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Cell Division Study Resolves 50-year-old Debate

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:49:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is a basic biology must know breakthrough.

A new study at Oregon State University has finally resolved a controversy that cellular biologists have been arguing over for nearly 50 years, with findings that may aid research on everything from birth defects and genetic diseases to the most classic "cell division" issue of them all – cancer.

The exact mechanism that controls how chromosomes in a cell replicate and then divide into two cells, a process fundamental to life, has never been completely pinned down, researchers say.

Two distinct theories were formed, called polar relaxation and equatorial stimulation, to explain this aspect of cell division – and some scientists have spent much of their careers arguing for one side or the other.

Turns out, Zhang said, that both sides were correct. Nature and evolution have actually created a basic way for a cell to divide with a backup system that can work if the other approach fails.

The findings, Zhang said, add significantly to the basic understanding of cell biology

Tags: biology, cell biology

"Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Found . . "

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:51:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Found, Entombed In Amber

ScienceDaily (Sep. 3, 2008) — Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London have announced the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a gecko, with body parts that are forever preserved in life-like form after 100 million years of being entombed in amber.

Due to the remarkable preservative power of being embalmed in amber, the tiny foot of this ancient lizard still shows the tiny “lamellae,” or sticky toe hairs, that to this day give modern geckos their unusual ability to cling to surfaces or run across a ceiling. Research programs around the world have tried to mimic this bizarre adhesive capability, with limited success.

New progressive movement emerging from Denver?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:15:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Beyond the spectacle, something deeper and more important was taking place.

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

I can also report that this spectacle actually had value

it will likely be remembered as one of many events that helped forge a contemporary progressive movement.

the convention's value was most pronounced at the interpersonal level where liberal activists kibbutzed with campaign operatives, bloggers met politicians, and -- as I saw firsthand -- potential Obama administration officials began dialoguing with Congress' most committed progressive leaders.

Standing in the hot sun on the convention's third day, I happened to be arguing trade policy with Austan Goolsbee, the moderate University of Chicago professor who is Barack Obama's chief economic adviser. In the corner of my eye, I saw an old Capitol Hill acquaintance, Rep. Peter DeFazio -- the progressive champion from Oregon. I introduced the two, and within minutes they were finding points of agreement on economic issues.

I considered how many similar bridge-building conversations were happening all week

Tags: denver, dnc

Home Appreciation Rates

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:01:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.maxwellsinclair.com

Portland, Oregon Residential Property Appreciation

Metro Portland Area	Yr to date Avg Price	Avg Mkt Days	Avg Appreciation
North Portland	$266400	57	5.1%
NE Portland	$315600	56	4.7%
SE Portland	$287000	56	0.2%
Gresham / Troutdale	$254200	84	-3.2%
Milwaukie / Clackamas	$316600	71	-6.9%
Oregon City / Canby	$300200	83	-1.2%
Lake Oswego / West Linn	$584300	69	4.8%
West Portland	$506000	77	7.1%
NW Portland / Washington County	$424100	74	1.0%
Beaverton / Aloha	$283500	60	-0.1%
Tigard / Wilsonville	$354,900	76	-1.5%
Hillsboro / Forest Grove	$295600	87	-1.3%

Data: August 19, 2008
Source: RMLS Area Report Metro Portland & Adjacent Regions

Washington Husky Football

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:34:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Right on Nathan..

Clip Source: blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com

- I'll end with this. The UW administration needs to wake up. Are they competitive people? Do they wake up in the morning and want to be better than the other schools in the NW in every way possible? Going to Oregon is a depressing event. Their stadium is better. Their scoreboard is better. Their practice facility is better. The gameday atmosphere is better. Their player entrance from the tunnel is better. Everything is better. Oh yeah, and their football team is running circles around our football team right now. If that doesn't burn in someone's gut over at UW, we are finished. Oregon is better than us because it burned inside of them during the 1980's that UW was better than them. They did something about it.

Tags: ware, washington huskies

Washington Husky Football - Coaching

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:32:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is 100% right...

Clip Source: blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com

- The Washington coaching staff is broken. The story of this game isn't just UW losing 44-10. It's Oregon Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelly schooling UW Offensive Coordinator Tim Lappano on how to run a spread offense. UW's spread offense is something from Oregon's JV squad. Similarly, Oregon's Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti ran a clinic on how to beat the spread. We'll give new UW Defensive Coordinator Ed Donatell a mulligan on this one but the fact remains that UW was outcoached in every way possible.

Tags: washington huskies

the dreambody

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:39:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: the cutting edge of therapy

Clip Source: www.shrinkrapradio.com

#170 - From Dreambody to Worldwork

Drs. Arnold and Amy Mindell come out of the Jungian tradition and have been doing pioneering work around the world.

Dr. Amy Mindell is in private therapeutic practice in Portland, Oregon and teaches in many countries in the world. She helped developed process oriented psychology in the areas of coma, creativity, and dance. She holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology and is a diplomate of the Process Oriented Psychology Center of Zurich. She wrote Metaskills: The Spiritual Art of Therapy, Riding the Horse Backwards with Arny, Coma, a Healing Journey, and An Alternative to Therapy as well as many papers in professional journals. Her work with art, music and puppets appears in her newest book “The Dreaming Source of Creativity”. Her studies of the feeling skills in therapy, or “metaskills”, are at the core of much of her work.

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Tags: mindell, dreams, dreambody, processwork, somatics

Oregon Trail

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:28:16 GMT

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Native American Tribe Certifies Same-Sex Marriage

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:41:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.gaycitynews.com

The Coquille Tribe in southern Oregon has voted to recognize the marriage of Kitzen Branting (nee Doyle) to her non-Coquille partner Jeni Branting when they marry next May with intentions to live on the reservation.

Tribal chief Ken Tanner told the Oregonian, "For our tribe, we want people to walk in the shoes of other people and learn to respect differences. Through that, we think we build a stronger community."

Oregon law recognizes civil unions, but prohibits recognition of same-sex marriages. The tribe is a "sovereign nation," however, and not bound by the state Constitution.

Researchers regrow crucial inner ear cells

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:14:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: One of the most common causes of hearing loss, is constant exposure to loud noise, which can literally snap the hairs off the base. The more exposure, the more hairs snap off, and of course now we are beginning to see the effects of the 'ipod syndrome' where the volume is maxed out. Like standing next to speakers that are turned up to 11. (You might need to know about the band Spinal Tap)
There is no doubt that prevention is better than cure, but some people wont listen. Until they reach the point where they can't listen.

Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

US researchers have used gene therapy to regrow the tiny hairs in the inner ear of mice, which they say might lead to new ways of restoring hearing loss in humans.

Dr John Brigande and colleagues at Oregon Health and Science University report their findings in today's issue of Nature.

Sensory hair cells inside the cochlea, the auditory portion of the inner ear, convert sound waves into electrical impulses that are delivered to the brain.

The loss of these minute hairs, or the nerves that control them, is the most common cause of hearing impairment and so-called nerve deafness.

In most cases, damaged hair cells do not regrow in mature humans.

"Our work shows that it is possible to produce functional auditory hair cells in the mammalian cochlea.

it remains to be determined whether gene transfer into a deaf mouse will lead to the production of healthy cells that enable hearing

we have made an important step toward defining an approach that may lead to therapeutic intervention for hearing loss."

American Indian tribe to allow same-sex marriages

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:34:47 GMT

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Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

At the request of a lesbian couple, the Coquille Indian Tribe on the southern Oregon coast, in the U.S. West, has adopted a law recognizing same-sex marriage.

Tribal law specialists say the Coquille appear to be the first American Indian tribe to sanction such marriages. Most tribal law doesn't address the issue. The Navajo and Cherokee tribes prohibit same-sex marriages.

The couple planning their wedding at the tribal plankhouse say they seek only tribal recognition and are unconcerned about Oregon state and U.S. federal prohibitions against gay marriage.

"For me, the important thing wasn't about rights or the benefits," 25-year-old Kitzen Branting told the Eugene Register-Guard. "I just wanted the tribe to say 'Yes, we recognize that you are just as important as any other tribe member, and we will treat you and your spouse as we treat all tribal members.'"

Tags: indian, gay, gay marriage, lesbian

Voting from the Great Beyond

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:25:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailydemocrat.com

Should the votes of dead people be counted at elections?

If you vote by mail, but die before Election Day, does your vote count? It depends on where you lived.

Oregon counts ballots no matter what happens to the voter. So does California. But in South Dakota, if you die before the election, so does your vote.

Laws in at least a dozen states are evenly split between tallying and dumping the votes. No one keeps records on how often such deaths occur.

"What about the soldiers in Iraq? What if they vote and they're killed in action, God forbid? Should we take away their vote because they died for their country?"

"No one can tell you that," said Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, head of the Overseas Voting Foundation in Munich. "Every single election jurisdiction can do it the way it wants. And there are more than 7,000 of them."

Mail-in ballots arrived in record numbers during this year's protracted primary season.

Tags: news, politics

Court Records Search

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:40:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: You would be amazed at who you are dating. always check.

Clip Source: www.courtreference.com

Court Records Free Reference and Directory

The guide to finding free court records

To get started, please select a state below:

Invasive lionfish threatening Caribbean

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:39:31 GMT

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Clip Source: blogs.usatoday.com

Invasive lionfish threatening Caribbean

A maroon-striped creature with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an environmentally delicate region. The red lionfish, a tropical native of the Indian and Pacific oceans that probably escaped from a Florida fish tank, is showing up everywhere -- from the coasts of Cuba and Hispaniola to Little Cayman's pristine Bloody Bay Wall, one of the region's prime destinations for divers. Wherever it appears, the adaptable predator corners fish and crustaceans up to half its size with its billowy fins and sucks them down in one violent gulp.

"This may very well become the most devastating marine invasion in history," says Mark Hixon, an Oregon State University marine ecology expert who compared the lionfish to a plague of locusts.

By Michelle Healy

Tags: fish

Testing Resources

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:30:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: link to paper sample tests and pdf of 08/09 test schedule

Clip Source: www.oaks.k12.or.us

ODE Online Resouces

Oregon Assessment and Accountability

Assessment and Accountability Update

2008-2009 Oregon Test Schedule (pdf)

2008-2009 Oregon Test Administrative Manual and Appendices (Available August 1, 2008)

English Language Learners
Students with Disabilities

Paper sample tests give students exposure to more test items.

Clipmarks | Oregon Clips

Cell Division Study Resolves 50-year-old Debate

"Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Found . . "

Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Found, Entombed In Amber

New progressive movement emerging from Denver?

Home Appreciation Rates

Portland, Oregon Residential Property Appreciation

Metro Portland Area

Washington Husky Football

Washington Husky Football - Coaching

the dreambody

#170 - From Dreambody to Worldwork

Oregon Trail

Native American Tribe Certifies Same-Sex Marriage

Researchers regrow crucial inner ear cells

American Indian tribe to allow same-sex marriages

Voting from the Great Beyond

Should the votes of dead people be counted at elections?

Court Records Search

Court Records Free Reference and Directory

The guide to finding free court records

Invasive lionfish threatening Caribbean

Testing Resources

ODE Online Resouces