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It only seems like a year since the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team has played a home match. To be exact it's been 25 days since the Skylights took on an opponent in the friendly confines of the MSU-Northern gymnasium
Thankfully, the Skylights and head coach Lisa Handley will get to sleep in their own beds this weekend when they host a pair of Frontier Conference matches this weekend.
The Skylights will face the Lewis-Clark State Warriors tonight at 7 p.m. and take on the Montana Tech Orediggers Saturday night at 6 p.m. to open their home portion of their Frontier Conference schedule.
"We're ready to play at home," Handley said. "We're looking forward to our crowd and playing at home and sleeping in our own beds, instead of hotels.
"Hopefully, we play like we did the last time we play at home," she added.
Indeed, the last time Northern played at home, the Skylights were basically unbeatable. Northern rolled through four opponents en route to winning the Skylights Invitational tournament. However, that was the first week of the season.
Things have changed slightly since then. Northern struggled with its confidence, serve-receive and tough competition, losing nine of 10 matches, before defeating No. 22-ranked Dickinson State last Sunday in Glasgow.
"I think that win over Dickinson really gave them some confidence that they've been needing," Handley said. "They've just had a different aura about them this week. Just a little bit of cockiness that they need to have."
The other thing that Northern must have is a strong serve-receive game. It's been a problem for the Skylights off and on all season. At times the Skylights struggled receiving opponents' serves, consequently they aren't able to get into their offense, which means that big hitters like Jordan Fox and Jasmine Mitchell, who are second and third in the conference in hitting percentage, aren't getting opportunities to put balls away.
"If we have one weak point it's serve-receive," Handley said "We're not giving up a ton of aces, but its just not allowing us to get into any rhythm offensively."
To say that the Handley and her players have worked on serve-receive some this week would be the understatement of the century. She finally gave them a reprieve on Thursday
"They were a little surprised when we only spent a little time on it at practice," she said.
All the work is necessary because Northern desperately needs to get a conference win. The Skylights are sitting 0-2 in the conference after road losses to Carroll College and Rocky Mountain College.
Northern will be facing a bit of an unknown tonight in LC State. After wholesale losses to graduation, the Warriors return a handful of players and several new places. Making things even more difficult is that Handley hasn't seen LC play live this season.
"I really have no idea about LC," Handley said. "We've watched part of one tape of them, but it's hard to tell from one tape"
One thing Handley is certain of is that senior Addy Hines is returning for the Warriors.
Hines, a middle blocker from Kalispell, has 63 kills and 29 blocks on the season.
"She has always been very tough against us," Handley said. "I expect her to be a big part of their attack."
Hines has to be. She and outside hitter Amanda Paige are the only upperclassmen on the Warriors roster. The rest of the team is made up of all sophomores and freshmen.
However, they are talented underclassmen. Sophomore Ashli Bever leads the team with 78 kills while picking up 90 digs and 19 blocks on the season. True freshman Molly Hornfeldt is second on the team in kills with 76 and 18 blocks. LC has been using two setters this season with freshman Stephanie Wayt and sophomore Megan Dolny.
LC State has a 3-7 record on the season and an 0-1 record in conference with a tough five-game loss to Montana Tech, Northern's opponent on Saturday night.
The Orediggers were one of the top teams in the conference last season, but graduation and some key injuries and a brutal non-conference schedule have led to a 7-8 record this season.
The Diggers lost all-conference libero Kaila Minehan to graduation, while all-conference outside hitter Marin Audet has been sidelined much of the season with a shoulder injury, as has starter Liz Marsik.
However, senior Janalee Stokken-Holmes has filled their production quite ably. Stokken-Holmes leads the conference in kills per game, hitting percentage and points per game.
"She wasn't going to play this season after getting married and graduating," Handley said. "But she decided to come back and play this season"
Besides Stokken-Holmes, the Diggers also return senior setter Becky Hancock, senior middle blocker Collette Phillips, defensive specialist Beka Hudson and junior outside hitter Sage Dubois.
Hancock leads the conference in assists at 10.76 per game, almost three assists more than Northern's Emilee Madsen, who is second in the conference at seven assists per game.
"It seems like she's been there forever," Handley said. "She's a great floor leader and keeps them going no matter if they're up or down. And she makes them run the quickest offense in the league."
Phillips and Dubois are also capable of big offensive games while Hudson takes over the libero position.
"It's Tech," Handley said. "We know they're going to keep every ball in play, run an extremely fast offense and have the toughest servers in the conference."
The Diggers have played that way under long-time head coach Marilyn Tobin. And Handley admits her team must play well to win.
"I'm a big believer in preparing your team more than preparing for the other team," Handley said. "We know what things we have to do well to win games."
