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UH Manoa consortium unravels genetic code of transgenic papayaUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Advanced Studies in Genomics
The findings appear today as the cover article in the journal Nature.
The papaya variety sequenced was SunUp, selected for its good fruit quality and the fact that it is the original transgenic line used as a breeding line in several papaya improvement programs. Papaya is a principal fruit crop of tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. It ranks behind grapefruit in world importance of fruit crops and it is Hawaii's second most important fruit crop, after pineapple.
"Sequencing the papaya genome is the first large scale genome project done in Hawaii with international collaboration from 22 research institutes and will benefit the papaya research community, papaya farmers, and consumers for years to come" said Maqsudul Alam, Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics, College of Natural Sciences, University of Hawaii- Manoa (UHM) lead institute of the International Papaya Genome Consortium.
Transgenic papaya that resists papaya ringspot virus was developed by Drs. Dennis Gonsalves, Richard Manshardt, and Maureen Fitch at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (ARS/ PBARC) and the UH College for Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), respectively and released in the mid-1990s to save Hawaii's papaya industry from collapse. It was a widely publicized success story of genetically modified crop that provides dramatic benefits for both farmers and consumers.
"The genome sequence of SunUp facilitates deregulation of transgenic papaya in Japan and other foreign countries", said Dennis Gonsalves, Director of the USDA ARS/ PBARC in Hawaii. "Papaya as a minor crop worldwide has significant contributions to science and farm production. The draft sequence will provide candidate genes for developing disease and insect resistant varieties with improved fruit quality", said Stephanie Whalen, Director of the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC). The draft genome has found that the transgenic insertions occurred in only three places in the papaya genome, and that no nuclear genes were disrupted.
The papaya genome was sequenced using a whole genome shotgun approach. It took two years to construct the physical map and to sequence the 372 million bases of the SunUp genome. An interactive website (http://asgpb.mhpcc.hawaii.edu/papaya/) is available to collaborators to access the papaya genome sequence, which has been submitted to GenBank.
The transgenic Rainbow papaya, a hybrid between transgenic SunUp and non-transgenic Kapoho, is currently greater than 60% of Hawaii's total papaya production and nearly 70% when other transgenic varieties are included.
Currently, the transgenic papaya can be marketed in Canada and the mainland USA but not in Japan. The Japanese papaya market can be expanded significantly if the transgenic papaya were deregulated. The papaya genome has answered many technical questions for the Japanese regulatory agency and the transgenic "Rainbow "papaya may soon be available for consumption in Japan. The State of Hawaii supported the Japanese deregulation effort through a research grant to the HPIA and International Papaya Genome Consortium.
The new analysis revealed that papaya has fewer functional genes than any other flowering plant for which genome sequence is available. Papaya also contains more genes for volatile compounds, the odors that attract pollinators and animals that eat the fruit and disperse its seeds. Papaya is now the fifth angiosperm (flowering plant) for which detailed genomic information is available. "One of the implications of this study is, on a larger scale, to understand the genome evolution of angiosperms," said Ray Ming, a University of Illinois professor of plant biology and co-lead author on the study.
The PAPAYA GENOME PROJECT is the most ambitious scientific endeavor of its nature in the State of Hawaii to date and is carried out by University of Hawaii with a consortium of several local, national, and international institutions and organizations, including the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center in Aiea, USDA Agricultural Research Service's U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (PBARC), the Hawaii Papaya Industry Association (HPIA) and Nankai University, China.
"University of Hawaii was able to build essential genomic and bioinformatic infrastructure for the success of this project" said, Shaobin Hou, Genome leader and co-lead author on the study. "This is an excellent example of international collaboration and we are very proud to be part of this exciting project and we will continue our collaboration with ASGPB researchers", said Lei Wang, Professor Nankai University, one of the project leaders and corresponding authors of the Nature manuscript.
###Link to Nature article:http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html
For more information, visit: http://asgpb.mhpcc.hawaii.edu/papaya/


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Continuing our discussion of potential "Star Wars" standalone movies, today let's talk about Han Solo. Out of all the characters from the movies that could carry a film by themselves, young Han Solo makes the most sense. After all, he's a fan favorite from the original trilogy, he has plenty of back story to delve into, and his criminal activities offer up a lot of potential for adventure. This was identified quite soon after "A New Hope" was released. In fact, one of the first Expanded Universe stories was a Han Solo prequel.
Right after adapting the first "Star Wars" movie into comic form, Marvel Comics created Han Solo and Chewbacca prequel stories with "Star Wars" Issues #7 – #10 way back in 1978. Written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Howard Chaykin, the comics were a perfect illustration of what could go right and what could go wrong in Expanded Universe stories. Taking the cue that "Star Wars" was a space western, the story "Eight for Aduba-3" was based on the movie "The Magnificent Seven." It also started building a cast of supporting characters for Han Solo and Chewbacca to play off of beyond those seen in the movies. However, this story also created Jaxxon a giant green alien bunny modeled after Bugs Bunny. How Roy Thomas watched "A New Hope" and thought a giant green bunny would fit into that universe, I don't have a clue (Yet it was strangely foreshadowing of Jar Jar Binks, who would come along 21 years later.) While the quality of these spinoff comics can be debated, it did teach a couple of important lessons Han Solo could work in standalone stories and keeping in tone with the original films is exceptionally important.
A year later in 1979, Brian Daley wrote a trilogy of Han Solo and Chewbacca standalone novels "Han Solo at Star's End," "Han Solo's Revenge" and "Han Solo and the Lost Legacy." At the guidance of Lucasfilm, these adventures were set outside of the Empire in the Corporate Sector. While the stories were set far enough away to have no impact on the movies, they still hit the tone that fans were looking for. The important lesson from these books was that the Expanded Universe could deliver stories outside of the films that were still true to the characters.
It would be a number of years before Han Solo would get another notable standalone adventure. In 1997, A. C. Crispin kicked off a new Han Solo trilogy with "The Paradise Snare." I wrote a book review for it back when it was released, and this was my summary:
"The story begins when Han Solo is 19. He's an orphan living with a band of con artists and thieves, led by Garris Shrike. Han must fend for himself, but is cared for by Dewlanna, an elderly Wookiee who acts as Han's guardian. Flashbacks tell us how Han grew up and got involved with the thieves.
Han escapes from Shrike and takes on a job as a pilot for a strange cult. However, the cult is only a front for a spice smuggling operation for the Hutts. His bosses give him a Tiger-like bodyguard named Muuurgh who watches over him and keeps him out of trouble. Soon, though, Han falls in love with a Corellian cult member who is to be used and sold into slavery. Of course, Han rescues her, destroys the cult, and makes the Hutts very irritable.
Han then returns to Corellia with his love, Bria, and meets her wealthy parents. Will they accept him? Then, eventually, Han heads to Coruscant to apply to join the Imperial Academy."
Crispin then followed it with "The Hutt Gambit." This book, interestingly, almost completely skips over how Chewbacca and Han Solo first met. And as Crispin revealed in an interview I conducted with her for TheForce.Net in 1997, this was done at the direction of Lucasfilm:
"Per Lucasfilm's request, I did not cover Han's time in the Imperial Academy, or his first meeting with Chewbacca when he saved Chewie and thus caused the Wookiee to swear a Life-Debt to Han. I don't know whether any of that will be covered in the prequels, but from what I've heard, the time-frame for the prequel trilogy makes that unlikely. I've heard that the prequels are supposed to end two decades before SW:ANH. If that's true, the time frame would be all wrong."
The fact that LFL had so clearly staked out this story would lend credence to the idea that a young Han Solo film could be set in this time frame. A.C. Crispin then concluded the trilogy with "Rebel Dawn."
Han and Chewie got another standalone novel sort of in 2009 with the novel "Deathtroopers" by Joe Schreiber. Believe it or not, our heroes battle zombie Stormtroopers. On the surface it seems like a ridiculous pairing, but once you delve into it the story works surprisingly well. The Emperor secretly has a biological weapon (with roots in Sith history) transported on a Star Destroyer. When the virus is accidentally (?) released, the Imperial crew is zombified. All except for a couple of prisoners in the brig Han and Chewie. We then get a traditional zombie adventure with a "Star Wars" twist.
In January 2013, Del Rey released "Scoundrels" by Timothy Zahn. Here's the official synopsis:
"To make his biggest score, Han's ready to take even bigger risks. But even he can't do this job solo.
Han Solo should be basking in his moment of glory. After all, the cocky smuggler and captain of the Millennium Falcon just played a key role in the daring raid that destroyed the Death Star and landed the first serious blow to the Empire in its war against the Rebel Alliance. But after losing the reward his heroics earned him, Han's got nothing to celebrate. Especially since he's deep in debt to the ruthless crime lord Jabba the Hutt. There's a bounty on Han's headand if he can't cough up the credits, he'll surely pay with his hide. The only thing that can save him is a king's ransom. Or maybe a gangster's fortune? That's what a mysterious stranger is offering in exchange for Han's less-than-legal help with a riskier-than-usual caper. The payoff will be more than enough for Han to settle up with Jabbaand ensure he never has to haggle with the Hutts again.
All he has to do is infiltrate the ultra-fortified stronghold of a Black Sun crime syndicate underboss and crack the galaxy's most notoriously impregnable safe. It sounds like a job for miracle workers . . . or madmen. So Han assembles a gallery of rogues who are a little of bothincluding his indispensable sidekick Chewbacca and the cunning Lando Calrissian. If anyone can dodge, deceive, and defeat heavily armed thugs, killer droids, and Imperial agents alikeand pull off the heist of the centuryit's Solo's scoundrels. But will their crime really pay, or will it cost them the ultimate price?"
"Scoundrels" is in stores now in hardcover.
Around The Web
Latino Review – Is Harrison Ford definitely returning as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VII?
IGN.Com – Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg discussed their take on the standalone Star Wars movies as well as what they think of how the Expanded Universe should be handled as well as spoilers.
IGN: Is there anything you can say in terms of working with established Star Wars characters, or are you coming from a whole new plot and characters for your standalone movie?
Kinberg: This is what I would say: as a fan, I wouldnt want to know too much. I know thats impossible because its not the '70s or '80s anymore, but part of what was so exciting about A New Hope for me was I was entering into a universe I didnt know. Even in Empire, I was surprised by a twist I never would have seen coming. But its different nowadays. I understand the excitement, and Im happy that people are interested, obviously. But Id rather people have something left to discover when they go in.
Clone Wars Season 5 Finale Trailer – The latest episodes of "The Clone Wars" have been quite impressive, and this trailer promises more drama. And did you know you can download entire episodes of the series at StarWars.com? Be sure to view Sabotage, which features a Mandalorian war, Darth Sidious vs. Darth Maul, and more coolness.
TheForce.Net – Fight Like A Jedi! Star Wars fans unite to help a young fan battle a terrible disease. See how you can help out!
Check out more shots of Star Wars toys from Toy Fair in New York.
Angry Birds Toys
Hasbro Gallery
Boba Fett Movie Fan Art – Pretty fun piece of movie poster fan art. And check out that cast!
The Hollywood Reporter – HR talks to Kevin Smith, Zak Penn, and Zack Stentz about Star Wars overkill and how the sequels should be handled.
Wired – Check out this issue devoted to Star Wars as well as a military analysis of the Battle of Hoth!
io9 – Star Destroyer cake!
Hero Complex – Frank Oz says he's on board if they need him for a Yoda movie.
Neatorama – Darth Vader with a guitar cake. Do not question it.
Neatorama – Lightsaber street art!

