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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak will give the talk, "Healthcare for the General Culture: The Challenge of the Humanities," Thursday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. in Trout Auditorium of the Vaughan Literature Building at Bucknell University.
Spivak will explore how the arts and humanities shape the imagination toward a will for social justice, the chief ingredient of a healthy culture.
The talk, which is free and open to the public, is part of the University's Harry Wolcott Robbins Lecture Series.
A University Professor at Columbia University, Spivak also is co-founder of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.
Considered a leading literary theorist and cultural critic, Spivak has taught in colleges in New Delhi, British Columbia, Frankfurt and Riyadh. She received her bachelor's degree at the University of Calcutta, and her master's and doctoral degrees from Cornell University.
Spivak has had a life of civic engagement focused especially on international women's movements and rural education in India. She founded the Pares Chandra and Sivani Chakravorty Memorial Literacy Project in 1997 to support her efforts, since 1986, to train teachers for primary education for children in rural India. This year she has contributed her Kyoto Prize for lifetime achievement in arts and philosophy to continue funding the project.
Spivak is credited with pioneering feminist and post-colonial studies within global academia, beginning with her 1976 translation of Jacques Derrida's De la grammatologie. In 1985, she published the essay Can the Subaltern Speak?, about the class at a distance from social mobility, considered a founding text of post-colonialism. She is acknowledged by many in literary circles to be the one of the world's leading Marxist-feminist-deconstructionists.
She has the author or translator of more than 17 books including A Critique of Postcolonial Reason, In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics, Outside in the Teaching Machine, Death of a Discipline, Other Asias, and An Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalization.
Following the Robbins Lecture, two distinguished scholars will discuss aspects of the lecture and the problems Spivak addresses. They are Eric Hayot, professor of comparative literature and Asian studies at Penn State and vice president of the American Comparative Literature Association; and Gabeba Baderoon, assistant professor of women's studies and African and African-American studies at Penn State, and an award-winning poet.
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'Petsgiving' adoption special in Lee County
Lee County Domestic Animal Services is giving adopters a chance to receive $30 off the regular adoption fee in November.
When it comes to felines, get twice the love with two-for-one adoptions for all cats and kittens.
All adoptions include spay or neuter surgery, age-appropriate vaccinations, microchip ID and many other veterinary services, valued at more than $500.
Adoption applications may be submitted online.
View a current list of pets up for adoption and lost pets online. The Web site updates hourly.
Adoption hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
For information, call (239) 533-7387 (LEE-PETS) or visit: www.LeeLostPets.com.
Libertarian Party of Lee County to meet
The Libertarian Party of Lee County will meet today, Nov. 6, from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in the Judge Landis/Useppa Room at the Shoeless Joe's restaurant at Bell Tower in South Fort Myers.
Dinner is served from 7 to 7:45 p.m. and is self-pay.
Aaron O'Brien, an attorney and Libertarian, will speak on contemporary legal issues affecting Americans' liberties at 7:45 p.m.
The club welcomes liberty-minded individuals of all party affiliations. For information, visit: www.facebook.com/leelibertarians or call (239) 245-9267.
Beta Sigma Phi meeting
Beta Sigma Phi, Laureate Delta Xi will meet, today, Nov. 6, at Nancy Ash's residence.
Officers at 7:15 p.m.; members at 7:30 p.m.
Bring your priced items for the garage sale.
Visitors and MAL welcome.
For information, call Jan at (239) 694-9624.
Health association to elect trustees
The Community Health Association will hold its annual meeting at noon Nov. 7 in the conference room of the CHA building, at 1262 Wings Way.
Grand opening for new McDonalds
The new McDonalds, at 11252 State Road 82, Fort Myers, is now open and will celebrate its official grand opening Nov. 8-9.
There will be specials from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with $1.82 Happy Meals and .82 cent Big Macs, along with opportunities to register for some giveaways.
Cat Country 107.1 will host a live radio remote from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 9, with a special guest appearance from Ronald McDonald at 1:30 p.m.
For information, contact Arch Restaurants at (239) 768-6880.
Rotary announces Rock, Blues and Blues Festival
The Rotary Club of Lehigh will host the Second Annual Rock, Blues and Brews Festival from 3 to 10 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Mirror Lakes Golf Club, at 670 Milwaukee Blvd.
The event features beers, food and a horseshoe tournament. Performers include Live N Learn, Hidden Agenda, and Rex Bongo and the Sophisticated Hippies.
Admission is $5 per person. The event is a cash only event.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs, but no coolers or outside food or drink.
Registration for the horseshoe tournament is $50 per two-person team. Each team will receive a $10 food/beverage credit and will be competing for cash prizes.
Spaces are limited and advance registration can be made by calling (239) 565-4562.
All of the proceeds will benefit the Rotary Club of Lehigh, which uses the funds to support local schools and community activities.
For information, visit: www.lehighacresrotary.org.
General Woman's Club presents guest speaker
The General Woman's Club of Lehigh Acres will meet at 1 p.m. Nov. 15 at Faith Lutheran Church, at 705 Leeland Heights.
The guest speaker will be Shirley Stevens. Stevens works with service animals.
Refreshments will be served.
For information, contact the club president, Norma Johnson, at (239) 369-9555.
Calling all musicians
The Lehigh Concert Band has open spots for any concert band musician who can play at a high school or college level or above.
The season runs from November to April, and the band rehearses from 7 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday at Faith Lutheran Church, at 705 Leeland Blvd.
Performances are held as the full band or in small groups at least once a month at festivals, churches and retirement homes in Lehigh Acres and Southwest Florida.
Upcoming performances will be held at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the St. Raphael Fall Festival and at 3 p.m. Nov. 17 at Faith Lutheran Church.
The concerts are free, but donations are appreciated; donations help to fund the band's operation.
Those interested in joining are invited to stop by a Tuesday rehearsal or any performance.
For information, visit online at: www.lehighconcertband.org.
Free monthly art demo
Instructor June De Vincent will give a free demonstration of a different art medium on the third Wednesday of each month from noon to 2 p.m. at the Veterans Park Recreation Center, at 55 Homestead Road S.
For ages 14 and older.
The schedule is as follows:
- Nov. 20: Pastels
- Jan. 15: Rice paper
- Feb. 19: Optical illusion art
For information, call (239) 369-1521 or visit: www.leeparks.org.
Hispanic chamber to host job fair
The Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will host its 2013 Fall Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 21 at Hodges University, at 4501 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers.
Some of the participating companies include Latino 97.7, FOX 4, Telemundo, Fort Myers Broadcasting, Alta Resources, Juice Plus, Enterprise Holdings, Juan 1200/1460AM, Collier County Public Schools, The Pendas Law Firm, Imagen Semanal, MundoFox, HolaCiudad.com, State Farm, Univision SWFL, Hodges University, Lowe's, Prudential, Nuevos Ecos, Take Shape for Life, Lee Memorial Health System, Azteca America SWFL, Fifth Third Bank, Lee County Supervisor of Elections, Avon, and the National Bartenders and Casino Schools.
The event is free to the public.
For information or to rent a booth, contact the chamber at (239) 418-1441 or email@example.com.
Edible Gardening meetings set
The Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 in the Veterans Park Recreational Building, at 55 Homestead Road S.
The guest speaker is Gene McAvoy, a five-county UF/IFAS regional vegetable agent. He will discuss tomato diseases and insects.
After the first "trial" visit, the venue requires a $10 lifetime membership fee; the meetings are free.
The Junior Edible Gardening Club 4-H Exchange will meet at 5 p.m., prior to the adult meeting.
The exchanges host the same guest speaker; a 4-H membership fee of $15 is required.
Seeds are started at every 4-H meeting. The seedlings are later entered in the Lee County Fair.
Country music star to perform free concert
Josh Turner will take the stage at 6 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Seminole Casino Immokalee for the third annual Pigs in Paradise National Championship BBQ Festival.
A Hannah, S.C. native, Turner has earned numerous CMA, ACM and Grammy nominations since the release of his debut album, Long Black Train, which garnered number one hits such as "Your Man," "Would You Go With Me" and "Why Don't We Just Dance."
The Pigs in Paradise National Championship BBQ Festival will kick off Nov. 22.
During the event, six nationally renowned ribbers will cook up their best ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket with hopes of winning the national championship crown.
Attendees will enjoy live music, a classic car show, pig races, a motorcycle rally, an art show and more over the three-day festival, which takes place rain or shine.
Pool offers fall swim lessons, aerobics
The Lehigh Acres Community Pool, at 1400 W. Fifth St., is hosting fall swim lessons. A range of skill levels are offered for all ages by American Red Cross-certified instructors. Eight classes are $50.
