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A silver SUV crashed into the Pa. Wine and Spirits store, 7204 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy, on Saturday, Jan. 12, at approximately 3 a.m., according to Officer Christine O'Brien, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia Police Department. O'Brien could not confirm any other information at this time.
However, according to an article posted on NBC-TV's website, the driver was identified as Dovita Douglas, 28. NBC reported that Douglas crashed into the liquor store while driving under the influence and then fled the scene.
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A pair of Corsair mouse and keyboard combos
Subject: General Tech | October 26, 2012 - 06:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: input, gaming mouse, mechanical keyboard, corsair, m60, k60, m90, k90, Corsair Vengeance
Pairing your mouse and keyboard will not unlock special powers like a full outfit will in many games however there is something satisfying about having matched peripherals, especially when they are effective tools. The Corsair Vengeance K90 and M90 as well as the M60 and K60 are up for review at Neoseeker. The Vengeance 90 series is the more customizable, and expensive of the two, perfect for those who need to be able to program a wide variety of macros to launch at the press of a single button while the 60 series is more for those who play FPS games and really don't need the same level of programability. Check out the full review to see which of the two combos most attracts you.
"Corsair tests the waters of the keyboard and mouse market with their first input device peripherals that use Cherry MX Red switches and dedicated gaming features. We test out the Vegeance K90/M90 and K60/M60 keyboard/mouse combos in our latest review."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T.9 Wireless Gaming Mouse Review @ NikKTech
- LEETGION Hellion Mechanical Gaming Mouse Review @ eTeknix
- Corsair Vengeance M60 Gaming Mouse Review @ TechwareLabs
- SPEEDLINK KUDOS RS Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
- SteelSeries Sensei [RAW] Glossy Gaming Mouse Review @ NikKTech
- Roccat Alumic mousepad review: mouse on metal @ Hardware.info
- AZiO Levetron Mech5 Gaming Keyboard @ Tweaktown
- Thrustmaster GPX LightBack Xbox 360 Controller Review @ eTeknix
- SteelSeries Free Mobile Wireless Controller Review @ HardwareHeaven
Podcast #217 - Corsair AX1200i Power Supply, Video Games as Art, Wireless Charging and more!
Subject: General Tech | September 6, 2012 - 01:26 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: wireless charging, VIVO, thunderbolt, podcast, k90, k60, corsair, black mesa, ax1200i, asus
PC Perspective Podcast #217 - 09/06/2012
Join us this week as we talk about the Corsair AX1200i Power Supply, Video Games as Art, Wireless Charging and more!
You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.
The URL for the podcast is: http://pcper.com/podcast - Share with your friends!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Josh Walrath, Jeremy Hellstrom, Allyn Malvantano and Scott Michaud
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Program length: 1:24:36
Program Schedule:
Week in Reviews:
- 0:01:55 Corsair AX1200i Power Supply review
- 0:09:00 Lucid Virtu MVP for mobile
- 0:19:25 Corsair K60 and K90 Keyboard review
- 0:28:50 Video Games Do Not Want to be Art?
- 0:38:20 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
News items of interest:
- 0:39:20 Wireless charging is close!
- 0:44:13 Western Digital 2TB Thunderbolt MyBook
- 0:47:20 Arctic MC101 Trinity based HTPC
- 0:48:50 ASUS shows Vivo tablets at IFA
- 0:53:30 Ultrabook with 2560x1440 display from Samsung
- 0:56:10 Lower Power IVB coming soon
- 0:57:30 The ASUS Eee PC line is gone...
- 1:02:30 ASUS launches "Powered by ASUS" systems
1:08:00 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: Apple iPad HDMI adapter
- Jeremy: Almost as long to develop as Duke Nukem but way cheaper and so much better
- Josh: $155 for people with patience...
- Allyn: Storage Testbed! Z77, baby.
- Scott: Wacom Cintiq 22HD (video)
- Also -- Arctic Silver 5 -- does it expire?
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Introduction and Externals
Corsair manufactures a wide variety of components and peripherals for PC enthusiasts. They essentially target the most enthusiastic customers in whatever market they enter – breaking the ice with the coldest and harshest critics who are never above nitpicking faults and flaws. Despite tossing their first generation products to the sharks they perform uncharacteristically well for a new contender almost every time. They look before they leap.
The Corsair K60 and K90 were launched simultaneously and represent Corsair's first attempt at producing a mechanical keyboard. Corsair has included media keys, a metal volume wheel, and a Windows-key lock on both keyboards if you find yourself yelling, "I HATE THIS KEY!" at your desktop because your game is now minimized and cannot receive your hatred.
Rubberized when down, not when up -- but stable either way.
I never said I wasn't one of the nitpickers.
Both keyboards are built around an aluminum chassis with a nonslip coating to each key. Each keycap has a sharply defined edges compared to the more round edges found on a Razer Blackwidow and other similar keyboards. Neither keyboard has rubberized tips on their ergonomic flaps although slipping has not been an issue in my testing.
Check in after the break to learn more about Corsair's first mechanical keyboards.
Checking the breadth of Corsair's Vengeance
Subject: General Tech | July 30, 2012 - 04:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: input, corsair, gaming mouse, keyboard, vengeance, cherry mx red, k60, k90, m60, m90
LAN OC have been busily working their way through Corsair's Vengeance series of gaming peripherals, both the line of keyboards and mice. They start off with the K60 and K90, both mechanical keyboards using Cherry MX Red switches and sporting customizable red rubber WASD buttons with a slant on them to make your fingers more comfortable for long nights of FPS action. Only the K90 sports a three rows of six programmable buttons on the left hand side for use in MMOs, the K60 is more regularly sized.
From there they move to the gaming mice, specifically the Vengeance M60 and M90 which bear many similarities. The software suite which accompanies both mice gives you impressive control over the button programming and sensitivity of the mice and goes further with tools such as one that lets you rate the performance of the surface you are mousing on. Read on to see the physical differences between these two mice.
