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Xenon: A bright light for dyskinesias?
A recent study published by French, British and Swiss researchers has grabbed the attention of some readers.
The report suggests that the inert/noble gas, Xenon, has powerful anti-dyskinetic properties in both mouse and primate models of Parkinson's with L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias.
Dyskinesias are involuntary movements that can develop over time with prolonged used of L-DOPA treatments.
In today's post, we will discuss what Xenon is, how it may be reducing dyskinesias, and we will consider some of the issues associated with using Xenon.
Dyskinesia. Source: JAMA Neurology
There is a normal course of events following a diagnosis of Parkinson's.
Yes, I am grossly over-generalising, and no, I'm not talking from personal experience, but just go with me on this for the sake of discussion.
First comes the shock of the actual diagnosis. For many it is devastating news – an event that changes the course of their future. For others, however, the words 'you have Parkinson's' can provide a strange sense of relief that their current situation has a name and gives them something to focus on.
This initial phase is usually followed by the roller coaster of various emotions (including disbelief, sadness, anger, denial). It depends on each individual.
The emotional rollercoaster. Source: Asklatisha
And then comes the period during which many will try to familiarise themselves with their new situation. They will read books, search online for information, join Facebook groups (Click here for a good one), etc.
That search for information often leads to awareness of some of the realities of the condition.
And one potential reality that causes concern for many people (especially for people with early onset Parkinson's) is dyskinesias.
What are dyskinesias?
2017 – Year in Review: A good vintage
At the end of each year, it is a useful practise to review the triumphs (and failures) of the past 12 months. It is an exercise of putting everything into perspective.
2017 has been an incredible year for Parkinson's research.
And while I appreciate that statements like that will not bring much comfort to those living with the condition, it is still important to consider and appreciate what has been achieved over the last 12 months.
In this post, we will try to provide a summary of the Parkinson's-related research that has taken place in 2017 (Be warned: this is a VERY long post!)
The number of research reports and clinical trial studies per year since 1817
As everyone in the Parkinson's community is aware, in 2017 we were observing the 200th anniversary of the first description of the condition by James Parkinson (1817). But what a lot of people fail to appreciate is how little research was actually done on the condition during the first 180 years of that period.
The graphs above highlight the number of Parkinson's-related research reports published (top graph) and the number of clinical study reports published (bottom graph) during each of the last 200 years (according to the online research search engine Pubmed – as determined by searching for the term "Parkinson's").
PLEASE NOTE, however, that of the approximately 97,000 "Parkinson's"-related research reports published during the last 200 years, just under 74,000 of them have been published in the last 20 years.
That means that 3/4 of all the published research on Parkinson's has been conducted in just the last 2 decades.
And a huge chunk of that (almost 10% – 7321 publications) has been done in 2017 only.
So what happened in 2017? Continue reading


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The Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act, introduced as H.R. 876 on February 11 of this year, made a quick run through the legislative process, having passed the House on March 16 after committee consideration and passing the Senate on July 27. It is now waiting the President's signature. This action follows close on the heels of the CMS proposed changes to the two-midnight rule.
Becker's Hospital Review posted "9 things to know about the Notice Act on July 29". Follow the link to the original article written by Erin Marshall. The text follows:
1. The
legislation calls for hospitals to provide written notice to patients who are
in the hospital under observation status for more than 24 hours. Hospitals
would need to provide notification no later than 36 hours after the time
observation status begins.
2. The
written notice must include why the patient was not admitted to the hospital
and the financial implications of observation status, including subsequent
eligibility for coverage for a skilled nursing facility.
3. Medicare
does not cover skilled nursing facility stays unless the patient was admitted
as an inpatient for a minimum of three nights. In some cases, physicians
reclassify people as inpatients when more than observation is needed. Medicare
patients who are not reclassified have to either forgo SNF care or pay for it
themselves, regardless of the length of their hospitalization.
4. Medicare
Part A pays for inpatient stays. If you are hospitalized on observation status,
payment by Medicare is under Part B, which covers physician and outpatient
services. Patients without Part B coverage are often left with the bill for
observation status, even though there was not a perceptible difference in the
type or level of care they received in the hospital.
5. If the
NOTICE Act is signed into law by President Obama, hospitals across the nation
will have to comply within 12 months.
6. A number
of states, including Connecticut, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and
Virginia, already require hospitals to give patients notice about observation
7. There
were an estimated 1.5 million observation stays among Medicare beneficiaries in
2012. The number of observation stays increased 100 percent from 2001 to 2009,
likely because of financial pressure on hospitals to reduce potentially
preventable readmissions of inpatients within 30 days.
8. Under the
NOTICE Act, hospitals would be required to notify patients about observation
status, but patients can only change that status by swaying a physician or the
hospital to do so. Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital CEO Marna Borgstrom noticed
that after learning they were under observation care, many patients left the
hospital against medical advice.
9. The NOTICE
Act is separate from CMS' two-midnight rule, for which it recently proposed updates as part of the 2016 Hospital Outpatient
Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System
proposed payment rule.
Monday, August 3, 2015
Notice Act presented to President - written notice to be required for observation status of more than 24 hours
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Tuesday evening, April 21th, 14 Med Prep seniors were pinned at Tri Star Career Compact's annual Med Prep pinning ceremony. This is the 19th year for the ceremony which recognizes graduating seniors for their hard work and dedication to the Med Prep program over the last two years.
