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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience ¿Le gustaría continuar en la página de inicio de Brennan Center en español We respect your privacy Alexandra Ringe is the director of media and strategic engagement at the Brennan Center She brings more than 25 years of experience in journalism she led press campaigns for the American Civil Liberties Union’s work on criminal justice She edited the book Rough Draft: Pop Culture the Way It Almost Was (Three Rivers Press 2001) as well as the Readings section of Harper’s Magazine Please enable JavaScript to view this page correctly Two partners from Highly Recommended Mexican firm Basham Ringe y Correa have left to launch a boutique focused on tax and dispute resolution matters expert analysis and essential resources from the Latin Lawyer experts Copyright © Law Business ResearchCompany Number: 03281866 VAT: GB 160 7529 10 This firm has professional notice in the Latin Lawyer 250 Get more from LLSign up to our daily email alert Unlock unlimited access to all Latin Lawyer content Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb CENTRAL — The gift of organ donation will be recognized during Central High School’s Friday football game against rival Walker High School on Sept will be honored at the football game for giving others the gift of life through organ donation Caleb Easterling and Aliye Ringe (both Central High alumni) and Blakeleigh Weems (a student at Walker High) all made decisions to become organ donors which has had a ripple effect of lives saved Easterling died from his injuries in a three-vehicle accident on Magnolia Bridge Road in July 2023. He was driving home to attend a virtual meeting with William Woods where he was planning to play baseball in the fall Easterling had chosen to become an organ donor and the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA) was able to match his heart His tissue has since saved several people’s lives was in a car that was hit by another vehicle running a stop sign in December 2021 Ringe had signed up to be an organ donor when she first got her driver’s license she was able to help several people through her donations and her family then worked to create more awareness about what it means to be an organ donor “Aliye’s Law” in Louisiana became effective Aug 2023 and promotes organ donation education as a required component of the state’s high school curriculum they wanted to add another young organ donor to be recognized at this year’s event: Blakeleigh Weems Weems was also registered as an organ donor is among the ones helping coordinate this year’s event She said the event has occurred for the past few years to bring awareness about organ donation It has also been important to the families to keep their children’s names alive There is a Central High School scholarship in Caleb’s name offered each year to a baseball player 19 and 20 at Hammond America Park in Hammond Weems’ family will come out and have a message about their daughter read The message will talk about who she was and how she was able to help others through her decision to sign up for organ donation A recording of Weems singing the national anthem will also be played before the start of the game family members from the Easterling and Ringe families will be present as LOPA representatives will talk about “Aliye’s Law,” now called “Aliye’s Decision,” to help give information about the importance of organ donation and what making that decision meant for their families “It was such a grown up decision to make,” Easterling said of her son Caleb Easterling’s decision has led to five lives saved through specific organ donations surgeons have been able to perform 62 skin grafts from his skin over 40 have been successful in helping patients “He’s changing lives even though he’s no longer here,” Easterling said LOPA will be present at the football game to answer any questions or sign up interested persons for organ donation Download the Unfiltered with Kiran app from the Apple App Store and Google Play to stay updated on the latest news across the Capital area and website in this browser for the next time I comment Drop us a line and we’ll be happy to follow up Let's ConnectFollow along on your favorite social media platform and get the latest updates directly in your feed Download our app or join our newsletter for instant access to breaking news and in-depth stories from anywhere Professor Emerita of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease Structures of enzymes and enzyme-substrate complexes Our interests were generally in the relationship of protein three-dimensional structure to chemical function research was focused on the modification of the catalytic properties of a number of pharmaceutically or industrially important enzymes The methods used were a combination of X-ray crystallography design of transition-state analog inhibitors The objectives were to learn how to re-engineer these catalysts to perform useful chemical reactions which may not occur efficiently with the naturally occurring enzyme to dissect the individual steps in a mechanism and characterize them structurally or to learn how to inhibit an enzyme specifically and selectively The proteins that were studied included enzymes utilizing pyridoxal phosphate as cofactor Different methods were used to study these systems including traditional kinetic and structural methods and low-temperature and time-resolved x-ray structural methods a new method for the mapping of binding surfaces on proteins was developed for the design of specific inhibitors The expression of diphtheria toxin in toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheria is controlled by a transition metal ion activated repressor DtxR The repressor binds DNA after activation by the metal ion and thereby regulates expression of the toxin The mechanism of activation was studied structurally Pyridoxal is capable of catalyzing several types of transformations any one enzyme utilizing this cofactor does only one of them predominantly The question therefore arises how the protein controls the chemical outcome of such transformations We studied a number of these enzymes structurally in order to begin to answer that question Serine proteases are important in cellular development Disorders involving these proteases are often linked to the absence or inefficiency of a specific inhibitor to control the activity of the enzyme The design of such inhibitors requires detailed knowledge of the structure of the enzyme an understanding of the mechanisms of inhibition "X-ray Crystallography in the Service of Structure-Based Drug Design" in Drug Design: Structure - and Ligand - Based Approaches. Ringe D., Petsko G.A., Merz K.M., Reynolds C.H., D. Ringe, eds., Cambridge University Press (2009) "Active site engineering of benzaldehyde lyase: a point mutation confers new reactivity." Brandt, G.S., Kneen, M.M., Petsko, G.A., Ringe, D., McLeish, M.J. (2010) JACS, 2010, 132 (2), pp 438–439 "Snapshot of a reaction intermediate: analysis of benzoylformate decarboxylase in complex with a benzoylphosphonate inhibitor." Brandt GS, Kneen MM, Chakraborty S, Baykal AT, Nemeria N, Yep A, Ruby DI, Petsko GA, Kenyon GL, McLeish MJ, Jordan F, Ringe D. Biochemistry. 2009 Apr 21;48(15):3247-57.  "A preliminary neutron diffraction study of gamma-chymotrypsin." Novak WR, Moulin AG, Blakeley MP, Schlichting I, Petsko GA, Ringe D. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2009 Mar 1;65(Pt 3):317-20.  "Detection of ligand binding hot spots on protein surfaces via fragment-based methods: application to DJ-1 and glucocerebrosidase." Landon MR, Lieberman RL, Hoang QQ, Ju S, Caaveiro JM, Orwig SD, Kozakov D, Brenke R, Chuang GY, Beglov D, Vajda S, Petsko GA, Ringe D. J Comput Aided Mol Des. 2009 Jun 12.  "Effects of pH and iminosugar pharmacological chaperones on lysosomal glycosidase structure and stability." Lieberman RL, D'aquino JA, Ringe D, Petsko GA. Biochemistry. 2009 Jun 9;48(22):4816-27.  "Decreased sensitivity to changes in the concentration of metal ions as the basis for the hyperactivity of DtxR(E175K)." D'Aquino JA, Denninger AR, Moulin AG, D'Aquino KE, Ringe D. J Mol Biol. 2009 Jul 3;390(1):112-23.  "Hydrogen bond coupling in the ketosteroid isomerase active site." Sigala PA, Caaveiro JM, Ringe D, Petsko GA, Herschlag D. Biochemistry. 2009 Jul 28;48(29):6932-9.  Department of BiochemistryRosenstiel/Kosow Connector 3-RK02MS 009, Brandeis University 415 South Street Waltham biochemistry@brandeis.edu Craig Ringe sets to begin his fourth season at Southeast Missouri Ringe coached in the Prospects Baseball Program out of St he was the head coach of the top 17 team since 2013 his team included seven high school players with Division I offers and three with offers from Division II programs His collegiate coaching resume features two seasons at Kansas State University where he was the volunteer assistant coach from 2008 and 2009 Ringe and Sawyers coached one season together at K State in 2009 helping guide the Wildcats to the program’s first ever NCAA Regional appearance Ringe worked primarily with the infielders while assisting Sawyers with hitting He also has experience in the summer collegiate level after serving as hitting coach in 2009 and 2010 for the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaskan Baseball League the Miners won back-to-back ABL championships both seasons he was there the team led the league with a .310 batting average Other coaching experience includes coaching Parkway South High School (St Louis) to district and conference championships in 2010 He has also served the Meramec Valley (2010-12) and Team Missouri (2012-13) baseball clubs as Head Player Development Coach Ringe was a standout at University of Central Missouri from 1998-2002 He was a three-time All-Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) selection as well as