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Biosensors & Diagnostics
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Symposium Sessions
Monday May 4
|Keynotes: Nanotech & Cleantech & TechConnect
|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Biosensors & Diagnostics
Tuesday May 5
|Keynotes: Nanotech & Cleantech & TechConnect
|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Biosensors & Diagnostics
Wednesday May 6
|Bio Analytical Instrumentation
|Biosensors & Diagnostics
Thursday May 7
Symposium Program
Monday May 4
|Back to Top
|Keynotes: Nanotech & Cleantech & TechConnect
|Theater AB
|Session chair: Matthew Laudon, NSTI and Patti Glaza, CTSI
|The Nanotech Revolution in Renewable Energy
D. Arvizu - Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy, US (bio)
|Nanotechnology and the Obama Administration
T. Kalil, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House, US
|Innovation for a Secure Future
R. Johnson - CTO, Lockheed Martin, US (bio)
|The Next Big Thing is Really Small
R.J. Kumpf - CAO, Bayer Material Science, US (bio)
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|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Room 362 AD
|Session chair: Srinivas Iyer, Los Alamos National Lab, US
|Biosensors Overview
S. Iyer, Los Alamos National Lab, US (bio)
|Characterization of magnetic nanoparticles using quadrupole magnetic field-flow fractionation
S. Williams, Cleveland Clinic, US (bio)
|Multiple drugs of abuse test for saliva specimen on a single lab-on-a-film-chip using electrochemical immunoassay
Y.H. Kim, J.-H. Park, H.H. Nam, M.H. Choi, S.H. Jung, G.J. Song, Nano-Ditech Corporation, US
|Nanowire Mechanical Resonators for the Specific Detection of Proteins
M. Belov, V. Wright, N.J. Quitoriano, T.I. Kamins, J. Buriak, S. Evoy, University of Alberta, CA
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|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Room 362 AD
|Session chair: V. Yadavalli, Virginia Commonwealth University, US
|Single molecule aptamer-target interactions on self-assembled monolayer platforms
X. Zhang, V.K. Yadavalli, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
|A Microfluidic Platform for Pre-concentration and Label-free Detection of DNA and Proteins Using On-chip Electrode Arrays
Y.-W. Huang, V.M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University, US (bio)
|Nanoporous silica chip technology for the early detection of diseases and the real time assessment of therapeutic efficacy
E. Tasciotti, X. Liu, A. Boumrani, T. Hu, L. Li, C. Chiappini, M. Ferrari, Univeristy of Texas Health Science Center - Houston, US
|Thermodynamic basis for the design of efficient conformational change-based biosensors
A. Vallee-Belisle, F. Ricci, K.W. Plaxco, University of California, Santa Barbara, US
|Ultrasensitive Protein Detection Using an Au/ZnO SPR-Based Biosensor
C.-C. Chang, S.-H. Lin, N.-F. Chiu, C.-W. Lin, National Taiwan University, TW
|Understanding the formation and adsorption of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional protein aggregates on a solid surface
M. Rabe, D. Verdes, S. Seeger, University of Zurich, CH
Tuesday May 5
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|Keynotes: Nanotech & Cleantech & TechConnect
|Theater AB
|Session chair: Jeff Moseley, Greater Houston Partnership, Shushana Castle, Clinton Global Initiative Member/Millennium Water Alliance, US
|Welcome TechConnect World to Houston
J. Moseley, Greater Houston Partnership, US
|Can Uncle Sam Cure What Ails Clean Tech?
P. Dickerson, HaynesBoone, former COO Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, DOE, US (bio)
|Welcome to Houston
B. White, City of Houston, Mayor, US
|Flying into the Future: Continentals Commitment to the Environment
L. Kellner, Continental Airlines, CEO, US (bio)
|RUSNANO: Driving the Nanotech Industry Growth
A. Chubais, RUSNANO, CEO, RU
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|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Room 351 BE
|Session chair: Srinivas Iyer, Los Alamos National Lab, US
|Identification of bacterial drug resistance in blood
C. Kaittanis, S. Nath, J.M. Perez, University of Central Florida, US
|Bacteriophage-derivitized resonant cantilevers for the highly-specific detection of bacteria
A. Singh, N. Glass, S. Evoy, National Institute for Nanotechnology, CA
|Quantitation of Toxins in Foods by Rapid Nanophotonic Molecular Screening Systems
K.C. Weng, J.-P. Coppe, R. Yang, J. Zheng, H. Yao, G.L. Liu, F.F. Chen, Dynamic Throughput, Inc., US
|Precise positioning of particles in microwells within horizontal DEP cages
M. Lombardini, M. Bocchi, L. Giulianelli, R. Guerrieri, ARCES, IT
|Force Discrimination for Enhanced Biosensor Specificity of Micro-Retroreflector Assays
J.D. Knoop, S.M. Kemper, T. Sherlock, E. Cacao, P. Ruchhoeft, R.C. Willson, University of Houston, US
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|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Room 351 BE
|Session chair: Pulak Nath, Los Alamos National Lab, US
|Development of a Flow-cell System to Quantify Analyte-receptor Binding Kinetics Utilizing Guided-mode Resonance Sensors
D. Wawro, S. Zimmerman, Y. Ding, R. Magnusson, E. Moss, J. Michalik, Resonant Sensors Incorporated, US
|Rapid prototyping of microfluidic components for decision-tree based iterative pathogen detection
P. Nath, G.R. Goddard, B.A. Branch, O.C. Marina, A.M. Lillo, A. Deshpande, J.M. Dunbar, S.W. Graves, Los Alamos National Lab, US
|Rapid prototyping of microfluidic components for iterative detection of pathogens using smart signatures
P. Nath, G.R. Goddard, O.C. Marina, A.M. Lillo, B.A. Branch, A. Deshpande, J.M. Dunbar, S.W. Graves, Los Alamos National Lab, US
|Carbon Nanotube Array Sensor for MEMS Lab-on-a-chip
L.B. Joseph, V. Veedu, D. Garmire, Oceanit and University of Hawaii, US
|Ultrafast protein preconcentration by nanoscale molecular traps
K.T. Liao, T. Leichle, C.F. Chou, Academia Sinica, TW
|High Flux Nano-Filters
N.M. Elman, K. Daniel, F. Jalali-Yazdi, M.J. Cima, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
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|Expo Hall
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|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Expo Hall
|CdSe nano-particles coated with thiol-terminated oligo(ethylene oxide)for protein targeting reagent
Y. Ito, H. Tsutsumi, Yamaguchi University, JP
|Highly specific anti-prothrombin aptamers
C-W Chi, Y-H Lao, L-C Chen, Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, TW
|Human Neural Stem Cell Differentiation Potential Determined by Electric Fields
F.H. Labeed, J. Lu, S.A. Marchenko, K.F. Hoettges, M.P. Hughes, E.S. Monuki, A.P. Lee, L.A. Flanagan, University of Surrey, UK
|Nanotemplates for Electrical Detection of Biomolecules: A Diatom Based Biosensor
V. Kunduru, K. Lin, K. Rege, B. Ramakrishna, S. Prasad, Arizona State University, US
|Immunodetection of cancer marker in human serum using silicon field effect transistors
A. Kim, C.S. Ah, C.W. Park, J.-H. Yang, T. Kim, C.-G. Ahn, G.Y. Sung, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KR
|Electrochemical Detection of Proteins in Complex Samples with the E-DNA Scaffold Platform
K.J. Cash, F. Ricci, K.W. Plaxco, University of California Santa Barbara, US
|Portable FRET Sensing of Proteins, Hormones, and Toxins Using DNA Aptamers and Quantum Dots
G.W. Jackson, U. Strych, E. Frank, R.C. Willson, R. Ballerstadt, R.J. McNichols, BioTex, Inc., US
|Biomolecular Detection on Supported Lipid Bilayers inside Microfluidic Channels
H. Jung, P.S. Cremer, Texas A&M University, US
|Aptamer-based label-free biosensor for fluorescence detection of urinary adenosine
S.-J. Chen, C.-C. Huang, H.-T. Chang, National Taiwan University, TW
|Biochip for minimally invasive blood glucose monitoring
P. Zhang, M.M. Ahmadi, G.A. Jullien, University of Calgary, CA
|Characterization and Applications of Modified Gold Electrode Sensor with Nanoparticles
S.W. Leung, Y. Wang, H. Gu, J.C.K. Lai, Idaho State University, US
|A 3-dimensional nanobiosensor based on an anodic aluminum oxide template
G.-J. Wang, Y.-D. Lin, National Chung-Hsing University, TW
|Real-time single-molecule dynamics observed with a nanoscale transistor
L.C. Brousseau, Quantum Logic Devices, US
|Design Aspects of C-MEMS Based Enzymatic Biofuel Cell Via Finite Element Analysis Approach
Y.S. Parikh, J-H Yang, C. wang, Florida international university, US
|On-chip biosensor for rapid detection and identification of nitrogen containing compounds
K. Feige, A. Shende, A. Vats, R. Shende, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, US
|Infant HIV and Nanotechnology
N. Goel, R. Sharma, Pt BDS Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, IN
|Performance Comparisons of Nanoparticle Modified Sensor Electrodes for the Detection of Nitrite and Peroxide
J.C.K. Lai, Y. Wang, W. Gao, H. Gu, S.W. Leung, Idaho State University, US
|Label-free direct detection of analytes from optically inaccessible samples
L.C. Brousseau, Quantum Logic Devices, US
Wednesday May 6
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|Expo Hall
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|Bio Analytical Instrumentation
|Expo Hall
|A New Scanning Atom Probe for the Mass Analysis of Biomolecules
O. Nishikawa, M. Taniguchi, A. Ikai, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, JP
|A Miniaturized Platform for Rapid Separation of Long DNA Using Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis
A. Li, V.M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University, US
|Microchip-based Investigation of the Interplay Between the Nanoporous Gel Morphology and the Onset of Entropic Trapping in DNA Gel Electrophoresis
N. Shi, V.M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University, US
|Extended Applications of Picomolar Technology to Measure Immunoactive Biomarkers
B.D. Shriniwas, R. Sharma, A. Sharma, RTM Nagpur University, IN
|Optimal Design of Convective Thermocyclers for Rapid Microscale PCR
R. Muddu, Y.A. Hassan, V.M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University, US
|An Innovative Bioactive Glass for Microarrays
C.T. Buckley, R. Mack, N. Mack, J.H. Flemming, Life BioScience, Inc., US
|Relaxation Time Constants of Nanometals in Human Tissues and Clinical Applications
R. Sharma, A. Sharma, Center of Nanotechnology, IN
|Fabricating a Universal DNA Nanoarray Using Contact Printing for Sequencing by Hybridization
B.R. Takulapalli, M.E. Morrison, J. Gu, P. Zhang, The Biodesign Institutie of Arizona State University, US
|Toxicological Study of Zn and Cd metal nanoparticles on the Growth of Azotobacter chroococcum
S.C. Singh, R. Raghvendra, R. Gopal, Allahabad University, IN
|Nanocubes in Nanocubes: Using self-assembly to enhance the performance of
D. Acharya, G. Zhen, B. Muir, P. Hartley, L. Waddington, B. Moffat, P. Mulvaney, CSIRO Molecular Health Technology, AU
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|Biosensors & Diagnostics
|Expo Hall
|Monitoring of the major blood vessels supplying head and brain (carotid arteries) contactlessly
B. Kaminska, Simon Fraser University, CA
|Application of QCM DNA biosensor to detect a marine derived pathogenic virus VHSV
S-R Hong, S. Hong, Kangnung National University, KR
|Nano Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection for Microchip Electrophoresis
K. Ansari Mahabadi, I. Rodriguez, L. Hong, P.C. Hauser, N.F. de Rooij, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, SG
|Cracking the glass ceiling with suspended microarrays: Achieving true diagnostic quality assays
B.P. Hanley, KonnectWorld, Inc., US
|Creation of Raman-Active PEG Monolayers for Tracking Nanoparticles in Vitro
Y. Huang, Y. Cai, V. Swarup, S. Bishnoi, IIT, US
|Fluorescence Based Specific PNA-DNA Binding Characterization on nano-FET DNA Device Surface
S.K. Rastogi, N.N. Mishra, B. Finaloski, E. Cameron, W. Maki, Postdoc Researcher, US
|The problem of Nonspecific Adsorption at Measurements in Blood Plasma with Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors
E. Brynda, C. Rodriguez Emmenegger, T. Riedel, Z. Sedlakova, M. Houska, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., CZ
|Surface Plasmon Resonance fiber sensor for detection of biological targets and in situ monitoring of polyelectrolyte multi-layer deposition
Y. Shevchenko, C. Chen, D.A.D. Blair, T. Francis, M. DeRosa, N.U. Ahamad, G. Galway, A. Ianoul, J. Albert, Carleton University, CA
|Photothermal Characteristics study of PEGylated Gold Nanorods
T-Y Shih, J-T. Lin, C-C Tien, P-L Tseng, Y-H Chen, Industrial Technology Research Institute, TW
|Rapid and Label-free Protein Biomarker Detection based on Quantum Dot-Aptamer-Intercalating Dye Nanoconjugates
Y-H Lao, Y-S Li, C-W Chi, L-C Chen, Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, TW
|Using Gold Nanorod as a Luminescent Probe in Cell Imaging
D-S Wang, C-W Lin, National Taiwan University, TW
|Au Nanoshell Enhanced Fluorophores for Fluorescence Optical Tomography
R. Bardhan, N.K. Grady, A. Joshi, M. Bartels, S. Ke, N.J. Halas, Rice University, US
|SERS Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Surface Marker Detection
C.T. Nguyen, J. Nguyen, S. Rutledge, C. Wang, G.C. Walker, University of Toronto, CA
|Magnetic Nano Particles for Diagnostics
K.C. Nguyen, V.H. Pham, S.T. Do, D.T. Tieu, Saigon Hi Tech Park, VN
|A high speed detection platform based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering for monitoring antibiotic-induced chemical changes in bacteria cell wall
C-S Hung, Y-H Lin, T-T Liu, T-H Tsai, H-H Wang, D-W Wang, J-K Wang, Y-L Wang, C-H Lin, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, TW
|Chemiluminescent Solid Lipid Nanoparticles and Interactions with Intact Skin
J.B. Patrone, H. Le, J. Breidenich, L. Kelly, J.J. Benkoski, J.L. Sample, JHU/APL, US
|Development of competitive QCM biosensor system to detect a pathogenic bacterium causing periodontitis, Actinobacillus actiomycetemcomitans
S-R Hong, S. Hong, Kangnung National University, KR
|Development of QCM immunosensor to detect bacteria causing food poisoning
S-R Hong, D. Hur, S. Hong, Kangnung Natioanl University, KR
Special Symposium
The convergence of materials, electronics and biological systems at the nanoscale are creating unprecedented opportunities for multidisciplinary teams developing novel bio sensors and diagnostics solutions. While systems such as motors have been isolated, modified and studied in detail at the biochemical level, much needs to be done at the level of hybrid structures with interfaces to inorganic materials. Further, scaling laws need to be understood in order to bridge between single molecules and higher order devices or architectures.
