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I have a few problems with an assay which I'm trying to optimize. The assay originally is for cell culture. The production company (R&D) suggests to increase blocking buffer concentration to 10% BSA for serum samples which is what I did. The primary antibody is mouse anti-human protein. The secondary is goat anti-human protein. The biggest problem I had was enormously high background (1.2). After some reading and re-experimentation, I've made some changes. I switched to 5% horse serum block (in PBS), 10% horse serum in standards. Decreased primary antibody coating. The secondary is prepared in 2% goat serum. It uses TMP substrate. I repeated the experiment and got readings above 500 pg/mL, but below, absorbance values were inconsistent. Turns out the protein is less than 500 pg/mL in human serum, whereas it's 2-9 ng in BSA (which might explain the high background in the first runs). In my last run, I spiked the samples directly before plating w/ 500 pg of the protein (100 uL sample with 3.5 uL protein; background was still high, but I saw the trend I wanted (the later samples (it was a bleeding time course, and we expected to see levels decrease with time) had values below 500 pg, which makes no sense!) I'm not sure exactly what's going on. I don't know if it's the blocking, the secondary diluent, spiking issues? I've read some stuff about heterophile antibodies, and it seems like it might be that. Another thing, which I've never questioned...why do I dilute the secondary (goat anti-human protein) in goat serum? My understanding is that the antibodies in the serum won't bind the goat antibody. Is this right? Should I be blocking with goat serum? mouse serum? human serum? For spiking, should I dilute the protein in BSA or something so that I can ensure it won't stick to the sides of the tubes before I plate? I would really appreciate any help!
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Oct. 19, 2013 -- intro: You probably saw the news last week about what's really in chicken nuggets. Researchers at University of Mississippi Medical Center performed what they called an "autopsy" of nuggets from two different national fast food chains and found that chicken meat was not the predominate component–in fact, fat made up an equal or greater portion of the nuggets, in addition to bone, nerve, and connective tissue.
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America's 10 Healthiest Fast Food Restaurants
quicklist: 1 category: Healthy Fast Food Alternatives title: Supermarket smorgasbord url: text: Grocery stores are generally in the same vicinity as fast food joints. So rather than pulling into a drive-through, pop into the supermarket and stroll through the express line. Most chains now have prepared food sections, with ready-to-eat options like chilled vegetable salads and grilled salmon. Other healthy items that don't require prep include baby carrots and hummus, mini bananas, and nuts.
quicklist: 2 category: Healthy Fast Food Alternatives title: Fast casual url: text: The concept of fast casual is 'fresh food fast,' and establishments that fit the bill, including Chipotle, Panera Bread, and Pei Wei are popping up all over. Many of these restaurants serve up freshly prepared dishes, made-in-house, with ingredient lists that read like a recipe from a healthy cookbook. For example, the chicken at Chipotle is made from hormone and antibiotic free chicken, water, chipotle chili, rice bran oil, cumin, garlic, oregano, black pepper, and salt. (Note: according to the web site, some cities use soybean oil.)
To be sure of what you're getting, hop online, check out the nutrition facts, and always read ingredient lists. One of my favorite go-tos is a Chipotle salad, made with Romaine lettuce, fajita veggies, black beans, mild salsa, and guacamole. Super satisfying, and about as quick and clean as it gets.
The Worst Fast-Food Meals for Sodium
quicklist: 3 category: Healthy Fast Food Alternatives title: Pack a meal url: text: If you tend to be stuck with lesser-of-various-evil options, invest in an insulated lunch sack, and toss in a meal you can whip up in a jiffy. For example, in a sealable container, combine a few handfuls of veggies, like grape tomatoes, chopped red onion, baby spinach leaves, and sliced mushrooms, and a small scoop each of quinoa and chickpeas. Sprinkle with Italian herb seasoning, drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar, close the lid, give it a shake, and toss it in the bag. Easy peasy.
quicklist: 4 category: Healthy Fast Food Alternatives title: Whipped up options url: text: Smoothies aren't just for breakfast. Whipping one up and taking it with you can be a great way to sidestep processed alternatives. For the best nutritional balance, and to stay full and satisfied, include a combination of good carbs, lean protein, and healthy fat.
Reach for: frozen fruit and a handful of leafy greens; organic skim milk or almond milk and a plant-based protein powder like pea protein; a dollop of almond butter; and a small scoop of old fashioned rolled oats. To add flavor, aroma, and an extra dose of antioxidants, season your smoothie with spices, like cinnamon or ginger.
For convenience, make a few smoothies at a time, stock them in the freezer, then transfer to the fridge to thaw a bit before you head out the door.
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quicklist: 5 category: Healthy Fast Food Alternatives title: Make ahead re-heats url: text: Many of my clients have time to cook on weekends, but not so much during the week. To resist the temptation to grab fast food or order take-out Monday through Friday, I recommend making "homemade frozen dinners" that can be re-heated when needed, from soup or chili to stuffed peppers. Simple stews are another great option.
For a single serving, sauté a few cups of veggies in a saucepan, in a little extra virgin olive oil, along with minced garlic and herbs. Add low sodium organic vegetable broth, bring to a quick boil, then reduce to a simmer. Add a small scoop of a healthy starch, like wild rice or cubed baked sweet potato, and a cooked lean protein, such as lentils, cubed chicken breast, or extra lean ground turkey. Ladle into a BPA free freezable container, and your future meal will be ready in minutes.
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Hungarian news sites are reporting that director Ridley Scott has explained the connection between the Alien movies and the prequel film Prometheus. There isn't confirmation yet, but if the sites are to be believed, Guy Pearce is the key linking the films. Possible spoilers. Maybe.