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Voting, Duh!
Never in my life have I been so undecided on the lesser of two evils. The felt tip marker point went back and forth from Obama to Romney at least 5 times before checking off my final decision.
I wonder how many are just like me, undecided right up til the final second in the booth and I wonder how close of a race compared to every national poll which basically had them split the results will be.
In any case, get out there, VOTE!
Feels good though.
Like Vicky and Peter Said in their post yesterday, if you don't vote, don't go bitching afterwards.


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He's only skated for a little more than 20 minutes combined in the two games since he's joined the big club, but Providence call-up Martin St. Pierre has done enough to reaffirm the positive beliefs Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien had about him dating back even before training camp.
Julien saw enough of St. Pierre during the center's junior days and time in the AHL to know he'd come in handy down the road. And for good measure, Bruins assistant coach Geoff Ward coached St. Pierre in the Edmonton organization and also had faith that the 5-foot-9 could boost the Bruins at some point.
Skating on the fourth line between regular Providence linemate Vladimir Sobotka and Boston tough guy Shawn Thornton, St. Pierre has lived up to his advance billing in Julien's eyes.
"We kind of knew what we had. And he's come in, and I think he's done a great job and there's chemistry there between him and Sobotka – there's no doubt," Julien said after practice today in Wilmington. "He's got a good stick, a long stick – which you probably saw – but even the other night, we used him on the PK. I thought he did a great job getting in the shooting lanes, patient with (the puck). Again, with the long stick he's able to poke check the puck and everything else and cut those passes off. So he's got a lot of good things going for him."