The ceremony opened with a welcome from junior Med Prep, SkillsUSA president, Madison Rose.Michaela Siefring, the senior Med Prep SkillsUSA president, spoke on behalf of the seniors reflecting on their experiences and what they learned in the Med Prep program.A light hearted moment followed when senior superlatives were handed out.
Janet Nelson, Med Prep instructor, pinned each senior with a caduceus pin, a well-recognized medical symbol of two serpents entwined around a staff surmounted with wings.The pin is worn throughout their final weeks of observation for the Med Prep class, as well as in their future careers.
Tim Buschur, Tri Star's Director, presented each graduate with a career passport. The passport is a portfolio which contains documentation of a student's educational, community and work experience, including a certification of the skills the students have mastered in the College Tech Prep Med Prep program.Seniors were also presented with a red rose, a gift from the junior class.
The evening concluded with a candle lighting ceremony, recitation of the Health Occupations Pledge by students, and closing thoughts from Nelson.
In an unusual twist, Buschur came forward again; to express his gratitude to Nelson for the 22 years she has taught the Tri Star Med Prep program.He noted that she has taught some 700 students during her tenure and touched thousands of lives by way of the students who have pursued careers in the medical profession.Nelson is retiring at the conclusion of the school year.
Graduating seniors and their future plans include:
From Coldwater:
Erica Sudhoff - plans to attend Wright State University-Lake Campus for nursing
Emma Homan - plans to attend Wright State University – Lake Campus for nursing
From Fort Recovery:
Katie Braun - plans to seek an entry-level job in health care
Debra Link - plans to attend Rhodes State College for dental hygiene
Cassidy Rammel - plans to attend University of St. Francis for nursing
Caley Shoenherr - plans to attend University of St. Francis for nursing
From New Knoxville:
Ashlan Schwarck- plans to attend Rhodes State College for Medical Imaging
From St. Henry:
Michaela Siefring - plans to attend Wright State University-Lake Campus for nursing
Katelyn Goettemoeller - plans to attend Wright State University-Lake Campus for nursing
Carli Rindler - plans to attend Wright State Lake Campus but major is undecided
From St. Marys:
Alissa Gibson - plans to attend Rhodes State College for nursing
Madison Ginter - plans to attend Wright State University for nursing
Melanie Howell - plans to attend Apollo Career Center – Adult to become an LPN
Shelby Kanorr - plans to attend Wright State University for biology/physician


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GIRLS Break Up
San Francisco duo Girls (Christopher Owens and JR White) have broken up, according to frontman Christopher Owens on Twitter this morning. The band's three releases –– 2009's Album, 2010's Broken Dreams Club EP and last year's Father, Son, Holy Ghost –– have been met with widespread acclaim by fans and critics alike for their druggy, sublime brand of pop.
If you're looking for some sort of silver-lining, it's that Owens says he won't stop writing and recording music.


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VOCES showcases Latino artists, athletes and performers who reflect their culture while defying all expectations.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, WXXI presents a VOCES Marathon on Friday, September 20, 2013 starting at 6 p.m. on WXXI World. VOCES is the only national television series devoted to exploring and celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino cultural experience. From the housing projects of Brooklyn to a Mexican wrestling ring, from the ranches of California to the crumbling beauty of Castro's Cuba, VOCES shines a light on the unexpected.
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In 1961, in the heady first days of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro asked three visionary architects to build the Cuban National Arts Schools on what had been the golf course of a country club. Before the construction was completed, the Revolution became Sovietized, and suddenly the project was denounced as bourgeois and counter-revolutionary. These radical, magnificent buildings become a prism through which we see the turbulent, ever-shifting history of Castro's Cuba and follow the fates of the three architects, now in their 80s, who may get a second chance to revitalize their utopian project.


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Thousand People Expected to March in Honor of Martin Luther King
Upwards of a thousand people are expected to be in downtown Yakima for the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Peace March at noon Today. Marchers are meeting at the corner of 5th Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The march will weave through downtown and end at the Yakima Convention Center where a special program of speakers will be held. Today is a National holiday which means all City, County, State and Federal offices are closed today including banks and the Post Office.


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From Austin to Brooklyn and Back
Late Night Basement is Chris Rose's baby. The Brooklyn based, Austin native, created the show as a tribute to network late night talk shows. You know what I'm talking about and if you don't, you may want to turn on the internet or a TV. Then again, if you're reading this, you know about the internet... I digress.
The show has all the bells and whistles of its network big brothers, but its not in the shadow of the FCC. Which means, Rose and his team have more leeway with the jokes, quips and shenanigans. The team's hard work hasn't gone unseen. Recently the website, New York Natives, wrote an article about Late Night Basement, branding it "The Funniest Show Not on Television." New York Magazine also crowned it 2015's "Best Comedy Show in New York."[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVG6WxHpgNU&w=560&h=315]
Chris Rose is so confident the show can carry such honorifics, he's decided to take the show on the road with some friends. Fortunately for Austin, he's bringing it to The New Movement Theater this Friday, November 6th, as a part of Fun Fun Fun Fest Nites. The beloved festival is taking place this weekend and Nites is an extension of Fun Fun Fun Fest taking place at a variety of venues in the downtown Austin area.
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Here's a rundown of the shows guests pulled from the press release:


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Everyone concedes that evolution is true to some extent. Undeniably, there are variations within species of animals and plants, which explains why there are more than two hundred different varieties of dogs, cows can be bred for improved milk production, and bacteria can adapt and develop immunity to antibiotics. This is called "microevolution."
But Darwin's theory goes much further than that, claiming that life began millions of years ago with simple single-cell creatures and then developed through mutation and natural selection into the vast array of plant and animal life that populate the planet. Human beings came on the scene from the same common ancestor as the ape. Scientists call this more controversial theory "macro-evolution."
Initially troubling to me was the paucity of fossil evidence for the transitions between various species of animals. Even Darwin conceded that the lack of these fossils "is perhaps the most obvious and serious objection" to his theory, although he confidently predicted that future discoveries would vindicate him.
Fast forward to 1979. David M. Raup, the curator of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, said:
We are now about one hundred and twenty years after Darwin and the knowledge of the fossil record has been greatly expanded. We now have a quarter of a million fossil species, but the situation hasn't changed much We have even fewer examples of evolutionary transition than we had in Darwin's time.18
What the fossil record does show is that in rocks dated back some five hundred and seventy million years, there is the sudden appearance of nearly all the animal phyla, and they appear fully formed, "without a trace of the evolutionary ancestors that Darwinists require."i9 It's a phemonenon that points more readily toward a Creator than Darwinism.
That isn't the only argument against evolution. In his book Origin of Species, Darwin also admitted: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, then my theory would absolutely break down."20 Taking up that challenge, Behe's award-winning book Darwin's Black Box showed how recent biochemical discoveries have found numerous examples of this very kind of "irreducible complexity."
I was particularly interested in a more fundamental issue, however. Biological evolution can only take place after there was some sort of living matter that could replicate itself and then grow in complexity through mutation and survival of the fittest. I wanted to go back even further and ask the cornerstone question of human existence: Where did life begin in the first place?
The origin of life has intrigued both theologians and scientists for centuries. "The most amazing thing to me is existence itself," said cosmologist Allan Sandage. "How is it that inanimate matter can organize itself to contemplate itself?"2i
How, indeed? Darwin's theory presupposes that nonliving chemicals, if given the right amount of time and circumstances, could develop by themselves into living matter. Undeniably, that view has gained widespread popular acceptance through the years. But are there any scientific data to back up that belief? Or, like the hair-comparison evidence in the Oklahoma murder trial, is that analysis long on speculation but short on hard facts?
I knew that if scientists could convincingly demonstrate how life could emerge purely through natural chemical processes, then there's no need for Cod. On the other hand, if the evidence points in the other direction towards an Intelligent Designer, then Darwin's entire-evolutionary house of cards would collapse.
This primordial detective story took me on a journey to Houston, Texas, where I rented a car and drove through the countryside and cattle ranches to the community of College Station, home of Texas A&M University. Down the block from the school, in a modest two-story frame house, I knocked on the door of one of the most influential experts on how life arose on primitive planet Earth.
Walter L. Bradley caused a stir in 1984 when he coauthored the seminal book, The Mystery of Life's Origin, which was a devastating analysis of theories about how living matter was created. Eyebrows were raised because its foreword was written by biologist Dean Kenyon of San Francisco State University, whose book Biological Predestination had previously argued that chemicals had an inherent ability to evolve into living cells under the right conditions. Calling Bradley's book "cogent, original, and compelling," Kenyon concluded: "The authors believe, and I now concur, that there is a fundamental flaw in all current theories of the chemical origins of life."22
Since then, Bradley has written and spoken widely on the topic of how life began. He has contributed to the books Mere Creation and Three Views of Creation and Evolution, while he and chemist Charles B. Thaxton wrote "Information and the Origin of Life" for the book The Creation Hypothesis. His more technical articles include coauthoring, "A Statistical Examination of Self-Ordering of Amino Acids in Proteins," published in Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, which reflects his personal research in the origin-of-life field.
Bradley received his doctorate in materials science from the University of Texas at Austin and was a professor of mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University for twenty-four years, serving as head of the department for four years. An expert on polymers and thermodynamics, both of which are critically important in the life-origin debate, Bradley has been director of the Polymer Technology Center at Texas A&M and has received research grants totaling four million dollars.
He has consulted with such corporations as Dow Chemical, 3M, B. F Goodrich, General Dynamics, Boeing, and Shell Oil, and has been an expert witness in about seventy-five legal cases. In addition, he is a fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture and has been elected a fellow of the American Society for Materials and the American Scientific Affiliation.
The soft-spoken, self-effacing Bradley, who talks with an unhurried Texas drawl, is a strong family man. His two children and five grandchildren all live near each other in College Station, and they get together frequently. In fact, his wife, Ann; daughter, Sharon; and grandchildren Rachel, Daniel, and Elizabeth joined us for lunch at a local delicatessen after our interview.
