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QB Travis Lane, Sr., Hampden-Sydney
Lane was 28-for-32 passing for 389 yards and seven touchdowns in a rout of North Carolina Wesleyan. Lane did all his damage in a little over three quarters, as his touchdown pass on the first play of the fourth quarter was his last snap.
OL Raul Millan, Matt DeRosa, Anthony
Zamora, Aaron Mower, Ken Scholz, Lewis and Clark
The Pioneers racked up 331 yards rushing, 7.7 yards per carry in a 36-14 win against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Jevonte Mayes averaged 9.8 per carry and quarterback Keith Welch went for 9.6 a rush.
RB Joe Rollins, So.,
Rollins led the Green Terror to a 35-14 victory over Moravian, matching the program record with 311 yards rushing. He carried the ball 26 times and scored three touchdowns. The sophomore ripped off runs of 41, 63 and 72 yards as part of the biggest rushing day by any Green Terror player since 1970.
RB Chris D'Andrea, Sr., Montclair
D'Andrea waited 344 days for his chance to return to the field and he seized the opportunity rushing for 239 yards and collecting 253 all-purpose yards in the Red Hawks' 18-7 win over Salve Regina. He scored both of MSU's touchdowns, carrying 21 times and averaging 11.4 yards per carry.
WR Tyler Mazur, Jr.,
Mazur, who also serves as the team's backup quarterback, had a career day catching the ball. Mazur caught eight passes for 220 yards and a school-record four touchdowns. Mazur tied the record of four TD catches, which was set by Zach Michael vs. St. Norbert in 2003. Mazur grabbed a 92-yard touchdown pass, the fourth-longest pass play in Lawrence history, to give the Vikings the lead for good in the second quarter. He then added 72-yard touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter. He also had TD catches of four and 14 yards.
WR Warren Oliver, So.,
Oliver posted just the second 200-yard game in school history, catching eight passes for 226 yards in leading the Warriors to a 41-3 rout of Westminster (Pa.). He scored on strikes of 66, 23 and 37 yards and had five receptions of 20 or more yards. He entered the game with 151 career receiving yards.
TE Delfonte Diamond, Sr.,
Diamond caught the winning 32-yard touchdown pass from Jake Mullin to help McMurry knock off NCAA Division I FCS UT-San Antonio. In addition he had seven receptions for 142 yards, and had four catches for first downs.
DE Riley Mitchell, Sr., Lewis and Clark
Mitchell forced two fumbles and sacked the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps quarterback for a 7-yard loss in the Pioneers' win, to go along with five tackles, four solo.
DT Sam Cox, Sr.,
Cox recorded five sacks, forcing fumbles on two of them, as part of a dominant defensive performance in a 35-14 win against Moravian. He finished with six tackles for loss among his nine tackles, all of them solo.
DT Peter Bulandr, Sr., North Central
Every tackle Bulandr made in a 70-26 win against Bethel (Tenn.) was a sack, as he racked up three of them, including two on the same series in North Central territory. All of Bulandr's tackles came in the first half of the rout.
DE Roger Jayne, Jr.,
Jayne led the Warrior defense with 2-1/2 sacks, 3-1/2 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery against Westminster, leading Warriors to a 41-3 win. All three of his sacks came on third down, forcing punting situations.
LB Ryan Pearcy, Sr.,
Pearcy's interception in the first quarter led to UW-Stout's first touchdown in a 20-17 win against Jamestown. He finished with 20 tackles, eight solo, and also forced a fumble.
LB Anthony Sabatella, Sr.,
Sabatella made 18 tackles, including 4-1/2 tackles for loss and forced two fumbles in the Scots' 17-9 loss to Illinois Wesleyan. He also had two sacks and a quarterback hurry.
LB Navahri Holden, So.,
Holden scored the team's first touchdown on an interception which helped the Monarchs defeat Guilford, 40-22. In addition to his interception, Holden also recovered a fumble and accumulated a team-high nine total tackles.
CB Gene Hudson, Sr.,
Hudson broke up four passes and recorded three tackles in the War Hawks win over Division I FCS UT-San Antonio. In the first quarter, he broke up a third-down pass that led to a UTSA punt. In the second, he broke up a pass in the end zone on second down that led to a War Hawks blocked field goal two plays later. Finally, with 14 seconds left, Hudson knocked down another pass just outside the end zone as UTSA tried to retake the lead.
S Andrew Shannon, Jr.,
Shannon led the BSC defense in a thrilling double overtime victory against Huntingdon on Saturday, racking up 13 solo tackles and six assists for a school-record 19 total tackles. He also had two tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and a pass breakup.
S Peter Hak, Sr.,
Hak made a career-high 15 tackles as Gettysburg defeated Ursinus 40-34 in its Centennial Conference and home opener. He had a tackle for loss and 11 solo hits.
S Will Morris, Sr.,
Morris recorded 10 tackles (eight solo), forced a fumble, and broke up a pass in McMurry's 24-21 win over D-I FCS UT-San Antonio
CB Trevor Kinnett, So.,
Kinnett picked off two passes for the Spartans, returning them a total of 106 yards in Dubuque's 67-20 win against Anderson.
Special teams
K Kyle Evans, Sr., Manchester
Evans connected on four field goals, three from beyond 40 yards, as Manchester beat Kalamazoo 26-13. He hit from 44, 41, 42 and 23 yards.
P Zak Brinkman, Sr.,
Brinkman averaged just 33.3 yards per punt but made the most of his field position. He had seven punts, five of which landed inside the 20 and four inside the 10 in the Pioneers' 26-3 win over UW-Stevens Point.
ST Nick Graff, Sr.,
Graff blocked a Wesley punt, recovered the ball and ran it back 6 yards for the touchdown in Kean's 31-28 win against No. 3 Wesley. The touchdown gave Kean a 17-6 lead in the second quarter after the Cougars blocked their second consecutive punt.
RET Brian Lecheler, Jr., Northwestern
Lecheler returned four kickoffs for 213 yards, including two returns for touchdowns from 84 and 90 yards out in Saturday's 36-26 loss to Westminster (Mo.). Lecheler also caught a touchdown pass to account for 18 of Northwestern's 26 points on the day.


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Friday, 18 December 2009 02:23 PM
It was a decade of living dangerously.
With interest rates low and lending standards lower, credit became the currency of the decade.
Exotic mortgage products helped housing prices more than double. Consumer spending shot up more than 48 percent — even while wages stagnated — as shoppers snapped up big-screen TVs, gadgets like iPhones and fashion labels like Gucci and Jimmy Choo.
The amount of debt consumers carried shot up 67 percent, peaking in June 2008 at $2.57 trillion. Likewise, businesses large and small borrowed money to finance a wave of mergers and expansion.
Then, the crash.
At the end of 2006, homeowners began defaulting on their mortgages at an alarming rate. The foreclosure rate broke record after record. Lenders failed by the dozen. In late 2009, more than 14 percent of homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or facing foreclosure.
For Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, which bet too heavily on securities backed by risky mortgages, the losses were fatal. The ripple effects across banking and other industries, sparked a recession that led to massive job losses and drastic cutbacks in consumer spending.
There are some signs of a recovery, but not of a quick rebound.
Stocks have recovered a portion of their losses, but it will appear on most investor's balance sheet as a lost decade — the first 10-year period investors saw a negative total return.
Nearly 27 million people are unemployed or underemployed. Consumers have cut back on spending and started saving, but it will take years to dig out of the debt hole. Home prices have receded to 2003 levels, and further in Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada.
The decade that began with the view that the sky was the limit is ending with both investors and consumers feeling grounded.
Here's a look at some of the key moments in personal finance in the 2000s.
AOL and Time Warner announce a $162 billion deal. Then the largest-ever corporate merger, it set off an era of mega-mergers that helped fuel the market as investors chased outsized gains. It would prove to be a last hurrah for the dot-com era before the bubble burst.
JetBlue takes to the skies as the discount airline joins Southwest Airlines in pressuring the major carriers to cut prices. By the second quarter of 2009, the cost of average domestic itinerary fares will drop by 11 percent, down to $301 from $339.
The Nasdaq composite index reaches an all-time high of 5,048 on March 10, as the dot-com bubble peaks.
