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It's good to see that there are people out there taking up the good fight in developing *good/usable* user interfaces that just work. If the Gnome 3 developers didn't literally have their heads up their arses, this necessity wouldn't be happening. Though...Windows 8 actually makes Gnome 3 look somewhat usable...that's not saying much.
If the Gnome 3 developers didn't literally have their heads up their arses, this necessity wouldn't be happening.
And by "literally", you mean "figuratively, but with strong emotion!". That is, unless there have been some bizarre death scenes among the Gnome 3 devs I haven't read about yet.
Nitpicking on people's grammar when they're in distress, tsk, tsk!
Not on their grammar, rather on their understanding of basic words.
If you used Unity you would understand that he very well have some intimate knowledge of the design process.
So what are the actual differences? Does the fallback mode use GTK3 or something? It sounds like everything promised is exactly Gnome 2.
Sounds like the same concept of MATE and Cinnamon, with the main differences being:
--GNOME Shell is the atrocity most people think of when they think GNOME 3. For the most part, it *is* the official GNOME 3.
--MATE really is just GNOME 2--GTK+2 and all. Creaky and old, not exactly modern, but with a few programs renamed to avoid conflicts with the official GNOME versions and to allow it to exist on a machine with GNOME 3.
--Cinnamon is a GNOME 2 clone written in GTK+3 on top of GNOME 3, requiring all the extra crap GNOME 3-proper does; for example, 3D hardware acceleration.
--Consort sounds like yet another environment based on GNOME 3/GTK+3, but being based on the deprecated "fallback mode" it will bring a GNOME 2-like experience without the need for 3D hardware acceleration.
Beyond that, I honestly have no clue which one is better, they're all relatively new and probably under heavy development. I'm not sure if MATE or Cinnamon have made it to the point where they are free of annoying bugs (in other words, usable), but last time I tried them they definitely had some problems. But they're all probably much better than the crap that the GNOME Project officially provides.
Once they've all stabilized and have become good to use, I would assume that your hardware (3D acceleration or not) and your desire for nice integration of the latest GTK+3 programs will become some of the most obvious differences. I'm not sure if MATE will eventually port the desktop to GTK+3 or not... if they do, assuming all of them survive, that will likely make the choice even more difficult.
Fallback mode is going away in GNOME 3.8. But recognizing that some people miss the functionality provided by the old panel, there are going to be some official extensions to emulate some of it [worldofgnome.org].
No, it's not going to be exactly the same. So those who like to complain can still do that.
The point is, this mode uses Gnome-Shell. I can't use Gnome-Shell on my Netbook, because i use external monitors with it in extend desktop mode and the intel driver for my hardware doesn't support 3d acceleration with these "large" virtual resolutions. So making Gnome-Shell look like Gnome 2 doesn't help at all.
The point is, this mode uses Gnome-Shell. I can't use Gnome-Shell on my Netbook, because i use external monitors with it in extend desktop mode and the intel driver for my hardware doesn't support 3d acceleration with these "large" virtual resolutions. So making Gnome-Shell look like Gnome 2 doesn't help at all.
But that, technically, is not the Gnome developer's fault, but instead the hardware manufacture's fault. I run an ASUS eee PC with an external monitor with Gnome 3, but not in extend desktop mode and it works. I assume if the mode you are trying to run in requires 3d then Unity is out, too. XFCE or KDE sound like your best bet.
Just a nitpick,
--Consort sounds like yet another environment based on GNOME 3/GTK+3, but being based on the deprecated "fallback mode" it will bring a GNOME 2-like experience without the need for 3D hardware acceleration.
Unlike mate, consort will just fork the window manager and panel from Gnome 3's fallback mode and make it behave as metacity and panel from Gnome 2. So as far as it goes (if they do it right), consort will be the Gnome 3 environment with just a different window manager and panel. I'm saying "if they do it right" because, IMHO their fork will only be successful if they make the panel to integrate nicely with the Gnome 3 environment (like using the gnome-online-accounts and evolution-data-serve
MATE is a quick functional fix. The GNOME2 code may have been old but it was not broken. it was working well for many people. MATE just took the existing code, and made sure that it was still installable on a modern distro. due to the way GNOME3 had been done this entailed renaming everything. (GNOME devs really did not want to to be easy to have GNOME2 and 3 installed together).
This meant that in 2011 and 2012 people could easily keep using a GNOME2 style desktop. So for the people that value that, MATE is
Mate currently works, just as you say. However, where it will fail is as more applications make use of Gnome 3 libraries and GTK 3, whether because Redhat/Fedora use it or Ubuntu uses it under Unity, eventually using Mate as your desktop will mean you will have a mix of all sorts of libraries and their will inevitably be conflicts.
Holding on to Gnome 2 is like holding on to Windows XP. It may still work, but eventually, you will be forced to upgrade to something more current because new releases of software
How can they not see the destruction of their ecosystem right in front of them? They worked so damned hard to make GNOME 2 the best damned environment, and it grew like a weed with Ubuntu. And then sometime around 2009 everyone just lost their damned minds and destroyed it all for no good reason at all.
All they've done is make all of the users unhappy, removed and broke functionality. They're too busy cutting off their own limbs to fix actual problems anymore. How do the leaders in GNOME not see this happening? It's a damned shame.
i for one found gnome2 great. with some caveats.
1. i already had removed the bottom bar, using virtual desktops + alt-tab for my window switching. (closer to gnome3)
2. the panel was full of glitches (icons jumping around, misbehaviour when switching resolutions, etc...good riddance).
3. laggish menus everywhere.
i find gnome3 to be a bit more usable. still the bottom bar is a bit glitchy (they dont yet know how to present programs to the user in a useful manner). (app menu is a bit disorganized, finding a pro
And with the abomination that is Windows 8, they picked the worst possible time to do it. I loved Gnome 2
I found the first iteration of Unity pretty sluggish, but the version I'm on now (whatever ships with 12.04 LTS) seems snappy enough. Not much lag on my Atom-powered Eee PC netbook; notably better than the netbook performs with Windows 7 (which is still installed on a dual boot partition) and no worse than Android (it came with an "instant on" Android dual boot, which is no-longer resident on my hard disk). On my full desktop it runs smooth as butter, although that's not saying much (it's a quad core brute)
I use KDE now (although I like Xfce on my older machines as well).
I have a P4 that runs KDE *acceptably* - though boot times from power on to a functional desktop are glacial. Though I upgraded the RAM because of a bug in the intel graphics driver that would claim too much shared memory.
Gnome 3.12 = Gnome 4.0 = Gnome-OS. Coming to us in March 2014.
They don't care about the Distro community, they want to go up against Android.
http://www.slideshare.net/juanjosanchezpenas/brightfuture-gnome/ [slideshare.net]
Slide 18 up
They have been deliberately breaking Community themes and extensions, because of their "brand" image.
Blog with links for those who are interested.
https://igurublog.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/gnome-et-al-rotting-in-threes// [wordpress.com]
This has been tried and failed with Maemo's Hildon. (Though it has been ported to GTK+ 3 in the form of Cordia-HD)
Nokia decided that Gtk+ was such a dog's breakfast (perhaps due to the difficulty of porting it to Symbian) that they'd go out and buy Trolltech and base their offering on Qt. Which was starting to show promise in the N9. Its legacy lives on in Ubuntu mobile, Sailfish, KDE Plasma Active, BB10, open webOS - which are all Qt based.
What exactly does GTK+ 3.x bring to the table that will catapult i
How do the leaders in GNOME not see this happening?
There's a word [wikipedia.org] invented for this.
From the perspective of the Gnome group how exactly is that broken? They've made it hard for you to use a product they want you to switch away from. That sounds like they are accomplishing their objective, you just dislike their objective.
As for
DLL hell referred to a problem where all apps installed their private DLLs into shared system directories.
This meant that apps would collide their dll files, and break each other.
In UNIX/Linux, shared libraries (.so) always were installed with versioned filenames, so multiple versions of the same dll could be installed and the system could deal with it.
Additionally, in UNIX/Linux, apps did not install libraries shared between projects on install. If building from source, you would simply build the de
I wouldn't unify all Unixes here. Unixes used all sorts of approaches and the distribution RPM/DEB system originated with Linux Sun for example more or les encouraged static linking and using the
As for a counter example to your position. Gnome 3 and Gnome 2 cannot coexist. That was the entire reason for Mate and what GP was complaining about. I've run into "dll hell" a lot with packages that required 2 versions of MySQL for examp
As for a counter example to your position. Gnome 3 and Gnome 2 cannot coexist
With respect - that's my entire fucking point so using it as a counterexample is wrong. Gnome have managed to bring something indistinguishable from DLL hell to *nix for the first time via a very stupid naming scheme.
Your WinXP e
Well, it's definitely distinguishable.
Gnome has built, at the application layer, services which exist in ram, rather than loaded by library name. And they've done this in a way that does not have runtime versioning.
They've basically re-created the pain of DDE/OLE.
Granted, it's the same era of error with the same level of foolishness, but it's a slightly different problem.
It's not like this has newly surfaced though. In early days of gnome (2), bringing up a gnome program without going through the "proper
@dbill --
Look above I think you are merging two responses. The Gnome 2 / Gnome 3 counter was citing your example in response to someone who was disputing that such problems exist at all.
As for the Windows 2K machine example, that's not
That's just incompatibility with newer versions essentially. You shouldn't have an older VBRUN.DLL
Excuse me? What exactly do you think DLL hell is if not a short way of describing the problem of incompatible libraries with the same name preventing software from working? That really puts your comments above in context if you don't have the merest clue about what you are replying to.
I can't blame Microsoft for that one at all.
It's not only their short sighted library system but in this case also their lib
.dll hell is programs conflicting with each other. In other words
1) you have OS version X
2) you install application A which installs dll R
3) you install applications B which overwrites R with S and A no longer runs.
1) you have OS version X
2) you install application A which installs dll R and that doesn't work with X
That's OS incompatibility, no dll hell. An entirely different problem
.dll hell. That's what Microsoft solved
That's what Microsoft created when everywhere else had library version numbers. That's mostly in the past thanks to dotnet handling it more sensibly, but there's no point trying to pretend MS was perfect from day one just because I happened to mention an earlier MS problem to illustrate a current problem with gnome. Please lay off the mindless cheerleading, it's just making it more difficult to communicate.
Also the problem with gnome3 vs gnome2 is precisely t
Packaging is pretty independent from policies surrounding dynamic linkers and installations of soname objects.
All unixes, once dynamic linking became prevalent, pretty much did not have this problem. Unixes which died not embrace dynamic linking also did not have this problem.
Look, the thing is that the rest of the platforms switched to new tech long ago. It was felt that GNOME had to do something serious about if it wasn't going to end up looking like Windows 95 does today.
Whether you like or not, most people prefer the interfaces of newer Windows releases to Windows 95 or XP for that matter.
That's the reason. It really isn't more complicated than that. You can loose the battle if you listen too much to your existing power users. Look at Kodak.
They should probably read A Whack on the Side of the Head [amazon.com] and A Kick in the Seat of the Pants [amazon.com]. Not to be more creative, but to learn that success can lead you to ruin.
Quote: "There is a greater need to extinguish arrogance than a blazing fire"!
How can they not see the destruction of their ecosystem right in front of them? They worked so damned hard to make GNOME 2 the best damned environment, and it grew like a weed with Ubuntu. And then sometime around 2009 everyone just lost their damned minds and destroyed it all for no good reason at all.
All they've done is make all of the users unhappy, removed and broke functionality. They're too busy cutting off their own limbs to fix actual problems anymore. How do the leaders in GNOME not see this happening? It's a damned shame.
Didn't Gnome 2 come out about the time Windows XP did? That was 11 or 12 years ago. Yes, Gnome 2 had numerous upgrades and additions through 2009, but in reality, it's core was over a decade old.
People complained when Apple came out with OS X, too. 9.0 was so much better. And yet, you don't see many people today wanting to return to 9.0. The same will be true for Gnome.
There are people who don't know where their next meal will come from or don't have a place to even call home. There are wars and terroris
Instead of helping GNOME to modernize fallback mode (it used deprecated GNOME technologies like Bonobo, etc) as they were saying they didn't have the manpower for that, these people forks, no matter there ir already another fork Matte (that I think could be avoided if people helped modernize GNOME fallback mode)
Fallback mode was scrapped because no one wanted to maintain deprecated and ugly things like orbit and Bonobo, if someone volunteered to udpate GNOME Panel to new technologies, including GTK3, I woul
Instead of helping GNOME to modernize fallback mode
GNOME didn't want to modernize it. They abandoned it.
Abandoning fallback mode is such a dreadful mistake.
I love GNOME 3, but the reality of current driver support on Linux is that many systems which aren't even very old are incapable of running GNOME 3 properly. Not to mention, remote desktop software such as FreeNX is incapable of 3d acceleration at all, and so a solution that does not require hardware acceleration is vital for that use as well.
I can certainly understand the desire to kill off fallback mode in the long run, but hastening its demise will jus
Would you mind repeating that in English and without the misconceptions and non sequiturs?
Maybe it's the cynicism growing on me but I don't get the constant bitching and moaning over desktop decorations. Back in the day I used KDE3.x and it was fine. Then I used Gnome 2.x and it was fine. Now I use Unity and it is just fine too. On my low-end tinker-boxes, I use Openbox and Fbpanel. And it's all fine. Alt-f2, Alt-tab, Alt-f4, and Alt-Space work everywhere. Focus on your applications, fellas; that's what's important.
Alt-f2, Alt-tab, Alt-f4, and Alt-Space work everywhere
The hell they do.
Focus on your applications, fellas; that's what's important.
We can't because shitty abortions like Gnome 3 and Unity make it almost impossible to get to them.
Alt-f2, Alt-tab, Alt-f4, and Alt-Space work everywhere
The hell they do.
Sure they do [die.net].
I'm using GNOME3 right now and my applications are right here in front of me and the DE is out of my way. How does that make them impossible to get to again? I'm seeing less DE chrome than I used to with GNOME2.
When you manipulate GS via the keyboard the DE makes all the sense in the world. Using the mouse, it's a mess, it gets pretty much disorienting, and I'm not surprised people who are used to working that way totally reject it.
Depends. most of the time i am a keyboard person. sometimes i have a mug of coffee in 1 hand and a mouse in the other. In GNOME2 i could do anything easily either with just the mouse, or with just the keyboard. A useful skill to have when dealing with hardware with either a broken mouse or keyboard.
With GNOME3 is seems that some tasks require a keyboard (or you are forced to use a long slow mouse method). Also there seem to be things that are harder to do with the keyboard (maybe just because i have not lea
Logic like that would have us still using Program Manager.
Not everyone is content to just passively accept what is shoved at them. That was true even in the days of Program Manager. Replacements were available and some of us even tried to use them.
The fact that Linux users are less likely to be passive herd followers should be no surprise to anyone.
Logic like that would have us still using Program Manager.
Or it would have us debate these things on actual merit rather than the hysterical hyperbole often seen when the timeless window manager/DE of choice discussion pops up.
Choice quotes on this very page:
People who have real work to do are already using XFCE.
Have you ever used Gnome3, you dumb fuck?
Windows 8 actually makes Gnome 3 look somewhat usable
And on and on and on.
Focus on your applications, fellas; that's what's important.
This is a good point to remember us about every now and then. These days, there's huge wanking going around different UIs (not only on Linux) and we forget to concentrate on what we actually do with the computers.
Unity on the lowend is laughable. Clicking the search button is nearly as much of a kiss of death as the old keyboards with standby buttons on Win98.
Unity on the lowend is laughable. Clicking the search button is nearly as much of a kiss of death as the old keyboards with standby buttons on Win98.
That I can pretty much agree with. They have some minimum requirements [ubuntu.com] but 700 MHz seems a little low to me. Anything under my purview ranking lower than about a 2 GHz P4 gets the Openbox treatment.
Could it be that you're not really doing much of any interest on your desktop PC.
Yes it could.
So. please don't clutter
So. please don't mutter [ubuntu.com]
There now. FTFY
Don't mind me, I'll let you get back to designing that infinity drive powered fusion anti-matter sparko-manoflap thing. Or whatever "important" stuff you and you're computer happen to be doing.
No, that's the thing. Most Linux users bitch about the fact they've had to settle or compromise on the least-worst DE they could get productive with. I know scarcely few who are enthusiastic advocates for their chosen DE (except perhaps a two or three using awesome or KDE).