Those things would be the aforementioned serve-receive as well as avoiding unforced errors.
Northern certainly has the weapons to take both matches. Fox is second in the conference in points at 4.15 per game and second in kills at 3.49 per game. Mitchell is second in hitting percentage, blocks per game and sixth in kills and points per game. Jeanna McPherson leads the conference in blocks at 1.42 per game, but has been slowed by a bad ankle. McPherson should play this weekend, though.
"Jeanna wants to play," Handley said. "It's still bothering her some, but the adrenaline of the match will help her. I'm sure she's going to try. She's pretty stubborn."
As a team, Northern leads the conference in blocks at 3.07 per game and digs at 17.92 per game.
"We've talked all year about playing to win," Handley said "We need to play to win, especially at home."
NOTES: Tonight's game is Maroon-Gold night with fans being asked to sport those colors. Free Skylights posters will be given away. Former Havre High and Tech standout Shaela Evenson is an assistant coach for the Diggers.


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Painesville man accused of stealing from elderly Concord Township woman
A preliminary hearing is slated for Feb. 19 for a Painesville man who is accused of stealing family heirlooms from an elderly woman in Concord Township.
Michael F. Bertone, 48, of 768 Hine Ave., is charged with a fifth-degree felony count of theft involving an elderly person, Painesville Municipal Court records show.
Lake County Sheriff's Office deputies were called Wednesday to a house in the 10000 block of Tanglewood Trail, after the 80-year-old woman homeowner reported that family heirlooms, including a silver tea pot and Sterling silver cigarette case from the 1700s, had been taken, sheriff's reports show.
Bertone, whose mother worked as one of the elderly woman's caretakers, was developed as a suspect, sheriff's reports state.
Bertone was arraigned Monday by Judge Michael Cicconetti, who set bond at 10 percent of $25,000. If Bertone is able to post bond, he also will be placed under electronically monitored house arrest, the judge ruled.
Bertone could face a maximum of one year behind bars if convicted.
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The list below will link you to threads with information about dive sites and areas in Southern California from the San Luis Obispo/Monterey County Line to the Mexican Border.
These threads are meant for reference information only. If you have specific questions about any of the listed areas or sites, please start a new thread to ask those questions.
Add information about a county and/or a specific dive site by posting to that particular thread.
Here are some things to add. Feel free to add things not on this list!
- Commercial dive boats in the area for off shore diving
- Diver friendly accommodations
- Nearby restaurants & bars
- Directions to the dive site
- Dive site level of difficulty for access and entry/egress (easy, moderate, difficult, very difficult)
- Compass headings, GPS coordinates, lineups, etc.
- Facilities (Toilets, showers, picnic tables, BBQs, camping, etc.)
- Dive site photos (both topside and underwater)
- Suitability of a site for snorkelling/freediving
With your help this can become a valuable reference for new divers and those visiting from outside the area.
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Sorry tumblrs, I didn't know you couldn't reblog questions, and also it's probably mean of me, exposing that girl's question like that (question removed). So here's the whole blog post in reblogging format.
Long story short, someone (politely) inquired if I would do character design for them, and then draw their comic. No mention of payment. The following is my response:
I appreciate that you like my work, but I cannot draw characters or comics for you for free.
This is an issue many cartoonists before me have addressed in ways much more humourous and eloquent, so I'll try and keep it short: I cannot draw your comic for free because I write and draw comics for a living. I pay my rent with comics. I eat because I make comics, and what you are asking me to do is put aside my paying work, and do something for you that probably will not pay.
You may have the best idea in the world and be the most awesomest writer in the world, but unless you have a legitimate relationship with a publisher who can pay the artist who is going to draw your comic, I cannot draw your comic because I cannot work for free.
There's also another question I get asked a lot lately, even more than the "will you draw my comic for free?" question, and I want to address it.
"I'd like to pay you to draw a comic proposal. What are your rates? Then I'm going to pitch it to Image/Oni/whoever."
For me, this is not a paying job. Thank you for offering to pay me for my time while I draw your comic pitch, but right now due to being busy I am not available for these jobs. Don't misunderstand, I appreciate your offer of payment! But at this point I don't have the time to invest into a proposal that may go nowhere. This includes inquiries about me drawing your minicomic, a comic for your girlfriend, etc. To me these requests are commissions, and at this point, I'm extremely busy and can't do commissions. But if you would like a drawing of Supergirl, I'll be happy to do so at a comic convention. Comic conventions are the only time I'm able to take commissions.
