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Sony's Cyber-shot HX9V has long been the most popular camera on CNET, and for good reason. It has a nice lens, great shooting options, and fast performance, and it takes good photos and video to boot. Its successor, the HX30V, is pretty much more of the same, which in this case is a very good thing.
The biggest difference between the two models is the lens: the HX9V has a 16x, f3.3-5.9, 24-384mm lens, while the HX30V gets a 20x, f3.2-5.8, 25-500mm lens -- all without a significant increase in size and weight.
In addition to the lens you get improved autofocus speeds and image stabilization; high-resolution stills while shooting video; new creative effects; Sony's Clear Image Zoom, which digitally extends the zoom range to 40x; improved GPS with logging; and a resolution bump from 16 to 18 megapixels.
Oh, and built-in Wi-Fi. And it works well, too, so you can take a photo you couldn't get with a smartphone, but then quickly use your iPhone or Android device to share it. But if you don't want Wi-Fi, you can shave $20 off your purchase and get the HX20V instead.
So, does all of that make it the best compact megazoom? Maybe. Like a lot of things, it comes down to your needs and how fat your wallet is.
Image quality
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX30V produces excellent photos both indoors and out for a compact megazoom, though pixel peepers probably won't agree. If you're considering buying this instead of a high-resolution digital SLR, you'd be disappointed. For the most part, shots look very good at 50 percent to up to about 75 percent of their full 18-megapixel resolution. Above that, subjects will look a little more painterly and you'll see more noise and artifacts.That's still plenty of usable resolution, though, particularly if you're shooting with good lighting.
Below ISO 400, shots look good printed up to 10x13, which is more than most people need. Getting a very good 8x10 with some enlarging and cropping is certainly possible, too. And if you never print your shots, the HX30V's photos look great on a computer screen or HDTV.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX30V sample photosSee all photos
As the camera goes above ISO 400, subjects do get noticeably softer, but shots are usable at small sizes up to ISO 1600. If you want better low-light shots of still subjects, Sony's Handheld Twilight mode still produces some of the best high-ISO photos I've seen from a point-and-shoot. I wouldn't bother using the two highest ISOs, though, as they look more like artist's renderings than photos and have off colors.
The default Standard color mode produces pleasingly bright, vivid colors, but they might not be accurate enough for some users. If you want more accurate colors, the HX30V does have a Real color setting and three other color modes in addition to Standard. There are also adjustments for contrast, saturation, and sharpness.
Movies captured by the HX30V are excellent as well. The 1080/60p and image stabilization makes for some smooth movement. Shooting fast-moving subjects with a pocket camera typically results in ghosting and judder, but that's not the case here. If you're looking for a single device for capturing photos and movie clips (it has a 29-minute continuous recording limit), this is one of the best options available. The optical zoom does work while recording, though you may hear it moving in quiet scenes. The stereo mic produced good audio and in the menu system you can find settings for the mic level and wind noise reduction.
Shooting performance
One of the more important improvements Sony promised for the HX30V is faster autofocus. Not that the HX9V was slow, but faster focusing is always appreciated. The HX30V's shutter lag -- the time it takes from pressing the shutter release to capture without prefocusing -- was 0.3 second in bright conditions, so shooting feels very fast. Even in low light and with the lens extended it was nearly as fast at 0.4 second. From off to first shot is a quick 1.5 seconds, though it did drop to 1.8 seconds from shot to shot. It feels faster than that time suggests, though. The only time it really lagged was when using the flash. That drove the shot-to-shot time up to an average of 4 seconds.
The camera's burst-shooting mode is officially capable of up to 10 frames per second, but it actually averaged 11fps. However, this burst shooting sets focus and exposure with the first shot, and once you've fired, you're stuck waiting for the camera to save the photos, generally a second or two per photo.
In comparison, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 can shoot at up to 10fps without continuous autofocus and 5fps with autofocus. Overall, though, the Sony's speed is excellent for a point-and-shoot.


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SC10, the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis, concluded Friday, Nov. 19, following the recognition of achievements by members of the supercomputing community. Among the honors presented during the conference were the IEEE Computer Society Seymour Cray Award, the IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award, the ACM/IEEE Computer Society Ken Kennedy Award, ACM Gordon Bell Prizes, ACM/IEEE Computer Society George Michael Memorial HPC Ph.D. Fellowship Award, several competitive challenges, best paper, and best poster awards.
"At a time of momentous change in supercomputing, the conference was once again the focal point of the global high performance computing community," said Barry Hess, SC10 general chair and deputy CIO for Sandia National Laboratories. "The volunteers who make SC possible put together a conference, from the record-setting technical program and special sessions to the floor exhibits, that was second to none in HPC. My special thanks to all those who contributed to SC10 and my congratulations to those honored for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the community."
The following individuals and organizations were recognized with awards:
James W. Demmel, a professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, received the 2010 IEEE Computer Society's Sidney Fernbach Award for computational science leadership in creating adaptive, innovative, high-performance linear algebra software." Read more here.
Alan Gara, chief system architect for the three generations of Blue Gene supercomputers, was awarded the IEEE Computer Society's 2010 Seymour Cray Award for his "innovations in low power, densely packaged supercomputing systems." Read more here.
David Kuck, an Intel Fellow, received the second annual ACM-IEEE Computer Society's Ken Kennedy Award for advances to compiler technology and parallel computing that have improved the cost-effectiveness of multiprocessor computing. The Kennedy Award also cited him for the widespread inspiration of his teaching and mentoring. Read more here.
ACM/IEEE George Michael Memorial PhD Fellowship Award winners:
The ACM, IEEE Computer Society and SC Conference series established the George Michael HPC Ph.D. Fellowship Program to honor exceptional Ph.D. students throughout the world. Fellowship recipients are selected based on their overall potential for research excellence, the degree to which their technical interests align with those of the HPC community, their academic progress to date and demonstration of their anticipated use of HPC resources.
2010 winners:
- ACM/IEEE George Michael Memorial High Performance Computing Fellow for 2010 is Aparna Chandramowlishwaran of the Georgia Institute of Technology for her research entitled "Autotuning N-body computations using novel parallel programming models."
- ACM/IEEE George Michael Memorial High Performance Computing Fellow for 2010 is Amanda E Peters of Harvard University for her research entitled "Multiscale simulation of cardiovascular flows on the IBM Bluegene/P: full heart-circulation system at red-blood cell resolution."
- Honorable Mention ACM/IEEE George Michael Memorial High Performance Computing Fellow for 2010 for Sara Baghsorkhi of University of Illinois for her research entitled "A Performance Analyzing Tool for GPU Computing."
- Honorable Mention ACM/IEEE George Michael Memorial High Performance Computing Fellow for 2010 for Matthew R Norman of North Carolina State University for his research entitled "Harnessing Petascale Computing Resources for Atmospheric Climate Simulation: An Algorithmic Approach."
Gordon Bell Prize winners:
The Gordon Bell Prize is awarded each year to recognize outstanding achievement in HPC. Now administered by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), financial support of the $10,000 award is provided by Gordon Bell, a pioneer in high performance and parallel computing. The purpose of the award is to track the progress over time of parallel computing, with particular emphasis on rewarding innovation in applying HPC to applications in science.
Best performance: "Petascale Direct Numerical Simulation of Blood Flow on 200K Cores and Heterogeneous Architectures," Abtin Rahimian, Ilya Lashuk, Shravan Veerapaneni, Aparna Chandramowlishwaran, Dhairya Malhotra, Logan Moon, Rahul Sampath, Aashay Shringarpure, Jeffrey Vetter, Richard Vuduc, Denis Zorin, George Biros.
Honorable mention performance: "Toward First Principles Electronic Structure Simulations of Excited States and Strong Correlations in Nano- and Materials Science," Anton Kozhevnikov, Adolfo G. Eguiluz, Thomas C. Schulthess. A second honorable mentionwent to "190 TFlops Astrophysical N-body Simulation on a Cluster of GPUs," Tsuyoshi Hamada, Keigo Nitadori.
Other Awards
Best Technical Paper: "Characterizing the Influence of System Noise on Large-Scale Applications by Simulation," Torsten Hoefler, Timo Schneider, and Andrew Lumsdaine.
Best Student Paper:"OpenMPC: Extended OpenMP Programming and Tuning for GPUs," by Seyong Lee and Rudolf Eigenmann.
Best Research Poster:"Characterizing the Impact of Soft Errors on Sparse Linear Solvers," by Sowmyalatha Srinivasmurthy, Manu Shantharam, Padma Raghavan, Mahmut Kandemir.
Storage Challenge
The Storage Challenge is a competition showcasing applications and environments that effectively use the storage subsystem in high performance computing, which is often a limiting system component. Judging is based on these measurements as well as innovation and effectiveness. 2010 Winner: "Scaling Highly-Parallel Data-Intensive Supercomputing Applications on a Parallel Clustered File system" Karan Gupta, Reshu Jain, Himabindu Pucha, Prasenjit Sarkar, Dinesh Subhraveti, IBM Almaden Research Center.
Student Cluster Competition (SCC)
The Student Cluster Competition (SCC) showcases next-generation high-performance computing talent harnessing the incredible power of current-generation cluster hardware. In this real-time challenge, teams of six undergraduate and/or high school students assemble a small cluster of their own design on the SC exhibit floor and race to correctly complete the greatest number of application runs during the competition period. The catch is the teams must run real HPC workloads on the same power needed to run only three coffee makers – 26 Amps! During the competition, teams were judged on the speed of the HPCC benchmarks, the throughput and accuracy of applications runs, and ability to impress SC participants and judges during the conference.
Out of a field of eight teams from around the world, the Overall Winner of the 4th SCC is National Tsing Hua University from Taiwan, which partnered with ACER Incorporated, Tatung Company, and NCHC. NTHU won with the highest aggregate points in the HPCC benchmark, throughput and correctness of real-world applications, and interviews.
The winner of the SCC Highest LINPACK was the University of Texas at Austin partnered with Dell and the Texas Advanced Computer Center, exceeding 1 TeraFLOP for the first time ever in the Student Cluster Competition while staying below the 26 Amp constrained power budget.

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New Delhi (CNN) -- A local Indian official resigned Monday after a chaotic crush at a railroad station a day earlier left 36 people dead among tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims flocking to the banks of the Ganges River for the world's largest religious gathering.
The stampede occurred on Sunday evening as floods of pilgrims entering the station in Allahabad, the scene of this year's Kumbh Mela festival, broke through temporary barriers and crowded onto already busy platforms, railway authorities said.
In addition to the 36 killed in the ensuing crush, more than 30 people were injured, according to North-Central Railway, which operates the station.
Local television footage showed bodies, many of them covered in white sheets, lying on the floor in the railway station, with wailing relatives sitting nearby. Luggage, shoes, slippers and other belongings also lay strewn across the ground.
Shreya Dhoundial, a reporter for CNN affiliate IBN in Allahabad, said that almost four hours after the stampede occurred, dead bodies remained on the station platform and injured people were still crying for help.
"If the media could get in, if police officials could get in, if railway officials could get in, why couldn't the doctors, why couldn't the ambulances?" she said.
Worried families
Relatives of many of the people injured in the chaos gathered at a hospital in the city on Monday, waiting for news on their loved ones, Dhoundial said.
Azam Khan, the local official in charge of security for the huge Hindu festival, resigned Monday, IBN reported.
Khan, who is also the minister for urban development in Uttar Pradesh, the state where Allahabad is situated, said he was taking responsibility for the fatal disaster.
Amid confusion about what exactly had set off the panic, the Uttar Pradesh government ordered an inquiry into a the stampede, IBN said.
Some eye witnesses blamed police for the crush, saying they had charged at the heaving crowds in the station. Authorities, however, denied police used force to try to control the mass of people.
At one point on Sunday, Sandeep Mathur, a spokesman for North-Central Railway, suggested that the mayhem had been prompted by a person falling from a platform bridge.
But on Monday, Railway Minister P.K. Bansal said straightforward overcrowding was the cause.
"There was a lot of chaos," he said, adding that the station remained very crowded Monday.
Authorities said they would give 500,000 rupees ($9,300) compensation to the families of victims and 100,000 rupees to those who were injured.
Tens of millions of pilgrims
An estimated 40 million people came to Allahabad, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday to bathe at the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganges rivers and the mythical Saraswati River. It's the most significant Hindu pilgrimage, occurring every 12 years, Indian cultural and political observer K.G. Suresh said.
"The Hindus believe that a dip in the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the Saraswati on this occasion helps get rid of all worldly sins," Suresh said.
Sunday was the main day for bathing of the 55-day Kumbh Mela. In Hindu mythology, Allahabad is one of the four places where drops of the "nectar of immortality" contained in a pitcher fell to earth as gods and demons fought for it.
The holy bathing began on Saturday afternoon and peaked after midnight, festival official Satish Kumar Sharma said.
More than 12,000 police officers were guarding the nearly 20-square-kilometer (7.7-square-mile) site, India's government said.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he was "deeply shocked" by the deaths and promised to extend "all possible help" to state authorities.
"I send my heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved families and wish those injured a speedy recovery," Singh said in a statement issued by his office. He pledged that those injured and the families of those killed would receive compensation.
CNN's Aliza Kassim in Atlanta, Georgia, contributed to this report.


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H.R. 748: Universal National Service Act
- Introduced:
- Feb 15, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY13]
- Status:
- Referred to Committee
H.R. 748 would require all residents of the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform two years of "national service."
"National service," as defined in the bill, may consist of:
- Military service; or
- Civilian service in a federal, state, or local government program or with a community-based organization, provided that the President has determined that the organization is engaged in "meeting human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs."
The bill would also allow the President to induct 18- to 25-year-olds into the military in wartime or in the case of a national emergency declared by the President. Thus, it ostensibly obviates the need for Congress to pass legislation reinstating the draft and grants the President unprecedented discretion in the matter of national emergencies. Under current law, established in the 1973 War Powers Resolution, a national emergency that allows the President to exercise his or her powers as Commander in Chief is one "created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces" (50 U.S.C. §1541(c)). In addition, the bill would require women to register for Selective Service.
- The Universal National Service Act was first introduced in the House by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) in 2003, during the run-up to the war in Iraq. A corresponding bill was introduced in the Senate by then-Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC). Explaining the motivation behind the bill, Rep. Rangel said at the time that in the case of war, the governing principle should be one of "shared sacrifice" among Americans. Moreover, he argued, a renewed draft as proposed in the bill would "help bring a greater appreciation of the consequences of decisions to go to war," and would therefore encourage caution before using military force in the future.Rep. Rangel later claimed that a draft was needed in any case in order to maintain troop levels sufficient for the concurrent challenges posed by Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. And although the United States has since withdrawn its troops from Iraq, he continues to campaign for this issue, stating recently that the draft would create a more equal military and ensure that force is only used as a last resort.
The 2003 bill came up for a vote in October 2004 and was defeated 402-2. In fact, Rep. Rangel himself voted "nay," in protest of the fact that no committee meetings had been held on the bill and it received only 40 minutes of debate on the House floor.
Rep. Rangel reintroduced versions of the bill in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, and most recently, earlier this year. None of these bills ever made it to a floor vote.
The various versions of the bill differ somewhat from one another. The original bill required men and women to perform military or civilian service that, as determined by the President, "promotes the national defense." However, in its current version the bill allows for civilian service that "is engaged in meeting human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs."
The bill initially referred to persons between the ages of 18 and 26, was later modified to apply to the 18-42 age bracket, and would now apply to 18- to 25-year-olds. In addition, the current bill would permit deferments for post-secondary students, while versions of the bill until 2011 only allowed them for high school students.
Below are versions of the Universal National Service Act that have been introduced in Congress, in chronological order:
2003 (108th Congress): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/hr163
2005 (109th Congress): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr2723
2006 (109th Congress): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr4752
2007 (110th Congress): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr393
2010 (111th Congress): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr5741
2011 (112th Congress): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1152
2003 (108th Congress): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/s89Last updated Apr 06, 2013.Are you (men & women) ready to forcefully serve your country, especially when war erupts, without any say in the matter whatsoever?! Say 'goodbye' to the draft if this bill passes, and report for mandatory duty! – John Loeffler, Fountain City, Wisconsin, U.S.A.


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Lab 1 Activities
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Individual Assessments
Lab 1
The Origin of Eukaryotes from Prokaryotes by Time and Genetic Distance
Nick Lane Energetics and genetics across the prokaryote-eukaryote divide. Biol. Direct: 2011, 6();35 PMID:21714941
Copyright ©2011 Lane; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Lab 2
Endosymbiotic origin of eukaryotes by time and genetic distance [1]
Research Article Using Confocal Microscopy
Metamorphosis of mesothelial cells with active horizontal motility in tissue culture
The aim of this study was to investigate and provide evidence to support the migration and morphological change of mesothelial cells during tissue injury response. By using confocal microscopy imaging Nagai and peers, 2013, were able to observe clearly delineated mesothelial cells within ex vivo mouse abdominal wall tissue culture, as well as transformed mesothelial cells (MeT5A) in in-vivo tissue culture and witness their morphological transition from flat cells to cuboidal cells. This transition was able to be observed as confocal microscope analysis allows for the control in the depth of field and eliminates/reduces background matter, so that mesothelial cells positioned on top of each other can be differentiated. In addition, these confocal microscopy techniques also allowed the researchers to observe the horizontal migration of these mesothelial cells across the tissue culture, moving through gaps between surrounding cells. These findings provided evidence in support of the change and migration of mesothelial cells during injury response. [2]
--Mark Hill (talk) 12:05, 11 April 2013 (EST) This is good explanation as to how the confocal microscope was used in this research paper, the Pubmed referencing format is correct, you should have inserted at the beginning of paragraph (after study) rather than at the end. Your link at the top does not work.
Lab 3
Paper 1
Nuclear envelope breakdown in starfish oocytes proceeds by partial NPC disassembly followed by a rapidly spreading fenestration of nuclear membranes [1]
Lenart and co-workers (2003)examined the breakdown of the nuclear envelope in live starfish oocytes using various techniques involving fluorescently labeled dextrans (polysaccharides), membrane dyes and green fluorescently tagged proteins (GFP-tagged proteins), in conjunction with confocal time-lapse microscopy and electron microscopy which allowed them to view the changes in the oocyte nuclear envelope. Through the use of different sized fluorescently labelled dextran fractions experimenters were able to analyse the changes in the permeability of the nuclear envelope in maturing starfish oocytes. They firstly observed a sequential entry of dextran molecules, beginning with the smaller molecules entering the nucleus followed by larger molecules with diameters up to 40nm. The use of GFP-tagged nucleoporins revealed a corresponding gradual loss of peripheral nucleoporins from Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPC) (selective aqueous channels that span both nuclear membranes, connecting the nucleus with the cell cytoplasm) which resulted in the dilation of these channels from 10 to 40nm and a gradual release of import substrates. It was clearly noted, however, that the core of NPCs remained intact. Another key observation which was made was that the nuclear envelope structure remained unaffected. Next a rapid complete permeabilisation of the nuclear envelope that spread throughout the nuclear surface was noted, allowing macromolecules of diameters up to 100nm to enter the nucleus, this proposed the complete removal of the remaining core of the NPCs. It was also found that at the electron microscope level the nuclear envelope was fenestrated in the end. These experimenters therefore concluded that the breakdown of the nuclear envelope occurred in two distinct sequential phases:
-Phase 1 involves the gradual disassembly of the NPCs, which coincides with an increase in nuclear membrane/envelope permeability allowing for some macromolecules to enter the nucleus and nuclear import substrates to leave. At the end of this first phase the nuclear envelope remains intact.
-Phase 2 is characterised by an increase and rapid spreading nuclear envelope permeability as well as apparent fenestration of the nuclear envelope and hence its breakdown resulting from the removal of the core of NPCs. [3]
This research paper is relevant to the nuclear envelope breakdown section as it provides an experiment which clearly shows evidence of how the nuclear envelope gradually breaks down and explores the role of NPCs in this.
Paper 2
A role for gp210 in mitotic nuclear-envelope breakdown
This paper explores the importance of the Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC) transmembrane nucleoporin, gp210, in the breakdown of the nuclear envelope. Galy and his colleagues subjected Caenorhabditis elegans (worm) egg extracts to RNAi-mediated deletion or mutation of the gp210 nucleoporin which resulted in the prevention of lamin depolymerisation, a late event which aids in the breakdown of the nuclear envelope. The prevention of lamin depolarisation results in the inability of the nuclear envelope to breakdown and also blocks pronulclear chromosome mixing that ultimately leads to the formation of two nuclei after mitosis. This implied that gp210 was key in nuclear envelope breakdown.
The block of gp210 phosphorylation which is conducted by cyclin-B-cdc2 (proposed to be an important trigger for the initiation of mitosis) was also explored. Depletion of the cyclin-B-cdc2, achieved through RNAi, resulted in the inability of the gp210 nucleoporin to be phosphorylated and achieve nuclear envelope breakdown. Hence, this provided further evidence that gp210, particularly its phosphorylation, was indeed an early step in the breakdown of the nuclear envelope.
This research article is relevant to the subheading Nuclear Envelope Breakdown as it suggests one of the nucleoporins involved in the breakdown of the nuclear envelope. [4]
Paper 3
Cell Cycle Regulated Transport Controlled by Alterations in the Nuclear Pore Complex
In this study, Makhnevych et.al (2003) revealed a new mechanism for regulating transport into the nuclear compartment during closed mitosis in yeast. This mechanism involved specific molecular rearrangements in the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Karyopherins (kaps) are soluble transport factors that facilitate the transport of distinct cargo molecules into the nucleus by binding to NPCs. This transport can be regulated so as to conduct changes in gene transcription, DNA replication and chromosome segregation. Previous studies identified posttranslational modifications to the cargo molecules (including phosphorylation and acetylation), resulting in an increased or decreased affinity to their kap transporters, as a way of inhibiting or enhancing their transport into the nucleus. A mechanism which is less commonly examined as a form of import regulation of cargo molecules is the alteration of the kaps transport machinery and one of these mechanisms is explored in this paper. Makhnevych and peers specifically analysed the control of Kap121p related cargo molecules into the nucleus. They observed that Kap121p –mediated import is active in interphase but inhibited during mitosis and this was not due to changes in cargo binding to Kap121p. They found that by structurally rearranging the NPC during mitosis, a masked binding site for Kap121p would be revealed on one of its nucleoporins, Nup53p. When Kap121p was bound to this site, movement of Kap121p and its cargo into the nucleus was slowed and it triggered the release of the cargo into the cytoplasm. Hence, Nup53p was considered a transport inhibitory nup (iNUP). They concluded that the regulation of Kap121p-mediated import through the presence of Nup 53p played an important role in the progression through mitosis, showing that increased levels of Nup53p inhibited progression through mitosis.[5]
This research paper is relevant to the subheading "Open vs Closed/semi-closed Mitosis" as it provides a model of closed mitosis and examines a mechanism used to regulate transport of molecules into the nucleus during mitosis which therefore shows the continuous presence of NPCs and hence highlighting the fact that the nuclear envelope stays intact during closed mitosis in lower eukaryotes such as yeast.
Paper 4
A mechanism for asymmetric segregation of age during yeast budding
This article investigates the translocation of pre-existing nuclear pore complexes (NPC) from mother yeast cell to its bud during cell division and how this contributes to the aging of yeast cells. Shcheprova and peers (2008) used fluorescent tags and photobleaching to track the movement of cellular components including nucleoporins within the nuclear envelope. They observed that NPCs moved freely throughout the nuclear envelope, however, when part of the nucleus penetrated into the bud, NPC movement was restricted to the part of the nuclear envelope within the mother cell as a diffusion barrier was created at the neck of the bud. They established that NPCs are prevented from moving from the mother to the bud during cell division. They also observed that no new NPCs were inserted in the nuclear envelope of the mother and that the pre-existing NPCs remained in the mother, but there was evidence of new NPC (not from the mother) insertion in the bud. They concluded that the division of the yeast nucleus is asymmetric when considering the age of the pores with pre-existing material being preferentially segregated to the mother. [6]
This article is relevant to the "Open vs. Closed Mitosis" section as it addresses the fate of NPC during closed mitosis and highlights the fact they are not broken up like in open mitosis.
Lab 4
Gap Junction Protein Alpha 1 Antibody (Anti- GJA1)[2][3]
Antibody against Gap Junction Protein Alpha 1 (Connexin 43)
Type of Immunoglobulin: Polyclonal
Species it's raised in: Rabbit
Species it reacts against Human, Mouse and Rat
Application: Western Blot, Immunohistochemistry, Immunofluorescence and ELISA
Reference of use: Staphylococcus aureus-derived peptidoglycan induces Cx43 expression and functional gap junction intercellular communication in microglia[4]
Lab 5
1) Do you see any change in phenotypes between group A and group B?
Yes. The majority of the control group WT undifferentiated B35 cells were of the broken fan and stumped phenotype, with very short lamellum/lamella and neutrite(s). On the other hand the majority of the Tm4 over-expressed undifferentiated B35 cells were of the pronged and stringed phenotype with multiple and longer neutrites and a single lamellum.
2) If you see a difference, speculate about a potential molecular mechanism that has lead to the change
It has been observed that Tm4 is found concentrated in the growth cones of neurons and in growing neutrites being involved in stabilizing the actin filaments and controlling the interactions between actin and actin binding proteins required for the expansion and motility of the growth cone, [7] hence, the over expression of this tropomyosin isoform would lead to increased actin-actin binding protein interactions that would enhance the motile events needed for neutrite growth. This would account for the increase in neutrite number and length in the Tm4 over-expressed cell group, giving the observed shift from a more broken fan/stumped phenotype to a more pronged/stringed phenotype in B35 cells
Lab 8: Peer Assessments
Group 1: Regulation of Cell Division
- The introduction is sound, highlighting the importance of regulating cell division and listing the topics that will be discussed.
- I feel as though a brief overview of the cell cycle may be helpful either in the intro, as a separate subheading on its own or in the relevant subheadings.
- Could use an image here, perhaps a diagram of the checkpoints
- I see that the timeline isn't completely finished but so far the discoveries discussed are relevant to the topic and are summarised well (i.e. to the point and of a good length). However, there seems to be quiet big gaps in time, especially 1983-1992, may want to revisit this and add dates in between.
Entry into M-phase:
- May want to discuss what M-phase is briefly (what it stands for and what happens in it etc.)
- The use of subheadings in this section is good
- The phase-contrast photomicrograph image has not been properly formatted in that it's lacking the info needed for it to be used on the page, i.e. reference, copyright clearance, student image statement, description of the image in own words. Also the thumb on the actual project page could be a little bigger and the caption a little more descriptive
- May want to discuss what exactly cyclin A, B, D and E do, i.e. the CDK's they activate and when and what. This does this could be done in reference to the accompanying image
- The CDK info has no reference
- The student image statement is missing from the cyclin expression image and it has not been properly referenced
Metaphase to Anaphase Transition:
- Info is succinct and to the point
- Could perhaps add a research study to show the activity of the complex or checkpoint
- Could use an image to break up the text a bit
Mitogens and Cell division:
- I don't think the word "definition" is necessary, could just go straight into what mitogens are
- Some citations may be missing for some paragraphs?
- Could use another image to break the text up towards the beginning of the section
- Clear and concise explinations
- Good use of subheadings
- Could explain a lot of the jargon in the glossary
- Could some of the history of the PDGF be added to the timeline?
- The schematic could use a legend that summarises the image in your own words, also the student image statement is missing
- I feel this section needs a lot more work, only one disease is briefly touched on
Current and Future Research:
- Good start, maybe consider summarising a few recent research papers and linking to them
- While the image in this section is great, it looks like it can't be used because you have written "Copyright © 2003, Rights Managed by Nature Publishing Group" which is not a clearance statement. May want to ask about this.
Overall I feel that the project is on its way to being complete, there's good use of subheadings, info is succinct and easy to understand and there are good images to accompany the text. I feel that some of the sections could be expanded on a little further, maybe add a few more research studies and perhaps you may need more references. You might want to revisit the images to make sure all the info required is there and also a glossary could be very useful.


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(Pocket-lint) - While the new iOS 4 update goes some way to fixing the battery on the iPhone 3GS you have to admit it's still not great.
There are a number of solutions to solving this problem: one is to use your iPhone less than you currently do, it's not a practical suggestion of course but one that we thought we should mention.
The second is to carry around an iPhone cable wherever you go and jack into your laptop or a power socket whenever possible. Grab a quick bit of juice and be on your merry way.
The third is to opt for an external battery cover that not only protects your iPhone, but also gives you an extra charge when you need it to keep you going beyond 4pm; after a heavy session of internet surfing, twitter checking and general email pushing.
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New here is a top element that now stays connected to the rest of the shell, and the ability to easily turn the charging capabilities on or off depending on your need, rather than just plugging it in to charge.
In extended tests we found that the Mili Power Spring doubled the life of our iPhone 3GS, giving it another complete charge when we were out and about - handy if you can't find a power socket to plug into.
There is a pay off of course for all this extra power. Like its predecessor it almost doubles the size of your iPhone making it rather large, while at the same time kinda defeating the point of having such a slim phone in the first place, that said it does work and goes about the task in hand.
In terms of aesthetics, the case is fairly non-descript. You get to choose a range of colours inside and out (although inside you'll never see), and detailing is kept to a minimum.
Rather than featuring a 30-pin dock connector, the battery is charged via a USB socket instead. It means you'll have to carry around another cable in your bag and it would have been nice to have seen a 30-pin connector socket so you could just use either the iPhone 3G or 3GS cable or other iPhone accessories to charge it.
It's only ever so slightly slimmer than the previous Mili Power Spring battery case that we previously tested here at Pocket-lint, and the capacity is around the same.
That said it will give you the use of your favourite mobile phone for considerably longer, so if you're heading out for the weekend or planning a long day out of the office this is certainly one to consider.
However, because it is just a case, the good news is that you can simply whip it off when it runs out of juice.


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Grilling Tips< All Helpful Tips
Bring foods to a cool room temperature before placing on the grill. Cold foods may burn on the outside before the interior is cooked. Use tongs to turn meat instead of a meat fork to avoid piercing and losing juices.
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Here I am, still struggling with weight loss. Yes, I have lost about 55 pounds. And it feels GREAT! But I still have 35 to go and have been at a standstill for about 8 months. There has been a lot of stress in our lives, so I am grateful to be hanging out in the 180s, but don't want to stay there. And the holidays are coming up. Starting TOMORROW!!!!! Halloween. Boy do I struggle with that one, in many ways, but that is not what this post is about.
I have to say that eating, for me, is really a spiritual issue. I do a lot of self medicating. If I eat myself numb I don't have to feel, right? But how healthy is that, really? Eventually those feelings have to come out or they take more and more food to stuff them down. There goes my 55 pounds. So, I am dealing with the spiritual issues I am facing. And I am facing them! Not eating them away.
On Monday, a friend and I are starting Faithfully Fit. A 40 day journey to getting at the heart of it. Yes, I hope to lose some weight on this journey, but more importantly, I want to loosen the grip that food has on my life.
So, I ask that you pray for me. Spiritual warfare is never fun and never pretty, but it sure is rewarding!!
In Him
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Back to Weight Loss
Here I am, still struggling with weight loss. Yes, I have lost about 55 pounds. And it feels GREAT! But I still have 35 to go and have been at a standstill for about 8 months. There has been a lot of stress in our lives, so I am grateful to be hanging out in the 180s, but don't want to stay there. And the holidays are coming up. Starting TOMORROW!!!!! Halloween. Boy do I struggle with that one, in many ways, but that is not what this post is about.
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Things I Am Learning
This is not an easy post to write. It has not been an easy week. I am supposed to be at our Saturday evening service right now, but had to come home because 2 little girls could not behave. We gave up wrestling with them and, since I was the one with a headache, I came home. The house is really quiet right now. They are both sleeping. Hmmmmmm..... I wonder if waking up at 7 on a Saturday is catching up with them. Personally, I have been awake since 3, (yes that is 3 AM) so 7 sounds like sleeping in.
We have a house still not selling in Cincinnati. Yes, we live in Toledo. No, we aren't rich. Yes, it is frustrating. But, ya know what? I can't control that! (The selling of the house.) I got a substitute certificate so I can sub in our local school district to help ends meet. But, ya know what? I haven't gotten a single call to sub! I can't control that either.
Whining Worrying about it doesn't change it.
God and I had a talk about that this week. He's not been looking at my planner. Or following what I think needs to happen. Oh, it is a good thing He is a patient Father. He keeps reminding me: (from Proverbs 3)
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight. [a]
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Then He reminded me of all the ways in which He has provided for us (monetarily) as I have been so concerned about our financial situation:
~people have brought us groceries
~we have had to buy almost no clothing for our five children
~we have been given a van for free(!)
~we have almost never paid for a baby sitter
~free movie tickets for our date nights
~free clothing for me and Kevin
~strangers handing us money when we were commuting between Cincy and Toledo to help pay for food and gas
~and many other things!
(If you have been the hand and feet of Jesus for us, thank you. If you have prayed on our behalf, thank you.)
And I have always struggled with headaches, depression, etc...I don't usually blog about those things but God has been talking to me about them, too. I was whining to Him about them
9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
Okay, I may not be where I am gladly boasting my weaknesses, but I am starting to understand that grace is enough for me!
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Today I went here. My husband will be so excited! And you will be jealous! YUM!
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
More Money Saving!
What I am about to say may be shocking to you all, but here it goes.....I PAY for coupons!! Huh? How is that saving money? How can paying for something that is free save you money?
Easy, it's all about volume! I go here . And buy coupons in bulk. There is a nominal "handling " fee. Truthfully, I look at as if I am paying someone to do the cutting for me. I really dislike cutting coupons and the whole mess of it. But I can get multiples of coupons for things I really use! (Hint: do not get coupons for foods you don't normally keep in the house. For me that means sweets and desserts. Then I take these multiple coupons to Kroger or Meijer (both places double coupons) and use them when the items are on sale. I stock up on what I need.
I got 10 boxes of free pasta! They were on sale for 10 for $10. I used $1.00 off of 2 coupons. My Kroger doubles up to $1.00 so each dollar off was actually $2.00 off! FREE PASTA!! I got the Ragu for 62 cents a jar. Yep, I can feed my family of 7 for 62 cents!!! Wonder how much spaghetti they will eat?
Most groceries with double coupons only double up to 50 cents and everything above 50 cents is raised to $1.00. Still, that would have been pasta for 50 cents a box! (Not store brand!)
This does take some practice and planning, but I save 45-70% off of my grocery bills!!
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Monday, October 11, 2010
You Just Never Know What They Are Going To Say
Charis: (with Wide, Expectant Eyes) Mom, Mom, Mom, do you know who's Mary?
Me: Mary?
Charis: Yeah, do you know who's Mary, the REAL Mary?
Me: Mary? You mean Jesus' mother?
Charis: No, Mom, the bus driver is Mary! (of course, can't imagine why I didn't catch onto that!)
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Strange Day....would you expect anything less from the Jobe crew??
Today my kids went to church full of their usual energy. Two were a bit grumpy because we tried a little experiment and let them spend the night at friends' last night. Josiah went wearing his bright blue cape with a yellow star and a red J on the back. After the Sunday School hour we found out that our girls told the teacher that she was "hot." (Lord, help us!) She said that she asked them exactly what they meant, we waited on edge for their answer. According a 5 and 6 year old girl, "hot" means you are cool and cute! (whew) Our grandmotherly teacher was happy with that definition. (So were Mom and Dad.)
I took Charis to get her hair cut this afternoon. It was well past her shoulders, mid back really. So, I had it cut into a cute bob just over her shoulders. The hair dresser asked her if she liked it. Charis said, "no." (!) Then proceeded to tell Nice Lady Hairdresser that she wanted it cut up over her ears (think bowl-cut!) Needless to say, she has a really cute bob.
Afterward, we headed to the Wal-Mart next door.
Surprisingly, She was so good! Picked up a few things. It is a minor miracle to get out of that place under $100 and I was well under $50!! On the way out I saw this in a mini-van window.
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Saving Money!!
These days I am all about saving money. So, I am going to occasionally let you in on some of my "secrets". These are some of the sites I have found that have really helped me!! Some of these are city specific, but even these have helped me, no matter where I am living!
I really got started at Cincinnati Coupons. Lots of great deals and where to find them. Be sure to read how to save money shopping at Kroger. I think she explains Walgreens, too. I haven't really gotten started on that yet, but I do save 40-60% on my grocery bills!
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Ask Noel: CHESS, mortgages and investment strategies
My question is regarding CHESS statements. What length of time should I retain them? I was advised by an accountant that I should retain CHESS statements until my shares are sold. I bought shares in CBA,WBC and a few other blue chips 14 years ago, have full participation and have not sold any shares. Apparently, by the end of 2018 CHESS will offer statements electronically.
For the uneducated CHESS (Clearing House Electronic Subregister System) is the computer system used by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to record shareholdings and manage the settlement of share transactions. My broker tells me there should be no need to keep CHESS statements. Your sponsoring broker should be able to provide a portfolio summary with all CHESS holding at any time.
In a recent article you said only $1.6 million in a super fund can go to a beneficiary. What happens to the balance?
The rest will be paid to the beneficiary as after-tax payment. They can invest it how they wish, but not in super. This means earnings will be taxed at their marginal rate.
I am in my late 60s and have been living in a friend's home for a number of years but with a recent change in circumstances I will soon be moving out. I am looking to buy a small apartment for about $275,000 and I am wondering about the best way to finance it. I receive $1500 a fortnight from various pensions and income streams, as well as having $250,000 in super – from which I draw down the 5 per cent I'm required to each year – and I have about $40,000 in the bank. The super fund returns around 3 per cent a year from a cash option. Should I try to get a loan for as much as I can at a rate of 4-4.5 per cent and use money from my super to make up the shortfall or would it be preferable to use a larger percentage of my super as a deposit and take out a smaller mortgage?
The biggest problem you will have is getting a loan to buy a house at your age. I think your first job should be to talk to a couple of mortgage brokers and see what they recommend. You will need to prove you have the capacity to service the repayments and have enough in super or other assets to pay off any residual balance when the time comes. Keep in mind that costly mortgage insurance will be incurred if you don't have at least a 20 per cent deposit.
My partner and I own our home outright, plus other properties, and have combined super of $490,000 plus $670,000 in savings. We have no other debts or liabilities, and no plans to have children. We would like to buy a holiday house, which could also be rented out as an investment property. What is the best investment strategy in planning for our retirement? Can we borrow against one of our properties, and what type of loan would be best?
Even though you have not given specific details of the value of the properties you own, you appear to be extremely well placed for retirement. I suggest you think twice before you buy a holiday home – you're usually far better off to invest elsewhere and rent as needed. It would be a different matter if you intended to retire to this house at some time in the future as you could buy it now to lock in today's value. You could certainly borrow against one of your properties for investment and, if you are both working, should have this loan on an interest-only basis if possible to maximise the tax benefits. You should also be trying to get the bulk of your assets into superannuation if this is possible.
Noel Whittaker is the author of Making Money Made Simple and numerous other books on personal finance. His advice is general in nature. Readers should seek their own professional advice before making decisions. Twitter: @noelwhittaker


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Parasite tops the Jury Grid.
As predicted, Bong Joon-ho's Parasite is the critical leader now in Competition films, according to Screen Daily's latest Jury Grid compilation of ten critics. It's now
Parasite 3.4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire 3.3
Pain and Glory 3.3
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 3.0
With Sciamma's and Almodóvar's films tied. Xavier Dolan is "struggling" notes Screen Daily with a 1.7; only Peter Bradshaw liked it much. But while Dolan's It's only the end of the World got a 1.4 in 2016, it won the Grand Prix and the Jury Ecumenical Prize. Sometimes a Jury goes its own way.


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Why don't you keep the PDF file separate and create hyper links in the odt file?The reason importing pdf is of interest, is for the need to include a copy of an email conversation as a source in my thesis. I chose to instead cut and paste (with some heavy editing afterwords), but being able to insert a pdf-document would be excellent, as this would allow for text to be just that: text.
Because, as it is a thesis, it needs to be a single document.
mgroenescheij wrote:Normally you analyze first your problem and then select the tool that can do the job. I have the feeling that you started with selecting a tool (OpenOffice) and then complain that the tool doesn't meet your requirements.
If you export your thesis into a PDF document you are able to insert the PDF from your emails into your thesis as an appendix, this way you have everything into one document.
All you need to do is creating the hyperlinks in your PDF document.
In other words there is always more than one way to solve your problems.
musikai wrote:If you want to have no pixelation at all you can use svg as image format.
Just so no one wonders: I circumvened the PDF import by sending the desired email to print, then copying the contents of the new tab for pasting into the appendix document;
I have no need to import PDFs at the moment, but it will surely be useful at a later time to find a good way to do this (avoiding all this tweaking and the less than desirable table layout).
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For the first time ever, Frogwares Studio will abandon their homemade graphics engine. The latest adventures of Sherlock Holmes will be developed on Epic's Unreal Engine 3, allowing the series to jump far ahead of previous installments in graphical quality. Environments will be more realistic and finely detailed with dynamic lighting and shadows. Choosing this engine also lets the game benefit from many technologies like a powerful animation engine for smooth movement and animation transitions, real-time shaders and a particle system, and advanced post-processing effects.
Unlike the previous adventures of Sherlock Holmes, in Crimes and Punishments you will not be a mere spectator during the detective's investigation. It is now your turn to truly become Sherlock Holmes and lead your own investigation-actually, your investigations, as 8 captivating cases await you! Murders, disappearances, spectacular thefts, and other investigations will bring you to the cutting edge of the detective genre and these cases will be the bread and butter of this game, written in the pure tradition of Conan Doyle's novels. Each case offers real freedom to players, who will have to make important moral choices instead of simply enforcing justice by the book. All decisions have an influence in the game and affect your character's reputation in addition to having realistic, sometimes unexpected, consequences. You will have to bear the weight of your choices, as Crimes and Punishments offers an exciting system of actions/consequences that forces players to think before acting by giving true depth to every decision they make.
In Crimes and Punishments, players will embody a Sherlock Holmes with a brand new look. Developers at Frogwares have abandoned the classic Sherlock Holmes inspired by the 60s Sherlock movies, replacing him with a more modern character perfectly matching the new artistic ambitions of the title
More articles about Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments


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Mayor: 'Do things the right way' for KC rally Thursday
Demonstration set for 7 p.m.
Kansas City Mayor Sly James issued a video statement ahead of a planned rally Thursday night near the Country Club Plaza.
The rally is part of what is being called a "National Moment of Silence." It is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the J.C. Nichols Fountain.
A Facebook page promoting the rally said protesters will demonstrate against what it called "police brutality" connected with the events in Ferguson.
"What I'm hoping that happens is that people make their opinions heard, but do so in a way that allows people to actually listen as opposed to being distracted by the violence that may erupt on the edges," James said in a video statement. "In short, keep it cool, stay frosty out there, and just make sure we're doing things the right way and in a positive manner."


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( school bell ringing )
Oh, boy, it's over,it's over !
Oh, man, I thought thatday would never end !
Hey, Stan, you wanna maybestudy together after school ?
What ?!
No way, Wendy,today's The Day !
What day ?
The day they're showingpart two of last week's
Terrance and Phillip show !
They're gonna finally revealwho Phillip farted on
to get out of jail !
Oh, God,that show is so dumb.
Dumb ?!
Phillip farted insomebody's face super-hard
but you don't know who untilthis week's episode !
Ugh, this has beenthe longest week of my life !
Why do boys thinkfarts are so funny ?
They're juvenileand gross !
No, no, no, no,you're right, Bebe.
Farts totally aren't funny.
( farts )Eww !
( boys laughing )
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Come on, guys,we gotta go !
We're finally gonna learnthe shocking truth
of who Phillip farted on !
Let's get to my house !
Come on !We gotta buy chips !
God, they're so stupid.
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The boys can't wait to get home to see the thrilling conclusion to the Terrance and Phillip special.


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Lark A. Ford, PhD, RN will present Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 12 Noon in the Howe Conference Room on the 5th floor of the Library. Dr. Ford will discuss key memorials to nursing from 1902 through 2000, the first century of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
This lecture is being held in conjunction with the National Library of Medicine traveling exhibit, Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection, which will be on display on the 3rd floor of the Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library from April 4, 2016 to May 15, 2016.
Dr. Lark Ford is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Restoration and Care Systems Management in the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio School of Nursing. She joined the nursing faculty in 2006 following 33 years of military service in the United States Army Nurse Corps, retiring at the rank of Colonel. Lark has earned a BSN in Nursing from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, an MSN in Nursing Administration from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, and an MA and a PhD from the School of Human and Organization Development at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California.
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Alexander's Alley, located on 140th Street and Alexander Avenue in the Bronx, is named for a family of Mott Haven landowners and developers, Robert, Ellen, and their son Edwin Alexander. Very little is known about the family.
The Bronx gets its name from a Swedish sea captain named Jonas Bronck. In 1639, Bronck sailed for New Amsterdam and settled in the area which now bears his name. The captain purchased approximately 500 acres of land from the Dutch West India Company, and traded tools, clothes and utensils with local Native Americans for additional property. He built a stone home in what is now Morrisania, and owned one of the largest collections of books in the colony. Bronck's estate also hosted a peace conference with the Weckquasgeck Indians in 1642.


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With all the talk this week about the bumps, tight turns and changing surfaces, the goal for every driver in Saturday's IZOD IndyCar Series three-segment qualifying race was to get as close to the front as possible, because passing could come with a cost Sunday.
Just before entering his final lap, Will Power looked at the readout on the dashboard of his Penske Dallara and knew he was a tenth of a second off the fastest time of the day. He then set off on an exciting sprint to claim the pole for Baltimore's inaugural Grand Prix.
It was his seventh pole of the season.
"That last lap was definitely a tough one," Power said. "I knew I had one lap to do it. I went out and did the timing, and I didn't think I got it. But I did. It's a good place to start."
With crowds so thick people could hardly walk along the Pratt Street front stretch — police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said organizers had told police that about 40,000 people attended Saturday — Power finished the last lap in 1:20.2447 at 91.520 mph.
That was enough to claim the pole over Chip Ganassi driver Graham Rahal, who will start on the outside of the front row after turning the second-best time of 1:20.3238 for a 91.430 mph average around the 2.03 mph temporary course that runs through the heart of the city.
Power's teammate Ryan Briscoe will start third, with Rahal's teammate, series points-leader Dario Franchitti, in fourth.
Power, 30, said he didn't know exactly where his better time came from, "it was just little tiny bits in every segment."
But Rahal, who has not had a pole this season and not has been on the front row of the starting grid since 2009, said Power's pole victory was more about what Rahal had done in his Ganassi racer than what Power did.
"You know Will is going to be there at the finish," Rahal said. "It's not an expectation, it's a fact. But I feel like I gave it away."
Power, who is just 26 points out of the IndyCar Series points lead, is known for his talent on road and street courses and has been delighting in the unknown nature of the new Baltimore track, which has revealed itself to be tricky. The tougher it is, Power keeps saying, the better it is for him.
But the course difficulty also seems to suit the 22-year-old Rahal.
"I don't know what it is," Rahal said. "I just really am enjoying this track. I fell like, so far I've been able to push a little bit harder and find a little bit more speed. I think liking it is a lot of it. I love street races. New street races, it's a pretty level playing field."
It was that confidence, and knowing Power would be charging, that inspired Rahal to keep his foot on the pedal.
"You've got to push hard," he said. "And I really had no clue what lap times I was doing, because at the start neither the dash [telemetry readouts] or the radio worked. In the second session, the dash didn't work and same with the third. That makes you push even harder. Going in to the last lap, they were trying to tell me, 'Will is on one that's just going to get you, but you're on one that's better. You're starting your lap better.'"
But that's when Rahal came to the chicane, an artificially designed series of turns that's purpose is to slow the cars coming down Pratt Street.
"I had a good one going," he said. "I had used a lap to let the tires cool off and get them back where we wanted them. And I was putting one together. Then I went into the chicane ... and locked up the right front. I kind of got through the chicane, but it wasn't pretty. I lost all our time there pretty much. I threw it away."
It will still be Rahal's best starting position this year.
"The front row is something we strive for each weekend," he said. "I'd be thrilled in either front row spot. Will's a fantastic driver with a fantastic team. I'm feeling pretty happy."
For Power, — who has 23 poles in his Indy career and will be starting on the front row for the eighth time in 15 races this season — it didn't matter who he had to edge out for the pole. He just wanted that first spot.
"I didn't know it was Graham who had the lead," Power said. "I just knew I was a tenth [of a second] down, and I put that in my head. I didn't think about who it might be. It didn't matter. It's competition, isn't it?"
Baltimore Sun reporter Julie Scharper contributed to this article.
With all the talk this week about the bumps, tight turns and changing surfaces, the goal for every driver in Saturday's IZOD IndyCar Series three-segment qualifying race was to get as close to the front as possible, because passing could come with a cost Sunday.


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I have this report to do on "Charge injection in heterostructures". I have been searching and reading but I still have some trouble with the basics, i.e. defining the concept.
As far as I understood a heterostructure is a junction between two or more different semiconductors and the carrier injections comes in the sense of bringing electrons and/or holes to the heterostructure through some kind of contact as a way of making a current or a light emitter by electron-hole recombination.
So the first question, is this correct?
What is difference between this and conduction through a metal-semiconductor contact? Is there such thing as a metal-heterostructure contact?
Does electron-hole pair formation by light counts as charge injection?
Can you advise me with some bibliography about this topic?
What is super-injection?
I'm really having trouble expanding this concept in details. Thanks for the help.


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A new vision of hedge funds is emerging in which they could have a much bigger role to play in portfolio management. Under the new scenario, the conventional image of a hedge fund as two guys with a terminal, swinging for the fences, is passé. While a lot of attention has been paid to what hedge funds have done wrong, too little attention has been paid to what they have done right, which is to strive to help investors avoid losses. That's because without much fanfare, the largest hedge funds have evolved into the world's most sophisticated risk management vehicles.
According to this perspective, the traditional 60% stocks/35% bonds/5% cash portfolio is beginning to resemble a car that has only one gear—forward. In hedge funds, by contrast, investors see the equivalent of a car that can go forward, backward, sideways, up and down.
Instead of allocating 10% of their portfolios to hedge funds, some pension funds are using them across all of their portfolios' asset classes. The Employees Retirement System in Texas, for example, recently decided to integrate hedge funds across its entire $24.9 billion portfolio. The move was particularly notable because the Texas Retirement System only began investing in hedge funds in 2011, according to Institutional Investor magazine. Similar actions were taken in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the Virginia Retirement System.
In Geneva, the head of the pension fund for CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory, is running its 4-billion Swiss Franc ($4.37 billion) portfolio as if it's one big global macro fund. Theodore Economou, CEO of the CERN Pension Fund and the person behind the so-called CERN Model, thinks all pension funds should adopt CERN's approach. If they can't, Economou has proposed a radical solution: turn the entire pension portfolio over to a large hedge fund that can.
Integrating hedge funds across an entire portfolio may sound as if chief investment officers want to put their portfolios on steroids. In fact, their motive is just the opposite. They're making the judgment that hedge fund managers are no longer a one-off entity to which you might allocate a small slice of the portfolio. Rather, they are relying on hedge funds to deliver a sophisticated set of tools to each of their asset classes.
Worried about a possible slowdown in China? The CIO of a traditionally-run portfolio might lighten up on the suppliers of raw materials and commodities to China. In the new scenario, the CIO might rely on its global macro hedge fund to manage the portfolio's exposure to China by buying credit default swaps on oil-and-gas company debt. If China's growth slows, so will the demand for energy, which in turn may make the oil-and-gas company's debt riskier.
The point is pension funds cannot afford another 2008. In order to be more conservative, pension funds need to be less traditional, as Economou put it in a May interview with Hedge Funds Review. They have to avoid that level of losses, and to do that, they need to control risk. With that in mind, if hedge funds possess the best risk management techniques, why limit them to only 10% of the portfolio? If pension funds and hedge funds work together, Economou thinks the hedge fund industry has the potential to grow five or 10 times larger than it is today.
"The opportunity lies in hedge funds starting to see pension funds differently and reflecting on how their skill set cannot just be complementary to an existing portfolio, but can contribute to solving the entire daunting challenge that most pension funds are facing," Economou told Hedge Funds Review.
The ability to control risk goes a long way in explaining why big hedge funds have been getting bigger, even though small hedge funds have generally outperformed larger ones, according to a 2011 survey from PerTrac. Most industry experts would probably agree that not only do large hedge funds have the most sophisticated risk management systems, but they also offer better liquidity and the ability to handle huge allocations from institutions. This doesn't mean that the small, emerging hedge fund is going to disappear, but it may lead to a bifurcation of the industry in the future, with one set of hedge funds for the big investors and one set for smaller investors.


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