"Every once in a while you find a company that is able to take a normal product that everyone has and change it in a way that makes everyone wonder why it was never done before. As much as it pains me to say this, Apple was one of those companies. In the pc components business there are a few as well, but the company that stands out the most to me would be Corsair. Every time corsair enters a new market, I find myself impressed with what they have to offer. Even though it seems like they are always jumping into random markets, they take their time and research what everyone has to offer and what people would really want to see. This week we are going to take a look at their new Vengeance lineup of mice and keyboards to see if they have done the same in these new markets. Today we are going to start with their new keyboards, let's dig in and see what they are all about."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Corsair Vengeance K90 Gaming Keyboard Review @ Hi Tech Legion
- Corsair Vengeance M90 MMO Gaming Mouse Review @ Techgage
- Gigabyte Aivia Krypton Gaming Mouse @ techPowerUp
- Gigabyte Osmium mechanical keyboard @ Guru of 3D
- Manhattan Stealth Touch Mouse review: too much touch, too little action? @ Hardware.info
- Xebec Tech HTPC Mini Bluetooth Keyboard @ Kitguru
- Razer Taipan Gaming Mouse Review @ HardwareHeaven
- TT eSports White Ra Special Tactics Mousepad @ XSReviews
- Thrustmaster T500 RS Racing Wheel & Pedals + Ferrari F1 Wheel Attachment PS3/PC Review @ eTeknix
Just Delivered: Corsair Vengeance K90, K60, M90, M60 Keyboards and Mice
Subject: General Tech | February 24, 2012 - 06:46 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: vengeance, mouse, m90, m60, keyboard, k90, k60, just delivered, hid, corsair
Just Delivered is a section of PC Perspective where we share some of the goodies that pass through our labs that may or may not see a review, but are pretty cool none the less.
Corsair does just about everything now - memory modules, power supplies, cases, SSDs, headphones, speakers, water coolers, functional LED umbrellas and now keyboards and mice. And just like we have seen when Corsair entered new markets previously, they took their time to do it right. The Vengeance line of keyboards and mice offer two dedicated series for gamers of different persuasions: the K90 and M90 for MMO players and the K60 and M60 for predominantly FPS users.
The new keyboards consist MOSTLY of Cherry MX Red switches (which you can read more about here in our recent Rosewill keyboard roundup) and are generally very well built. The mice have adjustable DPIs, lights and lots of button. What follows is a pictorial preview of these gorgeous devices before our review sometime in the near future! Enjoy!!
The K60 comes with a removable left hand rest for your frequent gaming as well as replaceable WASD keys that have a rubber texture to them and are slightly angled to keep your fingers from slipping out during those INTENSE gaming moments.
Corsair tends to think of the customer first so they were sure to include a tool to remove the keys rather than telling you to use a flat head screwdriver from your garage.
One of my favorite features is the Windows button disable key up there to prevent you from accidently hitting that during gameplay.
See a lot more photos of these devices in our full post!!


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There seems to be huge amounts of angst over the way the FCC has been allowing higher levels of media concentration. I'm not even going to begin to link to everybody who's bemoaning it. If you notice, economists are remaining silent on the issue. I'm gonna explain why.
I will go out on an economical limb and say that a corporation never makes a "profit". Everything that comes into a company is owed to someone. Perhaps it's not paid out immediately, but no matter, an identifiable individual owns every bit of money. Employees get their salaries, salesmen get their commissions, suppliers get their accounts payables, banks get their interest, founders get their entrepreneurial income.
Now, this last bit is the part that is often called "profit". It comes from the creation of something new -- from the solution of a sore-felt problem. Unfortunately, consumers are fickle. Just because a company was the first to solve a problem, that doesn't mean that consumers will stick with that company. Consumers have a tendency, in a free market economy, to pursue identical solutions for less money, or a better solution for the same money. This destroys entrepreneurial income, or in more conventional economic terms, competes away all profits. But that's okay! Without anybody designing it to work that way, it forces entrepreneurs to keep inventing.
Even small improvements to reduce cost or gain income, in their own way, generate entrepreneurial income. Over time, though, there are less and less improvements possible for the same thing. Once a thing has gotten to that point, it is called a commodity. Competition to provide commodities is fierce. Entrepreneurial profits can be had through very small improvements, such as making a receipt 1/2" shorter, so that 10% can be saved on a $100,000 bill for receipt printer paper. If you have 238 stores, you might buy that much receipt paper.
In the media market, we are awash in a stream of communications. You can get your news via TV, radio, newspaper, website, and even your cellphone. Does anybody remember pagers? A pager was like a cellphone, only you couldn't talk on it, and you couldn't even send messages out from one. You used to be able to get news through your pager, too.
It's fair to say that communications has become a commodity market. One of the things about a commodity market is that there is an intense push to cut costs. That's why people who work in supermarkets usually earn only the minimum wage. The owner can't afford to pay his workers any more. People are usually the largest cost of any enterprise. A typical medium-sized university will burn through a million dollars a week just on salaries.
A media company like a radio, or TV, has a high personnel cost. Takes a lot of people to man a station 24x7, or even 18x7. For the most part, these people are doing the same thing from one station to another to another. Given the commodity nature of communications, there is going to be intense pressure to cut these costs. A media company that can do that will make a lot of entrepreneurial profits.
In steps the FCC, though. They say "No, you can't own more than X% of the media in a given area." They're concerned about monopolistic control over a market. Their concern is mostly misplaced. Yes, there are a limited number of frequencies which may be used in a single area. However, there is still competition between the companies that own these frequencies. Even if a company was to purchase all the frequency licenses in a given area, they are still subject to competition from other media. There's satellite radio, or Internet radio, or websites, or newspapers, or nothing (one can always hit the off button and prefer silence). In the end, a media company has to produce something worth the attention, even if they own all the TV, radio, and newspapers in a given market.
I think that the real concern is not so much about monopolies, but is instead directed at preserving the jobs of people working in media outlets. They realize that, like the followers of Ned Ludd, commodification of the custom goods they are used to making is threatening their jobs. This commodification helps everyone by making higher quality goods available at a lower price. Rather than accepting that which is best for everyone, they are arguing for special protection under the law.
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|Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach
2015 and 2016 Ivy League Coach Of The Year
James Jones, the Ivy League Coach of the Year in both 2015 and 2016, is one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history. Jones' 159 Ivy victories and 288 overall wins are both the third most in league history. In addition, Yale has a .598 winning percentage in league games during his tenure, by far the highest in school history.
Jones, the longest tenured coach in the Ivy League who is in his 20th season in 2018-19, is the winningest coach in school history. He surpassed Hall of Fame Coach Joe Vancisin, who led Yale to 204 victories, when the Bulldogs beat Holy Cross on Mar. 22, 2014.
Over the last four seasons, Yale has a remarkable 42-14 Ivy record. During that stretch, the Bulldogs have won two league titles and reached the championship game of the inaugural Ivy League Tournament in 2017.
In 2015-16, Jones guided the Bulldogs to the most successful season in school history. Yale won 23 games, the most since 1906-07, captured a second straight Ivy League title with a 13-1 record, matching the 1961-62 team for the best in school history, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 54 years where the Bulldogs upset Baylor to earn the first NCAA Tournament victory in Yale history.
