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Found in a soil sample about 3mm long.Found in east of England. Lincolnshire.
This looks to be a tooth attached to a bit of bone. Mammal teeth have long roots which pass into a hole in the bone to fix the tooth, half the length (or more) of the tooth is root. In many fish the root of the tooth meets the bone and doesn't real pass into it. Fish bone also has a different structure on its surface but I cannot see this well enough from the photographs. My suspision is that this is from a fish.

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The Leeds city centre evacuation plan coordinates the actions of emergency responders involved in a major incident or evacuation affecting Leeds city centre.The plan splits the city centre into nineteen named and numbered zones which will be used in the event of an incident to identify and manage zones requiring an evacuation or alternative actions. The plan covers more than evacuation alone. Several elements of the plan are used to communicate advice regarding severe weather, demonstrations and disruption using tools such as Leeds Alert, Twitter and media contacts.To assist city centre businesses and residents in the response to a major incident, Leeds City Council have produced the following:
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My penultimate letter as proud i editor is inspired by a meeting with a good friend who has landed a fabulous new job at Google! The tax thing is for another time; this is about workplace culture.
As we surveyed the bright, buzzy young things (and occasional grey hair) in one of the outstanding restaurants within Google's exciting new offices, it was obvious how proud and energised they were to work there. That might even be about more than free fresh fruit, muesli, a range of breads and coffee – enough for me.
Google's pledge to its own staff is to help them be the best they can be at work by being themselves. It's not just a platitude. Many are hired, via multiple interviews, without actually being asked how they would do the job, it being assumed they can, given they have got that far. Instead, Google works incredibly hard on both finding the right fit with colleagues and tailoring roles around skills. It's beguiling. One can almost ignore the vending machine filled with Google-branded products for cult members – sorry, staff.
Typically, for a journalist whose career has spanned my industry's decline over the past two decades, I've worked in some real s***holes, rats and all. The one time I worked in a truly inspiring space (apart from Manhattan) was a brief foray beyond journalism in the stunning Imagination building. It gave me a buzz every day. Does this matter? Not as much as the work itself, or like-minded colleagues, but environment and culture matter more than many employers believe, and has been largely lost in the attitude shift of so many industries to workers being lucky simply to have a job. True, but it's a fraction of what the relationship could be. Want proof? Google it!


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Classic Eggs Benedict
English muffins | 4 | |
Bacon slices | 8 | |
Eggs | 8 | |
Spinach | 1⁄2 Bunch (50 gm) | |
Parsley sprigs | 1 | |
Clarified butter | 300 Gram | |
Vinegar | 10 Milliliter | |
Egg yolks | 3 | |
Wine | 10 Milliliter | |
Peppercorns | 4 | |
Salt | To Taste |
For the hollandaise sauce heat the vinegar with pepper corns.
Boil till evaporated.
Crush the peppercorns.
Separate the egg yolks from the white.
Keep the white separate.
Stir in egg yolks, pepper corns and lemon juice vigorously in a double boiler over very low heat.
Add clarified butter a little at a time stirring constantly with a whisk until the sauce starts thickening.
When half the butter has been incorporated, add in the wine.
Stir constantly making sure that the sauce doesn't curdle.
Add salt to taste.
For the poached eggs fill water in a sauce pan making sure the water is at least 3 inches deep.
Add 5 ml of vinegar.
Bring to a boil, and simmer.
Slowly break the egg in the water (one can also use poaching rings, available in all super markets.) Cook the eggs for 3 minutes, one at a time.
Remove the eggs from the water with a slotted spoon very gently, as the eggs are quite delicate and can break easily.
Drain off the water.
To Assemble Remove the stalks, clean, wash and shred the spinach.
Toss it in little butter till it wilts.
Add salt and pepper.
Cut each English muffin into half horizontally and toast.
Fry the bacon slices till crisp.
Top muffins with wilted spinach, cooked bacon and a poached egg.
Pour the hollandaise sauce over eggs.
Garnish with a small parsley sprig.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 4009 Calories from Fat 3170
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 360 g553.8%
Saturated Fat 203.9 g1019.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 3065.1 mg1021.7%
Sodium 2290.8 mg95.4%
Total Carbohydrates 127 g42.3%
Dietary Fiber 13.5 g53.9%
Sugars 7.9 g
Protein 86 g171.8%
Vitamin A 147.8% Vitamin C 26%
Calcium 80% Iron 98.4%
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Important: condor security update
Advisory: | RHSA-2012:1169-1 |
Type: | Security Advisory |
Severity: | Important |
Issued on: | 2012-08-14 |
Last updated on: | 2012-08-14 |
Affected Products: | Red Hat Enterprise MRG v2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 6) |
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): |
Updated condor packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.
Condor is a specialized workload management system for compute-intensive
jobs. It provides a job queuing mechanism, scheduling policy, priority
scheme, and resource monitoring and management.
Condor installations that rely solely upon host-based authentication were
vulnerable to an attacker who controls an IP, its reverse-DNS entry and has
knowledge of a target site's security configuration. With this control and
knowledge, the attacker could bypass the target site's host-based
authentication and be authorized to perform privileged actions (i.e.
actions requiring ALLOW_ADMINISTRATOR or ALLOW_WRITE). Condor deployments
using host-based authentication that contain no hostnames (IPs or IP globs
only) or use authentication stronger than host-based are not vulnerable.
Note: Condor will not run jobs as root; therefore, this flaw cannot lead to
a compromise of the root user account.
Red Hat would like to thank Ken Hahn and Dan Bradley for reporting this
All Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.1 users are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Condor must be restarted for the update to take effect.
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
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Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
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Muslims in Mannaar expose systemic inability of SL State in delivering justice to victims
Muslims in Mannaar expose systemic inability of SL State in delivering justice to victims
Civilians cross into Vanni[TamilNet, Tuesday, 14 December 1999, 16:58 GMT]Sri Lankan government officials in Vavuniya said that 350 civilians who were stranded for over a month in Vavuniya after the closure of an access route to the Vanni areas held by the Liberation Tigers, were allowed to cross today. They set off in buses from the Kachcherie this morning to Piramanaalankulam along Vavuniya -Mannar highway to the forward defence lines of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) to be escorted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) through the civilian safety zone at Periyathampanai to Periya Pandivirichchaan where the front lines of the LTTE are situated. |
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96 offices seek to hold Obama Administration accountable for gay discharges
Press release:
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, ninety-six members of Congress sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates requesting all 2009 "don't ask, don't tell" discharge data in an effort to ready their arguments for the impending 2010 debate on the gay ban. The letter was authored by Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA), a member of the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee and was signed by Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA), lead sponsor of the bill to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." Members are requesting up-to-date information on the number of service members discharged in 2009 under the Obama Administration as well as information about their job specialties, years of service and branch in which they served.
This request comes as supporters of repeal in Congress are collecting information to prepare for the upcoming House and Senate debate on repeal in 2010. On December 2nd Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) introduced legislation, which currently has 32 co-sponsors, to allow openly gay service members to testify in upcoming hearings without being discharged under "don't ask, don't tell." Hearings are expected in the Senate in January or February and in the House in March.
Palm Center Director Aaron Belkin stated, "It's clear that some in Washington are looking for ways to avoid discussing DADT in 2010. This letter from 96 Congressional offices keeps the pressure on the White House, Pentagon and Congress by illustrating the costs of discrimination with concrete data."
