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From Dharamshala to New York, Tibetans mark rights day
[Tuesday, December 11, 2012 13:56]
An exiled Tibetan raises slogans during a solidarity march in Dharamshala, north India on December 10, Human Rights Day. (Phayul photo/Norbu Wangyal)
DHARAMSHALA, December 11: Tibetans all over the world marked the 64th International Human Rights Day December 10 with major protest rallies demanding immediate international intervention in the Tibet crisis.
The exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala echoed with loud slogans of 'Free Tibet,' 'Long live the Dalai Lama,' and 'Wake Up UN' as thousands of Tibetans and supporters marched down the hills carrying Tibetan flags and posters of Tibetan self-immolators.
The protest march, jointly organised by the Tibetan Women's Association, Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet, National Democratic Party of Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet, India and the regional chapters of Tibetan Youth Congress and Tibetan Women's Association began from Tsug-la Khang after the conclusion of the official function.
Assembling near the local Indian administrative offices in Kacheri, the gathering sang the protest anthem 'We shall overcome.'
Addressing the crowd, Tenzin Tsundue, Tibetan writer and activist pointed out that the Chinese government is currently in a desperate situation, fast losing its iron grip over Tibet.
"Tibet will be a free and an independent country. We want to live with China but only as neighbours, we will respect them and they must respect us," Tsundue said.
"We will give our lives, we will use all our money, intelligence, education, and skills together but we will not allow Tibet to die. This is a promise we all hold."
Solidarity march in Dharamshala, north India on December 10, Human Rights Day. (Phayul photo/Norbu Wangyal)
Since 2009, as many as 95 Tibetans have set themselves on fire inside Tibet protesting China's continued occupation of Tibet and demanding freedom and the return of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile. The recent escalation in protests has witnessed 33 Tibetans self-immolate in the last 40 days. Mass protest rallies against the Chinese government have erupted on a regular basis, including street demonstrations by school students.
Tenzin Jigdal, Program Director, SFT, India said that the clear message from Tibet is of freedom and human rights.
"The international community cannot leave then to cry out in the darkness," said Jigdal. "This Human Right's Day we urge our governments to stand together, to work in partnership to build a multilateral response to this crisis in Tibet, that will increase pressure on China to address the Tibetan people's desire for freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama."
Gelek Jamyang, President of the National Democratic Party of India said that the solution for crisis in Tibet solely lies with the Chinese government.
"World Governments cannot simply hope that the self-immolations in Tibet will stop. Until China's leader begin to genuinely address the legitimate grievances of the Tibetan people we cannot see this crisis abating," Jamyang said. "China's hardline approach is not deterring Tibetans from protesting-quite the reverse- there is a dramatic rise in Tibetan resistance against Chinese rule with displays of unwavering determination and commitment to nonviolence."
New York, USA
On December 10, New York City witnessed one of the biggest Tibet protest march ever. Tibetans and supporters from all over United States and Canada gathered at two venues in the city to express their solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet and to call on the Chinese Government and the United Nations to resolve the Tibetan issue. The events also marked the completion of the global Flame of Truth relay.
The protest march began from New York City's famed 42nd street and gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate. The event began with a minute's silence in honor of Tibetan self-immolators followed by speeches from the two North American members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Tashi Namgyal and Norbu Tsering.
The two MPs, accompanied by Kunga Tsering, President of Tibetan Association of NY & NJ, Dadon, President of regional Tibetan Women's Association of NY & NJ, Tseten Lhagyal, President of regional Tibetan Youth Congress of NY & NJ and Geshe Tenpa of Chushi Gangdruk went into the United Nations office to meet Maarit Kohonen Sheriff, Deputy Head of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Right and Ann Syuata, Human Rights Officer and delivered copies of the Flame of Truth signed petitions numbering over 350,000.
The two MPs gave a detailed account of the purpose of the global torch relay and the main demands of the petition calling on the UN to discuss the issue of Tibet based on its earlier resolutions, to send an independent international fact-finding delegation to Tibet and to take special responsibility to ensure that the basic aspirations of the Tibetans inside Tibet are fulfilled.
Tibetan Parliamentarians, Norbu Tsering (1st L) and Tashi Namgyal (1st R) submitting petition on Tibet to Maarit Kohonen Sheriff, the UN's Deputy Head of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights and Ann Syuata, Human Rights Officer, at the UN headquarters in New York on December 10, 2012
They also appreciated the recent statement from the High Commissioner Navi Pillay and further urged that more needed to be done in view of the deteriorating situation inside Tibet.
Addressing the gathering in front of the UN building, Representative for the Americas, Lobsang Nyandak, read the Kashag's statement followed by speeches from Chinese democracy activist Yang Jianli, writer Chen Pokong and former political prisoner Ngawang Sangdrol.
A message from Senator Joe Lieberman was read at the gathering followed by a speech from New York City Council member and Connecticut State Senator Tony Boucher who expressed his solidarity with the Tibetan people.
Tibetans from New York and New Jersey, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ithaca, Vermont, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, Washington State, California as well as from Quebec and Ontario in Canada took part in the protest rally.
In a press release, Tenzin Dorjee, Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet said the situation in Tibet is "so dire that people are driven to light their bodies on fire in protest."
"The rising death toll in Tibet demands a new approach from world governments. This Human Rights Day, we urge Nobel peace laureates the European Union and President Obama to join together to build a multilateral response to the unfolding crisis," Dorjee said.
New Delhi, India
Thousands of Tibetans gather at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to take part in the solidarity march on Human Rights Day
Tibetans and supporters in the Indian capital New Delhi marked December 10 International Human Rights Day as Global Solidarity Day for Tibet, which also saw the conclusion of the Tibetan Parliament led global Flame of Truth relay and.
Over 2000 Tibetans marched from the Ramlila Ground to Jantar Mantar carrying pictures of the 95 Tibetan self-immolators.
Five Tibetan members of Parliament representing the Committee on Flame of Truth relay campaign visited UN information Centre in New Delhi and presented the "Flame of Truth" torch and the Tibet petition signed by 357,000 people from over 90 countries. The Tibetan delegation also briefed the UN officials on the current grave situation inside Tibet and appealed for UN intervention.
R. K. Sharma, representing the Director of UN Information Centre gave assurance that they will forward the petitions to the concerned UN offices in New York & Geneva.
The programme at Jantar Mantar began with the rendition of the Tibetan national anthem and a minute's silence in respect of Tibetan martyrs. Later, Tempa Tsering, Representative of the Bureau of His Holiness Dalai Lama and Tibetan MP Choekyong Wangchuk read the Kashag's and the Tibetan Parliament's statements respectively.
Other speakers included Retired Lieutenant General N. S. Malik, Balbir Singh, Indian MP, Tibetan MP Karma Yeshi, and J. D. Nadda, MP and National General Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party.
Stockholm, Sweden
On December 10, International Human Rights Day, a group of Tibetans and Tibet supporters protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, demanding China stop its continued oppressive policies in Tibet, which have led to the current crisis in the region.
Representatives from other groups resisting China's occupation, including Uighur, Mongols, East Turkistan and human rights NGO such as Supporting Human Rights in China and Swedish Tibet Committee participated and showed solidarity.
Expressing frustration and grief over the self-immolation protests in Tibet, Rinzin Tsomo, President of the Tibetan Community Sweden called on the Swedish government to take a tougher stance on Tibet.
"Certainly the Swedish government on several occasions has raised the issue of human rights in Tibet with China, but the current difficult situation in Tibet with continued self-immolation and mass protests, however reveal that Fredrik Reinfeldt and Carl Bildt's soft China diplomacy has not quite produced the desired results," Rinzin said. "Therefore the critical situation inside Tibet requires Reinfeldt and the Swedish government to take a tougher and more serious position in their meetings with EU and China."
Taipei, Taiwan
As part of the Global Solidarity Day for Tibet, Tibetans and Taiwanese supporters on Saturday began a 49-hour hunger strike in front of Taipei's Liberty Square appealing for global support to end the deepening crisis in Tibet.
About 80 Tibetans and supporters participated in the rally, which culminated with a special prayer service and candle light vigil on December 10.