Jones was the recipient of a number of accolades following the season. He was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year for the second straight season and also was selected as the NABC District 13 Coach of the Year for the second straight year. In addition, he was named as the United States Basketball Writer's Association District 1 Coach of the Year, was presented with the Advocates For Athletic Equity Division I Coach of the Year Award, was CollegeInsider.com's Hugh Durham Award winner, and received the Big House Gaines Men's College Basketball Coach of the Year Award from the The National Sports Media Association.
Jones' success has not gone unnoticed nationally. In June of 2016, The National Association of Basketball Coaches selected him for an ad hoc committee on NCAA men's basketball tournament selection, seeding and bracketing, and in 2018, Jones was selected to coach the East Squad at the Reese's College All-Star game, which was played on Reese's Final Four Friday, at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
In 2014-15, Jones was named the league's Coach of the Year after guiding the Bulldogs to 22 wins and a share of the Ivy League championship. One of those victories came over defending national champion UConn, just the second time an Ivy League team knocked off a defending NCAA champion.
Jones, who was inducted into New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, also was selected as the National Association of Basketball Coaches UPS District 13 Coach of the Year, was a finalist for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year, Ben Jobe Award as top minority coach in Division I and the Hugh Durham Award as the national mid-major coach of the year.
The Bulldogs have won at least 10 Ivy games four times during Jones' tenure and have had a fourth-place or better finish in the Ivy League for 18 straight years. Jones has guided Yale to the postseason four times - the 2016 NCAA Tournament, the 2012 and 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament and the 2002 NIT. The Bulldogs reached the championship game of the CIT in 2014.
Jones was named the CollegeSportsMadness.com Ivy League Coach of the Year in 2014 after guiding the Bulldogs to 19 wins and a second-place Ivy League finish. In addition, he was a finalist for the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Ben Jobe Award, which is presented annually to the top minority coach in Division I men's basketball.
In 2001-02, Jones led the Bulldogs to their first Ivy League title since 1962-63 and the first postseason tournament victory in the more than 100-year history of Yale basketball. The team won 21 games and reached the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. Jones' success did not go unnoticed. He was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year by Basketball America and CollegeInsider.com. Following Yale's weekend sweep of Penn and Princeton that season, Dick Vitale selected Jones as his Coach of the Week.
In addition to success on the court, Jones's players have shined off it as well. In 2014-15, Jones coached Matt Townsend '15, who was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and was named the men's basketball Academic All-American of the Year. In addition, Javier Duren '15, who played professionally in Europe, was a candidate for the Allstate Good Works Team. In 2015-16, Justin Sears was a finalist for the national Senior CLASS Award, which focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. In addition, Yale has earned an NABC Team Academic Award in each of the last five seasons and has had numerous individual players named to the NABC Honors Court and Academic All-Ivy.
Jones was named Yale's 22nd head coach on Apr. 27, 1999, and he immediately put his stamp on the program as the Bulldogs more than doubled their Division I win total from the previous season and improved to fifth place in the Ivy League. In 2000-2001 the turnaround continued as Yale entered the final weekend of the regular season in the hunt for the Ivy League championship. The captain of the 2000-01 team, Neil Yanke, signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004. Jones recruited Yanke to Yale as an assistant coach and then was his head coach for two years.
In 2001-02, Jones guided the Bulldogs to one of the most memorable seasons in school history. Yale finished 21-11 and earned a share of the Ivy title with Penn and Princeton. The Bulldogs upset Rutgers in the first round of the NIT before falling to Tennessee Tech at the New Haven Coliseum in front of the largest crowd ever to watch Yale Basketball in New Haven. .
Several of Jones' players have gone on to play professionally overseas, including Ted Smith (England), Matt Minoff (Israel), Paul Vitelli (Italy), Dominick Martin (Spain), Matt Kyle (Portugal), Caleb Holmes (Iceland), Ross Morin (Switzerland), Paul Nelson (Romania, Slovakia) Eric Flato (England), Greg Mangano (Spain, Finland), Javier Duren (Holland), Edwin Draughan (France, Switzerland), Nick Victor (Norway), Brandon Sherrod (Italy), Armani Cotton (Germany) and Justin Sears (Germany). In addition, Alex Zampier (NBA D-League), Travis Pinick (NBA D-League) and Reggie Willhite (NBA D-League) have had professional opportunities in the United States.
Sears, one of the most recent player to join the professional ranks, graduated as one of the most successful players in school history under Jones' tutelage. Sears is Yale's third all-time leading scorer with 1,700 points, is the only two-time Ivy League Player of the Year award winner in school history and is among the school's career leaders in points (3rd, 1,700), rebounds (4th, 818), blocks (2nd, 200) and free throws made (2nd, 475). In addition, he earned first team All-Ivy recognition in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, becoming just the third three-time first team selection in school history and the first since Chris Dudley (1985-87). Sears was the recipient of the 2016 William Neely Mallory Award, the most prestigious athletic award given to a senior male at Yale.
Draughan, who graduated in 2005, enjoyed a long professional career, retiring in 2015. He finished seventh all-time at Yale in scoring with 1,413 points and second in steals and fifth in assists.
Mangano also made his mark at Yale under Jones. Mangano, a two-time first team All-Ivy selection, is Yale's all-time leader with 213 career blocked shots. In addition, he was invited to the 2012 Portsmouth Invitational and played for Team USA at the 2011 World University Games in China.
Five assistant coaches who worked under Jones have gone on to become head coaches - Rob Senderoff (Kent State), Isaiah Cavaco (Oberlin), Mark Sembrowich (Academy of Arts University), Mark Gilbride (Clarkson) and Ted Hotaling (New Haven).
One of Jones' goals when he took the job was to upgrade Yale's schedule, a promise he has delivered on. In 2013, nationally ranked Florida visited the John J. Lee Amphitheater. The Bulldogs also have hosted Stanford (2008), Wake Forest (2003) and Penn State (2001) during his tenure. In addition, Yale has played in numerous prestigious tournaments under Jones, including the preseason NIT, the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic and the inaugural Guardians Classic.
Jones has enjoyed remarkable success against major conference opponents. In 2008-09, Yale knocked off Oregon State, the school's first win ever over a Pac-10 opponent. Jones also has enjoyed victories over schools from the ACC (Clemson, Boston College), Big 12 (Baylor) Big East (Rutgers), Big Ten (Penn State) and Atlantic 10 (Rhode Island) during his tenure.
Jones has gained experience with USA Basketball in his time at Yale as well. He served as an assistant coach to Villanova's Jay Wright for the 2007 USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team, helping tutor Georgetown's Roy Hibbert, Michigan State's Drew Neitzel and Indiana's D.J. White. In 2006, Jones was selected by the USA Basketball Men's Collegiate Committee, chaired by Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, as a court coach for the 2006 USA Men's U18 National Team Trials.
Jones also has shared his insight with college basketball fans, serving as a guest analyst on the CBS College Sports Television Network on a number of occasions.
In addition to his coaching duties, Jones has been active in the New Haven community. Each summer he runs the James Jones Bulldog Basketball Camp. In 2002 he was the recipient of the President's Award from the Greater New Haven NAACP at its 85th Freedom Fund dinner.
As an assistant coach at Yale for two seasons from 1995-97, Jones gained a great understanding of Ivy League basketball. He returned to Yale as head coach after two years as an assistant coach at Ohio University, where he was primarily responsible for coordinating the Bobcats' recruiting efforts and developing the post players. In 1998-99 he helped guide Ohio to an 18-10 overall record and a berth in the Mid American Conference Tournament semifinals. At Ohio, he recruited Brandon Hunter, who was a second round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 2002 NBA draft.
A Long Island, N.Y., native, Jones served as an assistant basketball coach for five seasons (1990-95) at his alma mater, the University at Albany (N.Y.). In his final two coaching seasons at Albany, he helped lead the team to a 44-11 record and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including reaching the Elite Eight in 1993-94. His primary responsibilities included recruiting, scouting, supervising the fall conditioning program and advising team members on academic matters. The team was 93-40 during his five seasons on the bench.
Jones graduated from Albany in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in communications and in 1995 earned his master's in educational administration. As a player at Albany, Jones was captain of the freshman team and was selected as the team's Freshman of the Year. He played for and coached with the legendary Dr. Richard Sauers, one of only seven collegiate coaches to win more than 700 games.
Jones is an active member of several organizations, including the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Black Coaches Association.
Before entering the coaching profession, Jones served as an executive account manager at NCR Corporation in Albany, N.Y., where he managed a $1.5 million sales territory.
James' younger brother Joe spent seven seasons the head coach at Ivy League rival Columbia and is currently the head coach at Boston University.


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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: CYP17A1: Gatekeeper to Androgen Biosynthesis
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Human Cytochrome P45017A1 (CYP17) catalyzes the 17 alpha-hydroxylation of pregnenolone and progesterone as well as the subsequent 17,20 carbon-carbon lyase chemistry of its hydroxylated products. CYP17 function plays a central role in human steroid hormone biosynthesis, and its activity is absolutely essential for the formation of androgens. Thus, inhibition of CYP17 has recently been exploited in the treatment of androgen dependent malignancies. Through application of nanotechnology and biophysical tools, we have identified novel characteristics of CYP17 chemistry that may guide development of the next generation of mechanism-based inhibitors.
After spending his adolescence in the Chicago suburbs, Michael Gregory attended DePauw University where he earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 2008. Following graduation, he returned to the Chicago area and joined the R&D division of a major biopharmaceutical company where he assisted development of protein based therapies for the treatment of pulmonary disorders. In 2009, he came to the University of Illinois and is currently a biochemistry graduate student working in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Sligar. Here he is studying the steroidogenic enzyme Cytochrome P450c17 (CYP17), which catalyzes the first committed step in androgen formation. As a result of CYP17's role as gatekeeper to androgen biosynthesis it is a front line target in the fight against castration-resistant prostate cancer, which proliferates in response to androgen receptor activation. Michael hopes to integrate knowledge gleaned from rigorous biophysical characterization of CYP17 catalysis with emerging diagnostic and nanotechnologies to encourage development of next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of androgen responsive malignancies such as castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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President Barack Obama's search for a new "grand bargain" deal to tackle the long-run fiscal deficit has kicked off in earnest Tuesday with a meeting at the White House with his closest allies: leaders of labor unions and progressive groups.
The meeting, now underway at the White House, includes Mary Kay Henry, president of the Services Employees International Union, Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, and Lee Saunders, head of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.
The heads of liberal groups like MoveOn.org, the Center for American Progress and the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities will also attend.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will also take part in the discussions.
Analysts say that the White House and Congress will try to reach a deal that brings down the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade.
The measure would replace draconian spending cuts and tax hikes called the fiscal cliff that are set to start on Jan. 1.
At the moment, the White House and Congressional Republicans are sparring over whether and how to raise taxes on the wealthy. Republicans insist that they will not raise tax rates but that needed revenue can be found from closing loopholes.
In return for higher revenue, Republicans want serious overhaul of the Medicare and Medicaid health-care entitlement programs. Obama has been open to some changes to these two programs in the past, and his mission at the meeting with his allies may be to try to persuade them to go along.
Obama will meet with business leaders on Wednesday. The talks are all in preparation for a key meeting with congressional leaders on Friday.
Obama is also scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday.
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Kobe still winless after Suns beat Lakers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 31
points and the Phoenix Suns beat the Lakers 114-108 Tuesday night,
keeping Los Angeles winless with Kobe Bryant back in the lineup.
Bryant led the Lakers with 20 points
while playing 29 mostly sharp minutes in his second game back from a
nearly eight-month absence with a torn Achilles tendon. He led a
fourth-quarter rally by the Lakers, who got within four points with 3
minutes left before Phoenix held on for its first three-game winning
streak of the season.
Marcus Morris scored 22 points and Eric
Bledsoe had 18 points and nine assists for the surprising Suns, who
never trailed after the opening minutes. Phoenix held off the Lakers
with superb fourth-quarter play from both Morris brothers. Markieff
Morris added 15 points.
Phoenix hadn't beaten the Lakers at Staples Center since November 2010.
Bryant made just three turnovers against
Phoenix after committing eight in his season debut two days ago, but
had just two rebounds and three assists.
Pau Gasol scored 19 points while Jodie
Meeks, Nick Young and Jordan Hill added 13 apiece for the Lakers, who
have lost three of four to fall back below .500. Los Angeles' NBA-best
bench contributed 43 points while using just four reserves, but Phoenix
dominated the boards, outrebounding the Lakers 43-33.
Dragic hit two 3-pointers and didn't
miss any of his 11 free throws, finishing one point shy of his career
high in his latest outstanding performance against the Lakers. Phoenix's
small, active lineup led by Dragic and Bledsoe was too much for the
bigger, slower Lakers in the final minutes.
The game was another bump in a long road
for Bryant, who had nine points in a rocky season debut on Sunday
night. He was unable to rally the Lakers late in a loss to
trade-depleted Toronto, and he gave his performance an "F" after the
game, but upgraded the score to a "D" on Monday.
Bryant felt fresher than expected after
his first game since April. Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni doesn't want to
play Bryant more than 30 minutes per game early on, hoping to keep him
healthy during the team's stretch of four road games in five nights
starting later this week.
Bryant started off his night against
Phoenix with his first dunk of the season off a two-footed leap in the
first quarter. Bryant still emphasized playmaking over shooting, but
played a more polished floor game in the first half with 10 points, just
one turnover and two assists, including the pass for Gasol's
buzzer-beating jumper.
But Phoenix jumped to an early lead
with a prolific display of perimeter shooting and fast-break
opportunism. Dragic was outstanding, hitting three 3-pointers among his
15 first-half points, and Marcus Morris led a second-quarter rally to
put the Suns up by 12 points.
Shawne Williams got a technical foul in the final seconds of the first
half for putting a forearm into Dragic, who crashed to the ground. …
D'Antoni changed his lineup, putting Meeks and Williams in the starting
five and bumping C Robert Sacre to the bench. … Phoenix C Alex Len
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New Student Orientation is mandatory for all students who are new to Lone Star College-Kingwood. Coyote Camp gives incoming freshman an opportunity to become familiar with the campus and to learn about many of the resources that are available to ensure that students are successful in attaining their educational goals. Incoming students will have the opportunity to meet with staff and current students who will be able to answer questions and dispel many of the myths of the college experience. Participants will also be given an official campus tour so that they are familiar with the buildings prior to the start of the semester.
As an added component, Coyote Camp gives freshmen the chance to meet with Academic Advisors who will help them with their first time completing the registration process. Students will be able to discuss class choices and enroll in classes with the goal of all students leaving campus with their class schedule for the upcoming semester.
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What caught my eye about this two-bedroom, two-bath condo at the Royal Iolani was its very large lanai off of the living room. It's so big, the current owners have decked it out with a three-person couch, coffee table and an additional armchair.
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When the owners bought the 1,147-square-foot unit in 2010, they renovated the kitchen, both bathrooms, much of the living/dining area and put in new wood flooring.
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Hazard rules out PSG switch
Eden Hazard has ruled out leaving Chelsea to join Paris St Germain this month.
The Belgian attacking midfielder has been in thrilling form for Jose Mourinho's team but has also been linked with a move to the French capital.
He scotched the prospect of such a move during an appearance on the French television programme Telefoot, on channel TF1.
Hazard, 23, said: "In every transfer window for the last four years people have been saying I'm going here or there.
"It was the same when I was at Lille. It's often Paris, because Paris have money, Paris are a big club.
"But my choice is Chelsea, I play all the time, and I like it here.
"There's no chance of seeing me leave in this transfer window. Even in the summer.
"I've no desire to leave. I think this is the best place for me to progress."
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SCons core provides tools implemented as Python modules. This is fine for tools that are part of the SCons distribution, but for contributed tools supported separately from the SCons code repository, using modules is not the best architecture. Fortunately, SCons allows for tools to be implemented as Python packages (i.e. directories with a file
__init__.py). This allows for tools to be managed as packages in distributed version control system (DVCS) branches and repositories -- a Python package is a directory and directories not files are the top-level thing managed by a DVCS (which is why it is easier to deal with packages rather than modules using a DVCS).
To manage tools that are not part of SCons core, or provide enhancements for core tools independently, a DVCS (e.g. Mercurial, Git, Bazaar) repository (branch in Bazaar) should be created and the directory should contain a file
__init__.py so that it is a package in the Python sense. The tool can then be installed by cloning (branching in Bazaar) the repository into the
site_scons/site_tools directory.
No matter which DVCS and hosting site is used for a given tool, it should be indexed on this page: this page is the central index of all contributed tools. The index works best where there is a wiki page explaining the tool linked to by the entry in the first column of the tool list.
Install and usage
Installing an external Tool requires you to clone (branch in Bazaar) the contents of the package's folder to
/path_to_your_project/site_scons/site_tools/foo, if you need the
fooTool in one project only, or
~/.scons/site_scons/site_tools/foo, for a personal installation of
foothat can be used by you for all your projects (SCons 2.1 and later).
In SCons 2.1 and later, the following paths are tried in order to detect SCons specific settings, like the
site_scons/site_tools folder:
|OS (Platform)
|Windows (win32/cygwin)
$ALLUSERSPROFILE\Application Data\scons
$USERPROFILE\Local Settings\Application Data\scons
|MacOS X (darwin)
/Library/Application Support/SCons
~/Library/Application Support/SCons
|Solaris (sunos)
|Linux/HPUX/... (other)
(see also sect. 18.7 http://scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user/ch18s07.html in the User's Guide).
This makes the tool available but it must be included explicitly in a SCons build by creating an Environment with a
tools entry since only named tools from the SCons core are initialized automatically when SCons runs. Example:
# Create environment and init Tool foo env = Environment(tools=['foo']) # Use the builder, provided by the Tool foo env.Foo(Glob('*.foo'))
Have a pick (the actual index)
The index of Tools maintained outside of SCons repository:
(*) The D tool is no longer developed outside of the SCons source tree (as it once was) to enable correct integration between D, C++ and C in multi-language systems. D tool development now happens in a clone of the SCons repository specifically for developing the D tool.
If you simply want to use the Tools above, or have a look at the sources, issue the command given in the Branch/Clone column. This will give you a local copy to work with.
Patching or extending and then, finally, contributing your code, needs a little more effort. For each DVCS, the following sections try to outline the required steps.
If you just want to create a read-only copy of the tool then just use "hg clone . . . ". If you are wanting to get involved in development of the tool then you will need a writeable clone.
- You will need to create a BitBucket account if you haven't already got one. Navigate to BitBucket and create an account and then login. If you already have an account then just login.
- In order to be able to push to your repository, you need to upload SSH keys to BitBucket. Your Account Settings page has a section for SSH keys.
- If you are cloning an existing tool then use the BitBucket "fork" button on the existing tool repository. At the time of writing (2011-08-13T10:50+01:00) the icon is a blue arrow pointing up and right.
- If you are creating a new tool then create the repository on BitBucket.
- Now you clone your BitBucket repository to your local machines in an appropriate place.
- When you make changes locally remember to push them up to BitBucket when they are ready for publishing.