being named the MIAA Player of the Year his senior season in 2002 He also earned recognition as NCAA Division II Region Player of the Year and was named Second Team All-American as a senior Ringe helped lead the Mules to a runner-up finish in the Division II National Championship in 2001 and a third-place finish in 2002 Ringe was inducted into the UCM Athletics Hall of Fame He broke school career records for runs scored (297) and walks (181) and ranked second in career games played (240) His 297 runs scored stands as the NCAA Division II record The Texas Rangers drafted Ringe in the 2002 MLB Draft in the 23rd round He played five seasons in the Rangers’ organization Ringe earned his Bachelor’s degree in Educational Studies from the University of Missouri – St Ringe has Southeast Missouri connections from his playing days with the Capahas from 1999-2000 He played for long-time manager of the Capahas Jess Bolen Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Movies in theaters Movies at Home Florence Pugh Movies and Shows (Thunderbolts) What to Watch: In Theaters and On Streaming Weekend Box Office: Thunderbolts* Secures $76 Million Debut New Movies and Shows streaming in May: What to Watch on Netflix Watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — Season 2 with a subscription on Prime Video The Rings of Power's sophomore season discovers new virtues while retaining some of its predecessor's vices overall making for a more kinetic journey through Tolkien's world This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Metrics details Electrochemical CO\(_{2}\) reduction is a potential route to the sustainable production of valuable fuels and chemicals we perform CO\(_{2}\) reduction experiments on Gold at neutral to acidic pH values to elucidate the long-standing controversy surrounding the rate-limiting step We find the CO production rate to be invariant with pH on a Standard Hydrogen Electrode scale and conclude that it is limited by the CO\(_{2}\) adsorption step We present a new multi-scale modeling scheme that integrates ab initio reaction kinetics with mass transport simulations explicitly considering the charged electric double layer The model reproduces the experimental CO polarization curve and reveals the rate-limiting step to be *COOH to *CO at low overpotentials CO\(_{2}\) adsorption at intermediate ones and CO\(_{2}\) mass transport at high overpotentials we show the Tafel slope to arise from the electrostatic interaction between the dipole of *CO\(_{2}\) and the interfacial field This work highlights the importance of surface charging for electrochemical kinetics and mass transport Understanding the reaction mechanism on Gold-based catalysts is therefore a critical step toward designing new catalyst materials and is the focus of the present joint theoretical–experimental study we will discuss the reasons for the controversy and present experimental and theoretical evidence for field-driven CO\(_{2}\) adsorption as the limiting step we show that the double layer plays a critical role for both kinetics and mass transport through its impact on the pH and reactant concentrations at the reaction plane the first CO\(_{2}\) adsorption step and the proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) steps can be clearly distinguished by their pH dependence We therefore attribute the invariance of the CO production rate to the CO\(_{2}\) adsorption step being limiting We develop a microkinetic model based on surface-charge-dependent ab initio-derived reaction energetics The kinetics are coupled to a detailed continuum model that integrates the structure of the electric double layer The simulations confirm the CO\(_{2}\) adsorption step to be rate limiting We show the experimental Tafel slope to arise from the potential dependence of the surface-charge density and the corresponding electric double-layer field the reaction rate is limited by the conversion of *COOH to *CO We also find that the double-layer charging reduces the local pH at the reaction plane making CO\(_{2}\) adsorption a more likely rate-limiting step than the formation of *COOH These results together demonstrate the critical role played by the structure of the electric double layer on both the rate of field-driven processes and the local pH which drives proton transfers in electrochemical energy conversion processes The gray equations depict the measurable CO production rate \({r}_{{{k}}}\) in the case that the corresponding reaction step \(k\) is limiting the overall conversion process \({a}_{i}^{\ddagger }\) and pH\(^{\ddagger }\) depicts species activities and pH at the reaction plane All equations are given for acidic reaction conditions on an absolute potential reference scale The coverage of empty sites (\({\theta }_{* }\)) is roughly pH independent in which case the relative change of the coverage of free active sites with a change in the pH is negligibly small all other reaction steps depend on the pH either directly due to protons being reactants or indirectly via the surface coverage of reactants suggesting that the pH dependence can be used to distinguish the rate-limiting step a H\(_{2}\) and b CO partial current density The data was obtained from running CO\(_{2}\)R experiments on a polycrystalline Gold electrode at various bulk pH conditions green and blue circles refer to bulk pH values of 6.8 Filled circles denote buffered conditions using 0.1 M potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3 pH 6.8) and 0.1 M potassium phosphate (KH2PO4 while the empty circles refer to unbuffered conditions using 0.1 M potassium perchlorate (KClO4 The vertical error bars represent the standard deviation resulting from three separate measurements CO production was observed under all pH conditions except at pH 1, where only H\(_{2}\) could be collected. In contrast to the HER polarization curves, the CO partial current density is invariant with pH, as clearly seen from Fig. 2 This invariance shows that the CO\(_{2}\) adsorption step is limiting the reaction rate since otherwise the overpotential should also shift with pH the observed lack of influence of the presence of buffer at pH 3.0 could be seen as another hint for a non-proton transfer step to be limiting the reaction rate Reaction kinetics obtained from field-dependent DFT calculations are used to parameterize a microkinetic model The model is coupled to a continuum mass transport model and reaction of species inside the boundary layer This explicitly includes the double layer in which the electric field drives the reduction of CO\(_{2}\) The double-layer model also includes the presence of a gap capacitance and cation repulsions at the outer Helmholtz plane (OHP) which are critical at the typically applied negative potentials The thus-defined multiscale approach predicts the CO production rate as a function of the applied electrode potential \(U={\phi }^{{\rm{M}}}-{\phi }^{{\rm{M}},{\rm{ref}}}+\Delta \mu^{\mathrm{M}}\) where ΔμM is the chemical potential difference between the electrodes and U has been corrected for the IR potential drop The reference electrode is in electrochemical equilibrium These results suggests that the reaction likely happens via subsequent *CO2 adsorption and proton-coupled electron transfer to *COOH with both states being reasonably well described by their thermodynamic stability exhibits a potential-dependent kinetic barrier We left this barrier as a variable parameter and discuss its influence on the obtained results in the section “Carbon dioxide adsorption” The symmetry factor \(\beta\) for this particular step was setchosen to be 0.5 Figure 4 shows the dependence of the formation energy of all reaction intermediates on the surface-charge density. From this, we find *CO\(_{2}\) to be strongly stabilized by increasing negative surface charge and the corresponding interfacial electric field, while *COOH and *CO are less substantially affected. the formation energy for surface-charge densities \(> \)−20 µC/cm2 was obtained from fixed geometry single-point calculations using a constrained *CO\(_{2}\) geometry Tafel slopes from our model are indicated with the dotted line We thus conclude that *COOH to *CO is unlikely to limit the activity in higher-overpotential regions These results together with ours thus suggest that *CO coverage is indeed negligible under CO\(_{2}\)R conditions As seen from Fig. 5b this relationshipleads to a Tafel slope of 101 mV/dec for the CO\(_{2}\) adsorption step which agrees reasonably well with the experimentally reported range of values of 120–150 mV/dec in the intermediate-potential range This good agreement with the experimental data can be seen as support of our reaction mechanism that considers field-driven CO\(_{2}\) adsorption as the first reaction step Previous Tafel analysis assumed a full electron transfer to CO\(_{2}\) and a symmetry factor of 0.5 which results in a Tafel slope of 120 mV/dec we instead explicitly simulate the partial transfer of charge from ab initio that occurs with CO\(_{2}\) adsorption and the resultant dipole that interacts strongly with the interfacial field The potential dependence of the interfacial field causes to the potential dependence of CO\(_{2}\) adsorption which showed that smaller hydrated cations such as Cs\(^{+}\) are highly concentrated in the Helmholtz layer giving rise to an increased interfacial electric field This makes cation exchange a way to probe the field sensitivity of the rate-limiting step we find the CO production rate to be highly sensitive to cation identity we also found the transition between the rate-limiting steps to happen at a relatively higher overpotential for Cs\(^{+}\) which could be due to a strong stabilization of *CO\(_{2}\) making the *COOH to *CO step limiting until higher overpotentials The dots and diamonds denote nonstirred and stirred reaction conditions in the experiments The local depletion of species is thus only