Dawa Tsering, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Taiwan in his address blamed the Chinese government's repressive policies in Tibet for pushing Tibetans to set themselves on fire.
He said the blame and solution to the escalating crisis in Tibet lies entirely with the Chinese government while appealing to the international community to encourage the Chinese government to find a lasting solution to the problem of Tibet through dialogue with the Tibetan leadership.
Kathmandu, Nepal
(Photo/EFE/EPA/Narendra Shrestha)
Nepalese police took away banners from exiled Tibetan demonstrators in Kathamndu and arrested eight people for taking part in a protest rally to mark the International Human Rights Day.
Police took away banners from dozens of exiled Tibetans who were participating in a rally held together with various human rights groups in Nepal. According to a Tibetan youth activists in Kathmandu, five women and three men were arrested.
Shillong, India
37 Tibetans from the northeastern Indian town of Shillong concluded their peace march to Guwahati, after walking four days and covering over 100kms.
The peace march, which began on December 7, was organised by the regional Tibetan youth and women's association to express solidarity with the self-immolators in Tibet and also to spread awareness about the critical situation inside Tibet to the local Indian population.
The marchers also urged the Chinese government to give unrestricted access to international press and media in Tibet and to begin concrete and meaningful dialogue with the exile Tibetan leadership.
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Published: 01 Jul 2007
Survival 101
Succeeding in a pressure-filled world of auditors and cyberthreats requires skills in business, technology, people and more.
With a load of regulatory requirements, auditor scrutiny and evolving cyberthreats, it's a pressure cooker for an information security executive these days. How's a security manager supposed to survive, let alone succeed, in the enterprise?
A big part of the answer has become a CISO mantra: Technology skills aren't enough; a security professional also needs business know-how. A successful one understands how the business works and can speak in terms the C-suite comprehends.
"We're there to facilitate the business, not hinder it. In order to do that, you have to be able to pull your head out of the ones and zeros and speak intelligently to people who don't understand the ones and zeros," says Dave Lewis, senior information security officer at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in Ontario, Canada.
Some security professionals are so focused on blocking attacks that they overlook how a threat affects their particular business, he says: "You have to understand what your business does and the risks involved for your business."
The ability to translate security threats to business risks is critical for getting a seat at the executive table, says Tim McKnight, vice president and CISO at defense contractor Northrop Grumman. And when you get time with the C-suite or the board, use your time wisely, advises Gene Fredriksen, principal consultant at Burton Group and former CSO at Raymond James Financial.
"You don't want to bring FUD.... You're never going to get more with those people than a few minutes at a time," he says.
Rather than virus statistics, talk about how security can help cut costs, reduce risk, improve compliance or enhance time-to-market. For example, if your organization grows primarily through M&A activities, talk about how security systems can help, Fredriksen says.
Along with business-speak, security executives need strong leadership and communication skills, and should focus on developing their employees' talents, says McKnight.
"If you don't have the best talent around you, you're not going to succeed," he says.
| Lost in Translation
There's a lot of jargon in security that can turn off business executives. Here are some common terms translated into plain English.
Penetration test
Port scan
Script kiddie
Spear phishing
Trojan horse
Zero-day exploit
In fact, more than technical aptitude, future CISOs will need people skills, says Khalid Kark, senior analyst at Forrester Research. That's because they need to get buy-in at the executive level, and also need to educate and train end users about security threats and secure practices.
"CISOs will not be technology experts, they will be more people experts if they want to succeed at their jobs," Kark says.
Not so fast, says Tim Maletic, manager of information security and information services security officer at Priority Health, a Michigan-based health insurance company. He agrees that people skills are essential--a security professional has to be a jack-of-all-trades and deal with many different groups in an organization--but says technical ability is critical too.
"You can't get so far behind the times with what's going on with current technology that you're getting blindsided or are missing opportunities as new projects are coming through and not seeing how they relate to risk for your organization," he says.
Maletic says he finds himself pulled between the two worlds of business and technology. Building a strong team has helped manage that; he can tap his engineer's expertise with the latest technology.
He and other security officers also are finding ways to deal with the pressure of ever-present auditors. People skills come in handy on that front.
"You want to make auditors your friends. You need to work cooperatively with them," Maletic says. "My internal auditors are very much partners with me. We share information, keep each other in the loop."
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However, external auditors can present a different challenge, Maletic notes. In those cases, it's not so much about collaboration as about defining business requirements.
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Regulatory compliance has been frustrating and time-consuming for CISOs, but a framework such as ISO 27001 can help address multiple regulations instead of dealing with them piecemeal, according to a Forrester survey.
| Layman's Terms
Executives have their own language with an alphabet soup of acronyms. Here are some phrases and what they mean.
Acid-test ratio
Asset turnover
Capital expenditure
Cash flow statement
Common stock
Cost-benefit analysis
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With all the evolving regulatory requirements, it also helps if security officers have some legal know-how, says Michael Rasmussen, a vice president at Forrester. They can't necessarily rely on corporate counsel to keep up with the IT impacts of various regulations.
"The CISO definitely needs legal skills today as compliance has been one of the No. 1 drivers of security in the last couple years," he says.
Burton's Fredriksen says industry organizations such as BITS, a consortium of financial-services C-level executives, can help security professionals keep up with emerging legislation and regulatory issues. Proactive security officers get involved and participate in the public processes related to proposed legislation and are ready to offer their organizations thoughtful advice on new issues, he adds.
Others agree that it's important for security officers to be active not just inside their organization but outside as well: "Whether you're affecting legislation that could impact your corporation or whether it's just being an advocate for education in information security in the academic world," says Northrop Grumman's McKnight.
Maintaining strong peer relationships also can help a CISO succeed, he says. For example, he can call peers at other companies to learn how they handled a particular issue.
More and more, the CISO is transitioning from a security-focused role to a holistic risk management role, McKnight says. "There are trade-offs, certain levels of risk you're willing to take," he says. "Defining that risk for the company and the business owners is essential."
Forrester's Kark predicts that the CISO job of the future will be more about information assurance rather than information protection.
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There are many certifications and academic programs to help security professionals boost their careers.
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Professional Certified Investigator (PCI)
Carnegie Mellon University, Information Networking Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing
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James Madison University
Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute
Kennesaw State University
Norwich University
Purdue University, Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
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Jerry Brown, So Far
Even California Liberals Should Reject Jerry Brown
By, Lanhee J. Chen, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution who also teaches public policy at Stanford University, July 25, 2013, Bloomberg News
The mainstream media here inCalifornia and across the country have fallen in love (all over again) with Jerry Brown. According to the popular narrative, Brown has brought California back from the precipice of disaster, balanced its budget and jump-started the state's job-creating engine.
All of these feats would merit his re-election -- if, in fact, they were true. Unfortunately, Brown's record as governor reflects more failure than actual accomplishment. He won election in 2010 by promising to be a no-nonsense problem-solver who was pragmatic, not ideological. But a closer look at Brown's record reveals a string of missed opportunities and broken promises that ought to disappoint conservatives and liberals alike.
The first problem Brown promised to tackle was the state's broken budget. He boldly claimed that he would cut discretionary spending, engage in much-needed pension reform and fix the budget process. All of these promises were on top of the claim that he would balance the budget free of the smoke and mirrors that have accompanied past efforts.
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To get to what Brown calls "balance," California's 2013-2014 budget relies on almost $6 billion in revenues from voter-approved tax increases, which are intended to fund the state's education system. But those revenues are temporary and may not be extended. The budget also ignores unfunded pension and retiree health-care liabilities. These liabilities are substantial: The California Department of Finance estimated there are more than $100 billion in unfunded state employee pension and retiree health-care obligations, while other analysts have produced estimates that are far higher.
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Worst yet, a recent study by the Reason Foundation concluded that taxpayers could be on the hook for up to $373 million a year in operating costs and financial losses once the high-speed rail system is up and running.
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Rather than direct his affections (and taxpayer dollars) in a more productive direction, such as funding pension liabilities or more urgent infrastructure projects, Jerry Brown has stuck with the high-speed rail project. He proposed a 3,000 percent increase in funding for the state's high-speed rail authority in his 2013-2014 budget, primarily so the agency could hire more than 40 new staff, pay existing staff more and secure extra office space. And he signed into law $3 billion in construction financing for the first part of the project, a 130-mile stretch of track -- not between major urban areas but from Bakersfield to Madera, two towns in California's more sparsely populated Central Valley.
Finally, Brown campaigned on the promise that he would get California working again, with job creation as his top policy priority. While the unemployment rate has declined during his term, to 8.5 percent from 12.1 percent, it remains the country's eighth-highest, well above the national average of 7.6 percent. And the percentage of people who are unemployed, who have stopped looking for work or who work part time but want full-time work, is the second highest-in the country, at nearly 19 percent.
Examine the data more closely to see what's happening in some of California's communities, and the picture looks even more grim. Nine of the 15 metropolitan areas with the country's highest unemployment rates are in California. El Centro, in southeastern California, is the metro area with the country's second-highest level of joblessness at nearly 23 percent. And unemployment rates remain in the double digits in 10 of the state's 26 metropolitan areas.
Brown's actions on jobs have not been effective enough. His efforts have focused primarily on stimulating the creation of green jobs, as well as incentivizing business formation and growth through a combination of minor tax breaks. But he's ignored the big-ticket reforms that could actually get the entire state's economy going.
Missed Opportunities
Despite campaign promises to cut regulations, Brown has failed to engage in any meaningful reform of the state's Byzantine regulatory framework. He's evinced no interest in reforming California's broken tax code, which continues to result in massive revenue volatility and discourages growth and investment. And Brown has refused to open up more of the state's vast oil and gas reserves to responsible exploration, a policy change that could unleash a flood of job creation in the parts of the state that have been hit hardest by the economic recession.
Brown's record should be of concern not just to conservatives -- who naturally support fiscal restraint, regulatory relief and pro-growth tax reform -- but to liberals as well. By obsessively focusing on high-speed rail, ignoring the state's continuing budget problems and failing to more aggressively focus on jobs, Brown is jeopardizing the very priorities Democrats hold dear. Whether it's providing more affordable higher education, facilitating a generous social safety net or growing the middle class, Brown has let some of his staunchest supporters down.
Should Jerry Brown choose to stand for re-election next year (and there is nothing to suggest that he won't), he is sure to present a litany of "accomplishments" to convince Californians that he deserves a second term in office. Voters shouldn't be fooled. Brown's governorship, which started with the promise of real reform, has become a series of missed opportunities that voters should hold him accountable for at the ballot box.


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Or, you can let it be funny.
Or, you can let it be funny.
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And Nnanden scores a spectacular own goalOriginally Posted by Nnanden
This Weeks Samit Patel Fact - Has been mentioned in 32 of my posts
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Winner of Cricket Webs Shane Warne Award - 4-11th Feb
RIP Mr Woolmer, We are all poorer for your loss.
Jokes in the Herald Sun
Obviously this new thread is just a thinly veiled attempt to make England win 3-2.
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ECB - you are a complete ****ing disgrace, #FTECB
I've got a funnier joke than all of those.
Geriant Jones.
Hahaha. You spelled it wrong.Originally Posted by The Sticky Dog
Thats so funny.
That joke would have been mediocre at best if you spelt his name right. But since you didn't it's pretty funny.
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Cant anybody tell a joke without hamming it up these days? Stan Hibbert would smite you all
Haha. You didn't have any punctuation at the end of that last sentence.
Because i never got round to finishing it. If you would give me time to finish it properly, It would sayOriginally Posted by shortpitched713
"Cant anybody tell a joke without hamming it up these days? Stan Hibbert would smite you all."
Haha, that statement doesn't have a colon as proper transition punctuation after the word say.Originally Posted by Tomm NCCC
It should have a comma, not a colon.
Originally Posted by Axl Rose
RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
It is soooo a colon. I'll fight you to the death over it.
As soon as you spell America right.
A True Champion - Bob. Rest in peace. 15/04/06
"People today have too big a devil and too small a God"
- Stephen Currie
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1
Well, as he's put the quote a couple of lines beneath, I suppose a colon would be okay. But it's a comma, it's a fact, it's simple.Originally Posted by shortpitched713
For example, Shane Warne threw the ball at Pietersen at the Gabba, to which Pietersen said, "**** off."
That's grammatically correct, a colon wouldn't be, and I'll hear nothing that says otherwise.
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- protein detection chemistry │ Click-iT® technology │ Click-iT® toolbox reagents
- cell biology│second-messenger detection│Fluo-4 Direct™ Calcium Assay Kit
- flow cytometry │cell cycle analysis │ FxCycle™ dyes
- flow cytometry │control reagents │ ArC™ Bead Kit
- endocytic pathways | targeted fluorescent proteins | Organelle Lights™ and pHrodo™ reagents
- antibodies | primary antibodies | cell signaling antibodies
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Click-iT® toolbox reagents for rapid detection and identification of posttranslational modifications
what they are
With the latest additions to the Click-iT® toolbox of azide- and alkyne-containing biomolecules, you can rapidly discover key, but often elusive, protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) including:
- fucosylation—an important PTM for glycans that participate in cell–cell interactions and cell migration processes
- prenylation (farnesyl or geranylgeranyl)—important PTMs for protein trafficking
- fatty acylation (myristic acid or palmitic acid)—important PTMs for cell signaling, protein localization, trafficking, stability, and protein–protein interactions
how they work
Click chemistry is a powerful method for joining biomolecules quickly and specifically, and offers significant advantages over standard metabolic labeling and detection methods. An extremely fast reaction, click chemistry involves a copper-catalyzed covalent reaction between an alkyne and an azide, functional groups that do not occur naturally in biological systems. This uniqueness virtually eliminates the nonspecific binding or high background that can compromise other widely used detection methods. The small size of alkynes and azides compared to antibodies, or even biotin, allows for effective modification of small molecules and efficient penetration of cells and tissue by the Click-iT® reagents. Performing a click reaction requires the corresponding dye- or hapten-azide or alkyne and either the Click-iT® Cell Reaction Buffer Kit for analysis by flow cytometry or imaging, or the Click-iT® Protein Reaction Buffer Kit for analysis by standard biochemistry techniques such as gel electrophoresis, western blotting, or mass spectrometry.
what they offer
- pioneering biological insights—expose previously undiscovered and elusive posttranslational modifications
- rapid results—discover and identify modified proteins in hours or days as opposed to weeks or months with radiolabeling techniques
- context-rich data—easy multiplexing with other detection methods, including immunolabeling, flow cytometry, and even western blotting
Overview of the click chemistry azide/alkyne reaction. The azide and alkyne moieties are interchangeable, where the molecule can be labeled with an alkyne and react with a fluorophore- or hapten-azide.
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|Click-iT® fucose alkyne (tetraacetylfucose alkyne)
|5 mg
|Click-iT® geranylgeranyl alcohol, azide *mixed isomers*
|1 mg
|Click-iT® farnesyl alcohol, azide *mixed isomers*
|1 mg
|Click-iT® myristic acid (12-azidododecanoic acid)
|1 mg
|Click-iT® palmitic acid (15-azidopentadecanoic acid)
|1 mg
|Click-iT® Cell Reaction Buffer Kit
|1 kit
|Click-iT® Protein Reaction Buffer Kit
|1 kit
what it is
The Fluo-4 Direct™ Calcium Assay Kit was formulated to achieve the largest assay window by suppressing background fluorescence generated from media, with little to no impact on the cellular fluorescence. This advanced formulation allows the assay to be run in a simple "addition-only" format, without media removal or wash steps, in the presence of serum-containing media.
how it works
The Fluo-4 Direct™ kit is formulated with a proprietary background fluorescence quencher that eliminates the background fluorescence due to extracellular fluorescent dye and components of the culture media. This eliminates the requirement for media removal and wash steps, and as a result saves time and reduces variability caused by incomplete liquid removal or physical disruption of the cellular monolayer. The Fluo-4 Direct™ assay can be used to obtain appropriate pharmacological profiles for compounds in both agonist and antagonist modes, and is ideal for high-throughput screening experiments.
what it offers
- compatible with serum-containing media—no removal or wash steps needed
- simple add-and-read format—just load cells, stimulate, and read
- large assay window—low background with high fluorescence intensity
Dose-dependent calcium response to muscarnic 1 (M1) receptor agonists.
Dose-dependent inhibition of the calcium response by M1 receptor antagonists.
|Cat. no.
|Fluo-4 Direct™ Calcium Assay Kit
|10 x 10 mL (10 single plates)
|Fluo-4 Direct™ Calcium Assay Kit
|100 mL (10 plates)
|Fluo-4 Direct™ Calcium Assay Kit
|1 L (100 plates)
To learn more about the Fluo-4 Direct™ Calcium Assay Kit, visit www.invitrogen.com/fluo4direct
or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
what they are
The new FxCycle™ dyes are DNA stains for fixed-cell DNA content analysis, and are alternatives to the 488 nm excitation cell cycle dyes propidium iodide and 7-aminoactinomycin D (7-AAD). FxCycle™ dyes use either the 405 nm violet or 633 nm red lasers for excitation.
how they work
Measurement of DNA content enables the study of cell populations in various phases of the cell cycle as well as analysis of DNA ploidy. The FxCycle™ Violet stain uses the popular violet laser line and preferentially stains dsDNA by associating with AT clusters in the minor groove. Binding of FxCycle™ Violet stain to dsDNA results in ~20-fold fluorescence enhancement. The FxCycle™ Far Red stain uses the common 633 or 635 red laser line, and labels RNA as well as dsDNA.
what they offer
- cell cycle analysis using 405 nm or 633/635 nm excitation sources for more flexibility in experimental design
- minimal compensation with 488 nm excitable dyes for simpler analysis
- tight CVs for accurate results
- packaged as solid dye for longer shelf life and value
what it is
The ArC™ Bead Kit provides a consistent, accurate and simple-to-use technique for the setting of flow cytometry compensation, and is specifically optimized for use with all of the LIVE/DEAD® Fixable Dead Cell Stain Kits.
how it works
Accurate compensation is crucial for effective multicolor analysis in flow cytometry. The LIVE/DEAD® Fixable Dead Cell Stain Kits employ an amine-reactive fluorescent dye to evaluate mammalian cell viability by flow cytometry. To set compensation, Arc™ reactive beads are incubated with LIVE/DEAD® fixable dead cell stain, washed in staining buffer, a drop of negative control beads is added, and the beads are resuspended and analyzed by flow cytometry. The two components provide distinct positive and negative populations of beads that can be used to set compensation. The difference in intensity between the bead populations is typically greater than 50-fold.
what it offers
- fast and simple bead-based compensation for amine-reactive dyes
- accurate and consistent results
- easy combination with the AbC™ Anti-Mouse Bead Kit for multicolor immunophenotyping
- does not require treating cells for use in compensation setting
|Cat. no.
|ArC™ Bead Kit
|1 kit
Combine Organelle Lights™ and pHrodo™ reagents to visualize endocytosis and protein trafficking in real-time
what it is
A powerful combination of fluorescent protein–based Organelle Lights™ reagents and pH-sensitive pHrodo™ reagent–labeled proteins facilitates visualization of protein internalization and trafficking in live cells.
how it works
The pHrodo™ dye is a novel, red-emission, pH-sensitive dye that dramatically increases fluorescence as the pH of its surroundings becomes more acidic, making it an ideal tool to study endocytosis and its regulation by drugs and/or environmental factors. Organelle Lights™ reagents are ready-to-use fusion constructs prepackaged in baculovirus particles for highly efficient cellular delivery. Conjugates of the protein of interest (e.g., a receptor) are prepared with the amine-reactive pHrodo™ succinimidyl ester. The lysosomes or endosomes are labeled with the appropriate GFP-based Organelle Lights™ reagent, and overnight incubation allows expression of the targeted fluorescent protein. GFP is the recommended fluorescent protein, as it can be easily distinguished from the red fluorescence of the pHrodo™ dye. Once the cells are ready, add the pHrodo™ conjugate and incubate while imaging the conjugate as it travels through this dynamic cellular pathway.
what it offers
- real-time analysis—pHrodo™ and Organelle Lights™ reagents are live-cell compatible
- content-rich results—pHrodo™ and Organelle Lights™ reagents are amenable to formaldehyde-based fixation and can be multiplexed with blue- and far-red–fluorescent dyes or labeled antibodies
|HeLa cells transduced with Organelle Lights™ Endosome-GFP. The following day, cells were washed and then incubated with 10 mg/mL pHrodo™ dextran and 1mg/mL Hoechst 33342 for 5 min. It is possible to visualize endocytosis of pHrodo™ by colocalization of Organelle Lights™ Endosome-GFP and pHrodo™ dextran. Cells were imaged on a Delta Vision Core microscope using standard DAPI/FITC/TRITC/Cy®5 filters.
|Cat. no.
|Organelle Lights™ Endosomes-GFP
|1 kit
|Organelle Lights™ Lysosomes-GFP
|1 kit
|pHrodo™, succinimidyl ester
|1 mg
Learn more about Organelle Lights™ reagents.
Learn more about pHrodo™ reagents.
New validated primary antibodies for oncology, neurobiology, and immunology research
what they are
This month we are launching a diverse array of new cell signaling antibodies covering a broad spectrum of research areas, including oncology, neurobiology, immunology, and DNA modification. These antibodies are highly specific and validated with multiple applications using various species. The high quality of these antibodies is assured by ISO certified manufacturing techniques, and they are guaranteed to work when used as described.
how they work
We are actively expanding our collection of primary antibodies to enable analysis of key cell signaling targets. These new antibodies include extracellular antibodies against the cytokines IL-23 and IL-17, neuroscience antibodies against Dopamine 1A, anti-acelated lysine antibody to detect histone/transcription factor modification, and a phosphospecific antibody against the tumor suppressor, retinoblastoma protein (Rb).
what they offer
- confidence— all phosphorylation site specificities have been verified with peptide competition
- performance—robust antibodies validated for multiple applications
- selection—large menu of unique specificities, with wide range of targets and modification sites
|RB [pS612], rabbit polyclonal antibody: western blot and peptide competition. Extracts of Jurkat cells in high growth phase were resolved by SDS-PAGE and transferred to PVDF. The membrane was blocked with 5% BSA-TBST at room temperature for 1 hr, then incubated with RB [pS612] for 2 hr at room temperature in 3% BSA-TBST, following prior incubation with: no peptide (lane 1), a generic phosphoserine-containing (PS) peptide (lane 2), the non-phosphopeptide (NP) corresponding to the phosphopeptide immunogen (lane 3), or the phosphopeptide (P) immunogen (lane 4). After washing, the membrane was incubated with goat F(ab')2 anti–rabbit IgG alkaline phosphatase (Cat. no. ALI4405) and signals were detected using the Tropix® Western-Star™ detection method. The data show that only the phosphopeptide corresponding to Rb [pS612] blocks the antibody signal, demonstrating the specificity of the antibody.
| Host (reactive
|Cat. no.
|Mouse anti-IL-17 (human)
|500 µg
|Ms (Ch, Hu, Mk)
|Mouse anti-IL-23 (human)
|500 µg
|Ms (Ch, Hr, Hu, Mk, Rt)
|Mouse anti-Dopamine 1A receptor (rat)
|100 µg
|Ms (Ms, Hr, Rt, Sw)
|Mouse anti-Acetylated lysine
|100 µg
|RB [PS612] pAB
|10 blots
|Rb (Ck, Hu, Ms, Rt)
|* IHC = immunohistochemistry, WB = western blot.
† Ch = chimpanzee, Ck = chicken, Hr = horse, Hu = human, Mk = monkey, Ms = mouse, Rb = rabbit, Rt = rat, Sw = swine.
See a list of additional phosphorylation site–specific antibodies.
To browse antibodies by specificity or application, visit www.invitrogen.com/antibodies.
Fluorescent probes for plant imaging
We've summarized a collection of literature and reagents to help you design experiments for your plant research. Organized by structural and functional application, you can easily find the fluorescent probes you need and identify published studies citing the use of these imaging reagents.
Download the plant imaging reference.
Fluorescence technologies for cell health and toxicity in high-content imaging and analysis
what they are
We offer a comprehensive set of solutions for determining cell health and cytotoxicity in cell-based assays on automated imaging and high-content screening (HCS) platforms.
how they work
HCS cell health and cytotoxicity assays use a wide variety of fluorescent probes to enable the fixed end-point detection of apoptotic, genotoxic, mitotoxic, and cytotoxic effects of drugs. The assays are compatible with detergent permeabilization and formaldehyde-based fixation, enabling antibody detection of on-target effects in the same cells. With these easy-to-use tools, simultaneous interrogation of multiple aspects of cytotoxicity and cell health is possible, allowing generation of high-content results needed to make the next critical decision in the process of drug discovery and development.
what they offer
The HCS cell health and cytotoxicity assays enable critical insights into various aspects of cell health:
- apoptosis
- cell proliferation
- cell viability
- DNA damage
- mitochondrial health
- mitotic index
- nascent protein synthesis
- phospholipidosis and steatosis
Detection of protein synthesis inhibition using the Click-iT® AHA Alexa Fluor® 488 Protein Synthesis HCS Assay. (A) Dose response curves, performed in duplicate. U2OS cells were treated in L-methionine–free medium containing 50 μM Click-iT® AHA and cycloheximide (85 pM–5 μM) for 30 min. Images show untreated cells (B) and cells treated with 150 μM cycloheximide (C).
|Cat. no.
|Click-iT® AHA Alexa Fluor® 488 Protein Synthesis HCS Assay, 2-plate size
|1 each
|HCS DNA Damage Kit, 2-plate size
|1 each
|HCS LipidTOX™ Green phospholipidosis detection reagent, 1000X aqueous solution, 10-plate size
|1 each
|HCS LipidTOX™ Phospholipidosis and Steatosis Detection Kit, 2-plate size
|1 kit
|HCS LipidTOX™ Phospholipidosis and Steatosis Detection Kit, 10-plate size
|1 kit
|HCS LipidTOX™ Red phospholipidosis detection reagent, 1000X aqueous solution,10-plate size
|1 each
|HCS LipidTOX™ Green neutral lipid stain, solution in DMSO
|1 each
|HCS LipidTOX™ Red neutral lipid stain, solution in DMSO
|1 each
|HCS LipidTOX™ Deep Red neutral lipid stain, solution in DMSO
|1 each
|HCS LIVE/DEAD® Green Kit, 2-plate size
|1 each
|HCS Mitochondrial Health Kit, 2-plate size
|1 each
|HCS Mitotic Index Kit, 2-plate size
|1 each
|Image-iT® DEAD Green™ viability stain, 1 mM solution in DMSO
|25 μL
Learn more about HCS cell health and cytotoxicity assays at www.lifetech.com/hcs.
Experience the best—Alexa Fluor® dyes
From blue to red and into the near infrared, the Alexa Fluor® series of dyes provides many options for multicolor detection. Conjugates made with Alexa Fluor® dyes exhibit more intense fluorescence than other spectrally similar conjugates and are more photostable than most other fluorescent conjugates, allowing more time for image capture.
The Alexa Fluor® dyes remain the best and brightest conjugates we have ever tested. Recently, several new contenders have become available, most making claims of superior performance both in brightness and photostability. To investigate these claims, we compared all green-fluorescent secondary antibody conjugates available at the time of testing.
For more information about the Alexa Fluor® dye series, visit Alexa Fluor® Dyes.
|Multicolor fluorescence image of mouse testis cross section. Spermatozoa were detected using the green-fluorescent Alexa Fluor® 488 conjugate of lectin PNA (Cat. no. L21409). Actin filaments were visualized using red-fluorescent Alexa Fluor® 568 phalloidin (Cat. no. A12380). Nuclei were stained with blue-fluorescent DAPI (Cat. no. D1306, D3571, D21490).
Miksa, M. et al. (2009) J Immunological Methods 342:71–77.
How can we accurately assay the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells? Apoptosis comprises a multitude of highly regulated pathways through which an organism rids itself of unwanted cells without self injury, culminating in the phagocytic removal of post-apoptotic cellular debris by specialized immune cells such as macrophages and neutrophils. Errors (either in-born or acquired) in the machinery behind the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells are implicated in a number of medically important conditions; researchers need to be able to reliably assay phagocytosis in order to better understand these conditions. The phagocytic process can be viewed as occurring in distinct steps: binding of the unwanted object by the phagocytic immune cell, followed by the activation of signaling pathways, cytoskeletal rearrangements, and internalization. Methods that have been developed to assess phagocytosis by reporting the initial binding step can lead to overestimation of the extent of internalization under some circumstances. In their present report, Miksa and colleagues describe a simple and elegant method for monitoring the internalization step itself, which relies on macrophage-mediated chemical alteration of the internal environment of engulfed particles. In their assay, target cells (apoptotic thymocytes) are loaded with the pH-sensitive fluorescent dye pHrodo™ succinimidyl ester (SE). Upon phagocytic engulfment by macrophages, the target cells are lysed and their contents encounter the acidic environment within the phagosome, causing a dramatic increase in pHrodo™ dye fluorescence. Through FACS flow cytometric analysis and direct observation through fluorescence microscopy, the authors used this assay to monitor the internalization of apoptotic thymocytes; their results showed excellent agreement with previously reported results. Additionally, they accurately characterized the limited phagocytic activity of cells deficient in MFGE8 (a key protein required for phagocytosis), and demonstrated the successful recovery of phagocytic activity in these cells upon addition of exogenous MFGE8. This study represents the first use of an assay of this type in eukaryotic cells; the assay could prove useful in future studies of the role of macrophages in apoptosis.
View bibliography reference.
Learn more about pHrodo™ reagents.
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When the door to Pro Football's Hall of Fame finally swungopen for John Mackey yesterday, the former Baltimore Colts great found richirony in the knowledge that Al Davis would be joining him.
"All the troublemakers go in together," Mackey said with devilish delightfrom a hotel room in Minneapolis.
A prototypical tight end for the Colts in the 1960s, Mackey bucked the NFLestablishment as president of the players' union. Later, he won a lawsuit thatmade the Rozelle Rule illegal, giving players a form of free agency.
Davis, president and general partner of the Raiders, waged a successfulcourt fight to move his team from Oakland, Calif., to Los Angeles in the1980s, creating franchise free agency. He also testified against the NFL inthe USFL's failed antitrust lawsuit against the league in 1986.
"I feel I am the establishment," said Davis, who had campaigned hard forhis election. "I'd rather have the word 'maverick' than 'rebel' [used todescribe him]."
Mackey and Davis were selected along with former Washington Redskinsrunning back John Riggins -- who once sat a season in a contract dispute --and Detroit Lions cornerback Lem Barney for induction into the Hall of Famenext summer. The four newest inductees were voted into the Hall by a 31-manselection committee made up of sportswriters across the country.
Mackey was elected in his 15th and final year of eligibility. He was afinalist five times. It has been speculated that that Mackey's unionactivities delayed his election. He, however, is evasive on the subject.
"I really don't know," he said when asked why election took so long. "Whatmakes me feel good is I have received thousands of letters after retiring fromfootball -- more than I got when I played -- saying I should be in the Hall ofFame. They even send fan mail to Indianapolis, and the Colts forward it tome."
Mackey, 50, who lives in Long Beach, Calif., said he didn't think aboutpossible repercussions when he directed the players' association after the AFLand NFL merged in 1966.
"In the middle of it, I never thought about the Hall of Fame, or whatmight happen with my career," he said. "In the middle of a battle, you do thebest you can to win it.
"[But] I never thought this day wouldn't come."
Mackey's career spanned nine seasons with the Colts and one with the San Diego Chargers. He was a second-round draft pick in 1963 as a burly, 6-foot-2tight end out of Syracuse.
He caught 331 passes for 5,236 yards and 38 touchdowns in the NFL, andplayed in two Super Bowls. His most famous play came in Super Bowl V, when hecaught a tipped pass from John Unitas and turned it into a 75-yard touchdown,then a Super Bowl record.
But his own personal highlight reel would show Mackey clearing a path forthe Colts' running game.
"You're going to laugh about it, but I remember the 34 trap and 36 trap,"he said. "My job was to wipe out the defensive end and go get the linebacker.Man, that's what I loved. I ran over a lot of those guys."
Mackey was a devastating blocker in the mold of the Chicago Bears' Mike Ditka. Fittingly, Mackey follows Ditka as the second pure tight end elected tothe Hall.
"The best part of my game was hitting," he said. "I liked Mike Ditka. Iused to study Mike. When he was at the University of Pittsburgh, I was atSyracuse and I watched him play. I wanted to be just like Mike. He'd hit youand annihilate you. I was quicker. I'd annihilate you with one hit."
Dick Szymanski, who played with him on those Colts teams, said fansprobably remember Mackey for his running ability after making a catch. WhatSzymanski remembers, though, are two long touchdown runs in which six to eightdefensive players "bounced off him like rubber balls.
"Mackey was an awesome football player," Szymanski said. "Once he caughtthe ball, he was hell to stop. He deserved to get in [the Hall] a lot sooner."
Mackey is the eighth Colts player to be elected to the Hall. The othersare Unitas, Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Art Donovan, Jim Parker, Gino Marchetti and Ted Hendricks. Weeb Ewbank, Colts coach during 1954-62, also isenshrined.
Mackey, who grew up in Long Island, N.Y., said he still has a fondness forBaltimore.
"My wife [Sylvia] and I will always have fond memories of $H Baltimore,"he said. "Our kids started their education there, and it was a wonderful timeto live and play in Baltimore. I'm hoping one day they have a team of theirown. And I hope they don't live in the past. I hope they let the new team growon its own."
There were two other finalists for the Hall of Fame -- Tom Mack, the1966-78 Los Angeles Rams guard who was voted into 11 Pro Bowls, and Charlie Joiner, the Chargers receiver who held the NFL record for catches (650) whenhe retired in 1986. Because Mack and Joiner made the final six, they will beon the ballot again next year.
Riggins, who is in Cancun, Mexico, where he is host to the Jose CuervoSuper Bowl Beach Party, said: "I did what I wanted, and I wouldn't change whatI did to belong to this club. My image was less than Jack Armstrong, but in myheart, I was probably Jack Armstrong with a different point of view. I wasIgor and Dr. Frankenstein in one, doing my own experiments.
"My personality is that I don't take too many things too seriously. Thiswill touch me more as time goes by. It hasn't made me better-looking, though."
Barney said he played golf yesterday. "I wasn't concentrating on this," hesaid. "I thought to myself, whatever happens happens. When I heard, it meantthat my career had come full circle."
Mackey said his only Hall of Fame regret is that his mother isn't alive tosee him inducted in Canton, Ohio.
"She was quite sure I'd make it," he said. "She used to say, 'I'm going tobe there when they induct you into the Hall of Fame.' 1% "I'll guarantee she'll be there."
Class of '92
A capsule look at the four men named for induction into the Pro FootballHall of Fame: LEM BARNEY
Cornerback, Detroit Lions, 1967-1977: His first year out of Jackson State,he was named defensive rookie of the year, sharing the NFL lead with 10interceptions and returning three for touchdowns. His 56 interceptions for1,079 yards in returns (seven for touchdowns) rank him 11th among all-timeinterception leaders. He played in seven Pro Bowls.AL DAVIS
Scout, assistant coach, head coach, general manager, league commissionerand principal team owner and chief executive officer, Oakland-Los AngelesRaiders, 1960-present: Named the Raiders head coach and general manager in1963 at 33, Davis led the team to a 10-4 record and was named the AFL Coach ofthe Year. He was 23-16-3 in three years as a head coach. During the first 27years of the "Davis era" (1963-1988), the Raiders' .671 winning percentage wasthe finest in all of professional sports. He became the AFL Commissioner in1966 and the AFL-NFL merger followed two months later. JOHN MACKEY
Tight end, Baltimore Colts-San Diego Chargers, 1963-1971: He missed onlyone game in his pro career, nine seasons of which was with the Colts. He wasconsidered a prototype tight end, a strong blocker with breakaway speed andthe ability to avoid tacklers. Despite his 6-2, 224-pound frame, he had thespeed to go deep: In 1966, he had touchdown catches covering 51, 57, 64, 79,83 and 89 yards. He totaled 331 catches for 5,236 yards and 38 touchdowns forhis career. JOHN RIGGINS
Running back, New York Jets-Washington Redskins, 1971-79, 1981-85: Rigginsis the NFL's sixth-leading rusher, with 11,352 yards, including 116touchdowns, third highest in the history of the NFL. He sat out 1980 becauseof a contract squabble. Riggins was the MVP in the 1983 Super Bowl.


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User is digitising new (line, poly) features and accidentally adds additional vertices within very small distance of previous vertex, resulting in redundant vertices. I want to prevent this from happening within the current editing environment (ArcGIS 10.x). Back in workstation this could be accomplished using WEED tolerance parameter in the ARCEDIT editing environment. It seems there is no equivalent in ArcGIS.
I've been offered a couple of answers to this question, both of which have been inadequate thus far:
Answer - Change the XY resolution or XY tolerance of the feature class.
I absolutely do not want to do either of these as it creates geometry problems in the data. I don't want to change anything about the storage of the data itself, this would be like changing the coverage precision.
Answer - Use the 'classic' snapping environment and snap to sketch vertices and set the tolerance to a minimum distance value.
While this might eliminate some of these occurences, it does not actually prevent the user from creating redundant vertices. It also requires additional validation work afterwards to identify and fix possible errors (check geometry, topology etc.). I am trying to minimise errors at the editing stage while also reducing the amount of work to validate the data.
So the question boils down to "I used to be able to do this? Why can't I now?". The answer could well be "There is no equivalent, deal with it". I'm hoping this isn't the case though.


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A couple of things from what I have read....
The 30 foot level of a mine shaft is 30 feet down from the
surface. Not the 30th level. Also.. The number of shot and
size of the shot should pretty well determine the shotgun
caliber. The spread of the shot at the skin surface should
also give an approximation of the distance between the
subject and the muzzle. The distance of penetration for
the shot should also provide whether the shell was standard
or magnum load. None of this is hard and clearly defined, but
should get in the ballpark. Also... there are still mine shafts
in the desert which have not been discovered. Just my thots..


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Medical Illustration Commissions in Zurich and Frankfurt
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What is accreditation?
The primary purpose of state accreditation is to assure educational institutions, students, families, employers, and interested public that the institution operates with a high level of quality in education and is recognized by the Government.
Accreditation is a process by which educational institutions and academic programmes are recognized for their performance, integrity, and quality that entitles them to the confidence of the educational community and the public. Accreditation is granted for a certain period and guarantees that the institution or academic programme has the necessary capacity to provide education for a definite time span.
Accreditation entails that the institution maintains the standards that endow its graduates to gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher learning or to achieve credentials for professional practice.
Both, institutional and academic programme accreditations are carried out in three consecutive phases:
How to apply?
An educational institution seeking accreditation status can apply to ANQA or other quality assurance agencies that are either registered on the European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR henceforth) or are full members of ENQA. Institutions implementing academic programmes with non-EHEA countries or branches of foreign institutions can apply to recognized accreditation agencies, the list of which is approved by the RA Minister of Education and Science. Any institution that has applied to an international accreditation organization must notify ANQA of the start of the accreditation process within five calendar days.
ANQA accepts applications for accreditation throughout the whole year. Applications are submitted according to the format of application form set up by ANQA and the Board of Trustees.
The educational institution appoints a Contact Person to care for the organizational and technical issues, as well as to cooperate with ANQA. The Contact Person's name and contact details are specified in the application.
It is mandatory for educational institutions applying for institutional accreditation to state those two educational programmes that will be introduced in the self-evaluation.
The procedure for the approval or rejection process of applications is adopted according to the Statute on Accreditation.
The approximate cost of the institutional accreditation process in AMD
Preparatory costs of the site visit
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Costs of the organization and implementation of the site visit (for 4 days)
1 832 000
Costs of the experts' report preparation
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Organizational expenses (for universities located in Yerevan)
870 000
Other costs
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When: Monday night
Where: Rogers Arena
VANCOUVER - With its dark, gospel overtones, Leonard Cohen's latest album Old Ideas deals with the legend's own mortality, acting as a re-assessment of Cohen's own past, burdens, troubles and sorrows.
But although Cohen describes himself as a "lazy bastard living in a suit" on the funerary Going Home, it's a rather spry 78-year-old that graced the stage at Rogers Arena Monday night, delivering a near-three hour concert in two parts that re-explored a wide cross-section of the legend's repertoire.
And forget funerary: Though much of Cohen's material easily lends itself to doom and gloom, the poet/musician has always been a master at peppering his shadowy musings with a grin-inducing wryness and a sardonic sense of humour, something that came easily for the master wordsmith.
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Sauntering onto the stage to open with Dance Me to the End of Love, the suit-clad, hat-topped Cohen quickly leaped into The Future, his classic nihilistic vision that still rings true to this day - "I've seen the future, brother, it is murder" - his deep gravelly voice mingling with the harmonies of backup singer and longtime collaborator Sharon Robinson and sisters Hattie and Charley Webb.
"I'd like to stay on the road for another few years mostly because I want to start smoking again when I turn 80," Cohen said early on, thanking the near sold-out crowd. "And I don't want to do it alone."
The first half of the concert was essentially a slightly re-arranged version of recent live incarnations, one essential track coming hot on the heels of the other.
Cohen's six-piece band kept the arrangements light and airy, dampening Cohen's deep, breathy voice.
The sound mix was balanced just right to accommodate Cohen, whose vocal power isn't exactly what it used to be, though the soul was still all there.
Cohen would spend much of the evening on his knees as if professing his faith in the power of song, opening Bird on the Wire with his head bowed and his eyes closed, uncovering his head in respect during Mitch Watkins' striking guitar solo and Neil Larsen's stellar display on the Hammond B3.
Some of the arrangements twisted classics upside down.
The doom-laden Everybody Knows took on a distinctly Balkan flavour with guitarist Javier Mas plucking the 12 strings on his archilaud, while Who By Fire took on a Peruvian vibe with harp and violin, Cohen taking a turn on acoustic guitar and Roscoe Beck pulling some amazing tricks on stand-up bass.
Cohen's band was flat-out spectacular all around, flashy without being in-your-face, giving Cohen's words the space they needed. And sometimes the pauses between the words carried as much weight as the lyrics themselves, the man exuding that old timeless kind of spellbinding cool that had the crowd entranced.
"Hey Cohen would you lighten up?" the man said before a breezy Ain't No Cure For Love, and he did more than a few times often grinning as he sang.
The material from Old Ideas fit right in with Cohen's classics, Amen and Come Healing resonating with clarity and grace, Cohen's deep voice almost preacher-like.
Because ultimately many will approach a Cohen performance more as a spiritual experience than a concert, and on that level Cohen certainly delivered, reciting poem A Thousand Kisses Deep to a crowd that held its breath as Cohen spoke of the frailty of love and body.
And just like that Cohen was sauntering off the stage for the intermission, having thanked just about everyone on his crew and his fans for being there.
Pure class.
The second half of the show would be filled with momentous highlights: Tower of Song performed Casio-pop style with Cohen punching the keys on his old synth, Suzanne on the acoustic guitar with Cohen's shadow looming large on the curtains at the back of the stage and virtuoso Alexandru Bublitchi making his instrument weep, Waiting for the Miracle, which benefited from a Mediterranean vibe, the steamy Anyhow ("I'm naked and I'm filthy, and both of us are guilty"), and inevitably Hallelujah, which is oft imitated but that no one can really do the way Cohen does it.
Close to three hours can seem like an eternity in some cases, but with Cohen the evening could've gone on forever, as comfortable as it was to be wrapped in his rapturous embrace.
View photos from the show here
Blog: vancouversun.com/awesomesound


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Just a week away from the April 8 election, voters can now vote by absentee ballots.
Just a week away from the April 8 election, voters can now vote by absentee ballots. If a voter will be absent, out of town or unable to make it to the polls on April 8, they can request an absentee ballot be mailed to them or they can stop by the Camden County Courthouse to pick one up at any time. The last day to vote by an absentee ballot is April 7 at 5 p.m.
Camden County has 29,412 active voters that are registered to vote in the upcoming April election, but history shows that an average of 10 percent of registered voters will show up to the polls.
According to County Clerk officials, April elections do not usually see a very high voter turnout.
So far, Camden County has handed out 252 absentee ballots which were available on Feb. 25. In the last April election, 520 Camden County voters placed their vote with an absentee ballot.
Voters are encouraged to let their voice be heard by voting at a polling location on April 8 or voting absentee.


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Larry King Presents: A Tribute To Bernie Mac "A King Of Comedy" [R.I.P]
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Safehouse Studios a Film and Video Production Company
Safehouse Studios is a film and video production company servicing Albany, Georgia that produces video and film content which grabs attention and drives your vision. Our film and video production services have helped clients in small business, corporate, as well as the film industry, excel and get their points across with relative ease. Equipped with professional high end video and audio equipment, a polished look is what your project gets. Starting with production design we get the vision and get locked into the goal at hand. After that, we start shooting by creating a comfortable and SAFE environment for our clients, not a high intense setting. No drama here. Creativity takes the lead in finding the story that shows the vision.
Videos are among the most versatile tactics content marketers can leverage. The impact video has raised awareness for our customers to a brand, conferences, products, or a campaign. YouTube is the second most visited website in the world, so take a look at the following video that we produced. It isn't even more than two minutes and thirty seconds.
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We want to work with our clients and give you the exposure that your business is WORTH. In addition, Safehouse Studios is the premier film and video production company servicing Albany, Georgia. Therefore we can make this happen through a variety of video and film services, from pre- to post-production including director, producer, creative, crew, equipment, audio, studio, filming, aerial photography and videography, editing, and much more.
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♥ my fiRst Love Letter ♥
It's April 05, 2009 when I received my very very first love letter (well it's not a letter, it's a card, hehe :p)….
I really love letters..super.. Specially when it is from your love ones. And I always keep them all. And I often read my letters before I sleep..
This letter is very special to me. It is from Saul Krisna, my boyfriend. When I was reading his letter I was really really touch[kilig to the bones]. This letter is his gift on our 4th monthsary.
Here is the Letter:
Happy 4th monthsary!!! It's been 147 days since I first met you and 122 days since nagging "tayo". I do hope naging masaya ka all this time with me as your boyfriend kasi if you would ask me now if naging Masaya ako with you, isisigaw ko pa sa iyo na "Oo".
Actually this is my first letter to you kaya kinakabahan ako (pagpasensyahan mo na if pangit ang handwritten ko) baka di mo ito magustuhan. Anyway gusto ko lang mag thank you sa iyo sa lahat ng bagay na ginawa mo for me. Thank you sa pagiging girlfriend, kaibigan, kakulitan, kaasaran, teacher, lover at kwentuhan. Mahal na mahal talaga kita. Alam kong madaming bese na kitang sinaktan ang I'm really sorry for that. I just hope and pray that
Im so happy when I read it.. na touch talaga ako sobra.. ♥ ♥ ♥
Honey Qu,
Thank you sa binigay mo na letter I really appreciate it.. I'll promise you that I will keep it forever.. Sorry dahil lagi kita inaaway..


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You can walk the length of a local fishing pier in the fall and pass many rows of bottom-fishermen. First, there will be a few guys drowning minnows for flounder, and then gobs of spot anglers bunched up in hordes hoping for a run of fall yellow-bellies. These are generally calm people. Eventually, however, as you reach the deep end of the pier you may find a diverse pod of frenzied guys and girls casting and re-casting small plugs out into the water, lures that look for all the world like thin pencils with colored heads and three dangerous treble hooks attached to them.
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Maine TV News Anchors Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio Quit On Air
With all the controversy over media bias, it seems two journalists have finally taken a stand -- on air. The longest running news team in Bangor, Maine, resigned at the end of their Tuesday evening broadcast, to the shock of staff and viewers, later telling the Bangor Daily News that management prevented them from running a balanced newsroom.
Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio have been anchors at ABC affiliate WVII and Fox affiliate WFVX in Bangor for six years, but claimed that the owners and managers had been increasingly intervening in their newscasts over the last four, reports the Bangor newspaper.
"It's a culmination of ongoing occurrences that took place the last several years and basically involved upper management practices that we both strongly disagreed with," said Michaels. "It's a little complicated, but we were expected to do somewhat unbalanced news, politically, in general."
More:News Anchor Claims He Was Fired For Complaining About Studio FilthMichaels was also the news director at both WVII and WFVX, overseeing five daily newscasts, and gained some national notice in 2008 due to her striking resemblance to then-vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Consiglio was the executive producer for the stations, and previously a sports anchor.
Mike Palmer, WVII/WFVX vice president and general manager, denied their charges. "Upper management is not involved in the daily production of the news. Period," he said.
Palmer sparked a political tiff in 2006 when he was the stations' general manager, for telling his staff that they would no longer report stories on global warming. When "Bar Harbor is underwater, then we can do global warming stories," he wrote in an email obtained by The New York Times. "Until then, no more."
He explained that he placed global warming stories in the same category as "the killer African bee scare" from the 1970s and "the Y2K scare when everyone's computer is going to self-destruct."
Michaels and Consiglio hadn't told anyone about their plans, so that they would be able to do a final broadcast. "We figured if we had tendered our resignations off the air, we would not have been allowed to say goodbye to the community on the air and that was really important for us to do that," Michaels explained to the Daily News.
Neither of them said they were sure if they would be working in broadcasting again anytime soon. "I'm going to pursue a freelance career and concentrate on a novel I'm writing and some painting," Michaels said on-air.
"This is one of the toughest decisions I've ever made. This is my career and I love doing it," Consiglio told the Bangor Daily News. "I'm looking at some options, but whether they're in this industry or not is something I'll find out."
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BUCHANAN –– Grayson County's early-game woes continued Tuesday as James River pounced on the Blue Devils for seven first-inning runs, rolling to a 14-5 win in the Region C baseball quarterfinals Tuesday at James River High School.
Other than a scoreless start in its final regular season game, the Blue Devils have given up an average of 4.4 runs in the first inning of their last six games.
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text: Radio streaming with OpenWrt 09 April 2016 david Code I have been doing a bit more playing around with USB sound cards and OpenWrt. I thought that a pretty good use for my HooToo HT-TM02 would be as an internet radio player. So I have been experimenting. I installed the following packages (I already had USB support working): kmod-usb-audio madplay alsa-utils Which enables me to play internet radio streams from the command line. I have been trying the stations listed on www.intenet-radio.com. If the station shows a PLS link, I found that you can download it as a playlist-file and extract the URL from inside using a text editor. In many cases, this seems to work very well (but not all streams worked). Then just use this command on OpenWrt and replace the URL: wget -O - [URL] | madplay - -a-30 -o wave:- | aplay Which will play the stream (I'm dropping the volume with -30 in that example). In reality, I've been using all the commands in quiet mode and in the background, like this: wget -q -O - [URL] | madplay -Q - -a-30 -o wave:- | aplay -q & ...which just plays the stream in the background without any other output to the console. In addition, I also found the BBC radio station streams listed on this website which is pretty useful (and also the French station, Fip for good measure): http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio1_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio1xtra_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio2_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio3_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4lw_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4extra_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio5live_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_6music_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_asianet_mf_p http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_nangaidheal_mf_p http://audio.scdn.arkena.com/11016/fip-midfi128.mp3 A better way to set the volume from the command line, is to use the amixer command, I'm using something like this: amixer sset Headphone 50% Although the more fancy alsamixer command seems to work fine as well. After using that for a while, I think it's a very good use for the HooToo, so I am building a simple front end and will keep it as a miniature internet radio player.


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I'm a bit addicted to these glasses. Especially on little faces.
I want to blow these pictures up as big as I can and hang them every where!
I can't help but smile every time I glance at those pictures. Something about oversized glasses and small chubby cheeks. OH MY!
Stone's addicted to them too. He loves wearing them, and actually kind of starts to throw a tantrum when you try to take them away. The last few days have been busy. Adelyn turned three on Friday. THREE! And Stone decided that he wants nothing to do with nursing. Literally, one day he's nursing 5-6 times and then next day he will not nurse. (insert crying, lonely, unneeded momma here).
On a happier note, I'd like to share a status from a friends Facebook that really got me thinking:
My yoga teacher-"if you can't reach your foot, it's not a problem unless you make it a problem... So just so we're clear, it's a made up problem." Ahhh, I love the yogi state of mind!
Isn't that the truth. I mean…. such a simple way of thinking and living. Happy. Peaceful. So many things in our lives are made up problems.


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FY08 Challenge America Fast Track Review Grants
Announced November 15, 2007
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany, GA, $10,000
To support the Creole Romantics, a series of concerts featuring the Albany State University Concert Chorale and guest pianist Marcia Hood. In addition to a performance for the general public, two concerts will be for Doughtery County grade school students.
Billings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, $10,000
To support a performance and programming by cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Ms. Weilerstein will perform Shostakovich's Cello Concerto, conduct a master class for aspiring local cellists, and participate in an open rehearsal to which area youth will be invited.
Catskill Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
To support harmonica master Howard Levy in a concert performance and outreach activities. A Grammy winner, Mr. Levy will perform with the symphony, as well as participate in enrichment programs for area public school youth from a rural, three-county area in central New York.
Charlotte Symphony, $10,000
To support the Blue Violin Concert featuring violinist Doug Cameron and related outreach activity. Prior to the concert at the Center for Performing Arts and Education, Cameron will conduct workshops for string instrumentalists.
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
To support associated activities and a concert featuring Gareth Johnson. Johnson is a winner of the International Sphinx Competition that recognizes young, ethnically diverse string instrumentalists. The concert is part of a series of concerts that will feature African American composers and musicians during Black History Month.
Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, $10,000
To support Young Guns II, part of the In the Spotlight concert series. The concert theme will focus on musical prodigies and will present teenage pianists Michelle and Christina Naughton playing works composed at an early age by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Poulenc, and Bizet.
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
To support the presentation of Ellis Island: The Dream of America by Peter Boyer. The composition is a blend of oral history and symphonic music that celebrates the American immigrant experience.
Great Falls Symphony, $10,000
To support a performance by flutists Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway. Band and orchestra students from across Montana will be invited to an open rehearsal with the Galways.
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
To support the Community Gospel Concert. Scores of choristers will perform with famed gospel vocalist Wintley Phipps in celebration of Greensboro's historic civil rights sit-in events.
Plymouth Symphony Society, $10,000
To support the Fusion Festival–Inspirations from India, featuring sitarist Hasu Patel. Patel will premiere a work commissioned for the festival.
Western Piedmont Symphony, $10,000
To support a performance by oboist Joseph Robinson, bassoonist Wilfred Roberts, clarinetist Douglas Miller, and French horn player Brice Andrus. The concert will include the premiere of composer Edmund Cionek's The Adirondacks.
Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, $10,000
To support a series of concerts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Performances will be conducted by Marvin Hamlisch and Andrés Cárdenés.


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LeTourneau University's Center for Faith and Work will feature former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert during a university chapel service at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, March21, in the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center, 2100 S. Mobberly Ave. in Longview.
Leppert, who is currently running for U.S. Senate as a Texas Republican, will discuss faith and work integration as a businessman and politician. Prior to becoming mayor of Dallas in 2007, Leppert led several major corporations in the construction, financial services and real estate industries, including as CEO of the nation's largest general building company, The Turner Corporation. As mayor, Leppert led ethics reforms and dedicated himself to improve quality of life for Dallas citizens. He was named "CEO of the Year" by D Magazine in 2008.
The Center for Faith and Work invites business leaders to campus to help students gain a vision about what it means to be a follower of Jesus in their workplace.
"This chapel service won't be a political speech," said LETU Executive Director of the Center for Faith and Work Bill Peel. "Tom's faith plays a vital role in his public and personal life, and he will share how his faith helped him to make decisions in his roles in leadership."
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