Just nine months after raising $82.5 million in an IPO, Pets.com silences its popular spokesdog sock puppet. Management announces the Web site will shut down and rights to the puppet sold. Pets.com joined a legion of other casualties. Remember Flooz.com, Kozmo.com, Webvan.com?
President George W. Bush takes office. The passage of a $1.35 trillion tax cut program was an early success for the administration, but his domestic agenda would soon be eclipsed by 9/11.
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 darken the New York Stock Exchange for four days, its longest closure since 1933. When trading reopens Sept. 17, the Dow Jones industrial average plunges 684.81 points.
On Dec. 2, Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, to that point the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Many employees in Enron's 401(k) plan are heavily invested in company stock and see their retirement plans disappear.
The first euro notes and coins are issued in 12 European countries. The notes are worth about 90 cents. By 2009, the exchange rate will value the euro around $1.45.
On the heels of a number of major corporate scandals, including Enron, Tyco and WorldCom, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act passes, setting new standards for corporate governance.
The dot-com bubble bear market reaches bottom, when the Dow Jones industrial average slips below 7,200.
Research in Motion tops 500,000 Blackberry subscribers shortly after the handheld device adds voice service along with e-mail. The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 will further spark demand for smart phones. In the first nine months of 2009, worldwide sales of smart phones will top $53 billion according to IDC, a market research firm.
Operation Iraqi Freedom begins on March 20. The cost to taxpayers will be projected to exceed $1 trillion by the time the conflict ends.
NYSE Chairman and CEO Richard Grasso resigns following the revelation of his $140 million compensation package, sparking concerns about excessive executive pay.
HBO airs the final episode of "Sex and the City," which epitomized the decade's swelling consumption of luxury fashion goods previously reserved for the wealthy, such as $600 Manolo Blahnik shoes.
Google goes public. Originally priced at $85, shares of the Internet search firm will trade near $600 by mid-December 2009.
The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since 1918. As attendance rises 10 percent in the decade to 73.4 million, the average ticket price for a Major League Baseball game will rise more than 60 percent to $27 by 2009.
"Mad Money" with Jim Cramer debuts on CNBC. With bobble-heads and "booyah" rants, Cramer becomes a mass-market personal finance guru. He will later suffer a public backlash for bad calls after the financial market meltdown.
Taxpayers move online as electronic filing of tax returns tops 50 percent for the first time. Some 68.5 million returns are submitted to the IRS via the Internet.
The first video is uploaded to the video sharing site YouTube.com. Just 18 months later Google will purchase the site for $1.76 billion. By decade's end viral videos and Susan Boyle will be a part of life. YouTube remains mum on whether it's profitable.
Quarterly direct-mail offers for credit cards peak at 2.22 million. Market researcher Mintel says nearly 8.2 million offers were sent out in the year.
The number of transactions made using debit cards overtakes those of credit cards. Debit card dollar volume will surpass credit in early 2009.
After more than 18 years, Alan Greenspan's term on the Federal Reserve Board ends. Critics will later question whether his legacy of historic interest rate cuts led to the housing bubble.
Home values peak as the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index reaches its highest point.
The Nintendo Wii video game console goes on sale. By the end of 2009, more than 23 million are sold. U.S. sales of video games will hit $20 billion in 2009 according to NPD Group.
Countrywide Financial, the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, warns that homeowners are having trouble repaying loans. Within weeks, investment banks begin writing off millions in investments backed by risky mortgages-early signs of the global financial crisis to come.
In a sign the "green consumer" trend has taken hold, Wal-Mart launches a private label energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulb. One month later, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for raising awareness about global warming. By 2009, Wal-Mart will have sold 145 million of its light bulbs.
The Dow Jones industrial average records its highest ever close, 14,164.53 on Oct. 9. A week after the market peaks, Fox Business Network debuts to challenge CNBC.
On Oct. 15, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling files for early retirement, becoming the first of an estimated 80 million baby boomers to qualify for Social Security benefits.
Las Vegas gambling receipts peak at $10.9 billion. By decade's end, 37 states will have some kind of commercial or Indian-run casino.
The official start of a recession according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. It won't be declared such until full year later.
Gold prices surge to more than $1,000 an ounce for the first time ever.
On March 16, Bear Stearns is sold to JPMorgan Chase for a fire-sale price of $2 a share, or $236 million, as the collapse of the subprime mortgage market brings down the fifth-largest Wall Street investment bank, foreshadowing the broader financial crisis.
Visa Inc. stock debuts on the New York Stock Exchange with the largest-ever IPO, raising $17.86 billion.
California lender IndyMac Bank fails at an estimated cost of $10.7 billion to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. A total of 25 banks will fail by the end of the year. Failures will skyrockets to more than 133 in 2009.
Oil reaches $150 a barrel; gasoline spikes to $4.11 a gallon. Gas prices become a topic of debate on the presidential campaign trail.
"Dark Knight," the second film in the reboot of the Batman series, premieres. Movie-goers will ultimately shell out more than $533 million, enabling the film to surpass "Star Wars" as No. 2 on the all-time list for domestic box office receipts.
On Sept. 15, the subprime mortgage crisis forces Lehman Brothers to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, setting forth a worldwide financial meltdown.
On Sept. 29, the House rejects the government's $700 billion financial bailout plan, triggering the largest-ever drop in the Dow Jones industrial average, 777.68 points.
As part of the federal bailout of the financial system, FDIC insurance on bank deposits is increased from $100,000 per account to $250,000, until 2014.
Riding a record-setting wave of $748 million in campaign donations, with more than 45 percent of the donations of $500 or less, and made by individuals, Barack Obama is elected the first African-American U.S. president.
Bernard Madoff is arrested by the FBI after confessing to his sons that his investment firm is a Ponzi scheme. Investigators later tally the real losses for his investors at more than $21 billion.
Revolving debt held by U.S. consumers, mostly on credit cards, tops out at $988.2 billion. The number of outstanding credit cards, once 425 million, will drop to 325 million by late 2009.
President Barack Obama is sworn in. In his inaugural address he notes: "The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act-not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth."
The $757 billion economic stimulus package is signed into law.
On March 9, major stock market indicators hit 12-year lows, with the Dow Jones industrial average sinking to 6,547. Stocks then begin a months-long bull market that restores much, but far from all, of the wealth lost in the collapse.
Seeking to protect consumers, landmark credit card reform legislation is signed into law. According to consultant TowerGroup, banks use the nine months before the law takes effect to slash credit limits and raise interest rates on 65 percent of all outstanding cards.
In an effort to jump-start the economy and get gas-guzzlers off the road, the government initially approves $1 billion to provide rebates for new car purchases. Greater than anticipated demand leads Congress to approve an additional $2 billion.
With families skipping travel during the summer season due to the economy, "staycation" a slang term for staying home while on vacation, is among 100 new words added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.
As investors left skittish by 2008's market collapse continue to seek relative security, bond fund Pimco Total Return, the world's largest mutual fund, tops $186 billion in assets.
After wavering back and forth for two weeks, on Nov. 5, the Dow settles into a two-month run above the 10,000 mark. The following morning, the Commerce Department says the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent in October.
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Kylie van der Sar has always been fascinated with physics. Add to that her curious nature and interest in large, industrial machinery and fluid mechanics, and it's easy to see why she decided to study engineering. After completing her degrees in mechanical engineering and commerce, she kicked off her career as a Project Engineer at Shell's Newport Terminal in Victoria.
Today, 18 years later, Kylie is Shell Australia's Business Development Manager, leading upstream acquisition and divestment deals. Her work helps to shape Shell's portfolio of opportunities in Australia.
"I've always been attracted to companies who had large technological projects and a chance to work abroad with Shell was an exciting prospect. I've worked on projects in the Netherlands, Russia, across Europe and in Africa. I've now been back in Australia for almost five years," Kylie says.
She appreciates the fact that it's easy to develop yourself within the company. "I've been able to plan out a career without having to move outside Shell. There are a lot of opportunities in the company. Also, when I think about the values that Shell aspires to around honesty, respect and integrity, I realise that it aligns with my own personal values."
