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A cold and stormy Friday will make way to sunny skies Saturday afternoon with temperatures continuing below normal moving into next week, the National Weather Service said.
Showers will likely give way to thunderstorms and small hail this afternoon and evening, with highs from the 50s to the low 60s, lows from the 30s to upper 40s, and northwestern winds up to 15 mphNational Weather Service meteorologist Steve Anderson said.
Saturday morning will begin with partly cloudy skies, becoming mostly sunny throughout the day with highs from the 50s to the lower 60s and northern winds around 10 mph.
In spite of the wet weather, the higher elevations have likely seen as much snow as they're going to get this weekend, Anderson said.
"Mt. Diablo and Mt. Hamilton saw a little dusting of snow this morning, but that is likely the end of it," Anderson said. "We'll still have some showers, but they'll continue to decrease overnight."
Chilly temperatures will continue Sunday and early next week, Anderson said, likely to be below normal for this time of year. Oakland will see a high of 58 and a low of 46, San Jose a high of 60 and a low of 36, Fremont a high of 57 and a low of 43, Concord a high of 56 and low of 42, and Livermore a high of 57 and a low of 40.
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Controlled Open Enrollment
The Florida Legislature recognizes the value of an educational system that provides numerous and meaningful options for students and their parents. In order to promote parental involvement in the school selection process, the Florida Legislature enacted section 1002.31, Florida Statutes (Public school parental choice.–) to require each district school board to develop a plan that describes the controlled open enrollment public education delivery system that allows school districts to make student school assignments using parents indicated preferential school choice as a significant factor. The district school board must submit the controlled open enrollment plan to the Department of Education on an annual basis.
Each district school board may offer controlled open enrollment within the public schools in addition to the existing choice programs such as magnet schools, alternative schools, special programs, advanced placement, and dual enrollment. Controlled open enrollment emphasizes the rights for families to choose among existing public schools. Instead of being assigned to a public school by a school district based on attendance zones, parents may choose a school from anywhere within the district or, if not geographically feasible, from within established zones or boundaries within the district.

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Today's Minneapolis Star Tribune carries an enraging account of the apprehension and detention of Zacarias Moussaoui in Minnesota in August 2001. The managers of a flight school in Eagan, Minnesota had alerted the FBI to Moussaoui based on his bizarre behavior and comments. The article is "Pre-attack interviews with Moussaoui raised FBI agents' suspicions."
Both the Eagan flight school managers who tipped the FBI and the Minneapolis FBI agents who interrogated Moussaoui did a great job. At the conclusion of their two sessions with him the agents sent a memo to bureau headquarters on August 18: "In the memo sent to bureau headquarters…, the Minneapolis agents said that 'the numerous inconsistencies' in Moussaoui's story, the timing of his trip to Pakistan and his inability to account for all of his cash led them to believe 'he is conspiring to commit a terrorist act.'
"His comment about flying from London to JFK, the Minneapolis office wrote, 'is suggestive' that he may want to simulate a flight 'under the conditions which he would operate while' carrying out a terrorist act."
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Barnes & Noble Retail Shows Some Improvement as Nook Plunges
No wonder Barnes & Noble's Chairman Leonard Riggio only wants to buy part of the company.
The book retailer just reported its fiscal third quarter and sales are down across the board. But Ebitda, a measure of cash earnings, slumped in every business unit save one: the retail business Riggio is looking to take private.
WSJ reported this past weekend and Riggio subsequently confirmed in a filing that he is interested in a buyout of Barnes & Noble's retail business, which would include the chain of stores and the company's website. The buyout would exclude what many consider the growth assets, the Nook e-reader and Barnes & Noble's college bookstores.
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Re: Star Wars: The Clone Wars series
Everyone is entilted to their opinion, but I'm pretty excited about it. The animation looks reasonable, there will be a good story line (it wont be senseless killing), and Anikan having a apprentice is an interesting idea (remember, hes a Jedi Knight...they take on apprentices). Plus I think it will have mini-storys just about Clones, Since im a big Clone-fan, this has got me pretty pumpped up.


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en.swpat.org is a wiki. You can edit it. May contain statements End Software Patents does not endorse.
November 2014: About Microsoft's patent licence for .NET core
Sitemap • Countries • Why abolish? • Law proposals • Studies • Case law • Patent office case law • Lawsuits
Why software is different
Software is different in many ways from traditionally patentable fields of engineering such as the manufacturing of cars or pharmaceuticals.
Conversely, it is similar to innovative fields such as literature, film and fashion.
Studies on usage patterns
The 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey revealed big differences between software companies and biotechnology companies in their use of patents.
"[s]oftware patents are more than twice as likely to be litigated as other patents" - Bessen & Meurer, at 22.
Mathematical nature
- (see also: Software is math)
The rules that exclude software from patentability do so on the grounds of similarity with mathematics: you should not be able to patent a mathematical formula, and an algorithm is essentially the same as a mathematical formula. A mathematical formula is not patentable because it is like a law of nature: it is a discovery, not an invention.
Software is highly abstract: you can't look at two pieces of software from the outside to see whether they look the same. Two engineers will describe the same piece of software in very different terms. It's therefore highly subjective whether the ideas embodied by one piece of software are essentially equivalent to the ideas in another. In short, there is no objective test for infringement.
Problems and solutions are tied
There are many ways to cure rubber. These methods can be used to cure various types of rubber and the output will be usable for any product that requires cured rubber. The inputs and outputs don't define what method of rubber curing must be used - the curer is not required to use a specific method.
In contrast, for a software video player to be functional, it must read videos in precisely the format in which videos exist. That is to say, software video players have to read MPEG video formats, for example, in order to be useful. So a patent excludes developers from the whole field rather than excluding them just from one method of doing that field of activity.
The test of obviousness
Because software is abstract, the test for whether an idea is obvious "to one skilled in the art" is very difficult to apply. The test cannot be based on the amount of effort expended in working out the idea, because the least obvious ideas are often the simplest. Nor is it clear what it means: what if an idea is obvious to a thousand of the best programmers in the world, but not obvious to a million others? Simultaneous and independent invention is not unique to the software field, but it is certainly a characteristic feature of software that good programmers will tend to come to the same solution independently.
Prior art
Because software is invisible, determining prior art is notoriously difficult. Many software patents appear to be granted despite the ideas being well known to practitioners, but it can be very difficult to find acceptable documentary evidence that the ideas were already in widespread use. Most programmers do not publish written papers about their work, for a variety of reasons: they are too busy, they don't consider the idea significant, or they don't want their competitors to know what they are doing.
Continuous innovation
Programming is by its nature innovative. Programmers have new ideas every day, in a way that is not true of engineers in other fields. If every new idea were patented we would have billions of patents rather than merely tens of thousands. Many of these new ideas have little significance, but there is no meaningful way of distinguishing those that deserve a patent monopoly from those that do not.