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Caribbean Reduces Rate of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission; Officials Express Concern Over Possible Funding Reductions
October 10, 2013
"[T]he Caribbean is on the verge of becoming the first region in the world to eliminate" mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015, the Christian Science Monitor reports, noting that "thanks to an influx of foreign funding, [the region] has led the world in the reduction of deaths from the disease and in cutting the spread of infection." According to the newspaper, "The Caribbean's success has been achieved through an expansion of treatment to patients, who are now offered universal access to antiretroviral drugs in some countries. The islands have also made testing free and easy for much of the population."
However, "[s]ome are concerned that the success is set to be challenged as international funding dries up and nations reduce foreign aid amid global economic uncertainty," though "[a] few major donors, including [PEPFAR] and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, remain committed to the Caribbean, officials said," the newspaper writes. The article includes comments from Luis Ernesto Feliz Báez, who oversees the Dominican Republic's response to HIV/AIDS; Michel de Groulard, regional program adviser for UNAIDS in the Caribbean; Ruth Ayarza, Latin America and Caribbean regional manager for the International HIV/AIDS Alliance; and Dereck Springer, director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS coordinating unit in Guyana (Fieser, 10/9).
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I just can't believe that *Germans* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
In his best Sgt Schultz voice "I see nothing"
Heaven: Where the chefs are French, the police British, the carmakers German, and the lovers Italian, all organized by the Swiss.
Hell: Where the chefs are British, the police German, the carmakers French, the lovers Swiss, all organized by the Italians.
Hell: Where the chefs are British, the police German, the carmakers French, the lovers Swiss, all organized by the Italians.
And the accountants are Greek.
I heard another one like this:
Heaven is a British home, a Chinese chef, an American salary and a Japanese wife.
Hell is a Japanese home, a British chef, a Chinese salary and an American wife.
I've always had this theory...
What if the hard drive is removed prior to passing through the checkpoint. Or rather shipped separately, so I'd be passing through with a non-functioning laptop. Never tried it, I don't bring a laptop on vacation, f that, but what about for people who travel international? I don't think a hard drive would get searched in baggage in it's off state.
Likely successful and even simpler, get a second hard drive. Pack one in your checked baggage (most people check at least one bag flying internationally I think) inside an anti-static bag with your "real" OS and data, put a second cheap one into the laptop with a basic Windows (or Linux to save even more money) install and maybe a game or some non-sensitive work stuff to keep you occupied on the flight. Like you say, I doubt they'd make you install and check a second drive, especially if it were sealed up
Right, that would definitely work, my goal would be to prevent the intrusive government from installing anything on my computer and not wasting any time. I would be a little paranoid of that second hard drive within the scope of this article, since the government probably has rootkit grade stuff. But now that I think of, add have a system imagine from ghost or something and flash back to that every flight on your 2nd hard drive and that would kill the root kits. I'm thinking more along the lines of peopl
It actually hasn't been altered but retains its initial functionality even though a prominent decision by Germany's constitutional court requires the abilities to be limited to tapping into digital phone calls.
They simply didn't castrate the program, violating that court order in the process.
There are some government powers for which safeguards against abuse simply are not sufficient. The power itself must be taken away, because the eventual abuse cannot be worth any beneficial uses it might have.
Indeed, and of all the political parties trying to use this mess to their advantage at the moment the only ones who grasp this point are the Pirate Party.
""Es gibt keinerlei Möglichkeit, einen Trojaner zu installieren, der den rechtlichen Erfordernissen entspricht." Ein Richter könne nie nachweisen, ob Beweismittel auf Computern eines Überwachten nachträglich verändert wurden."
In English:
"There is no possible way to install a trojan that satisfies the legal requirements*. A judge ca
Pray they do not alter it any further.
Seems like you're still rather new to this whole "reading" thing.
No, I'm just plenty willing to abandon accuracy for a cheap pop culture reference.
The lawyer of one person who had this spyware on his laptop claims that it was installed by customs officers at the Munich airport. Apparently there have also been cases where the police secretly broke into the apartment of a suspect (and claims the break in was covered by a simple search warrant).
The version analyzed by the CCC only works on Windows (32 bit). It is unclear whether additional versions exist.
Someone else mentioned installing it at the border -- yet another reason for completely wiping the system before and after a border check. There are two known cases where this happened. In another case, they broke into someone's home and installed the software on two computers. None of these cases involved terrorism, or child abuse, for that matter.
Source (German, obviously): http://taz.de/Staatstrojaner-gegen-Drogendealer/!79701/ [taz.de]
F-Secure has the installer: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002250.html [f-secure.com]
And I have still this one simple question: How are the infecting the systems
In this case, the software was probably installed during a "check" at customs when the victim came home from an international trip.
But the article also mentioned that in other cases it was installed using "black bag" operations (i.e. "legal" burglaries).
and is it cross-platform?
probably not. And the fact that the CCC learned about so many cases of use seems to indicate to me that even a moderately intelligent windows user would notice that something is amiss...
This may be a good case for a TPM on computers. A "black bag" operation would then force the user to have to pull out a recovery key in order to boot the attacked machine.
Of course, one can theorize about a backdoor in a TPM, but that would require a lot of international cooperation, a lot more than just using an "official" keylogger.
one can theorize about a backdoor in a TPM, but that would require a lot of international cooperation, a lot more than just using an "official" keylogger.
So, it might make the German users safer against these shenanigans, but what about the US users?
And if well done, the TPM could actually be abused to seamlessly hide any Trojans, so the NSA might even entrust the German authorities with the secret, without fear of the CCC discovering it...
Vaguely referenced in the original heise.de article the company responsible for programming the trojan is "digitask". They charged neighboring Bavarian state Baden-Württemberg 1,2 million Euros for some components of the software in 2007. From the Spiegel article below also looks like digitask was being commissioned to implement a complete digital "Big Brother" system from certain states. So looks like more German states than just Bavaria are implicated in this.
source german: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/0,1518,791112,00.html [spiegel.de]
Also another English article from spiegel
And DigiTask is owned by Deloitte. And Otto Schily, former minister of the interior, is one of the chairmen of Deloitte.
nobody has the intention of building a surveillance state [wikipedia.org]!
The programme had been used in 2009, he said.
A - (old/pre version) CCC had several sources/versions of the trojan to examine, they were very similar or identical (obeying the same US command center)
B - (info not mentioned) News sources (German Radio in particular) never mention that all information gathered (thousands - 60? of screen shots in the airport-laptop infection case) went through the hard coded IP address (188.8.131.52) of the trojan command center's US server(s). Maybe that's below people's event horizon?
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Skype_and_SSL_Interception_letters_-_Bavaria_-_Digitaskwikili [wikileaks.org] wikileaks has something on digitask...
The issue is ore complex.
First of all the german supreme court denied "the police" the right to have such a program in the extend it is used now. Important functionallity, like uploading and installing additional additional components was not allowed. Also a "search warrant" was required to install it.
In the given cases it seems the police just did what they pleased.
On top of that the "Police Trojan" is a true backdoor. It allows loading of arbitrary code via the internet. It allows remote control and screenshots, so you easy can remote control type a compromising email, screen shot it and thus forge evidence.
And on TOP OF THAT they included (forbidden by the supreme court) the option to activate cameras and microphones without the notice of the owner.
By that they are able to record innocent by standers, or take naked photos of people in the living room etc.
The outcry is so big that one of the most conservative german news papers (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, FAZ) printed the dissasembled code in the "feature pages" (feuilleton) with comments added by the Hackers from Chaos Computer Club.
Several additional German states have admitted to deploying spyware in order to investigate serious criminal offenses, according to regional media sources. The interior ministers of the states of Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony said that regional police had used the software within the parameters of the law. In Lower Saxony, the software has been in use for two years, according to the public broadcaster NDR. Authorities in Brandenburg, meanwhile, told the daily Berliner Morgenpost that they are currently using the spyware in a single, on-going investigation. Baden-Württemberg has also used such software to investigate "individual cases," according to the Badische Zeitung. The interior ministry in the western state North Rhine-Westphalia also admitted that police had used the software in two instances, both of which had been approved by a judge. The news agency dpa reported that both cases had involved serious drug crimes....
See the article [dw-world.de] (in English) for the full text.
There is NO way to use spyware that has the ability to update itself at the whim of its controller legally unless "anything goes" has been made legal for law enforcement. And, pointedly, the Bundesverfassungsgericht (federal constitutional court) explicitly said it ain't so! One could argue if due process and diligence was in place, but I see no trace thereof. Hell, even the versions the CCC analyzed were not within the confines of the law, why bother with updates to step out of legality, we never were insi
This whole German 'Federal Trojan' thing is blowing up in the faces of the conservative right, just as we speak. Just like with the Websperren and IP storaging thing. Wonderfull sight to look at. I'm currently sitting back, watching the fray unravel before me and enjoying my popcorn.
The supreme court will cancel this crapshot (once again) These guys have been doing overtime ever since Schäuble was Minister for Internal Affairs.
The press is having a field day, opposition in parliament will be anal-probing the responible, Schäuble, Von der Leyen and Co. will be backpedaling yet again and the pirate party will get pushed from an allready impressive 8% all the way beyond 10% in the polls nationwide. Well done. The Chaos Computer Club saved the day once again (kudos and thank go out to them) and the professional required-by-law privacy protection experts are all over this like a cheap suit.
Gotta love it.
Nothing beats a 50ies+ old-school roughneck polititian screwing around with them internets and accompaning laws and falling flat on his face a year or two later.
Wonderfull, just wonderfull.
My 2 cents.
Yeah, I see people talking about "surprise surprise, the Germans are doing this nasty shit", and I'm like, uh... they're not going to get away with it. The US government has done some outright horrible crap as well, but no one jumps on their case for NSA warrant-less wiretaps (just as bad as this) because they were never ruled by a fascist government.
The fact is that Germany has learned its lesson well, and the German people aren't going to just lay down and take this. If anything there is a strong reaction
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Blues steal late trial win from Waratahs
New South Wales lost a tight 40-36 Super Rugby trial match to the Blues after conceding an injury-time try in Whangarei on Saturday.
Peter Saili scored the winner, prompting a relieved Blues flanker Luke Braid to say it was good to sneak home after a first-up loss to the Reds.
Braid was impressed with the way the second-half team came back to win after the Waratahs looked to have done enough deep into the fourth quarter.
"It was awesome to watch how they hung in there and fought back over that whole half," he said.
All eyes were on the second-half appearance of former NRL superstar Israel Folau, who displayed flashes of brilliance with the ball in hand but is still very much a work in progress with a couple of wayward kicks showing his inexperience at this level.
But it was enough to impress Braid.
"He looked awesome," he said.
"It's great for Super Rugby to have guys like that jump across the codes especially if he's going to get people tuned in and watching."
After a gritty first spell the Blues led 12-7 at the break before the big names joined in after half-time.
After Jed Holloway scored to level things up, Folau ran 20 metres in a well-worked line-out play drawing two tacklers and allowing Tom Kingston an untouched run to the tryline.
The second half see-sawed after that with Kingston scoring again to extend their lead to 24-12 before Blues prop Tim Perry narrowed the visitors' advantage.
Folau then scored what could have been a game-breaker, beating the full-back effortlessly after Elijah Niko had made the initial break at centre.
Kingston capped off a day to remember by completing a second-half hat-trick.
The visitors will no doubt focus on their defensive lapses, especially a failure to take a kick-off which gifted Waisake Naholo the easiest try he will ever score and sparked the Blues' comeback, before their final preseason match against the Crusaders in Sydney next week.
Openside flanker Michael Hooper looked good in his debut match, making up for a missed tackle which led to the Blues' opening try with a superb turnover from a Blues defensive ruck eventually leading to full-back Cam Crawford scoring.
Rene Ranger remained at the centre of any Blues backline threat before being replaced at half-time, while Chris Noakes was also good at fly half.


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by style from culture- vague phrase that I don't understand
working experiences by- experience in
Most unique for sales kits- no reference- what is uniqe? Also, don't modify unique with most
being and combination between practical and networking- delete 'being' and I am afraid that I don't see the connection between 'practical'and 'networking'
I would say that all of these points need rewriting as they are not very clear and have no punch- they should be short, clear and to the point
Marketing skill on the spot- what spot? On site??
This may be a matter of personal taste, but I think there's too much at the start before I get to the parts that interest me. There are three sentences, then a list of skills before I get to your work experience. I would condense this part.


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Daniel DiMaria picked up 32 ground balls last season (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Dean Gibbons, juniors Daniel DiMaria and Terry White and freshman John Rose have been named to the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Assocation (NEILA) Preseason Team, it was announced Wednesday. Gibbons, DiMaria and White were tabbed to the preseason squad, while Rose was honored as the Preseason Rookie of the Year.
Gibbons, a co-captain, was also honored on the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America honorable mention team. An attackman from Garden City, N.Y., Gibbons led the Crimson and was second in the Ivy League with 41 points. He scored 27 goals, handed out 14 assists and tallied six-man up goals. A two-time All-Ivy League choice, Gibbons earned United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-America honorable mention and NEILA All-New England second-team status last season.
White, a midfielder who hails from Summit, N.J., was an All-Ivy League and NEILA All-New England pick last season after netting 13 goals and amassing 19 points in his sophomore season.
Rose, a long-stick midfielder from Locust Valley, N.Y., enters his freshman season with the Crimson after attending Deerfield Academy (Mass.).


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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is anxious to pounce whenever rivals Manchester United slip up.
The champions have fallen seven points behind their neighbours at the top of the Barclays Premier League but are confident of clawing back the deficit. City memorably recovered from eight points behind with just six games remaining last season and see no reason to panic with 17 left this time.
Mancini said: "Until now United played very, very well. They deserve to be on the top, maybe not seven points more than us but this is football. There are some moments during a season that even a top team like United can lose points. It is impossible to win every game like last year. We should be ready when United lose a point."
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Workshop topics:
* Overview of microarray expression profiling
* Hands-on target amplification and Cy-dye labeling
* Microarray hybridization using Agilent Poplar array
* Array scanning and image analysis
* Data analysis, clustering, and more
Who should attend?
Participants who have no prior hands-on experience in microarray technology. Postdocs and graduate students are particularly
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Registration fee is $700 per person.
Space is limited to 12.
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Workshop Instructors:
* Juan Cui (Ph.D.), Institute of Bioinformatics
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* Kate Tay (M.S.), Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources


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Collected Java Practices
javapractices.com offers concise presentations of Java practices, tasks, and designs, illustrated with syntax-highlighted code examples. The code examples are available for download. See below for user comments on the site.
|Science is the organized scepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.
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Servlets and JSPs
|Always close streams
|Buffering usually appropriate
|Console input
|Copy a file
|Reading and writing binary files
|Reading and writing Serializable objects
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|Choosing the right Collection
|Encapsulate collections
|Iterate without an index
|Prefer Collections over older classes
|Two ways of using Iterator
|Use for-each liberally
|Use interface references to Collections
|Use standard Collections
Overriding Object Methods
|Avoid clone
|Implementing compareTo
|Implementing equals
|Implementing hashCode
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Common Design Patterns
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This very distinguished panel included:
Mike Hennessy, Coleman Foundation
Saras Sarasvathy, University of Virginia Darden Graduate
School of Business
Joe Abraham, author and founder of BOSI Global
Here are snippets of their very thought-provoking comments:
Mike Hennessy: I
think community colleges need to stick a bigger stake in the ground so
entrepreneurship is really seen as
economic development; and we need to be strong advocates to make sure
self-employment is really seen as being in the forefront of economic
development. In the end somebody has to sell something and somebody has to buy
something and if we don't do that, we're talking about the same things over and
over again.
From day 1 we also need to be thinking about where
entrepreneurship fits. That process needs to start early for those who don't
realize yet who they are and also for those who come from entrepreneurial
families. What are the kinds of experiences that students should engage in
during their time at school?
Entrepreneurs need to be actively engaged in the content of
the programs you do. There just cannot be too many entrepreneurs on campus.
There is a change coming; we can either be part of it or we
can get run over by it. There is a sense of impatience when you talk to young
entrepreneurs about the types of experiences they want to have in school. Some
of the traditional sources are not going to be as meaningful unless they keep
up. We have incubators and accelerators in Chicago that I never thought I'd
live to see.
Community colleges see themselves as part of economic
development. I don't see that at four-year schools or in high schools. We need
to say to them that they can't sit on the sidelines any more. There is an
incubator going into a high school in Chicago. The students are demanding this
kind of activity; we just need to make sure the parents and other stakeholders
also demand this kind of activity.
Saras Sarasvathy:
There are a lot of things we can do to prepare students to become job creators
as well as seeking jobs. It should also be in the menu of options that are
available to students that they should think about the possibility of starting
a business.
When I talk about the entrepreneurial method, we don't mean
a method to become an entrepreneur or start a venture. I actually mean something
like the scientific method – a method for moving through history and creating
progress. Entrepreneurship is one way to do this.
Through history as human beings we tend to listen to people
with power and money. But the entire movement of progress has been to bring the
bottom up or move the good life downward. The things that happened in the 17th
and 18th centuries - like the bill of rights - this was all about
bringing the good life down to ordinary folks like you and me.
It's normal for us to think what utopia looks like. But in
the process we are ignoring another toolbox that is available to us. This is
people who see a little problem and think "There is something I can do about
it." These are people who are able to live in the mud of today and they're able
to make something a little better. They figure outsomething that is doable and
worth doing and the beauty of it is that they actually do it.
You can change the world without risking everything. Figure
out what you are willing to lose until you figure out bigger paths to follow.
What would a bunch of crazy people – people with different
world views – how do you get people to come into doing the work with you? This
is the crazy quilt principle. When you actually move something, people are
willing to get on the train with you even if it's only moving at five miles an
We can live in a changing world without knowing how to
predict the future. Entrepreneurs have figured out this world view of how do we
make good decisions without trying to predict the uncertain.
Joe Abraham: I
don't envy you trying to bring entrepreneurship into a community college; it's
sort of the equivalent of trying to bring a dance club into a convent. If you
are really going to make entrepreneurship work in and through your campus, here
are some tips:
Tip 1: Go nonacademic. Everything you teach your students, every
course you offer, just go as nonacademic as you can. Go as practitioner-based
as you can. Because most academic study of entrepreneurship is 10 years behind.
Are all entrepreneurs the same? No, but today what you see
in most places where entrepreneurship is being taught, they assume all
entrepreneurs are all the same.
Tip 2: Go where the entrepreneurs are going. When people come ot your college and say they
have a great e-ship program that you should use, ask them how many
entrepreneurs are using that exact methodology in their business and growing
their businesses with it. Entrepreneurs know what works; they will flock to it.
The real opportunity is to team up with entrepreneurs when
they're in their second and third stage businesses. That's where the game
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Jeremy Deller
The winner of the 2004 Turner Prize takes a polymathic approach to his work, which includes film, publications, installations and parades, and could be described as an exploration of the British soul (he's probably best known for his 2001 video reenactment of a 1984 coal miners' strike in the U.K.). Along with the 1995 installation I Heart Melancholy, Deller presents new text-based posters as well as biodocs of two notable British eccentrics: Adrian Street, a Welsh wrestler and cross-dresser; and Bruce Lacey, a creator of automatons and a comic performer who once worked with the Beatles, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.
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Like BSA said scout research research prepare contact biologist do anything you can
Edited posts. Dang you guys don't have to yell at me jeez. :-)
I go to the Mountains to loose my mind and find my soul.
Like BSA said scout research research prepare contact biologist do anything you can
I spent a good part of yesterday going over my Nevada units and getting my apps in so I didnt miss it by an hour like I did last year. With some kinda luck I should get an antelope or deer tag I think! I know mountain goat is not currently available to nonresidents but I thought we could still get a point for if they become available to us in the future but couldnt find anywhere to do that. I guess that means nonresidents will loose the points they currently have in 2 years. Not a huge deal since I only had 2 points but would be pretty upsetting if I had 10 or 15 points saved up
My understanding is that as long as you apply for ANY species in the state and purchase the license, you will not lose points for species that you didn't apply for, even if the two years has passed.
I like my chances for both mule deer and archery antelope this year- assuming the tag numbers stay the same for mule deer that is.
"If an applicant is successful in drawing a tag for
a season for a species or category of a species or fails to
apply for a season for 2 consecutive calendar years during
which that type of hunt for a season is open, he loses all of
his bonus points for that species or category of a species."
Quoted from the 2013 Nevad Big Game Seasons and Application Regulations. You would think that since mountain goat is not offered to NR, the committee would allow the points to stay into affect until they are offered again. At that time the 2 consecutive calendar years rule would apply.
"A hunter's bonus points revert to zero in a particular species category when he is successful at obtaining a tag or fails to apply for two consecutive years." http://www.ndow.org/Hunt/Regulations.../Bonus_points/
I take this to mean if you dont apply for a species for 2 consecutive years you loose your points for that species. I could be wrong. I think there will be alot of mad nonresidents if they all loose their points and a tag is offered again in a few years. Im going to check an a day or 2 and see if I can buy a point after the draw deadline and you can only get points.
My buddy and I drew area 6 early archery this year. I will post how we do after the season!