Commit to get fit with aqua aerobics. Choose the fast-paced workout at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, or the low-impact National Arthritis Foundation-sponsored class at 1:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. Classes are in chest-deep water, 45 minutes in length and do not heavily impact joints.
There are lifeguards on-duty; lap swimmers are welcome.
Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for ages 17 and under, and $2 for seniors.
For details, call (239) 369-8277 or visit: www.leeparks.org.
Pickin' In The Park scheduled
Musicians come together to perform during Pickin' In The Park from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at the lodge by the lake at the rear of Veterans Park.
The public is welcome to join in playing or just enjoy the music. There is no charge.
For information, call (239) 369-1521.
Children's Choir plans rehearsals
The Lehigh Children's Choir rehearses from 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays at Cayuga Music Studio, at 1100 Homestead Road. For details, call (239) 368-2488.


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For first time publicly, Panetta cites source of key intelligence for bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON (AP) ' Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May.
Panetta told CBS's "60 Minutes," in a profile to be broadcast on Sunday, that Shakil Afridi helped provide intelligence for the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad.
Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence in the compound. He has since been charged by Pakistan with treason. Panetta says he is "very concerned" for the doctor.
Panetta also told "60 Minutes" that he remains convinced that someone in the Pakistani government "must have had some sense" that a person of interest was in the compound.


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Blowout Haul for Buyout Tycoons
Booming Markets Let Big Names Bring Home $2.6 Billion
Private equity's top moguls took home more than $2.6 billion last year as booming markets allowed their firms to cash out of investments and notch blockbuster gains.
Nine founders of four of the world's largest private-equity firms together collected the sum—more than twice as much as they made in the prior year—through dividends and other payouts. The executives each took home more than $160 million, according to recent public filings....


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Linda Ann Hayes Isenhour, 67, of Claremont, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at her residence. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 4791 S. Depot St., Claremont, NC 28610; or to Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, NC 28658.
Louise Dorothy Taylor Devine, 88, of Haynes Drive, Maiden, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at Hospice of Catawba Valley, Newton. Memorials may be given to Hospice of Catawba County, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, NC 28658; and/or First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 338, Maiden, NC 28650.
George Rhinehardt, 51, died May 10 in WFUBMC in Winston-Salem. Condolences may be sent at www.GrahamFuneralHome.net.


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The Great Bend Recreation Commission is forming fall exercise classes. The following classes will meet during the month of September at the Great Bend Activity Center, 2715 18th St. Pre-registration is required. Enroll at the Recreation Commission office located at 1214 Stone Street. For more information call 793-3755 ext. 2.
A head-on collision occurred at 9:10 p.m. Thursday in Rice County, 2.1 miles east of Lyons on U.S. 56. Kansas Highway Patrol reports Luis Gonzales, 55, died after the 1997 Dodge passenger car he was driving crossed the center line, colliding with a 1998 Ford pickup driven by Jimmy M. Bound, 65, Lyons. Bound was taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
A Topeka woman died Saturday in a one-vehicle accident in Pawnee County.
A Russell man was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Wichita on Sunday after hitting a deer with a motorcycle in Barton County, about nine miles northwest of Hoisington on U.S. 281.
Great Bend Public Library, 1409 WIlliams St., will show free movies and serve free popcorn this Friday, Sept. 7.
Crime Stoppers of Barton County and Great Bend is seeking information about the theft of a 2005 Honda Rubicon 500 all-terrain vehicle, valued at $5,000. According to Great Bend Police Chief Dean Akings, speaking for Crime Stoppers, it was stolen from a garage at a rural residence between Claflin and Ellinwood sometime between 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 12 and 8 a.m. on Aug. 13.
The Barton Community College campus and Center for Adult Education will be closed Monday, Sept. 3, in observance of Labor Day. Classes and offices will resume regular schedules Tuesday.
Barton Community College's Silver Cougar Club will host a quilting workshop from 2-4 p.m. on Mondays from Sept.17 through Oct. 22 at the Learning Resource Center on campus.
The Great Bend Recreation Commission will offer the free program, "Pre-Winter Pond Care," from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the Carl Soden Recreation Center, 1214 Stone St. Speaker Shawna Beran will explain steps needed to get ponds ready for winter, and will answer questions.
Microsoft Word is likely the most utilized word processing software ever. Barton Community College's Silver Cougar Club is offering a chance to learn all about it with a course scheduled for 1-4 p.m. on Wednesdays, Sept. 5 through Oct. 10 at the Great Bend One Stop Center, 1025 Main St. in room D-107.
Barton County Historical Society will host a covered dish supper for members and their guests at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26. Participants are asked to bring a covered dish and their own table service. Memberships for 2013 will be available for returning or new members.
Crime Stoppers is seeking information about recent thefts in Great Bend and Barton County.
The Barton Community College Board of Trustees is set to hire an assistant volleyball coach and a developmental lab coordinator when it meets at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at room F-30 of the Fine Arts Building. Other items on the agenda are "CBJT Grant Wrap-Up Presentation," "Monitoring Report - End #8 - Strategic Plan," and "Developmental Education Review & Implications."
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland will have a pool party in Larned and a movie day in Great Bend this week to encourage girls in Barton, Pawnee and Rush counties to "Sign Up for Scouting."
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The Ministry of Finance and the Taipei City Government yesterday made concessions to each other during a meeting of the legislature's Finance Committee over a Cabinet-proposed amendment to the Public Debt Act (公共債務法) to redistribute local government debt capacity, but failed to reach a consensus on the amendment, leaving the 14 versions of the amendment pending further review.
A meeting has been scheduled to take place in two weeks to re-examine the draft amendment, which aims to adjust the debt ceiling for the special municipalities New Taipei City (新北市), Greater Taichung, Greater Tainan and Greater Kaohsiung, as well as Taoyuan, which is expected to be upgraded to a special municipality in 2014.
If the amendment is not adopted, special municipalities may find it impossible to draft a budget for 2014 due to an unreasonably low debt ceiling.
The Cabinet's amendment means to achieve the adjustment by lowering Taipei's debt ceiling and redistributing part of the city's debt capacity to the other five municipalities. Under the Cabinet's original proposal, Taipei would see its debt capacity cut by NT$202.3 billion (US$6.95 billion) to NT$85.5 billion from NT$287.8 billion.
The Taipei City Government has strongly objected to the cut, warning that the reduction would delay construction on the Xinyi and Wanda MRT lines.
"The city government hopes this will not happen," Taipei Deputy Mayor Timothy Ting (丁庭宇) said yesterday.
Ting said the city government is willing to cooperate with the central government by accepting lowering its debt ceiling by NT$146.3 billion, with the central government taking the extra cut of NT$56 billion on its own.
Minister of Finance Chang Sheng-ford (張盛和) agreed that the amendment should not hurt infrastructure construction in Taipei, signaling a possibility that the ministry would accept Ting's offer.
Throughout several rounds of negotiations, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆) said the ministry made concessions to cover the debt capacity decrease for the Taipei City Government.
That would take the debt limit for the central government to 40.8 percent of the average GDP of the previous three years, from the 41.2 percent set under the Cabinet's amendment.
Under the Cabinet's amendment, the central bank's debt ceiling may stand at NT$5.61 trillion for the next fiscal year.
However, following the seven-hour legislative session, legislators failed to reach a consensus from the 14 versions of proposed amendments.
KMT Legislator Alex Fai (費鴻泰), the committee's convener, suggested every party caucus propose an integrated version of the amendment for further discussion and conduct a review after two weeks.
The committee used the same process to review the proposed capital gains tax in securities transaction earlier this year, Fai said.
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌), who has protested against the original proposed amendment that slashed the city's debt ceiling by 46 percent, said yesterday that both the ministry and the city government had made compromises, because local and central governments should join efforts to survive financial difficulties. He stressed the city's ability to repay its debts via private investments and a recovering economy.
"Taipei City Government is willing to work with the central government at this difficult time, but the nation's financial burden is not the sole responsibility of Taipei City. We agree with the lowering of the debt ceiling, but the policy must not affect major construction projects," he said at Taipei City Hall.


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User:Etienne Robillard/Notebook/30C6HSL
- 1 30C6HSL: Adventures in the land of light-activated psychochemical agents
- 1.1 N-substituted arylcyclohexylamines (3-oxo-hexanoyl-homoserine lactone)
- 1.2 BBa_C0061: visualizing LuxR/EnvZ pathways through 30C6HSL
- 1.3 Design of your mutant g-protein receptor: From 30C6HSL to Heterocyclics oxazole
- 1.4 Branched alcohol induced morphogenesis of breast cancer through exogenous phosphorylation of the calcium-dependent ERBB2 oncogene
- 1.5 Light (round the horn) directed S1PR4 mutant protein amplification and overexpression in HEK293 cells lineage (E. coli K12)
- 1.6 References
- 1.7 Did you know?
30C6HSL: Adventures in the land of light-activated psychochemical agents
N-substituted arylcyclohexylamines (3-oxo-hexanoyl-homoserine lactone)
- Chuck: Are you sure this is it this time?
- Oracle: Trust me.
- Oracle: 30C6HSL is really your thing.
- Chuck: Fine. I imagine you want to make a point about LuxR.
- Oracle: I beg to differ ?
- Chuck: Dude, you are hard to follow sometimes.
- Oracle: I suggest you pass more time studying how C6 homoserine lactones enter nitrogen and purine metabolism.
- Chuck: I have impression C6 hexanoyl may hold the clue and condense to form the 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline enantiomer.
- Oracle: Shh. You have some balls to put this there without any warning shot.
- Chuck: I beg to differ...
- Chuck: I have no mean to accept psychochemical warfare without any warning shot.
- Oracle: Right. You kids dont understand well the psychology of war.
- Chuck: My fb account is loaded with slave cuties.
- Oracle: LOL
BBa_C0061: visualizing LuxR/EnvZ pathways through 30C6HSL
'Yeast based quorum sensing and trans-splicing evidences in H. sapiens: Transforming E. coli with AHLs - BBa_C0061
- ATCC 96604 (P48445) - Download: FASTA FILE 1
- ATCC 204508/S288c - UNIPROT (Adenylyl cyclase-associated protein) : P17555
Design of your mutant g-protein receptor: From 30C6HSL to Heterocyclics oxazole
In regard of fine tuning E. coli for mutant protein acquisition, amplification, and overpression of the CAMK2B gene, the following excerpt from the OMIM.org database has this to say on the relevance of CAMK2 osmolitic dimer: "By Western blot analysis, Thiagarajan et al. (2002) found that the protein levels of Camk2a and Camk2b were inversely related during activity in cultured rat pup hippocampal neurons. The levels of Camk2a increased with heightened activity, and the levels of Camk2b increased with suppression of activity. Thiagarajan et al. (2002) hypothesized that the change in the ratio may help tune the Camk2 holoenzyme to changing intensities of Ca(2+) signaling." 1
- Note 2 (On cytosolic mutant proteins isoforms): Wang et al. (2000) identified and cloned CAMK2B by searching an EST database using mouse Camk2b. They obtained a full-length cDNA by 5-prime RACE of a brain cDNA library. Wang et al. (2000) also identified 5 splice variants resulting from alternative splicing within 7 central variable domains, termed V1 to V7. The deduced proteins have calculated molecular masses between 49 and 60 kD. Transient transfection of 3 CAMK2B variants in HEK293 cells revealed that all 3 were cytosolic proteins.
- Exercise 1: Briefly Speaking, what is a cytosolic protein and which calmodulin-related receptors (hint: think high-affinity osmolitic regulation of the osmY gene, etc..) such mutant proteins may modulate?
- Note: You're free to use your notebooks to accomplish this experiment, however wikipedia links will not be acceptable data.
- See also:
Branched alcohol induced morphogenesis of breast cancer through exogenous phosphorylation of the calcium-dependent ERBB2 oncogene
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NM_003775.3 "GeneRIF: findings highlight an important role for S1P(4) and SK1 in ER(-) breast cancer progression."
- "Expression of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 4 and sphingosine kinase 1 is associated with outcome in oestrogen receptor-negative breast cancer." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/NP_003766.1
- http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?sp:S1PR4_HUMAN
- http://amigo.geneontology.org/cgi-bin/amigo/term_details?term=GO:0007204
- http://omim.org/entry/603751
- http://omim.org/entry/601974
- Get the Free PMC here.
- http://www.kegg.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?K06279
- google key words: benzoxadiazole, CAMK2B, ERBB2, S1PR4, MAPK, c-Src Homology 2 Domain (SH2), NADPH, EGFR
- Horn-directed "S1PR4" mutant protein amplification and overexpression (Calmodulin/Rhodopsin-dependent orthogonal riboswitch): http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O95977
- Related Receptor (Gene): Rhodopsin kinase (Rho): Notebook
- Dataset:
- amino acid sequence (blastx): http://www.kegg.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?-f+-n+a+hsa:25759
- blastn (nt nucleotide sequence): http://www.kegg.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?-f+-n+n+hsa:25759
- pathway : http://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?hsa04012+25759
- uniprot (hsa): http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P98077
- High affinity nerve growth factor receptor (trkA) : http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P04629 (topic: axon guidance; axon growth; GABA)
Light (round the horn) directed S1PR4 mutant protein amplification and overexpression in HEK293 cells lineage (E. coli K12)
- Breast cancer/Alzheimer/Leukemia (DS, Parkinson, etc): Rhodopsin (Rho) gene-level interactions with S1PR4-directed protein overexpression lineage in HEK293 important note: The Rho signalling pathway is activated, for example, by bioactive sphingolipids such as sphingosine-1-phosphate (SPP) or by overexpression of Rho family members in tumorigenesis and metastases [16]. [Note: see Rhodopsin for info on photophosphorylation of the Rhodopsin kinase, a Ca2-dependent photoreceptor/GPCR transcription pathway?]
- Notes:
- To obtain the consensus pattern, see Accession number PS00237 here. (FASTA).
- Ligands/motifs bindings: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe-site/pdbemotif/barChartPattern?pattern1=PS50262
- Uniprot dataset (S1PR4 g-receptor): http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O95977
- Wagner S, Klepsch MM, Schlegel S, Appel A, Draheim R, Tarry M, Högbom M, van Wijk KJ, Slotboom DJ, Persson JO, and de Gier JW. Tuning Escherichia coli for membrane protein overexpression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 23;105(38):14371-6. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0804090105 |
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Really it depends on your credit scores. Yes you can roll the 3k into a new loan but not the smartest thing to do. You're basically upside down on the loan. Do you have the 3k by chance? Your credit score will take an impact from the inquiry but will get better soon with on-time payments. As far as the purchasing the house, again we need to know your scores, any baddies? any lates? a bk?
firstinlastout wrote: I owe 19K on my car. It's a 2005 GTO 6.0 V8 with 400 HP. Due to the gas prices with no relief in sight, I want to downsize to a Toyota Yaris. I owe 19K on the car and according to edmunds.com, the dealer trade in value is 16K. That's 3k that I owe that will be tacked onto the price of the Yaris. I can get a pre-owned 2007 Yaris with 9k miles for 12k. So 12k + 3K would be 15K. The amount of car debt I owe would drop to 15k. Here is the catch..I am trying to pay off credit card debt and improve my credit score as much as I can since I am going to buy a house in December/January. Should I wait until then to buy my Yaris ? Or should I buy it now ? How will buying another car...but effectively lowering my loan amount effect my credit ? Thanks !
Great advice! BTW $3.50 a gallon? I envy you... I paid $4.25 yesterday..
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Well it won't change your credit mix. The new inq and new loan will be a slight hit but the overall affect 8-9 monhts from now should be minimal. IMHO if you don't complete the sale soon I would wait until after buying the home. You wan't no new debt in last 6 mo from when they pull credit which will be slighly before your purchase (if looking for pre-approval letter). So by mid June if you haven't bought it I would wait.
The change in loan amount doesn't matter. FICO doesn't care what total loan amount is just how much you have paid down and how long loan has been open, and how good payment histroy has been. In this case you are replacing a loan with ??? number of good payments and a balance of $19K and original balance of ??? with a loan that (by time you are buying house) will have 6 reported payments and a balance of $13-14K on $15K loan.
You likely are looking at an overall small hit to credit score by the time the broker pulls your credit in late Nov. How much that matters depends on you. If you are right on the bubble (say middle score 700) I would wait. Even a 1/4% higher rate on your house isn't worth it.
Lastly the net "savings" likely are not as much as you think. According to EPA you GTO has an avg MPG of 19 and the Yaris has a 32. Figure you drive 12K miles in year.
GTO = 631 gallons of gas
Yaris = 375 gallons of gas
Savings = 256 gallons
At $3.50 per gallon thats ~$900 saved per year.
HOWEVER to save $900 it will require rolling $3K in negative equity and losing about another $2.5-$3K in equity on Yaris (the Yaris is "worth" trade-in value = $9,700 in my zipcode but you are paying $12K). Add all that up plus the interest on a now longer loan (compare remaing mo on existing loan to total length of current loan).