a function of the effective K\(^{+}\) size used in the model which are not affected by the repulsive interactions due to the cancelation of the activity coefficient increase and the concentration decrease since the double layer extends to about this distance Theoretical values at the ENP appear to be consistent with the experimental values under nonstirred experimental reaction conditions The comparison also shows that although the CO\(_{2}\) concentration at the reaction plane is affected by repulsive interactions The CO\(_{2}\) activity is thus not subject to double-layer charging effects and is the same at both the reaction plane and ENP b Modeled local pH at three different distances from the electrode and 10 nm distance (electroneutrality plane The horizontal line indicates the bulk pH of the simulations and experiments *CO\(_{2}\) adsorption becomes a more likely rate-limiting step in the production of CO This result points to the importance of the double-layer structure on the activity Gold remains among the most active and selective CO\(_{2}\)R to CO electrocatalysts to date and elucidating the mechanism for this process is therefore of critical importance to the development of improved CO\(_{2}\)R catalysts In performing new CO\(_{2}\)R experiments at acidic pH values we find the H\(_{2}\) partial current density to substantially shift with pH on an absolute SHE potential scale indicating a proton–electron transfer to be limiting the conversion rate we find that the CO production rate is insensitive to the bulk pH which suggests that the first reaction step not involving the transfer of a proton is limiting the conversion rate In order to derive a more thorough understanding of the processes involved coupling microkinetics with a detailed account of mass transport phenomena we explicitly integrated the structure of the electric double layer which we found to be critical to determining the electrocatalytic activity We found the measured Tafel slope for CO\(_{2}\) adsorption to arise from the potential dependence of the surface-charge density which stabilizes the dipolar *CO\(_{2}\) state The origin for the kinetic limitations is therefore not an electron transfer but the field-dependent stabilization of the *CO\(_{2}\) state the CO current is limited by CO\(_{2}\) diffusion limitations we also show that the negative charge of the electrode critically reduces the local pH at the reaction plane our model shows that all reactive CO\(_{2}\) diffuses to the electrode from the boundary layer and bicarbonate buffer does not significantly increase the amount of reactive CO\(_{2}\) under stationary reaction conditions The new insights and identified descriptors therefore constitute an important piece toward the strategic optimization of electrochemical processes Figure 1 illustrates the CO production rate expressions resulting from the different steps being limiting The expressions are written as a function of the applied electrode potential \(U\): \(\Delta {\phi }^{{\rm{M}}}={\phi }^{{\rm{M}}}-{\phi }^{{\rm{M}},{\rm{ref}}}\) refers to the working electrode electrostatic potential relative to the reference electrode (here the standard hydrogen electrode − SHE) and \(\Delta {\mu }^{{\rm{M}}}\) is the chemical potential difference of both electrodes The driving force for any coupled proton–electron transfer referenced to SHE is given by For a transfer of \(n\) proton–electron pairs the free reaction energy change from the initial to the final state becomes This expression is extended by the sensitivity of the intermediate reaction states toward nonvanishing surface-charge density at a particular applied electrode potential (cf Supplementary Information for a detailed explanation and rationalization of our approach) We apply the Butler–Volmer approximation and consider a linear dependence on the potential (cf \(\beta\) depends on the amount of charge transferred to the transition state the charge symmetry of the transition state and the field dependence of the activation energy Higher-order terms are ignored for simplicity We consider mass transport of CO\(_{2}\), CO, protons, hydroxide anions, as well as the buffer components K\(^{+}\), HCO\(_{3}^{-}\), and CO\(_{3}^{2-}\) within a stationary, 80-µm-thick boundary layer (cf. Fig. 3) The transport of species in the electrolyte is modeled by the Nernst–Planck (NP) equation also Supplementary Information for all reaction equations) with the bulk dielectric permittivity \({\varepsilon }_{{\rm{b}}}\) and charge density \(\rho\), we have the well-known Poisson–Nernst–Planck (PNP) equations. Under typical experimental reaction conditions, a constant flow of reactants is provided, so we therefore assume constant concentrations at the end of the boundary layer (cf. Fig. 3) even in the presence of a concentrated supporting electrolyte the double layer does play a major role in both driving field-dependent electrochemical processes and in controlling the concentrations of charged species such as bicarbonate or protons at the reaction plane both choices lead to reactants being embedded into the double layer and therefore their concentrations are sensitive to electrode-charging effects All raw data forthe surface charge density-dependent DFT calculations of all reaction intermediates as well as the experimental CO\(_{2}\) reduction experiments are provided in Supplementary Information Other data are available on request from the authors CatINT is available free of charge at https://github.com/sringe/CatINT under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. 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Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily. Yreka is moving forward with the planning phase for a renovated — or replaced — public swimming pool.  The Yreka City Council unanimously approved a move that would use funds generated from city property sales to be used for the design and engineering costs associated with renovating or replacing Ringe Pool.  The city will grow a reserve fund, up to $750,000, to be used for this purpose, in an effort to arrive at an accurate cost estimate. Already, some $233,000 sits in this fund, said City Manager Jason Ledbetter.  This latest chapter in Yreka’s effort to develop a public swimming pool follows the council’s return of an $8.5 million state grant to develop a new pool and swim park on Foothill Drive near the YMCA facility. In late July the City Council put the brakes on the aquatic park project following concerns around its cost — projected to balloon well past the $8.5 million state grant — and ballot language which some council members found as disingenuous.  But missing from all of the debate around the proposed aquatic park was a true analysis of its cost, since an actual design and engineering was never completed. Instead, pool supporters discussed the project with local contractors and arrived at a project cope which they believed would fit within the grant award window.  City officials expect to issue a request for proposal (RFP) no later than July 1 in search of a firm to evaluate the existing pool, and lay out a plan for either rehabilitating it, or demolishing the site and building a new facility. “I think this is a very prudent way to move forward,” said Councilwoman Colleen Baker, during the Tuesday, Jan. 3 meeting. “Now that we’ve heard from the public, they really want Ringe Pool back,” said Councilman Paul McCoy, echoing the general sentiment heard throughout the debate around the proposed aquatic center, which seemed coalesce around a desire to replace Ringe Pool. (Provisions in the state grant would not have allowed the redevelopment of the existing pool site.)  Still, the project is not without detractors. Louise Gliatto questioned a move where the city might spend about $500,000 for a design and study, only to find the price-tag too high.  Does the city have “several million dollars stashed away,” she asked the council, a question which seemed to answer itself.  “I’m not opposed to a pool. I think it would be great for the kids,” she added, a statement that seemed to ignore the reality that many adults are active swimmers. “I think we need to look into whether or not we can afford it as a city, and where we could get the money.”  Jan Osborn, also a frequent pool skeptic, opposed any project that might be supported by a property or sales tax — the same tax base supporting all public parks in Yreka.  The argument suggesting the city should not spend money to find out how much a pool might cost was seen as largely self-defeating, and a logic the city chose to ignore.  “We need to know how expensive it is to fix the pool. And we need to know what the options are,” said Ledbetter.  “This is a fist step, and I’m very excited about this,” said Baker, who lives across the street from Ringe Pool.  One of the great strengths of research at Brandeis is the collaborative interdisciplinary approach that characterizes work in the University’s world-leading labs This approach paid off considerably in the work of Dagmar Ringe Harold and Bernice Davis Professor in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease at Brandeis University and Greg Petsko in biochemistry and chemistry at Brandeis University and currently Professor of Neurology at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital the team made a breakthrough in potential treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) they worked with scientists around the US in different fields which is built on their backgrounds in diverse sciences The discovery was licensed to a Brandeis startup BRI-Alzan which was later acquired by MeiraGTX a New York-based gene therapeutics company for potential development into a life-saving treatment Ringe and Petsko talk about their interdisciplinary research process and how it led to a discovery that not only promises possible treatments for a devastating disease but also heralds a completely new application of existing gene therapy modalities Christina Inge (Brandeis Innovation communications): Whathas been your area of research over the last few years And what makes you excited about being a researcher at Brandeis Dagmar Ringe: My background is in enzymology Some work I've done is actually enzymology but in order to stay there to expand outward from simple enzymology because the world is bigger than that and the problems are bigger than that What's wonderful about Brandeis is the collaborative atmosphere they love to get involved in promoting whatever it is that's being worked on by way of amplifying what Dagmar said: she has an endowed chair in neurodegenerative disease research and I have a professorship in neurology and those are two subjects in which neither she or I have ever taken so much as a single course So what does that tell you about how important it is what you major in or what your degree is in The great thing about Brandeis is it's not focused on disciplines If you make that the focus of your lifethen your education doesn't matter or what your major is; you'll learn things your whole life long and you'll end up in a place that's exciting and interesting Christina Inge: Building off of that question: your research is very interdisciplinary and breakthrough in ALS treatment that was licensed to MeiraGTX is interdisciplinary Neurodegenerative diseases or something that the world is very eager to solve as the population ages as the financial burden and human suffering burden of neurodegenerative diseases is so great It's a problem being tackled from many different angles One is the application of what is effectively structural biology to the problem which is something that had never been done before Part of the reason for that is that the brain hasn't been well characterized Perhaps at the physiological level it has been but not at the molecular level and the difficulties we're now facing are actually molecular problems Certainly the ultimate causes of the neurodegenerative diseases are in fact at the molecular level They manifest themselves at the physiological level but they are in fact at the molecular level And so our approach has been very much to look at to look at it from a structural point of view to see whether we can use those tools to begin to answer questions about how it works and why it works that way Our goal is to be able to begin at least to try to find ways of intervention that would either slow down or stop disease progression from what I would call a classical biochemical structural biology approach: let's find a protein that we can inhibit with a drug and that's going to have an effect on the disease A person who did this was a wonderful postdoc who used some genetic experiments in a model organism but he found a protein that you didn't want to inhibit - it was a protein you actually wanted to activate The protein he found is one you want to get more activity from and in the experiment He built a model for the disease and then showed that if you boosted the activity of this protein by putting more of it in you would overcome the phenotype in yeast that resembles ALS The extraordinary thing about that was it's very hard to raise the level of activity of a protein Dagmar and I did that successfully in a very different project or a few years before that using a tool that's called a pharmacological chaperone; it's a drug that allows the protein to stay around longer We didn't know if we could do that in this case And I remember very vividly: we were sitting in her office (We always went to her office because my office was a mess.) We were talking about whether we could find a drug that would do this and how that drug would act And I think literally simultaneously said wait a minute Nobody had ever thought of doing gene therapy in neurodegenerative diseases until we had that insight in that office that day And we suddenly realized that the gene was the drug we were looking for And so we set about finding another collaborator who knew how to develop a gene therapy construct that we could use: the late Ron Klein at Louisiana State University He successfully was able to put the gene for this therapeutic protein we discovered into a viral vector that you could use to deliver it therapeutically You can't just follow a problem in terms of what you know how to do By collaborating with scientists with different areas of expertise and different approaches we were able to solve this complex problem Christina Inge: How is this different from what people may conventionally think of as a gene therapy Gregory Petsko: Conventional gene therapy involves diseases where a gene has mutated and you need to replace that gene with one that isn’t there's absolutely nothing wrong with the gene that we're using We’re providing more of a healthy gene that can produce the protein that slows disease progression This is the first time that's ever been done Gregory Petsko is the Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor Emeritus in biochemistry and chemistry at Brandeis University He is also Professor of Neurology at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital A member of the National Academy of Sciences he is renowned for his discoveries of treatments for neurodegenerative diseases Dagmar Ringe is the Harold and Bernice Davis Professor in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease at Brandeis University She was a Program Officer for the Program in Biophysics Division of Biology at the National Science Foundation (NSF) for many years as well as serving as Deputy Division Director She is also a former Guggenheim Foundation Fellow She is noted for her extensive contributions to the science on neurodegenerative diseases Learn more about the MeiraGTX license in this article Office of Technology Licensing | Virtual Incubator Bernstein-MarcusMailstop 115 415 South Street Waltham 781-736-8752 otl@brandeis.edu Emilie Ringe had a pivotal year in her work with plasmonic nanoparticles These tiny specks of matter act like antennas for light gathering and concentrating energy that can be used to trigger chemical reactions or kill cancerous cells The nanoparticles are often made from expensive metals like gold and silver but Ringe discovered a way to use cheap and abundant magnesium in their place “It was the start of most of the things we do now,” says Ringe A plasmonic nanoparticle is a stiff lattice of positive ions in a sea of electrons When light of just the right frequency hits the particle it sets the electrons in resonant motion—like a parent pushing a child higher and higher on a playground swing “These electrons sloshing backwards and forwards are super­efficient at capturing light,” Ringe says ACS’s Basic Package keeps you connected with C&EN and ACS $80 Regular Members & Society Affiliates ACS’s Standard Package lets you stay up to date with C&EN ACS’s Premium Package gives you full access to C&EN and everything the ACS Community has to offer In 2018, Emilie Ringe had a pivotal year in her work with plasmonic nanoparticles The particles focus energy so they can drive chemical reactions and other processes at their surface “You can boil water with these particles just by shining light on them,” she says Very few elements in the periodic table possess this plasmonic prowess and the usual suspects have some disadvantages gold nanoparticles are still considered far too pricey and aluminum resonates well only in response to ultraviolet light Ringe showed that magnesium could form effective plasmonic nanoparticles Different sizes and shapes of magnesium particles absorb light from different parts of the spectrum from UV to visible and infrared Other researchers have taken some convincing that nanoparticles of a reactive element are stable ‘It’s going to blow up in your face,’ ” Ringe says the particles form a thin oxide layer that makes them stable in air for weeks Her team is already decorating the plasmonic magnesium nanoparticles with other metals to test their photocatalytic abilities Since the energy harvested by the nanoparticles eventually turns into heat the particles could also be used to kill tumor cells in a strategy known as photothermal therapy Ringe grew up in Quebec and first worked on plasmonic nanoparticles during her PhD at Northwestern University, where she combined electron microscopy and spectroscopy to understand how the particles’ shapes affected their plasmonic properties. “She had an amazing number of publications, and awards all over the place,” says Laurence Marks of Northwestern He adds that her work already stands out in the field of nanoplasmonics “She’s certainly one of the young stars,” he says Ringe moved to an assistant professorship at Rice University Ringe has a dual appointment in materials science and earth sciences and is involved in microscopy and spectroscopy at every scale from millimeters to nanometers While she hopes to forge links with industry to develop applications for her magnesium nanoparticles in the coming years she is still prospecting for other elements that could expand the nanoplasmonic toolbox “The periodic table is not quite done yet,” she says Current affiliation: University of Cambridge "I strive to be versatile and useful in new ways to many people and fields just like magnesium plays key roles across biology He runs a farm where I spent several weeks every summer and understanding of the natural world around him inspire me to keep going and make the world a better place.” In 2018, Emilie Ringe had a pivotal year in her work with plasmonic nanoparticles Ringe showed that magnesium could form effective plasmonic nanoparticles Ringe grew up in Quebec and first worked on plasmonic nanoparticles during her PhD at Northwestern University, where she combined electron microscopy and spectroscopy to understand how the particles’ shapes affected their plasmonic properties. “She had an amazing number of