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Atlus 3 gets a Persona
by: Chuck - posted: 12/16/2006 5:15:00 PM
More On: Persona 3
Atlus sends word that they have acquired the rights to publish Persona 3 in North America. The game is the latest in the Shin Megami Tensei series and should make Matt really happy when it it released in 2007. Hit the more link for all of the details on the game.
SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 3TM
We each have a side of our self that's best kept secret...
Now, it's time to unleash that Persona!
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — DECEMBER 15, 2006 — Atlus U.S.A., Inc., a leading publisher of interactive entertainment, today announced that Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 will be available for the Playstation®2 Computer Entertainment System across North America in June 2007. Enormously successful in Japan, P3 is the newest RPG from the publishers of the acclaimed Shin Megami Tensei series.
"Persona 3 is the most exciting, challenging, and ambitious title in the SMT series to date!" said Yu Namba, Project Lead for P3. "While still faithful to its roots, it takes the series in a bold new direction with the implementation of the Social Link system, where your relationship with not just party members but also a huge cast of characters is critical to your success! Tired of endless random battles and character leveling? Then, focus on your Social Links instead... How you play the game is up to you!"
In Persona 3, you'll assume the role of a high school student, who was orphaned as a young boy, and has recently transferred to Gekkoukan High School on Port Island. Only days after he arrives at the school dorm, he is attacked by a Shadow. The assault awakens his Persona, Orpheus, his only chance at defeating this creature of the night. He soon discovers that he shares this special ability with other students at his new school. From them he learns of the Dark Hour, a hidden time that exists between one day and the next, swarming with Shadows that have been slowing claiming victims known as The Lost—poor souls who have inexplicably been turned into walking zombies. Under the supervision of school chairman Shuji Ikutsuki, he joins his new friends in confronting this evil threat…
With your school as the primary battlefield, you'll be forced to juggle between two lives: student by day, defender against evil by night. And your greatest challenges await you on the eve of each full moon.
• Engaging Social Link system lets you build intimate relationships with friends and love interests alike!
• Unforgettable characters, including familiar faces from previous Persona games, and professionally-acted dialogue bring the story to life!
• Massive replay value with over 20 Social Links and a complex storyline encompassing a full school year.
• Highly stylized designs grace the beautiful 2D character portraits, detailed 3D animations, and heart-pounding cut scenes!
• Hip Urban-Techno soundtrack from Shoji Meguro, the composer for Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga!
• Intense, strategic battle system; find and exploit enemy weaknesses with the help of your allies!


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State Cabinet today met at Techport Australia to see firsthand critical areas earmarked for expansion and upgrading ahead of the commencement of $88 Billion worth of naval shipbuilding contracts in 2018.
"Building the submarines at Techport presents us with a unique opportunity to set up a highly competitive, highly efficient, world-class defence industry." Premier Jay Weatherill said.
Cabinet was briefed on a new $1 Million master plan for the site, which will help fast-track infrastructure projects at Osborne and help achieve maximum local economic benefit.
A submarine transfer corridor to facilitate the transfer of submarines between the CUF ship lift and existing ASC Submarines site.
The master plan will prepare the site for delivery of the Offshore Patrol Vessels, Future Frigates and Future Submarines. It will also play a vital part in delivery of these projects, representing thousands of ongoing South Australian jobs in defence and associated industries.
"The Techport shipbuilding site was originally designed for three Air Warfare Destroyers we now have a continuous build program which naturally requires additional infrastructure." Minister for Defence Industries Martin Hamilton-Smith said.
The Commonwealth Government has engaged a shipbuilding expert to undertake an infrastructure review, while Defence SA has appointed a senior manager to oversee the master plan project. The scope of the design work is to be finalised by September.
The State Government ran a sustained and successful campaign to secure a continuous shipbuilding program for South Australia that includes the $3 Billion Offshore Patrol Vessels, $35 Billion Future Frigates and $50 Billion Future Submarine programs.
More than $300 Million has already been invested by the State Government in state-owned infrastructure at the world-class maritime industrial precinct. However, to successfully deliver the Australian Navy's next generation ships and submarines, significant investment in infrastructure is required at the site. Planning will be carried out in collaboration with the Commonwealth and consultation with industry.
A commercial and education precinct including the Maritime Skills Centre, Air Warfare Destroyer Systems Centre and ASC ship and submarine building facilities.
The Offshore Patrol Vessels program is expected to begin in 2018 and the Future Submarines program in 2022. The first of 12 submarines is expected to enter service in the 2030's.
Work on the Federally-funded wharf extension is also progressing to cater to the current Air Warfare Destroyer project. At the same time, Techport has been included in the Gig City initiative, which offers several innovation hubs in Adelaide and the potential for internet speeds of 100-times the national average, using the existing SABRENet network.


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The bros among us
Exploring bro culture at Chico State, why it hurts the community and how guys find their own way
By Howard Hardee
Business major Jamie Waldear recently dropped out of his fraternity at Chico State because of pervasive heavy drinking, undercurrents of elitism and very little philanthropy.
PHOTO BY BRITTANY WATERSTRADT
Life's been kind of weird for Jamie Waldear, a junior at Chico State, since he quit his fraternity but decided to see his lease through at the house until the end of this spring semester.
For example, he was recently sitting at his desk, writing an essay, and some of his ex-brothers came in and asked to use his room for a "journey"—an initiation ritual for pledges that Waldear, 21, preferred not to get specific about during a recent interview.
"I'm like, 'Uh, OK,'" he said. He took his studies elsewhere.
Aside from stuff like that, it's cool. Waldear remains good friends with the members and they still party together, sometimes.
"I'm all for hanging out on a sunny day and playing some beer pong," he said. Part of the reason he quit the fraternity, though—he chose not to publicly disclose which one—was the routine of heavy drinking that developed over his three semesters as an active member.
"It's 1 o'clock in the afternoon on a Saturday, and these guys are like, piss-drunk," he said. "The fact that they were drinking to get messed up, and then they were a complete mess and a liability, that was a big turn-off."
Waldear also saw changes in himself. He started to absorb the sense of superiority he says his ex-brothers feel over GDIs—God Damn Independents, as students unaffiliated with Greek life are sometimes called. What's more, the community service Waldear had envisioned undertaking when he joined the fraternity never came together.
"Everyone was saying, 'We don't do enough philanthropy stuff,' but not one active member would come clean up trash with us on the weekends. It was always just me and the pledges," he said. "They weren't willing to give 30 minutes to clean up trash around Chico."
Waldear stressed that his experience doesn't represent everyone's; some frats are "more social" than others. He just wants to get on with his life.
He's seen what it's like when guys don't move on, don't progress while they're in college and fail to find their way once they've graduated. Waldear can think of two alums still hanging around the frat house, and he says it seems like they're struggling with who they are as adults—as men. At some point, the party culture, which extends far beyond Greek life and male students, came to define them. They became "bros."
"They were so adjusted to this lifestyle, and then they find out people don't act like that in the real world," Waldear said.
Getting a running start on adulthood means developing senses of purpose and direction, which can't be found by fully subscribing to bro culture. After all, one of its central tenets is not caring about anything. And while there are endless examples of motivated, earnest and thoughtful guys following their own paths here in Chico, many college-age men in our community haven't figured themselves out yet. In the meantime, the entire community is affected by bro culture's negative aspects: the raucous parties, the fights, the disrespect toward women, the alcohol-related deaths.
So, what's behind it all? In speaking with young men and women in the campus community, there's a consensus that the bro persona is rooted in insecurity and the human desire to belong. Waldear agrees:
"You create this character to present yourself as this person who's on top of the world, super in control."
Douglas Minton, an intern with UMatter at Chico State, describes the bro persona as a familiar set of mannerisms guys can fall back on when they're faced with uncomfortable social situations.
Who are we talking about when we talk about bros? The CN&R posed that question to people in the campus community, and found that answers were highly subjective, but a caricature did emerge.
Almost exclusively, bros are white. They're muscular, or at least clearly emphasize fitness and physical appearance. There are common fashion choices: backward baseball caps, neon or pastel tank tops—especially that tapered-cut style favored at the gym that exposes side-abs, nipples and armpit hair—flip-flop sandals or boat shoes, and those gaudy sunglasses (you know the ones). If he's wearing a shirt with a collar, his collar's popped.
Then there are behavior-based indicators. He grunts more than one suspects is necessary while pumping iron. He whistles when he sees an attractive woman on the street. He drinks—a lot. He's probably in a frat. School is a secondary consideration. In fact, he doesn't seem to care much about anything. His speech patterns and how he refers to women, homosexuals and minorities suggest he's uneducated, even though he's attending a university. He's a loud, theatrical braggart, especially when he's partying and especially after he's won at beer pong, or video games, or darts, or really anything. He makes allusions to or readily discloses how many women he's slept with, and he's probably lying. He calls this pursuit "chasing tail."
Chico State graduate student Jasmine Buck, who works for UMatter, a student-led program through Chico State's Counseling and Wellness Center, offers simple directions for where to spy bros in action: "Go to the WREC, go downstairs, and there you go!"
Beyond such generalizations, the essence of a bro is difficult to define, even for men currently in college. Some, like Chico State senior and fraternity member Tyler Lyckberg, say brohood is a phase rather than a life-long identity.
"It's this limbo period where you're searching for self," he said. "Bros are having a good time with their college experience, or at least acting like it. There's this societal expectation that that's what you do in college if you're a dude and you want to live the experience to its fullest—hang out with your bros."
Some describe it more as a readymade personality guys can assume when they're unsure of themselves. Douglas Minton is a 22-year-old senior at Chico State who says that, in the past, he's fulfilled the stereotype in uncomfortable social situations.
