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Consider this the next time you're tweaking your fantasy baseball lineup: you are part of an intellectual revolution. A minor revolution, perhaps, somewhat less ambitious than the call to arms described in "Moneyball," but a revolution all the same. With every hour you spend "managing" your fantasy team, with every moment spent devouring the literary output of experts like Ron Shandler, the fabled publisher of Baseball Forecaster, or Matthew Berry, a writer otherwise known as "the Talented Mr. Roto," with every soul fiber you sink into fantasy baseball, you move one step closer to becoming a postmodern baseball fan. Makes you feel better, no?
For three decades, fantasy baseball has been rightly called a despoiler of work and family life, with the only side benefit — if you can call it that — being an intimate familiarity with the backup catchers of the Milwaukee Brewers. But lately there seems to be a new elegance in the fantasy universe, a sort of native intelligence. As every baseball fan knows, fantasy has grown in both size — 15 to 18 million people are now estimated to play some kind of fantasy sport — and prestige. Open your local sports page and you are likely to find fantasy baseball treated with a reverence formerly reserved for "real" baseball. Instead of gazing at box scores, as they did in the 1980s, fans can go to Yahoo and ESPN.com for supercharged scoring. Fox has inserted fantasy statistics into its game-of-the-week broadcasts, and even crusty old Fenway Park puts the fantasy stat WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched) on a scoreboard. In baseball's fantasy era, we are beginning to see fans engaging in a metaphysical feat never thought possible: being a fan of fantasy baseball without being a fan of the game as it's played on the field.
It sounds crazy. But younger fans are up to something rather sly. More and more, some of us are entering baseball through a side door. Steroids and other annoyances have made baseball too dreary to follow in its straightforward form. So fantasy baseball has become the preferred way to hold actual baseball at arm's length, to enjoy the game without the Sturm und Drang emanating from the front office and the grand jury. There's a wrongheaded notion that we are attracted to fantasy baseball because it reinforces all that we love about baseball. In fact, we play fantasy baseball because it shields us from all that we hate about it.
I am a wretched fantasy baseball player. My last experience came in a league created at Oxford years before by a group of five-tool intellectuals on Rhodes scholarships who had reconvened stateside. When the group lost a player, they offered me a spot. A less cocksure man would have begged out, but I figured that being a "sports" guy, rather than a "smart" guy, would give me a certain cultural advantage over the Oxford swells. I was out of contention by May. All that remains from that season is the fantasy player's paranoia that every baseball event, no matter how minor, contains some deep significance. There are moments during the 2 a.m. "SportsCenter" when I find my brain slip-sliding between the worlds of fantasy baseball and real baseball like the hero of a Philip K. Dick novel. Placido Polanco whiffs and I wonder, Why am I so upset?
The man most responsible is, of course, Daniel Okrent, a writer, editor and former public editor of The New York Times and, despite those vocations, one of the saner guys you'll ever meet. In 1980, Okrent and 10 friends founded Rotisserie League Baseball, a game that allowed amateur general managers to draft a team of major league regulars and compete in eight statistical categories. (The categories have, of course, caused all sorts of controversy among statheads.) At season's end, all but a few players — the so-called "keepers" — were released back into the pool for the next year's draft, so that fantasy delivered what baseball never really did: a fresh start. Several of Rotisserie's founding partners were media people, and during the 1981 players' strike, sportswriters in desperate need of material began spreading the gospel of fantasy baseball. Okrent became a kind of yogi to the fantasy set. One afternoon, he spotted a mysterious stranger tailing him in the concourse at Yankee Stadium. "He followed me right into the restroom," Okrent told me recently. "And then he started telling me about his team, about the trade he didn't make."Continue reading the main story
He was a prophet, that discombobulated stranger. Because what Okrent and his comrades could not foresee was how their creation would smack up against the zeitgeist like a Roger Clemens fastball thwacking a batter's helmet. Fantasy baseball took hold just as baseball was entering a particularly gloomy period: two labor stoppages and a canceled World Series; rumors of juiced balls and steroids; a competitive imbalance between the large- and small-market teams; a continuous slippage in popularity versus professional football; and frequent intrusions by pariahs like Pete Rose, Marge Schott and Barry Bonds. Being a fan meant opening the morning newspaper to the latest bad news, a dreary buffet that The New Yorker's Roger Angell once compared to "a dog's breakfast."
Had it appeared in happier times, fantasy baseball might have been mere entertainment like Strat-O-Matic Baseball. But over three decades, it has evolved to become a kind of psychological alternative to baseball, a full-fledged fantasy realm. In fantasy baseball, no one is held hostage by the whims and follies of the Lords of Baseball, as the sportswriter Dick Young used to call them, or the indiscretions of the players. You have the feeling of Steinbrenner-like control over the lineups, the rules, even the personnel of the league. If the pose of baseball fans has long been the helpless crouch, the alternate universe of fantasy baseball offers fans an illusory sense of empowerment.
Indeed, part of what makes fantasy so pleasurable is that it has taken the reptilian behavior of the owners and the commissioner and transferred it to the fan. If knucklehead owners like the Florida Marlins' Jeffrey Loria want to offload key players every season, then the fantasy owner will do them one better, shedding all but a few keepers. If Major League Baseball maintains a caste system between the rich and poor teams, then fantasy players will simply pluck the best players from both. Bud Selig's rueful ignorance of the human growth hormone coursing through the game is exceeded only by the fantasy player's. In fantasy baseball, even Barry Bonds becomes an uncomplicated slugger, because in fantasy there is no such thing as a tainted record.
But what you see in the fantasy class is not blissful ignorance so much as a new hardheadedness, a sense that baseball is something to manipulate rather than be manipulated by. In 2004, Donald Levy, an intrepid sociologist at West Virginia Wesleyan College, went spelunking into the subconscious of nearly 1,200 fantasy baseball players. He found that they resembled the BlackBerry warriors in the box seats: 98 percent male, 94 percent white and 69 percent college-educated, with an average income of $90,000 per year. "The people in the fantasy world have been fighting this perception that they're some geek in their parents' basement still wearing a Little League uniform," Levy told me. "This isn't true. The most ardent fantasy participant is a professional." These white-collar types, Levy said, preferred the label "owners," to signify the control they had come to enjoy over the game.
Fantasy owners who packed their lineups with beloved favorites (I love you, Manny!) were deemed ineffectual, even effeminate. "A poor fantasy owner will be described in gendered terms," Levy said. "He played like a woman, he let his emotions control him. He allowed his inner fan to make the decisions." In other words, the fantasy fan had evolved to the point where his sloppy, emotional connection to baseball — the kind exalted by "Field of Dreams" — had been replaced by an icy, businesslike connection, a toughness that could deal with whatever new horror baseball dished out. One lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan told Levy he became so fed up with his home team that he switched to fantasy baseball in middle age. "The Cardinals don't care about me, so why should I care about them?" the fan said. "I have 23 disparate humans on my fantasy team, and that's the team I'm loyal to now." It's the logical endpoint of the revolution: detachment from Major League Baseball and total devotion to the fantasy world.
Try as I might, I can't go quite that far. But as someone suspicious of the soft-focus side of sports, I salute this newfound emotional distance. Baseball has for too long preyed on our affections. So whereas fantasy football merely mimics the soulless culture of the N.F.L. and where fantasy Nascar — which really exists — does not upset the delicate scene at Talladega, the ruthlessness inspired by fantasy baseball packs more of a psychological wallop. In his memoir, "Fantasyland," Sam Walker suggests that the fans most eager to embrace baseball after the 1994 players' strike were fantasy players, since they had nothing to forgive baseball for.
It is only too perfect that fantasy has raised the hackles of Major League Baseball, which does not like intellectual movements that don't come emblazoned with a New Era logo. In 2005, the league attempted to seize fantasy baseball from the outlaw zone. The league paid $50 million to the players' union for the rights to market the players' names and statistics together and then sued a fantasy provider called CBC Distribution and Marketing. As one of the league's lawyers explained, CBC was "marketing the ability to buy, sell, draft and cut Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols. And part and parcel of the reason that people are willing to pay for that ability is the persona of Jeter, of Rodriguez, of Pujols." An unimpressed judge threw out the suit, ruling that raw statistics could not be copyrighted. And fantasy players continued to draft and swap Jeter and Pujols.
Baseball fans have long been depicted as put-upon, miserable creatures, and sportswriters (generally the ones doing the depicting) wondered what would happen when baseball had exhausted their patience. Would they abandon the game in droves? Throw down their Dodger Dogs and unite? What baseball fans did, in fact, was perform an end run around the Lords of Baseball and devise a way to interact with the game that did not depend on them for enjoyment. A decade from now, fans may switch to video games or some new technology, but for now, when baseball becomes too much to bear, they play fantasy baseball. How's that for a revolution in fandom? Now back to your lineups. .Continue reading the main story


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World for Ransom is an unofficial extension of the popular 1950s TV series China Smith. Most of the Smith personnel, including star Dan Duryea, director Robert Aldrich and cinematographer Joseph Biroc, are on hand for this inexpensive but well-mounted melodrama. Duryea plays a mercenary adventurer who gets mixed up in a scheme by foreign spies (who wear baggy suits and speak with Slavic accents) to kidnap a nuclear scientist. Actually it isn't the whole world that's held for ransom--only the city of Singapore, which the spies threaten with nuclear annihilation. World for Ransom star Dan Duryea is solidly supported by old pros Gene Lockhart, Patric Knowles, Reginald Denny and Nigel Bruce.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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To improve knowledge of the biology and ecology of marine microorganisms in coastal environments in order to understand the role of these organisms in biofouling, bioremediation, nutrient cycling, coastal restoration, commensalism, parasitism and disease.
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The Marine Microbial Ecology Laboratory encompasses culture-based and non-culture-based (molecular) research as well as public service isolation and identification of bacteria from oysters and other marine animals.
The laboratory houses the following equipment: Zeiss Axiostar Plus compound microscope equipped for brightfield, darkfield, and epifluorescence microscopy and fitted with an AxioCam MRc digital camera and a Prior Lumen 200 light source; Eppendorf 5430R microfuge; Roche LightCycler 480II, Cepheid SmartCycler II workstation with two blocks; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) system with UVP BioDoc-It imaging; standard-size horizontal electrophoresis system; pH meter; balances; bead beater; vortexer; centrifuges; shaking water bath (operates at ambient 5 to 100°C); analog shaker; micropipetters; filtered PCR enclosure; fume hood; Biolog MicroLog Generation II identification system; incubator (37°C); refrigeration (0 to 4°C); two freezers (-20°C); blenders; Millipore de-ionized water dispenser. Also available are utoclaves, ice machines, additional incubators, a membrane filter station, microarray scanner (Bio-Rad VersArray ChipReader), and a -80°C freezer.
Field equipment includes: an Eckman sediment dredge, a small 9-tooth oyster dredge, oyster tongs, YSI model 30 salinometer, refractometers, pH meter, GPS, two Wildco horizontal bota water samplers, and two General Oceanics butterfly aseptic samplers.
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The Parasitology section has a complete histology laboratory equipped with 3 fume hoods, a TEC tissue embedding center, Shandon automatic tissue processor, paraffin dispenser, incubators, balances, manual AO microtomes, automated microtomes, automated slide stainer, Reichert ultramicrotome for TEM, image analyzer, photomicroscopes both bright field and dissecting, microwave, waterbaths, ovens, centrifuges, icemaker and all the necessary accessories. The section also has a well-equipped microscopy suite, wet laboratory, image processing station, specimen preparation work stations, and animal dissection stations are stocked and maintained. The section includes several Wild-5, Meiji, and Nikon dissecting microscopes, several Wild-20 microscopes some with drawing tubes, 2 Olympus BH-2 compound microscopes with teaching trinocular head, digital cameras and imaging software, compound scopes with Nomarski optics, pH meters, balances, refrigerators, freezers, glassware, aerators, aquaria, dissecting equipment, and all the other accessories for specimen preparations. The section has an extensive parasite collection as well as original literature and reprints, multiple offices and benchtop space for investigators and graduate students. We also have arrangements with Keesler AFB Clinical Research Laboratory for animal studies and protocols.
The section has its own 446-square meter wet lab facility, which includes two 57-square meter and one 74-square meter isolation and quarantine rooms equipped with temperature control, light control, and aeration is available for animal holding and experiments. Equipment in these facilities includes oxygen meters, YSI's, 2-Percival Scientific Biological Incubators Model I-36VL with -Standard Intellus Control System for temperature and lighting, freezers, refrigerators, aquaria, tanks, waterbaths, and immersion heaters.
The Parasitology section shares with biochemistry a molecular biology laboratory. The section has an Applied Biosystems 3130 Genetic Analyzer, MJ Research PTC-200 DNA engine, A Bio-Rad DNA engine (96-well), Laminar flow hood, refrigerator, two -80°C Revco ultralow freezers, -20°C freezer, IEC B-22M ultracentrifuge, Hitachi F2000 Fluorescence Spectrophotometer, pH meters, balances, micropipettes and multi-channel micropipetters, refrigerated centrifuges/microfuges, several gel electrophoresis units, heating and cooling water baths, dry block incubators as well as all the other accompanying equipment and accessories. It also has additional access to a Beckman Coulter CEQ 8000 Genetic Analysis System, BioRad iCycler iQ Real-Time PCR detection system, NanoDrop ND-1000 spectrophotometer, Fluor-S Multimager as well as other molecular equipment and tools.
The Marine Microbiology Group (MMG) is part of The University of Southern Mississippi Department of Coastal Sciences (COA), located at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory on the Gulf of Mexico in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The Division of Coastal Sciences is a research and graduate education department offering programs that lead to the Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science degrees.
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The Grist Mill located in the Norris Dam State Park. Open to Visitors.
I captured this single long exposure shot while I was on a state park adventure on 06/19/2015. Me and my fiance had been hiking most of the day, so we decided to take a break in this spot. I sat and enjoyed the view, reminiscing about life and my future. I noticed that there was some foam floating around in the water. At that point, it was almost sunset, so I set up my camera and tripod and captured some long exposures of this scene, knowing the effect it would give. One thing that I didnt notice at first was the face in the water. In fact, the face is sort of reminiscent of E.T. off of one of my favorite classics. When things like this happen, it brings me peace of mind that photography is my destiny.
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A local science-oriented toy store has a "kinderscience" program once per week for kids ages 2-5. I've taken G a few times. It's a good way to get out of the house and, since it's within walking distance of the car dealership, it was an excellent place to pass the time with a three-year-old last week while the car was being serviced. The activities in this session were art-via-science, so I decided to share them here. In general, I'd prefer it if the instructor spent less time talking (there is a lot of "this is what you're going to do and this is what is going to happen") and more time just setting out the activity and letting the kids explore. But of course, as soon as the materials were available, that is exactly what I encouraged G to do.
The first activity involved coffee filters–such a favorite! The kids were to color on the filters with markers, then drop water onto it with a dropper. G was excited to see the droppers, as we'd just used them the day before for an activity at home and she already knew how to use them herself. Because the trays were red, it was a little hard for her to tell where her color was going.
The instructor ripped some filters so they lay flat in a butterfly shape, too. On this one, she decided to see what would happen if you drew some more on the wet filter. I think we'll try this activity again at home on the white table, to eliminate the background color confusion.
The second activity was a version of marble painting, but instead of rolling the marbles around in the pie tin, the kids were to use a magnet wand, from the bottom, to drag painty magnetic marbles over the paper.
After a bit of this, G decided to simply roll the marbles around the old-fashioned way, as it was easier.
We already have three of the magnet wands–we used them over the summer to collect iron filings from beach sand (which is super fun and, quite frankly, very cool to do)–so I bought a small bag of magnetic marbles so my older kids (who were in school) can try this as well.
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what should you do if you have youre ports scanned is that illegall
try this http://www.antionline.com/showthread...ght=Port+scans i think it works...
It depends on the party/person scanning you...
For example your ISP may port scan you, which is legal
wet your pants
no seariously..
it is not illegal in most parts of the world.
So just make sure ur box is tight...
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From what I understand of the law it is not illegal to port scan or even to try and connect through a port. Illegal activity begins when information on the said computer is accessed or tampered with. For exapmle: Script Kiddie A uses KiddieTrogen to "hack" (and I use that term while wincing in pain) SomeRandomPerson B. He can legaly scan isolate an open port and access an exsisting trogen on the victims computer. He has broken the law only on the last step and anything from there on.
I might just be rambling but this is the law as it was explained to me. Hope this helps.
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I might use my magnet to Escape!
like said before, just make sure your box is secure, and you may want do disable telnet/ssh so that they you dont have any logins they can crack.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) -- Two women who police say killed two young children while performing what they thought was an exorcism will remain held without bond and will have psychiatric evaluations to determine if they are competent to stand trial, a judge said Tuesday.
The women, 28-year-old Zakieya Latrice Avery and 21-year-old Monifa Denise Sanford, have told investigators that they believed evil spirits skipped successively between the bodies of the children and that an exorcism was needed to drive the demons out, said Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy.
The women also reported to investigators that they saw the eyes of each of the children blackening and, after the intended exorcism, took a shower, cleaned up the bloody scene and "prepared the children to see God," McCarthy said. The children's two older siblings, a 5-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy, were also found injured with stab wounds.
Edward Leyden, a lawyer for Sanford, told reporters after the hearing that "everyone who is involved in this case is in deep pain."
The women identified themselves to investigators as members of a group known as the "demon assassins," and police are looking to interview other people who might be part of the same organization but say there are no other suspects.
Avery and Sanford are charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two of Avery's children, ages 1 and 2, as well as attempted murder. They face a sentence of life in prison if convicted.
"It obviously has details that are salacious and we just ask folks to give an opportunity for all of us to get a handle on just what happened here," Leyden said of the case, "so that when the time comes to present this to a judge and a jury, all of the facts are here."
A lawyer for Avery did not return a call seeking comment.
Avery had been living for months in a townhome community in Germantown -- about 30 miles northwest of Washington -- with her four children, and recently, with Sanford. Police responded to the home Friday morning after a neighbor called 911 to report seeing a car with an open door and a knife that appeared to have blood on it.
Once inside, officers found the bodies of the two children on the bed of the master bedroom. Their two siblings, a 5-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy, were found with knife wounds. The girl remains in critical condition but the boy was near being released from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon. The timing of the 911 call likely helped saved the lives of the older children, police said.
"If that call doesn't come in, we don't think that those two children get medical help in time to possibly save their lives," said Capt. Marcus Jones, director of the county police department's major crimes division
The women told investigators that they tried multiple methods to remove the presence of demons from the children's bodies, progressing from an attempt to break the neck of the youngest child to strangulation to stabbing.
The father of the children does not live in the area but was returning to be with the surviving children, Jones said Sunday.
The question of whether either woman intends to submit an insanity defense has not yet been raised, and the two will first need to be examined by medical professionals and declared by a judge to be competent for trial.
"It's based on those stories, that information, that presentation and the psychiatric history ... that we made the recommendations that these two defendants immediately be seen by doctors to tell us where we stand in terms of competency as to both," McCarthy said.


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It was very oidd for me to really be cheering on Murray, Robson's serve finally came good, won her last 4 points on it, after serving like an under-12 for the rest of the match.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
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Murray in with a shout of two medals then. Good on him, shame it means nothing
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
Murray and Robson in the final then. Double gold for Murray tomorrow may not make up for Wimbledon but might give him the confidence for a crack at the US Open in a few weeks.
It is nice that the final is a five setter, gives people time to recover from bad starts. A bit nervous about Federer's chances considering how much he seemed to be weighed down by nerves in the semis and how well Murray seems to be playing. And has the Djoker era ended already
Unbelievable how Serena just absolutely dominated Sharapova in that gold medal match.
Makes you think Sharapova might have been injured a bit and has one eye on the US Open. She was useless by her own high standards.
Another doubles gold for the Williamses. Insane.
Singles final coming up now.
Serena's overall tennis record now is just amazing. Done it all.
Speaking of done it all, if Fed can get past Murray here he will also have the same. Only thing missing from his trophy cabinet is the gold medal in the singles.
Not Fed's biggest fan obviously but I can't see him being at the 2016 Olympics so this is probably his last chance of Singles gold. Would like him to win it.
Suppose if Murray can win, it won't make up for Wimbledon but it must come close.
Just broke Fed as well.
Muzza takes the first set, and comfortably!
Ha, Mexican wave on Centre Court. Unprecedented?
Murray will be hoping Fed doesn't turn it round like last month then. Great start.
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Our lab is primarily interested in three main challenges of systems biology: reconstructing biological networks, understanding the evolution of biological networks, and developing efficient methods to simulate networks. The goal is to develop state-of-the-art computational tools and make specific predictions to be tested by our experimental collaborators.
Reconstruction of biological networks is an essential first step in systems biology. Currently, partial information on protein-protein and metabolic interaction networks is available for several model organisms (such as E. coli, S. cerevisiae, D. melanogaster, C. elegans). This information has been accumulated over several decades mainly based on careful experimental analysis. A major challenge is to accurately extrapolate the information from known networks to networks of other medically and biologically important organisms. We are currently pursuing these reconstruction efforts using probabilistic data integration and comparative genomics. To this end, we have developed a novel method which effectively combines the local structure of a metabolic network with context-based (co-expression, chromosomal distance, co-evolution) and sequence homology information to predict genes responsible for orphan metabolic activities. Currently about 30-40% of metabolic activities known to exist in sequenced organisms remain orphan, i.e. no sequences are assigned to these activities. Our computational method is able to successfully annotate about 60% of these activities. The work to extend our approach to signaling networks is in progress.
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Evolution of biological networks and the evolution of proteins in the context of biological networks. Two specific questions are currently under investigation. First, we are interested in how biological modules and pathways evolve to perform new functions. Second, we are interested in establishing how the structure and properties of biological networks shape the evolution of network components. Our results demonstrate that, in yeast, important evolutionary processes, such as single nucleotide mutations, gene duplications, and gene deletions are influenced by the structure and function of the metabolic network. Specifically, central and highly connected enzymes evolve more slowly than less connected enzymes. Also, enzymes carrying high metabolic fluxes under natural biological conditions experience stronger evolutionary constraints.Duplications of genes encoding enzymes with high connectivity and high metabolic flux have a greater chance of being retained in evolution. In contrast to the case in protein interaction networks, highly connected enzymes are no more likely to be essential compared to less connected enzymes. These initial results demonstrate that systems biology approaches will be essential for understanding molecular evolution of enzymes.
Computer simulations of biological networks complement biological experiments. At present, the topological structure of biological networks is known much better than their kinetic and equilibrium parameters. Consequently, conceptual simplifications are required to obtain meaningful results from simulations. We are currently pursuing such studies in several specific systems. We have shown that two general principles govern the network behavior of bacterial metabolic networks: the optimality of the flux distribution in the native state and the dominance of homeostatic regulation upon perturbation. We demonstrated how these properties can be used to predict in-silico (using Linear and Quadratic optimization) the effects of gene deletions in E. coli and S. cerevisiae. Our results have been confirmed by several experimental laboratories. We are currently extending these studies to other organisms and perturbation types.
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Seagate tries again with external drives
New look FreeAgents
Seagate has updated its FreeAgent line of consumer external hard drives with new, fetchingly encased and higher capacity models. The current line gets FreeAgent Classic branding.
Last year's FreeAgent desktop and portable external drives came in somewhat garish dark brown cases with sodium lighting orange highlights. They also had Ceedo quasi-PC desktop software so you could take your desktop environment with you on the road. Read a Register Hardware review of the FreeAgent Go here.
New: blue-topped FreeAgent Go drive.
Old: brown and orange FreeAgent Go drive.
The new models are thinner and have brushed aluminum enclosures with scattered blue needle-hole lighting to indicate activity. Portable FreeAgent Go drives can have silver, black, royal blue or deep red upper surfaces, and now hold up to 500GB on their 2.5in, 5400rpm drives. You can also have a little dock for your main computer with permanently connected USB and power connections.
The desktop models do without the colourful tops, being either silver or black. Like caravan colours not conflicting with the colour of the vehicle towing them, they now complement your PC and don't provide a garish counterpoint.
FreeAgent Desktops go up to 1.5TB on their 3.5in, 7200rpm drives and connect using USB 2.0. The fancier FreeAgent XTreme model adds faster eSATA (3GB/s) and FireWire 800 connectivity.
There are specific FreeAgents for the Mac, both Go and Desktop models, which are HFS+ formatted, Time Machine-ready, and have both USB and FireWire connectivity. They do without the Windows-based automatic, schedulable backup software plus multi-computer syncrhonisation software that comes with the Windows FreeAgents.
If you want a shared external drive with an Ethernet connection then Seagate will sell you a Maxtor Central Axis model: Maxtor external drives being punted to techies and geeks; FreeAgents to consumers who appreciate a better-looking product. Ceedo software appears to be no more - Seagate has been asked to confirm this being unable to do so immediately.
The drives have a sleep mode and are made from 100 per cent recyclable materials, Seagate claimed. There is no RAID-protected version of the FreeAgent line.
Western Digital competes in this external drive area with its My Book and multi-hued My Passport products. It has just announced a 500GB My Passport model. WD also offers a RAID-protected Mirror Edition My Book. Drobo competes with its data storage robot, and Iomega and La Cie also have relevant products.
Availability and prices
- FreeAgent Go Drive for Mac - $160 for 250GB and $190 for 320GB.
- FreeAgent Desk Drive for Mac - $170 for 500GB, $270 for 1TB and $349.99 for 1.5TB (available in October 2008).
- FreeAgent Go Drive -$120 for 250GB, $150 for 320GB and $340 for 500GB.
- FreeAgent Dock and Case - $30.
- FreeAgent Desk Drive - $130 for 500GB, $150 for 640GB, $230 for 1TB and $280 for 1.5TB (available in October 2008).
- FreeAgent XTreme Drive - $159.99 for 500GB, $179.99 for 640GB, $259.99 for 1TB and $299.99 for 1.5TB (available in October 2008.
Storage Reviews
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Treatment options for kidney cancer depend upon the staging of the cancer (how large and whether it has spread) and the patient's age and general health. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are all potential treatment options. Kidney cancer is relatively resistant to radiation and chemotherapy. As a result, the gold standard treatment for localized kidney cancer is removal of the kidney or kidney tumors.
The three forms of surgical treatment are:
Kidney surgery is traditionally performed using an open approach, which requires a large abdominal incision. Another approach, conventional laparoscopy, is less invasive, but limits the doctor's dexterity, visualization, and control, compared to open surgery.
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If your doctor recommends surgery for kidney cancer, you may be a candidate for a minimally invasive approach: da Vinci Partial Nephrectomy or Nephrectomy.
da Vinci Surgery uses state-of-the-art technology to help your doctor perform a more precise operation than conventional instrumentation allows. It offers numerous potential benefits over a conventional open surgery, including:
da Vinci Surgery for kidney cancer incorporates the best techniques of open surgery and applies them to a robotic-assisted, minimally invasive approach.
The precision and dexterity afforded by the da Vinci Surgical System's advanced instrumentation facilitates a minimally invasive approach for treating kidney cancer.
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This was my first time trying out this mid 1960's pattern, and it went so well! As you can see from the illustrations on the pattern, this is not meant to be a figure hugging, fitted shirt. This is much more airy & comfortable. I chose option 5 giving me a cute tie collar and some mid length sleeves.
The fabric used is a very loud blue/black leopard print cotton from the local fabric shop which retailed about £3.29 per metre, and the buttons used were from my stash.
I particularly love the length of this shirt as it sits quite nicely in line with my hips, which lets me wear it loose, or tucked in.
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By BY STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
VAN METER, Iowa (AP) - Mitt Romney says he's scratching his head over President Barack Obama's focus on Big Bird.
The president is featuring the "Sesame Street" star in a new campaign ad mocking Romney's vow to end federal funding for public broadcasting.
Campaigning in Iowa Tuesday, Romney said "you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving Big Bird." The Republican presidential nominee said Obama's focus should be on saving the American people and family farms.
Romney addressed more than 1,000 supporters gathered on a corn field in Van Meter, a small town near Des Moines.
The Big Bird discussion follows Romney's saying in the debate last week that he would seek to end funding for public broadcasting.
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2013 Hot New Restaurants
Viva la Mexico at Mixteca. Chef/owner Shannon Bard seems an unlikely Mexican aficionado, but she grew up in Oklahoma with strong ties to south-of-the-border cuisine. Simple treats from made-to-order guacamole to seven salsa choices to beautifully plated entrées set the bar. Look for occasional tequila dinners where Bard gives her creativity free rein. An extensive tequila list is offered through tasting flights and, of course, refreshing margaritas made with fresh-squeezed juices.
Not to Miss: Brunch on weekends from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for huevos rancheros con Rojas ($8) with roasted tomato serrano sauce and house-made white corn tortillas. Fresh-squeezed orange juice, too, for mimosas.
Hours: Dinner nightly from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Mixteca, 10 Jenkins Ct., Durham
Contact: (603) 397-5971, mixtecataqueria.com
Pictured above: Chef/owner Shannon Bard
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The New York State Center for Assisted Living has announced the state of New York resolution proclaiming Sept. 8-14, 2013, as Assisted Living Week, in conjunction with National Assisted Living Week. Senate resolution No. 2356, by State Sen. Kemp Hannon, recognizes this special week, the services that assisted living communities provide, and encourages the citizens of New York to visit friends, family and loved ones who reside in assisted living and to learn more about the services and how assisted living communities benefit the greater society.
The resolution is posted on the NYSCAL website, www.nyscal.org.
National Assisted Living Week is sponsored annually by NYSCAL's national affiliate, the National Center for Assisted Living. This year's theme, "Homemade Happiness," acknowledges the contributions of staff, residents and families in making the assisted living community a home for residents.
"Homemade Happiness" events also helps organizers say "thank you" to assisted living residents, many of whom have made significant contributions to the community as business people, civic leaders, firefighters, teachers, parents and grandparents.
"This year's theme celebrates the bond created by staff, residents and families as they build warm, welcoming and vibrant homes for residents," said Shelley Wagar Sabo, executive director of NYSCAL. "This weeklong celebration demonstrates the commitment assisted living professionals feel when providing care and services to residents in their communities."
NALW was established in 1995 by the National Center for Assisted Living to provide a special opportunity to bring together residents, families, employees, volunteers and the surrounding community to celebrate residents and the services provided by the staff within assisted living communities. Every year, the weeklong celebration begins on Grandparent's Day.
For more information on National Assisted Living Week, visit www.nalw.org.
The New York State Health Facilities Association/New York State Center for Assisted Living is a member-driven association of providers of long-term care services, caring for individuals of all ages in proprietary, not-for-profit, and government-sponsored skilled nursing, post-acute, rehab, adult care and assisted living communities across the state of New York. NYSHFA/NYSCAL is dedicated to assisting its members in achieving excellence in the provision of efficient and effective quality long-term care services through leadership, professional development and active involvement in the shaping of public policy.


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AICPA Objects to Proposed Limitation on Use of Cash Method of Accounting
September 5, 2013
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) expressed its opposition to a proposed limitation on the use of the cash method of accounting that is contained in House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp's (R-Mich.) small business tax reform discussion draft. Under the proposal, only individuals and certain taxpayers with average gross receipts of $10 million or less are eligible for the cash method. The proposal effectively eliminates exceptions that currently exist for certain pass-through entities (i.e., partnerships and S corporations), farmers and personal service corporations to use the cash method.
"We support the expansion of the number of taxpayers that may use the cash method of accounting. The cash method of accounting is simpler in application, has fewer compliance costs, and does not require taxpayers to pay tax on income they have not yet received," the AICPA explained in a letter to Camp and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.). "For these same reasons, we are extremely concerned with and oppose certain limitations included in the Proposal."
The AICPA is urging the lawmakers to consider the financial burden the proposal, if enacted, would place on businesses. "The proposal would require these companies to change to the accrual method, force their owners to pay tax before they have the cash to pay it, and add to complexity and costs," the letter stated.
The letter follows up on information the AICPA presented in its May 17, 2013 testimony for the record to the Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.


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Carlos Pineda | Staff writer
Notre Dame and Alabama have combined to win 25 national championships and on Monday will play in the most anticipated game.
Both teams flew into South Florida Wednesday afternoon for the 2013 BCS National Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens.
The first-ranked Fighting Irish arrived at Fort Lauderdale Jet Center and will be making their first appearance in the BCS title game and fourth overall appearance in a BCS bowl game. Notre Dame played its last game on Nov. 24.
"Getting on the plane, we finally realized the fact that we are going to play football game," Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said. "Everybody was just anxious to get here."
The Irish (12-0) made history this season by being the first team in the BCS era to play for the national title after beginning the season unranked.
Kelly added: "We want to have fun while we're here too. There's no question we're here to play the game, but I want our guys relaxed. They've done all the work, we've got some practices that we've got to take care of, but I want them relaxed and ready to play."
Monday's game will be the seventh meeting between these traditional powers, with Notre Dame holding a 5-1 edge.
On the other end of the spectrum is No. 2 Alabama. Winners of two BCS titles under head coach Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide (12-1) is looking for an unprecedented third championship in a four-year span as they touched down at Miami International Airport. Alabama beat LSU in last year's championship game.
"We're really pleased and happy to be here," Saban said. "I'm really proud of what our kids have accomplished to create this opportunity for themselves. It's certainly a great opportunity to play against a great Notre Dame team."
South Florida will be host to a matchup that features two teams known for their defensive prowess. The Irish lead the nation in scoring defense (10.33 ppg). they also rank sixth in total defense (286.83 ypg) and fourth in rush defense (92.42 ypg).
Notre Dame is led by All-American senior linebacker Manti Te'o, who leads the Irish with 103 tackles and seven interceptions.
Alabama ranks first in total defense (246.00 ypg) and rush defense (79.77 ypg). They are second in scoring defense (10.69 ppg) and sixth in pass defense (166.23 ypg).
Junior linebacker C.J. Mosley led the Tide with 99 tackles, four sacks and two interceptions.
The highly-anticipated matchup is sure to be a spectacle and that the players on each team are excited about playing in.
"They're going to play national championship game in Miami," Kelly said about the excitement of this game. "It's not like any trip that they've had before. It's something you dream about when you play this game and when you coach this game."
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Publicity services and mimeographing services are available in the Student Activities Office. See the section headed "Services and Facilities" for more information.
Several principles must enter into any consideration of policy concerning publicity at Nassau Community College
A. All publicity must bear the name of the sponsoring student club or organization. Individual Nassau Community College students may hang flyers expressing their own points of view for non-commercial purposes, but must comply with these publicity rules.
B. All posters, flyers, and other advertising activities of student groups must be approved in the Student Government Office before being distributed on campus.
C. Materials which are not approved will be taken down and violators may be deprived of publicity right on campus for the remainder of the semester.
The use of the name of the College off- campus, by an individual or groups, is prohibited unless the program being publicized is a registered Nassau Community College activity, and that the intention to advertise off- campus has been clearly stated on the Activity Registration form.
E. Individuals or student groups distributing or stacking publicity material are responsible for maintaining the neatness of the area.
F. Bulletin boards may be reserved for use by Student Activities (clubs, organizations, etc.), academic departments, and administrative areas.
G. Posters may be hung on bulletin boards, and on unpainted concrete walls and columns. Posting in other locations, including chalk boards, lampposts, on most glass surfaces, in stairwells, in elevators, on painted walls or on trees is prohibited. Hanging materials shall be non-destructive of paint and wall finishes, and must be removable. Fun tack is recommended. Tacks, masking tape and staples can be used in certain areas. Paste, glue, nails, and duct tape cannot be used to hang posters anywhere on campus.
H. Flyers and cards cannot have UV (glossy) coating. Stickers cannot be posted on campus.
I. 8 ½ x 11 directional signs can be hung on glass doors on the day of an event and must be removed immediately following the conclusion of the event.
J. In order to allow space for all groups to advertise their events, no more than one of the same flyer or poster can be hung on a bulletin board or location. Posters should not cover or obstruct other flyers or posters. Posters on indoor bulletin boards shall not exceed 11" x 17" in size, and on outdoor locations 22" x 24".
K. Posters, etc. must be removed by the sponsoring group from around campus within two days following the event.
L. Flyers may be handed to individuals, but be sure to observe the law on littering. They may not be placed on car windshields because this violates state law..
M. Banners may be hung on campus on a temporary basis subject to administrative approval.
N. The Office of Student Activities will maintain posting locations on a weekly basis.
Soliciting by off- campus groups is not permitted.
All advertising must follow the procedures designated herein and by the organization in charge of the election.
This equipment may only be used during the Club Hours (Tuesday and Thursday,
11:30 AM- 12:45 PM) and during the scheduled Evening Activity Hours.
This is to ensure that instruction will not be disrupted.
COLLEGE: Student organizations wishing to send communications or publicity to mass media outside the campus community must submit the communications to the Office of Student Activities. Communications going outside the campus may NOT be sent WITHOUT this approval.


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Eric Robinson will be in his third season on the MIT swimming and diving coaching staff. A 2011 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy with a degree in mathematics, Robinson swam four years at the Academy, serving as team captain in his senior year. He currently holds Academy top-10 times in the 400 IM, 200 butterfly, and 200 freestyle events and was also a member of the Academy's 800 freestyle relay record-setting team. Robinson is a graduate student at MIT working toward a master's degree in operations research.


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UNH Rallies For 5-3 Win Over Northeastern At Fenway Park
Jan. 10, 2010
Courtesy of New Hampshire
BOSTON – Kristina Lavoie (Fonthill, Ontario) broke a 3-3 tie with 5:30 remaining and netted an empty-net goal in the final minute of the game to lift the fourth-ranked University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team to Friday's 5-3 victory against ninth-ranked Northeastern University in the opening game of the Sun Life Frozen Fenway doubleheader at Fenway Park. It marked the first outdoor game in women's college hockey.
UNH, which had been idle since its 4-1 win Dec. 12 at Dartmouth College, won its third consecutive game – and 26th straight in the series vs. the Huskies – to improve to 13-2-4 overall and 7-1-1-0 in Hockey East. NU, which had already won two January road games, falls to 12-5-2, 6-4-2-1.
Lavoie, who tied her career high of two goals, was one of three Wildcats with multiple points against the top-ranked defensive team in the nation. Courtney Birchard (Mississauga, Ontario) set up the last three goals of the game to finish with a career-high three assists, and Micaela Long (South Boston, Mass.) tallied a goal and an assist to extend her point-scoring streak to 12 games.
UNH goaltender Kayley Herman (Weyburn, Saskatchewan) entered the game at the start of the second period and earned the victory by stopping 12 of 13 shots in the last 40 minutes. It marked the 50th career win for Herman, who is the seventh UNH Wildcat goalie to reach that milestone. Lindsey Minton (Richardson, Texas) started the game between the pipes and was credited with three saves; she exited the game with the 'Cats trailing 2-1.
Northeastern netminder Florence Schelling stopped 28 shots and the Huskies' offense was led by Brittany Esposito (two goals) and Annie Hogan (two assists).
NU took a 1-0 lead on its first shot of the game when Esposito wristed a shot under the crossbar from the slot at 1:29. Hogan, with the centering pass, was credited with an assist.
The Huskies struck again at 3:41 to extend its advantage to 2-0. On the forecheck, Casey Pickett curled behind the net and lifted a UNH defenseman's stick to steal the puck at the left post. She quickly fired a shot cross the goalmouth that caromed off the far post into the net.
UNH pulled within 2-1 just 18 seconds later, however, with pressure deep in the offensive zone. Sarah Cuthbert (East Falmouth, Mass.) kicked the puck out of the right corner to the circle, where Shannon Sisk (Pipersville, Pa.) skated into open space and one-timed a shot inside the right post.
In the 15th minute, Cuthbert fired a one-timer that Schelling turned aside, and moments later the NU goalie denied Kelly Paton (Woodstock, Ontario) on a wraparound bid at the left post.
Northeastern took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission despite UNH's 9-5 shot advantage.
The Huskies went on a power play at 1:52 of the second stanza but the Wildcats killed off that opportunity and sprung Julie Allen (Brampton, Ontario) on a breakaway as she exited the penalty box. Allen skated down the slot, pulled the puck to her forehand and was denied by Schelling. Allen followed the rebound to the right post, but she once again was turned away by Schelling.
Two minutes later, Paton corralled an outlet pass in the neutral zone to lead a break down the right wing, where she wristed a shot that ricocheted off Schelling's helmet.
NU went on another power play in the seventh minute and capitalized on the skater advantage to build a 3-1 lead at 7:28. From behind the net, Hogan shoveled the puck to the front of the net and Esposito redirected a shot into the goal. Kristi Kehoe was also credited with an assist.
New Hampshire entered the third period with a 3-1 deficit with a 19-13 edge in shots.
The Wildcats struck early in the third period to pull within one goal. Kristine Horn (Utica, Mich.) moved the puck from the high slot to Allen on the right wing. Allen's initial low shot was stopped by Schelling's left leg pad, but Allen swept the rebound inside the right post to make it a 3-2 game at 1:30.
UNH continued to pressure and cycle the puck in the offensive zone, which limited NU's scoring chances. A Wildcat went to the penalty box at 8:18, but an NU skater followed 44 seconds later.
And with pressure from that power-play opportunity, UNH netted the game-tying goal. Allen initiated the flurry of shots with a dangerous opportunity deep in the left circle. Schelling couldn't control the rebound, and a pair of Wildcats whacked at the loose puck in the crease. The NU goalie preserved the one-goal lead, but the 'Cats retained possession and Paton swung the puck from the right circle to Birchard at the high slot. Birchard's pass to the right wing found Long, whose shot from the faceoff dot trickled between Schelling's leg pads as the power play expired at 11:02.
Then it was time for Lavoie's heroics. UNH's offensive pressure generated a shot by Long in the slot that Schelling blocked towards the right circle. Lavoie corralled the puck and quickly fired a shot into the open right side of the net to give the Wildcats their first lead of the game, 4-3, at 14:30.
NU pulled Schelling in favor of an extra skater with 39 seconds remaining. The Huskies could not sustain possession, however, and Birchard advanced the puck to the neutral zone for Lavoie. She skated down the right wing and, while fending off a defender, pushed the puck from the circle into the open net with 15 seconds remaining in the game to secure the victory.
New Hampshire returns to action next weekend for a home-and-home series against longtime nemesis Providence College. The Wildcats play host to the Friars in the opening game of the series Jan. 16 (2 p.m.) at the Whittemore Center. The game is part of Hockey East's Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer fund raising initiative.


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The terrible earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred in Japan last March is slowly passing despite its horrifying impact upon the last few months. This week IHS iSuppli released a press statement indicating that the Japanese electronics industry is looking to recover from the event just six months later. iSupply in its report praised Fujitsu for its exceptionally prompt and efficient recovery amongst the other Japanese semiconductor suppliers. Fujitsu had issues during an earthquake three years earlier and the strategies implemented following that disaster are named for being the largest contribution to Fujitsu's recovery. They fully recovered to pre-disaster state last month on June 9th.
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"American Made Movie" screening serves as backdrop for announcement
Atlanta. Chicago. Los Angeles. New York City. Philadelphia. Buffalo.
Yes, Buffalo made the short list of American cities that are screening a national documentary called "American Made Movie," in part due to the true-life role played by the film's protagonist, Mark Andol, owner and founder of General Welding & Fabricating and the Made in America Store.
The general public can view the film tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Dipson Theatre in the Eastern Hills Mall. The film has entertained and educated audiences across the U.S. Wednesday's public screening will serve as the backdrop for Andol's next announcement.
"Shopping malls from across the U.S. have approached us to locate a Made in America Store in their mall. The strongest proposal, by far, came from a mall right in the backyard of our two other locations - our original flagship Made in America Store in Elma, and our all-American souvenir shop at One Niagara in Niagara Falls, which just opened in April," Andol said. "I am pleased to announce that our third brick and mortar Made in America Store will be opening at Eastern Hills Mall this fall, just in time for holiday shopping and the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Through serendipity, it's the same mall screening the recently released documentary this Wednesday."
The "American Made Movie" tells the story of entrepreneurs and companies that went against the tide of outsourcing jobs overseas. For Andol, what started as a mission statement to save and create good-paying American jobs has played a key role in turning the tide - and the nation's awareness - to the reality that consumers - with their buying power of 70 percent of GDP - have the power to bring back America's best years of economic prosperity and livelihoods for all Americans.
"Everything we do at the Made in America Store is for country, for soldier and for the American worker," Andol said. "Our brick and mortar stores, e-commerce sites, tour bus marketing, mobile stores and special events at our Elma location serve one multi-faceted purpose: making the U.S. economy strong again, growing the American middle class, and supplying the world with the very best in technology, innovation and product development, designed and manufactured in America.
The "American Made Movie: was produced by Life is My Movie Entertainment. The producers/directors are Nathaniel Thomas McGill and Vincent Vittorio. It is their second major documentary, following on the success of "An Inconvenient Tax.
Tickets are available online and they can be purchased directly though the event website at http://www.tugg.com/events/5481 or at the Dipson Theatre box office.


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Overseas outsourcing heats up again
As sales drop and business owners look for ways to cut their overhead, sending jobs to cheaper locations is an option back on the table.
(CNNMoney.com) -- Two years ago, when the economy was booming, Tessa Luu's furniture showroom in Los Angeles was running smoothly. But Luu was tired of the rising electric bills, salaries, benefits and rent that ate her profits. So she undertook a radical move to cut all the overhead: She said goodbye to her five employees and moved her business online, hiring outsourcers to run the operation.
Though she didn't know it at the time, the move would save the company. It took her six months to get settled, but the change paid off - she's cut her operating costs by 75%. Far fewer consumers are remodeling today due to the weak economy, but last month InsideAvenue.com had its best month ever for sales.
"I would be bankrupt now had I not changed my model," she says.
Many business owners are following in Luu's footsteps in order to control spending. Consero Global Solutions, an Austin firm that outsources accounting work to India for its clients, has seen its business surge to unprecedented levels in the past two months, according to COO David Zahn: Its pipeline of inquiries has more than doubled since this summer.
"We see the dire situations, where employers replace employees with outsourcing, and we see those who need to shift resources so that employees can freely engage in strategic work that will keep the business alive," Zahn says. Most of Consero's clients are midsize companies with 200 or fewer employees. The company says it can cut their accounting costs by 50% to 60% by moving the work overseas.
Alsbridge, a Dallas consulting company that advises companies considering outsourcing, has also seen a growing demand for its services. Though most Alsbridge clients are large businesses, founder and CEO Ben Trowbridge sees small business owners having the same problems as CEOs at Fortune 500 companies and looking for any opportunity to shave costs out of their business.
"It's classic for small businesses to outsource in waves," he says. "Because the current financial crisis is acting as a catalyst for companies to seriously consider outsourcing, we are riding that wave."
But as Luu discovered, outsourcing isn't a quick fix. "I wasted tens of thousands not hiring the right company for my programming and data entry," she says. "I ended up having to redo the work and spend time researching other firms and getting referrals before I found the right people."
Rusty Luhring, owner of software developer Luhring SurvivalWare in Alexandria, Va., is an advocate of outsourcing, but also ran into trouble when he outsourced his programming operations to a firm in Pakistan that was unable to translate the material correctly. Like Luu, Luhring wound up spending more time fixing the work than he would have had the project stayed in-house.
"In a way, it's like hiring a new employee," Luhring says. "There's a learning curve. I encourage experimentation first, by outsourcing only a small percentage of the company's work and then scaling up if needed once you know you've got a good firm."
Alsbridge's Trowbridge warns that the process takes research and time, which many struggling business owners can't spare right now. Owners will need to set the scope of their outsourcer's duties, evaluate costs and locations, and decide how much flexibility and control they require. Luu had many decisions to make, given that she outsourced every task: Web programming now takes place in Wisconsin, customer service in Iowa, data entry in the Philippines and shipping and packaging in North Carolina.
Her decision to keep most of the work in the U.S. was based mostly on skill needs, but she couldn't ignore the cost of her location choices. "I stay outside of the expensive states and cities," she says.
Even business owners that would prefer to keep their jobs domestic can be lured into outsourcing by the financial advantages. "It's typically 70% more expensive to do work in the U.S. than in India," Trowbridge says. "That's very dramatic and compelling."
As U.S. jobs grow scarcer, the offshoring debate is heating up again as a political issue. During his campaign, President-elect Barack Obama expressed support for tax benefits for companies that keep jobs on American soil. Obama introduced the Patriot Employer Act of 2007 in the Senate last year to reward companies that create jobs with benefits for American workers. The legislation, currently stalled, would provide a tax credit to companies with headquarters in the U.S. that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the U.S., and that provide insurance and retirement benefits to employees.
Critics remain fiercely opposed to sending jobs overseas for any reason, even if - as Luu believes was the case for her business - it's the only way a small U.S. company can keep its overhead low enough to stay alive.
"I say with firm belief that offshore outsourcing is a net bad for the country," says Ron Hira, assistant professor of public policy at Rochester Institute of Technology. "Small businesses depend on American consumers. Those consumers are also workers, and can't buy much if their jobs are being shipped offshore."
But as consumer spending declines and the credit crunch stretches on, it's an option more companies will be exploring. "I like the flexibility," Luhring says.
Luu agrees: "I used to have to pay salaries, insurance and worker's compensation, even when there was no work, but now I only pay when there is a project."
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There's more to origami than cranes.