This still falls under the category of rumor at this point, but some Hungarian sites say that Scott had an interview with the outlet IC Press, in which he explained Pearce's role in the film (which Pearce has said is about a minute long) and how it connects to Alien:
When the first 'Alien' movie and 'Blade Runner' were made, I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by large companies. This is why we have the Tyrell Corporation in 'Blade Runner', and Weyland-Yutani in 'Alien'. They sent the Nostromo spaceship.
The Prometheus is owned by an entrepreneur called Peter Weyland, and is played by Guy Pearce. That's the connection between the two films, and nothing more. Prometheus is a new film, a new world, and is full of new ideas. And of course new monsters as well.
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What is Catalysis?
Homogeneous Catalysis
Heterogeneous Catalysis
What is a Catalyst?
Characteristics of Catalytic Reactions
Mechanism of Catalytic Action
Intermediate Compound Formation Theory
Adsorption Theory of Catalysis
Catalysts in Industries
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Catalysis is the phenomenon in which the rate of any reaction is altered (accelerated or retarded) by the presence of a substance, which itself remains unchanged chemically in the reaction. The substance which alters the rate of the reaction is called catalyst.
Catalytic reactions are of two types:
When the reactants and catalysts are in the same physical state i.e. catalyst is in the same phase as the reactant is called homogenous catalysis.
For Example
Lead Chamber Process:
Inversion of Can Sugar:
A catalytic process in which the catalyst and the reactants are in different phases is called heterogeneous catalysis. This process is also known as surface catalysis or contact catalysis.
Decomposition of H2O2:
Haber's Process:
Catalyst is a substance which alters the rate of chemical reaction (may increase or dercrese the rate) without being consumed itself during the course of reaction.
Catalysts are divided into four groups
Example, Acetanilide prevents oxidation of Na2SO3 by air so it acts as negative catalyst here.
Similarly H3PO4 prevents decomposition of H2O2 by acting as a negative catalyst for the reaction.
Auto catalyst: In this type of catalysis, one of the products of the reaction acts as catalyst.
Example, In the oxidation of oxalic acid by KMnO4, Mn2+ ion formed act as catalyst and increases the rate of reaction. This is why when KMnO4 solution is added into warm solution of oxalic acid containing small amount of dil. H2SO4, initially there is a time lag before decolourisation occurs but the process becomes almost instantaneous as more KMnO4 is added.
Induced catalyst: When a chemical reaction increases the rate of another chemical reaction, it is called induced catalysis.
Sodium arsenite solution is not oxidised by air. but when air is passed through a mixture of the solution of sodium arsenite and sodium sulphite, simultaneous oxidation of both takes place. Thus the oxidation of sodium arsenite is induced by oxidation of sodium sulphite.
The catalyst remains unchanged in amount and chemical composition at the end of the reaction; it may, however, undergo considerable change in physical form.
Catalysts are highly efficient i.e. a small quantity of the catalyst is capable of producing the desired effect.
The action of a catalyst is specific to a large extent.
The catalyst does not initiate a reaction; only accelerates the reaction that is already occurring.
A catalyst does not alter the final state of equilibrium in a reversible reaction.
A certain minimum energy must be possessed by the reactants so that they may react and produce the products. This is called the activation energy (Ea) for the reaction. A catalyst lowers the activation energy which increase the rate of the reaction. Thus, a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction by providing a pathway whose activation energy is lower than the activation energy of the uncatalysed reaction.
There is no any fixed mechanism for the action of all the catalysts. This is because the catalytic reactions are of various types. However, the two theories of catalytic action which are followed are.
Intermediate compound formation theory of catalysis
Adsorption theory of catalysis
According to intermediate compound formation theory, the catalyst reacts with one of the reactants to form an unstable intermediate compound. The formation of this intermediate compound requires less energy than needed for the actual reaction. The intermediate compound formed is unstable and thus combines with the other reactant to form the final product and the catalyst is regenerated.
In simple words we can say that, a catalyst increases the arte of any reaction by providing an alternative pathway for the reaction to proceed with lower activation energy.
A large number of catalytic reactions can be explained on the basis of this theory
For example catalytic oxidation of SO2 to SO3 in the presence of NO as catalyst
This theory provides explanation for the fact that catalyst remains unchanged in mass and chemical composition at the end of reaction and its effectiveness even in small quantities.
Adsorption theory of catalysis explains the mechanism of heterogeneous catalysis mainly. The old point of view was that when the catalyst is in solid state and the reactants are in gaseous state or in solutions, the molecules of the reactants are adsorbed on the surface of the catalyst. Adsorption being an exothermic process, the heat of adsorption is taken up by the surface of catalyst, which is utilized on enhancing the chemical activity of reacting molecules.
The modern adsorption theory is the combination of intermediate compound formation theory and the old adsorption theory.
The catalytic activity is located on the surface of the catalyst. The mechanism involves five steps
Diffusion of reactant on the surface of catalyst
Adsorption of reactant molecules on the surface of catalyst
Occurrence of chemical reaction on the catalyst surface through formation of intermediates
Desorption of reaction products away from the catalyst surface
Diffusion of reactant products away from the catalyst surface
Haber's process for manufacture of ammonia
Finely divided iron + Mo as promoter
Ostwald's process for manufacture of nitric acid
Platinised asbestos
Lead chamber process for manufacture of H2SO4
Nitric oxide
Contact process for manufacture of H2SO4
Platinised asbestos or vanadium pentoxide
Deacon's process for manufacture of chlorine
Cupric chloride
Bosch's process for manufacture of hydrogen
Ferric oxide + chromic oxide as promoter
Synthesis of methanol
Zinc oxide + chromic oxide as promoter
Hydrogenation of vegetable oils
Bergius process for synthesis of petrol
Ferrix oxide
Manufacture of ethyl alcohol from molasses
Yeast (invertase and zymase)
Those substances which do not themselves act as catalyst but their presence increases the activity of a catalyst are called catalytic promoters.
