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5 Great Moments in Sportsmanship
Too often these days, fans and athletes alike focus on the negative side of sports, whether it's a fight that breaks out on the field or trash talk off the field. Still, there are many instances of athletes taking the high road and doing the right thing. Here are five perfect examples of athletes showing us what sportsmanship is all about.
1. Bobby Jones, 1925 U.S. Open Assessed himself a one-stroke penalty on the par-4 11th hole for an infraction nobody saw. He'd eventually lose in a playoff. Praised for his honesty, Jones said, "You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank."
2. Armando Galarraga, Detroit Tigers, 2010With Galarraga one out away from a perfect game, umpire Jim Joyce blew a call at first base to spoil the achievement. Rather than lash out, Galarraga defended Joyce and accepted his apology.
3. Shawn Crawford, 2008 Beijing Olympics Finished fourth, but was awarded silver in the 200 meters after two runners were disqualified for lane violations. Feeling that Churandy Martin of the Netherlands Antilles had rightly earned the honor, Crawford sent him his medal.
"I know the rules are the rules. You step on the line, you're disqualified. But when you're running clear in your position and aren't impeding in someone's race and you barely touch the line? I felt that Churandy was robbed. He worked four years just like I did, went to practice and trained — probably threw up at practice like I did — nights of breathlessness and days where you wanted to sleep. For four years... I felt like he ran a second-place race. He beat us by a considerable margin, from second to third. I know I put in the work, and I go out there and expect to earn my position. I felt like I was beat fair and square.
"When Churandy received my medal, he was surprised. He couldn't believe that I was doing it. At first, he didn't accept it. He understood my argument, but wanted to make sure that's really what I wanted to do. But he has so much respect for me now. We're really cool, and it's a great relationship. To me, that's more important. If I had kept the medal, I probably never would have known much about him. Just 'hi' and 'bye,' every time I saw him. I like the relationship we have built. It's important to have good relationships and friendships in life. You only live once, and it's a short life."
4. Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace, Central Washington Universitywomen's softball, 2008 After Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University hit her first career home run, she injured her knee rounding first base. Holtman and Wallace carried her around the bases, so she could receive credit for a four-bagger.
5. San Francisco Giants, 2010 NLDS After clinching victory in the series at Turner Field, the Giants broke off their victory celebration to join in a standing ovation for manager Bobby Cox, managing his last game of a 25-year run with the Braves.


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The Rocky Mountains present some of the top destinations for vacationers seeking some of the most beautiful sites on earth. This itinerary has been crafted with two national parks in mind; Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Future blog itineraries will include other regions and parks.
Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons are neighboring parks in northwest Wyoming. I would like to caution travelers in this area, do not judge the time it takes to get from one location to another by the distance. In this area, one mile can take a half hour (or longer). Bear jams, bison jams, tourists can impede your travels significantly in these parks.
Where to stay?
This is a critical decision to make. In our itinerary, I recommend two separate locations, one in Yellowstone National Park and then one in Grand Teton National Park. Accommodations within Yellowstone (camping, hotel/lodge/cabins, and RV sites can be found at the following link:
Yellowstone National Park Lodges
If you are bringing an RV, consider Fishing Bridge RV Park (full hook-ups), although I recommend reservations on their May 1st opening (for following summer). Several campgrounds offer tent and small RV sites (no hook ups)– Yellowstone Lake, Madison, Canyon, Grant, Old Faithful, Roosevelt., Mammoth. Lodges and cabins include; Canyon Lodge and Cabins, Grant Village, Lake Lodge Cabins, Lake Yellowstone Hotel and Cabins, Mammoth Hot Springs and Cabins, Old Faithful Snow Lodge and Cabins, Roosevelt Lodges and Cabins.
Yellowstone can be accessed on a road system that forms a figure 8. This is known as the Grand Loop Road. Your decision on where to stay should reflect your interest in the park, in terms of proximity. The National Geographic map link below is an excellent resource to bring on your trip.
Getting to Yellowstone:
If flying to Yellowstone, the closest major airport is Salt Lake City. Driving north on Interstate 15 and transitioning to US 20 will get you into West Yellowstone. US Highways lead into the five park entrances (US 20 West Yellowstone, US 89 in Gardiner, Cook City (north east), Cody (east), and US 89 from the south (from Grand Teton). Unless you are taking a private tour, your own vehicle is a necessity.
When to Go:
Most people go to Yellowstone from late June through August. Early June and into the fall months have fewer visitors, however, the chance of snow is greater. Some elect to purchase winter packages with snowmobile and snowshoe excursions. Many of these excursions are based out of West Yellowstone, MT.
Sample Itinerary:
Yellowstone/Day One:
Start your adventure with the Grizzly Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, MT. They charge reasonable fees, and feature rescued animals which can no longer survive in the wild. Besides, if you go there, you are guaranteed to see a wolf and a grizzly bear!
Continue into the park through the west entrance. You will follow the Madison River for several miles until you meet the intersection at Madison Junction.
During your drive, take your time, as you can often times spot your first Bison and Elk along the river.
From Madison Junction, turn left and travel to the upper geyser basins and Mammoth Hot Springs.
In this area, you will see amazing thermal features, the historic Mammoth District, and Gibbon Falls. Take some time to hike around the Norris Geyser Basin, Artists Paint Pots, and Mammoth Hot Springs. This will be your first introduction to the lovely aroma of "rotten egg smell" in Yellowstone.
Yellowstone/Day Two:
Today, you are going to see some of the most iconic parts of Yellowstone. We will drive to the Geyser Basins (including Old Faithful), Grand Prismatic Spring, and the Firehole River.
Old Faithful's schedule can be found in the nearby visitor's center. Old Faithful is not the largest geyser, but the most regular. Several geysers exist in the region, so it is fun to take your time and travel the boardwalks to these features. Grand Prismatic Spring is the most colorful feature in the park, and is arguably one of the most picturesque locations to which you can travel. Parking is not easy in this area!
Yellowstone/Day Three:
This day will take you to the northeast portion of the park. Depending on where you choose to stay, the driving in this day will probably be the longest of your trip around Yellowstone. This day will take you up to Lamar Valley, Tower Falls, and of course the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
On a side note, two valleys, Lamar and Hayden are the prime areas to view wildlife (bears, wolves, bison, and elk). It is recommended that you get to these areas either in the morning or towards dusk. Please exercise caution when driving in the park after dark. Animals tend to come out in these hours, and can be easily hit by vehicles. It is recommended that you bring binoculars or a spotting scope to better view the animals on your trip. The two items linked below are recommended for your trip.
Yellowstone/Day Four:
The final day in Yellowstone takes us to the lake area of the park. If you were to drain Yellowstone Lake, the bottom would look much like the surface of the park, with hot springs and geysers.You can take a hike along the shore of the lake near the historic Fishing Bridge, take a short hike to Storm Point, and hike the boardwalks of the West Thumb Geyser Basin. This is an amazing (but often overlooked) area of the park. If time permits, you may even want to rent a boat or go on a fishing trip on the lake.
What many people do not realize is that Yellowstone is actually a super-volcano and that over half the park is in what is referred to as the caldera of the volcano. Not something you would want to think about too much on vacation, but an interesting environment!!
Four days is not nearly enough time to see Yellowstone and take in all of its magnificence. We have gone to Yellowstone several times, most of the time in an RV, and camping at the Fishing Bridge RV Park. A common pairing with Yellowstone is a visit to its neighbor to the south, Grand Teton National Park. You should devote at least two days to this park, potentially more, if time allows.
Reservations for accommodations can be made within the park at the following link: Grand Teton Lodge Company
The only full hook-up RV camp in the park is at the Colter Bay RV Park. Reservations need to be made well in advance, as sites do sell out. Here are a few images from the Grand Tetons.
I hope you enjoy your vacation to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. Make sure you study maps, monitor weather, carry bear spray (at all times when out and about), watch for mosquitoes and keep your distance from wildlife.


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The CLEAN-ROADS project was presented in occasion of the "VII Convegno Nazionale sul Particolato Atmosferico PM2016" held on May 17th - 20th in Rome.
The CLEAN-ROADS project was presented through a publication named ""Progetto LIFE+ CLEAN-ROADS: valutazione e riduzione dell'impatto ambientale dovuto all'utilizzo di sale disgelante". The poster has summarized the project activities and results related to the environmental studies carried out in the pilot test site of Cadino, with a specific focus on the aspects related to air pollution.
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Much to the surprise of researchers, substantially lower doses of beta-blockers appear to be more effective in preventing death among heart attack patients than higher doses tested in clinical trials. Here are the details on the effects of different dosage levels.
Pharmacy groups are backing more than 30 U.S. Congress members protesting a policy change by the Department of Defense's health insurance program. Here is why they object to a change in TRICARE policy to limit coverage for many compounded medications.
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The international network for district energy, promoting sustainable heating and cooling in Europe and beyond.
SDHplus built upon the success of SDHtake-off, creating new business models and marketing strategies to grow the solar district heating (SDH) sector.
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Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
Solar district heating (SDH) plants are a large-scale solar thermal technology supplying renewable, zero-emission heat from large collector fields via district heating networks to residential and industrial areas. There is increasing interest in SDH, mainly from utilities but also from local authorities and the housing sector. SDH has a large potential in Europe, which experts estimate at 5% of district heat from solar and an annual solar heat production of 100 PJ.
The SHDplus is a follow-up project from SDHtake-off, which united solar thermal and district heating stakeholders, analysing market conditions and producing recommendations for the deployment of SDH across Europe. Building upon the successful outcomes of SDHtake-off, the aim of the SDHplus project was to support uptake of solar thermal in district heating through:
The SDHplus project incorporated more district heating stakeholders, in more countries, than the SDHtake-off project and resulted in the following outcomes:
The case study examples demonstrate the potential success of SDH within the district heating sector and knowledge was shared from the 39 case studies through a number of international high-level dissemination activities, such as work shops and coaching sessions.
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Turkey Chickpea Chili Featuring Hurst's Beans Garbanzos {no soak recipe}
In my ongoing pursuit to find meals that are both easy to prepare and healthy, I have lightened up one of my favorite chili recipes. Using lean ground turkey and forgoing the heavy toppings I normally love, I have found a balance between fast, satisfying and delicious- Turkey Chickpea Chili!
This isn't a revolutionary recipe and chances are you have had a version of this somewhere over the years. But I could eat this every day and after the last time I made this I quite possibly had it for lunch 4 days in a row. Hey- chili is always better when it is a leftover, right?
I started with dried garbanzos aka chickpeas from Hurst's Beans , an Indiana company, and instead of soaking them overnight- I cooked them on the stove top. Yes, you read that right. After I sorted and rinsed the dry beans I did NOT soak them. Actually, I rarely soak beans throughout the week if ever and that is because I usually forget! I know many who cook theirs in the oven instead of the stove top and you know that I also make mine in the slow-cooker. There are lots of schools of thought on the preparation of beans (here is a great article about the bean soak evolution) and I know that culture, tradition and habit play a huge part. I will leave it up to you to decide what you want to do. For this recipe- I made them on the stove top.
Want to make this in a slow cooker? Be sure to add 7 cups of liquid to your dried beans and add ALL tomatoes in the last 30 minutes. The acid in tomatoes can inhibit how fast and to what quality the beans soften. I have made this in the slow cooker with perfectly fine results. My cooking time was 8 hours, on high.
My quick soak to cook method for chickpeas and other dried legumes:
Place your rinsed, dried beans into a Dutch oven sized pot (the one you plan on cooking the soup in) and fill with water 3 inches above the beans. Add 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a full boil and then remove from heat. Cover and let the beans soak in this hot water for 1 hour undisturbed. Drain and then cook as recipe states. Your beans should be similar to beans soaked for 8 hours. Be sure you cook them afterwards, this is just a quick soak method NOT a quick cooking method.
- 1 pound bag of dried Hurst's Brand Garbanzo beans
- 1 pound of lean ground turkey
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 medium peppers, your choice of color, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 15 oz cans Red Gold Tomatoes petite diced tomatoes
- 1 28 oz can of Red Gold Tomatoes crushed tomatoes
- 32 oz carton of low sodium chicken stock
- 2 1/2 TB of chili powder
- 1 tsp of smoked paprika
- 1 1/2 tsp of ground cumin
- kosher salt and pepper to taste
- Soak beans via stove top- sort and rinse beans, place in pot, cover with 3 inches of water and 1 tsp of salt, bring to a boil, cover and remove from heat.
- Allow to sit for 1 hour, drain and set aside.
- In the same pot, brown the turkey.
- Once cooked add in the onion, garlic, peppers and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes, or until veggies are soft.
- Add back in the chickpeas, stir in the seasoning, the stock and the tomatoes, stir.
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Madrona, Amazon Bet $4.4M on Animoto, a Startup With Roots at Bellevue High School
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know it at the time. In the spring of 2007, he talked with Madrona Venture Group's managing director Matt McIlwain, as part of Madrona's due diligence on investing in Smartsheet—an Internet company that makes it easier for geographically dispersed teams to collaborate. (Animoto was a Smartsheet customer—these relationships go in every direction.) Animoto didn't have a real product yet, but McIlwain made a note of the interesting startup.
"We were super impressed with them," says McIlwain (another member of the Dartmouth mafia). "We agreed to stay in touch."
Animoto kept gaining momentum, receiving public praise from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the Y Combinator Startup School at Stanford University, shortly before Amazon announced its investment in the company in May 2008. By summertime, Animoto had released its product for businesses and professional photographers—a key market segment that has really taken off. Its product competes with sophisticated software from Adobe and Apple, but its advantage is that it's relatively cheap, easy to use, and Web-based. Smaller companies like Slide and RockYou make Web-based slideshow software, but their offerings don't quite match up. (For an outside opinion, I asked Dan Shapiro, co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based Ontela, a mobile photo-sharing startup, for his thoughts on Animoto. "I played with the app and it's really cool," he said. "It made even my bad pictures look good.")
Last fall, Jefferson started to look for ways to take the company to the next level in terms of revenues and distribution. As the economy collapsed, he says, "we really made a push to cash-flow positive." At the same time, he started looking opportunistically for venture capital. "In my head, I always thought we'd take Silicon Valley venture capital," Jefferson says. But in his tour of the Bay Area, New York, and Seattle firms, the best match turned out to be Madrona. "We felt like there was a good culture fit," Jefferson says, adding that in conversations with Madrona portfolio CEOs, he heard that Madrona acts more like a partner and mentor than a boss. The venture firm has also been very up-front, he says. "Even during the pitch process, we felt there was a lot of transparency. We always knew where we stood."
McIlwain, for his part, says he's thrilled with the new investment in Animoto. "They've built a really high-quality and simple-to-use product. They've been able to get massive adoption. Most importantly, they've got almost 100,000 people paying for the product," he says. "It's an unusual combination for a Web 2.0 company. On top of all that, this is a cash-flow positive business [since December]."
So why take venture funding at all? Jefferson says he is looking to grow Animoto into a company that sells to millions or tens of millions of users. "We want to crank up our distribution strategy," he explains. McIlwain notes, "There's an even bigger opportunity around the notion of multimedia storytelling delivered online." He adds that one goal is to "invest in some really compelling, mutual-win partnerships." Neither of them would give more specifics about such partnerships on the record.
Animoto currently has 18 full-time employees—a mix of technologists, designers, and producers. Most are in New York, but Jefferson remains in San Francisco. He and McIlwain say there are no plans to move the company to Seattle, despite its deep local roots and investors. I asked McIlwain whether the Animoto deal represents a departure or shift in Madrona's strategy of investing in early-stage Northwest companies. "We're open minded," he replied. "We have to bend the rules a little bit for the right opportunity, and the right team."
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DSAP: deep-sequencing small RNA analysis pipelineDSAP is an automated multiple-task web service designed to provide a total solution to analyzing deep-sequencing small RNA datasets generated by next-generation sequencing technology. DSAP uses a tab-delimited file as an input format, which holds the unique sequence reads (tags) and their corresponding number of copies generated by the Solexa sequencing platform. The input data will go through four analysis steps in DSAP: (i) cleanup: removal of adaptors and poly-A/T/C/G/N nucleotides; (ii) clustering: grouping of cleaned sequence tags into unique sequence clusters; (iii) non-coding RNA (ncRNA) matching: sequence homology mapping against a transcribed sequence library from the ncRNA database Rfam (http://rfam.sanger.ac.uk/); and (iv) known miRNA matching: detection of known miRNAs in miRBase (http://www.mirbase.org/) based on sequence homology. The expression levels corresponding to matched ncRNAs and miRNAs are summarized in multi-color clickable bar charts linked to external databases. DSAP is also capable of displaying miRNA expression levels from different jobs using a log2-scaled color matrix. Furthermore, a cross-species comparative function is also provided to show the distribution of identified miRNAs in different species as deposited in miRBase. DSAP is available at http://dsap.cgu.edu.tw.Read more "2010"
Identification of putative miRNAs from the deep-branching unicellular flagellates
Huang PJ1, Lin WC, Chen SC, Lin YH, Sun CH, Lyu PC, Tang P.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of extensively studied RNAi-associated small RNAs that play a critical role in eukaryotic gene regulation. However, knowledge of the miRNA and its regulation in unicellular eukaryotes is very limited. In order to obtain a better understanding on the origin of miRNA regulation system, we used deep-sequencing technology to investigate the miRNA expression pattern in four deep-branching unicellular flagellates: Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis, Tritrichomonas foetus, and Pentatrichomonas hominis. In addition to the known miRNAs that have been described in G. lamblia and T. vaginalis, we identified 14 ancient animal miRNA families and 13 plant-specific families. Bioinformatics analysis also identified four novel miRNA candidates with reliable precursor structures derived from mature tRNAs. Our results indicated that miRNAs are likely to be a general feature for gene regulation throughout unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes and some of them may derive from unconventional ncRNAs such as snoRNA and tRNA.
A comprehensive expression profile of microRNAs and other classes of non-coding small RNAs in barley under phosphorous-deficient and -sufficient conditions.
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Phosphorus (P) is essential for plant growth. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a key role in phosphate homeostasis. However, little is known about P effect on miRNA expression in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). In this study, we used Illumina's next-generation sequencing technology to sequence small RNAs (sRNAs) in barley grown under P-deficient and P-sufficient conditions. We identified 221 conserved miRNAs and 12 novel miRNAs, of which 55 were only present in P-deficient treatment while 32 only existed in P-sufficient treatment. Total 47 miRNAs were significantly differentially expressed between the two P treatments (|log2| > 1). We also identified many other classes of sRNAs, including sense and antisense sRNAs, repeat-associated sRNAs, transfer RNA (tRNA)-derived sRNAs and chloroplast-derived sRNAs, and some of which were also significantly differentially expressed between the two P treatments. Of all the sRNAs identified, antisense sRNAs were the most abundant sRNA class in both P treatments. Surprisingly, about one-fourth of sRNAs were derived from the chloroplast genome, and a chloroplast-encoded tRNA-derived sRNA was the most abundant sRNA of all the sRNAs sequenced. Our data provide valuable clues for understanding the properties of sRNAs and new insights into the potential roles of miRNAs and other classes of sRNAs in the control of phosphate homeostasis.
CPAP: Cancer Panel Analysis Pipeline
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Vanno: A Visualization‐Aided Variant Annotation Tool
Po-Jung Huang,1, 2 ‡ Chi-Ching Lee,1 ‡ Bertrand Chin-Ming Tan,3 Yuan-Ming Yeh,4 Kuo-Yang Huang,5Ruei-Chi Gan,1 Ting-Wen Chen,1 Cheng-Yang Lee,1 Sheng-Ting Yang,6 Chung-Shou Liao,6 Hsuan Liu,2, 7 †and Petrus Tang1,2,5
Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have revolutionized the field of genetics and are trending toward clinical diagnostics. Exome and targeted sequencing in a disease context represent a major NGS clinical application, considering its utility and cost‐effectiveness. With the ongoing discovery of disease‐associated genes, various gene panels have been launched for both basic research and diagnostic tests. However, the fundamental inconsistencies among the diverse annotation sources, software packages, and data formats have complicated the subsequent analysis. To manage disease‐associated NGS data, we developed Vanno, a Web‐based application for in‐depth analysis and rapid evaluation of disease‐causative genome sequence alterations. Vanno integrates information from biomedical databases, functional predictions from available evaluation models, and mutation landscapes from TCGA cancer types. A highly integrated framework that incorporates filtering, sorting, clustering, and visual analytic modules is provided to facilitate exploration of oncogenomics datasets at different levels, such as gene, variant, protein domain, or three‐dimensional structure. Such design is crucial for the extraction of knowledge from sequence alterations and translating biological insights into clinical applications. Taken together, Vanno supports almost all disease‐associated gene tests and exome sequencing panels designed for NGS, providing a complete solution for targeted and exome sequencing analysis. Vanno is freely available at http://cgts.cgu.edu.tw/vanno.
CMPD: cancer mutant proteome database
Whole-exome sequencing, which centers on the protein-coding regions of disease/cancer-associated genes, represents the most cost-effective method to-date for deciphering the association between genetic alterations and diseases. Large-scale whole exome/genome sequencing projects have been launched by various institutions, such as NCI, Broad Institute and TCGA, to provide a comprehensive catalog of coding variants in diverse tissue samples and cell lines. Further functional and clinical interrogation of these sequence variations must rely on extensive cross-platforms integration of sequencing information and a proteome database that explicitly and comprehensively archives the corresponding mutated peptide sequences. While such data resource is critical for the mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis of exonic variants, no database is currently available for the collection of mutant protein sequences that correspond to recent large-scale genomic data. To address this issue and serve as a bridge to integrate genomic and proteomics datasets, CMPD (http://cgbc.cgu.edu.tw/cmpd) collected over 2 million genetic alterations, which not only facilitates the confirmation and examination of potential cancer biomarkers but also provides an invaluable resource for translational medicine research and opportunities to identify mutated proteins encoded by mutated genes.
APOBEC3A is an oral cancer prognostic biomarker in Taiwanese carriers of an APOBEC deletion polymorphism
Ting-Wen Chen,Chi-Ching Lee,Hsuan Liu,Chi-Sheng Wu,Curtis R. Pickering,Po-Jung Huang et al.
Oral squamous cell carcinoma is a prominent cancer worldwide, particularly in Taiwan. By integrating omics analyses in 50 matched samples, we uncover in Taiwanese patients a predominant mutation signature associated with cytidine deaminase APOBEC, which correlates with the upregulation of APOBEC3A expression in the APOBEC3 gene cluster at 22q13. APOBEC3A expression is significantly higher in tumors carrying APOBEC3B-deletion allele(s). High-level APOBEC3A expression is associated with better overall survival, especially among patients carrying APOBEC3B-deletion alleles, as examined in a second cohort (n=188; p=0.004). The frequency of APOBEC3B-deletion alleles is ~50% in 143 genotyped oral squamous cell carcinoma -Taiwan samples (27A3B−/−:89A3B+/−:27A3B+/+), compared to the 5.8% found in 314 OSCC-TCGA samples. We thus report a frequent APOBEC mutational profile, which relates to a APOBEC3B-deletion germline polymorphism in Taiwanese oral squamous cell carcinoma that impacts expression of APOBEC3A, and is shown to be of clinical prognostic relevance. Our finding might be recapitulated by genomic studies in other cancer types.
VAReporter: variant reporter for cancer research of massive parallel sequencing
Po-Jung Huang1,2,4, Chi-Ching Lee3, Ling-Ya Chiu4, Kuo-Yang Huang5, Yuan-Ming Yeh4, Chia-Yu Yang4, Cheng-Hsun Chiu2 and Petrus Tang2,4,6*
Background: High throughput sequencing technologies have been an increasingly critical aspect of precision medicine owing to a better identification of disease targets, which contributes to improved health care cost and clinical outcomes. In particular, disease-oriented targeted enrichment sequencing is becoming a widely-accepted application for diagnostic purposes, which can interrogate known diagnostic variants as well as identify novel biomarkers from panels of entire human coding exome or disease-associated genes.
Results: We introduce a workflow named VAReporter to facilitate the management of variant assessment in disease-targeted sequencing, the identification of pathogenic variants, the interpretation of biological effects and the prioritization of clinically actionable targets. State-of-art algorithms that account for mutation phenotypes are used to rank the importance of mutated genes through visual analytic strategies. We established an extensive annotation source by integrating a wide variety of biomedical databases and followed the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) guidelines for interpretation and reporting of sequence variations.
Conclusions: In summary, VAReporter is the first web server designed to provide a "one-stop" resource for individual's diagnosis and large-scale cohort studies, and is freely available at http://rnd.cgu.edu.tw/vareporter.
Keywords: NGS, Exomes, SNV annotation, TCGA, ICGC
circlncRNAnet: an integrated web-based resource for mapping functional networks of long or circular forms of noncoding RNAs
Shao-Min Wu*, Hsuan Liu*, Po-Jung Huang*, Ian Yi-Feng Chang,3 Chi-Ching Lee,7 Chia-Yu Yang,1,3,4,8Wen-Sy Tsai,4 and Bertrand Chin-Ming Tan
Despite their lack of protein-coding potential, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emerged as key determinants in gene regulation, acting to fine-tune transcriptional and signaling output. These noncoding RNA transcripts are known to affect expression of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) via epigenetic and post-transcriptional regulation. Given their widespread target spectrum, as well as extensive modes of action, a complete understanding of their biological relevance will depend on integrative analyses of systems data at various levels.
While a handful of publicly available databases have been reported, existing tools do not fully capture, from a network perspective, the functional implications of lncRNAs or circRNAs of interest. Through an integrated and streamlined design, circlncRNAnet aims to broaden the understanding of ncRNA candidates by testing in silico several hypotheses of ncRNA-based functions, on the basis of large-scale RNA-seq data. This web server is implemented with several features that represent advances in the bioinformatics of ncRNAs: (1) a flexible framework that accepts and processes user-defined next-generation sequencing–based expression data; (2) multiple analytic modules that assign and productively assess the regulatory networks of user-selected ncRNAs by cross-referencing extensively curated databases; (3) an all-purpose, information-rich workflow design that is tailored to all types of ncRNAs. Outputs on expression profiles, co-expression networks and pathways, and molecular interactomes, are dynamically and interactively displayed according to user-defined criteria.
In short, users may apply circlncRNAnet to obtain, in real time, multiple lines of functionally relevant information on circRNAs/lncRNAs of their interest. In summary, circlncRNAnet provides a "one-stop" resource for in-depth analyses of ncRNA biology. circlncRNAnet is freely available at http://app.cgu.edu.tw/circlnc/.
mSignatureDB: a database for deciphering mutational signatures in human cancers
Po-Jung Huang1,2, Ling-Ya Chiu3, Chi-Ching Lee2,4, Yuan-Ming Yeh2,3, Kuo-Yang Huang5, Cheng-Hsun Chiu2,6 and Petrus Tang3,6,*
Cancer is a genetic disease caused by somatic mutations; however, the understanding of the causative biological processes generating these mutations is limited. A cancer genome bears the cumulative effects of mutational processes during tumor development. Deciphering mutational signatures in cancer is a new topic in cancer research. The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI) has categorized 30 reference signatures in the COSMIC database based on the analyses of ∼10 000 sequencing datasets from TCGA and ICGC. Large cohorts and bioinformatics skills are required to perform the same analysis as WTSI. The quantification of known signatures in custom cohorts is not possible under the current framework of the COSMIC database, which motivates us to construct a database for mutational signatures in cancers and make such analyses more accessible to general researchers. mSignatureDB (http://tardis.cgu.edu.tw/msignaturedb) integrates R packages and in-house scripts to determine the contributions of the published signatures in 15 780 individual tumors from 73 TCGA/ICGC cancer projects, making the comparison of signature patterns within and between projects become possible. mSignatureDB also allows users to perform signature analysis on their own datasets, quantifying contributions of signatures at sample resolution, which is a unique feature of mSignatureDB not available in other related databases.
CoMutPlotter: a web tool for visual summary of mutations in cancer cohorts
Po-Jung Huang1,2,3, Hou-Hsien Lin4, Chi-Ching Lee5, Ling-Ya Chiu4, Shao-Min Wu2, Yuan-Ming Yeh3, Petrus Tang2, Cheng-Hsun Chiu3, Ping-Chiang Lyu4,*and Pei-Chien Tsai1,2,3,*
CoMut plot is widely used in cancer research publications as a visual summary of mutational landscapes in cancer cohorts. This summary plot can inspect gene mutation rate and sample mutation burden with their relevant clinical details, which is a common first step for analyzing the recurrence and co-occurrence of gene mutations across samples. The cBioPortal and iCoMut are two web-based tools that allow users to create intricate visualizations from pre-loaded TCGA and ICGC data. For custom data analysis, only limited command-line packages are available now, making the production of CoMut plots difficult to achieve, especially for researchers without advanced bioinformatics skills. To address the needs for custom data and TCGA/ICGC data comparison, we have created CoMutPlotter, a web-based tool for the production of publication-quality graphs in an easy-of-use and automatic manner.
We introduce a web-based tool named CoMutPlotter to lower the barriers between complex cancer genomic data and researchers, providing intuitive access to mutational profiles from TCGA/ICGC projects as well as custom cohort studies. A wide variety of file formats are supported by CoMutPlotter to translate cancer mutation profiles into biological insights and clinical applications, which include Mutation Annotation Format (MAF), Tab-separated values (TSV) and Variant Call Format (VCF) files.
In summary, CoMutPlotter is the first tool of its kind that supports VCF file, the most widely used file format, as its input material. CoMutPlotter also provides the most-wanted function for comparing mutation patterns between custom cohort and TCGA/ICGC project. Contributions of COSMIC mutational signatures in individual samples are also included in the summary plot, which is a unique feature of our tool.
CoMutPlotter is freely available at http://tardis.cgu.edu.tw/comutplotter.
Keywords Cancer Mutational Profile Mutational Signature TCGA


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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Artistry In Fashion 2009
I am very excited about the upcoming Artistry In Fashion show on Saturday, September 26th. If you live in the Bay Area, you should really make the effort to go. I haven't been in many years, but I religiously attended the first few, back in the day, and I am looking forward to returning this year. It is held at Canada College (a community college with a truly fabulous fashion department) and it benefits the scholarship program for the fashion department.
There will be a designer sale (drool), an open house for the fashion department, food. It was at Canada College that I took classes that completely changed my sewing, 20 years ago. I learned fashion history, tailoring, how to draft patterns, and make wearable art. I bonded with women who appreciated clothing, fabric, and designer details with the same passion as I. It's a truly great program and I recommend it for anyone (in the area) who wants to take their skills to the next level.
If you do come, and you see me, please say hello. :)
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- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 10:39 AM
I would love to go if only I wasn't on the opposite corner of the North American continent. The course you took sounds wonderful. I wondered about your confidence in drafting patterns for yourself.ReplyDelete
Good reason not to go, Heather. :) Yes, I took two semesters of pattern drafting back in the 80s. I took numerous classes offered at Canada. I am very rusty, but the best thing about learning how to draft patterns is that you lose fear of patterns. Same as with cooking. Once you understand the principles, you can wing it. I am not a great cook (ask my kids), so I don't wing it very far. I am much more fearless with patterns. :DReplyDelete


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India's EQUIP initiative revives hopes of upgraded education standards
A five-year vision for higher education, India's EQUIP initiative, has fuelled optimism of an upgraded education landscape following the revisit of a measure seeking to allow top foreign universities to operate in the country.
University World News reported that the Ministry of Human Resource Development's higher education department has finalised its five-year plan entitled Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme or EQUIP, which would be implemented from 2019 to 2024.
EQUIP's objectives include promoting excellence, seeking increased funds for colleges with low gross enrolment ratio (GER), and improving employability and entrepreneurship, among others.
In its June-28 report, EQUIP said that the Foreign Education Providers Bill would be looked again "with an open mind."
World's top universities welcome with India's EQUIP initiative
The measure seeks to authorise top international universities belonging in the world's top 200 – from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, among others – to establish branches and operate in India.
Some institutions, such as the University of Chicago, Harvard Business School, Virginia Tech, and Deakin University, have been allowed to create research centres despite no law allowing foreign institutions to teach in India.
Likewise, Indian institutions participating in the "Study in India" initiative who would meet eligibility criteria, would be permitted to expand overseas.
The bill has been long pushed to pass into law during the previous governments but it failed to bear fruit.
Foreign players to improve things for India
Jaivardhan Singh, a graduate of the Columbia University's school of international and public affairs, welcomed India's EQUIP initiative, saying that allowing top foreign players into the higher education system "could make things better for the country."
"I think tight controls in the education sector in India must go, as they have so far prevented meaningful associations with world-class institutions," Singh added.
An increased number of Indian students have travelled abroad to study, but India has not been able to attract large number of international students, an issue that EQUIP wants to address.
With EQUIP, India is seeking to double the GER in higher education, as well as improve teaching and learning processes, resolve geographically skewed access to higher education institutions and achieve globally acceptable quality standards across the country.
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On this page, you'll find information for
Access Bars®, as well as
Access Body Processes
3 free Body Processes
An outline of the Classes for Access Bars in Kitchener is available on this page.
Since there are approximately 60 body processes that I am certified to teach, they aren't all listed.
When one is scheduled to run, the information will be posted on the online calendar, as well as VOH's facebook page. Or ask me to run a class if you don't see it posted.
My Access Consciousness® website link
Access Bars® Class Investment ~ $370.00 for first time
attendees, 1/2 price for repeats.
(prices of all classes can change without a lot of notice)
Full day class
An Access Bars® class includes 2 practice sessions. In this class you are introduced to 32 bars of energy based around the head area. These bars connect to different aspects of your life, that when gently touched, effortlessly and easily release anything that doesn't allow you to receive. These points contain all the thoughts, ideas, beliefs, emotions, and considerations you have stored away in any lifetime.
When you give a session, you receive! How does it get better than this!
Gary Douglas, the founder of this technique, shares that 'these points store the electromagnetic component of all the thoughts, ideas, attitudes, decisions and beliefs that you have ever had about anything.' Basically this technique is designed to dissolve any judgments we have stored away consciously and unconsciously.
I have been working with Access Bars™ since mid-2012. Feedback from clients has been 'I don't know when it happened, but I realized 'this incident' didn't push my button like it use to'. A few clients have reported that they've been able tomore comfortably set their personal boundaries. One also indicated she dreamed in colour. One recipient indicated life just seemed to have a better flow after her 2nd Access Bar session. Other than what the main website will suggest for the benefits of Access Bar sessions, the possibilities are endless.
The benefits for me have been unlimited. Not realizing how many judgements I had against myself, and how limiting they were making my choices, Access has contributed to my inner-awareness regime, to clear out enough limitations to realize, i want to clear out more, and not stop until I am completely limitless-free. My trigger buttons aren't as charged. My mood swings aren't as deep (depression) or as time-consuming. My ability to appreciate myself has been huge! I'm always asking 'what else is possible', as there is so many possibilities.. how blessed are we!
Here are a few youtube videos to help explain Access Bars®.
Clearing statements are intended to surface/bring up resistance when you hear them or read them. This offers you an awareness of how much 'charge' you have in you on that particular statement, and usually indicates that you have more to clear on that subject. Some of the statements may not make much sense, however for now just trust your inner knowing about which clearing statements you feel will work for you. Eventually you'll create your own, and soon after that, they'll just roll out of you with ease :)
To have a clearer awareness of how these statements work, please visit www.theclearingstatement.com . You can say clearing statements in your head or out loud often until you sense there isn't any 'charge' behind them, or that your interactions with these 'buttons' have eased. One of the most powerful ways these statements can be used is by recording them and playing them as a loop so that they are repeated over and over again (option of using headphones). This way you can obtain the benefits of the clearing statements while performing alternative tasks or sleeping. The best part of this is you do not need to hear the statements clearly. As long as they are playing in the background, is all it takes for them to work! Just turn the volume down as your brain can pick up the vibrations of the words .. how does it get better than this!
A manual is included in the cost of the class
A brief discussion on Access Bars™
A Bars™ DVD will be shown with Gary Douglas demonstrating what the finger placements look like for these bars
In-class practice will begin right after the DVD viewing, with the intention of recipients receiving and giving three sessions in class.
Participants must complete 2 sessions to receive their credit within this class.
Class certificates are also offered upon completion of class.
Light snacks are provided, herbal tea, water.
Participants must complete a full day class as well as complete facilitating and receiving two sessions in class to receive your certificate
Investment price is set through Access Consciousness.
REGISTRATION form link below. Registration and deposit (or full payment) helps secure your attendance in any class.
Please do not pay online through Access Consciousness™ website.
Receipts are provided in class.
International Pricing
Prerequisite: Although it is not necessary to have an understanding of energy work, Access Bars™ is a wonderful addition to any Energy practice.
Voyage of Hope Class schedule - button is available below.
Feel free to ask me to schedule an Access Bar® class if there isn't one scheduled.
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Please submit registration form and deposit to secure attendance in class.
Let me know if you have any questions:
Various Access Body Process Class ~ price noted on online Calendar, and/or VOH's facebook events.
Usually 4 hours classes.
Investment is $80.00 per person, per body process class.
After attending a 3-day Body Process class in London in February 2015, i obtained my teacher's certificate to teach these processes separately, Below I have listed the classes I've taught. There may be links to pages under 'Services' to help understand what the specific body process is.
Most people do not realize their own ability to help themselves, as well as help others (if this is your choice). Each of these Body Process classes I teach, offes you the option of desiring more for yourself, and others.
These classes are designed to open doors for you that you may not know were available to you. The intention is to be in the allowance to open up to some (more?) capacity that you don't even know that are within your reach.
Much of the discomfort in our bodies is an awareness of our body communicating with us. What if these awarenesses were a gift from your body? What question can you be that would invite greater possibilities to actualize with ease? What contribution can this awareness be to your life, living, and reality? Do you realize your body reflects the judgements you project at it? When we choose to adore our bodies, what a difference we can create.
These 4-hr classes are also a great way to learn about Access Consciousness™ clearing statements, as well as some of their theories. All your choice of course.
Thank you to Access Consciousness for posting these 3 free body processes!
Enjoy them :)
Access Bar™ Shares are also available.
Please read through my calendar for dates/times.
Here is a link to read more on Access Shares.
To experience an Access Bars® session, feel free to schedule a session with me, or any other Access Bars® facilitator near you. It doesn't with matter who, just try it!
Below are links to read more information on Access Bars® session


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Taken from Vimeo: "'Diary' is a highly personal and experimental film that expresses the subjective experience of my work, and was made as an attempt to locate myself after ten years of reporting. It's a kaleidoscope of images that link our western reality to the seemingly distant worlds we see in the media.
Camera + Directed by Tim Hetherington
Edit + Sound design by Magali Charrier
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Editors' Choice 2019: D4 Full Portaledge Review
Our top climbing gear picks of 2019
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In late December, I took the new D4 Full-Size up Yosemite's Washington Column. After designing the iconic A5 ledge 30 years ago, John Middendorf has crafted a welcome upgrade. Made of 6061-T6 aircraft aluminum, the D4 packs into a 31.5" x 15" x 8" oval that fits nicely in a haulbag and weighs only 18.8lbs—the lightest double ledge on the market. The newly designed bullet connectors make setup and breakdown a breeze, while the unique curved corners add rigidity, eliminating the need for a spreader bar, reducing weight and eliminating tangles. At 6'6", I fit comfortably in the 82" x 47.5" platform, enjoying solid back support. The seamless fly is made from diamond ripstop polyester—the ledge fits snuggly into abrasion-resistant Cordura pockets in the fly, and six tensioning straps secure the fly to the ledge; meanwhile, a tentpole tightens the fly to create a stormproof bivy.
$1,250, durangosewingsolutions.com
See more of our top climbing gear picks in the Gear Guide 2019: Editors' Choice Awards, and listen to our latest podcast for an interview with Black Diamond's climbing category director Kolin Powick.


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The Comedy Concert Queen Ai Ai Delas Alas is officially the talent manager of the phenomenal hiphop collective Ex-Battalion. Last week, aside from having a manager, the boys behind the hit single Hayaan Mo Sila also signed a contract as fashion lifestyle brand RRJ's official brand ambassadors. RRJ says the group perfectly matches their business slogan, "Live your style."
At the launch, Ai Ai shared how her relationship with Ex-Battalion started. One of the writers at GMA's Sunday Pinasaya told her about the hip hop group whose videos are accessible online, she researched about them, reached out online, and the rest is history. It was only recently when the boys sought her advice on career matters that she decided to take on the role of officially being their manager. Ai Ai refers to herself as the group's MOMMY-ger, a mommy and manager rolled into one. In an interview posted below, Ai Ai gave strict reminders on two major no-nos – drugs and sex video scandals. When asked about this, the boys agreed to behave and one of them jokingly blurted out, "Mukha lang kaming adik pero hindi."
RRJ is set to sell RRJ x Ex-Battalion merchandise.
Pre-presscon interview:
Ex-Battalion talks about the viral Gayahin Mo Sila (Hayaan Mo Sila parody) by Michael V in Bubble Gang, former member John Roa a.k.a. JRoa, and having Ai Ai Delas Alas as their talent manager.
Meet the members and what they were doing in life prior to becoming famous — Brando, Jon Gutierrez a.k.a. King Badger, Flow-G, Bosx1ne, Emcee Rhenn, and Skusta Clee.


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SEO or search engine optimization, is the process of increasing the visibility of a website on the search engine. With advanced and proper SEO service, you can attain greater visibility on Google. Good SEO services for plumbers will certainly result in increased high-quality traffic. Every business has a desire to reach on the top pages of search engines to reach out to their potential customers.
It has become very popular for plumbers to opt for Search Engine Optimization services, so as to achieve new business and more customers. Licensed and insured plumbing contractors are abandoning traditional means of acquiring customers and are taking maximum advantages of major search engines. You can hire an SEO company that specializes in your trade.
If you decide to contact a professional SEO services for plumbers, here are a few things you should take under consideration.
1. Take a look at your existing website
A website should have proper information and content and should be fresh and unique compared to other websites. Update your content in order to keep your visitors coming back and to keep them informed. It should be brilliantly designed with gorgeous color combination and should be pleasing to the eye.
2. Submit your website
Hire a company or locate a free service that can help you to submit your website. You can do it yourself as well, but it is advisable to seek the help of a professional to get your website ready before it reaches the search engine pages.
3. Write relevant blogs and articles
Write appealing blogs of 250 words or articles of 500 words that contains relevant information on your company and services. Select a competitive keyword and optimize your content by incorporating these keywords into your content.
4. Submit the articles to several article submission sites
Re-check the content and after approval, they will be indexed by the major search engines. Search engine optimization is a never-ending process and is best done professionally.
These are some of the factors you need to consider when developing your brand name.


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Caries, or tooth decay, is a preventable disease. While caries might not endanger your life, they may negatively impact your quality of life.
When your teeth and gums are consistently exposed to large amounts of starches and sugars, acids may form that begin to eat away at tooth enamel. Carbohydrate-rich foods such as candy, cookies, soft drinks and even fruit juices leave deposits on your teeth. Those deposits bond with the bacteria that normally survive in your mouth and form plaque. The combination of deposits and plaque forms acids that can damage the mineral structure of teeth, with tooth decay resulting.
Your teeth expand and contract in reaction to changes in temperature. Hot and cold food and beverages can cause pain or irritation to people with sensitive teeth. Over time, tooth enamel can be worn down, gums may recede or teeth may develop microscopic cracks, exposing the interior of the tooth and irritating nerve endings. Just breathing cold air can be painful for those with extremely sensitive teeth.
Gum, or periodontal, disease can cause inflammation, tooth loss and bone damage. Gum disease begins with a sticky film of bacteria called plaque. Gums in the early stage of disease, or gingivitis, can bleed easily and become red and swollen. As the disease progresses to periodontitis, teeth may fall out or need to be removed by a dentist. Gum disease is highly preventable and can usually be avoided by daily brushing and flossing. One indicator of gum disease is consistent bad breath or a bad taste in the mouth.
Daily brushing and flossing helps to prevent the buildup of food particles, plaque and bacteria in your mouth. Food particles left in the mouth deteriorate and cause bad breath. While certain foods, such as garlic or anchovies, may create temporary bad breath, consistent bad breath may be a sign of gum disease or another dental problem.
Canker sores (aphthous ulcers) are small sores inside the mouth that often recur. Generally lasting one or two weeks, the duration of canker sores can be reduced by the use of antimicrobial mouthwashes or topical agents. The canker sore has a white or gray base surrounded by a red border.
A bite that does not meet properly (a malocclusion) can be inherited, or some types may be acquired. Some causes of malocclusion include missing or extra teeth, crowded teeth or misaligned jaws. Accidents or developmental issues, such as finger or thumb sucking over an extended period of time, may cause malocclusions.
Root resorption has been called "the scar of orthodontics." It is one of the unfortunate side effects some patients exhibit after orthodontic therapy has been completed.
Root resorption can be detected only on X-rays. It is identified in patients by their shorter length of the roots of the teeth, with somewhat flattening of the root tip as shown on the X-ray film. There are no long term consequences to root resorption unless there has been a greater than fifty percent loss of the root. In these cases stability of the teeth may be in jeopardy.
What is most unsettling to those who practice orthodontics and their patients is that so little is known about this problem. What we know is that prolonged orthodontic treatment and movements of individual teeth back and forth in a rocking motion are both activities that could lead to root resorption.
A third cause of root resorption is that presence of the crown of an adult tooth lying in close proximity to the root of a neighboring tooth. As an example, as the root of an impacted cuspid or canine (third tooth from the front) lies in close proximity to the root of the second tooth to the front (lateral incisor), it is possible that the root of that second tooth will exhibit root resorption, specifically termed external root resorption.
Some patients present to the office with this condition already in progress. Therefore, it is important to realize some root resorption occurs naturally in some patients, even to the point that risking further root resorption is unwise.
Is there any treatment available?
Root resorption is irreversible. If sufficient volume of root is missing to the point that the tooth or teeth exhibit mobility, one approach is to stabilize the teeth with a fixed retainer.
While root resorption is an uncommon event among patients in orthodontics and while it is essentially impossible to predict when it will occur, the best one can do to prevent its occurrence is to appear regularly for appointment, wear elastics as directed and to avoid any habits that might move individual teeth back and forth.
Bottle feeding is one method of providing nourishment to an infant, but too often the bottle containing sweetened liquids is misused as a pacifier for comforting the infant or controlling behavior. The liquids which can lead to baby bottle decay include formula, milk, fruit juice, Gatorade and other sweetened drinks.
Putting an infant to bed for a nap or at night with a bottle containing anything other than water can cause serious and rapid tooth decay. When a child is allowed to sleep with a bottle containing the sugary liquids, the sugar mixes with plaque (a thin, sticky, colorless film of bacteria that constantly forms on the teeth). This interaction forms acid that attacks tooth enamel and can cause severe tooth destruction. When a child takes a sugary liquid in a bottle to bed the teeth are in contact with the acid the entire time the child is sleeping. If you must give your baby a bottle as a comforter at bedtime, it should contain only water.
Severe Early Childhood Caries
Cavities among children age two to eight are increasing. Research has shown this increase is contributed to a large rise in consumption of sweet liquids. These liquids include flavored milk, soda, mixed juices, 100% juices, Kool Aid, Gatorade, and many other drinks.
To prevent cavities from starting, water and white milk are your best choices for children. If you choose to use "sweet liquids", limit exposure to meal times only. NEVER let children use a sippy cup all day at will and NEVER let them take the sippy cup to bed.
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The Welsh capital is probably the most under-rated tourist destination in the UK. Cardiff is absolutely packed with historic sights, interesting attractions, and fun activities. Whilst it is easy to get around the city on foot or by public transport, a boat trip on the waterways of Cardiff and Penarth is a charming alternative. Cardiff Bay boat trips mean that if you are limited to a day's visit at the weekend or during the school holidays, you can still see much of Cardiff from the water.
A boat trip on a fine day is an excellent family day trip. Kids love boats, so there's no whingeing about walking from one attraction to another and kids under 3 go free. Subject to tides and weather conditions, Cardiff Bay boat trips take you out to sea from the historic Graving Dock in Cardiff Bay, heading through Cardiff Barrage, past Penarth Pier and into the Bristol Channel towards Flatholm Island and back again, for a 90 minute ride on a purpose-built tourist vessel that has toilet and refreshments facilities.
From the boat, you'll enjoy the views across the ocean to Steepholm Island and Flatholm Island, whilst the onboard commentary will point out all the important landmarks of the impressive Cardiff skyline. Look out for the Doctor Who Exhibition, spot the Norwegian Church, and the BBC Wales building, and the guide will point out the Cardiff Devils Ice Hockey stadium too.
Disembark back at Mermaid Quay and head into the city centre for a meal, some shopping or a visit to one of the excellent museums and galleries.
To find out more about Cardiff Bay boat trips or to book, visit www.cardiffcruises.co.uk/ and enjoy a great time on the big red ship


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Jessie J On Voice Problems: "I'm Feeling OK"
8 March 2012, 07:07 | Updated: 8 March 2012, 07:24
The 'Who's Laughing Now' singer says she is still struggling with illness but excited for Sydney show.
Jessie J has admitted she is still struggling with her voice after a recent batch of illness which lead to her suffering from "vocal exhaustion".
The 'Price Tag' star confessed that she is "okay" and excited to perform in Sydney today (8th March) after making her live return in Melbourne yesterday.
Earlier this morning, she tweeted: "Voice has been through it today but I'm feeling okay! I can't wait to party with Sydney tonight with all my #heartbeats @rubyrose1 @professorgreen @amymeredith wooooo."
The 'Who You Are' singer was forced to cancel some of her Australian dates earlier in the week after problems with her voice and immediately expressed her devastation at having to pull the shows.
Professor Green, who is also on tour with the star, was equally apologetic and sympathised with his friend's vocal trauma.


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Agricultural machinery manufacturer Deere & Company, better known as John Deere, has announced it will acquire Blue River Technology, a Silicon Valley-based specialist in machine learning and robotics for precision agriculture, for $305 million.
Blue River's 'see-and-spray' robots are fixed to tractors and use computer vision to identify plants in a field, to 'see' if they are in need of fertilizer, pesticide or other crop management procedures. The robots are primarily used on lettuce, cotton and other specialty vegetable crops.
Read more: John Deere ploughs furrow as Industrial Internet pioneer
Heavily backed
Blue River had previously raised some $31 million in venture capital funding and claims that its 'precision farming' technology can save farmers up to 90 percent of the volume of chemicals they might use with more traditional approaches. And if farmers are being more efficient in their use of fertilizer or pesticide, presumably, then they may free up money to invest in more machinery.
According to Blue River's website, the company is also developing a 'LettuceBot' for "precision lettuce thinning" and a drone imaging system that collects data from fields.
"Blue River is advancing precision agriculture by moving farm management decisions from the field level to the plant level," said Jorge Heraud, co-founder and CEO of Blue River Technology. "We are using computer vision, robotics, and machine learning to help smart machines detect, identify, and make management decisions about every single plant in the field."
Read more: Agtech start-up Arable to measure crops and weather with IoT
Smart farming
In addition to new technologies, the acquisition gives Deere a 60-person team specializing in precision agriculture in Sunnyvale, California to work on new developments.
Other companies targeting smart farming are thinking along similar high-tech lines: Monsanto (which recently scrapped plans to sell its Precision Planting unit to Deere) struck a deal with biotech company ToolGen to develop farm products in mid-August, while DuPont bought agriculture analytics firm Granular around the same time.


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The Program
You're probably thinking, "There has got to be a catch. These people want to give me a job AND give me money for tuition and books?" That sums it up, and there is no catch! Over 4,000 students have been admitted to the CRCP, and the first step on their journey began by attending an info session. Come see for yourself, we'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Whether you're pursuing a career certificate, undergraduate degree or going to graduate school at one of our partner colleges or affiliate institutions, the CRCP supports your education at a time when it's never been more expensive to attend college.
Here's how it adds up
|Tuition, Fees & Books
|Part-Time UPS Job - Gross pay (Starting pay $22.00/hr)
|Monthly Bonus ($200 - $500/month)
|$2,400- $6,000
|Annual CRCP Maximum Benefit Potential
|$27,670- $31,270
- Attend classes at any of our 7 partner colleges or 10 affiliate institutions. As space permits, other colleges are eligible.
- Be a good student and commit to staying in the program for the duration of the semester.
Our Partner and Affiliate Institutions
Tuition, fees and book allowances are paid up to program limits and deferred until the end of the term for students who complete CRCP requirements and meet program academic standards. Students are responsible for the purchase of textbooks, required supplies and any fees that are not covered by the program. The program textbook allowance is reimbursed after tuition is paid to the colleges.
For the spring 2020 semester, educational benefits are as follows:
CRCP Partner Universities - Chicago State University and Governors State University, up to $6,000/semester; textbook reimbursement $75/class.
CRCP Partner Community Colleges - Moraine Valley, Morton, Olive-Harvey, Prairie State and Richard J. Daley, up to $3,000/semester; textbook reimbursement $75/class.
10 CRCP Affiliate Institutions- up to $2,625/semester; textbook reimbursement $50/class.
As a UPS package handler, the tuition benefit will only be applied to courses that you pass. For UPS part-time supervisors, classes must be passed with a grade of "C". The student is responsible for all related expenses if grades are below these requirements.
An academic year is defined as three consecutive terms including fall, spring, and summer semesters. You must complete a minimum of 6 credits during fall and spring terms, for a program minimum of 12 credits per year. Students may be allowed to take additional summer classes depending on available funds.
Yes. The CRCP is a program for part-time students who work part-time at UPS' Hodgkins facility. We typically limit students to a lighter class loads during their first semester in the CRCP, ideally 6-9 credit hours and up to 11 credits going forward. Full time students with a track record of academic success will be considered for additional classes. If students have not depleted their annual tuition funds, summer classes are an additional option.
Your CRCP participation will be suspended. If you determine that you will be able to meet the program requirements at a later date, you have the option to appeal to the CRCP Executive Director for reinstatement.
You are eligible for the CRCP immediately upon hire. As a CRCP student, you will sign a Student Agreement which covers one academic year. However, tuition and fees are paid at the conclusion of each academic term. Educational benefits are paid for students who successfully complete their courses and maintain employment through the end of the semester. Students who do not meet program requirements can be removed at the end of each term.
Students are encouraged to apply for FAFSA funds, as there may be grant funds available to you. These grants do not require repayment. However, employees are eligible for the program by nature of your UPS employment and meeting CRCP requirements.
All scholarships and other grant-based aid (both public and private) must be applied first to your student account. Any remaining tuition and fees will then be paid using your CRCP benefits up to the limits of the program.
The CRCP educational benefit varies annually depending on available grant funds from the State of Illinois. Beginning the spring 2022 term, students will be eligible for the following benefits:
Partner Universities: Chicago State University and Governors State University, up to $6,000 per year for tuition and fees, and up to $250 textbook reimbursement per class.
Partner Community Colleges: Moraine Valley, Morton, Olive-Harvey, Prairie State, and Richard J. Daley, up to $6,000 annually for tuition and fees, and up to $250 textbook reimbursement per class.
Affiliate University Institutions: Students attending our Affiliates universities will benefit from up to $7,500 per year for student tuition and fees and up to $80 textbook reimbursement per class.
Affiliate Community Colleges: Students attending an Affiliate community college will benefit from up to $5,825 per year for student tuition and fees and up to $80 textbook reimbursement per class.
CRCP generally students take part-time course loads, ideally 2 -3 courses per semester. Payment is made directly to the college at the completion of the semester for all classes completed satisfactorily. As a result, students whose expenses are within the program limits would not need to pay for classes in advance and would only incur expenses should they exceed the textbook reimbursement amount or the maximum semester benefit.
All courses or degree programs including online and distance learning that offer undergraduate or graduate college credits will be covered at CSU, GSU, MVCC, Morton College, Olive-Harvey College, Prairie State College and Richard J. Daley College and our 10 affiliate institutions.
The minimum program requirement is 6 credits per semester. For the first term in CRCP, students are generally limited to 9 credits to ensure a successful adjustment to balancing the overnight job and college. The CRCP is a program for part-time students who work part-time. Generally, students take 6-9 credits each semester. Full-time students who have a current record of academic success may be approved for full-time courseloads.
Participation begins when you sign the CRCP Student Agreement. To maintain coverage, you must meet the ongoing eligibility requirements.
No. We realize that college expenses extend beyond tuition and books. The bonuses are unrestricted so that you may use them to offset any expense of your choosing.
The CRCP monthly educational allowance is paid at the end of each month, beginning with the first month of the academic term.
If you served in the U.S. Armed Forces, you qualify for an additional stipend. You will need to provide a copy of your DD214 form when you sign your Student Agreement as discharge verification. For students attending a Partner College, if honorably discharged, you qualify for an additional $200 monthly stipend. If you served at least one year and received a General discharge, you qualify for an additional $100 each month. Veterans attending an Affiliate Institution qualify for an additional $100 each month.
As a result of being awarded a State of Illinois grant for 2020, students attending the 7 partner institutions will benefit from increased tuition benefits.
Governors State and Chicago State University students, up to $6,000 per semester for tuition, fees and $75 per class for textbooks. Students attending the 5 partner community colleges, up to $3,000 per semester and $75 per class for textbooks. Students attending an affiliate institution will continue to qualify for up to $2,625 per semester and $50 for textbooks.
Additionally, the monthly bonus varies, depending on whether students are enrolled at a partner or an affiliate. Students attending CRCP affiliates receive a $200 monthly bonus ($300 for qualified veterans). Students attending CRCP partners currently receive $300 each month (up to $500 for qualified veterans). Additionally, students at CRCP partner colleges will be eligible for increases in the monthly bonus, as well as academic awards, should program funding make these additional amounts possible.
Success Stories
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The Victor Marx Story
A child who has suffered trauma is a child easy to be exploited.
A child who is from a foster home, broken home, or is homeless is a child easy to exploit.
Predators have a hiearchy… Availability and Vulnerability.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 7:00am PST host, Opal Singleton, will have as our guest Victor Marx, an amazingly motivational man who teaches young people how not to become a victim. Trust me… You don't want to miss this show!!
Born to an absentee father who was a pimp and a drug dealer; who didn't claim him as his own child, Victor Marx was left for dead in a cooler by a child molester at the age of 5 in the deep South. By the time he was a teenager, Victor endured abuse from several step-fathers, attended 14 different schools and lived in 17 different houses. He was doing drugs in an effort to escape the emotional pain of his childhood. As an adult, Victor was diagnosed with mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder. It seemed as if there was no way out. He could have chosen to remain a victim. Instead, he learned what it means to become victorious. Victor Marx travels the world as founder and President of All Things Possible, a national faith- based organization. Using his expertise as a 7th Degree Black Belt in Keichu-Do – a mixture of Karate and Jiu-Jitsu – and a 5th Degree in Weapons, Victor engages audiences of all types, delivering a powerful message of hope and restoration.
"Is it really possible for a person to break the cycle of Anger, Abuse, Addiction and Unforgiveness? I am here to tell you that you can! It's all here in my story, how I came from an abusive childhood, drugs, alcohol and anger to a life of peace, purpose and being married to the same gal for 24 years with 5 kids to boot!" – Victor Marx
Join us this week and hear all about this amazing man. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS SHOW! Listen Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 7:00am PST on Voice America Variety Channel or access the archived show on ExploitedCrimes.com.
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- Victor Marx Official Website
- Victor Marx Story (Movie Trailer)
- Books by Victor Marx
- Reach & Restore Children Affected by ISIS
- Victor Marx / ATP 14 Year Anniversary Video
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eOne Music/Good Fight Music have once again toughened up their lineup with signing Through The Eyes Of The Dead. Bassist Jake Ososkie offered: "We are all really excited to be working with eOne/Good Fight and are ready to drop this record to the masses. We have put a lot of time into this record and I think the songs are easily the best material we have ever written."
Through The Eyes Of The Dead Ink Deal with eOne Music/Good Fight Music
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Representative Artworks
Still Lives
Living Beings
– WORLD WITHOUT END, Virtual Exhibition –
I am absolutely thrilled to have been invited to show my work in an online exhibition curated by the wonderful 'No Barking Art'. This is really a fantastic initiative, created to support artists during the Covid -19 lockdown and it is a real privilege to be in the company of such varied and exciting international artists, 54 in total!
My work, 'Corner of my Studio II', 'The View Outside' and 'Dance Cirlce' can be found in the AT HOME (what better words to describe the last few months…!) and DELICIOUS FUTURE sections https://www.nobarkingartgallery.com/#/
Giclee prints available for all three works


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Sulforaphane inhibits prostate carcinogenesis and pulmonary metastasis in association with increased cytotoxicity of natural killer cells. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Sulforaphane inhibits prostate carcinogenesis and pulmonary metastasis in TRAMP mice in association with increased cytotoxicity of natural killer cells.
Cancer Res. 2009 Mar 1;69(5):2117-25. Epub 2009 Feb 17. PMID: 19223537
Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA. firstname.lastname@example.com
The present study shows that oral gavage of 6 mumol d,l-sulforaphane (SFN), a synthetic analogue of cruciferous vegetable-derived L isomer, thrice per week beginning at 6 weeks of age, significantly inhibits prostate carcinogenesis and pulmonary metastasis in TRAMP mice without causing any side effects. The incidence of the prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and well-differentiated (WD) carcinoma were approximately 23% to 28% lower (P<0.05 compared with control by Mann-Whitney test) in the dorsolateral prostate (DLP) of SFN-treated mice compared with controls, which was not due to the suppression of T-antigen expression. The area occupied by the WD carcinoma was also approximately 44% lower in the DLP of SFN-treated mice relative to that of control mice (P = 0.0011 by Mann Whitney test). Strikingly, the SFN-treated mice exhibited approximately 50% and 63% decrease, respectively, in pulmonary metastasis incidence and multiplicity compared with control mice (P<0.05 by t test). The DLP from SFN-treated mice showed decreased cellular proliferation and increased apoptosis when compared with that from control mice. Additionally, SFN administration enhanced cytotoxicity of cocultures of natural killer (NK) cells and dendritic cells (DC) against TRAMP-C1 target cells, which correlated with infiltration of T cells in the neoplastic lesions and increased levels of interleukin-12 production by the DC. In conclusion, the results of the present study indicate that SFN administration inhibits prostate cancer progression and pulmonary metastasis in TRAMP mice by reducing cell proliferation and augmenting NK cell lytic activity.