publications, and awards all over the place,” says Laurence Marks of Northwestern This article has been sent to the following recipient: Sign up for C&EN's must-read weekly newsletter Copyright © 2025 American Chemical Society Seattle is known for being a "tech city," but Molly Ringe quickly learned that world was not for her "I love talking and interacting with people," she said Ringe has been in the wine community for most of her life But a breast cancer diagnosis at 30 years old in 2001 would change everything — she was told she couldn't drink conventional wine anymore and learned about all the things that are in conventional wine "My livelihood was buying and selling wine at restaurants and fine dining." This led Ringe to natural wine — something she learned about while traveling in Europe "Finding it was possible [...] was life-changing for me," she said After nearly two decades in the natural wine community, she would ultimately end up opening her own natural wine store, Molly's Bottle Shop Fast forward nearly two years and a pandemic later one in Sunset Hill and one in West Seattle WhileMolly's Bottle Shop could be simply described as a place to buy or taste wine,Ringe has created a place for the community to gather connect and support local in a time when it was desperately needed "Basically it's wine that's grown organically they let the grapes ferment and put it in a bottle," said Ringe very simplistic description of a movement that's been around for thousands of years went to Washington State University and started learning about what was in not just the vineyards but the wine themselves," she continued "We as consumers buy into this idea that wine is natural we pick the grapes and we make wine and we don't understand that there's over 100 allowed additives in making wine." many are harmful — which was why Ringe said her doctor told her she could no longer drink it after her cancer diagnosis She's a big advocate for verifying the wines her shop carries through travel and research to make sure they abide by the following standards: This is not only important to her personally but also to her shop's credibility and the people who come to her for wine I've had people cry and hug me because they didn't know they could drink wine again," she said The opportunity to open Molly's Bottle Shop quite literally almost came to Ringe in a perfect little package She was working at Baker's when she saw a For Rent sign in the window of the cute space next door She knew the person trying to get out of the lease she knew the person who owned the property and she'd always wanted to open a wine bar "I opened it up on a credit card and savings account and it was just so well received in the beginning," Ringe said and the community literally wrapped around me so powerfully that it was really intense and super cool." they quickly got a store online and started delivering They ended up getting approval for an outdoor pavilion where people could come and wine taste They started hosting small events again (outdoors of course) featuring local artists and artisans Molly's Bottle Shop is much more than a bottle shop "[People] could hang out here in the pavilion they could bundle up and have a glass of wine and meet their neighbors and have a conversation safe distance It really turned into a community center," Ringe said "I want people to come here in five years and see the same faces I want to be the place where nobody quits [...] I want it to continue to be what it is." The Sunset Hill neighborhood is very community-driven, as well. Like how Ringe curates the natural wine list at Baker's next door As we talked in the pavilion on a sunny afternoon in July for this interview a handful of people stopped by to chat withRinge about the new truck they bought or their latest art installation or just to say "Hi" and give her a hug "I was joking with someone that my new hashtag is going to be #communitynotcompetition," she said We are all so much better with the power of community." Molly's Bottle Shop in Sunset Hill may only be about 200 square feet but it makes a mighty impact.Ringe hopes the space stays and flourishes so she can continue introducing people to new kinds of wine and fostering long-lasting connections with her customers — or It is completely up to you," she said "Let's have this journey together Thanks for visiting Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry Emeritus My research is concerned with the three-dimensional structures of proteins and their biochemical functions Most of my work is done in collaboration with Prof The tools used by our group are X-ray crystallography molecular biology (especially site-directed mutagenesis) enzyme kinetics and molecular dynamics calculations These methods are being applied to several general problems; the ones I am most involved with include: the structural basis for efficient enzymic catalysis of proton and hydride transfer; the role of the metal ions in bridged bimetalloenzyme active sites; direct visualization of proteins in action by time-resolved protein crystallography; the evolution of new enzyme activities from old ones; and the biology of the quiescent state in eukaryotic cells we are trying to understand the structural basis for the catalytic power of the enzymes triose phosphate isomerase structural information is being used to guide site-directed mutagenesis of the active site residues and combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics simulations of the catalytic reaction Protein crystallography is normally a static tool and cannot be used to follow biological reactions in real time We have been involved in the development of new diffraction techniques that are capable of recording entire protein crystal data sets in a millisecond When combined with low-temperature techniques such methods can be used to determine the structures of catalytic intermediates A new area of research in the laboratory is the use of yeast genetics and biochemical techniques to study the quiscent state of eukaryotic cells We have recently shown that cells arrest their cell cycle in G1 and then exit to the G0 state when unfolded proteins accumulate in the cytoplasm Accompanying these cell cycle changes is a global shutdown in ribosomal protein expression This process is partly under control of the heat shock transcription factor HSF Another project that uses yeast genetics and molecular biology is our attempt to design a new metabolic pathway that will allow yeast to grow on lactonitrile or lactamide as sole carbon sources The enzymes in this new pathway are being engineered from enzymes of the mandelonitrile pathway in bacteria by a combination of structure-directed and random mutagenesis See a complete list of Petsko's publications Guilt by association. Petsko GA Effects of pH and Iminosugar Pharmacological Chaperones on Lysosomal Glycosidase Structure and Stability. Lieberman RL Too big to succeed? Petsko GA 781-736-2500 chemofc@brandeis.edu BATON ROUGE – Police have made an arrest in the Dec. 22 wreck that killed a 20-year-old woman and injured several others. Alonna England, 38, was booked Monday with negligent homicide and reckless operation of a vehicle. Police said England was driving on Corlett Drive when she ran a stop sign at Hooper Road, hitting another car. That car careened across the median and into oncoming traffic, hitting the car that Aliye Ringe was in head-on. Ringe was seriously injured and died a day later. Four other people, including a child, were also injured. England’s bail was set at $60,000 Tuesday, according to court records. But that prospective MVP campaign is not yet materializing after Doncic showed up to training camp out of shape Doncic is shooting just 19.5 percent (8-for-41) from 3—93rd among 94 players with at least 30 attempts Such a small sample is no reason for alarm But there is ample evidence to suggest that Doncic’s struggles from beyond the arc are not a blip but a trend Among 160 active players with at least 1,000 career 3-point attempts put in another context: Since the start of last season Luka’s shooting 30.8 percent from distance whose 3-point struggles have spawned bushels of takes is at 29.9 percent over the same timeframe If these shooting struggles sustain any longer Consider his figures when compared to those of other high-volume creators like James Harden and Damian Lillard This graph includes one dot for every player who’s taken at least six 3s per game (and at least 100 3s total) since Doncic was drafted He’s the least accurate by 2 full percentage points But the issue is more nuanced than it seems—a byproduct of Doncic’s role in Dallas’s offense is that he often takes incredibly difficult 3-pointers The league as a whole shot 35.8 percent from distance last season but not all 3-point attempts are created equal Wide-open 3s (defined by NBA.com/Stats as shots with the closest defender more than 6 feet away) are easier than more closely guarded attempts Catch-and-shoot 3s are easier than pull-up attempts And 3s from the short corners are easier than above-the-break attempts Yet out of 189 players who attempted at least 150 3-pointers last season Luka rarely had the opportunity for an easy 3 1 of 2Minimum 150 attemptsAnother issue for Doncic is how many of his shots came late in the shot clock create something out of nothing and force a jumper against a set defense Shooting percentages plummet in the last four seconds of the shot clock per NBA.com: On 3-pointers in that span last season the leaguewide figure was a Barkley-esque 26 percent Luka’s number in that split was even worse—unimaginably terrible. He made just four of 58 3s in the final seconds of the shot clock the worst single-season mark on record for any player with a decent number of attempts Duncan Robinson made 55 percent of his late-clock 3s Doncic’s distribution of 3-pointers is among the most challenging for any player and that pattern has