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In a bizarre convergence of Planelopnik and Daily DUI, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has been placed on leave following an arrest for driving under the influence near his Fairfax, VA home. This is probably the first DUI arrest of which President Obama was immediately informed.
According to police, Babbitt was pulled over after officers spotted him driving on the wrong side of the road and was subsequently charged with the DUI. It's Babbitt's second driving offense in the county in recent years; in 2006 he was convicted of reckless driving and ordered to pay a $500 fine.
The arrest is likely bad news for Babbitt's career. While he's been dealing with the aftermath of air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job, his boss, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been fighting texting and driving, calling it, "the deadliest epidemic."


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SERIES: LUKE: Christmas Ages Well
Title: From Trough to Temple
Speaker: Daniel Myers
Scripture: Luke 2:41-52
Title: From Trough to Temple
Speaker: Daniel Myers
Scripture: Luke 2:41-52
Have you ever heard the saying that there are seasons in life? This is just one of those seasons of life is a saying I hear sometimes. But they are not as predictable as Fall after Summer, right
Did you know Easter Sunday is a wonderful Sunday to invite your neighbors, coworkers, friends, and family to come to church?
Late last year, we once again observed the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. And though we have many reasons to rejoice that this wall came down, I continue to experience, on a daily basis, its lasting impact on the lives of those living in former Easter Berlin.
It happened so fast. There we were, walking through the Riverbanks Botanical Garden. It
was early evening and cloudy. The flowers were beautiful. The trees vibrant. It was Spring.
Everything seemed so normal. But that's when we saw it
Midweek greetings, Centennial Family. I thought I would change it up this week with a poem and the accompanying texts that inspired it. The quotes below are from a gifted preacher (called by some the Prince of Preachers!) of the nineteenth century named Charles Spurgeon.
Everybody loves alarm clocks, right? Well, sometimes we love to hate them, but that's not the whole truth! Alarm clocks are all around us, and that's a good thing. We've got the usual ones by our bedsides (phones now!), some have the little living ones (babies), and we all have internal ones (hunger, for instance).
Recently these two verses from Isaiah 42 have been stuck in my head! As I was studying the text of 1 Peter 2:1-10, I discovered that Peter clearly referenced these verses. He says, "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9, emphasis added).
How many pinecones do you think a Loblolly Pine produces in one year? Y'all know those pine trees, right? They are the super tall ones you see everywhere in Columbia. It has got to be a ton (perhaps literally).

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I was finishing some maple syrup last night when it boiled over. Without thinking I grabbed the pot off the stove. The boiling over foam ended up all over my hands. Not as bad as a burning clump of sugar , but pretty close.
I put my hands in ice cold water right away. An hour later I couldn't take my hands out of water, I was in so much pain. I knew I was not going to get any sleep. My wife gave me two tylenol pills but they didn't seem to help. Then I found this article. As soon as I smeared the honey on my swelling, blistering fingers I felt the pain go away. Could it be the tylenol kicking in at the exact same time? Possibly. I wrapped my hands in clean gauze and went to sleep. I woke in the morning with still no pain, the honey seemed to have gotten absorbed (by my skin? gauze? both? either way, there was no stickiness on my hands) and the redness, blisters and swelling were hardly visible anymore.
I am still in disbelief.


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Andrew Wiggins Interview
By Aran_Smith
Mon, 04/30/2012 - 8:15am
Andrew Wiggins is a 6'7 sophomore small forward who is making a case as the top player on the high school level regardless of class. We caught up with Wiggins earlier this month after a Hoop Summit practice. Wiggins went on to lead the World Select team to an upset victory over Team USA. He matched up with Shabazz Muhammad and held his own scoring 20 points and 7 boards despite being the youngest player in the game.


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What I Said at the White House
We weren't expecting it.
We were a group of young people, most of us people of color from communities disproportionately impacted by dirty energy. We had all imagined how different our lives might become under the Obama administration—and many of us had worked tirelessly to get him elected.
We had come to the White House to meet with staff from the Obama administration—to talk about the challenges our communities face, to tell stories of what young people are doing to address the threat of climate change, and to let the administration know what kind of leadership we expect from them. We had come to express our disappointment with the administration's streak of timid positions and underwhelming policies on the greatest challenge our world faces—when President Obama burst into the room.
One of the first things that the president brought up was a Washington Post article that had been published that morning. The article discusses the disillusionment with the president and his policies that is settling in the hearts of young people—some of Obama's most ardent supporters during the last campaign—all over the country.
The president told us that, while he and his office have a lot of power, our efforts should focus on pressuring Congress.
We agree, in part: For the next two years, organizers from the Energy Action Coalition will be in every congressional district pressuring their representatives to be a climate justice champion. But we also need our president to be a climate justice champion. This was the main point of our meeting. We know his values are on our side. We need his actions to be as well.
Unfortunately, right now his actions aren't. There is a difference between walking the fine line of partisan politics and opening up thousands of acres of land in the Powder River Basin to new coal mining. This new coal will spew four billion tons of CO2 in the atmosphere, cause avoidable birth defects, and kill thousands of people each year.
There is certainly a difference between finding points of political compromise and compromising the lives of millions of people around the world, as President Obama did when he sat on the sidelines while federal climate legislation was being drafted. He should have been an active player, inserting his beliefs, and our beliefs, into that bill.
At the White House meeting, President Obama told us that we, the young people in the climate movement, have power. This is why we were at the table, he said—that big, intimidating table where the administration was intimidated by us. The Obama administration knows that we believe a grassroots movement can be more powerful that any corporate bribe.
Tim DeChristopher at PowerShift 2011: The Climate Movement Needs to Step It Up
Young people are already pouring our lives into solving the greatest crisis humanity has ever faced. Youth from the front lines of this crisis are already putting our lives on the line to fight climate injustice in our communities. If the administration were truly witnessing our power, they would know that if they use their power to truly champion climate justice, we will do the same to campaign on their behalf.
We told the president stories from our communities, which are bearing the burden of his energy policy. For 25 minutes, we urged him to be our champion. He looked at his watch and said he must have been enjoying this conversation, because he was late for another meeting.
After President Obama left, we had 20 more minutes with his staff. The Post article came up a couple more times, and it became clear that the White House staffers were missing the point. I finally found my voice and chimed in, saying: "The story in the Post article is not a unique one. Thousands of young people all over the country are becoming disillusioned with the president because, when you create a 'Clean Energy Standard' that includes coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy, we know it isn't clean. We come from communities where thousands of people are dying because of these energy sources. Call it a 'necessary transition,' if you need to. But don't call it 'clean.' You lose young people every time you call it clean. It is a lie every time you call it clean. So just stop calling it clean."
It was quiet. They scribbled in their notebooks.
The meeting ended with congratulations for the accomplishment of getting 10,000 young people to attend the largest grassroots organizing training in history, PowerShift 2011. They told us they'd be watching our development. We said the same.
So what does this mean for our movement?
Eleven young people got a meeting with the president and he spent 25 minutes with them. One of the last things he said was to keep pushing him and his administration. This shows that what we have been doing is working. That the most powerful office in the world has witnessed our work and told us to keep doing what we're doing is huge.
It's especially important given how much time—and money—the Big Green groups have spent telling us to not criticize the president. And yet here he is, telling us that he needs us to do just that. Seems to suggest either a lack of political imagination, or a failure of political courage, on the part of Big Green. Either way, it's time for young people to be the true leaders of this movement.
Thomas Jefferson said, "Every generation needs a new revolution." The struggle for our collective survival is my generation's revolution. As PowerShift 2011 brought together 10,000 young people from around the country, it really felt like our revolution—led by those most impacted by climate change and dirty energy—was coming alive.
When a Kentucky power cooperative had plans to burn more coal, locals demanded cleaner energy and greater efficiency.
In the fight for the climate, students are leading the way. Sarah van Gelder interviews Jessy Tolkan at Power Shift 2011.
- Bill McKibben imagines himself in the year 2100, looking back at a
century of climate chaos and asking: What did it take to save the world?


