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Novel Reaction is excited to welcome Rhys Bowen.
Rhys Bowen is a transplanted Brit who now divides her time between California and Arizona where she goes to escape the harsh California winters. She has been a professional writer all her life, moving from plays with the BBC in London, to books for children and young adults and finally to her real love, mysteries.
She began her mystery career with the Constable Evans series, set in her mother's family's native Wales, and has since moved on to two spunky heroines: Molly Murphy whose stories take place in 1900s New York City and Lady Georgiana, the penniless minor royal in 1930s England, whose Royal Spyness stories have become best sellers.
Rhys's books have so far garnered 11 major awards out of 25 nominations.
Rhys also writes award-winning short stories when she can find the time to breathe. She enjoys touring for her books and meeting fans around the country.
Wearing More Than One Hat
Mystery Author Rhys Bowen Author of the Royal Spyness Series
As a writer I am called upon to wear more than one figurative hat. One minute I'm sitting focused at my desk, writing away to meet a deadline, living in a world that is not my own reality/ The next I'm required to get dressed in my "famous author" clothes and go out to speak to people about my books, to entertain them, make them laugh and essentially to sell my books. These require completely different personality types, don't they? Silent, focused, shut away, in another world…and then witty, sparkling, elegant and charming among crowds of people.
I'm actually a people person so the second half is easier for me than the first. I find it hard to stay focused. I know I have to write. I know I have 30 pages to complete the book, and yet I'm checking Facebook, blogs, my emails, deciding it would be nice to take a long soak in the tub. I'll get to my writing becuase I force myself but I never want to get started. Once I'm working I keep going until I'm finished for the day, but getting started–my, that's hard.
And on hats–I never was much of a hat person. I have a small head and hats tend to look–well, stupid. But since I've been promoting the Royal Spyness books, I've been wearing a lot of lovely hats. I made the mistake of taking a very regal hat on tour with me last year. It was too big for my suitcase so I had to hand carry it through all those security checks. Learned that lesson. But on this tour I was at Powells Books in Portland (wonderful, wonderful store!) and they had a tower of hats (just what you'd expect to find in a bookstore, right?) Among them were some vintage looking hats.
Author Website – Twitter – Facebook
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A blank page. It sits there screaming out for words, massive amounts of words that struggle to find their way.
There it sits. Blank.
If that blank page is destined to be a web page or a landing page, it's not just a blank page. It's a business problem.
How do you break through the block?
Some experts will tell you to just sit down and write for ten to thirty minutes. That might help. Others will tell you to "think outside the box," whatever that means. And some may even tell you to do so much research that it would make a PhD candidate's head spin.
There's an easier way.
But before I get to that, let's take a second to review the purpose of your website and landing pages. For most, the purpose is to generate awareness, leads, and sales. That's it.
Why do so many marketers and business owners put pressure on themselves to come up with the "perfect" words to sell? It's a ridiculous proposition on its face. Sure, you may know a ton about your customers, but you are not your customer. And your customer has crucial, firsthand knowledge about how and why they make decisions to buy.
I propose an alternative: just ask your customers to write your copy for you.
No, I don't mean that you should blast out an email to enlist the services of your customers. What I mean is that there are many ways to get information from your customers directly, and some of those ways may be available to you right now.
Enter customer reviews.
Finding SaaS Messages That Work
Mining for reviews is a little-known technique used by Jay Abraham, a best-selling author and business consultant. The reason it works so well is that your present customers talk like your future customers. That's important because effective selling happens when you can totally empathize with your prospects.
Picture it.
Someone arrives on your website looking for help. The first thing they want to know is if they're in the right place. Check. As they scroll through your site and dig into what you have to say, they're looking to see if you understand them. Because if you fully understand them, then you can help them. And if you talk in the same way as they think about the help they need – we call this joining the conversation in their head – then you obviously understand them. By demonstrating your understanding, you go several steps beyond just saying "I can help you." That's how sales are made. That's why copy is so crucial.
The key is to find out how customers think and talk about the problems they're trying to solve and the solutions that they need. There are several ways to do this. One of the things we recommend is to interview your customers to get an in-depth understanding of their thought-process and language.
An easier and sometimes more useful source of information is customer reviews. They are often uninhibited, with no one to please, and your customer was motivated to write the review simply because they wanted to share their personal experience. In this way, self-motivated customer reviews may reduce acquiescence bias compared to interviews where the need to please can be very high, especially for interviewees with high agreeableness.
Crowdsourcing Customer Wisdom
Let's look at the importance of language. Sometimes what you say is just as important as how you say it. Here's an example.
DonorPerfect is a CRM for nonprofits. One of the biggest complaints that people have about CRMs is that they have tons of features, which makes them notoriously painful to use. So it makes sense to say something like "it's easy to use." Check out what Cyndi Feichtel said about DonorPerfect on Capterra:
What she says is that she had no previous experience and still found DonorPerfect easy to use. How she said it is "I had to jump right into working with a program I had no experience with, I was at first troubled about that. As I got my hands dirty and started working around DonorPerfect I found it to be one of the most user friendly softwares that I have ever worked with." We might take a message like this and say something like:
Useful From Day One, Even If You Have No CRM Experience
Which brings me to the next big point. It's not just about the language your customers use. They'll also reveal important concepts and information that will make your communications more effective. We typically break these concepts into a few categories:
- Customer challenges and pains
- Motivational drivers or triggers
- Important features
- Things they hate
- Key objections
- You versus competitors
I'll come back to these categories soon. Each of these categories provides important information about how to talk about your SaaS product, and therefore how to write your copy.
Where to Find Reviews
Whether you have a B2B or B2C product, you probably have a ton of reviews available to you. Of course, consumer products typically have many more reviews because they have more customers, but it's often the case that you have plenty of reviews to draw from.
If you collect your own reviews, you have a head start. But there are also publicly-available reviews that you can use, too.
We like to visit five sites for SaaS reviews:
- Capterra
- G2Crowd
- Software Advice
- Trust Radius
- GetApp
Gathering reviews is easy. We love using a scraping tool like import.io to grab the reviews and transfer them onto a spreadsheet. This process will save you a few hours.
Identifying the Right Words and Messages
It's one thing to gather up all of your reviews and read over them. It's another thing entirely to find highly useful information that'll translate into more conversions. That's what this is all about, right?
Like all forms of marketing, it's an art and a science. And there are some strategic decisions you'll have to make. For instance, do you want to focus on highly differentiated features, or is it better to focus on brand personality? I can't tell you which strategy to choose in this blog post because each case and decision is individual. What I can tell you, though, is that there are certain categories of information that you can use to guide your decisions. Don't worry, you don't have to invent it from scratch. Just grab our free worksheet before you get started.