"It's easy to fall into those bro stereotypes when you're this age and around this group of people in a party culture," he said. "You ask yourself, 'What's the easy thing to do here?' If you act this way and talk this way, you'll make these friends."
Taking that approach can make it easier to connect immediately at a party or during class, Minton said, but those connections tend not to run deep if the personality you're presenting is a facade.
"It can be superficial; you're staying very surface-level with your relations," he said. "If you're following what you're supposed to say, how to act, what to do, who to be with, then you aren't really putting in the work to find out what you like. You have that script written out for you."
Minton has worked at establishing his own identity, which has involved finding a purpose outside of serving himself. His internship with UMatter has helped him take positive steps toward his goal of working in the mental-health field, and recently he was accepted into Chico State's graduate program for marriage and family therapy.
Michael Kimmel, a sociology professor at State University of New York, argues that bro culture is a recent phenomenon, an unprecedented life stage that occurs for men between ages 16 and 26 as society has pushed back the traditional markers of becoming an adult—marriage, a professional career, home ownership and parenthood.
Kimmel interviewed hundreds of high school and college men across the country for his 2008 book, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men. He observes that the population of "Guyland," synonymous with bro culture, is made up of "mostly white, middle-class kids; they are college-bound, in college, or have recently graduated; they're unmarried. They live communally with other guys, in dorms, apartments or fraternities. Or they live with their parents (even after college). Their jobs, if they have them, are modest, low-paying, low-prestige ones in the service sector or entry-level corporate jobs that leave them plenty of time to party. They're good kids, by and large."
Good kids having harmless fun, for the most part. While pretty much all of the common associations are negative, not everyone who looks like a bro is a hard-boozing, irresponsible and sex-driven maniac—far from it. The vast majority are well-intentioned dudes just trying to fit in by adopting the fashion, language and behaviors they know to be socially acceptable or think is cool. And in the briefly inflated bubble that is life in college, most students, not just white men, can get away with behavior that just doesn't fly once they're weighed down by heavier responsibilities.
But there are legitimate reasons for concern, Kimmel makes clear. Many of the negative behaviors and activities carried out in bro culture are borne of a desire to boost appearances of masculinity, despite very little understanding of what manhood means.
"These are the guys who are so desperate to be accepted by their peers that they do all sorts of things they know to be not quite right," he writes. "They lie about their sexual experiences to appear more manly; they drink more than they know how to handle because they don't want to seem weak or immature; they sheepishly engage in locker-room talk about women they actually like and respect."
Women's rights activist and Chico State student Olivia VanDamme says being a bro has a lot to do with choices of language—particularly regarding women.
Tragically misguided or not, the actions of college-age men have real consequences. Consider the problems that plague downtown Chico and the south campus neighborhood—from parties spilling into roadways and physical violence to sexual assault and drug and alcohol overdoses.
And it affects more than the student community. On major party weekends, police respond to so many calls in the south campus neighborhood that they aren't able to adequately cover the rest of the city. (In recent years the Chico City Council has passed a number of ordinances aimed at giving police more control over local alcohol consumption and partying, including a social host ordinance that holds tenants, landlords and property owners financially responsible for nuisance activities related to underage drinking on private property.)
And we all feel the reverberations of the alcohol-related deaths of students like 21-year-old Mason Sumnicht, a Sigma Pi pledge who died in November 2012, nearly two weeks after being admitted to Enloe Medical Center with a blood alcohol level of 0.468, more than five times the legal limit. Or Chico State nursing student Kristina Chesterman, who, at 21, was struck and killed by a drunken driver, 19-year-old Riley Dean Hoover, while riding her bike home on Nord Avenue in September 2013. Or, just this March, the fatal shooting of Travis Powell, a 22-year-old Chico State junior, at a house party on West Seventh and Oak streets.
It's not like Chico State hasn't tried to curb the party culture. Administrators have been grappling with how to do that since Playboy magazine ranked the university No. 1 party school in the nation back in 1987. They've taken numerous steps to suppress binge drinking since those days, including changing the date of spring break to coincide with St. Patrick's Day, a heavy drinking day, rather than Easter week.
But then, like a game of whack-a-mole, the new big day for drinking each spring became César Chávez Day (a national holiday meant to promote community service). The ugly truth is, some students, including Waldear's ex-brothers, will use any excuse to get wasted.
"Remember that [power] blackout a few weeks back? They used that opportunity to literally get blacked out," Waldear said.
One can't fully grasp the bro stereotype without understanding how he regards women. (Not highly, it turns out.)
"What about girls? Guys love girls—all that homosociality might become suspect if they didn't! It's women they can't stand," Kimmel writes. "Women demand responsibility and respectability, the antithesis of Guyland. Girls are fun and sexy, even friends, as long as they respect the centrality of guys' commitment to the band of brothers."
Consider bro code's No. 1 rule: "Bros before hoes." BroCode.org, which, yes, is an actual website, defines a "hoe" as "any woman [who] is not your wife or any other direct family."
Waldear has seen that meat-headed attitude toward women manifest itself in the way bros stare them down, check them out blatantly and make nasty jokes at their expense. "They see a good-looking girl on the street and they'll cat-call her in a really grotesque manner: 'Hey girl, whatchu doin' over there? You got a nice butt, girl,' or whatever."
As a 25-year-old woman living in Chico, Buck knows exactly how it feels to be treated that way. She has been whistled at while walking past house parties and crudely propositioned at bars. When she doesn't respond as expected, she's called a "bitch."
"I stand up for myself, and they don't like that," Buck said. "Being a strong woman seems to up the bro status, you know? They get even more bro-y and offensive when their manliness is called into question or they feel entitled and they're not getting what they think they deserve."
Chico State senior Olivia VanDamme, 22, is a sexual assault survivor and activist who spoke at an on-campus rally last month during Take Back the Night week about being attacked when she was a student at University of Oregon. She believes that language is an important component of bro culture, and recounted overhearing a conversation between two guys outside of Meriam Library as an example.
"They were talking about an econ test, and one was like, 'Bro, how was it?' The other was like, 'That final raped me!'" she said. "I'm a survivor—that was a trigger; that was awful. Your econ test did not rape you."
Bro code insists that guys get laid at every opportunity, to pursue sex with as many different women as possible. Kimmel asserts that this goes beyond pleasure-seeking and actually has very little to do with the women involved. Since bro culture revolves around impressing other guys, sexual conquests are a form of one-upmanship akin to dominating the beer pong table or beating down buddies in Call of Duty.
"It's a way that guys compete with each other, establish a pecking order of cool studliness, and attempt to move up in their rankings," Kimmel writes.
Graduating senior Tyler Lyckberg says his role in Chico State's Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity has helped him become an upstanding community member.
VanDamme saw this sort of bizarre competition play out with a male friend before she transferred from the University of Oregon.
"He's this goofy, lanky kid who ran cross country," she said. "I knew him before he joined a fraternity; he was super-awesome, just thrived on telling jokes. Now, his entire mindset has changed. He's definitely a womanizer."
The friend showed VanDamme his cellphone's list of contacts, which he'd organized into folders by category of lay—girls down for one-night stands, girls he was interested in hooking up with more frequently, prospects he'd like to add to the rotation and, of course, friends with benefits. As VanDamme explained, he was in a contest with one of his brothers to see who could have sex with the most women, and the same one didn't count twice, providing incentive to choose prospects over women he'd already been seeing.
Buck believes that, on all college campuses, not just at Chico State, drinking culture, bro culture and rape culture—the normalization and trivialization of rape and sexual violence—entwine and fuel one another. So, how can women steer away from it all? Buck says they can start by clearly outlining how they want to be treated.
"This can get very victim-blamey, but you teach people how to treat you by what you tolerate," she said. "Women who tolerate men being offensive and derogatory toward them, being possessive, letting men control them, they feed into it."
And while Buck shares the stance of the on-campus feminist Gender and Sexuality Equity Center, that emails from university administration cautioning women to stay in groups, carry pepper spray and avoid unlit neighborhoods doesn't get to the root of the problem (guys shouldn't be sexually assaulting women in the first place), she takes those precautions herself.
"I'll be real. When I go out at night, I don't walk alone," she said. "I keep my cellphone charged, I carry pepper spray and don't walk through certain areas."
As a freshman in the dorms at Chico State, Lyckberg told himself he'd never join a fraternity. He didn't think Greek life was for him. He did, however, miss the group support he'd gotten from playing baseball and basketball in high school, and spent his first year of college searching for a sense of belonging. And then he met members of Alpha Sigma Phi he considered campus leaders, men who demonstrated what it meant to be active college students.
"I felt like they were more than frat stars or party animals," he said. "The thing that stood out to me about Alpha Sig is that it's made of gentlemen, and the motto is 'to better the man.' This specific fraternity is about more than just going out."
Early on, Lyckberg was concerned about Chico State's hazing and partying reputation. (For fraternities at Chico State, the legacy left by the 2005 water-hazing death of Matthew Carrington is inescapable, he said.) But the following term, as a sophomore, he rushed Alpha Sigma Phi and has remained an active member since. And his Greek life experience has been almost entirely positive. He's found meaning in cleaning up trash in Lower Bidwell Park, volunteering for the Boys and Girls Club, and his studies in mental health. Like Minton—whom he met while interning at Marsh Junior High School—Lyckberg plans on pursuing a career in counseling after graduating this fall.
"It's satisfying knowing that what you put in benefits more than just yourself," he said. "Not only that, but you learn a lot about yourself by helping others."
Chico State counselor Juni Banerjee-Stevens says that finding purpose and place in a community is no small thing. If a college student falters during his or her quest for identity, it's easy to feel lost and fall into destructive behaviors.