- If you have cloned a pre-existing repository remember to issue pull requests when you think you have a change that should be merged into the mainline.
We assume that you have initially branched an existing tool, modified it and want to publish your changes.
- If you don't already have a login at Launchpad, register there first. A homepage is created for you, and on it you find the OpenID URL. It has your Launchpad-login as last part, after the
- For identification purposes you need to provide a public SSH key to Launchpad. If necessary, create a new one under your OS of choice. Import your key under the entry SSH keys on your Launchpad homepage.
- Now you can issue the command
bzr launchpad-login yournickon your local machine. Here,
yournickis your personal Launchpad-login as described above. This tells Bazaar to use this nickname for all your following commits/pushes, directed at Launchpad.
- You should also check your local name (the one that is displayed for commits) with
bzr whoamiand change it by
bzr whoami "John Doe <email@example.com>", respectively.
- Commit your local changes with
bzr commit.
- Then, push your local branch up to Launchpad with
bzr push lp:~yournick/toolname/branchname. Correctly replacing
yournick(your Launchpad-login),
toolname(name of the tool) and
branchname(name of your branch), this creates a new branch under your account associated with the tool project. Since Launchpad stores all the different branches in a sort of "matrix", your contribution should show up on your page and on the tool project page along with the original branch.
- As described on the Code/Uploading a Branch page, you can continue to commit your subsequent changes locally
bzr commitor publish them again by a push
bzr push lp:~yournick/toolname/branchname.
Eventually, use the "Propose for merging" link (on the Launchpad page of your branch) to get your changes into the mainline (also known as trunk). Please also regard the special page ToolsBazaarWorkflows, it contains more info about
proper merging,
- how to setup a new project for a Tool and
- adding a downloadable Tarball to your release In many ways all branches for a given tool are equal; all branches are effectively forks of the tool. The mainline is the one agreed to be the mainline and is the one to be indexed above.
For more detailed infos about Bazaar and DVCS in general, you should also visit the UsingBzr page.


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Sitting in many fitness facilities right now are valuable instruments that can help increase memberships and revenue, better target prospects and help improve operations. Those tools are part of a facility's club management software.
Club operators use the software for member billing and scheduling, but these programs often can do much more. And club management software vendors say some of these little-used features or modules should get more traction.
One of the first features fitness facility operators should not ignore is the check-in module, says John Ullrich, president of Aspen Information Systems, Houston-based maker of Aspen club management software. This module can help operators identify members who are inactive or who only infrequently visit the facility.
Although contacting these individuals could prompt some of them to cancel their memberships, the contact also offers an opportunity for staff members to personally invite these missing-in-action members to upcoming events, introduce them to new trainers or classes or discuss new equipment, Ullrich says.
"Offering incentives and rewards entices members to keep their membership and utilize the facility more often," he says. "Usage data is a valuable tool for retaining members."
Some software features help club operators better track their prospecting efforts, which should entail more than just off-handedly asking the sales team at weekly meetings how things are going.
"Prospects equal sales, and clubs need to be consistent about entering, tracking and following up on prospects," says Christie McPherson, software training manager for ASF International, Highlands Ranch, CO-based maker of ClubPRO Online. "Club managers generally have good intentions, but they don't hold their sales staffs accountable for tracking prospects, following up with leads and closing sales. We have a prospect report that managers can use to quickly see what their closing ratio is to make sure they're successfully using the prospect tracking database and bringing in new members."
Many software programs also allow you to manage fitness assessments and personal training. Not only can these features help evaluate and track members' progress—a helpful tool in member retention—it also can generate additional revenue, says Larry King, owner of Shape.net, Colts Neck, NJ.
"For example, a gym could charge for a series of personal training sessions with an assessment fee in the beginning and the end," King says.
Club management software also can help to expertly manage personal training programs and capture all associated revenue from them. ClubPRO Online offers a personal training liability report that clubs can use to better target prospects for the program.
"Many clubs give free sessions that are never used; therefore, they never have an opportunity to sell those members training packages," says Sean Kirby, national sales director for ASF International.
Club managers could use the report to review unused sessions. Also, managers could use the report to identify members who have only a few paid personal training sessions left so they can try to sell them additional packages.
Shape.net offers remote training capability that its club customers should be taking advantage of to capture revenue from members who are going out of town, King says. A personal trainer can use the software to set up a workout program for the member for the time he or she will be away.
"The member can log into the program remotely using a secure password and view the prescribed workout for the week," King says. "Clubs could make money off of this by charging, say, a bit less than a usual week's worth of workouts, but it's capturing lost revenue, because the member was unlikely to spend anything on personal training that week anyway."
ASF International's ClubPRO Online has a feature to create and track monthly payments for training packages and sessions.
"In today's economy, who has the disposable cash to pay up front for training?" asks McPherson. "More clubs need to allow members to draft training payments. If members have an option to finance all or part of training packages, clubs would sell significantly more training, and members are more likely to train consistently, meet their goals and refer friends."
Lastly, using software to manage personal training programs can help control "theft" by personal trainers—both those employed by the club and independent trainers—who may decide to accept cash from clients and not fully report their billings back to the club, says Al Noshirvani, CEO of Motionsoft, Silver Spring, MD. If club operators required that all personal training sales be done through the software and not between client and trainer, that would help to eliminate the problem.
If only staff has access to a club's customer-facing capabilities in its software, the facility could be missing out on operational efficiencies. For example, Spectrum NG from CSI Software offers online services that allow members and guests to view account information, register for programs and classes, schedule tennis and personal training appointments, make payments and more.
"Offering online services to your customers allows a club to reduce labor costs by reducing the number of calls to staff, increase revenue by offering 24/7 registration and booking, and improve the overall customer experience," says Andy Wigderson, vice president of sales and marketing for CSI Software, Houston.
Kyle Zagrodsky, president of iGo Figure Software, Houston, says his program's Welcome Screen Custom Language Choice (which offers 22 languages) is a useful but often-overlooked feature that clubs can use to "better ingratiate themselves to a diverse membership base." Each member selects his or her language of choice, and all relevant information is displayed online in the preferred language. Additionally, all printed documents produced by the software for that member (e.g., invoices, receipts) also are translated automatically by the software into the member's selected language.
Some software options can offer insights into point-of-sale data. If facility operators do not know who their top customers are, they most likely are not using their software's point-of-sale data effectively. Software can tell facility operators not only who these members are, but what they are buying, data that potentially can be used to sell more products and services to a greater number of members.