By the same token, it is impossible for programmers to check every time they write a line of code whether it infringes a patent. Programmers take the risk of patent infringement every day, because they have no realistic alternative. It is unfair that society should penalise them for this.
Low Risk
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The devil's bargain can be called a bargain only if it benefits someone besides the devil. A major justification for the bargain, the encouragement of entry by new people with new ideas into industries with high cost of entry, i.e. high risk, does not apply to software development. Software development is exceptionally cheap, thus low risk.
How patents on different domains affect society
One thing to keep in mind is that plenty of things are excluded from patentability. Being excluded doesn't mean that software is special.
For the manufacturing of cars, you have to consider how patents will affect:
- the cost of mass production
- the impact on quality/safety of what's offered to citizens
- the impact on the economy overall
Campaigners against software patents are usually not general experts on those topics, so we might not know if innovations in car manufacturing should be patentable or not.
For software, there are similar questions to the three above, plus there is the fourth question of individual liberty and the effectiveness of communities.
This question isn't pertinent to car manufacturing because individuals and communities don't manufacture cars in significant quantities - or at all.
If someone patents a method for making a car, that doesn't reduce people's liberty. Making cars requires a lot of cash and materials, and there are already many laws that places regulations and restrictions on making cars. So people are already excluded. Adding a patent problem doesn't change anything.
For one thing, software is mass produced by individuals and groups who don't get paid directly for that work (or do it for non-commercial reasons). Adding the cost of the patent system is unfair to these people.
Communities write great software (a community wrote most of GNU/Linux). People should continue to have their right to participate in the development and distribution of software, and to continue to benefit from the work of the vast community that develops the software that people use. Patents would create problems for individuals' liberty, and for the general software development which society as a whole benefits.
Related pages on en.swpat.org
- Why focus only on software?
- Software is too abstract, patent quality is bad
- Software patents are unreadable
- 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey - showing differences between patenting of software and biotech
- Breaks common software distribution models - a patent problem unique to software
External links
Counter articles
- In Defense of Software Patents, by Martin Goetz, argues that software development is just like machine development
- Are software patents evil?, by Paul Graham, argues that software patents are the same as hardware patents
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More than three weeks after the Nov. 6 election, the heated and protracted congressional race between U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre and state Sen. David Rouzer is now final.
More than three weeks after the Nov. 6 election, the heated and protracted congressional race between U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre and state Sen. David Rouzer is now final.
In a phone call to McIntyre Wednesday night, Rouzer conceded defeat, meaning McIntyre, the Robeson County Democrat, will serve two more years in Congress.
�Now that the recount has been completed and the tally of votes is official, we can move forward satisfied that each vote was counted properly and accurately,� Rouzer said in a prepared statement. �I have called Congressman McIntyre to congratulate him on a hard-fought victory, and I wish him well as he joins a new Congress that will be dealing with very difficult issues facing our country.�
In his statement, Rouzer acknowledged supporters who encouraged him to run again in 2014, but didn�t say whether he would do so.
�With the Christmas season upon us, I am setting any thoughts of my political future to the side, refocusing on growing my distributorship and consulting businesses while enjoying the farm and the holidays with family and friends,� he said.
McIntyre sent out a statement Wednesday night saying the recount affirmed his victory and thanking his supporters.
�This was a total team victory, and every single person involved played an important role for which my family and I are forever grateful,� he said.
He also thanked Rouzer for his �commitment and dedication to public service� and wished him well in his �future endeavors.�
Rouzer�s decision not to further contest the election results came after a three-day recount in the 12 counties that make up the 7th Congressional District. The recount showed McIntyre with a lead of 654 votes. The initial count, confirmed by the district-wide canvass on Nov. 16, gave the incumbent a 655-vote advantage.
Rouzer called for a recount last week as the vote differential was well within 1 percent of votes cast, the threshold necessary for a taxpayer-funded recount. He also cited an error in the initial reporting of Bladen County�s vote totals on election night, where a precinct McIntyre won was counted twice. The error was caught soon after and the totals corrected.
�In a race this close, accidental human error could easily change the outcome,� Rouzer said in a statement calling for the recount. �It is important to ensure that every legal vote cast is properly and accurately counted.�
At about 8 p.m. Wednesday, Duplin County became the last county to finish its recount. The district�s other counties reported their recount results Monday and Tuesday.
State elections officials have estimated the recount would cost counties in the district a combined $50,000. Some counties had to call in additional part-time workers to help with their counts, which involved feeding paper ballots through machines for a second time.
Under state law, Rouzer could have demanded a hand count of ballots in a small sample of precincts in each county in the district. But he chose not to.
Recounts don�t typically change election outcomes, elections officials said.
Marvin McFadyen, New Hanover County elections director, said the first recount led to minor changes in vote totals throughout the district. Elections officials in counties with slight variations chalked them up mainly to different machines reading ballots differently.
�You could do that all day long,� McFadyen said of additional recounts. �What are you going to end up with, another one- or two-vote difference?�
McIntyre was first elected in the 7th Congressional District in 1996. He briefly considered a run for the Democratic nomination for governor before deciding to run for re-election this year. This was his closest race in eight re-elections. Two years ago, McIntyre garnered 54 percent of the votes against Ilario Pantano, the author and former Marine from Wilmington who gave McIntyre his toughest challenge up to that point.
Rouzer defeated Pantano in this year�s GOP primary in the newly drawn 7th Congressional District, which includes all of Brunswick and parts of New Hanover and Pender counties. It roughly follows Interstate 40 to the northwest and extends to Johnston County, where Rouzer lives.
Rouzer, a two-term state senator serving his final days in the General Assembly, jumped into the race in July 2011, around the time fellow Republicans were finalizing new congressional district boundaries as part of the once-a-decade redistricting process.
Upon entering the race, Rouzer said the federal government has �steered our country on a dangerous course.�
Pantano said Wednesday he was �disappointed for lost opportunities from top to bottom on the ticket� for Republicans in 2012. He said he referred to the presidential race, the congressional race and others.
�But this is clearly God�s will, and we have to be mindful of all that,� he added.
Pantano declined to say whether he believed he could have defeated McIntyre this year in the new district or whether he would run again for the seat.


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Cooking with Linux: The Wireless Kitchen
In his latest "Cooking with Linux", Marcel Gagné covers a number of applications for monitoring and connecting to wireless access points, including KWiFiManager, the wireless LAN manager for KDE. Read all about it in "The Wireless Kitchen".
Wifi Scanning
KWifiManager is nice to see the signal strength of your current connection but you can't use it, or any other GUI program, to scan for networks. A graphical kismet is needed.
Then you need the graphical kismet to be able to stop scanning and try and dhcp passing networks, that would be great.