As a scientist concerned with accuracy, Bradley answers questions in careful and complete sentences, making sure to acknowledge nuances and not to overstate his conclusions. He talks respectfully of the evolutionists he has debated through the years, including renowned chemistry professor Robert Shapiro of New York University, who called The Mystery of Life's Origin "an important contribution" that "brings together the major scientific arguments that demonstrate the inadequacy of current theories."23
Just three months after his retirement from Texas A&M, the fifty-six-year-old Bradley was relaxed and genial as we sat down at his dining room table. He was comfortably attired in a light blue sports shirt, blue jeans, and white socks with no shoes. It was clear from the outset that he, had come prepared for our discussion: a pile of research papers was neatly stacked next to him. Ever the scientist, he wanted to be able to back up everything he said.
To lay some groundwork, I started our conversation by going back to Darwin himself. "His theory of evolution sought to explain how simple life forms could develop over long periods of time into increasingly complex creatures," I said. "But that ignores the important issue of how life arose in the first place. What was Darwin's theory about that?"
Bradley picked up a book as he began to answer. "Well, he didn't really have a good idea of how life arose," Bradley said, slipping on his gold-rimmed reading glasses. "In 1871 he wrote a letter in which he did some speculation-it wasn't even a hypothesis, just some brainstorming." With that, Bradley read Darwin's words:
It is often said that all the conditions for the first production of a living organism are now present which could ever have been present. But if (and oh! what a big if!) we could conceive in some warm little pond, with all sorts of ammonia and phosphoric salts, light, heat, electricity, etc. present, that a protein compound was chemically formed ready to undergo still more complex changes, at the present day such matter would be instantly devoured or absorbed, which would not have been the case before living creatures were formed.24
Closing the book, Bradley said, "So Darwin was the first one to theorize that life emerged from chemicals reacting in some 'warm little pond."'
"He makes it sound pretty easy," I remarked.
"Darwin may have underestimated the problem because it was widely thought back then that life sort of naturally develops every place," he replied. "People thought maggots would spontaneously develop from decaying meat. But simultaneous with the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, Francesco Redi demonstrated that meat that was kept away from flies never developed maggots. Then Louis Pasteur showed that air contains microorganisms that can multiply in water, giving the illusion of the spontaneous generation of life. He announced at the Sorbonne in Paris that 'never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow of this simple experiment.'"25
Bradley let that thoroughly register with me before continuing. "But then in the 1920s, some scientists said they agreed with Pasteur that spontaneous genesis doesn't happen in a short time frame. But they theorized that if you had billions and billions of years-as the late astronomer Carl Sagan liked to say-then it might really happen after all."
"And that," I concluded, "is the basis for the idea that nonliving chemicals can combine into living cells if given enough time."
"That's exactly right," he said.
I told Bradley that in high school and college I was taught that the primitive earth was covered with pools of chemicals and had an atmosphere that was conducive to the formation of life. With energy supplied by lightning, chemicals in this "prebiotic soup"-over a period of billions of years-linked together and a simple life form emerged. From there, evolution took over.
"Who conceptualized that scenario?" I asked.
"Russian biochemist Alexander Oparin proposed in 1924 that complex molecular arrangements and the functions of living matter evolved from simpler molecules that preexisted on the early earth," he said. "Then in 1928, British biologist J. B. S. Haldane theorized that ultraviolet light acting on the earth's primitive atmosphere caused sugars and amino acids to concentrate in the oceans, and then life eventually emerged from this primordial broth.
"Later Nobel Prize winner Harold Urey suggested that earth's primitive atmosphere would have made it favorable for organic compounds to have emerged. Urey was the Ph.D. advisor to Stanley Miller at the University of Chicago, and it was Miller who decided to test this experimentally."
Miller's name rang a bell. I remember being taught in school about his landmark experiment in which he recreated the atmosphere of the primitive earth in a lab oratory and shot electricity through it to simulate the effects of lightning. Before long, he found that amino acids-the building blocks of life-had been created. I can remember my biology teacher recounting the experiment with an infectious enthusiasm, suggesting it proved conclusively that life could have emerged from nonliving chemicals.
"This experiment was hailed as a major breakthrough at the time, wasn't it?" I asked.
"Oh, absolutely!" Bradley declared. "Sagan called it the single most significant step in convincing many scientists that life is likely to be abundant in the cosmos." Chemist William Day said the experiment showed that this first step in the creation of life was not a chance event, but it was inevitable." Astronomer Harlow Shapley said Miller had proven that 'the appearance of life is essentially an automatic biochemical development that comes along naturally when physical conditions are right."'
That was certainly impressive. "Did that close the issue?" I asked.
"Hardly," replied Bradley. "For a while, evolutionists were euphoric. But there was a major problem with the experiment that has invalidated its results."
I had never been taught anything in school about the Miller experiment being fatally flawed. "What was the problem?" I asked.
"Miller and Oparin didn't have any real proof that the earth's early atmosphere was composed of ammonia, methane, and hydrogen, which Miller used in his experiment. They based their theory on physical chemistry. They wanted to get a chemical reaction that would be favorable, and so they proposed that the atmosphere was rich in those gases. Oparin was smart enough to know that if you start with inert gases like nitrogen and carbon dioxide, they won't react."
My eyes got wide. This was a devastating critique of Miller's experiment. "Are you saying that the deck was stacked in advance to get the results they wanted?" I asked, incredulity in my voice.
"Essentially, yes," he replied.
"What was the real environment of the early earth like?" I asked.
