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The Frozen Lands feedback., The Frozen Lands, they look intimidating.
Oct 5 2014, 04:45 PM
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The Frozen Lands would go well with Runescape or World of Warcraft. I struggle to imagine Ashen Empires being Frozen, most likely because Ashen...Ash....Fire.
Was the content Challenging?
I personally need to be higher level, about 3 levels higher so that it is not too challenging but challenging enough, to compete with the enviorment, what level would you recommend?
I am new too Ashen Empires and i like snowy content so The Frozen Lands looked cool did you love it or like it?
How can i get help from people who do not have The Frozen Lands?
Oct 6 2014, 07:16 AM
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Most people have all expansions, I assume you are a new player so I am going to try to break it down for you.
In this game, what most people do to work on their characters is kill dragons and bosses.
This requires a few things:
1. All expansions (Construction is not needed)
2. Attunement quests completeted (most bosses have their own)
3. A character at least level 105
Now as a new player leveling may seem slow but I can assure you it is not. Getting to level 105 is quick but 105 to 110 takes a while, thankfully even in a group of level 110s you are still useful at only level 105.
To level the quickest as a new player I suggest:
1. Have the ToF expansion and VIP - This way you can pick up large DTM quests and kill 1 type of monster and turn in for loads of experience
2. Minotaurs (level 25 - 50)
3. Rock Trolls (level 50 - 105) - you could go to ettins at level 40 or 50 if rock trolls are too tough, this is where you would want to be close to level 100 in a weapon skill
4. Demons (level 105 - 110) - also if you can get the gear, hunt dragons as they give better loot, but not experience (SoC expansion)
I don't know what server you are on but I'm sure people would be happy to help you if you ask in either the help channel or sanctuary(Heroes) or legends(Legends) channels when you have questions.
To answer your question about the snow lands, it was the first expansion and not many people spend time up there. There are a few bosses the have loot people still seek today, but most of the hype is in the SoC and TR expansions.
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Talazars Revenge: Is what you're calling the Frozen Lands, which is only about half the area that was in that expansion pack. It was absolutely popular, and people loved it. It is still a challenging area for a level 100-105 character, the items dropped are good and can be considered quite rare as most people don't hunt there, but still want some resistance gear from there.
You will find, Northern Frost Giants Lair which is very difficult solo, I've never been level 106+ so I can't say how difficult it is after that, but before it, it's hard.
It's a really fun area of the game to play, and if they come out with another expansion pack, I'd like to see them add another Northern Style area with similiar design and concept, perhaps north of Valinor on the map (They would have to expand the map) Something about Frost areas in a Retro 2d game really gets the blood pumping.
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NHGRI Genetic Development Researchers Find Trigger for Cell's Internal Compass
NHGRI Genetic Development Researchers Find Trigger for Cell's Internal Compass
A tabby cat's fur grows in one direction, perfect for petting. That trait is the result of an embryonic development mechanism called the planar cell polarity signaling pathway.
Now, developmental geneticists from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) studying this pathway have found that it also is a key mechanism for the placement of organs and other structures on either side of the body. Their study of left-right asymmetry in vertebrate development, and the role of planar cell polarity in initiating it, appeared in the June 20, 2010 early online edition of the journal Nature.
Vertebrate development requires specific orientation of the embryo's dorsal-ventral, anterior-posterior and left-right axes. "For the development of multi-cellular organisms, you must have cell number and type increase," explained senior author Yingzi Yang, Ph.D., senior investigator in NHGRI's Genetic Diseases Research Branch. "These cells all need proper polarity to know in which directions to migrate, to divide and to contact with each other. This directional information is essential for cells to be organized into functional organs with the right shapes and positions."
Planar cell polarity is the internal compass of the cell and the organ. In their study of mice embryos, the researchers removed two genes essential for planar cell polarity, called Van Gogh like 1 and 2 (Vangl1 and Vangl2). They observed that cilia, or minute hairs that emerge from cells in a specialized embryonic development organizer called the node, grew in random directions with impaired planar cell polarity functions. "Left-right asymmetry is always determined early in embryonic development," Dr. Yang said. "If an error occurs at this point in development, you would have congenital defects. A good example is the heart; there is a left and right ventricle and they need to be properly positioned."
Embryonic development begins with the first cell division to a point at which complex physical structures are formed with coordination of millions of genetically programmed cells. At some point, the symmetry of early embryonic growth must be broken. "We found the earliest step that breaks bilateral symmetry," Dr. Yang said. "When symmetry is broken, the cells on different sides acquire distinct behaviors that, in turn, facilitate function." The researchers observed that planar cell polarity is the mechanism that allows the embryo to interpret anterior-posterior positional information and establishes left-right asymmetry in the development of functional structures.
Developmental biologists have known that left-right axis is established after dorsal-ventral and anterior-posterior axis. What intrigued the researchers is just how the early embryo knows when to interrupt, or break, the symmetry of early embryos to then determine left-right asymmetry.
Planar cell polarity acts on cells in a single sheet called the epithelium, which creates the surface of structures in the body. In normal development, cells in the plane of the epithelium have similar orientations. Individual cells in a tissue field develop coordinately and function together by responding to planar cell polarity, whether becoming a structure in the ear for hearing, the lining of the lung for breathing, or any of the body's myriad organ structures — even the tabby cat's coat.
According to Dr. Yang, the finding is fundamental to the general developmental biology field and to researchers who study WNT signaling, a key signaling pathway in development and adult physiology in a wide variety of organisms including humans. "The finding offers definitive genetic evidence that WNT- planar cell polarity signaling is important," said Dr. Yang. She also anticipates interest by those who study human genetics and regularly see left-right symmetry related defects.
"There are strong clinical implications for our finding," said Dr. Yang. "If cells and tissues don't get polarity right, severe developmental problems may result. There are those cases in which left-right symmetry poses no problem, but in other cases it can be lethal."
The findings are the result of more than five years of research in Dr. Yang's NHGRI lab. In addition to the individual finding described in the study, the researchers generated genetic tools, including Vang1 and Vang2 mutant animal models, which Dr. Yang believes will be helpful for investigations of additional important embryonic development questions.

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As Speaker Boehner and the Republican House leadership struggle this morning to lock down the votes needed to pass the Republican debt limit bill, there were a couple of other developments.
First, the President gave a brief statement this morning that essentially reiterated his belief in the necessity of a bipartisan compromise, and he once again urged people to write their congressman, noting that when he last made this pitch, the public response was overwhelming. Again, however, it's not clear to me that the people who are writing in are doing so in favor of bipartisan compromise; my guess is that the communications are coming mostly from issue activists on both sides of the political divide, telling their representatives to hold tight against the forces of evil.