In 2001, there were 1,273 discharges under "don't ask, don't tell" and in 2008 there were 633, the third lowest number of discharges since the law took effect. The letter from Congressman Moran also requests that the Pentagon provide monthly updates on "don't ask, don't tell" discharges in 2010 to inform debates over repeal in the House and Senate.
The Palm Center is a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since 1998, the Center has been a leader in commissioning and disseminating research in the areas of gender, sexuality, and the military. For more information visit www.palmcenter.ucsb.edu.
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HOD 11.24.12: Mesker Park, Evansville, In. Hole No. 11
Mesker Park in Evansville, Indiana.
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Treating Inflammatory Breast Cancer
To treat inflammatory breast cancer, your doctor will use a combination of strategies, including chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy, and possibly targeted therapies. This combined approach is allowing for better control of IBC than was possible in the past. The biggest difference between treating IBC and other forms of breast cancer is that surgery is not the first treatment.
In this section:
- Before Surgery for Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy
- Surgery for Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- After Surgery for Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Radiation Therapy
- Additional Treatments for Inflammatory Breast Cancer


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Open-Source Software Gains Foothold
7 Aug, 2007 By: Andrew G. Roe,P.E.Users can tailor applications to fit their needs.
The landscape of open-source GIS software has changed significantly in the past couple of years, and the implications of those changes are still unfolding. Recent offerings from big-name players such as Autodesk and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) apparently are lending credibility to open-source efforts worldwide and opening doors for more end users to participate in software development.
In general, software is considered open source if the source code is made available to the general public for modification and/or redistribution. The GIS arena has proven popular for open-source development as public domain data sources have grown and GIS has gained popularity across a wider spectrum of users.
Opening Up
One of the first open-source GIS applications to emerge was Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS), a tool originally developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for military land management and environmental planning. After the Corps stopped development of GRASS, it was picked up by the academic community in the late 1990s and has been enhanced as an open-source application by a variety of developers. It is used in both the private and public sector for data management, image processing, graphics production, spatial modeling, and visualization. More than one million lines of ANSI-C code are fully available for downloading.
MapServer, originally developed by the University of Minnesota in cooperation with NASA and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, also has gained recognition as an open-source application. It is maintained by approximately 20 developers around the world and is used primarily for rendering maps, images, and vector data on the Web.
Autodesk Joins
Autodesk officially entered the open-source scene in 2006, when it released code for its Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise Web-mapping product. The company still maintains a commercial version, which is largely derived from MapGuide Open Source. Both include an interactive viewer that supports feature selection, property inspection, map tips, and other tools.
Robert Bray, a geospatial architect for Autodesk in Calgary, Alberta, said the MapGuide development team initially had reservations about the open-source approach, but is "now very open and positive" about it. "We realized Web mapping had become commoditized," he said. "The real core value is providing solutions on top [of Web mapping]."
In July, Autodesk unveiled Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2008 and Autodesk Topobase 2008. The latter is targeted at utility companies and includes a customized module for the gas industry. It also incorporates the latest Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise and AutoCAD Map 3D capabilities.
Autodesk's entry into the open-source world a few years ago caught many GIS professionals by surprise, given the company's track record of protecting proprietary technology. But the company's participation appears to be beneficial on several fronts. "It provides marketing and legitimacy that wasn't there previously," says Sam Bacharach, executive director for outreach with the Open Geospatial Consortium, a nonprofit organization leading the development of standards for geospatial and location-based services. The combination of open standardized interfaces, open-source software, and public domain data is helping "provide functionality that was previously not available without buying software and data," he said.
Mapping Boulevard Mowing
The City of Nanaimo, British Columbia, has developed two internal applications that work with the MapGuide open-source platform. The city tracks its boulevard mowing activities with an application built in approximately six weeks, according to Jason Birch, senior applications analyst in the city's information technology office. The city did most of the development in-house, assisted by consultant SL-King.
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The City ofNanaimo, British Columbia , developed an application to track boulevard mowing. (Figure courtesy of the City of Nanaimo, B.C.) |
"As we were beta testing [MapGuide OS], we saw a lot of value" in developing custom applications, Birch said. The mowing application allows field inspectors to enter mowing data on a laptop, report on contractor status, synchronize data in the office, and output information in MapGuide's SDF format and others.
The City of Nanaimo, assisted by consultant DM Solutions Group, also developed a cemetery mapping application that allows users to access records of cemetery plots, including location data not readily available in its conventional filing system. "This creates much more insight into the cemetery database," Birch said. The application is presently available only to city staff, but will be launched as a Web application later this year, he said.
MapGuide can be deployed on Linux or Windows and is accessible to developers working in PHP, .NET, Java, and JavaScript environments, with core development done in C++, according to Bray. One of the key attractions to developers is the ability to use FDO (feature data object) technology to manipulate and analyze geospatial information regardless of where it is stored.
Other Players
NASA has been participating in open-source GIS software for several years and recently announced plans to release a Java-based version of its World Wind application. World Wind users can access satellite imagery and elevation data to display 3D images virtually anywhere on Earth. World Wind development can also be done in .NET.
NASA's World Wind displays 3D images by combining satellite imagery with topographic data. (Figure courtesy of NASA.) |
MetaCarta, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based provider of GIS solutions, recently released an open-source version of OpenLayers, which allows users to place a dynamic map in any Web page, displaying map tiles and markers loaded from a variety of sources. MetaCarta developed the initial version of OpenLayers and gave it to the public to further its development. The company also introduced an open-source add-on called TileCache, which accelerates the serving of tiled maps on the Web.
Industry analysts foresee continuing evolution and maturation of open-source GIS software over the next few years, with development efforts mirroring larger GIS trends. "The big green fields are in telematics and tracking of all sorts, whether it be cars or cell phones or wild animals," said Paul Ramsey, director of Refractions Research, a GIS consulting firm based in Victoria, British Columbia. Wherever the demand for spatial data grows, open-source technology will likely play a part in the dissemination of the data.
AutoCAD Tips!
In her easy-to-follow, friendly style, long-time Cadalyst contributing editor and Autodesk Technical Evangelist Lynn Allen guides you through a new feature or time-saving trick in every episode of her popular AutoCAD video tips. Subscribe to the free Cadalyst Video Picks newsletter and we'll notify you every time a new video tip is published. All exclusively from Cadalyst! |


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Jabba's Palace R2 Unit
The first new droid we see is in episode 304: Sphere of Influence. In the main hall of Jabba's Palace on Tatooine, we briefly glimpse a cool looking R2 unit in the background. It could belong to Jabba, but it could also belong to a bounty hunter or emissary just visiting. Either way, it's a cool new design and not a rehash, which is a good thing. The body looks like it's brown color with white panels and outlines, and its dome is white with black panels and a goldish brown stripe.
Coruscant Astrodroids!
In Clone Wars episode 308: Evil Plans, we are taken on a innocent seeming mission with R2-D2 and C-3PO that takes a dangerous turn with the reemergence of Cad Bane!
In the most memorable sequence of the episode, we follow R2-D2 through the streets of Coruscant into a Droid spa, and see all of the fascinating droids therein!
The first droid we see is very similar to one previously seen during Season 2 cruising the halls of the Jedi Temple.
Next we see an orange R2 unit very similar to one used by Shadow Squadron during the Malevolence Trilogy in the first season both inside and outside the spa.
