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The holiday season in New York City brings forth many cultural traditions: the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center, the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, the ball drop in Times Square and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's performance series at The City Center. This year, Alvin Ailey's diverse troupe, led by Artistic Director, Judith Jamison blessed New Yorkers from November 30, 2005 through January 1, 2006.
This 2005 season featured 20 pieces; world premieres intermixed with older classics. Four premiere pieces, Ife/My Heart, Witness, Solo, and Reminiscin', were featured on Wednesday, December 21st, giving the audience an eye into the future of Ailey repertory.
Ife/My Heart, choreographed by the accomplished Ailey veteran, Ronald K. Brown, is a blend of modern and African dance infused with hip-hop style. This world premiere featured nine male and female dancers dressed in all white dancing to a medley of drum-infused songs from Nigeria, Cuba and North America. The songs included lyrics taken from poetry by Nikki Giovanni and Ursula Rucker set to African drum beats and Latin-tinged melodies. The spiritual theme of the piece was reinforced by the combination of the white costumes, which transports the audience to a Southern Baptist church; the signature Ailey modern moves and the musical selection. Unconditional love, particularly within his own family, inspired Brown's choreography, expressed through three "families� of dancers who eventually join together. In the final song of the ballet, a spiritual and political poem entitled "Release� by Ursula Rucker backed up by a Afro-Latino drumbeat brought the dancers together and asked the audience "How will you answer?� when faced with judgment day. The song and poem encourage the audience to "release their heart� as the dancers join together for an enthusiastic finale.
"Witness,� a new production of one of Ailey's final choreographed works, features a female soloist on a spiritual journey. The stage was set with hundreds of candles and three benches in which the dancer effortlessly floated around. Featured soloist, Asha Thomas, showcased her control and athleticism through her interpretation of the ballet and modern choreography. She had incredible strength in her leg extensions, turns, form and use of the space. During the nine minute piece, Thomas commanded the audience's attention as she connected her fluid body movements with the raw emotion of the music, "My Soul is a Witness,� sung by Jessye Norman. Her basic pure white leotard and flowing white skirt matched the simplicity of the stage's décor. Thomas delivered a captivating performance, letting the audience bear witness to her evocative spiritual expression.
Solo, another company premiere, featured three upbeat male soloists, representing three different sides of the same man. Choreographed by Hans van Manen and set to the frenzied violins of "Violin Suite� by Johann Sebastian Bach, the dancers, Abdur-Rahim Jackson, Jamar Roberts, and Antonio Douthit, seemed to battle each other; each trying to outdo the previous dancer. Not only were the male soloists energetic and agile; but they interacted with the audience with their smiles, playful facial expressions and boastful movements. Each dancer showcased his athletic ability through precise and powerful jumps and spins combined with their clean ballet technique. As if one dancer alone was not enough to engage the audience; they ended the piece uniting together radiating a contagious energy.
The final piece of night was Reminiscin', another world premiere, choreographed by Judith Jamison. This piece explores the complexities of personal relationships between friends and lovers. Reminiscin' takes place in a diner, depicted on stage with a counter and stools set up in the back corner. It begins with the dancers flirtatiously sauntering onto the stage to the sounds of "Love Me or Leave Me� performed by jazz legend, Sarah Vaughn. The opening scene demonstrates various nuances of male and female relationships; problems raised by the wandering eyes of attached men through couples switching dance partners, and displays the social bonds of women as the women dancers congregated by the bar. Reminiscin' features the sultry sounds of Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, and Roberta Flack; as the men and women flirt using the bodies in a fluid, sensual style. They dance together, men alone, women alone, as if to seduce one another. Their modern and jazz movements give the audience a reflection of courtship rituals, such as the male dancers flexing their muscles and showcasing their bodies through gyrations, particularly during "Mandingo Street� performed by Regina Carter. This scene of male posing and posturing is no different than any nightclub in New York City. Reminiscin' comes full circle, ending with "Love Me or Leave Me,� this version by Nina Simone; as one couple finds sweet love on the dance floor.
Each Alvin Ailey performance takes the audience on an emotional journey; one can't help but self-reflect on love, spirituality, society. The talent of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is not only in their awesome technical dance skills but in the way they engage your eyes, ears, heart and mind.
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Workshop on transboundary cooperation and assessment of transboundary waters in South-Eastern Europe
18 - 20 May 2009
The workshop was organized jointly organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-MED), the Sava River Basin Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) within the framework of the UNECE Water Convention and in line with the RCC's objective to promote regional cooperation in South-Eastern Europe (SEE). The event contributed to the regional dialogue on transboundary water resources management in SEE facilitated under the Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process.
The workshop highlighted cooperation on shared water resources management as a crucial component of the stability and prosperity process in SEE. It promoted a high level discussion on key issues facing transboundary waters and cooperation in the region linked with:
(i) institutional and legal settings for cooperation
(ii) multipurpose use of water resources and
(iii) climate change adaptation.
It allowed sharing good practices, identifying bottlenecks and challenges as well as options for the region on the way ahead.
Moreover the workshop was a determinant step in the preparations of the second assessment of transboundary waters under the UNECE Water Convention. The first Assessment was presented to the sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (Belgrade, October 2007) which requested the Convention to prepare a second Assessment by the next Ministerial Conference, scheduled for 2011.
At the workshop, participants worked together to develop an accurate picture of all transboundary waters in SEE - both surface and groundwaters - with the aim to highlight achievements and challenges, shed light on the effectiveness of the measures taken, identify most urgent actions and provide the grounds for further measures to prevent, control and reduce transboundary impact. It therefore layed the ground for strategic directions for future work under the Convention and in other political fora. The assessment of transboundary waters in SEE which was started at the workshop was presented to the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention (Geneva, 10-12 November 2009).
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Opening session
Mr. Reuf Hadzibegic, Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Transboundary Water Cooperation in Southeastern Europe - A Regional Stability and Prosperity Process Component, Mr. Hidajet Bišcevic, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council
The role of UNECE in supporting transboundary water cooperation in Southeastern Europe, Mr. Patrice Robineau, Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Session 1: Creating the enabling environment - legal and institutional basis for cooperation
Advancing transboundary cooperation for the management of shared water bodies through the UNECE Water Convention, Ms. Francesca Bernardini, Secretary, UNECE Water Convention
The international water law and the EU acquis communautaire as instruments for advancing transboundary cooperation – Lessons learned and Challenges, Ms. Jadranka Ivanova, Head of Department for EU affairs, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Session 2: Adapting management of transboundary basins to meet climate change challenges – Identifying fields for action
Mainstreaming adaptation in World Bank-financed investments in the water sector; a status report, Mr. Ron Hoffer, Environment and Water Advisor, ECA Region, World Bank
Status of river basin planning and investments in navigation improvements in the Sava River Basin, Mr. Dejan Komatina, Secretary, Sava River Basin Commission
Implications of climate change on Sava Basin hydrology, Mr. Janusz Kindler, World Bank Hydrology Expert Consultant
Session 3: Multipurpose management of water resources in shared basins of SEE
Transboundary cooperation for balancing conflicting water uses in shared basins, Mr. Michael Scoullos, Chairman, GWP-Med
Slovenian experience of multipurpose management of shared water bodies, Mr. Mitja Bricelj, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia
Session 4: Status of transboundary water in SEE – second Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters under the UNECE Water Convention
Second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater – the Southeastern Europe Sub-Region, Ms. Sonja Koeppel, UNECE Water Convention Secretariat
The assessment of Ramsar sites within the second Assessment of transboundary waters: rationale and objectives, Ms. Nadia Alexeeva, secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Transboundary groundwaters within the second assessment: the case of the Dinaric Karst System, Mr. Neno Kukuric, UNESCO - ISARM
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Lake Iron Gates I and II, Ms. Drapa and Ms. Balaet, Senior Advisors, Ministry of Environment, Bulgaria
Timok, Mr. Dobricic, Ministry Of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Serbia and Ms. Ninkovic, JAROSLAV CERNI - Institute for the Development of Water Resources, Lead Research Engineer
Nisava, Mr. Dobricic, Ministry Of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Serbia and Ms. Ninkovic, JAROSLAV CERNI - Institute for the Development of Water Resources, Lead Research Engineer
Sava, Mr. Dejan Komatina, Secretary, Sava River Basin Commission
Drava and Mura, Ms. Cegnar, Advisor to the Director, Environment Agency, Slovenia
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Krka, Mr. Steinbauer, Head of Departmant of Development, Croatian Waters, Croatia
Neretva, Mr. Kupusovic, Director, Hydro Engineering Institute, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Drin, especially Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, Ms. Jantinska, Head of Division for bilateral cooperation and instrument for pre-accession aid (IPA funds) Department for Cooperation and Project Coordination, Coordinator of UNDP/GEF project "Integrated ecosystem management in the Prespa Lakes Basin, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Lake Skadar, Mr. Subotic, Ministry Of Tourism And Environment Of Montenegro - Lake Skadar-Shkoder Integrated Ecosystem Management Project
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Meritza-Meric-Evros, Mr. Darama, Associate Professor/ Deputy Director, State Hydraulic Works - (DSI)
Vardar-Axios, Mr. Mirta, Head of Department for waters, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Mesta-Nestos, Mr. Ganoulis, Coordinator of UNESCO Chair INWEB
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9 players who gained the most in NBA summer leagues
The NBA's summer leagues aren't always good predictors for the future. But as things wind down in Las Vegas, USA TODAY Sports' Kofie Yeboah takes a look at nine players who are most likely to take July production into the regular season:
Cavaliers PF Anthony Bennett
While Andrew Wiggins has done well in Las Vegas, the previous year's No. 1 pick has been surprising people with his play, too. Maybe it's the low expectations after his forgettable rookie season. Bennett lost weight and has averaged 13.3 points and 7.8 rebounds a game in summer league. This new level of intensity shows Bennett is more motivated after showing up out of shape last year.
Pistons SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
The No. 8 pick in the 2013 draft was a pleasant surprise at the Orlando summer league. Averaging 24.0 points and 7.4 rebounds a game, Caldwell-Pope showed the Pistons that he can be a viable offensive option in the long run despite a rocky rookie year. In Orlando, KCP not only showed the ability to score on all three levels, but also showed improvements on defense and the boards.
Suns SF T.J. Warren
The No. 14 pick in June's draft has emerged as a top scorer in summer league, and he is doing it in an efficient manner. Shooting 59.6% from the field, Warren has used his offensive arsenal to stay one step ahead of the defense. Although the North Carolina State standout hasn't made a three-pointer so far, he has shown that he is able to score from the mid-range on in, using deceptiveness to make up for a lack in athleticism.
Bulls SG Tony Snell and SF Doug McDermott
The Bulls' first-round picks in 2013 (Snell) and 2014 (McDermott) formed summer league's most exciting wing duo. Snell is averaging 20.0 points a game, McDermott 18.0. While McDermott has been the more efficient of the two, both should be good role players who can space the floor. The Bulls no longer seem to have an deficiency of offensive options.
Jazz C Rudy Gobert
The 7-2 Frenchman should have Jazz fans excited. Gobert has done a great job defending both his man and the rim, areas of need for Utah. His field goal percentage is astronomical for a double-digit scorer. In addition to the perimeter promise of Exum, Hood and Burke, Gobert seems like he will be able to help the Jazz as they continue their rebuilding phase.
Rockets PG Nick Johnson
So far, the second-round pick has been more impressive than his former Arizona teammate, No. 4 overall pick Aaron Gordon. Johnson has used this summer to league to address the questions in his game, playing like a point guard. He had a triple-double against the Brooklyn Nets (15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists). With Jeremy Lin and Chandler Parsons gone, Johnson could use his athleticism to create a big role with the Rockets.
Heat SF James Ennis and C Justin Hamilton
Ennis isn't going to replace LeBron James, but he and Hamilton should have Heat fans excited. Ennis, a 6-7 forward and 2013 second-round pick, has shown consistency from the perimeter and from midrange. Hamilton, a 7-0 center who was on last season's roster but rarely played, has shown rebounding ability and can stretch out to three-point range.


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Pouring their hearts out
Keeping pace with the city's expanding cocktail craft, this week's second annual San Antonio Cocktail Conference is expected to be even bigger and better than last year's event.
"The cocktail culture in San Antonio has grown so much in just a year, and that's great," says Jenny Rabb, conference coordinator and director of catering at Bohanan's, which founded the event. "That has a lot to do with why we did this to begin with, to showcase the cocktails and the craft and that downtown is a fun and safe place to come."
Last year's inaugural conference set the bar high — four days of cocktail seminars and parties that went through 25,000 pounds of Kold-Draft ice, 14,000 lemons and limes and nearly 2,000 bottles of donated liquor, and which had representatives from six countries and 30 Texas cities. It also raised $57,000 for charity Heartgift San Antonio, a group of surgeons, pediatric cardiologists and volunteers that provides life-saving heart surgery to children in developing countries.
Expectations for this year's conference are higher, both in its philanthropic goals and the number of classes and parties offered.
The conference kicks off with a grand event on Thursday — Opening Night at Majestic Theatre — that will feature cocktail stations on the three lobby levels, appetizers provided by the San Antonio Chef Coalition, entertainment by Grammy-award winner Arturo Sandoval and local jazz groups, and an auction to raise money for its HeartGift charity partner. Items include trips with airfare, a Todd White painting, a George Strait guitar and an opportunity for cocktail legend Dale DeGroff to create a drink for the winner, one that will be featured in February at participating bars in Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and Australia.
Majestic Theatre general manager Mike Rilley says the theater's participation was a given after the success of last year's conference.
"It's a way to grow the event," he says. "When you think of opening nights, you think of theaters, and what's a better place to host the opening night of the cocktail conference than at Majestic Theatre?"
Approximately 30 classes during the day on Friday and Saturday will offer mixology and home-party tips, hands-on experience with different ice formats and opportunities to taste little-known spirits and hobnob with top names in the industry.
Award-winning bartender and author, DeGroff, aka King Cocktail, will host "On the Town with Dale DeGroff: A Tribute to Bars, Speaks and Legendary Saloons" on Saturday at Bohanan's Bar.
"It's not really a class. It's like a show, but it tells the story of the history of the cocktail," Rabb says.
Brian Miller, host of Tiki Mondays with Miller in New York City (and formerly of Death & Co and Pegu Club), returns this year with Julie Reiner, owner of the Clover Club & Flatiron Lounge in New York City, to take attendees on a journey in the class, Modern Tiki: A Pirate's Life for Me. Miller also will host a Tiki party at El Tropicano Hotel during the River Level Event on Saturday night.
The conference also includes seminars for prospective bar owners.
Bill Norris from Alamo Drafthouse in Austin and Claire Sprouse from Rickhouse and Tradition in San Francisco will present Quality and Quantity: How to Run a High-Volume Cocktail Program.
An earlier version of this story had incorrect seminar information. Cuffs & Buttons founders Chad Solomon and Christy Pope will present "Secrets to Cocktails & Entertaining" for home hosts of small and large parties at 11 a.m. on Saturday during the San Antonio Cocktail Conference.
Jason Littrell, president of the New York City chapter of the United States Bartenders Guild, who mobilized his community to provide assistance and help businesses reopen after Hurricane Sandy, will cover the history and future of bartenders' roles in "I Love You Man! A Bartender's Relationship With the Community."
Aspiring distillers might be interested in David vs. Goliath, a class about small-batch distilleries presented by Rocco Milano, beverage director at Private Social in Dallas, or listening to veterans and newcomers on a Texas Spirits Panel discuss the state's distilling past, present and future.
Everyone is welcome in the tasting rooms, where liquor brand ambassadors will set up from noon to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday in the Sheraton Gunter Hotel with information about and samples of spirits and cocktails. Entry to the tasting rooms is a $10 donation to HeartGift San Antonio.
With all of the egos and big personalities in town and plenty of booze to fuel them, there's room for friendly competition. The William Grant & Sons Original Cocktail Competition returns this year on Friday. Entry is open to the public, and there is no cost to spectators. Contestants will have 10 minutes to create their personal recipe for a judges' panel. The winner will receive $2,500.
The serious competition heats up on Saturday during Sasha Petraske's Skills Competition, where 16 entrants will have 30 minutes to make 14 drinks that will be evaluated on volume, acidity and temperature. The first-place award is $4,000. Petraske is co-founder of the San Antonio Cocktail Conference, owner of Milk & Honey and Little Branch in New York City, and a national cocktail consultant, including at Bohanan's Bar.
The money raised during last year's conference was enough to provide for travel, accommodations and surgery for two children to receive heart surgery.
Only two days after the conference ended, 3-year-old Wang Nan was flown in from a small village in China's Gansu province to repair her heart defect. In March, Antushka, 1, from Mongolia was the second and youngest recipient.
"My hopes and expectations are that we are able again to save at least two lives," says Leslie Met, executive director of Heartgift San Antonio.
"Anything that they give us is incredible, and if the cocktail conference does more, then that's even better."
Editor's note: Updated at 5:41 p.m. Friday to show Chad Solomon and Christy Pope will present "Secrets to Cocktails & Entertaining" for home hosts of small and large parties at 11 a.m. on Saturday.


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Fox 29 meteorologist John Bolaris has been suspended indefinitely by the news station just days after Playboy magazine published an article about his being drugged and scammed by two European hotties in Miami Beach in March 2010, a story first reported by the Daily News this past May.
Bolaris is quoted throughout the story, in which he admits he went with the women because "I'm a guy. There was the thought I might get laid," and discusses his reputation as a ladies man. He also shares nude photos of women on his cell phone with writer Pat Jordan.
Station sources say Fox 29 management is upset at how the weatherman comes off in the story, which is the latest occasion in which he has upset management.
Several months ago, sources say, Bolaris came to work, then announced he was sick and went home after arguing with management, which did not want him to interview his friend Lenny Dykstra. Bolaris had offered an exclusive interview with the disgraced baseball star.
Sources close to Bolaris say the station had accused him in May of leaking the Miami story to the Daily News and that management was upset that he was participating in the Playboy profile about his Miami saga.
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Richards dazzles in Cactus debut vs. D-backs
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Starter Garrett Richards was sharp in his spring debut -- allowing two hits and striking out a pair while tossing three scoreless innings in the Angels' 3-2 win over the D-backs on Monday in Cactus League action at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick..
Richards said he's "just trying not to be a max-effort guy. Just trying to control counts, keep the ball down in the zone, keep a clean, simple delivery, get ahead of guys. But for the most part, just really staying in control of myself and just driving the ball downhill."
The Angels got on the board in the sixth when Kole Calhoun drew a one-out walk.
D-backs reliever Eury De la Rosa tried to pick Calhoun off first and threw the ball past first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, which allowed Calhoun to advance to third.
J.B. Shuck followed with a sacrifice fly to right to score Calhoun.
The game was one of the ones in Major League Baseball today testing out the new instant-replay system and it did not take long for it to come into play.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia challenged a call in the second inning when Luis Jimenez was ruled out stealing second. After a two-minute, 31-second review, the umpiring crew upheld the decision.
Monday also marked the first appearance of the spring for closer Ernesto Frieri, who watched his wife give birth to the couple's second daughter Friday in Phoenix. Frieri followed Richards to the mound and threw a scoreless inning.
Brandon McCarthy put together his second good start of the spring for the D-backs.
The right-hander allowed three hits in five scoreless innings and has now allowed just one run in nine innings this spring.
Collin Cowgill went 2-for-2 for the Angels, who tacked on runs in the eighth and ninth innings. John Hester's bunt single in the eighth plated Shuck to make it 2-0, while Andrew Romine's RBI single in the ninth made it a three-run cushion.
The D-backs struck for two runs in the ninth on Nick Ahmed's sacrifice fly and pinch-hitter Rudy Flores' RBI double, which hit high off the center-field wall and missed being a home run by inches.
Up next for the Angels: Tyler Skaggs, a 22-year-old lefty and heavy favorite for the fifth spot of the rotation, gets his first start of the spring as the Angels host the Rangers on Tuesday at Tempe Diablo Stadium. The game, which starts at 12:10 p.m. PT on FOX Sports West and MLB.TV, is a designated replay game in which the managers will be given challenges to test out the new system. The Angels will also have a "B" game at Goodyear, Ariz., at 10 a.m.


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It looks like Google has silently started another sale on the Play Store. While not quite the 5 cent deal that Google did last year, this year's 'End of Summer Sale' has some of the popular games and apps available at dirt cheap rates.
The highlight of the sale is probably Rockstar's Max Payne mobile for Android. The game is available for purchase on the Play Store for only $0.99 instead of its usual price of $2.99. In addition to Max Payne, quite a few other popular Android apps and games have gone on sale. This includes the best keyboard available for Android, Swiftkey, for a mere $0.99. Other apps include Vignette, Super Dynamite Fishing Premium, Crystal Defenders from the makers of Final Fantasy, The Lorax and more.
The whole list of games and apps along with their reduced prices can be found on Slick Deals website. Expect Google to add more awesome games and apps to the sale so keep checking the Play Store for some awesome deals.
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Western blot analysis of extracts from HeLa cells, transfected with 100 nM SignalSilence® Control siRNA (Unconjugated) #6568 (-), SignalSilence® PARP siRNA I #6304 (+) or SignalSilence® PARP siRNA II (+), using PARP (46D11) Rabbit mAb #9532 (upper) or α-Tubulin (11H10) Rabbit mAb #2125 (lower). The PARP (46D11) Rabbit mAb confirms silencing of PARP expression, while the α-Tubulin (11H10) Rabbit mAb is used as a loading control.
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CST recommends transfection with 100 nM PARP siRNA II 48 to 72 hours prior to cell lysis. For transfection procedure, follow protocol provided by the transfection reagent manufacturer. Please feel free to contact CST with any questions on use.
Each vial contains the equivalent of 100 transfections, which corresponds to a final siRNA concentration of 100 nM per transfection in a 24-well plate with a total volume of 300 μl per well.
SignalSilence® siRNA is supplied in RNAse-free water. Aliquot and store at -20ºC.
SignalSilence® PARP siRNA II from Cell Signaling Technology (CST) allows the researcher to specifically inhibit PARP expression using RNA interference, a method whereby gene expression can be selectively silenced through the delivery of double stranded RNA molecules into the cell. All SignalSilence® siRNA products from CST are rigorously tested in-house and have been shown to reduce target protein expression by western analysis.
Oligonucleotide synthesis is monitored base by base through trityl analysis to ensure appropriate coupling efficiency. The oligo is subsequently purified by affinity-solid phase extraction. The annealed RNA duplex is further analyzed by mass spectrometry to verify the exact composition of the duplex. Each lot is compared to the previous lot by mass spectrometry to ensure maximum lot-to-lot consistency.
PARP, a 116 kDa nuclear poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase, appears to be involved in DNA repair in response to environmental stress (1). This protein can be cleaved by many ICE-like caspases in vitro (2,3) and is one of the main cleavage targets of caspase-3 in vivo (4,5). In human PARP, the cleavage occurs between Asp214 and Gly215, which separates the PARP amino-terminal DNA binding domain (24 kDa) from the carboxy-terminal catalytic domain (89 kDa) (2,4). PARP helps cells to maintain their viability; cleavage of PARP facilitates cellular disassembly and serves as a marker of cells undergoing apoptosis (6).
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The Heinrich Schickhardt Cultural Route, which is about 350 km in length, runs from Montbéliard in France to Backnang in the east of Baden-Württemberg and aims to keep alive the memory of the great Renaissance architect Heinrich Schickhardt (1558-1635) who hailed from Swabia. This multi-talented builder also worked as an architect, engineer, cartographer, inventor and city planner.
The Heinrich Schickhardt European Cultural Route is an approximately 350 km long cultural belt between France and Germany. Exploring Schickhardt's brilliant talent is like exploring a "who's who" of the Renaissance in Baden-Württemburg, and for almost half a century, the visual appearance of the Duchy of Württemberg, the now French regions of Alsace and the county of Montbéliard were defined by Heinrich Schickhardt.
A famous name
Heinrich Schickhardt's handiwork is a common element in work completed for Duke Frederick I of Württemberg, as well as in the engineering and literature of the Renaissance. As master builder for the State of Württemberg, Schickhardt drafted, planned, crafted and renovated countless buildings and technical objects.
Masterful quality
During his lifetime, Schickhardt remodelled or rebuilt around 50 castles, manors and churches. One of his greatest merits was his knowledge, application and promotion of the architectural style of the Italian Renaissance, which he learned during two visits to Italy.
The Swabian "Leonardo da Vinci"
Today we know about his trips there from his sketchbooks, which are now available in printed format. The "Inventarium", which was published by Schickhardt in his final years, is a particularly superb source of information about the art and culture of the Renaissance.
Freudenstadt: Schickhardt's crowning achievement
Schickhardt constructed this late Renaissance city in the shape of a Nine Man's Morris board and positioned it amongst the marvellous countryside of the North Black Forest. Freudenstadt's most beautiful square, which is also Germany's largest market square, is a central attraction for visitors. The town church (Stadtkirche) designed by Schickhardt is the town's landmark and the most significant architectural monument in the city and in fact the overall construction of Freudenstadt was Schickhardt's crowning achievement.
A Swabian above all else
Schickhardt was one of the principal agents of Renaissance architecture and was also a true inventor and lover of technology. Today the cities of Backnang and Leonberg still boast a number of historic buildings and artistic monuments dating from the Renaissance: in Leonberg the civic graveyard at the town church and the Orangery (Pomeranzengarten) in front of the palace are particularly significant. Schillerplatz square in Stuttgart , today's Old Town Hall in Esslingen, the sulphur springs (Schwefelbrunnen) and heated baths in Bad Boll are just a few further examples of Schickhardt's work.
Length: approximately 350 km
Theme: places where the master builder Heinrich Schickhardt was active
Altensteig: castle, church
Bad Boll: baths, well house, pleasure garden (Lustgarten)
Backnang: old quarter, town tower, adventure pool
Esslingen: historical half-timbered buildings, museums
Freudenstadt: market square, town church (Stadtkirche),
Herrenberg: birthplace of Heinrich Schickhardt, ecclesiastical buildings, Bell Museum
Köngen: castle, Ulrich Bridge (Ulrichsbrücke), Roman Museum and archaeological park
Leonberg: historical old quarter, lake house (Seehaus), Orangery (Pomeranzengarten)
Oppenau: city gate, All Saints' Waterfalls (Allerheiligenwasserfälle)
Schiltach: historical old quarter, half-timbered buildings, museums
Stuttgart: palace, museums, ecclesiastical buildings
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Well, I made it ... thought I was not arrive have time to finish this postcard with characters from my comic "Leatherwood". I would have liked do no better, especially in the coloration, and in the end .. travel, gifts, other illustrations I'm working came and thus ... Patience! I will make of better next year. I hope is of your pleasure. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hugs and kisses Pol.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- HBO says Robert De Niro will step into a project that was thrown into question by the death of James Gandolfini.
HBO said Wednesday that De Niro is taking on the role of a New York City attorney handling a murder case in the miniseries "Criminal Justice."
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It is starting to become habit now, You got this!
Day 100 in the books.
Who knew I'd ever find 31 consecutive finds in August & then continue to streak to 100?
A big shout out to my wife, Mz. Muggle, for supporting me in my effort.
Bring on tomorrow.
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Congrauts TinmanJones your are well on you way, You have made the first Hurddle and next time you out near Cabot stop and sign the 100 day streak challenge.
Congrats Tinman!
Well ladies & gentlemen, it looks like my streaking days are over. Ending with 133 days. December is a VERY tough month. It's just so busy & tiring, that when I finally got a moment to get out & grab my daily cache, I was just too tired & had just too many things on my plate.
I didn't think I could streak for a month (back in August -31 days), much less 133 days. But, with the help of many LA (lower Arkansas) cachers, I was able to conquer a lot more than 31 days.
Thanks to everyone here for the encouraging messages, texts, emails, & phone calls. It means a lot & I'm glad to be part of the community.
I have a new found respect for you who streak for 366 days. Y'all are truly elite!
Cache on cachers.
Sorry to see it come to an end Tinman, but I know you have got to be tired. You have made a many a trip down to the State Line Road to grab caches to continue the streak. I'm sure the way I work I can never pass 133 much less get anywhere near it. Good Job!
Oh well, no looking back now & I actually feel a little weight off my shoulders. LOL


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Depending on the material, you "might" get away using a spade bit. A 5/8" bit is just a little smaller than the transducers on the sensor, but a bit of sandpaper will remedy that.@
@RobotWorkshop - It will work with a ==light== touch. I primarily use the spade bit on PVC (solid and expanded), though I've successfully used the bits with styrene sheet. Again... high speed and a very light touch!
The spade bit wouldn't be my first choice, but ya gotta go with what ya have. Not a recommendation, just a suggestion of what "can" work. :-)
@Duane ok im sitting down now to test my pile of sonar sensors and the one Ive modded. I tested one on a Bs2 with no problems. I noticed you wrote a propeller driver for these HC04s, but in the thread you mentioned you were getting wacky readings? Is this still the case? Just so I know if something like this goes awry its the driver and not the sensor?
My plan is to connect the trig/signal plans togather and try to get it working with a standard ping driver but well see about all that...
Duane I downloaded your code, then plugged in all my sensors to test them. All 5 seemed to be working correctly but I can have it totally stationary pointed at stationary items and the time will bounce between 800ms and 1100ms. It only flickers in to the 800s a few times, is this normal, do better quality sensors do this, i.e ping or the maxbotix you use sometimes.
Im sorry if this is a stupid question but is this where maybe you could implement a kalman filter to get more stable readings?
Intresting, maybe I will pay Home Depot a visit. I found a few screws the size I needed in my scrap Hardware bag, but I figured this stuff was much to small to source at the hardware store! I thought of reaming the holes also but didnt think it would make to much of a difference.
I do have a half inch unibit, the transducers are a bit bigger than that though. I had a 1 inch too, seems as though its been lost. I have another idea involving a proto board backing I may give a shot too.
Like i said i was just intrested to see what others came up with, im using the blue ones with two holes.
Ok so i did a bit more research on how this 1 pin setup works. Basically you have to pull down the pin as soon as you send the trigger, im assuming that none of the code ive been using does this, and thats why i cant get it working right, ill take a look at this tommorow.
RobotWorkshop wrote: »Unless you are running out of pins you may just want to live with two I/O pins per sensor.
Duane your just talking about triggering multiple sensors at once right?
Also when you said you had to add pull downs was this for the multiple sensor technique or just in general?
Im having a hard time with the readings on these things, I mean when I hit the celing or a wall its just fine up to about 8 ft or so as it should be, but when Im just throwing random object in front of them, some time I have to move the object about 30 degrees out of LOS with the sonar for it to pick it up and all kinds of funky things.


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Things were bad enough, that the notion of a higher power was an evil one, that required sacrifice. Life was fearful. The Kingdom of God was not a term then, and identifying it didn't seem allowed; yet ultimately, that is the fear
America, a political movement, moved by people and history Christian, was not a religious movement; though the land was strange and they were across a giant sea. In many respects, through the centuries, Christianity, and other religions, have identified and tailored a place for themselves, outside government, and as such, as providing a service specific for the refutation and spiritual contrast of the letters of government. The term "The Kingdom of God" refutes, elections, disbelieves actions of government, shows an entirely different basis for decisions making and concern, than what the governments operate on now. Sin refers to the dysfunctional society we are in. The light of the path protestantism offers, seems to be of a world outside government, acknowledging the kingdom of god, and generating its needs and discussion sidestepping and under or not bothered by the radar of government. While Christianity and religion seeks to service people and society and speak to what is not seen so well, in face of an unspiritual government upon an primordially spiritual earth—we can not side step the noble ideals of political science; ultimately government and religion have the same goals of a better earth, The former need step over it assumptions to spiritual assertions, and the latter may need some power to implement and manifest spirituality and good things.
The first amendment does not say abridge, it says respect. "Congress shall make no law 'respecting' establishments of religion. And this choice of words is specifically to deal with a violent movement like Islam, or biting religion like vampires. If the law said 'abridge' then if a movement claiming to be religious threatened American society, then there would be no law that could be made to abridge it. If the first amendment reads, as it does, no law respecting religion, well then, congress may very well by this trick of legal assertion, make a law disrespecting a certain religion, and I really think you see the tricky thinking of our founders here.
I also think the argument that Islam is a political state, not a religion, is necessary to the debate. What other religion has a class system where the non Muslims have less rights, and in history, was the class that paid taxes? Right there, that pedestrian imposition upon a spiritual domain, of religion, precludes it as a religion. What other religion mandates frequent public prayer? Is that not more a bowing to the state and status quo, an obligation that reduces questioning, or at least unites questioning into one frequent mass movement, thus risking it in other venues, by the eyes of this behavior of frequent prayer gathering. There have been a thousand religions since 1000 bc, but we know so few of them. But the best definition of an uncorrupted religion, is that it gives teachings you may try to apply to improve your life. From religion, you may manifest goals. It is the opposite of oppression, it is meant to be as liberating as any activity providing learning.
Islam spread by arms and political rights. They were the Barbary pirates, whose America's first war was with. They genocided Armenia, and terrorized Greece, persecuting other religions, as a political expression of total control, in contradiction to the free thinking spirituality engenders. All the other empires spread from state, not religious, so the image of conquering is also a political, not religious image. In the classical world, religions were always gaining and losing popularity and spreading to new places. Far from discouraging new religions, ancient cities traditionally invited cool religions from other places. There was a myriad of religion back then, and government would not think of not having anything to do and not utilizing the more successful ones to help government with its trials and tribulations.
The fault with provincial understandings of Islam is the assumption that societies need money. They don't. Societies got along for years without money, and there is no intrisnic association of society with money. That people don't work together and focus on common values, speaks badly of the west. More tribal societies that meet together more often as members, are clearly superior on that count. Thus seeing Islam as a means to sell us oil, for the koran promotes money and westernization, shows us the manipulation of arab land by Islam; for without it, who is to say the arab tribes would use money or part with oil?
But this religious horde, like the Visigoths and Romans, no doubt, is easy to control, because as the human is transformed to the human being within a kingdom of god, so the will to these movements come from a metaphysic, and negotiation of the universe and afterlife. These are historical statements, metaphors for larger pictures, of course, but not to be taken at face value as being a combination of a million little autonomous wills. No, these situations are controlled by metaphysics, and constitute metaphysics.
So the term The Kingdom of God, can not be outlawed, or we would lose a facile faculty of communication. It is vital. Religion is meant to be protected from the intrusions of government. No government in its right mind would abridge good religion. And the free exercise of religion must extend where an individual might find it useful.
While no law may favor one religion, certainly administrative conscience, and individuals may apply the learning of a spiritual portion of their life, to better do their job. Otherwise free exercise would be certainly prohibited. If religion can help a government, and probably many can, unofficially, doing so, must be free exercise of religion, anything less, is clearly not free.
Then we must examine the phrase Congress makes no law, then must no one make a law. In other words if congress may not abridge speech, can facets of society? If congress may not abridge speech, how can it allow contracts such as the buy out of apartment dwellers in Brooklyn by Atlantic Yards that include restrictions upon the apartment dwellers speaking out on the issue? American ideals of unsuppressed speech should extend to their tarnishments of self suppression for money. Some things are off the table in a free land, because a free land has a code. If congress can make no law, surely it would have issues with contracts suppressing speech on relevant topics; even if that suppression is self-decided on, it may still be illegal, in America, by the ideal of protected speech.
Likewise to say the mosque can be built because congress may not respect religion may local officials? Though this analogy ignores the word respect allows disrespect. And through history there have been evil negative movements speared by one ideology, embodied a one or several leaders, and this metaphysic is dangerous and not be what America becomes. And it is good and natural for government to pursue truth. One figures it would be natural for journalism as well.
Yet Journalism has not uncovered that while the threat of hell and promise of heaven is within Greek mythology and Islam, a great deal of religions are about the here and now and transformation. There is no reference to heaven and hell in the old and new testament. There is the term The Kingdom of Heaven, but it is an operating force, a place afterlife, but being a part of the metaphysical creation of this life, and metaphysical as well.
Journalism never spelled out the reformation was a reaction to the morbid corrupt fixation of roman Catholicism, at the expense of the teaching which both explains how such could be merely written, and Easter, which celebrates his being seen. How could he die for you and be seen on Sunday? That is what motivated the reformation. It is a great evil to let atheism remove spirituality from the democratic party, and journalism, and history. But at least history is understood as metaphysical and atheistic of necessity. To not consider relying on religion to make the case for the practice of religion as appropriate within government, is not good, for it rules out what ease Christian terminology and literacy provides an intelligent society. A service calling everything the world of sin insofar as it is incorporated in isolation, oppression and lies, casts down the government's pedestrian assertions and operating assumptions; but only that wanting the false would benefit by keeping the spiritual so out of politics.
Every single atheist I've ever known, or met, was raised catholic and so turned off from religion by its morbid and corrupt fascination, as to hate all religions, even though just that aspect of catholocism reduced his religion interest.
In any event, we should be looking on how we understand religion, than understanding these words of the first amendment, deconstructed as they are to protect religion. For it is in our knowledge and use of religion, that we see the vitality of its protection by government. Undoubtedly this protection has fallen, as an education that obscures spirituality arisen, as a media proclaiming truth trumpets nightly an essential cover up of the kingdom of god. If The Kingdom of God is true, which it is, then everything on the news is essentially made up. This is a lot of violence and unpleasant manifestations of universe discomfort. That doesn't mean we can't talk about the situation.
How is separation done? By a demonization of religion; so the final denial of truth in an increasingly technological and removed society, may be completed and we forget altogether that there is something more than the material world, quietly important and transforming the human to human being, in very cause of our metaphysical hardship we struggle to master. And within metaphysics are we capable of discussing as society what religion is?
Moreover, if you clearly see the different assumptions in religion, than government, then you see the convenient metaphysical cordoning of religion, religion accepts. Religion accepts government, though government stands against what Protestantism should stand for, which is rational people aware of the kingdom of god, perfectly capable of running their own, far better, society.
An Attorney General's Office, is fit to recognize the Kingdom of God; but then it would see the legislative as based upon a foolish misrepresentation of the people. What would an attorney general's office actually do in the face of The Kingdom of God? Would they still want local decision making in peaceful assemblies?
This may evoke the popular case for popular kings, as opposed to elected officials.
The lack of allowing for simple laws of respect for establishments of religion, is where an erroneous notion of seperation of church and state may actually originate. Nor does this wording inhibit the religious conscience of the administrator or actor in their job. All the wise respect illuminating good aspects of religion. The repression masquerading as liberation may lead to historical change and restore the good name of religion. For bad government, or an overemphasis on what is false and lack of recognition of what is true, overlooks what is not seen, and responsible.
Regarding the issue of Arizona issuing tax credits for schools: That is a law respecting establishments of religion: but if we are really bound to the letter of the law: For one thing it is a law made by a state, not by congress: And two, it is a law respecting all religions, not just an establishment of religion; but all establishments of religion that care to offer educational venue.
And finally what would the one law respecting christianity be. To acknowledge a situation on earth government has ignored and not registered much? And what would its effect be? To enable society to get closer to discuss earth and spiritual issues, and through the terminology of several religions?


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1. Re: How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?aslak Feb 18, 2010 3:41 AM (in response to dan.j.allen)
Yeah, that's not possible..
A JavaArchive does not supported nested JavaArchives, so you need to return a JavaArchive 'container', e.g. EnterpriseArchive or WebArchive. But those are not very supported by the current DeploymentPackager.
You can use the Archive.merge to make one JavaArchive out of them:
JavaArchive deployment = Archives.create("test.jar", JavaArchive.class):
JavaArchive imported = Archives.create("test2.jar", ZipImporter.class).importZip(..).as(JavaArchive.class);
If it's a project wide dependency, you can use the DeploymentAppender SPI.
But I do see your point and have been wondering the same my self.
We might need to update the @Deployment signature to support:
static Set<Archive<?>> x();
Or maybe a seperate @DeploymentDependencies (this could be defined in e.g. a super class)
static Set<Archive<?>> x();
2. Re: How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?dan.j.allen Feb 20, 2010 12:08 AM (in response to aslak)
The requirement to add extra JARs into the deployment is going to surface fairly early on in the adoption of Arquillian. In our examples, we are sticking to APIs in Java EE, but most projects have third-party JARs on which the application depends. Common examples are a logging framework or the Apache Commons libraries (or Google Collections if you aren't a fan of the Apache stuff).
A JavaArchive does not supported nested JavaArchives, so you need to return a JavaArchive 'container', e.g. EnterpriseArchive or WebArchive. But those are not very supported by the current DeploymentPackager.
That's exactly what I figured. We are getting bitten by the fact that the EAR is being created downstream, and that all we are able to contribute is a single JAR made up of application classes and resoruces.
The merging technique would certainly work, but since this is likely to be a common need, not the most elegant approach.
If it's a project wide dependency, you can use the DeploymentAppender SPI.
It would work, yes, but I doubt developers are going to want to resort to that for adding library dependencies.
We might need to update the @Deployment signature to support:
@Deployment static Set<Archive<?>> x();
Or maybe a seperate @DeploymentDependencies (this could be defined in e.g. a super class)
@DeploymentDependencies static Set<Archive<?>> x();
This ties into a conversation we were having in the threads Deployment specification: and Arquillian Design Questions: about including Maven artifacts in the deployment. As soon as you consider adding a JAR to a deployment, you have to ask yourself, "where does the JAR come from?" Increasingly, people are using local repositories like Maven or Ivy, so they are going to want to declare the artifact id and have it pulled in just like the build tool pulls it in.
I like the idea of having the @DeploymentDependencies (or @DeploymentLibraries to be consistent with what they are called in an EAR). Then perhaps we could have some sort of API to allow the developer to reference the entire test dependency closure in Maven. Or, they can simply refer to libraries by groupId, artifactId and version (or resolve the version from Maven).
This is a pretty high priority task because people simply aren't going to be able to begin writing tests until they can easily add dependent libraries. JIRA: ARQ-66
3. Re: How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?pmuir Feb 21, 2010 6:18 PM (in response to dan.j.allen)Neither of these feels right to me - from a user perspecitve they are returning what they are deploying from that method. So also returning libraries to go in the deployment feels weird. I'll sleep on it
4. Re: How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?iapazmino Feb 28, 2011 9:55 PM (in response to pmuir)
Hi, I'm not sure how late I'm for this discussion but I've just bumpped into this issue since trying to test a real project with arquillian. I need to add a few jars from my maven dependencies into the test deployment, but since I've already configured them into the pom it felt they should be available to the running test. One way to go, I think, could be stating some defaults. So, at least the compile scoped dependencies should be added by default to the jar/war/ear and the other explicitly added, or removed if needed with @DeploymentDependencies.
Another way could be, since there's already a nicely configured pom holding all references the project needs with the right scopes, you could define another dependency-manager-descriptor within the test's resources where added libraries could be defined, meanning all libraries defaulted to not added. This file could be read as easy as a config file instead of interpreted with a maven embedder.
5. How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?thohawk Mar 5, 2011 6:56 AM (in response to dan.j.allen)
Hi, stumbled upon this discussion after trying to use arquillian with a real project too. I think @DeploymentLibraries would be an elegant as well as simple solution to add external jars used by ejbs in the ear file. The Maven integration solution using MavenArtifactResolver (sorry can't remember the page mentioning this) works fine for me when trying to resolve external jars in my maven repo. With the possibility to add external jar dependencies, i would be able to use this fantastic framework in my real life project.
6. How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?willks Apr 10, 2011 11:28 PM (in response to aslak)
So then the clear solution is to use EnterpriseArchive instead of JarArchive? I'm going to convert my tests then. I'm having a very hard time testing a real world EJB with multiple dependencies (think 50) and datasources (e.g. manage snapshots of certain data to separate datastores for audit purposes).
7. How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?marx3 Apr 13, 2011 3:29 AM (in response to willks)
I also need to add jar to my tests. How should it be done? I see Arquillian beta is out, maybe this version has better support for it?
8. How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?aslak Apr 16, 2011 5:31 AM (in response to marx3)
To get the Libraries you can use the new MavenDependencyResolver, example: https://github.com/shrinkwrap/shrinkwrap/blob/master/extension-resolver/impl-maven/src/test/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/DependenciesUnitTestCase.java
As to how to add them to the Archive, you need to use a Archive type that supports it, e.g. WebArchive, EnterpriseArchve or ResourceAdaptor depending on what you are trying to do.
9. How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?ceefour Apr 16, 2011 5:46 AM (in response to marx3)
You almost got me at " I see Arquillian beta is out " (I still see 1.0.0.Alpha5 now).
Anyway... I think you can use .addAsResource(...) and refer a physical JAR file your project.
10. How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?marx3 Apr 18, 2011 2:14 AM (in response to ceefour)
I have
<!-- Arquillian version -->
in my pom.xml and it works from a few days... So...
11. How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?jaikiran Apr 18, 2011 2:24 AM (in response to marx3)
Marek Nazarko wrote:
I have
<!-- Arquillian version -->
in my pom.xml and it works from a few days... So...
Does that property ever get used later in the pom? What does the dependency look like?
12. How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?marx3 Apr 18, 2011 2:44 AM (in response to jaikiran)
ok, my mistake in POM, sorry.... no beta...
13. Re: How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?donmcronald Apr 20, 2011 4:51 PM (in response to aslak)
I can think of a few ways using the MavenDependencyResolver could cause problems. I'm speaking from the perspective of someone that is using Maven as their primary build system. Personally I've found it easiest to build a .war or .ear with Maven and use..
I already have a lot of dependency management set up in Maven and duplicating version info, etc. to create a deployment with ShrinkWrap seems like it could cause problems for any deployment that isn't trivial.
I think you'll also find problems with people using aggregator modules. The MavenDependencyResolver looks like it's making the assumption that all artifacts are installed in the local repository (am I correct?), but a full reactor build from an aggregator module can build all dependent modules without installing anything to the local repository. I'll give an example of something I set up this morning and hopefully it will clarify what I mean.
To start with, I had 3 normal modules in my project:
itma-domain (domain module) itma-mybatis-api (MyBATIS mapper interfaces) itma-mybatis-impl-postgresql (implements itma-mybatis-api for postgresql db)
Those three modules are part of a larger software stack and, since I don't want to constantly rebuild the full stack during development, I use an aggregator module that allows me to build only those modules.
itma-group-stack-mybatis relevant portion of POM is: <modules> <module>itma-java-domain</module> <module>itma-mybatis-api</module> <module>itma-mybatis-impl-postgresql</module> </modules>
Now, I want to do integration testing (against the API module) using Arquillian (for the CDI container and a container managed JNDI data source), so I add another module specifically for integration tests:
This is where things start to become a bit more difficult using ShrinkWrap. The module that implements the API in 'itma-mybatis-api' is selected at build time using Maven profiles. I don't know which DB I want to use yet and there's a good chance I'll drop the PostgreSQL implementation in favor of using an embedded DB like Apache Derby.
To make things easier, assume I don't have any profiles and can add 'itma-mybatis-impl-postgresql' as a dependency for my ShrinkWrap archives in the integration module. The other two modules will also get picked up as transitive dependencies. I think most people would try something like this in the integration tests:
WebArchive war = ShrinkWrap.create(WebArchive.class, "itma-integration-mybatis.war").addAsLibraries( DependencyResolvers.use(MavenDependencyResolver.class) .artifact("com.mydomain:itma-mybatis-impl-postgresql:1.0-SNAPSHOT").resolveAs(GenericArchive.class));
As I understand the MavenDependencyResolver plugin, the above will pull in all the necessary (transitive) dependencies and add them to the archive. However, it's going to pull the dependencies from the local repository whereas anyone using aggregator modules is going to be used to getting (project) dependencies that were build as part of the current reactor execution. To clarify, assume I update my aggregator module:
itma-group-stack-mybatis relevant portion of POM is: <modules> <module>itma-java-domain</module> <module>itma-mybatis-api</module> <module>itma-mybatis-impl-postgresql</module> <module>itma-integration-mybatis</module> </modules>
Now, assume I run:
mvn clean verify
The aggregator module will build and package my child modules based on my current source, but the integration module is going run against whatever revision of my modules happen to be installed in the local repository. I don't think this is avoidable, but the behavior could be confusing to people that alternate between 'mvn clean verify' and 'mvn clean install' since the results won't be consistent.
After a bit of trial and error I, as mentioned above, still prefer to build my archive using Maven. Of note, my integration module contains only test sources for the purpose of integration testing. The following worked well for me:
- set the itma-integration-mybatis packaging to WAR
- declare 'itma-mybatis-impl-postgresql' as a dependency of the integration module (via profiles if desired)
- use a final name of 'itma-integration-mybatis' in the integration module
- bind all tests to the 'integration-test' phase (this will NOT work using the 'test' phase since it comes before 'package')
- use the following to create an archive with ShrinkWrap
@Deployment public static Archive<?> createArchive() { return(ShrinkWrap.createFromZipFile(WebArchive.class, new File("target/itma-integration-mybatis.war"))); }
Now when I run 'mvn verify' on my 'itma-group-stack-mybatis' module, the project modules that are built as part of the current reactor execution are the ones that get included in my deployment archive. Of course, the option of building modules independently and installing them to the local repository is still there too.
I also shouldn't have to worry about updating my ShrinkWrap configurations when I swap out the 'itma-mybatis-impl-postgresql' module for something like 'itma-mybatis-impl-derby' or when I update dependency versions, etc. Everything should follow along auto-magically once my Maven POMs get the appropriate updates.
Hopefully this info ends up being useful since, so far, I haven't seen too many examples of testing moderately complex archives.
14. Re: How do I add a JAR to the @Deployment archive?atiyou Sep 18, 2012 10:49 AM (in response to aslak)
hello Aslak,
The link you posted is no longer available, and it's posted in severals forums & sites
Can you poste some codes to use MavenDependencyResolver with JavaArchive ?
thank's for feedback


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I scoured the net (w Google anyway) to find some association with ABC notation and guitar fretboard diagrams being able to be included in the standard.
The closest I found was hudsonlacerda's website but there was no answer as to how to best implement a tar.gz file he supplied on his website.
It seemed there has been changes to his website too that prohibited some links. (404 page)
I think lilypond has guitar diagrams but it seems as if we have to turn ourselves into a pretzel just to get going with ABC.
And lilypond is reserved for an elite class. No offense lilyponders.
Guitar diagrams are being developed by volunteers at MusicScore but it is only untill MusicScore 2.0. they will reportedly see them.
They just released v. 1.3 and there is no forthcoming info on just how realistic MusicScore 2.0 will be.
I mean if it will be released anytime soon.
As a teacher, chord diagrams would be an unbelievable tool.
Just wondering.
ABC fan,
Jay P.


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'Movie 43': Peter Farrelly on His All-Star Cast, and Why Clooney Told Them to 'F**k Off'
Academy Award winner Kate Winslet. Academy Award winner Halle Berry. Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman. Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear. Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts. Academy Award host Seth MacFarlane. Definitely Nowhere Near The Academy Awards Johnny Knoxville and Snooki. All together on the big screen, at long last. Well, kind of.
The only thing more baffling than trying to make sense of what exactly Movie 43 is about (we'll get to that), is figuring out how in the hell they assembled half of Hollywood to be in a no-holds-barred raunch fest that was made for just around $6 million. Peter Farrelly (the other half of the Farrelly brothers behind comedy classics such as Kingpin, There's Something About Mary, and their masterpiece Dumb and Dumber, as well as its in-the-works sequel) is a producer and one of the dozen directors to contribute to the comedy, which opens in theaters today. Farrelly a simple explanation for all of this: fellow producer Charles Wessler, who has worked with the Brothers Farrelly on all their films.
"It's the brainchild of Charlie Wessler. He'd been talking about this for years, basically what he wanted to do was a Kentucky Fried Movie thing," Farrelly says. After receiving hundreds of submissions and scripts, Wessler settled on roughly forty and then set his sights on some of the biggest names in the business to star.
As Farrelly put it, "The world doesn't know Charlie Wessler, but Charlie Wessler knows everybody. He was a P.A. on Star Wars, he was the assistant to the director on Empire of the Sun. He's done a million things. So he would call actors like Richard Gere and say, 'Hey Richard, you wanna do this short film?' We have no money. You're working for one day for scale, but there's gonna be a lot of laughs."
If that didn't sell the sizzle enough to the all-star cast (which also includes the likes of hot commodities Emma Stone, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, and Jason Sudeikis, to name just a few), the various directors whole filmed segments of Movie 43 over the span of two years (with different writers and crews, as well), catering to when and where the actors could film. Production even waited a full year for Gere, whose conflicts kept him unavailable for this extended period of time.
While it seemed like a pretty convenient deal for the busy stars participating, there was one A-lister who wasn't swayed by the lure of working on the mysterious Movie 43. "[George] Clooney told us to f**k off," Farrelly admits.
As such, everyone but Clooney (and Colin Farrell, and South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker, who each reportedly dropped out of the project along the way) was on board. So what exactly did the stars who stayed put get themselves in to?
Movie 43, a series of short films connected by a wrap-around featuring "Dennis Quaid as a down-and-out producer" pitching crazy ideas, is a very different breed of the big ensemble movie. "My fear with that is people will think it's like a Valentine's Day-type movie," Farrelly says.
Anything but. Movie 43 features a series of gross-out jaw-dropper shorts, including the Farrelly-directed sequence about a woman on a blind date (Winslet) whose suitor (Jackman, pictured above) has it all: good looks, charm, money, and…a pair of testicles that hang from his chin that no one else but her seems to notice. While Farrelly doesn't expect the Oscar-nominated Les Mis star to be out stumping for Movie 43 ("You're not gonna see him at our premiere, he's got things to do"), he and Winslet were all-in for their shoot.
"Hugh and Kate were just sensational because it's such a ballsy little piece." (Get it?!) "They embraced it so much and they were so committed and so into it. There was no hesitation. In fact, it was the other way. Both of them were going off the page doing insane things. They got into the swing of it," Farrelly says of his time with the stars, calling the shoot "two hilariously fun days."
Even with A-listers going, ahem, balls-out, this is a moviegoing generation living in the age of Funny or Die. Nowadays, celebrities taking part in outrageous, image-shattering shorts is not only the norm, but free of charge. "Funny or Die is sensational, I wish I'd started it," Farrelly says, "but they do have restrictions to what you can say and do. We wanted to do something that you can't do on Funny or Die. We wanted to push it past the Funny or Die ceiling."
Farrelly, along with the various directors and producers, also realized that coming up with a Kentucky Fried Movie (which came out in 1977) or Groove Tube (from 1974, which Farrelly cites as another influence as an ensemble sketch comedy movie) for a new era provided another challenge with today's breed of moviegoers. "Things have changed since Kentucky Fried Movie in that attention spans have shortened. You can't just have one short after another. Because then you just have people looking at their watches, like 'All right, I don't know if I want to start another short,'" he says.
Alongside Wessler, fellow producer John Pennotti, and Relativity, Farrelly and co. narrowed down which of the shorts would make it into Movie 43. "There were a couple that didn't make the final cut, we knew that would happen. The reasons they didn't make it is they were either redundant, in that there had been a short that was similar, or it just felt like overkill or trying too hard in trying to shock people. We really tried to find the right rhythm so people wouldn't feel manipulated," Farrelly explains, adding, "It gives us stuff for the DVD."
Movie 43 opens in theaters today.
[Photo credit: Universal Pictures]
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Ok all I am back and the vacation is over. Thank goodness right? Well I hate to admit it, but I truly enjoyed my time away especially from the daily work grind. But anyways, I felt that this post was fitting as all of you are special to me and well that just makes me miss you all right? Yup sure does. I hope you enjoy new style I was looking to create.
Hair: **Dura The 3th year Anniversary hair(Black)
Facial Hair: ::Fe Style:: Facial Hair 7ED – 3 Black
Shape: [BODY FACTORY] Elias v2 Shape (m) Mouth 01
Skin: ~Tableau Vivant~ Lucis Skin – Tone 03
Tattoo: Ner,Ink – Tattoo Lust ( 3 ) (The Mens Dept)
Shirt/Sweater: ::GB:: Shirt and cardigan (Khaki&Black) (The Mens Dept)
Pants: <kal rau> Casual Chino_Clear
Feet/Bracers: –Glam Affair Homme – Vanity Feet – Braces
Pose: Velvet.Ink – In The Distance Male


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So this is my last post before I'll be heading home over the holidays.
As I tried to show in this post, it seems that the ability to imitate is crucial for learning a language. Most importantly, it also seems to be a major foundation of all human culture.
There is whole lot of research done in this field and there are hot discussions about the relationship between mirror neurons, imitation, Theory of Mind, language acquisition, language evolution, human cultural evolution, etc.
Memetics, for example, sees our ability to adopt cultural and cognitive patterns of behavior as mediated by our imitative abilities (Blackmore 2007). In 2005 Nick Chater and Susan Hurley published and edited Perspectives on Imitation: From Neuroscience to Social Science, a two volume monstrosity with 1024 pages covering Mechanisms of Imitation, Imitation in Animals, Imitation and Human Development as well as Imitation and Culture, This underlines the renewed appreciation of the importance of imitation as a fundamental property of cognition, instead of an uninteresting low-level phenomenon. (McEwen 2007)
The notion of a link between human culture and cognition on the one hand, and imitation and learning on the other, is of course not new – as we have seen in the passage of Puttenham's Arte of Poesie I quoted in my last post on imitation. If you look up "imitative" in the OED, you find a 1777 quote by David Hume, who wrote that
"The human mind is of a very imitative nature"
as well as the assessment that
"At present, we are become an imitative, not to say a mimic, race" (in Gifford's 1827 introduction to the plays of John Ford).
We can trace this notion as far back as to Aristotle, who in his Poetics, claimed that mimesis, the representation or imitation of a state in the world in the form of action, art, or speech, is a fundamental property of human cognition. Interestingly, he describes imitation as an "instinct of our nature" and writes that:
"the instinct of imitation is implanted in man from childhood, one difference between him and other animals being that he is the most imitative of living creatures, and through imitation learns his earliest lessons;"
As it seems, Aristotle's assessment is indeed backed up by behavioral evidence. 30 years ago, Meltzoff and Moore (1977) found that 12 to 21-day old infants were able to imitate the experimenter's facial gestures of mouth opening, lip protrusion and, tongue protrusion, as well as manual gestures such as the opening of the hand. In a follow-up study, they showed that even newborns who are less than 72 hours old are able to imitate these gestures (Meltzoff & Moore 1989). Interestingly, this tendency seems to disappear between two and three months of age. This is probably explained by the fact that autonomously controlled, spontaneus face-to-face social interaction (as a baby smiling at her mother, for example) kicks in around this time and infants start to communicate intentionally. (Myowa-Yamakoshi et al. 2004: 441)
Now is this a uniquely human trait?
Quite astonishingly, Myowa-Yamakoshi et al. (2004) found that chimpanzees who are less than 7 days old are also able to imitate the gestures of tongue protrusion, mouth opening, and lip protrusion.
Quite astonishingly, Myowa-Yamakoshi et al. (2004) found that chimpanzees who are less than 7 days old are also able to imitate the gestures of tongue protrusion, mouth opening, and lip protrusion.
As in humans, this tendency disappeared at two months of age. The authors conclude that
"like human neonates, chimpanzee neonates are born with the ability to match visually perceived oral gestures with a proprioceptive motor schemes ." (Myowa-Yamakoshi et al. 2004: 440).
So what about other primates? Previously it was thought that only humans and apes posses these neonatal skills, but it seems that at 3 days of age, rhesus macaques are able to imitate lip smacking and tongue protrusion (Ferrari et al. 2006), facial gestures which later become important in social interaction (Gross 2006)
"like human neonates, chimpanzee neonates are born with the ability to match visually perceived oral gestures with a proprioceptive motor schemes ." (Myowa-Yamakoshi et al. 2004: 440).
So what about other primates? Previously it was thought that only humans and apes posses these neonatal skills, but it seems that at 3 days of age, rhesus macaques are able to imitate lip smacking and tongue protrusion (Ferrari et al. 2006), facial gestures which later become important in social interaction (Gross 2006)
However, the macaques showed this behavior only a few days after birth and after that it vanished. This may be due the fact that motor as well as cognitive development in macaques is much more rapid in macaques than in the higher apes. It thus seems that the more advanced human imitation capacities built on these imitative foundations that must have been present at the time our lineage split from that of macaques, namely 25 million years ago.
Interestingly, macaques were the first species in which mirror neurons – neurons that fire both during the performance as well as during the observation of an action – were found, and hopefully there will be more studies on the neural basis of imitation in macaques.
Quite Remarkably, adult macaques are also able to notice when someone else is imitating their actions (e.g. a human experimenter), but it is unclear whether they are able to grasp the fact that the experimenter is intentionally imitating them, or if they just recognize it implicitly (Paukner et al. 2005). In the second case, the macaques would just exhibit this knowledge via metacognition, i.e. the awareness of some inner state, something which macaques seem to be able to do.
Evidence for metacognition in macaques comes from research done by H.S. Terrace and his team, who taught their macaques a matching game, and then offered them the options to either play the game and get some food if they won and nothing if they lost, or the option to not play the game and get less food. Interestingly, sometimes the macaques chose the latter, option, and sometimes they chose the former, but if they chose the first option, they performed pretty well, indicating that the macaques had a means of assessing how accurate they were at getting the game right. In another experimental setting, macaques also learned to ask for hints if they otherwise had to solve the problem by trial and error, again indicating that they had some metacognitive means of assessing what they knew and what they didn't (Kornell et al. 2007).
It is much more questionable if macaques exhibit metarepresentation, i.e. the awareness of mental states of others (Hurford 2007: 35)
This of course taps into the discussion of which primates exhibit a Theory of Mind, or an awareness of the mental states of others, and whether the transition from nonhuman to human minds should be seen as continuous or discontinuous. The two main camps in this debate are that of Povinelli and his colleagues on the one side, who argue that nonhuman primates do not exhibit abstract inferences of others mental states, and that there is a qualitative gap between human and nonhuman cognition (Povinelli & Vonk 2003), and Tomasello and his team on the other side, who argue that chimpanzees are able to understand some psychological states to a certain degree, and that human cognition should be seen as much more continuous (Tomasello et al. 2003). It seems as if Povinelli and his colleagues are just about to launch their next major attack (to be publish in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences in 2008) awe-inspiringly called "Darwin's mistake: Explaining the discontinuity between human and nonhuman minds" . As BBS consists of the target article along with 25 or so commentaries other researchers, I'm really interested in how this will turn out.
For now it is quite interesting enough (and also somewhat amusing) how both parties assess the importance of the debate:
Whereas Tomasello et al. (2003) claim that:
So merry Christmas & Happy New Year, and see you in 2008.
Whereas Tomasello et al. (2003) claim that:
"At issue is no less than the nature of human cognitive uniqueness" (Tomasello et al. 2003: 156)Povinelli et al. take a much more relaxed stance:
"the idea that theory of mind is the 'holy grail' of comparative cognition needs to be abandoned. Neither chimpanzees nor evolutionary theory will be insulted if the very idea of 'mental states' turns out to be an oddity of our species' way of understanding the social world." (Povinelli et al. 160)Dang, I still haven't posted about either the Lyons et al. (2007) paper or the genetic differences between humans and chimpanzees. But I will do so next year. Promise. Cross my Heart and Hope to Die. As an apology, here's a link to a great song by Jonathan Coulton, performed live in front of an audience of (judging by the chorus) zombies. Gotta love that.
So merry Christmas & Happy New Year, and see you in 2008.
Blackmore, Susan. 2007. "Those dreaded memes: The advantage of memetics over "symbolic inheritance." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 30.4: 365-366.
Ferrari PF, Visalberghi E, Paukner A, Fogassi L, Ruggiero A, et al. (2006) Neonatal imitation in rhesus macaques. PLoS Biol 4(9): e302. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040302
Gross L (2006) Evolution of Neonatal Imitation. PLoS Biol 4(9): e311 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040311
Hurford, James M. 2007. The Origins of Meaning: Language in the Light of Evolution. Oxford: OUP.
Kornell, Nate, Son, Lisa K. and Herbert S. Terrace. 2007. "Transfer of Metacognitive Skills and Hint Seeking in Monkeys. Psychological Science" 18.1: 64-71.
McEwen, Fiona. 2007. "Review: Perspectives on Imitation: From Neuroscience to Social Science." Mind & Language, 22.2 April : 207–213
Meltzoff AN, Moore MK .1977. Imitation of facial and manual gestures by human neonates. Science 198: 75–78.
Meltzoff AN, Moore MK (1989) Imitation in newborn infants: Exploring the range of gestures imitated and the underlying mechanisms. Developmental Psychology 25: 954–962
Myowa-Yamakoshi M, Tomonaga M, Tanaka M, Matsuzawa T .2004. "Imitation in neonatal chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)." Developmental Science 7: 437–442
Paukner A, Borelli E, Visalberghi E, Anderson JR, Ferrari PF (2005) Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) recognize when they are being imitated. Biology Letters 1: 219–222.
Povinelli, D.J. and Vonk. J. (2003) Chimpanzee minds: Suspiciously human? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7.4, 157–160.
Tomasello, Michael, Josep Call and Brian Hare. 2003. Chimpanzees understand psychological states – the question is which ones and to what extent. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7- 153-156.


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Recently, we went to visit a shaykh, who is already 65 years old.
And he was a true-blue example of our desired Muslim IndividualTM. In addition to having shaykhi qualities (greets you warmly, gives sincere and heart-melting advice, and has a house full of books), he is also
Physically fit (relative to age).
With a flat tummy.
A friend of mine went on a camping trip with this shaykh once, and they had to trek down the shoreline. This was a rocky shore, not a sandy one. Imagine climbing up and down rocks when you are 60. And another friend told me that one of the things that made his heart fall for D&T was seeing this same shaykh playing takraw with people much younger than him. Awesome.
|rockin' it at 65
I wonder what i'll be like at 65 (assuming we live that long. I presume that the average lifespans of CIA targets are much shorter)
|Art-thritis: the art of making light diseases look life-threatening to skip obligations.
That's where we need to widen our understanding of D&T. Fitness and health is not just a part of tarbiyyah, it is an important part of tarbiyyah. The very point of tarbiyyah is to produce people who are excellent in every sphere of life, and not just excellent in attending their weekly circles with no noticeable output.
D&T is a life-long career, and superhuman stamina is needed.
Abu ayyub died in a raid against the byzantine empire. At that time, he was over 80.
Rasulullah himself started going on skirmishes and campaigns when he was above 50. When things got tense in a war, the sahabah would take cover behind rasulullah.
Imagine, these were young men sheltering behind a very senior pakcik. Makes you want to shed tender tears while uttering 'awesome' with trembling lips.
So inspired by the example taught by rasulullah and the contemporary example of our two shaykhs, today we on RP are launching a new club. Its totally voluntary, you can join anytime and drop out anytime.
Its called
The BBB club.
Belia Benci Buncit (youth against bulge)
Membership fees are zero, and if you want to join just follow these simple steps:
1. Eat moderately
2. Fast 3 times a month
3. Commit to a daily physical activity. No gym membership required. 15 minutes of light physical exercise will do, like walking fast, running up the stairs, shadow boxing etc.
4. Avoid junk food and junk drinks and eat healthy food. Sunnah supplements are recommended.
If you 'make intention' to do all of the above, then welcome to the BBB club! :DDD
Then we can produce a generation of
And NOT
Because the stomach is the worst vessel that a son of Adam can fill.
Its a touchy subject, but at least one person has to press the (belly) button.