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15. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildsmazzag Jul 23, 2011 9:41 AM (in response to anil.saldhana)
Well what am I missing? In addition to federation/trunk and trust/trunk, what other JBoss projects do I need to download and build so I can do an mvn clean install of the PicketLink source code? I presently can't import the code into Eclipse via mvn eclipse:eclipse because that command doesn't work if the mvn install doesn't complete. (What other JBoss projects do you have on your machine so you can build Picketlink?)
So others don't have to ask this question and potentially lose multiple days in getting a response, please update your original posting in this thread, under Advanced Users, and let us know what additional JBoss projects we need to download so we can in fact do an mvn clean install eclipse:eclipse of Picketlink code. Unless you let us know what the dependent projects are so we can do a build, the Advanced Users section really isn't all that helpful. Thanks!
16. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildsanil.saldhana Jul 23, 2011 11:15 AM (in response to mazzag)
That advanced section is correct. If you are unable to build the workspace, then there is some issue in your maven settings (settings.xml)
By the way, you asked the question on the 21st and I answered on the 22nd even though I was travelling. Where did I answer late such that you lost multiple days?
And why exactly are you trying to build the workspaces?
17. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildsjaikiran Jul 23, 2011 12:03 PM (in response to mazzag)
Glen Mazza wrote:
Could not transfer artifact apache-log4j:log4j:pom:1.2.14 from/to repository.jboss.org (http://repository.jboss.org/maven2/): Access denied to: http://repository.jboss.org/maven2/apache-log4j/log4j/1.2.14/log4j-1.2.14.pom -> [Help 1]
This actually is a result of a combination of multiple issues related to JBoss Maven repos. It looks like the PicketLink project has a dependency on a deprecated groupid/artifactid combination of log4j (i.e. apache-log4j:log4j). This is available in the JBoss Deprecated Repository http://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBossDeprecatedRepository and was (apparently) available in repository.jboss.org/maven2. The repository.jboss.org/maven2 no longer exists (It got disabled a few weeks back http://community.jboss.org/en/build/blog/2011/06/01/blocking-repositoryjbossorgmaven2).
The PicketLink build pom uses this repository.jboss.org/maven2 which no longer exists and the public repo of JBoss (which doesn't have this deprecated artifact). As a result, it runs into this issue of missing artifact (which can only be seen on a clean system which already doesn't have these maven artifacts downloaded).
The real solution would be to fix the pom to move away from the deprecated apache-log4j:log4j to log4j:log4j as mentioned here http://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBossDeprecatedRepository (the table showing deprecated and "correct" artifact ids). In the meantime, you can get around this issue by including the JBoss Deprecated Repository in your settings.xml as explained here http://community.jboss.org/wiki/MavenGettingStarted-Users (check Using Deprecated Dependencies section)
18. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildsjaikiran Jul 23, 2011 1:47 PM (in response to jaikiran)
19. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildsanil.saldhana Jul 23, 2011 7:02 PM (in response to jaikiran)
Thanks JP. I have applied the patch. Ideally the groupid should be org.apache.log4j
20. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildsmazzag Jul 23, 2011 8:30 PM (in response to anil.saldhana)
Thanks very much Anil and Jaikiran -- incidentally, should I be using Maven 3 or Maven 2.2.1 for the builds?
21. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildsmazzag Jul 23, 2011 9:16 PM (in response to mazzag)
I can answer my own question, it will build with Maven 3.0.3, *but* two more dependency updates are needed: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/PLINK-48.
Now both build OOTB with a simple "mvn clean install", no settings.xml or other modifications needed. Awesome!
22. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildskpeeples Nov 30, 2011 11:28 AM (in response to anil.saldhana)
Why is the SAMLPrincipal in PL 1 but not in PL 2?
23. Re: PicketLink v2 Buildsdsutherland1492 Nov 30, 2011 1:58 PM (in response to kpeeples)
I would also like to know the answer to this question.


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On his film's exceptional leading ladies:
I still watch this movie and pinch myself. I can't believe that I was so blessed to work with some of these actors. I revered Viola as an actor for so many years, ever since I saw 'Antwone Fisher,' a movie with about four words. I wrote the role for her. I was thrilled when she said yes. I think she's practically a national treasure. And Maggie, I mean she's an actress that I could literally not imagine anyone more perfect playing this role of a fighter. Maggie has so much kind of fiery passion to her, and she also has this really kind of fundamental warmth and sort of optimism. She is an internal optimist, and so I think when you see this character with so many setbacks and she just keeps forging ahead, it's a very, very inspirational performance.
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As a filmmaker, I did always love the David and Goliath genre. It's something that's really spoken to me. I cried at 'Rudy,' but I also grew up on 'Norma Rae' and 'Silkwood' – 'Erin Brockovich' is one of my favorite movies. I've always wanted to make a movie kind of in that vein. My parents are both teachers. My grandmother is a public school teacher. My sister and brother-in-law are both public school teachers in New York City. So education has always been a part of my family. It's been a part of my blood. You put those two things together and you end up with 'Won't Back Down.'
The film is inspired by actual events. What I did was to look at all of these different kinds of stories and narratives and characters across the country, in cities everywhere, and drew together threads of all of them, to create this story. One of the things that we really tried to do was to make this feel like a story that everybody could relate to, that was unfolding in everybody's backyard, that it would feel universal. I wanted to tell a story that was fundamentally about people who feel powerless and they see that something is wrong in the world and they go out and they try to change it.
On tapping his stars' protective parent instincts:
I think that every parent, no matter what circumstances you live, in understands that feeling, that you would sacrifice anything for your kids, that you will lie down on train tracks for them. Viola was in the process of adopting, so while her daughter was not actually yet living with her, she was in the process of becoming a parent. And Maggie was a parent, so they both brought that to their performance. In addition, Viola has a sister who's a public school teacher. She's very close with her, and so I think in her mind, when she was thinking about playing the role of a teacher, she was also really channeling her sister and her sister's life, who I was actually just fortunate enough to meet the other night at our premiere.
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I didn't even think that I could get some of these people. I never in a million years thought Rosie Perez was going to say yes to this role. In fact, I said to our casting director, 'Do you know who I really want for this role? Rosie Perez, but I'll never get her. So who is in that vein that we could get?' She said, 'Well, why not Rosie Perez?' I said, 'Really?' And I sat down with Rosie Perez, and Rosie Perez has her own education charity that she runs that's so important to her, and so this movie really spoke to her in a very profound level. I think you can actually see that in her performance, the way that she thinks about being a teacher, because she works with all these kids in inner city schools.


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Brian and I both have this pump and have been spending quality time with it. In this day and age, suspension setup is everything. Bikes are supposed to be ridden with the right amount of sag for a given rider. And this can be the difference between an all-mountain bike riding well or not.
Brian does an excellent job describing this tool (as he always does). But I'll add to his assessment with a key strength and weakness. The key strength is it's deadly accurate On the old gauges, it's hard to tell if it's 62 psi or 64 psi. On this guage, you will know that it's exactly 62.5 psi this time and every time you set up.
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If you care about suspension setup and want repeatable psi readings, this is a good tool.
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Have you ever hooked up a shock pump, and then looked down to check the pressure reading and found it difficult to ascertain the exact value? Not only can it be tough to decipher the actual number, but the scale is so jammed up on the gauge, that precise measurements are almost impossible. Standing there several feet over the small gauge exacerbates the issue, as does eye strain and poor vision (like getting older). Enter the perfect solution, the FOX HP Digital Pump.
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The FOX Digital High-Pressure Pump is constructed with an alloy body, and has an alloy pump handle, a large plastic digital gauge, and a swivel mounted rubber hose with a Schrader valve connector and an air bleed button. The LCD digital gauge outputs in four pressure scales: psi (pounds per square inch), bar (100 kPa- from Greek baros meaning weight), kg/cm² (kilogram-force per square centimeter), and kPa (kilopascals), the latter is the SI (International System of Units). It reads up to 300psi in small increments and retails for $70.
Features and Impressions
The extra long Schrader connector makes it easier to connect and thread onto forks and shocks, which is especially nice on finicky valves and those that have deep recesses. It always drive me batty trying to attach up a simple pump to a Schrader valve, and more than a few cuss words have been tossed out of my mouth using the standard variety connector. The hose swivel makes is handy to get the proper angle for reading the gauge and attaching the connector, and it also extends the life of the hose since it's not bent at odd angles, and therefore the rubber isn't repeatedly pinched and crimped. After three months of use, the swivel has been bombproof and hasn't leaked or shown any signs of wear. The swivel rotates 270° around its connection point, and stops up against the gauge housing at its maximum rotation. The hose is flexible enough to squiggle around things, yet its thick enough for durability and robustness.
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A Christian analysis of the original Star Trek, exploring the spiritual depths of a series often seen as resolutely secular in outlook.
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What's Christian about Star Trek? Nothing. That's the way most people see it and that certainly seems to be the way the franchise is intended. There's no question that the Trek universe is based on a doggedly humanistic worldview and is set in a future time when religion has essentially vanished from Earth. If that's the case, how can there even be a Gospel According to Star Trek? In The Gospel According to Star Trek, you'll discover how the continuing voyages of Kirk and company aboard the Enterprise – from the Original Series to Star Trek Beyond – tell us more about our human quest for God than you ever imagined. You'll learn how Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's own spiritual quest informed the franchise, what he and the series really have to say about God and religion, and the amazing image of Christ contained in Star Trek's most popular character. You'll also see how Star Trek can help us recover a deeper, more fully human gospel that embraces our humanity instead of denigrating it and echoes the call of both Spock and Christ: 'Live long and prosper!' (John 10:10).
Foreword by John Tenuto
Introduction: The Undiscovered Country
Section 1: Creator and Questor: The Restless Heart of Gene Roddenberry
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3. Our Many Beliefs: Openness Toward Religion
4. We Find the One Quite Adequate: God and God Figures
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why does box select prefer some random enemy ship instead of the multiple ships that where in the box
the main function of box selecting in a game where you cant have a ship in multiple groups is to select multiple ships
or for example select a ship surrounded by enemy ships that are so close that you cant click on it
why would i want to select one of the 4 enemy LC's surrounding mine instead of selecting mine so i can get it out of there
why when i try to select all off my ships and there is some random enemy ship in the middle of it does it think i drew a giant box selecting all of my ships just so i can select that one enemy ship
except for the rare occasion where the enemy successfully uses augur disruption you tend to spot and select target preferences at atleast 5k where you have plenty of room to select by clicking the ship
so why does the box select that is used when there is stuff in the way preventing me from precisely selecting one, like for example my ship while surrounded select some random enemy ship?
why would you, in a brawl where you are constantly HETing and dont have the time to precisely select it, want to select an enemy ship instead of your own?
you cant even box select all enemy ships like, for example, you would want to do when you spot a ork line and you want to prioritize all their engines
what is the use of box select in its current form?!?!
can someone explain it to me because i am obviously missing its intended use, because as it is it seems completely useless
box select annoyance
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Greetings Ashardalon,
I have escalated your report to the Dev Team for investigation. This is not the way we wanted the selection box to work.
Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention.
I have escalated your report to the Dev Team for investigation. This is not the way we wanted the selection box to work.
Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention.
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SfN: Nature or Nurture—Epigenetics in Neuronal Responses
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Take a break from Aβ and tau, and consider something completely different: Is it nature or nurture? Societies have mulled this over ever since the concept crept into our collective consciousness. Today, we know there is no simple answer and that human biology and behavior is rarely, if ever, explained by either phenomenon alone. Epigenetics, the study of changes to the genome that, unlike mutations, do not alter the DNA sequence, has exposed just how inextricably linked nature and nurture truly are. It is not surprising then, that the theme served as an epicurean delight at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C., last month, in the form of a symposium of uniformly high quality.
Epigenetics is of interest to a growing number of biologists and clinicians. It offers an explanation for such disparate phenomena as twin discordance (see ARF related news story) and atypical social bonding (see Fries et al., 2005). At the molecular level, it likely plays crucial roles in neurotransmission (Stadler et al., 2005) and learning and memory in mammals (see ARF related news story). It reveals potential mechanisms underlying various neurologic diseases, including schizophrenia (see Dong et al., 2005) and Rett syndrome (see ARF related news story), and it even suggests a means of treatment (see Sharma, 2005). In fact, researchers are currently developing small molecules that perturb methylation and acetylation, two of the most consequential epigenetic changes, in the hope that they may be turned into drugs to treat a variety of diseases, including schizophrenia (see Tremolizzo et al., 2005), and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Huntington disease (see ARF related news story).
To fully understand epigenetics, one must appreciate why it exists. At the Washington symposium, co-chairs Jonathan Pollock and Christine Colvis from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland, reminded the audience that epigenetics has its roots in adaptation. As organisms become more complex with longer generational times, it becomes harder and harder for them to adapt through natural selection, Pollock suggested. In short, where genetic change cannot keep pace with environmental change, complex organisms have evolved other means to adapt. Specialized tissues such as neurons have arisen to allow organisms to react rapidly to external influences. But that requires that specific subsets of genes be turned on and off in specialized cells. This is where chromatin remodeling enters the picture; epigenetic change, therefore, is a key element of adaptation based on genetic reprogramming.
It is easy to envisage how the apparatus for genetic reprogramming, once it had evolved to facilitate tissue differentiation in multicellular organisms, was co-opted for more immediate benefit, such as the response to environmental stimuli. Frances Champagne, University of Cambridge, England, reported on how something as simple and innocuous as maternal care can begin the process of chromatin remodeling right out of the womb. Work from Champagne's and other laboratories reveals that rat pups who get licked and groomed the most turn out to do better in tests of learning and memory, such as the Morris water maze. They also have higher levels of both N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors and synaptophysin, a synaptic marker, in their brain, suggesting molecular adaptation. Well-groomed pups have higher levels of brain glucocorticoid receptor and appear less anxious than pups that get licked less. Notably, long-time Champagne collaborator Michael Meaney and colleagues at Douglas Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Canada, confirmed in 1999 that this pup behavior is epigenetic rather than inherited. If pups born to so-called "low licking/grooming" mothers are instead reared by "high licking/grooming" mothers, they will behave just like their adopted siblings (see Francis et al., 1999).
