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H.I.S. Reports Results for the Full Year Ended October 2012
By: JCN Newswire
Dec. 14, 2012 02:44 AM
Tokyo, Dec 14, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - H.I.S. Co., Ltd. (TSE1: 9603), a leading travel and airline ticket agency, has announced results for the full year ended October 31, 2012. As the Group actively sought to increase share in the industry, consolidated net sales for the period rose 13.3% to 431,483 million yen, operating income rose 20.3% to 11,316 million yen, ordinary income rose 22.5% to 13,479 million yen, and net income also rose 12.4% to 9,331 million yen.
The global economic environment will likely remain uncertain due to some diplomatic problems, but within the travel industry, travel demand is expected to rise for various reasons including the spread of LCCs in Japan, new routes from overseas, and greater travel opportunities for seniors. On the other hand, we project that it will become more important to respond to market changes, such as diversification of points of contact with customers and fiercer competition within the industry both in Japan and overseas that includes airline companies that are promoting direct sale of products.
Under these business conditions, within the travel business, the Group's core segment, the Group will strive to improve its safety, security, service, and quality; focus on generating synergies within the group; deftly respond to customer needs, including making a foray into the cruise business and aggressively using charter flights; develop original products and services for the global market; and rapidly implement measures in order to expand and broaden the travel business for both flights departing from Japan and locally overseas. In addition, the Group will promote expansion with a greater awareness of productivity and efficiency and further increase earnings, and this will involve various activities including sales operations that take into consideration sales channels and conducting promotions to generate demand based on an awareness of the medium's characteristics.
HUIS TEN BOSCH Co., Ltd. will exert its originality and creativity to develop entertainment and events and move forward various new projects. The company will strive to realize further growth through various endeavors, including holding the From No.1 of the East to No.1 of the world - Kingdom of the Light with 10 million illumination bulbs (from November 23, 2012 - March 10, 2013); opening i-4, a dome theater with 360 degrees panoramic view on November 23, 2012; and introducing The Maze, a massive five-story maze that is on one of the largest in the world, in the spring of 2013 (expected to open March 1, 2013).
In addition, the Group announced the founding of an international charter airline company on December 4, 2012, and the company plans to make its first flight in the summer of 2013 and is in preparation for this flight.
The Company expects to pay a year-end dividend of 34 yen per share. As for the dividend for the next fiscal year, the Group plans to pay an annual common dividend of 34 yen per share to ensure sustainable and stable profit sharing. However, the Company will remain flexible in responding to the situation, if performance worsens in uncertain market conditions.
About H.I.S. Co., Ltd.
H.I.S. Co., Ltd. was founded in 1980 and pioneered the Japanese discount airline ticket industry. Today the H.I.S. Group is comprised of 89 subsidiaries and 9 affiliated companies around the world, and has become a leader in the Japanese travel industry. For more information, please visit http://www.his.co.jp/english/ .
Source: H.I.S. Co., Ltd.
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Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger targets Champions League glory
Bastian Schweinsteiger says Bayern Munich are hungry to win the Champions League and believes they have improved.
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Bayern were beaten by Chelsea in the 2012 final but have bounced back impressively this term and are among the favourites to claim European glory ahead of their clash with Arsenal in the last 16.
Schweinsteiger is looking forward to Tuesday's first leg at Emirates Stadium and has warned Arsenal that Bayern will not let anything stand in the way of their dream.
"We are hungry to win the Champions League," he told the Daily Mail. "This team have been to the final twice and didn't win.
"We have more experience and we're moving towards our aim. Compared to the final against Chelsea, we are stronger. We have more good players and we are stronger on the bench. This is a crucial point.
"In the final, Chelsea brought on Fernando Torres and Florent Malouda and that helped them win the game. That's a big difference to last season. We have more options to change.
"We are eager to win, we have become a better team and again we are all working towards a return to the final.
"Five or six teams in Europe are candidates to win the Champions League and we are one of them. I know most of Europe do not want to play against Bayern Munich.
"We have gained a lot of respect during the last four or five years, but we have to win against Arsenal before we start to think about this."
Schweinsteiger is still disappointed that Bayern did not perform to the best of their ability in last season's final, and admits he was not confident when the match went to penalties.
He recalled: "We were the superior team. It all came down to penalties, just as it did for Chelsea when they lost to Manchester United in Moscow.
"Before the game, I had thought about how the match might end up. I knew Chelsea had lost on penalties in Moscow.
"On the night, Chelsea showed 100 per cent of their ability and Bayern did not. With 110 minutes gone I looked up at the scoreboard and thought, 'We have to win the game now', but we could not do it.
"It went to penalties and we lost. Chelsea were lucky and we were not. Maybe it was a good way for Chelsea to make up for losing in Moscow. Maybe it was a matter of fate."
While finishing as runners-up could still be regarded as a fine achievement, Schweinsteiger says nobody at Bayern is prepared to settle for second place.
The midfielder says they will be going for victory away to Arsenal, adding: "We say, 'Mia san mia'. Literally it is, 'We are we', but it means, 'We are who we are'. That's not being very arrogant but we are very confident about our ability to win the game. It is about a winning mentality.
"When our players come from somewhere else they sometimes show happiness when the game is 0-0 or 1-1, but we were brought up in an environment where we have to win.
"We are not satisfied with 0-0 or 1-1. This is the mentality of Bayern Munich."

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PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT/WYMT) - Billy Carroll can tell you a lot about being a volunteer firefighter. At 18, he's on the younger end of the spectrum and fairly new to the department.
"I've always had a passion to help people. I've wanted to be a cop since I was little," he said.
But that passion wasn't the only reason he joined. For Billy, becoming a volunteer firefighter was an escape.
"It got to the point I was staying up 72-78 hours straight, just sitting in front of the computer doing things with it. You don't see it coming until you've actually got addicted to it and then it's too late," said Carroll.
According to the website NetAddiction.com, one in eight Americans suffers from Internet addiction. For Carroll, that addiction took the form of Facebook.
"Games, oh my god, has to be the worst thing Facebook has ever came out with.
Eastern Kentucky University psychology professor Dan Florell says online games are notorious for sucking people in.
"They fine-tune these online games and several other things that kind of keep you wanting to be on. If you've ever had that feeling of "I want to quit, but I can't,'," said Dr. Florell.
Carroll knows that feeling well.
"You go back to Facebook just to follow somebody and see their updates and guess what happens. You're right back on the game again, just because you see it pop up on the screen,"
He said living in a rural area makes those ties to his computer even stronger.
"You have to drive miles to get to me. You resort to the internet because you're not going to drive an hour and a half just to meet somebody. You're not going to do it, not when you can meet on Facebook," said Carroll.
Carroll recognized he had a problem and tried to find a way to force himself away from the screen.
"Joining the fire department was what helped me because I got out of the house a lot more. Just sitting here like this you can get a call and you're out the door, you have to go, you don't have an option," he said.
He's turned his back on the world of Facebook games.
"They call you on the phone and tell you to get on Facebook and accept a game request," said Carroll.
Even though he says he's come a long way, those pesky notifications can still get the best of him.
"It's kind of killing me to know that I'm not answering that Facebook message when I should be," he said.
But Carroll said he's learned there are more important things in life than a little red dot on the screen.
"You get out and do that and you realize, 'Hey, I'm doing something for myself and trying to improve,' You can't sit here in front of that computer and expect to do other things," he said.


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Battered Lightning beaten up by Senators 5-3
OTTAWA One thread coming loose once again unraveled a Lightning team that seems incapable of tying things all together. Ottawa scored four times in the final seven minutes of the opening period and cruised to a 5-3 victory at Scotiabank Place on Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 20,016. With 17 games remaining in the season, and Tampa Bay trailing eighth place Carolina by five points entering Saturday, and seven points behind division leading Winnipeg heading into their meeting on Sunday, the season seems all but lost in terms of getting into the playoffs on the heels of back-to-back losses to open a three-game road trip. Perhaps the only bright spots came from the play of goaltender Cedrick Desjardins, who made several quality saves among the 19 stops made in relief which prevented the game from becoming a blowout, and the two goals scored by rookie Tyler Johnson, who continues to impress in his just his fifth career game.The Lightning mounted a comeback with three goals in the final eight minutes, capped by Teddy Purcell�s goal with 1:59 left, but the hole was too big to crawl out of. Tampa Bay actually got off to a good start with a solid forecheck and organized play in its own end. But with the state of the team, all it took was one mistake to send the team spiraling nearly out of control for the second half of the first period. As usual, it started with a turnover in the defensive zone that marked the first thread to come unraveled. After Victor Hedman had a soft clear attempt kept in the zone, moments after the Senators misfired on a 2-on-1, Jakob Silfverberg was left alone in front where he redirected a Marc Methot shot/pass from left point at 12:49. After that the Lightning looked completely out of synch in their own end, which led to Ottawa�s second goal as Marty St. Louis drifted too far toward the boards. That mistake opened up the middle area of the ice where rookie defenseman Eric Gryba found the vacant area of ice to fire home a one-timer off a pass from Kyle Turris at 14:29. Ottawa went up 3-0 with 2:59 left in the first period as a dump in from Silfverberg took a funny bounce off the end boards right to Guillaume Latendresse, who outbattled Sami Salo for the puck to collect it and put a bad angle shot just inside the far post. That ended the afternoon for Garon, who was pulled for the second consecutive start after allowing three goals on 11 shots. The onslaught did not stop, however, as Cedrick Desjardins had to make a couple of point-blank saves to keep it a three-goal game. But Daniel Alfredsson made it 4-0 with 9.1 seconds left after he collected his own shot, which had been blocked, and whistle the puck past Desjardins. The second period, Tampa Bay looked more in control and better organized, creating scoring chances but could not solve Robin Lehner, who received some help from the post on a Tom Pyatt chance.
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This past week, U.S. Representative Mark Udall and former U.S. Representative Bob Schaffer made trips to the Grand Valley. They hope to convince Western Slope Voters to choose them for the U.S. Senate.
It's a race that members of both political parties are calling the most important in the State of Colorado this year. With a U.S. Senate seat up for grabs, Representative Mark Udall hopes to tally another win for Colorado Democrats, while Bob Schaffer wants to help Republicans make up some ground in Congress.
As both spend time here in the Grand Valley, they make their case to Colorado voters.
"When people look at my record, my style, my love for this state, they'll want me to represent them," said Rep. Udall.
"You take that history, those traditions, and those values, and I think my dispositions on these topics are a better fit for Grand Junction."
While both candidates share the same feelings on wanting to win the election, that's not the case when it comes to state and national politics.
The future of natural gas drilling on the Roan Plateau has been debated in Congress for much of the year. Representative Udall says he understands the economic importance of drilling and that some drilling should move forward. But he says that drilling should not come at the expense of damaging the environment.
"We ought to put that money aside for higher education, for transportation needs, and for impacts to local communities," said Rep. Udall. "But we can also do that and protect the top of the Roan."
Schaffer says Colorado has enjoyed an economic boom because of the energy industry, and that development on the Roan needs to continue at a faster rate.
"I want to see a U.S. Senator who wants to help support and sustain that kind vitality," said Schaffer.
On the national side, both candidates say issues of national security and the War in Iraq are extremely important to them. Representative Udall says the country is ready for change and a new direction when it comes to winning the war on terror, and that he can help do that.
"I've been willing to take leadership positions on energy policy and how we win the war on terror by fighting in a tough, but smart way," said Rep. Udall.
Schaffer, on the other hand, says the current path is working, and that the country needs to stay strong to win the war.
"I'm not for surrender," said Schaffer. "I'm for getting our troops out of Iraq as quickly as we can but as a function of victory."
Despite their differences, both candidates agree that Coloradans have a decision to make this November that will have major ramifications for the state and the country.


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Alexandria Innovation in Technology Awards Held on April 10
Louis Foreman, Producer of "Everyday Edisons," Announced as Speaker
The City of Alexandria, the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, and the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership Inc. (AEDP) are pleased to announce the upcoming Alexandria Innovation in Technology Awards. Formerly known as Alexandria Tech Week, the new and improved program will take place on Thursday, April 10 at 7 p.m. at the Westin Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square. The awards dinner will recognize Aguru Images, The Ashlawn Group, LLC; Democracy Data & Communications, LLC; and Michael Baker Corporation for the technology achievements. Tickets are $65 and can be purchased online at www.alextechweek.com.
This exciting program will feature speaker Louis Foreman, Creator and Executive Producer of the PBS show, "Everyday Edisons." Three years ago, Louis began developing the concept for a reality show that would help make inventors' dreams come true—and educate America about what it truly takes to bring a product to market in the process. Today, this reality series is known as Everyday Edisons, and its mission has stayed true to Louis' initial desire: to continue to fuel the innovative spirit that has historically characterized, strengthened and distinguished our society from the rest.
Louis' experience as founder and Chief Executive of Enventys (www.enventys.com) led him to develop the idea for an educational reality series featuring inventors. He found that inventors were constantly coming to Enventys, his integrated product development and creative marketing firm in Charlotte, N.C., asking him to "raise" their inventions on their behalf. Louis noticed that a surprising number of these inventors were ordinary people with great ideas that were not necessarily interested in developing a business around their invention. Most were looking for someone to take their idea, validate its worth and develop it for them.
"Everyday Edisons" endeavor is just one of the many entrepreneurial projects Louis has facilitated during his lifetime. A prolific inventor, he holds nine registered U.S. Patents, and his firm is responsible for the development and filing of more than 150 others. Over the past 20 years, Louis has created five successful start-ups and has been directly responsible for the creation of more than ten others. His interest in starting businesses and developing innovative products began while he was a sophomore in college, with his first company founded in his fraternity room. Louis graduated from The University of Illinois with a Bachelors of Science in Economics.
The recipient of numerous awards for entrepreneurial achievement, his passion for small business extends beyond his own companies. Louis volunteers his time teaching small business classes at Central Piedmont Community College and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs. He was most recently invited by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to be a featured speaker on the topic of innovation.
Louis currently serves as a board member for the University of North Carolina Charlotte Technology Commercialization Committee, The Entrepreneurial Leadership Council at Queens University, The Central Piedmont Community College Small Business Advisory Board as well as serving other community and charitable organizations. In 2005, Louis was a founding member of The Inventors Network of the Carolinas, a non-profit organization that empowers inventors through education, support, and networking opportunities.
For more information about the program, please visit www.alextechweek.com
For more information about the City of Alexandria, please visit www.alexandriava.gov


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Blackbeard Comes to Disneyland May 20
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 11:00PM
Starting May 20, 2011 Captain Blackbeard, as portrayed by actor Ian McShane, will appear on the ghostly waterfall scene in the grotto of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Davy Jones is expected to return later this year.
Tonight the Pirates of the Carribean 4: On Stranger Tides world premiere took place at Disneyland. Guests were treated to an early sighting of Blackbeard on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Here is your first look via twitvid by @mainstreetjake.
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The Denver Broncos have released running back Willis McGahee.
The 31-year-old veteran spent two seasons in Denver. He ran for 1,199 yards and four touchdowns in 15 games during the 2011 campaign, earning his second Pro Bowl nod, then last year rushed for 731 yards with four scores in 10 games.
"It's never easy to part ways with a veteran player who made so many positive contributions to our team and community," said Broncos vice president of football operations John Elway in a statement Thursday. "I appreciate all of the competitiveness, toughness and leadership Willis brought to the Broncos. He was an integral part of our team's turnaround during the past two seasons, and I wish him the best as he continues his NFL career."
The Broncos may have deemed McGahee expendable after the team also announced Thursday the signing of Montee Ball out of Wisconsin. Ball, a second-round selection the 2013 draft, racked up 5,140 rushing yards and 77 touchdowns -- including six receiving touchdowns -- en route to becoming the NCAA's all-time leader in total touchdowns with 83 over his four-year career in Madison.
They Broncos also have a wealth of depth in the backfield with Knowshon Moreno, C.J. Anderson, Lance Ball, Jacob Hester, Ronnie Hillman and Jeremiah Johnson on the roster.
McGahee joined Denver as a free agent in July 2011 after playing four years with Baltimore and four seasons in Buffalo. He eclipsed the 1,000-yard barrier with both teams as well, and joined Ricky Watters as the only players in league history to reach that plateau with three different teams.
In 130 career games, McGahee has run for 8,097 yards with 63 touchdowns. He also has 202 catches for 1,319 yards and five scores. His 33 career 100-yard rushing games are tied for second-most among active players.
Denver also signed cornerback Kayvon Webster from the University of South Florida after selecting him with the 90th overall pick in April's draft.


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The US is really ramping up its war on intellectual property infringement, a war which I'm sure will be just as successful, cheap and supported by the people as the wars on drugs and terrorism. The US has started seizing the domain names of various websites through ICANN - not because owners of these sites were convicted of anything, but merely because complaints have been filed against them. Anyone want to take a guess how long it will be before the US government blocks WikiLeaks? Update: The blocks function outside of the US too. In other words, the US is forcing its views upon the rest of the world once again.
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Brussels, 8 October 2012
Internal Market Scoreboard: Member States have improved their performance
At this time of crisis, the Single Market has a key role to play in bringing Europe out of economic stagnation. Timely transposition of legislation is a necessary condition for achieving the policy objectives of the directives. The European Commission's Internal Market Scoreboard published today shows that Member States have made an effort in transposing EU rules into national law. After the increase recorded in May and November 2011 (1.2%), the European average transposition deficit – the percentage of Internal Market Directives that have not been written into national law in time – is now back to 0.9%, i.e. below the target agreed by the European Heads of State and Government in 2007. In this exercise, sixteen Member States have achieved the 1% target.
Member States have also succeeded in reducing the number of incorrectly transposed directives. This average compliance deficit has fallen from 0.8% six months ago to 0.7% today, coming closer to the 0.5% deficit proposed in the Single Market Act in April 2011. However, they have increased the number of directives for which transposition is overdue by two years or more as well as the average extra time needed to transpose an EU Directive into national law (from 7.9 to 9.1 months).
With regard to the application of EU law, the number of infringements is continuing to decrease, very likely due to the introduction of mechanisms to solve problems of non-compliance with EU law earlier in the process. Italy accounts for the highest number of infringement proceedings launched by the Commission, followed by Greece and Belgium.
When all enforcement indicators are taken into account, Latvia, Estonia, Luxembourg and Lithuania are the best overall performers.
Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier said: "The Single Market is the engine of new growth but this can only work if all countries apply the rules correctly. I welcome the progress made in transposing EU law by Member States."
Implementation of Internal Market Directives
Special focus: Single Market Governance
In its Communication on Better Governance for the Single Market, the Commission proposed a series of measures to strengthen governance in the Single Market (see IP/12/587), identifying key areas likely 'to bring about the most significant gains in growth and jobs'. In these areas, the Commission requested the Member States to commit to 'zero tolerance' when it comes to transposition of directives and it announced that it will use its enforcement powers more vigorously and requested the cooperation of the Member States to ensure that breaches of EU law are swiftly brought to an end within eighteen months, or twelve months in case of second referral. In future editions, the Internal Market Scoreboard will monitor the compliance of these new benchmarks.
The Commission will prepare an annual report on the integration of the Single Market, which will focus on the way the Single Market works in practice, particularly in these key areas. This report will provide input for country-specific recommendations in the context of the European semester process.
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The World's Greatest Detective finally has one of the world's greatest games to call his own. Looking for tips on how to rack up 40-move combos? Need help finding all the Riddler trophies? Just want to complain about how stupid Bane looks? This is the plac
Ok what do you people want to see in Arkham city
A city named Arkham as my first request. Oh look, it came true! But enough joking around, I really want co-op and/or multiplayer involving Catwoman and any other villains, sidekicks, or henchmen.
Lesser-known characters like Black Mask, Great White Shark, a chance to actually see The Riddler would be cool.
"Get over here!", Scorpion
Just give me The Wonderland Gang and Lord Death Man. I'll be a happy boy :D
I wanna play some totally radical villain side quests and of course co-op for the game, super sexy
I wanna play as Batman, but that'll never happen.
Co-op and maybe an ability to switch characters in single player mode.Plus penguin, catwoman, and maybe the riddler. Joker has to be in the game, w/ w/o Harely Quinn!
I just want more of the same, just in an awsome city
A more open world atmosphere would be nice...
A little Batmobile and Batwing action would be a lot of fun
Same, and trying to finish the main mission.
Yeah, like Gotham and Metropolis. (and site-seeing of the narrows)
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Ken Cuccinelli and Virginia's GOP have a Rand Paul problem. How will they ever win the governor's race ?
Plus, Obama doesn't know a lot of things. Topping the list: the secret ingredients in pumpkin spice lattes and the true nature of Big Bird's best friend.
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Shimano XT 11-36 cassette (more cogs on alloy carrier)
Have about 100 miles on this setup and it has not failed once. My old sram xx would occasionally drop a chain in the chunky stuff, but this xx1 stuff is the bomb.
I wouldn't waste my time posting this, but I know alot of guys (including myself) don't want to throw $400+ at a cassette and then still need a 11 speed shifter, rear derailleur, chain, and hub body.
Yes, you are giving up some gearing. But it is nice and silent and shaves about 0.75 lbs off your bike. I am currently testing a 32 and 34 tooth to see which I prefer. I never was 100% satisfied with the 2x10 offerings from sram and I think this will be the ticket until we see some 11 speed x0 parts trickle down.
I will probably end up on a full xx1 group down the road, but this is an easy way to give the whole 1x10or11 a try.


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SOUTHERN PINES – Protesters of the Republican-led General Assembly marched in Southern Pines Monday continuing Moral Monday on the road while the legislature is on break.
This marks the third Moral Monday protest since the end of the session as part of a pledge by the NAACP to rally in all 13 North Carolina congressional districts. Monday's event took place in the Southern Pines Downtown Park.
After 13 weeks of protests, 924 were arrested in Raleigh. Since taking the rallies on the road, no additional arrests have been reported.


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Not long ago, the Swedish design duo Hjärta Smärta, composed of Samira Bouabana and Angela Tillman Sperandio, initiated a project aimed at recognizing the talent of women designers. They noticed that most of the books in their field showcased the work and the biographies of male creators, and wanted to fill the gap by including all those major female figures in the world of design. They admired their older counterparts' artistic muse but were looking for also for some inspiration in the biographies of these highly successful but less known female personalities in the world of design.
The result is now known as the Hall of Femme, a nice pun on the Hall of Fame that does not include as many women as the team at Hjärta Smärta thought it should. Besides having a blog [2] (in Swedish) which gathers their design-related posts from around the web, Bouabana and Tillman Sperandio authored also several books based on extensive interviews with the grand dames of design such as Lillian Bassman [3] or Carin Goldberg [4].
After I had read [5] about the Hall of Femmes I thought immediately that this is exactly what I would love to do: collect the life stories of the big names among female academics. It is true that we here at UVenus are representing the younger, Gen X, women, but, as the saying goes, we stand on the shoulders of giants. The life narratives of these first ladies of academia are documents about the history of the process of bringing in and recognizing women's merits as researchers and professors at the university level. They are also potential models and terms of comparison for our own lives and struggles today. After a long and successful career, perhaps one looks with different eyes at one's working life, and at one's priorities. This could be an inspiration for us younger women in the academia, and perhaps also a comfort, to know that these women we admire have shared our own passions and our own occasional desolation.
I always wondered about such things as:
How did the women professors in any given country active in the 1960s or 70s cope with the patriarchal biases so much more present and visible at that time?
How did they solve the "life puzzle", combining academia with families?
Did they feel recognized for their work and how (and when) did that recognition come?
As for my imaginary interlocutors, there are many, some dead, some still with us. I would have loved to talk to Marie Curie or Rachel Carson, for example, but that chance is gone… I would love to talk to Nobel Prize winners such as Elinor Ostrom (Economics), Carol W. Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn (Medicine). Or with some of the women authors in my field of study, social sciences, professors like Katherine Verdery [6], Wend yBracewell [7], or Helen Wallace [8]. Of course, I would also like to go outside the English-speaking world and get the opinions of women, both young and old, such as Leyla Neyzi [9], Daniela Koleva, or Barbara Törnquist-Plewa [10].
We all need role models, and have such people as references in our everyday professional and private lives. Let us recognize their impact and acknowledge their contribution.
Who would you like to include in the Hall of Femmes of Women in the Academia and why? Which questions would you like to ask these prominent female figures in the world of higher education and research?
Anamaria writes from Lund, Sweden. She is one of the founding members of the editorial collective at University of Venus [11].


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WASHINGTON – If President Obama and congressional leaders cannot come to an agreement on tax code changes in the coming weeks, some 562,000 low- and middle-class families in Massachusetts would lose access to the child tax credit, according to a new White House analysis.
Losing the tax credit would cost them an average of $1,000 annually in just one of the many ways that the looming austerity crisis would impact Massachusetts residents and businesses if politicians in Washington cannot come to terms on a deal before Jan. 1.
Some 217,000 families in the Bay State would no longer get assistance from the federal government in paying for college, and small businesses in the state would only be able to claim deductions of $25,000 on new investments – one-tenth the $250,000 they can claim now.
The figures were put together by President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, and are part of an ongoing effort by the White House to push their case for their policies. The report this week focuses on a series of tax credits that are set to expire without congressional action.
The value of the child tax credit, for example, was broadened and college tuition credits were increased as part of President Obama's 2009 stimulus legislation. Congress reauthorized those credits in 2010, but they are set to expire at the end of this year.
Most of the debate has been focused on tax rates. Obama wants the tax rate to stay the same on income less than $250,000, but he wants the rates to increase – to levels where they were about a decade ago – on any income greater than that. Republicans want to retain current rates for everyone.
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Windward Community College and Starbucks champion literacy through young poets' contestWindward Community College
Star Poets Coordinator
Poetry lovers of all ages are invited to a "Star Poets Celebration" at Windward Community College's Paliku Theatre, sponsored by WCC and Starbucks Coffee Hawaii on Sunday, May 25.
The event from 1 to 3 p.m. will feature a reading and awards ceremony for the 78 winners of the 2008 Star Poets contest, a statewide competition for public and private school students in grades 3 - 12. More than $10,200 in prizes will be presented to the students and their teachers in support of literacy programs. Also, Kealoha, the founder of HawaiiSlam and host of First Thursdays, the largest registered slam poetry competition in the world, will perform some of his work. Kealoha's spoken word poetry has been recorded on award-winning albums, and he has also represented Hawaii in national poetry slams.
The students' pieces were chosen from more than 4,500 entries, with the top five poems in each grade published in the Star Poets Journal, a publication distributed to all Hawaiʻi Starbucks stores. All the winning poems, including the honorable mention pieces, will also appear on the Windward Community College Web site at windward.hawaii.edu/poets. "We continue to be amazed at the response to this project," said Star Poets coordinator and WCC professor Libby Young. "These days we hear a great deal about the importance of basic skills. Poetry is a terrific way to help students find their voice and appreciate the power of words. Every year we wish we could share more of the wonderful entries we receive. But we take heart in knowing that students are out there, across the state, keeping the magic of poetry alive."
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Retro GL-10 TURBO build
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Posted 19 October 2012 - 08:34 AM
Never gets old seeing this. She looks so mean.
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so i went to Washington D.C to visit Franz and he did a little work on the car and he took me to see the crazy city which is just amazing to see and i cant wait to go back for part 2 of the city !!
Abraham Lincoln says hello
Franz's one of a billion cool tool's he owns !
my leone getting all its numbers crunched to perfection !
little vid
franz made me a new shorter pipe from scratch in a matter of minutes, and he gave me the fancy clamps to hold it right. we also put in oil temp, oil pressure, fuel pressure sensors to watch whats going and everything is good !
so much went down this week here is some extra pics from the dyno session, the guys at IMA Motorsports know there Porsche's it was Porsche heaven, i was sourounded buy flat six's with huge turbos making stupid power every where i looked such nice people at IMA Motorsports !
all these porsche made me think why am i messing with this four bangger when subaru made the best six which is a ej22 with a extra 2 lol.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 05:27 PM
Sweet pics! Looks like you had an awesome time. Did you end up getting the issues squared away with the car?
ya i have to cut holes in the hood no simple way around it lol
Nico, your car is just amazing. I may have to do this to my wagon eventually, as I no longer have much use for D/R 4WD since moving to the flatness of Florida.
i wish i could live where the weather was all ways warm so i can keep ym car on the road all year.
if you build it fast keep it awd, this car needs it for sure or else i would be not moving at all at the lights
Go figure I go reading this thread all the way up to the dyno point. Oh man! Now I'll be in suspense! Not good! The last time I looked at this thread was way back in March. I didn't think it was going to happen. I'm an idiot!
i had to do it sold my legacy turbo just to get me moving on lol... but it will never be done i all ways like doing more and more. dyno sheet is on the way but it makes 320whp on 25psi fifty more then the 17psi road tune that was stupid all ready to be pumping out this car. maybe ill get a bigger turbo housing to make 400whp but its all ready to much to control.
so i got my STi coupler in
and i am building the air oil separator system witch i can put in soon once my plastic fittings come in
mann hummel provent 200 and i welded a nipple for the drain back on my stock dip stick tube. you need a one way valve and i got high temp o rings for the provent 200 lid.
the hose is a bmw 1990 325 6 hose witch has a step in it the same size as the provent 200.
Posted 31 October 2012 - 08:19 PM
the first rally cars
My LEONE !!
look at the bolt pattern 4 at first next year 5x100 lol... need to vinyl wrap it haha
my car was the lightest subaru ever made 900kg
My OLD baby !!!
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Posted 03 November 2012 - 06:33 PM
here we have it all put together and ready to rock.
made some brackets out of rod aluminum to hold it in place and its working perfect, oil is being seperated and dumped back the right way.
also used my factory coolant reservoir and re mounted it to the strut top with a nice aluminum plate. the AWIC reservoir fits perfect in that little corner and its working perfect.
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Posted 03 November 2012 - 07:04 PM
well my jdm rally book has come in and i think vinyl wrap is coming lol
the first rally cars
My LEONE !!
look at the bolt pattern 4 at first next year 5x100 lol... need to vinyl wrap it haha
my car was the lightest subaru ever made 900kg
My OLD baby !!!
The Possom Bourne entry brings back lots of memories.
Posted 05 November 2012 - 01:54 AM
When I pull my GL10 Turbo 4wd off the road for body work and ej swap I think I will have to go this direction... light bar and all:headbang:
Posted 08 November 2012 - 07:48 PM
This car is more set up right than many of the cars I've seen that came with that drive train from the factory! Lol. Great work on packaging it all together.
Posted 15 November 2012 - 04:50 PM
Where'd you get that book.
When I pull my GL10 Turbo 4wd off the road for body work and ej swap I think I will have to go this direction... light bar and all:headbang:
eaby for book http://www.ebay.ca/i...b97fd7f&vxp=mtr
i wrap my car like that.
What is a provent 200?
This car is more set up right than many of the cars I've seen that came with that drive train from the factory! Lol. Great work on packaging it all together.
thank you.. the provent is a AOS system here is info
Stage 1 7670 S200SX 1.00AR, next year for fun Stage 2 S300SX 400whp
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 12:43 AM
Nice! That'll surprise a few WRXs!
yep should do the job very nice, next year stage 2 and maybe race gas on the track will see how it goes
well i found the most rarest part in japan for my car ! with the help of Yoshifumi @ japan dream direct.. http://j-a-d.ocnk.net/ .
The Leone Turbo OEM Subaru window visor !!
these puppies are made out metal not like the 90's plastic type one's, these one's hold there shape even in wind tunnel testing.
they slice the wind like a ninja sword, and cut rain water in half lol
also got some new track wheels for summer, tire i have not picked yet.
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 02:17 AM
I Did not knew about those Rare metal parts for the Roof, that's New for me.
look at the bolt pattern 4 at first next year 5x100 lol... need to vinyl wrap it haha
Did any EA82 Sedan really came with 5X100 Pattern?
Kind Regards.
Posted 22 November 2012 - 03:51 PM
My ex showed me a picture on her phone, of a rally wheel... it was most definitely a 4X140 BBS!
Posted 22 November 2012 - 06:10 PM
Posted 22 November 2012 - 08:24 PM
Sickest jdm parts!!!!!
Did they come with an ad for jdm mail order brides too?
Posted 22 November 2012 - 11:22 PM
I was shocked to find out that some rally cars use the 4X140 pattern...
Not exactly 4X140 but looks Close...
Even the "REAL" Subaru for Rally does come with a four Lug Setup
(The street versions are five lugs)
I have some photos: 4X114.3
Closer View:
The Reason: Four Lugs are Faster to Change than Five Lugs.
Almost nobody noticed that difference between the Rally version and the street version of those cars.
Sorry for Hijack the Thread...
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Weird News Wednesday – 5 Crazy Stories That Happened in Kentucky
I recently wrote up a Weird News Wednesday blog for Indiana, so I was put to the challenge to see if I could find some crazy stories that happened in Kentucky. Well, I found a few that might make you scratch your head.
Consumer Report: Meth Makes Carpet Sparkle
In April 2013, police in Louisville were called to respond to a man eating "sparkles" from the floor at a Burlington Coat Factory. The officers found the man alone in the shoe section consuming lent from the carpet, and after searching the man identified as Jeffrey Wagner, they discovered a bag of Loritabs and a bag of crystal meth along with another bag of unknown pills and unknown powder. According to reports, Wagner admitted to smoking meth before entering the store and was charged with possession of a controlled substance as well as public intoxication.
A Menace to Society on Behalf of God and Country
Here's another story that occurred in Louisville.
In August 2012, James Crittenden walked into a gas station around 10 am and was eventually caught trying to light a toilet seat on fire in the men's restroom. He claimed that he was doing it for "religious reasons", and when police arrived at the scene Crittenden was charged with first-degree arson, terroristic threatening, and public intoxication. Not to make this guy out to be a weirdo or anything, but he had another run-in with the police earlier that year when he was arrested for huffing cans of Reddi-wip in a ValuMarket that he'd already been banned from for disorderly conduct. In that particular instance, he claimed that US Constitution granted him the authority. I guess we all missed the whipped cream clause...
Pizza Wasted?
Another Louisville incident!
In October 2011, police found a man named Donn Adams next to his car in a ditch, and Adams was acting a bit disoriented, stating that he had only 2 pizzas to drink for lunch. At this point, the cops were extremely suspicious, and while Adams refused to have them search his car, a couple syringes filled with a brown liquid were in plain sight in Adams' car. He was eventually arrested on charges of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.
Don't Make Me Get My Sword...
Ooh, look! Another Louisville incident, and like the previous story, pizza plays a part!
In May 2011, Wynika Mason was involved in a heated argument at the Pizza Hut on the corner of 7th and Dixie Highway and decided to unsheath a sword, causing a disturbance amongst the restaurant employees and customers. Police arrived, confiscated the sword from Mason's brother's vehicle, and then she was arrested for disorderly conduct.
Mr. Johnson Takes "Horsing Around" To a Whole 'Nother Level
The last story isn't from Louisville, but it's pretty sick. In July 2011, Nathan Johnson was arrested in Paducah after a witness called the authorities claiming she saw a man having . . . hmmm . . . "relations" with a horse in Carson Park. An investigation followed, and Johnson was arrested on a charge of animal cruelty...again. Yes, the same man was arrested under suspicion of the same crime at the same park in 2002.
What do you think of these weird news stories? Do you have any stories that are worthy of this level of weirdness? You can share by posting a comment via Facebook below!


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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
U-M Cheerleading Tryouts
Whew! Is it getting hot in here or is just me?
17 comments:
- srudoff said...
key play
- May 19, 2008 3:50 AM
- srudoff said...
now get off my lawn
- May 19, 2008 3:51 AM
- phil said...
Yost!! EEEwwwwww! Have you lost your mind?? Remember.....healingggg picturessss.
What are you trying to do with this picture? Why didn't you just post a picture of an old, wornout, sun faded patio table if you want to make us sick!
- May 19, 2008 6:10 AM
- Catie said...
Oh no!! Mother, that is not what I meant when I suggested that you show some school spirit!
- May 19, 2008 6:51 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
Top this SEC? Pllleeeaaassse don't tempt them - I'm at ground zero here!
- May 19, 2008 8:00 AM
- TitleIX said...
there but for the grace of g-d....
gravity is not a girl's friend
- May 19, 2008 8:28 AM
- intellidouche said...
It's funny cause it's true.
- May 19, 2008 9:32 AM
- Out of Conference said...
I told you guys I deserved to post here because my Grandmother was a M fan, did you believe me? Hell no... leave it to Grammie to come through with the proof!
- May 19, 2008 9:35 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
That is just plain wrong on so many levels. I don't feel well.
- May 19, 2008 10:16 AM
- kowisja said...
man, i just threw up a little.
- May 19, 2008 10:32 AM
- Andy said...
M cheerleaders from the last time we beat tUOS ??
- May 19, 2008 11:09 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
The chick in the sweater vest is so much hotter! To hell with spelling.
Ahahahahahaha...Word Verification:
Truth is stranger than fiction.
- May 19, 2008 11:15 AM
- Yost said...
Oh, that's funny, Andy. Might have to update!
- May 19, 2008 11:23 AM
- Zen Wizard said...
Would some hypnotherapy sessions erase that image from my brain?
- May 19, 2008 11:33 AM
- Mike From THE state of Ohio said...
Seriously, what do you do if you see this spectacle while tail gaiting? Seriously? What a terrible, life-altering moment...
I'd go Sam Neil-style a la Event Horizon. Rip out my eyes, hold them in my palms, and scream "save yourself" in Latin.
- May 19, 2008 11:54 AM
- Tom C said...
I thought I was done. nearly blind. Out of work, and yet not blind enough! OHHH ICK!
- May 19, 2008 9:47 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Rodney Carrington's "don't look now momma's got her boobs out" ditty comes to mind.
- May 19, 2008 10:23 PM


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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich on Friday filed a federal appeal seeking to overturn a Dec. 18 ruling by the Commission on the City Plan requiring the closure of its St. Vincent de Paul Place ministry by next week.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich on Friday filed a federal appeal seeking to overturn a Dec. 18 ruling by the Commission on the City Plan requiring the closure of its St. Vincent de Paul Place ministry by next week.
In a separate motion Friday, church leaders also asked a judge to issue a temporary restraining order and injunction that would enable the charity to operate out of the former St. Joseph School on Cliff Street beyond the Jan. 12 deadline set by the city commission.
City officials have 21 days to respond to Friday's motions, according to court documents.
The documents also show the diocese will use the First Amendment as grounds for its claim that St. Vincent de Paul — a soup kitchen and food pantry that serves about 79,362 meals a year to the needy — should be allowed to stay open at its current site.
The appeal names the city, the Commission on the City Plan, Building Official James Troeger and Capt. James Roberts of the city's Fire Marshal's Office as defendants. U.S. District Court Judge Warren W. Eginton is presiding over the case.
Officials also assert the Commission on the City Plan, which voted 5-0 against the church's special use permit on Dec. 18, "bowed to pressure from neighborhood opponents who, while acknowledging the important purpose of St. Vincent, preferred that St. Vincent be located in someone else's backyard."
Diocesan spokesman Michael Strammiello said Dec. 20 that church officials were preparing to bring their claims before a judge.
"The Diocese will not abandon those most in need," Strammiello said in a statement Friday. "We remain respectful of our neighbors close to the Church. Our interest remains to help feed and comfort those who need help."
Mayor Peter Nystrom declined to comment on the complaint, citing advice from Corporation Counsel Michael Driscoll, but said he'll continue to work with diocesan officials in finding a viable location for St. Vincent.
"I am seeking to find an alternative site for them," Nystrom said. He said he's been in contact with Jillian Corbin, St. Vincent's executive director, and expects those talks to continue.
St. Vincent de Paul Place, which opened in 1979, spent 12 years at 10 Railroad Ave. but was "constructively evicted" from the site on July 7 because of renovations to the building, church officials said.
On July 9, St. Vincent received a temporary zoning permit from the city to occupy St. Joseph School for six months. It needed approval from the Commission on the City Plan for a special use permit to stay there permanently.
When it applied to for such a permit, the diocese cited Section 8.1.2 of city zoning regulations, which allows the Commission on the City Plan to grant it in residential areas for "philanthropic, educational, recreational, religious and eleemosynary (charitable) use by a duly incorporated nonprofit or government unit."
Rejecting the request amounted to discrimination against St. Vincent, the complaint alleges.
"Through the decision and other actions, defendants are implementing their land use laws and regulations in a way that treats St. Vincent on less than equal terms with religious institutions that engage in practices similar to those of St. Vincent," it says. "Defendants have also irrationally singled out Plaintiffs by treating them more harshly than they treat these similarly situated religious institution which provide meals and other charitable services to the needy of Norwich."
Brian Kobylarz, a Hobart Avenue resident and outspoken opponent of St. Vincent de Paul's current location, refuted claims made in Friday's suit.
"We had been waiting for them (the diocese) to begin discussing with us any of these things, but to date that still hasn't happened. We were hopeful they'd want to work with the neighborhood," he said. "We certainly have shown a willingness to talk and listen."


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FHA's 'Back To Work' Program
By Derek Sandoval
Through FHA's "Back To Work – Extenuating Circumstances Program," borrowers who have gone through bankruptcy, foreclosure, deed-in-lieu, or short sale, may be eligible for an FHA-backed mortgage sooner if they can prove their financial hardship was the result of an economic event, such as job loss or a significant decrease in income. In this video, Noel Brownell of Comstock Mortgage and I will explain the new program further.
Derek Sandoval has worked for Keller Williams Realty in Roseville, Calif., since 2009, and specializes in residential, REO, and short sales. Find Derek at www.dereksellshomes.com and dereksellshomes.featuredblog.com.
Sounds like a great program IF you can find any lending institution to even work with you. Of the 15-20 companies we have called, half didn't even know about this program and the other half said they don't know how to go about implementing this program. Unless you can provide a list of lending institutions that will participate this is just another hopeless dream.
Mr. Miller,
You may have just unluckily landed on loan officer's who do not know what they are doing. FHA has updated their guidelines to reflect a few changes with this program for loans starting August 15. You must be able to document income loss of 20% or more for at least 6 months, and also prove you have been current on all payments over the last 12 months. There is too much info for me to list, so feel free to call or email and I will be glad to help you. 727-804-6605
I have a chapter 7 bankruptcy that was discharged back in 2009 I included the house in the bankruptcy but I'm being told that I cant buy a new house because the property didn't short sale until November of last year?
I'm reading that we also will need to take a credit seminar through an FHA approved credit counselor at least 30 days prior to applying for the new loan….can you tell us a little about that requirement as well? And can it be done online?
What is the effective date of this program? When will the majority of lenders be familiar enough with the Back to Work Program so that they will start lending after teh one year waiting period? Thanks
We are in 2nd year of Chapter 13 bankruptcy. My husband passed away earlier this year. Are there any options under this program for re-finance?


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Viacom Strikes Back With Emails On YouTube's Illegal Content Plans
Viacom's counter stroke in its ongoing legal battle with Google/YouTube over their copyrighted videos found on YouTube seems just perfect for their case. While Google fired the first salvo when they revealed that Viacom uploaded their own videos while complaining about their videos being on the site earlier on, Viacom has countered with emails from YouTube before Google bought them over. These emails are littered with conversations from YouTube founders on how they had intended to capitalize on illegal copyrighted content to boost traffic.
businessinsider.com - During 2005 to 2008, YouTube execs said a lot of dumb and nasty things to each other in emails and instant messages.
Thanks to Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube-parent company Google -- and the court's decision to release a "statement of undisputed facts" -- you get to read it all!
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25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30because we are members of his body. 31 "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." 32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Tell me, does a beating sound like a way to cherish and love one's wife as Christ loves the church?


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Parkersburg Firefighters rescue two women from a burning home early Sunday morning.
It happened on Tygart Street in Parkersburg around 8:10 Sunday morning.
Firefighters arrived to find 89- year-old Virginia Peter's and 65-year-old Dolores Peters inside as smoke and flames filled the house.
Parkersburg Fire Department Captain Tim Flinn says, "the two females were rescued by firefighters who arrived on scene within 2 minutes of receiving the alarm. The first arriving Engine Co. 6 personnel could see the occupants through the locked front door. They forced entry inside the front door and helped each female out of the smoke filled structure."
Both women had physical problems and needed help getting out of the house. One woman used crutches and the other used a walker.
Firefighters say the fire may have started from a coffee pot. One of the women inside says she saw sparks and paper towels caught on fire.
There were two working smoke detectors inside the home and two cats also escaped.
The women were treated on the scene.
Damage for the house is estimated at around 30 thousand dollars. Most of the fire was contained near the kitchen.


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Who's (modified for the article) punchline is.
"Hey, I'm a programmer, I don't have time for a princess, but hey, a glowing dog, now that's cool"
"Hey, I'm a programmer, I don't have time for a princess, but hey, a glowing dog, now that's cool"
Glowing dog? Pics or it didn't happen.
an tasty microbeagle
FTFY given it's Korea.
Kegogi tastes like a wet dog smells, apparently [dba-oracle.com].
Of course, the real question is "what does it taste like?"
I happen to have a journalist acquaintance who wrote a pretty good book [amazon.com] about dog cloning in Korea. I can tell you you're both right and wrong. You will see the adorable beagle mentioned in the post just below. What you won't see, and (just as you say) won't want to see are the many dogs sacrificed for the project. Although Seoul and other cities are home to pampered pets, dogs are also a livestock commodity in Korea, and if you want to do a bit of research, you won't have any trouble getting all the dogs y
The amount they glow is up to how attentive you are to their needs.
George Clinton's Atomic Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuyS9M8T03A [youtube.com]
'The creation of Tegon opens new horizons since the gene injected to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal human diseases,'
Now, just substitute "can be" with "will be"...
What is the fascination with making animals glow?
Make lawn grass that produces THC, or better yet LSD already.
What is the fascination with making animals glow?
It's a quick and dirty way to test whether the inserted gene is being expressed in all tissues.
Step two is to attach your desired test gene to the bioluminescent gene. Now you can see where the test gene is being expressed. That removes the doubt from a failure to get the expected result; is it because the experimental treatment doesn't work properly, or because the gene isn't active in the desired tissue? Failure+glow means the treatment failed. Failure+no-glow means a problem with the insertion.
+5 Insightful
>> It's equivalent to using a print statement
Imagine what will happen when we have a remote kernel debugger?
Well, right now we have the ability to take memory dumps and compare them, creating a kind of rudimentary trace log. This shoddy JPEG of a microarray [bu.edu] displays one column per gene of interest. Brightness reflects gene expression level (red is low, green is high, grey is in between.) Each row is a separate set of conditions, such as progress through a stress response.
In plant biology, time of day has been used as the y-axis, by taking many different samples at different times. This was done in order to find t
It's an amazingly useful protein for scientific research... Because of its research utility it's become a ubiquitous tool for molecular and cell biology. Indeed, in October of 2008 Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their brilliant contributions to our modern scientific use of GFP [nobelprize.org], with The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences calling GFP a "guiding star" and likening its research development to the invention of the microscope.
What is the fascination with making animals glow?
I figure it's a long term plan to make night time less stressful when the zombie apocalypse comes
That quote seemed suspicious to me. So if they can add something to food to trigger the "glow" gene, that quote means they can also add something to food to trigger the "fatal disease" gene... That's a TERRIBLE idea!!! (Yes, I know the individual would need to have the gene encoded before birth, and it's not just the food additive...)
Seems like a great solution for feral dogs and helping breeders get rich. To all your pure-bred (assuming genetically modified is still "pure-bred") dogs, cats whatever add a gene that causes them to die if not fed a special additive to their food.
No more strays
I'm just kidding of course but whats the bet that the Monsanto equivalent in the pet world does just exactly this?
Build in a lysine-deficiency into all the breeding females?
Better hope your animals aren't as smart as velociraptors... and be damn careful with that frog DNA!!
Well yes. If you can create lab animals with the same fatal condition you can then test treatments for the condition on them. You then get into that whole animal testing issue. It is one of those areas where people will have different opinions for sure.
I am in the cost vs benefit camp.
Animal testing for cosmetics == bad.
Animal testing to save lives == acceptable.
Others have different opinions on that.
While I don't mean to belittle the work done by these scientists, I want to point out a common mistake used in science journalism - referring to GFP as "glowing". It does not glow, in any sense of the word. It fluoresces, which means you need to shine blue or UV light on it and examine it through a filter that removes the incident light, and then it will appear green. It can appear quite amazing under those conditions, but you can't take this dog out for a walk at night and see it emitting green light. You won't even see it reflecting green light, unless you take him near a UV source.
There is a biological technique that does cause things to glow [wikipedia.org], but it's more complicated than a single protein so is not as commonly used as GFP.
The restaurant will sort out the lighting and provide filtering glasses. Done!
This dog would be awesome at a rave!
unless you take him near a UV source
Like, the Sun?
(Don't mind me, I'm just being snarky)
Imagine a burglar who comes to your house. A pitbull growling in the dark - that's already pretty scary. A glowing growling pitbull, that's super-scary.
I like how they always say "could lead to a cure for Alzheimer's"
I don't know about a cure. But it sure would be handy for finding grandpa when he wanders off in the dark.
The gene that causes the dog to glow under ultraviolet light when a certain food is given to it, can have the gene replaced with one dogs and humans share. This can help test gene therapy to help cure these genetic disorders.
The mutation is just reflecting an external UV light. It would be much cooler if it could actually *generate* light. Imagine a dog that could glow like a glow worm.
Are they not closer to human physiology
people who do research on household pets. I consider my dog to be part of my family and when I hear of asshole scientists doing research on what would otherwise be someone's pet it really pisses me off. There is no reason for that or any dog to glow or have any other "modification". This just backs up my observation that most of these people are a$$holes.
I understand your sentiment, but bear in mind that every society draws an arbitrary line between the animals we befriend and those we eat. You protect your dog and eat bacon. In korea some dog breeds are befriended while other breeds are food.
Meanwhile people whose child or spouse is spared from death by this same research feel quite differently about it.
So...are you saying you'd prefer they should stop all animal experimentation, or only those animals that are pets to someone out there? Which is quite a broad range of animals.
Or perhaps you prefer animals to be natural and not be messed about with humans? Which means that a significant number of dog breeds would be considered monstrous by you.
Or maybe you just mean genetic experiments? Or drug based? Or do you also consider experiments in changing their diet? Psychological experimentation? Environmental ma
I dunno, I've eaten dog before (tends to taste a bit like what it was eating, coconut and scraps, yech). I also had a dog that got hit by a car and the neighbors got to it before we did. Apparently they ate well that night. Shit happens. Things are born, die, sometimes get eaten by other things. That said I could never eat my own dog (extreme starvation situation excepted). Your emotional attachment is just that, an emotional attachment and personally I'm fine with offending your sensibilities if it yields
Why this news? Dog is born puppy, then you feed it and it glowing. Keep feed it and it keep glowing until all glow up.
You resisted the urge to make a "try the special of the day" remark. +1
It's ALIVE! [insane cackle]
While this is serious science, there's a whiff of mad science about it. If this were my project, I'd dine out at science fiction conventions for the rest of my life on this.
the gene injected to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal human diseases
The way that's written, my first thought was using dogs as bioweapons. I doubt that's really the case, so what do they really mean by this?
They are trying to creates those dogs from Call of Duty's kino der toten level. Grab your shotgun.
what do they really mean by this?
What's different here is that the glow requires a trigger (the antibiotic). Their plan is to implant genes that cause, say, cystic fibrosis (picked totally at random, not sure what human diseases they could give a dog) in a dog embryo. The dog is born and grows up healthy, then when it's time to test a cystic fibrosis drug, they give the dog cystic fibrosis by giving them the antibiotic. Essentially, a way to test treatments for genetic defects when those defects would pr
Mr. President, we *must* develop our own glowing dog before the North Koreans develop this technology too.
Corporate sponsorships. Yep, ads on animals, e.g. flashing on green sea turtles. And a talking chimp.
The late Michael Crichton already wrote about it in Next.
I said glow in the dark mosquitos not beagles.
Glow in the dark mosquitos. Now that's a useful thought.
But how to get the gene into the general population?
the gene injected to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal human diseases
Perhaps I'm in too much of a mad scientist mindset, but the summary sounded to me like they were making practice runs for an injectable kill switch for humans. "Mr. Bond, I've altered your DNA, making the serum I hold in my hand a deadly poison only to you." Better yet, if the villain has read his evil overlord list, he'd just tell Bond that the serum is a poison, and modify his minions' DNA so the same s
(first thing I thought of after seeing this)
Add some UV night lights and strap a small barrel of rum to the collar: You won't trip over the dog anymore and you can easily find you liquor.
Scorpions are already UV fluorescent but are a real pain to train. Dogs are much safer to hold and pet.
The real question is - how does it taste?
Ha ha. I know. Bad Korean Joke.
What could go wrong with this?
surely not starting the zombie invasion.
This process can check if this value is zero, and if it is, it does something child-like. -- Forbes Burkowski, CS 454, University of Washington


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Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) met with Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) on Capitol Hill Thursday. The two met in original Appropriations Committee hearing room in the Capitol.
A Democratic aide said Mikulski, as Appropriations chair, planned to discuss the looming sequester with Hagel.
The two took no questions during a brief photo opp. Hagel declined to answer questions about whether he would release additional documents to the Armed Services Committee, as Republicans are requesting.
A vote in the committee on his nomination, originally planned for today, was delayed, as Republicans are asking for more about his financials and speeches.


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Plans for Venice community providing affordable options still shelved a decade after concept was unveiled
While a survey shows a growing shortage of affordable homes in Southwest Florida, a 145-acre site in South County once planned as "a national model for workforce housing" hasn't made it off the drawing board.
Nearly a decade ago, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation paid $16 million for land to build "The Bridges," a 600-home walkable community between Laurel and Border roads that would feature shopping areas and affordable housing. The foundation later paid $8.5 million for another tract adjoining the planned workforce housing site, bringing its total holdings there to 300 acres.
Today, nearby properties are being developed, making the area at Interstate 75 and Laurel Road one of the growth hotspots in Sarasota County.
Foundation officials say they have received inquiries from developers wanting to buy the land - but none of the offers have met the criteria of the foundation and the city that development there include homes priced for working families.
As a result, foundation leaders say they are keeping plans for The Bridges shelved — even though the demand for homes for moderate-income households is rising again — because the organization has other priorities.
"The Board of Gulf Coast is not looking for anything at the moment," said Teri Hansen, the foundation's president and chief executive. "It has the land in its investment portfolio and the land is not on the market, nor has the board dusted off any plans to develop."
The foundation has several initiatives — including working with consultant Robert Marbut on a strategy to combat homelessness, a summer lunch program for children, a job training program to help families earn higher wages, among others, Hansen said.
"So, while we are not focused on resurrecting the Bridges plan at the moment, it is not to say we never will," Hansen said.
"I can assure you it will not be before the fall board retreat."
The lack of movement on the property has sparked criticism among some Venice residents, who say the land has not been developed because the foundation made a bad deal at the outset.
They say the foundation paid inflated prices for properties, which are now jointly appraised on tax records at less than $16 million — about $8 million less than the combined purchase prices.
Drop in land value
During the height of the real estate bubble, median home prices were soaring above $300,000 and Sarasota County was losing affordable housing for its work force. Teachers, nurses, retail employees and others found rents escalating and home sales were priced out of their reach.
The foundation proposed a community with a mix of energy-efficient apartments, town homes and single-family homes that working families could afford.
It intended to use principles modeled on visionary urban planner John Nolen's 1920s design for Venice, with its emphasis on pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods.
In July 2005, the foundation's real estate arm, Gulf Coast Strategic Investments, bought the 145 acres for The Bridges from Mark Caithness for nearly $16.1 million. Hansen said the foundation used an appraisal from Sarasota Memorial Hospital, which had a "hold on the land to purchase."
Property records show that Caithness put together the acreage with adjoining tracts he bought from several owners in 2004 and 2005 for a total of more than $9.47 million.
In 2007, the foundation also purchased 155 acres, also between Laurel Road and Border Road, for $8.55 million in 2007 as L R Development LLC. The site was not included in the planned workforce housing project, and the foundation did not submit development plans to the city.
The Great Recession hit before the foundation could select a developer.
Land prices since then have dropped dramatically.
According to property tax records, in 2005, the foundation paid more than $110,000 per acre for the Bridges tract, and two years later paid nearly $55,000 per acre for the adjoining 155-acre tract.
Lakewood Ranch-based developer Pat Neal recently paid $12,903 per acre for 124 acres on Border Road and, in 2013, $32,608 an acre for 368 acres flanking the Jacaranda Road extension.
The Sarasota County Property Appraiser's Office last year estimated the value of the Bridges site at $8.55 million and the adjoining property at $7.17 million.
To avoid court challenges, the county appraiser's estimates are typically below true market value.
In 2011, the foundation's investment in the property brought harsh criticism in newspaper ads by a group called Save Our Venice Foundation. The group, which included many prominent community leaders, said money spent on the land could have been invested and the proceeds used toward its goal of charitable giving. From 2005 to 2011, the group's website estimated, the foundation spent $34 million for acquisition, financing and other costs related to the real estate deals.
"I think they bought it with the right idea," said Venice Mayor John Holic, referring to the foundation's purchase of land for The Bridges. "But a lot of people buy land at the wrong price. Real estate has no guarantees."
More homes planned
Even without The Bridges, extensive residential development is ahead for the South County area along Interstate 75 and within Venice city limits.
The City Council recently approved John Peskin's Portofino on Laurel Road, which could have as many as 650 homes depending on how much commercial building occurs there.
Construction is expected to begin later this year on the 1,700-home Toscana Isles, north of Portofino on Knights Trail.
Willow Chase and Venetian Golf and River Club, east of Portofino, are reaching build-out.
Pat Neal's proposed Villages of Milano could consist of 700 homes in neighborhoods flanking the new Jacaranda Road extension.
Neal also intends to submit plans for The Woods at Venice, a development of 263 homes at Border Road and Jackson Road.
Holic believes the best outcome for the foundation is to proceed with The Bridges rather than sell the land.
"If it goes back up (in value) to what they paid for it, we're all in trouble," Holic said — noting that the previous spike in real estate prices led to an affordable housing shortage and then the recession.


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Palo Alto County 4-H and FFA members planning to exhibit beef animals for the 2013 Palo Alto County Fair will need to weigh in their market steers, market heifers, and feeder pens. The weigh-in date for Palo Alto County exhibitors will be Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the Palo Alto County Fairgrounds in Emmetsburg.
For any beef animal to be eligible to show at county and district fairs, the basic weigh-in must take place. However, if an exhibitor wishes to take an animal to show at the Iowa State Fair or Ak-Sar-Ben livestock shots, calves must also go through a state verification process. Palo Alto County officials are planning to conduct this state verification process on the same day as the regular weigh-in. The retinal imaging procedure will be used to meet the state verification requirements.
Beef animals that will be shown only at the Palo Alto County Fair or at district fairs will just need to be weighed on Jan. 5 and will not need to go through the retinal imaging process. It is requested that animals being weighed in be ear-tagged at home prior to the weigh-in day. Official ear tags may be purchased at the Palo Alto County Extension Office in Emmetsburg.
It is important that anyone who has a scheduling conflict with the Jan. 5 weigh in date must contact the Palo Alto County Extension Office at least one week before the weigh-in date so that alternate arrangements can be made. \For exhibitors to be eligible to show at the 2011 Iowa State Fair or Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Shows, they must make sure their animals go through the state verification process. These animals are not to be tagged ahead of time and should come with the exhibitors other animals on Jan. 5. State verification animals will be weighed and then run through a head chute where they will be tagged and a retinal image taken.
As part of the state verification process, both the exhibitor and a parent will be required to sign verification forms for each entry. If a parent or exhibitor cannot be present at the weigh-in event, a signed waiver must accompany the animal. Parent and exhibitor waivers are available at the Palo Alto County Extension office. All verification fees must be paid at the time of the weigh-in and verification.
Exhibitors planning to state verify calves should contact the Extension Office by Wednesday, Jan. 2, in order to give the staff an idea of the number of animals in order to allow for adequate supplies for the verification process.
A new facet to the weigh-in for 2013 involves Heifer projects. Exhibitors may identify their heifers for the Iowa State Fair on the Jan. 5 weigh-in date, and by doing so, will be allowed to show the animal as either a market heifer or a breeding heifer.
Any exhibitor verifying their weigh-in information in 4HOnline, must remember that the exhibitor must have an "active" status, meaning they must be enrolled in 4-H at the time of the weigh-in day.
Any 4-H or FFA exhibitor with questions regarding this process should contact the Palo Alto County Extension office at 712-852-2865 or Palo Alto County Beef Superintendent, Brian Rouse at 712-260-7731.


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Saginaw Valley State's Nikki Bigelow's home run in the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be the difference as the nationally 21st-ranked Ferris State softball team dropped a 1-0 decision to 13th-ranked Saginaw Valley State this Sunday (May 10) afternoon in the championship game of the 2009 NCAA Division II sub-Midwest Regional Tournament at University Center, Mich.
The loss eliminates Ferris State from NCAA postseason action as the Bulldogs conclude the 2009 season at 35-10 overall. Ferris wrapped up another successful campaign as the Bulldogs' season win total this campaign represents a tie for the fourth most victories in the program's history.
The championship game was a pitcher's duel between junior Kayle Stevenson (Holland/West Ottawa) of Ferris State and Saginaw Valley State's Jade Fulton as both hurlers tossed a pair of two hitters. Stevenson, who suffered her first loss of the season in 13 decisions this spring, didn't allow a walk or issue a strikeout while Fulton fanned three and walked two FSU batters. Fulton improved her season mark to 18-5 with the decision.
The contest's initial base hit wasn't recorded until the top of the third inning when sophomore shortstop Lynsay Weaver (Bay City/All Saints) singled through the left side of the SVSU infield. The Cardinals would make their first hit count and in a big way as designated player Nikki Bigelow started off the bottom of the sixth by belting a 1-1 count offering from Stevenson over the left centerfield fence hitting the SVSU scoreboard on the fly.
In the top of the seventh, Ferris State went down in order versus Fulton as senior pinch hitter Shannon Roney (Wheaton, Ill./Glen Ellyn Glenbard South) struck out in the Bulldogs' final plate appearance.
FSU was making its seventh regional appearance in the program's history and its fourth in the last five years.


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NORTH EAST, Pa. - There were 36 bowlers present at North East Lanes on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
Carol Baumet was the winner of the first jackpot with a score of 229. The second winner was Vinne Paternosh who had a score of 250. The third winner was George Tanner, who had a score of 264.
Splits were picked up by: Dave Brooker, 3-10; Eleanor Hoffman, 2-7(2x); Vinne Paternosh, 2-7-8; Midge Eller, 3-10; Don Woods, 3-10; Dorothy Post, 5-6; Bill Ottaway, 3-6-7-10, 3-10; Les Yokom, 3-10; Judy Eades, 2-7; and Don Thomas, 3-10.
High scores were earned by: Quint Leamer, 176; Gary Wells, 200-172-192; Les Yokom, 209-225-209; Ray Lewis, 190-181-187; George Tanner, 182-201-245; Joe Schuster, 199-191-223; Carol Baumet, 145-143; Bev Tetreault, 151; Carol Baumet, 163-173; Luanne McIntosh, 156-145; Bill Ottaway, 172-167; Barb Brooker, 144; Butch Joint, 174-178; Vinne Paternosh, 235-244; and Lil Saunders, 145.
Turkeys were earned by Les Yokom, Joe Schuster, Gary Wells, George Tanner, Vinne Paternosh, and Ray Lewis.
The winning members of Team One were: Fred Utegg; Quint Leamer; Gary Wells; Les Yokom; Eleanor Hoffman; Cookie Boser; George Tanner; Vinne Paternosh; Carol Kent; Midge Eller; Judy Schuster; Louise Richir; Judy Eades; Bev Tetreault; Kathie Culver; Connie Cash; Larry Janes; and Barb Brooker.
The losing members of Team Two were: Dorothy Post; Bill Ottaway; Butch Joint; Shirley Wolnik; Richard Hoffman; Ray Lewis; Peggy Tanner; Laura Parment; Ron Kent; Wanda Stanbro; Joe Schuster; Don Woods; Luanne McIntosh; Carol Baumet; Lil Saunders; Don Thomas; Stephanie Powell; and Dave Brooker


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Almost 2 months ago, I had to start e-mailing my posts to my blog since I don't remember to do it from home, and the company I work for has blocked all Blogspot traffic. We also use... umm... an inferior e-mail program (in my opinion) than the one that most of corporate America seems to use, so links can't be easily posted in like I thought I could do. I guess I don't link as many things as I thought I did since it's taken 2 months for somebody (2 people actually) to point out that my links aren't working.
So, as to Friday's post of the top 5 things... head on over to The Forgotten Monk to see the top 10 things that I posted. And if that link doesn't work, I'm ditching
p.s. I'll work on fixing past links for those that might want to go back and see anything.


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Here's hoping all works out for this kid. He's had a rough time lately.
Here's hoping all works out for this kid. He's had a rough time lately.
Poor kid. Wish him the best. I know the rivalry sometimes takes on a life of it's own, but I'm trying not to forget that these are still people with real lives and tragedies.
Best of luck to Mr. Anderson. I remember how Peedi struggled with his brother's death his freshman year. Hope to see Anderson on the court next year.
last night, about his graduating and being the first male in his family to do so. And only the women in his family being able to share it with him. The death of his brother was only part of what he was dealing with, but he apparently didn't talk about it while in school.
Hope Anderson gets the kind of support and counseling he needs to get through this.
I wish him the best and hopefully he can sort out everything. Hopefully, he'll be on the court next year.
Hang in there, Dwaun. No young man should have to deal with these issues at such a young age. Thoughts and prayers go out from the blue camp to you and your family . . .
God bless this young man.
I am from Dwauns home town and he is such a great person. I really hope he makes it and stays strong.. I know he has a lot of basketball left in his future and i really gained some respect for MSU basketball for honoring and understanding that.


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Submission + - Haiku OS Ported To Intel 64-bit Architecture (phoronix.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The BeOS-compatible Haiku OS operating system has been ported to x86_64. As part of the Google Summer of Code, a student made a 64-bit port of the kernel and user-space and it's now working. However, not all of the BeOS apps and drivers are yet working in 64-bit mode.