At this point, I've had five graphic novels published (Zombies Calling, War at Ellsmere, Brain Camp, Friends With Boys, Bigfoot Boy v1, and #6 is on the way in May 2013), and I've written and drawn three online comics (Demonology 101, Ice and The Adventures of Superhero Girl). Of these eight projects, I have worked with a writer for TWO of them. For both of those projects the writers were long established professionals with many credits to their name, AND they were already hooked in with publishers who could pay me a (semi) living wage for my months of work. These publishers were legitimate publishers with distribution in place and markets to sell to. They ensured my hard work on the projects I did for them did not go down the drain.
I am a cartoonist with my own stories to tell, and I want to work with people who respect me as a professional and a collaborator. I have been very fortunate that all the people I have worked with till this point have treated me well and paid me (decently, this IS comics) for my time. I have chosen projects that I have liked, and I have created my own comics. Six of my eight projects of the last 12 years have been written and drawn by me. I very much like the writing part of comics, and for me to give that up, the project must be very special.
… and I must be paid.
So. I hope that answers your question, and all the questions I will ever get in the future about drawing comics for free, or getting paid to draw proposals that have little to no chance of ever being published.
PS. If you are a writer with a history of published projects, feel free to contact me! That's how I got hooked up with J.Torres and First Second when I drew Bigfoot Boy and Brain Camp, respectively.
Edit: Enough people have objected to the way I have phrased this blog post that I have edited some of the language, as I feel my message of 'very busy, choosy about comic projects, must be paid' is not getting through. It was not my intention to be confrontive, and I did not feel angry when I wrote this post, but apparently I came off that way.
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Growing up as a sports fan in the Orange County, California area, I read a lot of sports columns from the Orange County Register's sports writer, Randy Youngman. Although I don't remember a lot of the stories I read back in the day, I do remember some of the funny nicknames he gave sports characters, as well as his favorite headline of "notes, quotes, observations and opinions" relating to the world of sports.
Here a few of my notes, quotes, observations and opinions relating to the world of Open Enterprise Server -
Brainshare 2011 - I think you are going to see a lot more of Open Enterprise Server this year at Brainshare including more sessions, and more time on the big stage. This also goes for GroupWise and ZenWorks products as well. Discounts for Brainshare are available now, with the biggest discount given for a sign-up in May - see http://www.novell.com/brainshare/ for more details.
Attachmate Acquisition - I am very optimistic about the OES product line since the acquisition happened. The headquarters of Novell has been moved back to its original roots in Provo, and the new management seems to have a great focus on meeting the needs of our OES customers.
Open Enterprise Server "Ponderosa" - "Ponderosa" is currently in private beta and moving along into beta2 very soon. Open Enterprise Server will finally be running on top the latest SLES11 SP1 code base!
NetWare Remote Manager - Need to clear a locked file with NRM? We got your back. We recently added more functionality in NRM. Apply the April patch and see some of the bug fixes/enhancements. See http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Ql4qgs...
More will come at the end of May.
Novell "Neutron" - This is a new development effort that is also close to going into beta. We have always been the "file guys" and now we are going to make those files "come alive" for the end user. Think about a unified home directory that can leverage files across NetWare, OES, MS, NetApp or other file server back-ends. The user experience will be such that you will feel like these files are dancing on whatever client you are using -- Win7, MAC, Android, or iPads/iPhones. It should arrive in Q1 or Q2 of 2012. This is iFolder on steroids and as one customer put it, "This is the best thing I have seen from Novell in years". OES customers will be entitled to Neutron for no additional charge.
Citrix Ready Certification - Have you seen the Domain Services for Windows Citrix Ready certification? We have recently updated it with new versions. Check it out at http://www.citrix.com/ready/partners/novell/produc... . Stay tuned for additional announcements of OES and Citrix Ready.
Domain Services for Windows (DSFW) - Speaking of DSFW, I really think a more appropriate name for this is Active Directory Services for Linux. This is really what it is - it replicates an AD domain, but is running edirectory on Linux. The solution is so good you can manage it with MMC - it doesn't know the difference!
So, if you want your edirectory users to be able to access OES services and have edirectory look like an AD domain and trust an existing MS AD domain, you can do it. These users can now access OES file and print services as well as MS file and Print. If you have applications that require AD style authentication, Domain Services for Windows can take care of that too.
A big thanks to Rance Barker who created a set of 7 videos explaining Domain Services Windows and how to set it up and configure. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCewNEY2rnQ&feature...
Well, there it is, your notes, quotes, observations and opinions on the worlds best file and print services - Open Enterprise Server!
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*** *** *** *** Project Eagle Triad *** *** *** ***
This Project, which is compliant with all Spiritual Paths, consists
of doing three 5-minute meditations/visualizations each day, which
are given to us from Ashtar, Sananda or others of the higher realms
who are assisting us in this endeavor. These are not full-blown
'alpha' meditations, and are designed for even those who are new to
meditation in general. These meditations may also be done at one 15-
minute sitting if that is more convenient for you. At present,
Sananda and Ashtar have everyone working on the same meditation
each week, with each meditation being done for 7 days, after which
time we are given a new one. As of now, we start each new set of
visualizations on Mondays.