By Jonathan Riddell at Wed, 2004/08/18 - 5:00am
Re: Wifi Scanning
I have tried KWifiManager but it crashes the second the gui pops up. My wireless is already working and Knemo already detects my wireless stats correctly. Dunno what is up with it. I will have to sift through bugs.kde.org to get an idea if somebody has any similar problem. I currently use an ARtem card (wavelan/orinoco driver) using PCMCIA on a gentoo box. Works like a charm, even in Kismet.
By rafelbev at Wed, 2004/08/18 - 5:00am
Re: Wifi Scanning
What the heck is going on with so many of these apps!? There is 'kifi' in kdenonbeta which is poised to make the transition to KDE proper (that's what kdenonbeta is for). But then there's also KWirelessMonitor(http://www.KDE-Apps.org/content/show.php?content=11576), KNemo(http://www.KDE-Apps.org/content/show.php?content=12956), and KWlanInfo(http://www.KDE-Apps.org/content/show.php?content=9827). So there's a KWifiManager too?!
Can we just settle on one?? Each has there own strengths and weaknesses but the duplication of effort is hurting. The effort should be consolidated.
By Jesse at Thu, 2004/08/19 - 5:00am
Re: Wifi Scanning
is the "we" implicating , that you are working on one of the projects ?
By chris at Thu, 2004/08/19 - 5:00am
Re: Wifi Scanning
hey! while we're busting bawls...what projects are you actively working on? the poster was merely suggesting a standardization of kde wifi. if you're not one of the maintainers of those projects, leave him alone. he's merely trying to promote discussion. hey! maybe we'll get lucky & one of dot.kde's readers or project maintaners will take some initiative towards that standardization and we can all benefit. better than throwing stones i suspect.
By Mark at Thu, 2004/08/19 - 5:00am
Re: Wifi Scanning
I agree mark
The dot is a place to discuss. Several ideas have originated and been discussed here. I think it is a good place to interact, core developers, users, etc. People who don't have time or training to contribute may have good ideas.
Of course, people should not be rude. In particular, people who are not contributing shouldn't attack the ones doing it (as it sometimes happens, unfortuntately). But this was not the case of the original poster.
And going back to the topic. Multimedia consolidation and architecture will be one of the goals of KDE 4. Maybe Internet configuration, including WiFi
By MandrakeUser at Thu, 2004/08/19 - 5:00am
Is there a plan to support WPA? Since some of the wireless projects have started supporting WPA and configuring WPA requires a bit of reading around, it would help a lot of people if a nice GUI tool can be used for WPA setup.
By anon at Thu, 2004/08/19 - 5:00am
Yeesh, this is annoying
As is usually the case with Marcel's columns, there's some good content but the French restaurant gimmick is just excruciating...
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Food & Wine Classic seasons Aspen with culinary celebrities
The country's biggest food festival opened Thursday night in Aspen, luring 5,000 people to the posh town for a long weekend of feasting, boozing, schmoozing and a lot of parties.
Now in its 31st year, the Food & Wine Classic turns Aspen into something like Hollywood for foodies, with chef celebrities not only signing books and demonstrating cooking techniques, but wandering around town yakking on their cellphones, hanging out in hotel lobbies and bars, and clinking glasses with fans at private shindigs.
The sold-out event runs through Sunday.
"Aspen is special," said chef Eric Ripert, a fixture on televised food shows and the owner of Le Bernardin in New York City, during a Caribbean-themed event in a hotel courtyard Friday. "We have fun, we are always working." (He raises a cocktail and grins; it is noon.)
With temperatures in the mid-70s and not even a puffy cloud decorating the blue sky, Ripert called it "Colorado at its best."
One of the most anticipated annual parties, hosted by Washington, D.C., restaurateur Jose Andres, was held Thursday night at a new, multimillion-dollar house in the hills above Aspen. Here, Mario Batali put his feet up and watched a bit of the basketball playoffs between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat. Old-school celebrity chef Jacques Pepin attracted adoring fans and fellow chefs, "Top Chef" chief judge Tom Colicchio walked around sampling Spanish foods, and New York restaurateur Danny Meyer wandered the big house, ducking into the stone wine cellar for a spell.
A whole lamb roasted on a spit outside, workers shucked oysters and nestled them on beds of ice, tables of wine could be found at every turn, and one chef made "tacos" by shaving slices from a fancy Spanish ham, and topping them with spoonfuls of caviar.
While the lamb turned on the squeaky spit, San Francisco chef Chris Cosentino said he comes to Aspen for the camaraderie.
"Here we are at this house, with Jose," he said. "We talk business, we talk shop, it's a lovely place -- these mountains are one of my favorite places. Amazing food and wine, great company. It's not often that we can get together as a group and blow off steam."
Cosentino also talked about how he became acquainted with the mountains -- he lived in his car in Summit County for a spell, when he was a professional cyclist. All he did was ride his bike and sleep, he said.
Friday morning, a bunch of the chef celebs gathered at Hotel Jerome, where chefs Rick Bayless and Susan Feniger served chilaquiles, lettuce cups stuffed with Korean rice, and addictive fried bananas, among other things. Then the party migrated to a tent-covered city, where wine distributors, cheesemakers, tourism boards, kitchen-supplies manufacturers and just about every category linked to the food industry handed out food and drink to guests.
"It's good to be gluttonous sometimes," said Maya Berthoud, the director of operations with Breckenridge Distillery. "Everybody is prospering in the spirits world right now. This event has such a good energy vibe."
At the booth for Elway's restaurants, culinary director Tyler Wiard said Elway's comes because "the electricity is so contagious."
"We feel now that Elway's has four locations, we can really promote our brand and have fun at the same time," he said.
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First, Happy Birthday Dad. As always, I am sure you will have all the neighbors celebrating with fireworks. Happy Birthday Jan, I know it was a week ago, but I am still thinking of you. Happy Birthday America. May all of you live long!
Yesterday and today we were off visiting several castles of Northern Wales. They are all built under the direction of Edward I in the late 1200's. If Amanda wasn't sick of castles yet, hopefully we have advanced her towards such a state.
Yesterday we visited Conwy and Beaumaris castles. There isn't really any way for us to describe it rather than show you the photos. Which we will have to upload.
Today we drove straight out to Caernarfon Castle and it took about 4 hours to work our way through it. We ran into a lady named Gaby, and found out she was going to take a bus to Harlech after Caernarfon. We invited her to go with us. We all drove to Harlech when we finished. It was another beautiful castle situated high above an estuary. We spent a couple of hours there and then cut through Northern Wales. She was going to take the train back to Chester so we volunteered to drop her off. She effectively became our gate opener and closer as we drove through pasture after pasture in Wales. It was beautiful!
We finally made it back to a main path near Pentre Gwynfryn and cut back down to a main road. We took a turn at Penrhyndeudraeth and headed inland. We went right through the Welsh Mountains and it was beautiful. We had lunch at Blaenau Ffestiniog. We haven't a clue how to say it but I did get a fairly descent donner kebab. We also drove through Mold. We definitely have to mention that one! We dropped off our new friend, Gaby, in Chester and came home.
Last night we went to visit some more friends who I knew as a missionary. As a credit, they all remembered my name even though we almost 10 years on. One of which was a man we baptized, Adam Dawson.
Anyhow, we are traveling maniacs!


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Letterwinners on spring sports teams at Hope College have been announced by athletic directors Tim Schoonveld and women's athletic director Eva Folkert.
Letterwinners on spring sports teams at Hope College have been announced by athletic directors Tim Schoonveld and women's athletic director Eva Folkert.
The spring season culminated a successful year of intercollegiate athletics as Hope College won for the 12th consecutive year the Commisioner's Cup for having the best cumulative men's and women's program in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Hope finished first in both the MIAA women's and men's all-sports standings. It marks the 34th time in school history that Hope has won the coveted MIAA Commissioner's Cup, the most of any member school.
Seventeen athletes lettered in their sport for a fourth consecutive year. They are Christian Calyore (track), Adam Clements (baseball), Danny Detmar (baseball), Steven Esbin (baseball), Stephanie Faber (softball), Katrina Gobrogge (track), Brian Hernandez (track), Jacqueline Kirsch (track), Nathan Love, (track), Kelly Lufkin (track), Chris Mattson (baseball), Andrew McKeachie (track), Kate Nelson (track), Jon Ponte (baseball), Kristen Reschke (track), Kyle VanderVeen (track), Zach VanNoord (baseball, .
Baseball Letterwinners
Chris Blair*, sophomore from Grand Rapids (East Grand Rapids)
Austin Brown*, freshman from La Grange, Ind. (Lakeland)
Jordan Carrigan***, junior from Buchanan (Berrien Springs)
Adam Clements****, senior from Saline (Saline)
Erik Dawson**, sophomore from Grand Haven (Midland)
Danny Detmar****, senior from Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton)
Curtis Drozd***, junior from Allegan (Allegan)
Steven Esbin****, senior from Carmel, Ind. (Carmel)
Cooper Hartman*, freshman from Grosse Point Park (Grosse Point South)
Phil Haywood**, sophomore from Grand Rapids (Forest Hills Northern)
Jordan Herman**, sophomore from Midland (H.H. Dow)
Alex Hunt**, sophomore from Holland (West Ottawa)
T.J. Klein***, junior from Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial)
Josh Kranz**, sophomore from Carpentersville, Ill. (Jacobs)
Alex Luke***, junior from Grand Rapids (East Grand Rapids)
Chris Mattson****, senior from Muskegon (Mona Shores)
Ray McNamara*, freshman from Haslet (Haslett)
Kevin Olson**, sophomore from Lake in the Hills, Ill. (Jacobs)
Ben Pearson*, freshman from Madison, Wis. (West)
Ty Peterson***, junior from Wheaton, Ill. (Warrenville South)
Jon Ponte****, senior from Novi (Divine Child)
Steve Ross*, freshman from St. Joseph (St. Joseph)
Devin Schafers*, freshman from Lake Forest, Ca. (El Toro)
Cory Schmidt***, junior from Milan, Ohio (Edison)
Eric Sherman**, sophomore from Troy (Seaholm)
Currey Thomas*, freshman from Grandville (Grandville)
Tom Tresh**, sophomore from Grand Rapids (Northpointe Christian)
Eric Vachon**, sophomore from Sterling Heights (De La Salle Collegiate)
Zach VanNoord****, senior from Hudsonville (Hudsonville)
Evan Zimmerman*, freshman from Edwardsburg (Edwardsburg)
Softball Letterwinners
Amber Born**, sophomore from Galesburg (Galesburg Augusta)
Montana Bredeway*, freshman from Wayland (Wayland)
Molly Collins***, junior from Houghton Lake (Houghton Lake)
Kelsey Cooper*, freshman from Romeo (Romeo)
Stephanie Faber****, senior from Byron Center (South Christian)
Kristin Higgs***, junior from Sturgis (Sturgis)
Natalie Hiser*, freshman from Westland (Livonia Churchill)
Krista Hoevemeyer*, freshman from Milan (Milan)
Jess Kohlhoff*, junior from Reed City (Reed City)
Jenny Langill*, freshman from Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton Warrenville South)
Natalie Leahy*, freshman from Winfield, Ill. (Wheaton North)
Brooke Nienhuis**, senior from Zeeland (Zeeland West)
Emma Page**, sophomore from Portage (Portage Central)
Becca Phillips*, freshman from Wayland (Wayland)
Adalee Robertson*, freshman from Flushing (Flushing)
Laura Tjepkema***, junior from Dorr (South Christian)
Olivia Vacik*, freshman from Bollingbrook, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)
Kendall Vassar*, freshman from Naperville, Ill. (Naperville North)
Payton Wells*, freshman from Rockford (Rockford)
Kasey Wierzbicki*, freshman from Byron Center (Byron Center)
Men's Tennis Letterwinners
Parker Bussies**, sophomore from Zeeland (Zeeland West)
Gabe Casher***, junior from Ann Arbor (Pioneer)
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A ring can represent practically anything. Undying love, a silent promise, real friendship, commitment, but also nobility, worship or faith. There are rings that symbolize dependence, enslavement, eternity, and apparently there is one that stands for all that's evil in this world. But let's not forget a ring is nothing more than a piece of metal that fits nicely around a finger. It doesn't even have to be pretty.
So don't ask me why I ended up risking my life, going on this quest to destroy one. I mean, you can't really blame me for getting caught up in things I don't even believe in, right?
Be warned: this is a tenth walker fic and English is my second language. It's possible you'll hate this story, but don't forget you're not legally obliged to do so. And seriously, I really like readers and absolutely love reviewers.
Categories: Movie-verse Characters: Aragorn, Boromir, Frodo, Gandalf / Olorin, Gimli, Legolas, Merry, Original Character, Pippin, Sam
Genres: Action/Adventure, General, Romance
Warnings: AU (alternate universe), First Draft
Series: None
Chapters: 25 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 60019 Read Count: 70531


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Profound and positive change took root despite all the obstacles and doubt
VATICAN ii +50:Even Ian Paisley felt drawn to be in Rome at a time of great energy, writes Bishop MICHAEL SMITH, who attended every day of the Vatican II sessions
WHEN POPE John XXIII, just three months after his election, announced that he intended convening an ecumenical council, the reaction was mixed. Many noted that the cardinals listening to his announcement in the Basilica of St Paul's didn't show much enthusiasm.
Few people were aware that both his predecessors had also the same intention but did not announce it. Pope Pius XI spent three years preparing for a council in the mid-1920s but abandoned the idea as he decided that an accommodation had to be reached with the Italian state following the seizure of the Papal States in 1870.
It was this seizure that brought the First Vatican Council to an abrupt and premature end. Pope Pius XII set up a commission to prepare the ground for a council in the late 1940s but abandoned the idea after two years of work.
Many of the cardinals listening to Pope John XXIII had worked on this project, so their lack of enthusiasm was understandable. Between the announcement in January 1959 and its opening on October 11th in 1962 an immense amount of work was carried out in preparing documents and all the logistical requirements, not least a hall in which over 2,500 bishops could meet.
In the spring of 1962, Msgr Herlihy, the rector of the Irish College, where I had been a student since the autumn of 1957, called me aside and said a group of stenographers was being formed who would have the task of compiling the official record of the council – all that was said and happened in the Council Hall each day. He had been asked to nominate one student and he asked if I would be willing to become involved. I was happy to accept. It involved attending classes each evening, near St Peter's, learning a system of Latin shorthand devised by Dr Alois Kennernecht from Germany. Two students from the college had fulfilled the same role in Vatican I.
We lived in the Irish College but attended lectures at the nearby Lateran University. Almost all lectures were in Latin, so all of us would have had a familiarity with the language. At this stage 42 students and postgraduates, drawn from the different ecclesiastic colleges in Rome – 22 of them Italian – were involved.
We received copies of all the documents, original and revised drafts, and the texts of all talks given in the Council Hall. All that was spoken in the hall was recorded.
The lead-up to the opening of the council was a fascinating time to be in Rome, with a pamphlet war going on, regular rumours that the project was going to be abandoned and a running, and sometimes indiscreet, commentary on preparatory work from a few of our professors.
Many doubted that it would happen. The formal calling of the council was made in the atrium of St Peter's on Christmas morning in 1961 by Archbishop Felici. I was surprised that so few were present for such an historic occasion, indicative perhaps of the doubts of many. All underestimated the determination of Pope John.
I was over at St Peter's the day before the council opened and there was a palpable air of excitement. I also encountered three clergymen in bright fawn suits distributing leaflets on the Via della Conciliazione, leading to St Peter's Square, and seeking, with little success, to engage with people. One of them was the Rev Ian Paisley and another Pastor Jack Glass from Scotland. It seemed they intended causing a disturbance at the opening ceremony but the Italian police brought them in for questioning, gave them some coffee, and released them when proceedings were over.
One theologian who was centrally involved in the work of the council, the late Fr Yves Congar, a Dominican, kept a Journal, recently published in English. It runs to almost 1,000 pages, indicating how difficult it is to summarise an event that lasted four years and had such a profound and positive impact on the life of the church.
The council convened in formal session each autumn from 1962 to 1965, usually for about 10 weeks. In truth the first such period in 1962 was a preparatory period.
Those months following the first session also impacted on our own group as the 42 became 12 and remained so until the end of the council. The 12 of us that remained spent considerable time, in the months between the sessions, finalising the record of all that was said and happened in the Council Hall.
While one wasn't obliged to be present each day it was too fascinating and engaging to miss and was a good substitute for the many lectures I missed in theology and canon law over the four years!
An event such as an Ecumenical Council – the 20th in 2,000 years – leaves many impressions and memories. The context in which it was held is often overlooked. The opening of the archives in Russia and elsewhere has brought to light the sheer horror of what took place during the second World War, following so closely on the barbarity and contempt for life of the first World War.
I could never accept the view that the council was a disaster for the church. It was a profoundly providential event as has been articulated so often by the late Blessed John Paul and Pope Benedict, both of whom played an active part in its proceedings, the former as a bishop, the latter as a theologian.
While many sought to present it as a fight between the liberal and conservative viewpoints, this was not an accurate reflection of the focus and engagement by all the bishops, especially in the final three years. Disagreements were not absent and there were many interesting days. Bishops, including a number of the Irish bishops, came to Rome believing the council would last a few weeks. All had tomind and their approach to the change their council very quickly. Overall the Irish contribution was limited. Fr Congar's Journal highlights the extraordinary demands that were made on a core group of theologians and scripture scholars. Most of these were Belgian, French and German, with some Italians and Spanish.
Those who appeal to the "spirit of the council" to justify their views would do well to study its texts. Every word and phrase was weighed and discussed, often several times. The publication, some years ago, of the complete record (Acta) of the council (in Latin) allows scholars to study the evolution of these documents.
Much to the surprise of many, in spite of the obstacles, the doubts, the disagreements, the work of the council came to fruition. This would not have surprised Blessed John XXIII as he had a deep trust in the Lord's promise to be ever with His Church. Over the past 50 years, although not all the doubts and obstacles have gone away, I believe that the council has impacted positively on all aspects of the church's life and mission.
Bishop Michael Smith has been bishop of Meath since 1990


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Country star Dolly Parton was once left red-faced and bald after her wig got caught on a low-hanging tree branch during an outing with friends.
The 9 to 5 hitmaker, who loves donning fake hairpieces to change up her look, admits wigs sometimes cause an unwanted style nightmare.
The Grammy-winning singer recalls, "One time I was riding a bicycle with my best friend and I hadn't pinned my wig on that well. We went to this little grove with an overhanging tree. As I cycled under it, I saw her crying with laughter.
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Old Fashioned Baked CustardI had a taste for some old fashioned baked custard the other day. Whether it was the freezing weather prompting the simple warmth of the hot custard itself, or because I hadn't been eating enough eggs lately, the craving was very specific. I wanted this delicious, heart warming custard.
Course, I really don't need a strong craving for me to enjoy custard - either straight from the oven like this, in the old fashioned simplicity of a custard pie, or in the form of the creamy homemade custard in my banana pudding - I have always adored this pure mix of egg, milk and sugar. My favorite way is simple, unadorned and piping hot from the oven, but this time I decided to make it with some toasted coconut. It was excellent, but if you don't like coconut, it'd be equally wonderful even without it.
A slow gentle heat is best here for cooking the custard, so use a nice water bath to bake them in, or a Bain-Marie (bahn-mah-REE) if you wanna get all fancy. That simply means cooking one container, the ramekins, in a larger container, the baking dish, surrounded by hot water. Egg proteins can be rather sensitive, so a slow gentle heat provided by the cushion of hot water will keep them nice and smooth and will help prevent curdling.
Recipe: Old Fashioned Baked Custard©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 minTotal time: 55 minYield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 2-1/2 cups very hot, whole milk
- 1/3 cup of sweetened coconut, toasted and divided, optional
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Whole nutmeg
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter six small ramekins; set aside. Heat up enough water to fill a 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish halfway. Heat milk to near boiling in the microwave or on the stovetop; set aside. Toast the coconut in a skillet; set aside to cool. Reserve one tablespoon of the coconut for garnish.