What was more interesting is what Obama did not say: once again, he did not offer his own plan, nor did he promise a veto threat of the existing plans, despite previously releasing a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) noting that his adviser would recommend a veto. As Peter Baumann reminds me, this is typical language when preparing a veto threat. But there are exceptions – Obama was much more explicit in promising to veto the Republican Cut, Cap and Balance bill. I think it's significant that he has not yet gone that far with the Republican bill. Of course, his Press Secretary is arguing that the veto issue is moot, since the Republican bill will never pass the Senate.
As if lawmakers needed any more incentive to act to prevent a default, the second quarter economic report was not good, with growth the slowest since the recession "officially" ended. This is not good news for Obama's reelection prospects.
Finally, Tom Harkin joins the growing line of Democrats arguing that Obama would be justified in invoking the 14th amendment to end the debt impasse.
It is fascinating, and not totally unexpected, to hear Democrats who bitterly complained about George W. Bush asserting strong executive power to act in a national emergency now reversing field and urging Obama to emulate Bush, while Republicans have suddenly become the defenders of the Constitution. It all about whose ox is gored.
At this point, depending on the whip count, Boehner is planning to bring the Republican bill to a vote today. Meanwhile, the House Rules committee has issued a rule that will allow the House to vote on the Reid bill as well. In the Senate, Reid has acknowledged that they can't wait for the House to act to start deliberations, so they will begin debate today as well.
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Politics is a funny business. How many of us would like to or be able to go out in public, brag about our accomplishments, in a way that hopefully didn't seem too much like bragging, expose all our past failures and foibles, stand up under the insults and lies from our opponents team, and try to prove to the public that we are the better person to handle an important job? Not me! The connection between my brain and my keyboard comes easily, but I'm often a slow thinker. I have to ponder stuff, and the right answer doesn't pop out of my mouth until much later, and all too often becomes just "I wish I'd said that."
That said, it is not really surprising that much of a campaign's advertising is based on an emotional appeal. The Obama campaign's "Joe Soptic ad," where Soptic tried to blame his unemployment and his wife's death on Mitt Romney —was a charge that was shown not only to be false, but chronologically impossible. Nevertheless, it is still running. I see a far greater cynicism from the Democrats — an expectation that people will believe falsehoods and don't know how to discover the truth. But perhaps that's just because I'm on the other side.
Mitt Romney is in a difficult position for the opposing campaign. He has been an honest and spectacular success in business, helping to nurture many startups to success, and salvage others. His education prepared him for a successful career in business and his work ethic, leadership, and intelligence made it a sterling career. He turned those skills to saving the Salt Lake Winter Olympics from disaster, and went on to win the Governor's office in Massachusetts. With a Legislature that was 93% Democrat, he managed to get rid of the deficit and restore the State to a surplus. This is not the stuff of easy attacks. We have a genuinely supremely skilled candidate who is that rare thing in politics at any time — a genuinely good and compassionate man. Makes the attack thing hard. It is well known that Mitt is rich, and people always hate the rich, because they have no conception of the common man. Out-of-touch, uncaring, and filthy rich!
Enter the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), who recruited Mitt Romney's garbageman — embarrassing, but true — for a new ad, published Oct, 1, 2012. Richard Hayes is a City of San Diego sanitation worker whose route includes Mitt Romney's $12 million oceanfront villa in La Jolla, California. This is his story.
Note the sledgehammer message? (h/t: Charles Cooke) It isn't Mitt Romney's house — it's his "$12 million oceanfront villa." Mr. Romney's wealth and detachment prevent him from having to know what life is like for blue-collar workers like Mr. Hayes.
One problem, if the AFSCME folks had done their homework, they might have encountered page 251 of Mitt Romney's book No Apology:
During my campaign for governor, I decided to spend a day every few weeks doing the jobs of other people in Massachusetts. Among other jobs, I cooked sausages at Fenway Park, worked on asphalt paving crew, stacked bales of hay on a farm, volunteered in an emergency room, served food at a nursing home, and worked as a child-care assistant. I'm often asked which was the hardest job – it's child care, by a mile.
One day I gathered trash as a garbage collector. I stood on that little platform at the back of the truck, holding on as the driver navigated his way through the narrow streets of Boston. As we pulled up to traffic lights, I noticed that the shoppers and businesspeople who were standing only a few feet from me didn't even see me. It was as if I was invisible. Perhaps it was because a lot of us don't think garbage men are worthy of notice; I disagree – anyone who works that hard deserves our respect. – I wasn't a particularly good garbage collector: at one point, after filling the trough at the back of the truck, I pulled the wrong hydraulic lever. Instead of pushing the load into the truck, I dumped it onto the street. Maybe the suits didn't notice me, but the guys at the construction site sure did: "Nice job, Mitt," they called. "Why don't you find an easier job?" And then they good-naturedly came down and helped me pick up my mess.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - Some wagged tails, and others looked timid, uncertain of what life might bring for a rescued canine newly arrived in our nation's capital.
Two dozen dogs, all rescued from a South Carolina puppy mill, arrived Wednesday evening at the Washington Animal Rescue League. WARL's transport van and two staffers had made the trip to a temporary animal shelter in Columbia, S.C. to pick up the dogs.
They were among approximately 225 animals, including horses and fowl, rescued after suffering neglect and abuse at a Johnston, S.C. property.
Arriving at WARL, the dogs are a parade of breeds, from tiny Maltese and terriers to beagles, boxers and larger dogs. They included nursing mother dogs and their pups. All the dogs are being made comfortable, and after their medical and behavioral needs are addressed, they'll be made available for adoption. Visit the WARL website for more details on these dogs as well as other companion animals seeking homes.


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If we can trust the Tweet, then Star Trek 2 and Zachary Quinto have officially wrapped. Quinto sent out an image and a brief message over Twitter today that would suggest the follow up to J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek has wrapped. After these set photos and video initially leaked earlier this year, we haven't see a whole lot out of the Starfleet camp (here's a hat). Quinto stays the course with this Tweet, as far as images go, but it's good to know the production has wrapped up. Maybe now we can get an official title. The Untitled Star Trek Sequel, starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Karl Urban, John Cho, Alice Eve, Peter Weller, Noel Clarke, and Benedict Cumberbatch. , opens May 17th, 2013. Hit the jump to see the image along with a recap of what we know about the sequel.
Check out the image and message left by @ZacharyQuinto earlier today:
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Yeah, admittedly it's not really much of anything. Also, as of the writing of this article, @simonpegg posted this confirmatory tweet:
Wind, reel and print. The countdown to May 2013 has begun.
So it's safe to assume Spock and Scotty can hang up the Starfleet uniforms for a little while. If you'd like to steer clear of spoilers, quit reading now. We're going to do a quick wrap-up of what we know about the sequel so far:
- A new Star Trek comic series will bridge the original movie to the sequel.
- Locations from the 2009 film will be reused, but there was also talk of a Hawaii location for a "jungle planet" as well as a "famous Star Trek location" outside a Los Angeles museum.
- Michael Giacchino will return as composer.
- Alice Eve may have a new role added to the canon and there is a possibility of a second villain.