"Profiling and knowing the needs, likes, dislikes, activities and spending trends of all members help with retention and revenue," says Ullrich of Aspen Information Systems. "This knowledge can be utilized so members spend more time and money in the facility. Capturing and interpreting the data through your club management software is vital for success. Kicking up the amount each member spends can improve the club's bottom line without increasing the number of members."
By tracking members' spending habits, Ullrich adds, the staff know how to schedule activities and services, maintain inventory (e.g., bottled water, tennis balls, T-shirts) and how to operate a more member-friendly and efficient facility.
These options are all reasons for facility operators to ensure they know all the features of their software—and learn how to use them to best increase their revenue potential.


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Banks are boring. Hip hip hooray!July 16, 2012: 12:26 PM ET
It's a good thing that Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) still do some good, old-fashioned retail banking. The Wall Street business stinks.
Citi reported a better-than-expected second quarter profit Monday -- despite year-over-year declines in investment banking as well as equity and fixed income trading. Shares were up on the news, following a nearly 5.5% pop for Citi on Friday on the back of JPMorgan's kitchen sink earnings report and decent results from Wells Fargo.
As easy as it is to pick on the big banks for using accounting gimmicks to make results look better, I have to admit that there is some undeniably heartening news in the latest round of bank earnings. Lending is up. And banks are taking in more deposits. Imagine that.
Citi said Monday that consumer lending volume rose 2% in the quarter. The bank specifically cited strong demand in North America and Latin America. Now sure, an increase of 2% is not a number to jump up and down and do cartwheels about. In fact, analysts at financial services research firm KBW pointed out in a report Monday that banks are merely expanding their lending in line with gross domestic product growth.
Related: The myth of the "zombie economy"
But again. It is growth. And as we all know, mortgage rates at record lows mean squat unless banks are actually willing to lend and consumers are willing to borrow. Since the Great Recession ended a few years ago, many consumers have complained about how hard it is to get a loan even with good credit. So more lending, assuming the banks have not loosened their standards to the lax 2006-2007 levels (No down payment? No collateral? No problem!), is an encouraging sign.
The increased lending activity goes beyond consumers too. Citi also said that corporate loan volume surged 22% in the second quarter from a year ago. If that trend continues, companies might finally be in a position to hire more and give this sluggish economy the kick in the pants it sorely needs. Businesses, particularly smaller ones, need loans to grow. The fact that Citi is lending more to businesses is great news.
Citi is not alone. JPMorgan Chase reported Friday that business banking loan originations were up 14% in the second quarter. Wells Fargo said that new loan commitments to small businesses rose about 32% in the first half of the year compared to the first six months of 2011. Hopefully, Bank of America (BAC) will also report strong growth in business loans when it releases its second-quarter results Wednesday.>
Smaller regional banks may also post healthy levels of commercial and industrial loan growth. Anthony Polini, a bank analyst with Raymond James, wrote in a bank earnings preview report Monday that he's expecting solid growth from US Bancorp (USB), SunTrust (STI), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and Huntington Bancshares (HBAN).
Another piece of good news? Citi, Wells and Chase all posted healthy gains in customer deposits. So there is not even a hint of Greek-like bank runs taking place in the United States. Consumers still clearly feel safe having cash in the big banks.
I realize the negative part of that is this may be a sign of investor skittishness. People appear to be willing to park more money in low-yielding checking and savings accounts than in stocks and bonds. But it's hard to quibble with the fact that consumers are saving ... and they are still doing it with the nation's largest banks despite concerns about their health and all the populist uproar over how evil big, bad Wall Street banks are.
Now let's not kid ourselves here. The mega banks still face a litany of problems. The hedging loss at JPMorgan Chase shows just how risky trading can be.
Related: How Jamie Dimon hid the $6 billion loss
There is likely to be more headline (and possibly litigation) risk as the "Lie"-bor scandal spreads beyond Barclays (BCS) and other big European banks. Finally, the increased regulatory scrutiny on the big banks could hurt profits for years to come.
But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
As I've mentioned in this column for some time, the worst thing about the big banks as investments is that they are incredibly difficult to understand and analyze. If banks continue to focus more on the admittedly boring business of taking in deposits and generating loans, the chances of another Lehman-like event should diminish greatly.
Of course, that means big banks are likely to continue being treated more like staid value stocks instead of momentum tech stocks.
And while that may be bad news for investors who've grown accustomed to outsized returns from banks that lapped up leverage like a camel drinking water in a desert, the economy (and average consumer) will benefit in the long run from a banking sector that is more interested in avoiding risk than generating obscene profits.


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There are many historical and genealogical societies throughout the state that work to document the history of a particular town or region. Often the resources held by local and regional institutions are not available anywhere else making these institutions a valuable source for research. The Directory of Local Historical Societies, Museums, and Genealogical Societies in Missouri provides researchers the opportunity to locate or search the online resources of these institutions.
The State Historical Society of Missouri invites historical and genealogical societies, museums, and preservation groups to submit and/or update contact information for SHSMO's online Directory of Local Historical Societies, Museums, and Genealogical Societies. Please e-mail or call with your organization's physical address, mailing address, phone number, and, if applicable, web address and e-mail.
Select a county below the map to filter results.


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Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model. NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: EA) hit a new 52-week high Tuesday as it is currently trading at $18.67, above its previous 52-week high of $18.30 with 2.3 million shares traded as of 11:31 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 5.4 million shares over the past 30 days. Electronic Arts has a market cap of $5.41 billion and is part of the technology sector and computer software & services industry. Shares are up 25.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Electronic Arts Inc. develops, markets, publishes, and distributes game software content and services for video game consoles, personal computers, mobile phones, tablets and electronic readers, and the Internet. The company has a P/E ratio of 36.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
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Everything we do calls for stress and constant running around. In the middle of all this chaos, yoga is a great way to connect with your inner self and stay healthy at the same time.
Through its deep breathing, stretching, mindful exercise, yoga is also an effective method to keep most stress-related diseases at bay. In fact, no matter what your lifestyle, you could learn a thing or two from this ancient exercise form that benefits your mind and body, both. Here's looking at why yoga is meant for people of all shapes and sizes…yes, even you!
Yoga helps combat stress. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicinefound that yoga has a positive impact on various kinds of neurological disorders. Their findings suggest that yoga might help patients in fighting with the symptoms of neurological disorders such as acute headache, psychological depression and so on. Published in the journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, this study revealed that women, even beginners, who practice hatha yoga may boost happy hormones by diminishing stress levels.
Yoga helps asthma patients. According to a research study presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in Seattle, adults who suffered from asthma experienced "increased quality of life and reduced asthma symptoms after 10 weeks of yoga practice".