All those participating in this Project are grouped into
'trinities' (three people working together), however, the members
of each trinity do NOT need to do the meditations at the same time
as the others. Through their 'intent', their energies will all be
sent 'together' to the appropriate grid. It is asked, however, that
the members of each trinity stay in touch with each other via email
or other means in order to facilitate the higher energetics of
Group Mind/Group Heart. At the end of two months, all trinity
members are then placed into Quartets and do specific meditations,
three times each week, which are given to us by Metatron. This is a
very high level of energy work and is the equivalent of going from
kindergarten directly into high school. All Quartet members,
however, continue to do the trinity work.
If you are ready, and SERIOUS, about 'walking the talk' and working
your Mission by being of service to our Creator, the Earth, and
mankind, and would like to participate in Project: Eagle Triad,
please email email@example.com
Project: Eagle Triad was set up by Ashtar as a means for us to work
with the Earth grids, aligning them and helping to change the mass
consciousness of the planet. In other words, bringing more Light to
mankind. This 5th-dimensional grid, as well as the others that have
since been established, will assist in ushering in the higher
frequencies for the cleansing of Mother Earth as well as
transmuting the negative energies of fear, etc., from the mass
consciousness grid. It is through this cleansing process that
Mother Earth will begin her Ascension into the 5th/6th/7th/8th/9th
dimensions and beyond.
Ashtar Says:
WE HAVE WORK TO DO NOW! We have to countermand this NOW! If we can get enough Beings of Light working on the same project together,
their energies WILL connect around this planet, and their energies
WILL lighten up this planet." IT IS TIME NOW TO SAVE [ascend] THIS PLANET! It is time to quit TALKING about it, and DO something about it!
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Dear J'Tariah En ra El
About three weeks ago in meditation,i went into channeling mode which i didn't expect to,and there i was contacted by Melchizedek and Christ Micheal,he told me that i need to work with the grids and to work on aligning them to bring the energy & Light into the Earth,Since this information was given to me,i started to go out in to the open spaces,parks,etc...to do my work,and i'm still doing this today. Thank you so much for your message,as this confirms my channeling to be genuine,I haven't told everyone about this yet,because i lack the confidence,to go public,so i thought i had to start now! to benefit others :) and so i'm here doing something about it :)
Love and Light
Dear J'Tariah En ra El,
Thanks for this message....
I am always with you....at The Love & Light grid as well as The Grid of Grace for the same cause....
Love & Blessings....
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Video of Dean Kamen's 'Luke Skywalker' bionic arm
Sarah Adee's article on Dean Kamen's Luke Skywalker-like bionic arm created quite a buzz, but her video report is even better:
Sarah Adee's article on Dean Kamen's Luke Skywalker-like bionic arm created quite a buzz, but her video report is even better:
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We've still got lots of news from ICRA, but not today, since it's Video Friday!
This sensor-studded cuff from JPL enables intuitive robot control
The German company is organizing a competition based on its youBot robot
It's now the second fastest legged robot in the world
Researchers are teaching robots to use common adjectives to describe how objects feel
It's Friday, and we know what you need: robot videos
In robotics, as in life, it often takes small steps to reach a big goal
A robot modeled after a shrew can figure out where it is using just its whiskers
This jumping robot video will make you love robots even more
Some extra degrees of freedom give this quadrotor the ability to pitch and roll while hovering
These robots can assemble your Swedish furniture, without even looking at the instructions
With the addition of a battery and motor, this printable and self-assembling robot can crawl like a worm
We're in Karlsruhe, Germany to check out all the latest robotics research
Researchers now have access to an open source SDK to "hack" Baxter
Robot love is in the air. Robo Raven is in the air, too
A glimpse into how robots can make an emotional connection with humans
The little humanoid wants to help kids with special needs and autism
A Dutch company is hatching a little robotic bird for children
Researchers used motion-capture data of a horse to make a cheetah robot walk and run
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The Michigan Public Service Commission released its winter report projecting higher industrial energy consumption across the state.
The report attempts to predict energy prices based on weather patterns and other market forces.
Electricity consumption is expected to go up 1.4 percent due to growth and commercial and industrial sectors, particularly ramped up auto production. Residential consumption levels for 2012 are expected to remain relatively flat as the hot summer season was counterbalanced by a mild winter.
Natural gas usage is expected to rise 9.9 percent due to its application as an electrical power generator. The increase, to a total of 823 billion cubic feet of production, is projected to cost consumers $9.13 per thousand cubic feet, a 7 percent decrease from last year.
The price of West Texas Intermediate oil, a major petroleum type in the United States, is expected to increase to $93 per barrel and remain there most of the year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The increase is expected to cut U. S. consumption by 280,000 barrels per day. Domestic oil drilling should continue to rise because of explorations in new shale formations.
U.S. oil imports are down from 57 percent of net oil consumption in 2008 to 41 percent in 2012, according to numbers from the administration.
Gasoline usage is expected to be down 0.3 percent because of higher prices and volatility in the market. Higher gas prices are being blamed on infrastructure disruptions, refinery outages and the effects of Hurricane Isaac. Gas prices have begun to fall with the switch from summer to winter-grade gas. The average gas price in Michigan Friday was $3.42 for a gallon of regular unleaded, according to AAA.
Consumption of distillate fuel, used in heating applications as well as diesel fuel, should increase by 0.5 percent, due to higher demand from industry.
Nine percent of Michigan consumers heat their homes with propane. Usage is expected to rise by 12.9 percent, assuming a normal winter. Prices are expected to be down 20 percent because of reserves from last year and increased production.
Water heating bills are expected to be higher with declines in temperature.
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Phosphor Reveal Wristwatches Ditch E Ink for Swarovski Crystals
Phosphor, a wristwatch maker that normally sticks with minimalist E Ink clock faces, has taken a turn for the shiny with their latest line. Using a low power "proprietary Micro-Magnetic Mechanical Digital technology", colored Swarovski crystals are rotated around to display the time. There are six styles to choose from (two for guys, and four for the ladies) which start at $199.
Phosphor's Reveal Wristwatch Uses Swarovski Crystals to Tell Time [Engadget]
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Samsung's latest handset reveal is the Galaxy Pro, which features a 2.8-inch touchscreen with a four-row QWERTY keyboard underneath. Designed for business types, the "Think Free" Office Document Editor is included for viewing and editing Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint docs on the go. Other known specs are pretty standard and include an 800MHz processor, a 3-megapixel camera, and that it will run Android Froyo.
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The FAA began granting approval for professional iPad use in the cockpit in February, and now Delta Air Lines, the world's second largest carrier, is looking for approval to try them out next quarter. Over the past ten years, pilots have gotten approval to use bulky "electronic flight bags," which are computers for aviation use. The iPad would be a much lighter option. iPad flight navigation software is already in development at the request of pilots.
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Joe W. Ramos, PhD
Joe W. Ramos, PhD
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Cancer Biology Program
University of Hawaii Cancer Center - Adjunct Associate Professor
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John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa;
Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- PhD, Cell Biology
University of Virginia
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Dr. Ramos's research focuses on understanding the underlying mechanisms that control cancer cell proliferation and metastasis. In particular, his interests include how regulation of the ERK MAP kinase pathway contributes to pathogenic behaviors.
As a first step, he used expression cloning to isolate proteins that interfere with ERK MAP kinase signaling to the cell adhesion proteins the integrins. One such protein is PEA-15. PEA-15 can alter ERK signaling to other proteins as well, including the transcription factor Elk1 and the kinase Rsk2.
PEA-15 is widely expressed throughout the body, with particularly high levels expressed in astrocytes and lymphocytes. The structure of PEA-15 is striking in that the N-terminal half of the protein consists of a conserved death effector domain. This domain is usually found in proteins involved in apoptosis. Indeed, PEA-15 prevents FADD-mediated apoptosis. The C-terminal half of the protein contains two phosphorylated serines that appear to regulate PEA-15 function. Dr Ramos' work has shown that PEA-15 binds directly to ERK and maintains it in the cytoplasm. Similarly, PEA-15 can also bind to Rsk2 and may therefore affect ERK activation of Rsk2 in the cytoplasm. By determining the location in the cell of these kinases PEA-15 can channel ERK signaling to cytoplasmic substrates to the exclusion of nuclear targets like the transcription factor ELK1 and thus modify the outcome of ERK activation.
Ramos and colleagues are using PEA-15 null mice and molecular and cell biological approaches to better understand the function of PEA-15. They have also begun to isolate and characterize related proteins. In collaboration with fellow chemists, they are developing new drugs to target cancer based on basic research findings. Currently they are examining the deregulation of cell signaling in neuroblastoma, glioma and breast cancer.
- Z. Liang, A. Sorribas, F.J. Sulzmaier, J.I. Jiménez, X. Wang, T. Sauvage, W.Y. Yoshida, G.Wang, J.W. Ramos, and P.G. Williams. Stictamides A-C, 4-amino-3-hydroxy-4-phenylpentanoic acid containing MMP12 inhibitors. J.Org Chem, 76(10):3635-3643 (2011). PMCID: In process
- S. Pastorino, H. Renganathan, M. Caliva, E. Filbert, J. Opoku-Ansah, F.J. Sulzmaier, J.E. Gawecka, G. Werlen, A.S. Shaw and J.W. Ramos. The Death Effector Domain protein PEA-15 negatively regulates T cell receptor signaling. FASEB J, 24(8):2818-28 (2010). PMCID: PMC2909277
- J.E. Gawecka, G.S. Griffiths, B. Ek-Rylander, J.W. Ramos, and M.L. Matter. R-Ras regulates migration through an interaction with Filamin A in melanoma cells. PLoS ONE 5(6): e11269. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011269 (2010). PMCID: PMC2890414
- J.W. Ramos. (2008). The Regulation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase (ERK) in Mammalian Cells. IJBCB, 40(12):2707-2719.
- H. Vaidyanathan, J. Opoku-Ansah, S. Pastorino, H. Renganathan, M.L. Matter and J.W. Ramos. (2007). ERK MAP kinase is targeted to RSK2 by the phosphoprotein PEA-15. PNAS, 105(50):19837-19842.
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"RSK-2 regulates integrin-mediated adhesion and migration"
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Teresa Ghilarducci is an economist, author, and retirement security expert. Her new book, When I'm 64: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them, presents her cutting-edge policy recommendations for restructuring the United States' deteriorating retirement income security system. Her book Labor's Capital: The Economics and Politics of Employer Pensions won an Association of American Publishers award in 1992. For the past ten years, she served as director of the Higgins Labor Research Center at the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Ghilarducci is the 2006–08 Wurf Fellow at Harvard Law School; her research has been funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, U.S. Department of Labor, Ford Foundation, and Retirement Research Foundation.
When I'm 65: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them (2008)
Portable Pension Plans for Casual Labor Markets (1995)
Labor's Capital: The Economics and Politics of Employer Pensions (1992)
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Leading Edge Design Group (LEDG), a Digital Lumens authorized partner, is AG New Englands energy efficiency partner on the project.
Our freezer spaces have historically presented the greatest challenges for any lighting technology, forcing us to sacrifice light quality and performance due to the harsh environment, said Bruce Courtois, facilities manager, AG New England. Working with the Leading Edge Design Group team, we tested the Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System in our facility, and found that it improved our light quality, drove down our energy useand gave us new levels of operational control.
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Financial Aid/Scholarships: If you have earned a scholarship or a grant, make sure that it is in order prior to beginning your classes. Some scholarships require you to send your grades in, a class schedule, or letters or recommendation. Satisfy their requirements as soon as you can as some scholarship providers are stingy with their money. Find out ahead of time what the deadlines are for paying college tuition. If you need a loan, look for low-interest rate loans. CollegeBoard suggests Federal Perkins Loans and Federal subsidized Stafford loans.
Insurance: Many colleges require students to have health insurance. If your parents are willing to foot the bill, that's great. Otherwise, you'll have to investigate your options. Some universities offer health services to students. Others students are left to find their own alternatives.
Locker: Those living a good distance from college may want to consider renting a locker. Locker prices generally cost about $10 per semester (about $2 per month). If you think it's worth it to have a "closet away from home", you may wish to check your school's website for more details.
Meal Plan: Many universities have cafeterias on campus where you can be treated to the best cuisine a cafeteria can offer (I'll let you interpret that any way you wish). Having a meal plan spares you the trouble of cooking during the week of midterms. For those of us who are not restaurant chefs, it can also give you a bit more variety in your menu. Unfortunately, meal plans are usually pretty pricey. If you wish to become the first freshman billionaire, you might want to stick with cheese quesadillas.
Course Schedule: This year I was slow to start registering for classes. If you're like me, you might try taking another look at your university's website to see if any of those classes have opened up once more. Take a look at the classes you couldn't get: it's possible they've opened up again. It's always a good idea to make out a plan for college. Once you figure out your major, plan what classes you'll be taking each semester (ideally).
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The Leadership Awards represent a new focal point for the James Beard Foundation as the culinary arts organization enters its 25th anniversary year.
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"I think the tragedy of this has been that people like me are silenced, for the most part, if they're alive, or they're relegated to some invented statistic of it being so one-in-a-million that it's not worth empirically documenting," Caplan said.
Each year, thousands of people go to chiropractors, seeking pain relief that doesn't involve pharmaceutical drugs.
And each year, an unknown and hotly debated number of people have strokes as a result of injury suffered while getting their necks cracked, also known as manipulation of the cervical spine.
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At first, there was a gray haze, and then she went blind.