"From 1980 on, NASA scientists have shown that the primitive earth never had any methane, ammonia, or hydrogen to amount to anything," he said. "Instead, it was composed of water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen and you absolutely cannot get the same experimental results with that mixture. It just won't work. More recent experiments have confirmed this to be the case."
I slumped back in my chair, amazed at the implications of what Bradley had disclosed. My mind flashed back to my biology teacher, who seemed so utterly confident that Miller's experiment validated the chemical evolution of life. Certainly that was the thinking of his day. Now new discoveries have changed everything-and yet there are generations of former students still living under the impression that the origin of life issue has been resolved.
"So the scientific significance of Miller's experiment today . . . ," I began, prompting Bradley to finish my sentence.
" . . . is zilch," he said. "When textbooks present the Miller experiment, they should be honest enough to say it was interesting historically but not terribly relevant to how life actually developed."29
I let out a low whistle. The analogy of the Oklahoma murder trial was proving to be even more accurate than I had thought.
Before we went any further, I thought it would be important to understand some fundamentals about living matter to determine whether it's reasonable to believe it could have been the product of unguided chemical reactions.
"Let's start by defining the difference between a living system and one that's not living," I said to Bradley.
"A living system must do at least three things: process energy, store information, and replicate," he said. "All living systems do that. Human beings do these three functions, although bacteria do them much more quickly and efficiently. Nonliving things don't do them." Again thinking back to Darwin's day, I asked, "Did Darwin consider basic living matter-say, for instance, a one-cell organism-to be rather simple?"
"Yes, he undoubtedly would have," came his response. "Darwin probably didn't think it would be very difficult to create life from non-life because the gap between the two didn't appear very great to him. In 1905, Ernst Haeckel described living cells as being merely 'homogeneous globules of plasm.'30 In those days they didn't have any way of seeing the complexity that exists within the membrane of the cell. But the truth is that a one cell organism is more complicated than anything we've been able to recreate through supercomputers.
"One person very creatively-but quite accurately described a single-cell organism as a hightech factory, complete with artificial languages and decoding systems; central memory banks that store and retrieve impressive amounts of information; precision control systems that regulate the automatic assembly of components; proofreading and quality control mechanisms that safeguard against errors; assembly systems that use principles of prefabrication and modular construction; and a complete replication system that allows the organism to duplicate itself at bewildering speeds."
"That's extremely impressive," I said. "But maybe one cell organisms are more complicated today due to the fact that they have developed and evolved through the eons. Maybe the first cells produced on the primitive earth were much more basic and therefore easier to create."
"Let's accept that theory," came Bradley's reply. "But even when you try to imagine what the minimal living cell would have been like, it's still not simple at all."
"What would go into building a living organism?" I asked-and then, before Bradley could open his mouth to reply, I quickly added: "And keep it basic."
"Okay," he said, clearing his throat. "Essentially, you start with amino acids. They come in eighty different types, but only twenty of them are found in living organisms. The trick, then, is to isolate only the correct amino acids. Then the right amino acids have to be linked together in the right sequence in order to produce protein molecules. Picture those plastic stick-together chains that kids play with-you have to put together the right amino acids in the right way to ultimately get biological function."
Imagining kids playing with plastic toys made the process seem-well, like child's play. "That doesn't sound very difficult," I said.
"It wouldn't be if you were applying your intelligence to the problem and purposefully selecting and assembling the amino acids one at a time. But, remember, this is chemical evolution. It would be unguided by any outside help. And there are a lot of other complicating factors to consider."
"Such as what?"
"For instance, other molecules tend to react more readily with amino acids than amino acids react with each other. Now you have the problem of how to eliminate these extraneous molecules. Even in the Miller experiment, only two percent of the material he produced was composed of amino acids, so you'd have a lot of other chemical material that would gum up the process.
"Then there's another complication: there are an equal number of amino acids that are right-and left-handed, and only left-handed ones work in living matter. Now you've got to get only these select ones to link together in the right sequence. And you also need the correct kind of chemical bonds-namely, peptide bonds-in the correct places in order for the protein to be able to fold in a specific three-dimensional way. Otherwise, it won't function.
"It's sort of like a printer taking letters out of a basket and setting type the way they used to do it by hand. If you guide it with your intelligence, it's no problem. But if you just choose letters at random and put them together haphazardly-including upside down and backwards then what are the chances you'd get words, sentences, and paragraphs that would make sense? It's extremely unlikely.
"In the same way, perhaps one hundred amino acids have to be put together in just the right manner to make a protein molecule. And, remember, that's just the first step. Creating one protein molecule doesn't mean you've created life. Now you have to bring together a collection of protein molecules-maybe two hundred of them-with just the right functions to get a typical living cell."
Whew! Now I was beginning to see the enormity of the challenge. Even if Miller had been right about the ease with which amino acids could be produced in the primitive earth's atmosphere, nevertheless the process of putting them together into protein molecules and then assembling those into a functioning cell would be mind-boggling.
"In living systems," continued Bradley, "the guidance that's needed to assemble everything comes from DNA. Every cell of every plant and animal has to have a DNA molecule. Think of it as a little microprocessor that regulates everything. DNA works hand-in-glove with RNA to direct the correct sequencing of amino acids. It's able to do this through biochemical instructions-that is, information-that is encoded on the DNA."
That raised an obvious issue. "Where did the DNA come from?" I asked. "The making of DNA and RNA would be an even greater problem than creating protein," he replied. "These are much more complex, and there are a host of practical problems. For instance, the synthesis of key building blocks for DNA and RNA has never been successfully done except under highly implausible conditions without any resemblance to those of the early earth. Klaus Dose of the Institute for Biochemistry in Mainz, Germany, admitted that the difficulties in synthesizing DNA and RNA 'are at present beyond our imagination."31
"Frankly, the origin of such a sophisticated system that is both rich in information and capable of reproducing itself has absolutely stymied origin-of-life scientists. As the Nobel Prize-winner Sir Francis Crick said, 'The origin of life appears to be almost a miracle, so many are the conditions which would have had to be satisfied to get it going.'"32
Even so, scientists have tried to come up with creative theories to try to explain how biopolymers (such as proteins) became assembled with only the right building blocks (amino acids) and only the correct isomers (left-handed amino acids) joined with only the correct peptide bonds in only the correct sequence. I decided to ask Bradley for his analysis of the most common hypotheses that scientists have proposed in recent years.
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The game is set across three 18-hole golf courses plus a diverse range of skill-based challenge modes. The courses feature increasingly puzzling hole design and an array of obstacles, such as castles that teleport your ball and cannons that shoot it across the landscape.
"Who could have known that two of our favourite things would work so well together?" stated Team 17 Head of Design John Dennis, "While probably not an obvious combination, Worms Crazy Golf is an irreverent mash-up of our own turn-based strategy game "Worms" and everyone's favourite turn-based game of 'hitting little balls with sticks'."
Dennis added, "We've had a great deal of fun playing the game in multiplayer during development and with four-player social multiplayer support, it has all the hallmarks of the "Worms" brand: the trash-talking, pressure to make the shot, terribly unhelpful 'advice' from opponents, and often hilarious consequences when that risky shot that could have won the game goes terribly wrong. If players get half as much enjoyment out of it as we've already had, then we'll be very, very happy."
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Less than six hours into the New Year, 21-year-old Yoaddan Aguilar became a murder suspect.
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Rivera's father John says his son was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"Adam was a very loving child. He was a brat in his ways sometimes, but very obedient to myself and my wife," he said.
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If you have never entered a contest before but think you might like to give it a go, take a look at our special advice for newcomers to contesting just below.
DXcluster and the Reverse Beacon Network provide a steady stream of workable spots. Cluster use is permitted in all sections of the OCDX contest. Visually monitoring a cluster web page such as DXsummit is OK but it's much more efficient if your logging software connects to a cluster via Telnet and highlights spots for new multipliers on the band map. Perhaps something worth exploring ahead of the 2018 contest? Do it soon to avoid the panic in October!
By the way, self-spotting is explicitly forbidden in the contest. No matter how desperate you are to make more contacts, advertising your own presence on the DXcluster network is unfair, inappropriate and against the rules.
Be sure to load and run your logging software well before the contest starts and get everything set up right.
N1MM Logger+, for instance, will offer to update itself to the latest release - not something you want to be doing in the last few seconds before the off!
Configure the contest in the New log in database dialogue under the File menu above the QSO entry panel: select OCEANIASSB or OCEANIACW in the list of supported contests. Enter the contest start date and time, and select whichever category you intend to operate. If you're not sure, there's a convenient button to bring you to this website to check the rules.
If you would like to operate the contest from Oceania, you have a vast choice of locations in the Pacific but not all Pacific islands qualify, so look for blue pins on the map and double-check that "OC" appears in the continent column of the official WAC award list.
Everyone, including old hands, can learn new tricks and make little changes to do even better in the next contest. There are three key aspects to focus on:
By the way, accurately copying and logging callsigns and reports is necessary to avoid being penalized or even disqualified due to having too many errors. Take extra care with new multipliers since any errors there can dramatically reduce your score. It's perfectly OK to ask for a repeat if you are not 100% sure, and check that you have logged the call you worked. Typos increase when tiredness sets in: do you need a break?
Advice on entering your very first contest
George emailed us from Australia: "I have not participated in a contest as yet. I am very interested in participating this year in the Oceania contest. Where do I start?" Good question, George!
First, please browse around this website for background information about the contest, and in particular read the rules.
At the contest start time you should hear Oceania stations on whatever bands are open (80, 40 or 20m I guess) calling "CQ contest". You may also hear DX stations calling "CQ Oceania" or "CQ contest" too. Call any one of them, briefly, and they will have a quick contact with you. They will send your callsign then a report (probably 59, regardless!) then a QSO serial number, usually 3 digits and incrementing by 1 with each completed QSO. You send them their report and your QSO number starting with 001 for your first contest QSO. Make sure to log their callsign, report and serial number, along with the date, time and band or frequency ... and that's it!
The whole process should take less than a minute per QSO … then you both move swiftly on to the next one and so on until the end (08:00z on October 2nd). If you have the interest and stamina, you can operate all 24 hours … but most entrants do the odd hour or three, and some manage maybe 20 hours or so with sleep breaks when the bands are mostly dead (which may not be in the middle of our night, by the way: lunchtimes tend to be quiet on the bands in Oceania).
Note: stations in Oceania can work the whole world, including Oceania and DX stations, for points. DX stations only score points for working Oceania, so active Oceania stations are very popular!
When you are comfortable with the process, you could try finding a clear frequency on which to call "CQ contest" (that can be difficult if the band is busy! Look for a space and check that it is clear by asking before you start CQing). Provided the band is open and you have a good enough signal for people to hear, contesters will soon start calling you. Most will send their callsign just once, then listen for you to respond. If you don't respond quickly enough, they will give their call again and listen.
You will feel under pressure to hurry along … but it's most important to pass and log the information correctly, so don't be afraid to check and confirm calls and serial numbers, or ask for repeats. It is much better to take a moment to get things right than to have mistakes in your log, which may cost both you and the person you contacted the points.
You can work anyone once per band for points in each event. Second and subsequent contacts with the same station on the same band are called "dupes" (duplicates) and don't score points. They just waste time and we try to avoid them. Occasional dupes are OK, though, especially if the previous QSO was incomplete or not properly logged by one or other station for some reason (usually QRM or QSB, or fatigue and human error). Simply complete and log all your QSOs, dupes and all, and carry on as normal. Any duplicates are automatically removed when submitted logs are checked by the committee.
Speed is of the essence in contesting: we want to make as many QSOs as we can, as quickly and efficiently as possible, so we tend not to repeat stuff unnecessarily, or exchange superfluous information. Please don't get into silly habits such as saying "My number to you is ..." or "Roger roger, good luck in the contest" on every contact. There's no need to swap names and QTHs, or tell the other person what equipment you are using - it just wastes time during the contest. Competitive entrants stick to the bare minimum meaning callsigns, reports and serial numbers. You can always catch up for a chat after it's all over, and swap tall tales about your experiences in the contest!
Being called by a non-contester who expects a conventional QSO and doesn't understand that you are in the contest can be challenging, especially if you are keen on doing well or winning. Our advice is to be patient. Politely explain that you are in the Oceania DX contest and just need to quickly exchange reports and serial numbers. As it is probably their first QSO in the contest, prompt them to give you "serial number 1". Tell them you would love to catch up with them after the contest for a chat. Encourage them to hunt around for other entrants to contact. Please don't be grumpy or rude. Remember that you too were a non-contester once!
Rest, catch up with sleep and preferably get ready to repeat the the process on CW during the following weekend. If CW is not your thing, you don't have to operate the CW event as well (each event is scored independently), but it's a good chance to practice CW and contesting, to work some juicy DX, and most of all it's fun!
After the contest, check your log/s and submit an entry before the end of October following the process described in the rules … then wait patiently for the results to be published the following Autumn. Meanwhile, reply to the QSL cards you will probably receive, especially the ones with little comments along the lines of "Thanks for my first ever VK on 40m!". Perhaps clear a space on the wall and get a frame in which to display your certificate.
By the way, logging and submitting an entry is much easier if you use a computer, especially using dedicated contest logging software such as the N1MM+ contest logger – but paper logs are OK if you only make a few contacts (less than 50).
If this is all too confusing, it may help to visit a friendly local contester for advice. If you can, arrange to sit alongside them in the shack during a contest and you'll soon pick up the process. They may even let you have a go on the air and put in a multi-operator entry. Some clubs enter the contest too, and that's a great way to get involved and find out how it works. It's great fun. Contesting can be addictive though, so don't be surprised if you find yourself hooked on the adrenaline rush!
If you have any other questions, please let us know what puzzles you and we'll do our best to advise. We hope you will have a go in the OCDX contest and we would very much like to hear back from you afterwards about how you got on. What did you learn? What would you say to someone else contemplating their first contest?
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- intern in the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates at Virginia Tech … one of ten undergraduates researching societal violence under the direction of Virginia Tech faculty [the specific project, supervised by Dr. James Ivory, is "Reinforcing Anti-Violence Attitudes through Exposure to Violent Media Content"]
- Fund for Innovative Teaching and Learning (FITL) Research Intern … student-faculty teams in collaborative or mentored scholarly research projects on the Sewanee campus … one studying "delay / temporal discounting effects in a variety of parent-child contexts" with Dr. Karen Yu … another studying "effects of methamphetamine exposure on the brain and behavior of mice" with Dr. Jessica Siegel
- intern at the Yale Child Study Center … working with a researcher in the Center, ending with a formal presentation of the project [two majors; also one major will begin her Sewanee-At-Yale Directed Research Program this summer]
- intern at Walrus, an advertising agency in New York City [Business & Economics - Wilson internship]
- intern at New York City's Child Mind Institute, which is dedicated to transforming mental health care for children who are displaying signs of psychiatric and learning difficulties
- a supervisor and team leader … of teens working with the District of Columbia Public Library (DC Summer Youth Employment Program)
- counselor at Chattanooga Zoo's Summer Zoo Camp (9- to 11-year-old group) … interactive week-long program of animal education, peer building activities, environmental awareness in the context of fun and games
- shadowing physicians in a hospital; and working as a patient transporter
- working with Renewal House, an addiction treatment facility for women and their children in Nashville [while I do not plan on focusing specifically on addiction in my career as a social worker, I do plan on working mostly with women; I know that addiction plays a huge role in the lives of many women seeking help in tough domestic situations, and I could not be more excited for this first practical exposure to the type of career I hope to pursue as my life's path] [Career Exploration - Stephenson internship]
- volunteering with Tesoros de Dios ["God's Treasures"], a ministry in Managua, Nicaragua that serves 80 children (and their families) with a variety of development disorders such as Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Hydrocephaly, Autism, and Brain Damage [this student is a Spanish minor, so is "excited to improve my language skills"]
- shadowing a nutritionist in Atlanta to see if I possibly am interested in going into this career
- working with Be the Change-Kenya, a nonprofit working to empower local existing organizations and youth to be able to help themselves instead of being dependent on external aid [Tonya Public Affairs internship]
- intern in a congressional office in Washington DC
- ACE internship with Duke University Talent Identification Program at Texas A&M University
- working with the Mayor's Office and county government in Franklin County TN [Tonya Public Affairs internship]
The Career & Leadership Development office provide assistance not only in locating internships but also with funding. Of particular importance is funding offered by Sewanee "for otherwise unpaid internships" … it makes it possible for you to say, "please offer me a supervised internship this summer, but you won't have to pay me." Some 165 Sewanee students received such stipends for the summer of 2011.
In summer 2011, seventeen majors held one of the Sewanee internships.
- Lizzie Butler '12 used her Arts Internship with Maptote in Brooklyn NY
- Jordan Rothschild '12 was a Business & Economics Intern at Mission Media, Baltimore MD
- Dani Kabbes '12 used her Business & Economics Internship at the Southeastern Conference in Birmingham AL
- Claire Elliott '12 [Political Science major, Psychology minor] held a Tonya Public Affairs Internship in the office of U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth in Washington DC
- Lindsey Thomas '11 was a Tonya Public Affairs Intern at the Nature Conservancy, Birmingham AL
- Duncan Varner '11 used his ACE (A Career Exploration) Internship at the Empire Construction Corporation in Knoxville TN
- Sarah Haroldson '13 was an ACE Intern at Promise Zone in Columbia SC
- Jay Hill '11 [majored in Economics and Psychology] used his ACE Internship at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. in Boston MA
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Years ago, a close friend went through a divorce and moved to a small house of her own. The first spring she threw herself into fixing up the neglected garden, digging, trimming and planting. With her own bruised heart, bleeding heart plants seemed fitting. She planted a dozen on the shady side of her garage. The following spring arching stems of delicate heart-shaped flowers greeted her in May. Simple. Beautiful.
Now, years later, those bleeding heart plants are full and lush, and the friend wouldn't replace them for the world. In spring, she shares fistfuls of cut stems with neighbors and is reminded of how far she's come.
Regardless of what state your heart is in, plant bleeding hearts. There's never a time when simple beauty is unwelcome.
Bleeding hearts prefer some shade and are happy with a range of light from dabbled sunlight to moderately shady to the shade that's found on the north side of buildings. These plants are also well suited to areas that receive a few hours of morning light as is often found in east facing beds.
Moderate feeders, bleeding hearts grow well in average, well-drained soil and don't require rich, perfect loam. Compost, dug in when planting or added as a top dressing later, provides a welcome supply of nutrients. Keep in mind that composts' NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassuim) ratios vary greatly form product to product. Don't assume that adding more is better.
Plant outdoors when frost danger has past. Bleeding hearts are hardy perennials and can take freezing without ill effects, once they are established.
Your bleeding hearts will be shipped bareroot, in a dormant state. Dormancy means the plant is not in actively growing; it's been held in a cool, dark setting similar to winter garden conditions and is "sleeping". The bareroot term means that the soil has been washed from the roots; there is no risk of introducing any soil-borne diseases into your garden, and the plants are lighter and cleaner to ship. When you plant your bleeding hearts, adding light and moisture, they'll wake up. Roots will start growing in a few days and top growth will be visible in 1-3 weeks.
Dig a hole 8-10" across and deep, and mix in a couple scoops of compost. Fan out the roots in your planting hole and place the crown (area from which leaves will sprout) an inch below soil level. Refill around plant with soil, tap down to eliminate any big air pockets and water well to settle the soil around the roots.
In the garden, space your plants so they have enough room to grow without crowding. Allow 30-36" between plants; mature bleeding hearts grow big and full.
Bleeding hearts require little care during the growing season. During their first season while they are settling in, make sure they receive 1-2" of water, from rain or irrigation, per week. From their second season on, they'll be fine with about the same or a little less. Feel free to snip flowers; this won't hurt the plants.
Bleeding heart plants typically die back after flowering. At that point the yellowed foliage can be trimmed to the ground. It's often helpful to mark the spot where the plants are to avoid accidentally cutting into the dormant crown. Planting partners for bleeding hearts include ferns, astilbes and hostas. These are all active growers during the mid to later part of the season when the bleeding hearts have relinquished their space. These plants offer a great opportunity to have twice as much happening in the same garden spot.
Light: Light to moderate shade
Soil: Fertile and well drained
Depth: Plant clumps at ground level
Water: Average moisture
Uses: Beds, accents and woodland gardens
Tip: Use where deer are a problem
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Dreams (the bed people) invited England cricketer Joe Root along to their Birstall store in Leeds on 17th September 2016, to promote their MLine range of mattresses. They needed a local freelance photographer to capture the event, and show Joe engaging with fans.
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Here's a selection of the best photos from the Leeds event:


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