the end of a difficult weekend on a track where it's very tricky to overtake. The key points of this race were the start and the strategy and, in both cases, the decisions taken proved to be the right ones, even if they were aggressive choices. At the start, I managed to pass four cars, helped by having watched the starts from previous races here, but then I couldn't pass Rosberg. The decision to pit when the Safety Car came out paid off, even if it wasn't easy to get to the finish with the tyres on the limit. Fortunately, thanks to the advantage I had over Raikkonen and Webber, we were able to manage the situation over the final laps: if I'd been in a group, it would have been like the end of a horror movie! Now the gap to the championship leaders has increased and apart from congratulating them, because they deserve to be where they are, we must be realistic, because to win the title now, we would need a lot of luck. Sure, we cannot think of giving up right now because if that luck does show up, then we will be there to take it."
Felipe Massa (6th): "Given everything that happened in today's race, sixth place is a really good result. After a fantastic start, at the first corner I found myself stuck inside the cars that had braked early and, at that point I lost places instead of making up some. From then on, I was always stuck behind other cars and we all know how hard it is to overtake at this track. When the Safety Car came out, we had two options: to fit the Medium tyres, with which we weren't sure to go all the way to the end, or the Supersofts, to try and regain some places. We went for the second option, but Di Resta was ahead of me on the same tyres and so I was stuck behind him. In the final stint after the third stop, I managed to retake sixth place, making the most of the fact that many were struggling with their tyres. It was tough from start to finish and I am very happy to have brought home a good points haul."
Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal: "I am happy with the performance of the team on a weekend that was not easy for us and on a day when unfortunately, it was the wrong Bull that stopped. Clearly, with yet another win for Vettel, to whom I send my congratulations, the Drivers' Championship situation is becoming difficult, but until the outcome is a mathematical certainty, we will continue to push. I don't think we could have picked up many more points today, which all the same have strengthened, albeit only slightly, our position in the Constructors' Championship. A reasonably clear scenario emerged from Friday's practice, in which apart from the leaders being very strong, we were also up against Mercedes and Lotus, who were also back to being very competitive here in Singapore. We finished ahead of them in unfavourable conditions and this should motivate us to give it our all over the last six races. We definitely have to be realistic about our chances, even if we have a duty to ourselves and those working in Maranello, to try and score as many points as possible, because we don't want to give up on doing well in both classifications. We have seen how performance levels can change depending on the circuits and during the coming week we will prepare to tackle the Korea-Japan doubleheader in the best way possible."
Pat Fry: "This weekend, even if we didn't have the fastest car, we did manage to maximise our performance getting everything possible out of our driver-team package and the result is absolutely positive. With Fernando, the decision to stay out all the way to the end after the Safety Car paid off handsomely. Our competitiveness in the race was better than we had seen in the previous days, but even if we knew that things could change today, we must try to improve, especially in situations where the track characteristics don't suit our car. Fernando pulled off an amazing start, as it's really rare to make up four places at the start here in Singapore. Felipe also got away well, but then, his inside line meant he had to move over to avoid a collision. At Fernando's first stop, we had to cover Webber's early stop: we knew we would have found ourselves in traffic behind Di Resta, but the pit stop window was very limited and we preferred not to take the risk. When the Safety Car came out, we had half a lap to take a decision and, in the end we brought both drivers in, trying different strategies. We tried to play an ace with Fernando and luckily we did not have to go through a repeat of what happened in Canada in 2012. For the final six races, one group of engineers will still concentrate on the F138, because we want to continue to try and improve so that we can be more competitive."
Jenson Button (7th): "We thought we might have a chance of a podium, but in the end we didn't have the pace to keep us ahead of the closing cars. It was good fun trying though, and we have to take risks if we want to get podium finishes this year. We expected to spend most of the race on the Option tyre, so we'd set the car up for that. The Prime tyre didn't work so well for me, and having to hold Kimi off for so long destroyed my rear tyres and made things very tricky. In the end, as I say, we simply didn't have enough pace to stop him overtaking. It was a good try though, and a P7 finish isn't too bad. We couldn't have done any better with a different strategy, I'm certain of that, and I'm glad we got some good points for the team."
Sergio Perez (8th): "I think we should be satisfied with today's result ' as Jenson says P7 and P8 was probably the best we could have achieved today. In my view the Safety Car came at the wrong time for us, so we had to take a risk by choosing to drive to the finish with two pit-stops. It was pretty tough to keep the car out of the barriers ' not to crash yet to lose too much lap-time ' but as I say I think it was the right choice. Last but not least, although P7 and P8 isn't brilliant, it's the best we could have hoped for ' and I dearly hope it'll put a smile on the faces of my people, in my country, Mexico, who really need something to smile about at this very difficult time."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "Jenson and Checo both drove great, spirited, combative races here this afternoon, and the result was a brace of points-scoring finishes for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. Our strategy involved an element of risk, but that risk was worth taking. After all, the second-placed and third-placed finishers both ran the same strategy ' and, although our cars didn't have sufficient pace to beat them to those podium finishes, our drivers boldly embraced the challenge set by a strategy that required them to attack and defend with an impressive mix of aggression and restraint. Checo, in particular, made an extremely good start, moving from his P14 grid slot to P11 on lap one, and thereafter fighting his way through heavy traffic all afternoon to finish eighth at the flag, just behind Jenson in seventh. From here we go to Mokpo, South Korea, where we'll be aiming to score points with both cars once again."
Kimi Raikkonen (3rd): "It's been a difficult weekend, so to finish on the podium is a good result. The car felt good and it could have been even better if I'd been able to do more work in practice, but even with a better qualifying performance I think third was the maximum we could achieve today. The problem with my back hasn't been ideal, but it felt much better than yesterday and I didn't really notice it in the race, only afterwards. I have some time to recover before Korea and we were pretty strong there last year, so let's see what we can do next time out."
Romain Grosjean (DNF, Pneumatic system): "The race was going pretty well and I think a second or third place finish was a realistic prospect. We had a good strategy pitting under the safety car and we should have finished well, but unfortunately today my engine had other ideas. We lost air pressure and the team tried to fix the problem by topping it up with an additional pit stop, but that didn't work so we had to retire which is never what you want to happen."
Eric Boullier, Team Principal: "Once more Kimi drove an exceptionally strong race today ' even without considering his back pain ' whilst the team did an amazing job with the strategy for both drivers. Were it not for Romain's engine problems we should have had both cars home in third and fourth. It's unfortunate that Romain had the problem with the pneumatic system of his engine as he showed strong pace in the race after putting in superb performances on both Friday and Saturday. This level of downforce suits our car and that's the level we're running for the remaining tracks this season; we will fight for podiums for the rest of the year I'm sure."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "Another day of mixed fortunes and commiserations for Romain who had a superb weekend, stymied by a reliability issue in the race. On the other hand, huge congratulations to Kimi for a typical 'never-give-up' race carving his way through the field nicely to put the back problems which have affected him all weekend right behind him. Our race strategy worked perfectly today and we were able to jump a number of other cars well."
Riccardo Penteado, Engine Support Leader: "The team did a great job with the strategy today; getting Kimi from 13th to 3rd on a track you can't overtake on is a real achievement. Unfortunately Romain retired with an engine pneumatic system problem. Air consumption had been inconsistent throughout the race so we pitted him to top the air back up, however the consumption remained high so we were forced to retire the car on the next lap. We'll look at why it happened as it was a brand new engine and put solutions in place to ensure it does not happen again."
Mercedes GP
Nico Rosberg (4th): "I had a good start today and the pace of our car was really strong this evening. The safety car was unfortunate timing for us and perhaps it wasn't the best decision to stay out but, at the time, we weren't sure if our tyres would be able to last the distance. I then had some rubber trapped in my front wing after the safety car period which cost me quite a lot of performance for some laps and had an impact on my race because the tyres suffered more than would be normal. We could perhaps have been second today but events in the race just didn't go our way so it is a little disappointing to only finish in fourth place. We now need to learn from this weekend and focus on the next race in Korea."
Lewis Hamilton (5th): "That was a really tough race, probably the most physically demanding of the year. We tried our best and the car felt good tonight but unfortunately we paid the price for not qualifying further ahead yesterday. I didn't have the best start and had to go wide to avoid Mark at turn one. From there, it was difficult to follow the race and my position. Whilst the timing of the safety car definitely didn't help us, we need to go back through our strategy and see what we could possibly have done differently in that situation. I'm not sure we could have done what Fernando and Kimi did by staying out on that set of tyres for so long, though. Of course, it's a little disappointing to come away with only fifth place but I gave it my all out there and we'll come back stronger. Our aim is to get back ahead of Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship and see if we can get another win before the end of the season."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "That was a frustrating race after the Safety Car came out at what was just the wrong time for us. It was a close decision whether or not to pit the cars in order to try and run over half the race distance on a single set of tyres. Our view was that we couldn't make it, so we left both cars out on track - as did Red Bull - so that we could run a shorter final stint. In the end, we saw that two of the cars who pitted managed to make it work, but most others had to make an additional stop or fell out of the window of tyre performance in the closing laps. The race was further complicated by a front wing problem for Nico, who suffered from rubber build-up at a critical stage of the race, which cost him performance through excessive understeer. Fourth and fifth positions allowed us to minimise the points loss to Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship but our car had the performance potential to score more points today."
Toto Wolff, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "After starting from second and fifth positions on the grid, we cannot be satisfied to finish fourth and fifth this evening. Two of our rivals managed to complete over half the race distance on a single set of tyres, which was something we did not feel we would manage successfully. Therefore both cars stayed out behind the Safety Car when it was deployed. Congratulations to Sebastian on a well-earned victory: he was in a different league for most of this evening's race."
Nico Hulkenberg (9th): "All in all we can be happy. We brought home two points. To be honest, I didn't expect much more than that. You can't expect that every weekend will be like Monza now, but we improved significantly. It was a very tough race. I had a very good start and then a racing situation with Sergio Perez. In the end, I did have to give back the position to him and I don't quite agree with that. There was a Williams in the fight as well, Sergio was on the inside, but I had to leave space and caught the outer kerb. Then my car bottomed and I was off, however, I was in front of Sergio before and after the corner. At the end, it was a pure fight for survival, because the tyres were pretty much gone. Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber were all on fresh tyres and I simply had to focus on staying on track and finishing the race."
Esteban Gutierrez (12th): "We expected a better result today. Our pace during the race was not good enough, especially at the beginning as I was fighting a lot with the car. At times I pushed a bit too much, had a lot of oversteer and the tyres were degrading. It was one of the toughest races I have ever had. I did the best I could and this is where we finished. The strategy was not ideal either. Nevertheless, the weekend was a step forward and now I will keep working to improve."
Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "After a strong performance in Monza we were able to claim points again, which is very pleasing. Nico drove a fantastic race and was rewarded with two points. We find the decision by race director to give the position back to Sergio Perez very harsh. He did not gain an advantage, but merely avoided a collision by leaving the track. However, we have to accept this decision. Esteban had a mixed weekend. Now we have to find out why he wasn't able to clock the expected lap times. We are happy that we were able to perform on a track that usually doesn't suit our car. That shows we are heading in the right direction with the development of the car."
Tom McCullough, Head of Track Engineering: "Scoring points again was obviously very good for the team. The timing of the safety car meant it was very difficult to get to the end from there, but we elected to do that with both cars. Nico managed the tyres and the pressure from behind very well. It's a shame he had to give his position up to Sergio Perez because he went off the track. However, this was not to gain a position but to avoid a crash. Esteban lost track positions when the Safety Car came out, and, after that, he suffered some slight tyre degradation. But overall, we take a lot of positives from this weekend to the upcoming races."
Force India-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil (10th): "It was a tough race and exhausting in the end. So it feels great to come away with a point and it's a small motivation for the whole team. In the closing laps of the race I was catching the train of cars in front of me ' Perez, Button and Hulkenberg. I thought I had a chance to get ahead of at least one of them, but as soon as I reached the back of the train my tyres went off. In fact, we were all struggling with tyres and I couldn't attack anymore because it felt like driving on ice. So I'm happy to take the point and it's well deserved by the whole team."
Paul di Resta (20th): "It's such a shame to come away with nothing to show from a race where we had put ourselves in a position to score some valuable points. The management of the tyres was good and the overall performance in race conditions was very strong. Even without the safety car we were in good shape, but as a team we made the right calls and were looking to challenge the train of cars ahead of us in the final few laps. Then I had the incident at turn seven. I'm still not sure what happened, but I took the corner the same way as I had done the previous lap and the car went straight on and wouldn't stop. The team is investigating what happened."
Dr. Vijay Mallya, Team Principal: "We come away from Singapore with mixed feelings. The positive is that Adrian picked up the final point and that's a good effort considering where he started the race. On the other hand we missed a golden opportunity to score some big points with Paul, who potentially could have finished in sixth place. His retirement with seven laps to go proved costly and has not helped us in our battle against McLaren. As a team we must focus on the positives of the competitive race pace, good tyre management, and the calls we made with the strategy. Korea in two weeks' time will be a chance to regroup and keep up our fighting spirit."
Pastor Maldonado (11th): "We recovered two places at the start and after a couple of laps we were pushing towards the cars in front whilst also trying to manage the rear tyres. My tyre management was good throughout the race and I was able to push hard in the final stages on the supersoft tyres. We just missed out on points in the end, but we'll be looking to progress a step further in the next race."
Valtteri Bottas (13th): "It was one of the most difficult races of the whole season for me today. Immediately at the start we had a problem with the clutch which meant we lost a few positions. After the safety car we had a few problems with debris in the front wing, which made the car difficult to drive. These limiting factors meant we couldn't go any faster today and so we did the best we could with what we had."
Xevi Pujolar, Chief Race Engineer: "Pastor had a good start, gaining a few positions and managing his tyres well in the early stages. Valtteri was unable to hold position at the start due to a clutch problem and consequently struggled with his tyres fighting to regain position. Valtteri's race was further compromised by debris in his front wing meaning he didn't have the pace to challenge for position. WUnder the safety car we pitted both cars for their second stops to move onto the prime medium tyre. We were looking at the data to see if we could go to the end but when it became clear that we needed to stop again we switched both cars back onto supersofts. Pastor was then able to fight to the end gaining two positions in the final stages to finish P11. Both Pastor and Valtteri drove a solid race today in challenging conditions but we need to find more performance from the car if we want to be consistently fighting for points."
Laurent Debout, Renault: "The end result flatters us slightly as we were not as competitive as we would have liked. It is disappointing to miss out on the points again but Korea is a very different track and should play to the strengths of the car more. We'll look forward to this race now."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Jean-Eric Vergne (14th): "My start was not the best and, in an effort to compensate for that, we switched from a two stop to a three stop strategy and I believe it could have paid off in terms of getting me back into the points. However, I then found I was having a lot of trouble just keeping the car on track and my tyres were completely worn out at the end, by which time, I had already been told to back off as the car was overheating. This is always a long, tough race and it felt particularly long for me, as I had no one to fight against in the closing stages, apart from working to keep the car away from the barriers. I always try to look on the positive side and in that respect, the updates we brought here seemed to work and we have learned a lot about the car. Therefore I still believe we can have a strong end to the season, starting in Korea, where I expect the car to work very well."
Daniel Ricciardo (DNF, Accident): "The crash was my error, trying to make up for lost ground. At the start, my car just seemed to sit there without moving off the line. It was very frustrating to lose so many places right away. I think I went down five places from ninth on the grid to fourteenth. So I was on the back foot from then on, just trying to do the best I could. In the second stint, my engineer came on the radio and said 'the pace is good, keep pushing.' I was aware that for the pace we had, we were not doing too badly and maybe at the end I was just trying to get too much out of it and made that mistake. It's a delicate corner with not much run-off and I went too deep into the apex. I then braked a bit harder, locked a wheel and went into the wall. It's not a mistake I'm used to making. I will learn from this."
Franz Tost, Team Principal: "A very disappointing evening for us, especially after we had produced a good qualifying performance yesterday. Unfortunately, the benefit of our grid positions was cancelled out immediately, as both drivers got poor starts, with Daniel dropping five places and Jean-Eric three. Daniel's race then ended prematurely with an uncharacteristic mistake which put him in the barriers. With overtaking being so difficult here, we decided to switch Vergne from a two stop to a three stop strategy, as he was so far back. After that, he looked in reasonable shape and we had saved a new set of Options for the final stint, believing this would help him catch the cars ahead, that had tried to go for a long stint. However, his car suffered from overheating and we had to turn down his power, which meant he could not pass those ahead of him. This weekend, we didn't make the most of our opportunities and we will be working hard to put that right in a fortnight in Korea, where the Yeongam circuit should suit us better."
Giedo van der Garde (16th): "That was a tough race but for me a really good one - I have to say I really enjoyed myself out there tonight! Fighting with the Williams for most of the race was great, really good and I'm pleased for Tony and Kamarudin that we could put in a performance like that back in South East Asia. After a bit of a poor start I was past Charles, Bianchi and Bottas by the end of lap one and was up behind Sutil until the first stop. The car was absolutely great on the supersofts - my pace in the first stint was really strong, the same as the cars up to 12th and it just felt great for the whole first stint. We boxed for a set of mediums on lap 12 and rejoined in 18th, still ahead of Bottas who was on supersofts for the second stint. With the pace advantage that compound has here there wasn't a lot I could do to hold him off and he passed me about three laps later. When the safety car came out we boxed for another set of mediums and after the race restarted my pace was good again. I was right up with Bottas and then passed him again when he went off a couple of laps into the stint. As the fuel levels dropped he got past me again so we focused on catching Charles who had stayed out on a two-stop plan. With a long final stint he was managing his tyres and I was catching him at about two seconds a lap, and just before he had to make the final stop I passed him and then held 16th to the flag. As I say, it's good to have had a strong race here and I'm pleased for the whole team that we could fight with Williams for a lot of the race. I'm now staying out in the Far East for a break before Korea and even though tonight's race was tough physically I'm already looking forward to getting back in the car."
Charles Pic (19th): "Even though I finished 19th I'm not too disappointed. We tried a two-stop strategy but this time it didn't work out ' sometimes plans like that work, sometimes they don't and this was one of those days. Away from the line I had a pretty good start but had to move aside to avoid Bianchi and was then stuck behind him for most of the first stint. Just before we were due to box I passed him and opened up a gap within a couple of laps so the first stop wasn't so much of a fight. I was back out on track on a new set of mediums, clear of him and immediately started pushing on to my teammate. When the safety car came out I boxed early, rejoining in 19th on another set of mediums and right up with Giedo after his stop. The car felt ok at that point ' the tyres were performing really well and when Giedo came in again we made the call to switch to a two stop strategy. I had a lot of laps left so I had to manage the pace so I could look after the tyres to the end but with six laps left the rears were gone so we had to come in again. My race was effectively over at that point because, even with the big pace advantage I had on the supersofts we used in the final stint I didn't have enough laps to catch the cars ahead."
Max Chilton (17th): "What started off as quite a tough race with the balance then thankfully improved and in the end it was not a bad race for us. Once again we got another two car finish out of it which is good for the Team and we maintain our 10th place in the Championship. The degradation was quite high and it was a tough challenge to manage the tyres and still try to push for opportunities with Caterham, which came along when Pic stopped late in the race enabling us to gain an extra place. Overall I'm pleased with my first night race and have enjoyed the whole Singapore experience."
Jules Bianchi (18th): "I was hoping for better today but the first half of the race didn't go at all well for me. Just as I was stopping for the first time I lost the gears and I was worried it was mechanical but we stopped again to change the steering wheel and the problem thankfully went away. The second stint was tough because I was so far back by then and it was looking like it would be a very long and lonely race, also hitting the blue flag phase much earlier than usual. When the Safety Car came out it helped enormously as we were able to catch up and unlap ourselves. After struggling with traction initially I was then able to get into a good rhythm with strong pace. I was quicker but whilst trying to pass my team-mate my tyres went away completely and we had to stop again much earlier than plan. After that, having seen the degradation we were incurring trying to push, I had no option but to hold back but at least I was able to gain a place when Pic stopped again at the end. Some difficult points in the race but what matters is the Team result."
John Booth, Team Principal: "Today's race was a challenging one for the whole Team due to a combination of the intense humidity, an early gear shift problem for Jules and a heavy emphasis on tyre management through the whole race. The Safety Car period benefited us by helping us to overcome the penalty of an extra unscheduled pit stop for Jules and we were able to get back in touch with the rest of the field, which in turn put us back into a good fight with Caterham. They were ahead but the gap was minimal during the second half of the race and at a track like this any opportunity can arise at a moment's notice and this is in fact what happened when Pic had to stop six laps from the end. We have been extremely close to our nearest competitors all weekend, which is a definite improvement on recent races. Another two car finish for the Team and we leave Singapore with our position in the Constructors' Championship still intact, so we will focus on the positives from the weekend."


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Jaclyn Gibbons
Class of 2016
Major/Minor: Major: Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience); Minor: Justice, Law & Society
Campus Involvement
- Class of 2016 Vice President
- Zeta Tau Alpha, Risk Reduction & Education Chair
- Women's Varsity Rowing
- Notetaker (OAS)
- WC Voyager
- Launchpad Intern, 2015-2016
Hometown: Hingham, MA
Favorite Place in Chestertown:
The boathouse is my second home at WAC. I spend more time there than in my dorm room!
Favorite memory at WC so far?
NCAAs last year for rowing. And of course Birthday Ball.


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Jennifer Lopez Performs Her Own Stunts … in Heels! [VIDEO]
Jennifer Lopez is hardly ever photographed out of heels. Turns out the glamazon wears her beloved sky-high shoes even when she is performing dangerous stunts, too. Not only is J. Lo always in heels, she also does her own stunts. No stunt doubles here.
La Lopez was filming in downtown L.A. last week, leaping off the hood of one car onto another in stiletto booties and cloaked in all black, looking like stealth secret agent of some sort.
TMZ reports that the singer, actress, returning 'American Idol' judge and all-around diva was shooting a commercial for a national campaign that'll debut during next week's AMAs. Fans will get to see the fruits of her labor in a few days.
Lopez reportedly did the stunt multiple times. You can see that she is wearing a harness, so it's not like she was free fallin' or free ballin', so to speak. Plenty of insurance coverage was likely secured in advance of this shoot, as well.
Still, color us impressed that she did her own stunt and in heels.
We don't see our favorite action heroes -- Arnold, Tom, Jason, Sly -- pulling their shizzay off in neckbreaker heels. So take that! Nothing comes between a glamazon and her shoes.


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Fox, WSJ Pass Off Top Romney Campaign Official As A "Private Citizen"
Blog ››› ››› DAVID SHERE
Frank VanderSloot is an Idaho businessman and a prominent Mitt Romney donor. According to Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, he's also a member of Barack Obama's purported "enemies list."
In a May 10 column, The Wall Street Journal's Kimberly Strassel complained about the scrutiny VanderSloot has come under since the Obama campaign questioned VanderSloot's background. On May 11, Fox jumped on the story, airing five separate segments that denounced attacks on a "private citizen."
But a crucial detail was missing from Strassel's column and the half-hour of airtime that Fox devoted to the story: VanderSloot is a national co-chair for Romney's finance committee. So VanderSloot is not merely a "private citizen," but actually a high-ranking member of Romney's campaign.
Fox's Neil Cavuto even let VanderSloot carry out his responsibilities as national finance co-chair on the air. Toward the end of an interview with Cavuto, VanderSloot said that he plans to "stand up and get more involved in this campaign, and we hope that other people will join us in that. Everybody should get out their checkbooks":
During this segment, Fox did display a hard-to-read screenshot of an Obama campaign website that identified VanderSloot as "the national finance co-chairman of the Romney campaign" -- for about 10 seconds:
Full video of the Fox segments below the jump.
From the May 11 edition of America Live, hosted by Megyn Kelly:
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