Champagne and colleagues have since probed epigenetic changes that underlie behavioral differences in rat pups. She found, for example, that the promoter region of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) has 17 potential methylation sites and that pups born to mothers that lick less have much higher levels of GR promoter methylation, particularly at one specific methylation site, number 16. These methylation differences are not apparent at birth, but gradually emerge after 5 to 6 days of postnatal care. It turns out that these methylation patterns have molecular consequences. They prevent the binding of transcription factors, such as nerve growth factor-inducible protein A (NGFI-A), Champagne revealed.
These epigenetic changes need not be permanent; this is important when one considers epigenetics in terms of disease pathology or drug addiction. Champagne reported that when rats born to low licking/grooming mothers are given the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor trichostatin A, then by adulthood their methylation pattern changes to that of rats brought up by high licking/grooming mothers.
Acetylation of histones and methylation of DNA are almost as intertwined as the strands of nucleic acids themselves. Champagne showed that hypermethylation of the GR promoter correlates with hypoacetylation of histone H3. Because the HDAC inhibitor promotes acetylation of the H3 histone, demethylation of the GR promoter ensues, followed by increased expression (see Weaver et al., 2004). Indeed, Champagne showed that infusion of trichostatin A into adult rats leads to greater binding of NGFI-A to the GR promoter. She also revealed that directly stimulating methylation by administering methionine, a precursor to the methyl donor S-adenosyl-methionine, can achieve a similar reversal of maternal programming. Some of this work just appeared in the November 23 Journal of Neuroscience (see Weaver et al., 2005).
Epigenetics and Drug Abuse
In a related vein, Arvind Kumar, from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, reported how chronic and acute exposure to drugs of abuse can cause epigenetic changes around a variety of promoters. The long-term effects of drug addiction have been explored for some years. It has become apparent that they can lead to changes in gene expression in the brain, particularly in the striatum, where many of the neurons take part in reward pathways that can lead to addiction. But exactly how those changes occur remains mysterious.
Kumar's work centers on epigenetic changes in rodent striatum in response to either chronic or acute cocaine administration. While acute cocaine induces expression of the transcription factor cFos, chronic exposure to the drug desensitizes cFos levels back to normal and instead leads to the accumulation of a truncated form of FosB (δFosB). Using chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments, or ChIP, Kumar probes the relation between cocaine and covalent modifications—phosphorylation, acetylation, and phosphoacetylation—of histones on target promoter regions in rats.
He reported that acute administration of cocaine leads to a fivefold increase in phosphoacetylation of histone H3 on the cFos promoter, but no change in newly acetylated histone H3. Histone H4 acetylation does increase about threefold, however. Chronic administration of the drug, on the other hand, leads to increased acetylation of histone H3 around the FosB promoter, Kumar reported, but no changes in histone H4. The ChIPs failed to detect any changes in histone acetylation patterns on promoters that do not respond to the drug, such as those for β-tubulin or tyrosine hydroxylase, suggesting that the phosphorylation and acetylation changes are specific to cocaine-induced promoters.
Kumar has also looked at changes occurring around other gene promoters. Expression of the protein kinase Cdk5 (see ARF related SfN story), for example, is unaffected by acute cocaine but is induced by chronic exposure. Would the chromatin pattern mimic those seen for FosB? Kumar found that not only was acetylated histone H3 increased on the Cdk5 promoter, but that δFosB also bound to it under chronic cocaine administration, suggesting that δFosB may play a direct role in cocaine addiction, a possibility that has been hotly debated.
And like Champagne, Kumar and colleagues have modified the addiction pattern using deacetylase inhibitors. Kumar reported that both trichostatin A and sodium butyrate, a competitive inhibitor of HDACs, enhanced histone H3 phosphoacetylation in response to the drug when administered to rats, and that the animals scored much higher on a test that measures the reward component of their response to cocaine. Overexpression of histone deacetylase, on the other hand, dramatically decreased scores in this behavioral test, confirming the importance of histone acetylation in cocaine addiction. Most of this work was just published in the October Neuron (see Kumar et al., 2005). Kumar and colleagues are now using "ChIP on chip" assays, probing chromatin immunoprecipitation samples with DNA promoter chips, or microarrays, in a genome-wide search for promoters that are hyper- and hypoacetylated after chronic cocaine exposure. So far, nearly 85 promoters have been isolated that have increased acetylated H3 and H4 histones following chronic cocaine administration, and 48 promoters where acetylation of H3 and H4 decreased, he reported.
Richard Goodman, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, reported his ChIP experiments to find genes that bind to CREB, or cyclic AMP response element (CRE) binding protein. Though it has been known for many years that CREB binds to CRE, one of the quintessential promoter elements, there are still aspects of CRE/CREB biology that are poorly understood. As Goodman pointed out, in PC 12 cells there is a CRE sequence in the promoter for the somatostatin gene, yet neither CREB nor CREB binding protein (CBP) bind to it. This goes to show that CRE binding is not constitutive, Goodman suggested. Instead, it may depend on how the DNA is programmed in individual cells.
Goodman and colleagues use a sophisticated screening method called SACO, or serial amplification of chromosome occupancy, designed to be unbiased, to identify regions of DNA that bind CREB. SACO combines a ChIP experiment with serial analysis of gene expression, or SAGE (see ARF related news story), to identify DNA in chromatin segments pulled down by CREB antibodies. Using this approach, the researchers have identified thousands of potential genes regulated by CREB (see Impey et al., 2004).
In his SfN presentation, Goodman focused on one of these regions, which happens to harbor a non-coding sequence. In fact, about 20 percent of the sequences identified by the SACO experiment did not code for protein, said Goodman. One of the identified sequences lies upstream of a microRNA (miRNA) sequence called miR132. This microRNA is expressed in neurons and its CRE element does bind to CREB. In fact, expression of miR132 increases dramatically when cells are treated with brain-derived growth factor—the response is even greater than that seen for cFos.
So what does miR132 do? Goodman reported that the microRNA strongly induces neurite outgrowth and that antisense miR132 has the opposite effect. By using a prediction algorithm (MIRANDA, see Enright et al., 2003), he and colleagues identified a putative binding site in the 3'untranslated region (UTR) of the gene encoding the GTPase-activating protein, p250GAP. Goodman reported that miR132 inhibits expression of p250GAP and that that, in turn, promotes neurite outgrowth. This is an example of a CREB-regulated miRNA that regulates growth of neurites by responding to extrinsic trophic cues. The work appeared last month in PNAS (see Vo et al., 2005).
As for epigenetics, miR132 and other miRNAs identified in the SACO screen may also bind to other 3'UTRs, hinted Goodman, most notably that for methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2), which is mutated in Rett syndrome. Though MeCP2 was initially identified as a transcriptional repressor that binds to methylated DNA, researchers recently showed that it is involved in RNA splicing, as well (see ARF related news story). Because the MeCP2 gene has a very large 3'UTR that possibly binds up to three miRNAs identified in the SACO screen, CREB signaling may mediate RNA splicing and play an important role in the regulation of methylation-linked transcriptional repression.
Epigenetics in Long-Term Memory
Last but not least, Mark Mayford, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, also addressed CREB signaling in his studies of epigenetic mechanisms in memory formation. Mayford described experiments to address the role of nuclear calcium signaling in the CREB-mediated induction of protein synthesis that is required for long-term memory.
Using the inducible tetracycline promoter system, Mayford and colleagues generated mice that express calmodulin binding protein (CaMBP) only in the nucleus of neurons in forebrain—the system allows expression to be turned off by adding doxycycline to the diet. Mayford checked the system by inducing seizures in adult mice. In control animals, seizures lead to activation of CREB (by phosphorylation on serine 133) in the CA1 neurons of the hippocampus, but this is blocked in the transgenic animals.
In most electrophysiological tests, the CaMBP mice behave just as controls. Excitatory postsynaptic potentials and paired-pulse facilitations are normal, for example. But they do behave differently in learning and memory tests. When CaMBP is on, latency increases in the Morris water maze and the mice show no preference for the quadrant where the hidden platform is located. If the calmodulin inhibitor is off, then the mice do just as well as control animals. Fear conditioning and novel object recognition tests revealed that mice expressing CaMBP have normal short-term memory but impaired long-term memory, Mayford reported.
Epigenetics entered this line of study when Mayford asked what targets Ca2+/calmodulin might activate to facilitate long-term memory. One likely target, Mayford suggested, is CBP, or CREB binding protein. CBP has histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity and HATs can activate transcription by unraveling the chromatin to expose promoter elements. They have also been implicated many times in learning and memory (see ARF related conference story; ARF related news story. When Mayford and colleagues expressed a dominant-negative CBP, rendered HAT-less by a point mutation, then spatial memory was impaired. Long-term memory declines, while short-term memory is unaltered. Furthermore, trichostatin A, the deacetylase inhibitor used by Champagne and Kumar above, can rescue animals expressing the dominant-negative CBP, showing once again that histone acetylation and chromatin modification play a key role in behavioral response to the environment. For more detailed reading on the symposium, see a monograph prepared in advance by the presenters (Colvis et al., 2005).—Tom Fagan.
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- SfN: P25 at Synapses—A Bite Peps Up, A Binge Crashes the System
- SAGE Genie Manages Gene Expression Data
- New Orleans: Symposium Probes Why Synapses Are Suffering
Paper Citations
- Fries AB, Ziegler TE, Kurian JR, Jacoris S, Pollak SD. Early experience in humans is associated with changes in neuropeptides critical for regulating social behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Nov 22;102(47):17237-40. PubMed.
- Stadler F, Kolb G, Rubusch L, Baker SP, Jones EG, Akbarian S. Histone methylation at gene promoters is associated with developmental regulation and region-specific expression of ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors in human brain. J Neurochem. 2005 Jul;94(2):324-36. PubMed.
- Dong E, Agis-Balboa RC, Simonini MV, Grayson DR, Costa E, Guidotti A. Reelin and glutamic acid decarboxylase67 promoter remodeling in an epigenetic methionine-induced mouse model of schizophrenia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Aug 30;102(35):12578-83. PubMed.
- Sharma RP. Schizophrenia, epigenetics and ligand-activated nuclear receptors: a framework for chromatin therapeutics. Schizophr Res. 2005 Jan 1;72(2-3):79-90. PubMed.
- Basu J, Basu S, Bhattacharyya S. Ego functions in relation to stressful life events and indices of psychopathology in paranoid schizophrenia. Psychol Rep. 2004 Dec;95(3 Pt 2):1248-52. PubMed.
- Francis D, Diorio J, Liu D, Meaney MJ. Nongenomic transmission across generations of maternal behavior and stress responses in the rat. Science. 1999 Nov 5;286(5442):1155-8. PubMed.
- Weaver IC, Cervoni N, Champagne FA, D'Alessio AC, Sharma S, Seckl JR, Dymov S, Szyf M, Meaney MJ. Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior. Nat Neurosci. 2004 Aug;7(8):847-54. PubMed.
- Weaver IC, Champagne FA, Brown SE, Dymov S, Sharma S, Meaney MJ, Szyf M. Reversal of maternal programming of stress responses in adult offspring through methyl supplementation: altering epigenetic marking later in life. J Neurosci. 2005 Nov 23;25(47):11045-54. PubMed.
- Kumar A, Choi KH, Renthal W, Tsankova NM, Theobald DE, Truong HT, Russo SJ, LaPlant Q, Sasaki TS, Whistler KN, Neve RL, Self DW, Nestler EJ. Chromatin remodeling is a key mechanism underlying cocaine-induced plasticity in striatum. Neuron. 2005 Oct 20;48(2):303-14. PubMed.
- Impey S, McCorkle SR, Cha-Molstad H, Dwyer JM, Yochum GS, Boss JM, McWeeney S, Dunn JJ, Mandel G, Goodman RH. Defining the CREB regulon: a genome-wide analysis of transcription factor regulatory regions. Cell. 2004 Dec 29;119(7):1041-54. PubMed.
- Enright AJ, John B, Gaul U, Tuschl T, Sander C, Marks DS. MicroRNA targets in Drosophila. Genome Biol. 2003;5(1):R1. PubMed.
- Vo N, Klein ME, Varlamova O, Keller DM, Yamamoto T, Goodman RH, Impey S. A cAMP-response element binding protein-induced microRNA regulates neuronal morphogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Nov 8;102(45):16426-31. PubMed.
- Colvis CM, Pollock JD, Goodman RH, Impey S, Dunn J, Mandel G, Champagne FA, Mayford M, Korzus E, Kumar A, Renthal W, Theobald DE, Nestler EJ. Epigenetic mechanisms and gene networks in the nervous system. J Neurosci. 2005 Nov 9;25(45):10379-89. PubMed.
Further Reading
- Colvis CM, Pollock JD, Goodman RH, Impey S, Dunn J, Mandel G, Champagne FA, Mayford M, Korzus E, Kumar A, Renthal W, Theobald DE, Nestler EJ. Epigenetic mechanisms and gene networks in the nervous system. J Neurosci. 2005 Nov 9;25(45):10379-89. PubMed.


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In early August we broke the news that Apple began selling OS X Lion USB sticks through AppleCare. Now, Apple will likely begin selling these USB sticks sometime this week to the general public for $69. According to Mr. X, the new product has shown up in the Apple internal system for a launch on August 15th (tonight/tomorrow) – but we can't confirm that the launch will actually happen on the 15th. Because it has shown up in the system, we are confident that the product's release is happening very soon.
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The source code is available for download here. It compiles with Arduino IDE 21, with target set to "Sanguino" (see here how you add it to Arduino IDE).
Beside from the porting, I added a new class for "Pong clock" and also a few features (and bug fixes) related to the "big clock", courtesy of Ruud (a belated thanks!).
The "Pong clock" feature, maybe a "first" in multiple colors, is shown in the video below. The code was copied and adapted from Nick's Pong clock.
The "Big clock" feature mentioned previously allows the user to display the time with a selected big font from a few given choices. This was added by Ruud, who also captured it in this video (for Wise Clock 2).
His nice idea is to show the time, round robin, with different fonts, then allow users to select their choice by clicking the "Plus" button.
The current TODO list includes:
- displaying the temperature from DS3231;
- set date (day, month, year) from buttons (currently it can be set only from SD card);
- change the time colors to indicate the proximity to the moment the alarm goes on (similarly to IllyClock);
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Barnard Village
This three-story, coeducational building provides apartment-style living for approximately 290 transfer, graduate and upperclassman students and is located at 3121 Barnard St. Each single-floor apartment includes private bedrooms for four students, air conditioning, two bathrooms, a full kitchen, extra-long twin-size beds that can be bunked, a cable television outlet, a drafting table, a stool, a dresser/chest of drawers and Internet access for each resident.
ADA accessible, Barnard Village features pay laundry machines, drink and snack vending machines, a clubhouse, meeting areas and a dining hall located nearby. Limited parking available on-site. A
This coeducational residence hall is available for transfer, graduate and upperclassman students.
Housing features
- Three-story building
- Coeducational
- Occupancy: approximately 285
Room features
- Apartment-style living with private bedrooms for four students
- Single-floor apartments
- Air conditioning
- Two baths in each apartment
- Full kitchen
- Living room with couch, end tables and coffee table
- Extra-long, twin-size beds (36" x 80")
- Drafting table and stool for each resident
- Dresser/chest of drawers for each resident
- Cable television service
- Wireless Internet access for each resident
Residence features
- SCAD Card- or coin-operated laundry
- Drink and snack vending machines
- Dining hall located at nearby Montgomery Hall
- Clubhouse with pool table and meeting area
- ADA accessibility
- Limited parking available on site
Housing fees
- US$11,120/year* for the 2020-21 academic year
- Meal plan required
* A nonrefundable and nontransferable housing reservation fee of US$500 is deducted from the overall housing fee. Enrolled students who cancel after June 1 are subject to an additional US$500 nonrefundable cancellation fee.


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In 2014, for the first time, a streamed game's broadcast attracted more viewers than the NBA Finals. More than 27 million people around the world tuned in to League of Legends World Championship. A year later, more than 31 million people watched SK Telecom T1 beat KOO Tigers 3-1 for the 2015 title and a split of a $1 million prize.
All this is arguably the culmination of a recent trend that has seen esports vault into the forefront of many consumers' minds. To meet and expand the ever increasing interest in esports, League of Legends' creator, Riot Games, opted to expand its marketing horizons and dabble in the fantasy scene, which brings us to the here and now.
To many, the game itself is still an enigma, and its rules are as cryptic to someone on the outside as the NFL's penalty system is to me (I have yet to hear an adequate explanation of what on earth is "clipping"). Seeing as I would never gamble upon a football team without full knowledge of the rules, I imagine that many potential new fantasy owners might be intimidated by professional League of Legends, and esports as a whole, due to that complexity. Thankfully, like many things in life, the game becomes quite simple after a brief explanation.
What is League of Legends?
League of Legends (LoL for short) is in a genre known as the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, or MOBA for short. The history of the MOBA stretches all the way back to the modding community of Starcraft, and fortunately its underlying design is both simple to understand and has remained relatively static throughout the years. The game is ultimately one of objective defense -- a glorified capture the flag, if you will. Each player takes control of a unique and powerful unit, known in League as a champion, and, along with four allies, does battle with an enemy team comprised of the same. Each team is looking to destroy the central building for the opposition, appropriately known as a Nexus.
They are, however, not alone in this struggle. Each Nexus spawns weak, computer-controlled units, known as minions, that will mindlessly march down one of the main three lanes into which the game is divided. Eventually, the minions will encounter their counterparts on the opposite team, and they will immediately engage in a fight to the death.
Additionally, each lane is defended by a series of powerful turrets, and the minions are integral to destroy these emplacements. Small groups can serve as cannon fodder for allied champions, while larger groups can reduce enemy structures to rubble single-handedly, granting their team the valuable gold that doing so rewards.
League of Legends strategy
Minions serve an even more vital role than as sacrificial lambs to the fury of the enemy structures, they can become sacrificial lambs that serve to line your pockets. When you slay a minion you obtain valuable gold, and being near the death of a minion gives you experience.
Gold and experience do not simply passively empower each hero, rather there are items to be bought and levels to be gained. The first five levels allow each champion to level up one of their three basic abilities, each of which gradually becomes stronger as it is leveled up. At Level 6, however, the game changes entirely as most champions will then be able to unlock their ultimate ability -- powerful spells that can define a champion's entire style of play, and when used properly can utterly decimate the enemy's efforts at victory. The ultimate ability becomes even more powerful at Levels 11 and 16, and champions stop earning experience upon hitting the final level, Level 18.
Where levels leave off, items take the reins.
The game has more than 50 unique items that any champion can purchase, augmenting the abilities of the champions in different ways. Want to bring maximum pain with your basic attacks? The improbably sized Infinity Edge will give you all the damage you could ever ask for. Want to shrug off damage like the buzzing of a fly? Sounds like you need a Warmog's Armor, the ultimate in health-augmenting items. Often item acquisitions can totally change the way a champion is played. Many times, players have surprised their opponents with an unexpected item purchase, and often been rewarded for their innovation.
Due to the value of both gold and experience, early stages of the game will ultimately revolve around slaying as many enemy minions as possible, while attempting to deny or delay your opponent's attempts to do the same. In the later stage, fights tend to break out over the more powerful neutral objectives littered around the map.
These objectives are two-fold. First, the bottom side of the map is home to the mighty Dragon, who confers any team bold enough to slay him a stacking buff: slay him five times over the course of the game and your team is virtually guaranteed victory. The other, and even more terrifying denizen of the rift is the iconic serpent-lord, Baron Nashor, located near the top side of the map. Any team who slays baron but once is conferred a buff of such strength that it often wins the game outright, or causes enough damage that every competitive player fears losing it to the other team enough to risk losing a team fight defending it.
Goal of a League game
Now, all of that might seem like a lot, but it bears remembering that the gold and levels you acquire, in the end, serve a simple purpose: kill minions en masse, slaughter the enemy champions, and raze their buildings to the ground. That goal, however, has an incredibly vast number of ways it can be addressed: Saying that a game of League is only those things I highlighted above would be tantamount to saying that football is nothing but moving the ball 100 yards.
Some teams will opt to group together and attempt to take on the enemy team headlong, culminating in spectacular team-fights that leave fans cheering and force the players to execute near-impossible maneuvers. Other teams, though, look to do exactly the opposite, avoiding pitched battles altogether and leveraging their individually superior play or creating situations that make their champion's specific strengths into overwhelming advantages.
Most teams will employ strategies somewhere in the middle of these two, though a few teams have been known to develop bizarre strategies that are as impossible to anticipate as they are to counter, without knowing them ahead of time. Strategic considerations like these generate such a vibrant scene for the game, players are constantly challenged to grow and think in new ways. Successful adjustments are rewarded with victory.
Why watch?
The integral thing to understand is that the MOBA genre has not evolved and flourished so strongly due simply to the game itself. The rules of the game are quite simple, which is why a game of League of Legends enjoys such mass casual appeal. Like any other sport, the real task is finding a way to create a successful plan of attack, executing it properly and adapting the strategy as circumstances dictate. It is, in essence, a human game.
That is why millions tune in every year to see the finals, to cheer for their favorite team and players. It's why millions log into the game every day and enjoy playing at their own skill level, making their own stories within the game either solo or with a group of friends. It's why a dedicated few see every competitive match as a standing challenge, a challenge to take up the controls and take on the elite on their terms, and maybe, just maybe, one day take their place.
Those few are the ones upon whom you will be staking your fortunes, and it's their story, in some cases their legend, that you will have the privilege to see unfold in front of you.
2016 storylines
While many new, promising teams have formed in the wake of October's world championships, most of the favorites heading into the new season have names that will seem familiar to anyone who watched last split. Origen made a potential upgrade in the offseason, picking up the young talent PowerOfEvil to supplement the veteran xPeke in the midlane. The rest of the roster remained unchanged, and seeing as the team made it all the way to the semifinals of the 2015 world championship, there's no reason to expect them to falter in Europe this split.
While there are a variety of teams that could push Origen to the limit, H2k seems to have the best chance at knocking off the world champions. Thanks to a terrific offseason that saw the club assemble a roster that most would call too talented to fail, they are sure to put up an impressive performance when matched against the favorites, Origen. I, for one, look forward to watching the sparks fly when these two powerhouses clash.
North America is not to be outdone, however, as perennial fan favorite Team Solo Mid revamped nearly its entire lineup, picking up superstar players anywhere they could get them, assembling a roster with nearly the best player in every position in its league. Whether these individual talents will carry them to victory against its immortal rivals, Cloud9, remains to be seen as the team has picked up talent themselves while managing to retain the guiding voice and indomitable strategy that Hai brings to the table.
Whether TSM's individual ability, led by Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim, will be able to take down the legendary teamwork and innovation of Cloud9 looks to be the defining storyline of this split, one that few believe will disappoint.


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Cell phones are great—they keep us in touch with friends and family and can be life savers in an emergency. But they can also be annoying if not used thoughtfully. Remember, it doesn't have to be on all the time and you don't always have to answer it immediately. Learn to use your phone's features like silent ring, vibrate and voicemail to handle the times when your phone would be bothering others if it rang and you answered it. (By the way, we give this same advice to adults, too!)
- Be in control of your phone, don't let it control you!
- Speak softly.
- Be courteous to those you are with; turn off your phone if it will be interrupting a conversation or activity.
- Watch your language, especially when others can overhear you.
- Avoid talking about personal problems in a public place.
- If it must be on and it could bother others, use the silent ring mode and move away to talk.
- Don't make calls in a library, theater, church, or from your table in a restaurant.
- Don't text during class or a meeting at your job.
- Private info can be forwarded, so don't text it.
- NEVER drive and use your phone at the same time.
Download this list as a handy tip sheet! Top Ten Cell Phone Manners for Kids


text: We're starting our week out with one of our favorite crooners, Joni Mitchell. Inspired by Joni's unorthodox guitar-playing style, Jeff chose "Night Ride Home" as this week's Music Monday selection. You'll hear the crickets and ambient night sounds in the background of this song, inspired by a moonlit night in Hawaii. Listen to the recorded album version below, or check out this live version!


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Frazier out of lineup due to tightness in groin
ATLANTA -- After starting all 23 previous games, Reds third baseman Todd Frazier was not in the starting lineup on Saturday vs. the Braves. Frazier exited Friday's 5-4 loss to the Braves in the fifth inning because of tightness in his left groin.
Neftali Soto played third base in place of Frazier. It was Soto's first time starting a game in the big leagues.
"It gives us a chance to see him play," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "He's been up and done nothing but pinch-hit except for [Friday] when he came in and replaced Frazier. We need to see him play. I don't think it's going to be any extended missed time right now, just an extra day. [Frazier] probably could play today if we really needed him to, but I think another day off will really help him."
Soto rose through the system primarily as a first baseman but is blocked by Joey Votto. He has gotten time in the Minors at third base and took up catching during Spring Training to maximize his value and versatility.
"I'm excited about it," Soto said about the chance to start. "I take ground balls at first and third in practice. I played all winter ball at third."


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angels, appetites, being, children, constraint, corruptibility, creation, damnation, Damon, death, demons, desire, despair, eternal life, existence, free will, generations, happiness, holy wars, immaculate, knowledge, learning, legends, Lilith, nature, Pandara, parents, perfection, personal fulfillment, pride, rebellion, scientific instruments, sentience, sophistication, soul, tales, Terra, understanding, virtue, wisdom
[Caldwell, Taylor. Dialogues With The Devil. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1967. pp 57-61.] Please see Taylor Caldwell's Dialogues With The Devil (1967) #1 of 22 for an introduction to this serialization.
GREETINGS to my brother, Michael, who believes that he has circumvented me on his new worlds:
No doubt you heard my laughter when I read your letter. Do not be complacent. Damon and Lilith will make their appearances on Pandara in due course, if not to this generation there, then to their sons and daughters. For though this generation may tell their children of what they know, and of what they have seen, and what they have learned, it is in the nature of men to say, "Our parents love legends and tales and strangenesses, but we have not seen the Archangel Michael with our own eyes, nor have wondered at his countenance. Our parents tell us that it was the will of God that he appeared only to our forefathers, but not to us, and that is most peculiar, indeed, for are we not more sophisticated than our fathers, and our daughters more knowledgeable than their mothers? Do we not dwell in cities, whereas they dwelt in the fields and the forests? Have we not learning and understanding, greater than our forebears? Do we not have magnificent temples of wisdom, and do we not stream through the heavens like birds and through the waters like fish, and is there aught we do not know of this world of ours, or are there wonders as yet undiscovered? Are we, then, not wise and therefore more worthy to gaze upon this Archangel Michael, and would we not apprehend his words with more clarity and more subtlety? Why this coyness, that he hides from us–if he exists at all? It is folly. There is no such an archangel, and therefore what our parents have told us has no verity."
You have heard thoughts like these on innumerable planets, among the worldly children of men who believe they have conquered all things and are capable of comprehending everything. That is my opportunity. For though the generations of Pandara may not yet have fallen, pride in their accomplishments will spur that fall, and pride in their own will will assure their destruction. I will not only send them Damon and Lilith, and say to them, "Do not deny your natural appetites, for all appetite is good, for is it not your nature?" but I will say, "Your parents were simple and mere children in their souls, and had no real will of their own for they were enamored of a fantasy. Have you not failed to discern the reality of Michael in your scientific instruments, and have you found God, of whom your parents speak, in the watches of the night or in your affairs? If there is an angel at all, it is in your capacities, and if there is a God, you are that god, and you must deify yourselves for naught exists in those gigantic universes you catch in your mirrors but your own being. You are the center, the heart, of all mindless creation, and only you have sentience. If you doubt me, show me the proof to the contrary."
That is an argument few men have ever disputed, for the proofs of your existence, and the Existence of Our Father, lie not in the grosser matter but in the towers of the soul. But they will know that I exist! For I will give them delights and conceits and arrogances, and the ecstasy of defying the laws of their fathers, which were the Laws God gave to them. Nothing so exalts a man as rebellion, as we have remarked before, and nothing increases his vanity so much as coming to a wrong conclusion, which he believes is correct. Assure a man that he is wise and knows all things, and that only he exists, and there is no end to his exultant rapture. Even when the men of Pandara become so suddenly aware of the fact that in some strange way death and disease and age and loss have come among them–when once they were absent–they will say, "But this is the inevitable course of nature, and was to be expected! There is a time for living and a time for dying, and always it was so, though we have not known it before." You will understand that men have explanations for everything, and the more absurd the more they are accepted. When they discover that the incorruptible has put on corruptibility, the immaculate has become stained, the eternal has become mortal, they will nod their heads solemnly and say, "It is natural–we just had not lived long enough, but time is inexorable. Let us, then, devote our lives to the search for happiness and for personal fulfillment, and not dream as our forebears dreamt, but be courageous men who live that we may die and strive while we can."
They will see my face in their own and will adore me, for am I not the reverie of men, even those not yet fallen?
Why do men prefer to believe there is no God? Is there a fatal flaw even in the unfallen, as it was in me and my angels? You will say that there is, indeed, that "flaw" and you will repeat that it is free will. Nonetheless, men prefer to believe there is no God. God restrains and all chaff at virtue and constraint and the necessity to obey and love. . . . Once God is removed from the belief of men, then they can truly live as they believe the gods live: Enjoying existence, relieved of duty and responsibility, delighting in each hour, acquiring their miserable riches as they will, disobeying even good laws, exulting in violence and bloodshed, exercising power over their fellows–and always for their fellows' own good, you will observe–and committing all vileness in the serene conviction that there is no good and no evil, but only a man's desire and a man's needs. Above all, there is no accounting, for the One who accounts does not exist. So man, they will conclude, is truly free to "live according to his innate nature." All their wars will be holy, all their excesses but an exaggeration of good, all their errors correctable through new laws which they will profusely pass, and all their hatreds righteous. But still there is the inborn, the endowed, craving for perfection, and they will say that man is perfectable.
So they will strive for perfection, which is beyond their earning, and they will seek for merit among the applause of men like themselves, rather than in the smiles of God. They will chase up the mountains of their lives for perfectability, and always there will be the descent on the torrid opposite side, but again they will climb with their banners and their slogans, and always they will fall. They cannot resist the desire for true perfection with which God sadly endowed them–and He cannot withdraw His gift, but they will distort it and in seeking they will never find.
Despair will sit at their right hand and death will dine with them, and decay and grief will be their bed, and sorrow their song, and all that which their darkened souls desired with a hunger that comes from God will never be their own.
And they will descend to me, and will ask again that disgusting question, "If you exist, then God must exist also?" And I will reply as ever, "It does not follow. I am the god you made, and you are mine."
Will the Sacrifice on Terra save these men also? You continually refuse to answer that question, but my curiosity grows with the refusal. In the meantime my hells fatten with the hosts of the damned–who willed their own damnation.
I do not know why I hover so often over Terra, where the immortal Crime was committed–and to what purpose? I watch my legions of demons at work, and I smile at their industry. They hope by pleasing me that I will grant them death and oblivion. You will see that they have much more faith in me than they ever had in God.
Terra is doomed. I watch the progress to annihilation with the only pleasure of which I am capable. Then the memory of the Sacrifice will be obliterated, and there will be no remembrance at all in men, not even of the myth which they declare it is. I will be vindicated, even before His Eyes. He will be forced to admit that I was right and He was wrong. In His second death on Terra the first will be lost, and all men will be mine, even to the farthest planet.
There will be the peace of nothingness, thereafter, and is that not to be desired?
Your brother, Lucifer
NOTE: The full text of Caldwell's Dialogues With The Devil is 198 pages and can be found relatively easy through Amazon.com, a library or through abebooks.com. I will continue to abridge and serialize the remaining chapters as I find the time.


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When Creative Cloud was launched in June 2013, we added support for HTML5-based panels in several Adobe products. These new panels open up the world of panel development to a wider range of developers who may be more comfortable working with HTML/JavaScript and CSS. Since June, support for HTML5-based panels has been added to more Adobe products. As of now Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Premiere Pro CC and Prelude CC support HTML5-based panels.
A preview of Adobe Extension Builder 3, a new developer tool that supports creating HTML5-based extensions, was launched in June at Adobe Labs. You can download it for free from here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/extensionbuilder3/
Starting in the middle of 2014 we will begin removing Flash-based extension support in Creative Cloud products, starting with Photoshop CC. We encourage all developers to start planning and migrating to the new extensibility framework based on HTML5.
HTML5-based panels allow developers to leverage the rich ecosystem of existing JavaScript frameworks and tools when creating their panels. HTML5-based panels share the same technology with web applications, which opens up exciting opportunities for integration with web services.
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3-4 Learning Results
This section has been updated to include the new Maine Learning Results, "Parameters for Essential Instruction," which were adopted by the state legislature in 2007. They are presented at the level of Development Standards. The 1997 Performance Indicators have been condensed slightly to conserve space.
The Common Core State Standards were added in November 2012.
Note that the 1997 Learning Results use grade groupings of 3-4 and 5-8, whereas the 2007 Learning Results use 3-5 and 6-8.
Career Preparation 1997 (Grades 3-4)
A-3: Connections between locally-generated products and services, and
efforts required to create them.
A-5: Awareness of students' own interests, aptitudes, and abilities.
Career and Education Development 2007 (Grades 3-5)
A4. Career and Life Roles
B2. Skills for Individual\Personal Success in the 21th Century
Common Core State Standards-English Language Arts 2012
The CCSI College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies/, Science, and Technical Subjects for Grades K – 5 cover Speaking and Listening, Reading Literature and Informational Texts, Language, Writing, and Foundational Skills (Foundational Skills are for grades K – 2 only.) All of the standards within the ELA categories may be addressed using the content provided in Working the Bay, depending on the activities implemented by the teacher. Some suggested activities are provided online, but many more are possible, especially using the books listed in the Resource Section. Therefore, it is not possible to closely align CCSI ELA standards with the Web chapters, as any or all of the standards may well apply.
Where to Find More Detailed Maritime History/CCSI ELA Alignment
In contrast to Penobscot Bay History Online, Penobscot Marine Museum's Maritime History and Literacy Curriculum uses the online maritime history content as the jumping-off point for an actual curriculum. The Curriculum is available as museum-taught units or in the form of "History Kits" that may be rented by classrooms. Each Curriculum unit offers six weeks' worth of lesson plans including literacy activities, games, and projects designed to help students learn about a topic and practice literacy skills at the same time. In contrast to the chapters of Penobscot Bay History Online, which are intended to provide an overview of a topic, the Curriculum is sequential, detailed, and activity-based, and includes essential questions and suggested assessments. It is directed at elementary age students. Each unit of the Curriculum includes a listing of specific CCSI ELA and Math objectives that correspond with the activities within that unit. Each unit also includes the relevant Maine Learning Results for other content areas. The online chapters, on the other hand, constitute a resource for teachers, students, and anyone interested in history.
The Curriculum Unit/History Kit most closely aligned with this web chapter is called Work Around the Bay.
Health and Physical Education 1997 (Grades 3-4)
Health Education
D-3: Ways technology affects personal health.
Health and Physical Education 2007 (Grades 3-5)
D2. Technology and Health
Mathematics 1997 (Grades 3-4)
A-1: Read, compare, order, classify, and explain whole numbers up to one million.
B-1: Solve multi-step, real-life problems using the four operations with whole numbers.
F-1: Solve and justify solutions to real-life problems involving the measurement of time, length, area, perimeter, weight, temperature, mass, capacity, and volume.
K-1: Tables and graphs to communicate ideas and information in a concise and clear manner.
Mathematics 2007 (Grades 3-5)
Grade 3
A1. Number notation and place value to 10,000
A2. Add and subtract
A2. Fractions
B1. Measurement of time and temperature
B2. Bar graphs
C1. Two-dimensional shapes
C2. Distance around a figure
D4. Patterns
Grade 4
A1. Number notation and place value to 1000,000
A3. Multiply and divide
A4. Fractions
A5. Decimals in real world contexts, including money
B1. Measurement of time, capacity, and temperature
B2. Tables, line graphs, and bar graphs
C1. Angles, lines, quadrilaterals, and triangles
C2. Area of a figure
D3. Relationship between quantities and extend sequences
Grade 5
A1. Number notation to 10 million
A2. Problems with multiple operations
A5. Numbers with 3 decimal places
B1. Measures of elapsed time, temperature, capacity, mass, and weight
B2. Line graphs
B3. Median, mode, and range
C1. Solid figures
C2. Area of triangles and quadrilaterals
C3. Volume and surface area of rectangular prisms
C4. Describe position and direction in two dimensions
D3. Relationship between quantities
Common Core State Standards-Mathematics 2012
Grade 3
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division
- Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic
Number and Operations—Fractions
- Develop understanding of fractions as numbers
Measurement and Data
- Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects
- Represent and interpret data
- Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area ot multiplication and to addition
- Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures
- Reason with shapes and their attributes
Grade 4
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems
- Generate and analyze patterns
Number and Operations in Base Ten
- Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic
Number and Operations—Fractions
- Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering
- Build fractions from unit fractions
- Understand decimal notation for fractions
Measurement and Data
- Represent and interpret data
- Geometric measurement
- Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of lines and angles
Grade 5
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Analyze patterns and relationships
Number and Operations in Base Ten
- Understand the place value system
- Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and decimals to hundredths
Number and Operations—Fractions
- Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions
- Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions
Measurement and Data
- Represent and interpret data
- Geometric measurement: volume
- Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems
- Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties
Science and Technology 1997 (Grades 3-4)
E-1: How physical properties of objects sometimes change when one object chemically
combines with another.
F-2: Understanding that many things about the earth (e.g. climate) occur in cycles that vary in length and frequency.
F-3: Differences among minerals, rocks, and soils.
H-1: Ways different forms of energy can be produced.
J-2: Scientific investigations: make observations, collect and analyze data, and do experiments.
M-2: How technology (e.g. transportation, irrigation) has altered human settlement.
Science and Technology 2007 (Grades 3-5)
A1. Systems
A2. Models
A3. Constancy and Change
A4. Scale
B1. Skills and Traits of Scientific Inquiry
B2. Skills and Traits of Technological Design
C2. Understandings about Science and Technology
C3. Science, Technology, and Society
D3. Matter and Energy
D4. Force and Motion
E1. Biodiversity
E2. Ecosystems
Social Studies 1997 (Grades 3-4)
Civics and Government
D-1: How the United States interacts with other countries.
A-2: Chronological order: significant events, groups, and people in the history of Maine.
C-1: Changes currently occurring in daily lives; compare to changes in daily life in the past.
A-1: Construct and compare maps of Maine, the United States, and regions of the world to interpret geographical features and draw conclusions about physical patterns.
B-3: Use materials/geographic tools to explain how physical environment supports and constrains human activities.
B-1: Identify the three basic economic questions all economic systems must answer: What to produce? How? For whom?
B-2: How the economy of Maine affects families and communities.
D-1: How the exchange of goods and services helps to create economic interdependence between people in different places and communities.
Social Studies 2007 (Grades 3-5)
A1. Researching and Developing Positions on Current Social Studies Issues
A2. Making Decisions Using Social Studies Knowledge and Skills
A3. Taking Action Using Social Studies Knowledge and Skills
C1. Economic Knowledge, concepts, Themes, and Patterns
C2. Individual, Cultural, International, and Global connections in Economics
D1. Geographic Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns
D2. Individual, Cultural, International, and Global Connections in Geography
E1. Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns
E2. Individual, Cultural, International, and Global Connections in History
Visual and Performing Arts 1997 (Grades 3-4)
B-2: How cultural values are shown through the arts.
Visual and Performing Arts 2007 (Grades 3-5)
E1. The Arts and History and World Cultures
E2. The Arts and Other Disciplines


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- Account record of Samuel & William Vernon for the proceeds from the sale of "54 negroes reced. of the Sloop Hare, Caleb Godfrey Masr." Includes names of London merchants William Thompson, Charles Mayne, George Seaman, John Bristow, William Mayne, Gabriel Manigault, Benjamin Stead, Charles Mayne, and William Stead.
- Account of cargo on board the Sloop Hare off of the coast of Africa, including beef, flower [flour], Irish cane, bread; pork, sugar and tarr [tar]. Lists names of account holders for said cargo, Geo. [George] Gardner, Thos. [Thomas] Cranston; David Earl, Benj. [Benjamin] Greene, Nathaniel Coggeshall, Richardson and Johnathan [and/or John] Thurston.
- Account record of slaves and goods purchased from Caleb Godfrey on the Sloop Hare after a voyage to the coast of Africa. Includes names of 25 purchasers, most notably, "Pistue [?] a Black." On back, tally of "Sundy. [Sundry] Expended and Wastage out of the Sloop Hare's Cargo in a Voige to the Coast of Africa."


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"It's the Little Things" Author to Speak at SUNY Canton
There are an abundance of everyday misunderstandings between Americans of different ethnicities that agitate race relations, according to SUNY Canton guest speaker Lena Williams of The New York Times.
Williams will be presenting her theories on race division at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Kingston Theater. A book signing for her book on the same topic, "It's the Little Things" will follow. This event is free and open to the public.
She has based her premise of "It's the Little Things" on both her own personal experiences and the experiences of focus groups from across the country. Her findings can help everyone understand and even eliminate the commonplace annoyances and misunderstandings that divide individuals of different races.
Williams is a 28 year veteran of The New York Times and her book received The New York Times Notable Book of the Year award. She is also the chairperson of the Newspaper Guild at The New York Times. Her article, "It's the Little Things," won the National Association of Black Journalists award for feature writing. She has received numerous other honors including the 2001 Ebony Outstanding Women in Marketing and Communications Award and the prestigious Penney-Missouri and the New York Times Publisher's Awards.


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Petition to Landmark Original Nathan's Famous on Coney Island
The original Nathan's World Famous Frankfurters shack, opened in 1916 on Coney Island, may be threatened by the ever-shifting landscape of Brooklyn zoning. One true Nathan's fan has penned an online petition to assign the building landmark status and save his beloved hot dog stand. Now that's loyalty. (And, perhaps, wishful thinking.) Read or sign the petition here.


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TF-BV99 Ultramarine
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Dongguan Harvesting Pigments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.目前只在以下作出標識的區域展示其產品資料:
TF-BV99 Ultramarine is a coating that can be used in the printing ink, latex, architecture paper, and paint industry. It has a heat resistance of 300°C and a lead content of < 90PPM. This product is known for its wonderful fastness to light, weather, alkali, and heat. It is also known for is its glossy and pure color lustre and dispersed performance.
Dongguan Harvesting Pigments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer that engages in producing and selling inorganic pigments for use in the Paint and Coatings and the Graphic Arts and Inks industries. This company offers an extensive range of high-quality products that include titanium yellow pigments, ultramarine pigments, carbon black pigments, fluorescent pigments, and titanium dioxide.
Dongguan Harvesting Pigments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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