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Want to help Indiana tornado and storm survivors?Purdue disaster expert: Cash donations are most effective
Purdue Publication Helps Understand Tree Damage from Storms
[IDHS] State Organizations: Unsolicited Volunteers Hamper Recovery; Money Best Gift of AllOklahoma needs organized response to assist with recovery
State of Indiana Response to Tornado Activity in Southeastern Indiana (March 2, 2012)
Severe Storms and Tornadoes Heavily Damage Southwestern Indiana (March 2, 2012)
NWS Confirms Tornadoes in Northern Indiana (June 6, 2010)Northern Indiana Hit Hard by Overnight Storms
Flooded roads cause problem in wake of severe storms (March 9, 2009)
2004 Borden and Marengo Damage
2012 Henryville Damage
Tornado Background (PDF: 65 KB)Emergency information, danger zones and the Fujita Scale. (Source: Purdue Extension)
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Are You Ready for a Tornado (PDF: 160 KB)(Source: American Red Cross)
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Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your HouseA guide to planning your shelter from a storm. (Source: FEMA)
Good planning can help recover from tornado, wind damage (PDF: 64 KB)Questions to consider when making long-term decisions after a tornado. (Source: University of Minnesota)
American Red Cross: Shelter ViewWhen a disaster strikes know when and where shelters have been opened to provide assistance. Download this mobile app to find a shelter near you. (Source: American Red Cross)On the iTunes App Store: Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
Chain Saw Safety (Source: University of Arkansas Extension)Think before rushing to clean up trees and shrubs after the storm, check your Chain Saw Safety (PDF) first.
Storms and TreesIce and windstorms take a toll on trees, utility wires, and homes every year. Reducing storm damage can be done through a few easy steps: planning, proper pruning and preventing root damage. (Source: Purdue Extension)
Wind-damaged structures and trees (PDF: 64 KB)Assessing and dealing with structures suffering from wind damage. (Source: University of Minnesota)
Money and Crisis (PDF: 65 KB)Dealing with money matters, tornado-related insurance claims, and contractors. (Source: University of Minnesota)
Appropriate Clean-up Attire: Safety First (PDF: 73 KB)The most important aspect of tornado clean-up work is dressing safely. (Source: University of Minnesota)
Home Maintenance and RepairSteps for home owners to take during home repair and cleanup. The site provides specific cleaning tips for all types of situations. (Source: Michigan State University)
Children as Victims of Natural Disasters (PDF: 279 KB) (Source: Purdue Extension)
After Storm Debris...Health Risk for Cattle (Southern Farm Press, authored by OK State Extension)
Insulation and Plastic from Tornados May Not Mix Well with Livestock (News, from Bob Schultheis, MO)
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INVOAD - Help Indiana Recovery from Tornado Damage
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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- Freshman Justin Thomas shot a 70 to help Alabama take a three-shot lead over SEC rivals Florida and Auburn after the first round Tuesday at the NCAA Division I men's championships.
The Crimson Tide shot a 1-over 285.
UCLA's Anton Arboleda had the best score of the day, a 4-under 67 and leads by a shot over Corey Conners of Kent State and Tyler McCumber of Florida.
The NCAA individual champion will be crowned after 54 holes, while the top eight teams advance to match play.
Arboleda helped the Bruins finish in a tie for fourth.
The sophomore eagled the par 5, first hole and added six more birdies, including five on the back nine for a 31. His round was blemished with four bogeys, but he made a 6-foot par-saving putt on the final hole.
"I knew my game was solid, even when I made bogeys," Arboleda said. "I just kept hitting good shots and made some putts on the back nine."
Thomas was 1 under and teammates Bobby Wyatt and Scott Strohmeyer each shot even par and Cory Whitsett and Hunter Hamrick each shot 2-over 73.
"They played well all round," Alabama coach Jay Seawell said. "It feels like every hole here is into the wind. You have to stay patient and take advantage of the easier holes."
USC, which is hosting the tournament, finished tied for 23rd.

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Award presented by TCU's Brite Divinity School
The Rev. Curtis L. Keith Jr., interim minister of Southwood Memorial Christian Church, has received the Distinguished Minister Award for pastoral ministry from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University.
Keith earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1961 from TCU and the Master of Divinity from Brite in 1963. He was ordained that year and returned to Brite to complete his Master of Theology in 1968 and his Doctor of Ministry in 1978.
He has been in fulltime ministry for more than 37 years, serving six churches in Texas and Arizona until his retirement in 2000. For the last 12 years, he has been a transitional minister in 10 congregations.
He became interim at Southwood in December and collaborates with Associate Pastor/Youth Pastor Ryan Vernon on the three services � traditional and contemporary � the church offers each Sunday.
Born in Houston and reared in Corpus Christi, the Texas native is married to his teenage sweetheart, Barbara, and they have four adult children. He loves the great outdoors, and he and Barbara spend as much time as they can in the mountains of the West. He has had a lifelong passion for faith, family, friends, food and fly fishing.


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For the fourth video in my Chinese cooking video series, I decided to make a family recipe that's also one of the most popular in my new book The Chinese Takeout Cookbook. It's a quick fun video set to American folksy music, a nod to the Chinese cooking culture here in the U.S. dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Enjoy!
Along with wonton noodle soup, char siu (Chinese barbecued pork or Chinese roast pork) is the Cantonese people's greatest contribution to mankind. Really, who can resist slices of half-fatty, half-lean roast pork, crisp and dripping with caramelized juices? (I first posted this recipe for Chinese Barbecued Pork back in February 2009 and it became an instant hit.)
You know those enticing pieces of pork dangling in Chinatown restaurant windows? When you get char siu at a Cantonese restaurant, it will most likely be red from a little food dye, used to attract customers. A small amount of dye isn't harmful (think of all those M&Ms and Skittles you've eaten). But sometimes a restaurant will go overboard. My mother still has nightmares of glowing magenta char siu from Boston's Chinatown.
The solution, if you want to avoid unnatural coloring altogether, is to make char siu at home. Char siu is often translated as Chinese barbecued pork, but these days hardly anyone skewers the pork and cooks it over an open fire. (Roast pork is a more appropriate description.) Rather, the name has stuck because the outside of char siu is slightly blackened from roasting.
My method for making Chinese roast pork, which I learned from my mom, is very easy, and still produces very succulent and drool-worthy meat. Instead of using food coloring, you can get good color (not ghastly color) from dark soy sauce, a little hoisin sauce, and honey. The key is marinating the meat for 2 to 3 hours to allow the flavors to seep in, and roasting the pork belly whole. Lean pork doesn't work as well, because the fat keeps the insides moist.
You can serve this as-is, as part of a multi-course meal, or add them to noodle soup with shiitakes and Chinese greens. Or make char siu bau (roast pork buns.)
Have you ever made Chinese roast pork at home?
Chinese Barbecued Pork (Char Siu)
Serves 4 to 6
- 1 pound whole pork belly, skin removed
- 2 tablespoons Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce, or substitute regular soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ tablespoon hoisin sauce
- ½ teaspoon five-spice powder
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Marinate the pork belly: In a large bowl, mix together the rice wine, dark soy sauce, sugar, garlic, hoisin sauce, and five-spice powder. Rub the pork belly with the marinade mixture and marinate for 2 to 3 hours in the refrigerator.
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Hold up the pork for a few seconds to allow excess marinade to drip off, then place the pork in a roasting pan. Brush the top with the honey. Roast the pork for about 45 minutes, flipping over the pork belly half-way through and brushing honey on the other side. The pork is done when the outsides begin to crisp and blacken and the center of the pork belly strip feels firm.
- Remove the pork from oven and let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and cut into thin slices. Arrange the slices on a plate and serve.
From The Chinese Takeout Cookbook
Recipe first posted February 24, 2009. Updated April 2, 2013.