Download the Worksheet: Categorizing Review Words and Messages for Conversions
The categories I listed above are where you should start. As you go through the reviews, just copy and paste text into the appropriate category. By the time you're finished, you'll be armed with the right information, specific words and phrases, and key messages that'll help you improve conversions.
You should also grab verbatim quotes that are especially interesting or memorable. These can be the stuff of home page and landing page headlines.
There are four things you should look for in your customer reviews. This is our proprietary STOR analysis (get the worksheet here). STOR stands for Sticky Messages, Triggers, Objections, and Repetition.
Sticky Messages
In Made to Stick, the Heath Brothers give a blow-by-blow rundown of why some messages last and others don't. They found that sticky messages follow the SUCCESs model, which they define as simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional, and are stories. Sticky messages are exactly what they sound like: messages that are memorable enough to stick in your head. Find messages that at least roughly follow the SUCCESs model, and they're a lot more likely to be long-term winners in selling your product and increasing conversions.
What motivates people to buy and use your product? What happened to them right before they started their search? That's exactly what we mean by triggers. You'll often see triggers in the form of specific pains or problems that your customer was facing before they bought your product.
There are lots of reasons why people don't buy from you. These reasons are objections. The most common objections don't have much to do with you: timing, price, and fit. But you should have a well-thought-out and logical response for every objection. As you go through your customer reviews, look for reasons why your customers thought your product may not be a fit but were ultimately won over. Stack up all of those objections and you'll have some valuable material for your copy.
The more customer reviews you read, the more you'll see patterns emerge. Depending on your product, you'll see tried-and-true, highly important themes like "easy to use," "best features," and "great support." But once you dig a little deeper you may be surprised at what you find. The more often a message is repeated, the more likely it is that you should include it.
Transforming It Into Copy
Now that you've grabbed your reviews, filled out your worksheet, and completed your STOR analysis, you have everything you need to begin writing your copy.
Which begs the million dollar question: how do you take all of this information and turn it into the perfect copy?
There are two ways you can go about this: edit your existing copy, or burn it all down and start from scratch. If you've done a fair bit of testing on your existing copy and have a general understanding of what works and what doesn't work, then you should focus on edits and updates. If you haven't done that or know for sure that your copy isn't working, then start from scratch.
Set Priorities
Whichever path you choose, the biggest favor you can do yourself is to list out the key messages you need to convey, in the specific order you need to convey them. It's not enough to simply list 50 things that you want to say, because #49 on the list may be the most important message – it should be #1 instead of #49. And on any given page you're writing, you'll have room to convey a small fraction of those 50 messages. Priorities matter. So take the time to identify your most important messages and put them in order of importance.
Find a Hook
Once you've set your priorities, it'll be pretty clear how to choose a hook. By "hook" I mean that you should choose something that's going to be highly memorable while providing obvious differentiation for your product. Look at the Moqups home page: their hook is about how new and "evolved" their tool is compared to the fairly crowded and reputable field of competitors.
Your hook is also a central theme you can use throughout your copy. It should appear in your headline and be reinforced throughout the page and your other content. The theme we used for Forward Networks , a Good Funnel client, is the idea of a software copy that the Forward Networks team was already using. The hook we used is "Go ahead, break it" because this concept of breaking a big enterprise network is jarring. No one in their right mind would do that. With Forward Networks, network administrators can now test and break a software copy of their network without recourse. It's a huge innovation, but fairly difficult to communicate. Here's how we did it on the hero section of the home page:
Let Them Slide
One of the most valuable ideas you can learn about copywriting is the slippery slide by Joe Sugarman. The idea is fairly simple: grab attention like a lightning bolt, then naturally transition from concept to concept, slowly unveiling the key information that your prospects need to know. Each "slide" should reveal the answer in the prospects mind. Once you answer that question, they'll have another, so you'll slide into answering that question, too. For more on the sequence of questions your prospects have, I recommend you take a listen to our podcast episode with Sean D'Souza.
Transforming Reviews Into More Conversions
The first step you should take is to go look up your reviews and see what gold lies within. But you may be wondering: what kinds of things are reviews helpful in improving? Good question. We've used this same process for:
- Website copy, including landing pages
- Email copy
- Blog content
- Content calendars
- Case studies and whitepapers
The bottom line is that listening to your customers, in their own words, is always a valuable experience. You never know exactly what you'll find out, but each time you'll find value in it. Now go find some reviews and start improving your conversions.

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What is a "Porto Colheita"?
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Who could be burnt by WHO's e-cigs move?
The World Health Organisation has called for the regulation of electronic cigarettes as both tobacco and medical products. Ciara Lee looks at the impact of the move on the tobacco industry.
Sales have rocked in the past two years and electronic cigarettes could be more popular than conventional ones by 2020 But the World Health Organisation would rather they were stubbed out - fearing they could be addictive. It's calling for tougher regulation including bans on indoor use, advertising and sales to under 18s. So what would that mean for the $3 billion e-cigarette market - at the moment largely in the hands of the big tobacco firms? Imperial Tobacco, Altria Group, Philip Morris International, and British American Tobacco, have all launched e-cigarettes to make up for a fall in sales of conventional ones in Western markets. It's still small fry - for most ecigarettes account for less than one percent of sales in the 780 billion dollar industry. But it's where the companies see opportunity. Shane MacGuill is a tobacco analyst at Euromonitor. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOBACCO ANALYST AT EUROMONITOR, SHANE MACGUILL, SAYING: "In the future things like e-cigarettes and cigarette type alternative products will become increasingly important for the tobacco industry, as consumers in Western markets are looking for healthier alternatives. They are also becoming increasingly price sensitive as tobacco consumers as well." Some argue that the tobacco giants are exploiting the e-cigarette market to improve their tarnished image. But e-cigarettes could help them in other ways too - gaining access to the world's largest tobacco market for one. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOBACCO ANALYST AT EUROMONITOR, SHANE MACGUILL, SAYING: "The Chinese industry is dominated by the state owned manufacturers there. It's possible that the development and the production of e-cigarettes and those types of products, could give international manufacturers access to the Chinese market." The EU has already agreed to requirements around advertising and packaging. And the U.S has also taken action over sales to young people. But heated debated is expected at a WHO meeting in October, with scientists divided over the risks and potential benefits of the controversial product.


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A building defect is defined as a material, component or finish which does not meet its expected performance criteria.
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Technical expertise and an understanding of building construction are essential to correctly identify the cause of building defects and the remedial measures required to put the defect(s) right.
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In order to provide an economic and effective remedy to building defects it is essential to properly identify what the defect is. In many cases the owner or occupier is only aware of the symptoms caused by the defect. They may note damp or cracks, for example, but in order to address the problem the cause of the damp or cracks must be found.
WTP Livsey Build Consult's normal approach is to undertake an initial inspection (which may involve an element of intrusive investigation) and provide an initial report for a fixed fee.