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TONY GREIG was once ostracised by the establishment, but such has been his mark on the game he loved that a bastion of cricket conservatism, the SCG Members Pavilion, played host to his memorial service.
Greig's two families united at the SCG on Sunday in a moving 90-minute tribute to the former England captain and Channel Nine commentator, before the one-day international against Sri Lanka, a country in which he is revered.
Among the 300 guests invited by Channel Nine were the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard; the Australian cricket team; representatives of the Sri Lankan side, and a who's who of the game, including Sir Ian Botham, who arrived in Sydney on Sunday morning and flies out on Monday.
They heard Greig described as a devoted family man who made his loved ones feel special, and as a performer who readily imparted vast knowledge of the game to viewers at home.
The setting was poignant, as it was at the SCG 33 years ago to the day where Greig met Vivian, his second wife and mother of his two youngest children.
Vivian shed tears as she remembered her ''ultimate best, best friend; my confidant and my great love''.
''It was such a privilege to have your love returned to me and a great honour to be your wife,'' she said.
In front of the camera, and behind the microphone, Greig was an innovator. He was one of the first cricketers to wear a helmet when batting, although not until the twilight of his career.
He later told his wife that he felt it took away from the test of courage to face a fast bowler.
''Then came [Dennis] Lillee and [Jeff] Thomson and he reconsidered the helmet,'' Vivian said. ''I was appalled. 'You mean to tell me that it took over 100 years after someone had invented a box before you came along to think about protecting your head.' That told me a lot about male priorities but it also showed me Tony was pretty smart, and brave, to wear a helmet.''
The former Australian Test captain Bill Lawry stayed in character as Greig's long-time sparring partner behind the microphone, recalling how a former Channel Nine executive, David Hill, had recognised the on-air chemistry behind the pair.
''What he really should have said was nobody else wanted to really work with Tony in the commentary team,'' Lawry said of his great friend.
Lawry said one of the highlights of calling the Sydney Test each year was the dinner parties thrown by Greig, who played host to stars from yesteryear, such as the South African pair Graeme Pollock and Barry Richards and England's John Snow.
Those evenings will be sadly missed, Lawry said. The former Indian captain Ravi Shastri, in a speech read by Channel Nine's Mark Nicholas, said he had enjoyed Greig's hospitality last summer when they ''dug deep into that fabulous wine cellar of his'' and discussed the key issues facing cricket. ''Greigy, you bugger, you didn't give me the chance to reciprocate,'' Shastri wrote.
Ms Gillard tweeted after the service: ''Summer will never be quite the same again.''


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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina Senate Republicans are pushing a new bill requiring drug screening for welfare applicants and current recipients who reapply for assistance.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the proposal Tuesday that would require applicants to undergo drug screening at their own cost. They would be paid back if they tested negative for controlled substances.
Current law requires welfare recipients with diagnosed substance abuse problems to participate in a treatment program and submit to drug testing to continue qualifying for benefits.
Democrats and advocacy groups opposed the changes, arguing they unfairly target poor people when they need help the most. They say similar policies in other states haven't worked.
Another Republican-sponsored bill requiring criminal background checks for welfare recipients and applicants is scheduled for a full House vote Tuesday.
Previous Story
Some North Carolina legislators want social service workers to perform criminal checks on welfare and food stamp requests to ensure law-abiding people get federal benefits first.
The House Health and Human Services Committee voted Tuesday to require county Department of Social Services offices to conduct criminal history checks on people applying for benefits or for their renewal. The DSS office also would have to tell law enforcement if an applicant has outstanding warrants.
Republican Rep. Dean Arp of Monroe says the idea came to him after his local DSS agency was told it could not provide such criminal information to sheriff's deputies because of confidentiality concerns.
Federal law prohibits people on the lam for a felony or for probation or parole violations from receiving public assistance.
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Nielsen and Twitter team to measure TV tweets
Twitter and the TV ratings firm Nielsen are joining forces to create a way to measure TV-related conversation on the micro-blogging site.
The companies say the new Nielsen Twitter TV Rating will be available at the start of the fall 2013 season.
This new service will be designed to complement Nielsen's traditional TV ratings, giving TV networks and advertisers the real-time metrics required to chart TV audience social activity. It's the first-ever measurement of the total audience for social TV activity -- both those participating in the conversation and those who are exposed to it.
Andy Williams' Navajo blankets set for NYC auction
The late American crooner Andy Williams, famous for his classic easy-listening hits like "Moon River," also had a passion for Navajo blankets.
The 80 museum-quality blankets are being offered for sale by Sotheby's New York in late May.
They're expected to bring over $1 million.
The highlight is a rare Navajo Man's Wearing Blanket. It's woven in a "chief's first phase design" characterized by the addition of fine red stripes. Its pre-sale estimate is $200,000 to $300,000. Only about 50 are known to exist.
The singer, also known for his Christmas TV specials, died in September at age 84.
Who was Gossip Girl? The series finale told all
"Gossip Girl" ended its six-season run with a major reveal: The identity of its tattle-tale blogger.
Known only as Gossip Girl and given narrative voice by actress Kristen Bell, she turned out to be a he. The Monday night finale revealed Gossip Girl was secretly the work of character Dan Humphrey.
Dan, played by Penn Badgley, was a budding poet and a student at Manhattan's posh St. Jude's Preparatory School for Boys. But he came from the other side of the tracks, or rather, from Brooklyn, across the East River.
His Gossip Girl blog was a sassy tell-all account of the lives of the privileged young adults who made up the CW drama. Other series stars included Blake Lively, Leighton Meester and Chace Crawford.
Posen filling Kors' 'Project Runway' hot seat
Zac Posen is in on "Project Runway." He'll be the new featured judge, filling the chair Michael Kors sat in for the show's first 10 seasons.
Posen called the role "an amazing opportunity" and said he hoped to give a new perspective to the competing designers.
Kors isn't "out" -- as host Heidi Klum likes to say to contestants who get the boot on the granddaddy of fashion reality TV shows. His schedule didn't allow a commitment, but he will come back as a guest judge for the season finale, according to a statement for Lifetime TV.
Ex-pop star Frankie Valens becomes Kansas pastor
Pop star of the 60s and 70s, Frankie Valens, has a new gig -- as a preacher at a small church in western Kansas.
The Garden City Telegram reports that the singer, who had hits with "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," became the pastor of First Christian Church in Syracuse about a month ago. Valens' father pastored the same church in 1978 and 1979.
After his recording career ended, Valens and his wife, Phyllis, toured the country performing gospel songs and skits at various functions.
The 70-year-old Valens says he's never preached from a pulpit but that he says he's been testifying about his faith for years, so he is ready for the new challenge.


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A film screening and performance/panel siscussion of the locally-produced film When I Rise will take place Thursday, Feb 3, 6:30 pm at LBJ Auditorium, 2313 Red River, Austin, Texas (map)
"When I Rise" profiles Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student, who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera.
The Feb. 3 screening will be followed by a performance by Barbara Smith Conrad, mezzo-soprano, and Icy Simpson. Simpson, soprano, is currently completing an Artist Diploma in Opera Performance at UT Austin and she is also featured in the film. They will be accompanied by pianist, Richard Masters.
There will also be a panel discussion moderated by Don Carleton featuring
Mat Hames, Director, When I Rise
Barbara Smith Conrad, mezzo-soprano
Icy Simpson, soprano
When I Rise will air on KLRU Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 9 pm, Thursday, Feb. 10, at 8 pm and Sunday, Feb. 13 at 3 pm.


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Terri Cowart, KRC Learning Center adult basic education instructor, was awarded the prestigious Alaska Adult Education Association's Educator Award at the recent statewide AAEA meeting in Anchorage.
The Alaska Adult Education Association, founded in 1977, is open to all adult educators in the areas of adult, continuing, literacy, agricultural, military, corrections, religious, higher, vocational, community, and extension education. The non-profit group is dedicated to the development of an effective education and job training program for adults in Alaska. Programs and services include, but are not limited to, English language and literacy, citizenship, GED preparation and testing, college and career awareness, workforce readiness, and basic skills development.
Diane Taylor, KRC Learning Center programs manager, wrote in Cowart's nomination, "Terri epitomizes what excellence in education looks like! This, along with her genuine compassion and sensitivity to her students, makes her worthy of receiving this recognition from the AAEA."
Cowart is admired by both her students and her colleagues in the Learning Center.
"Terri Cowart is the ultimate adult educator. Her persistence, patience and encouragement changes students from anxious, impatient test takers to enthralled lifelong learners. Many students have received "The Look" from Terri! Her direct gaze conveys a message of, 'you can do this', before she even expresses her support verbally. Her sincerity is reflected back by teary graduates as they thank her and share hugs at graduation," said Bev Edwards, Cowart's fellow adult basic education instructor in the Learning Center.
The KPC Student Health Clinic recently organized and coordinated the first blood drive held since a five hour event in 2005 that saw 11 donors register with a grand total of seven units of blood collected.
This year's drive was held from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Blood Bank of Alaska's LifeMobile that was parked in front of the new KRC Residence Hall. Overall, 45 donors registered to give blood. A total of 34 units were collected. Of the 45 donors who registered to participate, 16 were new blood donors.
According to Kathy Becher, KPC's Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Julia Johnson, KPC student and clinic receptionist, "gets all the kudos for this one! She organized the entire drive and called every donor to remind them of their appointment and worked with BBA to get this accomplished."
Becher also complimented the BBA staff onsite as being "professional, kind, funny and accommodating to all the donors."
"There is nothing I know of that the BBA team could do to make it better. We would love to have them back anytime; twice a year would be great," said Becher.
KPC's Kenai River Campus will again celebrate Halloween with a series of festivities including trick-or-treating for the kids and contests for best decorated department and best student costume.
This year's event will be held from 3-5 p.m. on Oct. 31. Community members are welcome to attend and participate in department trick-or-treating (maps can be picked up at the front door; trick-or-treaters can follow the posted arrows to treats).
For more information about this event, please contact the KRC Student Union (who is organizing the event) at 262-0339.


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Submission + - University of Florida Eliminates Computer Science Department (forbes.com) 2
DustyShadow writes: The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department, which will allow it to save about $1.7 million. The school is eliminating all funding for teaching assistants in computer science, cutting the graduate and research programs entirely, and moving the tattered remnants into other departments. Students at UF have already organized protests, and have created a website dedicated to saving the CS department. Several distinguished computer scientists have written to the president of UF to express their concerns, in very blunt terms. Prof. Zvi Galil, Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech, is "amazed, shocked, and angered." Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, former Dean of Engineering at IIT Delhi, calls this move "outrageously wrong." Computer scientist Carl de Boor, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and winner of the 2003 National Medal of Science, asked the UF president "What were you thinking?"


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LONGMONT -- Skyline alumni Lt. Col. Eric Himler and Lt. Cmdr. Mark DeBuse traded in the red and gold of their alma mater for the blue and yellow of one of the world's oldest flying acrobatic teams, the Blue Angels.
DeBuse, 38, took over as the squadron's flight surgeon in November keeping the pilots in shape to handle the physical strain of pulling 71/2 times the force of gravity.
Their small cockpits keep Blue Angels pilots from using inflatable g-force suits to maintain blood flow to their brains and avoid passing out. During the 45-minute shows, DeBuse said, the pilots have to continually do squat-like moves with their legs.
"My job as a physician does not revolve around major injuries really, but making sure they're finely tuned," DeBuse said. "Making sure they're getting enough sleep and staying hydrated, affects how much force they can withstand."
The Colorado native sits in the center of the crowd during shows, communicating with the pilots as they fly in formation and taking notes for feedback after the show.
DeBuse's critiques improve the shows' aesthetics and keep the pilots safe.
"It wasn't until I was in flight school that I realized how hard it is for planes to fly 18 inches away from each other at 400 miles per hour," DeBuse said. "It's very dangerous, so it helps to have an outside-the-cockpit view of what's going on."
Budget cuts force break
The Blue Angels typically perform about 70 air shows per year -- two per weekend from March through November. Shortly after the season began, automatic budget cuts known as sequestration put the team on hiatus, canceling all of the shows in 2013.
"It's very frustrating for sure, for me and the whole team," DeBuse said. "A lot of the pilots, they've worked so hard for this position and then to have it cancelled is very frustrating."
This is the first break the team has had since its inception in 1946, he said.
The team is making the most of the break, maintaining the planes, keeping the pilots in shape and increasing their community service while they're not in the air, DeBuse said.
The hiatus has given some members a break from the grueling schedule of six-day workweeks and 300 days per year on the road, but DeBuse said he is busier than ever.
"What this has allowed me to do is address some of the health issues that we've deferred in the past," DeBuse said. "It's been a nice operational pause for me to maximize health of squadron to do things we haven't in past because the recovery time would have taken them out of the job for too long."
Right now, the team is scheduled to return to their two shows per weekend for 2014, DeBuse said, and he is eager to participate in his first full season.
From paper planes to 'Fat Albert'
Himler, 43, grew up in Longmont and became obsessed with flying after he won a paper airplane contest in third grade.
"After that I became intrigued with flying and was always in love with the idea of flying," Himler said.
Himler graduated from Skyline High School in 1988 and joined the Marines after graduating from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 1993 with a bachelor of science degree in aviation management. Himler went to Navy flight school about a year later, before joining the Blue Angels as a pilot in 2001.
For three years, Himler flew the team's C-130, the largest plane in the fleet, nicknamed "Fat Albert."
During his time with the team, Himler said, he got to meet President George W. Bush and take Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris, the first commander of the Blue Angels, on his first ride in "Fat Albert."
"The thrill of flying the first Blue on our aircraft was truly an honor," said Himler, who left the team in 2004 and now trains Marine pilots.
The mission of the team is to represent Navy and Marine Corps aviation and give Americans a better understanding of what the units do, Hilmer said.
"Inspiring and motivating kids, impacting their lives, and encouraging them to shoot for the stars, as cliche as that sounds, was the best part," Himler said. "It was great to talk to these people in these communities where we performed and tell them, 'If I can do it so can you.'"
'It started at Skyline'
DeBuse, who graduated from Skyline High School in 1992, said he knew he wanted to fly from a young age, but it wasn't until he arrived at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., that he thought about becoming a Blue Angel.
The skill and prestige of the team seemed out of reach for a student in flight school, DeBuse said.
"The idea of being on the Blue Angels seemed so far out there, so I didn't even consider it early on," DeBuse said. "It wasn't until I knew a couple of guys -- a friend of mine was on the team at the same time as Eric -- that I even considered it as an option."
DeBuse graduated from medical school at Georgetown University and worked as a flight surgeon on a Naval aircraft carrier for a few years before joining the Blue Angels.
Himler went to school with DeBuse's older brother and was one of the Blue Angels alumni who inspired DeBuse to apply last year.
Himler and DeBuse are the first Blue Angels to graduate from the same high school, Himler said, an honor they both attribute to their alma mater.
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Submission + - More on missile defense: will the Ground-based Midcourse Defense ever work? (thebulletin.org)
Lasrick writes: Kingston Reif analyzes GMD (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) and shakes his head over the House Armed Services Committee (last year) authorizing the Pentagon to spend $360 million more than it asked for to expand the flawed system. "The Committee also provided an additional $100 million to begin deploying existing ground-based or SM-3 interceptors — not the interceptors recommended by the National Research Council — on the East Coast of the United States by the end of 2015 to defend against potential future long-range ballistic missiles launched from Iran."


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BATESVILLE, AR (05/01/2014)(readMedia)-- Kimberly Voight of Diana was one of eight students inducted into Lyon College's Hall of Leaders April 25. These students are juniors and seniors who have served in outstanding leadership roles on campus.
Lyon College is an undergraduate liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Founded in 1872, it is the most established independent college in Arkansas. Lyon provides a residential learning community distinguished by its unique student-driven honor system, innovative house system, and endowed Nichols International Studies program. Lyon has been ranked in the top tier of best national liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report and Washington Monthly and named one of "America's Best Colleges" by Forbes.com. Fourteen Lyon College faculty members have earned the distinguished Arkansas Professor of the Year award.


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This episode highlights stars from the country music genre. Kris Kristofferson performs "Best of All Possible Worlds," "Here Comes That Rainbow Again" and "Me and Bobby McGee." Patty Griffin performs "Top of the World, "No Bad News" and "Up to the Mountain." Randy Owen performs "Tennessee River," "Feels So Right" and "Mountain Music."
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LA Kings Are Targeting Goalies In 2016 NHL Draft…But That Probably Doesn't Mean What You Think
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2016 NHL DRAFT: The biggest need in the Los Angeles Kings player pipeline is in goal, with only one drafted goaltender prospect in their development system who is a long way away from the professional ranks. This story will look at the current situation and how it impacts their' approach to the 2016 NHL Draft.
LOS ANGELES — When you look up and down at the Los Angeles Kings system, Jonathan Quick is firmly entrenched as their number one goaltender. But with Jhonas Enroth heading to unrestricted free agency, the job of backup goaltender is expected to fall to Peter Budaj, who lit up the American Hockey League this season as the best goaltender in the league with the Ontario Reign.
But behind Budaj, the only prospect the Kings have in goal is 20-year-old Alec Dillon, who they selected in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2014 National Hockey League Draft.


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Scandinavia is full of stunning scenery, gorgeous fjords, long summer days, enchanting folk tales & mythical wildlife. Explore it the easy way on this journey through the capital cities. Then get a taste for real Scandinavia in some lesser known spots off the beaten track. See spectacular fjords & glaciers...and don't forget to pack your camera!
Check-in to the hostel from 2pm and the rest of the day is yours to enjoy Berlin. Tomorrow you'll meet up with tour Contiki team & travel buddies at 7.30am to make your way to Copenhagen.,,
This morning we make our way from Berlin to Denmark's harbor-side capital, Copenhagen. Get to know the group over dinner and head out into Copenhagen's diverse nightlife – with live jazz, pumping clubs and chilled-out bars, there's heaps of choice.
Full of history, Copenhagen is a compact city with a really festive feel. Jump start your travels with a look into Denmark's culture on our city tour, as your Trip Manager tells you the story behind the Little Mermaid statue, the Gefion Fountain and the Royal Palace. Later, use your free time to explore the waterways and streets of Copenhagen, where the major sites are all within walking distance. Put your feet up, treat yourself and order some Danish pastries, cake and coffee. If you're feeling up for something different, opt for a tour of the Carlsberg Brewery for a look in at how they make this famous brew. Later, maybe find a spot waterside & indulge in some typical Danish food or kick back with a beer & do a bit of people watching.
Say farewell to the stylish capital of Denmark as we make ourway to Oslo for a taste of how the Norwegians do it! Oslo is a cute little city with loads of character. From castles on the hill, to modern Opera Houses, great shopping & delicious seafood, there's something for everyone here. On arrival your Trip Manager will introduce you to one of Oslo's most famous spaces, the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Frogner Park. Packed with over 200 sculptures and bronzes, this outdoor gallery serves up heaps of local art and gorgeous greenery.
As Scandinavia's oldest capital, Oslo is an easy-going city oozes culture and has some amazing museums to visit.,,This morning your Trip Manager will get you in the know on Oslo with an orientation tour of the city to get your bearings for a day of exploring.,,With free time, get inspired at Aker Brygge, Oslo's cultural hub and central gathering spot for locals. Once an old ship yard, it's now a popular shopping area with a sea-front promenade, galleries, cinemas and food stalls. Otherwise, find out about a fellow adventurer, Thor Heyerdahl at the Kon-Tiki Museum (no, it's not ours! Kon-Tiki was the raft Heyerdahl used to cross the South Pacific) or explore the medieval dungeons, banquet halls and crypts of Akershus Castle.,,Tonight you could head out & meet some locals along the stunning new district around the Oslo Opera House.
Cruise through Norway's famous Telemark region and across the Hardangervidda, Europe's largest mountain plateau. If you're lucky, you might spot some wild animals.,,Then we journey onwards to the small town of Voss, Norway's adventure capital.
Travel through the pristine Norwegian countryside passing waterfalls and crossing the 200km long Sognefjord. Get back to nature on our journey through Norway's rugged wilderness and take in the spectacular Boyabreen glacier for lunch.
For awe-inspiring views, jump on board our included cruise and get out on the water of Geiranger Fjord. The picture perfect scenes keep coming, complete with dramatic waterfalls pouring down the sides of massive sheer rock walls.,,Cruise past old farms and unspoilt wilderness to the alpine ski resort of Lillehammer, home of the 1994 Olympics and the impressive 136 metre ski jump! If you're up for a bit of Olympic action yourself, have a go at bob-sledding in an adrenalin-pumping optional activity.,,We pull into small-town Gjovik, which is set on Norway's largest lake, for an overnight stop. Walk around the picturesque town and get a feel for traditional Norwegian village life.
Into Sweden today, we pass the massive Lake Vanern and cruise through woodlands, lakes and gorgeous natural surrounds. With down time on the coach, chat to your new friends and keep your camera handy for photo ops of bears, moose and wolves.,,Get ready for the dramatic scenery of Sweden's cosmopolitan capital, Stockholm. Surrounded by forests, deep blue waters and 24,000 islands, this cutting-edge city is one of Europe's hot, creative capitals.,,,Enjoy a night out with the group and head to the modern and lively district of Norrmalm, for a more up-beat vibe.
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Coralee Burrell Bowers, 86, of Westover Drive, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Pine Ridge Nursing Center in Thomasville.
Coralee Burrell Bowers, 86, of Westover Drive, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Pine Ridge Nursing Center in Thomasville.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church, where she was a member, by Pastor Matthew Miller. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the church.
Mrs. Bowers was born July 18, 1926, in Danville, Va., to Fred Silas Burrell and Mable Long Burrell. She was a retired cafeteria manager for Lexington City Schools.
Surviving are her loving husband, George William Bowers of the home; daughters Nancy Beck and Patti Grant, both of Lexington; grandchildren Kelly Mavropoulos and husband Dimitri of Kannapolis, Ashley Morgan and husband Dan of Durham, Matthew Grant of Charlotte and Cassie Hassan of Lexington; great-grandchildren Colby Mavropoulos and Camden Mavropoulos, both of Kannapolis, Maryem Hassan of Lexington and Macie Morgan and Madison Morgan, both of Durham; and sisters Brenda Hash and Margie Warren, both of Danville, Va., and Mildred Price of Kannapolis.
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As the writer of the ongoing "Army of Darkness" comic-book series, I'm always interested in anything that has to do with the "Evil Dead." For those who aren't familiar, the Evil Dead films were first spearheaded by the duo of Sam Raimi (Spider-man, Drag Me To Hell) and Bruce Campbell (Burn Notice) and are credited for launching the Michigan natives into Hollywood stardom. The series consists of three chapters: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn and Army of Darkness. (I became a fan of the series myself when I first saw Army of Darkness and was taken by the mix of horror, action and comedy.)
Today, thanks to my good friends at Evil Dead News, I came across this charming animated tribute to the cult-classic series created by Daniel M. Kanemoto of ExMortisFilms.com.
Daniel explains why he created the animated short on his YouTube page:
"This is my cinematic love letter to three influential movies that made me want to be a filmmaker: EVIL DEAD, EVIL DEAD 2, and ARMY OF DARKNESS."
"I created all the artwork in the sequence, but the final image is directly inspired by an incredible EVIL DEAD poster created by Olly Moss. The moment I saw it, I only wanted to see it move -- which is how I feel about all great posters. The new wave of artists working with Mondo have made movie posters worth collecting again, and that's a great thing. I hope to someday join their ranks."
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Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women ..
Me: and 60 days of play for the cost of 30!
Got me a cheap 60 day Age of Conan time card. And heading out to Hyboria again. This time armed with a video card upgrade. Got a 9800GT 1GB few months ago and look forward to better graphics and smother performance.
Also .. Vandoren my 48 Conqueror is close to 50. And at 50 you get a one time alt also at level 50. I'm thinking Cimmerian Ranger. And to top it off I pre-ordered of the AoC expansion "Rise of the Godsalyer" that should arrive May 11th.
So poor me some ale and fetch me a wench.
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Facebook delivered record quarterly results as mobile revenues surged, helping the company to close the year with a $1.5 billion profit.
The social network saw revenues of $2.59 billion in the fourth quarter, up 63% year-on-year. The strong year contributed to full year revenues of $7.87 billion, which was a 55% increase on 2012. Its share price surged by 7.5% on the news and is now up by over 90% since last summer.
Despite initial concerns about how the company would be able to monetise its user base, particularly those using smart phones, mobile advertising revenue accounted for 53% of it of its £2.34 billion total advertising revenue in Q4. This was up from around 23% in Q3 and equivalent to over 5% of global advertising revenues..
Similarly, concerns about existing users leaving the site have broadly proven unfounded with the site recording 1.23 billion active users in Q4, up 16% year-on-year.
Facebook turns 10 next week with CEO Mark Zuckerburg (pictured) saying that he looked forward to 'connecting the rest of the world' over the next decade.


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'Journal of Nature' Report Links to USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum Director
Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013
The world of dinosaur studies seems as small as, well, dinosaur embryos. So when a paleontologist sneezes in China, Ken Carpenter, director and curator of paleontology at Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum says "bless you."
He gave such a blessing April 10 on new findings just out in the Journal of Nature that focuses on fossil dinosaur embryos. It is groundbreaking research in which Carpenter is the first academician cited in connection with his Cambridge University Press book Dinosaur Eggs and Babies.
No surprise either that he was the first person USA Today reporter Dan Vergano turned to for comment.
"It's a very good article," he told the reporter. "I agree with the interpretations."
The wow factor in this newest study is discovery of well-preserved embryos at different stages of incubation outside of their shells from a sample of 200 bones among a clade known for gigantism, according to the Nature article.
The embryonic dinosaur bone bed was found in Lower Jurassic strata, the oldest in fossil record, near Dawa, China, on the South China Sea coast, east of Hong Kong. A slow moving flood some 200 million years ago helped to preserve a large collection of skeletal elements and eggshells.
Carpenter told USA Today that what is really notable in these latest published findings is the discovery of many individuals at different stages of development. Taken together, they show the progressive formation and growth of the skeleton in a dinosaur and this can be used as a roadmap to understand embryo development in other dinosaurs.
"What is also cool is that the bones suggest rapid growth and this study may at long last shed light on the mystery about how some of the giant dinosaurs got so big," he said.
A close look at the tiny bones show numerous cavities, or vascular spaces, that indicate opportunities for continual growing — lots more growing. It implies shorter incubation times than their contemporaries and a capacity for rapid growth that was evidently maintained after these gangly soon-to-be goliaths cracked through their hard shells, according to the Nature report.
The Nature article began by citing Carpenter's work, noting that fossil dinosaur embryos are surprisingly rare, being almost entirely restricted to Upper Cretaceous strata that record the late stages of non-avian dinosaur evolution.
Carpenter has authored two books on the topic of tiny titans. He said when the book was published in 1994 it garnered a lot of attention because it was the first book devoted solely to dinosaur eggs and hatchlings. It is the more technical of the two — a compilation of papers from international paleontologists, including experts from China, United States, Canada, Russia, Poland and Spain.
His other book, Eggs, Nests and Baby Dinosaurs by Indiana University Press, was published in 1999. It is a less technical treatment on the topic with about half devoted to the results in his first book, plus extensive treatment on reproductive biology, courtship, egg and embryo development and early growth.
Although demands on his time have kept him from doing much more on the topic since his last book, he said it pleases him to see others furthering the research.
"The two books stirred the interest in a whole new generation of young paleontologists," he said. "They are carrying the ball."
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O'Reilly Book Excerpts: Google Hacks, 2nd Edition
Hacking Googleby Rael Dornfest, Tara Calishain
Editor's note: With access to more than three million documents in over 30 languages, Google is a researcher's dream. But like any invaluable tool, knowing the insider tricks of the trade is a must to save time and needless effort. Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest, authors of Google Hacks, 2nd Edition, have set out to educate the masses to the ins and outs of Google. In today's excerpt, they offer the inside scoop on scattersearching, cartography, Google on the go, gmail-lite, and AdSense. With over 150 million Google searches conducted every day, why be just a number?
Scattersearch with Yahoo! and Google
Sometimes, illuminating results can be found when scraping from one site and feeding the results into the API of another. With scattersearching, you can narrow down the most popular related results, as suggested by Yahoo! and Google.
We've combined a scrape of a Yahoo! web page with a Google search[Hack #41], blending scraped data with data generated via a web service API to good effect. In this hack, we're doing something similar, except this time we're taking the results of a Yahoo! search and blending it with a Google search.
Yahoo! has a "Related searches" feature, where you enter a search term and get a list of related terms under the search box, if any are available. This hack scrapes those related terms and performs a Google search for the related terms in the title. It then returns the count for those searches, along with a direct link to the results. Aside from showing how scraped and API-generated data can live together in harmony, this hack is good to use when you're exploring concepts; for example, you might know that something called Pokemon exists, but you might not know anything about it. You'll get Yahoo!'s related searches and an idea of how many results each of those searches generates in Google. From there, you can choose the search terms that generate the most results or look the most promising based on your limited knowledge, or you can simply pick a road that appears less traveled.
The Code
Save the following code to a file called scattersearch.pl.
TIP: Bear in mind that this hack, while using the Google API for the Google portion, involves some scraping of Yahoo!'s search pages and thus is rather brittle. If it stops working at any point, take a gander at the regular expressions for they're almost sure to be the breakage point.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Scattersearch -- Use the search suggestions from
# Yahoo! to build a series of intitle: searches at Google.
use strict;
use LWP;
use SOAP::Lite;
use CGI qw/:standard/;
# Get our query, else die miserably.
my $query = shift @ARGV; die unless $query;
# Your Google API developer's key.
my $google_key = 'insert key here';
# Location of the GoogleSearch WSDL file.
my $google_wdsl = "./GoogleSearch.wsdl";
# Search Yahoo! for the query.
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $url = URI->new('http://search.yahoo.com/search');
$url->query_form(rs => "more", p => $query);
my $yahoosearch = $ua->get($url)->content;
$yahoosearch =~ s/[\f\t\n\r]//isg;
# And determine if there were any results.
$yahoosearch =~ m!Also try:(.*?) !migs;
die "Sorry, there were no results!\n" unless $1;
my $recommended = $1;
# Now, add all our results into
# an array for Google processing.
my @googlequeries;
while ($recommended =~ m!(.*?)!mgis) {
my $searchitem = $1;
$searchitem =~ s/nobr|<[^>]*>|\///g;
print "$searchitem\n";
push (@googlequeries, $searchitem);
# Print our header for the results page.
print join "\n",
h1("Your Scattersearch Results"),
p("Your original search term was '$query'"),
p("That search had " . scalar(@googlequeries). " recommended terms."),
p("Here are result numbers from a Google search"),
CGI::start_ol( );
# Create our Google object for API searches.
my $gsrch = SOAP::Lite->service("file:$google_wdsl");
# Running the actual Google queries.
foreach my $googlesearch (@googlequeries) {
my $titlesearch = "allintitle:$googlesearch";
my $count = $gsrch->doGoogleSearch($google_key, $titlesearch,
0, 1, "false", "", "false",
"", "", "");
my $url = $googlesearch; $url =~ s/ /+/g; $url =~ s/\"/%22/g;
print li("There were $count->{estimatedTotalResultsCount} ".
"results for the recommended search  ~/Sites/scattersearch.html
Your final results, as rendered by your browser, will look similar to Figure 2-15.
Figure 2-15. Scattersearch results for siamese
You'll have to do a little experimenting to find out
which terms have related searches. Broadly speaking, very general
search terms are bad; it's better to zero in on
terms that people would search for and that would be easy to group
together. At the time of this writing, for example,
heart has no related search terms, but
blood pressure does.
Hacking the Hack
You have two choices: you can either hack the interaction with Yahoo! or expand it to include something in addition to or instead of Yahoo! itself. Let's look at Yahoo! first. If you take a close look at the code, you'll see we're passing an unusual parameter to our Yahoo! search results page:
$url->query_form(rs => "more", p => $query);
rs=>"more" part of the search shows the
related search terms. Getting the related search this way will show
up to 10 results. If you remove that portion of the code,
you'll get roughly four related searches when
they're available. That might suit you if you want
only a few, but perhaps you want dozens and dozens! In that case,
more with
Beware, though: this can generate a lot of related searches, and it can certainly eat up your daily allowance of Google API requests. Tread carefully.
Kevin Hemenway and Tara Calishain
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