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jtravous necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a Medical Aesthetics practice in a wealthy area of San Francisco. Our doctor provides services which enhance beauty which is why having a beautiful and aesthetically pleasing logo is so important to us. We provide rejuvenation services such as botox, laser hair removal, fillers, tattoo removal, and laser facials. To make it easier for you to get a grasp, most people think of it as a high-end spa. We are a fun and active young company and we want our logo to reflect that.
Our target audience is women, ages 35-70. We see male and younger female clients as well, but we find that most of our patients fall into the aging female category. Most of our patients are wealthy professionals living in the SF Bay area. Anyone who is interested in looking younger, smoother, and overall better is a potential client!
1. Please use our entire name ( I know it's long, sorry) - SF Aesthetics and Laser Center
2. Please try to put some focus/emphasis on the SF and the A(from aesthetics) - we would like SFA to be our brand. The "and Laser Center" does not need to be a focus.
3. We like feminine fonts that are readable - like swooping, cursive, overlapping, etc.
4. We arent very interested in icons or pictures, just a nice representation of our name.
5. I think we want something in the green family or maybe light blue. It could even be just a green block background and the writing in white or black.
6. Try to lean more towards it looking like a spa than a medical office.
I cant wait to see what you come up with!
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Consider Yourself Assigned
Don't ever be slowed down or discouraged because you can't save the whole world. Extend yourself to help the parts of the world that are within your reach.
A poem by Clarissa Pinkola Estes:
to be a beautiful, good, kind, awakened, soulful person,
a true work of art as we say, a true human being.
In a world filled with so much darkness, such a soul shines like gold; can be seen from a far distance; is dramatically different.
Anything you do from the soulful self will lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity can cause to be set in motion. Be outrageous in forgiving. Be dramatic in reconciling.
Mistakes? Back up and make them as right as you can, then move on. Be off the charts in kindness. In whatever you are called to, strive to be devoted to it in all aspects large and small. Fall short? Try again. Mastery is made in increments, not in leaps.
Be brave, be fierce, be visionary. Mend the parts of the world that are within your reach. To strive to live this way is the most dramatic gift you can ever give to the world.
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I said earlier this week that Microsoft and Sony should be worried about Valve's Steam Box plans, because they appear to have traditional home consoles square in their sights. Well, in an interview with Eurogamer, Microsoft's Phil Harrison seems to get awfully defensive, issuing what amounts as a warning to Valve that the hardware business is so-called because it's hard.
"Entering the hardware business is a really tough business," Harrison said. "You have to have great fortitude to be in the hardware business and you have to have deep pockets and a very strong balance sheet. It's not possible for every new hardware entrant to get to scale."
"They can be successful at small scale. But it's very rare for a new hardware entrant to get to scale, and I mean tens or hundreds of millions of units. There are a very small number of companies that can make that happen."
True! But then, of that very few, I'd wager that Valve — and other companies that specialise in selling PC hardware — can do it.
As Valve confirms the Steam Box, Microsoft's Phil Harrison issues a warning [Eurogamer]


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Social Media Fail to Live Up to Early Marketing Hype
Companies Refine Strategies to Stress Quality Over Quantity of Fans
In May 2013, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. bought ads to promote its brand page on Facebook. After a few days, unhappy executives halted the campaign—but not because they weren't gaining enough fans. Rather, they were gaining too many, too fast
"We were fearful our engagement and connection with our community was dropping" as the fan base grew, says Allison Sitch, Ritz-Carlton's vice president of global public relations.


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AFTER my recent Polish excursion, I came over all thirsty for something with complexity. It was time to head back to a beer from the Britain. Much to my delight, this coincided with my local Tesco stocking a new range of Scottish beers. One that caught my eye was Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted. Purporting to be a "Blond Beer", this immediately reminded me of the outstandingly delicious Leffe Blond(e) Beer. How would Harviestoun's and Leffe's blond(e) beers compare? And does it maintain the fine reputation established by Scotland's other fine beers?
For a start, Bitter & Twisted looks different.
The shape of the bottle is different to those of the continent. The front label too, gives this beer a look and feel so local, that it amazes you a shipment made its way from the county fair all the way down to London town. That is a quality I like.
The mouse mascot. The hops. The description of 'Craft Brewed in Alva, Scotland' all add to it. The front label also gives us a three bullet point description of the contents. Always excellent as it gives me something to judge it by. "Spicy", "Aromatic" and "Zesty" are what I'll be on the look out for here.
In the way that all good British beers do, we get a good story on the rear label. This one is about the mouse that frequented the brewery and later achieved fame as the mascot (see front label). We are also treated to a technical description of the ingredients that goes above my head. It includes words and phrases like "hop profile", "Hallertau Hersbrücker", "Challenger", "late hopping" and "Styrian Goldings". If you know what any of this means, leave a comment in the usual place.
Also on the information packed rear-label is the mention of awards having been won at "home and abroad". But Harvieston have, like so many others, failed to say what those awards were, and when they were received. Also mentioned is that less carbon dioxide was used in the bottling process, so this should make it less gassy. Also of note, below the "Bitter & Twisted" banner is "Like the Twist of a Lemon". Will the "Zest" come from a lemon flavour? The ingredients of barley, oats and wheat also tell us this isn't going to be the watery experience of lager. Let's see what this 500 millilitre (nearly 1 pint worth) of 4.2% beer is really like…
Poured into a glass, there was less head than with Leffe. The smell was also very different. It's aromatic in the complex way that I wanted. But not malty like Leffe's interpretation of blond beer. The is clearly going to be a very different drink to Leffe. You can just about make out the various crops that went into the making of this drink, plus the smell of something zesty added to it. Fortunately, not in an overpowering Cif Lemon way.
Now the most important part: taste and drinkability. And I'm happy to report that Bitter & Twisted has both. The flavour is as complex as you'd expect from a drink with so many qualities and ingredients.
If I had to pigeon hole it, I'd say it was a bitter. But Bitter & Twisted is more than that. In the same way that Sir Ranulph Fiennes is someone who enjoys a spot of rambling, Bitter & Twisted takes the concept of a bitter to an extreme. Although the main taste is ever so slightly bitter, it's swiftly followed by the taste of countless arable crops and yes, a hint of something that may be considered "zesty". Possibly helped by it's relatively low alcohol volume, Bitter & Twisted is very easy to drink. I'd very much like to try a bottle with a seafood meal.
If you find this available, it is well worth your time. In the sub £1.40 price bracket, it is also good value.
Rating: 4.25
If Tesco haven't sold out, I'll be trying the other Scottish beers, ales and lagers soon, so watch this space.
Have you tried Bitter & Twisted? What did you think? Can you recommend any other Harviestoun beers?
Tags: alva, beer, bitter, blond, harviestoun, review, Scotland, Scottish, twisted


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Combine the soybeans and shoyu in a small bowl. Cover, and mix occasionally. Place water in a heavy saucepan, and bring to a boil. Blanch the snow peas for 30 seconds. Remove, rinse, drain, and set aside. Place the quinoa, garlic, and white bulb part of the scallions in the boiling water. Cover, bring to a boil, and reduce the flame to medium-low. Simmer for 20 minutes.
While the quinoa is cooking, thinly slice the snow peas, and place them in a mixing bowl. Add the beans, red pepper, and sliced scallion greens. Toss in the quinoa and thoroughly mix in the hot pepper sesame oil and rice vinegar. Serve warm over steamed kale or at room temperature on a bed of watercress, leaf lettuce or radicchio.
Per serving - 355 calories, 10 g fat (25% calories from fat), 19 g protein, 48 g carbohydrate, 21 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 194 mg sodium


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Earlier this week there was a giant 2,000-person brawl at a Foxconn factory where they make iPhones. While labour organisations might try to protect workers from Apple, how is Apple protecting them from each other? Enter the iShiv.
Advertised in the bit below, the revolutionary (not to be confused with resolutionary) new product was made up by the funny guys over at the Conan O'Brien Show. Tasteless? A little! Funny? Indeed. The sleek parody shank can be easily hidden in any bodily orifice, and it could come in handy the next time a riot breaks out. [Team Coco]


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TSPS is a cross-platform Toolkit for Sensing People in Spaces.
The Toolkit for Sensing People in Spaces (TSPS) is an open-source tool for creating interactive applications based on natural user interaction. It wraps computer vision algorithms into a simple, easy-to-use interface.
TSPS was developed in openFrameworks for use in design, prototyping, and installed systems. We use TSPS for retail, fine arts installations, rapid prototyping, educational workshops, and provide the source openly for use in production. It builds on the backs of giants and our hope is that we can contribute ways to make it easier for beginners to explore computer vision while also providing a framework for experts to build off of.
TSPS was started as a collaboration between the LAB at Rockwell Group and the IDEO Labs. It began as an initiative between Dave Vondle (IDEO) and Joshua Walton (LAB at Rockwell Group) with many of the key components generated through the hard work of James Tichenor, Brett Renfer, and James George who in turn also used components from the openframeworks community, who in turn built upon many open source projects.
Special thanks to the teams that develop openFrameworks OpenCV, and the many individuals who are all working on creating better computer vision systems.


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The World This Week - Friday, April 15th, 2011
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Sparks continue to fly over the circumstances of Laurent Gbagbo's arrest in Ivory Coast. Also, Colonel Gaddafi does a victory lap of Tripoli, and how tiny Qatar made a name for itself by befriending (almost) everyone.
- Alison SMALE. Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune.
- George KAZOLIAS. Senior Producer at AITV-RFO. Professor at the American University of Paris.
- Paul TAYLOR. Associate Editor, Reuters.
- Georges MALBRUNOT. Senior Correspondent and Middle East Expert for Le Figaro.


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A pair of artists, in the name of a "social commentary" on video game violence, have decided to start playing Grand Theft Auto V as a serial killer. Complete with motive and costume. And document the whole thing.
Look at the images enough times and your thoughts on the whole thing will likely have flip-flopped a few times. Is it funny, because it's GTAV and he's wearing a mask? Is it satire, because the game's about being a psycho? But then, if the game's supposed to be satire, what is this?
You sort it out. That's the whole point.
The "before" shots certainly lend the whole thing a decidedly creepy vibe, though.
GTAV serial killer [Tumblr]


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MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team travels to the Lower Peninsula for the final time this season for two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games. Northern plays at Saginaw Valley State University on Thursday (Feb. 14) at 6 p.m. and then concludes the weekend at Wayne State University on Saturday (Feb. 16) with tip-off at 1 p.m.
The Wildcats enter the week at 5-16 overall and 4-13 in conference play after being swept at home over the weekend. Grand Valley State University defeated NMU 64-56 on Thursday (Feb. 7) evening. Northern fell 69-63 to Ferris State University on Saturday (Feb. 9).
Junior forward Matthew Craggs is the lone Wildcat to average double figures with 14.2 per game and junior forward Scoter Johnson averages 9.1 points. Sophomore forward Kendall Jackson leads the way in rebounds with 6.2, while Craggs averages 5.8.
SVSU sits one spot above NMU in the GLIAC North Division with a 9-11 overall and 7-10 conference record. The Cardinals split its games over the weekend; the first was a 73-68 loss at Lake Superior State University on Thursday. On Saturday, the Cardinals came away with a 79-74 over Wayne State at home.
Chris Webb averages 16.5 points for the Cardinals, while Brett Beland averages 12.3. In the rebound category, Rob Clark leads with a 6.5 average.
NMU edges the Cardinals 29-28 in the all-time series. SVSU defeated NMU 56-51 from the Berry Events Center on Jan. 17. Northern hasn't won on the road against the Cardinal since the 2007-08 season.
WSU currently is in first place of the GLIAC North with a 14-5 overall and 13-3 GLIAC record. The Warriors received two of its three conference losses over the weekend. Along with the loss to the Cardinals, WSU also fell 74-63 at Northwood University. The losses mark the only back-to-back losses for the Warriors all season.
Three players average 12 points or more per game for the Warriors. Mike Hollingsworth leads with 14.7, while Chene Phillips and Ian Larkin each average 14.1 Cole Prophet contributes with 12.4. Larkin leads in rebounding with 6.5.
The Warriors lead all meetings against NMU, 34-33, including the 65-59 win over the Wildcats back on Jan. 19 from Marquette. Northern has won three out of the last 10 meetings.
100.3 FM "The Point", the official radio voice of the NMU Wildcats, will broadcast both games.