If it has been possible to identify the cause of the problem our report will tell you what it is and how to fix it. If we have not been able to identify the cause, our initial report will tell you what we think the likely causes are and we will recommend a strategy for moving forward which will normally involve exploratory opening up and investigations which can often be intrusive.
This service is for a specific request to investigate a problem or concern of the building owner. It will identify the type of defect e.g. cracking and subsidence, settlement or movement in the structure, roof & other leaks, damp penetration and insect & fungal attack etc., and it will provide recommendations for the repair / replacement and the approximate cost of such repairs etc.


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Minuscule playoff hopes alive for Calgary Colts
It's still a tough slog for the Calgary Colts, but last weekend's one-sided victory kept their minuscule playoff hopes alive.
Now, as they head into Regina, it's imperative they keep the momentum churning.
The Colts overwhelmed London 58-0 to move to 2-4, two points behind Winnipeg who sits in fourth in the Prairie Football Conference standings. On Sunday they take on the Thunder, 4-2, and though they're still going to need a little help, that recent result proved this team can be better than they have been this season.
"Obviously, our goal going into the game was we want to win outright. We knew the situation we were in so that was the first step," explained quarterback Bailey Wasdal, who threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns. "But I think more than anything it was an opportunity for us to build our confidence and understand as a team that we have the group to get it done if we're on top of our game. In the fashion that we won and the statement we made to ourselves, it was more than that first step. It was an exclamation point on the run that we want to try to make right now."
Rebuilding that confidence that had been shattered by a four-game losing streak is critical for the Colts.
"If you want to sum it up in one word … huge," interim head coach Tim Kearse said of how big the victory was. "These kids needed something good to happen for themselves. A little bit of success, seeing that you can execute the play call, will help for these guys."
Not only have the Colts had to endure some woeful performances but also the loss of their head coach Matthew 'Snoop' Blokker, who resigned a couple of weeks ago.
"I think it was hard on a lot of the older guys," said Wasdal. "A lot of players on this team were close with Coach Snoop and it was a tough situation and shocking. I think we all understand in life sometimes these things happen. We have the ultimate respect for Coach Snoop and understand that at this point he needed to move on. More than anything, it was an opportunity to have our character revealed through that adversity.
"The way the season has unraveled, I think that's exactly the kind of game we needed to have. Just to make sure guys are still bought in and they understand we're going to make a strong push, we're not about to give up, even though it may be a slim opportunity to make the playoffs."
Taking over for Blokker, Kearse has brought stability to a fragile bunch of young men.
"He's definitely a different style," said Wasdal. "He's brought a different attitude to practice. He just wants to have more of a fun atmosphere; make sure the players are enjoying themselves."
They hope to be enjoying themselves in Regina on Sunday, as Step 2 of the three-point objective takes place.
"We have to keep the confidence going and the belief in our own ability," added Wasdal. "The game is more fun when you're winning so I think it gave everyone a chance to take a breath and relax a little bit. Enjoy the game and get back to the parts that we love about playing. I think that will carry over all on its own into Regina."
Kearse agreed.
"Anytime you have success, you want to build on it," he said. "My thought process is to keep these guys at a high level, knowing what the importance of the game is and move right into this week."


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5 Modern Daily Mantras I Learned From Spotify
Relationships are great for lots of reasons.
Not the least of which is access to your partner's online entertainment accounts (Netflix, HBOGO, etc.).
Thus, as I pilfered music from Spotify (aided and abetted by her account), I made an interesting discovery. Prominent amongst her various song collections was a playlist named "Confidence Boost." The songs are strong, inspiring, and powerful; and all by female artists.
Men do not have this list.
Yes, we have the Rocky-inspired gym list. But that is in furtherance of muscle pumping vanity exercises. It is not a periodic psychological jumpstart.
I want to understand this phenomenon. What are the needs that warrant this life jolt? To find the answers, I simply listened to the lyrics of the songs.
"I love myself / No, I don't need anybody else."
This is an intriguing theme in the Confidence Boost playlist. The notion of self-security appears more aspirational than a reality. Maybe it stems from the idea that if one is secure on their own, then they are untouchable and cannot be hurt. Free, even. This might be innate for men (or at least faked well)—a default position of sorts or something ingrained in youth. I wonder which is healthier: to strive for independence daily or to believe you have had it all your life. Pros and cons to both are likely, but I see the need to be reminded that it is a goal.
"All we need is somebody to lean on"
This is the converse to the above notion of independence. This is more real and, although easy for women to understand, impossible for men. Acceptance of the concept of strength through support is incredibly important. It is vital for many reasons, not the least of which is that it is true. Support makes you stronger, smarter, and more courageous. But why the inclusion in the Confidence Boost mix? Because it is natural. It feels comfortable. It is good to feel like you are not alone. It makes sense. It's empowering.
"This is my fight song / Take back my life song / Prove I'm alright song."
This is the most reoccurring theme of the Confidence Boost mix. It hints at a constant struggle in life. Working to keep your head above water. The most insightful aspect of this theme is that women acknowledge the struggle and men do not. In the AA 12-steps fashion, men need to admit that life is tough and it beats you down. Listening to a song that pushes you to keep fighting and reinforcing that you are doing fine is probably a pretty good idea.
"And we'll discuss our big dreams / How we plan to take over the planet"
This song is difficult to capture in a few lines. Basically, the idea is that Alessia is not interested in being distracted by the typical social aspects of life ("I don't dance, don't ask, I don't need a boyfriend, so you can go back, please enjoy your party") but would rather be simply hanging out with her friends, listing to music and talking about bigger life goals. This theme resonated with me. I'm past the bullshit. I want real in my life. And maybe I need that daily reminder.
"Say what you wanna say / And let the words fall out / Honestly, I wanna see you be brave"
This is a good theme to end on. It is encapsulating as it seems to be what we have been striving to be able to do since birth. Speak your mind. Be courageous. Live authentically. Carpe diem. Fuck it. I need to think this every day. Everyone needs to think this every day. Be brave.
Daily melodic reminders are a good thing.
Men and women are different. Never have I considered a collection of songs to constantly remind me to stay on the right course, to pick me up, and to stay true to myself.


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Uncategorised 11 June 2018
August 2018 marks the 28th Anniversary of the annual Queensland Catholic Schools' and Colleges' Music Festival.
Hosted by Villanova College, this four-day music extravaganza will run from August 16-19.
QCMF is the largest youth music festival of its kind in the Asia-Pacific Region. Having started in 1991 with just 43 performances from 12 local Catholic schools, this year the festival will showcase over 570 performances, featuring over 15,000 of our finest young musicians across 112 Catholic schools and colleges from around Australia.
To celebrate 28 years, the 2018 festival will be the brightest festival ever staged at Villanova. Music lovers, young and old, are invited to come and enjoy jazz, instrumental, choral, orchestral and contemporary performances from some of our most talented school musicians.
The festival's artistic director, Mr Michael Jones, said, "As a not-for-profit event, the success of QCMF each year relies on the tremendous support from our volunteers, sponsors and, of course, our local Brisbane music loving community. Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the festival's fun, family friendly atmosphere, and listen to the inspirational music produced by our country's talented young musicians."
QCMF begins on Thursday, August 16 at 4pm and continues for four packed days. Except for Thursday, the festival opens each day at 8.30am. Tickets are $10 a festival pass ($5 concession). A wide range of food and drink is available throughout the festival, so come and take part in this truly unique event.
All members of the public are welcome. For a full list of performances and further information on QCMF, visit www.qcmf.com.au.


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- Enemy Composition:
- North Fleet:
- [1-8]Warships, Trained (DM+6) Defence=6{Armor=5}, Morale=6{Endurance=2}, Fighting=5, Marskmanship=5, Base Damage=3//3
- Chu Fleet:
- [9-11]Warships, Veteran (DM+3) Defence=8{Armor=5}, Morale=6{Endurance=2}, Fighting=7, Marksmanship=5, Base Damage=6//5
Commander, Trained Command=6, Fighting=2, Warfare=4
{Aboard [9]}
- Allied Composition:
- Home Fleet:
- Seven Isles Union:
- [1-2]Warships, Trained (DM+6) Defence=8{Armor=5}, Morale=6{Endurance=2}, Fighting=4, Marksmanship=4, Base Damage=3//3
- Laventino:
- [3-4]Warships, Trained (DM+6) Defence=10{Armor=10}, Morale=6{Endurance=2}, Fighting=2, Marksmanship=4, Base Damage=3//5
Commander, Trained Command=6, Fighting=2, Warfare=4
{Aboard [4]}
- Southern Coalition Fleet:
- Arcadia:
- [5]Warships, Trained (DM+6) Defence=9{Armor=5}, Morale=6{Endurance=2}, Fighting=2, Marksmanship=5, Base Damage=3//3
[6]Warships, Trained (DM+6) Defence=12{Armor=5}, Morale=6{Endurance=2}, Fighting=2, Marksmanship=3, Base Damage=3//3
- South Fleet:
- [7-9]Warships, Green (DM+9) Defence=6{Armor=5}, Morale=6{Endurance=2}, Fighting=4, Marksmanship=2, Base Damage=6//3
[10]Warships, Green (DM+9) Defence=6{Armor=5}, Morale=6{Endurance=2}, Fighting=3, Marksmanship=3, Base Damage=3//3
Upon learning that two enemy fleets were heading for the Isles King Isen sent out the call for help. He mustered his forces and those of the Laventino (temporarily moored at his harbor) to withstand the attacks. The plan to lure Chu onto the other fleet worked brilliantly and they did do some damage to each other, but not enough before the Southern Coalition was spotted. The two heated religious enemies put aside their hatred to fight all comers.
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We're approaching the final chapter of the series, as well as Magma's showdown with Black Garon.
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Power tariff hike in New Delhi to come into effect from tomorrow
The 26 % hike in power tariff for domestic consumers in the city will come into effect from Sunday.delhi Updated: Jun 30, 2012 21:30 IST
The 26 % hike in power tariff for domestic consumers in the city will come into effect from Sunday.
The new rates were announced by the Delhi electricity regulatory commission Wednesday.
The domestic consumers will be the hardest hit as tariff for the segment has been hiked the most compared to commercial and industrial categories.
This is the fourth hike in tariff in the last 10 months.
The regulator in August last year had hiked the tariff by 22 % for all categories of consumers. The tariff was hiked by five % in February and by upto two % in May to adjust the power purchase cost of the distribution companies.
The hike in areas served by NDPL will be around 27.88 % while the increase in areas served by BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd will be 25.47 % and 25.29 % respectively.
Justifying the hike, the DERC had said the combined deficits of three discoms have been estimated at around Rs. 6,000 crore and there was no alternative but to hike the tariff.
As per the new rates, a domestic consumer will be charged Rs. 3.70 per unit for the first 200 units of power instead of the current Rs. 3. Consumers having a monthly usages of upto 400 units will have to pay Rs. 4.80 per unit of power.
For consumption above 400 units, Rs. 6.40 per unit will be charged instead of current Rs. 5.70, Sudhakar said.
The increase may also lead to hike in metro fares and water charges as DERC announced separate rates for power being supplied to these two entities.
The monthly fixed charges for consumers have also been hiked significantly. For a consumer having a sanctioned load of upto 2 kilowatts, the rate tariff has been increased from Rs. 30 to Rs. 40 while consumers having sanctioned load between 2 kilowatts to 5 kilowatts will have to pay Rs. 100 as fixed charges instead of the current Rs. 75.
The fixed charges for consumers having a sanctioned load of above five kilowatt will be Rs. 20 instead of current Rs. 15.
The DERC announced separate rates for industrial units, agricultural activities, public lighting etc.
For Delhi Metro, rates have been increased to Rs. 5 per unit from Rs. 3.80 per unit while for Delhi Jal Board it has been hiked to Rs. 7.25 per unit from Rs. 5.60 for load of upto 10 kilowatts.
For load between 10 kilowatts to 100 kilowatts, per unit of power would cost Rs. 6.60 while Rs. 8 has been fixed per unit for load beyond 100 kilowatts.
First Published: Jun 30, 2012 21:26 IST


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New publication: Fine-scale population dynamics in a marine fish species inferred from dynamic state-space models
By Lauren A. Rogers*, Geir O. Storvik, Halvor Knutsen*, Esben M. Olsen*, and Nils Chr. Stenseth* in Journal of Animal Ecology
- Identifying the spatial scale of population structuring is critical for the conservation of natural populations and for drawing accurate ecological inferences. However, population studies often use spatially aggregated data to draw inferences about population trends and drivers, potentially masking ecologically relevant population sub-structure and dynamics.
- The goals of this study were to investigate how population dynamics models with and without spatial structure affect inferences on population trends and the identification of intrinsic drivers of population dynamics (e.g. density dependence).
- Specifically, we developed dynamic, age-structured, state-space models to test different hypotheses regarding the spatial structure of a population complex of coastal Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Data were from a 93-year survey of juvenile (age 0 and 1) cod sampled along >200 km of the Norwegian Skagerrak coast. We compared two models: one which assumes all sampled cod belong to one larger population, and a second which assumes that each fjord contains a unique population with locally determined dynamics. Using the best supported model, we then reconstructed the historical spatial and temporal dynamics of Skagerrak coastal cod.