I never got along with KDE: been using Gnome since 1.x. I use KDE these days, despite its total utter lack of monitor management (*every* time I dock it forgets how to set my screens), and why would it EVER be appropriate to show only FOU
Hi, fellow KDE user here.
total utter lack of monitor management (*every* time I dock it forgets how to set my screens)
Drawing a blank here, I never used a dockable computer. I often attach my laptop to a VGA beamer, though, and the Krandr applet picks the last used configuration just fine.
why would it EVER be appropriate to show only FOUR THINGS in the alt-tab list? Yes, I changed it, but this is a worthless default on my 12" notebook let alone for the pair of 24" screens on my desk.
Mind that something has to be the default. Be glad that you had the possibility to change it, unlike in other desktop environments.
I despise the K-menu (MORE clicking, BIGGER icons)
The new style menu objectively fares better in the usability studies, you likely are not exploiting all its features yet and thus are slowed down due to long mousing distances. Drag yo
Thanks, it's embarassing when you let a rant out on the internets... bad day perhaps. I appreciate your advice to participate in bug-reporting and forums, however these bugs and discussions already exist.
FWIW, Gnome 2.x nicely remembered the resolution and rotation settings for monitors even if it was weeks since you last had said monitor connected (via dock or otherwise). I'm given to understand that this feature was limited and made some assumptions that didn't always work out for 100% of users, but for t
As long as there are people willing to use and fund these forks I don't see a problem. The devs are investing their own time - why should anyone complain?
I even find it poignant in a way, the "bringing back old features" pitch. Trying to revive the past, being nostalgic... but above all, having the skill to actually do something about it instead of just whine - so kudos to whoever is behind this.
Personnaly I'm sick and tired of all the distro's: Ubuntu, Fedora and
even Mint/Cinnamon.
They ALL spell REGRESSION.
And there isn't a mouse or tablet or gesture or kick in the groin that
will do them any good or correct this wanton purposeful dimwittery.
So, -- for me, compiz, plus cairo-dock, plus emerald, will get my
Compiz is dead [wordpress.com]
It's all about Wayland now...
>> " just vastly more productive using that interface?"
Some of have never like pointless wiggly windows and ugly, gaudy over-large shiny dock icons that look like they were designed by a 1950's middle school art class.
Compiz irritated me for years. Turning it off was always top of my agenda. I like and use docks, but can't stand Cairo. I don't know what taste is, but Cairo has never had it.
Use what you like. So will I. But neither of us gets to equate what we like with what is better.
Gnome 2 was a good companion that was dragged to the street and shot in the head without a emotion by its devs, since there has been a handful of forks and workalikes. I cant find anything on these except opinion and dont have time to sit down and fiddle fart installing DE's to find out what the differences, quirks, and compatibilities are.
There is just not enough signal in the noise on the gnome 2 wannabe's IMO
You are in a maze of little twisting passages, all different.


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Wells Fargo Insurance – part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) – announced today that Meredith Schnur, senior vice president with its Professional Risk Group, was named one of the Top 25 "Women to Watch" by Business Insurance ®, a leading publication in the insurance industry.
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If you're seeking God and growing in respect for him, I encourage you to begin putting into practice what you understand God expects of you. Decide to do what you know. Put it into action. In a word, minister to the Lord, serving him with your ways. He has good things in store for those who follow him with their life.
"Taste and see how good the LORD is! The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy!" (Psalm 34:8a)
"Whoever practices what is good belongs to God. Whoever practices what is bad has not seen God." (3 John 11)
God is about life and if you're seeking God, you're seeking life, not just good intentions about life or warm, fuzzy feelings about God. Intentions are important, but intentions must at some point become actions. So just do it and do it now; don't put it off. Don't wait until you have it all figured out, until it all makes sense, until you have strong emotions about it, or whatever. Just do it whenever you get it. Whenever the light turns on in your head and you say to yourself, "This expectation God has shared with me in Scripture is for me to do," that's the time to begin doing it.
As you decide to do God's will, do it consistently. Determine to do it when it's not easy for you or convenient to do so. Decide to do it even when you don't feel like it or when you're not in the mood. Deliberately put skin on your understanding to do God's will as you understand it and to never stop in the doing of it unless you see your understanding of God's word put the brakes on it.
By "do it" I don't mean "try it." Jesus said that if you want to be his disciple, you have to take up your cross and follow him. This much is certain about a cross: you don't "try it out." You either do it or you don't. As he calls you to take up his cross and follow him, lift it and respectfully bear it as he shows you each step to take in doing so.
See, what God is after in this is for you to grow toward him. You will learn in your doing what you grasp about his will. You will be shaped and matured with your living out of God's word. Your action, coupled with your good intentions, will develop you and drive you further down the road in your constant search for God and to bow down all the lower to him. Your practice will lead you further down the road in your quest for the One who alone is perfect.
"Practice these things, and live by them so that your progress will be visible to all. Focus on working on your own development and on what you teach." (1 Timothy 4:15-16a)
"… the senses of the mature are trained by practice to distinguish between good and evil." (Hebrews 5:14)
Think about it. What God wants to see in you is precisely what he gives of himself to you. God does for us. All the time. He serves us. Everyone. He meets our needs. Inside and out. He ministers to us.
Every breath we take is evidence. Every new day is an expression of his patient love and extension of hope to us. Every night is his continual expression of rest and rejuvenation in us. Every morsel of food and every drop we drink is served to us by his hands. Every good thing we experience comes from God and so we can rightly say "God ministers to us." And so God has the right to say to us, "Serve me. Do what I show you. Practice at being my minister."
"You will keep my rules and do them; I am the LORD, who makes you holy." (Leviticus 20:8)
That's right. Be his minister. As you do his will, do it for him. Don't do it for any other reason. Don't do it for any other person. Just do it because of him and do it for him. That's what his Spirit meant when his Spirit said:
"Whatever you do, whether in speech or action, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus and give thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:17)
So let me just say it one more time. Minister. Put into practice what you learn from God as you get it. Minister. Don't wait for anything or anyone. Minister. As you understand something, do it and keep at it. Minister. Anytime is a good time, the perfect time, for you to grasp what God is giving you so grab a hold of it and go with it. Minister. Offer whatever you do up to God as a sacrifice of respectful service to him. Just do it. Minister.
"Since you know these things, you will be happy if you do them." (John 13:17)
"… there are those who study the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continue to do it. They don't listen and then forget, but they put it into practice in their lives. They will be blessed in whatever they do." (James 1:25)


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Almost any comp is able to just demolish me the moment my trinket/dark bargain is down.
There is only 1 solution:
A free class change to another 90 of your choice. Or even a random class. I don't care, anything is better than this.
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Drugs used in cancer treatments, in chemotherapy, often fall short of their goal. Expensive and complex testing methods hamper discovery. A team at the Singaporean Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed a miniaturized biological assay called the Droplet Array to perform less expensive and faster drug screening that is more convenient and uses much smaller samplings.
Rather than using microplates with wells that require between 2,500 to 5,000 cells, the new IBN Droplet Array approach needs only 500 cells in each well. This is especially beneficial when working with scarce cancer stem cells. Pipettes drop the samples into many 2mm round wells on the rectangular plate.
Researchers took cancer stem cells from cancer tumors in breast, liver and colon cases.
Chemotherapy drugs that kill liver cancer cells were not as effective is stopping the stem cells from that or from the breast or colon cell samples. The residual cancer stem cells can reproduce and lead to a recurrence of a person?s cancer.
The research team, lead by Executive Director, Professor Jackie Y. Ying, demonstrated that those cancer stem cells can survive chemotherapy and be the catalyst for metastasis, or spreading of the disease.
Dr Ying, who holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University is credited with nearly 40 patents in conjunction with researchers in her field.
His team at the Singapore based institute includes Dr Karthikeyan Narayanan, Dr. Yong Yeow Lee and Dr Shujun Gao. Dr. Ying says she hopes that the new nanotechnology and lab-on-a-chip concept will facilitate the development of more effective cancer drugs.
Labs can easily adapt to the new technology, since the Droplet Array was designed for ease of use.
The miniaturized biochip is compatible with existing laboratory instruments.


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August 29 2012
Christina Hendricks set to star in "How to Catch a Monster". Ryan Gosling has cast his "Drive" co-star, Hendricks, in his directorial debut, "How to Catch a Monster."
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PEPPERELL -- The four-way race for Town Clerk dominated the debate at Pepperell's annual candidates' night forum Tuesday, as candidates Debra Durno, Lisa Ferolito, Jennifer Hardy and Anna MacDonald fielded questions on their qualifications.
Durno, whose background is primarily in human resources, said that 11 years of experience with the town's newly implemented software program would make her an asset, as she could help train other employees who were unfamiliar with it.
"I am hoping to be a tremendous help to everybody who is learning it and training on it at this time," Durno said.
Ferolito works as a paralegal and volunteers with the Pepperell Aid From Community to Home Food Pantry. She said her work experience and volunteer record in town make her a strong candidate.
"I've got a paralegal degree, I've worked with Mass General Law, I've been on the Charter Commission for the last two years, I've been the Clerk for the Charter Comisison, so I pretty much have a very strong grip on what's going on," Ferolito said.
Hardy stressed her technological prowess and love for Pepperell, as well as her management experience at a marketing firm.
"The town clerk position in this day and age is one that requires professional technology experience, as well as a dedicated service orientation and the personal drive to learn everything required to make sure that the town stays in compliance," Hardy said.
MacDonald said her wealth of municipal experience would be her strongest asset. She works as Planning Administrator for the town of Shirley and is also a current member of the Pepperell Planning Board.
"It's very important to have worked in a municipality if you want to be able to come in and hit the ground running in the town clerk's position. It's a tough, tough pair of shoes to fill," MacDonald said.
All four candidates said they had prepared for the job by shadowing current Town Clerk Jeff Sauer, who is resigning after the election because his family is moving to New York.
Additionally, Durno said she had spoken with town clerks in other towns, as well as most employees in Pepperell's Town Hall. Ferolito also spoke with and shadowed clerks from neighboring towns and brushed up on some computer skills. Hardy said she had looked into the laws the clerk needs to abide by, including attending a seminar on the Open Meeting Law.
MacDonald said her municipal experience as well as her training with Sauer had prepared her well.
The candidates also voiced their ideas for improving the town clerk's office.
Durno joked that she would start by cleaning out Sauer's office, and also said she would work to instate passport service in Town Hall.
Ferolito said she would like to become Massachusetts Town Clerk certified, bring notary service to the clerk's office and make welcome packages for new residents.
By partnering with businesses, Ferolito said she could do this at a low cost in order to help new residents become acquainted with the town.
Hardy said she would look into electronic storage where possible in order to organize the office and make things more efficient.
MacDonald said her priority would be using the town's website, which is in the process of an overhaul, to streamline the posting of agendas and hearings.
The town's only other contested race is for the Tax Collector and Treasurer position. Debbie Nutter, who currently holds the position, answered some audience questions, while challenger Laura Angle did not attend. According to Senior Center Director Marcia Zaniboni, Angle's invitation had been returned by the post office.
Nutter said her track record as Pepperell's treasurer and collector was her strongest qualification.
"I've implemented several changes in the office. I reduced the number of staff to two people, I expanded the use of the lock box collection method to collect all taxes and I instituted an aggressive collection procedure for collecting past due taxes, which has resulted in the collection of $588,595 in past due taxes," Nutter said.
Co-sponsored by the Pepperell Senior Center and the Pepperell Business Association, the forum also allowed non-contested candidates to address voters.
Selectmen Chairman Stephen Themelis is running uncontested for re-election. Also uncontested and in attendance were Phil Durno for the Board of Health, M. Alise Herrera for the Recreation Commission and Carol Case, Robert Kowalski and Frederick Kobs for the Lawrence Library Board of Trustees.
The town election will be held April 28.
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The sudden emergence of the AIDS pandemic in the 20th century raised questions about AIDS origin(s), including the timing and root causes. Research led to understanding that HIV/AIDS is not one pandemic, but rather a combination of multiple epidemics and failed outbreaks, alongside the well known pandemic. The sources of all HIVs are simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) on the African continent. Finding SIV and the evolution of SIV to HIV will be presented, along with prevailing theories on why AIDS emerged in the 20th century.
Dr. Preston Marx is Professor of Tropical Medicine and Chair of the Division of Microbiology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center of Tulane University. A virologist with over 40 years of experience in research on non-human primate models of AIDS vaccines and the origins of the AIDS epidemics, Dr. Marx's research contributions include finding Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses (SIV's) in sooty mangabeys in West Africa, showing this particular mangabey monkey sub-species as the source of HIV-2. Dr. Marx has conducted research projects in Sierra Leone, Gabon, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. He recently published research in Science magazine showing that the SIV family of viruses is hundreds of thousands of years older than previously believed.
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Digby Elliott, PhD, is a professor of motor control and
behavioral neuroscience in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at
Liverpool John Moores University (Liverpool, United Kingdom).
Previously, he was the Canada research chair in motor control and
special populations at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario), where he
was also a professor emeritus. He has served aspresident of the Canadian
Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) and as
president of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and
Physical Activity (NASPSPA).
Elliott has over 30 years of research experience in the area of motor
control with over 200 peer-reviewed articles in publication. He has held
visiting professorships at universities throughout the world, most
recently at the University of Otago in New Zealand as a William Evans
scholar in 2000 and at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium as a
senior research fellow in 1999. Elliott was awarded the Wood Award for
Research Excellence in 2000 from the Down Syndrome Research Foundation.
Elliott and his wife, Elaine, reside in Bancroft, Ontario. In his free
time, he enjoys hiking, snorkeling, and playing with his seven
Michael Khan, PhD, is a professor of motor control and learning
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SilverStone Kublai KL02: Back during Computex Taipei 2007, David Lin had found the Kublai series among the many cases at SilverStone's booth. At that time the Kublai series wasn't officially announced so at first it wasn't know if David just had too much to drink at the previous night's party (like in the past at Computex Taipei) or whether the Kublai was actually a great find. Well, since then the Kublai series was officially announced as a cheaper alternative to the Temjin series while providing adequate cooling and quietness that computer enthusiasts have come to expect from SilverStone. At hand today we have the SilverStone Kublai KL02, which is one of the two cases currently making up this new ATX tower series.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — MasterCard Inc.'s shares hit a 52-week high Thursday before closing with a modest gain of 0.5%, after the company posted strong fourth-quarter results bolstered by recent changes in laws governing debit-processing transactions.
The credit-card firm reported fourth-quarter net income rose 18% from a year ago to $605 million or $4.86 a share, beating analysts' estimates of $4.80 a share. Read: MasterCard shares up on surging profit.
MasterCard MA, -0.91% the world's second-biggest payment company after Visa Inc. V, -0.71% reported a 20% rise in fourth-quarter processed transactions to 9.2 billion.
MasterCard has benefited from the Oct. 1 implementation of the provision of the Durbin amendment to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The provision requires that banks with more than $10 billion in assets use separate payment-processing networks for debit-card transactions.
"The Durbin amendment has pushed a lot of debit growth their way, away from Visa," said John T. Williams, analyst at UBS.
Yet those transactions have a lower yield and are exposing MasterCard's overall portfolio to lower margins on debit fees, he added. Williams has a sell rating on the stock.
Meanwhile, consumer confidence in January fell more than expected, according the Conference Board. Analysts say consumers are under a lot of pressure and that will impact MasterCard in 2013.
"The increase in debit transactions can offset a lot of consumer weakness," remarked Williams, "but at the end of the day, slowdown of consumer spending is difficult for them to sidestep as they are completely dependent on the consumer."
Personal income in December rose 2.6%, but spending was up a mere 0.2% for the month, according to the latest government data released Thursday. The savings rate for December was up 6.5% and November's report was revised higher to 4.1%. Read: Personal income jumps in December on dividends.
MasterCard shares jumped to a 52-week high of $535.35 at the open but surrendered most of the gains as the session wore on.
Visa shares also were higher, gaining 1.9% for the day.
Blackstone Group LP BX, -1.23% shares were up 6.1% as the company reported revenues jumped 43% to $828 million in 2012, driven by sharp increases in performance fees and management and advisory fees.
"The fourth quarter of 2012 capped a year of record financial performance for Blackstone," said Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive, calling the results its best since becoming going public nearly six years ago.
Blackstone profit was $106.4 million for the fourth quarter, compared with a loss a year earlier of $22.7 million. The earnings were 59 cents a share for the quarter, easily beating analyst's estimates of 47 cents a share. Read: Blackstone swings to fourth-quarter profit.
Total assets under management were at a record $210.2 billion at the end of 2012, up 26% from a year earlier for the private-equity firm. Blackstone stock has been up more than 15% since the beginning of the year.
Elsewhere in the financial sector, shares of Bank of America Corp. BAC, -1.75% J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, -1.88% and Morgan Stanley MS, -1.90% traded lower slightly for the day. Citigroup Inc. C, -2.31% shares were up slightly, bringing their advance for the month to 6.6%. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, -1.48% shares were up for the day by 0.5% and up more than 15% since the beginning of the year.
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WOODSTOCK – The city's plan to help Woodstock Theatre with a $4.8 million expansion materialized this week.
City Council members voted to allocate $100,000 from the city's tax increment financing district fund for Main Street improvements around the historical theater, 209 Main St.
The improvements will be done in two parts. The first will center new water and sewer services. Construction crews will remove the brick on Main Street to install a new system and replace the brick afterward. Sidewalks will be torn up and replaced with temporary walks during the first phase, which started this week.
"We wanted to get this done, and then the city won't be holding them up at all," City Manager Tim Clifton said.
The first phase will cost about $48,000. Clifton said it's unclear how much the second phase will cost. In all, the theater's owners have asked for $400,000 from the city's TIF fund.
The city will install a permanent walkway and replace curbs during the second phase, which will start once the theater is finished.
The theater is expanding from four screens to eight and restoring the 85-year-old auditorium to its original form, including an authentic dome ceiling.
Tivoli Enterprises, which owns the theater, has set late summer 2013 as a tentative completion date for the project. The theater plans to remain open during expansion. Two theaters currently are operating.
Because the theater exists in a tight downtown area, there could be some major inconveniences with traffic and parking during construction, Clifton said.
In the end, though, the city suspects the theater's completion will bring more foot traffic to the area, he said. "It will increase the amount of pedestrian traffic and visitors to the Square that will then shop at the stores and eat at the restaurants," he said.


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It is the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs. Population by population, species by species, amphibians are vanishing off the face of the Earth. Despite international alarm and scientists scrambling for answers, the steady hemorrhaging of amphibians continues like a leaky faucet that cannot be fixed or a wound that will not heal. Large-scale die-offs of frogs around the world have prompted scientists to take desperate measures to try to save those they can.


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Smith sprained the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee early in the Panthers' playoff-clinching victory Dec. 22 versus the New Orleans Saints. Smith missed the regular season finale at Atlanta on Dec. 29, but he plans to return to practice Wednesday.
"I feel better this week than last week, and obviously I feel a lot better than the week before," Smith said. "Every day, it will get better."
Initially, Smith told the media that crowded around his locker Monday that he was 60-40 for Sunday's game - "60 to the good, 40 to the bad" – but later said the question wasn't if he would play but rather how effective he would play.
"It's not about, 'Can I go?' It's about, 'How confident do I feel when I am going?' " Smith said. "I'm going to play Sunday, but it's about how much I don't worry about the knee. That's when the confidence increases.
"I'm still doing some things every day to build that muscle memory, to know where my limit is on bending it. That only can be worked out by pushing it more and more each day."
Smith said he's been pushing it to the limit while being careful not to push it too far.
"Every day you've got to see how far you go, and then you have to be able to say, 'I'm good for today,'" he said. "Some days you've got to walk away to be able to walk away."
Smith matched a season high with six receptions for 63 yards in the Panthers' 10-9 victory at San Francisco in Week 10, highlighted by a clutch catch that put Carolina in field-goal range for
As for what Smith might do for an encore in the rematch?
"Steve will find a way to be effective and make things happen," head coach Ron Rivera said. "I love Steve's enthusiasm and who he is. You can't duplicate that. Steve is a special guy."
RECEPTIVE TO RETURN: Wide receiver
"I don't think I've been putting more pressure on myself; I just think I've been getting the coverage Smitty was getting when he was out," LaFell said. "I respect him for what he does because in the two games I've been treated the way they treat him. They are bracketing and double-teaming, and it's hard over there."
It's safe to say LaFell, who had 49 catches for 627 yards and five touchdowns during the regular season, will be as happy as anyone to see Smith back in action.
"We are going to get him back this week, and I'll get back to my regular spot," LaFell said. "Hopefully, I can make some more plays."
CAUGHT UP IN THE REMATCH: Wide receiver
"There is something there, but it's nothing I'm going to harp on," said Ginn, who recorded 36 receptions for 556 yards and five touchdowns this season. "It is a fuel, but everybody has to gas their car up some kind of way. That's the way I kind of gas mine up.
"It's nothing personal, nothing against anybody. It's just how I feel."
Ginn said he still has friends on the 49ers roster and pulls for them to do well, though he did acknowledge that it's "ironic that I get to play the San Francisco 49ers twice in one year."
Ginn didn't have a big impact as a wide receiver in the Week 10 meeting but did rack up 102 return yards, highlighted by a 25-yard punt return that set up the offense for the game-winning field goal.
Among NFL players to record 10 or more punt returns in the regular season, Ginn ranked ninth with a 12.2-yard average. He was one of just two to finish in the top 10 without the benefit of a touchdown.
"We've been close all year," Ginn said. "We're just taking that into the next game, with the playoff thing on top of it."


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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Ha HAH! The Spanish Inquisition never expected a Hewlett Packard !
"You are accused of heresy, in thought, word and deed! How do you plead?"
I think there is another reason to be glad that is more important than being in the media, IMHO. An NSF grant-backed publication from a large research institution will carry some weight in court.
IP address spoofing has been invoked by the defense in previous lawsuits to attack the prosecution's investigation methods, however, this assertion has always had to be provided by an expert witness. A scholarly publication backed by the U of W and the NSF will bolster this point. It might even stick with a jury (who knows). Anyway, this will come in handy in the courtroom, I think.
The other favored method these days seems to be sending out non-sensical Cease and Desist [demystify.info] Letters claiming all sorts of things, including copyright infringement, and CRIMINAL charges because someone has a domain that you want.
Caton Commercial [willcounty...tcourt.com] engages in this, and seems to find this practice acceptable.
I mean what gall they have to sell expired babies to their customers!CVS PHARMACY STORE 6 24 8 402 130 08OV003345 0 SALE OF EXPIRED BABY 1-7 Arraignment
It means you need to restart the printer's download of Geto Boys MP3s.
But seriously... if you can spoof using any IP address
# ip: Optional. The true IP address of the client machine, in dotted quad format or rfc3513 defined hexed IPv6 address. Notes: In general this parameter is not necessary as the address of the client can be determined from the IP address from which the HTTP request came. The parameter is only needed in the case where the IP address that the request came in on is not the IP address of the client. This happens if the client is communicating to the tracker through a proxy (or a transparent web proxy/cache.) It also is necessary when both the client and the tracker are on the same local side of a NAT gateway. The reason for this is that otherwise the tracker would give out the internal (RFC1918) address of the client, which is not routeable. Therefore the client must explicitly state its (external, routeable) IP address to be given out to external peers. Various trackers treat this parameter differently. Some only honor it only if the IP address that the request came in on is in RFC1918 space. Others honor it unconditionally, while others ignore it completely. In case of IPv6 address (e.g.: 2001:db8:1:2::100) it indicates only that client can communicate via IPv6.
Depending on the tracker, you may be able to impersonate anyone at all.
Apparently since a DDOS is a legal move in this game (if you'll recall the MediaDefender fiasco recently), [slashdot.org] maybe we could use this technique and flood P2P space with false positives.
I'll bet once every single judge in the USA gets a "Cease and Desist" letter they'll eventually see that the RIAA's tactics aren't valid.
Good catch. One missing 'n' makes a lot of difference. I *did* preview. And spell-checked. A grammar checker would not have helped.
Oh, well. Have fun.
How quaint!(just kidding, I'll wait for it to be released on dvd first)
The worst part of it though is how they throw in the whole thing of "we weren't actually downloading or sharing anything". No, they were just connecting to the tracker. And of course, everyone knows "pirates" commonly connect to torrent trackers to do nothing.
[This] article is very weak . . . [it] only points out two things, both of which are already commonly known by almost everyone in IT.
Granted, but the study is being reported in the New York Times, not a trade magazine. Now we don't have to stroke our neck beards and demand the ignorant just understand, we can just point with "hey, look, it's in the New York Times," and continue to stroke our neck beards because, frankly, it's quite soothing.
The worst part of it though is how they throw in the whole thing of "we weren't actually downloading or sharing anything". No, they were just connecting to the tracker. And of course, everyone knows "pirates" commonly connect to torrent trackers to do nothing.
Here's the detail, though, should connecting to another computer, something as simple as a handshake, immediately trigger a Cease & Desist? If it goes for BitTorrent connections to trackers, why
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Pictured: Dan Zailskas delivered the game-winning RBI and collected a save Sunday against Creighton (David Silverman).
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Jeff Reynolds delivered a pair of late-inning hits and Dan Zailskas had an RBI double before coming on in relief to earn a save as Harvard defeated the Creighton Blue Jays, 5-2, in the Crimson's final game of the Metrodome Tournament on Sunday.
Harvard improves to 3-3 on the season while Creighton dips to 8-4. It was the first-ever meeting on the diamond between the two schools.
Trailing 2-1 in the sixth inning, Reynolds drove an 0-1 pitch to center field to plate Sam Franklin (walk) with the tying run. Reynolds advanced to second in the throw home and came home three pitches later as Zailskas laced a double to left field for the eventual game-winning run.
Harvard added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth on doubles from Reynolds and Marcus Way.
Zailskas moved to the mound from first base in the eighth inning and picked up the save with two strikeouts while allowing just a hit in the final two innings. He made a winner of Eric Eadington (1-1), who delivered his second impressive outing of the young season with seven innings in which he scattered five hits and did not walk a batter while striking out two.
Reynolds finished the day with three hits while Zailskas had a second RBI with a fourth inning sacrifice fly to plate Reynolds who doubled.
Creighton scored its runs in the first inning on a Trever Adams solo homer and in the second on a single from Alex Staehely.
After the third inning, Eadington retired 10 of the next 11 batters and faced just one batter over the minimum until giving way to Zailskas.
Harvard is back in action tomorrow at Gardner-Webb.


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USFWS National Digital Library
January 1998
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
The polar bear, or "Nanuuq," as
the Eskimos call it, lives only in the
Northern Hemisphere, on the arctic
ice cap, and spends most of its time in
coastal areas. Polar bears are widely
dispersed in Canada, extending from
the northern arctic islands south to
the Hudson Bay area. They are also
found in Greenland, on islands off the
coast of Norway, on the northern coast
of Russia, and on the northern and
northwestern coasts of Alaska in the
United States.
Some polar bears may make extensive
north-south migrations as the pack ice
recedes northward in the spring and
advances southward in the fall. They
also may travel long distances during
the breeding season to find mates or in
search of food.
The polar bear is the largest member
of the bear family, with the exception
of Alaska's Kodiak brown bears, which
equal polar bears in size. Males stand
from 8 to 11 feet tall and generally
weigh from 500 to 1,000 pounds, but
may weigh as much as 1,400 pounds.
Females usually stand 8 feet tall and
weigh 400 to 700 pounds. Part of the
reason the polar bear weighs so much
is that it stores about a 4-inch layer of
fat to keep it warm. The polar bear has
a longer, narrower head and nose, and
smaller ears, than other bears.
Although the polar bear's coat appears
white, each individual hair is actually
a clear, hollow tube. Some of the sun's
rays bounce off the fur, making the
polar bear's coat appear white. During
the summer months, adult bears molt,
or gradually shed their coats and grow
new ones, which look pure white. By the
following spring, their coats will have
turned to a yellowish shade sometimes
due to staining from seal oils.
The polar bear's coat helps it blend in
with its snow-covered environment, and
this is a useful hunting adaptation. The
polar bear's front legs appear slightly
bow-legged and pigeon-toed, and fur
covers the bottoms of its paws. These
adaptations help the polar bear from
slipping on ice.
Feeding Habits
Because the polar bear rarely eats
vegetation, it is considered a carnivore,
or meat-eater. The ringed seal is the
polar bear's primary prey. A polar bear
may stalk a seal by waiting quietly
for it to emerge from its blow hole or
"atluk," an opening seals make in the ice
allowing them to breathe or climb out
of the water to rest. The polar bear will
often have to wait for hours for a seal to
emerge. Because the polar bear's coat
is camouflaged against the whiteness of
the ice and snow, the seal may not see
the bear. Polar bears typically eat only
the seal's skin and blubber, or fat, and
the remaining meat is an important food
source for other animals of the Arctic.
For example, some Arctic foxes feed
almost entirely on the remains of polar
bear kills during the winter.
Polar bears also prey on walrus, but,
because of the walrus's ferocity and
size, bears are usually only successful
preying on the young. The carcasses
of whales, seals, and walrus are also
important food sources for polar bears.
In fact, because of their acute sense of
smell, polar bears can sense carcasses
from many miles away.
Polar bears can cover significant
distances on land, but are most agile in
the sea. They are excellent swimmers,
and can reach speeds of up to 6 mph in
the water. They are good divers, too.
When being pursued by hunters in open
water, polar bears have been known to
escape by plunging 10 to 15 feet below
the surface and resurfacing a good
distance away. They also have been seen
swimming 100 miles or more from ice or
Polar bears reach breeding maturity at
3 to 5 years of age. Males may travel
great distances in search of female
mates. While breeding usually takes
place in April and May, the embryos
may not implant (develop) until the
following year, depending on whether
the mother has had a stable enough
supply of food to sustain herself while
allowing her to feed the developing cubs
through the winter.
Female polar bears prepare small dens on the mainland or on sea ice where they will
give birth and spend winter. Usually two cubs are born in December or January. While
the cubs are born blind, hairless, and no bigger than squirrels, they grow very rapidly.
Polar bear cubs remain with their mother for 2-1/4 years.
Steve Amstrup/USGS
Act in May of 2008. In addition, in
the United States, polar bears are a
federally protected species under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972. Regulations prohibit hunting
of polar bears by non-Natives and
establish special conditions for the
importation of polar bears or their parts
and products into the United States.
Eskimos and other Alaska Natives are
allowed to harvest some polar bears for
subsistence and handicraft purposes.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is the
federal agency responsible for managing
polar bears under the Endangered
Species Act and the Marine Mammal
Protection Act.
An international conservation
agreement for polar bears signed in
1976 by the United States, Russia,
Norway, Canada, and Denmark
(Greenland) also provides for
cooperative management of polar bears.
The Fish and Wildlife Service and the
U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science
Center work together to monitor polar
bears in Alaska, where they number
approximately 3,500, and study their
behavior. Cooperative efforts with
Canada involve monitoring polar bears
in the Beaufort Sea, and the agencies
work with the Russian government to
monitor the animals in the Chukchi Sea.
Another treaty, the "Agreement between
the Government of the United States
of America and the Government of the
Russian Federation on the Conservation
and Management of the Alaska-
Chukotka Polar Bear Population,"
unifies the American and Russian
management programs that affect this
shared population of bears. Notably, the
In October and November, pregnant
females seek sites on the mainland or
on sea ice to dig small dens in snow
where they will give birth and spend the
winter. The temperature inside the polar
bear's den can be as much as 40 degrees
warmer than outside. Usually two cubs
are born in December or January. When
the cubs first arrive, they are blind,
hairless, and no bigger than squirrels.
However, the cubs grow rapidly from
their mother's rich milk.
As soon as spring comes, the mother
bear leads her cubs to the coast along
the open sea, where seals and walrus
are abundant. The mother will fiercely
protect her cubs from any perceived
danger. The cubs remain with their
mother for 2-1/4 years. Because of this,
most adult female polar bears breed
only every third year.
Special Adaptations
The blubber and fat of ringed seals
provides polar bears with the nutrients
they need to stay warm in their harsh
environment. They can eat other
sources of food, but their bodies demand
the high caloric intake available from
ringed seals. Terrestrial sources cannot
meet the high caloric needs of polar
bears, and consequently terrestrial
foods cannot substitute for the loss of
access to seals. Polar bears store energy
in the form of fat, most of which they
acquire from consuming these seals.
The most productive seal-hunting
periods are during the spring and early
summer (before the ice retreats) and
following the open-water period in the
fall. Because changes in sea ice are
most dramatic during the summer/fall,
this is the time when it can be hardest
for bears to hunt seals. A reduction
in sea ice can extend the time period
during which bears do not have access
to their primary prey. The effects of a
longer icefree season can cause a decline
in polar bear health, reproduction,
survival, and population size. Polar bear
survival depends on large and accessible
seal populations and vast areas of ice
from which to hunt.
Polar bears have traditionally played
an important role in the culture and
livelihood of Eskimos and other Native
people of the North, some of whom
depend on the animals for food and
Because of ongoing and potential loss
of their sea-ice habitat resulting from
climate change, polar bears were listed
as a threatened species, across their
range, under the Endangered Species
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Program
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420
Arlington, VA 22203
October 2009
treaty calls for the active involvement
of Native people and their organizations
in future management programs. It
also enhances long-term joint efforts
such as conservation of ecosystems and
important habitats, harvest allocations
based on sustainability, collection of
biological information, and increased
consultation and cooperation with state,
local, and private interests. The Fish
and Wildlife Service also undertakes
education and outreach efforts to inform
the public about how polar bears can be
protected from over-harvest.
A number of protective measures have
been taken to reduce human activities
along the coast in polar bear denning
areas, as the animals are most sensitive
to outside disturbances while denning.
For example, oil and gas pipelines and
roads have been routed to avoid these
areas. The Fish and Wildlife Service
also provides expertise to industries on
how to minimize conflicts with bears
while conducting their operations.
Today, it is estimated that there
are 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears
worldwide. With continued cooperative
management, it is hoped that these
great marine mammals, and the
unique arctic environment on which
they depend, can be protected for
generations to come.
Susanne Miller/USFWS
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GreetingsI want to know why Dr Dadamo considers "ice cream" unhealthy for all blood types.Thanks
Quoted from Amazone I.
ooohh ruthiegirly you make me feel (dizzy)(yawn)(goofy) wanna be a B sechi ;) ;D... :X
Quoted from Goldie
Dr D. never said we should not have Icecream. He is only telling us what is good or better for us. I have a hard time with icecream, with cream in the first place, sugar in the second, and self indulgence in the biggest place. The way I make sure I don't eat the whole gallon is to never buy one. Not a pint either. I go to the store and I buy 1 small come and ask for a baby size icecream... In that way I am serving all my bosses, the indulging one, the once in awhile one, the inner size one and the 80/20% rule one.
Quoted from cat2
Is it to do with the temperature I wonder? I have heard (not here) some say really cold/hot foods or drinks aren't good and I'm not too good with either.
Quoted from Vicktoria
I've just make 2 types of ice cream - 1st with home made yogurt from milk from pastured cows, more strawberries and less blackberries from our garden and several tbsp of pure honey, and 2nd with 280ml whole milk from domestic pastured cows, 1 little chicken egg yolk, strawberries and blackberries - a handful, and a couple of tbsp honey. Both doses become 400ml each. And I put them in freezer 2 and a half hours ago and don't have patience to have them frozen :)
Quoted from san j
for those who avoid a neutral food because it is cold in the stomach, you don't have to bring it to room temperature before eating it; you can simply eat it in smaller bites and trust the organism to do its job.
Quoted from yaeli
The most sensitive organ in the temperature issue would be the liver. Wouldn't want to provoke it.(think) Wouldn't underestimate the swiftness of signalling within the nervous system either. Faster than I-5.
Quoted from Peter D'Adamo
Finally, there is the question of whether making things 'easy' for the body really serves our best long term interests. Many of the physiologic functions of the body are hormetic; they benefit from challenge and mild stress. Like exercise, they require challenge in order to induce a more robust response. On the other hand, over anticipating the needs of a complex system can actually increase its dependence and fragility.
Quoted from san j
You're worried that the temperature of the melted ice cream on the tongue is no good?
Quoted from san j
Then, I suppose, people here worry about exact temps of ocean/pool/lake swim water, too?
Quoted from san j
Do you save all your summer fruits in the freezer?
Quoted from SquarePeg
sanj, I add cocoa powder or carob powder and almond butter to cut the sweetness.
Quoted from SquarePeg
a couple of nights ago I added diced jalepeno to mint cc ice cream....
Quoted from 49410
[color=purple][/color] I should have read this first before I purchased. My ice cream bad bad won't eat in large amounts. Slap upside the head ??)
Quoted from SquarePeg
a couple of nights ago I added diced jalapeno to mint cc ice cream...
Quoted from san j
Is it tofu or something?
Is what tofu?
Quoted from san j
Is it tofu or something?
Quoted from SquarePeg
The ice cream is dairy; the only soy possibly coming from lecithin. I suppose my being an O and eating ice cream is confusing to all the amazing fully compliant folks here.... Oh but the mint / jalepeno might be the base for a rad salsa! hmmm
Quoted from 49410
There are no icecream available without preservatives. (smartyp)(smile)(drool)(tongue)


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2004 Cross Country
HCAC Players-of-the-Week
By Ben Risinger, Sports Information Director
October 11, 2004
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University's Dave Espinoza (Toledo/Whitmer) and Sarah Humphrey (Upper Sandusky/Upper Sandusky) have been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic
Conference players-of-the-week in men's and women's cross country. It was the second
time that Humphrey has earned the honor in the 2004 season and the first for Espinoza.
Humphrey, a freshman, placed 45th overall in the All-Ohio Championships last Friday. Runners from all NCAA divisions and the NAIA are invited to participate in the meet. Humphrey ran the 6K course in 20:50.6 which helped the women place 34th overall and 15th in NCAA Division III schools. It was the fifth time this season that she has led Bluffton in a meet.
Espinoza placed 43rd overall in the men's race at All-Ohio. The sophomore ran a time of 28:56.1, which is just one second off his career best time. As a team the men placed 33rd overall and 14th among NCAA Division III schools.
Bluffton University will participate in the Ohio Northern Invitational this Saturday in Ada, Ohio.


text: Sean Hurley A New Reality For Rural Post Offices By Sean Hurley • Jul 1, 2012 Residents of Sugar Hill, N.H., are adjusting to a big change in postal services. Their local post office is now open only half an hour a day, and it only sells stamps. It's one of thousands of rural post offices reducing its hours because of the U.S. Postal Service's financial struggles.


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Brewers complete sweep of Cubs
MILWAUKEE -- Ryan Braun hit a three-run home run and right-hander Wily Peralta worked into the seventh Sunday as the Milwaukee Brewers completed a sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 4-2 victory at Miller Park.
Braun had just four hits in his previous 28 at-bats and struck out his first two times up Sunday before connecting on a 2-2 curveball from Scott Feldman to put Milwaukee ahead, 4-2.
He finished the day 1-for-4 with three strikeouts and was ejected by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi for throwing his bat after striking out in the eighth inning.
Peralta earned his first victory of the season, allowing two runs on five hits with three strikeouts before giving way to John Axford with two out in the seventh. Both runs came in the third on Anthony Rizzo's sixth home run of the season. But while Peralta worked just one perfect inning, he was able to avoid jams and benefitted from a Brewers' defense that turned two double plays.
For the second straight game, unearned runs proved the difference for the Cubs, who committed two errors Sunday and six in the three-game series. Chicago led, 1-0, in the fourth when Jean Segura led off with a walk. Trying to steal second, Cubs' catcher Wellington Castro overthrew Darwin Barney, sending Segura to third.
Segura would score on Alex Gonzalez's ground out, making it 2-1 Chicago.
Errors played a factor again in the fifth. Yuniesky Betancourt led off with a double to center and after Peralta and Norichika Aoki struck out, Segura reached when the ball bounced off Feldman played a come-backer off his glove and struggled getting the throw to first. He was charged with an error, giving the Brewers an extra batter in the inning and setting the stage for Braun's home run.
Feldman was otherwise effective during his five-inning outing. The left-hander struck out six and walked three to go along with three hits and of his four runs allowed, only one - Braun's home run - was earned.
The victory was Milwaukee's seventh in a row and put the Brewers (9-8) a game above .500 for the first time since Opening Day. Chicago (5-12) has lost 11 of its last 14.
NOTES: Milwaukee has homered in six consecutive games after hitting five through the first 10. ... With two errors Sunday, the Cubs now lead the majors with 17 on the season. ... Braun has homered in three of his last four games. ... Cubs' SS Starlin Castro singled and scored in the second, extending his hitting streak to 13 games, the longest active streak in the National League. ... The Brewers bullpen threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings Sunday and has posted a 3-0 record with a 1.33 ERA and four saves in the last nine games.