Alongwith these topics, this symposium will also cover the equally important area of biomolecular analysis, which has reached new levels of sensitivity, precision and resolution due to advances in other sciences. Thus, topics scuh as fluidics, detection methods and engineering approaches will receive enhanced attention.
We invite submissions in each of these areas and related topics. A sample listing of pertinent topics is listed below. This is by no means an exclusive list, but aims to give a general overview of this diverse symposium topic.
Topics & Application Areas
- Biosensors & Biomarkers
- Bio Sensors - General
- Bio Sensors - Defense Applications
- Bio Sensors - Clinical Applications
- Bio Sensors - Health Applications
- Bio Sensors - Environmental Applications
- Ion Channel Based Bio Sensors
- Mass Spec, Electrophoresis & Flow Cytometry
- Lab-on-Chip
- Spectroscopy & Imaging
- Surface Plasmon Resonance
- Bio Markers, Nano Particles & Q-Dots
- Other
Journal Submissions
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine (Nanomedicine)
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine (Nanomedicine) is a newly established, international, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly. Nanomedicine publishes basic, clinical, and engineering research in the innovative field of nanomedicine. Article categories include basic nanomedicine, diagnostic nanomedicine, experimental nanomedicine, clinical nanomedicine, and engineering nanomedicine, pharmacological nanomedicine.
For consideration into the Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine journal please select the "Submit to Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine" button during the on-line submission procedure. You may only select a single journal during the submission process.
Journal of Experimental Nanoscience
Selected Nanotech Proceedings papers will be reviewed and invited into a Special Issue of the Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. The journal provides a showcase for advances in the experimental sciences underlying nanotechnology and nanomaterials.
For consideration into this Special Issue of the Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, please select the "Submit to Journal of Experimental Nanoscience" button during the on-line submission procedure. You may only select a single journal during the submission process.


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�Explorations in The ARTS� is a new arts and information series presented by Craven Community College Foundation�s Lifetime Learning Center and Public Radio East.
�Explorations in The ARTS� is a new arts and information series presented by Craven Community College Foundation�s Lifetime Learning Center and Public Radio East.
This three-performance series, billed as �informances,� allows the audience to enjoy a guest artist performance, artist interview and an audience question-and-answer session.
The series includes The Bad Raccoons, hillbilly jazz group on Sept. 26; composer/conductor of the N.C. Symphony William Henry Curry on Nov. 20; and modern dance choreographer Wendy Osserman on Jan. 16.
Hosted by Colleen Maloney Roberts, the series opens on Sept. 26 with The Bad Raccoons in the Orringer Auditorium at the New Bern campus at 7:30 p.m.
According to a college release, �The three young musicians that make up The Bad Raccoons are home-grown from the Appalachian Order and are making their own style of music. The band focuses mainly on Bluegrass tunes, but does like to bring an exciting and unexpected slew of songs to tantalize and tease. The group includes Faye Petree on fiddle and vocals, Andrew Eversole on guitar, banjo, and vocals and Benjamen Jensen on the dawghouse bass and stabalizer bar.�
Curry is known for his work as the resident conductor of the North Carolina Symphony. For the past 18 seasons, he has conducted a wide variety of performances on the lawn of Tryon Palace, at the convention center for the New Bern series, or as the entertainer at the annual Holiday Pops concert.
Osserman recently invited two multi-talented women, Marilyn Arnone and Nancy Hiller, to join her in creating a unique performance piece � using movement, music and text for the January show.
All �Explorations in The ARTS� performances take place at Orringer Auditorium on the New Bern Campus of Craven Community College at 7:30 p.m. Admission to each event is $10 for the general public and $5 for students. A three-event series ticket can be purchased for $25.
Event and series tickets can be purchased online at: cravencc.edu/foundation - select �Event Registration� or by telephone at 638-7351.
Funding for the Lifetime Learning Center programs is provided by Terry and Teeny Tait of Raymond James Financial Services Inc. of New Bern.
Craven Community College Foundation�s Lifetime Learning Center provides adult learners with numerous and unique opportunities to learn about history, culture, arts and more, in an arena that includes and reaches beyond the classroom.
Roberts, the series host, is originally from Washington, D.C., moving to North Carolina in 1997. She spent several years working in news in Wilmington before locating in New Bern, working with WCTI-TV. She is currently is the city of New Bern�s public information officer. She also manages New Bern�s new government access channel, City 3 TV.


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Dayan Viciedo hit a three-run homer off David Robertson in the ninth inning after a throwing error, and the Chicago White Sox rallied past the New York Yankees 4-3 Thursday night.
Dayan Viciedo hit a three-run homer off David Robertson in the ninth inning after a throwing error, and the Chicago White Sox rallied past the New York Yankees 4-3 Thursday night.
Reliever Clay Rapada's wild toss to second base on a potential double-play ball set up the AL Central-leading White Sox.
With closer Rafael Soriano not available after pitching the past two games, the Yankees had their five-game winning streak end.
Derek Jeter almost saved the Yankees in the ninth. But his bid for a two-out, two-run homer was caught by right fielder Alex Rios with his back against the wall.
Other than Alejandro De Aza, who homered and had four hits, the White Sox were unable to muster much against the Yankees' de facto ace Ivan Nova into the eighth. Minus Soriano, Chicago improved to 22-14 on the road, third best in the American League.
Mark Teixeira homered off Hector Santiago (2-1) with two outs in the eighth to make it 3-1.
Rios led off the ninth with a single against Cody Eppley, and Rapada entered. A.J. Pierzynski bunted back to the mound and Rapada's poor throw put runners at first and third. Robertson (0-2) relieved and Viciedo drove a 1-0 pitch into the left-field stands.
Addison Reed gave up a leadoff single to Dewayne Wise in the New York ninth. Eric Chavez then hit a fly to left and Wise was caught way off first base, but Viciedo's throw to first was offline for a possible double play. After pinch hitter Andruw Jones struck out looking, Jeter flied out deep and Reed had his 11th save.
Jeter had singled in the seventh to tie fellow shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. for 13th place on the career list with 3,184.
De Aza homered off the facing of the suite level in right field for the game's first run with two outs in the fifth. That was the lone run against Nova, who gave his manager reason to be hopeful about the Yankees' depleted rotation with an ace-like outing.
The Yankees took the lead right back against rookie Dylan Axelrod in the bottom half when Curtis Granderson singled with two outs and Alex Rodriguez followed with a drive to left-center. De Aza made a long run to track down the ball, but it hit off his glove as he neared the wall, falling for an RBI double.
Robinson Cano then gave the Yankees the lead with a double to right-center.
A day after receiving a double whammy of devastating injuries to the rotation, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he's not going to give the remaining three starters any sort of pep talk — unless he has to. In the meantime, CC Sabathia is on the disabled list with a groin strain and Andy Pettitte is out with a broken lower left leg.
Nova gave up six hits, three walks and a wild pitch, leaving with De Aza on second and one out in the eighth. The crowd of 44,041 gave him a loud ovation when he strolled off the field.
Boone Logan relieved and got Adam Dunn to fly out, advancing De Aza to third. Eppley relieved and struck out Paul Konerko with a knee-buckling breaking pitch.
Axelrod was making his third start in place of the injured Phil Humber and had his longest outing of the year. He allowed six hits and two runs in seven innings.
Despite wearing a different uniform, Kevin Youkilis was booed as if he still played for Boston. Acquired over the weekend, he went 0 for 4 for the White Sox.
NOTES: The White Sox take infield practice after BP before the first game of every series, one of the changes made by new manager Robin Ventura this year. On Thursday, however, Chicago took a unique approach to the drills — they didn't use a ball. The players mimed catching the ball and whipping it around the infield, even turning double plays. Several players left the field with a smile. ... The Yankees purchased the contract of RHP Adam Warren from Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes/Barre and he'll start Friday in place of Sabathia. ... The White Sox purchased the contract of left-hander Leyson Septimo from Triple-A Charlotte and have designated reliever Will Ohman for assignment.


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Geertjan is integrating Groovy support into NetBeans 6.0 and is impressed with the ease of writing Swing code in Groovy. He questions whether a Matisse-like GUI builder is necessary for Groovy. Danno Ferrin responds that layout, specifically GroupLayout is the reason.
Geertjan begins by throwing up a very simple UI and suggesting some simple pseudocode that most people, regardless of programming skill and experience, would be able to come up with. He then shows that you can take his pseudocode and paste it into a Groovy context, add a few lines to load the SwingBuilder, and get the simple UI expected. He then states:
Given how easy this all is in Groovy, I wonder whether the Groovy community even needs a Matisse-like GUI Builder. It all seems pretty intuitive, and with syntax coloring and code completion, plus maybe one or two other fun things (such as the Navigator shown above), coding Swing in Groovy is going to be a breeze.
Mike A quickly commented that the example is very simple and doesn't discuss actions, events, data binding, etc. Danno Ferrin says that layout is the key piece missing from the example.
Geertjan's sample is deceptively simple. Why the widgets are nicely centered and separated is because the default layout of a Panel is FlowLayout. This is only really useful for simple GUI demonstrations and nested button panels anyway. What if you are doing an address form where the labels are all left aligned and the text fields all need to fill the same width (which is for most to the right edge of the form), except for the checkbox on row 4 for suite number.
His example is more complicated than shown here and he ends with the point that layout code is hard to write and that visual designers, such as Matisse, make the problem a lot easier to handle.
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People don't waste time building GUI
Felipe Cruz
But in my opinion, the point is that today people don't want to waste time building GUI and not if the code is simple or not..
Re: People don't waste time building GUI
Andres Almiray
PS: did you study at ITESM ?
Re: People don't waste time building GUI
Felipe Cruz
I did not study at ITESM.
Down with the GUI builders
Robert McIntosh
Re: Down with the GUI builders
Felipe Cruz
A good coder with a good UI builder can build much more faster than a good coder without...
Re: Down with the GUI builders
Stefan Kleine Stegemann
What GUI Builders are?
Robert Thomas
I'm really looking forward what these guys from Himalia are doing for Visual Studio right now. I think they will move to the Java platform when if pass the alpha version ;)
At least, their technology is platform independent...
Really, I think they are in the right direction, nowadays UI building is obsolote and doesn't scale.


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Apparently, the ballroom was "shellshocked" by last week's bottom two. The ballroom needs to toughen up. Tonight is Latin night. I hope that doesn't mean every other dance is a rumba — booooorrrrring. We start with Carlos Santana performing "Evil Ways," though they don't identify the vocalist.
Holy smokes — Maria Menounous has a full-on showgirl headdress on. Applause for her. One of the backup singers in the band is wearing a trench coat - we know this show is live — did he get there late with no time to remove the coat? Is it chilly in the band's corner of the ballroom? I need answers.
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Geek Binge: Halo 4 was released about two weeks ago, to (mostly) critical acclaim. We ourselves greatly enjoyed the game, and found it to be a surprisingly great re-launch of the franchise. That said, it IS a re-launch—from the start, Microsoft designed this to be the start of a new trilogy, dubbed by development team 343 Industries as "The Reclaimer Trilogy." And now that the first part of the trio is complete, we can't help but wonder what 343 has awaiting us with the next entry in the franchise. Here's five of the things we expect to see out of Halo 5…and beyond.
Warning: From this point forward, this article will delve into the plot of the previous Halo games, including Halo 4. So if you haven't finished the game yet, be warned that spoilers ARE abound from here on in.
They can't use the same gameplay formula, IMO..it has been overused and abused for too long. I would really recommend a totally new system of animations and the addition of iron sites, while of course maintaining that certain weight/feel and pace of halo.
The gameplay formula just needs to evolve and be different, for those who can't accept change or think it wouldn't be halo need to get a clue and just stick with the previous 100 version of the same formula. But srsly....totally reworked and redone.
They should bring Kelly, Linda and Fred into the game. Let us finally see a Spartan II team in action. Have an entire section of a campaign dedicated to showing how awesome they are.
They should go full action. I want to see a huge awesome space battle, show the infinity kicking ass, show the Orbital defence platforms in action. Dual wielding, scarabs and more mammoths!
They should meet Halsey and the Spartan II's should defend her, I am dying to see the Spartan II's show their loyalty to her before the UNSC and throw down with the new bargain bin Spartan IV's.
This game should be all about the Covenant - UNSC, I want to see the Elites homeworld, I want to see the Civil War and see the Arbiter again, they could finish the civil war and work together to defeat this new Storm covenant faction.
Cortana shouldn't be brought back until Halo 6, I would prefer it if we heard nothing about her apart from MasterChief obviously not coping without her, and then at the end, a sudden surprise where she sends a transmission warning them of a Forerunner fleet or weapon, warning them the Didact is coming. A good teaser for Halo 6 I think.
Decent article, but 2 of the points probably wouldn't be there if they'd read the books or the wiki.
The Storm faction of the Covenant are a splinter group led by Jul M'Dama, who were not aware of the war against Humans ending and are looking to link with the Didact to wipe out humans for good.
The Flood should return IMO. Whilst I liked the challenge presented by the Prometheans, the Flood present a different challenge altogether. No dodging and staying behind cover, just a relentless assault that made for some hectic encounters. Bring them back!


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Teammates fuel Mariners in Cano's return to NY
NEW YORK -- Veteran right-hander Chris Young picked up his first win in 20 months and catcher Mike Zunino cranked out a career-high four hits as the Mariners topped the Yankees, 6-3, on Tuesday in Robinson Cano's return to the Bronx.
The Mariners scored four runs in the fifth off Yankees lefty CC Sabathia and made it stand as the 6-foot-10 Young earned his first victory since Sept. 2, 2012, while with the Mets.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- Veteran right-hander Chris Young picked up his first win in 20 months and catcher Mike Zunino cranked out a career-high four hits as the Mariners topped the Yankees, 6-3, on Tuesday in Robinson Cano's return to the Bronx.
The Mariners scored four runs in the fifth off Yankees lefty CC Sabathia and made it stand as the 6-foot-10 Young earned his first victory since Sept. 2, 2012, while with the Mets.View Full Game Coverage
Cano went 1-for-5 with an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored while getting heavily booed by the crowd of 37,484 at Yankee Stadium every time he stepped to the plate in his first game in New York since signing a 10-year, $240 million deal with the Mariners in December.
Cano said the crowd reaction didn't come as any big shock.
"I'm not surprised," Cano said. "You're going to get some cheers and boos. You just have to go out and play the game."
Zunino went 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored, raising his average from .235 to .274, even though he was coming off a two-day bout with the flu and had to play through some rugged conditions on a cold, rainy night.
"When you're not feeling 100 percent, you don't try to do too much, and sometimes that's the key to this game," said the 23-year-old catcher. "I came out and was feeling better today, and I told Skip I was ready to go. Luckily I was able to barrel some balls up and not barrel some balls up and still find some holes."
Willie Bloomquist, starting at short for the third time in the past four games, was 2-for-4 with a run scored as the bottom two hitters in the order accounted for six of the Mariners' 15 hits.
Seattle (11-14) has won four of five since snapping an eight-game losing streak last week, while the Yankees fell to 15-11.
Young, who didn't pitch in the Majors last year due to right shoulder problems, allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over 5 2/3 innings. He's 1-0 with a 3.04 ERA in five outings -- four starts -- this year after signing with Seattle just prior to the start of the regular season.
The nine-year Major League veteran said he didn't put that much stock into getting his first win in nearly two years, but he was pleased to be part of the Mariners' victory.
"I'm happy the team won," said Young. "It's a team win. We got down early and the guys picked me up and got the runs back. They kept fighting and had quality at-bats, and it's just a great team win. It's good to come in here and get the first one on the beginning of a road trip. Hopefully we can build on it and keep going."
Young said he pitched well enough to keep his team in position to win, but he sounded more impressed with Zunino's effort.
"Mike did an unbelievable job, not only swinging it, but the game he called was phenomenal," said Young. "I continue to be just blown away that he's a rookie back there because he's just doing a great job.
"I watched him on the flight out here, and he was sick as a dog. But he sent me text message at 2 o'clock this afternoon and said, 'Hey, I'm going to be back there and ready to go for you, big man.' He's a tough kid. He's mature beyond his years. He's really impressive."
Sabathia had gone 8-0 with a 1.36 ERA in his last nine starts against Seattle, but the Mariners got to him for nine hits and four runs in five-plus innings as he fell to 3-3 with a 5.11 ERA on the season.
Seattle scored all four runs against Sabathia in the fifth inning, helped by an overturned ruling after manager Lloyd McClendon successfully challenged an out call on Zunino's leadoff grounder to second.
Zunino went to third on a Bloomquist single to right, and Seattle loaded the bases when Abraham Almonte dropped down a bunt that Sabathia fielded but held onto when second baseman Brian Roberts didn't get over to cover first in time against the speedy Almonte.
Cano drove in Zunino with a groundout to first, then Corey Hart delivered a two-run double and Justin Smoak added a run-scoring single to make it 4-2.
Cano manufactured another run in the seventh when he led off with an infield single to short, stole second and scored on a two-out single to left by pinch-hitter Dustin Ackley. Zunino then drove in Ackley with a single to right to make it a 6-2 game.
The Yankees scored once in the bottom of the ninth off Mariners closer Fernando Rodney, the only run New York managed in 3 1/3 innings against Seattle's bullpen.
Chalk this one up as a win on many levels for a young Mariners squad in a tough environment.
"We wanted to go out and play well [for Cano]," said Zunino. "Any time we can have his back coming into a place where obviously he was such a great player, I'm happy we could do that for him. Everyone knows it's a tough situation for him to come back to.
"I mean, you're leaving the New York Yankees, and it's one of those things where you know with their fans it's going to be a little tough. But he did a great job, and he always seems unfazed by everything."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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Are your family's holiday gifts wrapped and under the tree yet? If you still have a few things left to wrap or pick up at the store, then turn up the holiday music and let your children help you finish up those last few things on your holiday to-do list. Asking your children to help you choose and wrap gifts for grandparents and other family members allows you to spend time together as a family, helps your kids feel more involved, and provides them with a variety of learning opportunities.
Infants & Toddlers
Infants and toddlers won't be able to help you with much during the holidays, but you can engage them with tactile play while you and the rest of the family wrap gifts. Encourage infants and toddlers to feel the textures of different ribbons and bows, for example, or let them crinkle a piece of wrapping paper with their hands. This will increase their gross motor skills and help them learn about the world around them. As toddlers become more mobile, let them help you put the bows and pieces of tape on gifts. This gives toddlers the opportunity to practice and improve their coordination and balance.
Preschoolers can be a little more involved with choosing and wrapping gifts. Ask them what they would like to give people or what they know about someone's hobbies and interests. Ask children to help you fold the wrapping paper over gifts and tape it in place. You can also teach preschoolers how to cut the wrapping paper with safety scissors. Making your own wrapping paper is another creative way to engage preschoolers because they can help you decorate it with holiday-themed drawings. Encourage preschoolers to talk about the patterns they see in the wrapping paper or ask them to count the number of bows in the bag to help them develop their math skills.
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Give older children the opportunity to pick out and wrap a few gifts by themselves. You can also let them keep track of what each person is getting and how much was spent on each person. This gives your older children a chance to practice keeping records and helps them learn how to budget. Another idea is to give your older kids a certain amount of money they can spend on gifts for their friends and then let them choose how they want to spend it, which will help them practice their math and decision-making skills during the holidays. Keep in mind that giving your older children more leeway in buying and wrapping gifts may help them feel more involved and excited for the holiday season.
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Well-behaved, leashed dogs are allowed to visit all Broward County Parks EXCEPT Hollywood North Beach Park (beach side), nature centers, and natural areas.
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New Lincoln math pages suggest more education
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Two math-notebook pages recently authenticated as belonging to Abraham Lincoln suggest the 16th president, who was known to downplay his formal education, may have spent more time in school than usually thought.
And the Illinois State University math professors behind the discovery say the work shows Lincoln was no slouch, either.
Math professors Nerida Ellerton and Ken Clements said Friday at the university in Normal that they'd recently confirmed that the two pages were part of a previously known math notebook from Lincoln's childhood. It was found in the archives of Houghton Library at Harvard University, where it remains.
The book, known as a cyphering book in Lincoln's day, is a sort math workbook in which Lincoln wrote math problems and their answers. It's the oldest known Lincoln manuscript.
Based on the difficulty of the problems involved and dates on some of the pages — 1824 and, on the recently authenticated pages, 1826, when Lincoln was 17 — Lincoln likely worked in the book intermittently over several calendar years while his family lived in Indiana, the married professors said. They think he could have started as early as the age of 10 and believe his work happened while he was in school.
"Most people say he went to school for anything between three months and nine months" over the course of his life, Clements said. "We think he went to school (up to) two years."
And very little of the work is wrong, he added.
"He made very few errors, and he always knew what he was trying to do," Clements added. "We've studied thousands of these cyphering books. You don't always get the feeling that 'this guy knew what he was doing.'"
The professors' find suggests Lincoln may have gone to school over as many as three to five winters, according to historian Daniel Stowell, director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield. The library owns one previously identified page of the book.
"They are arguing with some merit that a cyphering book would have been created in a school setting," Stowell said. "It does at least open the possibility that he may have had more formal schooling than originally thought. Not a whole lot more, but still more."
The pages — attached as a single leaf — include word problems that are the equivalent of roughly eighth-grade modern work, Clements said.
"If 100 dollars in one year gain 3½ dollars interest, what sum will gain $38.50 cents in one year and a quarter?" one reads.
Any student doing such work in the 1820s would have been more advanced than most on the frontier in Indiana, Clements said.
"If you got to that stage, you'd sort of done well," he said.
Lincoln is known to have later studied trigonometry and geometry on his own.
The newly authenticated pages have been in the Harvard library's archives since 1954. They were known as Lincoln documents, but their origin wasn't known, the professors said. The two looked at the documents as they researched a book they've written on math books from the period.
A letter from former Lincoln law partner William Herndon from 1875 that accompanied the papers, describing them, made the authentication relatively straightforward, Clements said.
Lincoln's stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln, gave the cyphering book to Herndon after Lincoln's death, and Herndon then gave them to other people, Stowell said.
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Sec. 31-299a. Payments under group medical policy not defense to claim for benefits. Health insurer's duty to pay. Lien. (a) Where an employer contests the compensability of an employee's claim for compensation, proof of payment made under a group health, medical or hospitalization plan or policy shall not be a defense to a claim for compensation under this chapter.
(b) Where an employer contests the compensability of an employee's claim for compensation, and the employee has also filed a claim for benefits or services under the employer's group health, medical, disability or hospitalization plan or policy, the employer's health insurer may not delay or deny payment of benefits due to the employee under the terms of the plan or policy by claiming that treatment for the employee's injury or disease is the responsibility of the employer's workers' compensation insurer. The health insurer may file a claim in its own right against the employer for the value of benefits paid by the insurer within two years from payment of the benefits. The health insurer shall not have a lien on the proceeds of any award or approval of any compromise made by the commissioner pursuant to the employee's compensation claim, in accordance with the provisions of section 38a-470, unless the health insurer actually paid benefits to or on behalf of the employee.
History: P.A. 84-139 added Subsec. (b), providing that an employer's health insurer may not deny benefits to an otherwise eligible employee because that employee has filed a workers' compensation claim which has been contested; P.A. 91-32 made technical changes; P.A. 93-228 amended Subsec. (b) to allow a health insurer to recover from an employer the value of benefits paid to or on behalf of an employee for an injury compensable under this chapter and to prohibit a health insurer who has not paid benefits to or on behalf of an injured employee from placing a lien on the employee's workers' compensation award, effective July 1, 1993.
Cited. 219 C. 439, 449-452, 458, 460.
Cited. 22 CA 539, 546; judgment reversed and case remanded to appellate court with direction to affirm decision of compensation review division, see 219 C. 439 et seq.
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At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there will be no shortage of couch- worthy TVs, many now in 3D, plus devices to help you relax and rest. But this could also be the year that fitness goes high tech, as the show is including a Sports and Technology summit, and has included a fitness tech zone into the mix.
This follows a growing trend in exercise related video games, including the recently released Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect and PlayStation Move. And with Best Buy soon to include fitness- related products in 600 of its stores nationwide, there seems to be very much a movement in place towards healthier electronic products.
"This isn't really a new change," says Steve Smith, editor-in-chief of the consumer electronics industry trade magazine TWICE. "Fitness has been part of the Japanese scene for a while, and this is just the latest evolution of what the consumer electronics retailers can carry. It is good for them because they need to find other categories that can be profitable."
Smith believes that instead of being just a fad—much like the fitness VHS tapes from the 1980s —this new trend will actually become commodities for the consumer electronics industry as whole.
"Best Buy tries to expand and try new things," says Smith. "This is another way for them to get people into the store."
Getting those people into the store might even begin from the very top down, says Consumer Electronics Association President Gary Shapiro.
"God bless Michelle Obama. She's trying to get Americans in shape, and people are starting to listen. As a result fitness is a new segment of the CE industry, and it is definitely a growth industry. Fitness is going to be huge."
One sector that is already on the way to becoming huge is video games. Nintendo started the ball rolling when it released the Wii in late 2006. It revolutionized gameplay by actually making players move to control the on-screen action. This year, Sony and Microsoft entered the "motion control" arena with their PlayStation Move and Xbox 360 Kinect respectively. According to an IDC study from September, of all connected consoles, fitness was among the top eight categories, a figure that will likely rise as Sony and Microsoft have now entered the market.
"The Wii reset the debate around motion in gaming," says Lewis Ward, Research Manager for Consumer Markets at research firm IDC. "It has gotten people off the couch and has driven people to Best Buy and Wal-Mart ."
Ward says that in addition to potentially helping users' waistlines, these systems can help the bottom line, too.
"A lot of the fitness games do require a lot of accessories," adds Ward, noting that one of the most popular fitness related add-ons for the Nintendo Wii was the Balance Board. "Ten million or more were sold worldwide. That opened a lot of eyes."
The move towards fitness devices is also happening as electronic devices continue to get cheaper, whilst being able to handle greater processing power and do more in less space.
"Only a few years ago electronics in general were luxury items and they were somewhat unusual," says Stephen Baker, Vice President of Industry Analysis for the NPD Group. "Today a computer and flat panel TV is practically ubiquitous. This gives fitness a real opportunity to be a growth sector. This isn't a market union of just five million people anymore; it is now a market union of 100 million people."
The other growth area for consumer electronics, say some of the industry watchers, is health, one that is actually grouped with fitness but really is its own category. As Baby Boomers age, and possibly use less fitness products and potentially more healthcare products, this related category could be another boom sector of the industry.
"There is health and fitness, and they're grouped together, but there is really a growing interest in the health market," says Dr. Mike Foley, Executive Director of the Bluetooth Special Interests Group. He believes that both fitness and health offer a huge growth opportunity for the Bluetooth wireless technology. "We have barely scratched the surface on what Bluetooth can do."
He says that it offers greater interoperativity of devices and products from different manufacturers. "With Bluetooth you'll be able to buy products that work with other brands, whether it be mobile phones, tablet PCs, printers or computers."
On the health care front, he sees growth with monitoring devices that can allow caregivers and patients access to data wirelessly, and via computer and Internet connections from great distances.
"Let's face it, Baby Boomers are getting older," says Smith. "They need testers and equipment and this opens new possibilities for apps for the iPhone and other smartphones."
And New Year's is a good time to launch these new categories of consumer electronics products.
"I think the time of the Best Buy announcement is perfect, along with showing the products at CES. It is just after the holidays when people have over indulged," says Smith. "They're watching the bowl games and they see the ads for exercising products and think about getting in shape and think about their health. So it is twofold for the retailers. It gets them in the store and gets customers already there to buy things."
Look for CNBC's in-depth reports from CES 2011 online and on-air, Wednesday, January 5 through Friday, January 7.


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Sandton City is one of South Africa's oldest and most exclusive malls. At Sandton City shopping centre you will find the best in local and international shops.
Sandton City Shopping Centre in Johannesburg is one of the best-known and well-loved of South African shopping destinations and is home to over 400 international and local fashion brands. Situated in one of the most exclusive parts of the city, and dating from 1974, Sandton City really is the grand-dame of malls, a retail piece de resistance, well-known for constantly updating its style and facilities.
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This shopping centre in Sandton combines the classic and the contemporary in everything from architecture, dining and retail outlets. You will find South African designers, such as Jenni Button and Hilton Weiner, displayed alongside international labels such as DKNY, Gucci and Diesel. Local retailers include favourites like Woolworths, Edgars and Stuttafords.
There is also an 11-screen Ster Kinekor Classic Cinema at the mall and attached to the centre via a pedestrian mall bridge is Nelson Mandela Square, a 16 000 m² development. This area houses many well-known and trendy restaurants, as well as a 6-metre bronze statue of Nelson Mandela - great for photographs.
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A Play Store From Ikea Components
Is 2011 the year of the play store? Maybe so and we'll have no complaints. Ella and her husband built this terrific one for their two children, primarily from Ikea products. The success of the final product belies their limited skills. According to Ella: "My husband and I are not skilled carpenters...this project only requires the ability to saw and drill holes." That's our kind of project!
Take it away, Ella:
I thought your readers might be interested in this super-easy DIY market stand that my husband and I made for our kids (3.5 years and 8 months). We were, first and foremost, inspired by Pam's adorable market posted a while back and my husband really liked the look of Noortje's Bazar, but we knew we did not have the technical skills or tools to pull that one off. With these great models in mind, we set out for IKEA.
When we saw the RAST side table used in the first post, we decided it was smaller than what we had in mind. We looked around for something else we could turn into a market and spotted the GORM storage system. We bought four 45" posts and two 30" wide shelves. In addition, we got three Byholma baskets and a yard of fabric for the awning. I believe our grand total at IKEA was $60 or so. We also stopped at the hardware store and bought a couple strips of wood that were 1/8 of an inch thick and a few feet long.
My husband and I are not skilled carpenters. This project only requires the ability to saw and drill holes, a well as a drill and hand saw. Our first challenge was the "craftsmanship" of our GORM unit- the posts were different lengths, making for a very wonky market stand. My husband sawed small pieces of wood to glue under the shorter legs to make the unit level and stable. He also attached a piece of that wood across the back bottom of the unit to prop up the baskets at an angle (a terrific idea from Pam's post). He used the same wood to make a frame at the top for the awning. Finally, my husband anticipated that our daughter was going to slam the drawer of her toy cash register shut, sending the heavy toy crashing to the floor (or worse, onto her baby brother's head). So he added the piece across the front top shelf. We also had some extra pieces of thicker scrap wood that happened to be just the right size, so he attached those on the sides for added stability.
I did the awning. I do own a sewing machine, but the only thing I can sew is a straight line. So, of course, the awning is just four straight lines. I think you can use hemming tape to achieve the same result if you don't have a sewing machine. I attached it to the wood posts with a staple gun. I sanded the unit and covered all the wood with butcher block oil (in hopes of affordng some protection from crayons and stickers) and attached the little knob as a hook for bags (the knob is also from IKEA, left over from a dresser remodel years ago). The chalkboards are from the wood section of a craft store (AC Moore), painted with chalkboard paint. The cash register is a Learning Center toy. The scale is an inexpensive kitchen scale. The fruit is Melissa and Doug. Although it's plastic, I was pleased to find it actually has some heft, so my daughter can weigh it on her little scale.
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SKIN: Exhibition & Design Competition
The Wellcome Collection in London describes itself as "a free visitor destination for the incurably curious," which of course made me curious, incurably so.
Founder Sir Henry Wellcome was a pretty curious dude himself, fascinated by the intersection of medicine and health, business and marketing, philanthropy, culture and art. Wellcome collected over a million objects, including manuscripts, carvings, posters, images and a number of body art artifacts like the preserved tattooed skin above, taken off an executed criminal around 1850-1900.
From June 10th to September 26th, The Wellcome Collection presents an exhibition devoted entirely to the largest human organ. Simply entitled Skin, the exhibition delves into "the changing importance of skin, from anatomical thought in the 16th century through to contemporary artistic exploration."
The show includes image galleries, video, a Skin Lab that looks at developments in skin science (including bio-jewelry and clothing), and essays by Javier Moscoso, and by Katie Kitamura--sister to Horitaka of State of Grace and author of The Longshot: A Novel.
The tattoo portion involves a design competition where the winning artwork will be tattooed live onto Caisa Ederyd (pictured below) at the "Tattoos: Marks of meaning" event on July 22nd.
Don't Panic offers full detail on the competition and the sweet prizes for the winner. Here's just a taste to give you an idea:
"One of the aspects we are interested in is looking at peeling back the layers of skin to discover what's beneath--let your imagination run wild with the anatomical workings of your body. Organs, dissections, skeletons, guts, nerves bundles, veins--get your thinking caps on to illustrate what's beneath our skin and display the internal on the external.
They have an "Inspiration Image Gallery," which includes an exploded thorax. Cool.
As for those sweet prizes, they include £100 cash, a free tattoo by a tattooist from London's Good Times, their artwork on 60K posters, and a year's free membership of the Wellcome Collection Club.
Check out some of the entries already submitted. Good stuff. The competition closes on Friday, June 25th.
PS: Beyond the physical exhibit and competition, I suggest you check out the online library, which offers so many interesting images and info that will satisfy your curiosity of the body. I mean, bodies in general.
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An umbrella-shaped structure which can rebuild ice caps in the Arctic has been awarded first place in eVolo Magazine's 2013 Skyscraper competition, which invited architects to submit radical concepts for vertical architecture. The winning design, called the 'Polar Umbrella' project, was submitted by Derek Pirozzi of the United States. Working by reducing the heat gain of the surface of the ice and freezing ocean water, the super-structure also contains a desalinisation plant and house solar-powered research facilities and eco-tourist attractions.
According to the designer, the main objective of the 'Polar Umbrella' project was to tackle the effects of global warming as ice shelves have become increasingly thin and fragile due to a rise in temperatures, with the structure becoming a 'a statement for the prevention of future depletion of our protective arctic region.'
The accolade for second place was awarded to Darius Maïkoff and Elodie Godo from France, for their 'Phobia Skyscraper' design. The project in question involves regenerating Petite Ceinture, an abandoned industrial area of Paris, France through the use of two main ground slabs and an empty tower structure constructed of recycled industrial materials which hold prefabricated units.
These prefabricated units are then stacked and rotated to open out onto outdoor spaces with the units grouped around communal green areas. These areas also feature displays that show current information for residents on issues within the community.
Taking the notion of a 'skyscraper' literally, the project 'Light Park' by Ting Xu and Yiming Chen from China won third place in the competition. Designed as a 'floating skyscraper', the project proposes new development within large cities taking place in the sky. The building is able to float thanks to a large, mushroom cap-like helium-filled balloon at the top of the structure, and solar-powered propellers directly below the skyscraper.
Containing parks, sports fields, green houses, restaurants, the various usable spaces within the structure are suspended from the top of the building by reinforced steel cables with the platforms fanning in different directions around the vessel in order to balance its weight.
eVolo Magazine received 625 entries from all across for the world for the 2013 competition and also announced 24 honourable mentions. The publication stated that the three award winners were chosen for 'their creativity, ingenuity, and understanding of dynamic and adaptive vertical communities'.
For more information on the 2013 Skyscraper competition and the winners, see eVolo's website
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As with most suites, everything is monitored from one point; in this instance, the Nod32 Control Centre. Divided into four sections for real-time monitoring, the interface isn't the most friendly we've come across and you'll need some experience to tune it to the way you want it.
Each section controls a specific area. IMON (Internet MONitor) covers all HTTP and POP3 traffic as it enters and leaves your laptop, while EMON checks your email and attachments before you even open them. AMON is a real-time file scanner, checking files before you open them for potential threats. Finally, DMON does the same thing, but specifically for Microsoft Office documents.
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Adult Bible Study & Discipleship Hour
Sunday, May 13th, 2018, 9:30am - Sunday, May 13th, 2018, 10:30am
"Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." Bible and topic studies help us learn about our Lord, what He has done for us, and how to share this news with others. Pastor Dan and Pastor Aaron are currently leading us through "The Story" as a supplement to the sermon, often going through portions of each chapter that are not covered during the sermon.


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Marion paces Mavs over Kings
Sacramento, CA – Shawn Marion scored a team-high 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 117-108 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday.
Brandan Wright and Darren Collison added 20 and 18 points off the bench, respectively, and Dirk Nowitzki scored 16 for the Mavericks, who stayed within three games of the Los Angeles Lakers for the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs.
"Our balance was good, we shared the ball well, and for us we rebounded well, so that was key," said Dallas coach Rick Carlisle.
Isaiah Thomas poured in a game-high 29 points and Tyreke Evans added 26 points, nine rebounds and six assists for the Kings, who got 16 points and 16 rebounds from Jason Thompson.
"They just made plays, we didn't get defensive stops," said Thomas. "It wasn't just that second quarter, it was the third and fourth quarters. We didn't get stops."
Sacramento jumped out to a 27-18 lead after the first quarter, but Dallas outscored the Kings 41-26 in the second to take a 59-53 lead at the break.
A Patrick Patterson triple with 8 1/2 minutes left gave the Kings a 41-31 lead, but the Mavs used a 16-6 run to tie the game at 47-47.
Thomas' 3-point play gave the Kings a 50-47 edge with just over 3 1/2 minutes left in the first half, but Dallas closed the half on a 12-3 surge to hold a six-point edge.
The Mavericks' spread grew as large as 15 in the third and Dallas went into the final frame with a 92-81 cushion.
Sacramento opened the fourth quarter with a 9-2 swing to make it 94-90, but Dallas scored nine straight to take a 103-90 lead.
A Toney Douglas triple with 6 1/2 minutes left pulled the Kings within 103-95, but after that Sacramento couldn't get closer than nine the rest of the way.
Game Notes
Dallas had lost two straight entering the contest ... The Mavs will visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday ... Kings center DeMarcus Cousins was removed from the starting lineup because of disciplinary actions. He scored six points in just over nine minutes.


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"Rather than being the innocuous form of entertainment they are assumed to be, children's animated films are rife with on-screen death and murder," wrote lead study author Ian Colman, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Ottawa, and his...


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offical day of the week where everyone dresses lazy and comfortable. Every wednesday is casual wednesday and the rules are simple. No hair doing, no jeans, baggy shirt and no make up. Guys can do it to. Best day of the week sicne you get to sleep in mid way through and not worry about appearance.
Cajweds is tomorrow, time to break out the sweats
by ComfyMan January 12, 2011
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