- Cross-validation showed that the spatially structured model with local dynamics had better predictive ability. Furthermore, posterior predictive checks showed that a model which assumes one homogeneous population failed to capture the spatial correlation pattern present in the survey data. The spatially structured model indicated that population trends differed markedly among fjords, as did estimates of population parameters including density-dependent survival. Recent biomass was estimated to be at a near-record low all along the coast, but the finer scale model indicated that the decline occurred at different times in different regions. Warm temperatures were associated with poor recruitment, but local changes in habitat and fishing pressure may have played a role in driving local dynamics.
Journal of Animal Ecology
First published 17 May 2017
Publication webpage.
* Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, UiO.
See the publication webpage for full author information.


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Romans 1
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
1 Corinthians 6
Don't you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Thessalonians 4
It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
1 Timothy 1
We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine…
2 Timothy 3
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 4
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
Jude 1
And don't forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God's judgment.
But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction. What sorrow awaits them!
Indeed, the five supreme court justices have most likely invited God's wrath and judgement against America. What they did amounted to flipping off Almighty God with the middle fingers of both hands and then saying to Him, "Bring it!!" In the book of Acts, we're clearly told that we're to obey God rather than men when men (and women) make decisions and invoke policies that are violations of God's laws. Therefore, as a Christian minister, I will not ever perform a wedding ceremony between same sex couples. I reject the supreme court's decision and stand by the truth of God's word. And God's word says this is sin. Know this: God loves His people and doesn't want anyone to be lost, but He abhors sin and sinful acts. I stand with God on that. We're called to speak the truth in a spirit of love. I don't want to see anyone spend eternity in hell. But……I cannot and will not celebrate sin and sinful acts. I believe in the adage; love the sinner but hate the sin.
God is the supreme judge of the universe, and He will not tolerate this sort of mockery and disobedience. I'm not an Old Testament prophet so I don't know how God's judgement will come. Will it be at the hands of a military invasion by ISIS or China? Will we become embroiled in another civil war and collapse from within? I can't say. But I can say this nation can delay that judgement if the people repent and turn back to God. But know this: Now the clock is ticking. Unfortunately Christian brothers and sisters, WHEN the punishment phase comes, we will suffer along with those who today have shook their fists at God and said to Him, "We know better than you.!" in the same way that Godly men and women were carried into the Babylonian exile. We can only pray and ask God to leave a remnant as He did at the end of the exile.
Also, and just as unfortunate, this is only the beginning and not the end. Some gay rights organizations are already calling for retaliation against Christians. They've targeted certain churches with plans to approach them and ask them to perform same sex marriages. And when those churches refuse as many have said they will, the gay organizations plan to file lawsuits against those churches. It is also my belief that gay groups will begin pressuring employers to fire Christian employees who stand up for their beliefs. I say this because I'm seeing the beginnings of that at my place of employment.
One final thought: If God does not punish America for what happened today, He owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology. The time for repentance is now.


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EU Member States disagree over toxic fertilizers
The European Parliament has voted to rein in toxic fertilizers that are high in carcinogene heavy metals. Morocco stands to lose a major market for its high in cadmium fertilizer products, which it exports also from occupied Western Sahara.
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Morocco is the biggest exporter of rock phosphates in the world. Most of its phosphate rock and fertilizer products are exported from Morocco proper, but some is also exported from the territory of Western Sahara, which it holds under foreign occupation.
The latest cargo
of phosphate rock illegally exported from occupied Western Sahara to the EU, arrived on 8 October 2016 to Lithuania.
Concerned over the EU populations exposure to cadmium a heavy metal that is carcinogenic the
EU Commission in 2016 proposed a regulation to stepwise reduce the allowed cadmium level of phosphate-based fertilizers
- responsible for 60% of the current cadmium emissions to the EUs soil and crops. The plan was to end with a maximum allowed cadmium rate of 20 mg/kg over the course of 12 years.
The EU Member States, however, still have to vote on the matter, and they seem unable to agree. On one side are those that argue for the health of consumers, and on the other those who argue for the protection of the agriculture and fertilizer industries.
Spain's Minister for Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina,
announced on 21 February 2018
that Spain will oppose the proposal, out of consideration to the Spanish farmers and fertilizer producers. Tejerina, having a professional background in the fertilizer sector, argued that the political opponents in Spain showed "disinterest" to the farmers.
"The Spanish market should be able to use phosphorous proceeding from the African phosphate rock. Too strict cadmium limits would exclude us from the market of phosphate fertilizers", stated the minister, underlining that France and the UK share Spain's concern.
"It is a highly toxic product that can have serious and irreversible effects on people's health", said one opposition MP.
From what WSRW understands, Germany and the Scandinavian countries favour low cadmium-levels due to the important health concerns. Sources close to the EU Council state that also Poland is negative to the new regulation.
The European Parliament already in October 2017 backed the EU Commissions plan to limit the amount of cadmium allowed in mineral fertilizer products
sold on the single market. In the plenary vote, MEPs voted in favour of the Commission proposal to reduce cadmium levels in fertilisers to 20 mg/kg in 16 years time (and not 12 years as suggested by the Commission).
However, until the regulation has passed the Council of Ministers, it will not be implemented. And for now, the process seems to be stuck.
Moroccos state-owned phosphate company OCP has been very negative to the EU's suggested regulation on the poison. Phosphate rock from North Africa is high in cadmium. The proposed regulation would thus over time result in the nullification of OCPs sales figure to the EU,
which it puts at 34%
OCP thus unleashed an intense counter-lobby, arguing that the Commission should in fact consider raising the allowed cadmium rate to 80 mg/kg. OCP has engaged the law firm
Dechert LLP
and the PR group
, to lobby European Parliamentarians to convince them to vote against the proposed cadmium regulation.
Large changes have taken place over the last years in the imports from occupied Western Sahara. Previously large importers in Europe and Latin America have stopped purchasing, the single largest importing country Canada
stops in 2018
, a decision on possible stop to the US will be made in mid-2018. One of the largest importing countries of the illegally exported rock from Western Sahara is today New Zealand, where the accumulation of cadmium in the soils have been a main political debate for years.
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Mrs. Melissa Combe
Violin Teacher
Melissa (Kunz) Combe has taught Suzuki violin lessons for the past ten years and hopes to continue to do so for many more years to come. The aim of her studio is to provide musical instruction from a qualified teacher and violinist by building a strong relationship with each student and parent. She has received instruction through both Suzuki teacher training courses as well as performance, as she holds both Bachelor of Music (Brigham Young University) and Master of Music (University of Utah) Degrees in Violin Performance.
As a violinist in Salt Lake City's Rosco String Quartet, Melissa performs regularly in functions all over the valley. As a member of the quartet, she has studied with members of the Juilliard String Quartet, American String Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, as well as many others just within the past four years. In March 2014, she won first prize with the quartet at the National Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Chamber Music Competition in Chicago as first violinist playing Schubert's "Death and the Maiden."
Melissa grew up in Salt Lake City as a Suzuki student from age 3, studying with Doralee Madsen and Karen Child. As the daughter of a violin teacher, Katherine Kunz, she continues to collaborate with and has learned much from her mother as well.
Melissa is also an accomplished pianist and uses piano accompaniment as an integral part of her violin teaching. She has a great love and enthusiasm for teaching children of all ages. She and her husband Jeff currently reside in Salt Lake City with their three-year old son. When she is not teaching or performing, she is taking care of her family, hiking, or baking. Group lessons are a favorite place of hers to share her baking skills with students and parents.


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About Russell Phillip Callas
Mr. Russell Phillip Callas graduated from high school in 1973. After two years of studying pre-law, he chose to drop out of college and enter the working world. As the child of a military family, he moved every year, so when he began working construction he was finally able to purchase his first home high in the Colorado Rockies and settle down. In 1994, he began his own hauling business.
In 2011, Mr. Callas met Mr. Mahendra Kumar Trivedi for the first time and received his first biofield energy transmission. Mr. Trivedi has the unique and miraculous capacity to harness and transmit universal energy anywhere in the world to both living and non-living materials for the purpose of optimizing their potential. This intelligent energy guides and sustains deep and transformational healing across all areas of life, and is known as The Trivedi Effect®.
As a result of receiving regular biofield energy transmissions, Mr. Callas now feels he is part of something that is continually evolving, continually flowing, and is aware of himself simultaneously as both witness and participant in the divine flow of creation. His burdens have been lifted, and he feels his innate, god-given gifts and talents are now unfolding. He's remarkably healthy and accomplishes a huge amount every day. His efficiency has heightened, as well as his stamina and strength. His business is more prosperous than ever, and most importantly, he feels more deeply connected to The Divine than he's ever felt in his life.
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Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Characterization of the Consciousness Energy Healing Treated ...
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Modulation of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Expression of the Biofield Energy Healing ...
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Saturday, March 03, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
All the pictures
Thursday, March 01, 2007
More accidental brilliance
Two silent penultimate panels for Thursday:
Brewster Rockit: Space Guy by Tim Rickard
Monty by Jim Meddick
Sometimes the SPP collage takes on a whole new life. And I think it's done so today. Yes, the image of two sci-fi characters, one extremely large, one extremely small staring straight at you is quite intriguing. It almost tops anything else on the comics page.
At least I thought so until I saw this:
Now that is brilliance.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
A giant-ass Z
Only one today. Monty sits there and ponders where have all the other silent penultimate panels gone.
Monty by Jim Medick
I found today's Heathcliff pretty interesting:
The Z is so large, it is no longer just a conventional comics device. It has a physical presence that makes the reader reconsider what these traditional pieces of comics shorthand mean. It's a cartoon about the medium itself.
You might think I'm reading too much into a stupid Heathcliff cartoon, but if this was Zippy you would think it was brilliant.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Killer Bs
Four for this Tuesday:
Between Friends by Sandra Bell-Lundy
Blondie by Dean Young and John Marshall
Bob the Squirrel by Frank Page
Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! by Tim Rickard
And with the last week of daily updates, we have more firsts for the watch. This time, for the time ever, every title on the watch begins with the same letter. A fact which, I guess, is like one of those inconsequential and barely interesting statistics you see on Monday Night Football late in the fourth quarter of a blow out. "This is the first time on Monday Night that two left-footed kickers have played against each other in a dome in October."
Monday, February 26, 2007
Still fine tuning.
A big day
Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson
Bo-Nanas by John Kovaleski
9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney
The Duplex by Glenn McCoy
Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan
I've been at this for just about a year now, and I don't think I've seen something like this before:
A silent penultimate panel with no panels preceding it.
And I counted that, but I didn't count this:
The leading panels show progressive action. It probably goes on for a panel or two too long, but it just doesn't quite count.
Remember, this is the last week of daily updates. Next week, a brand new, mind-blowing blog experience begins.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Blondie.com for the comic strip, Blondie.net for the band.
Three for this Sunday:
Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
Blondie by Dean Young and John Marshall
Dog Eat Doug by Brian Anderson
I guess Blondie has appeared here a few too many times, as currently the Google Ad on this blog is an advertisement to start your own Dagwood sandwich shop franchise. If anybody coming here to read esoteric comic strip criticism and smart-ass remarks ends up buying a Dagwood franchise, well, I'd be very surprised. Please let me know if you do.


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A listing of Nove Mesto nad Vahom, Slovakia clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
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ANCHOR (Aneurysm Treatment Using the Heli-FX Aortic Securement System Global Registry)
Study Arms: Abdominal Arm: Subjects with abdominal aortic aneurysms that do not require placement of EndoAnchors above the level of the renal arteries will be considered part of the abdominal arm. If a renal artery or any visceral artery requires (a) chimney procedure(s), the subject will be considered part of ...
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Long-term Observational Study of Subjects From Tanezumab Studies Who Undergo a Total Knee Hip or Shoulder Replacement
A4091064 is a long-term observational follow up study of subjects from tanezumab interventional studies A4091056, A4091057 or A4091058.
Chart Review of Repatha in Subjects With Hyperlipidaemia
Review of clinical characteristics of patients who are prescribed Repatha and how their treatment is managed.
A Study to Assess Whether Etrolizumab is a Safe and Effective Treatment for Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease (CD)
This is a multicenter, Phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of etrolizumab compared with placebo during induction and maintenance treatment of moderate to severely active CD in participants who are refractory or intolerant to corticosteroids (CS), immunosuppressants (IS), or anti-tumor necrosis factors (anti-TNFs) or have ...
Open-Label Extension and Safety Study for Patients With Crohn's Disease Previously Enrolled in the Etrolizumab Phase III Study GA29144
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CAPP-Seq Research
What is CAPP-Seq?
Cancer Personalized Profiling by Deep Sequencing
an economical and ultrasensitive method for quantifying ctDNA
analyzing levels of ctDNA is a patient-friendly method for detecting, monitoring, and treating cancer, as compared to a biopsy
CAPP-Seq can detect one molecule of tumor DNA among 10,000 molecules of healthy DNA in the blood
Step 5: Prepare Samples for DNA Sequencing
Step 4: Extract cfDNA from Plasma
Through a series of elutions by adding and vacuuming buffer solutions, cfDNA is purified from plasma.
Step 2: Patient-Level Analysis
A blood sample is periodically drawn from each patient, before and/or after chemotherapy treatment.
"Cancer is a genetic disease...
... for most cancers it's very difficult to identify any one particular genetic aberration or mutation that is found in every patient. Instead, each cancer tends to be genetically different from patient to patient." - Ash Alizadeh, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stage I: The disease involves only one group of lymph nodes or one section of organ tissue
Stage II: The disease has spread to two lymph groups on the same side of the diaphragm, or to a lymph group and nearby organ
Stage III: The disease includes lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragm
Stage IV: The disease involves multiple internal organs, including the liver, bone marrow, and blood
Step 1: Population-Level Analysis
Specific, recurrent mutations are identified and selected from the CAPP-Seq selector library.
Step 7: Quantification
After sequencing specific regions of DNA, we measure the yield of DNA (how DNA there is in a sample).
Biopsy vs. Blood Draw
What is ctDNA?
circulating tumor DNA is a noninvasive biological molecule in blood that indicates the presence of a disease
dying tumor cells release small pieces of DNA (cell-free circulating tumor DNA) into the bloodstream, which are then sequenced
What is lymphoma?
Lymphoma, the most common type of blood cancer, occurs when lymphocytes (white blood cells that help protect the body from infection and disease) behave abnormally.
Lymphoma may develop in the lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, blood, or other organs, and can spread to almost any other part of the body.
There are two main types of lymphocytes that can develop into lymphoma: B-cells and T-cells.
1) T helper cells assist the maturation of B cells into memory cells and the activation of cytotoxic T cells and macrophages.
2) Cytotoxic T cells destroy virally infected cells and tumor cells.
3) Memory T cells are antigen-specific T cells that can reproduce a faster and stronger immune response because they become "experienced" after encountering an antigen from a prior infection.
Follicular Lymphoma
Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent (slow-growing) cancer that affects B-Cell lymphocytes.
30-40% of patients with FL eventually develop a transformed, more aggressive lymphoma.
Symptoms of FL:
enlargement of the lymph nodes in the neck, underarm, stomach, or groin
shortness of breath
night sweats
weight loss
More common in adults over the age of 60
FL is NOT an inherited disease
Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
Step 3: Spin the Sample
Samples from patients are spun in a centrifuge, separating the blood from plasma.
Since blood has a greater density than that of plasma, it is found at the bottom of the tube after spinning in the centrifuge.
White blood cells and platelets are less dense than blood but more dense than plasma, so they are found in the middle of the tube.
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is released from tumors primarily due to apoptosis or necrosis (death of living cells or tissues).
During malignant conditions, the level of cfDNA increases due to the increased release from the tumor cells (and normal cells in the surrounding tissue).
cfDNA is extracted from plasma samples and quantified.
To distinguish tumor cfDNA from non-tumor cfDNA, specific somatic DNA mutations (which were previously selected by CAPP-Seq) are identified.
Qubit Fluorometer
A fluorescent dye is intercalated with the DNA.
The Qubit Fluorometer detects the intensity of the fluorescence, therefore indicating the concentration of DNA in a sample.
A qubit (quantum bit) is a unit of quantum information.
Samples are placed into tiny wells on a chip containing micro-channels which create interconnected networks among the wells.
The channels are filled with a fluorescence dye.
An electric current charges the DNA (similar to gel electrophoresis), separating the molecules by size.
Smaller fragments move through the chip faster than larger fragments.
The dye molecules intercalate into the DNA, which is then detected by laser-induced fluorescence.
The software then determines the concentration of the samples.
1) B cells secrete antibodies into the body's fluids.
2) Antibodies circulate and bind to foreign antigens in the bloodstream; the B cells are antigen-presenting cells (APCs).
3) Each B cell is programmed to make one specific antibody. After activation by antigen interaction, B cells develop into memory B cells.
noninvasively monitor the volume of a tumor and the patient's response to therapy
track how tumor mutations evolve over time by sequencing specific regions of the DNA
cancer cells continuously divide and die, releasing DNA into the bloodstream
Why is ctDNA analyzed?
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is a fast-growing and fast-spreading cancer that affects B-Cell lymphocytes, causing them to become large.
60% of patients are not diagnosed with DLBCL until the disease is advanced (stage III or IV)
Symptoms of DLBCL:
a quickly growing, non-painful mass that is typically an enlarged lymph node in the neck, groin, or abdomen
weight loss
drenching night sweats
64 years is the average age at time of diagnosis
DLBCL is NOT an inherited disease
Men are slightly more like to develop the disease than women
Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL) is an indolent (slow-growing) cancer characterized by an excess of white blood cells in the lymph nodes, but not in the blood.
Symptoms of SLL:
painless swelling in the neck, armpit or groin
loss of appetite and tiredness
night sweats
weight loss
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is very similar to SLL. Patients with CLL have an increased number of white blood cells (in the blood, unlike patients with SLL). Both are low-grade, slow-growing cancers.
1) Fragments of DNA are sheared or sonicated (sound energy that vibrates particles) in order to produce blunt edges.
2) An "A" (Adenine) nucleotide base is added to one end of the DNA fragment.
3) An adapter ("DNA handle") is then attached to the overhanging A. The adapter has an overhanging "T" (Thymine) nucleotide base, which corresponds to A.
Step 6: Polymerase Chain
Reaction (PCR)
PCR is a biochemical technology used to amplify copies of a piece of DNA, generating thousands to millions of copies of a specific DNA sequence.
PCR relies on thermal cycling, consisting of cycles of repeated heating and cooling of the reaction for DNA melting and enzymatic replication of DNA primers (short DNA fragments) containing sequences complementary to the target region.
DNA polymerase enzymatically assembles a new DNA strand by attaching DNA building-blocks called nucleotides (A, C, T, G) to the end of a primer.
The generated DNA itself is a template used for replication, setting in motion a chain reaction in which the DNA template is exponentially amplified until a particular substance runs out.
Step 8: Analysis
The DNA is sequenced and then analyzed, and the mutations present in the DNA of each patient are recorded over time.
This large-scale bioinformatic meta-analysis of human tumors allows us to build prognostic and predictive models for clinical and therapeutic outcomes of diverse human malignancies.
The information gathered allows the lab to gain a better understanding of the initiation, maintenance, and progression of tumors, and their response to current therapies toward improving future treatment strategies.
We are applying this knowledge toward the design of clinical trials in the treatment of patients with various malignancies.
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On this side of the desk, where the potential manuscripts sometimes pile as high as the midway point of my computer monitor, things can seem rather hectic. Recognizing each possible book as pieces of an individual's heart is a tall task when there are so many pieces of so many hearts lined up one after the other. But it is a great task—never have I been more reminded of this than last weekend…
While there, myself and 350 other lovers of the written word heard wisdom on delivering the bread from Max Lucado; creativity and God's 5-year-plan from Phil Vischer; the importance of editing from Jerry Jenkins; and the joy of story-telling from many others. In between these main floor sessions I met with somewhere in the ballpark of 80 people about their individual book ideas. Half of these proposals were fiction.