Whisk the eggs; beat in the sugar a little at a time. Add the salt and slowly beat in the hot milk, a little at a time, so as not to scramble the eggs. Add the vanilla and all but one tablespoon of coconut. Pour evenly into six small ramekins. Sprinkle tops of each ramekin with a fresh grating of nutmeg.
Set the ramekins in the baking dish, and slowly pour the hot water around them, up to just under the rims, taking care not to allow the water to come up over the tops.
Bake at 325 degrees F, for about 45 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean. Remove from the oven slowly to avoid splashing water into the ramekins and using an oven mitt, carefully remove each ramekin from the water. Sprinkle the reserved coconut over the top of each custard as a garnish. Let cool; can be served warm or cold.
Makes 4 to 6, depending on the size ramekins used.
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For the modern football fanatic, there's only one great turf debate left to take place. But forget about the grass (or lack thereof) on the field, because we're not just talking football; on the contrary, we're talking tailgating! And when it comes to places where great pre-game parties take place, it's a turf war of words (unless you're a Raiders fan, in which case it's probably an actual gang war).
From the grass and asphalt outside your favorite stadium, to attached arena parking structures, to that seedy bar across the street from the game you can't afford a ticket to, there's a litany of environments to experience, each with its own up and downsides. Before you get sucked into yet another unexpected tailgate celebration, be sure to check out our list of turf pros and cons!
Is the Grass Really Greener?
You may not find too much green grass outside of an NFL game, but hit up any NCAA event and it's a helluva lot more likely you'll be trampling some good ol' fashioned Kentucky Blue Grass.
PRO: As is the norm with former players who failed to do anything else thus far in their lives, the sight and smell of green grass will undoubtedly lead to them breaking out the ball and attempting to reclaim the former glory of tackle-football games long since forgotten.
CON: Even though Brett Favre probably isn't one of your pals, and real life rarely turns into a sepia-tone Hanes commercial, it's VERY possible that this alcohol-infused pick-up game could just morph into an excuse for you and your buds to text each other pictures you'll later regret.
Gravel: A Lazy Man's Lawn
Gravel?! Where the hell are you tailgating? The trailer park where my imaginary grandmother lives? Believe it or not, gravel is everywhere, including stadium parking lots across the country…
PRO: The ground might not showcase the same sense of gridiron grandeur as that of a grassy field, but gravel certainly tops asphalt. Plus, seemingly safer than the grass, a gravel lot is certainly more conducive to a gentleman's exhibition of classic-style two-hand touch.
CON: Every game of two-hand touch ever played has always devolved into a tackle-laden, injury-causing battle of friends-turned-enemies. Fueled by cheap beer, cheaper insults and the cheapest of meats, this situation can only go awry. And gravel is totally to blame for the injuries.
You Can Kiss My Asphalt!
Tailgating on asphalt is a lot like wearing plastic underwear. Sure, you might black out and make a total mess. Thankfully though, you can easily grab a bucket of water and wash the mess clean.
PRO: Ever notice how people toss out apple cores and cigarette butts while driving on freeways? That's because asphalt is a naturally trashy environment, second only to a landfill. It attracts all varieties of filth, but at a glance, still somehow retains a look of cleanliness.
CON: Look a little more closely at the ground just feet from the plate of food you're holding… notice anything? It's stained beyond any sight you've ever seen, more similar to that favorite pair of boxers from when you were 15 than the windows of a nice Catholic Church. Gross.
Top o' the Structure to You
It doesn't get more industrial than tailgating on the top level of a stadium parking structure. But that said, where else can you pre-game at such a high elevation? Nowhere! (Maybe Denver.)
PRO: If you've ever been to a great Mardi Gras celebration, you know how empowering it can feel to stand on a balcony high above the rigmarole as people look up and cheer, like you were some kind of king. Pre-gaming at the peak of a parking structure is quite similar.
CON: It will only take so long before some obnoxious drunk carelessly dumps a Weber full of smoldering coals down onto the dumpster area below, inevitably starting a six-story flame that leads to a full blown riot, which subsequently gets the very game you're tailgating cancelled.
Taking the Sports Bar Exam
If you can't afford a ticket, and want to soak your sorrows in suds, what better place could a person be than inside a sports bar next to the stadium, packed with people of the same ilk?
PRO: Cheap beer, free food, instant friends…there isn't much more an excited fan could ask for on a game day than an amazing tailgate, sans the elements, cars, exhaust and all other negatives of a common tailgate experience. And it sure beats doing it alone in one's own driveway too.
CON: Finding a way home from such a situation isn't always the easiest thing. And let's face it: if you don't have enough money to pay for even the cheapest seats at a game, dropping drunken dollars on an errant, post-game cab ride probably won't be too friendly for your wallet either.
Did we leave out your favorite turf or tailgate environment? Got your own pre-game story to tell? Let's continue this social conversation in the comment board below!
Elijah Bates leads the creative department at CitizenGlobal, a social media company in Venice Beach. When he's not working, or contributing Best Of and Mancave articles to CBS, you'll find him surfing the California coast & evading stingrays like trips to the dentist.
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Recent National Survey Reveals an Increase in Facelift Surgery… is it for You?
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According to a recent survey by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the number of facelifts performed in 2003 increased 46 percent from 2002. The study also stated the majority of facelifts were performed on women between the ages of 40 and 59. Why is this procedure becoming popular and is it right for you? The following information will help you to gain a good understanding of what the facelift procedure is and the possibilities of enhancement and improvement on your appearance.
What is a facelift?
A facelift is a surgical procedure that improves the appearance of the aging face by removing accumulated fat, re-supporting muscles that have stretched, and removing excess skin. The lower third of the face is targeted for refinement; therefore, a facelift does not eliminate forehead wrinkles, bags under the eyes, or crow's feet. There are different techniques that may be used such as deep plane facelift, s-lift, j-lift, and midface lift.
–Deep plane facelift: This involves elevating facial muscles and fat that lie below the superficial musculoaponeurotic system, or SMAS layer, and securing the fat pads of the cheek and midface back to their natural position.
–S-lift: This technique fixates the soft tissue to the cheek bones, providing stability and fullness to the area. Its name is derived from the shape of the excision that is used near the ear.
–J-lift: Derived from the area it addresses, the jowls, entails repositioning the muscles groups underneath the surface and thereby lifting the jowl to its natural best site.
–Midface lift: The fat pads of the cheeks are repositioned up and over the cheekbones where they belong. This redraping improves the nasalfurrows and restores a more youthful appearance.
Is it for me?
You are only as old as you feel, right? A facelift offers a way for your appearance to reflect your youthful inner spirit. If you want a facelift in order to feel better about yourself and are looking for improvement and not perfection, then a facelift may be a viable option.
The earliest apparent change is the elimination of the angle formed by the neck and the lower jaw. Overall aging to the face may be a combination of loose skin, laxity of underlying muscles, and an accumulation of fat.