Caplan lay disoriented on the table after the neck adjustment. The room was spinning. And soon, the retired nurse practitioner realized she was having a stroke.
"Of course, there's the shock because nobody thinks (at) 44, 'I'm having a stroke,' let alone here on the chiropractic table," Caplan said.
The type of stroke that Caplan experienced in October 2010 while at the chiropractor is not something that's easy to quantify. There is no official estimate from any one entity, but the issue has been studied in several medical journals.
Caplan said she suffered a stroke as a result of vertebral arterial dissection, which occurs when blood enters the wall of the vertebral artery, usually through a small tear in its innermost coat, according to Dartmouth Medical School and U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Research published in 2008 in the European Spine Journal found that vertebral artery dissection is overall a rare event, and the increased risks of these types of stroke associated with chiropractic and primary care physician visits "is likely due to patients with headache and neck pain from VBA dissection seeking care before their stroke."
But a journal article published in 2008 in a Korean neurosurgical journal quoted the likelihood of spinal manipulations causing stroke to be 1 in 20,000.
Dr. Bill Kinsinger has spent 23 years arguing that the risk is too high, regardless of what it is.
Since 1989, the Oklahoma City anesthesiologist has worked as what he calls a victim's advocate and, at one time, ran the website Neck911USA.com.
Kinsinger has traveled across North America, advocating for legislation that would require chiropractors to provide informed consent before performing cervical spine manipulation.
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There's good evidence that the manipulation of the lower back that chiropractors provide, under certain criteria, could have benefits, Kinsinger said.
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Is there a real risk?
Dorothy Cloutet, of Edmond, has been going to a chiropractor on and off since she was 18.
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The combat deck smelled like sweat and old gym shorts. Dust flew from punching bags as off-duty Rangers worked out their aggression on their inanimate opponents. Taz, sitting cross-legged next to a pile of dirty towels, was watching Lieutenant Up put a bunch of ensigns through their paces in the ring. Most of them were boys, not much older than her, and they were putting on a fairly pathetic display.
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The next ensign was no more impressive. "I should send you back to the Academy, the lot of you!" Up regarded his charges and sighed. "You're over-thinking this, children. A warrior has to sense what's going on and react – there's no time for your brain to get in the way." He shrugged off his uniform jacket and Taz sat up a little taller against the wall. Just, you know, so she could see the ring better.
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Parker, after a nervous look at the others, charged. Up moved so quickly that Taz couldn't tell what happened, but the ensign was on the floor and Up wasn't even winded.
"Remember, keep your eyes on the enemy. Don't let them surprise you," Up said, helping the boy up. "Next!"
They continued in this fashion until the whistle blew for mess. The ensigns, variously limping or holding appendages gingerly, filed out of the deck. Taz bit her lip, and then approached Up.
"Stupid children," he was muttering as he towelled off. "I wasn't kidding, they ought to send them all straight back. There was a time when only the best soldiers even had a prayer of graduating from the Academy as Rangers. Now they'll take anyone."
Taz tried very hard not to look at his arms, which were on full display in his white tank top. "Why's that?" she asked.
He looked down at her, and slipped his jacket on. "The robots, Taz. You think half those kids will still be alive in a year's time?"
She looked at the door where they'd left.
"True Starship Rangers are becoming a rare breed," Up said, picking up his gym bag. "There aren't many of us left."
He turned to leave.
"You could teach me," Taz blurted. She hadn't meant to say it quite so bluntly.
The Lieutenant stopped and turned to look at her. She drew herself up as tall as she could, fully aware of how ridiculous she probably looked in her too-big uniform. "Teach you?" he echoed, blankly.
"How to fight," she said, her heartbeat in her ears. "I may be little, but I'm fast. I've been scrapping on the streets since I was a little niño and I know I'm better than any of those ensigns."
He looked skeptical.
"I mean it, I could beat those idiotas any day. But you could make me better – you're the best fighter I've even seen."
Was he blushing? She chalked it up to exertion. "Why do you want to know how to fight, Taz?" he asked.
For a moment she heard the rrrr, rrrr sound of a robot's deadly approach. She closed her eyes, opened them again, and looked straight at Up.
"Because I never want to be that helpless again. The next time I meet a robot, the hijo de puta is going to be the one tied up in a tree. And I'm going to be the one laughing."
He was silent for a long time. Then he nodded.
"Meet me here, after lights out. We'll see what you've got."
She was as good as she said she was, quick, and she could dodge a punch like nobody's business. But her style was rough around the edges, unrefined.
"You fight like a wildcat. You're using your instincts, that's good, but you've also got to strategize. I'm twice your size. You're not going to beat me with strength." She dodged another hit. "Or by dancing around me all night."
"I don't dance," she panted, tossing her thick braid over her shoulder. "And besides, you told the ensigns they were thinking too much."
"That's not your problem," he said, and she glared at him. He tried not to draw back from the ferocity he saw there.
It took four more late night sessions before she got a hit in, but that was more than any ensign had ever managed. It wasn't a hard hit, but Up rubbed his shoulder anyway.
"Good," he said. "Now do it again."
Up's rank and reputation kept any sass about his "pet" to a minimum when he was around, but he heard the whispers begin once he'd walk away, and he knew Taz did too. She kept to her bunk a lot, venturing out only for meals and to watch him at training. Her constant gaze made him nervous, but he didn't let on. The ensigns were barely opponents at all – he wondered whether she'd still think him such a marvellous fighter when he was evenly matched.
Taz had been on the ship a week and was waiting in line in the mess hall when a drunk midshipman accosted her. Up had already gotten his food and was on his way to sit down when he heard the exchange.
"Hello, gorgeous," the midshipman slurred. "Why don't you take a break from the old man for awhile? Give us a spin, eh?"
Up looked over his shoulder. Taz took a step back as the midshipman leered closer.
"Yes, you are a pretty one, aren't you? What I could do with those-"
She punched him, a good one, in the nose. Up was halfway there as the midshipman staggered backward.
"Stupid whore!" he called through a stream of blood, but faltered when he saw Lieutenant Up standing over him. The whole hall was silent.
"Here's what you're going to do, Ranger," he said, in a dark and quiet voice. "You're going to turn around, walk away, and you're going to stay the fuck away from her."
The midshipman didn't respond. Up turned his back on him. "Come on," he said to Taz, who was still shaking, her fists tightly clenched.
"I guess you don't like to share your toys, eh Lieutenant?"
Up stopped.
"Uh oh," someone said.
Up was reprimanded for beating the living shit out of the midshipman, but Taz was left alone after that. They continued their late night fighting sessions. She got in a few more hits, and Up didn't have to pretend that they hurt anymore. She was getting better.
So he started getting harder on her. "Get up!" he hollered one night as she lay on the floor, stunned after a particularly hard blow to the head. He pushed his guilt for hurting her away. It was the only way to learn.
She looked up at him, and he could see defeat in her eyes. "I'm never gonna beat you, Up."
"Not if you stay on the floor," he said. She took a breath, then pushed herself up.
They sparred, and soon she was back on the mat. She was tiring.
"Get up!" he said again.
"I can't," she said, and this time she wouldn't look at him.
"Taz," he said, and he bent down so that she had to meet his eyes. "The next time you meet those robots, and they knock you down, is this what you're going to do? Lay down and surrender? Run away and hide?"
"No," she said.
"If there is one thing that I teach you, Taz, it has to be this: no matter what comes at you, no matter how tough it is, how impossible it seems, the only way to win – to survive – is to just keep getting back up." He straightened, and held out his hand to her. "So get back up!"
She took his hand, and he pulled her up.
"Okay," she said. "Again."
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Half of all children born this year will not be living with both natural parents when they reach their mid-teens, and almost all those who suffer family breakdown will be the children of unmarried parents, added the report.
The study, based on figures from the national census and large-scale academic surveys, extrapolates from current trends and calculates that just 9 per cent of babies born to cohabiting couples today will still have their parents living together by the time they are 16.
The report adds that the declining popularity of marriage and the rise of co-habitation will damage the lives of increasing numbers of children.
The figures were produced by researcher Harry Benson, of the Marriage Foundation think tank, who said: 'The report provides solid evidence that married parents are more stable than unmarried parents.
'The contrast between married and unmarried parents who remain intact by the time their children reach their teenage years demonstrates that marital status plays a crucial role in family breakdown.
'With family breakdown costing an estimated £46 billion a year – more than the entire defence budget – in addition to the immeasurable social damage, it is clearly in the interest of the Government and the taxpayer to work to counter this devastating trend.'
Here in the United States, the cost of family breakdown $112 billion per year, and rising as the illegitimacy rate rises.
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I am curious as to why Windows Firewall is running.
Control Panel > WIndows Firewall States "Settings being managed by Norton 360".
Home or work networks Connected
Public Networks Not Connected
If I go to Services though I see
MpsSvc WIndows Firewall running LocalServiceNoNetwork (Group)
Should I stop the service and disable, as long as I am running 360? I noticed this with v5 and just upgraded to v6. I've been having trouble with downloads and streaming the past couple of days and wonder if this could be relevant.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi iamcollin,
The Windows FIrewall Service needs to be running, even though the Windows FIrewall itself is disabled when a third-party firewall (Norton) is installed. What you are seeing is correct.