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Got this and what a bear to configure.
Put it on a win98, other than five reboots it seems ok. Once I put it on my w2k unit - whole lotta shakin going on. Shaking my fist at the screen that is. It takes forever to come up now and runs like a pos whenever I load it. Since it is for eval - no biggie other than the money to buy it.
Found that -
you must uncheck the auto updaters.
The settings on allow or filter don't stay.
It usually ties up the dial connections.
It fights with the other firewalls.
Despite granting allow to updaters like nav and others it'll choke the stream to the point where the updater fails.
The av part is slooooow, otherwise it does seem like a good av.
So far it has not been worth the money, at least on a w2k pro with ms security running.


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If you don't know this already, I am a Reader. In the bedroom I share with my husband, approximately one quarter of the all wall space is covered with stacks of books, no bookshelves. In general, I can pound out reading a 400 page novel in about 16 hours (though often I "pace" myself and stick to a couple of days). I love reading, and I am damned good at it.
Another thing you might not know, my eldest son, of whom I am SO PROUD NO MATTER WHAT, has always had a tough time with reading. Long story short, his kindergarten teacher was an easy mark and didn't insist he actually learn much before she passed him, and because he didn't do as well as other children, he truly believed he couldn't read. Another kink, the kid is both seriously smart, and seriously stubborn, which means he loves learning, but only what he's interested in.
It took years to get things sorted, give Eldest the confidence to try a littler harder, to make up for missed progress. A took holding him back a year, to let him gain the maturity to have some belief in himself. It took at least two to three hours of teeth-gritting homework on mine and Husband's parts, because Eldest would have a tear-filled, self-loathing melt-down because he was convinced he was stupid. He hated reading more than anything. We tried books about things that do interest him, like science. We tried reading to him, and asking him to read to us. We tried talking to a shrink. We tried everything we could think of in the realms of tough love and positive reinforcement. Guys, it was an every single day heartbreak, and it was probably made worse by how well the middle brother reads and loves school, and how much I love to read. I imagine he compared himself to us and despaired. We told him over and over that everyone is better at some subjects than other; that I suck like no one's business at math, that Middle son doesn't have a lick of common sense, that the Daddy Man lacks creativity. We said, "It's okay if you don't like reading as much as we do; that's cool. You just have to have the skills, so you can learn more about what you DO love." He said he believed us, but I'm not sure.
By the beginning to middle of this year, he was reading at levels three grades higher than the grade he's in. Even taking a year away for the held-back year, that's two grades above his age. He still didn't much care for reading, but he could do it, and he knew he was better than average at it. You just don't know, people, how relieved we all were. Oh, he was still stubborn, still independent, even a little dismissive of subjects he didn't want to learn, but he learned them, albeit with little interest. And he hates history and science chapter reviews. That's fine. He can hate the reviews all he likes.
But you guys . . . YOU GUYS, LISTEN.
The other night I had to get onto him for not going to sleep at bed time. I actually went in to the room to tell him to turn off his light, thinking he'd left it on as a night light. But no; He was still wearing his glasses, and just as I came in I detected the tell-tale crackle of paper being quashed under a blanket.
He'd been sneak-reading A REAL BOOK UNDER HIS COVERS. GUYS! READING FOR PLEASURE! MY ELDEST "HATES READING" SON!!!! Do you understand the words coming out of my monitor right now?
I calmly told him to put away the book (a Percy Jackson novel, in case you wondered), turn of his light, and go to sleep . . . and then I promptly closed the door, tip-toed back to the living room where Husband and I had been movie watching, and did what is likely the dorkiest-looking HAPPY DANCE in known history. Husband and I grinned at each other like idiots for five solid minutes.
So, dear teachers who have believe in Eldest, dear husband who helped weather that storm, and for goodness' sake, dear Rick Riordan, THANK YOU.
Personal Note: While I was always an awesomely capable reader in school, I didn't actually come to LOVE reading until I was eleven years old. The first book that really sucked me in was a Babysitter's Club book, something about a summer vacation. After that, I read like a maniac, first every BC book our library had, and then I branched out all over the place. Guess how old Eldest just turned? Yup. Eleven. *beams*
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If you don't know this already, I am a Reader. In the bedroom I share with my husband, approximately one quarter of the all wall space is covered with stacks of books, no bookshelves. In general, I can pound out reading a 400 page novel in about 16 hours (though often I "pace" myself and stick to a couple of days). I love reading, and I am damned good at it.


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For almost 60 years FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education has been the pre-eminent focal point for topical and informed analysis - very often highly forthright and critical - of all aspects of United Kingdom government policy as it influences the education of children from primary through to higher education. FORUM vigorously campaigns for the universal provision of state-provided education, and seeks to identify and expose all attempts to overturn the gains of the past years. Every teacher, headteacher, administrator, parent, or governor should read this exciting publication.
Contributions are not drawn only from the familiar sources in universities and colleges, but also in large numbers from teachers, writing of their own experiences in the classroom.
That FORUM is an excellent means of keeping up-to-date with events within the education scene in Britain is born out by the fact that although, naturally, the vast majority of its readers are UK-based teachers and researchers, about 20% of all subscribers come from outside the UK.
FORUM is published three times a year in Spring, Summer and Autumn, those three issues constituting one volume. ISSN 0963-8253
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Bundesliga giants consider United raid
Tottenham took advantage of their rivals dropping points by winning 2-0 at Norwich last night, thanks to a sensational display from Gareth Bale.
The Welsh winger grabbed both goals at Carrow Road as Spurs secured an important three points that keeps them in the hunt for the title.
Ahead of Liverpool's clash with Newcastle on Friday, Kenny Dalglish has urged his side kick on and start winning games as they push for the top four.
Elsewhere today, Arsene Wenger has expressed his frustration that his side missed a golden opportunity to break in the top four themselves this weekend.
Transfer news
Florent Malouda has expressed his desire to join PSG in January in order to secure playing time ahead of Euro 2012. (The Guardian)
Bayer Levekusen are said to preparing to make a bid for Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov, who has 6 months left on his contract. (Daily Mail)
And finally, AC Milan are reportedly willing to play a waiting game in the hope that Manchester City will eventually loan them Carlos Tevez. (Daily Mirror)News Now - Sport News


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Dollar Sign on the Glistening Muscle: Scouting Ballplayers in 1980s Playgirl
Most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps to some of the most illuminating work being done elsewhere on the internet, we'll be yielding the stage once a week to the best and brightest baseball writers, researchers and thinkers from outside of the BP umbrella. If you'd like to nominate a guest contributor (including yourself), please drop us a line.
Michael Clair is a writer and comic. His baseball writing can be found at Old Time Family Baseball and The Platoon Advantage. Find him on Twitter @clairbearattack.
Like any decent American institution, baseball has close connections to sex, from the early 1900s postcards that featured baseball-themed sexual instructions to the salacious sheet music to the scorching hot photograph of five sexy, shirtless shortstops in Sports Illustrated to the amazing collection of baseball erotica that you can find on Amazon and the deepest, darkest corners of the web.
But there is another forgotten relic from baseball's sexual past. Perhaps lost amidst the frenzy of cocaine, the advent of the CD player, and the soulful tunes of After the Fire, during the early 1980s Playgirl magazine convinced a number of baseball stars to pose seductively within their pages. Many of the photos were thought to have been lost to the sands of time, that cruel mistress washing away all evidence of Steve McCatty in a bathing suit. But thanks to a little archeological digging, today we're able to rectify that:
But there's even more to discover beyond blonde-mustachioed men standing near shrubbery. After the stunning debut of the Baseball Hall of Fame's scouting database, today we are proud to unveil the start of the next great information hub, one highlighting the hard work Playgirl scouts and editors went through when selecting baseball's hottest hunks. These are those scouting reports.
(A brief word of warning: the images below are work friendly as long as your boss is cool with guys in underwear, towels, and swimsuits. However, any links to image sources are probably not work appropriate.)
George Brett, July 1984:
'Disco' Dan Ford, July 1981:
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Steve Stone, August 1985:
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Steve Yeager, October 1982:
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Mike Schieve
George Brett's turn ons "Pooping One's Pants". What?
May 21, 2013 05:13 AM
Ben Lindbergh
BP staff
May 21, 2013 05:17 AM
Well done BP well done. I'm dying here. Shocked beyond belief Jose Canseco didn't make the cut.
May 21, 2013 06:21 AM
Matt Sussman
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No, Phil Garner is running through YOUR head all day.
May 21, 2013 08:45 AM
For some reason, that Phil Garner photo is positively frightening.
May 21, 2013 08:51 AM
Andrew Martinez
Ricky has sex appeal and Ricky knows it.
May 21, 2013 10:08 AM
The IT department at work is going to be investigating me now...
May 21, 2013 10:52 AM
Very funny stuff. Well done.
May 21, 2013 10:53 AM
Does NESN know of this stuff? Remy could be in for a long night on tonight's game.
May 21, 2013 15:35 PM
I think the best way to get the Nats to play up to their potential is to pull a Lou Brown from Major League and turn that McCatty picture into a life sized cardboard cutout. "Every time we win, we peel a section"
May 21, 2013 17:14 PM
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7 Steps for Publishing a Xero Payment Summary
You can publish a Payment Summary in Xero. At the end of the Australian payroll year, 30 June, you have 14 days to issue all employees with a payment summary. If employees leave before the end of the year, and have no intention of returning, you can issue them with a payment summary early.
Prior to publishing a payment summary, you should finalise all payments, post any draft pay runs for the relevant financial year, review the payroll year, and check everything reconciles accordingly.
Find the Payment Summary section in Xero
From the home dashboard, click Payroll→Employees and click the button labelled Payment Summaries.
The Organisation Dashboard opens. Check the organisation details are correct. The address telephone and fax details can be updated via Settings→General Settings→Organisation Settings.
In the Signatory field, enter the name of the person within the business who is responsible for the payment summary information being reported to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). If the telephone and fax details haven't populated from the Organisation Settings, fill them out in the free text field, and click the blue button labelled Confirm and Continue to proceed to the next stage. The Payment Summaries Details dashboard opens.
Payroll is a moving target because related legislation is constantly evolving. Check if Xero has implemented any changes, and update any pay items that may be affected, as it will retrospectively update the current financial year.
Select the financial year
Click the Financial Year Ending drop-down options and select the relevant financial year.
The previous year's Payment Summaries need to be published before current years can be published. Gross Payments, PAYG, Total Allowance, Workplace Giving, Union/Assoc. Fees and RESC autofills from processed pay runs, and the opening balances entered in the Employee Details, if relevant.
Employee Reportable Fringe Benefit Amounts (RFBA) and Lump Sum details can be entered in the free text fields. Click into the Lump Sum field to reveal the Edit Lump Sum Payments window, which shows free text fields for A, B, D and E type payments. You're also given the option to further define Lump Sum Payment A as Type R or T. Once entered, the type of payment is revealed in the text field.
Check the balances reconcile with the Payroll Activity Summary and make amendments as required.
Preview employee summaries
Preview Employee Payment Summaries by ticking in the box beside their name and clicking the button labelled Preview. The draft payment summaries will download to your computer. Check that these reconcile to the Payroll Activity Summary and make amendments as required.
Publish employee summaries
Publish Employee Payment Summaries by ticking the box beside the employee's name and clicking the blue button labelled Publish.
Once a Payment Summary has been published, it appears in the Employee Portal and a blue tick shows in the Status column. When you hover over the question mark beside Status, you'll reveal the meanings behind the relevant symbols. When you hover over the tick in the Status column, the user who published the Payment Summary and time stamp when this happened is revealed.
If an error is identified after a Payment Summary has been submitted to the ATO, it can be amended by un-publishing the summary, updating it, and publishing it again. When the Payment Summary is republished, there's the option to mark the Payment Summary as amended on the employee's copy and in the EMPDUPE file. This is necessary if the summary is to be resubmitted to the ATO.
Send the Payment Summary to an employee
Send the Payment Summary to an employee by checking the box to the left of the employee's name, and clicking the blue button labelled Send to Employee.
The Send Payment Summaries to Employees window opens and you have the option to send payment summaries by email and/or generate a PDF. Select either or both options and click the blue Confirm button.
Once the PDF has been sent to the employee by email, the Status column is updated with a symbol to reflect this. If you hover over the tick in the Status column, the user who emailed the Payment Summary and time stamp when this happened is revealed.
Create an EMPDUPE file
Check the box to the left of all employee names, and click the green button labelled Create EMPDUPE. The Create PAYG Withholding Annual Report window opens. If you're preparing Payment Summaries on behalf of your business, click No.
If, say, you're a BAS agent, and you're preparing Payment Summaries on behalf of another business, you have the option of giving your own supplier contact details on the lodgement to the ATO. Click Yes to reveal your Supplier Details and amend accordingly.
Download the file
Click the green button labelled Create EMPDUPE, and the EMPDUPE text file downloads to your computer. The file can be copied to, and mailed in digital format to, the ATO or loaded via the ATO business portal located at bp.ato.gov.au.
Double-check your employee opening balances are correct by printing the Payment Summaries and comparing them to the entered opening balances.


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The brass cross-dowel has a threaded hole through the middle to accept the accompanying zinc-plated steel bolt. The combination of brass and steel prevents lockup, permitting easy disassembly. No complex joinery is required for rigid construction, and the bolt can be snugged if anything loosens due to humidity changes. The cross-dowel has a slot at one end so you can use a screwdriver to align it with the bolt. A threaded hole on the other end of the cross-dowel allows mounting of a dowel cap.
Each fastener includes a cross-dowel, washer and bolt. The largest size is available only as a package of four.
Available in brass, or steel with zinc or black plating, the dowel caps are used to conceal the hole made for the cross-dowel. Sized relative to the cross-dowel, each cap has a boss on the underside for registration in the hole drilled for the cross-dowel; a set screw (two are supplied in 1/4" and 5/16" lengths) mounts into 8-32 threaded holes in the cross-dowel and the underside of the cap, fastening the cap in place. The diameter of each cap is about 1/8" larger than the stated diameter of the cross-dowel. See the chart for cross-dowel and bolt sizing, as well as the recommended stock thickness.
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How plants conquer the space: the cell's flying plates
Plant cytokinesis is orchestrated by a specialized structure, the phragmoplast. The phragmoplast first occurred in representatives of Charophyte algae and then became the main division apparatus in land plants. Major cellular activities, including cytoskeletal dynamics, vesicle trafficking, membrane assembly, and cell wall biosynthesis, cooperate in the phragmoplast under the guidance of a complex signaling network. My research focuses on the self-organization processes that govern phragmoplast functions. I will give a general overview of plant cytokinesis, and present our recent data on the gamma-tubulin independent microtubule nucleation by the plant-specific protein MACERATOR and a conserved member of TPX2 protein family.Andrei Smertenko, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Molecular Plant Sciences Washington State University host: Linda Wordeman
High spatiotemporal resolution, three-dimension fluorescence imaging of biological samples in vivoDr. Liangyi Chen Professor Laboratory of Cell Secretion and Metabolism Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China Host: Bertil Hille Abstract: I will give two stories. (i) One story describes unpublished ultrasensitive Hessian structured illumination microscopy that enables ultrafast and long-term super-resolution (SR) live-cell imaging. At a photon dose one order less than point-scanning microscopy, Hessian-SIM has achieved 88-nm and 188-Hz spatial-temporal resolution for live cells imaging and lasted thousands of images without artifacts. Operating at 1 Hz, Hessian-SIM enables hour-long, time-lapse SR imaging with mitigatable photobleaching, highlighting the possibility of achieving SR imaging with commonly used fluorophores for an unlimited period of time. (ii) The second story is our recent Nature Methods paper, our invention of the fast high-resolution miniature two-photon microscope for brain imaging in freely-behaving mice at the single-spine level. With a headpiece weighing 2.15 g and a new type of hollow-core photonic crystal fiber to deliver 920-nm femtosecond laser pulses, the mini-microscope is capable of imaging commonly used biosensors at high spatiotemporal resolution (0.64 μm laterally and 3.35 μm axially, 40 Hz at 256 × 256 pixels). It compares favorably with benchtop two-photon microscopy and miniature wide-field fluorescence microscopy in the structural and functional imaging of Thy1-GFP- or GCaMP6f-labeled neurons. Further, we demonstrate its unique application and robustness with hour-long recording of neuronal activities down to the level of spines in mice experiencing vigorous body and head movements or engaging in social interaction.
Evolution and brain computationI will introduce our work towards identifying principles of brain function and computation, focused on using comparative approaches and exploiting unusual model systems (reptiles, cephalopods) to study sleep, texture perception and cerebral cortex evolution. Gilles Laurent, PhD, DVM Director Max Planck Institute for Brain Research http://www.brain.mpg.de/home/ 4:00 PM Location: T-739, HSB host: Stan Froehner
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(WASHINGTON) -- Allyn Rose lost her mother to breast cancer when she was just a teenager, so after the newly-crowned Miss District of Columbia competes in the Miss America pageant in January, she will undergo a double mastectomy as a preventive measure for her health.
Rose, 24, said she would rather remove both of her breasts than risk getting cancer, a disease she is genetically predisposed to because of a gene mutation carried by the women in her family. Her mother was first diagnosed with cancer at age 27, had her right breast removed, and then found a lump in her left breast 24 years later. She died at age 51.
"Knowing I am a carrier I just said to myself I don't want to put myself through what my mom went through. I want to be here for my kids' -- no pun intended -- crowning achievements," Rose said.
Rose, originally of Newburgh, Md., and now living in Washington, D.C., won the title of Miss District of Columbia in June. In 2011, she placed in the top eight at the Miss USA pageant as Miss Maryland. She said that the upcoming Miss America pageant will be her last with both of her breasts.
"A lot of people are confused when I say I'm choosing life over beauty, but it's beauty as a stereotype, the Hollywood idea of beauty, the physical attributes. I'm not going to let my desire to achieve those goals distract me from my own health," she said.
Rose's family are carriers of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, a rare disease that affects men almost exclusively, but is carried by females. Rose's mother carried the disease, for which there is a high correlation to breast cancer, she said.
"I met with my surgeon, and the doctors that treated my mom, and doctors are 50-50 with this," she said. "Some say you can put it off, you don't have breast cancer. Others say it is an incredibly wise decision, your mom was diagnosed at 27, only three years from where you are now, why not make a proactive decision?"
Rose's decision to be proactive was similar to an increasing number of women in America who decide to have both breasts removed as a precaution against cancer. A 2008 study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that the rate of the procedure, called a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, more than doubled between 1998 and 2003.
After making the decision to have the surgery, Rose said she became passionate about prevention and proactiveness. She has based her platform for January's pageant on the idea that everyone should be proactive about their health.
Rose said she plans to have the operation after she is done serving out her title with the Miss America organization, whether that is her Miss District of Columbia title, which expires next June, or that of Miss America, for which she would serve until 2014.
Rose said she was not afraid of life without breasts.
"There's been leaps and bounds in surgery over the last few years, in reconstruction, to make your body look the same as it did before. Or you can lose a nipple. If surgery doesn't go the right way, you could lose the entire breast. But I knew my mom my whole life with one breast, and she never let that stop her from achieving her goals of being a good mom and wife. So I said if I had to live my whole life with no breasts, I'd rather be alive," Rose said.
When she is finished competing, and finished with surgery, Rose said she hopes to go to law school. She graduated from the University of Maryland, where she studied government and politics, and hopes to work as a constitutional attorney in Washington. The scholarship from winning the Miss America crown would help her pay for law school, she said.
In the meantime, Rose has been working as a paralegal and a model, working for print advertising and QVC. She said she is thrilled to be representing Washington, D.C. in the pageant.
"I'm really looking forward to really being able to share my message with America. It's the most iconic swimsuit pageant in the world, and a year from now my body won't be the same body as it is then. I want to showcase that this is what my body looks like now. But if I were to win this, if I lose my breasts, it doesn't make me less of a Miss America."
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Get behind the wheel the worlds best supercars including, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Nissan GT-R, and more for laps around a specifically-designed autocross racetrack, and explore what these amazing machines are all about. You will have an intructor in the passenger seat giving you pointers on how to get the most out of your experience. All vehicles have automatic, or F1-style transmissions with paddle shifters, so no stick-shift experience is required! If you're at least 18 years of age and have a drivers' license, you can easily drive one of these high-performance machines in a day that all of your family and friends will envy. Not 18 yet or without a license? You can still experience these cars in an instructor ride-along experience. FAQs Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event? All participents must be 18 years of age and possess a valid drivers' license to get behind the wheel. 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Enter Darwin, and the survival of the fittest – only the most relevant, only the truly useful information will survive, in fact, excel. The owner of that information will rank high on the "influence" scale, and have the best shot at solving problems, addressing needs, and eventually, monetizing their wares.
Selective retention and absorption also explains how people process information, separate the wheat from the chaff, and ultimately impact influence levels. We have all been conditioned, very early, to use the least amount of energy for a given task. So, we filter out information we think we don't need. Hence, in order to be relevant, you have to disseminate information that is consistent with your overall strategy and objectives, for being in this delightfully weird, wired and empowered world of today.
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THQ enjoyed a bit of good news as the videogame publisher reorganizes: an unexpected uptick of revenue thanks to hits "Saints Row: The Third" and "UFC: Undisputed 3."
Company will announce net sales of $160 million-$170 million, compared with a prior range of $130 million-$150 million, THQ said, before it reports fourth-quarter earnings on May 15 for the period that ended March 31. Losses are also expected to come in lower.
Mobster game "Saints Row" shipped more than 4 million copies, while sales of the third "UFC" game are better than expected, THQ execs said.
Company has struggled to launch hits as it tries to reorganize through layoffs (more than 550 have been let go since August), the shuttering of six of its 11 development studios and the cancellation of projects. Releases like "Red Faction" and "uDraw" didn't appeal to gamers.
It no longer makes licensed console games for kids, including those from Disney's Pixar, Viacom's Nickelodeon and Mattel. Such games were once the company's core business.
THQ is now valued at around $35 million, a far cry from the $2 billion at its peak in 2007.
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Kelly wins amid Bloomberg ad blitz
A multimillion-dollar ad blitz by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to stop an NRA-backed House candidate in Illinois paid off Tuesday night, as local official Robin Kelly crushed more than a dozen Democratic candidates vying to replace disgraced former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
Bloomberg and gun control proponents seized on the results as evidence of momentum in their push to enact President Barack Obama's gun control package. The mayor will take that message to Washington Wednesday in meetings with Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), according to Bloomberg's public schedule.
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Bloomberg's visit coincides with a hearing the Senate Judiciary is slated to hold Wednesday on a proposal to ban assault weapons.
With 72 percent of precincts reporting in the Democratic primary, Kelly, the Cook County chief administrative officer and a former state representative, held a 53 percent to 24 percent lead over Debbie Halvorson, a former congresswoman. Anthony Beale, a Chicago alderman, had 10 percent.
The outcome marked a major win for Bloomberg, who spent around $2.3 million attacking Halvorson for her pro-gun views and propping up Kelly. The ad blitz swamped the underfunded ex-congresswoman and prompted her to brand him as an out-of-town billionaire trying to buy a House seat.
In the wake of the tragic Newtown, Conn., shootings, and with Chicago's violent streets as its backdrop, the race emerged as a referendum on the national debate over gun control. Bloomberg has used his wealth to sway House races before: In 2012, he spent more than $3 million to sink a pro-gun Democrat, Rep. Joe Baca. And his group, Independence USA PAC, spent more than $14 million in races across the country.
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His Tuesday win signals that Bloomberg is ready to play another outsize role in 2014, targeting gun-supporting candidates.
"This is an important victory for common-sense leadership on gun violence, a problem that plagues the whole nation," Bloomberg, who has emerged as the face of the national movement for stricter gun laws, said in a statement. "And it's the latest sign that voters across the country are demanding change from their representatives in Washington — not business as usual. As Congress considers the president's gun package, voters in Illinois have sent a clear message: We need common-sense gun legislation now. Now it's up to Washington to act."