Example. In the Haber's Process, Fe is the catalyst while Mo acts as a promoter.
Catalytic Poison
The substance whose presence decreases or destroys the activity of a catalyst is called catalytic poison.
For example: the Haber's Process, CO or H2S acts as poison for Fe catalyst.
Activity of Catalyst
Activity of a catalyst is the ability of catalyst to accelerate a chemical reaction. The degree of acceleration can be as high as 10 10 times in certain reactions.
Reaction between H2 and O2 to form H2O in presence of platinum as catalyst takes place with explosive violence. In absence of catalyst, H2 and O2 can be stored indefinitely without any reaction.
Selectivity of Catalyst
Selectivity of a catalyst is its ability to direct a reaction to yield particular product (excluding other)
For example:
The catalytic reaction that depends upon the structure of pores of the catalyst and the size of the reactant and product molecules is called shape/selective catalysis. Zeolites are good shape/selective catalysts because of their honeycomb-like structures. Zeolites are aluminosilicates i.e., three dimensional network silicates in which some silicon atoms are replaced by aluminium atoms. They are found in nature as well as synthesized for catalytic selectivity. Zeolites, before using as catalysts, are heated in vacuum so that the water of hydration is lost. As a result, zeolite becomes porous i.e., the cavities in the cage-like structure which were occupied by the water molecules become vacant. The size of the pores is generally 260 pm to 740 pm, because of which only those molecules can be adsorbed in these pores whose size is small enough to enter these cavities and also leave easily.
The reactions taking place in zeolites depend upon the size and shape of reactant and product molecules as well as upon the pores and cavities of the zeolites. That is why these types of reactions are called 'shape-selective catalysis' reactions.
Question 1: A catalyst
a. increases the rate of reaction
b. decreases the rate of reaction
c. may increase or decrease the rate of reaction
d. does not affect the rate of reaction
Question 2: A positive catalyst
a. decreases the activation energy
b. increases the activation energy
c. does not affect the rate of reaction
d. decreases the rate of reaction
Question 3: Which of the following catalysts is used in contact process?
a. V2O5
b. Fe
c. Co
d. Ni
Question 4: Which of the following statements regarding catalyst is incorrect?
a. The catalyst remains unchanged in amount and chemical composition at the end of the reaction; it may, however, undergo considerable change in physical form.
b. A small quantity of the catalyst is capable of producing the desired effect.
c. The action of a catalyst is specific to a large extent. Thus, the decomposition of KCIO3 is catalyzed by MnO2 but not by platinum.
d. A catalyst does alter the final state of equilibrium in a reversible reaction.
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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — With just a two-word prompt, Welcome Home, a group of SBU Theater students pooled their creativity to develop a one-act play that dramatizes the return of overseas members of the Armed Forces.
Their production, titled "Coming Home," will be performed at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, in The Garret Theater on campus. Admission is free and doors open at 2:30 p.m. A reception and talkback session with the cast and crew will follow the performance.
Members of the company include St. Bonaventure University students Mary Best, Mike Dlugosz, Will Foust, Becky Hahn, Tori Lanzillo, Makeda Loney, Brooke Perkins and Emily West. Monica Edwards is the production stage manager.
To develop the script, the students interviewed a number of veterans; some were family members, others were St. Bonaventure alumni and friends.
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Rebecca Misenheimer, assistant professor of visual and performing arts, said the students were eager to participate in the devised theater project.
"We wanted to talk about the experience of what coming home is; not the experience of war, which many people ask soldiers about. People don't often ask what it's like to come home," Misenheimer said.
The show, which runs approximately 20 minutes, stemmed from a new initiative proposed by The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival last fall in advance of the organization's regional festivals.
St. Bonaventure and the other schools in its seven-state region were invited to craft a brand new piece of theater to bring to the January festival at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. From script to stage, the students were responsible for the entire production. Other than using the prompt "Welcome Home," there were few parameters for the sources of the script's text: the poetry of Walt Whitman, interviews that the company themselves conducted, and original material written by the company.
Hahn couldn't pass up the opportunity to participate in the project.
"I always appreciate any new theater, anything that hasn't been done before," Hahn said.
The military theme also called to her. She can trace service in the Army on her father's side of the family back to the Civil War. Her father was drafted in 1960 as a combat engineer, and her mother's family has Navy backgrounds.
Even as Hahn saw the characters emerging from the different branches of service, she felt "the oneness of the experience. Even ones who hadn't seen combat, they had similar experiences coming home… The unity of that experience I see developed on stage."
A technical theater major at Ashland University in Ohio, Hahn is earning credits at St. Bonaventure as a non-matriculating student.
"I think we've presented a very balanced view of combat, and are careful to give gratitude to the men who shared their stories. It's a balanced look at it," she said.
"We were always striving to do the most respectful thing," added West, a junior from Binghamton who is a double major in journalism and theater.
Initially, West was worried that a pro-war, patriotic agenda could overshadow the project. But the group was driven to be respectful to their sources.
"It was interesting for me to think differently about a soldier's experience. That was magnified by the fact that these are people we know," West said.
Whereas the student troupe was used to starting with an existing script, this project "was a little more challenging," Misenheimer said. "You start, but you're not sure where it's going to go."
The easy part was deciding on their topic.
The group had just three months — amid two holiday breaks, finals and another SBU Theater production — to have their play written and ready for the stage.
At one point the group sat in a classroom with the entire script as a Word document that they had posted transcripts of their interviews into. Gradually, the characters became people, given a voice by an actor.