"We don't know why we're here," she said. "That question hasn't been answered. So, if that's true, if there is no bigger purpose, then we have to figure out why we're here on our own. We come up with our own reasoning, and those people who have a sense of purpose tend to struggle with anxiety and depression less.
"My favorite quote is from Nietzsche: 'He [or she] who has a why to live can bear almost any how.' If your 'why' for living is surviving the school week so you can get drunk on Thursday, how long will that last?"
A problem specific to the men Banerjee-Stevens sees in the Counseling and Wellness Center is that they won't stop and ask for directions. At least, not from their friends. Since men and women generally differ in how they get intimacy and feel close to people, she said, it can be harder for men to admit that they're unsure of who they are, to express that vulnerability.
Lyckberg echoed her. College guys who apply themselves and engage in extracurricular activities or interning are stepping into their adulthood, he said.
"But I feel like some people here aren't really adults," he said. "There are a lot of people in their third or fourth year who don't really have a sense of where they're going and aren't progressing while they're here.
"Those people who are missing that sense of direction are the ones who get trapped in the party atmosphere and become these bro characters."
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200-202 E 7th Street, Hastings
At the corner of 7th and Sibley in Hastings sits a piece of local history that has a mysterious beginning. The Day-Lewis House reportedly dates back to around 1860 when it was built in a simple Greek Revival – Farmhouse Vernacular style. The fact that the home remains in a mostly unaltered exterior state is phenomenal, especially with its 6-over-6 double hung windows.
Benjamin Day hailed from the state of Maine, relocating to Hastings in 1856 and opening up a carpentry shop downtown. Though he purchased the lot the home sits on that same year, he never built a home there, but instead sold the lot to William Lewis in 1857. One would think that the home was then built on the lot, since historians believe the home was constructed around 1860, but records show no home was present until at least after 1867 (see map below).
1867 Bird's Eye View Map of Hastings showing a vacant lot
Records show that the Lewis family also purchased the lot behind the home in 1867, thus giving the impression that he was preparing to build on the land. Knowing local history, it could be reasoned that no building happened on the land earlier due to the financial crises of 1857-1859, and then the beginning of the Civil War. It could then be guessed that the home arrived shortly thereafter 1867, either built as-is or being moved from another location in Hastings or the defunct settlement of Nininger (Nininger suffered greatly during the financial crisis and was largely abandoned by 1867). OR…the historians have the date of construction wrong and it actually was built circa 1868.
Having reviewed the pages of the original abstract, no mortgage was taken out on the lot by Lewis (which would indicate a home stood there), and according to an article about a previous owner, it was discovered that the house had no footings about 20 years ago when he decided to jack the house and install a basement. The only thing holding up the home was dirt, or a small stone foundation. If only more records existed to tell us how this home came to be! So for now, the home is keeping its original origin and year of construction a mystery…but we can still at least appreciate its will to survive.
An older photo of the home
As for William Lewis, he lived in the home with his family until his death in 1872 and it remained in the family until 1887. It has gone back and forth as a duplex or single family home, and is currently For Sale.
More photos of the home can be viewed HERE
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The Williamson-Russell-Rahilly House in Lake City
304 S Oak Street, Lake City
The Williamson-Russell-Rahilly House is a another great example of how historic homes change over time. Similar to the renovation of the Augustine Hawley House in Red Wing, this grand home began in the Greek Revival style when constructed in 1868. Built for Harvey Williamson by carpenter John Stout, the home was renovated in 1910 by the third owner, Patrick Henry Rahill, in the Neo-classical/ Classical Revival style.
Photo of Home in Greek Revival style, circa 1900
The very first home that was built on site was constructed in 1855 by one of Lake City's founders, Samuel Doughty. It was purchased a few years later by the city's first postmaster, Harvey Williamson, however, it burned down sometime around 1867. Williamson took the opportunity to build a new home on its foundation in the Greek Revival style. It featured 6-over-6 double hung windows, engaged columns, two small porches, and a side gabled roof with simple open pediment and wood frieze.
Williamson sold the home to Morris C. Russell circa 1882. Russell had an adventure type past. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1840 to a father who not only farmed his land but was the manager of his brother's iron mines. From the age of 10, he worked on the farm, in the iron mines, and as a clerk in his uncle's supply store. When he was 14, his father gave him permission to move to the Minnesota Territory, a wild region which 3 of his brothers had already moved to a few years earlier. It was on the Hamburg steamer, landing in La Crosse, that he survived a cholera outbreak that killed hundreds of passengers. Eventually arriving in Saint Paul, he worked for a few years as a flatboater, "polling" cargo up the rivers, and delivered the first piano into the Minnesota Valley. On one expedition with his brothers, delivering timber to Saint Paul from the Big Woods, his raft was windblown into a river bank due to spring headwinds. They spent a week living off bark, roots, and some spoiled herring until they were rescued.
Morris Craw Russell
Russell was well acquainted with many of the local Indian chiefs and served as a Scout in the Sioux Uprising of 1862. In 1872 he founded The Brainerd Tribune, the first newspaper on the Northern Pacific Railroad east of the Rockies. A few years later, he was associate editor of Lake City's first newspaper, The Lake City Leader, and then started this own paper, Graph-Sentinel.
As for the house, he lived in it only a year, selling to the Buck family, owner's of the city general store. It was in 1901, that the home was purchased by Patrick Henry Rahilly. He is best know for serving in the Minnesota House legislature for three terms, and as a State Senator for one. He is the reason for the home's Neoclassical design seen today, commissioning local architect Charles Koch in 1910 to dramatically change the facade. Four 30-foot Ionic columns were added under a fully pedimented gable to the front facade as was a porte cochere to the side of the home (among other renovations as well). The original elements of the interior remained, including five fireplaces, four of Italian marble and one of blue African marble. Woods found in the home are mahogany, quarter-sawn oak, and walnut. The home remained in the Rahilly family until 1963.
Tags: Greek Revival, historic home, minnesota, neoclassical
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The Schillinger-Brings House in Saint Paul
178 Goodrich Avenue, Saint Paul
This simple stone house with it's hipped roof was built in 1859 by John Schillinger of locally quarried limestone. The home originally stood at 314 Smith (Oak) Street and was moved to its current location in 1989 to save it from demolition. It is one of the last remaining Pioneer era solid stone buildings in Saint Paul. The home is a great example of how early Minnesota homes mixed styles: the 6 over 6 double hung windows point to Greek Revival, while the hipped roof shows Italianate influence. The front porch was added circa 1890.
The house circa 1900 as it stood on Oak Street, later to be renamed Smith Street.
Schillinger and his wife were born in Weggis, Swizterland in 1823 and 1830, respectively, immigrating to America and settling in Saint Paul. He was a skilled stonemason and it is believed he built the home himself. In 1863, the home was sold to Joseph and Lucia Brings, recent immigrants from Germany, for $1300. Joseph worked as a cooper and operated out of his new home for a few years. Ever the entrepreneur, he expanded his business to include a saloon, grocery, and feed store. The Brings family raised 8 children in the home until they sold the home in 1873 and moved to the second story of their store on Fort Street, now known as West Seventh Street.
There is an excellent article about the history of this long standing Saint Paul family published by the Ramsey County Historical Society in 2015 which can be read here.
Tags: Greek Revival, historic home, historic structures, italianate, minnesota, st paul, stone
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The Schneider Tavern in Frontenac
28971 Wood Avenue, Frontenac
Built in 1862 by Engelbert Haller and Kasper Koch, this lovely Greek Revival building was originally built to operate as a general store and served as the township's stagecoach stop; however, two years after completion it was sold to Jacob Schneider who used it as a tavern and hotel. The tavern and store were located on the main floor (now the living room and office), with simple accommodations to rent upstairs. A separate entrance on the side of the home was used so guests could access the rented rooms and store without passing through the tavern, and is the reason why the main staircase is located behind the front rooms and not at the front of the home (like residential homes of the era). The Schneider Tavern was in operation until 1887 when it was sold to the son of Evert Westervelt.
Evert Westervelt arrived to the area from Pennsylvania in 1852 and is the founder of the small town of Frontenac, originally named Westervelt. Having opened a local limestone quarry of dolomite shortly after his arrival (which supplied all the local limestone foundations, walls, and tombstones), he purchased a total of 320 acres of land as the site of his new town and began the process of plotting streets and lots to sell to future settlers. In 1859, the town was renamed Frontenac in honor of Louis de Buade de Frontenac, governor general of Canada between 1670-1698. (Minnesota did not become a state until 1858).
The home stayed in the Westervelt family until it was purchased in 1982 by a couple who began the restoration process and opened the home as a bed and breakfast. In 1999, the current owner purchased the home, and over a decade, restored and updated the home further, including the restoration of the front porch. Using old photos, the owner was able to recreate the original design and trim detail.
Photo of the home pre-bay window on the side of the home.
Old photos of historic homes are extremely useful for restoration efforts and determining what architectural elements were original or added in later decades. For instance, the Schneider Tavern, was not originally built with a bay window on the southern side of the home, to the left of the porch. It was added later, sometime after 1891, when Westervelt purchased the home and used it as a private residence (we can surmise that the above photo was taken after 1891 simply because that was the year the American company of Anchor Post and Fence bought the patent rights to the chain link fence from a United Kingdom company and began production in the United States). From what I have read in a book about Frontenac, there is a question on whether the Moorish attic windows were added later, but looking at old photos and the design of the home, it appears they are original to the structure. Other questions have been asked about the decorative gable trim (if it was added by more recent owners), but again, old photos show the gable trim and porch brackets date to at least pre-1887.
Schneider Tavern pre-rear porch enclosure, but after bay window addition
This home is currently "pending" for sale. Additional information, photos, and an interactive 3-D tour can be viewed at the property website.
Original limestone horse hitching post that was quarried from Westervelt's local limestone quarry.
Original limestone stagecoach steps that were quarried from Westervelt's local limestone quarry.
An original small horse barn on the property
Up close photo of the Moorish attic windows and decorative gable trim.
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Dacotah Cottage in Frontenac
Sunday, February 16th, 2014
28743 Garrard Ave, Frontenac, MN
It was in 1859 that Lewis Garrard moved to Frontenac (thus named the same year) and built a small one and a half story house with a few one-story wings coming off the main house. The main entrance faced the lake, had a small porch and balcony, and the property was surrounded by a white fence. He had been here before eight years earlier with his brother Israel, both men looking for land and investment opportunities. While his older brother stayed and became part owner of the town (called Westervelt at the time) with Evert Westervelt, Lewis traveled back home to Cincinnati and then on to Europe.
Original Dacotah Cottage
After his return, Mr. Garrard married in 1862 and decided to expand the home for his new family. The original house was turned into the larger, two-story home we see today, with hipped roof, covered front porch with sleeping porch above, larger double-hung windows, decorative lentils, and shutters. Later, a one story, northern wing that housed his medical office was removed and moved a block south.
Dactoah Cottage in Winter
In 1869, scarlet fever was sweeping through the small river towns. Lewis Garrard's two young sons were stricken with the illness and later died. Devastated by their loss, the Garrard family moved to Lake City. Amazingly, they did not sell the house, but maintained it for the next 56 years, finally selling the home in 1926. It was purchased by Ted Hall, son of Osee Hall, a long time friend of the Garrard family. How long they owned it, I am not sure, but the home has been with the Hodgson family since 1960.
Tags: frontenac, Greek Revival, historic home, minnesota
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Locust Lodge in Frontenac
29133 Garrard Avenue, Frontenac
Built around 1853, this beautiful example of a Greek Revival home is quietly tucked away behind a row of trees, and at one time had grand views of the Mississippi River. The local village was layed out by the original owner Evert Westervelt, comprising of 320 acres purchased from the wives of Jane Wells and Elizabeth Faribault, and properly named Westervelt. In 1859, the town was renamed Frontenac in honor of Louis de Buade de Frontenac, governor general of Canada between 1670-1698.
Since Mr. Westervelt owned the land, he cut out six large lots of six acres each above the river, and built the first large home of the area in 1853 on the best lot. The first of its kind for the area, the home's dolomite stone foundation was from the local quarry and most of the mill work was shipped in from out East. The home was named Locust Lodge by the owner for the locust trees on the land.
In the photo above you can visualize the details common with Greek Revival – corners of Doric pilasters, decorative frieze with dentils, 6 over 6 window sash, and a gable will full pediment. Around 1900, a one-story addition was added to the rear of the home for a kitchen and bathroom.
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My Feature in the Star Tribune
302 Fremont Avenue, Anoka
It's always nice to get a call to speak about the importance of historic home preservation. It rarely happens to be a feature article in a major local newspaper, so you can imagine my surprise when just that happened. The Star Tribune gave me a call about the Shaw-Hammons House in Anoka, pictured above, whose owner informed them of my historic home specialty in real estate. They wanted to know about concerns in preservation and saving endangered properties from demolition, and I was happy to let them know my thoughts on the matter.
This old Anoka house gets new lease on life, but others slip into history
Article by: Paul Levy , Star Tribune
Built in 1852 and owned by Minnesota's first senator, the historic house in Anoka was in shambles. Junk cluttered the yard. Wiring had been ripped away. Rooms were coated in dust, gutted and vandalized. Even the bathtub was missing.The home was simultaneously listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Minnesota's Ten Most Endangered Properties list. But today, after a renovation that took three years and more than $100,000, it is the oldest home in Minnesota on the market. Historic-homes experts call it a "miracle."
With few preservation programs available, it's also a rarity. Indifference from city officials, minimal grant aid and foreclosures have placed the futures of some of Minnesota's most prized historic homes in jeopardy.
"It can take more than a century to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places and only a few minutes for that same house to be bulldozed," said Realtor Jennifer Kirby, creator of the "Historic Homes of Minnesota" blog.
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Greek Revival Historic Home in Prescott
606 North Lake Street, Prescott, WI
Today I was traveling through Prescott, Wisconsin to list a home for sale and I came across a great representation of the Greek Revival style. Built in 1854 by Hilton Doe, the home sits just off the St. Croix River, and probably at that time, had an even better view of the river (no houses in front of it). Mr. Doe was apparently a pioneer of the area, with the home remaining in the Doe family until 1867. Around 1895, Julius Knoblach acquired the property and the home was in his family for the next 57 years. In 1994, the home was restored and looks fantastic for its age.
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Greek Revival Historic Home on Nicollet Island
This weeks historic home is located at 101 W. Island Avenue on Nicollet Island.
For those of you not familiar with Minneapolis, Nicollet Island is located on very small piece of land in the middle of the Mississippi River, just off downtown. This simple Greek Revival home is known as the R.M.S. Pease House and was originally located at 814 University Avenue. It was moved to its current location in 1986. Rev. Mr. Pease was a well known banker and minister in Minneapolis and Saint Paul in the mid-1800's.
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Microbiology - Volume 129, Issue 8, 1983
Volume 129, Issue 8, 1983
Genetics And Molecular Biology
Specification of the Conjugative Pili and Surface Mating Systems of Pseudomonas Plasmids
David E. Bradley
https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-129-8-2545
SUMMARY: Conjugative pili were identified for representative Pseudomonas plasmids of incompatibility groups P-2, P-3, P-5, P-7, P-8, P-10, P-11, and P-13, pili for groups P-1 and P-9 having already been described in detail. FP5 pili (unclassified) were also found. In most cases pili could be characterized by electron microscopy as rigid or flexible. The majority of Pseudomonas plasmids transferred significantly better on a surface than in a liquid. Examples of all incompatibility groups were tested.
5-Azacytidine Induces Heritable Biochemical and Developmental Changes in the Fungus Aspergillus niger
Mercedes Tamame, Francisco Antequera, Julio R. Villanueva and TomáS Santos
SUMMARY: Transient exposure of mycelia from Aspergillus niger to the cytidine analogue 5-azacytidine, at concentrations which do not affect the growth rate of the fungus on nearly minimal media, result in a dose-dependent, heritable change in the timing of the conidiation programme as well as heritable over-production of adaptive enzymes (glycosidases and phosphatases) and modification in the control properties of acid phosphatase. These heritable changes are induced by 5-azacytidine in a non-random way since the new phenotypes are exhibited not only by isolated clones but also by mixed populations of mycelia several life cycles (thousands of mitoses) after exposure to the drug.
Identification of Entomocidal Toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis by High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Takashi Yamamoto
SUMMARY: Entomocidal proteins produced by certain subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis were isolated from purified crystals (parasporal bodies) by column chromatography using Sephacryl S-300. The crystals of most subspecies contained only one entomocidal protein (P-1), but some strains of B. thuringiensis which had been classified as subsp. kurstaki, subsp. thuringiensis, subsp. kenyae and subsp. tolworthi appeared to produce an additional protein (P-2) as a minor component of the crystal. The protein (P-2) was serologically similar to the mosquito factor previously discovered in the HD-1 strain of subsp. kurstaki. These entomocidal proteins (P-and P-2) were isolated and digested by trypsin. The peptides resulting from the trypsin digestion were mapped by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). HPLC patterns of the toxins, in particular P-1, were reliably reproducible and revealed differences in P-1 toxins between strains even in the same serotype. Analysis of P-2 by HPLC indicated that it is different from P-1 in protein structure.
R-Plasmid-mediated Chromosome Mobilization in the Facultative Methylotroph Pseudomonas AMI
P. K. Tatra and P. M. Goodwin
SUMMARY: Chromosomal genes of the facultative methylotroph, Pseudomonas AM1, have been mobilized using the broad host-range plasmid, R68.45. Genes coding for C1 metabolism were transferred at a frequency of 10-5 to 10-4 per donor cell. The genes coding for resistance to cycloserine, phosphonomycin and streptomycin are linked to the methanol dehydrogenase gene, while the marker for thiamin auxotrophy is not.
Immunochemical Analysis of Antigenic Determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis by Monoclonal Antibodies
Marja-Terttu Matikainen and Pertti Terho
SUMMARY: Monoclonal antibodies to outer membrane of Chlamydia trachomatis lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) strain L1 (440-L) were used for antigen characterization. Two separate type-specific antigenic determinants (epitopes) and one species-specific epitope were represented in the major outer-membrane protein (MOMP, molecular weight 40000) of homologous (440-L) and heterologous (IOL-1962, 810-B) L1 strains. One of the type-specific antibodies, the reactivity of which was not affected by oxidation or reduction of the antigenic sites, partially prevented the binding of species-specific antibody as determined by solid-phase radioimmunoassay. The binding of type- and species-specific antibody could be destroyed with proteolytic enzyme treatment. The reactivity of genus-specific monoclonal antibody originating from another fusion (L2, 434-Bu) was unaffected by proteolytic treatment but was sensitive to periodate, indicating the carbohydrate nature of the genus-specific epitope. Heating of antigens had no effect on the affinity of monoclonal antibodies studied.
Pathogenicity And Medical Microbiology
Immunological Properties of Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Meningococcal Polysaccharides: the Protective Capacity of IgM Antibodies Specific for Polysaccharide Group B
Carlos Moreno, Jane Hewitt, Karen Hastings and David Brown
SUMMARY: Two IgM monoclonal antibodies, MB32 and MB34 specific for meningococcal polysaccharide group B have been raised. Both were detectable by radioimmunoassay and agglutination, but only MB34 was effective in counter immunoelectrophoresis and complement fixation. MB34 was also far more potent than MB32 when tested for passive protection of mice infected with either Neisseria meningitidis group B or Escherichia coli K1. These data demonstrate that group B-specific antibodies do play a protective role in mice infected with these bacteria.
Effectiveness of Phages in Treating Experimental Escherichia coli Diarrhoea in Calves, Piglets and Lambs
H. Williams Smith and M. B. Huggins
SUMMARY: A mixture of two phages, B44/1 and B44/2, protected calves against a potentially lethal oral infection with an O9: K30,99 enteropathogenic strain of Escherichia coli, called B44, when given before, but not after, the onset of diarrhoea; a mixture in which phage B44/3 was replaced by phage B44/3 was effective after the onset of diarrhoea. Calves that responded to phage treatment had much lower numbers of E. coli B44 in their alimentary tract than untreated calves. Usually, high numbers of phage B44/1 and rather lower numbers of phage B44/2 or B44/3 were present in the alimentary tract of these animals. At death, most calves that had not responded to treatment with phages B44/1 and B44/2 had high numbers of mutants of E. coli B44 resistant to phage B44/1 in their small intestine. Phage-treated calves that survived E. coli infection continued to excrete phage in their faeces, at least until the numbers of E. coli B44 also excreted were low. The phages survived longer than E. coli B44 in faecal samples taken from phage-treated calves and exposed to the atmosphere in an unheated animal house. Calves inoculated orally with faecal samples from phage-treated calves that contained sufficient E. coli B44 to cause a lethal infection remained healthy.
A mixture of two phages, P433/1 and P433/2, and phage P433/1 alone cured diarrhoea in piglets caused by an O20:K101,987P strain of E. coli called P433. The numbers of the infecting bacteria and phages in the alimentary tract of the piglets resembled those in the calves. Another phage given to lambs 8 h after they were infected with an O8:K85,99 enteropathogenic strain of E. coli, called S13, reduced the numbers of these organisms in the alimentary tract and had an ameliorating effect on the course of the disease. No phage-resistant mutants of E. coli S13 were isolated from the lambs. The only mutants of E. coli B44 and P433 that emerged in the calves and piglets were K30- or K101- and resistant to phage B44/1 or P433/1 respectively; those tested were much less virulent than their parent strains.
Physiology And Growth
Effects of Metal-depleted Media on the Growth and Morphology of Saccharomyces rouxii and on the Status of Periplasmic Acid Phosphatase
Wilfred N. Arnold, Brenda J. Evans and Michael L. Denniston
SUMMARY: Saccharomyces rouxii cells were maintained on yeast extract/neopeptone/glucose medium (YNG). Experimental medium was depleted of endogenous metal ions by repeated passage of YNG over a chelating ion-exchange resin. This treatment did not compromise the glucose or vitamin content but provided a basal medium to which essential salts could be added in defined concentrations. Accordingly it was possible to demonstrate growth requirements by this yeast species for K+, Mg2+, Zn2+ and Fe3+. Na+ would not replace K+. Additions of 1.0 μ;M-Ca2+, NH4+ and Na+, or 0.1 μ;M-Ni2+, Sn2+, Al3+, Co2+ or Cr3+ to a minimal, reconstituted medium were without effect. Cu2+ and Mn2+ additions were not required for growth but, like Mg2+, Zn2+ and Fe3+, they positively affected the biosynthesis of periplasmic acid phosphatase. Cells from iron-depleted medium had only 1 unit (g dry wt)-1 of native acid phosphatase activity although this could be stimulated 10-fold by addition of FeCl3 to washed cell suspensions before enzyme assay. Additions of 10-60 μ;M-FeCl3 to untreated YNG medium progressively increased the concentration of acid phosphatase after 3 d of culture to an upper value of 75 units (g dry wt)-1, and also increased the amount secreted into the growth medium. While unfortified YNG supported cells with only 28% of their acid phosphatase expressed (the bulk being subject to activation by Fe3+ in the assay medium) the cells from YNG fortified with 60 μ;M-FeCl3 displayed fully activated acid phosphatase. Cells from Mg2+-depleted medium exhibited bizarre, elongated cell shapes and those from Zn2+-deficient medium appeared somewhat angular by light microscopy. Fe3+-deficient cells had apparently normal morphology.
Rotenone- and Cyanide-insensitive Respiration in Mitochondria from Neurospora crassa
Jean-Paul Schwitzguébel and John M. Palmer
SUMMARY: When Neurospora crassa was grown in the presence of chloramphenicol, the oxidation of NAD+-linked substrates by isolated mitochondria became largely insensitive to rotenone. It appears that chloramphenicol hindered the biogenesis of a functional rotenone-sensitive NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase. The rotenone-resistant pathway was able to donate electrons to both cyanide-sensitive and -resistant oxidases, indicating the operation of a branched system rather than of parallel respiratory chains. Growth of N. crassa in the presence of chloramphenicol also strongly enhanced the rates of oxidation of exogenous NADH and NADPH. This increased oxidation by mitochondria was largely insensitive to cyanide. The addition of exogenous AMP to isolated mitochondria did not specifically stimulate the electron flux through the alternative oxidase.
Regulation of Enzyme Synthesis during the Growth of Hyphomicrobium X on Mixtures of Methylamine and Ethanol
A. G. Brooke and Margaret M. Attwood
SUMMARY: Batch cultures ofHyphomicrobium X mut 1 lacking methanol dehydrogenase activity were grown in media containing both methylamine and ethanol as carbon source. The pattern of growth did not show the characteristics of diauxic growth but methylamine was the preferred substrate. When the concentration of the methylamine in the medium fell to 9 mM (0.8 mM), ethanol was utilized and the two substrates were then utilized simultaneously until the methylamine was exhausted from the medium. Growth then continued using ethanol. The levels of key enzymes and the Q O2 values for the two substrates supported this growth pattern and accounted for the measured uptake of the two substrates from the medium. When the wild-type Hyphomicrobium X was used in similar experiments, methylamine and ethanol appeared to be used simultaneously. However, the Q O2 values for methanol and ethanol were the same until ethanol dehydrogenase activity was induced. This suggested that the ethanol utilization observed before the induction of ethanol dehydrogenase was due to the activity of methanol dehydrogenase induced by the presence of methylamine. When this was taken into account the growth pattern obtained with the wild-type organism was the same as that seen with the mutant.
Effect of Oxygen on the Synthesis, Activity and Breakdown of the Rhizobium Denitrification System
G. W. O'Hara, R. M. Daniel and K. W. Steele
SUMMARY: The synthesis, activity and breakdown of the denitrifying enzymes of Rhizobium japonicum, R. lupini and R. meliloti were found to be regulated by O2. Nitrogen oxide reductases were present in anaerobically grown and symbiotic R. japonicum, but in the case of organisms that had been grown aerobically the enzymes were induced only after a period of incubation under anaerobic conditions. Activity of the denitrification system that had been induced in aerobically grown cells was inhibited by O2. Denitrification by anaerobically grown cells and bacteroids was stimulated by 5% O2. Air inhibited denitrification completely. Little loss of denitrifying activity was shown by cells incubated in 5% O2, but cells incubated at 10% O2 showed a rapid loss of denitrification activity.
The Effect of Alkaline pH on Growth and Metabolic Products of a Motile, Yellow-pigmented Streptococcus sp.
Ann F. Graham and Barbara M. Lund
SUMMARY: Streptococcus BL 78/7 was isolated from alkaline potato-processing effluent, and resembled S. casseliflavus in morphology, motility and pigment. In aerobic conditions, at controlled pH, growth occurred between pH 5 and 11 with a maximum growth rate between pH 8 and 9 and a maximum yield at pH 8. The major metabolic products formed from glucose were lactate and acetate. The molar proportion of lactate to acetate decreased with increasing pH, from 4:1 at pH 5 to approximately 1:1 above pH 9. Growth occurred under nitrogen over the pH range from below 6 to 11, with a maximum growth rate and yield at pH 7 to 8. Lactate was the major metabolic product, with formate, acetate and ethanol also present in the molar ratio of 2:1:1. The molar proportion of lactate to formate decreased from 5:1 at pH 6 to 1.3:1 at pH 11.
Axenic Growth of Dictyostelium discoideum Wild-type NC-4 Cells and its Relation to Endocytotic Ability
Yasuo Maeda
SUMMARY: A method for the axenic growth of Dictyostelium discoideum wild-type strain NC-4 is described. There were some differences between the nutritional requirements of strain NC-4 and an axenic strain Ax-2 derived from NC-4. Of the numerous components in growth media, the nature and concentration of the peptone was especially critical for axenic growth of NC-4 cells; 3% Bacteriological-peptone (Oxoid) giving the best growth rate and yield. NC-4 cells seemed to require more vitamin B12 than Ax-2 cells. Other vitamins like folic acid, biotin, and riboflavin also stimulated axenic growth of NC-4 cells. Pinocytosis was examined by the use of FITC-dextran and the results showed that the above peptone considerably enhanced the pinocytotic activity of both NC-4 and Ax-2 cells. Bacto-peptone (Difco) also enhanced pinocytosis to a similar extent, though it never supported axenic growth of NC-4 cells. Therefore, stimulation of pinocytosis may be necessary for nutrient uptake, but is not sufficient for axenic growth. The pinocytotic ability of cells decreased conspicuously during the course of development, particularly just before aggregation. The biological significance of this is discussed in relation to cell differentiation.
Regulation of Glycogen Metabolism and Glycogen Phosphorylase in Physarum polycephalum
Werner F. Nader and Jörn-Ullrich Becker
SUMMARY: Glycogen and glycogen phosphorylase content of microplasmodia from Physarum polycephalum were studied during carbohydrate-limited growth and spherulation, induced by starvation. The results indicate that glycogen metabolism in this organism responds most strongly to the availability of external glucose. Glycogen phosphorylase is a constitutive enzyme, present with the same specific molecular activity at all phases of growth and during transition to spherules, supporting the observation that the enzyme cannot be regulated covalently by phosphorylation-dephosphorylation. The enzyme is regulated only by metabolites, in a rather inefficient way: even during net synthesis of glycogen its degradation is not entirely stopped, resulting in a futile cycle. Its activity is merely slowed down to approximately 30% of its rate during glycogen breakdown after consumption of glucose. At this time, part of the glycogen, broken down, is apparently used for the synthesis of slime.
The Effect of -Galactosides on the Protonmotive Force and Growth of Escherichia coli
Sohail Ahmed and Ian R. Booth
SUMMARY: The effect of three -galactosides on the components membrane potential (Δ) and pH gradient (ΔpH) of protonmotive force and growth of Escherichia coli has been examined. A good correlation between the reduction of the protonmotive force and growth inhibition was observed. Thus some galactosides had little effect on either the protonmotive force or growth while lactose diminished the protonmotive force and caused growth inhibition. This effect of lactose was dependent on the ionic composition of the growth media. In Medium A (77 mM-Na+, 85 mM-K+) lactose diminished Δ but had no effect on ΔpH. Growth inhibition was transient at an external pH 6.0 but complete at pH 7.5. In medium KA (approximately 1 mM-Na+, 162 mM-K+) ΔpH was diminished and Δ was not affected and consequently growth inhibition was complete at pH 6.0. In medium NA (163 mM-Na+, 20 mM-K+) lactose had little effect on Δ, ΔpH or growth. These data support Skulachev's hypothesis of buffering of the protonmotive force by K+ and Na+ gradients.
Influence of the General Control of Amino Acid Biosynthesis on Cell Growth and Cell Viability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
P. Niederberger, M. Aebi and R. Hütter
SUMMARY: The general control of amino acid biosynthesis was shown to play an important role in the coordination between cell growth and cell division under amino acid limitations. Mutant strains defective in this regulatory system, as studied here mainly with mutant strain RH375 (ndr1-1), showed excessive and aberrant cell growth under mild limitation, and rapid loss of cell viability under severe amino acid limitation. Furthermore, wild-type (NDR1) cells were able to derepress, or at least maintain, levels of enzymes subject to the general control under amino acid limitations. The ndr1-1 mutant cells showed significantly decreased enzyme levels under these conditions. The loss of viability of ndr1-1 mutant cells was not due to inability to accumulate at 'Start' under amino acid limitation. In conclusion, we postulate that the aberrant behaviour of ndr-mutant cells is due to an inability to maintain adequate levels of amino acid biosynthetic enzymes throughout the mitotic cell cycle.
Energy Requirement for Diazotrophic Growth of the Cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis Determined from Growth Yields in the Dark
Bent Borg Jensen
SUMMARY: The cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis CCAP 1403/13a (UTEX 1444, ATCC 29413) was grown diazotrophically in the dark in the presence of fructose with a doubling time of 25 h at 35 °C. This was 40% of the maximum rate observed in the light. Growth rates in the dark were similar with nitrate or ammonium as nitrogen sources or under diazotrophic conditions. Dark-grown cyanobacteria reduced acetylene in the dark at 25% of the rate observed for photoautotrophic cultures in the light. Heterotrophic growth yields for dark growth with different nitrogen sources were estimated from the extent of fructose-dependent growth in batch cultures. The ratio between cell carbon and fructose carbon was 0.38 in diazotrophically grown cells, 0.38 with nitrate and 0.52 with ammonia. Thus the energy requirement for growth on molecular nitrogen is similar to the energy requirement for growth on nitrate, but greater than that for growth on ammonia. Since the diazotrophic culture always had a dissolved O2 concentration of at least 80% of air saturation, this demonstrates that there are no detectable extra energy requirements for aerobic nitrogen fixation compared to nitrate reduction, such as would result from a need for respiratory protection of nitrogenase.
Further Evidence for the Existence of a Membrane Potential in Trypanosoma brucei brucei
M. Midgley
SUMMARY: The distribution of 137Cs+, in the presence of valinomycin, has been used to measure the magnitude of the membrane potential (Δ) in bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Values of the Δ falling in the range −100 mV to −160 mV were observed and the maintenance of this Δ was sensitive to certain ionophores and protonophores.
Effects of Chloramphenicol on Cell Division in Synchronized Cells of Alcaligenes eutrophus
C. Edwards, R. J. McCann and P. Pearce
SUMMARY: Chloramphenicol inhibited growth of asynchronous cells of Alcaligenes eutrophus. In synchronous cultures, different effects on cell division were observed, depending on the time of addition of chloramphenicol. The earlier the time of addition, the greater the inhibition of cell division, which indicates that protein necessary for cell division is synthesized at the beginning of the cell cycle.
Esterase Isoenzyme Variation in the Genus Saprolegnia, with Particular Reference to the Fish-pathogenic S. diclina-parasitica Complex
Gordon Beakes and Henry Ford
SUMMARY: Esterase isoenzyme patterns determined by slab gel electrophoresis were compared for nearly 60 Saprolegnia isolates, particularly from the S. diclina-parasitica complex. Consistent differences were found between S. diclina and S. parasitica isolates, with the latter being characterized by having between one and five very fast moving esterase bands that were generally absent from the former. A range of asexual (unidentifiable) isolates, taken from the vicinity offish hatcheries or from fish lesions, were also examined and their esterase isoenzymes shown to be similar to those of S. parasitica, although usually showing fewer bands. The use of esterase isoenzymes for screening potential fish pathogenic isolates of Saprolegnia is briefly compared with results obtained using oogonium morphology or cyst ornamentation, and the relative merits of each method are discussed. It is proposed that, on the basis of their distinctive cyst coat ornamentation (bundles of long 'boathooks') and esterase isoenzymes, fish lesion isolates can be distinguished from saprophytic isolates, and that analysis of isoenzymes should provide a useful method for the screening of potential pathogenic isolates.
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My mind had been made up from the very beginning of my relocation to Kansas; I knew I wanted a female yellow Labrador retriever, about two years old, and her name would become Daisy. I searched online for months, combing through various Labrador retriever rescue sites; at one point finding a female with some hunting experience whom I really wanted, but every time I'd try to set up a meet, I'd be told she was pre-adoption. Sadly for that chunky girl, it appeared multiple adoptions fell through, and by the time I was notified she was available (again), I had already set my sights on another chunky labbie-girl by the name of Charlotte. Charlotte was being fostered by a family in Missouri, who took her in to avoid her owner taking Charlotte to the pound. Without even meeting her, I agreed that Charlotte would become a Crusade.
The foster family, who lived further East in Missouri, had a friend near Kansas City who agreed to foster Charlotte for a day or so until I could drive out to get her. It made for a shorter drive for me, and I was able to drive out after work one evening, with the next day off, to pick her up. I will always remember how I was greeted when the homeowner opened the front door after I knocked. Charlotte, moments from becoming Daisy, stood in the front doorway, dancing in a circle at the sight of me, with a big Labrador grin which seemed to say, "What took you so long? I've been waiting for you!"
As I loaded Daisy into the front seat of my little Ford Ranger, she settled down lying across the bench seat with her head in my lap. That's how we drove home.
I was living in an apartment at that time. It was late when we arrived and I was tired. I brought Daisy into the bedroom, with every intention that this sweet labbie-girl would lie on the floor beside the bed. When I returned from the bathroom, Daisy had already made herself comfortable on my queen size bed and was snuggled in. This seemed amusing and incredible to me, as Daisy didn't present any shyness with me. She had been a neglected dog, fostered by a loving family that couldn't keep her because they already had canine family, but I had the understanding that, in her former life, Daisy had spent much time crated by her owner; a young gal who purchased the adorable yellow puppy to love, but who kept her crated while at work, and sometimes while out with friends after work. The yellow Labrador formerly known as Charlotte had a history of urinary tract infections, which I assumed were attributed to too infrequent opportunities to urinate.
Initially, Daisy had to remain at home while I worked. She had free range of the apartment and I would come home at the end of the work day to find that she'd urinated inside; usually on her blanket (brought from her previous life) or on a pillow. She apparently recognized peeing on the floor was a bad thing, so rationalized that urination on a blanket or pillow excused the action. I remember coming home from work and finding Daisy had placed one of my boots, or her leash, on the sofa as if to let me know the moment I arrived home that it was time to go out. Her ability to communicate with me was wonderful, and frequently amusing. One day I came home and Daisy had pulled a gun case, with a handgun, up onto the bed, unzipped it, and pulled out the gun. Fortunately I had it unloaded. Daisy also would grab some of my stuffed bears, as I collected them, and place them on the bed to snuggle with. I guess they smelled of me.
As soon as I was able, I enrolled Daisy in classes at Petco in Manhattan (the Little Apple) to help us bond. She seemed to have basic commands down already, but I wanted to assert myself lovingly as her Person, and make sure we would work together as a team. That's when the Universe interceded further, placing us in class with Gina, the woman who would take us under her wing and train us as a SD team. We took multiple classes at Petco with Gina as our trainer, as well as beginning training for successful completion of the Canine Good Citizen from AKC. I remember the first time we sat in class together, with other dogs barking and somewhat running amok, and Daisy remained calm, lying by my side. Gina asked, "How old is she?!" "Two years old," I replied. Gina stated Daisy wasn't like any two year old Labrador she'd ever encountered and acted more like she was eight years old. Daisy was a stoic labbie-girl, attentive to me, and not at all swayed by the other dogs or owners. Over time, she seemed to develop a small preference for tiny dogs, which she sometimes wanted to associate with, and she fell in love with Gina, associating Petco with good times.
Over time, Daisy proved an apt student, earning her CGC, CGCA (Canine Good Citizen Advanced), therapy dog certification and earning her place beside me as my service dog after completing an 86 task public access test. Daisy was then vetted by EEO at Fort Riley and approved to accompany me as my legal disability accommodation. We continued to train with Gina and go on SD outings. Daisy faced down a lion at the Topeka zoo (with a thick sheet of glass between them), while the other service dogs backed away. Daisy just stood there staring at the lioness who licked the glass where Daisy's face was, as if she was vanilla ice cream. We took a train ride on the Smoky Railroad out of Abilene, and though Daisy didn't seem overly fond of the trip, she always recognized when a train was passing and would perk up her ears excitedly as if to say, "I rode one of those!"
As my service dog, Daisy accompanied me everywhere, except out on the hunt. By the time I started hunting, I'd purchased a crate for her, so my labbie-girl could feel safe, and remain somewhere she wouldn't urinate in my absence. Daisy became quite adept at travel by airplane and had learned to curl up as small as possible (although she often overlapped the other seat's foot space, usually without incident as my seat neighbors always seemed enamored of having a dog in their row). She even became comfortable lying with her head and upper body under the seat beside me, where purses get stored. When we first started flying, Daisy and I would be placed in the back row, where we were the only passengers, and she would lie on the seat with her head on my lap. Before too long, airlines started demanding service dogs remain on the floor, so I started demanding the disabled seating in the bulkhead.
One year we travelled out to Las Vegas to see my folks and we all took the RV up into the mountains where a fishing lake was stocked with trout. I purchased a life vest for her, and Daisy and I went out with my step-dad on his boat trolling for trout. Ever since, Daisy became a fan of boating, and though I never fulfilled my promise to her to get her a boat, she would always watch them longingly when we would go out to Milford Lake to fish from shore. For over six years, Daisy served faithfully as my service dog. It was an answer to my prayers, because I was so frustrated at work that I wanted to quit and follow a path that would allow me to work with my dog. The Universe managed to keep me in my position and working with my dog, which satisfied me enough. I've now been stationed as a substance abuse counselor at Fort Riley for over nine years.
Daisy remained a fairly stoic dog, wise beyond her years. An old soul, I called her. Yet she loosened up over time and fell in love with almost everyone I worked with. My team became her work pack. Even my patients wouldn't mind treatment as much because Daisy was there. During the time I facilitated group therapy, I would remove Daisy's SD vest when my group started and give her the "free' command. She'd then go around to all the soldiers in group, find the ones' most in need of support, and give them attention; sometimes even jumping up on their lap. Nothing makes a depressed person feel better than the love of a Labrador retriever, especially when the dog picked the soldier out for attention. When ASAP clinical remained in old barracks I would turn Daisy loose at the end of the day, when no patients were around. The linoleum floors were waxed and had carpet runners on them; and Daisy would tuck her "otter tail" in and scamp down the long hallway, sliding on the runner. Then she'd turn around and come back in my direction. Sometimes I would leave her in my office while I went to the bathroom or to do something administrative and I'd come back to find Daisy visiting with co-workers in their offices. Once, a co-worker said that Daisy came to her door and peered in as if looking for me, and when I wasn't there, she moved on to the next office.
Daisy didn't bark much either. For the five years we lived in the apartment, I think Daisy barked about five times. Certainly less than 10. Once she barked at a Park Ranger who approached me while I was fishing. Her only real trigger to bark while in the apartment was when she looked down from the third floor and saw camouflaged hunters walking in the parking lot or out in the open in the woods. I always suspected she singled them out as a projection of anger against hunting, as that's when I left her home alone crated. She was very vocal however, having learned to mimic a co-worker of mine who spoke to Daisy in a high, sing-song voice. Aunty Judy, as the co-worker became known, adored Daisy, and Daisy adored Aunty Judy, and learned to communicate through a sing-song utterance that made people seem to love her even more. For when she saw someone she loved, Daisy would begin her excited utterance (Daisy-speak), with her tail wagging and her butt swinging, and there was no question that she was happy to see you!
About year 3 or 4 in the apartment, I started looking to buy a house. I promised Daisy that I would get her one, and she'd accompany me for drives to look for houses for sale. Finally things fell into alignment in 2018 and I was able to purchase my current home. Daisy and I would visit the house before I bought it, taking photos in front of it, and I would tell her, "This is going to be your house!" Once the deal was done, I made sure Daisy heard, "This is your house, Daisy!" She knew it too. Once we moved in, Daisy started to bark. Not often, but as a warning when assessed potential threats went by. Although her fear of thunder, which I'll explore momentarily, remained; it seemed to subside once Daisy had her own home. I guess she felt safer there; maybe picking up on my energy. It was our home; a wonderful and secure place to be. And our real estate agent, Joy, had treated Daisy just like she was purchasing the home too, allowing her in to peruse the house and yard. The house and yard provided Daisy with one year of retirement before she crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Almost one year to the day….
Now, thunder and storms weren't something Daisy came to me with a fear of. I suspect I took her down the path, inadvertently. First off; I brought her with me one weekend when I went out shooting; target practice. I kept her in the covered bed of my Ranger truck and someone stayed near her. Though she didn't respond poorly, it was likely her first experience with rifle fire, and a scary enough one at that. Then one year a major storm hit, and lightening hit one of the apartment buildings across the parking lot from our building. The fire department came out and it was reported the fire was addressed but embers smoldered in the roof, then the wind picked up, and the whole roof was ablaze. I watched it from my bedroom window and was horrified, especially because I was afraid the wind would sweep the fire across rooftops to mine. The fire raged into the night and I paced the apartment agitated, lining my bugout gear by the front door. It was truly then, I fear, that Daisy developed her fear of storms. I believe she took on my fear for our safety, and though I got over it with no lasting concern about thunderstorms, Daisy held on to it. In the apartment from that time on, she would shake like the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz when she heard a storm brewing. Once we moved into our own home, however, though she retained some fear, her shaking was much less. Of course, as she became a senior dog she also lost some of her hearing; so it could just be Daisy couldn't hear the scary thunder anymore.
Fire alarms seemed to be a staple at our apartment complex, regardless of size of the fire, or if the threat was even real. At all hours, the fire alarm would sound and we'd have to go outside and wait for the "all clear." It didn't help matters that fire alarm drills were also regular at work. Usually we were tasked with leaving the building, but sometimes it was announced to "shelter in place." Well, shelter in place is not a concept a dog can understand, especially with all the drills we experienced. Daisy just had to see the alarm lights flashing in the hospital, with no noise at all, to stand up and move toward the door. If I wasn't fast enough, Daisy would look over at me like, "Get up! Let's go!" Because she associated the lights, the alarm, and the announcements as a threat, Daisy and I vacated the building every time, even if we were told to shelter in place. Daisy wasn't messing around when it came to getting us down the stairs and away from perceived danger.
For years, Daisy loved on a Lambchop toy, as if it were her baby. That's what I called it; "Daisy, get your baby…." Many years equaled many incarnations of little Lambchop, who was first given to Daisy by a co-worker turned friend of mine named Karen. Karen is a big dog lover, and she loved Daisy very much. Sometimes Aunty Karen and her Pointer, Pickles, would meet up with Daisy and me and we'd watch the Veteran's Day parade, or go to a dog park. Daisy even joined us one day when Aunty Karen was working a dog show in Topeka. Daisy was the only SD working the dog show, alongside us. Lambchop stayed Daisy's baby to the end. Her most recent tattered Lambchop, from last Christmas, accompanied Daisy across the Rainbow Bridge. Aunty Karen came by to visit with Daisy the day before she transcended, bringing a couple of new Lambchop stuffies, which Daisy laid near but never got to love on.
Daisy was truly a beloved canine. I called her a canine angel, as did others. Each year on Daisy's birthday we'd celebrate either at work or at home. Co-workers/friends would bring in treats, Daisy would don her birthday hat, and then we'd all gather around her and sing, "Happy Birthday." A few times I threw a party at my apartment, and co-workers/friends and even neighbors would come over to celebrate Daisy. One year Aunty Karen brought Pickles to Daisy's party. My friends at work even threw Daisy a retirement party complete with human and dog treats, and on her last day, our Behavioral Health Director came by my office and saluted Daisy.
I've loved many dogs, and as a child had an extra special German Shepherd who was my guardian and protector. Yet I have never loved a dog like I've loved Daisy. Before Riley came into the family, Daisy and I were a pack of two (#packoftwo). Being with a dog 24/7 creates a unique relationship that likely only other human team members of a service dog team can understand. Daisy was my partner, like a spouse, as well as being like a child. Though I rescued her, Daisy rescued me 10 times over; helping me become the most authentic me I've ever been. She comforted my emotional wounds, recognized my physical illnesses and comforted those as well. When I first took her out fishing with me, and introduced her to a trout, which she'd apparently never seen, she fell in love with fishing, and regularly attempted to help me catch fish by singing to them and leaping into the water when one was on the line (ultimately freeing it). I purposefully included Daisy in the picking of my puppy, given that she'd be spending a lot of time with him. There was only one pup she considered even worth a sniff, and that little-man is now my 80+ pound Riley-pup. Daisy picked him. And throughout his first year of life with us (#packofthree) Daisy played with him and taught him something about being loyal to his Person. He also taught her how to fetch; a task that had escaped her for all of her training and work as my SD; and he kept her young at heart. Daisy played with Riley until she was just ready to slip the surly bonds of Earth.
Daisy's last day on this plane was painful for her and for me. I don't know that she experienced genuine physical pain, but recognized her feeling of helplessness, and saw the look of desperation in her eyes. She let me know when she was ready to go, but her timing hadn't been good, as she made her pronouncement to me on Friday night, and I wasn't ready to accept the finality of it, so hoped she would rally again on Saturday and begin eating. Daisy did not, but by the time I realized she truly was ready, the Veterinarian's office was closed and we waited until Monday. My labbie-girl went four days without food, though she continued to drink water. In the morning on November 9th, as I prepared to leave for work, Daisy collapsed. I covered her partly with a blanket and prayed she'd survive until I returned home. I was previously going to take half the day off, staying home after lunch, but notified my supervisor that I believed I had to go home by mid-morning, and he agreed. She had moved only slightly, to avoid the place where she'd vomited on the floor. I knew at that point that my hope for Daisy being mobile and walking herself to the truck was expired, so I reached out to an Army friend and asked if she would help me load Daisy in the truck when it was time. I suggested Aunty Daphane arrive early to spend some time with Daisy, as she, too, had been part of Daisy's work pack. When Aunty Daphane arrived, much to my surprise, Daisy got up to greet her; then laid down beside her and soaked up 30 minutes of loving. When it was time to get Daisy in the truck however, she had only enough stamina to walk away from the front door and lie down on her camo Army dog bed. We slid her, on the bed like a sleigh, across the living room, hoping that Daisy might propel herself up to help get in the truck, but Daisy had decided that she would be carried like the royal highness (#hrhdaisy) she is. Aunty Daphane and I used the dog bed as a sling and two-person carried Daisy to the truck. I drove Daisy down the road to our veterinarian, where staff carried Daisy into the surgery room and placed her on a bed of blankets laid out on the floor.
When Daisy eventually crossed over the Rainbow Bridge, she did so covered by her travel blanket (she was traveling after all) and with baby Lambchop beside her. They remain with her for the remainder of her earthly journey to be cremated and returned to me.
A part of my heart and soul crossed over with Daisy, and I will never be the same without her. Though I will never be the same because of her. The only upside in her timing is that Daisy made the determination that she was ready. I had endeavored to keep her rallying through Thanksgiving so that my son and daughter-in-law would be able to say goodbye, but Daisy seemed content with her visit in August, when we traveled to Colorado to RV with them. I learned the night Daisy crossed over (09NOV20) that my son, Dare, considered Daisy to be like his own dog, particularly prior to finally adopting one with his wife. The world has been changed by Daisy's presence in it, at least in the Continental United States. She is now free to enhance the Other Side with her loving sweetness.
END OF WATCH, DAISY THE SERVICE DOG.
2016 Ring Bearer
2018 #RED
NOV 2019 Retirement
Just a few of Daisy's work pack.


Sheriff Jean Stanfield announced that her department has received a new infusion of grant dollars to assist Burlington County's senior citizens in securing their homes against crime, fire and power outages.
Stanfield said that the Home Security Program now is accepting applications to provide seniors and individuals with disabilities free home security surveys and safety modifications.
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Interested residents should call (609) 265–5796 to register.
To qualify, at least one person in the household must be 60 years of age or older.


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William Shakespeare Burton (* 1. Juni 1824; † 26. Januar 1916) war ein englischer Genre- und Historien-Maler im Viktorianischen Zeitalter. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist The Wounded Cavalier (1855; siehe Bild).

Leben
Burtons Großvater war ein Buchdrucker und sein Vater William Evans Burton ein Komödiant, der Erfolg in den Vereinigten Staaten hatte, nachdem er Frau und Sohn in London mit wenig Geld zurückgelassen hatte. Als Jugendlicher arbeitete Burton als Kopierer, der Kritiker Tom Taylor war sein Sponsor. Taylor verhalf Burton zu einer Anstellung bei der britischen Satire-Zeitschrift Punch. Dort schuf er Schriften für Illustrationen.

Zu dieser Zeit war Burton am King's College London und an der Royal Academy School. Bei der letzteren gewann er 1852 eine Goldmedaille für ein Bild von Samson und Delilah. Obwohl krank und von persönlichen Schwierigkeiten geplagt, malte Burton bis in die 1880er Jahre weiter Bilder. Seine Frau Elizabeth Burton war die Autorin des Romans Ruling the Planets (1891).

The Wounded Cavalier
Das Werk zeigt eine Szene des Englischen Bürgerkriegs von 1642 bis 1649: ein Königstreuer  liegt verwundet am Boden, die Klinge seines zerbrochenen Degens steckt in dem Baum neben ihm, während er das Heft noch in der Hand hält. Er wird von einem puritanischen Mädchen gestützt. Ihr Begleiter schaut nachdenklich auf beide herunter, eine Bibel in der Hand.

Um dieses Werk zu malen, soll Burton ein Loch gegraben haben, um Gras und die Farne aus der Nähe sehen zu können. Das Bild wurde an der Royal Academy of Arts 1856 gezeigt.

The Wounded Cavalier zeigt den Einfluss von John Ruskin und der Präraffaeliten-Bewegung der 1850er-Jahre, später widmete er sein Leben dem Malen religiöser Bilder.

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Weblinks
 William Shakespeare Burton bei ArtCyclopedia (englisch)

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Maler (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Engländer
Brite
Geboren 1824
Gestorben 1916
Mann

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Exploring the exhibit hall at SES Chicago 2007.
Jolina, your photos have captured the "other side of the story" at SES Chicago. While the conference sessions were packed — and full of news and useful information, so was the trade show floor. I really enjoyed sitting in briefly on the Daily Search Cast with Danny Sullivan and Daron Babin from the WebmasterRadio.FM booth at SES Chicago. That was as lively an event as any of the sessions.
It was great Mitchell, thanks.
Agreed, Greg the WebmasterRadio booth was very cool as was the exhibit floor.
I am bummed I could only make the first day of the show. I could have made day 2 if I had realized that I would spend the entire day on Tuesday at Chicago airport waiting for a flight but that is another story.
The first day was great and I simply loved the Orion panels. Kevin Ryan insists the name had nothing to do with his name but I dont think I beleive him. Great first show from Kevin and the team.
those guys in the last picture on the right hand side optimized one of landing pages…it was the coolest part of the whole exhibit floor. I have never seen them at SES before. webmaster radio was a pretty fun booth too.


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Zimbabwe's Mugabe emerges, rejects ruling party in election
By Farai Mutsaka
| Associated Press |
| HARARE, Zimbabwe
Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe holds a press briefing at his residence in Harare on Sunday, July 29, 2018, on the eve of the country's all important elections. (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / AP)
In a surprise address to the nation after months of silence, Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe emerged just hours before Monday's historic election declaring that "I will not vote for those who have illegally taken power" and turning his back on the ruling party he long controlled.
Slow and rambling, the 94-year-old Mugabe spoke to reporters on Sunday with bitterness about his dramatic removal in November under military pressure and amid a ruling party feud.
He was coy about endorsing anyone ahead of the election in which the former deputy that he fired, President Emmerson Mnangagawa, faces a 40-year-old lawyer and pastor, Nelson Chamisa. He indicated, however, that Chamisa was the only viable candidate.
"I cannot vote for those who have tormented me," Mugabe said in a reference to Mnangagwa, who took office with the military's support. "I cannot vote for ZANU-PF," the ruling party that has rejected him as well.
Mugabe, who has backed a new political party that is part of a coalition supporting Chamisa, said of him: "He seems to be doing well at his rallies ... I wish to meet him if he wins."
And he added: "Whoever wins, we wish him well ... And let us accept the verdict."
Many in Zimbabwe knew no other leader but Mugabe, who led the country for 37 years after independence from white minority rule in 1980. What began with optimism crumbled into repression of the opposition, alleged vote-rigging, violent land seizures from white farmers and years of international sanctions.
The southern Africa nation hopes that a credible vote on Monday could get those sanctions lifted and bring badly needed investment for a collapsed economy. Mnangagwa, a former Mugabe confidante, has tried to recast himself as a voice for reform, inviting back Western dozens of election observers and pledging a free and fair vote.
Mugabe defended Zimbabwe's election commission after Chamisa and the opposition raised concerns that the vote will be flawed, saying that "it acts quite freely." And in a breathtaking statement, he asserted that his long stay in office had been free from meddling: "It was not the army that ensured I remained in power."
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He blamed "evil and malicious characters" for his resignation, which was met with a joyous outpouring by thousands of people in the capital, Harare, and elsewhere. "I was a fool to have him next to me," he said of Mnangagwa, whom he accused of conniving with the military chief to pull off a "coup."
Mugabe said he resigned to avoid "bloodshed" and defended his wife, Grace, who just months ago appeared to be positioning herself for the presidency: "Leave, leave, leave my wife alone."
Zimbabwe's former leader, who appeared to have finally allowed his hair to go gray, spent the final question musing on his legacy, reminding people of his years in prison during the country's fight for liberation and his work raising literacy and education standards. "I tried to do my best," he said, as journalists began to drift away.
While Mugabe, who has largely remained quiet in his Harare home since leaving power, spoke largely of the past, Zimbabweans are already impatient for the future — and Monday's vote.