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My name is Guido (Italian, but living most of the time in France), I am new to NewLisp, although I did a little CL back in university.
I am not a programmer by trade, but I have been using perl, bash, php and a little python to do the needful for me and my acquaintances.
My main coding efforts are in the text processing area.
I like very much the feeling of NewLisp, and would like to try it thoroughly, to see if it can substitute most of my tools, at least for most of my needs (I do not think it would be easy to substitute, for example, awk...)
I like Lisp in general, because of its beauty, expressivity and "feeling" (forgive me to say, one of the things I like most are the use of parentheses. I really can't understand those who hates them)
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if a newbie like me wants to learn Lisp, in the future, would it be easy for him to learn Common Lisp as well (say, for doing something I could do better with SBCL, or other tools), if he starts with NewLisp?
I am sure a regular programmer could easily pick up the differences, and jump from NewLisp to CL with nor many problems.
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It is almost three years since his last Champions League goal and his mantle as fourth-choice striker is under threat from Michael Owen, yet Sir Alex Ferguson has denied he needs to repair Dimitar Berbatov's confidence ahead of Manchester United's encounter with Basel.
Berbatov has been frequently overlooked on the big occasions by Ferguson, notably the Champions League final defeat to Barcelona at Wembley in May, and may be required for United's opening home game in Europe this season. Wayne Rooney is a confirmed absentee with a hamstring injury, a problem with potential repercussions for England's Euro 2012 qualifier in Montenegro on Friday week, so too Javier Hernández with a dead leg he sustained at Stoke City on Saturday. With Danny Welbeck also easing his way back from a hamstring tear it would represent another slight on the £30.75m striker not to be selected ahead of or alongside Owen, Federico Macheda or Mame Biram Diouf.
The 30-year-old has started United's last two matches, the draw at the Britannia Stadium and the Carling Cup win at Leeds United, and perhaps that explained Ferguson's irritation when pressed on Berbatov's contribution to the Champions League campaign. "Of course he's got a part to play. He's one of our squad members and they've all got a part to play," the United manager said. "There are a lot of games in the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carling Cup. It's an exhausting season unless you use your squad."
Ferguson utilised his resources in the opening group game at Benfica but left Berbatov on the bench throughout the 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light. He dismissed claims that his handling of United's record signing may now include restoring the confidence of a forward who has not scored in the Champions League since a brace against Celtic in October 2008.
"I don't have to reassure him," he added. "He knows his place in the squad, and that applies to many players like Mame Diouf, Macheda and Michael Owen, they're not playing regularly either. We've had six league games and the ones against Benfica and Leeds. It's only early doors. There's plenty of time."
The United manager was unable to put a timeframe on Rooney's recovery from the injury he sustained in training on Friday, when Michael Carrick and Jonny Evans also suffered knocks that kept them out against Stoke. Evans and Chris Smalling will both be missing against Basel due to respective ankle and groin injuries, and though Ferguson expects Hernández to be fit for the Premier League game with Norwich City on Saturday, the diagnosis on Rooney is uncertain. "He's not playing tomorrow," said Ferguson. "It's difficult to assess a hamstring but I hope we get him back quickly. He did a bit of jogging this morning but that's all. It's difficult to say." The Scot also revealed he does not expect Nemanja Vidic to return from a calf injury until after the impending international break.
In contrast to his downbeat assessment of Berbatov's role at Old Trafford, Ferguson was effusive in his praise of Ashley Young following his £16m move from Aston Villa in the summer. The England international claimed the constant challenge of playing for United had already brought an improvement in his game and that it would be a "dream" to make his Champions League debut against the Swiss side.
Ferguson added: "Ashley has brought a great awareness of the game and fantastic endurance from box to box, which is something we've enjoyed from Ryan Giggs for many years. He has integrated very well and there is a good application in his training. He's done very, very well."
Basel currently top Group C courtesy of a 2-1 home win over the Romanian champions, Otelul Galati, in their first game and have lifted the Swiss title for the past two seasons under the management of Thorsten Fink, the former Bayern Munich midfielder who came on as a late substitute against United in the 1999 Champions League final. It will take more nights like Barcelona, and not defeats in the final by them, however, before Ferguson considers this a golden European age for his club.
The United manager said: "I think the Champions League is the best competition in the world, better than the World Cup and the European Championships. But it's not a golden period for us because we've lost two finals.
"We've been consistent in the Champions League and our form away from home has been outstanding. I hope we can do better this year and win it because that's the aim of this club all the time."


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Traces is the official magazine of Communion and Liberation, a movement near and dear to the heart and mind of Pope Benedict XVI. In Traces' April edition, the editors reflect on Pope Benedict's Letter to the Catholics of Ireland and the wider reports and responses to the scandal of priestly sexual abuse.
Traces' editors consider various attitudes to the crisis and assert, in typical and bracing CL fashion, that the "true heart of the question, the forgotten focus, lies elsewhere."
It's a short and valuable reflection, especially in this week of our Lord's Passion and Resurrection. Please read it all (Note: Thanks to our media reviewer Santiago Ramos for sending this in. The editorial is not yet linked at Traces' website, but is available as a pdf at the Communion and Liberation website. The graphic below is from the March edition and is included because the artwork is mentioned in the editorial):
Greater Than Sin
There would be much to discuss about the events that led Benedict XVI to write his Letter to the Catholics of Ireland, and we could do this by starting from the facts, the numbers, and the data that, if looked at attentively, reveal a reality much less enormous than appears in the ferocious media campaign. Or, we could start from the contradictions of those who, in the same newspaper, denounce certain wicked deeds, but after a few pages justify everything and everybody, especially in matters of sex.We could do this, and perhaps it would help to understand the context of a Church really under attack, whatever its errors may be.Only the Pope's humble and courageous gesture pointed attention toward the heart of the question.
Clearly, there is a wound, a very serious one, one of the kind that provoked Christ (and His vicars, too) to use fiery words ("Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.").
There is filth in the Church. Joseph Ratzinger himself said so during the Way of the Cross at Rome's Coliseum five years ago, shortly before being elected Pope and, realistically, he has never stopped recalling the fact since. Sin is there, grave sin. Evil is there, along with the abyss of pain that evil carries with it, and everything possible has to be done, and with firmness, to stem the evil and to make amends for that pain. The Pope is already doing this, and his letter reiterates it strongly when it asks the guilty to "answer for it before Almighty God and before properly constituted tribunals."
This is precisely why the true heart of the question, the forgotten focus, lies elsewhere. Alongside all the limitations and within the Church's wounded humanity, is there or is there not something greater than sin, something radically greater than sin? Is there something that can shatter the inexorable weight of our evil? Is there something that, as the Pope writes, "has the power to forgive even the greatest of sins, and to bring forth good even from the most terrible evil"?
"This is the point:God was moved by our nothingness," Fr.Giussani said in the phrase quoted on the CL Easter Poster. "Not only that.God was moved by our betrayal, by our crude, forgetful, and treacherous poverty, by our pettiness... It's compassion, pity, passion. He had pity on me." This is what the Church brings to the world, and certainly not because of its members' merit, goodness, or even less because of their coherence: God's compassion for our pettiness, something greater than our limitations, the only thing infinitely greater than our limitations. If we don't start from here, we cannot understand at all; everything goes mad, literally.
We, too, have had moments when we have dodged that compassion, and run away from it. At times, it is in the Church itself that faith is reduced to ethics, and morality is reduced to an impossible lonely recourse to laws, as if the need of that embrace were something to be ashamed of. But if we forget Christ, if we do away with the wholly different measure that He introduces into the world now, through the Church, then we no longer have the terms on which to judge the Church.
Then it becomes easy to mistake attention for the victims and regard for their history for a conniving silence, and prudence toward the guilty parties, true or presumed–perhaps accused on the basis of rumors emerging after decades–for the will to "cover up" (sadly, this has sometimes been the case). Then, it is almost inevitable to keep arguing about celibacy without even touching on the real value of virginity. And it becomes impossible to understand why the Church can be hard and motherly at the same time with the priests who go wrong. It can punish them severely and ask them to serve their sentence and make amends for the evil (it has already done so in the past, and will always do so), but without snapping, if possible, that thread that binds them, because it is the only thing that can redeem them. It can ask its children to "be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect," not so as to demand of them an impossible irreprehensibility, but so as to remind them of a tension to live the same mercy with which God embraces us ("be merciful as your heavenly Father is merciful.").
This is why the Church can educate,which, in the end, is the real question being challenged by those who are accusing it ("See, even the priests do wrong, and badly wrong. How can we trust them with our children?"), as if the Church's being a teacher all depended on the behavior of her children, and not on Christ, on that Presence which – amidst all the errors and horrors committed – makes possible in the world an embrace like that of Chagall's Prodigal Son that appears on the Easter Poster. There, alongside Fr. Giussani's phrase, there is another, by Benedict XVI: "Conversion to Christ ultimately means this: to exit the illusion of self-sufficiency in order to discover and accept one's own need–the need of His forgiveness and His friendship."
This is the embrace of Christ, in our wounded and needy humanity, far greater than the evil we can do. If the Church,with all its limitations, had not this to offer to the world, especially to the victims of those barbarities, then we would be lost–because the evil would still be there, but it would be impossible to overcome it.


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Space, The Final Frontier... and the biggest freeway to roam and make a quick buck! It's been five years since Corporation Incorporated started its new and progressive policy to deliver goods and construction materials to the struggling outer rim colonies.
During that time, an army of eccentrics and roughnecks joined the ranks of brave truckers and trekked to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in ramshackle spaceships of their own construction. Planets have been explored, space stations looted, and ships have crashed. It is time to celebrate!
The ultimate Galaxy Trucker experience, this Anniversary Edition contains the classic Galaxy Trucker, plus both Big Expansions and plenty of new goodies including tiles, cards, spaceship schematics, tokens, miniatures, and more!
Product Information
Vlaada Chvátil
Rio Grande Games, Czech Games Edition
Year: 2013
Players: 2 - 4
Time: 60 minutes
Ages: 10 and up
Weight: 4,130 grams
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Average Rating: 4.8 in 2 reviews
Designer Vlaada Chvatil has produced some of the biggest variety of game designs in recent memory, with serious strategy games like Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, cooperative games like Space Alert, wacky party games like Bunny Bunny Moose Moose, and light fillers like Sneaks & Snitches. He also has an incredible sense of humor, and one of the games in which that is particularly evident is his 2007 hit, Galaxy Trucker.
In this somewhat puzzle-like game, players first race simultaneously to complete the building of their space craft, composed of an odd assortment of building components, and then in the second phase of the game send them into space, hoping that they will hold together in the face of meteor showers, space pirates, and other galactic dangers, while trying to pick up goods and trying to ensure that their space ship makes it through reasonably intact without having lost too many parts or its precious cargo.
Is Galaxy Trucker for you? Well that is going to come down to your personal taste, but one can't fault the game itself when measured as a unique and successful design - I can't think of any other game quite like it! Even if you're among those who find that the puzzling and chaos trumps the fun factor, it has to be admitted that Vlaada Chvatil has created a novel and successful game that does have a very big appeal, and has a proven record of success. I particularly appreciate the sense of personal achievement that results from building your own rocket, and then launch it into space. You are personally involved because it's the ship that you built with your hand, and there's the tension of how it will fare as it runs through the space gauntlet created by the adventure cards, evoking a sense of fun and excitement. Even if your ship starts falling to bits and everything goes wrong, there's still a sense of accomplishment, and you'll just be all the more determined to start over and build something better the next time around. The drive through the adventure deck is really all about testing your design, and you will have a sense of having made something, even if it all goes pear shaped when your space craft hits space. It's certainly a very fun game, and who doesn't like the challenge of building personalized rockets and taking to the skies to explore distant galaxies and overcome the challenges of meteor showers and space smugglers?
Galaxy Trucker may not be for everyone, but boy is it ever fun with the right people! So if you haven't yet had the opportunity to try shooting the moon or venturing to the stars with Galaxy Trucker, maybe now is the time to give it a shot - maybe you'll surprise yourself!
EndersGame, BGG reviewer
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I am shocked to see that no one has reviewed this game yet! Galaxy Trucker is a great game: there's adventure, intrigue, pirates, looting, and much more in this exciting race to the finish.
I love this game. Since your first impression of a game usually comes from reading the rules, let me give the rule-set a quick mention here. The rules are well written, easily understandable, and include tongue-in-cheek witticisms throughout. They were actually enjoyable to read.
Galaxy Trucker is ultimately a race. First you are racing to build your ship the fastest, then you are racing to reach the destination first. But, there's a lot more to it than that. You have to build the best ship you can in order to survive the many perils of the journey.
You may have to fly through a swarm of asteroids on your way; you better make sure your ship can take the pummeling. Oh, but wait, their are space pirates up ahead - can you outgun them? If not, you may take some heavy damage. There are many other dangers awaiting you along the way, including sabotage, epidemics, and even war zones.
Not everything on your path is bad, though. If you have a large enough crew, you could take the time to loot the abandoned space station up ahead; it may cost you first place in this race, though. There are planets up ahead where you can grab more goods to carry to your destination. But, it'll take time to stop there and load up - can you afford to be slowed down?
There are lots of different elements that you can add into your spaceship as you build: guns, engines, shields, batteries, cargo holds, crew cabins, and even space for aliens (who can boost engines or guns). While you are building you can take a peek at some of the dangers/opportunities that you will face along the way - that will help you decide what you will need the most, but will take valuable building time. Everyone builds their ship simultaneously, all grabbing components from the same pile. Different types of connectors, and rules about different components (engines have to point toward the back of the ship, for instance), add extra challenge to the building phase. Whoever finishes building first gets the leave space-dock first. So, don't take too long looking for just the right part for that particular spot, or you might start the race in last place.
The lead ship gets first opportunity to grab the goodies, but also has to face the dangers first. As you fly through all the dangers, your ship will most likely take damage. Every part of your ship that falls off is coming out of your pay (up to a limit). I've had a ship break in half thanks to a meteor storm following on the heels of sabotage. But, in this game, it's actually amusing to watch it happen! I had to choose which half of my ship to continue flying!
It's not often you find a game that is so much fun to play that you can even laugh at your own misfortune. It makes the victories all that much more sweet, too. I highly recommend Galaxy Trucker!


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Volunteers are the heart of Plunket
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15 June 2012
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Volunteers are the heart of Plunket
Volunteer Awareness Week (17-23 June) is a chance to acknowledge and thank more than one million New Zealanders who give their time and skills to make a difference in their communities every year.
For the past 104 years the passion and dedication of volunteers has enabled Plunket to give New Zealand parents the knowledge and support they need to nurture healthy, happy kiwi babies.
Plunket New Zealand President Tristine Clark says volunteers are what makes Plunket different from other Well Child providers.
"Plunket is in the enviable position of having thousands of hard working, selfless people who give of their time, knowledge, skills and energy.
"Many of the services Plunket offers - such as parenting education, car seat rental schemes, toy libraries, parent support groups, playgroups, child safety programmes and helping raise funds to assist with the running of the family centres – simply wouldn't be possible without the time, talent, and effort of our volunteers.
"With our volunteers working together with staff we can help to give every child in New Zealand the best start in life.
Mrs Clark says there are many opportunities for volunteers to develop existing or new skills.
"Here at Plunket we run a volunteer education programme which recognises the contribution of our volunteers. It covers areas such as leadership, communication, presentation skills, health and safety, and educating the community. All great skills which transfer well into paid employment."
If you are interested in getting involved in your local community, gaining new skills and helping Plunket get the best start for every child, contact your local Plunket office or visit www.plunket.org.nz


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How to Fix a Valve Cover Gasket Leak in 3 Steps
Replace the leaking valve cover gasket on a 4-cylinder engine in less than an hour
Tools Required
- Plastic putty knife
- Rubber mallet
- Socket/ratchet set
- Torque wrench
Materials Required
- Brake cleaner
- Valve cover gasket kit
- Vulcanizing (RTV) sealant
Assess Your Engine Type and Gather Tools and Materials for a Valve Cover Gasket Replacement
If you could look inside the valve cover on the top of your running engine, you'd see a whole lot of oil splashing around. The valve cover catches that oil and sends it back into the engine. But over time, valve cover gaskets shrink, harden and start leaking oil. On a V-type engine, the leaking oil usually just drips down the side of the engine (and onto your driveway) and turns into black muck. But on a four-cylinder engine, it can actually leak into the spark plug tubes and cause misfires. Replacing the gaskets on a V-type engine is a job for the pros. But the valve cover gasket replacement cost on a four-cylinder engine is less than $25 and can be done in about an hour.
Pick up a new valve cover gasket kit, a tube of room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) sealant and a spray can of brake cleaner. You'll need ordinary metric sockets, a plastic putty knife and a torque wrench.
Project step-by-step (3)
Remove the Leaky Valve Cover
Family Handyman
Start the job by removing the decorative plastic cover on the top of the engine (if equipped). Remove the bolts and tap around the valve cover with a soft-faced mallet to break it loose. Never pry with metal tools—they can gouge the aluminum cylinder head and cause permanent leaks. Next, remove (and label) any hoses, cables and electrical connectors that attach to the valve cover. Then remove the spark plugs.
If you see any oil pooling in the spark plug tubes, clean it out with a rag wrapped around a screwdriver. Get out as much gunk as you can and then remove and, if necessary, replace the spark plugs with new ones before proceeding. Once the new plugs are in, remove the valve cover hold-down bolts, noting the length and location of each bolt. Then break the valve cover loose and lift it off the engine.
Replace the Old Gasket
Family Handyman
Peel off the old gasket and clean the valve cover with brake cleaner and clean rags. Next, clean the gasket mating surfaces on the engine. Use the plastic putty knife (never metal) to remove any traces of old RTV from the timing belt cover-to-cylinder head. Catch the old RTV with a rag so it doesn't fall into the engine. Once the cover and mating surfaces are clean and dry, apply new RTV in the same locations and install the new gasket. Valve cover gaskets are designed to seal "dry," so don't apply sealant to the face of the gasket.
Finish off the job by snugging up the valve cover bolts to the torque specifications in your shop manual. Keep in mind that valve cover bolt specs are usually shown in inch/lbs., not foot/ lbs. To convert inch/lbs. to foot/lbs., simply divide by 12.
Reinstall all the cables, hoses, ignition components and electrical connectors and fire it up.
DIY Success Story
Family Handyman
When my dad and I were changing the spark plugs on my Saturn, we noticed oil leaking around them. My dad said it was from a leaky valve cover gasket. A valve cover gasket cost $20 and we had it installed in about 20 minutes—it was really easy. But a few weeks later it was leaking again. We didn't know we had to smear silicone sealant over the timing cover joint. We redid the whole job, including the goop step this time, and it's been leak free ever since. The best part is, I figure I saved about $100 on valve cover gasket replacement cost! Morgan Larson
Check out these 100 Super-Simple Car Repairs You Don't Need to Go to the Shop For.


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We spent the first weekend of October at Bear Lake with our friends Rachel and Jeff (for free, might I add because Jeff's sister let us use her condo. You'll notice that's the theme of all the places that we went this month: free places to stay, which made for cheap travel).
We spent most of the weekend relaxing, watching General Conference, and eating some amazing food, but the chilly weather didn't keep us from venturing out to visit the lake.Creed was thrilled with all of the tiny shells all over the beach and didn't hesitate to soak himself in the lake.
We even found a letterbox along our way, which took us along this cool boardwalk.
And of course, many raspberry shakes were sampled since that's what Bear Lake is known for.


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What a week it was! There was no doubts we would be busy filming and editing videos for The IABM to release, but not on the scale we anticipated! Overall, Adam Plowden Videography captured and produced at least 8-10 videos each day, an incredible 6 times more video content delivered in one week than previously in the whole of 2013!
I did include a run-down of my kit choices before I left, but here is a quick summary of my chosen equipment to capture the IBC Show:
Manfrotto 546GB twin leg tripod with a 504HD head (A Cam).
Canon 5D mkIII, Tamron 24-70mm, Sigma 70-200mm, Samyang 14mm, 35mm, 85mm, Canon 100mm L.
Manfrotto 755CX3G tripod with a MVH500AH head (B Cam).
Canon 60D, Tamron 17-50mm, Canon 50mm.
Manfrotto Hydra Arm and super clamp.
Zoom H6, Sennheiser ENG-G3 RxTx kit, Roto-mic.
(This is the kit we took each day to film with!)
I had to have the above tripod gear after testing them out at my Manfrotto Takeover day, I was impressed by the fluidity of the 504 head when using it with telephoto lenses (as you can see above), however for lightweight, portable and quick 'run and gun' filming, the 755CX3G is a cracking go to set of legs. (Pictured above with the ProMediaGear Arc-Slider) and 701HDV head.
My main camera was: Canon 5D mkIII, and I was frequently using the Tamron 24-70 F/2.8 VC and Sigma 70-200 F/2.8 DC OS for 'go to' lenses around the show. They have a stabilizer in the lens, which means that shake and wobble can be eliminated. I also purchased the Canon 100mm F/2.8L macro lens before the trip for detail shots, but I fell in love with it for capturing everything; crisp and beautifully shallow portraits too.
For establishing and wide shots, the Samyang 14mm T/3.1 cine lens came into it's own. On a full frame camera it has a huge wide angle view allowing to capture the biggest of expanses with clarity.
Day 2 - Thursday 11th September - Welcome to IBC
Things are gearing up at the RAI; exhibitors are flooding through the doors, the stands are quickly being finished and the equipment is on display. IBC Show 2014 is getting ready to open its doors to 50,000 broadcasting, media and IT professionals from across the globe. We began filming the exterior the the RAI with visitors entering the venue and registering in the main foyer; the arc slider and 14mm lens create a wonderful moving perspective. After a short explore around hall 10 and 11 we made our way to The IABM Members Lounge to film an exclusive interview with Peter White, CEO of The IABM.
The IABM is a global broadcasting organization, representing nearly 80% of the broadcasting industry. The members have access to an exclusive members lounge, the IABM business conference, design & innovation awards and much more. It was our job to capture the events, conferences and members at IBC to promote and inform others about the successes at the show. For the interview, I used the Canon 5D mkIII, Tamron 24-70mm, the B cam was a Canon 60D with Canon 50mm F/1.8. For a reliable audio source I used the Zoom H6 (multi-channel recorder) with the MS mic attachment, as well as the Sennheiser ENG-G3 wireless mic kit; this was so I could attach a lav mic on the interviewees for clear sound.
Yes, this did mean throughout the week we had different video and audio sources, but Red Giant Pluraleyes aided greatly in syncing up the V&A for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.
Editing the IBC Intro video with Peter White on my laptop, yes, Windows laptop!
After capturing the buzz and excitement of pre-IBC, we headed back to our hotel to edit the intro video for the IABM members to see. The editing was fast, but the uploading was terrible via Wi-Fi, having learned our lesson, we uploaded the rest of the videos in the press room at IBC instead! Unfortunately, the video is only viewable for IABM members, so here is a quick screenshot.
Later on, we ventured out into the city of Amsterdam. It was Glen's first time, so I look him for a tour around the sights.
Day 3 - Friday 12th September - IABM Business Conference 'The Future of Broadcasting' and member interviews.
It was an early start on Friday, we arrived at the RAI for the IABM business conference at 6:45am to set up and capture the members breakfast, the conference and the post networking before the show got underway that day. For added motion, I used the ProMediaGear Arc-slider for some of the opening shots, but the main conference was shot on 3 static cameras.
For a mid shot of the speaker, I shot on the Sigma 70-200mm, and for a wide I used the 60D with the 17-50mm. Glen was filming from the front for a reverse angle on the 60D and Canon 100m L, which captured some stunning reaction shots of the attendees in low light. Unfortunately, this video is only available to watch for IABM members.
As our responsibility was to capture and edit videos for a same day or next day release, our two man filming team split so that Glen could begin ingesting, backing up and editing the conference video while I went out into the show and interviewed a number of IABM members. This turned out to be a godsend tactic to release a stream of high quality videos each day. It was, however, difficult to keep track of all the media from SD and CF cards...
That day, I filmed interviews with Georacing, Harmonic, Nexidia that we edited out for same day release:
I then jetted off to The IABM stand to meet the new winners of the Student award from The IABM (I won last year), to capture some interviews with them about their study and what they are looking forward to at IBC!
Day 4 - Design & Innovation Awards and member interviews
We were already half way through our IBC experience when Saturday struck, after a successful few days of filming and editing we geared ourselves up for a long day ahead. The day begun with a selection of IABM member interviews from around the show, including; Blackmagic Design, Avid, Newtek, Sony and many more. If you have been to IBC or NAB before you'll know how long it takes to get from one place to another, but with video kit it was a challenge to navigate around the thousands of people at the show!
I had a great time at the Sony booth, interviewing Peter Sykes about the new innovations; camera, 4K transmission, projectors, storage devices. They can be seen here:
I was intrigued by the Sony A7s, a full frame SLR with great low light and DR features.. There was lots of hype around the camera, and I had noticed a lot of the News Shooter guys using them with Atomos Ninja/Blade recorders (we were working next to Dan Chung and News Shooter in the press room), they rated it very well in a variety of conditions and shooting styles.
Bad luck struck on Saturday afternoon... My Canon 60D and 14mm cine lens was capturing a timelapse when it was moved/taken/stolen from where I left it.. Knowing that this would impact the video production of the D&I awards I quickly got help from RAI security to try and locate it. No luck, so later on that afternoon I borrowed a camera from an IABM member to capture a static wide shot of the awards ceremony. Luckily, when I arrived home I got a call from the RAI security who informed me they had found my camera!
We then got set up and prepared for The IABM Design and Innovation Awards 2014, celebrating and awarding outstanding technical developments in the broadcasting and media industry. Before IBC I edited and produced the 9 nominee category videos and graphics presented throughout the awards. Using the same setup as the IABM conference (A cam - Tele, B cam - wide, C cam - reactions) we captured the night in full, showing the excitement and buzz around winning the awards. I got to have a quick chat with some of the winner companies too!
I edited together the highlights of the IABM Design and Innovation Awards, which can be viewed here -
The individual winner interviews can be viewed here:
Systems - VidiGo
Testing - Cube-tec
Storage - Ardis
Post Production - Quantel
Playout - Elemental Technologies
Content + Infrastructure - NTT Electronics
Audio - Sennheiser
Acquisition + Production - Trimaran
The realities of working 12-14 hour days were catching up with us when we returned to our hotel to ingest and back up the footage. Finally, but 1:30am on Sunday all of the footage was synced and ready to be edited. At that point, we both thought its time to call it a day.
Day 5 - Delivering D&I Award Videos and member interviews
By Sunday, the main haul of event capture had been completed, with the remaining tasks being mainly interviews with members around the IBC show. As our editing 'system' had worked so well previously, Glen stayed in the press room using both our laptops to edit, export and upload the winner videos from the awards while I conducted interviews with more exhibitors and IBC members.
I had a great time at the Atomos booth interviewing Jeromy the CEO about the new Shogun for 4K recording and the power pack!
Atomos Interview -
Later that day I bumped into Joe, my old uni housemate who was visiting the show for a day. Later, Glen and myself went for Mexican for dinner and met up with our hotel receptionist, Klaudija for a few drinks in Vondelpark!
At this point, I was completely over my missing 60D and the tiredness. Visiting IBC and Amsterdam for work is a very rare opportunity, so we plowed through and continued to produce great day by day coverage of the show for The IABM. Glen, bless him saw less and less daylight each day!
Day 5 - Rising Stars and more member interviews
Arriving at IBC a little later than usual, Glen and myself parked up the the press area and set up the laptops to upload the previous days interviews to vimeo. Before we headed out to Steve Warners talk at Rising Stars I bumped into Nino Leitner who was off to Photokina that afternoon, so I grabbed a quick pic! Nino had been very busy with Cinema 5D coverage of the show producing their 'On The Couch' series with Philip Bloom, HaZ Dullul and more.
At this point, we had captured around 350Gb of video footage and delivered numerous interviews and event videos for The IABM, they were very pleased! We headed over to The Rising Stars lounge; a part of the show dedicated to young professionals in the industry where Steve Warner (training manager of The IABM) was doing a talk on CV's and representing yourself. Even for me, it was quite interesting to hear what recruiters actually look out for and research!
Catch the full video here -
The team then split so I could conduct some interviews with The IABM student award winners, and with a couple more members for The IABM annual conference in December. It was a short and sweet day; shooting multi-cam on talks and conferences made editing fairly straight forward so we were able to deliver the videos pretty much on the same day. Glen did an awesome job and editing videos out quickly. while I was filming more content!
Day 6 - Last interviews
Day 6 was our opportunity to capture the last interview and glimpse of the show until next year. As we were interviewing members and covering events, we didn't get to see that much of the show itself, but made time to visit some cool stands before we left on Tuesday afternoon.
We visited the Ross Video stand, to interview Pete Ross for The IABM annual conference, it was interesting to hear about how the company developed the first vision mixers and lead the way for broadcast production throughout the 20th century, definitely worth recognition.
Well, what an incredible time it has been.. We captured over 400Gb of footage and audio, combined with hours of graphics produced before the show. We delivered (and are continuing to deliver) over 55 videos online for The IABM. What a show, what a success! My huge thanks go to the other half of the team, Glen Symes for his help and dedication to getting the videos out, and dealing with my stresses of production and post throughout! Also thanks to The IABM for giving me the opportunity to cover The IBC Show 2014 for you.
Ooh, I almost forgot I stopped by the Vitec Videocom stand to say hi to the Manfrotto reps and return the tripods and grip we borrowed for filming. While we were there I asked Sofia for a short piece to camera on the new Manfrotto tripods and kit; I was over the moon to hear a new follow focus has been developed to go with the SYMPLA rig!
Check out the video with Manfrotto here -
I've met up with old friends, and made many new ones. My experience has been overwhelming this year, now I cannot wait to do it all again at The IABM Annual Conference and hopefully IBC 2015! If you have any questions about how we produced the videos, or IBC then drop me a tweet @Plowman91 or comment!
I'm still editing and uploading more videos, so keep updated by checking out The IABM website for more videos and content, and I will have an IBC 2014 wrap up video coming soon. UNTIL NEXT YEAR!


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Concept theory and the role of conceptual coherence in assessments of similarity.
Louise Spiteri
ASIS&T 2008 Annual Meeting (AM08 2008)
Columbus, Ohio, October 24-29, 2008
This paper examines how conceptual coherence is defined and explored in existing concept theories. It will be argued that traditional similarity-based theories do not provide an adequate account for conceptual coherence, and that Library and Information Science (LIS) needs to explore newer, knowledge-based approaches to concept formation, which suggest that ones knowledge of many concepts includes not just a representation of a concepts features but also an explicit representation of the causal mechanisms that people believe link those features to form a coherent whole. The notion of similarity, or likeness, underlies most approaches used in LIS in the design of bibliographic classification systems. The reliance upon similarity assumes a shared or common understanding of the attributes or features that give a concept its identity. Does similarity explain, however, why a concept was formed or why it makes sense to the perceiver? Will the same concept have the same degree of coherence amongst different people, even within the same domain? This examination will place specific emphasis on knowledge-based theories of categorization, and particularly the Causal-Mode theory, which examine the roles of consensus and causality in conceptual coherence. The Causal-Model theory is the most developed working model of the knowledge approach in its formal account of how causal knowledge influences the importance of features and specific configurations of features in judgments of concept membership. This models ability to provide a precise, quantitative account of both the differences in feature weights and the importance of feature configurations induced by peoples knowledge makes it an attractive candidate for integrating the knowledge approach into the construction of bibliographic classification systems.
Conference Manager (V2.54.6)