Likely end results is not much of a savings even though it will "feel better" at the pump you will be paying more for longer on a car not worth as much.


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I think that I'd start with a Ouija board. Let me find that manual - 'Programming with Ouija' - it's around here somewhere!
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Alley Cat [wikipedia.org] was indeed an awesome game.
But I don't think adding LOLcats is going to improve it.
Ah, man, I thought you meant AlleyKat [lemon64.com] and got excited for nothing.
Alley LOLcat would be a GREAT game!
Cats poking out of trash bins will be famous lolcat pictures, complete with captions.
Doom music will play if the cat is attacked.
Jumping into windows will start more mini-games, and original games will be accompanied with captions "DO WANT"/"DO NOT WANT" and appropriate cat-facial expressions.
Mice in cheese can be followed with a portal gun, in full 3D.
Cat can collect powerups that convert him into Longcat or Speedycat. Longcat jumped into a window may (with so
Ok, just how bad is it that mere seconds after seeing your post I'm humming that annoying little tune again?
20 years deep down in the subconscious...and you had to bring it back.
Well, "if not" then it's not a spiritual successor.
The guy didn't say what the classic game was, but if it's something like Turrican, I'm sure it will be obvious that's what it is and you'll receive a cease-and-desist order from the owner.
And if you go direct to the owner you're likely to hear the word "no". The only way to do some kind of modern incarnation of Turrican would be illegally, and then release it into the wild before anybody can stop you.
^ This
The most successful "spiritual sequels" I've seen have generally been Open Source equivalents. Obviously you wont be able to open source anything from the Xbox360 SDK for legal reasons, but if you wanted to do it in XNA to get it on the 360, there's no reason why you couldn't.
However, a good ol' C++/OpenGL PC version would be ideal, that way if it's successful enough, it can live on through various homebrew ports to past, present and future games consoles alike.
1. Just make it however you see fit.
2. Don't add your name or any reference to yourself.
3. Release whatever the fuck you want to.
4. Let the users, not the lawyers, define the artistic merit.
Guess i'm a dreamer.
As it stands, under American Copyright Law (and many other places), the "rules of a game" as it were can not be copyrighted (or trademarked, obviously). This is why you can have a blatant Tetris clone on your cell phone, but it can't be called Tetris (as that would be a violation of trademark).
So long as the code is 100% yours (and/or is all code that is from scratch), all of the art assets (textures, models, music, etc.) are created from scratch, and you don't use any copyrighted material (character names, game name (obviously), and perhaps even the "distinctive appearance" of a character) you'll have no legal problems. Well, you might get sued, but any competent judge would throw the case out as in this situation they'd have no legal standing.
I agree entirely. If creating a "successor" of a game - any game that was similar to existing games - was illegal, than the vast majority of commercial games out there would be illegal.
Unfortunately it seems to be a common myth in indie game development circles that rules and ideas are covered by copyright.
Well, you might get sued, but any competent judge...
There's your problem. How often have we seen this not happen?
Yep, this is mostly true, if you're making a clone of a game you don't need permission providing you don't infringe on their IP.
Infringement of IP might be using the same names of characters, graphically similar enemies and so forth.
Basically, if the original game is story based you're going to struggle to immitate it without infringing on their IP because their IP is so core to the game, but if you're going for a less story focussed game, let's say something like Streetfighter 2, then clone away, just chan
If it is an individual who wrote the original game, ask them for permission. Both times I've asked, I've received permission.
If it is a faceless mega-corporation, avoid using images, music, or names from the original game, but unless they have a patent on the look-and-feel or game mechanics (never heard of the later), you can just code away.
For my platman (old Amiga game) remake for the GBA, you can get it on my web page. (www.greasybastard.com)
Also see freeciv, and any of the two-or-so decent Wing Commander Privateer remakes.
unless they have a patent on the look-and-feel or game mechanics (never heard of the later)
Nintendo has U.S. Patent 5,265,888 (since reissued [google.com]) on the rules of Dr. Mario.
That was pretty damn funny. Actually, if you create a spiritual successor, (or rather a spiritual precursor) perhaps they would just buy it off of you. Then release it 10 years later.
So you played this game. You thought it was cool. You want to give others that cool experience that you liked so much.
Instead of copying the game concepts, invent something new. Go a level beyond the original. Give other people that "Wow - this is really cool new game" experience, not the "Wow - this is a really cheesy knockoff of ${GAME}".
I understand that learning to write games well without copying someone else's game is like learning to play guitar without _Stairway to Heaven_. That's fine; we've all got our Asteroids copies wasting bits on our hard drives. But copying games doesn't really bring anything new and good to the community:
If game writing is your passion, do it well. The big studios are not going to produce the creative, fun-to-play kind of games that an independent developer can. You are not competing with them - you have a range of freedom the professional game developer can only dream about. Use it. Be a blessing to other gamers, not the studios.
I disagree. I'd be perfectly happy to get yet another pacman clone, if it was the best pacman of all time.
original != good
unoriginal != bad
I don't really agree with this. The best OSS games I've played are all "successors" of older games, with improved but not so original mechanics: OpenTTD, Freeciv, Hedgewars or any of the Quake3 clones.
I was also pretty excited to see development around a Theme Hospital OSS clone, but alas, it seems the movement lost some steam nowadays.
It's pretty hard to get enough people to cooperate in a way that could be described as proper opensource development (i.e. not just one guy doing all the work and releasing it under GPL but actually multiple contributors working together) when the goal is not "let's make X but better!". When the goal is to go original you get a katamari of ideas as every contributor will want to add his own "improvements". The best games look like they were designed by a single person or a hive mind even though there were m
Nice argument, but the facts contradict it. There are many great free tributes to classic games. Freeciv, OpenTTD, Oolite, FrozenBubble, beautiful remakes of King's Quest I & II, and Quest for Glory II, Scorched 3d, etc. Any of these stand up well against their original inspiration, and provide something new at the same time.
This guy said "I realized that one of my favorite old games can be vastly improved with a few tweaks". Why would you want to discourage someone doing that and maybe even let you and everyone else play it?
Can you point to me how many commercial games out there are totally original new ideas, as opposed to borrowing from previous games?
The big studios are not going to produce the creative, fun-to-play kind of games that an independent developer can. You are not competing with them - you have a range of freedom the professional game developer can only dream about.
Do you write games yourself, OOI?
The reason why commercial game developers tend to be less original is because coming up with original games, that a
Can you point to me how many commercial games out there are totally original new ideas, as opposed to borrowing from previous games?
The most recent genre-launching video game was probably Parappa the Rapper in the mid-1990s. Parappa begot Beatmania, which begot Frequency and Amplitude, which begot Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Even a game like Katamari Damacy is just Bubbles (1982) redone as a 3D platformer.
A game both original and fun to play is hard. It's a risky undertaking for a studio.
Because he's independent, he has no deadline, no schedule pressure, indeed, no income pressure. He can do things which improve the art of game making as a whole. It isn't so much that a clone would be a waste of talent, but that he's in a position to do something much more revolutionary than copying someone else's idea. He should take advantage of that.
Even a poorly implemented or incomplete game will garner interest if it is NEW and INTERESTING.
I would say its quite the other way around. A clone of a well loved game will attract lots of attention, because it basically comes with a build in fan base and there will be plenty of fan pages out there that might link your project, thus spreading the word. Doing something completly new on the other side means you have to start from scratch, you don't have places to advertise your game and people will have no idea if your game is even worth a try, after all there are thousands of other free games floating
You see the same thing all over the place in other media as well. You can't swing a cat at a comics convention without hitting someone who's aching to "emulate" Jack Kirby by.... writing more stories using the characters Kirby created. (Or insert Will Eisner or Steve Ditko or Alan Moore or Jim Lee, etc. Or insert a beloved novelist or filmmaker or musician.) But that's not what made any of these creators great. What made them great was the fact that they created their own new characters (or songs or wh
There's a difference between writing/movies/music/etc and games in that games are largely mechanical and those mechanics can be improved. Stories are fixed works, writing the same one again with small improvements makes no sense but a game is dynamic, changing the mechanics even minimally can have a gigantic effect on the outcome and people replay games to experience all the different variations the mechanics can provide so those changes can be a huge improvement. What may be compared to stories, movies etc
But copying games doesn't really bring anything new and good to the community:
Sure it does, particularly if the original game in question was made for a platform that's, for all intents and purposes, dead today. You may enjoy running an emulator inside a VM in compatibility mode just to play a game made for some weird C64 clone of old, but I prefer to type "apt-get install {clone name}" in a terminal and avoid all the trouble.
If it looks like a copy, it will be compared to that other game, and no matter how good you make it, there will be people who pan it because ${GAME} did X, and yours doesn't do X, or does Y instead and they liked X better.
And there'll be others who'll say that it's better *BECAUSE* it does Y instead of X. Such as "uses OpenGL graphics" instead of "uses crummy bitmaps for everythi
I think you should be able to make a very similar game as long as you do not direct copy the graphics or the name I do not think you should encounter much trouble.
Just never say anymore then that it was inspired by the game.
I am in no way an expert, but (very general level design, movement, and just one or two game features) should be fine.
Pretty much every single FPS has similar moment and features anyways.
I do not intend to copy any materials, but it would be lovely if I could incorporate some game design ideas (very general level design, movement, and just one or two game features).
If you aren't going to use any of their art assets or written copy, you don't use any of their trademarked names or characters, and you don't violate any patents they may have received on features (probably not an issue) then I don't see what the problem is in the first place.
They can't do anything to you just for imitating the general game play. Commercial games do that all the time. Look at something like Dragon Age - the engine and game play feels a LOT like a spiritual successor to Neverwinter Nights - Bioware just dumped their D&D license and created all of their own story line and assets.
True - and looking at existing examples might be a good way to help define that.
For example:
Total Annihilation -> Supreme Commander (same as with NN -> DA, it was the same developer who just no longer had rights to the original). The atmosphere, genre, *and* gameplay elements there are really similar...
System Shock -> BioShock (again the story of same dev, new franchise...)
This might become an interesting thread
This might become an interesting thread
Goldeneye 007 -> Perfect Dark -> Timesplitters
Any other obvious (or non-obvious) ones?
Mitchell's Osman to Capcom's Strider -- both directed by Kouichi "Isuke" Yotsui.
It's better described as the mental process in the player. The factors involved in that vary from game to game but a successor should provide a similar mental process (e.g. if a game has the player thinking about the large scale environment and how to navigate and explore it a game that instead focuses on a story and combat is not a sequel even if it uses the same setting, characters, etc). An important factor of that is also newness, if a part of the game was surprising the player with new ideas you can't
The only reliable level that is acceptable is to use the same game the same engine, and just make new custom levels for it. Anything more than that will end you up in hot water for sure.
Yahtzee did a tutorial video on this which he cleverly disguised as a review of the game Bioshock:
Zero Punctuation: Bioshock [escapistmagazine.com]
To paraphrase, "Bioshock isn't like System Shock II, it is System Shock II.... the bad guy might as well be Shodan with a waistcoat and a copy of Atlas Shrugged... PSI powers are now Plasmids, the Hybrids are now Splicers and the wrench is now... well it's still a wrench but a different sort of wrench... everything that was cyberpunk then is steampunk now..."
Don't use trademarked names or logos or anything so close it would create confusion. E.g., PocMan, or PacMen or PacPeople are too close to Pacman, but ChomperMan, PelletEater, GhostEater, etc, are okay.
Don't use the original copyrighted materials. Artwork, exact text, etc, are all verboten.
Beyond that, you're basically okay. Game rules/mechanics specifically *can't* be patented (or copyrighted, of course) in the USA. That doesn't mean that there aren't patents purporting to do so out there. There is long-s
Game rules/mechanics specifically *can't* be patented (or copyrighted, of course) in the USA.
Nintendo's patent on the rules of Dr. Mario (originally 5,265,888; since reissued) and AFL's patent on indoor football with a rebound net (4,911,443) disagree with you. I can dig up citations if you wish.
I am still trying to picture a spiritual game.
Do you steer a character up into the mountains to assume the Lotus position and meditate on the oneness of the world?
Are you attacked by demons, but instead of shooting them (Doom) you cast them out with prayer (obviously a movie spin-off from The Exorcist)?
Do you pass through increasingly higher levels of virtue as your avatar accumulates Love, Peace, Hope, etc?
It is an interesting idea anyway - spiritual enlightenment through game playing: the 21st century religion.
Here you go. Bible Fight!
http://games.adultswim.com/bible-fight-action-online-game.html [adultswim.com]
I am still trying to picture a spiritual game.
"Do androids dream of electric sheep" had an electronic game that was pretty well what you describe, except as unseen enemies threw rocks at you as you climbed the mountain you just had to grit your teeth and bear it.
Well, Cursed Mountain sounds superficially like what you describe (you ascend a mountain and fight by using prayers on restless souls and demons)...
I am still trying to picture a spiritual game.
Do you steer a character up into the mountains to assume the Lotus position and meditate on the oneness of the world?
You've played The Secret of Levitation [ysrnry.co.uk] then?
Once again, SINAL. Ask one.
There, fixed that for you.
Slashdot is not a lawyer. Ask one.
Ask Slashdot about the law typically means "What should I know first to make the most of my first consultation?"
"Unfortunately, I am pretty sure the game is not in the public domain yet. "
Since there are no video games I'm aware of that pre-date 1923 (US copyright law), I'd say that's probably right.
Authors can chose to release works into the public domain ahead of time, and sometimes things fall through the cracks, even though they are not all that old (see 'Night of the Living Dead').
Authors can chose to release works into the public domain ahead of time
Technically speaking, this isn't true. Under the Berne Convention, copyright exists even if it is not asserted. Courts interpret a "release into the public domain" as, essentially, issuing a perpetual license to perform any activity with a work. While the consequences are effectively the same, the legal situation is considered different.
and sometimes things fall through the cracks
Not in Berne Convention signatory countries, as the US
The loophole in the copyright extension that allowed Night of the Living Dead and Plan 9 From Outer Space to fall into the public domain were closed in the Sonny Bono Copyright act a few years ago. Now, your work has a copyright that lasts for 70 years + life or whatever it is from the moment it's created. The copyright holder no longer has to file extensions.
You should look at the copyright law governing games and then talk to an IP lawyer. But, my understanding, and I am not a lawyer, is that so long as you don't copy the look and don't steal any images or sounds made for the original game. You are pretty much in the clear. A spiritual successor is OK. Consider, that anyone can write a story using time travel or warp drive, but you get in trouble if you have warp drive ships named the NCC Enterprise that looks like the one in Star Trek. But, you can have a shi
I recently ran into a very similar situation with a software project of my own. And I did consult a lawyer.
Take your design. Sample images, logos, and gameplay design to a lawyer, especially one who does copyright work. Take the original game (or screenshots and descriptions) as well.
They should be able to give an opinion. If their opinion is that you're two close, then find some ways to make the game different in a way you feel is better until the lawyer says that it is different.
Once he says it is dif
Figure out what it is that you really like about the game. Then make a game that does something similar, and conveys the essence of what you like.
For example, the essence of "Asteroids" would be a game where you pilot a space ship in 2D, with a simplified physics model (if you stop firing the engines, your ship will actually slow down and eventually stop due to some sort of highly unrealistic "friction" in space) and you busily dodge and shoot things. You could make a game that isn't called "Asteroids", doesn't have vector graphics, and has somewhat different rules, but it would still capture the essence. It doesn't matter if your rocks are kind of ugly or your sound effects are lame, but it does matter if the controls for the ship are sluggish to respond, or the game animation is jerky, that sort of thing. Sound effects and rock graphics are easily upgraded later; focus on the soul of your game. (I used to play Asteroids, and it wasn't because the graphics were so good or the music was so great. In fact, there was no music, although that sort of "heartbeat" sound effect was kind of cool for the day...)
Once you have your core gameplay, you may start having original ideas that may take you in a new direction. Suppose you added gravity to your spaceship game, and the player has to fly in and out of cave networks, shooting little bases and collecting stuff? (That one is called "Gravitar".) Suppose you shoot rocks, but they don't blow up, and little crystals come out and you collect them? Then add a giant lion-faced robot boss... (That one is called "Sinistar".) So, don't call your project some lame name like "Asteroids Clone"; it may not end up being a clone. You could call it some goofy name like "Nexuiz" and thanks to the miracle of the Internet, people would still find out about it (if it's worth finding out about).
Also, here is a meta hint that applies to any free software project: focus on what you are good at, and make something that is usable even if limited. If you make a game that is quite playable, but just has one level that repeats over and over, you may attract a fan base and someone may volunteer to write a new level for it. If your music is weak, someone who is a musician may donate some better music. But nobody will volunteer to take a broken mass of code that doesn't even compile, and help you sort it out. Successful free software projects build a community and some momentum, but you won't get a community or momentum without making something that actually works.
I suggest an informal "agile" approach. Get something working, no matter how limited and lame. For example, a ship that flies around. Then add some feature, and get that working too. Say, rocks. Then keep adding things: collision detection (ship must dodge), ship gun, rocks splitting when hit, a score counter, etc. At each step, get something that works and check it in to a source control system before you go on.
I use an informal agile approach on just about everything I do. If you are making a truly complicated game that needs crazy amounts of design, even then I suggest doing the agile thing... just design the broad outlines, then pick some easy corner of the project and start there.
Especially in a project you are doing in your spare time for fun, this style of developing is a good idea. And in true open source style, consider making all your little incremental releases publicly available. If you are lucky, you may start to build a little community even while you are still at the pre-alpha stage.
P.S. If you are looking for a project, please consider the Activision "Battlezone" game. It was an odd hybrid of a real-time strategy game and a first person shooter, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. If I ever tackle a game project like you are proposing, it would be this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1998_video_game) [wikipedia.org]
I still have a hard time truly imagining what the point of an FPSRTS would be. What should the thoughts of the player be? Why would he fight himself instead of letting automatically controlled units do it (since it costs him the ability to control other parts of the battlefield as his attention is tied up)? How much would an FPSRTS differ from a team FPS from the perspective of a player?
I still have a hard time truly imagining what the point of an FPSRTS would be.
Well, I won't try to answer that question in the abstract. I'll just describe how it works in Battlezone.
You are a guy who is there on the planet with your other units. You can give them orders, via radio I guess, or you can do things yourself. Your units have pretty lame AI, but three things they are pretty good at: "follow me", "attack that enemy", "defend the base".
You have some kind of mission on each level. Some of the mi
I give you...Battlezone [wikipedia.org] and Battlezone 2 [wikipedia.org].
Although not as polished as they could have been, tons of fun to play. Think trying to build your base and rushing around to defend chokepoints at the same time, as well as missions where you take a break from the RTS part for a good old "get from A to B in one piece" kind of mission.
As long as you don't directly copy any of the art, assets, code or writing, you're free to do whatever the hell you want. Even ripping off the setting as long as you change the names is fair game. Doing tile for tile remakes of the levels (if it has such a thing) might be pushing the boundaries, so I'd stay clear of that too, but pretty much any game mechanic has been copied a million times over so you're safe ripping that off to your hearts content. That's what the professionals do, too.
Lord knows, if this wasn't true the FPS genre would have died off in the 90s.
I look forward to the next new game that does not use any concepts that appeared in a previous game.
The Curse of Monkey Island I and Street Fighter II have recently experienced "remakes" on xbox live.
They both offer the option to "stick with classic view" or "shiny new remade graphics". They also offer the possibility of switching from one to the other.
I suggest you do the same: a "classic mode", with gameplay conserved from the original, and a "new mode" with improvements.
See Ultratron and Titan Attacks at puppygames.com
These are a bit closer to original than 'spiritual successor' but so well executed they're hard to ignore.
I have read most of what's been written here, and I agree with many of the points made. I, myself, am working on a spiritual successor to a game, and I've implemented many of the ideas already expressed.
1. Do not copy Image, Story, Scenario, etc. My game is based on the concepts behind the original Metroid and Metroid Zero Mission. I have changed the scenario so that while the 'mission directive' is nearly identical to Metroid's, the story takes a sharp turn away from Metroid's almost immediately, and co
Ask your lawyer.
Most of us are unqualified to give legal advice. If you think the lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client, you should hear stories from the lawyer who represents some idiot who relied on slashdot.
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With Election Over, 'Saving The United States' Takes on New Meaning and Urgency with Online Campaign
Groundbreaking Online Experience Leverages Social Networking and Power of Internet to Save and Restore America's Flagship
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 8, 2012 12:18 PM
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After a successful beta launch this summer, the groundbreaking SavetheUnitedStates.org campaign to save and repurpose America's Flagship has launched an upgraded 2.0 version with an improved user interface, enhanced content and more ways to help save this irreplaceable piece of American history.
The Save the United States Campaign (www.SavetheUnitedStates.org) blends social networking with historic preservation to raise awareness and resources for the cause of saving one of the nation's most enduring, yet most neglected national symbols. The groundbreaking interactive experience has already received national attention for its unique approach and is fast creating an online community committed to protecting this unique and inspiring icon of American pride and innovation.
The dynamic SavetheUnitedStates.org 2.0 web platform enables visitors to scroll across the exterior of the ship and zoom in to uncover historical information about the ship's passengers and crew, from the Presidents who sailed aboard her as well as immigrants, movie stars, diplomats, and people from all walks of life. For as little as $1, supporters can select and save their own sections of the ship. They can also upload photos, stories, anecdotes, and tributes which can be linked to their Facebook pages and other social networking platforms.
Individuals and corporations have a variety of customization options including highlighting their sections with badges, colors and other graphics. Since the beta launch, dozens of additional facts, photos and user interface improvements have been made to enhance the experience for visitors and supporters.
The safest, fastest and most advanced ship of her time, SS United States epitomizes "Made in America" and remains the largest passenger ship constructed entirely in her namesake nation. Like the Space Shuttle and the 747, the vessel is one of the nation's crowning engineering achievements. Larger than the Titanic, she shattered the transatlantic speed record 60 years ago this year – a record that has never been broken. Part of a top secret Cold War program to build the fastest ship afloat, the SS United States served as the luxury liner of choice for Hollywood stars celebrities and could be quickly converted to transport 15,000 troops 10,000 miles without refueling
Today, America's Flagship sits idle and in a state of disrepair in Philadelphia awaiting restoration and repurposing as a museum and self-sustaining stationary waterfront destination. But time is running out. With costs rising, the ship needs a lifeline from the public to stay afloat as redevelopment plans are finalized. All contributions to the campaign are tax deductible.
The launch of SavetheUnitedStates.org 2.0 comes at a critical time in the crusade to save the ship from destruction. The SS United States Conservancy, which purchased the historic ship last year, has only a few short months to raise $1 million to prevent the ship from being sold to the scrapyard. The SavetheUnitedStates.org campaign has the potential to reach millions of people around the world and engage them in the cause at this critical time.
"After a very divisive election, this campaign to "Save the United States" is unifying and inspiring. The SavetheUnitedStates.org Campaign enables the entire nation to rally around this great ship through a new online community," states Susan Gibbs, executive director of the SS United States Conservancy and granddaughter of the ship's designer William Francis Gibbs. "The SS United States embodies the nation's post-war power, optimism and unshakable "can-do" spirit. By leveraging the power of social networking and the internet, we will save one of the 20th century's crowning technological achievements for future generations in a fun and exciting way."
Funds raised by the campaign will be used to maintain the ship, and initiate the exterior restoration of the nearly 1,000-foot-long ship to her former glory. They will also be used to develop a 20,000-square-foot museum as well as a dynamic Center for American Design and Discovery that will explore history, science, technology and innovation themes.
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Google tries to MAP its way out of competition trouble in Brussels
'We've gone the extra mile,' Mountain View claims
Google's rivals in Europe are fed up with what they see as Mountain View's intransigent attitude towards the now three-year-long regulatory competition probe of its search business.
It's been a month since the European Union's antitrust commissioner Joaquin Almunia gave Google's enemies just four weeks to scrutinise the ad giant's revised package of concessions. The search giant hadclaimed the package would address the watchdog's concerns that it had stifled the online search market within the 28-member-bloc.
No formal market test took place this time around. Instead, complainants and stakeholders in the case were asked to respond privately to specific questions set by the Commission.
Details of Google's reworked offer to Almunia's office were originally kept quiet, but the documents were eventually leaked to The Register and other publications.
Last week, UK-based price comparison website Foundem said that there were "fatal flaws" in Google's latest set of remedies to the EC.
Other rivals, consumer groups and publishers agree that Google's revised offer does not hold water and instead claim that it would allow the company to continue to have a stranglehold on the search market in Europe.
Germany-based Hot-map.com and Euro-Cities AG submitted their combined response to Almunia on Monday. They said they were "dismayed" by Google's proposals and argued that its business practices would "go unchecked" if the commission were to adopt its revised offer.
They added that small- and medium-sized businesses in Europe would be hit particularly hard by such remedies.
"The very negative effects on the wider European economy will inevitably have been and continue to be significant," Hot-map and Euro-Cities said.
"Google has forfeited its chance to show true good will and make meaningful proposals to a quick settlement. We again suggest that the Commission swiftly resume its Article 7 process and issue its Statement of Objections and insist on truly effective remedies."
Google, however, continues to insist that it has made adequate sacrifices to deal with Almunia's competition concerns.
And the company is finally getting chattier about its revised offer, which it hopes will lead to a settlement that stops far short of sanctions that could involve a fine of up to 10 per cent of Google's worldwide annual turnover.
On Monday, Google's general counsel Kent Walker said in a blog post:
Users will be presented with alternative specialized search options right in the middle of some of the most valuable and prominent space on our search page. It is hard to see how anybody could reasonably claim that this will not offer users choice.
These weren't easy concessions to make. Within Google, many asked why we would agree to such unprecedented and far-reaching changes to our continuously evolving search results. But we didn't want to spend a decade fighting over these issues. We wanted to move forward, letting our engineers continue to do what they do best: building products that help users in their everyday lives.
But Hot-map.com director Michael Weber disputed Google's claim that it would "give links to rival sites much more real estate and visibility".
"What Google is withholding in its spin, is that these three 'rival links' per search result page in most cases would not be free, but rather auctioned to competitors at prices that can quickly go through the roof and cost several euro per click. This cost must be passed on to consumers, as online businesses are working on very tight margins," he told El Reg.
Walker, meanwhile, is floating the notion that rivals are stalling the commission "to prolong the process to keep us in regulatory limbo, filing new complaints timed to disrupt our settlement negotiations."
He added:
We've gone the extra mile to come up with a settlement that will resolve the commission's expressed concerns and allow everyone to focus on competing on the merits and creating innovative new services for consumers. We look forward to bringing this matter to a sound and reasonable conclusion.
US-based Consumer Watchdog - a regular critic of Google's biz practices - argued to the EC that "approval of the commitments would essentially legitimatise Google's anti-competitive practices and give the company more tools to strengthen its dominance." ®
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A WANGARATTA man will be sentenced next week over a crash that killed Whorouly man Chris Power.
Kenneth "Kenny" Ritchens yesterday pleaded guilty in the County Court at Shepparton to charges involving the crash that happened four years ago.
Mr Power's body, thrown from Ritchens' car, was found by an Oxley Flats Road resident hours after neighbours heard what they thought was logs falling off a truck.
Ritchens was ordered to stand trial after a three-day committal hearing in Wangaratta Court in February.
That three-day hearing heard testimony from witnesses that Ritchens had confessed to killing someone when he crashed his car early on June 21, 2008.
Judge Lance Pilgrim yesterday adjourned the case to Shepparton next Monday.
Ritchens, 31, will be sentenced at 2pm.
The Wangaratta hearing heard testimony from a policeman who visited Ritchens on the morning of the crash.
Ritchens told the policeman his car, a black Ford Fairmont sedan, had been locked before it was stolen from Merriwa Park in Wangaratta.
But he also said he did not know where his car keys were.
He had blood on his face and a swollen eye and appeared to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Ritchens faced the committal on charges of dangerous driving causing death, culpable driving and attempting to obtain property by deception of an insurance company.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges at that hearing.
The court heard Ritchens told the police officer, "I've been on eccies (ecstasy) all night".
According to notes taken by another police officer later that day, three red scratch marks were seen on Ritchens' lower back. He said he had got them plastering.
Mr Power, 40, was a stalwart of the Whorouly football club.
He was killed after the car in which he was travelling left the road and smashed into a tree, about 7 kilometres from Wangaratta.


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OMG! Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo's Wedding Will Be Televised!
Didn't Nick Lachey learn the first time around to not mix his peronal life with reality TV?
-PJ Gach
Is this how you can tell a celeb is desperate to stay in the limelight? Televise your wedding and hope for a ratings bonanza? Nick Lachey and long time (possibly suffering) gal pal Vanessa Minnillo, are going to have a very professionally recorded wedding. The two have been dating since 2006.
According to People, the couple will have a special on TLC. Nick & Vanessa's Dream Wedding (gag me now) will contain footage of their wedding shower, Vanessa's search for a dress and the ceremony. Of course the actual date for the special and wedding is a closely guarded secret.
The couple issued the following statement about the show: "We're lucky to have such passionate and loving fans, and we thought partnering with TLC on this special would be the best way to share the exciting journey we're on with all the people that support us and our relationship."
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If they're thinking that they'll get the same amount of viewers as Prince William and Kate Middleton, they may want to rethink that. Nick's last professional gig was back in December, when he was the host of NBC's The Sing-Off. As for Vanessa, she had a guest spot on 30 Rock and was the co-host of ABC's Wipeout. Both gigs were last winter.
Who knows, maybe it will kick start a new career for the duo? They could become wedding planners. Scratch that, Tori and Dean have that job locked down.
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Pinkberry, H&M open in Warwick Mall this month
It's been nearly two years since the floods of 2010 infiltrated Warwick Mall and caused its temporary closure. The reopening unveiled a new look and many new stores, and Warwick Mall has been adding to its list of vendors since.
The Nordstrom Rack will open in October or November, but two new stores are opening much sooner. H & M, a clothing store, opens today at noon, and Pinkberry, a frozen yogurt shop, will open Saturday June 16 at 10 a.m.
The first 100 people in line at H & M today will receive scratch ticket coupons, and those that hurry to the opening of Pinkberry are likely to get free samples, said the mall's general manager, Domenic Schiavone.
"We've got world-renowned retailers, like H & M out of Sweden," he said. "And Pinkberry has created quite a buzz."
Aram Garabedian, co-managing partner of Warwick Mall, said the newest additions to the mall are very exciting.
Pinkberry serves frozen, soft-serve yogurt topped with fresh fruits and other sweet treats. The franchise started in Los Angeles, but now has more than 100 locations, including one in Cranston's Garden City Center. H & M has 2,500 locations worldwide, including one in Providence Place Mall.
Garabedian said the addition of new stores has added to the appeal of the mall.
"People tell me how they love this and love that," he said.
Though most of the comments he gets are from women, men do occasionally tell Garabedian how much they like the mall, especially in the post-flood years.
"I had one woman say she'd rather spend time in Macy's dressings rooms because it's nicer than where she lived," he said.
Although the flood was a major financial setback, Garabedian can now look back on it almost fondly.
"The mall was born in 1970," he said. "In 1990 it gets a facelift. In 2010 much was redone, and a new string of stores have changed people's perception about the mall."
Garabedian said the addition of Jordan's Furniture has been hugely beneficial and is also thrilled that Nordstrom Rack will be coming in the fall.
In the meantime, Garabedian is looking forward to H & M and Pinkberry opening their doors.
"With all the negative stuff we hear in Rhode Island, you can see why people may not have thought we'd rise from the ashes, or rather, the water," he laughed.
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Sean O'Connell and Bruce Lindheim Take Home 2013 Louisiana Saltwater Series Redfish Championship Title with a Two-Day, Four Fish Total Weight of 36.29 Pounds
(Oct. 22, 2013) - The Louisiana Saltwater Series Redfish Series Championship was held at Venice Marina in Venice, Louisiana on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19. When it was all said and done, Sean O'Connell and Bruce Lindheim took home $5,960 and bragging rights as the Champions of the 2013 LASS Redfish Series with a two-day total weight of 36.29 pounds.
The Championship is a two-day tournament, with a two-fish total weight per day to determine the winner. There's no entry fee, and there's a guaranteed hefty paycheck for the top finishing team. In order to compete in the Louisiana Saltwater Series Championship, teams must either have a finish within payout in one of the six qualifying events or compete in at least four of the six qualifying events over the course of the year.
A total of 58 teams qualified to participate in the Championship event for 2013.
On day one of the Championship 39 teams took to the waters to begin their hunt for a chance to take home first place. At the end of the weigh-in, 59 live redfish were brought to the scales, and Nash Roberts, IV, and Luke Landry stood in first place with a two-fish total weight of 18.47 pounds.
The awards banquet wrapped up a great day on Friday on the water, with dinner provided by Venice Marina and beverages by Coors Light and Tito's Vodka. Dinner was followed by the recognition of the LASS Youth of the Year, Christopher McElveen and the LASS Team of the Year, Steve Smith and John Garrison.
At the start of day two, 26 teams blasted off in hopes of catching two fish that would give them the winning two-day total. Teams began weighing in at 1 p.m., and Brandon Treadaway and Kevin Bergeron kicked things off with a two-fish total weight of 18.64 pounds, with one fish weighing in at 10.3 pounds!
The LASS also recognized its 2013 Youth Champion, Drake Garrison, who had a two-day total weight of 13.72 pounds. Youth participants weigh in one redfish per day, competing against one another in a youth-only category.
The LASS is a catch, tag and release tournament, ensuring that nearly 100 percent of the fish caught in this tournament survive and later provide valuable data to the Department. It provides LDWF a great platform and opportunity to showcase its fisheries management efforts and public programs to thousands of people. Since the tournament's inception, a total of 3,112 fish have been tagged and released through the tournament series since its inception in 2010. Of the 3,112 tagged fish, 2,858 were redfish.
To further encourage tag and release numbers, teams were allowed to bring in extra fish, earning them entries into drawings for special prizes provided by tournament sponsors. Michael McElveen, Rob Folsom and Christopher McElveen brought in the most extra fish throughout the six redfish season events with a total of 43 fish.
Tournament sponsorship support includes Shimano, PowerPro, Coors Light, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Daybrook Fisheries, Omega Protein, Plaquemines Parish Tourism, Dockside Marine, Mercury, Conservation Force, SeaTow, Standard Mapping, Marsh and Bayou Magazine, Faux Pas Prints, Swamp Swatter, Frabill, Stick It Anchor Pins, YETI Coolers and Krispy Kreme Donuts.
The Louisiana Saltwater Series is hosted in conjunction with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation was formed to provide a means for individuals and corporations to become partners with the Department and Commission in the challenge of conserving Louisiana's wildlife and fish resources.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.
For press inquiries, contact Ashley Wethey at email@example.com or (225) 765-2396.


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When the Bears retired Mike Ditka's old No. 89 in May, they announced that his would be the team's final retired number. And no wonder: their 14 retired numbers is the most in the NFL. Among the great players whose jerseys will not be removed from rotation is Mike Singletary, the last man to wear No. 50 for the Bears.
Until this season, that is. Because when the team signed former Carolina linebacker James Anderson, they issued No. 50 for the first time since Singletary stepped away from the game in 1992.
A die-hard Bears fan's might object: "Who is that guy stealing Samurai Mike's number?" That's why RedEye talked to Anderson and see if he was worthy of the Singletary honor. Will he one day be recording a verse on the new Super Bowl Shuffle? Only time will tell.
When you got to Chicago, who were the first guys you talked to?
It's been a good transition. The guys here made me feel comfortable, welcoming into the group. The first guys I talked to were Lance [Briggs], Major [Wright] and Pep [Julius Peppers]. The guys who are in my area and close to my locker. And to be honest, every guy you come across has made you feel a part of the team. That's the vibe you get here.
Did they call you first, or did you call them?
Pep and those guys hit me up with a text message saying, "Welcome to the team," and then when I got here on the first day of workouts, all the guys came and said what's up.
So who have been your best friends on the team so far?
You know what? If they got a Chicago Bears jersey on — but mostly, hanging out with some of the backers: Lance, D.J. [Williams]. A lot of guys getting along.
What have you done in Chicago so far?
I did some sightseeing. My parents came up, so we visited some of the sights and got some good food.
What'd you see?
I went to the museums, and to the aquarium. I was a tourist for a couple of days. [Smiles.]
And what good food?
We went to Frisco's and a couple other places. Chicago's known for its good food, so I'm definitely trying to find all the spots.
Did you get some pizza?
Absolutely. From Gino's [East]. You gotta get the best, man, and that's what they say.
There was a lot of talk about you getting number 50. Have you talked to Singletary yet?
Not yet. We've reached out to him, but like I said, the team said go ahead with it, and I'm honored to wear it. Those are huge shoes to fill, and a big tradition, so I'm excited.
Did you ever watch him play when you were young?
No I didn't, but I'm going to go back and look at some old cutups and see what I'm stepping into.
Well thank you very much. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
Special contributor Jack M Silverstein covers the Bears for RedEye. Say hey @readjack.
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The transcendental character of the music is carefully selected to assist attendees in experiencing a collective state of bodily transcendence, similar to that of ancient shamanic dancing ritual, trough hypnotic, pulsing melodies and rhythms.
If you live outside of the San Francisco Bay Area, come and spend the weekend exploring magnificent ocean beaches and parks of Northern California.
Before the dance party starts we will spend 30 mins together following guided group session for emotional transformation of all participants utilizing PhysioEmoDynamics System.
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Connecting through all of your senses with others, you will feel as your being is bending and expanding, shifting your false perceptions, healing your false belief systems.
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Why oh WHY did my calculus teacher give me a summer assignment! *tears hair out* Someone help with this problem? I also have another that's a lot like it if you can help with that one also, still solving for A.
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Police: Women poured hot sauce in boy's eyes
Police: Women poured hot sauce in boy's eyes
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in Utah say two women duct-taped a teenage boy, forced him to use marijuana and poured hot sauce in his eyes to punish him.
West Valley City police say the 33-year-old woman and 38-year-old woman began abusing the older woman's son two years ago when he was 12.
Police say the women tried to force the boy to smoke marijuana and poured alcohol over his face and mouth while prying his mouth open.
Authorities say that on one occasion in 2011, the boy broke a glass dish and one woman pushed the boy onto the glass and poured Tabasco sauce in his eyes and face to punish him.
The women were arrested on multiple felony child abuse and endangerment charges.
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Regarding the guest toiletries - the basket thing is absolutely something I would normally do and have out. However, on that specific visit, we had just moved to a brand new house and they came to stay only a few weeks after we moved in... frankly, guest soaps weren't top of my priority list. Then when they saw we didn't have any, they got quite indignant. So now I'm conflicted between doing what I wanted to in the first place (setting up a proper guest bath with lotions, shampoos, etc) or standing my ground. Now if set up guest toiletries (which I agree is lovely!), am I caving to demands?
All these things may make them feel a little less comfortable in your home. Win! They won't visit as often.
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By Army Spc. Maurice A. Galloway
Special to American Forces Press Service
Nov. 17, 2009 - Through a coordinated effort to improve relationships between Iraqi police and judges, the provincial reconstruction team in Iraq's Basra province and the 17th Fires Brigade legal team set up a conference Nov. 7. The four-hour conference covered topics such as the responsibilities of their respective investigation officers and the state of the facilities that house Basra's prisoners.
"Our purpose today is to combine our efforts to come up with joint solutions that will increase our effectiveness and make Basra safer," said Chief Judge Khazal Dabol Qasim. "Only by working together will we be able to assess this current system and implement a strategy based from all the encompassing information and target key problems that we must improve."
A questionnaire regarding the roles and responsibilities of the investigation officers was handed out at the meeting's beginning. The form asked questions that helped to spark debate on the effectiveness of the police and judicial investigative processes.
"We can't prosecute anyone until we have evidence against that person; that's why it's important to arrive at the scene of these crimes immediately and conduct a thorough investigation," said Fallah, a lawyer with the Maqel, Iraq, court. "This is something that the investigation [police] officers are currently failing to do. We need more experienced professionals in these positions to handle such a crucial part of the judiciary process."
Capt. Adann Haydar, an officer with the Karmat Ali police, agreed that more extensive training was required so the investigation officers could learn to better perform the duties required of them, and that he would request training assistance from his department's partners at the 17th Fires Brigade and British civil police.
"We need more training and equipment to be able to perform all that is being asked of us," Haydar said, "but we also need the help of the judges and the ministry to provide us with the proper equipment and operating structure."
The Iraqi police provide the manpower, but need improved techniques and training, said Army Spc. Keagan W. Geer, a 17th Fires Brigade paralegal specialist and native of Stanton, Iowa.
"I feel Iraqi police have the personnel to conduct investigations properly," he said. "What they need is more defined roles and advanced training, specifically in the areas of criminal behavior, crime-scene evaluation and interviewing techniques."
After a brief intermission, the conference shifted focus toward the province's jails. Complaints of outdated buildings with small rooms, insufficient room to hold female and juvenile detainees, and lack of proper processing equipment were among the main concerns.
With more than 500 detainees, the jails are filled beyond capacity. Some detainees are held with very little evidence against them, while others have been detained for almost two years without legal counsel.
"We are addressing the situation of holding detainees for extended periods of time," said Iraqi Police Brig. Gen. Eedan. "The training that we'll conduct will include step-by-step instruction on how to properly evaluate a crime scene, gather evidence and question witnesses, all of which will help us to alleviate our overpopulated facilities and put in place a better judicial system."
Along with Qasim, members of the provincial reconstruction team and the 17th Fires Brigade legal team are developing a project to create at least 20 new jobs for junior attorneys who would serve as public defenders, providing the detainees with legal representation.
At the conference, the police and judges were able to openly discuss the issues hindering development of an integrated judicial system. They agreed to meet monthly in hopes of developing stronger relations and solving issues.
"The [provincial reconstruction team] did a fantastic job of opening the lines of communication between the two sides," Geer said. "This is the only way that the problems they are facing will have any chance of seeing an eventual solution, which will only benefit the people of Basra as a community."
(Army Spc. Maurice A. Galloway serves with the 17th Fires Brigade.)
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