It started centuries years ago, likely in Japan, and has had widespread appeal ever since. New variations appear all the time. Traditionalists will enjoy "Amazing Origami" and pop-culture enthusiasts can try their hand at folding Darth Vader's black helmet.
Chris Alexander, author of "Star Wars Origami," had been enthralled by "Star Wars" since the movie entered theaters in 1977.
"I saw the original "Star Wars" when it first came out," he said at Celebration VI, a "Star Wars" convention held in Orlando, Florida. "I have been a fan ever since. I started doing origami when I was 4, so that would be 1969, so I have been an origami fan since then. Everyone always wants to put their hobbies together, this is my result."
Alexander, whose real life job is a Los Angeles air traffic controller, says, "The Internet made it really accessible to everybody. So, now it's just getting more and more popular as time goes on."
"Amazing Origami" takes a more traditional look at paper folding. The introduction points out that "in Japanese 'ori' means to fold and 'gami' means paper."
With 144 beautifully patterned sheets of paper, you can make seventeen different origami models running from a Luna moth, swan, Magnolia blossom and even a goldfish Koi. The diagrams are by Michael G. LaFosse or Gay Merrill Gross.
All the authors point out that you need to practice, practice, practice, before trying out the enclosed papers. "Star Wars Origami" includes printed sheets as well.
Alexander fell into making "Star Wars" origami by accident. He was teaching children how to fold a penguin, turned it on its side, and realized "you have a B-wing starfighter" from "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," something in-depth fans of the films would recognize.
Visiting a friend who was also a big "Star Wars" fan, he showed off the B-wing and an X-wing fighter he'd folded. His friend told him to write a book about them.
"I said I can't. I don't know how to write, I don't know how to invent, I don't know how to design them, put them on paper, and he said, 'so teach yourself,'" says Alexander. Fifteen years later, his book has been published. It has 36 designs including lightsabers, R2-D2 'droid, the Wookiee Chewbacca and an Imperial shuttle.
He's made extensive origami sets for the stars of the movies including "an elaborate display I made to George Lucas. He said it was amazing."


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new package of severe sanctions on Iran's energy, shipping and financial sectors gained strong congressional support Tuesday as lawmakers sought to ratchet up the economic pressure in hopes of halting Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program.
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement late Monday on legislation that builds on the current penalties directed at financial institutions that do business with Iran's central bank. The new bill would impose sanctions on anyone who mines uranium with Iran; sells, leases or provides oil tankers to Tehran; or provides insurance to the National Iranian Tanker Co., the state-run shipping line.
Iranian officials quickly criticized the latest round of penalties, labeling the economic pressure "warfare" and promising to retool the country's oil-dependent economy.
In an election year, U.S. lawmakers were determined to punish Iran while sending a strong signal of support to Israel amid fears about the Iranian threat to the close Mideast ally. In a separate move, President Barack Obama used his executive authority to impose fresh sanctions on foreign banks in China and Iraq that the U.S. says helps Iran evade the penalties.
The move came as Obama's Republican rival, Mitt Romney, has argued that the president isn't tough on Iran.
The Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate said Tuesday they expect swift passage of the latest package of sanctions after a House vote tentatively scheduled for Wednesday.
"It would be better to have that down on the president's desk by the end of the week," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters.
The measure has one crucial backer — the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying group — and extensive support from Republicans and Democrats.
"That will go a long way," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said of the AIPAC support. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who pushed for the shipping sanctions, called the bill a good move at a critical time.
The latest round of sanctions came as the White House announced separate penalties on banks in China and Iraq that the Obama administration says have helped Iran evade international sanctions.
The new penalties target China's Bank of Kunlun and Iraq's Elaf Islamic Bank. In a statement, Obama says the sanctions make clear that the U.S. will expose any financial institution that assists "the increasingly desperate Iranian regime" to access the international financial system.
Obama is also expanding sanctions on the purchase or acquisition of Iranian petrochemical products. The sanctions are authorized in part for those who provide support to the National Iranian Oil Company and the Central Bank of Iran.
"The congressional efforts can be complimentary to what we're doing," said White House Deputy national Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, who added that administration officials have worked closely with lawmakers on the legislation.
The latest legislation would penalize anyone who works in Iran's petroleum, petrochemical or natural gas sector, or helps Tehran's oil and gas industry by providing goods, services, technology or infrastructure.
Any entity that insures or reinsures investments in Iran's oil sector would be penalized. So would anyone who helps Iran avoid sanctions through reflagging of vessels.
"This legislation and today's executive action are important steps in the right direction, but not the final word on Iran sanctions," said Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif. "Unless Iran agrees to end its weapons program, we must continue to pursue even tougher measures that would result in crippling sanctions on the Iranian regime."
The United States and Europe argue that depriving Iran of its oil income thwarts its suspected drive for nuclear weapons. Iran has exported 2.5 million barrels of oil a day to Europe, China, India, Japan and South Korea. U.S. officials say the penalties have reduced Iran oil exports to less than 1.8 million barrels a day, costing Tehran about $63 million daily.
The package is the work of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and their staffs who met behind closed doors reconciling a bill the House passed in December and one the Senate approved in May. Johnson said they incorporated a number of provisions sought by proponents of tough sanctions.
The bill would target the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and anyone who assists the paramilitary group, including foreign government agencies.
The bill also would deny visas and freeze assets on individuals and companies that supply Iran with technology that could be used against its citizens, such as tear gas, rubber bullets and surveillance equipment. The bill extends those sanctions on human rights violators to Syria, where President Bashar Assad's regime is accused of a bloody crackdown against protesters.
The bill requires companies that trade on the U.S. stock exchange to disclose any Iran-related business to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Late last year, Congress overwhelmingly approved sanctions targeting foreign financial institutions that do business with Iran's central bank by barring them from opening or maintaining correspondent operations in the United States. Those sanctions applied to foreign central banks only for transactions that involve the sale or purchase of petroleum or petroleum products.
The new bill expands on those penalties.
The rare display of bipartisanship on the legislation came amid high-stakes talk about the effectiveness of sanctions, which by the numbers alone have reduced Iran's oil exports.
"All the sanctions and diplomacy so far have not set back the Iranian program by one iota," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this past weekend.
Israeli leaders have contemplated a military strike on Iran to stop it from developing nuclear weapons. Iran insists that the uranium enrichment work is for peaceful purposes.
Traveling in the Mideast, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta acknowledged that stiff international sanctions have yet to compel Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions. He insisted that more pressure eventually would lead Iran to "do what's right."
"These sanctions are having a serious impact in terms of the economy in Iran," he told reporters Monday. "And while the results of that may not be obvious at the moment, the fact is that they have expressed a willingness to negotiate (with the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China) and they continue to seem interested in trying to find a diplomatic solution."
Several proponents of tough sanctions, such as Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., Rep. Robert Dold, R-Ill., and Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., had pressed negotiators to blacklist Iran's energy sector, labeling it a "zone of proliferation concern." That would effectively ban all business with Iran. But the bill says the president should impose sanctions and the provision is non-binding.
Sherman called the compromise bill "a step forward."
Kirk welcomed the inclusion of several other provisions that he had pushed for. "It is time for the United States to make clear we stand squarely with the Iranian people against their oppressors," he said in a statement.