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Indoor Soccer Manager’s Meeting - Monday, October 10th
at 4:00 pm in Multipurpose Room #4 located in the Stud.ent
Recreation Center.
Volleyball Managers Meeting - Tuesday, October 11th at 4:00 pm
in the Ulrich Room located in the SRC.
3-on-3 Basketball Manager’s Meeting Wednesday, October 12th
at 4:00 pm in the Ulrich Room located in the SRC.
Dr. Pepper 4 on 4 Flag Football Tournament - Friday,
October 14th. Entry deadline is Wednesday, October 12th, pick up an entry
form in the Rec Sports Office located in 102 Esslinger Hall.
This event is free! T- Shirts for all participants plus prizes and giveaways.
18-Hole Golf Scramble (2-person team) - Sunday, October 23rd
at Emerald Valley Golf Course. Men’s, Women’s and Coed Divisions
offered. The cost is $80 per team. Deadline for entries is Tuesday,
October 18th.
Group Cycling Classes: We still have room! Register for a
non-credit group cycling class in 102 Esslinger Hall.
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Toxic: Algae causes red tide
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“It’s a whole new revolutionary
way to see the ocean,” Wood said.
There are various types of harmful
algae blooms and some of these,
such as the dinoflagellates that cause
“red tides” in Florida, are obvious to
the naked eye. However, Wood said
that Pseudonitzschia blooms may
not be visible to a person walking on
the beach because they are often be
low the ocean surface and often sim
ilar in color and density to other
non-toxic algal blooms.
The main way that Pseudo
nitzschia are detected by the satel
lites is through their production of
chlorophyll, a byproduct of plants
that is green in color. The green pig
ment is most visible when
Pseudonitzschia populations are
large, during blooms.
Strutton said that while Pseudo
nitzschia can reproduce either sexu
ally or asexually, they most com
monly reproduce asexually by
splitting into two cells. Depending
on amounts of nutrients and light
available, this happens every day
or so.
During the spring and summer,
winds from the north bring high-nu
trient water closer to the surface.
Combined with increased sunlight,
this leads to rapid increase of
Pseudonitzschia populations.
It is at this point that domoic acid
is most frequently produced. When
Pseudonitzschia run out of nutrients
toward the end of their bloom, they
switch to producing the toxin as part
of their natural metabolism,
Wood said.
Finding a way to stop Pseudo
nitzschia from producing domoic
acid is not likely at this point, Wood
said, although she said the more
controlled setting of Pseudonitzschia
blooms near Prince Edward Island
on the east coast of Canada may be a
better place to look for such infor
mation in the future.
Contact the business, science
and technology reporter at
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Ramadan: Fasting begins
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“Fasting is just a part of the holi
day that gives us an opportunity to
count our blessings,” Oskui said.
“We think about those who are
hungry all the time and don’t have
food to eat. You take away a lot
more from the holiday than
just fasting.”
The average age for Muslims to
begin fasting is about nine or 10
years old, they said.
“It’s only difficult when you first
start fasting,” Toran said. “After a
couple of years, you anticipate fast
ing and it isn’t difficult. It’s beauti
ful to take the time to think more
about your family, parents, spouse
and community and get together
for Iftar.”
Oskui, whose family comes from
Iran and has visited the country
eight times, said she is eager to cele
brate Ramadan in the Middle East.
“I’ve never been to an Islamic
country for Ramadan,” she said.
“There’s a mosque on every corner.
My grandparents live right across the
street from a mosque, and it’s so
much nicer to go to the mosque for
prayer. Sometimes I do them at
home, and it’s not the same.”
Contact the people, culture,
faith reporter at
bmcdenahan@ daily emerald, com
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