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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis
When: 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15.
Where: Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., Greeley.
Tickets: $39 to $47.
Info: Visit mannheimsteamroller.com.
Mannheim Steamroller, considered to be one of the original New Age musical groups, will present a Christmas concert at Union Colony Civic Center for two shows on Thursday, Nov. 15. From the Fresh Aire series to contemporary-style holiday classics, the unique, nearly mystical qualities of the band's upbeat yet relaxing music offers a captivating experience.
The signature sound has been cultivated over the years and created, "Very carefully," said Chip Davis, the group's founder. "The music is a combination of a lot of things. There are 18th century music techniques along with modern rock 'n' roll, using instruments such as the harpsichord, drums and guitar. It is an eclectic blend between two very different musical styles."
The success of Mannheim Steamroller and Davis' own record label, American Gramophone, has been achieved through one man's vision, extraordinary ambition, superb talent and a tenacity of entrepreneurial spirit. In the past three decades, the group has produced 36 CDs of rare and exceptional quality.
Oftentimes, Davis has played all of the instruments on his studio recordings, although he does have an entourage of core musicians who perform with him while on the road. Mannheim Steamroller has sold over 40 million records, with over half of those in the Christmas genre. The group is one of the top 50 biggest sellers of music of all time, and the biggest selling Christmas artist of all time.
"Staying at it is important. I started American Gramophone 30 years ago and that has stuck. I try to not get involved with big labels so that my music doesn't get lost in the mix of things," said Davis.
Yet being involved with music as a performance entertainer, plus running the business end of things, can be hard to keep up for an extended amount of time.
Creativity reigns supreme, although there are parameters that need to be followed and met in order to satisfy loyal audiences.
"It's a fine line you have to walk," said Davis, of keeping the music fresh and updated. "You can't go too far out on what fans expect, but have to keep a similar sound. At the same time, it is possible to change it up with different instruments so that they aren't hearing the same exact sound album after album."
For Davis, who lives on a 150-acre farm near Omaha, Neb., innovative ideas are developed from two main sources. His first is nature, the second his three children.
"Nature constantly inspires me. I have horses, ducks and two timber wolves here. The land is so amazingly beautiful and sometimes just listening to the birds sing in their distinctive voices gives me something to strive toward. Also, seeing my children as they grow up inspires me. I have written songs for each of my kids, where their personality is injected into the music," said Davis.
Offering up examples, he mentioned that, "I wrote 'Christmas Lullaby' for Kelly, my oldest daughter, when she was about five or six. 'Catching Snowflakes on your Tongue,' something everyone who lives in a snowy region during winter can understand and appreciate, was written for my son Evan. And for the youngest, Elyse, I came up with a hopped-up version of Feliz Navidad that's pretty fun, appropriately renamed 'Elyse Navidad.'
"Whereas each of my songs has its own appeal to me, I do have some favorites, especially the holiday classics. 'Silent Night' has a special place in my heart."


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Student Amy Warbalow, instructor Katrina Kugler take off June 12 for four day transcontinental race
by Juan Miguel Pedraza, Division of University and Public Affairs writer/editor
University of North Dakota Aviation student Amy Warbalow and her teammate Katrina Kugler, a UND flight instructor, leave Wednesday to compete in the internationally renowned Air Race Classic.
This is the first time that UND has fielded a team for this women-only event pioneered by, among others, legendary aviator Amelia Earhart. The Department of Aviation is part of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences (UND Aerospace).
The two women fly out of Grand Forks June 12 in a UND Cessna 172 for the 2,400 mile June 18-21 race, which starts in Pasco, Wash., and ends at Fayetteville, Ark.
Kugler, a pilot and aviation educator, is from Yuma, Ariz.; Warbalow, who also is majoring in aviation education and just earned her instructor certificate, is from Minocqua, Wisc. The have been tracking their preparations for the race on their blog.
To prepare for the race, Kugler and Warbalow met regularly over the last year with UND Director of Aviation Safety Dana Siewert and with aviation weather expert Fred Remer, also a faculty member in UND Aerospace. They met with UND Director of Extension Programs and aircraft fleet manager Don Dubuque to discuss the special requirements for mountain flying.
About the Air Race Classic
Women's air racing all started in 1929 with the First Women's Air Derby; 20 pilots, including farmed aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, raced from Santa Monica, Calif., to Cleveland, Ohio, site of the National Air Races, according to the detailed Air Race Classic history of the race posted on its website.
The early air races were the "on to" type, with noon and night control stops, and the contestants more or less stayed together. In that manner, weather and flying conditions were practically the same for each entrant and the race officials could release standings to the media after each day of racing.
The current race routes are about 2,400 statute miles in length. Contestants are usually given four days, flying by visual flight rules to reach the finish. The race is run only during daylight hours.
Juan Miguel Pedraza, writer/editor
National Media Relations Coordinator
UND Division of University and Public Affairs
Office 701.777.6571 | Cell 701.740.1321


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I'm sorry, but there is also a point where you have to start acting like an adult. It's one thing when you are 12 years old, and make an effort, only to be gifted with something slapdash. And at 12, it can make you resentful.What I had a problem with was this going on for YEARS, and her resentment seems to have gotten worse over the years. And they were cousins, not siblings. At about age 17 or 18, in my family, cousins start to wind down the gift giving into more like candy or homemade cookies. And at age 26, to spend that much money in the hope that she would get something nice, well, she was setting herself up for disappointment. There was also nothing to suggest that she was particularly close to these cousins.She should have let it go a long time ago. Life is definitely too short to be resentful over what your cousins gave you for Christmas in comparison to what you spent on them. If people aren't showing you the same consideration that you are showing them, you need to rethink your gift giving list.
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Barcelona defender Adriano Correia is expected to sign a new contract extension at Camp Nou, according to the his agent.
Utility man Adriano has been an integral member of Barcelona's squad since joining them from Sevilla for €9.5 million in 2010.
Mainly used as a full-back, though also as a wide midfielder, Adriano has been in rich form this season – scoring six goals in 26 games.
The Brazilian's representative, Paulo Affonso, told radio show 'Esports en Xarxa' that both Barcelona and Adriano were keen to extend his current deal with the Spanish giants, which ends in June 2014.
"We are very near to reaching an agreement, but we do not have it yet," Affonso said. "Barcelona are making a very big effort. Barca want him to extend, and Adriano wants that too."
And although there are a few minor issues to sort out, Affonso revealed, the general consensus is a positive one which is likely to be progressed further in the coming weeks.
"Adriano likes it here and wants to stay," he said. "The renewal is on a good path, in April I will return to Barcelona and I am sure we will continue looking for an agreement as soon as possible.
"There are a few different points which we must keep discussing, but the tone is very good. The directors in the talks have received me very well."
An invaluable squad player to the Catalans, Adriano came on as a substitute during Tuesday's 4-0 Champions League win over AC Milan as the club look to retain both the Champions League and La Liga titles, both of which they missed out on last season.
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Oracle Has Two Hardware Businesses, But Only One Of Them Is Growing
While Oracle's hardware business has been in steady decline, the company feels good about the future of its engineered systems, like the Exadata Database Machine. Henley said engineered system sales "are actually growing quite nicely" and will eventually become the majority of Oracle's hardware business.
So in essence, Oracle has two hardware businesses: One consists of selling Intel x86 servers and the other is engineered systems with Oracle software running on Oracle hardware -- which is known in the channel as the "Oracle-on-Oracle" approach. That's "a rapidly growing business," Henley said.


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Months after acquiring Lucasfilm, Disney shuttered its games division, LucasArts. Since then, fans have wondered: what will happen to Star Wars games? Surprisingly, they won't be published by Disney Interactive. Instead, Electronic Arts has announced a "multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines."
According to the press release, "EA will develop and publish new Star Wars titles for a core gaming audience, spanning all interactive platforms and the most popular game genres, while Disney will retain certain rights to develop new titles within the mobile, social, tablet and online game categories." These social games could be extensions of the unannounced games that LucasArts was working on before its closure.
This isn't EA's first foray with the Star Wars franchise, of course. It launched Star Wars: The Old Republic--an ambitious MMORPG that later had to go free-to-play as subscriber numbers dwindled. What is surprising is that EA says its top studios will work on new games based on the Star Wars universe. "Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe," EA Labels president Frank Gibeau said in the announcement. "Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay."