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Cellular mechanisms of neuronal synchronisation during epileptiform activity by means of two photon microscopy and electrophysiology.
Modelling genetic autism (Rett syndrome) in vivo at the level of single cell.
Dynamic imaging of the trafficking of nanoparticles in the brain
In vivo study of brain function, by means of two photon microscopy and electrophysiology. Development of novel tools for the imaging of brain physiology in vivo.
Gian Michele Ratto graduated in Physics at the University of Genoa and received his post doctoral training in Berkeley (with Roger Tsien) and in Cambridge (with Peter McNaughton). After a lectureship at the University of California in Davis he became tenured scientist at the Institute of Neuroscience in Pisa. He moved to the Physics laboratory of Scuola Normale in 2008 where he heads the in vivo imaging laboratory. The lab is interested in the cellular mechanisms at the basis of synaptic plasticity in physiological and pathological conditions using two photon imaging, electrophysiology and targeted delivery of genetically encoded sensors as principal tools of the trade.
Requirement of ERK activation in experience-dependent and synaptic plasticity in the developing visual cortex. G. Dicristo, N. Berardi, L. Cancedda, E. Putignano, T. Pizzorusso, G.M. Ratto, L. Maffei (2001). Science. Jun 22:2337-2340.
Molecular basis of plasticity in the visual cortex. N. Berardi, T. Pizzorusso, G.M. Ratto, L. Maffei (2003). TINS. 26(7): 369-378.
Acute physiological response of mammalian central neurons to axotomy: ionic regulation and electrical activity. G. Mandolesi, F. Madeddu,Y. Bozzi, L. Maffei, G.M. Ratto (2004). Sep. 27 FASEB J.
23) Developmental downregulation of histone posttranslational modifications regulates visual cortical plasticity. Putignano E, Lonetti G, Cancedda L, Ratto G, Costa M, Maffei L, Pizzorusso T. Neuron. 2007 Mar 1;53(5):747-59.
Dynamic regulation of ERK2 nuclear translocation and mobility in living cells. Costa M, Marchi M, Cardarelli F, Roy A, Beltram F, Maffei L, Ratto GM. J Cell Sci. 2006 Dec 1;119(Pt 23):4952-63. Epub 2006 Nov 14.
Gómez-Gonzalo M, Losi G, Chiavegato A, Zonta M, Cammarota M, Brondi M, Vetri F, Uva L, Pozzan T, de Curtis M, Ratto GM, Carmignoto G. An excitatory loop with astrocytes contributes to drive neurons to seizure threshold. PLoS Biol. 2010 Apr 13;8(4).
dal Maschio M, Ghezzi D, Bony G, Alabastri A, Deidda G, Brondi M, Sato SS, Zaccaria RP, Di Fabrizio E, Ratto GM, Cancedda L. High-performance and site-directed in utero electroporation by a triple-electrode probe. Nat Commun. 2012 Jul 17;3:960.
Brondi M, Sato SS, Rossi LF, Ferrara S, Ratto GM. Finding a Needle in a Haystack: identification of EGFP Tagged Neurons during Calcium Imaging by Means of Two-Photon Spectral Separation. Front Mol Neurosci. 2012;5:96.
de Vivo L, Landi S, Panniello M, Baroncelli L, Chierzi S, Mariotti L, Spolidoro M, Pizzorusso T, Maffei L, Ratto G.M. Extracellular matrix inhibits structural and functional plasticity of dendritic spines in the adult visual cortex. Nature Comm, Jan 20, 2013.
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Psychopharmacological research on attentional functions has intensified during recent years, fostered in part by an increasing understanding of the fundamental relevance of attentional capacities for learning and memory (Sarter and Lustig 2008), the identification of neuronal mechanisms and brain systems mediating attention (Raz and Buhle 2006), and the development and validation of tasks for the measurement of attentional processes and capacities in laboratory animals and humans. Psychopharmacological research in rodents has enormously progressed as a result of the introduction of translational tasks for the measurement of attentional capacities, particularly the ► five-choice serial reaction time task (Robbins 2002) and operant sustained and divided attention tasks (Arnold et al. 2003). Research in humans likewise has evolved, due in part to advances in cognitive theories of attention and the development of new test paradigms and their successful use in neuroimaging studies (Awh and Jonides 2001). The assessment of effects of psychoactive drugs on attentional performance-associated brain activity patterns ("phar-maco-fMRI'') represents a particularly informative new approach as effects on attention can be attributed to modulation of activity in the distributed neuronal circuits known to mediate attention. The literature on psychotro-pic drug effects on attention is extensive and diverse; below, selected major research themes on the psychophar-macology of attention are briefly discussed.
Do the ► amphetamines facilitate attention and benefit the attentional symptoms of ADHD? Amphetamine and related stimulants, including ► methylphenidate, produce a wide range of effects in laboratory animals, including effects on response output and response speed that are a function of baseline response rates and the type of response required. Furthermore, these drugs affect complex motivational processes, often in interaction with the requirements for responding, the testing environment, and the animals' motivational state. Attentional performance can be affected indirectly as a result of such effects on response output or motivational processes. However, the available evidence does not conclusively indicate that psychostimulants generally and selectively enhance atten-tional processes or capacities. Evidence from healthy humans likewise does not indicate robust support for psychostimulant-induced enhancement of attention (Koelega 1993).
Psychostimulant treatment benefits the behavior and academic performance of patients with ADHD. However, similar to effects of these drugs in laboratory animals, the behavioral and cognitive mechanisms underlying the beneficial treatment effects in ADHD patients have remained unsettled. Furthermore, psychostimulants may act primarily by attenuating the high levels of cognitive and behavioral impulsivity of ADHD patients. Studies show that the benefits of psychostimulants on overall behavior and academic performance, indicated typically by ratings from parents and teachers, in fact were not associated with normalization of cognitive deficits. Thus, collectively, psychostimulants produce a wide range of effects that may, depending on the testing conditions, produce limited beneficial effects on attentional performance. However, it seems less likely that these compounds specifically enhance the attentional capacity of healthy subjects and/or that they specifically attenuate the attentional impairments associated with ADHD.
Do wake-promoting drugs such as modafinil enhance attention? ► Modafinil is a well-tolerated and relatively safe drug, and has therefore become a widely and increasingly recreationally used treatment to combat sleepiness and the cognitive components of sleepiness, including attentional impairments (Minzenberg and Carter 2008). However, numerous studies also suggested that administration of modafinil enhances cognitive performance per se, independent of its main wake-promoting properties. Similar to the psychostimulants, modafinil appears to act via stimulation of dopaminergic neurotransmission, requiring functional ► dopamine D1 and D2 receptors to induce wakefulness. Likewise, modafinil was not found to produce selective effects on attention in animals that were not sleep-deprived. Furthermore, and also similar to the effects of psychostimulants, modafinil was demonstrated to enhance inhibitory response control in laboratory animals and to improve the symptoms of ADHD.
Modafinil was found to benefit the impaired attentional set-shifting capacities of schizophrenic patients, suggesting that this drug may have significant clinical usefulness as a co-treatment for this disorder. As the treatment of schizophrenic patients with amphetamine was also reported to benefit their cognitive abilities, it is intriguing to hypothesize that modafinil produces effects on attentional set-shifting by stimulating the down-regulated dopamine D1 receptors observed in the prefrontal cortex of these patients. Collectively, new wake-promoting compounds such as modafinil may produce relatively specific attentional enhancement in disorders associated with dopaminergic abnormalities in prefrontal regions.
Noradrenergic agents. Hypotheses concerning the contributions of forebrain noradrenergic afferents to the mediation of attention have originated from observations demonstrating increases in cortical "signal-to-noise" ratios following local administration of noradrenaline and the increased distractibility of animals with noradrenergic depletions. Neurophysiological recordings of the locus coeruleus, the main source of noradrenergic projections to the cortex, indicated multiple and complex contributions of phasic and tonic changes in noradrenergic activity to attention. However, the determination of specific attentional functions of the noradrenergic system in behavioral experiments, and their dissociation from more general effects on "arousal" or "alertness," continues to represent a challenging subject. These problems generalize to psychopharma-cological studies on the effects of noradrenergic compounds on attention. The studies have focused overwhelmingly on the effects of alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists (clo-nidine, guanfacine, dexmedetomidine) and, more recently, the noradrenaline-reuptake inhibitor ► atomoxetine.
The evidence concerning the attentional effects of alpha-2 agonists in animals and humans is conflicting and remains inconclusive. In animals and humans, beneficial as well as detrimental effects on attention following the treatment of clonidine and guanfacine were reported. The presence and direction of the attentional effects of these drugs appear to depend on specific task parameters, testing conditions, and the subjects' level of "alertness" at baseline. The interpretation of these conflicting findings is further complicated by results indicating that alpha-2 antagonists such as idaxozan and atipamezole likewise enhance aspects of attentional performance in healthy volunteers and patients. A definition of the experimental conditions that foster the demonstration of beneficial versus detrimental attentional effects of alpha-2 agonists is clearly needed. Treatment with drugs such as guanfacine may benefit the attentional impairments of particular disorders, based perhaps on an "optimization" of noradrenergic neurotransmission (Arnsten et al. 2007).
This latter statement may also hold true for the atten-tional effects of the noradrenaline uptake inhibitor ato-moxetine. Beneficial attentional effects of this drug were demonstrated in animals with reduced levels of noradren-ergic neurotransmission, but not consistently in intact animals. While recent clinical studies suggested efficacy in patients with ADHD, the precise cognitive mechanisms that are enhanced by atomoxetine is not known. Extensive psy-chopharmacological research, involving controlled studies and the test of hypotheses predicting specific attentional mechanisms that are modulated by noradrenergic drugs, are required in order to render conclusions about the general pro-attentional efficacy of noradrenergic drugs.
Attentional enhancement by agonists at ► nicotinic ace-tylcholine receptors (nAChRs). The cortical cholinergic input system represents a key branch of the forebrain circuits that mediate attentional functions and capacities (Sarter et al. 2005). Recent evidence indicated that pre-frontal cholinergic activity mediates a switch from intrinsic or associational processing to the processing of external stimuli, and thereby the detection and selection of stimuli in attention-demanding situations. Neuroimaging studies suggested that administration of nicotine enhances the processing of attentional information by attenuating the activity of the brain during resting periods.
Therefore, it would be expected that drugs that block or stimulate the fast and reversible component of post-synap-tic cholinergic neurotransmission, the nAChR, robustly impair or benefit, respectively, attentional performance. While robust impairments in attentional performance following nAChR blockade with ► mecamylamine can be readily shown in humans and animals, the demonstration of nicotine-evoked attentional enhancement in healthy (nonsmoking) humans and drug-naive animals has been less straightforward. Several experiments in humans and animals clarified that in interaction with increased demands on attentional performance, including the demands for top-down processing (e.g., by requiring performance during the presence of distractors), ► nicotine reliably enhances attentional performance. Collectively, these findings indicate the importance of integrating variations of the demands on attention as a secondary independent variable into experiments testing the effects of nicotine on attentional performance (Hahn et al. 2003).
Compared to the effects of nicotine, drugs that act at subtypes of the nAChR, particularly at alpha4/
beta2*nAChRs, were found to produce more robust effects on attentional capacities in humans and animal experiments. Ligands that selectively stimulate alpha4/beta2*-nAChRs and have been under investigation for treating cognitive disorders include ABT-089, ABT-418, isproni-cline, and SIB1765F. Furthermore, promising effects of such drugs in tests of their therapeutic efficacy in patients with ADHD, schizophrenia, and dementia were reported. The attentional benefits of compounds acting at other nAChR subtypes, such as alpha7 nAChRs, remain less clear, largely because little evidence on the effects of these drugs has accumulated.
The neuropsychopharmacological reasons why agonists at alpha4/beta2*nAChRs may exhibit greater atten-tional enhancement than nonspecific agonists such as nicotine are largely unknown. However, evidence from experiments determining the effects of nAChR agonists on the transient increases in prefrontal cholinergic activity that mediate the detection of cues begins to form the basis for hypotheses. This evidence indicated that selective agonists at alpha4/beta2*nAChRs augment these transient increased without altering the "shape" (rise and clearance rates) of these transients. In contrast, nicotine, via stimulation of additional receptors and mechanisms, not only is less potent in augmenting the amplitude of these transients but drastically prolongs the duration of cholinergic activity. It is intriguing to speculate that such "blunting" of a critical neuronal signal interferes with, or at least limits, the enhancement of the detection process that is key to improving attentional performance.
Collectively, drugs that directly stimulate subtypes of nAChRs or modulate the stimulation of these subtypes by acetylcholine appear to produce specific and efficacious effects on attentional functions and thus are promising candidates for clinical use. Moreover, the accumulating evidence on the attentional effects of these drugs informs theories concerning the general neurobiological mediation of attention.
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|48° North : The Sailing Magazine — ?.
|ANCHOR' The — Anchors Aweigh Academy.
|Anchors Aweigh Academy's The ANCHOR.
|Boating Life — ?.
|Cruising World — ?.
|DIY Boat Owner Magazine — JM>BoatUS>Mad Mariner>OoB-2010.
|Latitude 38 — ?.
|National Fisherman — ?.
|Northwest Yachting (PDFs) — ?.
|Nor'westing — ?.
|Passagemaker — ?.
|Power & Motoryachting — ?.
|PowerBoat Reports — BoatUS.
|Practical Sailer — BoatUS.
|Safer Seas Digest 2018 — NTSB.
|Sea & Go Boating America — ?.
|Seaworthy — BoatUS.
|Small Craft Advisor — Small Craft Advisor' Inc.
|Soundings : Trade Only — ?.
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|WoodenBoat — WoodenBoat Publications.
|Yachting — ?.
Websites of the world's sailing and boating magazines
Click on the magazine title's link below to view the magazine's webpage
Irish Sailing Association magazine, and publisher of the Almanac for Irish coastal waters.
All at Sea
Britain's waterfront newspaper
All At Sea Caribbean
The Caribbean's Waterfront Magazine
All at Sea Southeast
The The US Southeast's Waterfront Magazine
American Society of Marine Artists
Recognizing and promoting marine art and history
The Boating News
Online version of a monthly sailing magazine based in Charleston, SC.
Boats Yachts Marinas News
BYM News is an internet only boating & boating industry News Service, with no need to hold back stories for a print edition, which makes it "the world's most comprehensive & up-to-date recreational marine News Service". (ed.: It doesn't quite feel that way to me.)
CY Online
Canadian Yachting Online. Information including Canadian classifieds, a database of boat reviews and more, eh?
Catamaran Sailor Magazine
News for small cat sailors, more like an e-zine for people who like to sail fast.
The Caribbean Compass
is a monthly yachting and boating magazine covering marine and shore based topics in the Caribbean.
Caribbean Sailing Association
"The Voice of Caribbean Sailing" – News, Events & Racing
Charter Savvy
In-depth articles on charter destinations, reviews of charter yachts, and insider tips on everything from legal affairs to keeping the kids happy. It's All About Bareboating!
Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Destinations, people, places, events, and happenings on the Chesapeake Bay.
Classic Boat
For the love of traditional craft.
Cruising Compass
The Free Weekly Newsletter for Sailors & Cruisers by Blue Water Sailing. Blue Water Sailing targets offshore sailing, voyaging and world cruising. Covers more of the non-traditional destinations you can dream about.
The Cruising Life
A free e-zine about the cruising lifestyle. Contains information about pets onboard.
Cruising World
A full-service site devoted to recreational sailing. Features: articles and columns from Cruising World; Sailor's Sourcebook; equipment and boat reviews, including Boat of the Year; equipment and instruction hotlines, a comprehensive charter directory with ratings, and award-winning safety-at-sea instruction.
Cruising Outpost
The latest and greatest source of all things Cruising and Adventure Voyaging. – Formerly: Latitudes & Attitudes – Bob Bitchin's irreverent (or is it irrelevant) rag supporting the cruisers lifestyle. It is truly a breath of fresh air. Not for everyone (or at least some won't admit it while reading it in the closet).