Lastly, we see an all new droid, an R4 type droid whose dome is colored in two tones of dark grays, with a red band around the bottom. Pretty neat, really. We see it on both the streets of Coruscant, as well as in the spa. Look closely at the image of him on the carousel in the spa, and you can make out a second unit with this coloration on the opposite side from him.
Saesee Tinn's Astromech Droid, R3-D5!!!!!
Episode 320, Citadel Rescue, briefly features three different Jedi Starfighters. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get an angle or image size good enough to post. An intrepid fan, however, did find a large image of Jedi Master Tinn and his astrodroid in their fighter from the episode over at starwars.com. Thank you, Rev! R3-D5 was finally given his name in a 2012 Lego set which also revealed that the other Jedi Fighter in the episode was piloted by Even Piell. Unfortunately, no further info was given about Master Piell's astromech.
As this is the place for official "George Lucas approved" astrodroids, and that there are few places more official than starwars.com, here are your Clone Wars Season 3 online comic astrodroids!
Our first comic astrodroid is an all-white Republic R2 unit with yellow paneling. A very clean look, and what I imagine Dorovia Bold's! droid looked like in Return of the Jedi.
Here is a fine blue domed R2 unit with pink panels in an unknown Jedi's fighter. Looks like the blue is very similar to Mace Windu's R8-B7, but with the new flashy highlights.
Barriss Offee's Astromech!
UPDATE! This sequence finally appeared in episode 407: Darkness over Umbara. It shows what appears to be Barriss Offee(!) in a stylish blue fighter, accompanied by her astromech droid, which has a blue dome with pink panels. I think a figure of this droid would look *awesome*. I am really liking two-color domes like this one and Mace Windu's. Thanks to the couple people who wrote in about it, and Daniel in particular who identified the Jedi as Bariss Ofee. Also Note that Barriss's wingman over Umbara is none other than Ahsoka Tano and R7-A7.
Republic Astrodroids
In CW ep. 405, Mercy Mission, during the preparation to launch the mission at the beginning of the ep. we see three different astromech droids. One is an R2-type droid in a Y-Wing and has what looks like pinkish dome panels, one has a green body and green dome panels, and one is an R4 droid with a familiar looking yellow pattern. Good stuff.
In CW ep. 406, we see the same yellow R4 unit briefly again as R2-D2 and C-3PO flee into the hangar bay.
In episode cw406, Nomad Droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 are seen commandeering a (green!) Y-Wing to escape a doomed Republic Cruiser. In their rush to escape, R2-D2 knocks this astrodroid out of position to board the same ship in the Cruiser's hangar, and probably to his certain doom.
And of course you noticed that R5 here has an "R4" type dome, or you wouldn't be reading this! Yet another blow to one of our favorite naming conventions.
Thanks to Trevor, who found this cool info in the Clone Wars section of starwars.com.
Lastly, here is the wonderful photo collage Dan made of the beautiful green-trimmed R4 droid that R2 bumps away from the Y-Wing before rocketing on board. Nice!
In episode 407, Darkness of Umbara, we get a quick glimpse of this gray R4-type astrodroid in the hangar of a Republic Cruiser. It's just a bit too small to make out many details, but if you compare it to the R4 unit that appeared in episode 308: Evil Plans (at the top of this page), you will see that they look extremely similar. Thanks once again to Daniel for sending in two clear images!
Later in the episode, after being captured by pirates, our heros are brought into a droid fighting arena, where get get an oh-so brief glimpse of a red & white R5 unit. It looks like it has a white dome with red stripes like R5-D4, and its body appears to have a red top half that fades to a white bottom half. Really sweet!
Coruscant R4 Unit!
Seen in Episode 415, Deception, we get a glimpse of this familiar looking yellow-striped R4 unit. You can just see it as the bounty hunter hops into a getaway speeder after being pursued for shooting at Obi-Wan.
R7-D4, Plo Koon's astrodroid
In episode 413, Escape from Kadavo, Plo Koon decides to attempt an unusual starfighter maneuver in which he goes from full forward thrusters to full stop in the blink of a second in order to drop behind his pursuers. R7-D4 dutifully advises Plo on the possible damage he can suffer, as an organic lifeform, in attempting this maneuver, which exerts a force on the body similar to running into a brick wall at 800 miles an hour. Fortunately, the Force is as strong with Plo as piloting skills are with R7, and the tactic works to perfection to position them to shoot down the enemy fighters.
Also of note in this episode is the fact that the Clones are flying new fighters which are not equipped with droid sockets, and thus obviously doomed to failure.
Outer Rim Astrodroids
In episode 420: Bounty, we see Asaijj Ventress flee to a lonely backwater planet in the outer rim. There, she passes by a couple of astromechs before she wanders into a random bar and runs into some members of Boba Fett's mercenary gang.
The first astromech we see is this nifty white R5 droid that has royal blue stripes, who was a fellow passenger with Ms. Ventress on the ship which carried her to the planet. Note that its side vertical panels behind its legs are blue as well.
Next we get a quick glimpse of a green striped R4-type droid passing by. Very similar to the Republic droid R2-D2 bumped to its probable doom earlier in the season.
Last is this nice street view showing us 4 droids at once. Very interestingly, we see what appears to be two of the blue-striped R5s, and two very similar r4 droids, which again appear to be very close in apearance to droids we have seen previously.
Outer Rim Astromechs, Part II
In the last episode of the 4th season of the Clone Wars, episode 422, Revenge, we are treated to glimpses of 3 different astrodroids, all of whose designs we have seen before.
First we return to the very same bar we visited in Bounty, and there we get a quick glimpse of what appears to be R5-P8, from the second season of the Clone Wars, in a bar frequented by Hondo Ohnaka's band of notorious smugglers & brigands.
Raydonian Astromechs
All of the action in episode 422: Revenge occurs on the planet Raydonia, where we see an R5-type droid that appears to look exactly the same as the pair of R5s we just saw in episode 420: Bounty. This blue & white design must be very popular in the outer reaches of the galaxy.
Lastly, we see the very sad sight of a yellow colored R4 astromech droid spinning its dome and repeatedly slamming itself into a wall. It's been driven mad by witnessing the slaughter of its family and community, and by its inability to prevent it.
Season 5
Ahsoka Tano's R7-A7
Ahsoka's R7-A7 returns! See pic above!
The first details of interest to us have finally been revealed. On August 25, 2012, at Celebration VI, a new 3 minute video trailer was played that showed a story in which the Republic sends no less than 4 astrodroids, led by R2-D2, on a top secret, action packed mission!
See trailer one droids here: Season Five Preview!!
See trailer two droids here:
They show up at the 1.00 minute & 2.40 minute marks.
UPDATE! I've replaced the poor quality youtube video with an official clip. Here are your new astromechs in detail, with R2-D2 leading the way!
One pink domed R2 with red and/or white/grey panels (looks like design wasn't finalized for some of these scenes), one yellow & white colored R5 in an interesting pattern, and one very industrial looking R4 in a very dirty gray color with yellow highlights and black & yellow (silver in another scene) striping around the top. Great stuff, and you've got to love the pit droid getting some action, as well!
Bigger and better images posted by Emperor Palpitate at rebelscum.com's Astromech Collector's thread!!!
QT-KT: Undercover Republic Astrodroid!
Noticed by Emperor Palpitate over at rebelscum.com. I would love a poster of this!
A great look at what may be the highlight episode of the year for us astrodroid fans! .
R9-D9, Onderon Astrodroid!
In episode 4, we finally see the first astromech droid of season 5. It appears very briefly in the palace, and is a yellow & orange striped R4 type unit whose design we saw a couple times in season 4, and for the first time in season 2.
Long time contributor Daniel F. has sent in a cool image preproduction art that shows what the Onderon R4 was intended to look like. It's a beautiful scheme, and would have looked fantastic amongst the elegance of the palace. I presume they dumped the new design for the previously used one to say time & money. That's really too bad, not just for us droid fans, but for fans generally, since it's details like these that make the Star Wars universe come so alive.
Here's the quote: 'King Rash's astromech droid, R9-D9, was at one point slated to have a unique texture with royal designs, but in the final episode, it ended up identical to the yellow R4-M1 seen in "R2 Come Home." Illustration by Chris Glenn.'
. Hondo's R5-P8, pirate astromech
After disappearing for a season, our favorite blaster equipped astrodroid makes a brief roll-by in Episode 508: Bound for Rescue.
Republic Astrodroids!!!
Also in Bound for Rescue, we see two familiar looking astrodroids on board Obi-Wan Kenobi's Republic Cruiser just before being boarded. They are our old friend R5-013 from the first seasons, and R4-M1 from just a couple episodes ago, but a long way away on Onderon.
Lastly, I'd like to point out the interesting fact that the Y-Wing seen prominently in the episode is flying without an astromech droid in its droid socket. Maybe the pilot had to launch quickly before his droid could get aboard. Probably why he got shot down as well.
Clone Wars Astromech Droid List!
This neat image is actually a two-page layout from the latest Clone Wars comic, you can preview Clone Wars comic digital sampler!
It offers a very nice compendium of astrodroids that have appeared in the first 4 season of the Clone Wars show. Typically for Lucasfilm Licensing, we see conflicts in the names of some of these droids with what has been previously released. Or perhaps since some have made more than one appearance in the series, they've gotten different names because they are actually different droids, even though they are otherwise identical in appearance
First Season: Clone Wars Astromechs!
Back TO SEASON 2: Clone Wars Astromechs SEASON 2!
Back to Main page: Star Wars Astromechs!!!


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dc.contributor.author | Michos, Odyssé | |
dc.contributor.author | Cebrian, Cristina | |
dc.contributor.author | Hyink, Deborah | |
dc.contributor.author | Grieshammer, Uta | |
dc.contributor.author | D'Agati, Vivette | |
dc.contributor.author | Licht, Jonathan D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, Gail R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Costantini, Frank | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Linda | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-19T23:19:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Michos, Odyssé, Cristina Cebrian, Deborah Hyink, Uta Grieshammer, Linda Williams, Vivette D'Agati, Jonathan D. Licht, Gail R. Martin, and Frank Costantini. 2010. Kidney development in the absence of Gdnf and Spry1 requires Fgf10. PLoS Genetics 6(1): e1000809. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1553-7390 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8191175 | |
dc.description.abstract | GDNF signaling through the Ret receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) is required for ureteric bud (UB) branching morphogenesis during kidney development in mice and humans. Furthermore, many other mutant genes that cause renal agenesis exert their effects via the GDNF/RET pathway. Therefore, RET signaling is believed to play a central role in renal organogenesis. Here, we re-examine the extent to which the functions of Gdnf and Ret are unique, by seeking conditions in which a kidney can develop in their absence. We find that in the absence of the negative regulator Spry1, Gdnf, and Ret are no longer required for extensive kidney development. Gdnf−/−;Spry1−/− or Ret−/−;Spry1−/− double mutants develop large kidneys with normal ureters, highly branched collecting ducts, extensive nephrogenesis, and normal histoarchitecture. However, despite extensive branching, the UB displays alterations in branch spacing, angle, and frequency. UB branching in the absence of Gdnf and Spry1 requires Fgf10 (which normally plays a minor role), as removal of even one copy of Fgf10 in Gdnf−/−;Spry1−/− mutants causes a complete failure of ureter and kidney development. In contrast to Gdnf or Ret mutations, renal agenesis caused by concomitant lack of the transcription factors ETV4 and ETV5 is not rescued by removing Spry1, consistent with their role downstream of both RET and FGFRs. This shows that, for many aspects of renal development, the balance between positive signaling by RTKs and negative regulation of this signaling by SPRY1 is more critical than the specific role of GDNF. Other signals, including FGF10, can perform many of the functions of GDNF, when SPRY1 is absent. But GDNF/RET signaling has an apparently unique function in determining normal branching pattern. In contrast to GDNF or FGF10, Etv4 and Etv5 represent a critical node in the RTK signaling network that cannot by bypassed by reducing the negative regulation of upstream signals. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000809 | en_US |
dc.relation.hasversion | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797609/pdf/ | en_US |
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dc.title | Kidney Development in the Absence of Gdnf and Spry1 Requires Fgf10 | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | PLoS Genetics | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Williams, Linda | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-19T23:19:47Z | |
dash.affiliation.other | HMS^Psychiatry-Massachusetts General Hospital | en_US |
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Training Camp or ...?
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Your Strava data still makes my March rides look more like strolls down the boardwalk.
Ride for the enjoyment. Ride for the smiles. Worry about the racing once you've nailed down the health issues. Then, once they're sorted, you'll be in a good place mentally and physically to tear up the pavement!I know this post is a couple of days old and the tests/scopes/procedures are likely done by now, but I HOPE HOPE HOPE that something good comes out of this and someone finds out what's wrong...and how to fix it.
On the bright side, you're lucky to have someone like Ryan to talk to, to be with you, and see you through this.I posted a couple of days ago but I think spam monkeys ate it. Can't remember what I said, but the gist was: 1. I'm sorry, this fucking sucks. 2. I hope the scopes went well.. 3. Did they check you for cancer? Totally horrible but important. 4. I hope the colonoscopy led to a LOT of fart jokes...


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Jailed Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, dubbed as "Dr Death", was on Friday granted special leave to appeal his manslaughter conviction over the death of three patients in Australia.
Patel is serving a seven-year jail sentence for the manslaughter of three patients and the grievous bodily harm to another at Bundaberg hospital in southern Queensland.
He was convicted in the Supreme Court in Brisbane in 2010, and an appeal against the verdict and sentence was dismissed last year by the court of appeal.
Three judges of the high court sitting in Canberra on Friday heard Patel's lawyer's application via video link from Brisbane, ABC News reported.
Patel's lawyers argued he should get special leave to appeal because the trial judge found the Crown could use a section of the Criminal Code in its prosecution.
They also argued the conduct of Patel's trial was unfair.
After a 20 minutes hearing the high court granted him special leave.
Patel was found guilty of the manslaughter of Gerry Kemps, 77, James Phillips, 46, and Mervyn Morris, 75, as well as guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to Ian Rodney Vowles, 62.


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Gametech Bear Has An Accessory That Tethers A PS3 Controller To A PSPgo
By Spencer . October 4, 2010 . 2:17amThe most useful PSPgo feature is, perhaps, the ability to play PSP games with a PS3 controller. It works wonders when playing a PSP game on a TV, but let's imagine for a moment you don't have a TV nearby and still want to use a Dualshock 3 to play Peace Walker.


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Applicant's Guide to the CanExport Program
Table of contents
- Eligibility
- Eligible Activities
- Eligible Expenses
- List of Eligible Markets
- List of Eligible Sectors
- Limits on Funding Requests
- Preparing to Apply for CanExport
- Assessment Process
- Decision and Contribution Agreement
- Claiming Process for Reimbursement of Eligible Expenses
- Activity Monitoring, Audit, Evaluation and Reporting
- Feedback or Questions
- Glossary
To be considered for possible funding, a firm must meet the following basic criteria:
- Be a for-profit company;
- Be an incorporated legal entity or a limited liability partnership (LLP);
- Have a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) business identifier number;
- Have a minimum of one full-time equivalent (FTE) employee and a maximum of 250 FTE employees. The number of employees working for a company is based on the number of T4 slips produced by the company;
- Have no less than $200,000 and no more than $50 million in annual revenue declared in Canada during its last complete fiscal year. Company's revenues are based on the line 101 of the GST 34 return (or the FP-500-V for Quebec based applicants). Under this line, all income, including exempt supplies, taxable supplies as well as international sales, must be included.
All of the above criteria will be verify by the CRA via the business identifier number indicated in the application.
Eligible Activities
To be eligible, activities must aim to promote international business development and must go beyond the applicant's core activities, represent new initiatives and provide an opportunity to yield incremental results. For illustrative purposes, these activities could include:
- Business travel;
- Participation at trade fairs;
- Market research;
- Adaptation of marketing tools for a new market; and
- Legal fees associated with a distribution/representation agreement.
Ineligible activities
- On-going core/operational activities;
- Activities in a market where you have been exporting within the last 24 months;
- Promotional efforts that are considered to be "normal business activities," as opposed to the long-term development of export markets;
- Promotion of language training or other educational services where the funding for the training is from Canadian federal or provincial/territorial government sources;
- Investment promotion or the seeking of entrepreneurial immigrants;
- Activities involving used equipment, unless the equipment is reconditioned or rebuilt, and the benefit to Canada would be close to or equal to benefits obtained from the sale of new equipment.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenditures are shared up to a maximum of 50 percent between CanExport and the applicant. When completing the budget section of the application form, you will need to identify the eligible expenses as part of one of any of these three categories: travel costs, contractor fees or consultant fees. These three categories were developed to facilitate the assessment of applications. For illustrative purposes, please see the following examples of eligible expenses for each of the three categories:
Travel costs (for a maximum of two employees or owners working for the company)
- Only the cost of return economy class airfare from Canada for up to two employees or owners working directly for the Canadian SME for the straight routeFootnote 1 is eligible. Applicants are expected to provide reasonable, economy airfare estimates in their application and that take into account advance booking, where possible.
- If a traveller chooses to use another form of transportation, such as bus, train or car rental, to travel to an event as an alternative to flying, the claimed expense cannot exceed what an equivalent straight route economy class airfare would be expected to cost. If the amount seems excessive, the applicant will be expected to provide economy airfare estimates.
- CanExport offers a per diem to offset expenses for accommodation, meals and incidentals. CanExport estimates that travellers will incur a daily average of $400 per employee in expenses for accommodation, meals and incidentals and will therefore reimburse the applicant 50 percent of a Per Diem incurred per traveller, up to a maximum of $200 each working day for each person travelling for CanExport activities. Note: receipts will not be required for meals and incidentals; however, applicants will be asked to keep proofs of stay (e.g., hotel receipt, airline ticket).Those fees are covered for a maximum of two employees or owners working for the company.
- Cost of ground transportation from point of arrival to destination (taxi or car rental).
- Temporary visa fees for up to two employees or owners working for the company for eligible travel to a target market.
Contractor fees
- Event registration, participation and fees, such as:
- The cost of registration for attending a conference or a trade fair for a maximum of 2 employees or owners working for the company including booth expenses, room fees, audio-visual equipment rental, etc.;
- Trade show space/floor rental, design and construction services, etc.;
- Shipping and handling costs related to the participation in CanExport-financed international business development activities (for instance, promotional material, booth pop-ups, prototype or product for showcase purposes, samples, etc.);
- Interpretation costs: language must be specified;
- Translation service costs for marketing documents or legal documents: language must be specified;
- Fees related to the design, editing, adaptation and printing of marketing tools for the target market;
- Legal fees pertaining to incremental activities targeting the export of products and/or services in the new market (e.g drafting contract, preparation of documentation for intellectual property application, etc.).
Consultant fees
- Organizing business-to-business (B2B) meeting programs and matchmaking;
- Information gathering and analysis pertaining to a custom market research or study specific to the applicant's products or services in their target market;
- Legal and tax advice regarding the target market;
- Business consultants' costs must not exceed the 25 percent of the total eligible cost of the project.
Ineligible expenses
Though most expenses supporting international business development are eligible, as described above, following is a list of expenses that are deemed to be ineligible under this program:
- Expenses incurred prior to the effective date of the contribution agreement;
- Expenses incurred outside of the project phase as defined in the contribution agreement
- Expenses for more than two employees working for the company or owners, per activity or per trip;
- Expenses for employees working outside of Canada;
- Travel expenses and per diem for individuals who are not either the owners or direct employees of the Canadian SME applying for a contribution, such as consultants, sales representatives, partners, clients, etc.;
- Expenses related to the use of a private vehicle;
- Product/ service development expenses;
- Applicant's ongoing or core activities (i.e., fundamental operational activities);
- Salaries and commissions;
- Costs related to the preparation of a business plan, marketing plan, public relations plan or documentation needed to present a CanExport application;
- Corporate overhead expenses (e.g., office space, human resources, supplies, equipment purchase, office accommodation, warehousing, long term legal services);
- Capital costs;
- Entertainment and hospitality;
- Event sponsorship and membership fees;
- Telephone, fax, data roaming and photocopying charges;
- Expenses relating to lobbying, policy development and influence;
- Shipping/mailing costs for material not directly related to a CanExport funded activity;
- Website application fees, maintenance and hosting fees;
- Value-added taxes, goods and services taxes or harmonized sales tax or any refundable portion of taxes or other items for which a refund or rebate is available;
- Carbon taxes/credits;
- Bonus points earned from various programs, or other barter arrangements; and
- Any other cost that could be interpreted as subsidizing a product's selling price and, therefore, contravening Canada's international trade obligations.
List of Eligible Markets
CanExport is open, with few exceptions,Footnote 2 to all markets. Applicants will need to provide a rationale as to why their firm want to enter this specific market (one new market only per project application) and explain that they have either never exported to this market or at have not exported to this market within the last 24 months.
List of Eligible Sectors
CanExport is open, with few exceptions, to all industry sectors. Note: the agriculture and processed food, fish and seafood, and wine, beer and spirits sectors are excluded from CanExport because companies active in these particular sectors and looking for export support are eligible to apply through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's AgriMarketing program.
Limits on Funding Requests
- Applicants may seek a minimum contribution of $10,000 per application (requires that the total cost of eligible activities be at least $20,000) and a maximum contribution of $99,999 per application (which requires that the total cost of eligible activities be at least $199,998);
- Applicants can only have one active CanExport project at any given time and will only be able to reapply once their current CanExport activities have been conducted and all claims have been processed;
- The maximum annual CanExport contribution per applicant is $99,999;
- The total amount of all Canadian government funding (federal, provincial/territorial, municipal) or stacking limit, is set at 50 percent of the total eligible project cost;
- Consultant costs for the production of a market study, for market research, for business-to-business (B2B) meetings and matchmaking are limited to 25 percent of the total cost of the activity/project.
Preparing to Apply for CanExport
In order to ensure a smooth application process and complete application:
- 1. Ensure that your firm meets the eligibility criteria set out in section 2 of this document.
- 2. Verify that the proposed activities are eligible as outlined in section 3.
- 3. Verify that your proposed expenses are eligible as outlined in section 4.
- 4. It is advisable that you have the following necessary information on hand before completing the application:
- Legal name of the firm;
- Operating name of the firm (if different from the legal name);
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) business identifier number;
- Firm's web address;
- Primary contact's name, title or role in the organization, phone number, fax number (if applicable), mailing address and email address;
- Preferred language of correspondence (English or French);
- Your firm and project North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number;
- List of markets where you have exported in the last 24 months and your target market;
- List of potential contacts, potential buyers and expected meetings, if you are travelling;
- Project overview: a short description and the planned activities;
- Evidence of organizational capacity to complete the proposed project and activities;
- Expected results and benefits, including benefits to Canada, and explanations on how the project and activities proposed are incremental to the core business of your firm;
- Assessment of key risks and corresponding mitigation strategies;
- Project budget listing all activities for which the firm is seeking funding, the total eligible costs of the project, the firm's contribution and the contribution the firm is seeking from the program;
- Details concerning any contributions from other sources at the federal, provincial/territorial or municipal levels.
- 5. Applicants are encouraged to discuss their international business development plans with the Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) office in their region, where they can obtain assistance in preparing for international markets and support throughout the implementation. The TCS can also help you develop your business internationally by identifying market opportunities, barriers and trends or by making introductions to qualified foreign contacts. For more information on the TCS services offered, and to find the regional trade commissioner nearest to you who is responsible for your sector of activity, please visit the TCS' website at Find a Trade Commissioner.
Assessment Process
Once the basic eligibility criteria are met, each application will be assessed on the basis of the proposed project's incrementality, the soundness of the export business case, its alignment with Government of Canada trade strategies and, if the information is available, on the firm's previous history and export readiness. More precisely, all applications that meet the eligibility criteria set out in section 2 will be assessed against the following five criteria:
A. Incrementality
Demonstration that the project goes beyond the applicant's core activities, represents new initiatives and yields incremental results. The applicant will need to provide a specific rationale as to why they want to enter a new market where they have not exported within the last 24 months. The applicant also needs to demonstrate what the expected results are, how these will be measured and what indicators will be used.
- This criterion will be assessed on the basis of the applicant's attestation regarding the incrementality of the proposed project as described above. If the applicant fails to provide an answer that meets this criterion, other criteria will not be assessed and the application will be refused.
B. Export business case
The soundness of the export business case as described in the application form and the alignment of the export business case with the firm's overarching business strategy (including resources available to perform the activities and to develop the new market).
- The project proposed is aligned with the firm's overall business strategy (including resources available to perform the activities and develop this new market);
- The appropriateness of the proposed activities in light of the export business case;
- The proposed activities and the expenses are reasonable and are justified; and
- The objectives and expected outcomes seem realistic.
C. Alignment with Government of Canada trade strategies
- The alignment of the firm's products or services, proposed project and activities, and target markets to Government of Canada trade strategies.
D. Market potential
- The possible specific in-market challenges (e.g., low market potential, product attributes, local barriers and regulations) or opportunities (e.g., emerging trends, possible clients, upcoming events) for the applicant's products and services; and
- The proposed activities appear to be part of a sound approach for this sector in the chosen market.
E. History / export readiness
- Only when applicable, previous performance of applicant, previous interactions and services requested by the applicant involving Global Affairs Canada and its partners will highlight companies that have proven track record of performance and successes, as well as the demonstrated capacity to undertake the proposed project activities (financially viable company, export-ready, available resources, sufficient information, product development stage, production capacity, etc.).
Decision and Contribution Agreement
Applicants can expect to obtain the results of the assessment process within 25 working days of a completed application. Global Affairs Canada will notify both successful and unsuccessful applicants, and will provide the successful applications to NRC-IRAP, which will prepare and sign the contribution agreement with each recipient. For successful applicants, an authorized officer of your firm will be asked to review and sign the contribution agreement that sets out the approved activities and their associated costs, as well as the responsibilities and obligations.
The firm must notify NRC-IRAP of any material modifications to the firm's information, approved activities, approved costs, or any other issues that may require a change to the contribution agreement. Changes that represent a significant departure from the scope of the original contribution agreement will require the applicant to submit a new application for assessment. The applicant will be notified if a new application is required. Note: activities that were rejected based on ineligibility in the original application cannot be resubmitted.
Claiming Process for Reimbursement of Eligible Expenses
Recipients will receive detailed information via email on the claiming and reporting process, upon the return of their signed contribution agreement.
Each claim must be accompanied by a status report as described in the contribution agreement, which details the activities and outcomes of your project, measured against the approved activities and project objectives. Firms will submit their claims to NRC-IRAP for costs incurred between the start and end dates of the project phase of the signed contribution agreement. Firms will not be required to submit receipts. However, firms are required to keep adequate financial records and segregate CanExport project costs from their normal operation costs as the program may request proof of costs incurred. The terms of the signed contribution agreement will dictate the period for which recipients are expected to keep these financial records. The segregation of project costs means the ability to provide traceability of CanExport project costs from normal operating costs. For travel costs, more precisely air travel, firms will be requested to provide estimates of economy class airfare at the time of their application, and could be asked to submit receipts of costs incurred when submitting their claim. The program will endeavor to pay claims within 20 working days of receiving the claim and associated report.
Activity Monitoring, Audit, Evaluation and Reporting
The Government of Canada will monitor activities, conduct audits and evaluations and seek information on program results.
Site visits: On occasion, Global Affairs Canada or the NRC may visit the firm at its place of business or at the site where approved projects and activities are taking place. Such visits may require access to a site for a time; program recipients will be expected to grant such access. Such visits ensure that approved activities are being carried out.
Audits: All recipients of program funding may be subject to an audit. If a firm has been selected for audit, it will be notified well in advance. Audits normally occur after the expiry date of the agreement and are carried out by the Global Affairs Canada or by professional auditing firms on behalf of the Global Affairs Canada. That is why it is imperative that firms maintain records of activities to substantiate costs incurred, including dates, times and locations of travel, the name and role of the staff traveling and the use of consultants, as well as receipts for all expenses related to the approved activities set out in the contribution agreement terms and conditions. If overpayment is identified in the audit, the firm will be asked for reimbursement. Failure to provide payment may be deemed a breach of the contribution agreement.
Evaluation: An evaluation of a program will be conducted. Program recipients may be asked to provide performance-related information to an evaluator or to respond to a questionnaire to support the evaluation.
Results reports: Program recipients must submit a status report with their claim and a post-project report at the end of the contribution agreement project phase. The firm will also be asked to report annually for three years following the end of the project, on the benefits resulting from the project.
Feedback or Questions
If you require additional information about CanExport or would like to provide us with your comments or suggestions on this Guide, please contact us at email@example.com or by phone at 1-866-203-2454. For more information, you can also consult our website.
Please note that Global Affairs Canada and the NRC are committed to protecting the privacy rights of individuals and safeguarding the personal information under its control. Personal information collected by Global Affairs Canada and the NRC is protected from disclosure to unauthorized persons and/or agencies subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act. Individuals have the right to the protection of and access to their personal information and to request corrections where the individual believes there is an error or omission. Individuals may contact Global Affairs Canada's Access to Information and Privacy Protection Division to request corrections.
- Benefits to Canada
- Benefits to Canada resulting from export activity may include the creation of new jobs, an increase in revenues for Canadian firms, an increase in transactions with foreign firms or an increase in Canadian gross domestic product.
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Business Number (BN)
- The BN is a nine-digit identifier for businesses to simplify their dealings with federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal governments in Canada. The number is assigned by the Canada Revenue Agency. It aims to give each registered business its own unique number.
- Contribution Agreement
- A contribution agreement is a legal agreement between the two parties, in this case the Government of Canada and the recipient, which sets out the terms and conditions of the funding, as well as the legal and reporting obligations of each party.
- Incrementality
- Incrementality is a project that goes beyond the applicant's core activities, represents new initiatives and yields incremental results.
- Legal name
- The legal name of your business is the name you choose when you apply to incorporate a company under the Canada Business Corporations Act. If you do not choose a name, you are assigned a numbered name and this is your legal name.
- Market
- The term "market" refers to a foreign country in which a firm may conduct export activity. In the context of the program, "target market" refers to a foreign country where a program applicant plans to carry out a project (i.e., export activity). Applicants may only select one market in which to carry out their project and cannot have conducted export activity in that market for at least 24 months.
- NAICS number
- The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is used by businesses and governments to classify and measure economic activity in the United States, Canada and Mexico. NAICS is 6-digit code system that is currently the standard used by federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments according to the similarity in the processes used to produce goods or services. Each and every company will have a primary NAICS code. This number indicates a company's primary line of business. A company's primary NAICS code is the code definition that generates the highest revenue for that company at a specific location in the past year.
- Operating name
- Your operating name is the name you use in your day-to-day activities and to advertise your business. You only need to provide your operating name if it is different from your legal name.
- Other government assistance
- Other Canadian government sources of funding include funding provided by federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal governments.
- Primary contact
- The primary contact is the employee of your firm designated as the main contact point for communications regarding your firm's application. The primary contact must have full legal signing authority to sign the application and contribution form.
- Project
- For the purpose of the program, a "project" is defined as the grouping of activities to be undertaken in the target market, during the period established in the approved application.
- Qualified foreign contacts
Qualified foreign contacts may include foreign buyers and partners. If a company requires assistance from the Trade Commissioner Service in order to identify and qualify key contacts, it should visit the following websites:
- Revenues from international sales
- The revenues from international sales cover the income from the sale of goods and services to non-Canadian residents as well as revenue earned from interest and dividends on foreign assets.
- Stacking limit
- The stacking limit refers to the maximum level of total Canadian government funding (federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal) a successful applicant can receive towards the total eligible costs of a project.


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Services to Be Held Friday; No Hope Now of Recovering Body of Mrs. Corbett
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PROVO, May 31 [sic]--- Memorial services for Mrs. Irene Colvin Corbett, who
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Detailed Accident Report
Date: 2010-01-28Submitted By: SNFAC
Place: Boardman Pass, Soldier Mountains west of Fairfield
State: ID
Country: USA
Fatalities: 1
Summary: 1 snowmobiler caught, buried, and killed
View full report online with photos: www.sawtoothavalanche.com
On January 28, 2010, a group of five backcountry snowmobilers were riding near Boardman Pass in the Soldier Mountains of southern Idaho. This area is approximately 15 miles northwest of Fairfield, Idaho and is often accessed from the popular Chimney Creek trailhead. Two riders were climbing the west side of Pt. 9538 when a slide started above the uppermost rider. A third rider watched as moving snow overtook the first rider and the second rider turned to the climber's left and out of the slide. The slide carried the victim over a thousand vertical feet downhill and buried him four to five feet deep next to his snowmachine; the debris continued several hundred vertical feet further downhill. The party quickly regrouped, located the burial site with a beacon and dug deep enough to provide an airway within an estimated 25 minutes. CPR was unsuccessful. The SS-AMu-D3-R2 avalanche was 2 to 3 feet deep, approximately 300ft wide and ran over 1300 vertical feet. Prior to the accident, the Soldier Mountains had received over 3" of Snow Water Equivalent and roughly three feet of snow since January 12. Moderate to strong southerly and westerly winds had accompanied the snowfall, with wind speeds peaking five days before the accident. The mid-January snowfall fell on an unusually weak layer that had been a concern the entire season. A widespread natural avalanche cycle had occurred in much of the advisory area the weekend prior to the accident, and a smaller avalanche had claimed the life of a skier a week earlier; the local and regional press had covered that accident extensively. On the morning of January 28th, the Sawtooth National Forest Avalanche Center (SNFAC) had identified the avalanche danger as Considerable because of the recent loading on the persistent early season weak layer. That day's advisory urged extra caution on steep rocky slopes due to the persistent weak layer buried at the base of the snowpack, recommended that people avoid travel on slopes steeper than 30 degrees, and expressed concern about the sunny, warm conditions forecast for the day.
The coordinates for the accident:
The avalanche occurred roughly 200 vertical feet below Pt. 9497T on the broad, south shoulder of Pt. 9538T. The slab broke out at the top of an open, slightly concave slope below sparse trees and snags; a distinct trimline on the looker's right marks this slope as an obvious avalanche path. It was classified as a SS-AMu-D3-R2. It released on a west-northwest facing slope and the relatively uniform crown was an estimated 2 to 3 feet deep. The slide propagated horizontally across the slope, and from photos appeared to be about 300 feet wide. The looker's right side of the slab broke out in a ribbon of sparse trees that extended from the trimline below towards the ridgeline above. The slope was estimated to be between 35 and 40 degrees. The debris was estimated to be at least 10 feet deep in the vicinity of the burial site. These observations were made from the air and from photos and video taken by Sun Valley Heli-Ski, who performed an aerial survey of the site the following day.
Weather data is taken from the Soldier Mountain Peak 2 weather station operated by Soldier Mtn Ski Area and the SNFAC, as well as the Dollarhide and Soldier Ranger Station SNOTEL stations. The first is located 3.25 miles to the east at 9450 feet and was operational for the season on January 12. The Dollarhide SNOTEL is roughly 17 miles east-northeast at 8420 feet elevation. The Soldier Ranger Station SNOTEL sits at 5740 feet elevation near the base of the Soldier Mountain Ski Area, roughly seven miles east of the accident site.
At the time of the accident, the snowpack in the Soldier Mountains, like that in much of the Intermountain West, was marked by an unusually weak layer of faceted snow and depth hoar buried near the ground. This layer consisted of snow that fell during the late fall, but was then exposed to strong temperature gradients during a 19-day dry spell that lasted until December 11th. Over the next week, a series of storms deposited 1.4" of SWE on top of the facets and depth hoar layer. The shallow, unconsolidated snowpack made travel in the mountains very difficult both on foot and by snowmachine, and few parties reported making it into backcountry areas in the Soldier Mountains during this period.