persisted this season amid his slump: He has yet to take a single corner 3 this season and just six of his attempts are catch-and-shoot tries He still shouldn’t be launching more bricks than makes but it’s not hard to understand why he’s struggling to find a rhythm Compare Doncic’s 2019-20 3-point shot chart … and look at how much more space Steph covers with all those corner tries—both stretching the defense in different ways and giving him easier looks than if he took all his shots above the break Curry hit 42.9 percent of his above-the-break 3s and a ridiculous 50.4 percent from the corners.) Here is as good a place as any to note that the Mavericks’ offensive system works Dallas set a league record in offensive efficiency last season and Doncic averaged 29 points and nine assists per game Notice that while Doncic is near the bottom of the expected 3-point percentage chart 3—meaning he’s creating easy looks for others the Mavericks still ranked 10th in 3-point percentage as a team last season and Anthony Davis were all at 74 percent.) He’s one of the league’s most efficient scorers in both isolations and pick-and-rolls he could still win MVP based on all those other abilities; Giannis himself is a testament to the idea that a player can win the award (twice!) with a rickety jumper defenses at least respect Doncic’s shot—there’s a reason so few of his 3s were wide open—and that shot-making gravity is almost as important as the actual shot-making itself If Luka can generate open looks for his teammates and still find ways to score nearly 30 points a game by himself all while sitting around 30 percent from distance But if he’s playing at a near-MVP level with an erratic jumper imagine how his overall game might level up if he reaches even a league-average percentage Harden’s 3-point attempts are just as tough—last season he had the lowest wide-open proportion and the lowest catch-and-shoot proportion of any volume shooter—and he’s still 5 percentage points or so ahead of Doncic in accuracy Lillard is one of the best 3-point shooters in the league despite his difficult diet underperforms even his low “expected” 3-point percentage the Mavericks as a team have fallen to 17th in offensive efficiency and 28th in 3-point percentage this season Even if those figures bounce back to last regular season’s blitzing pace the playoffs could apply increased pressure to this wound Might defenses intently game-planning against Doncic’s strengths and weaknesses limit his output by shading him into lesser looks from range Will an extra 3-point miss here or there mean the difference between a playoff win and a playoff loss Doncic should improve in part from pure randomness While he shot just 4-for-58 on 3s very late in the shot clock last regular season he went 4-for-6 in the same split against the Clippers in the playoffs can also take proactive steps to help bump up his figures toward the average Doncic took 440 stepback 3s; according to data supplied by NBA.com/Stats besides Harden (all the way up at 1,059 stepbacks) nobody else is even halfway to Luka’s total But stepback 3s are actually more accurate than other varieties even though they send the shooter’s momentum away from the basket at the moment of release That’s true leaguewide (38.4 percent the last two seasons) and for Doncic individually: Over the past two seasons he’s converted 35.0 percent of his stepback 3s versus just 30.1 percent of non-stepbacks Luka shouldn’t excise stepbacks from his shooting diet—but he should move off ball a bit more to generate easier looks That thought applies both in the long term as the Mavericks contemplate where to invest their future cap space with Giannis off the free-agent board Doncic played his best game of the season against the Rockets on Monday—a 33-16-11 triple-double—while also playing next to Brunson more than he had in any other game so far There’s a happier medium between Harden’s heliocentrism and Steph Curry’s helter-skelter sprints around the perimeter There’s no reason Doncic can’t pop into a few more corner 3s They’re a large part of Dallas’s broader offensive system: Every other Mavericks perimeter player took at least 20 percent of his 3s from the corners last season. (Porzingis was also in the single digits with Doncic, but for a number of reasons big men tend to take more of their 3s above the break and Nikola Jokic were all below 5 percent in their proportion of 3s from the corners.) 1 of 1Doncic can also simply pick some of his spots better Nobody hovering around 30 percent—or lower—from distance should take eight 3s per game Doncic’s 3-point attempt rate—the proportion of all his shots that are 3-pointers—is down to 34 percent in the 2020-21 season from 43 the first two seasons of his career Doncic can rely on continued skill development: It’s important to remember that despite his immense production he is still a month shy of his 22nd birthday On the one hand, Luka’s shooting has always trailed his other abilities. His 3-point shot was also in the low 30s, percentage-wise, in Europe before he came to the NBA. The Ringer’s 2018 NBA Draft Guide praised Doncic’s “Harden-like upside on jumpers off the dribble” via his stepback ability his “jumper needs some slight adjustments.” (That Kevin O’Connor knows what he’s talking about.) But on the other hand, shooting percentages of all kinds improve as players age, and Doncic has years to go until he reaches his presumed peak. And if the best way to improve is through practice and experience, Luka’s in good shape: Jamal Murray is the only player in NBA history with more 3-point attempts through his age-21 season. Even without that final developmental step, Doncic is already a franchise player with a polished offensive repertoire; if he avoids injuries, he’s destined for Springfield. But it’s hard not to dream about what’s possible for his career, and the Mavericks’ future, with a few more makes and better decisions behind the 3-point line. 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"Law Firm of the Year" interview with Eduardo Kleinberg of Basham Ringe y Correa.Best LawyersJanuary 4, 2018 10:16 AM"Law Firm of the Year" interview with Eduardo Kleinberg of Basham Ringe y Correa.Can you tell me about some trends you have seen in intellectual property law in Mexico this past year We see more and more clients taking advantage of this useful tool that has been in use all over the world besides Mexico—I believe in two or three countries—but it’s being enforced in Mexico Clients understand the benefits of opposing third-party clients and third-party trademarks here in Mexico as well So that’s picking up quite a lot.In what ways has your firm incorporated changing sexual harassment policies and improving its workplace mentality regarding harassment we have never had a case of sexual harassment and I believe this is largely due to the professional and ethical values on which the firm has been founded since its inception and under the rules which all of our employees have been governed that is not to say we are not concerned about that issue And we have been carrying out internal communication campaigns all the time in which we stress raising awareness and educating on the subject our human resources team has an open doors policy and this is available to those who wish to notify us about any type of conduct that would represent harassment and we do not hesitate at all to act if we see the minimum aspect of any type of sexual harassment Our human resources team has trained on this type of issue and has the task of following up on any notice They have the obligation to report to the executive committee on any type of activity that could represent sexual harassment so that we may act immediately with all of the means necessary to prevent this type of action either if it is a woman who is in that case or a man who is also being harassed and I thank you for asking about this matter.Just to let you know sexual harassment—of course—is not allowed anywhere but this is from the most senior partner to the highest in the hierarchy and whoever conducts any type of action will be immediately reprimanded.I think that’s a great policy And how has your firm incorporated policy changes and new qualities in order to adapt to changing times I would say that our firm has been working on this for a long time We have been witnesses of great political and social changes in our country and we have managed to adapt to the new realities always preserving our identities and values this is something very important because we understand new technologies are in place but we always want to preserve how we identify ourselves and what our values are we have decided to give access to all to collaborate on the internet in order to improve their productivity and also to get access to information immediately to be able to provide the best quality services to our clients We have developed our own policy of internet use in the office and tend to embrace new technologies and be very open about them but at the same time without people wasting time using those tools when they are not being used for a work purpose We also understand that new generations are very eager to use social networks They also have the quality of multitasking so we also give them flexibility of using those tools and also flexibility in terms of schedule so they will be able to balance between their professional and personal lives we have already implemented home offices under certain circumstances and we believe that our attorneys appreciate that which allows our employees to leave the office early on Fridays so they can count on long weekends to be with their families for a longer time We try to balance as much as we can—the hard demands we have from clients but at the same time we also understand that our people need free time to be with their families and be more dedicated to put more effort when working because they also understand that the firm is giving them that part of their life—some family time that they really appreciate.That’s great That sounds like how workplaces keep modernizing and it seems that you guys are in line with that and I do stress that because our firm has been in business for over 100 years And this not something we relied on the past but we rely on in the future—on the future looking at the present and we do not take our personnel for granted.What qualities do the firm and attorneys have that you believe led to the recognition as “Law Firm of the Year” I believe we have always understood that our clients expect our firm to be at the forefront of the legal profession and with a commercial view We have our lawyers understand what our philosophy is since they are still legal students We take very seriously our legal profession because they are going to be the future lawyers and future partners of the firm Most of our partners have been with the firm since they were legal students or law clerks they already have a long established professional career with our firm and they perfectly understand our values and know our clients expect us to respond immediately—we always consider them as partners We do not consider our clients for the short term and take whatever we can from them in terms of money To the contrary: we like to have our clients satisfied and be with us for a long time We have clients that have been with us for over one hundred years because we are there when they need us We are not there to create superficial necessities or needs So we try to teach that to our attorneys and our law clerks but considering the business vision of our clients without considering that our clients need to make immediate business decisions; it’s a yes or it’s a no—don’t give 50/50 opinions or make me read three pages to get to the bottom line We always say this is our percentage on this case But we always give the conclusion at the end because we understand that many of our in-house legal attorneys for example [when] they are traveling and maybe they have their smartphones they don’t have the time to read one hour of opinions They need opinions to be short and concise And I believe it’s something our clients very much appreciate about our firm.How do you think the intellectual property practice area might change in Mexico in the coming years We put much stress into that because we understand that filing is becoming more and more of a commodity So we do not rely on that as a firm; we rely on more sophisticated type of work—giving legal sound opinions providing our clients with different ways of looking at IP We do not simply file a trademark and let it sit there we develop strategies with our clients on how to defend their trademarks how to implement strategies to prevent third parties from violating their trademarks—deep litigation strategies We understand that the world is moving to a more commoditized IP work so we are putting more attention on the most sophisticated type of IP work and that’s how we value our firm as being at the forefront of the legal business and legal profession here in Mexico.That’s wonderful Was there anything else you would like to add Yreka leaders will consider three options to guide how the city might move forward with a new public swimming pool project The debate comes as the city considers the maintenance and operations costs for a new pool complex on Foothill Drive Yreka was awarded an $8.5 million state grant to develop and build a new complex in a plan which would also include a park pool facilities and even a retractable roof to cover the Olympic-size swimming pool the project has been at the center of community conversations regarding how it might be supported since the funding — which does not require a local match — does not cover operations It’s unclear exactly how much it may cost to support a facility of this nature estimates from $500,000 to $1 million annually have been suggested.  the state grant can not be used to redevelop the defunct Ringe Pool on Knapp Street which is estimated to cost about $6.5 million All of this is the backdrop against which the City Council will consider several options for moving forward: The city could choose to develop the Foothill Drive pool and park project with the caveat that there is no current plan in place to fund its maintenance and operation Another proposal would be redeveloping the pool at Ringe Park with a new pool And a third proposal would be to walk away from any option for a public pool in Yreka.  “We want to see a pool,” said Councilman Paul McCoy at the city’s March 23 meeting of the Finance Committee Councilwoman Joan Smith Freeman agreed with McCoy redeveloping the Ringe Pool seems to sit better with community approval possibly making that option an easier sell at the polls the nagging issue for the council — and one that will likely have to be answered by voters — is whether Yreka residents are willing to tax themselves for a new swimming pool Because neither the new complex planned for Foothill Drive is currently funded for operations and maintenance “Our main problem is that regardless of where we put a pool we currently don’t have a revenue stream,” City Manager Jason Ledbetter told the Finance Committee I don’t think we would have the money,” said McCoy A $500,000 annual maintenance bill on a swimming pool could translate into $200 annually per property owner what do you think the normal citizen comfortable paying on a property assessment that they’re not in favor of a property tax,” said Freeman adding she’s not yet ready to make a recommendation “not ready to give up on $8.5 million.” The city should already have grading and engineering plans complete for the Foothills Drive pool complex project “We should be close to grading the property and we haven’t purchased the property yet,” said Ledbetter noting the property currently belongs to Siskiyou County “We are at critical mass with the state And we have got to make a decision on April 5th,” he added referring to the next City Council meeting He’s written for newspapers in California Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardThomas B.K pilot and lawyerServices are planned for Saturday from complications of pneumonia at Paoli Hospital Lewis & Bockius in Philadelphia after graduating in 1956 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School he broke away to form the Center City law firm of Ringe and he continued to practice general corporate law until the mid-1970s one of the first companies to attempt to use computers in medical diagnosis Ringe left Meditel before it was sold to another corporate entity He continued to practice law part time from Berwyn until retiring in the early 2000s Ringe graduated from Episcopal Academy in 1946 and from Dartmouth College four years later He was vice president of his college senior class and a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity as a Navy fighter pilot certified to land airplanes on aircraft carriers at all hours was deployed to carry out sorties against North Korea from the decks of the aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CV-36) in June and July 1953 which depicts a serpent and an upside-down top hat "He was tremendously proud of that," said son Thomas B.K Ringe married Cynthia Steward in 1956 and the two settled in Devon and then on a farm near Phoenixville to raise four children He also was captain of the varsity squash team he won many squash championships at the Philadelphia Cricket Club he enjoyed hiking and was one of the youngest to supply the huts along the Appalachian Trail by carrying quantities of food and bulky stoves up the steep mountain paths on his back a Berwyn nonprofit started by his wife in 1973 that teaches tennis to children and adults He also coached the Radnor High School girls' tennis team to numerous championships He loved to attend high school sports events and to spend time with family watching the Eagles Ringe was "the consummate gentleman who was adored for his patience and made an impact on so many with the twinkle of his eye and gorgeous smile." and Elizabeth Hunter; eight grandchildren; and a brother there will be a private burial at West Laurel Hill Cemetery Donations may be made to the Appalachian Mountain Club through www.outdoors.org/get-involved/donate/tribute-gift.cfm bcook@phillynews.com Sam: I know And sometimes you didn't want to know the end How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer Those were the stories that stayed with you even if you were too small to understand why Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back Frodo: What are we holding onto Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for. Watch The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim with a subscription on Max This animated deep cut from The Lord of the Rings mythos has plenty of spectacle but its clichéd characters and uneven animation resemble middle of the road more than they do Middle Earth It’s snoball season, and almost anyone in Louisiana would agree that one of the best parts of summer is a styrofoam cup filled with crushed ice and drenched with sweet syrup. Baton Rouge’s newest mobile stand, Aliye Belle’s Snowballs is changing the snoball game with specialty flavors and layered snoballs—just in time for the sizzling temps Leola’s Cafe owners Corey and Leann Ringe opened the snoball stand right across the parking lot from their restaurant Customers can choose from more than 20 flavors which snowball chef Meagan Orillion insisted on having in the stand because it was a favorite flavor of Aliye’s Patrons can also create their own unique snoball by combining flavors Leann says Peach Mango and Rainbow have been huge hits lately Rotating specialty snoballs are layered with ingredients made in-house at Leola’s Cafe by pastry chef Hannah Dees the menu has a Coke Float snoball made with homemade Coke drizzle a Sour Patch Explosion snoball created by the owners’ 7-year-old twins Collin and Celia and a Strawberry Cheesecake Supreme snoball made with homemade cheesecake whip cream and fresh cheesecake pieces Aliye Belle’s also serves concession stand-style food like nachos and hot dogs for the perfect summer treat pairing While the stand’s desserts may be sweet The idea to turn an old camper into a snoball stand came about after the Ringes’ daughter passed in late 2021 loved working with her friends at snoball stands during the summer months Aliye worked at Leola’s but always wanted to run her own stand Though she tried to get one off the ground “Aliye previously worked at a snoball stand for five years,” Leann says “We kind of felt like she always wanted to still be doing that we still had that corner of the parking lot and we thought: Why not try again for her?” Leann and Corey decided they needed to make her dream a reality The couple began scouring the internet to find the perfect trailer to make into Aliye’s dream stand “We wanted something unique and different,” Leann says and we spent an entire day driving to Alabama and back After transforming the camper from a livable space to one suited for snoball making they got to work decorating it with sunflowers—Aliye’s favorite flower Leann says you’ll find sunflowers throughout Leola’s Cafe but she wanted the stand to be “sunflower everything” in memory of Aliye the couple purchased a SnoWizard machine from New Orleans They also enlisted the help of Aliye’s best friend Meagan Orillion to run the stand along with Aliye’s siblings Brayden Ringe and Bralyn Davis Each employee has previously held a snoball stand job which means Aliye Belle’s staff has a combined 20-plus years of experience and knowledge of what makes the perfect snoball “They know what they’re doing,” Leann says “I don’t really know how to run a snoball stand but I trust all of Aliye’s best friends and siblings to be able to do it without much help Although Leann leaves the snoball making up to the experts she knows a thing or two about what makes a good snoball “You need to have the right shave on the ice,” she says but you want it to be firm enough to hold the syrup but also having some made-from-scratch ingredients.” but Corey and Leann have been working hard to make it the perfect little corner for family outings Around the stand you’ll find plenty of comfortable seating and picnic tables to chill with your cool treat There are even cornhole boards in case you want to engage in a friendly game during your sugar high “We want Aliye Belle’s and Leola’s to coexist in the same area,” Leann says “We will adapt the business to the needs and requests of the community just like we did with Leola’s … So we want it to be like a destination spot for a sweet treat but also a place where you can sit and hang out.” Although the stand has already garnered some attention, the grand opening is set for Saturday, June 25. The stand will be open all day, slinging snoballs for customers. There will also be live music by The Teche Two, as well as a Kendra Scott pop-up selling a curated collection for Aliye at Leola’s Cafe during brunch. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency because Aliye was a life-saving organ donor It is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m Corey and Leann Ringe have found their sweet spot 9 in the Circa 1857 complex on Government Street taking over the former Yvette Marie’s space Corey had originally wanted to run his own one-man coffee shack “I always wanted to open a cafe called Leola’s It’s been a lifelong dream of mine,” she says … We morphed together what we wanted to do and she says the name just seemed to fit the vibe of Mid City and their new space and much of the building’s original brick and wood details Leola’s is just as rustic as Yvette Marie’s once was While the Ringes still wanted to create a coffee house atmosphere Leola’s will also be lively on weekends—when it will serve a wide range of brunch cocktails as well as a menu featuring “brunch-ish” and “lunch-ish” items The menu is comprised of Leann’s original recipes where she cooks for the couple’s five children It features classics like the “Basic B” breakfast plus more unique dishes like their “Bro-ritto,” a burrito filled with brisket And if the $3 mimosas and bloody marys don’t reel customers in a blood orange mimosa and a poinsettia mimosa with cranberries There’s also the “Man-mosa,” a regular mimosa with a shot of Tito’s The Ringes hope Leola’s is a spot for the community in Mid City to hang out and have fun there will be live music on the spacious outdoor patio every Saturday and Sunday “We have Sunday Fundays in our own backyard at home Leola’s will be open Saturdays and Sundays CENTRAL - Aliye Ringe of Central was left brain dead after a car accident in East Baton Rouge Parish last week "My heart just dropped." Ringe's best friend Tori Termini said The girls attended Central High School together Termini says it was like having a bad dream while on the way to the hospital to see her friend after the accident I was hoping and praying it was a nightmare we would wake up from," Termini said Ringe was a popular cheerleader in high school and those who knew her say she always had a smile on her face She was the one who always showed up for you Ringe's parents decided to donate their daughter's organs so five others could live they say it's something that Aliye would want them to do "I think it's the most selfless and an Aliye thing she would have done She's continuing to spread her light and her love even though she's not physically with us anymore," Termini said A balloon release will be held Tuesday in Ringe's honor at Wildcat Stadium and those who attend are asked to wear yellow ShareSaveCommentThis story appears in the June 2022 issue of Forbes Asia. 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Methow Valley News May 8, 2014 by Zumiez is still growing — and still increasing the number of retailing whizzes it convenes in the Methow Valley every May for sales training and company-wide camaraderie the Lynnwood-based retailer of hip clothes and equipment for outdoor action-oriented kids brought together about 600 of its store managers and executives — from all over the United States and Canada — for a couple of days of intensive training rooted in the company’s core values Company founder and chairman Tom Campion said it’s the largest group ever in the 20-plus years that Zumiez has been meeting in the Methow Although the Zumiez contingent fills motel and resort rooms from Winthrop to Mazama and breaks into four training “camps,” all 600 gather at the Winthrop Barn for team-building events and end-of-training competition in handling typical in-store situations Campion said this is the first Methow meeting for about 200 of the attendees Many of the others started as “rookie” store managers and then worked their way up the corporate management ladder Two of the veterans were in the valley this week: Ryan Ringe who has been with the company about 13 years and is a Chicago-based regional manager; and Bob Powell who has also been with Zumiez for about 13 years and is a regional manager in Spokane Ringe said that the annual meetings are more organized and focused than when he began “When we [first] came here we were students … now we are here as leaders,” he said “We used to be able to fit all of us in one hotel,” Powell said “But it’s still about teaching and empowering … teaching them not what to think A typical Zumiez store manager is in his or her 20s — closely aligned with the store’s youthful demographic Ringe and Powell said that despite how some people view younger generations the people they are hiring are ready to succeed “We cater to a young audience,” Powell said “I think kids now are just as hungry and just as eager to learn,” Ringe said “You just have to find out how to connect with them.” Zumiez now has about 550 stores including a foothold in Europe and will continue to expand in the United States Campion said Zumiez stays relevant in the tumultuous retail sector by sticking to its cultural values that emphasize being competitive while having fun and empowering employees to make decisions “It starts with products and people,” Campion said “We may change products but we never change strategies.” Campion said he talked to his employees briefly about a tragedy that shocked the company: a random shooting spree in a Columbia mall in January that left two Zumiez employees dead and several other people injured “It was the most tragic day in the history of Zumiez,” Campion said with obvious emotion “We put our arms around each other and go on.” own a home in the Cassal Ranch area and are long-time supporters of the Methow Conservancy and other local causes He said the Methow is an important part of what Zumiez does “We have deep roots in this valley,” Campion said Filed Under: BUSINESS Tagged With: , © 2025 · Methow Valley News A French Tolkien site has laid its hands on a couple of very intriguing images that may reveal Barry Humphries’ Great Goblin and one of his minions Here’s the English translation of the description from the German action figure leak which we understand from Herr-der-Ringe to be true: grotesquely bloated monster that in the years of his tyrannical rule over the miserable inhabitants of the Goblin town grew fat and flabby The Goblin town is a collection of skew-whiff ramshackle huts deep in the caves of the Misty Mountains they live by what they can pick up from passengers on the passes through the mountains The Goblin King and his followers manage to capture Bilbo and the dwarves The Goblin King is more wily and smarter than it seems He takes pleasure in torturing his prisoners — he almost succeeds to finish off Thorin Oakenshield and his companions Update: Our wily message board members have noted the resemblance to this fellow below from the very first Hobbit production video.