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Membranes and barriers are used all the time in industrial and lab settings, and you may even have a few of them around the home. They can help keep materials apart that need to be separated, or can selectively allow certain materials to mix while holding others back. Graphene, the two-dimensional hexagonal lattice of carbon, is thought to be completely impermeable to all gases and liquids. That would obviously make it an extremely effective barrier film.
Creating sufficient quantities of pure graphene is not an an easy task, but graphene oxide (GO) films can be readily made in the lab. There's a paper in last week's edition of Science that examines the properties of graphene oxide films.
The authors examined the physical structure of the GO films using scanning electron microscopy and x-ray analysis. They confirmed that the films were layered structures consisting of individual crystallites a few microns in diameter (crystallites are the basic units of a polycrystalline material) with a five angstrom separation. The researchers created membranes of this material that ranged from 0.1 to 10 microns in thickness and measured about one centimeter in diameter. These membranes, even those with a thickness of less then a micron, were reasonably strong, withstanding differential pressures across them of up to 100 mbar.
Initial experiments with gases such as helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, and argon found that almost no gas was able to move across the membrane over a period of a few days. Calculations on these results yielded a helium permeation rate below 10-12 g/cm2*s*bar, consistent with values reported elsewhere for pure graphene films—basically no gas was getting through. Computing the bulk permeability of the material gave a value of approximately 10-15mm*g/cm2*s*bar. Put into more useful terms, this means that less gas will seep through a submicron thick GO film than would pass through a 1 mm thick glass barrier in an equivalent amount of time!
Carrying out a similar experiment with common liquids (ethanol, hexane, acetone, decane, and propanol) revealed that no weight loss could be detected after several days of the fluid resting on the membrane. This set an upper limit on liquid bulk permeability of 10-11 mm*g/cm2*s*bar.
However, something unexpected happened when they repeated the test with water. There was a huge weight and the evaporation rate was nearly the same as though there was no membrane or barrier in place.
After this unexpected result, the authors repeated the test with helium to ensure that no physical damage had occurred to the membrane; no helium leakage was observed. In fact, it was only when the membrane was a couple of microns thick that any resistance to the flow of water was observed. Computing the bulk permeability of water gave a result of 10-5 mm*g/cm2*s*bar, a value 1010 (10,000,000,000) times greater than that for helium. This membrane was essentially impermeable to a small, inert gas, but allowed water to freely move through it.
To get a better idea of what was happening, the team carried out permeation experiments using mixtures of water with other gases and liquids. In the presence of saturated water vapor, helium was able to traverse the membrane, albeit five orders of magnitude more slowly than the water. The authors noted that the rate at which helium moved through was actually the same rate at which helium would diffuse through a similar column of water, suggesting that it was diffusing through the freely moving water.
Another series of experiments compared the rate of water permeation through the membrane to the rate at which water evaporated in an open-ended system. By varying the pressure across the membrane and the relative humidity in the test chamber, the researchers determined that water was limited only by the rate of mass transfer at the far surface—the rate of evaporation after the water had moved across the membrane was limiting how quickly it could move through the membrane. There was a molecular traffic jam on the far end holding up the entire process.
To explain how this was possible, the authors hypothesized that the size between the layers of graphene were just right. They suggest that, at a free channel spacing of just about five angstroms, a monolayer of water forms that is capable of undergoing a low-friction flow in the two-dimension channels that exist between the layers (take that, no slip hypothesis!). To move between layers—and hence traverse the membrane—the authors posit that a percolating network of graphene nanocapillaries exists that allows the water to flow throughout and across the membrane.
To test this hypothesis, the authors carried out a handful of experiments. First, they reduced the graphene oxide material by calcining it in a 250oC hydrogen-argon atmosphere. This resulted in a reduction of water permeability by a factor of 100. The authors attribute this to the reduction in the channel width; X-ray examination of the material showed it was reduced to about four angstroms, which is too small for a monolayer of water to form and flow.
To further back up the idea that the high water permeability was due to the just-right size of the channel, the authors ran a series of molecular dynamics simulations that modeled how a reservoir of water molecules would move through a single, two-dimensional graphene pore. By varying the pore width, they showed that water could not form a monolayer and flow in pores smaller than six angstroms. Above 10 angstroms, a second monolayer would form that would greatly reduce the flow. It was the intermediate region that allowed for a low-friction flow of a monolayer of water.
While this represents an interesting result with a wide variety of applications—water removal, water filtration, degassing, and dewetting in industrial settings—an accompanying perspective in the same issue of Science puts the discovery, well, in perspective. Any new industrial use of such discoveries is a long way off, because we first need to learn how to make larger membranes (the ones used in the article are ~1 cm across). They'll also need to stand up to industrial scale pressures, and be packaged into a useful device. While these are important discoveries, their immediate uses will be limited to small scale and niche applications.
Science, 2012. DOI: 10.1126/science.1211694 (Article), 10.1126/science.1216923 (Perspective).
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Rob Stutzman and several others who bought Armstrong's "It's Not About The Bike" and "Every Second Counts" have filed a lawsuit in Sacramento federal court. It alleges Armstrong duped them into believing the books were inspirational true accounts of the cyclist's accomplishments done without performance-enhancing drugs.
The lawsuit accuses Armstrong and the books' publishers of committing fraud, false advertising and other wrongdoing for publishing the cyclist's vehement denials that he wasn't a cheat.
Armstrong admitted to cheating throughout his career in a televised interview last week. His lawyer Tim Herman didn't immediately respond to inquiries for comment Thursday.
The lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of all readers who felt misled by Armstrong's denials of drug use in "It's Not About The Bike," published in 2000, and "Every Second Counts," published three years later.
"Although Stutzman does not buy or read many books, he found Armstrong's book incredibly compelling and recommended the book to several friends," the lawsuit stated.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday says Stutzman met Armstrong when the cyclist visited with Schwarzenegger.
"At that time, Stutzman thanked Defendant Armstrong for writing his book and told him it was very inspiring and that he had recommended it to friends who were fighting cancer," the suit says. "In response, Armstrong thanked Stutzman."
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James Frey, author of "A Million Little Pieces," and his publisher settled a class-action lawsuit in 2006 alleging he made up parts of his best-selling memoir by offering to refund the cost of the book.
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1. Realistic expectations: Designing your garden to provide year around interest or production of food is a great goal to strive for. However, it is not realistic to think it will have the same look in every season. Spring and summer may offer bountiful blooms but colorful foliage may be the focus in fall, and in winter, bark and berries will be the stars.
2. A plan: Develop a garden design plan or hire a professional designer (or landscape architect) to develop one which you can implement over time. In the long run this will save you time and money and your garden will thank you from sparing it lots of loss, due to the wrong plant being planted in the wrong place. A plan also allows you to think outside the box and to expand your gardening options. Have you considered a green roof as one of your garden options? Meeting with a green roofer is the first step in starting a rooftop garden or a green roof. Fun fact: Did you know that Washington D.C. has the most green roof acreage of any US city? One thinks of politicians rather than green roofers in Washington D.C., but the U.S. General Services Administration promotes green roof technology.
3. A soil test: By testing your soil (contact your local extension service) you can determine the pH (the acidity or alkalinity) as well as nutrient levels and respond accordingly. This information will be useful in determining the best plants for your environment as well as the best fertilizer to use.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday cleared two of the 20th century's most influential popes to become saints, approving a miracle needed to canonize Pope John Paul II and waiving Vatican rules to honor Pope John XXIII.
In a major demonstration of his papal authority, Francis decided that John XXIII could be declared a saint even though the Vatican hasn't confirmed a second miracle attributed to his intercession. The Vatican said Francis had the power to dispense with such requirements and proceed with only one confirmed miracle to his name.
The ceremony is expected before the end of the year. The date of Dec. 8 has been floated as one possibility, given it's the feast of the Immaculate Conception, a major feast day for the church. Polish prelates continue to press for October, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Polish-born John Paul's election, but Vatican officials have suggested that's too soon to organize such a massive event.
The announcement came on a remarkable day melding papacies past and present: It opened with Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI attending their first Vatican ceremony together, sitting side-by-side on matching papal chairs for the unveiling of a statue in the Vatican gardens. It continued with the publication of Francis' first encyclical, a meditation on faith that was largely written by Benedict before he retired. And it climaxed with Francis' decision to canonize two other predecessors.
Each event, historic on its own, would have captured headlines. But the canonization announcement capped them all, reflecting the priorities of this unique pontificate that has already broken so many rules, from Francis' decision to shun papal vestments to his housing arrangements, living in the Vatican hotel rather than the stuffy Apostolic Palace.
To anyone who has been paying attention, Francis' decision to canonize John Paul and John XXIII should come as no surprise: The Jesuit was made a cardinal by John Paul and is very much a pope of the Second Vatican Council, the ground-breaking church meetings that brought the Catholic Church into the modern world. John XXIII opened Vatican II a year before his death in 1963.
"Two different popes, very important to the church, will be announced saint together – it's a beautiful gesture," said the Rev. Jozef Kloch, spokesman for Poland's Catholic bishops, who like most Poles was overjoyed by the news of John Paul's impending canonization but impatient to know the date.
Francis will set the date at an upcoming meeting of cardinals.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, confirmed that the miracle that brought John Paul to the ranks of saints concerned a Costa Rican woman.
The Spanish newspaper La Razon has identified her as Floribeth Mora, and said she suffered from a cerebral aneurism that was inexplicably cured on May 1, 2011 — the date of John Paul's beatification, when 1.5 million people filled St. Peter's Square to honor the beloved Polish pontiff.
La Razon reported last month that Mora awoke with debilitating head pain on April 8, 2011 and went to the hospital, where her condition worsened to the point that she was sent home with only a month to live.
Her family prayed to John Paul, and the aneurism disappeared.
La Razon quoted her doctor, Dr. Alejandro Vargas, as saying: "It surprised me a lot that the aneurism disappeared, I can't explain it based on science."
The Associated Press traveled to Mora's home in Costa Rica this week, but was told that she was bound by secrecy and couldn't discuss her case. With the miracle now approved by Francis, she planned to tell her story Friday at a press conference organized by the Costa Rican church. Outside her home is a colorful shrine to John Paul, with a photo of the late pope next to a statue of the Madonna and surrounded by flowers, candles and Christmas lights.
John Paul, who was pope from 1978-2005, revolutionized the papacy, traveling the world and inspiring a generation of young Catholics to be excited about their faith. He was the first Polish pope and the first non-Italian in 455 years — a legacy that continued with the German-born Benedict XVI and Argentine Francis.
On the anniversary of John Paul's death this year, Francis prayed at the tombs of both John Paul and John XXIII — an indication that he sees a great personal and spiritual continuity in them.
Benedict spent much of his pontificate trying to correct what he considered wrong interpretations of Vatican II, insisting it wasn't the break from the past that liberals believed. The council opened the church to people of other faiths and allowed for Mass to be celebrated in the languages of the faithful, rather than Latin.
While not disagreeing outright with Benedict, Francis seems to take a more progressive read of Vatican II and its call to go out into the world and spread the faith — a priority he has shown in the first months of his pontificate.
The two popes, however, clearly get along.
"Your holiness, good day and thank you!" Francis beamed on Friday as he greeted Benedict in the Vatican gardens for the unveiling of the statue. Benedict, 86, appeared in good form, walking slowly but on his own and greeting well-wishers.
The Vatican's complicated saint-making procedure requires that the Vatican certify a "miracle" was performed through the intercession of the candidate — a medically inexplicable cure that is lasting, immediate and can be directly linked to the prayers offered by the faithful. One miracle is needed for beatification, a second for canonization.
Benedict put John Paul on the fast track for possible sainthood when he dispensed with the traditional five-year waiting period and allowed the beatification process to begin weeks after his John Paul's death. Benedict was responding to chants of "Santo Subito!" or "Sainthood Immediately" which erupted during John Paul's funeral.
There has been some concern that the process has been too quick. Some of the Holy See's deep-seated problems — clerical sex abuse, dysfunctional governance and more recently the financial scandals at the Vatican bank — essentially date from shortcomings of his pontificate.
Thus the decision to canonize John Paul along with John XXIII can be seen as trying to balance those concerns, as well as the shortcomings of each pope.
Such was the case in 2000, when John Paul beatified John XXIII, dubbed the "good pope," alongside Pope Pius IX, who was criticized by Jews for condoning the seizure of a Jewish boy and allegedly referring to Jews as dogs.
As soon as the announcement was made, John Paul's critics came out: Juan Vaca, one of the victims of notorious pedophile priest the Rev. Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legion of Christ religious order, said the decision to canonize John Paul was "appalling and shocking" given the thousands of victims of sex abuse who were ignored under his 27-year pontificate.
The Vatican has argued that sainthood cases are based on the record of the person, not the pontificate.
The Rev. James Martin, a Catholic author, said the joint announcement could be seen as a clever move on Francis' part to cover his political bases, but that regardless millions of Catholics would rejoice.
"The two popes are seen to appeal to different types of Catholics, and so this announcement will serve to unite these groups," he wrote on the website of the Jesuit magazine America.
Asked how John XXIII, elected in 1958, could be canonized without a second miracle, the Vatican spokesman insisted that many theologians believe that a second miracle isn't required. He said Francis had approved a decision by the cardinals and bishops of the Vatican's saint-making office.
"Certainly the pope has the power, in a certain sense, to dispense of the second miracle in a cause, and this is what happened," Lombardi said.
He stressed that this decision didn't represent any relaxing of the Vatican's overall standards for canonization, but represented a unique situation, given that the church this year is marking the 50th anniversary of Vatican II.
"John XXIII is someone who we know is beloved in the church, we're in the 50th anniversary of the Council which he started, and I don't think any of us have any doubts about his virtues," Lombardi said.
In Poland, the reaction was overjoyed, as expected.
Rev. Kazimierz Sowa, the head of Religion TV channel, said on TVN that Poles are expected to flood to Rome for the ceremony.
"John Paul II was extremely popular during his lifetime and he still continues to inspire people," Sowa said. But he insisted that an October date was preferable, to accommodate the throngs expected at the outdoor ceremony.
"In their interest, I think we should expect the canonization in the fall," he said.
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Today's News: Our Take - What's Next for Jay Leno?
Jay Leno will leave The Tonight Show (again) next spring. What's he doing after that? More stand-up, he tells The New York Times, but no TV - for now. "I've done this job for a long time and I really enjoy it," he tells the paper. "Would I do it again? Believe me, the phone's not ringing off the hook. It will be nice if people seem interested. But I'll let it sit where it is."
Even if no one is calling right now (doubtful), it's hard to believe that Leno - who hasn't hinted at retirement since the Conan O'Brien Tonight Show succession plan was announced in 2004 - will be off our screens for too long. So what are his options? We weigh the possibilities.
NBC confirms Jimmy Fallon will replace Jay Leno on The Tonight Show in Spring 2014
1. Prime time
Just kidding! No one wants to do that again. Let's move on.
2. Syndicated daytime
Leno's mass-appeal humor fits with the daytime crowd - not to mention, syndication is an easy way to own a piece of the show yourself. But after being the king of late night for so long, Leno might look at daytime as a downgrade. Plus: Daytime is a female-dominated field and men rarely succeed without a niche like Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz (see: Anderson Cooper, Jeff Probst).
3. Online
With streaming sites aiming for more original content than ever, Leno could be a pioneer of sorts here. Yeah, his core fan base isn't exactly tech-savvy, but hey, neither is Larry King's, and he's been enjoying his time on Hulu. And while Leno is old school, unlike proud technophobe David Letterman, he has never shown an aversion to joining us here in the 21st century.
4. Fox
Fox is the obvious call, and Steve Pruett, chairman of the Fox affiliate board, told The New York Post two weeks ago that "if Fox were to present the right business plan, the affiliate board would be interested." Emphasis on "business plan." Fox tried to land O'Brien in 2010, but ultimately chose to stick with its affiliates' money-making syndicated sitcoms at 11 p.m. after determining that it didn't have the deep pockets to sign O'Brien. A Fox launch for O'Brien was estimated at $70 million, and Leno would cost way more than that. Besides, if Fox were really serious about getting into the late-night game with the big boys, it would be far more practical to launch a brand-new franchise with a younger, thus cheaper, star than the established aging Leno (he will be 64 next year).
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5. Cable
How ironic would it be if Leno were to follow Conan to cable? But not impossible. TBS would never touch him with a 10-foot pole, but there are a gazillion other network options, like, say USA. It's owned by NBCUniversal and Leno's non-edginess would complement the cabler's "sunny skies" theme.
6. Reality car series
What if Leno threw us all a curveball and left the talk show game altogether? The man loves his cars, so why not just make Jay Leno's Garage an actual docu-show? He can scout for new toys, visit other car geeks and pimp out his rides. Or maybe he could take over for the retired guys on NPR's Car Talk or just join Top Gear - a hosting gig he turned down in 2008 because he feared it wouldn't be successful in America. Oops.
Jay Leno as the new Larry King? Don't count that out. Former NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Zucker - he who engineered and botched the whole Leno-O'Brien prime-time/Tonight Show debacle - is now at CNN, revamping it at near-breakneck speed and poaching people from the left and right. While Zucker's relationship with O'Brien is possibly irrevocably broken, it's unclear how - if at all - damaged his relationship with Leno is. If he could convince Leno to do prime-time on NBC, who's to say he won't be able to persuade Leno to jump to a big-time company like CNN? Sure, Leno wouldn't exactly put the "News" in the Cable News Network, but maybe a loose entertainment talk show is what CNN needs to curb its sliding ratings.
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The news that Sony is being sued after removing support for Linux from the PlayStation 3 serves as a reminder that the console has changed quite a bit since its release. While we have a new, slimmer version of the PS3, many of these changes have come as a result of Sony removing features that were once heralded as selling points for the console. Sony doesn't seem to be able to make up its mind about what is important and what can go. Here's a look at how the company's stance has changed as features have been dropped.
When Sony originally unveiled the Sixaxis—the original PS3 controller, which supported motion support but not rumble—Phil Harrison, former head of SCE worldwide studios dismissed the importance of rumble, saying:
"I believe that the Sixaxis controller offers game designers and developers far more opportunity for future innovation than rumble ever did. Now, rumble I think was the last generation feature; it's not the next-generation feature. I think motion sensitivity is. And we don't see the need to do that. Having said that, there will be specific game function controllers, potentially like steering wheels that do include vibration or feedback function—not from us but from third parties."
But when Sony settled its lawsuit with Immersion and released the Dual Shock 3, its stance on rumble was much different, as the company released a statement saying "The new controller will also benefit PS3 content creators, by giving them the ability to further expand their creative imagination."
This flip-flop was even acknowledged by Sony. Phil Harrison played politics to try to downplay Sony's old stance about rumble. "As to previous statements that I made; we were in a lawsuit—what do you expect me to say? We were in a lawsuit. We were in litigation. Of course I have to defend our view. And actually, I still truly believe that having the Sixaxis controller the way it is is the best way to control games. And I think that we're looking forward to working with Immersion going forward, and who knows where that is leading us."
Backwards compatibility
The PS3's predecessor was an enormous success, and it boasted one of the largest libraries of any game console. So the ability to play all those games on the new PS3 was a big selling point. "PSone runs on the PlayStation 2 through emulation rather than actual hardware. PlayStation 3 will offer the same compatibility for PS2 software and the format will continue forever," Ken Kutaragi said back in 2003. Backwards compatibility has long been touted as a major selling point of PlayStation hardware, allowing gamers to enjoy their existing catalog of games.
"Backwards compatibility, as you know from PlayStation One and PlayStation 2, is a core value of what we believe we should offer," Phil Harrison said in 2006. "And access to the library of content people have created, bought for themselves, and accumulated over the years is necessary to create a format. PlayStation is a format, meaning that it transcends many devices—PSOne, PS2, and now PS3."
When the feature was dropped from new models starting in 2007, SCEA president Jack Tretton said "backward compatibility is a nice secondary consideration, but it's far from the number-one priority."
And there appears to be little possibility that it will return, as Sony's John Koller told Ars. "It's not coming back, so let me put that on the table. But it's all people ever talk about! It's not as big as a purchase intent driver as you may be hearing. We've got such a substantial lineup of titles on the PS3; most people are buying the PS3 for PS3 games. They've buying it for PS3 games and Blu-ray movies. That won't be returning."
Which brings us to the removal of Linux. While not necessarily a huge selling point, on several occasions Sony did boast about the feature. In 2006, Harrison said that combining Linux support with the PS3's other features essentially made the PC obsolete.
"We believe that the PS3 will be the place where our users play games, watch films, browse the Web, and use other computer functions. The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC."
That stance was repeated multiple times. Phil Harrison stated "One of the most powerful things about the PS3 is the 'Install Other OS' option." Sony engineer Geoffrey Levand wrote to a PS3 mailing list in August 2009, "Please be assured that SCE is committed to continue to support for previously sold models that have the 'Install Other OS' feature and that this feature will not be disabled in future firmware releases."
But once the PS3 was subject to "security concerns," presumably related to the console being hacked, Sony wasted no time in removing the feature.