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Schepens Retina Associates Foundation
As of November 2010, the Schepens Retina Associates Foundation (SRA Foundation) has dissolved and transferred its charitable assets to the Mass. Eye and Ear, with the understanding that Mass. Eye and Ear will use those charitable assets to support research related to disorders and diseases of the retina.
For more information, please contact us at 617-573-3345 or email@example.com.
About the SRA Foundation
Charles L. Schepens, MD, created the Schepens Retina Associates Foundation with the mission of providing world-class patient care, teaching and groundbreaking retina research to improve the lives of patients all over the world. The Foundation believed that the transfer of its charitable assets to Mass. Eye and Ear was the best way to carry forward Dr. Schepens' vision in the decades to come.
Retina Research at Mass. Eye and Ear
Mass. Eye and Ear is world renowned for success and innovation in studying macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, ocular tumors, and other retina conditions. Investigations focus on developing new therapies, advancing genetic, stem cell and neuroprotective approaches, and identifying nutritional and environmental protective measures. Mass. Eye and Ear physicians pioneered the use of proton beam therapy to treat tumors; developed photodynamic therapy, the first treatment for wet macular degeneration and carried out the experiments that led to the most effective current treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration, Lucentis™.
Remembering Charles L. Schepens, MD
Charles L. Schepens, M.D., known as the father of modern retinal surgery, was a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Emeritus at Harvard Medical School. He was a surgical innovator who developed diagnostic and surgical instruments as well as surgical techniques such as scleral buckling that increased the probability of successfully reattaching a detached retina from 40% to 90%. He trained generations of retina specialists that practice all over the world. He is remembered not only for his successful clinical and research career, but also for the compassion he showed for his patients and colleagues. When Dr. Schepens passed away in 2006, his request was for his clinical research to continue.
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When it comes to serving dessert, it's hard to top the voluptuousness of a cream puff frothy with whipped cream and raspberries.
Dusted with confectioners' sugar, a cream puff provides a lovely ending without last-minute frazzle on your part.
Cream puffs are made from a classic dough called pate a choux. "Choux" is French for cabbages, which is what the puffs resemble.
The dough requires just four main ingredients: water, butter, flour and eggs — and a little muscle. Heat is the key to successful puffs, so the process actually moves quite quickly, mixing together warm ingredients which go into a hot oven, where the steam performs its magic.
There are several tips to ensure a lofty puff: Warming the eggs in a bowl of hot water from the tap makes them easier to stir into the dough and also keeps the dough warm. Using a pizza stone beneath your baking sheet boosts the heat under the pastries, helping them puff.
For such a delicate result, cream puffs actually require strong biceps. Once you add the flour to the boiling water and butter, you need to start stirring vigorously to quickly incorporate the flour and avoid any lumps.
Stir fast and stir constantly for 1 to 2 minutes. The dough needs to dry as much as possible so it then will absorb as much egg as possible. Eggs are the only leavening ingredient in cream puffs, so the more egg, the more puff.
The technique is to press the batter against the sides, then stir into a ball, over and over until it feels drier and pulls away cleanly from the sides. Keep the dough moving in the pan so it doesn't scorch.
Now you want to add as much egg as possible, without adding so much that the dough gets soft. Start with three eggs, then do this test: Place a small spoonful on a plate. The dough should be supple enough to hold its shape, but not be pasty. If it still seems stiff, add an extra egg white; if it seems quite soft, move on to shaping the puffs.
Make sure to leave at 2 inches between the dollops of dough to allow for expansion. One more tip: Just before you place the pan in the oven, spritz each puff with water (I use a plant spritzer). This will keep them moist longer so they'll puff as much as possible before beginning to firm up.
Once they're in the oven, don't open the oven door to peek. A rush of cold air might make them collapse. The puffs can be made several hours in advance of serving.
Don't fill your puffs until you're ready to serve them. There are a range of options: ice cream, custard or sweetened whipped cream folded together with fresh fruit.
Cream puffs
Prep: 40 minutes
Cook: 50 minutes
Makes: 8 large puffs, more if smaller
You also can fill puffs with your favorite ice cream or custard. Once completely cooled, extra puffs may be frozen in freezer bags for up to one month.
Cream puffs:
4 eggs, room temperature
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, cut in small pieces
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon each: salt, sugar
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour, preferably bread flour, but all-purpose will work
1 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
1/2 cup fresh raspberries
1 Heat oven to 450 degrees. Place a baking or pizza stone on the lowest rack, if you have one. Warm eggs in a bowl of hot tap water. Combine butter, water, salt and sugar in a saucepan; heat to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Add flour, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon to quickly form a ball.
Return the pan to medium heat; cook, stirring and pressing the dough against the side of the pan and gathering it up into a ball, 1-2 minutes. Place dough in a mixing bowl.
2 Lightly beat 3 of the warmed eggs in a bowl. Separate the fourth egg, placing the white in a small dish; beat lightly. (Save or discard the yolk.) Gradually mix the beaten eggs into the dough in three increments with a mixer, waiting until each addition is absorbed before adding more. Increase speed to medium; beat until eggs are thoroughly incorporated.
Test the dough by placing a spoonful on a plate. It should be supple enough to hold its shape, but not pasty. If it's still stiff, beat in the egg white. Place large spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined or greased baking sheet. Lightly spray each puff once with water.
3 Place baking sheet directly on pizza stone or on bottom rack. Reduce oven temperature to 425 degrees. Bake 25 minutes. Do not open the oven door, or the puffs may collapse. Remove pan from oven; pierce each puff with a small knife to allow steam to escape. Reduce heat to 350 degrees; bake 20 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
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Bruce Budowle
Institute of Investigative Genetics, Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Editor's Note: At the 20th International Symposium on Human Identification, prominent figures in the DNA typing field were asked to respond to a subset of specific questions posed during the low copy number (LCN) session. Bruce Budowle from the University of North Texas Health Science Center shares his response below. Points of view expressed in this article are those of the author and are not necessarily shared by Promega.
Forensic DNA typing applies a reliable and robust suite of technologies to the analysis of a wide range of biological materials for direct and indirect identity testing. With the PCR and short tandem repeat (STR) loci the methodologies are extremely sensitive and highly discriminating. This technology is robust, yields reliable, reproducible results and is validated and well documented(1)
. Because STR typing yields reproducible results, the interpretation of the profiles is based on scientifically sound foundations. Due to the success of DNA typing, the envelope of the technology is being pushed to type ever smaller amounts of DNA, even down to the equivalent of DNA contained in a single cell. This technology that attempts to type extremely limited DNA samples is known as low copy number (LCN) typing(4)
. While it may seem appealing to the forensic scientist to be able to analyze LCN samples, there are a number of robustness and reliability issues that LCN typing has yet to address adequately.
The recommended amount of DNA for STR analysis using manufactured kits typically ranges from 200 picograms (pg) to 2ng(1)
. Approximately 0.5–1ng is considered the optimum amount for most commercial kits. When the amounts of DNA used for analysis fall below 100–200pg of DNA, stochastic effects are more noticeable and result in increased heterozygote imbalance and allele drop-out. Because of these effects the concept of a stochastic threshold was instituted(6)
. Typing of DNA samples at or below 100–200pg of DNA has been termed LCN typing(5)
. As described in the Caddy Report(9)
LCN typing refers to a particular technique where sensitivity of detection for low-level DNA analyses was increased substantially by increasing the number of cycles during PCR from 28 to 34 cycles(5)
. However, Budowle et al. (8)
used the same terminology—LCN typing—to describe any method that increases sensitivity of detection (e.g., reduced PCR volume, post-PCR cleanup, increased injection time, use of low-conductivity formamide). While some advocates have sought different names for LCN typing, such as high sensitivity or low template DNA, a different name does not change the intent for use and performance limitations of the methodology. The intent of all LCN-like assays is to increase the sensitivity of detection of very minute amounts of DNA and use a consensus approach to determine what alleles should be called in a profile. The same issues of robustness and reliability apply to all current low template DNA typing approaches.
"While it may seem appealing to the forensic scientist to be able to analyze LCN samples, there are a number of robustness and reliability issues that LCN typing has yet to address adequately."
"While it may seem appealing to the forensic scientist to be able to analyze LCN samples, there are a number of robustness and reliability issues that LCN typing has yet to address adequately."
LCN samples contain so little DNA that they inherently yield nonreproducible results. In the scientific arena reliability has traditionally been based on reproducibility. As such, reliability is a significant challenge to meet for LCN typing. The nonreproducible results are due to stochastic effects during the PCR portion of the analysis. The lack of robustness is manifested as: 1) a greater potential for error (compared with conventional STR typing protocols) due to interpretational challenges caused by allele drop-in, allele drop-out, peak height imbalance, and large stutter peaks; and 2) the probative value of the results may not be estimated reliably. Defining a sample as LCN should be based on at least two parameters: the amount of input DNA and the resultant allele peak heights. For the current forensically validated STR typing systems the amount of input DNA for considering a sample as LCN is less than 100–200pg. Target DNA amount is a good first approximation, but it is a simplified definition of a much more complex process. The other criterion is the peak height of alleles that imply the conditions are such that reliable interpretations may not be possible. However, it is obvious in casework that it cannot be known with LCN typing whether an allele peak is truly from a homozygous individual or one of a pair of alleles from a heterozygous individual (a problem exacerbated with mixtures and allele drop-out). Carragine and Prinz(10)
reported that "peak heights above 2000RFUs were observed for samples amplified with as little as 6pg of DNA" and "a peak height threshold is not adequate for assignment of a homozygous allele." Thus, allele drop-out is a concern for every LCN sample regardless of peak heights. LCN typing laboratories do not appear to have a threshold for peak height imbalance.
Budowle et al.(11)
recognize the value of peak heights and advocate defining LCN typing based on the values where peak height imbalance becomes exaggerated, and these values are relative to specific assays, kits and methodologies. The value will change with technology and genetic markers typed. Heterozygote peak height imbalance is a better criterion for defining the conditions wherestochastic effects occur because it is technique-oriented (defined by in-house validation studies). Not all DNA typing technologies are the same, and thus one should not construe the reliability and robustness of one methodology to be equal to that of another approach nor that the same technique can be applied to all amounts of DNA. Due to the lack of reproducibility inherent in all LCN methods, the interpretation and statistical weight issues are inherent in the reliability of the methods. Therefore, interpretation guidelines or rules should be based on a validation process that is sufficiently comprehensive to apply to the conditions under which LCN typing is performed.
In legal proceedings under the adversarial system, admissibility of scientific evidence can be challenged. General acceptance is the primary criterion under the Frye Standard in the United States. If it is deemed by the court that the methodology is generally accepted, then the jury is permitted to hear the evidence. It should be noted that this is a legal concept and not necessarily a scientific concept. Budowle et al.(12)
pointed out that legal acceptance of a scientific method does not make it valid and reliable, and conversely, lack of acceptance in the legal arena does not necessarily make a method unreliable. Leventhal(13)
described the typical general acceptance criteria under the Frye standard and argued that LCN typing should be considered admissible under this legal standard. However, he omitted one criterion that was essential to scientists who supported other types of DNA evidence challenged under the Frye standard over the past two decades. General acceptance was supported by validity and reliability testing of the DNA methodology. This concept of reliability is an important distinction, is necessary for scientific general acceptance, should not be ignored by scientists, and has been emphasized by the recent National Academy of Sciences report on the forensic sciences(14)
. Scientists' opinions should be scientifically based and not just equate meeting a legal threshold of general acceptance as a justification for scientific reliability. If scientists do not advocate reliability, then the gold standard status of forensic DNA typing will likely decay.
A flaw with general acceptance as a metric on scientific validity is that it only requires stating that other labs use LCN typing—not how they use it. Yet, stating solely that others use it is pervasive among the LCN typing laboratories. It is analogous to saying "they have houses in New Zealand, they have houses in the United Kingdom—therefore the house I built in the United States is sound." Soundness is based on how it was built, whether it was built to code, what materials were used, etc. The community does not know how LCN typing is being used by the LCN laboratories, as they proclaim their protocols are proprietary(15)
. This is an odd position because in numerous cases the LCN practitioners claim that the methods are the same as standard STR typing (except that the sensitivity is increased). Validation studies have been published, and the protocols must be in concert with these studies; otherwise they are not validated. In addition, the interpretation and statistical weight applied should be described openly, especially when the life and liberty of individuals are at stake. However, there are different practices in the interpretation and statistical weight applied by the LCN laboratories, and some of the practices advocated by some LCN scientists would be soundly rejected by other LCN scientists. For example, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York City (OCME) advocates the use of the probability of exclusion for assessing the weight of evidence and has applied this approach for the past four years(12)
, while Balding and Buckleton(19)
reject this approach as inappropriate and untenable for addressing allele drop-out.
A more troubling problem is that many of the recommendations for LCN typing in the scientific literature are not those that are practiced by the LCN laboratories. As examples:
• Caragine et al.(18)
reported based on their validation studies that "plus 4 stutter was rare but was observed particularly with the 100pg samples." Since most LCN sample replicates are typically 33pg or less, the OCME data would support that a peak in the plus 4 stutter position is more likely a real allele and not stutter. However, in casework there are a number of examples of plus 4 stutter position peaks being filtered out. By not including these "alleles" the consequences are that the statistical weight of the evidence (as practiced by the OCME) will be overstated.
• The often-cited paper by Gill et al.(5)
described an approach for combining the probabilities of allele drop-out, allele drop-in and stutter into the weight of LCN evidence. A decade later these approaches have not been implemented by the LCN laboratories.
• Gill and Buckleton(15)
strongly criticize the use of thresholds for identifying regions where allele drop-out may occur in part because there is no absolute cut-off and its use may unfairly bias against a defendant. Yet in their more recent "Review of DNA Reporting Practices by Victoria Police Forensic Services Division" (April 2010) they (and one other reviewer) to the contrary recommended the use of a 250RFU stochastic threshold (Appendix 1, No. 5)(21)
. These conflicting positions between their publications and recommendations for practice are difficult to reconcile.
As can be seen from just the above few examples, one may have difficulties in supporting general acceptance and peer review based on the scientific literature. What is purported in the scientific literature does not appear to be what is done in practice. Access to protocols, examples of casework and evaluations of validation studies are needed. Butler and Hill, National Institute of Standards and Technology(22)
, attempted to justify the validity of LCN typing by counting the number of publication citations on LCN typing. At face value the number of citations might seem to support the validity of LCN typing, but it is far too superficial an assessment. The Gill et al.(5)
paper, for example, discussed above, constituted almost one-third of the citations(23)
, and yet the statistical approaches they recommended have not been used even a decade later. There is a significant and problematic discordance between practice, publication recommendations and reliance, which calls into question the reliability of the interpretation of LCN analysis results. It may seem appealing to consider some abstract proposal for interpretation and statistical weight, but when it comes to implementation, there are practical constraints that have yet to be disclosed or considered.
attempted to justify that a qualitative statement of, for example, "cannot exclude" (and as practiced by the OCME) is acceptable because other forensic disciplines carry out similar practices. The OCME provide the interpretation that the suspect "cannot be excluded" as a contributor of the evidence when a few of his/her alleles are not observed in the evidence; there is no statistical analysis accompanying the interpretation. The other forensic disciplines are under significant scrutiny, and part of the criticism is that they do not quantify the result of a comparison(14)
. If the criticism is warranted (and to some degree that may be true), then there is no justification for LCN typing interpretation to follow similar practices. In other words, Leventhal's and the OCME's position suggests that whether it is done correctly or not is moot; it only matters that others do it. Leventhal's suggestion that other comparative disciplines do not quantify evidentiary results is not necessarily correct. Most pattern-comparison disciplines attempt to convey the weight of the evidence, although qualitatively. Fingerprints, toolmarks and handwriting explain to some degree (varying from individualization to degrees of likelihood) the strength of the evidence. In contrast, the practice of presenting evidence solely as "cannot exclude" provides no guidance even qualitatively of the significance of the results. This is a very different practice than most pattern-comparison disciplines.
The most serious issue of providing no statistical weight with an interpretation of "cannot exclude" is that there is inherent bias built into this practice(12)
. There are at least two hypotheses to consider: 1) the missing alleles are due to allele drop-out, and the suspect cannot be excluded; and 2) the alleles are not in the mixture sample, and the suspect cannot be a contributor of the evidence. The "cannot exclude" approach basically supports the first hypothesis and discards discordant data. Such bias should not be advocated by scientists.
Forensic DNA typing has been labeled the gold standard of forensic science(14)
. The methodology has been demonstrated to be robust, reproducible and reliable. In contrast, LCN typing has not been well developed and applied appropriately. Moreover, the validation studies do not comport with protocols, assumptions for calculating the weight of the evidence are in question, and the scientific literature recommendations are not necessarily in concert with practices. It would be a shame to abandon the standards in place for forensic DNA typing just to push the envelope with LCN typing. Assisting in solving crime with DNA typing is our desire and our responsibility. However, we should pursue forensic analyses by employing robust and reliable technologies so that we can have the greatest confidence in the reliability of our results. Substantially more work is needed before the conditions are known under which LCN typing should be used for reliable identification purposes.
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Low Copy Number Typing Still Lacks Robustness and Reliability.
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Coverage from the Midwest Haunter's Convention continues for a second episode as the (g)hosts bring your more interviews and madness from the packed show floor. An onslaught of interviews from vendors and personalities await to assault your senses. The vendors and personalities will creep from your speakers and headphones into your workshops and imaginations as you get into full swing for the haunt season.
The Roundtable of Terror has an extra special treat for you this time. The four (g)hosts break out the twin skull guest chairs for the masters of make-up from head to toe. That's right; an in-depth roundtable with artists Brian and Nick Wolfe!!! We talk inspirations, how the brothers got into the industry, and the rollercoaster ride that has been the past year.
Your show favorites are back again with Badger bringing you an overstuffed body bag of all the big stories in Deadline News. The Unknown Scare Actor brings every actor's and director's worse fears to the surface with auditions in Face Your Fears. Storm unsuccessfully mixes an airport, MHC hangover, a gong, ninjas, and your haunt in Haunt Minute. Jerry Vayne heard what you had to say at the show and continues to bring the awesome tunes everyone was raving about. Your sneaker heals may finally be cooling off from traversing the show floor at MHC , but we are heating things up with a new Gruesome Giveaway and lots of other treats that you expect to be lurking in the shadows of every BSS episode.
We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!
Episode XXXI featured music:
I Eat the Dead by PsychoCharger
Night Sins by Virgil Franklin


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EricAnderson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 340 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
Project Resources Corporation
PRC is a Minnesota company that has been developing wind projects in the Midwest U.S. for over ten years. We are currently focused on developing community-based wind energy projects, using our Minnesota WindShare model to provide ownership opportunities to local landowners and small businesses. http://www.projectresources.net
Our new identity/logo will be used in all promotional materials, from our website to pens/brochures/business cards. The primary audience is rural landowners involved in our wind projects. Investors, government agencies, consulting firms, and others will view our logo as well. Many have known Project Resources for many years.
We are looking for a sharp, clean logo to represent our company, Project Resources Corporation.
Old logo we used for many years: http://www.projectresources.net/prclogo_old.gif
Current logo: http://www.projectresources.net/prc…urrent.jpg
Feel free to be creative! We're open to ideas, and will provide feedback regularly. If you have questions, please ask.
- The logo will be used in many different promotional materials. Future work on these is possible for the winner.
- We use both "Project Resources Corporation" and "PRC" when referring to the company. We'd like suggestions for either variant.
- The design should be delivered in both vector format and jpeg/psd.
- Logo should have enough contrast to look OK when copied in black&white (for fax, etc)
We are thinking if you use the current logo's green color in some way, it will provide some continuation from our old logos.
Again, please ask questions as you have them.
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How to Find Your Current Location with an iPhone 3G
If you have an iPhone 3G, you can use the built-in GPS feature to find your current location. Simply tap the Maps icon in the Applications screen, and then tap the little compass in the lower-left corner.
With an iPhone 3G, a blue marker shows your GPS location.
A pulsating blue marker indicates your location on the map when its GPS is used to find your location. Otherwise, a somewhat larger circle is used to show your approximate location. Either way, when you move around, iPhone can update your location and adjust the map so the location indicator stays in the middle of the screen.
Keep in mind that if you tap or drag the map, your iPhone continues to update your location; but it won't re-center the marker, which means that the location indicator can move off the screen.


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A while ago, we went to Choppers on Nanaimo on a whim – the exterior tattoo-parlour like awning had always peaked my curiosity.
The insides matched the funky outside with motorcycle memorabilia throughout, and walls either painted black or flocked with red wallpaper.
We were seated quickly, but didn't get menus or coffees for some time. It was a long-weekend Sunday, so the place was really busy and the one waitress we saw was clearly overworked, but at least when you have coffee, you feel like you can wait with something to sip on.
True to form, Chris saw that there was a hash special so ordered it. The Pastrami Hash include house-made pastrami, on their regular potato/sweet potato hash, two (cheater-style) poached free-ranged eggs and toast (lots of toast choices; here Chris chose sourdough). The pastrami hash was really good, with lots of big strips of pastrami, and the hash itself, which we all had too, was excellent.
My brother, who was visiting us, ordered the Chopper's Breakfast Special, which he got with bacon & scrambled eggs. The hash is different here – you can see that not only are there regular and sweet potatoes, David also get green and red peppers, mushrooms, and onions. Pretty awesome, but I think this was an error… Nonetheless, the bacon was super crispy – and there were 4 pieces of it! A great deal for such a low price.
For my breakfast, I ordered the Hunter Benny which I was drawn to because of the "bacon and zesty lima beans" that were placed between the poached egg and english muffin. I was disappointed to see that the lima beans looked much more like navy beans. In any case, the benedict was pretty good, with a very lemon-heavy hollandaise, and eggs poached properly.
I think some things got a bit confused with our orders – like the breakfast special coming with fancy hash (e.g. the veggie breakfast's "special hash") and the beans in my benny didn't seem to be as described, but overall, everything still tasted really good and was reasonably priced. I think, if we were to revisit, the kitchen & waitress wouldn't be slammed and hopefully we'd have an even better overall experience.


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GBPUSD looks to decline further nearer term on bear pressure. Support is seen at 1.2800 level. Further down, support comes in at the 1.2750 level where a break will turn focus to the 1.2700 level. Further down, support lies at the 1.2650 level. Below here will set the stage for more weakness towards the 1.2600 level. On the upside, resistance stands at the 1.2900 with a turn above here allowing for additional strength to build up towards the 1.2950 level. Further out, resistance stands at the 1.3000 level followed by the 1.3050 level. On the whole, GBPUSD faces further downside pressure on more weakness.
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Scalpers, by definition, resell tickets at multiples of face value. Boston scalpers, perhaps having failed math, have marked up ostensibly free tickets by some magic factor that turns zero dollars into: lots of money.
Since they've got a rink set up for New Year's Winter Classic, Boston figured it'd be a spectacular opportunity to let regular people skate too. Making it even better, they wouldn't charge a thing. But supply could never equal demand for something this cool, so the city handed out a limited number of tickets over the weekend, first-come, first-serve.
And as usually happens, scalpers first-came.
So now the tickets are available to you, the regular schmoe who couldn't wait hours in the cold. On eBay and Craigslist, for as much as $450 a pop.
Bill Zeoli, a 44-year-old from the South End, waited in line first at the Blackstone School in the South End for close to two hours, then in Chinatown for nearly two hours, and still didn't get tickets.
But Zeoli, who for years ran a pushcart outside Fenway Park and still goes to Red Sox games regularly, said he recognized some of Fenway's regular scalpers among the moms and dads waiting in line with their children, and already thought the worst.
"There were absolutely scalpers that I've seen for years and years and years," he said. Zeoli said he doesn't regret not getting tickets. He went just for the memories of what he called a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But he said he feels for the youth hockey players who never got tickets.
It's one of the truisms of life: if they're something you want, someone will find a way to make you pay for it.
Here's a compromise: let regular Bostonians take the ice instead of the Flyers on Jan. 1. Their chances of salvaging a point are probably just as good.
Scalpers Cloud Free Skating At Fenway [Boston Globe]


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Resources for Researchers
NIAID offers many resources to support your research, including reagents, model organisms, and tissue samples, to name just a few. Use the filters under Filter Search Results to narrow your search, or simply enter specific search terms in the search field.
3D Reconstruction via Stereoscopy for the Study of Mosquito Swarms
Male mosquitoes swarm to find mates, but the characteristics of these swarms have not often been quantitatively analyzed in the field.
ACTG/IMPAACT Specimen Repositories
The specimen repositories are a collaboration between the ACTG and IMPAACT clinical trial networks to make the large body of specimens collected for HIV research available to investigators.
Chicago Center for Functional Annotation (CCFA)
The Chicago Center for Functional Annotation (CCFA) is defining gene function on multiple scales, using a multi-disciplinary set of cellular, genetic, molecular, and biochemical approaches.
Eukaryotic Pathogen Database Resources (EuPathDB)
EuPathDB, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, is an integrated database covering eukaryotic pathogens.
Functional Lists of Unknown TB Entities (FLUTE)
FLUTE is a Functional Genomics Center funded by NIAID, with the goal of discovering the roles of genes from Mtb with previously unknown functions. In addition FLUTE aims to establish an efficient pathway for identifying gene function that could serve as a paradigm for other bacterial species.
FungiDB, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, is an integrated genomic and functional genomic database for the kingdom Fungi.
Genes Unknown in Acinetobacter baumannii (GUNK)
GUNK center is part of the NIAID Functional Genomics Program. This center was created to investigate the role of previously uncharacterized genes of A. baumannii in its ability to cause human disease. Three projects have been established to:
Genomic Centers for Infectious Diseases (GCID) Resources
The GCID use and develop or improve innovative applications of genomic technologies, such as RNA sequencing and metagenomics, and provide rapid and cost-efficient production of high-quality genome sequences of microorganisms, invertebrate vectors of infectious diseases, and hosts and host microbiomes. Multiple strains and isolates of specific microbial species, populations and communities have been and continue to be sequenced.
HIV Database and Analysis Unit
The HIV Database & Analysis Unit provides an integrated repository of HIV sequence and immunology published data, by curating & maintaining a relational database with searchable web access for the scientific community; and (ii) develop web-based computation analysis methods and tools for
ImmPort is a Web portal that contains data from NIAID-funded immunology studies, including basic research and clinical trials. The portal provides online tools that allow users to analyze the data and visualize the results.
Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource (IEDB)
This free resource offers easy searching of experimental data characterizing antibody and T cell epitopes studied in humans, non-human primates, and other animal species.
The ImmuneSpace database is currently composed of 21 studies covering 10 types of assays and 2,500 total participants.
Influenza Research Database (IRD)
The IRD, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, provides a suite of tools for analysis of all types of influenza data and a personal work bench on which each scientist can store lists of important data selected from that available on IRD.
NIAID Bioinformatics Portal
The portal brings together some exciting features including: links to BCBB's training resources; a section of scripts, code, and programs created by NIAID researchers downloadable from GitHub; and a curated calendar of events with entries focused on bioinformatics and computational biology.
The Orfeome Project is part of the NIAID-supported Functional Genomics Program.
Papillomavirus Episteme (PaVE)
The PapillomaVirus Episteme (PaVE) provides highly organized and curated papillomavirus genomics information and tools to the scientific community for research on the Papillomaviridae family of viruses. The PaVE consists of a database and web applications that support the storage, annotation, analysis, and exchange of information. To the extent possible, the PaVE adopts an open source software approach and emphasizes integration and reuse of existing tools.
PATRIC (Bacterial Bioinformatics Resource Center)
PATRIC, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, is an information system designed to support the biomedical research community's work on bacterial infectious diseases via integration of vital pathogen information with rich data and analysis tools.
Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Diseases Registry at USIDNET
The Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Diseases Registry collects validated data on all PI diagnoses from patients who give Informed Consent. The de-identified data in the registry is freely disseminated to those with research questions about PI diseases.
Structural Genomics Centers for Infectious Diseases: Resources
The Structural Genomics Centers for Infectious Diseases provide the research community with:
Systems Biology Consortium Resources
The Systems Biology Consortium for Infectious Diseases is a community of systems biologists who aim to integrate experimental biology and computational tools and modeling across temporal and spatial scales towards a better understanding of infectious diseases.
Systems Immunology Toolkit
The tools in the Systems Immunology Toolkit will collectively allow you to upload microarray data, view that data on a gene-by-gene basis, overlay clinical data, analyze your data using a modular framework, compare your data to other datasets and diseases, and get a quick functional interpretatio
TrialShare is a transformative approach to data-sharing that enables clinical trial transparency.
VectorBase, one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRC), provides genomic, phenotypic and population-centric data to the scientific community for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens.
Virus Pathogen Resource (ViPR)
The Virus Pathogen Resource (ViPR), one of the NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers, is a publicly available one-stop database and analysis resource that supports the research of viral pathogens in the NIAID Category A-C Priority Pathogen lists and those causing (


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Alert 2005-14| August 10, 2005
Unauthorized Banking: Destiny Capital Mortgage, Inc., dba Destiny Capital Mortgage Bank, Irving, Texas
Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel and Examining Personnel
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has been informed that the State of Texas Department of Banking and the Texas Savings and Loan Department have issued cease-and-desist orders against the above-referenced entity for unauthorized banking activity and unauthorized mortgage banking activities. According to the order issued by the Texas Department of Banking, Destiny Capital Mortgage, Inc., is falsely representing itself as a bank via the Internet and is engaged in the unauthorized solicitation of deposits from the general public. The referenced entity also claims to have branch locations in seventeen states and the District of Columbia.
Please be advised that the neither the OCC nor the State of Texas has authorized Destiny Capital Mortgage, Inc., to operate as a bank or conduct the business of banking anywhere in the United States.
Any information that you may have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of the State of Texas Department of Banking:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Toll Free: 1 (877) 276-5554
Brian C. McCormally
Enforcement & Compliance Division


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President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce his economic team on Monday as part of an effort to reassure markets and will name New York Fed President Tim Geithner his nominee for Treasury Secretary, NBC News has learned.
Geithner was a U.S. Treasury Department official under both Bob Rubin and Larry Summers and has been with Treasury since 1988. Geithner's nomination is anticipated barring last-minute changes, NBC reported.
Geithner has helped current Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and his team manage the ongoing Wall Street bailout.
Obama also is expected to tap New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as U.S. secretary of commerce, NBC News said on Friday.
Richardson, a former United Nations ambassador and energy secretary during President Bill Clinton's administration, had been an early supporter of Obama after dropping his own presidential ambitions.
US stocks violently reversed earlier losses following the Geithner news, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting a greater than 300-point move to the upside.
Private sector economists generally applauded Geithner's nomination, saying he had performed well during the financial crisis, but some questioned his overall experience.
"I would say the market is going to like it," said James Awad, managing director of Zephyr Capital. "[Former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry] Summers was more controversial. People will view it as a safe choice, an experienced guy.
"There's a little bit of a question because he's associated with the bailout," Awad added, "and that's still a work in progress and not totally successful. There will be a few who'll be upset because he's associated with the TARP."
"Geithner is a solid choice. He has shown more independent thinking," said Former Sen. Don Riegle, who chaired the Senate Banking Committee during the savings and loan crisis. "He has also seen this financial system meltdown from the inside ... he can offer highly skilled and pragmatic advice to Obama."
"He will understand the urgent necessity of assembling a world class team at Treasury ... and be able to attract the talents he needs," Riegle continued. "This choice will also facilitate close cooperation between the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve, [which is] much-needed given the increasing scale of the economic crisis."
"He is battle-tested with Rubin and Summers and has done an excellent job orchestrating the Fed's response to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression," said Chris Rupkey, economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. "A crisis manager par excellence who will hit the ground running, as he has been on the case since the Global funding crisis began way back in July 2007. I cannot think of a better choice who will mesh seamlessly with the Fed and FDIC."
According to the New York Fed Web site, Geithner graduated from Dartmouth with a bachelor's degree in government and Asian studies in 1983 and from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with a master's in International Economics and East Asian Studies in 1985.
He joined the Treasury in 1988 and worked in three administrations, serving as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 1999 to 2001 under Rubin and Summers.
He become New York Fed president in 2003. In that capacity, he worked as the vice chairman and a permanent member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the group responsible for formulating the nation's monetary policy.
For more stories from CNBC, go to cnbc.com.


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Police, protesters clash in Iran as currency collapses
Riot police clashed with protesters in Iran today over the collapse of the rial, the country's currency, which has been hard hit by Western sanctions, the BBC and Reuters reports.
The BBC says police made many arrests and used tear gas to disperse protesters who had set fires to tires and trash bins in Tehran.
Witnesses tell the BBC Persian service that scores of people gathered outside Iran's central bank to call for its governor to resign and to chant anti-government slogans.
The BBC quotes financial experts as saying the rial -- which has lost a third of its value against the dollar in one week -- has been hard hit by Western financial sanctions imposed over Iran's nuclear program.
An oil embargo has put the squeeze on foreign currency earnings and nervous Iranians are rushing to swap their rials for hard currency dollars, the BBC says.
Tehran's main bazaar, one of the city's major shopping areas, was closed today, according to witnesses. One shopkeeper who sells household goods there tells Reuters that the instability of the rial is making it hard for merchants to quote accurate prices.


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Hematologists and Medical Oncologists
- Employer
- Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Location
- Jacksonville, Florida (US)
- Salary
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Posted
- Mar 11, 2019
- Closes
- Apr 11, 2019
- Education
- BC/BE Hematologist/Oncologist, DO, MD
- Hours
- Full Time
The Division of Cancer Medicine at Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center is seeking hematologists and medical oncologists to join our distinguished cancer medicine faculty. Baptist MD Anderson brings an unprecedented level of oncology care to Northeast Florida and provides physicians an appealing blend of community focused patient care and the benefit of an academic-oriented model. Baptist Health is proud to be the regions' most preferred healthcare provider, one of only seven unique health systems in the United States chosen to replicate MD Anderson Cancer Center's multidisciplinary and proven model of care, and the Southeast patient care hub for MD Anderson Cancer Network®, a program of MD Anderson. Baptist MD Anderson unveiled a brand-new, 330,000 square foot patient-centered, state-of-the-art facility dedicated solely to the full spectrum of oncology care.
We are recruiting the following faculty with a preference for those who have a minimum of three years' experience in the respective disciplines below and eligibility for an academic appointment at MD Anderson Houston commensurate with experience and demonstrated scholarship:
- Medical Oncologists with disease-specific expertise in:
- Malignant hematology
- Urologic oncology
- Genitourinary medical oncology
- Breast oncology
Successful candidates will be board-certified with a distinguished record of clinical and academic accomplishment and possess the skills and experience necessary to establish and maintain an active clinical practice and develop areas of productive scholarship. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to patient-centered multidisciplinary oncology care including participation in quality management and research programs sufficient to earn an academic appointment at MD Anderson in Houston.
Northeast Florida is alive with miles of beaches and waterways, professional sports teams, a strong economy, championship golf courses, exceptionally diverse cultural and recreational opportunities and abundant natural resources. The area serves as home to some of the best cost of living and quality of life experiences that the Sunshine State has to offer.
Baptist MD Anderson is an equal opportunity employer who recognizes the value which evolves from a diverse faculty. Interested candidates should submit their CV and a letter describing their clinical and academic interests to:
Edward Gorak, DO, MBA, MS, FACP
Head, Division of Cancer Medicine
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center
1235 San Marco Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32207
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Blackboard For Dummies
Table of Contents
Author Information
Part I: What's Blackboard All About?
Chapter 1: Your First Look at Blackboard.
Chapter 2: The Course-Development Process.
Part II: Easing into Blackboard.
Chapter 3: Got Learners? (Getting People into Your Course).
Chapter 4: Making the Course Your Own.
Chapter 5: Building Your Class Materials.
Chapter 6: Connecting with Learners.
Part III: Earning Your Blackboard Black Belt.
Chapter 7: Getting the Most from Blackboard.
Chapter 8: Assessing Learner Progress.
Chapter 9: Course Implementation.
Chapter 10: Course Management.
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 11: Ten Superimportant "Think Abouts" for Building Your Course.
Chapter 12: Ten Strategies for Organizing an Outstanding Course in Blackboard.
Chapter 13: Ten Ways to Keep Learners Involved by Using Blackboard Communication Features.
Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Assess Learning.
Chapter 15: Ten Questions to Ask Your Blackboard System Administrator.
Chapter 16: Ten Things to Look Forward to in Blackboard Learning System 7.1.
Part V: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Real-Life Issues in Teaching with Technology.
Appendix B: An Overview of the Blackboard Content System.
Appendix C: A Blackboard Course-Building Checklist.
Appendix D: Additional Resources on the Web.


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The evad3rs team have wasted no time at all in updating their hugely popular evasi0n jailbreak tool to support the just released iOS 6.1.1 firmware. The new evasi0n release, which is now up to version 1.3, fully supports iOS 6.0, 6.1 and 6.1.1. iOS 6.1.1 was released yesterday solely for iPhone 4S devices after widespread reports of poor 3G connectivity and Exchange account problems after the iOS 6.1 update.
evasi0n 1.3 with support for iOS 6.1.1 on iPhone 4S has been released on
evasi0n 1.3 should now correctly support OSX 10.5 and we also lowered the linux glibc requirement to 2.3
The evad3rs team stress that if you are planning on updating to iOS 6.1.1 on your iPhone 4S and want to re-jailbreak then there is a certain way that it has to be done. They warn that doing an OTA update should be avoided and the correct way of doing it would be to make a backup of your device in iTunes and then do a full restore.
Source: evasi0n, Twitter 1,2,3
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About this item
- Teaching tag includes information on habitat, lifestyle, eating habits and more
- Completely hand sculpted with a hand finished face
- Hand cut, custom designed fabric
Dimensions (Overall): 7.48 inches (L) x 10.62 inches (W) x 9.44 inches (H)
Suggested Age: 3 Years and Up
Weight: .54 pounds
Material: Acrylic
Doll Theme: Zoo animals
Item Number (DPCI): 204-10-3114
This Hansa Brown Hare is part of the Hansa Woodland Animals Collection. The Brown Hare's approximate dimensions are 9.5 L x 7.5 W x 10.63 H. Suitable for ages 3 years old and up. When you hold these wonderfully ''life-like'' animals, you will see and feel HANSA's emphasis on quality, which is a result of careful attention to design, custom fabric selection, cutting, sewing, stuffing, eye placement, feature creation, framing, air brushing and finishing. Since each animal is hand sewn, there will be slight variations in appearance. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
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