- Peter Weller's role may be some variety of C.E.O.
- The Untitled Star Trek Sequel was shot in 2D and some IMAX and will be post-converted over the next year for 3D.
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Apple Gains Some Ground in China Smartphone Market
Apple seems to be gaining some ground in the world's largest smartphone market.
In China, Apple's market share rose slightly in the fourth quarter of last year, helped by strong demand for its new iPhone 5S, the latest market research data shows.
According to research firm IDC, Apple's market share in mainland China rose to 7% in the quarter from 6% in the third quarter. The fourth quarter was the first full quarter after Apple launched its iPhone 5S and 5C in China in late September, on the same day the new phones came out in the U.S. and a host of other markets. In the past, iPhones went on sale in China months after they were launched in the U.S.
Still, the latest quarterly ranking was yet another reminder that China's smartphone market consists mainly of Android models that are much cheaper than the iPhone. With its 7% share, Apple was the fifth-largest smartphone vendor in China.
Samsung, which sells smartphones at various price points from high-end to low-end, held onto its No. 1 position in China with a 19% share in the fourth quarter, followed by Lenovo Group with a 13% share. Coolpad -- the smartphone brand of Shenzhen-based Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific -- and Huawei Technologies came third and fourth, taking up 11% and 10% respectively.
Lagging just outside of the top five in the quarter is upstart smartphone maker, Xiaomi, with 6% of the market, a significant jump from about three years ago when the company first began offering phones. Though Xiaomi sits below Apple in China for now, IDC analyst Melissa Chau said the company is poised to get into the top five soon.
"[Xiaomi] is still rising, at some point it could come into top five on the growth path it's on," she said.
Still, Apple, which sat just above Xiaomi in the fourth quarter, is expected to get a boost of its own in the current quarter through March due to its new agreement to sell its phones through China Mobile, which is by far the country's largest carrier with more than 760 million subscribers. China Mobile, which started selling iPhones Jan. 17, is expanding its speedier fourth-generation network in the country, and the iPhone is expected to play a major role in getting more subscribers to sign up for 4G services.
Apple couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
As a measure of Apple's performance in China, shipment volume is a tricky one that often triggers heated debates. Some argue that maintaining a certain level of market share by volume is essential, while others say Apple as a high-end brand doesn't have to compete on volume with cheap Chinese smartphones.
Either way, a slowdown in total smartphone sales in the fourth quarter from the third quarter shows that both high-end and low-end makers are now competing for a China market that is unlikely to return to the eye-popping growth levels it experienced over the past two years.
"Not everyone will be picking up a smartphone. A segment of the market won't be able to afford them," said Chau, pointing out that new users in China will increasingly be coming from smaller cities and rural areas.
Still, Apple is competing to win over users who might look to upgrade their phone, or switch from Android, as fourth-generation networks continue to be built in China.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook shared his view on market share. "I look at the mobile phone market as having three kinds of phones: feature phones, smartphones that function as or are used as feature phones, and real smartphones," he said. "I do care about the market share of the last category and you want to be relevant."
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Allison Hoover, a junior majoring in agricultural and extension education in the College of Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded the 2012 W. LaMarr Kopp International Achievement Award for undergraduate students.
The award recognizes undergraduate students who have contributed significantly to the advancement of the international mission of the University. It is named in honor of the late deputy vice president for international programs.
A Schreyer Honors College student, Hoover said her goal is to be a high school agriculture teacher able to educate students about complex issues of the global food system. She is pursuing minors in international agriculture and sustainability leadership, participating in the humanitarian engineering and social entrepreneurship certification program through the College of Engineering and enrolling in the Spanish in the agricultural sciences program, which includes an immersion experience in Costa Rica.
In 2011, she was one of only two Future Farmers of America members in the country selected to attend World Food Prize events, and she returned to the international conference in 2012. She has shared her experiences and knowledge in local agricultural education classes, statewide agriculture teacher conferences and Penn State classes.
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Now I've noticed that Dick Eastman has had a couple posts about negative/slide scanners recently. That's not why I decided to do this post. I actually am reviewing this because my friend Jen of Climbing My Family Tree had talked about these types of scanners and wanting one. I gave her my quick 2 cents and promised a review when time allowed. It does so here goes...
A year or so ago I finally got my negatives into archival sleeves and in binders (labeled by location of course!) and thought it was time to sit down and start scanning them. Sadly, I believed that my all-in-one printer could do this and found out quickly that I was mistaken. The printers I looked into that could handle negatives and slides were way more than I wanted to pay. I started searching online and came across a number of them on Amazon.com. What I saw were negative/slide converters that were either several hundred dollars or less than $100. Nothing really in between. I went with the FilmScan 35 I by Innovative Technology. Most of the complaints at the time had to do with it taking so long rather than the quality and effectiveness of the converter itself, so I decided to give it a go.
I must start by saying that my laptop had been running Windows Vista. The converter was compatible with Vista, but is anything really compatible with Vista? The converter didn't work right off the bat and I had to reintall the software a few times before I got it running, but it would crash. Sometimes it would work for one picture and sometimes it would work for an hour or more, but inevitably it would crash and burn. I tried everything, removing the USB plug and putting it in another port, reinstalling the software/drivers/etc, closing it down and walking away, yelling at it, voodoo, etc. Nothing worked. I could never tell if I was going to have a good day with it or a bad day.
I put it away for quite some time and decided that today was the day I was going to bring it out and see how it ran on Windows 7. My laptop is no longer recognizing it's disk drive (time for the hubby to get friendly with my computer again) so I installed the converter on one of his laptops. It took a little bit of time (not knowing whether to do the x82/32-bit or x64/64-bit installation, I apparently chose the wrong one and it failed to work until I did the 64-bit installation) and a lot of swearing, but I got it to work. No crashes. It didn't freeze and it worked beautifully. Well, as beautifully as a $65 converter can be expected to work.
So, how did it work? That really depends on your negatives. Some of mine were getting quite discolored. This scanner will do the job of converting them when you get it working, but it's not going to fix your negatives. You need photo editing software for that and be warned this converter comes with no photo editing software. But what do you expect for $65?
The converter isn't super fast, but it's not awful. You've got to wait a few seconds for the negative to adjust. Once the image stops making subtle changes you can push the copy button on the top of the converter and capture the image.
|Image immediately after inserting
|Image after converter has stopped adjusting
As you can see from the picture above, the program really isn't that complex. You won't get lost using it, which is good, because the instruction booklet that came with the converter was 2x3-inches and 6 pages long. I'm not joking...it was a tiny thing. There is a quick-start guide and an instruction manual on the disk that comes with the converter, but it doesn't get extremely detailed. It could be better.
Now as for customer support. There was NO contact information with the packaging or in the instructions booklets. I had to go searching for a way to contact Innovative Technology online when I was having problems with the converter back in May 2009. I emailed twice in a 6 week period and got the computer-generated response that my email was important to them and that I would be contacted shortly. Well, that never happened. In my 2nd email I even told them that I was preparing to review their product on Amazon.com and would appreciate a response so I could give a better review. Nothing.
I've seen more current reviews saying how brilliant customer service was. Maybe they fixed their customer service issues. Bottom line...the converter is on the slow side, but it works and it's cheap. It's cheaper than paying someone to do it for you, but you'll be investing a lot of time in the conversion process. I think it's worth it in the end. I gave it 3-stars when I rated in a year ago. With Windows 7, I'll bump that up to 4-stars. Now I just have to get smart on my photo editing software so I can fix the colors!


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2011 Barault Selmer (Maple)
This beautiful guitar was built by the renowned French luthier Jean Barault. Biréli Lagrène and Tchavolo Schmitt currently endorse Barault guitars. This guitar includes: Gorgeous laminate flamed maple back and sides A real pliage (the top is bent just like the older Selmers!) European spruce top 670mm scale 14 fret neck Flamed maple neck Body specs (15 7/8″ body, 3 3/4″ deep) Lacquered interior (just like the vintage Selmers) Barault's own fancy closed tuners and tailpiece Fretboard extension The sound of this instrument is among the best Selmer copies being made today. It's no wonder Biréli chose to endorse Barault guitars as they offer a very traditional Selmer sound but have the playability of an ultra smooth archtop. Tonally this instrument has a wonderful warmth to it that I rarely hear in the rosewood guitars. There is some high end sparkle, but generally the notes are thicker than your average Selmer copy. Reminds me of the thick tone Django had on his late 40s Rome sessions. The pliage is rather subtle on this guitar, very much like the highly coveted 500 series Selmers (played by Django, Stochelo, Fappy, etc.) If you like the warm tone of those players I think you will LOVE this guitar. Very satisfying…. Barault is one of the very few luthiers today actually making Selmer copies with a real pliage. He uses the method that Selmer did…the top is bent with a hot iron which creates a fold, or "pliage," in the top just under the bridge. 99% of Selmer copies being …
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House Calls / Dr. Michael Schwartz
The secret as to why some medications work better than others may be buried in your genes. A company named Genomas has created a simple test that can help determine which drugs may be more efficacious for each individual patient.
A patient's DNA can offer predictive information that could prove helpful when considering which medication to administer for treatment of certain diseases and ailments. The test, known as the HILOmet PhyzioType System, examines a patient's DNA and looks for specific enzyme levels. These levels are essential in the metabolism of many commonly used medications. If a patient is deficient in any one of these enzymes, the patient may not be able to breakdown a specific compound resulting in a reduction of the medications efficacy and/or could actually increase the risk for adverse reactions and side effects. Indeed, studies have proven that certain nationalities are statistically deficient in one or more of these enzymes.
The test is administered in a physician's office. The patient simply swabs both cheeks in the inside of his mouth. The swabs are then sent to a lab for analysis. It generally takes about two weeks for the results.
There are about 250 different drugs that are analyzed to assess a functional profile. These include medications for many different indications including hypertension, diabetes, depression, acute and chronic pain, sexual dysfunction, antibiotics and many more. Once a profile is generated, the physician receives the results through a Web portal and meets with the patient to discuss. An evaluation of the results of this "genetic prescription system" will designate which medications are deemed to work well for treating a specific disease or condition for each individual patient. The results are easy to interpret; drug compounds printed in green are determined to work the best while those with mixed results are in yellow and those to avoid (due to low enzyme levels) are in red.
One example of an undesirable outcome due to poor metabolism was a patient who was taking a drug in order to prevent the clotting of their blood. Despite being on an anti-clot medicine, the patient continued to get life-threatening blood clots. A DNA analysis performed on the patient indicated that the drug was likely not effective due to the patient's enzyme profile. The patient was then changed to another medication with better results.
One distinct advantage of this DNA testing is that results are received relatively quickly and therefore may be considered before starting a medication. Dr. Gualberto Ruano, president of Genomas Inc. and medical director of the Laboratory of Personalized Health said: "DNA testing is predictive. It provides information on the patient's response to a medication before the drug is given."
Presumably, the outcome to therapy would be better if your physician knows in advance which drugs may work better for your condition. "With comfort and expertise, physicians then advance to a proactive strategy, where vulnerable populations (the young, the elderly) are tested to improve therapeutic regimens and prevent side effects and therapy failure." As such, this personalized health evaluation can be used to choose the more efficacious medications.
Once a patient has been tested, the physician will always have the advantage of reviewing the DNA information prior to choosing a new medication to add to a patient's regimen. Having these results in advance may allow for better choices and better outcomes. It is hoped that the commonly used trial-and-error approach when choosing a medication can be avoided with information that identifies the likelihood of success or failure with adding a new medication.
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Currently, the test is covered by Medicare, Oxford and United Health Care insurers although many other carriers may soon be covering the test as well. Ruano stated: "We offer a self pay option to patients with high deductibles or no coverage. In Connecticut, the fee is $450 for the complete HILOmet System; outside of Connecticut the fee is $650. I believe genetics in primary care will become a fundamental tool and the use of DNA will improve outcomes and optimize health care resource utilization." Soundview Medical Associates in Norwalk recently began offering this test for its patients. Eileen Smith, executive director of Soundview said, "We have begun to use this test as we believe it is a very valuable tool to help physicians properly prescribe, or if need be, change medication for best results."
No test is perfect, however. Test results and outcomes can be influenced by many additional factors including liver disease, medication allergies and medication interactions. Furthermore, it should be noted that many patients do perfectly well on medications which are listed as those to be avoided. This is because there are other factors which are needed to metabolize medications including other enzymes not measured by this technology. Therefore, medications that are working well for the patient do not necessarily need to be changed if the results contradict its use.
DNA testing offers your doctor another tool in order to best advise you with respect to your health-care needs. While this technology is new and continues to evolve, it indicates that the future of medicine lies in our genes; wear them well.
Dr. Michael Schwartz is board certified in internal medicine with a private practice in Darien. For comments or questions, visit his website at www.drmichaelbschwartz.com


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Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday suspended issuing final decisions on new licenses and on license renewals for nuclear power plants until the agency decides how to deal with the thorny issue of spent nuclear fuel.
The order from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission - headed by Allison Macfarlane, a nuclear waste expert - will not stop hearings or other work on licensing activity and no license decisions are imminent, an NRC spokesman said.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in June struck down the NRC's so-called "waste confidence" provisions, saying the NRC violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in issuing its 2010 update to the Waste Confidence Decision and accompanying Temporary Storage Rule. The court remanded the case for further consideration.
"Waste confidence undergirds certain agency licensing decisions, in particular new reactor licensing and reactor license renewal," the NRC commissioners said in the order.
"In recognition of our duties under the law, we will not issue licenses dependent upon the Waste Confidence Decision or the Temporary Storage Rule until the court's remand is appropriately addressed," the order said.
Licensing reviews and proceedings will continue to move forward, the NRC said.
The NRC staff is expected to provide the commission with options on the waste confidence issue within weeks, but there is no timetable for commission action, the spokesman said.
Nuclear critics hailed the action, which they said would affect eight plant license renewals, nine applications to build new reactors, one operating license and one early site permit.
Diane Curran, an attorney representing parties in the court appeal, said the need for a thorough study of the environmental impact of storing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel was long overdue.
"That study should have been done years ago, but NRC just kept kicking the can down the road," Curran said in a statement.
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calculus: The Differential Calculus
The differential calculus arises from the study of the limit of a quotient, Δ y /Δ x, as the denominator Δ x approaches zero, where x and y are variables. y may be expressed as some function of x, or f(x), and Δ y and Δ x represent corresponding increments, or changes, in y and x. The limit of Δ y /Δ x is called the derivative of y with respect to x and is indicated by dy / dx or D x y : The symbols dy and dx are called differentials (they are single symbols, not products), and the process of finding the derivative of y = f(x) is called differentiation. The derivative dy / dx = df(x) / dx is also denoted by y′, or f′(x). The derivative f′(x) is itself a function of x and may be differentiated, the result being termed the second derivative of y with respect to x and denoted by y″, f″(x), or d 2 y / dx 2. This process can be continued to yield a third derivative, a fourth derivative, and so on. In practice formulas have been developed for finding the derivatives of all commonly encountered functions. For example, if y = x n , then y′ =nx n − 1, and if y =sin x, then y′ =cos x (see trigonometry ). In general, the derivative of y with respect to x expresses the rate of change in y for a change in x. In physical applications the independent variable (here x ) is frequently time; e.g., if s = f ( t ) expresses the relationship between distance traveled, s, and time elapsed, t, then s′ = f′ ( t ) represents the rate of change of distance with time, i.e., the speed, or velocity.
Everyday calculations of velocity usually divide the distance traveled by the total time elapsed, yielding the average velocity. The derivative f′ ( t )= ds / dt, however, gives the velocity for any particular value of t, i.e., the instantaneous velocity. Geometrically, the derivative is interpreted as the slope of the line tangent to a curve at a point. If y = f ( x ) is a real-valued function of a real variable, the ratio Δ y /Δ x =( y 2 − y 1)/( x 2 − x 1) represents the slope of a straight line through the two points P ( x 1, y 1) and Q ( x 2, y 2) on the graph of the function. If P is taken closer to Q, then x 1 will approach x 2 and Δ x will approach zero. In the limit where Δ x approaches zero, the ratio becomes the derivative dy / dx = f′ ( x ) and represents the slope of a line that touches the curve at the single point Q, i.e., the tangent line. This property of the derivative yields many applications for the calculus, e.g., in the design of optical mirrors and lenses and the determination of projectile paths.
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A Sandwich a Day: Grilled Fish at Maysville
A new sandwich every day.
In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
We're big fans of the pulled pork at Maysville, and while the Grilled Fish Sandwich ($16) isn't the cheapest lunch option around town, one bite will quickly take your mind off the price tag.
Sea bass is the fish of choice here. Its dense flesh withstands a trip to the grill, but is delicate enough to melt in your mouth after it's been cooked. Chef Kyle Knall builds the sandwich on a potato hero from Balthazar, and its oblong shape mimics that of the filet, so you don't have to worry about "just bread" or "just fish" bites. Celery root and burdock are a smart, crunchy combination, and caper aioli adds a brininess that enhances the fish's flavor. It's applied with a generous hand, but accompanying homemade potato chips have a vinegary tang that helps cut the richness.
Everything about the sandwich tastes remarkably fresh, and the bright, clean flavors may have you thinking you're eating it on a skiff somewhere off the coast of Maine.
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Back in the mid-1990s during the heyday of the American independent film scene there were several films released during the decade that became lightning rods for controversy stemming from their, at the time, risqué subject matter. I use the phrase "at the time" because it's not clear whether movies are really capable of shocking us nowadays. In the age of the "torture porn" genre (Hostel, et al.), where even Law & Order plotlines can get pretty damn sick for prime time television, a lot of what stirred social conservatives to boycott studios over what they deemed objectionable material in movies just doesn't work them up the way it used to. It may come down to whether or not movies are really the pop cultural force they used to be.
The idea that an indie ensemble drama that features mostly a lot of awkward communicating between the unbelievably dysfunctional could cause so much trouble now seems almost quaint. Happiness, with its empathetic treatment of a pedophile character and it's numerous, uh, money shots, might still seem provocative by today's standards if for nothing else than for its refusal to deny the film's screwed up characters their essential humanity, but at the time of its release it caused an outright media firestorm prompting its original distributor to deem it too toxic for release. It eventually found a new distributor and did open to equal parts fawning praise for people who think that provocative equals good and righteous denouncement from a lot of people who probably didn't even bother to see the film.Continue Reading


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Updated 16.09
MANCHESTER CITY FELL to a fourth consecutive 1-0 defeat at the Stadium of Light as Sunderland secured their second win of the season.
Phil Bardsley was Sunderland's matchwinner with his first Premier League goal of the season in the 21st minute.
The defender perfectly placed a shot past Costel Pantilimon in the Manchester City goal, but Sunderland had to hang on to claim the victory.
Sergio Aguero saw a first-half header fly wide of goal, while substitute Jesus Navas had a chance blocked by Bardsley on the line.
City pushed hard for an equaliser, penning the hosts inside their own half, but Micah Richards and Eden Dzeko were both denied by Vito Mannone.
The three points lift Sunderland to within two points of Stoke City in 18th position, while Manuel Pellegrini's side lose further ground on the leaders.
Pellegrini made five changes from the UEFA Champions League win over CSKA Moscow, with three of the alterations coming in his back four.
Wes Brown started his first Premier League game in 22 months for Sunderland, while Steven Fletcher and Sebastian Larsson both returned.
Despite an equal share of possession it was the hosts who had better of the early chances, but in the 18th minute they were lucky to see Larsson stay on the pitch after a mistimed challenge on Javi Garcia.
The tackle did not bring a card, but the Spaniard was withdrawn at half-time.
Three minutes later Poyet's side broke the deadlock through Bardsley.
The defender shrugged off the attentions of James Milner and Demichelis, who got in each other's way on City's right, and placed a composed finish into the far corner.
Just after the half hour City had their first sight of goal through Sergio Aguero, but the Argentina international wasted a fantastic chance.
After being released by Samir Nasri on the left, Aleksandar Kolarov delivered a cross to the back post for the 25-year-old, yet he was unable to get his back-post header on target.
The visitors were denied an equaliser five minutes into the second half as Bardsley blocked a shot from Navas, who replaced Garcia, on the goalline.
Aguero rolled away from John O'Shea on the left and raced into the penalty area before rolling the ball back to Navas, but his shot was blocked by the chest of the defender.
City's dominance intensified in the closing stages but Richards saw a low shot from the edge of the penalty area stopped by Mannone, and substitute Dzeko's first effort was parried away by the Italian prior to a frantic finale that saw Sunderland hold on.
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TRENTON, Mich. – A fundraiser is being held Saturday for the woman who lost both of her legs after a recent bus accident.
Lesley Banks-Daniels, age 44, is a wife and mother of two children. Two weeks ago, her life changed in an instant at the Flat Rock bus yard where she worked as a school bus driver.
Another bus driver accidentally hit and pinned Daniels between the guardrail and a bus. The tragic accident left Daniels with both legs amputated above the knee.
Friends and family say she is a strong woman who fought to stay alive for her children after the accident.
Daniels has a long road ahead of her as she starts her rehabilitation.
The fundraiser will be held at Joe's Prime Time Pub located at 27845 Fort Street in Trenton, starting at 3 p.m Saturday on March 23.
An Italian dinner will be served and the event will include a 50/50 and live music for the ticket price of $10.00.
Donations can be made to:
Monroe Bank and Trust in Flat Rock under the name of Fundraiser for Lesley Daniels
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Was it a bird, a plane or just St. John's senior Jon Green swooping in to join the pantheon of great Massachusetts high school runners? The Superman of Central Mass. cross-country was at his best again yesterday in the Division 1 state championship meet at hilly Northfield Mountain as he conquered the terrain in a runaway course- and All-State-record time of 15:29.7.
Was it a bird, a plane or just St. John's senior Jon Green swooping in to join the pantheon of great Massachusetts high school runners?
The Superman of Central Mass. cross-country was at his best again yesterday in the Division 1 state championship meet at hilly Northfield Mountain as he conquered the terrain in a runaway course- and All-State-record time of 15:29.7. He obliterated the record of Mansfield's Ryan Collins, who ran a 15:49 in 2006.
"Training has led up to doing well, for sure," said Green, who finished the 3.1-mile course in 15:52 just four weeks ago at the Bay State Invitational. "I didn't know the time I was going to throw down today was going to be that fast."
"I think he used that last week at districts and this week here to make a claim as the best cross-country runner, at least this year, in Massachusetts," longtime St. John's coach Raul Laborde said.
Green cast a mythical figure down the closing stretch, charging forward with a sizable 12-second lead through the finish line to his second straight state title in front of a cheering crowd that appeared to understand it was watching history.
Next up for the undisputed state champion will be the Foot Locker Northeast Regional meet on Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y.
Green's performance for the history books was still off the best time in a major meet in state history — Oliver Ames' Andy Powell ran a 14:52 at the much faster Franklin Park in Boston back in 1998. For comparison, the still-improving senior ran a 15:41 at last year's All-State Meet at Franklin Park for his first title.
"We didn't even talk about last week, setting a course record at Gardner (in the Central Mass. final)," Laborde said. "We all just sort of had our jaws drop when we saw the clock when he crossed the line."
Laborde said Green's record compares favorably with St. John's great Chris Georgules, who reigned supreme in the area in the early 1990s.
Also breaking the course record were runner-up Mike O'Donnell (15:41.9) of Methuen and Wachusett Regional senior Colin Bennie (third, 15:42.2).
A football-field's length behind Green, Bennie jostled with O'Donnell, who saved enough in his reserve tank to edge Bennie by 0.24 seconds.
Shrewsbury High's Dan Wentworth (16:17.5) also earned a medal, finishing eighth as part of an experienced field with a top 10 made up entirely of seniors.
"It was a wicked good field this year," Bennie said. "It just shows how good of a senior class it was, and it was pretty special to run in a race like that."
Green reined himself in, lingering in the second pack on the opening hill climb. Laborde said that was the correct strategic move, warning against being an early pacesetter on an unforgiving course with perfect weather and a challenging field.
"Last time I ran this at the Bay State Invite, I went out kind of easy for the hill and just kind of relaxed and then started making the move going down the hill. I did the same thing today," said Green, adding that he was nervous when fourth-place finisher Nat Adams (16:07.8) of Lexington jumped to a big lead early.
The senior had taken the lead by the second mile and said the big crowds helped him push through the pain.
Green has lost just once this season to Bennie, at the Wachusett Invitational in Holden. Although Green lost, it was partially due to his stopping when Bennie fell until he was sure his rival was uninjured.
"He's a student of the game," Laborde said. "At the Wachusett Invitational, he talked about learning things from Colin Bennie and how to beat Colin Bennie."


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Bill Murray is slated to play the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Vulture repots that the actor of "Groundhog Day" fame will star in an adaptation from a British radio play, "Hyde Park On the Hudson."
It will tell the story of the liaison the president had with his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, and one weekend in June 1939 when the King and Queen of England paid Roosevelt a visit at his New York cottage.
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Incidentally, this was the first time any British monarchy had visited America from across the pond.
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
I taught a private class last week near Portland (Oregon) and although the company has a lot of SQL Servers, there was not much excitement at all about SQL Server 2008. They still have many SQL Server 2000 installations, and are debating whether to upgrade those to 2005. Most of the interest was in the real value of the new 2005 features, like partitioning, and the new large object types, as well as interest in the new metadata, such as the DMVs.
They're trying to run a business, and keep their systems running well. They don't have a lot of time to get excited about features that are way in the future.
I can't believe that my client is the only organization that is very interested in the continued health of SQL Server 2005, but I was surprised to see no blog posts here on SQLBLOG about the latest Cumulative Update for SQL 2005.
Yesterday, Microsoft released CU#8 and you can read about it here:
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Good point Kalen. I've got a lot of clients that are really clinging to 2000, with no intention on moving (to 2005 much less 2008). The *still* have learning to do on the 2000 platform (which I'm sure you experienced last week).
Heck, I still know someone running 4.2!
Hi Kalen (and readers),
If you check out our roller ( http://sqlblog.com/roller/roller.aspx ) you will see at least one post on the topic :-)
I try to keep all of the top external SQL Server blogs in the roller, so between both our main feed and the roller feed we get a pretty complete cross-section of what's happening in the SQL Server world.
Hi Kalen,
>> So what are you waiting for? <<
A fully supported service pack, perhaps?
Best, Hugo
SQL 2005 CU 8 - this is what I'm waiting for (from KB 951217):
"This cumulative update package may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by any of these problems, we recommend that you wait for the next SQL Server 2005 service pack that contains the hotfixes in this cumulative update package."
In other words, only install CU8 if it contains a fix for a specific issue you are experiencing, otherwise wait for the next Service Pack. I've heard Microsoft consultants and SQL Experts often advise to install the latest updates for SQL Server, but if you actually press Microsoft for something in writing they will stick to the above policy.
when we upgraded to 2005 we had some problems like a query running for 10 minutes and locking up the server. and MS support was pretty bad last year because everyone was calling and they were swamped.
i bet people are afraid of sql 2008 because there will be problems and no one wants downtime
And now... Cumulative Update 9!!!!
I have 2000 clients that are going to bypass 2005 altogether and jump right to 2008, then I have others that just upgraded to 2005 and have no intention of looking at 2008 or another couple of years.
Note that CU 9 is not yet "official" and is referred to as a "Build In Progress" here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/LN/
So stick with CU 8 if you have a policy of installing latest Post-SP updates.
It's the existing non-critical databases we wish to keep humming along and supported on SQL2000 and 2005. Who wants the headache of revalidating 100s of non-critical applications using shared SQL Servers with 100s or 1000s of databases? Our development resources are booked solid on *new* projects – few are looking back at old SQL projects so there is little incentive to migrate old projects to newer SQL versions while SQL 2000 SP4 remains on Extended Support until April/2013.
We are going to finally bite the bullet and install CU8 on top of our SQL 2005 SP2 installation. Things generally work well now, but there is at least one bugfix that we will benefit from. I hope this won't be a mistake....
Also, try running the most recent version of Microsoft's SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer. We did and it actually recommended installing CU4 (or greater) based on what it found when analyzing our database servers.
is this the rule that BPA complained about: -
On versions of SQL Server before 9.0.3171.0, a known issue can degrade query performance on 32-bit and 64-bit systems with 2 gigabytes (GB) or more of memory.
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Pre-Requisite List: The Basics
3-Step Pinterest Profile Makeover
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HOMEWORK: The Perfect Profile Photo
All About Your Boards
HOMEWORK: Fixing Your Boards
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Optimizing Your Content for Pinterest
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What types of content are BEST for Pinterest?
What types of content to AVOID on Pinterest?
Elements of Pin Design: Text
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Pinterest Keywords & SEO (10:20)
Pinterest has HASHTAGS, too?!
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Pinterest Engagement: What is it, and why does it matter?
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Monthly Reach: What It Is & How to Grow It
All About Pinterest Engagement
All about Pinterest followers
Why you should share other people's content
All About Group Boards
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How to find and join Group Boards
Evaluating Group Boards: Which should you avoid?
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Sharing Your Content to Group Boards
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How to Get a Pin to Go Viral
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The 3 Elements of a Viral Pin
The 3 Categories of Viral Pins
Facebook Re-Pin threads & Tailwind Tribes: Do you HAVE to?
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Daily, Weekly, & Monthly: Your Pinterest To-Do Lists
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What to do on Pinterest Daily
What to Do on Pinterest Weekly
What to do on Pinterest Monthly
WORKSHEET: Pinterest Analytics & Goals
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BONUS: Advanced Pinterest Strategy
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Pinterest Spreadsheet 101 (11:38)
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Why did Meg Whitman emerge as the Republican gubernatorial nominee? The easy answer is to say: there are more than 80 million reasons (the record number of dollars spent by her big-spending campaign). But of those 80 million, what are the top 5?
5. Tom Campbell. The former Congressman left the race for governor to run for U.S. Senate. If Campbell had stayed in, he might well have taken votes away from Whitman, allowing Steve Poizner to win. Or Campbell might have emerged as the winner himself as Whitman and Poizner bloodied each other. Now we'll never know.
4. Her handling of the Arizona law. Whitman suffered in the polls short-term for refusing to back the Arizona law even as her rival Poizner focused so much of his campaign on support for the issue one wondered if he was planning a move to Phoenix. Whitman hit back hard by emphasizing she opposed so-called amnesty for unauthorized immigrants and by raising questions about Poizner's relatively recent conversion to being tough on immigrants. Once Whitman dealt with this issue, her race was over.
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3. The media. California reporters and bloggers have been, mostly unwittingly, enormous allies of Whitman and her campaign. Whitman seems to detest exchanges with journalists and has kept her distance from them. In turn, media outlets have complained for months about her dodging questions. These complaints did Whitman a great service by lowering expectations for her performances in public venues (where she is an underwhelming speaker. Whitman's speeches and debate performances proved to be mediocre at best--but after months of hearing media suggest she had no idea what she was doing, mediocre was plenty good enough to beat expectations.
2. An early start. The governor's race started in 2008 -- far too soon for voters to pay attention. But the early start worked to Whitman's advantage in two ways. It gave her time to build an organization and learn something about the issues. And it made the costs of a campaign higher -- at a time when the recession was making it harder to raise money. In a long and costly campaign, Whitman's limitless personal wealth was even more of an advantage than it might have been.
1. Money. Money. Money. It wasn't merely that Whitman could blanket the airwaves with ads. Cash allowed her to field a huge campaign organization, including a rapid response unit. And it provided her with a huge competitive advantage in the internal contest for the best staff and endorsements. Money can't buy you love. But it sure comes in handy when you need political loyalty.


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Lam Research on Simulation of Wafer Fabrication and Moore's Law
We have come to take for granted the ever-increasing performance gains in computational power. Enabled by advances in semiconductor processing techniques, we reap the benefits from exciting new features in everything from smartphones to workstations. The good news for all of us is that the semiconductor industry is steaming ahead, relentlessly pushing the limits of wafer fabrication. Each year, a new generation of sophisticated fabrication equipment is developed. Features etched on silicon are now at the atomic scale. In the quest for smaller-sized circuit features on silicon, the leading provider of wafer fabrication equipment and services, Lam Research Corporation, is leveraging multiphysics simulation. In fact, there is an interesting relationship between development of fabrication equipment to increase integrated circuit transistor density and computer modeling.
Semiconductor Fabrication and Computer Modeling, a Symbiotic Relationship
Dr. Peter Woytowitz, Senior Manager of Computational Modeling & Reliability at Lam Research, will hold a keynote talk at the COMSOL Conference 2013 Boston on October 9-11. There, he will share his view on the symbiotic relationship between Moore's Law, which states the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every 18 months, and computational modeling. Computational modeling helps us to better understand and optimize semiconductor fabrication process stages, like etching, deposition, and cleaning. The resulting advances in semiconductor manufacturing process technology contribute to enabling Moore's Law and thereby, in turn, boost computational power.
Multiphysics Modeling of Wafer Fabrication Processes
Lam Research was one of the early adopters of COMSOL Multiphysics. They started modeling electromagnetic field simulation and then branched out to other applications. The simulation work to be showcased at the conference is of a truly multiphysics nature, and includes mechanical, fluid, and electrical effects. In addition, Pete will talk briefly about his future work, which will include molecular dynamics and quantum chemistry modeling. His keynote on "The Symbiotic Relationship between Moore's Law and Computational Modeling" will be held during the general session in the Grand Ballroom on October 10th.
About the Keynote Speaker
Dr. Pete Woytowitz is the Senior Manager of Computational Modeling & Reliability at Lam Research Corporation (Fremont, CA). He focuses on the modeling and optimization of complex systems at the feature scale level. Simulation of these systems include stress, thermal, dynamics, and reliability studies. Before working at Lam, Pete was a Principal Engineer at Engineering Mechanics Technology and has held positions at Failure Analysis Associates, Loral Space Systems, and Boeing Commercial Airplane Company. Pete earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and is an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University as well as a California registered professional engineer. He has degrees from the University of Maryland and Stanford University. Three U.S. patents have been awarded to Pete and he has published over thirty papers.
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One of the features of Amazon Prime, in addition to free two-day shipping, is access to free video content. To sweeten the deal, Amazon is using its Amazon Studios division to produce original content: The company revealed last week that it has ordered six pilots for original series, which will become available on Prime Instant Video.
Amazon plans to crowdsource some of the executive decisions. Once the six pilots are completed, they will become available on Amazon Instant Video, which allows Amazon customers to watch the episodes for free. Viewer feedback will determine whether each series will advance past the pilot.
While Amazon has said the viewers will decide, it hasn't said exactly how it will review viewer feedback, or if there is a possibility all (or none) of the six pilots can be moved into full production, or if there is a set number that will make it.
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"This is a great secular trend of consumer empowerment," P.J. McNealy, founder of Digital World Research told the E-Commerce Times. "Look at what happens with American Idol -- consumers vote. We're going to see much more of this, especially with folks watching content with access to a connected device that allows for voting."
Amazon Studios, which is Amazon's department for all original content including novels, movies, series and other content ventures, will produce each of the series.
The six were selected from among thousands of submissions Amazon Studios received after issuing a call for original series.
"Since launching our original series development effort, we have received more than 2,000 series ideas from creators around the world with all different backgrounds, and we are extremely excited to begin production on our very first set of pilots," said Roy Price, director of Amazon Studios. "The Six comedy pilots will begin production shortly, and once they are complete, we plan to post the pilots on Amazon Instant Video for feedback. We want Amazon customers to help us decide which original series we should produce."
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"Jumping into original programming is a brave move on Amazon's part. Creating content is expensive and hard to do well. This seems to be another way to differentiate Amazon and Prime in the marketplace, but may have a negative impact on the company's bottom line," Josh Crandall, CEO and cofounder of Netpop told the E-Commerce Times.
The move to produce original content is not original in itself. Competitors such as Netflix, YouTube and Hulu have all gone after original content in a bid to bring in new subscribers.
"Subscription video services have two ways to differentiate their offers. One is exclusive deals for premium programming. One of the holy grails for them -- which they won't get -- is HBO content. The other option is producing original content," Marija Jaroslavskaja, principal analyst of Digital Media at IHS iSuppli, told the E-Commerce Times.
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The six comedies include two animated series and one musical. The studio is working with new talent as well as Hollywood names.
Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Trudeau ("Doonsbury," "Tanner '88") is working on the pilot for "Alpha House," a series about four senators in Washington, D.C. who live together in a rented house. "Browsers" is a musical from Emmy-winning comedy writer David Javerbaum ("The Daily Show") and director Don Scardino ("30 Rock") about four young people working their first jobs at a news website in Manhattan. Two "Big Bang Theory" regulars, Kevin Sussman (Stuart) and John Ross Bowie (Barry Kripke), created the animated series "Dark Minions." The animated workplace series is about two slackers working for their wages on an intergalactic warship. The pilot will be produced by Principato-Young ("Reno 911").
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"We do not, as children, first enter into language by consciously studying the formalities of syntax and grammar or by memorizing the dictionary definition of words, but rather by actively making sounds – by crying in pain and laughing in joy, by squealing and babbling and playfully mimicking the surrounding soundscape, gradually entering through such mimicry into specific melodies of the local language, our resonant bodies slowly coming to echo the inflections and accents common to our locale and community.
"We thus learn out native language not mentally but bodily. We appropriate new words and phrases first through their expressive tonality and texture, through the way they feel in the mouth or roll of the tongue, and it is this direct, felt significance – the taste of a word or phrase, the way it influences or modulates the body – that provides the fertile, polyvalent source for all the more refined and rarefied meanings which that term may come to have for us." David Abram, The Spell of the Sensuous
Learning and creating languages is an interesting intellectual pursuit, but I think there's more depth to it than that, something I've discovered in my exposure to other languages. The idea being that language goes back to our primal roots, through cries, grunts, murmurs, screams. The calls of animals we hear in the wild places are the primal matrix from which languages evolved, like the first light sensitive cell on a microorganism that eventually became an eye.
Our first experience of language acquisition is instinctive, not intellectual; it is something experienced by the body, and from there our learning of language is built up. Looking through a dictionary we might be mistaken that language is a purely intellectual pursuit, something "raised above" our instincts, and that translation between languages is just a logical pursuit of matching meanings of the words and/or parallel grammatical approaches.
Perhaps this is the reason I never learnt French in school (despite 6 years of learning), because the formal approach in a school doesn't resonate emotionally or instinctively with us; it doesn't access the roots of language. It's well known that emersion in a language is the best way to learn, and that's certainly the case with me: I've learnt more French and Spanish since living with them.
Sometimes I say something in Spanish, not because I know intellectually that it is correct, but because I have a gut feeling that some words or phrases are correct. I think even if I make mistakes in another language (or my own even) it is understood because I am learning to speak from a "gut feeling" level and am understood at the same level. The flow of the words (or even their non-flow) can communicate more than the words themselves.
I think even the written word, though supposedly abstracted from our bodies, can have an effect on us. Going back to gut instinct, we can get a feeling for the words on a page, not just their dictionary meanings. So much has been done so that our experience of the body is distrusted, and I think that use of language has a lot to do with it. If we trust the sensations of the body through our languages a whole new level of communication is accessible.


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KALAMAZOO--As thousands of students pour back to campus, Western Michigan University will once again offer a one-stop service center to those wishing to take care of last-minute business associated with the start of a new school year.
WMU's temporary One Stop Convenience Center will be assembled on the second floor of the Bernhard Center Monday, Aug. 31, through Friday, Sept. 11, offering students and their parents an assortment of campus services in one convenient location. The center will close over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 5-7.
Those visiting One Stop will be able to pay bills, purchase parking permits, arrange for on-campus housing and sign up for meal plans. They also may pick up information on financial aid, employment, and immunizations and other health-care services.
The convenience center will be staffed by representatives from several different areas, including the offices of Information Technology, Residence Life, and Student Financial Aid and Scholarships; Accounts Receivable; Career and Student Employment Services; Parking Services; Registrar's Office; Sindecuse Health Center; and WMU Dining Services.
Bronco Express, the year-round service center located on the main floor of the Bernhard Center, will remain open to assist students with registration, financial aid and making payments to their accounts. The WMU Bookstore, Bronco ID Card Center and University computer store, TotalTech, will assist students on the main floor.
For more information, visit wmich.edu/registrar/onestop.
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