DIY Online – OUT OF BUSINESS
The online version of DIY Boat Owner Magazine (view back issues) – the do-it-yourself marine maintenance experts. Jan Mundy is a wiz and can direct you to the best solutions for virutally any problem. Online advice provided free to subscribers. Many projects available in detailed decriptions on CD-ROM.
A most unusual website, but hard to tell what is current
DownWind Online
A magazine about yacht crew life. Online magazine covering the sailing lifestyle.
A commercial shipping magazine.
48° North
Published in Seattle, Washington, covers sailing throughout the Pacific Northwest, as well as the occasional venture into the far-reaching Pacific.
Freshwater Seas
Serving those who sail in Great Lakes waters.
GAM on Yachting
Sailing magazine covering primarily Canadian waters, but also technical topics and major sailing events.
Good Old Boat
Good Old Boat magazine is for people who love and maintain classic older cruising sailboats. The magazine underscores sailboat maintenance and restoration, connecting boat owners with suppliers of needed parts and services, and pride of ownership.
Great Lakes Cruiser Magazine
Great Lakes Cruiser is a monthly, online magazine for people who travel the Great Lakes.
Inside Multihulls
An Australian based multihull magazine's online presence with some full articles and boat reviews.
International Journal of Naval History
Academic level forum for naval history
Intersail Yachting Magazine
What's new in the sailing world, all from a British perspective.
Journal for Maritime Research
Publishes all the "latest research" on maritime and naval history. (Hmmmm, if history is in the past, how is research of it contemporary?)
Latitude 38
Latitude 38 covers California sailing and the West Coast scene.
Lescale Nautique
French Canadian Magazine.
LiveAboard Magazine
The magazine for people who live on boats, whether they actually sail away or not.
Lloyd's List
Online version from the international maritime newspaper pioneer; which was first established in hard copy in 1734.
The Log
California boating.
Maine Boats & Harbors
The magazine for coastal Maine
Maine Yacht Racing Magazine
The Official Magazine of Maine Competitive Sailing and the Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association.
Maritime Life and Traditions
This is a beautiful and traditional magazine which embraces every part of the maritime world: history,heritage, marine archeaology, nautical trades and traditions, crafts and culture, marine art, model making and much more.
Multihulls Magazine On Line
Multihulls Magazine OnLine is the web version of the worlds largest and most widely distributed multihulls magazine. The site features extensive lists of manufacturers, charter companies, and more.
Nautica On Line
The Web edition of Nautica magazine, the Italian and European leading yachting magazine. Nautica on Line, offers a wide array of boating information.
The maritime source for the Netherlands
Nautisme Romand
A Swiss magazine of sailing and motorboats in French.
Northeast Sailing Life
The magazine of sailing and cruising from Maine to New Jersey.
Ocean Navigator
Marine Navigation and Ocean Voyaging Resources
Offshore Magazine
Very nice magazine with great expert advice on ocean-going subjects not limited to navigation. Great resource center on medical information, safety at sea, and of course navigation issues. Not strictly sail but provides alot of information coastal sailors will find useful about ports of call, events, and people boating in the NE US.
Offshore Yachting
The magazine of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
Points East Magazine
The coastal cruising magazine for New England waters from CT to Maine. Available free at many locations.
Practical Boat Owner
Practical Boat Owner Magazine Online combines a vast, easily-navigated, searchable database of boats for sale and marine products and services with the editorial excellence of Britain's biggest selling yachting magazine
Practical Sailor
Practical-sailor.com is a twice-monthly magazine of sailing now accessible on line. Offering clear, complete and conclusive evaluations of boats & sailing gear. We wish they would make their website more accessible and user-friendly. Access if for subscribers only, but takes so many entries of complex codes that we most often give up even when there's something we really want to look up.
Puget Sounder
Sailing magazine covering Pudget Sound in Washington State.
Polish sailing magazine (in Polish).
SAIL Magazine
The largest circulation in the sailing publications category in print.
Sail World – Powerboat-world: Sail and sailing, cruising, boating news. Various regional and international Email and online newsletters targeting Racing, sailing, powerboating and cruising.
Sailing Breezes Magazine
Online information from the midwest U.S. magazine, Northern Breezes.
Sailing Magazine
Sailing Magazine is the oldest sailing magazine in the U.S., celebrating the beauty of sail with top-notch photography and stories written for sailors, by sailors. Focuses mainly on the Midwest.
SAILING Magazine
Sailing in Southern Africa (incorporating SA Yachting)
Sailing Now
Internet crew list that puts skippers and crew together
Sailing World
A full-service site devoted to "performance sailing", aka racing.
The daily news source in the sailing world.
Scuttlebutt Europe
A digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors — with a European emphasis.
Sea History
The website of the National Maritime Historical Society
Seahorse International Sailing
The official publication of the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC).
The Boat US insurance coverage magazine that reviews claims to see how the accidents may have been prevented.
Online version of German sailing magazine
The online version of a Swedish sailing magazine.
Seven Seas Cruising Association Commodores' Bulletin
Written entirely by cruisers and available only to members of SSCA, this newsletter-style magazine provides first-hand resports of conditions, destinations, and encounters worldwide. Includes database of equipment reports — what works for people and what doesn't.
Sister Sail Newsletter
Selection of articles as well as information on subscribing to this newsletter for cruising women
Small Craft Advisor
Publication focusing exclusively on sailboats 25 feet and under.
Soundings has been covering pleasure boating and related news since 1963, especially boat listings. Their primary circulation area is the eastern U.S. Their on-line efforts capitalize on the computer's search capabilities and complement their printed tabloid newspaper. Not just the online version of the print publication.
Spiegel der Zeilvaart
Maritime magazine of traditional boats in Holland.
Website for SpinSheet, a monthly newsprint magazine which focuses on Chesapeake Bay sailing.
Swissboat Magazine Online
Yachting information from Switzerland, available in both German and French
Traditional Boats & Tall Ships
Traditional Boats & Tall Ships: an exciting on-line magazine for all who love sailing and the sea.
Grand Voilier International
French magazine on Tall ships.
US Sailing
The official website of the US Sailing association. Great resource.
Water Craft Boatbuilding Magazine
Building better boats
Waterfront News
South Florida waterfront news.
Sailing publication covering Long Island Sound and environs, distributed free in many locations and available for delivery by mail by subscription. Issues archived on the website.
Wooden Boat
WoodenBoat Publications produces two magazines, WoodenBoat and Professional Boatbuilder, publishes books, videos, and operates the WoodenBoat School. WoodenBoat also sells boat related and woodworking items through their WoodenBoat Store.
World Sports Boats
A simple and accessible way to find information on Sports Boats, Sports Cruisers, Sports Yachts, Super Yachts, Mega Yachts from leading manufacturers around the world.
Yacht online
The online version of the German magazine Yacht.
Yachting and Boating World
Publishers of the British magazines: Motor Boat and Yachting, Practical Boat Owner, Yachting Monthly and Yachting World.
The online version of Yachting Magazine.
Yachts & Yachting
The official publication of International Sailing Federation
Yelken Dünyasi
A Turkish yaching magazine.
Zeilen – Link N/G
A yachting magazine from The Netherlands
updated: 06-Feb-2013
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There has certainly been a marked shift to counter-cyclic sectors, as the real economy gets hit hard, making investing difficult for private equity investors. Investment in companies involved in agriculture related activities sees a surge in interest as the sector is expected to not to see a slowdown in demand as the global economy slides.
Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia announced its first deal in India by picking up a minority stake in castor oil maker Biotor Industries Ltd for Rs 182 crore.
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Despite a global slowdown, agri and processed food exports from India may register an increase in absolute growth in the current financial year. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) is seeing a growth in absolute terms in exports due to higher demand from Asian and African markets that are aggressively procuring relatively cheaper products from countries such as India.
According to official data, India exported about 17.5 million tonne of agri and processed foods worth Rs 31,870 crore in FY08 against 10.9 million tonne valued at Rs 21,805.9 crore the previous year.


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In 1981, as Christopher J. Dodd reached the Senate, two members of the Harvard Negotiation Project published the best seller "Getting to Yes."
It was easier to do in Washington then. Now, as Mr. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, and his Republican colleague, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, demonstrated last week, it is excruciatingly difficult.
Since mid-February, both men have tried. Mr. Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, sought a bipartisan financial regulation bill as a career capstone before he retires at year's end. Mr. Corker, a freshman impatient for action, brashly stepped up after the committee's ranking Republican, Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, stalled in his negotiations with Mr. Dodd. "There's a desire to get to yes," Mr. Corker explained at the time.
But their effort failed — a victim of partisan bitterness, philosophic differences, staff infighting and election-year pressure. Mr. Dodd announced he would go it alone and offer the committee a bill he will try to pass solely with Democratic votes if necessary.
"There are a lot of reasons you don't 'get to yes,' " Mr. Corker explained after talks ended. "Washington is a very destructive place."
Mr. Corker, a former Chattanooga mayor, pointed to Democrats' pursuit of health reform under special budget rules preventing a Republican filibuster, insisting that the effort poisoned the atmosphere when "we were so close" to success. Mr. Dodd saw a simpler cause. "It's not the rules of the place," he declared. "It's the chemistry of the place."
Consensus Past
Mr. Dodd's father, the late Senator Thomas J. Dodd, served in a post-World War II capital that contemporary Washington would not recognize. Lawmakers divided on geography and ideology more than party — and united in regard for their institutions. "This is, oddly, not really a very partisan place," William S. White wrote in the late 1950s in "Citadel: The Story of the U.S. Senate."
Even since the younger Mr. Dodd won a House seat in 1974, bipartisan negotiating teams have produced legislative breakthroughs. Senators Bob Dole, Republican of Kansas, and George McGovern, Democrat of South Dakota, collaborated on food stamps. Representative Dan Rostenkowski, Democrat of Illinois, and Senator Bob Packwood, Republican of Oregon, overhauled the tax code; President Bill Clinton signed a welfare reform bill passed by the House under the leadership of Newt Gingrich, Republican of Georgia.
When their negotiations began, Mr. Dodd recalled, he told Mr. Corker, "What you're trying to do was routine 15 to 20 years ago." No longer.
Last year, Senator Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the committee's ranking Republican, negotiated fruitlessly on health care. In the end, Democrats complained that pressures from Republican leaders and home-state conservatives precluded Mr. Grassley from going along even if he prevailed on points of disagreement.
So when he picked up Mr. Shelby's lapsed negotiations, Mr. Corker said, "I took a big risk."
A Return to Party Lines
To Republican leaders, Mr. Corker breached party unity just as they were gaining momentum. "The first week was awkward," he said.
But Mr. Corker was encouraged as he, Mr. Dodd and their staffs dived into talks on preventing a repeat of the financial crisis — and the complex details by which the legislation aimed to do so. "We went very far down the field," he said. Most politically charged was President Obama's call for a new, independent agency protecting consumers of financial products. Republicans and Wall Street wanted, instead, for consumer protection to be woven into regulation of financial firms' soundness.
Mr. Corker eventually offered to create an independent consumer agency within the Federal Reserve — but limit its ability to enforce its rules. "When we hit the send button, I was a little nervous," Mr. Corker explained. "We were up against the edge" of what might make fellow Republicans revolt.
Vetting the idea with Democratic colleagues, Mr. Dodd also faced pressures. The White House urged him to move faster; liberal activists warned against a sellout of principles.
With time running out on the election year calendar, and his career, Mr. Dodd concluded the costs of further negotiations exceeded the benefits. Beyond Mr. Corker, he saw little prospect of Republican backing to compensate for discomfiture among fellow Democrats.
"If it's just he and I agreeing," Mr. Dodd noted, "the compromise isn't worth much." As a result, he added, he will propose "a stronger bill" for Democrats on consumer protection — though his plan will also include a nod to potential Republican backers by allowing a council of regulators to overrule the consumer agency.
Mr. Dodd, the veteran Democrat, always understood the pitfalls of negotiating. "I thought it would all depend on whether the Republican leadership would allow him to get to yes," he said. "I think the answer was no."
The disappointment was keener for the less-experienced Mr. Corker. He lamented a Washington culture that is "all about winning" at the expense of pragmatism.
Yet "I think that energizes me even more" to keep trying, he concluded. "Another issue comes up tomorrow, I'd do it in a New York minute."


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When I joined The New York Times, a couple of things surprised me. One was the collegiality of the newsroom (let's face it, everyone expects this
place to be a snake pit). Another was that a vending machine candy bar
costs $1.25.
Yes, $1.25. At other places I've worked, the same item typically would
have been 75 cents. That's an increase of 67 percent! I've been
wondering if the mark-up is simply because of higher New York prices;
before coming to The Times, I had worked mostly in Washington. (By the way, I'm temporarily working from the newspaper's Washington bureau, where a candy bar costs 75 cents.)
My leading theory, though, is that unlike most vending machines, those in The Times's New York office take prepaid debit cards. Pretty much any food item on sale in the New York building — through the cafeteria or the vending machines — can be purchased through FreedomPay, a cashless card system in which employees and guests pay with the swipe of a prepaid card. I wonder if the resulting absence of cash from the transaction makes buyers less sensitive to pricing.
We've already put the money on our cards, so it feels like a sunk cost; and besides, we aren't physically fumbling around for nickels and dollar bills, so we're missing the tactile cues that make us conscious of how much we're spending. Credit and debit cards have been known to make people more footloose and fancy-free. And studies have shown that the installation of E-ZPass, an electronic, cashless toll system, has led to higher tolls.
Then again, maybe the vending machines I'd previously battled had unusually low prices. So I'm hoping you all can help me unlock the mysteries of candy-bar economics. Some question for our readers:
(1) In the vending machine nearest to your workstation (if there is
indeed such a machine), how much does a standard-size Snickers bar cost? How about a bag of chips? (Leave convenience stores, pharmacies and cafe aside; their prices should be higher because these establishments have higher overhead costs.)
(2) What city do you work in?
(3) Does your vending machine take credit or debit cards of any kind,
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Dressing, Ranch, Dry Mix, #2244
1/2 gallons
Salsa, Bulk, #2823
2 quarts + 1/2 cups
Sour Cream, Cultured, MS
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Lettuce, Green Loose Leaf, Crowns, Fresh, #4007
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Salad Mix, Iceberg, Carrot, Red Cabbage, #4012
16 pounds
Salad, Mesclun Mix, (Spring Mix), #4014
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Chips, Tortilla, Light Salt, Bulk, #2125
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Chicken Strips, Fajita, Southwest Flavor
15 pounds + 12 ounces
Cheese, Mozzarella, Shredded, #1307
3 pounds + 2 ounces
Cheese, American, Grated/Shredded, #1306
3 pounds + 2 ounces
Tomatoes, Cherry, Fresh, #4108
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Jalapenos, Peppers, Nacho, Sliced, #2810
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Combine ranch dressing, sour cream and salsa. Mix thoroughly.
CCP: Hold under refrigeration (41 degrees F or lower) until ready for service. Check temperature every 30 minutes. Cover, label, and date any leftovers.
Wash and thoroughly drain tomatoes and green leaf lettuce if not prewashed.
Place 9 - 10 tortilla chips around edge of salad.
Heat grilled chicken strips according to package directions.
CCP: Heat to 160 degrees F or higher for 15 seconds at the completion of the cooking process.
Combine cheeses and weigh 1 ounce to determine serving size. Sprinkle 1 ounce mixture of shredded cheeses on top of chicken strips.
Wash and drain cherry tomatoes. Garnish each salad with 3 cherry tomatoes and 2 slices of jalapeno peppers. Cover salads and place in refrigerator until ready for service.
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Portion 1 salad for each serving. Each portion provides 3 oz. eq. meat/meat alternate, 1 oz. eq. whole grain, ½ cup dark green vegetable, 1/8 cup red/orange vegetable and ½ cup other vegetable.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In just three years, the Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has rebuilt the army, defeated the Islamic State and restored sovereignty across this deeply divided nation, accomplishments that, in the eyes of many, give him the stature of an Iraqi Abe Lincoln.
Still, as Mr. Abadi is quick to warn in weekly addresses to the nation, stability remains fragile.
The country is coping with an ever-bubbling threat of violent sectarianism between the Shiite and Sunni populations, as well as endemic government corruption and overwhelming economic despair, especially among millions of citizens left homeless after the battles against the Islamic State.
This is a crucial moment for Iraq as it gears up for an election that could undo its hard-fought gains. The vote could also reshape the influence of Iran across the Middle East and determine the likelihood of a resurgent Islamic State.
But it's an important moment for Mr. Abadi, too. He has never spearheaded an electoral campaign, and has already stumbled as he tries to negotiate the mind-numbing complexities of Iraqi politics for a vote that will test his own political acumen in a challenging security environment.
Two weeks ago, for example, before the deadline to register for the May 12 elections, the prime minister tripped on an obvious land mine. He welcomed the leaders of Iranian-backed Shiite militias into a grand coalition that he hoped would cement his image as a moderating figure who could reach beyond his own Shiite base to appeal to Iraq's other communities.
Iraq's Shiites, although the majority, are fractured into competing political parties. Since Saddam Hussein's ouster in 2003, Shiite coalitions have run the government, a formula still considered crucial in this election.
The backlash to Mr. Abadi's move was swift.
The Iranian-backed Shiite militias have won praise for helping defeat the Islamic State, but they have also been accused in sectarian atrocities, and their leaders are seen by many as tools of Iran. Sunni and Kurdish leaders were furious. Even a Shiite leader, Moktada al-Sadr, a possible kingmaker in this vote, called the alliance "abhorrent."
Within 24 hours, Mr. Abadi had reversed himself, and the militia leaders left the coalition.
Mr. Abadi's blunder was a stark reminder that, with the election still more than three months out, nothing can be taken for granted.
While Mr. Abadi is still Iraq's most popular politician and front-runner, his clumsy outreach and deal-making have compounded his difficulties, alienating the influential factions he needs to win.
"Abadi has a narrow line to walk," said Renad Mansour, an Iraq analyst at Chatham House. "He is popular among many types of Iraqis, but he also has serious enemies. Politics is about shared power in Iraq."
Mr. Abadi took power in 2014, shortly after the devastating Islamic State blitzkrieg occupied one-third of Iraq and enslaved tens of thousands of his countrymen. Most Iraqis attribute that disaster to the failings of his predecessor, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, who governed for eight years before being ousted by his own Shiite coalition in favor of Mr. Abadi.
But while Mr. Abadi is the leader of the nation, he does not head his own political party, the Islamic Dawa — making his political position precarious. The party's leader remains Mr. Maliki, who despite his checkered political past is itching for a comeback.
So in a classic example of the serpentine nature of Iraqi politics, Mr. Maliki has blocked Mr. Abadi from using Dawa resources for his campaign.
Mr. Abadi created his own coalition, the Victory Alliance, the one to which he first welcomed, then removed, the pro-Iranian militia leaders. The coalition immediately attracted dozens of national and regional politicians from across sectarian lines, giving his aides confidence in a strong platform to enter the election season.
Iraq's postwar political realities have reserved the position of prime minister for a Shiite. Given the country's history of tight elections and coalition governments in the three national polls since Mr. Hussein's ouster in 2003, Mr. Abadi needs an alliance with at least one of three major bulwarks of Shiite political power to win, analysts say. (The largely ceremonial presidency is held by a Kurd, and the speaker of Parliament is a Sunni.)
The problem is that these Shiite powers all have their own baggage. One is Mr. Maliki, a politically damaged rival who wants the job himself. Another is the pro-Iranian militia leaders, who are close to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, a liability that has already backfired on Mr. Abadi.
And the third is Mr. Sadr, a populist firebrand who has become a champion of the poor and unemployed and a fierce opponent of Iranian meddling.
Mr. Sadr, best known to Americans as the thuggish militia leader who for years after the United States invasion fought and killed Americans, has become a pro-Arab, anti-Iranian nationalist. He is running his own coalition, which, like Mr. Abadi's, is cross-sectarian. It includes Sunni leaders who welcome Mr. Sadr's anti-Iran message.
Politicians close to Mr. Abadi had been in exploratory talks with Mr. Sadr's followers about joining with them in a possible coalition. It is not clear why those talks foundered, but Sadrists say their leader was angered by Mr. Abadi's alliance with the pro-Iranian militia leaders.
Even Mr. Abadi's closest advisers now concede that that alliance was a serious tactical error, which they attribute to the overwhelming task of setting up a new political entity on short deadline.
Registration for the election ended Jan. 15.
"We did not have time to finalize who our main partners would be, what we stand for and what we all agree with," said Ali al-Adiib, a member of Parliament close to Mr. Abadi. "We are discussing all these things now."
Some analysts say the prime minister's reputation may be forever tarnished.
"The latest developments undermine the view in Washington that Mr. Abadi is a bulwark against sectarian forces with strong links to Iran," wrote Hassan Hassan, a counterterrorism author, in an opinion piece published in The National, a newspaper based in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.
Others say it's too early to make predictions this far in advance given Iraq's unpredictable security climate.
One way Mr. Abadi could bolster his reputation, especially among Iraq's Sunnis, is a successful performance at an international donor's conference next month in which his government is hoping to attract hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to rebuild the mostly Sunni cities destroyed during military operations against the Islamic State.
The United Nations estimates that around 2.6 million Iraqis, mostly Sunni Arabs, remain displaced after the fighting and devastation of their towns.
Leading Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers argued last week to delay the election, saying that a fair vote would be impossible because so many Iraqis were still scattered and their regions lacked the infrastructure for a vote.
On Jan. 21, Iraq's Supreme Court ruled that a delay would be unconstitutional.
Wathiq al-Hashimi, the head of the Iraqi Group for Strategic Studies, believes that, despite the challenges, Mr. Abadi has the best chances of victory for a simple reason: the optimism he restored to Iraqis after beating back the Islamic State.
"The path for Abadi's second term will be one strewn with flowers," he said.
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A police spokesman said there had been an error and they would not be making any further comment on the issue.
The goods, including fake Christian Dior and Jimmy Choo handbags, Prada and Gucci purses, were recovered during a house search in Bangor on Tuesday.
A man and a woman held during the search have been released.
Police said the items were to be sold on the internet and have warned the public not to buy goods in suspicious circumstances in the run-up to the festive season.
Chief Inspector Ian McCoy said the find was a "timely reminder to everyone".
"Shopping on the internet for your Christmas presents is a fast and easy way to do things, but criminals are trying to use this to their advantage," he he said.
"You must ensure that the website you are buying from is a reputable site and never give your personal or banking details to a site that you have never heard of or you are unsure of."
Mr McCoy said genuine Dior handbags, sold with a certificate of authenticity, would "normally sell for close to £1,000 each".
"Essentially, they are just copies with fake certificates," he said.
Police want anyone who has been offered counterfeit goods to contact them.
Officers raided a house in the Lisgullion area on Wednesday. A man was arrested but later released.
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This Pharrell x adidas Tennis Hu Holi Powder Dye is part of an upcoming pack that is inspired and celebrates the spiritual Hindu festival celebrated in India and Nepal. The festivities officially usher in spring, with Holi celebrated as a festival of love. The silhouette basically sports the theme with a multicolor dye hue across its upper, salmon pink accents are seen on the tongue, heel tab, and outsole, followed by a white textured rubber sole to complete the design altogether.
Retailing for $130, look for this Pharrell x adidas Tennis Hu at select adidas stores and online on March 16th. Always keep it locked to KicksOnFire for the latest in sneaker news, release dates and where to purchase your favorite kicks.
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Front Splitter - Acura TL 04-08
*Silver and blue TL has A-Spec agressive splitter model
*Brown and White TL has A-Spec normal splitter model
*Green bumper have gerzy bear splitter model
A-Spec Aggresive and normal splitters has the same shape but the agressive one stick out 1.5'' more than the normal model. (Only available on A-Spec bumpers)
The Gerzy Bear splitter is designed to fit only on gerzy after market bumper.
Base bumper splitter will also fit on base Type-S bumper.
Kit Includes
Front Splitter
Fitting kit (Plastic Spacer & Stainless Steel Hardware)
Assembly and installation instructions
10mm Thick HDPE Polyethylene
Flexible and impact resistant.
- Matte Black that matches any OEM trim black finish
- Gloss Black
- Color Match
***If you choose color match option, please provide your color code in the comment section when you place your order.
Winglets will come assembled, with the same finish than your product. If you want them in another color, please contact us. See more about winglets here.
Why installing a splitter?
Front splitters aren't only used for their nice aggressive look they gave to your bumper. They are generally used for track racing to increase handling and stability. At high speed, the air is an important factor in driving. Air that goes under the car will lift the vehicle, which decreases traction. A front splitter will deflect air direction and will help to add positive downforce.
Also, the front splitter is a good way to protect your pricy bumper and actual lip. As well it's known to make a lower effect on the front and also the side of your vehicle.


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Harrison, R.G., Jones, C.D. and Hughes, J.K. 2008. Competing roles of rising CO2 and climate change in the contemporary European carbon balance. Biogeosciences 5: 1-10.
What was done
The authors used the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) -- which is a land surface and carbon cycle model -- to simulate the biospheric carbon balance of Europe and its sensitivity to rising CO2 and changes in climate experienced over the period 1948-2005.
What was learned
Over the 57-year period of their study, Harrison et al. report that "the impact of climate changes since 1948 has been to decrease the ability of Europe to store carbon by 97 TgC year-1," but that "the effect of rising atmospheric CO2 has been to stimulate [our italics] increased uptake and storage." In fact, this latter phenomenon is apparently so strong that it leads, in their words, to "a net increase in stored carbon of 114 TgC year-1."
What it means
The three researchers from the UK's Met Office Hadley Centre note that "Davi et al. (2006) made a similar attempt to assess the relative impacts of climate change and rising CO2 on European carbon storage," and that they too "found decreased storage as a result of climate changes and increased uptake due to fertilization from rising CO2." Also like them, they report that Davi et al. found the CO2-induced uptake of carbon to dominate over the warming-induced loss of carbon, but less so than in their more recent simulation, which difference they explain by noting that the period modeled by Davi et al. stretched all the way from 1960 to the end of this century (AD 2100), when climate models project air temperature to be much higher than it is currently. However, in an attempt to be at least halfway politically correct, they state that this dominance of the physiological effects of the anticipated increase in the air's CO2 content over the climatic effects predicted for the remainder of this century "may not continue indefinitely." Yet even if this speculation were to prove correct, it would still give the nations of the earth adequate time to naturally transition from our current large dependence upon coal and oil to a more evenly distributed dependence upon a much larger mix of energy sources, without the need to artificially force such a change and risk the dangers that are always associated with a "rush job" where haste makes waste.
Davi, H.l, Dufrene, E., Francois, C., Le Maire, G., Loustau, D., Bose, A., Rambal, S., Granier, A. and Moors, E. 2006. Sensitivity of water and carbon fluxes to climate changes from 1960-2100 in European forest ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 141: 35-56.


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