How is surgery performed?
The exact steps of your procedure will be determined by the approach that is taken to meet your needs. Generally, incisions will be made on the hairline at the temples, following the natural line in front of the ear, curving behind the earlobe into the creases behind the ear, and into or along the lower scalp, or inside the ear. The skin will be separated from the fat and muscle below. The muscle is re-supported with stitches. Fat may be trimmed or suctioned from around the neck and chin to improve
the contour. The skin is redraped and tightened to a natural point, and then the excess skin is removed. Stitches, sutures, or metal clips may be used to secure the skin and to close the incisions. Additional incisions may be made under the chin to address loose deposits of hanging tissue.
GRAPH (click to image enlarge): Average Number of Patients Receiving Each Procedure
The surgery is typically performedtaking two to four hours depending on the extentin an outpatient facility or in a hospital setting, and most patients go home the same day. The surgery may be done under twilight anesthesia; medication is given orally and intravenously, along with a local anesthetic.
What is the recovery process?
Following the procedure, your head may be wrapped in bandages to minimize bruising and swelling. You can expect some swelling and bruising of the face and eyelids, which usually diminishes within 10 days. Dressings are removed the day after surgery. Initially, there may be a feeling of numbness and tension in the operative area. You will be given guidelines to follow during recovery such as keeping your head elevated, refraining from strenuous activities, avoiding sun exposure, and eating a balanced diet. There is little pain following a facelift, although, pain medication is prescribed to alleviate any discomfort.
Generally, incisions will be made on the hairline at the temples, following the natural line in front of the ear, curving behind the earlobe into the creases behind the ear, and into or along the lower scalp, or inside the ear. (Illustration courtesy of The Face Book, published by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.)
The procedure will require four to six weeks for the skin to completely heal. Makeup may be applied over the skin of the face up to the edge of the scars approximately seven to 14 days following surgery. Most patients return to normal activities within 14 days after surgery. Remember, healing is a gradual process; it may be several weeks before you will begin to see the new you.


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"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
― Maya Angelou
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|Zentangles on blocks in a row
Recently, I discovered a new way to open up channels to my creative process by learning how to Zentangle. Do you know about Zentangle? It is a doodling type process where a structured pattern is created using pencils and pens. If the spirit moves you, you can throw other mediums into the mix. It's an intuitive activity where the general rule of thumb is little to no erasing in the course of creating the work. Basically, it's a go with the flow, at least that is how I approach it.
|Adrift - Digital Zentangle
|Tangle in Blue - pencil, pen, watercolor
The idea to create Zentangles for ArtOMat didn't come to me right away. As I was exploring the technique, my daughter said to me, "Mom, those designs would look great on the art blocks!" Walla, the inspiration was born.
The Tangle in Blue is one that is on the next batch of art blocks I'm currently preparing for shipment. I used pencils, pens and watercolor to create it.
What I love about Zentangles is the liberating feeling I get by just sitting down and letting the lines, shapes, and circles "tell me" what it wants to be. It's a funny way of putting it but I think its a thing many artists experience when they begin a work. So essentially, you can say, I'm hooked because the lack of conformity is a language I understand very well. No boundaries - just go for it The one exception is that repeat patterns work very well in Zentangles but that is an exception I can live with and welcome, in fact.
I just about have all the new work completed for ArtOMat. Half the artwork has been mounted on the blocks. Some of the recent work is shown in the image at the top of this blog post. It's always an exciting time when new work is shipped out. I never know where the blocks will vend. I learned recently, that the previous batch was vending at The Cosmopolitan in Vegas - super exciting! It's thrilling to share my work. It feels down right good because we artists that contribute don't do it for the money. It's more like random acts of kindness. We do it to share our work and hopefully in the process add a ray of sunlight in a person's day.
|Pebble Garden Zentangle, pencil, pen, watercolor


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Part 2 of the series: Safety design and selection of safety components
Safe machinery, step-by-step (2)
In our "Safe machinery, step by step" series we present the individual measures needed en route to CE marking, one by one. Following on from the issue of risk assessment and safety concept in Part One, here you'll find everything you need to know about the Safety design and selection of safety components.
Step 3: Safety design and selection of safety components
The aim of the safety design is to reduce or eliminate danger points through detailed planning of the necessary protective measures. This applies whether the machine is to be built from new, retrofit or converted. Specifically it concerns the design of mechanics, electrics, electronics, software and control systems, as well as the selection of components.
Step 4: Correct selection of safety components
In order to select the correct components it's necessary to define and verify the Performance Level (PLr) or Safety Integrity Level (SIL) that is to be achieved in accordance with EN ISO 13849-1 / EN IEC 62061. Appropriate calculation tools provide support with this complex procedure. Based on the safety-related characteristic values of the components, the PAScal Safety Calculator from Pilz validates the values that have actually been achieved, including the required/demanded default values PL or SIL. With the software-based tools you are guided step-by-step through the individual stages involved in the validation of safety functions.
Continues … In Part 3 you can read all about system implementation and review.
Further information:
Part 1 of the series: Risk assessment and safety concept
Safety design
Safety validation
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Last updated: August 07, 2012
Rare lethal disorder traced to variant of the PIGA gene on the X chromosome
Rare lethal disorder traced to variant of the PIGA gene on the X chromosome
Next generation sequencing plays key role in biochemical discoveries
By Raymond MacDougall
Associate Communications Director for Intramural Research
Next-generation genomic sequencing — technologies that streamline the processing and analysis of DNA — are well suited to rare disease discovery, as a recent study led by National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) researchers demonstrates.
A team of clinical and bench researchers, including colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University and Children's National Medical Center, used next generation genomic sequencing, in addition to classic biology, to find a variant in a gene that causes a devastating and rare disorder in newborns. Their study was published in the February 2, 2012 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.
The research study focused on DNA from a single family. Two brothers inherited a faulty version of the gene on the X chromosome that makes a molecule called phosphatidylinositol glycan class A, or PIGA. This genetic alteration caused developmental problems, including malformations of the skeleton, heart and brain. The two brothers died within weeks of their birth, both from respiratory complications. Females in the same family may carry the mutation in their genome but are unaffected.
"This newly recognized disease is caused by a mutation in a gene that was previously only associated with a rare blood system disorder," said Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., senior author and chief of NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch.
The PIGA gene is familiar to many who have studied medicine or genetics because of its association with a rare mosaic blood disorder known as paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), according to Dr. Biesecker.
A mosaic disorder is one that arises during embryonic development and affects only the line of cells that result from division of a single cell that mutates during cell division. In the case of the newly identified condition, however, this mutation was present in all of the brothers' cells because they inherited it from a parent.
In PNH, a chronic condition that can occur at any age, blood cells break down over time and leak hemoglobin. One symptom of this leakage of hemoglobin is dark discoloration of urine that concentrates overnight. While it is associated with complications that might shorten the lifespan, the severity of a PIGA mutation that leads to PNH is not as devastating as the newly identified disorder, because it affects a subset of cells in the body.
When the newly discovered PIGA gene mutation passes from parents through the lone X chromosome of a male child, all of the boy's cells are affected. The cells lose the function of a key molecule necessary for anchoring other proteins involved in cell structure and function. The researchers hypothesized that the mutation reduces, but does not eliminate, the function of the protein coded by PIGA, so that survival of an embryo and of a fetus is possible. But the reduced function is not sufficient for a child to survive for long.
The findings from this study have provided novel insights into the biology of a new disorder and may also benefit a family devastated by the loss of their children, according to Jennifer Johnston, Ph.D., lead author and NHGRI staff scientist. Partnership with the family played a crucial role in this discovery.
"DNA sequencing offers answers that will be important for succeeding generations in the same family," she said. "We identified the cause of a condition that has a very bad outcome, and the family needed answers. Our hope is that this discovery will benefit other families in the future by helping their clinicians arrive at a faster diagnosis and sparing them a diagnostic odyssey." The research team dedicated the study to the memory of the deceased boys.
How next-generation genome sequencing played a central part in the discovery
Research to pinpoint the genetic cause of a rare disorder is much like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. After all, there are 3 billion base pairs in the human DNA code and about 21,000 protein-coding genes that genomic researchers must sift through to find the error that causes a particular disease.
Genomic sequencing has become faster, cheaper and more readily available. Annotations describing the function of DNA code are being accumulated and datasets that include DNA sequence from various study populations are available for comparison.
"The technology is very useful for identifying the genetic cause of many hereditary rare disorders," said study co-author Jamie Teer, Ph.D., NHGRI postdoctoral fellow. "It is actually slightly easier to identify rare genetic variants because you will not see the variant in the population that doesn't have the disorder — the general population. By eliminating common variation, your list of potential disease causing variants for a rare disease is much smaller."
Researchers who conduct genomic sequencing and analysis in order to identify disease variants in genes often need not hunt through the entire human genome. They can often reduce the amount of data by sequencing just the protein-coding regions of the genome, or exome, which is less than two percent of the entire genome. In the present study, the sequence of just the exon regions of the X chromosome was required.
According to Dr. Teer, rare diseases also are often studied by researchers because such study provides insight about more common disorders. In the case of the PIGA gene mutation disorders, the more common disorder helped inform the rare condition, because the gene function is well established. When researchers identify the genetic cause of rare diseases, they also improve knowledge of biological processes, diseases and potential for treatments.
Although a treatment strategy is not immediately available for the rare germ line PIGA mutation disorder, the identity of a disease mutation can provide a starting point to target treatment.
Investigations of rare disorders will continue to be a focus of research, even as technologies to scrutinize them improve. Plus, availability and access to genomic sequencing is increasing. "People are beginning to apply next-generation sequencing to anything that may have genetic contributions," Dr. Teer said. "It can't be too long before genomic sequencing starts to shift into general clinical practice."


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WASHINGTON — Congress returns this week to face an agenda stuffed with difficult, high-profile issues that will test the ability of Democrats and the White House to deliver health care, energy and spending legislation while simultaneously contending with a Supreme Court nomination.
"This is where the rubber meets the road," said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, who will be central to trying to meet a daunting timetable for making significant progress this summer on measures sought by President Obama.
While acknowledging the challenge, Mr. Emanuel and others say expanded Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate have defied expectations so far and won approval of a series of contentious bills, including the $787 billion economic stimulus package, enacted a budget and finished off the spring with a series of consumer-oriented economic measures.
But Republicans say the earlier legislation could prove to have been fairly easy in comparison with the coming battles on health care and energy because Democrats have yet to find a balance among their own members of Congress, let alone with Republicans.
"It is pretty clear that both sides have a lot they want to get done in a limited amount of time on issues that don't yet have a lot of consensus," said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader.Continue reading the main story
It is a pivotal moment for Democrats. Lawmakers say polls point to a sense of public readiness for major legislation, particularly on health care. Democrats have hefty majorities in the House and the Senate, where they are on the cusp of reaching the 60 votes needed to break any filibuster.
Mr. Obama remains popular and retains the momentum of his first months in office. A failure to achieve a breakthrough in some policy areas would be a significant setback, both politically and substantively, heading into the 2010 midterm elections.
Democrats at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue say they expect to succeed and to enlist some level of Republican support in the bargain. But to do so, they will have to overcome disagreements within their own party on the details of complex legislation governing health care, climate change, taxes and overall federal spending.
One such division emerged last week as a new health care proposal being developed by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the health committee, was viewed as leaning more toward public coverage than the approach being pursued by Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana and chairman of the Finance Committee. The two issued a joint statement on Saturday saying they intended to produce "similar and complementary legislation that can be quickly merged into one bill for consideration on the Senate floor before the August recess."
In the House, where the focus has been more on climate change legislation, the leadership intends to push a carbon emissions proposal from the Energy and Commerce Committee to the floor in the coming weeks to allow lawmakers to focus on health care at the committee level.
Either a health care or an energy bill would typically be enough to consume an entire Congressional summer. Now the Senate will also have to contend with a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, with Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the president's nominee to replace Justice David H. Souter, to begin meeting with senators on Tuesday. Members of the Judiciary Committee, which will review the nomination, are also engaged in the health care and energy debates, complicating the logistics of those issues.
At the same time, Democrats are also trying to complete the 12 annual spending measures by the Oct. 1 start of the fiscal year, a goal Congress has been unable to meet in recent years. Those measures contain scores of possibilities for potential conflict, including whether to provide money to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba — a decision Congress temporarily sidestepped before Memorial Day.
Hoping to squeeze all the spending bills through the House by August, Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the Maryland Democrat and majority leader, has warned lawmakers to prepare for long hours and full weeks in June and July.
"House committees have been very busy the first half of this year, and therefore over the next two months we have a tremendous amount of work to bring to the floor, hopefully to include major health care, energy and appropriations legislation," Mr. Hoyer said in a statement.
Congress also hopes to move forward with an overhaul of how financial institutions are regulated, with administration and Congressional plans to be rolled out in the next few weeks. But the outlook for completing it by the end of the year is mixed, given the complex issues involved and the lobbying power of the industry.
Other difficult topics are also percolating, like new tobacco regulations the Senate could consider this week. Congress is also likely to be distracted by simmering side issues like the disagreement between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the C.I.A over terrorism suspect interrogations and a federal inquiry into ties between lawmakers and Pentagon contractors.
But Democrats are optimistic about their overall prospects.
"Nobody is underestimating the steep incline of this," Mr. Emanuel said. "But there has been a high level of confidence building on the capability and capacity of the Congress because it has it hit every major legislative mark to date."Continue reading the main story