I love a good story. I am enthralled by well-thought-out character development. And I am a sucker for a well-timed (non-cheap) plot twist. As I sat across the table from so many people (whose names I couldn't even begin to remember—but who were all very, very nice), I couldn't help but get grabbed by their plotlines. One woman had written her novel over the course of 15 years and she just decided to edit it one more time. Another potential author had written his work in 6 weeks—all 120,000 words of it.
Max Lucado put it best on the first night in Denver: "If there's anything greater than writing… it's when writing connects." As writers we want to connect to that one reader in our mind, and as readers we want to feel as if this book was written for us.
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Acquisitions Editor, Spiritual Growth
Moody Publishers
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Friday, March 5, 2010
From the Desk of Acquisitions Editor, Randall Payleitner
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We were greatly honored to hear from Jerry Jenkins at the Florida Christian Writers Conference a few days ago as well. He was so funny, honest, humble, engaging, eloquent, and thought-provoking, and...ReplyDelete
Wow, Randall, I see your 80 appointments with potential authors. I thought I was doing something with my 36 appointments at FCWC.
Grateful for what Moody does. Blessings always to you.
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We preview the albino Raven RV03 and the jaw-dropping gorgeous Fortress FT03 case.
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Jens-Michael Arndt, born 1964, Managing Director and Partner of H.Vogemann Group, started his shipping career in 1983 with a London based ship broker. He joined Vogemann 2003 with extensive financial and operational shipping experience from different positions in the German shipping industry such as dry cargo operation with Hamburg based operator Coreck Maritime and container liner services with Hamburg Süd. He has further been MD of many ship-KG companies and is a member of the Hamburg FFA board. He graduated from Technische Universität Berlin as "Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur", the German equivalent of MBA with a thesis on freight forwards and MEng with a thesis on speed/consumption valuation. Mr. Arndt became partner in 2008.
Frank Jensen, born 1968, Managing Partner of H. Vogemann GmbH, has 20 years of shipping and chartering experience. He started as apprentice for T.C. Christensen in Denmark. After a traineeship in England he came to Germany to work as chartering broker for a Hamburg based broking company. He joined H. Vogemann in 1995 where he became partner in 2008.
Markus Lange, born 1964, started his banking career 1985 at Hamburgische Landesbank. He graduated from Univerity as a Diplomkaufmann and joint Deloitte and Touche in 1992 as a financial auditor. In 1994 he rejoined the world leading shipping bank Hamburgische Landesbank . After the merger with LB Kiel he was responsible for the whole domestic clients of HSH-Nordbank AG and became deputy Head of Global Shipping in 2004. He joined H. Vogemann Group in April 2008 as a Managing Director and Partner.
Thorsten Meier, born 1978, Managing Director of KG Reederei Roth GmbH & Co., studied Naval Architecture in Bremen, Germany. Since 2002 he worked for several companies in maritime business as Meyer Yard in Papenburg, Lürssen Yard in Bremen and the emission house Hannover Leasing in Munich. In 2008 he started an international traineeship at ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Hamburg and worked until 2009 as a manager at the segment Business Development and Strategy for Europe and Asia. Mr. Meier became MD of Reederei Roth in 2009.
Lars Rudebeck, born 1967, Managing Partner H. Vogemann GmbH, finished his apprenticeship in Kolding, Denmark in 1990, whereafter he moved to Hamburg to work for a coastal shipowner, followed by a position as Chartering Manager for an Operator in Singapore. In 1995 Mr Rudebeck moved back to Hamburg to work for Chartering & Marine Service GmbH (part of the Komrowski group), where he later became Managing Director. He joined Vogemann in 2003 as senior chartering broker and became partner of H. Vogemann GmbH in 2009.
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COLUMBIA - One Columbia man is in custody Monday morning after attempting enticement of a child over the weekend.
According to a press release from the Boone County Sheriff's Department, undercover deputies posed as a 14-year-old Boone County boy and began conversation with 27-year-old Shaun Dierker on Dec. 11 via e-mail.
After numerous e-mails, the conversation changed to text messaging and Dierker is said to have enticed and encouraged the underage decoy into meeting for sexual conduct. The Boone County Sheriff's Department Cyber Crimes Task Force lead the investigation.
During text messages on Saturday Dec. 15 Dierker arranged to meet the decoy child at a local fast food restaurant, but when he arrived he was contacted by detectives and then arrested. Deputies seized a cell phone and two computers in the arrest.
Dierker was arrested on suspicion of attempted enticement of a child and attempted statutory sodomy, second degree. Bond has not yet been set.


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The one thing I am thankful for is the industrial park loop that I walk in the morning where I can talk to myself about my wishes, desires, and ideas. This loop only has a few cars and trucks on it when I walk so I am not looking crazy to a lot of people as they drive by and see me taking to myself.
Why Firefly Event Photography & Entertainment, LLC b.k.a. Firefly EPE? I believe that all students should have some great images from their memories from high school.
This passion relates to the enjoyment of high school and is less about being a photo company. I am driven to share with schools our way of helping their students have more images captures of their best moments.
I worked as a public school teacher in Pinellas County for over 10 years. The greatest part was being up in front of the kids and knowing you were going to get honest feedback from them. Adults are respectful, kids are dead honest! I loved "Rockin tha Crowd!" daily. I always tried to bring so much energy to what I was delivering.
After the big challenge (noted in the welcome post) I went to work to become better. I started a youth flag football team, sponsored two all-star games, and was always pushing forward. Those moves helped me outgrow my position of only helping a single school of kids to wanting to help 20,000 a year.
Firefly grew out of there not being a decent photographer at our homecoming and prom dances. I had a nice DSLR, purchased the big flash and I was ready to go. FAIL!!! After many tries of doing it the old big corporation way I finally poled my class of seniors. The answers they gave were really interesting.
After the failure of standing in the back expecting them to come to me I knew I was in trouble. That night we made $40 and a kid would only give me $10 for a $15 print. Hell yeah I took it! My new goal was to give the students all the more than they could ever ask for. It is tough to overwhelm a kid when it comes to pics of their face. Pierce Brunson Photography was dead and Firefly EPE was born on a couch in Orlando.
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I didn't know the power of our product until our final prom of 2013. The team of dedicated photographers, assistants and energetic deejay helped us to deliver over 1300 images online within 5 hours after the dance.
I was in heaven. We have proven that we are the best high volume event photographer in Tampa Bay and we are going to be the best in Florida.
In the summer of 2013 we are working on our new product. Our "Open Air" Photo Booths will be themed based with 6 different customizable themes including colorful deco backdrops, large props, full length shots, and larger areas for more comfort and people. My focus is the same, produce the best images for students so they will have something to enjoy well after their high school days are over.
We will be ready to roll out our new booths in the Fall of 2013 and impress all that desire to enjoy our product.
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