"This feature enabled users to install an operating system, but due to security concerns, Sony Computer Entertainment will remove the functionality through the 3.21 system software update," the company stated. "In addition, disabling the 'Other OS' feature will help ensure that PS3 owners will continue to have access to the broad range of gaming and entertainment content from SCE and its content partners on a more secure system."
What's next?
What is most concerning about Sony's constantly changing stance is that it could be setting a dangerous precedent: features that once may have sold you on a console could no longer be available once you actually purchase it. Sony's history of making flat, declarative statements only to directly contradict themselves is troubling, and should be remembered. The PlayStation 3 has gained and lost many features, but the take-away is that all statements made by the company should be looked at critically, with the past flip-flops kept in the front of your mind.


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Growing up in Uruguay, brisket (pecho) was a staple at every major festive occasion in my parents' home and my mother's brisket was served at least once, usually twice, during the sedorim. Aah, my mother's brisket filled the house with its aroma, I remember the anticipation with which I waited to have itagain and again… Over the years I tried to find different versions of this old favorite and found many succulent variations, but last night's version served at Lévana's cooking demo far outshines most! Here she adapted her famous brisket to Passover by changing her deservedly famous recipe. She used honey instead of the usual molasses and brandy instead of bourbon Lévana has graciously agreed to share her recipe, notice the unusual ingredients:
Brisket in Coffee Brandy Sauce
- 2 large onions, sliced very thin
- 1 brisket. 6 to 7 pounds, first cut. Rinsed and patted thoroughly dry
- 3 tablespoons instant coffee powder, decaf OK, mixed with 2 cups warm water
- 1/3 cup brandy
- 1/3 cup honey
- ¼ cup vinegar
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon ground pepper
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Scatter the onions in a pan just large enough to fit the meat.
- Place the brisket on top of the onions.
- Combine all remaining ingredients in a bowl, and pour the mixture evenly over the meat. Cover tightly with foil, and bake 2 hours.
- Turn the brisket over, and bake uncovered 1 more hour.
- Transfer the brisket to a cutting board and wait about 10 minutes before slicing.
- Meanwhile strain the cooking liquids into a small sauce pan, pressing hard on the solids (and discarding them), and reduce on a high flame to about 2 ½ cups. Let the brisket cool slightly.
- Slice thin against the grain. In places where the brisket is very long, cut across first before slicing. Pour the gravy on top.
Enjoy, gentle reader, enjoy! I most certainly did and will again.


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Potential Treatment Found for Debilitating Bone Disease
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Promising new research reveals a potentially highly effective treatment for heterotopic ossification (HO), a painful and often debilitating abnormal buildup of bone tissue. HO comes in two main forms—one that appears in children and is congenital, another that strikes wounded military personnel and surgery patients and is triggered by severe injuries and wounds.
An animal study by developmental biologists shows that a drug that interrupts a signaling-nuclear protein pathway can prevent HO. The study appeared online today in Nature Medicine.
"There are currently no effective treatments for this disease," said study leaders Masahiro Iwamoto, DDS, PhD, and Maurizio Pacifici, PhD, developmental biologists in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Surgeons can remove the abnormal bone masses, but surgery itself may trigger more of those growths."
Calling the work an "elegant study," Frederick Kaplan, MD, said that it "addresses a vast unmet need in clinical medicine." Kaplan, the Isaac & Rose Nassau Professor of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, who wrote a commentary on the research in the same issue of Nature Medicine, added that the study "provides great hope, insight and direction for the development of effective medications to prevent and treat catastrophic extraskeletal bone formation."
Iwamoto and Pacifici recently came to Children's Hospital from Thomas Jefferson University, where they performed the study. Pacifici holds the new Bong Lee Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he is director of Orthopaedic Research.
The exact mechanism by which HO occurs is not fully understood, but trauma, surgery or deep burns cause local inflammation, followed by the arrival of skeletal cells that develop into chondrocytes (cartilage cells), and are then replaced by intrusive bone. Thus, 10 to 13 percent of orthopedic patients may develop HO, mostly without major symptoms, after knee replacement or other invasive surgeries. The incidence of HO is far higher in wounded soldiers—nearly 65 percent—because modern weapons cause extreme, wide and deep tissue damage.
Although HO is not life-threatening, the bone growths can press against nerves and blood vessels, resulting in chronic pain, limited motion, problems fitting prosthetic limbs and other complications.
The congenital form of the disorder is called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) and becomes manifest in children by the age of 5 or 6. While very rare, affecting an estimated 700 U.S. children, it is progressive and often fatal in young adults. Surgery cannot be used in children with FOP because it would trigger explosive HO.
In the current study, Iwamoto and colleagues used retinoid agonists, a class of agents related to vitamin A, in mice that were genetically engineered to model HO. Specifically, they used nuclear retinoic acid receptor-γ (RAR-γ) agonists, which selectively target a regulatory pathway during cartilage formation—an essential step in the development of HO.
The RAR-γ agonists prevented HO from occurring in the mice, with minimal side effects. In contrast, control mice developed HO-like bone masses. Even more encouragingly, the protective effect appeared to be permanent, persisting even after drug treatment ended.
Furthermore, the same agent blocked HO from occurring in mice that had been genetically engineered to express a mutant protein analogous to the one found in children with FOP.
"These agents have the biological properties needed to interfere with the specific events that occur in HO," said Pacifici. "If these animal results are borne out in humans, we may have very potent and effective treatments for both forms of this disease—injury-induced HO and the congenital form."
The authors cautioned that more in-depth preclinical studies must be performed before retinoid agonists are tested in humans with HO. They pointed out, however, that one retinoid agonist is already being used in a current clinical trial for another disease, and it might be possible to gain access to this agent from the manufacturer for clinical trials.
The U.S. Department of the Army and the National Institutes of Health supported this study. Co-authors are from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University College of Medicine, as well as the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Io Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, California.
"Potent inhibition of heterotopic ossification by nuclear retinoic acid receptor-γ agonists," Nature Medicine, published online April 3, 2011. doi:10.1038/nm.2334
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Tomorrow evening at 8:00 pm (Eastern Time) we host Paul Bensabat, co-CEO of The Manischewitz Company on BlogTalkRadio. Manischewitz, the biggest gefilte fish (that quintessential Ashkenazic Shabbos appetizer!) purveyor, is now run by two Moroccan Jews: Co-CEOs Paul Bensabat and Alain Bankier. The Manischewitz Company owns many of the kosher brands most Jewish baby boomers grew up with, such as: Manischewitz, Mrs. Adler's, Goodman's, Season, Cohen's, Barney's, Rokeach, Mother's, Horowitz Margareten, Tradition, Goodman's and more. What makes Paul Bensabat tick? Why would a Sephardic Jew acquire so many Ashkenazic brands? In a 2009 interviewhe said:
"Being Jewish is something very special, regardless of how religious you are. I am not Orthodox, butI am extremely proud of being Jewish and I have extremely strong feelings about being part of the community. My dad inspired me about the importance of being Jewish from the very beginning of my existence. I grew up in Casablanca in Morocco, so being a Jew in America I certainly appreciate the freedom and pride of being Jewish without fear of consequence. Being Jewish is not just respecting the religion but also having the privilege of being part of The Chosen People, of an amazing community with a special bond and pact with God. We are unique and one-of-a kind and should always be proud to be Jewish."
In this era when Jewish cuisine has embraced most ethnic culinary traditions and shaped them to fit in with the traditional kosher diet, it was perfectly logical for a Moroccan Jew to acquire a company and brands that defined the American Ashkenazi experience for over a hundred years. Mr. Bensabat will talk to us about the company's history, it's over 600 products and more.
Don't forget to tune in tomorrow evening – Wednesday, the 13th of July – at 8:00pm (Eastern Time) on BlogTalkRadio.
Meanwhile, why not give a listen to our previous show? Our guest was Esti Berkowitz of PrimeTimeParenting.com. What is her blog about? Mrs. Berkowitz' one line description says it best: How I Found Kosher Food, A Husband, and Had Children After 35.
We talked about her blog and its purpose, we also discussed kashrus in Chicago, restaurants, take outs and more. As you will hear, Mrs. Berkowitz was an exciting guest and we've already had repeated requests to bring her back.
Don't forget to tune in tomorrow evening – Wednesday, the 13th of July – at 8:00pm (Eastern Time) on BlogTalkRadio.


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Teen arrested in death of Colorado girl
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — A teenager who lived just a mile from a 10-year-old Colorado girl who was abducted and killed earlier this month has been arrested in her death, along with a May attack on a runner, authorities said Wednesday.
Police in the Denver suburb of Westminster said they took 17-year-old Austin Reed Sigg into custody on Tuesday night after receiving a phone call, apparently from his mother, that led them to Sigg. He was formally arrested Wednesday.
Reached by phone, Sigg's mother told The Associated Press he turned himself in.
"I made the phone call, and he turned himself in. That's all I have to say," said Mindy Sigg, before she broke down in tears and hung up.
Police announced the arrest as agents searched the home of Sigg, an Arapahoe Community College student described by former classmates as a smart "goth kid" who was interested in mortuary science.
Authorities declined to elaborate on the arrest and have released few details about the case. Court documents have been sealed, but a police custody report said Sigg was cooperative when he was arrested and waived his rights.
Jessica Ridgeway disappeared Oct. 5 while walking to school. Her remains were found five days later in a field at a park, and police said her body was "not intact."
The arrest case came a day after police said Jessica's abduction was connected to the May 28 attempted kidnapping of a 22-year-old runner at another area park, the Ketner Lake Open Space.
In that case, a woman fought off a stranger who grabbed her from behind and put a rag that smelled of chemicals over her mouth, authorities said. Westminster investigator Trevor Materasso said Tuesday police hadn't been able to determine if the substance on the rag was meant to subdue the woman.
Authorities didn't say why they think the two crimes are linked, but they noted Sigg will be charged in both. His first court appearance is set for 8 a.m. Thursday.
Sigg attended Witt Elementary — the same school Jessica went to — but he moved on to middle school in 2007, before she enrolled, Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lynn Setzer said.
Jessica was on her way to Witt when she disappeared.
Sigg later attended Standley Lake High School while also taking classes at Warren Tech, a district school that offers specialized training in health science, public safety, technology and other fields.
Sigg left the school district in July after finishing the 11th grade and later earned a GED. School officials don't know why he left.
Arapahoe Community College officials confirmed Sigg is enrolled there but wouldn't release other details.
As technicians in white coveralls searched Sigg's home, former high school classmates painted a picture of Sigg as an intelligent teen who often wore black and complained about school but would stay late sometimes to work on computers.
Sigg was interested in mortuary science and was taking forensics classes, said Rachel Bradley, 17, who attended Standley Lake with him. Arapahoe Community College offers the state's only accredited mortuary science program.
"It's just so weird to grasp the concept of how, like, I knew him and how he lives so close to us," Bradley said.
"I never saw it coming," Bradley said of the allegations against Sigg.
Dakota Foster graduated from Standley Lake in 2011, a year before Sigg left. Foster said he and his friends sat at the opposite end of a cafeteria table from Sigg and his friends.
"He was really nice and laughed a lot with us and told jokes, and laughed at our jokes," Foster said.
Foster, 19, said he didn't know Sigg well, but "he used to hang out with a lot of us in what we called the goth corner (of the school cafeteria), where all the metal heads were."
"He wore all black so he fit it," Foster said. He added he wasn't surprised that Sigg left high school after the 11th grade.
"I know he didn't like his classes very much," Foster said. "He always complained about school."
Neighbor Brooke Olds, 13, said she usually saw Sigg alone on a skateboard or scooter.
"He was shy and kept to himself," she said.
Police said they notified the Ridgeway family of the arrest Wednesday morning. Jessica lived in Westminster with her mother, Sarah Ridgeway. Jessica's father, Jeremiah Bryant, lives in Missouri. The family, through police, declined to comment.
"We hope and pray that this arrest brings them some measure of closure in dealing with this enormous loss that they've suffered," Westminster Police Chief Lee Birk said.
The arrest also brought relief to the community, which has been on edge as authorities searched for Jessica's killer. More parents have been waiting with their children at bus stops, and high school students have volunteered to walk younger children to school to keep them safe.
"Every parent in every Colorado community will rest a little easier tonight," said Gov. John Hickenlooper, who has a 10-year-old son. "While we still mourn the death of Jessica Ridgeway, we are relieved an arrest has been made and the pursuit of justice can continue."
Numerous people have paid their respects to Jessica at a memorial to her at a park near her home. It has been decorated with flowers, balloons and stuffed animals.
Jessica was walking down a quiet street in her modest neighborhood when she was last seen alive. Her school backpack was found three days later in Superior, another Denver suburb about seven miles northwest of her home.
After Jessica's disappearance, more than 1,000 officers and 10 agencies, including the FBI, investigated the case, following up on more than 4,000 leads.
Authorities had long said Jessica's killer could be someone from the community. They asked residents to be on the lookout for anything suspicious from their bosses, friends and family members, watching for things like leaving home unexpectedly, missing appointments or changing their appearance.


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The Carrie Diaries'newest addition isn't the only tough-talking young adult in Carrie's (AnnaSophia Robb) life. Lest we forget, Carrie is only staying in the city because her eccentric and fashionable co-worker Larissa (Freema Agyeman) is out of the country. But what will happen when Larissa meets the equally fierce Samantha (Lindsey Gort)? TVGuide.com turn to executive producer Amy B. Harris to get the scoop:
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With Carrie living in New York, what are some of the more adult issues we'll see this season?
Amy B. Harris: That was part of the fun for us in bringing in Samantha Jones and having Larissa be a piece of the puzzle still. We really get to focus our energy in the city, which was always our goal for the second season. We've really gotten to know these kids and the kinds of issues that they're struggling with. Walt (Brendan Dooling) is now trying to figure out how to be an openly gay man in the city while still being closeted in Castlebury and not telling his parents. It's a big issue that we'll hopefully be able to do in a mature and sophisticated way. For Carrie, just from having her purse stolen, going to clubs, alcohol and drugs and what does she lose her virginity, those are all conversations that will be coming up a lot this season. And we'll be developing her life as a writer as well.
Carrie is still really hurt by Sebastian (Austin Butler), so will we see her move on to other love interests?
Harris: We will. We got very lucky in that we found a pretty special guy to introduce into her world who has a much more Manhattan life, which will also bring Manhattan even more into the forefront of the show. We'll meet him in Episode 4 and he's a wunderkind playwright that she is attempting to get an interview from. The fun in telling these stories is how does Carrie respond to someone who has made a mistake and Sebastian very authentically is trying to prove himself as someone who blew it, but still cares about her and wants to make amends. How Carrie addresses that is tricky. What I love about the Carrie-Sebastian relationship is when you're in high school, you can't avoid the person, so they're very much in each other's lives, but she's trying to move on. We've created a very fun triangle for her.
How does Samantha fit into Carrie's life moving forward?
Harris: We talked a lot about this in the beginning: What is the difference between a Larissa and a Samantha? They're both sexually free, outrageous, larger-than-life people. What I really loved when I decided to explore who Samantha Jones was and where she came from - she's from the panhandle of Florida. Larissa recreated herself when she imagined herself as someone fabulous in New York and getting into all the best parties. She has a very strong work ethic. But Samantha is still somebody who is flitting from place to place. A joke we're playing through the whole season is that we don't ever really know where she lives full time and she never has a full-time job because she is someone who is really afraid of commitment and putting down roots. She doesn't do that in a sad, sappy way, but she's celebrating her freedom. There's a joke in the second episode when everyone else is getting violently ill and she says she would eat alligator roadkill for breakfast. She's a pretty tough cookie who survived on her own. What she brings to Carrie is to stop thinking. If you keep moving forward, you can have a ton of fun. Don't miss out on it because you're over-thinking stuff. She's a great addition. When I looked at Samantha and Carrie in those first two episodes, I realized they both have a lot to learn from each other. Samantha needs to know she can rely on someone. Carrie is someone who continually proves that to Samantha.
What's Samantha's first meeting with Larissa like?
Harris: I describe them as the two titans, but we'll explore in a very fun way how Larissa and Samantha - I would not use the word "embrace" each other. Their journey is going to be an interesting one. They have really strong points of view about the world and they're very different from each other. They're the devils on each of Carrie's shoulders as opposed to an angel. It's just two devils saying it two different ways.
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Carrie has yet to face Maggie (Kate Findlay), though Mouse (Ellen Wong) seems to forgiven her. How is that going to affect the group dynamic?
Harris: It's going to be tricky. Walt and Maggie really have not figured out their relationship either. That is a very uncomfortable situation. Walt obviously does not want to be outed at high school. For Carrie, it's twofold: She betrayed her with Sebastian, but it's also how cruelly she behaved with Walt. I personally understand where Maggie was coming from. She started an affair with the police officer because she could not figure out why Walt didn't love her and wasn't attracted to her. She's a girl who really confuses sex and love, and that's going to be her journey. It's a long journey for Carrie and Maggie this season. Maggie has a rough season, at least the first half.
What can you tell us about Walt's relationship with Bennett (Jake Robinson)?
Harris: That's what we're exploring in the second episode, which is Walt's 18th birthday. For a kid who is desperate to open up his sexual life in a way that feels exciting to him, he's counting down the days. But Bennet, who is much more comfortable in his own skin, has been out in the gay world and has more opportunity to meet gay men. He hasn't quite put that same pressure on it, so that's going to come up for them as an issue.
Any updates on bringing in Stanford Blatch?
Harris: He gets a bunch of mentions this season. We brought him in without bringing him in in some very fun, exciting ways. He lives with Bennett, so we'll be getting some updates on Stanford, but we won't necessarily see him. I can't swear we won't, but this was a fun one to figure out - how to keep him alive without introducing him quite yet.
As you guys have been writing Samantha this season, have you been thinking about introducing another member of the quartet?
Harris: We talk about it a lot. What I feel like with Samantha is that I knew we could logically bring her in this year. I believe she probably didn't go to college. She's older than Carrie as in the series, so she's in New York, and it felt really right to bring her in. We're not just going to bring in characters to do so, but if it feels like the right time, then we will. It wasn't like we had to introduce one a season, but if there is a great way to do that, and I definitely have ideas about how we could bring Miranda and Samantha in, then we'll definitely go for it.
The Carrie Diaries airs Fridays at 8/7c on The CW.
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The Gambit Scheme system is a complete, portable, efficient and reliable implementation of the Scheme programming language.
This web site is intended for users of the Gambit Scheme system. It is a place where various resources are collected and where users can exchange information related to Gambit.
Download latest release (v4.6.1): Development Sources, Mac OS X installer (for Intel 32), Windows installer (for other releases see the distributions).
What's Gambit?
Gambit consists of two main programs: gsi, the Gambit Scheme interpreter, and gsc, the Gambit Scheme compiler. The interpreter contains the complete execution and debugging environment. The compiler is the interpreter extended with the capability of generating executable files. The compiler can produce standalone executables or compiled modules which can be loaded at run time. Interpreted code and compiled code can be freely mixed.
Gambit-C is a version of the Gambit programming system in which the compiler generates portable C code. The main features of Gambit-C are:
- Conformance. The Gambit-C system conforms to the R4RS, R5RS and IEEE Scheme standards and implements all optional features. Tail calls and first class continuations conform to the Scheme semantics. The full numeric tower is implemented, including: arbitrary precision integers (bignums), rationals, inexact reals (floating point numbers), and complex numbers. Several extensions to Scheme are provided, including: lightweight threads, a foreign-function interface (FFI), and extended I/O capabilities (Unicode, networking, subprocesses, ...).
- Portability. Because the system is mostly written in Scheme and the compiler generates portable C code, it is easy to port the system as well as programs compiled with it to any platform with a decent C or C++ compiler. There is no reliance on a particular C compiler, although the system can take advantage of some gcc-specific constructs. The C code generated is oblivious to the endianness and word size of the target environment (32 and 64 bit architectures are currently supported).
- Performance. The compiler includes several powerful program transformations such as user procedure inlining, partial-evaluation, and lambda-lifting. With appropriate declarations in the source code the executable programs generated by the compiler run roughly as fast as equivalent C programs. Programs containing no declarations are also optimized without compromising the Scheme semantics by speculatively inlining predefined procedures (see the benchmarks page for a comparison with other Scheme implementations and other languages). Thanks to an efficient implementation of continuations, the thread system is very efficient and can support millions of concurrent threads. The bignum library uses sophisticated algorithms that are in some cases asymptotically faster than those of GMP (GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library). [Note: With the release of GMP 4.3.0 in April 2009, this claim is no longer true; see the benchmarks page for some crude comparisons on large integers.]
- Reliability. Stable releases typically have very few bugs. Bug tracking is done with bugzilla. Gambit-C has been used to develop large-scale real-world software and services in academic and commercial settings.
An overview of the Gambit system was presented by Marc Feeley at the 2010 International Lisp Conference. The slides of the "Gambit Scheme: Inside Out" talk are here.
Getting Gambit
Gambit is available as prebuilt and source code distributions. There are prebuilt distributions for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. The source code distributions must be compiled with a C or C++ compiler. The latest sources are available in the source code repository. It can be accessed using the git distributed version control system.
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