A three-day storm over New Years added up to 20" of new snow and 1.4" of snow to the snowpack. On January 2, a widespread natural avalanche cycle was reported at all elevations in the Soldier Creek area and near Boardman Pass in the Rough Creek drainage. These slides ran on the weak basal facets and included numerous small slides on roadcuts as well as slides up to 3 feet deep at mid-elevations. A small storm on Jan. 4-5 dropped only 0.3" of SWE but was accompanied by strong northwesterly winds. A widespread natural avalanche cycle was reported at mid- and upper-elevations in the vicinity of Paradise and Baker Peaks, roughly 20 miles north-northeast of Boardman Pass. These slides also ran on the weak basal facets and depth hoar. On Jan. 9th, the crew installing the Soldier Mtn Peak 2 weather station reported remotely triggering a medium-sized slide on an upper elevation, east-facing slope three miles from Boardman Pass.
By January 12th, the weak facets and depth hoar at the base of the snowpack had been buried by about 4" of SWE at mid- and upper elevations. This snowfall had consolidated into a slab about 18" thick. The series of avalanche cycles over the first two weeks in January demonstrated that the weak layer was sensitive to even small amounts of loading and nominally small changes in weather conditions. Through this period, the SNFAC estimated the avalanche danger as Considerable on most shaded (west – north- east) mid- and upper-elevation slopes.
From January 12th through 26th, four storms deposited an additional 3" or more of SWE on top of the already weak snow structure. The bulk of the snowfall occurred during the middle of the two-week period and was accompanied by southerly winds that averaged in the mid teens and gusted to 50 mph at the Soldier Mountain weather station. Ridgeline winds veered to the north-northwest on Jan. 23rd and 24th and gusted to over 70 mph before backing to the southwest and diminishing on the 25th. Temperatures gradually decreased during these two weeks. Daytime highs at upper elevations dropped from freezing on Jan. 12 to 20 degrees on Jan. 19th, with only a slight increase over the next few days. Overnight lows were in the teens.
An observer for the SNFAC reported unstable conditions on wind-loaded slopes at mid-elevations in Soldier Creek on the 23rd, as well as very difficult travel conditions. Despite the difficult riding, a party of snowmachiners was able to reach Boardman Pass on Sunday, Jan. 24th and observed or triggered a large slide (D3-R4) on a steep, northerly slope about a quarter mile north of the slope where the accident would occur four days later. Elsewhere in the advisory area, the wind and snowfall led to a remarkably widespread natural avalanche cycle on Jan. 22nd and 23rd. Most of these slides occurred on shaded slopes and were from 1 to 3 feet deep.
Monday, January 25th marked the start of a change in the weather patterns and temperature regime in the Soldier Mountains. The snowfall tapered off, the wind backed to the southwest, and clearing skies allowed that day's high to reach freezing at upper elevations. The Dollarhide SNOTEL showed that the snowpack at the station settled from 60" to 53" between Jan. 23rd to 27th. On the morning of Jan. 28th, the day of the accident, the Soldier Mountain Weather station at 9450 feet showed a low of 14 degrees, the third coolest since the mid-January storms began. With only a few clouds in the sky, temperatures climbed quickly and by mid-morning were approaching freezing. Winds were light and southeasterly. Temperatures were above freezing by early afternoon and the station recorded a high of 39 degrees between 2:00 and 3:00 P.M.
Two forecasters from the SNFAC were riding in the Soldier Creek area on the day of the accident along with an observer from the local Forest Service office. The observer noted several times that the snowpack was much more supportable and riding conditions had improved dramatically since the weekend. The SNFAC personnel dug snowpits and conducted stability tests on several northerly facing slopes. They saw three other parties riding in the vicinity, including one party of eight that repeatedly highmarked a very steep, northeasterly slope without incident, despite multiple riders on the slope at the same time.
One pit was located less than three air miles east-northeast of the accident site and two air miles northwest of the Soldier Mountain weather station. It was dug on a north-northwest facing, 21 degree slope at about 9000 feet elevation. In this pit, the snowpack was over five feet deep and showed the same basic structure observed on most slopes in the advisory area throughout the season – a homogenous slab overlying the persistent early season weakness. The slab was over three feet thick and its hardness increased from 4 fingers at the top to pencil at the bottom, and showed no intermediate weaknesses. The persistent weak layer was comprised of 12" of faceted grains and depth hoar, with the softest (fist hard), coarsest-grained snow making up the bottom portion of that layer. A knife-hard crust lay between the weak layer and the ground. A propagation saw test (PST) and a deep Extended Column Test (ECT; conducted by removing all but 22 inches of the slab above the weak layer) both indicated that the snowpack retained the energy and structure needed to propagate failures. The PST scored 52/127 end, while the deep ECT scored ECTP 18 Q2, both on the softest part of the basal weak layer. The test results and observations of other riders confirmed that the area was facing a deep slab instability problem, in which the places from where it was possible to trigger a failure in the snowpack were growing isolated, but once initiated, failures would propagate into large, catastrophic slides.
A group of five local snowmobilers was spending the day riding in the Soldier Mountains, terrain with which they were familiar. At least one of the survivors had checked the avalanche advisory that morning. Four of the five were equipped with beacons, shovels and probes. From the Chimney Creek trailhead they rode northeast into Rough Creek, then crossed over the ridge and through the head of South Fork of Lime Creek before approaching Boardman Pass from the north. At the pass they talked with a party of two other riders; these were the same riders who'd reached Boardman Pass and observed or triggered a large slide on Sunday, Jan. 24th. The two parties discussed that avalanche, the crown of which was clearly visible from the pass on Thursday, Jan. 28th. The victim's party also discussed the unstable snow conditions, decided it was time go, and considered several options for returning to the trailhead, including retracing their route. They decided to ride down Lime Creek on the south side of the pass and left the pass at about 2:45 P.M.
The victim's party began playing on their way out, and about a mile below the pass one rider started to climb the steep west side of Pt. 9497. He stopped on an elevated area about midway up the slope, on the climber's left side of an avalanche path. The victim and a third rider began riding up the slope, with the victim several hundred feet ahead and eventually sidehilling to the right towards the center of the bowl.
The first rider watched the avalanche start about 30 to 40 yards above the victim as he reached the center of the bowl. The second rider saw the fracture and turned to his left and away from the slide. The slide swept the victim over a thousand vertical feet downhill and buried him in a gully; the debris continued several hundred vertical feet further downhill. The survivors estimate that the slide occurred at 3:15 P.M.
The victim's party quickly regrouped. One rider rode back towards the pass to call for help while the remaining three riders searched for the missing victim. The survivors estimate it took about ten minutes to pinpoint his location and an additional ten minutes to dig down to him and establish an airway. He was buried roughly five feet deep next to his snowmobile, one ski of which was visible at the surface of the debris. They began CPR, which they continued for between 15 and 45 minutes with no success.
The rider who'd left the group was successful in contacting 911 on his cellphone at 3:38 P.M. An air ambulance from Boise reached the vicinity at 4:05 P.M. The air ambulance was unable to locate the survivors immediately, however, and then unable to land adjacent to the burial site. Eventually the helicopter landed about 0.4 miles and several hundred feet above the burial site. The survivors transported the victim to the helicopter, which flew him to the Camas medical clinic in Fairfield, where he was pronounced dead. Search and Rescue was dispatched but reached the site as the survivors were departing.
We write these reports to ensure accurate information is available and to assist others who may encounter themselves in similar situations in the future. The Sawtooth NF Avalanche Center would like to acknowledge the skills, expertise and professionalism of those involved in this rescue operation.