Yoga helps in battling weight loss in middle age. While on the one hand yoga helps increase strenght and flexibility, it also helps with weight loss when you reach middle age, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle. Researchers studied that people who are overweight in their middle age and who practised yoga daily for over a decade lost considerable amount of weight.
Yoga even helps cancer patients fight fatigue. Cancer survivors who practice yoga are able to sleep better and fight fatigue more efficiently, according to a recent study. Yoga helps reduce stress levels and boosts the immune system. Thus yoga forms like hath yoga are increasingly recommended to all cancer survivors, combined with restorative breathing exercises to help improve their sleep patterns.
Tips for Starting Yoga. We recommend a few things to keep in mind: Go for a style that suits your body type: Yoga classes and asanas may differ for people with different body types. Some may only focus on meditation and deep breathing, whereas others might focus on rigorous and strenuous yoga moves.
You and your body type are unique: Understand this: Yoga is not only about flexibility. Don't try and idealise images and postures as presented in glossy health magazines. Those are people who have attained this kind of flexibility after years of practice and fitness routine. Go at your own pace.
Maintain your own pace: There is no need to rush into any kind of asana or yoga pose too soon. Use straps, blocks or other tools to suit your needs and requirements. Ask your yoga instructor for help and make sure you take adequate rest and proper precautions. Listen to your body: Don't force yourself into any of the asana. Try and read your body signals and stop when you think you can't take it anymore.
The right way of incorporating yoga in your daily workout routine. Depending on what your needs are, you can choose a yoga routine that works for you or you could participate in a host of workout activities at a time. The best way to go about overall fitness will be to do weight training for strength, circuits/rope jumping/sprinting/kickboxing for cardio fitness and Yoga for flexibility.
Now, let's take a quick look at three yoga postures that would benefit every one in general.
Sitali Pranayama. Sit in a comfortable erect position and make sure your head, neck and spine are in line. Take deep breaths for a few minutes and close your eyes. Open your mouth simultaneously by enchanting 'OM' loudly. Now curl the tongue and hang it outside your mouth. Now inhale deeply as if you are sipping through a straw. Focus on your breathing. This exercise will have a direct impact on your abdomen and lower ribs. In the end, complete the asana by closing the mouth and breathing normally through your nostrils. You can perform 10 reps of this asana, for 2 minutes each.
Bhastrika. Sit in a comfortable position with your back straight. Close your eyes and start exhaling and inhaling via nose by focusing on the abdominal muscles. As soon as you release your abdominal muscles you'll realize that your diaphragm contracts before you start to inhale. Hear the sound of your breath and perform this asana for 5 times at a stretch. Give it a pause. Breathe normally. And start again. Complete one to two rounds on a daily basis and increase the number of your breaths by 5, each week. Keep in mind that bhastrika should not be performed by people who suffer from heart diseases, chronic constipation or ulcers without taking due consent from your doctor.
Ujjayi Breathing. Sit in a comfortable position. Make sure that your shoulders are not hunched. Take deep breaths and expand your abdomen fully while you inhale and contract your abdomen fully while you exhale. This asana works on the lower rib cage.


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Bangor Hydro Power Outage Update 4 PM
A great job today by the line crew from Bangor Hydro Electric! Here's the latest update as of 4 PM from Bangor Hydro Electric
Click on the link to see exactly where the outages are
|Description of Event:
|Outages due to Heavy Snow and Strong Winds
|Estimated Number of Meters Affected:
|Northern Penobscot/Piscataquis County:
|Restoration Details:
Restoration efforts are going well considering the poor travel conditions and cold temperatures. Crews have been out in full force today in an effort to restore power to customers as quickly as possible. Safety has been a concern as crews work through snow drifts and freezing temperatures. Customers in all areas with the exception of some in remote areas of Washington County are expected to have power restored tonight.
Any remaining power lines that are down are still unsafe to touch. Customers are asked to remain patient as crews make their way to the remaining areas affected. Anyone using generators or back-up heat sources is reminded to follow the instructions.
|Other Related Information:
|Customers may report outages by calling 1-800-440-1111, at bangorhydro.com or on our mobile site at bhe.com/m. Customers should have account numbers ready. A live outage map is available at both sites with the most up-to-date outage information and estimated times of restoration.
|Estimated Time of Service Restoration:
|Power is expected to be restored to most customers except some in remote areas of Washington County. New outages may delay restoration time.


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Sophie de Oliveira Barata's Alternative Limb Project applies an artistic approach to prosthetic limb design, seeking to create unique and personalized prosthetic limbs for amputees. With her degree in Special Effects Prosthetics for film and television from London Arts University and 8 years of work for prosthetic providers creating realistic limbs, de Oliveira Barata has now established her own studio working as a specialist consultant alongside prosthetists to create alternative prosthetic effects with direct input from clients. She also collaborates with other artists – designers, laser-cutters, metal, plastic, and wood workers – in order to maximize the potential for a unique prosthetic. In addition to her "surreal" and "unreal" prosthetic designs, she is also highly skilled in crafting realistic looking limbs.
The experience of losing a limb, often under intense and strenuous circumstances, can be alienating and disempowering. Through her work, de Oliveira Barata offers a creative form of empowerment, one that is both functional and fashionable.
"Generally the whole technology is moving towards trying to recapture a lifelike limb that looks realistic and also acts realistic in motion," says de Oliveira Barata. "In this instance I'm doing the complete opposite and I think it does capture that whole childlike imagination — it's like being a superhero with super powers."
"It's drawing attention to their disability in a positive way…Rather than people seeing what's missing, it's about what they've got…Having an alternative limb is about claiming control and saying 'I'm an individual and this reflects who I am.'" (via cnn)


text: Hi, Am 26.03.2006 um 21:07 schrieb James Rustad: > Guys > This is a strange question, but > Is there any way to disable a bad node in PBS without being the > system administrator? > I am lining up about 50 jobs in the queue and they fail > sequentially when they hit > the bad node. This often seems to happen on the weekends when nobody > is around to reboot the node. > > Can I specify within PBS "don't use node015" or something like that. > Thanks > Jim Rustad > ps > I may be using TORQUE rather than PBS, by the way although I can't answer your question directly: what is causing this black hole in the cluster? I faced this with a filled /tmp on some nodes from time to time. As we are using SGE, I use their load-sensor facility to check the free space there and put the node into alarm- state otherwise, i.e. disabling the queues on this node. Maybe something similar could be implemented also with Torque, to get some self-healing at weekends. - Reuti > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf