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Looking at Lincoln
Everything feels fresh and captivating when rendered into a Maira Kalman illustration. Author of The Principle of Uncertainty, the illustrator of Strunk and White's Elements of Style, and over a dozen children's book titles, I can't get enough of Kalman's quirky, gouache paintings, handwritten text, and curious musings, seamlessly weaving art, humor, journaling, and history into one big wonderful discourse.
And now, based on her online column for The New York Times and the book, And the Pursuit of Happiness, Kalman has adapted her love letter to Abe Lincoln into a terrific new children's book.
Kalman's narrator sees a lanky looking fellow with a stovepipe hat that reminds her of someone. After a breakfast of pancakes she pays with a Lincoln and two Washington's, and then remembers the man looked exactly like Abraham Lincoln. She goes to the library to find out more and becomes entirely smitten with the 16th president. Her curiosity takes us from Lincoln's log cabin in Kentucky, to the rocking chair where he was assassinated, and finally to D.C. during cherry blossom season for a visit to the Lincoln Memorial.
Along the way she finds out what he loved (his dog Fido, apples, Mozart's
The Magic Flute). How he hid notes in his hat. She wonders if Abe and his wife Mary had nicknames for each other. "Did she call him Linky?" And more importantly she learns about his passion for truth, justice, and desire to abolish slavery.
You can only cover so much in a 32 page children's book about one of America's greatest figures, but Looking at Lincoln provides more than a really wonderful introduction full of lively artwork, it makes history feel lovable.
(Images: Ben Partridge)


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Most people's digital imaging needs revolve around photos, and PhotoDirector 4 is CyberLink's answer to the perennial problem of organising, editing and sharing them all. It cleverly combines a high-end feature set – particularly with regards to correcting and editing your photos – with a user interface that's both simple to grasp and easy to navigate.
This fourth version comes just 18 months after PhotoDirector's initial release, and is the first release for Mac, which works in an identical fashion to its Windows counterpart. Despite the rapid release schedule, version 4 manages to add a number of notable new features to its arsenal.
Fire up the program and you'll see it's split into five main sections. You'll start in the Library section, which – as you suspected – is where your photos are imported and organised. During import you can apply preset effects, tag your photos, or rename them – this feature works best when adding in small batches rather than importing your entire collection. Version 4 adds a brand new face-tagging feature – powered by automatic facial recognition technology – that enable you to quickly tag your photos with the people who feature in them.
With your collection imported and organised, switch to the Adjustment tab to perform quick-fire corrections to your photos. These include both colour, exposure and lighting correction tools – both automatic presets for one-click changes, and a selection of manual tools that can be applied to all or part of your image. Throw in a selection of other tools like healing brushes and red-eye fixes and you're pretty much covered.
It's here that PhotoDirector 4 moves beyond its main rival, Photoshop Lightroom, in offering additional features more suited to a straight-laced image editing tool like Photoshop Elements. Switch to the Edit tab and you'll find tools for making more drastic changes to your photos, including a whole section dedicated to "beautifying" portraits. Existing tools such as Tooth Brush and Wrinkle Remover are joined by a Body Shaper tool in version 4 that makes it possible to subtly slim bodies, faces and heads, trimming pounds and proving the camera can lie after all.
The Edit section also provides tools for adding striking effects – including sepia, tint and blur – to your photos, plus boasts sections for removing the background, creating watermarks for copyright purposes and a Photo Composer tool for combining elements from different photos together. Version 4 adds a smart Content Aware Removal tool that allows you to remove unwanted elements from your photos while intelligently filling in the missing background automatically.
The tools are mostly non-destructive – any changes must be saved to new images, ensuring your original, blemished photos are kept intact – and once you've injected some pizzazz into your photos you'll be glad to learn that PhotoDirector comes equipped with tools for sharing them with others. There's a Slideshow section for pulling together photos for a slideshow you can share directly on YouTube or convert into a movie file for burning manually to DVD. And finally, the Print section allows you to print out photos for keepsakes.
The pace of change may have slowed since the radical revamp of version 3, but there's enough new in PhotoDirector 4 to make it an appealing upgrade for both existing users as well as those looking for a cost-effective, user-friendly but powerful tool for organising and editing large photo collections.
A competitively priced alternative to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom that will appeal to home enthusiasts looking for a decent blend of powerful features and usability.

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text: « Return to Search Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Welcomes Dr. Roger K. Russell as Vice Chairman of Anesthesiology February 15, 2011 Contact: Public Affairs Ph.: 617-573-3340 Boston – (Feb. 15, 2011) – Anesthesiologist Roger K. Russell, M.D., a resident of Newton, Mass., has joined the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary as Vice Chairman of Anesthesiology. In this role, Dr. Russell will be responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Anesthesia Department. His duties will include overseeing the scheduling of staff and educational activities of the department, maintaining quality and safety standards for clinical care, and daily dynamic scheduling of the operating room cases. Dr. Russell comes to Mass. Eye and Ear from Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was recognized as one of the outstanding clinicians and teachers in the Anesthesia Department. Among his leadership roles were serving as Assistant Clinical Director of the main operating room and as Director of Medical Student Education for the Anesthesiology Department. His teaching responsibilities included serving as faculty for the Massachusetts General Hospital mock oral exercises for Harvard-affiliated anesthesiology residents preparing to take the oral board examination. After receiving a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Wesleyan University and a medical degree from the University of Connecticut, Dr. Russell completed a residency in anesthesia and a clinical fellowship in cardiac anesthesia at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Russell is a 2010 graduate of the Brigham Leadership Program and a 2008 graduate of Harvard Medical School's Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education. "As an administrator, clinician and teacher, Dr. Russell has demonstrated a tremendous ability and aptitude for working as a leader in a teaching hospital setting. I look forward to an ongoing collaboration to ensure our patients have the best possible surgical experience," said Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Chief of Anesthesia Dr. Sunil Eappen. Founded in 1824, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary is an independent specialty hospital providing patient care for disorders of the eye, ear, nose, throat, head and neck. Mass. Eye and Ear is an international leader in Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology research and a teaching partner of Harvard Medical School. For more information, call 617-523-7900 or visit http://www.masseyeandear.org/.


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The legal battle over the estate of Thomas Kinkade received a hearing earlier this week in a court in San Jose, with the artist's estranged wife squaring off against Kinkade's girlfriend, who was living with him at the time of his death in April. The hearing was held to decide whether the estate fight will be held in open court or in private arbitration.
Amy Pinto-Walsh, the artist's girlfriend, has submitted to the court a handwritten document that she says shows Kinkade bequeathed her his mansion and $10 million to establish a Thomas Kinkade Museum, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The newspaper reported that the documentation was "barely legible."
The newspaper reported that Pinto-Walsh asked for legal authority to oversee $66.3 million from Kinkade's estate.
Kinkade died in April at the age of 54. Officials determined that he died from an alcohol and Valium overdose.
His estranged wife, Nanette, has opposed Pinto-Walsh's efforts, even seeking a restraining order to prevent her from talking about the artist in public.
The Associated Press reported that a July 2 hearing has been set to determine the legal weight of Pinto-Walsh's documents.


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One bad performance doesn't make them bad players. Like I said in the other thread, it was as bad a performance as they've put in in years. Not quite as bad as the first half of the U16 final v Portlaoise but at least in that one they came out and scored 1-10 in the second half. Never looked like doing anything similar yesterday. Port were worthy winners, had some fine players themselves
If 5 of them St. Paul's fowards are considered county standard it's a big worry some of them didn't want to know about it yesterday playing against fellow chaps
After what they forked out on the Creedon gang I cant imagine how Rooney could of been costing too much, at the end of the Day they got to a Leinster Final, not a bad return, no matter what the costs really. The fact there is no names being mentioned other than Kinsella and Kelly suggests maybe its not Kinsella and Kelly or the CB don't want them, what could possibly be the hold up.


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ECMA, the international IT standards association, recently published its responses to comments of the ISO National Bodies in response to Microsoft's Office Open XML application for ISO standardization (the actual 2,293-page response is closed to the public). The ECMA proposals will be discussed at a Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) in Geneva after which the National Bodies may reconsider their original vote. Microsoft's responses make clear that within one year, it will have four different OOXML specifications to implement and interoperate with, and each of those specs will be closed. Under no circumstances should such a flawed specification become an international standard.
The main specification is OOXML 1.0 (i.e. ECMA 376 today). There are no specs available for the three additional ones, but they have been summarized by French developer Stephane Rodriguez in comments to a key issues like intellectual property rights, contradictions with other standards, and similar policies raised by National Bodies as objections to OOXML as an ISO standard. Both Microsoft representatives and ECMA are avoiding a discussion on these policy objections to OOXML. Microsoft wants this approval process to be "left to the experts" and asserts that the discussion should be only technical in nature. Confusing the process by deprecating some parts of OOXML functionality is part of the avoidance. And Microsoft still has not disclosed the migration mapping tables for OOXML, even though OOXML is a migration format! It has also raised more smokescreens in the form of vague allusions to future release information about some older, binary formats for competitors. In particular, the ambiguities in regard to the intellectual property rights involved is such that no FOSS developer, and few proprietary software developers, would care to become involved with mapping documents in binary format (.doc, .xml, .ppt) to the Office Open XML format
Microsoft is still subject to the terms of the injunction in the US federal anti-trust case, which requires the company to disclose certain middleware API specs, yet it has not released the specs for the intermediary file formats used by the Office native file support APIs -- more walled gardens.
Features such as the Microsoft Office OOXML file format with DRM, Sharepoint tags, passwords, reliance on Devmode (a method Windows uses for handling information about printer or display settings), GUID (a proprietary Microsoft Windows and .Net implementation of the UUID standard for applications to coordinate and identify resources within an operating system), migration tags, VBA macros, and other hidden system dependencies effectively prevent competing applications and even other operating systems from achieving full interoperability, while at the same time tying OOXML files to a Microsoft environment.
Here are some further examples of the dependency on Microsoft software: The "Disable Features Not Supported by Target Browser" feature is designed to optimize for various version of Internet Explorer and disregards Internet Explorer's main competitors, Mozilla Firefox and Opera. The "Disable Features Incompatible with Earlier Word Processing Formats" feature explicitly states that OOXML only considers the needs of Word 97 through 2003. This has every appearance of a ploy to keep control over all the old documents in legacy formats, newly created documents, and those that might be funneled through Microsoft Office's own custom XML format. The fact that so many features in Office 2007 are not in the ECMA spec means that competitors have no chance properly use data locked up like that. In particular, the deprecated parts with the hidden Microsoft properties will always be a permanent feature in the files Microsoft Office creates. These undocumented extensions and hidden APIs appear to be an ongoing scheme to maintain and extend their monopoly. Again, more walled gardens, not open standards.
Objections are economic, not technical
But the whole point of gaining ISO status is economic and not just technical. ISO is first and foremost about lowering unnecessary obstacles to international trade and creating even playing fields so competition can thrive. Microsoft OOXML would raise obstacles to trade by giving ISO status to only one vendor's Office productivity suite -- Microsoft Office. A 37-page report on OOXML and Open Document Format by The Burton Group highlighted this. It states, "Realistically, it's also extremely unlikely another vendor will attempt to exploit OOXML in order to produce a comprehensively competitive alternative to Microsoft Office, given the considerable resources that would be required to do so and the economies of scale that would need to be achieved in order to make the endeavor sustainably profitable."
The mere fact that a company is a de facto monopoly and offers many fragmented document formats does not entitle that company to a carte blanche right to an ISO standard simply because it dumps these formats into XML. The ISO National Bodies must not give Microsoft the ticket to dominate an industry with a file format.
Ideally, an ISO standard should represent a single international solution that can be applied by all countries. Global relevance then is the characteristic of an ISO standard through which "it can be used/implemented as broadly as possible by affected industries and other stakeholders in markets around the world." ISO standards have historically been developed using a multinational and multi-stakeholder approach, where open procedures give transparency and the principle of consensus is applied.
That has not been the case with OOXML. The ISO approval of a vendor-dependent specification that benefits only one company would run counter to the ISO goal of "one standard, one test, and one conformity assessment procedure accepted everywhere." The adoption of OOXML in this way would effectively extend Microsoft's exclusive rights to the format as a standard, and to the conversion of its old, outdated binary formats to XML. By preventing OOXML from being used by the market, Microsoft prevents interoperability with all other office suites, and OOXML becomes unimplementable and dependent on the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Further, all this smoke and noise distracts from the existence of an approved ISO standard for office documents, the industry-backed Open Document Format, which has been the recognized standard since May 2006.
In Geneva, the bus system works on the honor system and so does ISO. You buy a ticket and get on. You can also get on without a ticket. OOXML has gotten on the bus without a ticket one too many times. OOXML is an erroneous, unreviewed spec. It has never been implemented, it is not interoperable with the established ISO/IEC 26300 for office documents, and is more of an internal technical spec than something that is designed to become an international standard. It's time for an inspector to get on the bus in Geneva and throw OOXML off.


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Upcoming Lecture by Prof. Mohamed El-Gomati, Chairman of FSTC, at The York Society of Engineers, York
Lecture by Prof. Mohamed El-Gomati, Chairman of FSTC, at The York Society of Engineers, York.
Date: Thursday, 6th December 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Title: Influence of Islamic Science
Presenter: Prof. Mohamed El-Gomati, OBE, University of York
Location: Askham Bryan College near York
Orginezers: The York Society of Engineers
What Really Happened During the Dark Ages?
Isaac Newton once said: "I can see thus far because I am standing on the shoulders of giants." However, seldom do we see references to non-Greek scientists and engineers, who contributed to our understanding of present day science and technology. The role of Arab and Muslim scientists and scholars, in particular during the so called "European Dark Ages", is often presented as a translation movement which was limited to the preservation of Greek knowledge; a historical account that FSTC Chairman Professor El-Gomati challenged in his talk.
The lecture he presented in a meeting of The York Society of Engineers provided an overview of the vast scientific and technological advances from the era commonly referred to as the 'Dark Ages'. Examples of many scientific advances and inventions from the Muslim civilisations (700-1700 CE), some of which were illustrated with computer animations, were shown. The aim of the talk was to shed some light on the cultural roots of science and technology through the ages, using the Muslim world as an example. It is hoped that by highlighting such contributions, one can encourage a dialogue and see the commonality among civilisations as a response to the clash theory.
See the announcement of the lecture on the website of The York Society of Engineers (central column: "Forthcoming Events/Lectures":
Thursday 6th December 2012: "Influence of Islamic Science"; Presenter: Prof. Mohamed El-Gomati OBE (University of York).
Further resources
- Dr Anne Maria Brennan, Queen Honours the FSTC Chairman, Professor Mohamed El-Gomati (published 30 January 2012).
- The Trustees of FSTC: Prof. Salim Al-Hassani, Prof. M. El-Gomati, Peter Fell, Ian Fenn, Mohammed Hafiz, Zeki Poyraz, In Memoriam: Peter Raymond MBES Obituary of Peter Raymond MBE, founding Trustee of The Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC) (published 1st February 2011).
- Muslim Heritage Shines at Qatar through Ancient Wisdom Exhibition:
Professor El-Gomati and Professor Al-Hassani representing the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC) in the high profile opening of the Qatar Science and Technology Park on March 16th 2009 (published 15 April 2009).
- The Ninth Annual Ceremony Recognises the Very Best of British Muslim Achievements:
In March 2009, at the ninth Annual Ceremony of The Muslim News Awards for Excellence, Professor Mohamed El-Gomati was awarded Fazlur Rahman Khan Award for Excellence in Engineering, Science and Technology (published 26 July 2009).
- The Clock of Civilisations:
Presentations, 3D Animations and Discussions in the BA Festival of Science (12 September 2007); one of the speakers was Professor Mohamed El-Gomati (published 10 September 2007).
- Muslims and The Frontiers of Knowledge in the 21st CenturyS
The Institute of Islamic Understanding in Malaysia (IKIM) organized an International Conference on the Muslims and the Frontiers of Knowledge in the 21st Century: Issues, Prospects and Challenges (Kuala Lumpur, on the 28th and 29th of July 2009). Professor Mohamed El-Gomati presented a keynote lecture in the first plenary session on Learning From the Past, Charting the Future (published 26 July 2009).


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Top 10 Vegan Restaurants in Austin!
What comes to mind when you hear about Texas? Greedy republicans, oil industries, and humidity infused gigantic hair, probably. But my town is a bit different. Ahh, Austin. It's a quirky wonderland of twenty-something hipsters with something (and nothing) to prove, baby boomer hippies who could recall Woodstock as if it were yesterday (and are happy to do so up request), and vegan hotspots that send you into a deep state of food coma-dom (speaking from past experience).
I've picked out the top 10 best vegan restaurants and cafes in the city. Big on flavor and even bigger in heart; these are "musts" for any visiting or resident vegan.
10. Vegan Yacht: How appropriate to start off with a food truck! Nestled in a food trailer park on the uber hip Eastside, Vegan Yacht is a great choice for vegans and omnivores alike. What to try: 'Freeto' burrito! Omg so good.
9. Sugar Tooth Bakery: Because even vegans have sugar cravings. What to try: Russian Caravan (almond cake).
8. The Parlor: Admittedly, on of the hardest parts about going vegan was giving up most all pizza. But the Parlor has brought my once favorite dish back to me! What to try: Build your own vegan pizza!
7. Wheatsville Food Coop: Okay, so this is actually a grocery store. But, I feel it absolutely must be on the list for it's super awesome and relaxed community feel, and it's top-notch deli in the back with really great vegan options. What to try: Vegan Saffron Pasta salad, Popcorn tofu. [Ed.: Speaking of THE AMAZING popcorn tofu, did you know that you don't have to go all the way to Texas to get it?? That's right, the recipe is available in this great vegan recipe zine that I just bought and that you can buy, too. Aren't we all so lucky!? I wrote a little about it in my SF Weekly Week in Vegan column and now I will cut and paste that here because I'm the laziest. Since the entire state of Texas is on fire, that means the animals residents of Sunny Day Farms animal sanctuary in Le Coste, Texas are suffering. In response, awesome blogger Lazy Vegan Smurf and friends put together a great zine of delicious vegan recipes, with all proceeds going to Sunny Day Farms. I've been eating almost exclusively out of it for the past week and have gotten three compliments on my sweater today. Coincidence? Don't answer that? Buy it so I don't have to place a curse on your first-born.]
6. Beets Café: Self proclaimed "upscale raw-food dining experience", without the pretension. What to try: ELT (eggplant, lettuce and tomato) sandwich
5. Gueros: Rumor has it that this taco bar is where Quentin Tarantino likes to dine when he's in Austin, so obvi it needs to be on the list. And I suppose another reason is that they have a totally kick ass vegan menu. What to try: Soy Chorizo on a Corn Tortilla Chiquita.
4. Mr. Natural's: A restaurant, bakery, juice bar and health food store all rolled into one. Here's to efficiency! What to try: Tofu and Sunflower Seed Tamales
3. Mother's Café & Garden: Just as the name suggests, the Mother's experience basically feels like a gigantic hug from beginning to end. Comfort vegan food. Never leave hungry. Mmmm. What to try: Bueno Burger
2. G'Raj Mahal: A truly enchanting trailer park dining experience (yes, it IS possible), G'Rah Mahal is a charming Indian cuisine trailer that offers outstanding vegan options. What to try: Coconut Curry, Baingam Bartha. PS: It's also BYOB if you're feeling frisky.
1. Counter Culture: Yep, another food trailer. But it'd be unwise to underestimate the beauty in simplistic dining. This place is small but mighty, and bonus points for their creative vegan offerings. What to try: Philly Seitan Sandwich


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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Still at it
Anyways, I'm still running about 3-4 times a week and I'm up to about a 25 minute stretch of flat out running, and I can do about two miles. So, I'm not terribly fast, but I'm running and feeling good about it.
I pulled a muscle in my lower back and took a week off. I was really glad that when I got back to running, I didn't miss a beat. Right back at 25 minutes, though my pace was a little slower. However, last night I did something and now my IT band is killing me. I'm going to find some stretches to help with that.
My friend Nancy hit the nail on the head though when she told me I probably need to start doing some strength training, so I think I'm going to sign up for a pilates class twice a week. This is a little annoying because I don't like exercising (I don't even like running), and now I'll be doing cardio 3 times a week and strength training twice a week. That's a lot of exercise for someone who's preferred activity is sitting on the couch reading a book or watching The Wire.
So, the running is going. I don't know, though, it's getting tougher as the weather is getting hotter and more humid. I will be running and sweating and just kind of feel like stopping. Like, last night when my IT band starting hurting, it was hard for me to determine if I wanted to stop because of the pain or if I wanted to stop because I just did not feel like running anymore because I'm tired of exerting myself.
Having a running partner helps keep me going, so I run with someone whenever I can. Lucky for me, I have three friends who live in close proximity that are good and dedicated runners, and will even slow up their pace to keep with me, and offer me words of encouragement and support to keep me moving. I also have a few spots where I have what I call good running karma - places I enjoy running and where I tend to have my best runs, so if I'm having a hard time even getting on my running shoes, I'll go a good karma spot.
I also try to remind myself how good I feel when I finish a run. I don't feel tired and worn out. I feel energized and accomplished. I also sleep much better and wake much easier and am less grumpy during the day. I enjoy the time without a child hanging off my butt. There are lots of rewards to running.
What's shaking (literally) with you folks? Running? Shredding? Tell me about your efforts. I'm not the only sweaty blogger out here, am I?
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No, not the only sweaty blogger. :) I'm considerably older (as well as heavier and more out of shape) than you so I walk. More than I care to. Beloved likes to walk outside, so I let him drag me out several days a week, but I prefer getting on the treadmill - I don't have to worry about keeping up/slowing him down, so I actually end up walking faster and putting more effort into it. I'm going to a sporting goods store this afternoon and buy small hand weights so I can get more of an upper body workout on my treadmill walks. It's a start, anyway.
- May 19, 2011 at 9:36 AM
- Captain Dumbass said...
Having partners is a huge plus. And think of the humid running as Bikram yoga, just at a faster pace.
- May 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Sprite's Keeper said...
You know what I'm doing. Chugging along right beside you in spirit. I did my two nights, should probably take the night off, but I think I will save my night off for tomorrow instead. 3 miles last night, 10 minutes walking, 35 minutes running.
- May 19, 2011 at 10:21 AM
- gretchen said...
I love pilates. If I were to actually get off my butt and exercise, it would be to do pilates. I have to admit that I keep trying to start your Couch to 5K thing, and I keep doing two weeks, and then something happens that makes me have to stop. It's very frustrating.
- May 19, 2011 at 1:11 PM
- Jamie said...
Strength training/cardio (55 mins) twice a week and power yoga once a week. Also, lugging around 17 pounds, wiggly baby on the weekend.
- May 19, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- Krystal said...
I need to get back into it but since I moved its harder - the gym is far from the house and so are the parks and walking the neighborhood - well, let's just say the many rebel flags keep me indoors! LOL
- May 19, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- Andrea said...
The only thing shaking here seems to be my belly! I accidentally read your post on exercise updates when I was looking for the no willpower against warm cookie support group...you are awesome to keep getting right back at it!
- May 19, 2011 at 9:22 PM
- Amanda said...
Way to go! Sounds like you have figured out some tricks to keep yourself motivated. I hate running and I need someone to boss me around to keep me motivated, so I do martial arts - kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I can be exhausted and in a terrible mood and if I can get myself to a class I always feel SO much better for several hours afterward. SWEATING IS GOOD!!!
- May 20, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Keely said...
Good for you!! Especially when you don't like it. I am trying to get back into the running routine that didn't really get going in the first place. My new job, despite it's built-in gym, is going to make me fat. I sit a lot more, there are always cookies, and I don't actually have TIME to use the gym. Also I was sick, and I keep pulling muscles playing slo-pitch.
So I went for a run today for the first time in 2 weeks. It felt good, but I'm struggling.
- May 21, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- Sooz said...
Hey, just seeing this. Pilates is great for developing core strength, but many people, especially women, especially people relatively new to running, are weak in the muscles surrounding the hips (which causes IT band pain and knee pain). If you're interested, drop me a line on FB and I can talk you through some quick exercises that have served me well for years (and they only require a Theraband).
- Suzanne
- June 2, 2011 at 1:39 PM


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Leading Zimbabwe bank upgrades to latest version of TSYS solution
COLUMBUS, Ga. & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, December 11th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TSYS (NYSE: TSS) announced today that Zimbabwe's NMB Bank Limited (NMB) has signed an agreement to migrate its Visa credit card portfolio to PRIME 4, the latest version of the TSYS licensed card and merchant management solution.
NMB has been a TSYS client since 2001 when it first licensed a card management solution to begin issuing Visa credit cards in Zimbabwe. NMB will use PRIME 4 to manage its cards issuing and cash acquiring as it seeks to expand its range of card services for consumers and businesses.
"It is important that NMB's business evolves along with our clients' needs and market changes. As such, TSYS remains our trusted systems provider because it continues to offer us the security of a stable, compliant platform coupled with the flexibility for future growth," said Benefit Peter Washaya, managing director, NMB Bank. "PRIME's extensive capabilities will enable us to deliver a range of flexible product offerings whilst benefitting from improved security and risk management."
"PRIME is a world leading card and merchant management licensed solution, being based on tried-and-tested methodologies backed by a long history of successful implementations around the world," said Jaffar Agha-Jaffar, managing director, Middle East and Africa. "Its rich functionalities are designed to meet today's market demands, and we would like to congratulate NMB for choosing PRIME to continue to develop its competitive product offerings."
PRIME 4 is a multi-lingual, multi-currency, multi-institutional and multi-product, single platform solution for issuers and acquirers. It has a global footprint spanning more than 130 clients in more than 70 countries. TSYS has been providing payments solutions in Africa since 1994 and serves more than a dozen clients, including the top banks in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. With regional headquarters in Dubai, U.A.E., TSYS maintains locally-based expert support teams with access to 8,000 specialist staff worldwide.
About TSYS
At TSYS, (NYSE: TSS), we believe payments should revolve around people — not the other way around. We call this belief "People-Centered PaymentsSM." By putting people at the center of every decision we make, with unmatched customer service and industry insight, TSYS is able to support financial institutions, businesses and governments in more than 80 countries. Offering merchant payment-acceptance solutions as well as services in credit, debit, prepaid, mobile, chip, healthcare and more, we make it possible for those in the global marketplace to conduct safe and secure electronic transactions with trust and convenience.
TSYS' headquarters are located in Columbus, Georgia, with local offices spread across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. TSYS provides services to more than half of the top 20 international banks, and has been named one of the 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere magazine. For more information, please visit us at www.tsys.com.
About NMB Bank
NMB Bank Limited (formerly National Merchant Bank of Zimbabwe Limited) was established in October 1992 by a group of Zimbabwean entrepreneurs who had previously held senior positions in renowned international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. NMB Bank was registered as an accepting house under the Banking Act in June 1993. Continued growth created the opportunity for a public flotation of the Group, and in early 1997, the NMBZ Group was successfully listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and simultaneously admitted to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange.
In December 1999, NMB Bank was granted a commercial banking licence. This enhanced funding capacity as well as improved product offering. The commercial bank opened its doors to the public in July 2000. Headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, NMB has a network of 10 branches.
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I'm about as disgusted with Cornel West's political and personal attacks on President Obama and the ensuing back and forth among the academic punditocracy as I am with hearing about Arnold Schwarzenegger's fornication, everything to do with any Kardashian and Oprah's never-ending farewell. Frankly, it's both boring and appalling that this verbal battle has taken center stage, now joined by various supporters on either side and by media that love a Negro brawl just as much as the sponsors of the battle royal did in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. The protagonist thought he was there for intellectual reasons, too, until he was pushed into the ring and heard voices shouting, "Get going in there!" and "Let me at that big nigger!"
Given the dismal economy, the political and cultural landscape, the rise of the New Confederacy, and the general air of depression and malaise pervading the country, there are many more important issues to discuss and things to do than listen to West, his supporters or his detractors.
If anything, the conversation over who's right and who's wrong in his or her assessment of President Obama merely serves as a heartbreaking reminder of how lacking in serious leadership black communities (as opposed to the nonexistent monolithic "black community" that hucksters pretend they represent) are when we so desperately need it. Where there are effective local organizers, they're too busy doing the work to become talking heads, or are drowned out by the voices of the professional commentariat.
This spectacle also shows how out of touch those academics are — and how easily distracted they are from the issues of unemployment, poverty, mass incarceration and a failed education system when offered the opportunity to attack another member of the self-anointed class of public intellectuals.
Too bad West didn't get tickets to the inauguration for his family, but neither did most of us. And what about the millions who wouldn't have had the means to go even if they had been invited? West exposes his privileged-class roots when he sneers that "the guy who picks up my bags from the hotel has a ticket to the inauguration." This from the man who proclaims himself the great defender of the Ray Rays and Jamals of the world — both iconic and suspect names to be trotted out as needed to evoke the downtrodden and conveniently speechless black masses.
Surely Barack Obama isn't above criticism, and constructive criticism is one way to define priorities and hold him accountable. But it's hard to take seriously West's assertion that Obama has become "a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats" when the accusation is interspersed with whining about inauguration tickets, unreturned calls and psychobabble about Obama harboring "a certain fear of free black men" because his mother and grandparents were Caucasian.
Would that there were an equal amount of verbiage, name-calling and righteous indignation via tweet, text and TV in response to the devastation of black communities by the fabricated "war on drugs" and ensuing mass incarceration that Michelle Alexander illuminates in The New Jim Crow. Instead, it seems that once again, the conversation is limited to the concerns of the privileged class. It's reminiscent of 2009, when another black academic, Henry Louis Gates Jr., editor-in-chief of The Root, became the much discussed poster boy of police-brutality victims instead of the dead bodies of Oscar Grant III, Sean Bell, Alberta Spruill and Aiyana Jones, among an ever growing list.
All of this chatter points out the absence of serious, feet-on-the-ground organizing or leadership. In its place we have corporate-media-approved black intelligentsia and pseudo leaders, while community organizers, local activists and serious reporters are all members of a disappeared or disappearing class. Academics and professional "leaders of the people" make convenient talking heads and give good in-group hostility, but neither group has much, if any, impact on everyday people or on the policies and policy makers that affect real lives.
Does anyone actually believe that Obama is concerned with what West thinks? Or that he needs anyone to defend him? Sorry, but it's easy to talk when you're educated and have a tenured gig in academia. In Harlem, where I live, a young black man takes his liberty and life in his hands just by walking down the street — with his mouth shut.
It's hard to imagine Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. or Shirley Chisholm — each of them activists with constituencies to hold them accountable — engaging in this sort of elite populism. Or declaring themselves representatives or leaders of a black mass conjured by the appropriately overworked Negro names and equally tired anecdotes. Sorry, West, but ask most of the masses about a black man named West and they'll assume you're talking about Kanye.
As a black feminist, I see the whole debacle as illustrative of the limits and failures of traditional black male leadership, a gender-based end of the road reached some time ago but still largely unacknowledged in black communities and unchallenged by black women. Enough of the dickpolitik! Surely now is the time to identify new priorities and institute specific conversations about how to positively transform communities.
Activists, organizers and others — particularly women — working at the grass roots should lead that conversation. And it should include all who are committed to working for change and social justice. Enough talking loud and saying nothin': Time for sisters to step up and jump to it once again.
Jill Nelson lives and writes in Harlem, N.Y.


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Identity and Vocation
The stirrings of God's Spirit embolden us to ask anew what Eastern Mennonite Seminary is called to become in this time (and place). What saving work is God initiating in the world that summons our wholehearted participation as a community of learning? How do our lives become an offering of praise in gratitude for God's gracious initiative toward us in Jesus Christ? How do we make known the goodness of God's holistic salvation in a world burdened by personal, social and environmental degradation? In a world bedeviled by fear, what does it mean to call people to devote their primary allegiance to the God we know in Jesus Christ and the reign of God that transcends national boundaries?
As we ponder these questions, we also ask, "Who are we?" What is our basic identity as a learning community? What is our vocation in the world? What is our mission as a Mennonite seminary in the eastern United States—a residential community that connects with a network of learning communities around the world?
We believe that what we are and what we will become is made possible by God's gracious initiative to save the world. It is because of Jesus' cross and resurrection, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and new life in Christ—and only because of these that we can boldly claim that "with God all things are possible." Jesus Christ reveals to us "the nature and will of God." He is the Word of God made flesh in a particular man from Nazareth who embodied the character of God's salvation.
As we respond to God's gracious initiative by confessing Jesus Christ as Lord and giving him our primary allegiance, we discover the joy-filled liberation of obedience to Jesus. We are drawn into covenant communities of faithful discipleship, churches that model the peace and restoration that God desires for the whole world, churches that find their authoritative guidance for faith and life in the Bible. Within these communities of worship and mission, we cultivate an alternative consciousness. As we immerse ourselves in the Scriptures, celebrate and enact the saving power of the Gospel, we model a way of being in the world that shows forth God's shalom. And the way in which we do God's saving work in the world will be noteworthy because we are Christians who covenant together to live in righteousness and justice, to love our enemies, to tell the truth, to care for creation and to proclaim that God is love.
We delight in the power of images to form and express our life as a seminary community. The prophet Jeremiah speaks of those who trust in the Lord: "They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit" (17:8). A tree with an extensive network of branches must have an equally large root system or the tree will collapse.
Missional engagement is core to our identity and vocation as a seminary. Our capacity to engage and be fruitful within the diverse cultures of our world will grow as we attend to our root system. The roots nurture our ability to interpret the Bible, to discern our context, and to be strong yet tender Christian disciples. They give us confidence to know that Jesus is always with us as we "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I [Jesus] have commanded you" (Matthew 28:19).
As a Mennonite seminary, we are deeply rooted within the Anabaptist stream of convictions and practices. This radical and living tradition provides a continual source of renewal for our identity. In recent decades, many Christians from other denominational streams have come to appreciate the particular resources of the Anabaptist stream. Anabaptist perspectives on Christian faith have become an important inspiration for creative, prophetic engagement with our postmodern, pluralistic world. The unique strength of Eastern Mennonite Seminary is our rootedness in the riches of the Anabaptist heritage. The seminary's vitality, however, will depend on the dynamic interactivity of those deep roots with the tree's broad branches and green vibrant leaves, producing a fruitful, critical engagement with the church and the world.


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Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
Press Releases
Date: July 24, 2013
Contact: Diana Petterson or Juan Rodriguez
Phone: 972-850-4710 or 972-850-4709
U.S. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Division
Release Number: 13-1033-DAL
Morco Geological agrees to pay more than $595,000 in minimum wage, overtime back wages to technicians following US Labor Department investigation
Investigation part of ongoing initiative to strengthen labor compliance in oil and gas industry
CARLSBAD, N.M. -- Morco Geological Services Inc., doing business as Morco Geological, has agreed to pay $595,737 in back wages to 121 current and former mud logging technicians following an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division, which found violations of the minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Investigators from the division's Albuquerque District Office determined that Morco Geological improperly classified nonexempt employees, such as mud logging technicians, as exempt from overtime pay. It paid them a fixed daily rate without regard to the actual number of hours worked, rather than time and one-half their regular rates of pay for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Minimum wage violations occurred when new technicians working 24-hour shifts were only paid $75 daily, which did not amount to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. The company also failed to maintain accurate records of employees' work hours, as required.
"These mud logging technicians worked 24-hour shifts, often up to 100 hours in a workweek, performing physically and mentally demanding work. They were denied the basic minimum wage and overtime pay guaranteed them by law for their hard work," said Cynthia Watson, regional administrator for the Wage and Hour Division in the Southwest. "These violations reflect one of the problems we've found in the oil and gas extraction industry—employees are improperly classified as exempt from the FLSA and are not paid the proper wages, in accordance with federal law. Our ongoing enforcement initiative seeks to identify and remedy such common violations to protect workers and ensure a level playing field for the law-abiding employers in this industry."
Morco Geological provides well mud logging services for oil and gas drilling companies. The company has agreed to comply fully with the FLSA in the future. Payment of back wages is ongoing.
This investigation was conducted under a multiyear enforcement initiative focused on vendors who perform various phases of the oil and gas fracking process at active shale drilling sites throughout the Southwest. Initiative efforts in this fast-growing industry seek to inform workers of their rights and ensure FLSA compliance among oil and gas companies and other related businesses including, but not limited to trucking, lodging, haulers of water and stone, staffing service providers and other types of oil and gas supporting trades.
Under this ongoing initiative, the division is reaching out to employers and employer associations to provide them with compliance assistance information and secure their cooperation in promoting industrywide compliance. Similarly, the division is conducting outreach to workers and community groups to inform them of the initiative and departmental services, and to encourage workers to come forward with potential violations.
The FLSA requires that covered, nonexempt employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for all hours worked, plus time and one-half their regular rates, including commissions, bonuses, piece-rate earnings and incentive pay, for hours worked beyond 40 per week. In general, hours worked includes all time an employee must be on duty, or on the employer's premises or at any other prescribed place of work, from the beginning of the first principal work activity to the end of the last principal activity of the workday. Additionally, the law requires that accurate records of employees' wages, hours and other conditions of employment be maintained.
Accessible and searchable information on enforcement activities by the department is available at http://ogesdw.dol.gov/search.
For more information about the FLSA and other federal wage laws, call the Wage and Hour Division's toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243), or its Albuquerque District Office at 505- 248-6100. Information also is available at http://www.dol.gov/whd.
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Rapper M.I.A. isn't allowed take her son out of the U.S. after the child's father successfully applied for a restraining order.
The "Paper Planes" hit maker has been embroiled in a child custody battle with her ex-fiancé, wealthy music mogul Benjamin Bronfman, over their 4-year-old son, Ikhyd, following their split last year.
Bronfman filed documents at Kings County Court in New York after M.I.A. allegedly threatened to take their son back to her native London, and on Wednesday she was served with legal paperwork preventing her from leaving the country with the boy.
A source tells the New York Post gossip column Page Six, "M.I.A. has been texting and calling Ben, saying she will take their son to London, even though they both live in Brooklyn and the child goes to school there. Ben filed a motion for a temporary restraining order preventing her from taking their son to the U.K. against his wishes."
M.I.A. took to Twitter on Wednesday to post a series of messages about the ongoing legal battle, suggesting her ex and his family were attempting to gain full custody of her son.


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LILONGWE, MALAWI—An elephant calf that was separated from his herd and raised by a human "mother" for months in Malawi has died.
Jenny Webb, who raised the calf, said it died Monday night "in her arms." She said the elephant had been sick with colic and diarrhea.
In February, Webb adopted the elephant, which had been named Moses after being found in the grasses of a riverbed by game rangers at Vwazi Wildlife Reserve in northern Malawi. She said rangers tried to find his family herd for two days without success and that his mother was likely killed by poachers.
Malawi's national parks did not have the funds to raise the little elephant, so Webb, the founder of the Jumbo Foundation, an orphanage for large animals, cared for him.


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National Public Health Week April 1st - 7th, 2013
News from Health, Posted on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 1:29pm
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reminds you that PREVENTION WORKS!
Public Health is an ROI, or Return on Investment!
Monday, April 1 Ensuring a Safe, Healthy Home for Your Family: Health and safety begin at home. Make prevention a fun family tradition.
Tuesday, April 2 Providing a Safe Environment for Children at School: Schools are the perfect setting for improving child health. Children's health is a rallying point that few can ignore.
Wednesday, April 3 Creating a Healthy Workplace: Wellness and safety in the workplace are good for health and for business. Let's make prevention work for us.
Thursday, April 4 Protecting You While You're on the Move: Safety on the go is often in our own hands, but it's also tied to community design. Together we can turn our streets into roads to better health.
Friday, April 5 Empowering a Healthy Community: Support public health efforts that create healthy opportunities for all. Good health is a community affair.
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AMHERST, Mass. - No. 2 Boston College (23-7-1, 17-6-1 HEA) used a three-goal second period to hold off the UMass hockey team in front of 6,274 fans on Friday night at the Mullins Center, 4-3. The Minutemen (6-19-5, 5-14-5 HEA) nearly erased the Eagle lead in the third period when Danny Hobbs made it a one-goal game five minutes into the final frame, but the Mass Attack could not complete the comeback in the final 15 minutes. Paul Dainton made 30 saves for the Minutemen, becoming the all-time leader in saves at Massachusetts, breaking Brian Regan's previous record of 3,050. UMass will head to Chestnut Hill tomorrow night for the series finale with the Eagles at 7 PM.
Friday's loss, coupled with Providence's draw with UMass-Lowell, keeps the Minutemen in playoff contention in one of the last two spots in the Hockey East standings. Boston College held a 34-20 advantage in shots for the game, testing Dainton with double-digit shots during each period. The Eagles also dominated the faceoff circle, winning 41-of-66 draws The Minutemen were 2-for-6 on the man advantage, scoring a power play goal for the third straight game while the Eagles went 2-for-5 on the man advantage.
The Eagles outshot the Minutemen 10-6 during a sloppy first period, and Boston College potted the game's first goal with 4:45 left in the opening frame. UMass thought it had taken an early lead eight minutes into the game when Eddie Olczyk received the puck off a faceoff win by Eric Filiou, and hammered a shot that hit the bottom of the right post. The goal judge turned the red light on to signal a goal but referee John Gravallese, stationed adjacent to the cage, was quick to overrule him.
The Eagles got on the board with less than five minutes to play in the stanza as Brian Gibbons scored his 14th goal of the season with Boston College on its third power play of the period. The Eagles controlled the puck in the Minuteman zone, and Joe Whitney threw a shot on goal from the blueline that Gibbons got a piece of on its way past Dainton for the score. Boston College nearly took a two-goal advantage with 2:40 left in the period when Chris Kreider and Barry Almeida went on a two-on-one, but UMass defenseman Doug Kublin sprawled across the ice to take away the passing lane and redirect the puck into the corner.
Both offenses exploded during the second period as the two teams combined for five goals, three coming from the Eagles to hold a 4-2 lead through 40 minutes of play. Boston College began a string of four goals in 1:46 when Barry Almeida hammered home a rebound off a Cam Atkinson shot with five seconds remaining in a UMass penalty.
The Minutemen answered right back, however, as Conor Allen buried his second goal of the season just 23 seconds after the Almeida tally. After taking a pass from Brian Keane, Allen skated down the left side of the Eagle zone, and let a wrist shot go that beat Muse five-hole for the score. Jimmy Hayes gave Boston College its two-goal lead right back 26 seconds later when the Minutemen coughed the puck up behind Dainton's goal, where Hayes quickly picked it up and roofed a backhander over the shoulder of Dainton for Hayes' 16th goal of the season.
The Eagles then went up 4-1 when Paul Carey was on the receiving end of a one-timer during a two-on-one with Gibbons. Atkinson shoveled the puck up to Gibbons on the right side, and Gibbons fed Carey with a pass in the slot for a one-timer that hit the twine before Dainton could go post-to-post.
Massachusetts went on the power play late in the frame, and Joel Hanley cut the deficit back to two with 2.4 seconds left in the period when he rocketed a slap shot from just inside the point that got past Muse for Hanley's third goal of the season.
The Minutemen made it interesting during the third period, scoring five minutes into the frame while Dainton became UMass' all-time leader in saves with his first stop in the frame. Danny Hobbs netted the Minutemen's second power play goal of the night when he cleaned up the mess following a shot from the point. Hanley took a feed from Chase Langeraap at the point, and threw a shot through traffic that was blocked by an Eagle defender in front of the net. Hobbs, waiting at the doorstep, promptly buried the loose puck for his ninth goal of the season.
At the other end, Dainton kept UMass in the game, turning away all 11 Boston College shots during the final frame. The Minutemen pulled Dainton with 1:27 left in regulation in favor of the extra skater, but Massachusetts could not net the equalizer.


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Based on more than 950 million songs played across its network of 57,000 jukeboxes, TouchTunes reported that country music dominated the top 10 songs in 2012. Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" was the most played song for the second consecutive year. Additionally, Aldean was the most played artist overall, closely followed by jukebox favorites AC/DC and Kid Rock.
"I'm thrilled to be the most played artist on TouchTunes this year, and to learn that 'Dirt Road Anthem' was the No. 1 song for a second year in a row," Aldean said. "Knowing that the real people across America are choosing my music while they're out having fun at the kind of hangouts where I got my start is a great thing."
Eric Church's "Drink in my Hand," Little Big Town's "Pontoon," Luke Bryan's "Country Girl (Shake it for Me)" and Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup," in that order, followed Aldean's hit in the top 5.
Pop music also did well in 2012. Carly Rae Jepsen's hit "Call Me Maybe" was the most-played song among TouchTunes' mobile app users. Released in 2010, the app has been downloaded more than one million times and allows users to find TouchTunes locations and control the jukebox from their phones.
According to TouchTunes year-end data, the feud between One Direction and The Wanted has also been decided among jukebox users. With 70,000 more songs played on jukeboxes in 2012, One Direction reigns over its British rivals.
On the AMI Entertainment Network, 2012's most played songs came from a variety of genres, from country and pop to electronica and classic rock. But the honor of AMI's most-played song also went to Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem," from his hit album My Kinda Party. Nickelback's "Rockstar" came in at No. 2, followed by Eric Church's "Drink in My Hand" at No. 3. Party-rockers LMFAO, with "Sexy And I Know It," and country star Toby Keith's "I Love This Bar" round out AMI's top 5.
Some new artists and albums also arrived on AMI jukeboxes in 2012. The hottest new album on the network was fun.'s Some Nights, featuring the hit singles "We Are Young," "Some Nights" and "Carry On." Tyga's Careless World: Rise of the New King, Skrillex's Bangarang EP and Flo Rida's Wild Ones were among the others that topped the list of AMI's most-played new albums. Despite coming out relatively late in the year, K-Pop star Psy's "Gangnam Style" was No. 8 among new albums.
While current artists like Eric Church and Jason Aldean featured prominently in the overall list of most popular albums, it was classic country star Johnny Cash who came out on top, AMI reported. The legendary country star's career-spanning 16 Biggest Hits (1999), released by Sony Records, won the No. 1 spot as AMI's most-played album.
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Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein Machines
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- NDC Goals
- NDC Accomplishments
- Pathway to Medicine
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Nucleoprotein machines manage the business of information storage and transfer for the cell, including DNA replication and repair, RNA synthesis, and protein translation. The science and engineering focus of this center is on developing tools and concepts to better understand nucleoprotein machines, using as a prototype natural machines that repair DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), including the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR) complexes. These two competing pathways of DSB repair, NHEJ and HR, occur within self-organizing structures, or "repair foci" that are amenable to live-cell visualization using technologies developed in the NDC. The short-term goal of this NDC is to characterize the assembly of DSB repair complexes using molecular imaging approaches. We will characterize the assembly of nucleoprotein machines in vitro, using purified proteins, and in vivo, within living cells. DSB repair is one of a few natural processes that permit a cell to alter its own genetic content, suggesting the possibility that repair pathways might be redirected for gene editing and gene correction. Consistent with the vision of the NIH Nanomedicine Initiative, the long-term goals of our NDC are bold and ambitious: to obtain a general understanding of engineering design principles of DNA repair machines, and to use this understanding to develop a means to precisely modify the information stored in DNA, thus providing novel therapeutic strategies for a wide range of human diseases. Sickle cell disease, a devastating, common, and incurable hemoglobinopathy, will be the focus of our Pathway to Medicine (PtM). We aim to treat sickle cell disease by using nucleases and nucleoprotein machines to correct the A-T mutation of the beta-globin gene.
The mammalian cell nucleus is filled with self-organizing, interconnected, nanometer-scale machines that carry out numerous fundamental processes such as DNA replication, RNA synthesis, RNA transport and DNA repair. We refer to a general class of these nanomachines that are made primarily of protein and act on nucleic acid substrates as "nucleoprotein machines." They are complex: synthesis of a typical human mRNA, for example, requires interaction of hundreds of protein and RNA components, including initiation, capping, elongation, splicing, polyadenylation and termination factors.
We aim to establish the structure-function relationship of specific nucleoprotein machines, including how the machines assemble and disassemble and the signalling and control mechanisms. Nucleoprotein machines work with a common set of raw materials (nucleotides and polynucleotides), carry out similar elementary steps (nucleotidyl and phosphoryl group transfer), and often have interchangeable components. These similarities suggest that the study of different nucleoprotein machines will reveal common, and generalizable engineering design principles. Nucleoprotein machines often do not have a fixed composition. They are dynamic with proteins associating and dissociating depending on the specific functional state of the biological process. For example, we study the nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR) complexes that repair DNA double strand break (DSB) in mammals. NHEJ and HR occur within chromatin domains of roughly 2 million base pairs of DNA and must be able to join ends of virtually any nucleotide sequence. Since each repair complex is unique at any instant of time, it is essential to study the behavior of single nucleoprotein complexes, rather than population averages, in order to gain insight into their design and function.
A long-term goal of our NDC is to develop a new gene correction approach to precisely modify the information stored in DNA using nucleoprotein machines, thus providing novel therapeutic strategies for a wide range of human diseases. As our pathway to medicine (PtM), we will explore the use of nucleoprotein machines, especially the HR complex, in conjunction with nucleases, to correct the A-T mutation of the beta-globin gene for treating sickle cell disease, a devastating, common, and incurable human disease. If successful, this same approach can be applied to treating other human diseases, such as Huntington's disease.
Modern medicine – allopathic medicine – focuses on treating symptoms, commonly through small-molecule enzyme inhibitors and receptor agonists/antagonists. It does not address the underlying genetic causes of disease. Consistent with the vision of the NIH Nanomedicine Initiative, our NDC envisions that the allopathic model will someday be replaced by therapies that directly modify information contained in a patient's DNA.
Why the NHEJ and HR Complexes?
Initially we focus our studies on the nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway that repairs DNA DSB because:
- The NHEJ complex is simple – it has fewer than 10 core components
- NHEJ occurs within self-organizing structures, "foci", that are amenable to live-cell visualization
- Assembly of the NHEJ machine can be induced by a single DSB at a defined site on a DNA strand
- NHEJ is already used by the immune system to create novel antigen receptors in V(D)J recombination (see below). Understanding this function will provide clues for us to adapt the complex for manipulating of DNA or RNA.
More recently we have also been working on the homologous recombination (HR) pathway for DSB repair because:
- The homologous recombination complex is also relatively simple, with fewer than 10 core components
- HR requires the presence of an identical or nearly identical sequence to be used as a template for repair of DSB
- HR is capable of producing new combinations of DNA sequences
- It is important to study both NHEJ and HR pathways, especially what controls pathway choice (e.g., cell-cycle dependent regulation of HR and NHEJ)
- Understanding similarities and differences in the design principles of NHEJ and HR
A working model of the NHEJ and HR complexes is shown in Figure 1. HR utilizes a homologous stretch on a sister chromatid to accurately repair the DSB. DNA ends are first processed in order to create single-strand overhangs, a process that is likely mediated by the MRN(Mre11/Rad50/ Nbs1) complex. Rad51, Rad52, and RPA associate with these overhangs, followed by the formation of a joint molecule by the damaged and undamaged strands. Template guided DNA synthesis and resolution of the two strands then complete repair of the DSB. To form the NHEJ complex, the Ku protein (composed of Ku70 and Ku80 subunits) carries out initial end recognition. Ku recruits the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), which sequesters the DNA ends. The DNA ligase complex (composed of DNA ligase IV, XRCC4, and XLF) then catalyzes phosphodiester bond formation. These six polypeptides are sufficient for the core NHEJ reaction. Mammalian cells that are deficient in any of the core NHEJ components are very sensitive to DSB-inducing agents. Most of the core NHEJ components (except DNA-PKcs) are required for an analogous NHEJ pathway in budding yeast, which has allowed analysis of NHEJ in this genetically tractable model organism.
To fully understand the design of nucleoprotein machines, it is necessary to characterize the dynamics of the NHEJ and HR complexes in living cells. However, visualizing single NHEJ and HR complexes in the nuclei of living cells is far beyond the limits of existing technology, and progress toward this goal requires a multidisciplinary team of biologists, bioengineers, chemists, and computer scientists.
Development and application of protein tagging strategies and imaging methods.
Our first step is to synthesize new optical imaging probes that are small (4-6 nm) and biocompatible and develop new strategies to attach these probes to individual components of the NHEJ and HR complexes. After labelling 2, 3 or 4 components, we can visualize machine assembly in vitro using single molecule techniques. We have been using optical imaging methods with improved sensitivity and spatial resolution to characterize the assembly and disassembly of the repair nanomachine on a chromatin substrate in living cells. Developing new imaging capabilities also allows us to measure the dimensions of repair foci as a function of time following DSB induction, and investigate their internal structure and composition using high resolution methods applicable to fixed cells.
Characterization of assembly of HR and NHEJ complexes and pathway choice.
We have been able to induce DSBs in vivo in a controlled manner, using several complementary technical approaches, including laser scanning, microirradiation, and the use of zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs). To characterize the initial steps in assembly of single HR and NHEJ complexes deep inside living cells, we combine the new imaging probes with high-sensitivity, high-resolution optical imaging instrumentation. In parallel studies, we have been developing an in vitro single-molecule detection system to track repair complex assembly based on the creation of a site-specific DSB within a topologicaly isolated loop. We will elucidate the signaling-response-feedback-control loops that connect different aspects of the DSB response and develop a mathematical model for quantifying the reaction kinetics, the growth and disappearance of repair foci, and the amplification of DNA damage signals.
When DSBs are generated, in most of the cases (~99%) they are repaired by the NHEJ. However, for correcting genetic defects by creating a DSB on the target DNA, it is necessary to trigger the HR pathway. Therefore, studies are being performed to understand pathway choices in repairing DSB, i.e., how cells choose between NHEJ and HR pathways. We are also exploring ways to alter pathway choice by, for example, selectively blocking the NHEJ pathway and/or encouraging the HR pathway.
Establishment of new gene correction approaches for treating sickle cell disease.
The gene correction machines are based on ZFN or RAG-mediated DNA recognition and cleavage; they will be used initially to correct the A-T mutation in sickle β-globin gene as a novel method to treat sickle cell disease (SCD). Major efforts in our NDC includes: (1) development of ZFNs that specifically create a single DSB in a β-globin gene adjacent to the sickle mutation, (2) demonstration of targeted delivery of nucleases and template to the nuclei of living cells, including the hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) that will be the ultimate target for gene correction, (3) demonstration that RAG proteins can induce site-specific nick with a high degree of specificity, and promote efficient gene conversion, and (4) as a significant step toward the development of a clinically viable (safe and efficacious) method, to demonstrate the efficacy of gene correction based approach in treating sickle cell disease using an animal model of SCD.
In summary, as shown in Fig. 2, this NDC has three major thrust areas: (1) new methodology development, including developing protein tagging strategies and imaging probes, in vitro assays of NHEJ/HR, live-cell imaging methods, and new modeling and image analysis approaches; (2) basic biological studies of NHEJ/HR assembly/disassembly, including structure-function relations of NHEJ/HR, pathway choice, and methods to alter pathway choice; (3) as a pathway to medicine, establishing a novel strategy to treat sickle cell disease, including the generation of site-specific ZFNs/RAGs for 'cutting', in vivo delivery of ZFNs/RAGs and the template, and demonstration of the gene correction efficacy using an animal model of SCD. These three thrust areas in research and education are closely related and fully integrated, and efforts will be made to advance both basic and translation research.
The five (5) most important scientific advances by our NDC since our NDC began are given below:
Fundamentally orthogonal labeling methods.
Orthogonal in vivo labeling of NHEJ and HR is a main goal of this NDC. We labeled Ku80, XRCC4, 53BP1 in live cells with SNAP, ReAsh, and HaLo. Labeling was performed in situ in the nuclei of living cells. The tagged proteins showed clear nuclear localization ands were recruited to DSBs. A fourth labeling method, based on an evolved coumarin ligase and 13 amino acid acceptor peptide (LAP2) has been demonstrated in living cells and we are currently adapting it to the DSB response proteins, 53BP1 and RAD52. We are also working to demonstrate various combinations of the fundamentally orthogonal methods simultaneously in the same cell.
Compact and strain-tuned QDs.
We developed ultrasmall biocompatible QDs with novel polymer coatings for intracellular protein tagging. We also developed strain-tuned quantum dots (QDs) that show narrow light emission spectra with high quantum yields (60%), and are tunable across a broad range of visible and near-infrared wavelengths (500 nm to 1050 nm). The best of our current QDs are only 5.6-9.7 nm with coating, reducing their bulk (inversely proportional to radius cubed) up to 50-fold relative to the smallest biocompatible commercial QDs.
A critical issue in using QDs to tag NHEJ/HR components is the size: the conventional QDs are ~20 nm in size, thus are likely to interfere with assembly. We have developed a new strategy to minimize the hydrodynamic size of QDs based on the use of multifunctional and multidentate polymer ligands. A major finding is that a mixed composition of thiol (-SH) and amine (-NH2) coordinating groups grafted to a linear polymer chain can lead to a highly compact QD with long-term colloidal stability, a strong resistance to photobleaching, and high fluorescence quantum yield. In contrast to the standing brush-like conformations of PEGylated dihydrolipoic acid ligands and monovalent thiols, we believe that these multidentate polymer ligands can wrap around the QD in a closed "flat" conformation. This structure is highly stable from a thermodynamic perspective, and is thus responsible for the excellent colloidal and optical properties observed. As a result, we have prepared a new generation of bright and stable QDs with small hydrodynamic sizes between 5.6 nm to 9.7 nm, with fluorescence emission tunable from the visible (515 nm) to the near infrared (720 nm). Figure 2 shows a size comparison of gel filtration chromatograms of multidentate polymer-coated quantum dots (four emission colors) with globular protein standards. The results demonstrate that the green-emitting QDs (515 nm) have a hydrodynamic size slightly larger than fluorescent proteins (MW = 27-30 kDa), while the yellow-emitting quantum dots (562 nm) dots are slightly smaller than serum albumin (MW = 66 kDa). Even the near-infrared emitting dots (720 nm) are similar to antibodies (MW = 150 kDa) in hydrodynamic size.
Fluorogenic protein beacons.
We developed small, orthogonal, fluorogenic protein beacons with the potential to target endogenous proteins in live cells. The design of the protein beacons has been optimized, and preliminary cellular studies have shown labeling specificity. To our knowledge this system may provide the only general method for studying the interaction of endogenous proteins in living cells.
Visualization of recruitment of NHEJ/HR at ZFN induced DSBs.
We visualized co-recruitment of 53BP1 (tudor domain) Ku80, and XRCC4 to a transgene array in human U2OS 2-6-3 cells. The 53BP1 signal was far higher than for Ku80 and XRCC4, consistent with the assumption that 50-100 copies of 53BP1 are present at each DSB, but only 2 copies of Ku70/80 and XRCC4. To our knowledge this will be the first reported observation of recruitment of core NHEJ components (Ku and XRCC4) to a defined DSB.
Our most exciting results to date have resulted from combining two different tools, which were developed independently in two laboratories of the NDC. One is a human cell line containing a transgene array, composed of interspersed lac operator and ECFP coding sequences. This is stably integrated into the genome of human U2OS cells at 1p36. Electroporation of a LacI-fluorescent fusion protein expression construct into these cells results in binding of the LacI-fusion protein to the transgene locus, which appears as a single fluorescent spot in the nuclear interior. The other tool is a pair of chimeric zing finger nucleases (ZFN1 and ZFN2), developed by the Porteus Laboratory, that recognize a sequence within the integrated ECFP gene. The ZFNs combine an engineered zinc finger domain (which can be designed to recognize any arbitrarily preselected DNA sequence) with the non-specific cleavage domain of the Fok I restriction exonuclease.
Targeted inhibition of NHEJ function in living cells.
We developed a method, based on folate receptor mediated endocytosis, that allows efficient delivery of an engineered antibody fragment to the cell nucleus. The antibody binds a specific site in the NHEJ complex and blocks regulatory autophosphorylation, resulting in quantifiable radiosensitization. To our knowledge this will be the first method (other than microinjection or transgenesis) for delivery of a protein therapeutic to the mammalian cell nucleus).
Pathway to Medicine
A long-term goal of our NDC is to adapt DNA repair nanomachines for therapeutic benefits by precisely modifying the information stored in DNA and RNA, thus providing genetic cures for common human diseases. Nearly all human diseases have a genetic component: cancer reflects age-dependent acquisition of somatic mutations, cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk reflect inherited metabolic traits, and hemoglobinopathies, lysosomal storage diseases, and inborn errors of metabolism reflect point mutations. Modern medicine – allopathic medicine – focuses on treating symptoms, commonly through small-molecule enzyme inhibitors and receptor agonists/antagonists and does not address underlying genetic causes. Consistent with the vision of the NIH Nanomedicine Initiative, we anticipate that, in the future, the allopathic model can be replaced by therapies that directly modify information contained in DNA or RNA.
We elected to focus our Pathway to Medicine (PtM) efforts on treating sickle cell disease (SCD), which is caused by a single-gene (b-globin) defect (A-T mutation). Even modestly efficient gene correction, by reducing the fraction of sickle hemoglobin, will result in improved patient outcome. Further, SCD is life shortening, painful, reasonably common, and contributes to minority health disparities (afflicting primarily persons of African origin in the US). Importantly, the only curative therapy (bone marrow transplantation) is practical in only a small subset of patients. Our approach is to use engineered nucleases (zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs, see Fig. 4) or modified RAG nucleases) to generate a DNA double strand break (or a nick) near the mutation site in progenitor cells of the patient, which activates the HR pathway and fixes the mutation. Our ten-year goal is to establish this novel gene correction method and to demonstrate its efficacy in correcting the mutation of the b-globin gene in a sickle-cell transgenic mouse model. Specifically, our Pathway to Medicine effort has the following major components:
- To understand pathway choices. When a DSB or nick is generated, how cells choose between NHEJ and HR pathways and how to construct a nucleoprotein gene correction machine that selectively engages the HR pathway for gene correction at a target locus.
- To develop clinically viable methods for delivery of a nucleoprotein machine to the relevant cell type. Initially, we will work with an established human erythroleukemia cell line, but in parallel, we will develop methods for delivery to isolated human murine hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), which can be reimplanted following gene correction.
- To determine the efficiency of engraftment of HSC in a recipient mouse and quantify reversal of the disease phenotype.
- Upon success in pre-clinical studies, to carry out phase 1 clinical trials with sickle cell disease patients through a collaboration with clinicians.
Although the above PtM efforts may take many years, we envision that, through the research efforts in our NDC over the next few years (2-5 years), we will have a much better understanding of how to perform gene correction precisely, safely and efficiently using nucleoprotein machines. If our efforts are successful, we will be able to demonstrate the feasibility of treating sickle cell disease using the novel gene correction approach and open a new avenue of curing other human diseases.
Current NDC supported papers (9/30/06-9/29/09)
- Dynan WS, Li S, Takeda Y. Modifying the Function of DNA Repair Nanomachines for Therapeutic Benefit. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2, 74-81 (2006).
- Ruan G, Agrawal, Marcus AI and Nie SM. Imaging and Tracking Tat-Peptide Conjugated Quantum Dots in Living Cells: New Insights into Nanoparticle Uptake, Intracellular Transport, and Vesicle Shedding. J Am Chem Soc, 129, 14759-14766 (2007). PMID: PMC17983227
- Corneo B, Wendland RL, Deriano L, Cui X, Klein IA, Wong SY, Arnal S, Holub AJ, Weller GR, Pancake BA, Shah S, Brandt VL, Meek K, Roth DB. Rag mutations reveal robust alternative end joining. Nature, 449, 483-486 (2007). PMID: PMC17898768
- Smith AM, Duan H, Mohs A and Nie SM. Bioconjugated quantum dots for in-vivo molecular and cellular imaging. Adv. Drug Delivery Rev, 60, 1226-40 (2008). PMID: PMC18495291
- Smith AM and Nie SM. Minimizing the Hydrodynamic Size of Quantum Dots with Multifunctional Multidentate Polymer Ligands, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 11278-11279 (2008). PMCID: PMC18680294
- Kairdolf BA, Smith AM, and Nie SM. One-Pot Synthesis, Encapsulation, and Solubilization of Size-Tuned Quantum Dots with Amphiphilic Multidentate Ligands, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 12866- 12867 (2008). PMCID: PMC18774812
- Dynan WS, Takeda Y, Roth DB, and Bao G. Understanding nucleoprotein machines and reengineering them to cure human diseases. Nanomedicine, 3, 93-105 (2008). NIHMSID #129473
- Dimitrova N, Chen Y-CM, Spector DL and De Lange T. 53BP1 promotes non-homologous end joining of telomeres by increasing chromatin mobility. Nature 456, 524-528 (2008). PMCID: PMC2613650
- Nitin N, LaConte L, Rhee W J and Bao G. 2008. Tat Peptide Is Capable of Importing Large Nanoparticles across Nuclear Membrane. Ann. Biomed. Eng., 2009 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print]. NIHMSID #137549
- Smith AM, Mohs AM, and Nie SM. Tuning the optical and electronic properties of colloidal nanocrystals by lattice strain, Nature Nanotechnology 4, 56-63 (2009). PMCID: PMC19119284
- Smith AM, Wen MM, Wang MD, and Nie SM. 2009. Size-Minimized Quantum Dots for Molecular and Cellular Imaging, in Novel Symposium on Single-Molecule Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, Stockholm, Sweden. NIHMSID# 129719
- Xiong H, Li S, Yang Z, Burgess RR, and Dynan WS. E. coli expression of soluble, active scFv variants containing a nuclear localization signal. Protein Expr. Purif. 66, 172-180 (2009). Pending PMCID
- Li S, Nguyen L, Xiong H, Wang M, Hu T C-C, She J-X, Serkiz SM, Wicks GG, and Dynan WS. Porous-wall hollow glass microspheres as novel carriers for biomolecules. Nanomedicine, Jul 15 2009, Epub ahead of print. Pending PMCID
- Bao G. Protein Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics 49, 153-164 (2009). NIHMSID #116450
- Bao G, Santangelo P, Nitin N, and Rhee WJ. Nanostructured Probes for In Vivo Gene Detection. In Nanomedicine (Ed. Viola Vogel), Nanotechnology Series, WILEY-VCH, Weinheim, Germany (2009). NIHMSID #132479
- Slavoff SA, Chen I, Choi YA, and Ting AY. Expanding the substrate tolerance of biotin ligase through exploration of enzymes from diverse species. , J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 1160-1162 (2008). PMID: PMC18171066
- Puthenveetil S, Liu DS, Thompson S, and Ting AY. Yeast display evolution of a kinetically efficient 13-amino acid substrate for lipoic acid ligase. Submitted (2009).
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A happy gathering was that at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stocking last Wednesday when the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Stocking of Mayfield, parents of Mr. Stocking was celebrated..
Mrs. and Mrs. Stocking were married at Crescent City, Illinois and came to Sumner County in 1878. They are now living in the town of Mayfield. For many years after taking residence in this county they lived on a farm near Mayfield and it was there that they raised their fine family. As Mr. Stocking said he came to Sumner "when Wichita was the jumping off place."
Those present at the celebration Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Stocking, Mr. and Mrs. Porter Stocking and son Wilmer, John Stocking, Mr. and Mrs. Wm Mitchell, Miss Nell Mitchell, Miss Julia Holland, Mrs. Lizzie Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stocking.
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i didn't mean to come across critical...it definitely made me do a double-take though...i wish i coulda seen my face lol
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