Misenheimer said the veterans welcomed the conversations with the students.
"Invariably, their response was, 'thank you for asking the question.' It was a great experience for our students," she said.
Many of the servicemen and women served in Afghanistan or Iraq as members of the Army, Air Force and Marines. A Korean War veteran also aided the students with their research.
The theater program also had a hand from the campus ROTC program. Cadet Colin O'Donnell assisted his fellow students with a mini boot camp, teaching them how to salute properly, fold a flag and march.
"One of the things theater does is give us an opportunity to tell a story, often by people who felt their voice hasn't been heard. Every one of these veterans expressed gratitude someone has asked them the question," Misenheimer said.
The students are continuing to interview veterans about their experiences. Misenheimer said they also hope to talk with people "who were at home, waiting for their soldiers to come home. We're still working with the piece. We're going to continue to adapt it."
There is no admission charge to attend the production, but donations will be accepted to support a veterans organization.
The theater project was supported by a grant from Leo Keenan Faculty Development Endowment for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning at St. Bonaventure
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Before becoming the most famous composer of his time, George Frideric Handel gained a lifetime of experience in Italy. Scott Yoo returns to Italy to follow in Handel's footsteps, taking in the art, architecture, fashion, food, wine, light and landscape that, even beyond Italian music, shaped this German composer for the rest of his life.
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Wyoming State Treasurer Joe Meyer Dies
State Treasurer Joseph B. (Joe) Meyer, 71, passed away October 6, 2012 in Cheyenne with his family by his side. Joe was in his second term as Wyoming State Treasurer having been
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Governor Matt Mead said "This is a tremendous loss for all of Wyoming. Carol and I send our deepest condolences to Joe's wife Mary and their children.
Former Vice-President Dick Cheney said ""The two of us were dear friends for over fifty years and had so many shared memories that it is hard to think of the world without him. He was a friend to be proud of, one of the finest public officials ever to serve the people of Wyoming. I know of no one who knew more about the workings of government than Joe. He put his knowledge to work for the benefit of our state, and he shared it generously.
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Washington DC Nano News - Learning Informal Science in Congress: People, Places, and Policy
authored by Margaret Glass
The National Academies report Learning Science in Informal Environments can provide our field a more identifiable and meaningful place at the table of education policy - if we learn how to use it for that purpose. One recent success in this direction is the inclusion of definitions of formal and informal learning in the latest version of S. 1482: the NNI Amendment Act introduced in the Senate on July 21. In January, representatives from ASTC (Sean Smith, me) and the Museum of Science (Patti Curtis, Jason Wellner) met with Brian Rice, chief staffer for Sen. John Kerry. We presented a list of suggested text alterations (originally sent by the NISE Net Pis) that made the references to education more inclusive by explicitly mentioning informal education in the appropriate contexts. These edits seemed justified by the ongoing activity of the NISE Net, including our continued presence in briefings and hearings, and the increasing popularity of NanoDays events around the country. We were unsure how or if these suggestions had been incorporated. Then in May, I received an email forwarded from another staffer on that committee – could we send definitions of informal and formal learning to support the use of these terms in the bill? With reference to the National Academies report, I did. You can see these in Section 12 of the bill: Amendments to Definitions. Even more encouraging, when the rest of the document is searched using the term "informal" there are 7 separate instances where that term appears. Each one of these instances could have represented a lost opportunity for informal learning institutions, in terms of funding for programs or professional development. This is certainly not the first time that museums, science centers, and other informal learning institutions have been explicitly mentioned in a piece of legislation. But to my knowledge, it is the first time we have had the ability to cite a National Academies report that lends credence to a somewhat anecdotal approach to documenting our importance and effectiveness. It is also not the first time this report on learning in informal settings has been introduced to legislators and staffers who are supporters of science education, inside or outside the classroom. A crowd of close to 100 participants turned out to a lunchtime briefing organized by ASTC and the STEM Education Coalition in early June of this year. And an equally large crowd showed up for the official launch of the full publication on June 29 at the Keck Center at the National Academies Building. In fact, through local meetings or conference travel, I have seen discussions of this report in numerous contexts: at the Smithsonian, at NSTA, AAM, twice in DC. How many you have had a chance to hear about or read this report? You can read it online or send the order information in to your CEO or director here. And the text in the NNI act? Stay tuned to hear if it survives the reconciliation process with H.R. 554, or the rumored introduction of a competing version in the works by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson's (R TX) office. We only have until Friday before the summer recess – the one-year anniversary of the stall of the NNI in the last Congress!


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Researchers have discovered a World War II-era German submarine nearly 70 years after it sank under a withering U.S. attack in waters off Nantucket. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
BOSTON -- Divers have discovered a World War II-era German submarine nearly 70 years after it sank under withering U.S. attack in waters off Nantucket.
The U-550 was found Monday by a privately funded group organized by New Jersey lawyer Joe Mazraani.
"They've looked for it for over 20 years," Mazraani, a shipwreck diver, told The Boston Globe. "It's another World War II mystery solved."
In the second trip in two years to the site by the team, the seven-man crew using side-scan sonar located the wreck listing to its side in deep water about 70 miles south of Nantucket.
Sonar operator Garry Kozak said he spotted the 252-foot submarine during the second of an exhausting two days of searching. Kozak said the team asked him if they'd found it, then erupted in joy without a word from him.
"They could see it with the grin (on my face) and the look in my eyes," Kozak said.
The crew had searched 100 square miles of ocean, the Globe reported. Traveling at five knots, the ship scanned the vast expanse for signs of the sunken vessel, a tedious process crew members likened to "mowing the lawn."
Mazraani dove down to confirm the discovery with pictures, the Globe said.
On April 16, 1944, the U-550 torpedoed the gasoline tanker SS Pan Pennsylvania, which had lagged behind its protective convoy as it set out with 140,000 barrels of gasoline for Great Britain, according to the U.S. Coast Guard website and research by Mazraani.
This sonar image provided by GK Consulting & AWS Expeditions/Joe Mazraani, shows a World War II-era German submarine U-550, found by a team of explorers Monday on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean 70 miles south of Nantucket Island, Mass.
The U-boat slipped under the doomed tanker to hide. But one of the tanker's three escorts, the USS Joyce, saw it on sonar and severely damaged it by dropping depth charges.
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The Germans, forced to surface, manned their deck guns while another escort vessel, the USS Gandy, returned fire and rammed the U-boat. The third escort, the USS Peterson, then hit the U-boat with two more depth charges. The crew abandoned the submarine, but not before setting off explosions to scuttle it. The submarine hadn't been seen again until Monday.
The U-550 is one of several World War II-era German U-boats that have been discovered off the U.S. coast, but it's the only one that sank in that area, Mazraani said. He said it's been tough to find largely because military positioning of the battle was imprecise, and searchers had only a general idea where the submarine was when it sank. Kozak noted that the site is far offshore and has only limited windows of good weather.
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The other team members were Steve Gatto, Tom Packer, Brad Sheard, Eric Takakjian and Anthony Tedsechi
Mazraani is cagey about the vessel's precise location, saying only that it's in deep water. Mazraani's said his best estimate was that the team spent thousands of dollars of its own money on the expedition. He joked that no one on the team, whose members range in age from the mid-20s to mid-50s, stands to make money from the find unless someone writes a book.
Mazraani said the next step is to contact any sailors or their families from the escort vessels, the tanker and the German U-boat to share the news and show the pictures. Another trip to the site is coming, he said, adding the investigation has just started.
"The history behind it all is really what drives us," Mazraani said.
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Bush says "progress is uneven" in Iraq, but accentuates positive evidence and mostly ignores the negative.
Bush says "progress is uneven" in Iraq, but accentuates positive evidence and mostly ignores the negative.
Standing before a crowd of uniformed soldiers, President Bush addressed the nation on June 27 to reaffirm America's commitment to the global war on terrorism. But throughout the speech Bush continually stated his opinions and conclusions as though they were facts, and he offered little specific evidence to support his assertions.
Here we provide some additional context, both facts that support Bush's case that "we have made significant progress" in Iraq, as well as some of the negative evidence he omitted.
Bush's prime-time speech at Fort Bragg, NC coincided with the one-year anniversary of the handover of soverignty to Iraqi authorities. It was designed to lay out America's role in Iraq amid sinking public support for the war and calls by some lawmakers to withdraw troops.
The Bloodshed
Bush acknowledged the high level of violence in Iraq as he sought to reassure the public.
Bush: The work in Iraq is difficult and dangerous. Like most Americans, I see the images of violence and bloodshed. Every picture is horrifying and the suffering is real. Amid all this violence, I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it?
What Bush did not mention is that by most measures the violence is getting worse. Both April and May were record months in Iraq for car bombings, for example, with more than 135 of them being set off each month. And the bombings are getting more deadly. May was a record month for deaths from bombings, with 381 persons killed in "multiple casualty" bombings that took two or more lives, according to figures collected by the Brookings Institution in its "Iraq Index." The Brookings index is compiled from a variety of sources including official government statistics, where those are available, and other public sources such as news accounts and statements of Iraqi government officials.
The number of Iraqi police and military who have been killed is also rising, reaching 296 so far in June, nearly triple the 109 recorded in January and 103 in Febrary, according to a tally of public information by the website Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, a private group that documents each fatality from public statements and news reports. Estimates of the total number of Iraqi civilians killed each month as a result of "acts of war" have been rising as well, according to the Brookings index.
The trend is also evident in year-to-year figures. In the past twelve months, there have been 25% more U.S. troop fatalities and nearly double the average number of insurgent attacks per day as there were in the preceeding 12 months.
Reconstruction Progress
In talking about Iraqi reconstruction, Bush highlighted the positive and omitted the negative:
Bush: We continued our efforts to help them rebuild their country. . . . Our progress has been uneven but progress is being made. We are improving roads and schools and health clinics and working to improve basic services like sanitation, electricity and water. And together with our allies, we will help the new Iraqi government deliver a better life for its citizens.
Indeed, the State Department's most recent "Iraq Weekly Status Report" shows progress is uneven. Education is a positive; official figures show 3,056 schools have been rehabilitated and millions of "student kits" have been distributed to primary and secondary schools. School enrollments are increasing. And there are also 145 new primary healthcare centers currently under construction. The official figures show 78 water treatment projects underway, nearly half of them completed, and water utility operators are regularly trained in two-week courses.
On the negative side, however, State Department figures show overall electricity production is barely above pre-war levels. Iraqis still have power only 12 hours daily on average.
Iraqis are almost universally unhappy about that. Fully 96 percent of urban Iraqis said they were dissatisfied when asked about "the availability of electricity in your neighborhood." That poll was conducted in February for the U.S. military, and results are reported in Brookings' "Iraq Index." The same poll also showed that 20 percent of Iraqi city- dwellers still report being without water to their homes.
Conclusions or Facts?
The President repeatedly stated his upbeat conclusions as though they were facts. For example, he said of "the terrorists:"
Bush: They failed to break our coalition and force a mass withdrawal by our allies. They failed to incite an Iraqi civil war..
In fact, there have been withdrawals by allies. Spain pulled out its 1,300 soldiers in April, and Honduras brought home its 370 troops at the same time. The Philippines withdrew its 51 troops last summer to save the life of a Filipino hostage held captive for eight months in Iraq. Ukraine has already begun a phased pullout of its 1,650-person contingent, which the Defense Ministry intends to complete by the end of the year. Both the Netherlands and Italy have announced plans to withdraw their troops, and the Bulgarian parliament recently granted approval to bring home its 450 soldiers. Poland, supplying the third-largest contingent in the coalition after Italy's departure, has backed off a plan for full withdrawal of troops due to the success of Iraqi elections and talks with Condoleezza Rice, but the Polish Press Agency announced in June that the next troop rotation will have 200 fewer soldiers.
Bush is of course entitled to argue that these withdrawals don't constitute a "mass" withdrawal, but an argument isn't equivalent to a fact.
The same goes for Bush's statement there's no "civil war" going on. In fact, some believe that what's commonly called the "insurgency" already is a "civil war" or something very close to it. For example, in an April 30 piece, the Times of London quotes Colonel Salem Zajay, a police commander in Southern Baghdad, as saying, "The war is not between the Iraqis and the Americans. It is between the Shia and the Sunni." Again, Bush is entitled to state his opinion to the contrary, but stating a thing doesn't make it so.
Similarly, Bush equated Iraqi insurgents with terrorists who would attack the US if they could.
Bush: There is only one course of action against them: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home. . . . Our mission in Iraq is clear. We are hunting down the terrorists.
Despite a few public claims to the contrary, however, no solid evidence has surfaced linking Iraq to attacks on the United States, and Bush offered none in his speech. The 9/11 Commission issued a staff report more than a year ago saying "so far we have no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States." It said Osama bin Laden made a request in 1994 to establish training camps in Iraq, but "but Iraq apparently never responded." That was before bin Laden was ejected from Sudan and moved his operation to Afghanistan.
Bush laid stress on the "foreign" or non-Iraqi elements in the insurgency as evidence that fighting in Iraq might prevent future attacks on the US:
Bush: I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it, and it is vital to the future security of our country. And tonight I will explain the reasons why. Some of the violence you see in Iraq is being carried out by ruthless killers who are converging on Iraq to fight the advance of peace and freedom. Our military reports that we have killed or captured hundreds of foreign fighters in Iraq who have come from Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Libya and other nations.
But Bush didn't mention that the large majority of insurgents are Iraqis, not foreigners. The overall strength of the insurgency has been estimated at about 16,000 persons. The number of foreign fighters in Iraq is only about 1,000, according to estimates reported by the Brookings Institution. The exact number is of course impossible to know. However, over the course of one week during the major battle for Fallujah in November of 2004, a Marine official said that only about 2% of those detained were foreigners. To be sure, Brookings notes that "U.S. military believe foreign fighters are responsible for the majority of suicide bombings in Iraq," with perhaps as many as 70 percent of bombers coming from Saudi Arabia alone. It is anyone's guess how many of those Saudi suicide bombers might have attempted attacks on US soil, but a look at the map shows that a Saudi jihadist can drive across the border to Baghdad much more easily than getting nearly halfway around the world to to the US.
Osama bin Laden
Bush quoted a recent tape-recorded message by bin Laden as evidence that the Iraq conflict is "a central front in the war on terror:"
Bush: Hear the words of Osama bin Laden: "This Third World War is raging" in Iraq..."The whole world is watching this war." He says it will end in "victory and glory or misery and humiliation."
However, Bush passed over the fact that the relationship between bin Laden and the Iraqi insurgents - to the extent one existed at all before - grew much closer after the US invaded Iraq. Insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi did not announce his formal allegiance with bin Laden until October, 2004. It was only then that Zarqawi changed the name of his group from "Unification and Holy War Group" to "al Qaeda in Iraq."
In summary, we found nothing false in what Bush said, only that his facts were few and selective.


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While sorting the family pictures I came across a bunch of photos from Phend Reunions. Those were pulled out and put with the Reunion albums. Then I organized the Phend Reunion papers from the 1960s through the present day and put them in the albums with their corresponding pictures. Scanning the papers and pictures resulted in 615 image files. (The Phend-Fisher Family Reunion Ledger which covers the early years had been scanned, transcribed, and posted to the blog in the latter part of 2007.)
Then, as I was rummaging through a box looking for something I came across my grandmother's genealogy "book" and realized that I had never scanned it in its entirety. Most of the pictures had been scanned at one time or another but not all of them, and not the family group sheets. The book has a "post-hole" type of binder that easily comes apart so it wasn't a problem to scan each page individually and then put it back in its proper place. The pages are just a little bit larger than legal size. Placement on the scanner was critical so that no data was lost. There were 90 pages with 116 pictures, ending up with 206 scans for that project. I went ahead and scanned all of the pictures again because I wasn't really happy with the previous scans from several years ago.
And, as reported in my 3rd update for the Genea-Blogger Games, I scanned 74 newspaper clippings on the Phend family that were in the Whitley County Historical Museum's "family clippings" files. I've since created a name index of the clippings for reference purposes.
Image files created from scanning in the past month: 1,611
- 845 family pictures
- 206 pages and pictures in Grandma's Genealogy Book
- 486 Phend Reunion documents (sign-in sheets, announcements, flyers, etc.) and pictures
- 74 Phend Family newspaper clippings
Maude Wise Brubaker Yontz, aka "Mama" or "Grandma Bill", with her grandchildren. About 1933. From the Genealogy "Book" of my grandmother, Hazlette Brubaker Phend, which is now in my possession.


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Welcome to the Booth House Gallery. We have a large collection of hand made studio ceramics.
About the Gallery:
First opened in 1975 as a studio and sales outlet for sculptor and ceramicist Jim Robison, the gallery is housed in an early 19th Century barn with a unique queen post beamed ceiling. The warm coloured stone walls and wood floors are a perfect foil for ceramics of all kinds as well as paintings and other artwork.
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Liberty Square.
Life scene in the Cathedral of Holy Great-Martyr George.
Street life scene around a shoe shop.
Old façade. The art of time.
St Nicholas Church XVII
The Art of the Doors.
Colorful Cafe window.
Artistic capture in a shopping alley.
Life scene around the Liberty Square.
Street life scene at Zmaj Jovina Ulica.
Old Novi Sad seen from Petrovaradin Fortress.
Clock tower.
Novia Sad seen from Petrovaradin Fortress.


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Syrian activists claim deadly "toxic gas" attack
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian anti-government activists accused the regime of carrying out a toxic gas attack that killed at least 100 people, including many children, during intense artillery and rocket barrages Wednesday on the eastern suburbs of Damascus, part of a fierce government offensive in the area.
The attack coincided with the visit by a 20-member U.N. chemical weapons team to Syria to investigate three sites where chemical weapons attacks allegedly occurred during the past year. Their presence raises questions about why the regime — which called the claims of the attack Wednesday "absolutely baseless" — would use chemical agents at this time.
Shocking images emerged from the purported attack, showing pale, lifeless bodies of children lined up on floors of makeshift hospitals and others with oxygen masks on their faces as they were attended to by paramedics. One appeared to be a toddler clad in diapers. There was no visible blood or wounds on their skin.
The reported death toll Wednesday would make it the deadliest alleged chemical attack in Syria's civil war. There were conflicting reports, however, as to what exactly transpired. Syria's Information Minister called the activists' claim a "disillusioned and fabricated one whose objective is to deviate and mislead" the U.N. mission.
France's president demanded the United Nations be granted access to the site of Wednesday's alleged attack, while Britain's foreign secretary said if the claims are verified it would mark "a shocking escalation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria."
The Egypt-based Arab League condemned the "horrific attack" against civilians and called for an investigation.
The heavy shelling earlier in the day pounded the capital's eastern suburbs of Zamalka, Arbeen and Ein Tarma, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. The intensive bombardment, as well as the sound of fighter jets, could be heard by residents of the Syrian capital throughout the night and early Wednesday. Gray smoke hung over towns in the eastern suburbs.
Observatory director Rami Abdul-Rahman said the activists in the area said "poisonous gas" was fired in rockets as well as from the air in the attack. He said that he has documented at least 100 deaths, but said it was not clear whether the victims died from shelling or toxic gas.
Another group, the Local Coordination Committees, said hundreds of people were killed or injured in the shelling. The Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main opposition group in exile, put the number at 1,300. The group said it was basing its claim on accounts and photographs by activists on the ground.
Such different figures from activists groups are common in the immediate aftermaths of attacks in Syria, where the government restricts foreign and domestic reporting.
Syria is said to have one of the world's largest stockpiles of chemical weapons, including mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin. The government refuses to confirm or deny it possesses such weapons.
In June, the U.S. said it had conclusive evidence that Assad's regime used chemical weapons against opposition forces. That crossed what President Barack Obama called a "red line," prompting a U.S. decision to begin arming rebel groups, although that has not happened yet.
An opposition activist and a pharmacist in the town of Arbeen who identified himself by the pseudonym Abu Ahmad said he attended to dozens of injured people in a field hospital after the shelling on Zamalka and Ein Tarma early Wednesday. He said many were moved to Arbeen.
He said bodies of 63 of the dead had indications of a chemical weapons attack but he could not confirm this.
"Their mouths were foaming, their pupils were constricted, and those who were brought in while still alive could not draw their breaths and died subsequently," he told The Associated Press via Skype. "The skin around their eyes and noses was grayish."
Abu Ahmad, who declined to give his real name fearing for his own safety, said he based his belief that the symptoms could indicate a chemical weapon attack because he had attended to two victims two months ago brought in from Jobar, a neighborhood in Damascus, who had the same symptoms and were believed to have been injured in a chemical attack.
Activists in Zamalka told Abu Ahmed that an additional 200 people died in that town on Wednesday. Arbeen is 5 kilometers (3 miles) to the northeast of Damascus.
The Syrian government denied the claims of a chemical weapons attack Wednesday.
"All what has been said is ridiculous and naive, unscientific, illogical and subjective," said Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi, speaking to Syrian state television.
He said the organized media campaign was a result of the regime's successful operations against rebels on the ground.
The head of the U.N. team in Syria to investigate previous claims of alleged chemical attacks said he wants to look into the latest claims.
Speaking to Swedish broadcaster SVT, Ake Sellstrom said the high numbers of killed and wounded being reported "sound suspicious."
"It looks like something we need to look into," Sellstrom, who is Swedish, was quoted as saying.
He said a formal request from a member state would have to go through U.N. channels and Syria would need to agree — and there is no guarantee that it would.
France said they will ask the U.N. to visit the site of Wednesday's alleged attack.
President Francois Hollande, speaking at a regular Cabinet meeting, said the latest allegations "require verification and confirmation," according to government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem.
Hollande would ask the U.N. to go to the site "to shed full light" on the allegations.
The EU's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, said the accusations should be immediately and thoroughly investigated. "The mission must be allowed full and unhindered access to all sites on the Syrian territory according to its requirements," her office said in a statement.
Germany and Turkey also called for immediate U.N. access to the site of the alleged attack.
The Syrian government long has denied claims by the opposition on chemical weapons use, while saying rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad's government have used such weapons.
Following Wednesday's reports, the Observatory called upon the U.N. team in Syria and all international organizations "to visit the stricken areas and to guarantee that medical and relief supplies reach the people as soon as possible." It also called for an investigation into the attack.
Mohammed Saeed, an activist in the area, told the AP via Skype that hundreds of dead and injured people were rushed to six makeshift hospitals in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
"This is a massacre by chemical weapons," Saeed said. "The visit by the U.N. team is a joke. ... Bashar is using the weapons and telling the world that he does not care."
An activist group in Arbeen posted on its Facebook page pictures purporting to show rows of Syrian children, wrapped in white death shrouds, and others with their chests bared. There appeared to be very little signs of blood or physical wounds on the bodies.
An amateur video showed four children on the floor of a makeshift hospital, apparently unconscious, as a doctor is seen giving them some sort of shots. A bit later, a child starts shaking slowly.
"Is this baby girl a terrorist?" a man could be heard asking. "God willing, we will bring his regime down. He (Assad) is killing Sunni children in front of the whole world."
"Oh, Bashar, you son of a dog," another man says. "We will come and get you in your place."
Other videos show bodies of children lined on the floor of a room, showing no signs of life, and rows of dead men who appeared to be fighters. Very few of them showed signs of blood or physical wounds on their skin.
The photos and videos distributed by activists to support their claims were consistent with AP reporting of shelling in the area, though it was not known if the victims died from a poisonous gas attack.
Sellstrom's team of U.N. experts is meant to probe three sites: the village of Khan al-Assal, just west of the embattled northern city of Aleppo and two other locations, which are being kept secret for security reasons.
Wednesday's claim of the chemical attack, if confirmed, would be the most serious since the March 19 incident in Khan al-Assal when at least 30 people were killed. Assad's regime and the rebels have blamed each other for that attack.
Unrest in Syria began in March 2011 and later exploded into a civil war. More than 100,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
Associated Press writers Amer Biblawi in New York, Sarah El Deeb in Cairo, Malin Rising in Stockholm and Sylvie Corbet in Paris contributed to this report.
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LONDON - Kiefer Sutherland admits he had no intention of going back to television after the action-packed "24" ended - but that all changed when he read the script for "Touch."
The U.S. actor was starring on Broadway in a play called "That Championship Season" when he was approached with the script for the science fiction drama.
He was ready to dismiss "Touch" until he found out "Heroes" writer Tim Kring was behind it and Peter Chernin, the head of 20th Century Fox when Sutherland started "24," was producing it.
"I felt I should read it, kind of out of respect to both of those gentlemen. And I did, and I was around page 32 when I went, 'Oh no! Oh no!'" says Sutherland.
The 45-year-old was lured back to TV because, like "24," the show gives audiences something fresh and unique: An international outlook. The first episode alone has scenes set in New York, London, Dublin, Tokyo and Baghdad and features actors from several countries.
"We spend so much time talking and making films and television and our news about the divisive things between human beings, what makes us different," Sutherland told The Associated Press. "It's been a long time since I saw someone approach something from the perspective of, 'What are the things that we have in common?'"
So Sutherland is going from gun-wielding Jack Bauer in "24" to struggling single dad Martin Bohm in "Touch," which centers on Martin's relationship with his 11-year-old son, Jake, played by David Mazouz.
Wrongly diagnosed as autistic, Jake has never spoken, but has an obsessive connection to patterns and an ability to predict events around the world before they happen.
Mazouz was the first of over 30 children to audition but Sutherland says he knew instantly he was perfect for the part.
"They're both stuck together, but because of this lack of ability to communicate, they might as well be a thousand miles away. When I look in his eyes, I would feel that," he says. "What I thought was going to be really difficult and challenging (working with a child) is actually the thing I look forward to the most."
Unusually for a U.S. series, "Touch" will launch simultaneously in many countries around the world.
Sutherland is currently traveling around Europe promoting the program, a trip that has seen him visit London, Berlin and Madrid. The actor might be on a tight schedule but he did have time for a spot of shopping in London.
"I went down to the Westminster Abbey gift shop. I promised David, who plays Jake, that I would get him something from every country we visit and I have to do the same thing for my grandsons," says Sutherland.
Once things settle in with the new TV show, Sutherland will also be squeezing in "24: The Movie." He's hoping to shoot the film later this year but there's still the small task of finding a director.
"I'm still very, very optimistic that we are going to be able to do that, and I've got my fingers, my toes, my legs, everything crossed," he laughed.
"Touch" premieres March 22 in the U.S. on Fox and in the U.K. on Sky1 HD.


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I got a really great letter the other day from Katharine Ball – the 2001 Resident on the Indianapolis Island, a work commissioned last year by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Katharine made a grey water system right under the sink inside the island. And she is a really intense, honest and thought provoking writer You can read Katharine's letter her here – and then check out the rest of her blog…
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One model stood out this morning at Richard Chai's LOVE show. Could it have been the pinky tresses? Yes, definitely! But also, the fact that she was the
smallest—and most stand-out—in the show made me think of another model famously of short stature: Kate Moss. Here's one of my favorite Juergen Teller photos of Miss Moss also sporting perfectly pastel locks. So who was the pink star at Chai? That'd be Charlotte Free. We knew she'd would be one to watch this season!


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"Segmentation Scheme for Volume Quantization from 3D Microscopic MR images", Proceedings of the Joint Meeting NVvM & BVM, Gent, pp. 168-169, December, 1996.
"Semi-automatic mouse cerebellum extraction from 3D magnetic resonance data", Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 3, New York, USA, pp. 1585, April, 1996.
"Volume quantization of the mouse cerebellum by semi-automatic 3D segmentation of MR images", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, vol. 2710, Newport Beach CA, USA, pp. 553-560, February, 1996.
"The construction of a gradient set", 4th Meeting of the FGWO/FRSM Contact Group Biomedical MR, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, pp. 5, 1993.