According to Kylie, Shell's flexible working policy is another benefit to employees. "I like the autonomy to manage my own time and the trust given to me that I will manage my workload. Thankfully in my role, the nine-to-five mentality doesn't really exist and I can arrange my work to allow me to watch my kids perform in their school assembly or leave early to look after them if needed.
Lars (9) and Hugh (6) are involved in any sport they can play and they are full of energy. My husband Irold and I try to spend as much time as we can with them. Flexible working is about being responsible; about delivering what you need to when you need to," she says.
Her job does come with challenges, though. "Seeing as my role has to do with acquisitions and divestments, I constantly have to look across different disciplines; legal, financial, technical, economical and sometimes even geological. But a lot of my time and effort also go into my team. I am always trying the get the most out of the people and to help them become even better at what they do.
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ROSELLE PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Who is torching American flags?
It's a disturbing and potentially dangerous trend in one New Jersey community, reports CBS 2's Scott Rapoport.
Someone is definitely up to something sinister in Roselle Park.
A day or two before the Fourth of July, two homes on West Colfax Avenue and another on East Lincoln Avenue all had their flags burned. The charred black remains of Robert Lingenfelter's flag are still stuck to his pavement.
"It's not the thing to do to burn something like that," Lingenfelter said.
Over at Jill Stanton's house, the situation was just as bad.
"It was just shocking to me," she said. "Someone burned it. There was nothing left of the flag. It was burned down to the metal."
Then just this past Tuesday a home on Chestnut Street had its flag torched.
Throughout the town many are asking themselves the same questions: who's doing this and why?
"To desecrate the flag like that, I just don't understand it," resident Clem Gibeault told CBS 2's Rapoport.
"It's very unpatriotic … and disgusting," another resident added.
Roselle Park police officers are on the case and more than a little concerned. They said the flag burnings are more than just a disrespectful act; it's an act of arson.
"The danger is the flag is attached to the residence. And if the residence were to catch fire you're now endangering lives," Roselle Police Chief Paul Morrison said.
Police said they are investigating, hoping to put the heat on the firebug who's torching old glory.
Police speculate the flag burnings could be the work of some kids on a dare, or someone with a grudge against the military.
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Write a Family History That Engages the Grandchildren
Biff Barnes
"One in three children admit they don't want to listen to their grandparents because they find them 'boring,'" said The Mail Online reporting on a poll taken by print on demand publisher Blurb.com. "42% of parents say children tune out when elders start to speak about the past."
That's a real challenge for anyone working on a family history book. The vast majority of those authors say they want to write a book to preserve the family history for the grandchildren.
How can a family historian make sure she captures the grand children's interest? One important way is to recognize the difference between researching and recording the family history and telling the family story.
While facts are the sine qua nons, the essential thing, for genealogists and researchers they often read like the phone book or an encyclopedia. A story is not a recitation of facts. A story has characters who come to life on the page. They have obstacles to overcome and emotions to experience. Stories happen in real places and their readers must be able to see the setting on the page to fully appreciate the story. Stories are dramatic.
An author seeking to turn her genealogical research into a family history book that will capture the grandkids interest needs to sort through all the facts at her disposal and pick out the moments that have the potential for drama. In any person's life there are turning points. Which events in people's lives reflected their values? When did an ancestor struggle to overcome an obstacle? Your book needs to focus on these crucial moments.
Relating the stories of what happened at these moments is a job for a dramatist, not a reporter. Use the tools of literature to bring them to life. Provide enough detail about the time and place where events happened so that your reader can feel what it was like to be there. Develop your characters by drawing upon the facts you know about them, but also by speculating on the facts at your disposal to suggest what they might have thought and felt. Use things they may have written to imagine what they might have said. .
It's what journalists and increasingly literary writers have been doing for the past fifty years. Some call it creative non-fiction. It's a tool you should consider using so you don't bore the grandchildren.


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S3 E08 The Girlfriend Experience
POLICE LOG: An undercover operation puts one of 15's finest in grave danger. Detailed report follows:
There have to be more romantic places to hook up than a police evidence room. Unfortunately, that's one of the only viable options for Gail if she wants to keep things casual and quiet with Nick. She claims this "friends with benefits" thing they have going is what she wants, but her catty comments as Traci goes over wedding plans with Andy lead us to believe otherwise. Gail also sabotages any potential romance with another pretty lady cop by mentioning that Nick may have "caught something" while overseas.
Sam's not thrilled about going to the Dominican Republic for Jerry and Traci's wedding. He thinks they should just get hitched at city hall. In fact, he wonders why anyone has to get married. This bums out Andy, who doesn't know that Sam's real hesitation for attending a wedding afar is because he's afraid to fly. Wonder how he feels about boat rides, as Jerry has dreams of sailing off with his new bride. Traci, however, wants to keep things simple.
Andy and Nick stumble upon a high-end escort ring while investigating the case of a missing woman. She matches the look of another woman connected with the escort agency who also went missing. Both ladies had dates at the Archer Hotel with the same client. Gail fits the look this mystery man prefers, so she volunteers to go undercover. Noelle used to be the queen of capturing johns in stings back in the day. She gives Gail some pointers about how genuineness is the best way to provide the ultimate "Girlfriend Experience."[break]
A slightly nervous Gail borrows some pretty earrings from Andy before heading off on her date. She makes small talk with the bartender before the suspect finally arrives. Gail seems to be tanking at first until she lets her true self come out. Suddenly, the man who goes by the moniker "NiceGuy76" is all in. Gail continues to reveal intimate details about her life and how her friends view her. Mr. Nice Guy is totally hooked now.
The operation is going smoothly until the surveillance team loses site of Gail. That's because the suspect threw them a curveball by taking Gail down to the parking garage instead of the penthouse. Andy, Sam and Nick scramble to get to the location before NiceGuy76 speeds off. They arrive just in time. Sam and Nick take the suspect in for questioning. Andy stays with Gail at the hotel while she's debriefed.
Mr. Nice Guy's real name is Charlie Davis, who claims he has nothing to do with the missing women. Well, he's at least half right. One of the MIA escorts walks into the police station. She has a black eye, but it didn't come from Charlie. Just like that, NiceGuy76 is a free man. As for Gail, she forgoes Andy's offer for a ride back to her place. She takes a cab instead. She also calls Nick several times asking him to come by. Too bad all her calls go to voicemail.[break]
While listening to old 911 tapes related to the case, Chris and Dov track down an elderly man who found a locket belonging to the first missing girl. They learn a little bit more about each other as they search the area where the item was dropped. For example, Chris learns that Dov's middle name is Ezekiel. Chris says, "So your full name means 'bear with the strength of God' Epstein?" As for Dov, he learns that Chris still isn't over Gail. Their conversation comes to an abrupt halt when they discover the dead body of the first missing girl.
Gail arrives home at Andy's place. There's still no answer on Nick's cell. There is, however, a knock on the front door. Gail opens it only to have a masked man push her deep inside the room. She scrambles for her purse, but the assailant is on top of her instantly. Gail struggles as her attacker muffles her screams with his gloved hand. We're going to have to hold our breath a bit to see how all this all plays out because this one's TO BE CONTINUED.


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Does the challenge of PCI compliance compare with summiting Mt. Everest?
Having attended the annual North American PCI Community Meeting for many years and being involved with PCI compliance since 2008, I've heard firsthand the challenges merchants face in their quest for PCI compliance (see Blog: Compliance Headaches Continue). However, thinking back to the PCI Community Meeting last week in Orlando, I was intrigued by how this year's keynote speaker fit into the program. How could an extreme adventurer, such as Jamie Clarke, rather than a hacker or data breach expert provide the necessary perspective on compliance? As I attended sessions and networked with over a thousand of my peers from 17 countries, it dawned on me: The collective PCI state of mind is reflective of the maturity of the journey and a fresh optimism emerges as we near the top of the mountain after a very long and arduous journey.
Here are some of the highlights from this year's meeting.
- PCI SSC General Manager Bob Russo presented the annual PCI State of the Industry. The PCI standards continue to mature and merchants are increasing the focus to protect cardholder data. The overall tone was more about 'tweak' than change.
- The opportunity for training from the PCI Council continues to increase with several new programs including a Qualified Integrators and Resellers (QIR) program and a Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP) certification.
- The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are going strong, which again speaks to the maturity of the standard. We are seeing ongoing clarity, rather than new initiatives. The SIGs leverage valuable business and technical experiences from PCI Participating Organizations (POs). Over 460 POs were in attendance. Our key candidates for the 2013 SIGs are Cardholder Data Discovery and Guidance on Logging. However, there are 7 candidates up for voting.
- Spider Labs presented an overview of mobile device security and reviewed several mobile attack scenarios. The PCI Council has released new guidance on secure mobile payment acceptance.
- Updates to the Council's Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) program are available.
- Feedback on the PCI standards was discussed in preparation for the next releases in 2013.
As we summit Mt. Everest (I mean, Mt. PCI), attendees had an opportunity to reflect on Jamie Clarke's tales of adventure. His encouragement to take risks to achieve goals in order to "summit our own Everest," was inspirational to our everyday struggles with data security. It's becoming clear, with the ongoing vigilance and collaboration of the PCI community; we may soon be able to share our own tales of conquering Mt. PCI.
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After the rush of Black Friday, shoppers seemed more laid back during the early hours of Small Business Saturday in New Bern.
After the rush of Black Friday, shoppers seemed more laid back during the early hours of Small Business Saturday in New Bern.
At the Farmers Market, where they were having a Very Berry Christmas Craft Sale, shoppers were not stampeding the aisles looking for bargains. They were looking for special crafts, homemade bakery items, local honey out of Pamlico County, Christmas themed items.
Downtown on Middle and Craven streets people strolled by the festive shop windows and slipped inside the stores to see what unique holiday presents they could find.
Kitty Wethington, a member of the Farmers Market coordinating team, said there were more than 80 vendors Saturday selling everything from furniture to delicate handmade items, like scarves, jewelry and soaps.
�This is a way to give our crafters a larger showing,� Wethington said. �We have so few farmers now, we need the crafters and we need to feature them.�
Some of those small business crafters included Jake and Michelle McConnell, selling wood and knitting crafts and cutoff pants leg recycled into pocketbooks at the Funky Petal booth.
McConnell pointed out small, wooden snowmen he made from a tree that fell on National Avenue during Hurricane Irene. There were key chains, bottle openers made of wood and a nail and wooden Christmas tree ornaments.
�I look at a piece of wood and it tells what kind of face to put on it,� he said, looking at the wooden snowmen.
George Wynn of New Bern said the snowmen almost had him beat. Wynn turns intricate bowls out of wood. A hunk of cypress was on his table that a friend of his found in a peat bog in Pamlico County. He had it carbon dated and it is more than 3,300 years old. Although he hadn�t turned it into a bowl, when he does it will be one of a kind for someone, he said.
Wynn has made 750 bowls throughout the years. One of his unique wood items is a cup made of reeds he glued in a bundle and turned.
�That�s awesome,� McConnell said.
�Other people might be able to make one but it takes a lot of time,� Wynn said. �I try to mix the authentic with functional art.�
About a block away on Middle Street Nancy McCarty and her husband Mike of Maryland, who were in town visiting relatives, had just finished breakfast at a crowded Baker�s Kitchen and slipped into The Boathouse to do some after Thanksgiving shopping and pick up a pair of earrings their daughter looked at the day before.
�I really don�t like shopping in the big-box stores,� McCarty said. �They are so crowded and loud and stressful. Here it is just relaxing. Everyone is so friendly here. We do our shopping downtown every time we come here. You can walk everywhere and the weather has been so beautiful. It�s such a pleasant experience.�
Her husband agreed although he said was not an enthusiastic shopper.
�It�s much better here than in the big stores,� he said.
Kim Glenn, who owns The Boathouse, said the McCartys were typical small businesses customers.
�This is what it is all about,� she said. �All day long people come in and they talk and enjoy themselves. People are just happy when they are down here, laughing and enjoying life.�
Glenn said she attributes that to the friendly atmosphere and the charm of New Bern�s downtown small businesses.
�It�s a little slice of heaven,� she said.
Charles Roberts, manager at Surf, Wind and Fire a few shops away, said it was a busy weekend. The shop was crowded before noon.
�There is definitely an energy in the small businesses that you don�t get in the larger stores,� he said. �The smaller businesses seem more authentic. This being a small town, it just clicks.�
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Things You Didn't Know About 'The Day the Music Died.'
February 3, 1959, is forever known as 'The Day the Music Died,' when an airplane carrying rock legends Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson crashed in a field in Fargo, North Dakota. There are some facts you may not know about that horrible event.
10. Haunted For the Rest of His Life
Waylon Jennings had originally intended to be on the plane that evening, but he gave up his seat to an ailing Big Bopper. Holly and Jennings joked around before take-off, with Jennings jesting that he hoped the plane crashed. That remark would haunt Jennings for the rest of his life, causing him to feel responsible for the accident.
9. Buddy Holly's Band Was The Only Backup
The 'Winter Party Tour' organizers were either so cheap or so ignorant; they only had one backing band for all acts to use. The group belonged to Buddy Holly, all of whom were recent arrivals after his acrimonious split with The Crickets in 1958.
8. Poor Pilot Training
The pilot that evening was Roger Peterson, a 21-year-old ill-prepared to handle a major flight in poor weather conditions and relying solely on eyesight. Peterson had also failed his instrument tests, especially since he was trained with the improper equipment to begin with.
7. Where The Plane Went Down
The plane crashed just six miles away from the airport in Mason City where they took off. Authorities took off from Mason City, flying the intended route on the way to Fargo, and located the plane near Clear Lake, Iowa.
6. Poor Planning plagued the Tour
It's widely recognized that the 'Winter Party Tour' was poorly planned. Distances between tour stops were not taken into account, making for uneven travel time. The tour bus supplied wasn't built for lengthy touring in cold weather, either. Tour stops were also added at the last minute, including the one they had just finished playing that fateful evening on Feb. 2, 1959.
5. Sometimes It Pays To Be Cheap
Legendary teen rocker Dion DiMucci was offered a seat on the plane, but he balked at the fee everyone boarding had to pay. Just imagine if Dion had decided to spend the money. His biggest hits were still ahead of him.
4. The Flu
J.P. Richardson, better known as 'The Big Bopper,' landed a seat on the ill-fated plane due to suffering from the flu. In fact, the flu had spread throughout the entire touring band, perhaps clouding better judgment as a result.
3. Inspiration For Later Music
Eddie Cochran was the first music star to record a tribute song about 'The Day the Music Died,' with the song 'Three Stars.' It wasn't released until 1972, 13 years after Cochran's death in a car accident. More famously, Don McLean scored a No. 1 smash hit with his epic 1972 song 'American Pie.' Ironically, both songs were released by United Artists Records mere months apart.
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Ritchie Valens and Holly band member Tommy Allsup tossed a coin to determine who would get the last seat on the plane. Valens may have won the coin toss, but ended up losing big time in the end.
1. 'Twas Laundry That Killed The Music
Contrary to popular belief, Buddy Holly's tour bus had not broken down at the last minute, although it was ill-equipped to handle the wintery weather. Holly had decided that he could do his laundry and relax if he were to charter a plane since it would depart later, yet reach the next destination sooner. It turned out to be a fatal mistake.


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Rachel Brown fired a three-hit shutout against Texas Tech Saturday (Photo Credit: Richard Mcenery Photography).
SEATTLE, Wash. – For the second time in as many games, the Harvard softball team staved off elimination and defeated a higher-seeded team, blanking No. 23 Texas Tech, 2-0, behind a three-hit shutout from Rachel Brown Saturday in the NCAA Seattle Regional. The Crimson earned a berth in the Regional Final for the first in program history, as it will square off against tournament host No. 16 Washington Sunday at 1 p.m., at Husky Softball Stadium.
Ashley Heritage dropped a perfect bunt down to lead off the bottom of the fourth, getting the ball to come to rest right on the third base line. Kasey Lange connected with the very next pitch, lacing a single to center to give Harvard runners at first and second with no outs. A Stephanie Regan groundout moved the runners to second and third and rookie Katherine Lantz executed a suicide squeeze to perfection, allowing the speedy Heritage to race home from third with the game's first run. Allison Scott followed with a long sacrifice fly to deep right, bringing home Lange to put Harvard up 2-0 after four full frames.
Rachel Brown showed that she truly has a rubber arm, pitching as effectively as she had all season through the Texas Tech lineup. The senior was perfect in the fifth and sixth innings, collecting a pair of strikeouts in those frames and bringing the Crimson to within three outs of the victory.
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Walking and eating are only two of my many obsessions, though they're probably the most harmless. Thanks to street food and the occasional bit of foraging, they can sometimes be combined.
On the Frieze blog last week Erik Morse was interviewing Danish chef René Redzepi whose Copenhagen restaurant noma regularly tops those "best restaurant in the world" listings. I know Erik a little and he's a good man, and we've had some stimulating conversations, but I'm glad he's never formally interviewed me, because he has a tendency to ask an opening question of such devastating complexity and high-mindedness (I mean that as a compliment) that I'm sure my mind would go completely blank. His first question to Redzepi is below.
Erik Morse: Let us begin with one of the most essential, though largely ignored, prerequisites for the experience of food – namely, walking, both as the cartographic source for and biological reason for eating. I am reminded of the Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, who was known to walk extensively through Copenhagen on a daily basis while sampling the city's pastries. The history of philosophy and the history of cooking once shared an intimate connection with the activity of walking. That said, why is the idea of walking and foraging such an important component for noma?
René Redzepi: Foraging is important to us for many reasons, although I must say that it doesn't sum up what noma is …
If you're walking in the city and suddenly find yourself in need of food it isn't usually much of a problem – if you can't find a pastry you, at least you can buy a chocolate bar or a piece of fruit, and chances are you'll be able to find somewhere to sit down and eat if that's what you want. I always enjoy Iain Sinclair's descriptions of the greasy spoon breakfasts he has before setting off on his heroic psychogeographic expeditions. In fact I'm sure I enjoy the descriptions more than I'd ever enjoy the breakfasts.
Out of town you make sure you've got something to eat in your backpack, maybe some landjäge – aka "German walking sausage" - but even so it's always great to come across something growing that you can eat. Finding a blackberry bush when out walking always takes me back to walking with my dad when I was a kid. There used to be a vast field of nettles in the meadow behind the house where I lived in Suffolk, and I always imagined I'd go out there and collect some and make nettle soup, but by the time I'd walked into the meadow I was so thoroughly nettled my mind was rather poisoned against the idea of eating the damn things. My adventures in Essex at the end of last year, finding oysters while walking on the beach, is about as good as foraging ever gets for me, though I'm sure that by René Redzepi's standards this would be puny stuff. By Richard Mabey's standards too.
Mabey's book Food for Free, was first published in 1972, and it was still selling when I was a bookseller more than a decade later, (so this foraging notion is some way from being a new-fangled idea). A new edition is scheduled for this year. I suspect that over the years far more people have bought the book than have ever gone out foraging, but the notion obviously has broad appeal. In 1973 Mabey published The Unofficial Countryside, a book that's become a crucial text for a certain kind of British edgeland enthusiast. Iain Sinclair writes, "Mabey, like a covert infiltrator, makes an engaged pass at the ugly bits, the dirty folds in the map." I find myself wondering if there's any such thing as a non-covert infiltrator, but let's not carp.
The walking-eating connection has been much on my mind lately because I've been reading a new book, A Man In A Hurry: the extraordinary life and times of Edward Payson Weston, the world's greatest walker, which was sent to me by Helen Harris, one of its authors, along with Nick Harris and Paul Marshall.
I came across Weston while researching The Lost Art of Walking, and he did seem an amazing character, one of those late 19th early 20th century professional, competitive walkers, who walked the length and breadth of America, and occasionally England, entering races that could be hundreds of miles long, often cheered by vast crowds that Lady Gaga would envy. Between 1865 and 1879 he walked 53,000 miles, and he kept on walking one way or another until his death in 1929. I only knew what I'd pieced together from various sources: this, as far as I know, is the first-book length study.
It tells us that when Weston was undertaking a seriously long race, he'd use the first 24 hours to "break the neck" of the walk, hoping to cover 112 miles in that time. But to accomplish this he'd eat nothing solid, getting by on beef tea, prune tea, coffee, egg yolks, gruel and blancmange. Once the hard work was done he'd eat a more conventional diet, though one that modern athletes (and walkers) would find pretty heavy - cold beef, mutton chops, potatoes, oranges, lemons, grapes bread and butter and Peek Frean milk biscuits.
Biscuits aside, it seems that Weston also got plenty of energy from chewing coca leaves, which was perfectly legal at the time, and the effects of cocaine were little understood. But "stimulants" were a mixed blessing for the walker. In 1885 he competed against Daniel O'Leary – "2,500 miles a day (but not Sunday) in numerous locations until the distance was done." By the 44th day they'd both walked more than 2000 miles, but O'Leary was in bad shape, yelling at Weston and pushing him off the track. Next they were headed for Chicago, but O'Leary didn't show up and Weston was declared the winner, though he did carry on to complete the full mileage.
Weston said to a reporter, "You see, about a week before we finished the contest, Dan commenced to take stimulants pretty freely. I don't mean that he went on a spree. But the fact is that he was so exhausted that whisky was the only thing which could keep hi up. Food had no effect on him … It will be a long time before he will be able to do much walking."


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There is truth in the cliché "good is the enemy of great." When it comes to paid search, it could also be said that "ongoing optimization is the enemy of an optimal account." This isn't to say ongoing optimization in itself is a problem. But there is a trap that many marketers fall into when the siren song of day-to-day optimizations lures them into complacency when the account is meeting budget and revenue goals.
It doesn't help that often a search account that's viewed as "successful" is allowed to lay fallow, with little if any changes made to it. However, this approach can leave opportunity and money on the table. With a little time and effort it's amazing how many opportunities can be uncovered through a close evaluation of your account by looking in the following areas:
Overall Performance and Trends
When reviewing overall performance trends, it's important to look beyond ROI to unearth intelligent market-level data you can use to positively affect your campaigns.
Charting impression-level data to the rise and fall of CPCs will provide information on the competitive volume, share of voice, brand resonance and overall market demand. Overall performance data can also be used to weed out bad assets, non-performing domains and identify click fraud to ensure budget is allocated as efficiently as possible.
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What your account did for you yesterday might not be what you need tomorrow. You should evaluate the account structure to ensure that it is current with your objectives and goals.
Your account's structure should be as flexible as your goals are adjustable and the marketplace is volatile. The ease of reporting properly, managing efficiently, and dividing responsibilities amongst a team is dependent on the basic structure of your account and its every imperfection will be reflected and amplified throughout the entire management process.
Keyword Evaluation
This is an area where the need to pay so much attention to the trees can easily make one lose sight of the forest. Frequently de-duping your account and performing a match-type gap analysis will ensure that all the fine-detail work your team is performing also results in a big-picture view that stays profitably symmetrical.
Active policing of negatives beyond a standard brand-defense list is critical. A negative/positive keyword conflict report can show you where your account literally can't decide what to do. A look into the long tail of your negative list can reveal areas where the weeding-out of bad traffic may now be blocking some potentially profitable traffic.
Keyword harvesting also warrants a larger-scale and more thorough examination at times. Throw a wider net to see what keywords may be consistently just barely missing your top keywords report and thereby receiving disproportionately less attention than they merit. And of course, don't forget to consider examining keyword expansions made necessary by changing offerings and the shifting landscape of the market.
Effective Ad Review
While the need for creative testing means that creative is often reviewed holistically more often than keyword build, it's still common to find creative elements of an account in need of attention.
While sitelinks can be extremely beneficial, they sometimes outlive their relevance before the text ads they sit beneath. As the website structure and verbiage change, so should your sitelinks. If your sitelink strategy is older than your latest substantial website update, then the two are probably a poor match.
Step back and take a strategic look at the broader underlying assumptions that drive your creative testing tactics. Maybe a creative element struck from the testing battery is worth re-examining. If you have been successfully implementing a promotional calendar, consider if any changes to that implementation should be made; is there data supporting a longer or shorter flight period for limited time engagements?
Landing Page Analysis
Because much of a landing page's quality depends on goals that are often managed by multiple teams, this is an area where it can be harder to implement substantial changes. However, any audit that does not pay close attention to landing pages will fail to address potential gains in quality score and conversion rate, metrics that you can't overlook.
A report on conversion rate and quality score by landing page can quickly identify pages that are performing poorly for every keyword and creative asset pointed at them. Grabbing these same metrics at the ad group level provides an instant problem list.
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To be honest – these tactics only scratch the surface on what you can do to really kick your account into high gear. I hope to go into further details on some of these topics in future columns, but in the meantime don't fall into the complacency of ongoing optimization with your search accounts. Step back and see how you can take something good to something great.
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The Elder Scrolls series represents nearly twenty years of RPG excellence and is one of the most beloved and loyalty-inspiring franchises in RPG history. As dedicated defenders of the fantasy empire of Tamriel, we've lived through some crazy things: the abduction of our emperor, an attack by a malevolent deity, the search for a lost heir to the throne, and a flood of bad-mannered Daedra, to name but a few. Life in the real world just can't compare to the excitement of life in the kingdom of Tamriel, and so for fans of the series it's been a long four years waiting to return to it. This week's confirmation of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim shines a light at the end of a long Elder Scrolls-less tunnel, and the new teaser trailer released this week offers us a glimpse of what's in store for us come next holiday season.
The trailer starts and a flickering fire illuminates a series of Geiger-like wall carvings of foot soldiers and men on horseback—the sons of Skyrim—fighting what look like dragons. A narrator (who if it's not Max von Sydow, I'll eat my hat) reveals in sonorous tones, "We should have acted. They're already here. The Elder Scrolls told of their return. Their defeat was merely a delay till the time after Oblivion opened." The view shifts and a closeup of a scaly eye anticipates the rise of a huge stone dragon that flaps its wings as it comes to life and breathes stony fire onto the men and animals. Things look grim for the residents of Skyrim until the camera pans up the body of an armored man spitting fire who the voice tells is, "the one they (the dragons) fear—the Dovahkiin—the dragon born."
Although Bethesda won't be revealing anything more about the game until early next year, this majestic cinematic suggests a number of directions the fifth Elder Scrolls title could conceivably go. Most obviously, the mention of the Skyrim (as well as the announcement by Bethesda's Todd Howard on last week's VGA Awards) implies that core to the story will be the arctic, viking-like region of the Nords. This rich, mountainous land could provide ample opportunities for amazing adventuring as well as the possibility of throwing back a few tankards of Nordic Whiskey at a local tavern. We might find ourselves employed by Jsashe, the Witch Queen of Whiterun, or the nobility of the rival cities of Solitude and Winterhold. We might be advancing our studies among scholars at the Ysmir Collective or be called upon by settlements to fend off marauding frost trolls. And that's just what we might be doing in our off time. As far as the main storyline goes, if the trailer is any indication, it looks like the Oblivion Crisis may not be as over as we'd hoped it to be.
Regardless of what happens in the story though, what it seems we can expect from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are better graphics (fingers crossed for better looking character models!) as Bethesda's indicated that we'll see an upgrade from the company's Gamebroy engine, the engine used previously for both Oblivion and Fallout 3. Community manager Nick Breckton recently supported that assertion on Twitter by briefly mentioning a complete technical overhaul."It's a new graphics/gameplay engine built internally. We'll have more details down the road." Todd Howard, Game Director of Skyrim added to that in the company's official press release saying, "It's exciting finally to announce the game. We've been working for many years on Skyrim and the technology behind it. A new Elder Scrolls game has been a long time coming, and we can't wait to show it off."
In addition to better graphics, it's probably safe to assume that we'll still enjoy the open-ended gameplay so characteristic of the series, and we're hopeful that the development team will continue its efforts to streamline the game's skills and attributes system as well as improve character development. A little extra hot key love added to the slot-limited and occasionally awkward combat mechanics wouldn't hurt either. Whatever happens, we'll be on the edge of our seats until next fall, or at least until more information about the game surfaces. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is set for release November 11, 2011 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Neilie Johnson
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The blue-fluorescent DAPI nucleic acid stain preferentially stains dsDNA; it appears to associate with AT clusters in the minor groove.1 Binding of DAPI to dsDNA produces a ~20-fold fluorescence enhancement, apparently due to the displacement of water molecules from both DAPI and the minor groove.2 DAPI also binds RNA, however in a different binding mode—one thought to involve AU-selective intercalation.3 The DAPI/RNA complex exhibits a longer-wavelength fluorescence emission maximum than the DAPI/dsDNA complex (~500 nm versus ~460 nm) and a quantum yield that is only about 20% as high.4
DAPI is a popular nuclear counterstain for use in multicolor fluorescent techniques. Its blue fluorescence stands out in vivid contrast to green, yellow, or red fluorescent probes of other structures. When used according to our protocols, DAPI stains nuclei specifically, with little or no cytoplasmic labeling. Both DAPI and DAPI dilactate work well in these protocols. The DAPI dilactate form may be somewhat more water soluble. The counterstaining protocols are compatible with a wide range of cytological labeling techniques—direct or indirect antibody-based detection methods, mRNA in situ hybridization, or staining with fluorescent reagents specific for cellular structures. DAPI can also serve to fluorescently label cells for analysis in multicolor flow cytometry experiments. The following protocols can be modified for tissue staining or for staining unfixed cells or tissues.
Fluorescence spectral characteristics
The excitation maximum for DAPI bound to dsDNA is 358 nm, and the emission maximum is 461 nm. DAPI can be excited with a xenon or mercury-arc lamp or with a UV laser. DAPI may be used in flow cytometry systems utilizing UV excitation sources.
Choose one of the following forms of DAPI:
- DAPI dihydrochloride (MW = 350.3)
- DAPI dihydrochloride, Invitrogen FluoroPure grade (=98% pure)
- DAPI dilactate (MW = 457.5)
The following materials will be needed for the different applications:
For fluorescence microscopy
- Phosphate-buffered Saline (PBS)
- Optional: antifade reagent (ex. Invitrogen ProLong Gold or SlowFade Gold reagent)
For flow cytometry
- Absolute ethanol
- Staining buffer (100 mM Tris, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM CaCl2, 0.5 mM MgCl2, 0.1% Nonidet P-40). A 1 mL volume will be required for each cell sample.
For chromosome FISH staining
- dH2O
- Wax or nail polish
- Optional: antifade reagent (ex. ProLong Gold or SlowFade Gold reagent)
Preparing the DAPI stock solution
To make a 5 mg/mL DAPI stock solution (14.3 mM for the dihydrochloride or 10.9 mM for the dilactate), dissolve the contents of one vial (10 mg) in 2 mL of deionized water (dH2O) or dimethylformamide (DMF). The less water-soluble DAPI dihydrochloride may take some time to completely dissolve in water and sonication may be necessary.
Note: Neither of these DAPI derivatives is very soluble in PBS.
Storage and handling
For long-term storage the stock solution can be aliquoted and stored at =–20°C. For short-term storage the solution can be kept at 2–6°C, protected from light. When handled properly, DAPI solutions are stable for at least six months.
Caution: DAPI is a known mutagen and should be handled with care. The dye must be disposed of safely and in accordance with applicable local regulations.
Sample preparation
Use the fixation protocol appropriate for your sample. DAPI staining is normally performed after all other staining. Note that fixation and permeabilization of the sample are not necessary for counterstaining with DAPI.
Counterstaining protocol
- Equilibrate the sample briefly with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS).
- Dilute the DAPI stock solution to 300 nM in PBS. Add approximately 300 µL of this dilute DAPI staining solution to the coverslip preparation, making certain that the cells are completely covered.
- Incubate for 1–5 minutes.
- Rinse the sample several times in PBS. Drain excess buffer from the coverslip and mount. We recommend using a mounting medium with an antifade reagent such as our SlowFade Gold antifade reagent or ProLong Gold antifade reagent.
- View the sample using a fluorescence microscope with appropriate filters.
Sample preparation
Use the fixation protocol appropriate for your sample, or use the following protocol:
- Collect a cell suspension of 2 × 105 to 1 × 106 cells.
- Pellet the cells by centrifugation and discard the supernatant.
- Tap the tube to resuspend the pellet in the residual liquid and add 1 mL of PBS at room temperature.
- Transfer the full volume of resuspended cells to 4 mL of absolute ethanol at –20°C by pipetting the cell suspension slowly into the ethanol while vortexing at top speed. Leave the cells in ethanol at –20°C for 5–15 minutes.
- Pellet the cells by centrifugation and discard the ethanol.
- Tap the tube to loosen the pellet and add 5 mL of PBS at room temperature. Allow the cells to rehydrate for 15 minutes.
Counterstaining protocol
- Dilute the DAPI stock solution to 3 µM in staining buffer (100 mM Tris, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM CaCl2, 0.5 mM MgCl2, 0.1% Nonidet P-40). A 1 mL volume will be required for each cell sample.
- Centrifuge the cell suspension (from step 2.6) and discard the supernatant. Tap to loosen the pellet and add 1 mL of DAPI diluted in staining buffer.
- Incubate for 15 minutes at room temperature.
- Analyze by flow cytometry in the presence of the dye. If the cells are to be viewed by fluorescence microscopy, centrifuge the sample, remove the supernatant and resuspend cells in fresh buffer. Apply a drop of the suspension to a microscope slide, cover with a coverslip and view.
Sample preparation
Prepare the specimen according to standard procedures.5,6 Briefly rinse the final preparations in dH2O before counterstaining to remove residual buffer salts from the slide. This final rinse will help reduce nonspecific background staining on the glass. Allow the preparation to air dry.
Counterstaining protocol
- Dilute the DAPI stock solution to 30 nM in PBS. Pipet 300 µL of this staining solution directly onto the specimen. A plastic coverslip can be used to distribute the dye evenly on the slide.
- Incubate the specimen in the dark for 30 minutes at room temperature.
- Carefully remove the coverslip and rinse the specimen briefly with PBS or dH2O to remove unbound dye.
- Remove excess liquid from the slide by gently blotting around the sample with an absorbent tissue.
- Place a glass coverslip on the slide and seal the edges with wax or nail polish. Alternatively, the preparation can be mounted in an antifade reagent according to the manufacturer's directions.
- View the sample using a fluorescence microscope with appropriate filters.
- Kubista M, Akerman B, Nordén B (1987) Biochemistry 26:4545–53.
- Barcellona ML, Cardiel G, Gratton E (1990) Biochem Biophys Res Commun 170:270–80.
- Tanious FA, Veal JM, Buczak H, et al. (1992) Biochemistry 31:3103–12.
- Kapuscinski J (1990) J Histochem Cytochem 38:1323–29.
- Uhl GR (1989) Methods Enzymol 168:741–52.
- Pardue, ML (1985) In Nucleic Acid Hybridization, A Practical Approach, BD Hames and SJ Higgins, Eds., IRL Press, Oxford, England.
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Article Summary: This article explains how to configure multiple interfaces at the same time.
Run the following commands to enter a range of interfaces.
For consecutive ports, the following example uses Gigabit Ethernet ports 1-5 on Unit 1
console(config)#interface range gi1/0/1-5
For non-consecutive ports, the following example uses Gigabit Ethernet ports 48 on Unit 1 and 2
console(config)#interface range gi1/0/48,gi2/0/48
Below is an example to configure the consecutive ports 1 through 5, as well as 8 and 9.
console(config)#interface range gi1/0/1-5,gi1/0/8,gi1/0/9
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NRA: We didn't get a chance to oppose N.Y. law
ALBANY, N.Y. The National Rifle Association said the secretive negotiations and lightning-fast passage of New York's tough new gun control laws squelched the powerful gun lobby's ability to mount opposition.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he had to engineer quick enactment to prevent a counterproductive buying spree of now-outlawed guns.
The legislation was negotiated over the weekend, introduced on the first day of the 2013 legislative session and signed into law the next day.}
The NRA, which has thwarted such restrictions nationwide, had members working the phones but didn't have enough time to coordinate a public rally. The gun-rights group and some New York lawmakers say the rushed legislation also undermined public input and meaningful debate.
"They did slide this through in the middle of the night," said Tom King, president of the New York Rifle & Pistol Association, the state's NRA affiliate. "There was no negotiation with any pro-gun group. Up until 10 o'clock in the evening of the day of the vote, they were telling me there was no agreement."
The group annually sponsors "Sportsmen's Day" where hundreds of hunters and other gun owners crowd statehouse hallways to urge their legislators to support gun rights. There was no chance to mount a similar event this week, since it would require a designated Capitol space, permits, legislative sponsorship and arranging for buses and city parking fees, King said.
"It takes longer than two days to do that," he said.
King said his group asked members to call legislators ahead of the legislative session when they knew it would be coming up as an issue.
"We urged our members to call rather than email. It's awful easy to delete emails, but you have to answer the phone," King said. "That's something we do any time there's any kind of threat to Second Amendment rights."
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Cuomo and legislative leaders negotiated the bill's language behind closed doors, a regular occurrence in Albany. The bill was introduced on Monday evening, passed the Senate on Monday night and approved by the Assembly on Tuesday. Cuomo, who issued a special waiver to avoid the usual three-day window for lawmakers and the public to review bills, signed it into law late Tuesday afternoon.
Cuomo said in a radio interview Thursday that the one-day buying spree at gun stores would have turned into three if he hadn't asked lawmakers to shortcut the usual waiting period for acting on new legislation.
He said polling shows most New Yorkers favor tighter gun restrictions. A Siena College poll released Thursday showed 73 percent of the state's voters want the toughest assault weapon and magazine restrictions in the U.S.
The new law reduces the maximum legal magazine size from 10 bullets to seven. It redefines assault weapons to include semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines that have one military-style feature such as a pistol grip, flash suppressor or bayonet mount, instead of two. Owners of an estimated 1 million formerly legal guns can keep them but are required to register them with state police within a year.
The legislation was not a complete surprise to New York's estimated 4.75 million gun owners. Cuomo had promised tighter gun laws following the December slayings of 20 children and six educators at a Connecticut elementary school. Authorities said the gunman used a military-style semiautomatic rifle and 30-round magazines.
Cuomo said Thursday that gun control is a 30-year-old debate, and many bills were introduced previously. Legislators haven't wanted to offend some people on an issue they feel passionate about, and the Newtown, Conn., shootings were a catalyst.
"Reforms often come from incidents that occur. That's in history," Cuomo said. "The public is living their lives, then there's an incident. They focus. They have an opinion, and the politicians often follow the people."
The legislation passed New York's Senate 43-18, with opposition votes coming from Republicans across the upstate region. The bill passed the heavily Democratic Assembly 104-43.
Lawmakers from New York City, which has even tighter gun restrictions, and from its Long Island suburbs nearly all voted for it, including 10 Republican senators who joined 32 Democrats to pass the bill. An 11th Republican, Mark Grisanti from Buffalo, also voted for it.
Freshman Assemblyman Kieran Lalor, a Hudson Valley Republican who voted against the bill, said his office heard from maybe 300 constituents within a day after the law was signed, with only two in favor.
"I'm surprised that it is so overwhelmingly opposed," said Lalor, an attorney and ex-Marine, acknowledging his largely suburban and rural district is probably politically center-right.
He said he barely had time to read the 40-page legislation twice before voting, adding there was no time to absorb all its provisions and that some, like registering 1 million formerly legal guns, may prove unworkable.
The NRA warned it would "speak frankly" about the legislators who voted for the bill. King said Thursday that they'll be looking at legislators' votes as they prepare for the 2014 state elections, but it's too early to make a decision about that and there's still a long legislative session to go.


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Thom Tillis wins GOP Senate primary in North Carolina
WASHINGTON — Thom Tillis won the GOP Senate nomination in North Carolina on Tuesday, delivering a big win to establishment Republicans over Tea Party insurgents.
Tillis, speaker of the North Carolina House, easily got over the 40% threshold needed to avoid a runoff in the closely watched Senate primary. His nomination sets up a fall matchup against Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, in one of the races that could decide which party controls the Senate.
Republicans need a net gain of six Senate seats to oust Democrats from power.
"I want to go to Washington and clean up Kay Hagan's mess," Tillis told his enthusiastic supporters in Charlotte.
"If we want to change the mess of Obamacare, we have to change our senator," he said. "If we want to end the government's overreach, we have to change our senator."
Hagan, who easily was renominated for a second term, said her battle with Tillis would come down to who could best help the middle class.
"This election is a simple choice between two very different records," she said in a statement. "Thom Tillis has spent his time in Raleigh pushing a special-interest agenda that has rigged the system against middle-class families ... This is not an agenda that works for working families, and his priorities are out of sync with our common-sense North Carolina values."
The North Carolina Senate race was the first primary contest pitting the Tea Party and grass-roots conservatives vs. mainstream Republicans. The skirmishes will continue in coming weeks as Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho and Mississippi voters go to the polls to pick Republican nominees for Congress.
Going into Tuesday's primary, all eyes were on Tillis, obstetrician Greg Brannon and Baptist minister Mark Harris. Brannon had the support of Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, a Kentucky senator who is considering a 2016 presidential bid. Harris was backed by former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, a favorite of religious conservatives.
Brannon was coming in second to Tillis in the eight-person GOP field as results were being reported by the Associated Press. After Tillis was declared the winner, Paul pledged his support to the nominee on Facebook and wrote that it was "time for our side to unite" to defeat Hagan.
Tillis had the support of such big-name Republicans as Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush, and was aided by groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Crossroads, the super PAC co-founded by GOP strategist Karl Rove.
A runoff would have been a "scary scenario" for Tillis, said Kenneth Fernandez, an assistant professor of political science and director of the Elon University Poll. Fernandez said another round of voting would have forced Tillis to spend more money during the summer, when little attention is being paid to politics.
Republicans and their big-spending allies hope to avoid a repeat of 2012 when missteps by GOP candidates caused them to lose winnable races in Missouri and Indiana that prevented the party from winning the Senate majority.
"Tillis is the candidate best positioned to defeat Sen. Hagan in November, and he provides a clear contrast on issues important to our members," said Rob Engstrom, national political director for the U.S. Chamber. "We welcome that debate" over who can best promote economic growth in the state.
Steven Law, president and CEO of American Crossroads, called Tillis a "proven conservative" who can defeat Hagan. "We intend to hold her accountable for the mess she and Obama have made for North Carolina families in Washington," he said.
Before the primary, Hagan's campaign sent a mailer ahead that said Tillis once called Obamacare a "great idea," which was clearly intended to rankle conservatives.
That snippet is from a radio interview in February in which Tillis discussed ways to repeal the Affordable Care Act. PolitiFact noted that Tillis' full quote was: "The majority of the stuff that is in Obamacare is bad, because it's not fiscally sustainable. It's a great idea that can't be paid for."
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Tigers expecting big things from Rondon's big arm
DETROIT -- Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski spent most of the Winter Meetings reinforcing the belief that Bruce Rondon could handle the pressure of becoming the centerpiece in Detroit's bullpen.
"People forget, in 2006, we had a couple guys by the names of Justin Verlander and Joel Zumaya that played pretty important roles, and Curtis Granderson came in, too. Well, they did all right," Dombrowski said, defending the willingness to put an unproven reliever in a major role. "[Rondon] is that type of talent."
DETROIT -- Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski spent most of the Winter Meetings reinforcing the belief that Bruce Rondon could handle the pressure of becoming the centerpiece in Detroit's bullpen.
"People forget, in 2006, we had a couple guys by the names of Justin Verlander and Joel Zumaya that played pretty important roles, and Curtis Granderson came in, too. Well, they did all right," Dombrowski said, defending the willingness to put an unproven reliever in a major role. "[Rondon] is that type of talent."
That quote actually came from last year's Winter Meetings. The year has changed, and so has the inning the Tigers want Rondon to pitch, but the belief in him has not.
"I think the person we're really looking to step up for us once again -- and we really think he's capable -- is Bruce Rondon," Dombrowski said earlier this month, leading into last week's Winter Meetings. "He's healthy. He's feeling good. We look at him being a potential eighth-inning guy, and the rest of the bullpen falling into place after that."
If there's a similarity in the Tigers' approach at last year's Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn., and last week's meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., it's the eagerness to plug Rondon into a late-inning role previously held by a veteran. Last season, Rondon was the leading candidate to succeed Jose Valverde at closer. This time, he'll go into Spring Training as Detroit's top setup man, the job Joaquin Benoit filled effectively for the better part of three years before Benoit took over at closer last summer.
Once again, Rondon will have a veteran reliever to mentor him, with new closer Joe Nathan on board. However, there are two major differences: This year, they've seen what Rondon can do in big situations in the big leagues, and Rondon has gained the confidence of getting big league hitters out in big situations.
The confidence in Rondon can best be seen in the Tigers' moves this offseason. Instead of looking for a proven setup man to take over the eighth inning, as had been expected, Detroit signed onto Joba Chamberlain's attempt to regain his form that once made him an intimidating setup man. They didn't sign Chamberlain to supplant Rondon, however, only to back him up.
If Rondon is healthy, team officials say, they expect him to handle eighth-inning leads and carry them to Nathan. Chamberlain is essentially the insurance policy -- albeit a pricey one at $2.5 million -- if Rondon has any lingering effects from the elbow soreness that kept him out of the stretch run this past season.
"In Bruce's case, we continue to think that he has setup abilities," Dombrowski said. "We think he's going to be healthy for the year, but we also think the depth is important, and we think we have a guy in Joba who's capable of doing that."
Rondon had five holds and a save in seven opportunities after returning from Triple-A Toledo near the end of June to fill a setup role. The one chance he blew came in one of his better outings of the year, throwing two perfect innings with three strikeouts at Cleveland on Aug. 7 after entering with the tying run on third and nobody out in the eighth. He couldn't keep the tying run from scoring, but he stranded the go-ahead run, giving Detroit a chance to win in extra innings. He didn't allow a ball hit out of the infield from any of the six batters he faced, three of whom struck out.
Rondon's command, the bugaboo that doomed his chances at winning the closer job last spring, settled down in a setup role over the summer. He walked nine batters over 26 1/3 innings upon his return, throwing strikes at a 64 percent rate while racking up 29 strikeouts.
He pitched in just three September outings thanks to the elbow problem, but his final two outings of the season showed what the Tigers would eventually end up missing. The first came on Labor Day in Boston, where Rondon entered with a 3-0 lead to face the middle of the Red Sox order with one out in the eighth. After striking out Shane Victorino, a Dustin Pedroia double and wild pitch gave Boston a chance at a rally with David Ortiz coming up.
Rondon threw consecutive pitches that lit up the Fenway Park radar gun, the first at 103 mph that Ortiz fouled back, the second at 102 that Ortiz fouled into catcher Alex Avila's mitt for an inning-ending strikeout. It was after that outing when Rondon came down with elbow inflammation.
He returned three weeks later for one more outing, and it was just about as impressive, striking out the middle of the Twins' lineup in order on 10 pitches in the eighth inning to protect a 4-2 lead at Minnesota on Sept. 24. Rondon mixed fastballs and sliders like he was healthy, and he sounded relieved to feel fine afterwards. The next day, however, he felt soreness that essentially ended his season.
When Dombrowski performed the autopsy on the Tigers' postseason run last month, he mentioned Rondon's absence as highly as Miguel Cabrera's lingering groin injury that sapped the American League MVP of much of his power hitting. The Tigers had depth in their remaining middle relief, but not dominance.
Rondon is currently throwing in an offseason program, but isn't yet pitching off a mound, which isn't unusual for this time of year. The Tigers expect him to be fully healthy for Spring Training. If that happens, they expect big outs from him to anchor their bullpen.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.


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Wed, 16 Jul 2008
In April 2008, IUCN presented training for protected area managers and conservationists on Legal Mechanisms for the Establishment and Management of Terrestrial Protected Areas in Fiji.
The workshop was hosted by Birdlife International, with support from the Darwin Initiative. The lead facilitator for the workshop was John Parr, a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.
Pepe Clarke, IUCN Legal Advisor, presented on the following topics:
- the international and national policy context for the establishment and management of protected areas in Fiji; and
- the legal mechanisms currently available for the establishment and management of terrestrial protected areas in Fiji.
Following the workshop, IUCN has been working with its members to promote enhanced national coordination on protected area issues, including the establishment of a national protected areas committee.
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pretty woman dress for the weekend
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