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William P. Hanage - 2012 ICAAC Young Investigator Award Laureate
William P. Hanage, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, has received a 2012 ICAAC Young Investigator Award. Hanage is honored for his work studying the epidemiology and evolution of infectious disease. "Hanage has provided game changing tools and expertise in the pneumococcal field, first with MLST and now with whole genome sequencing, to reach into the world of the organism," explains Katherine O'Brien of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "His work has revealed ways in which the pathogen attempts to escape vaccine control. He is brilliant, innovative, and tangential in his thinking— one of those rare people who can see connections where others do not."
Hanage graduated from the University of Bath, United Kingdom, with an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry. He went on to receive his Ph.D. from Imperial College London in the laboratory of Jonathan Cohen studying host microbial interactions, where he developed a passion for infectious disease research. After obtaining his Ph.D., Hanage worked in Brian Spratt's laboratory at the University of Oxford and later in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Imperial College London, studying the molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens. He joined the faculty at Harvard School of Public Health in 2010.
Over time, Hanage developed an interest in theoretical approaches to epidemiology to complement the molecular perspective gained from his formal education. He continues to combine empirical and theoretical methods in his research. "Hanage's research productivity throughout his career speaks to his creativity and ability to cross over between disciplines, pulling from one area of expertise to apply tools to another domain," says O'Brien. Especially interested in subjects that combine clinical importance with fundamental biological questions, Hanage looks at questions like how pathogens respond to novel selective pressures in the form of antimicrobials and vaccines. He has a specific interest in understanding the factors behind the response of the bacterial population to pneumococcal conjugate vaccination.
In addition to such clinically focused questions, Hanage has worked extensively on the phenomenon of homologous recombination in bacteria, which shuffles genetic material among lineages, studying how it can be detected and its consequences for how bacteria respond in the face of novel selective pressures. "He has developed new methods for data analysis and combining molecular and traditional epidemiology," says Stephen Pelton, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Indeed, recombination or horizontal gene transfer makes the very notion of species problematic for bacteria, another of Hanage's major interests, one for which he was awarded a University Research Fellowship by the Royal Society. Hanage has also increasingly become involved with population genomic analyses of large numbers of very closely related pathogen isolates to probe in detail their patterns of transmission and diversification. His work on pathogen evolution was recognized with the 2012 Fleming Prize from the Society for General Microbiology. "Recently, Hanage has been among the pioneers of genomic epidemiology for bacterial pathogens. He exemplifies the combination of theoretical and experimental skills that will be fundamental to the future of infectious disease epidemiology," describes nominator Marc Lipsitch, Harvard School of Public Health.
"I believe Hanage's largest contributions have yet to come," says Pelton. "I think he will lead us to new insights into genetic regulation that permit specific clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae to successfully compete in the nasopharynx, to be more easily transmitted from person to person, and to evade host defenses to cause disease. I am confident that this will inform new approaches to treatment and disease prevention."
"Beyond his scientific accomplishments, for which his publication record speaks clearly, his personal and mentoring characteristics have to be emphasized," summarized O'Brien. "He is a gem of a colleague—enthusiastic, welcoming of collaborations, generous with his time toward students, and a genuine scholarly partner."
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Bistro Sept is an American twist on the traditional Parisian cafe, offering breakfast and lunch in the West Berkeley area. Dedicated to offering the freshest and most delicious food in the area, Bistro Sept makes sandwiches and salads to order, pastries, soups and artisanal espresso drinks. We will be offering crepes and daily specials for breakfast and lunch.
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Bobby Portis of Arkansas has been named the 2015 SEC Player of the Year.
Joining Portis on the First Team All-SEC are Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein and Karl-Anthony Towns, LSU's Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin, Stefan Moody of Ole Miss, Josh Richardson of Tennessee, Danuel House of Texas A&M and Damian Jones of Vanderbilt.
On the Second Team All-SEC are Devin Booker, Dorian Finney-Smith, K.T. Harrell, Aaron Harrison, Jalen Jones, Michael Qualls, Levi Randolph, Craig Sword and Marcus Thornton.
Cauley-Stein won Defensive Player of the Year honors, while Towns was named Freshman of the Year.


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Taylor Swift, Lauren Conrad, Drew Barrymore, and Ellen DeGeneres Convene Post-PCAs For Cover Girl
Cover Girl rounded up its beautiful spokesmodels last night for a bash after the People's Choice Awards in LA. Queen Latifah, fresh off hosting the show, attended the event with a brightly dressed Drew Barrymore, Taylor Swift, Ellen DeGeneres, and Niki Taylor. Ellen and Taylor seemed to be in especially great moods as they laughed their way past the photographers with Portia de Rossi. Taylor had lots to celebrate despite recently splitting from Jake Gyllenhaal — she ranked among the best dressed of the night and took home the favorite country artist honor. Check out the full list of winners! Lauren Conrad skipped out on joining the other lovely ladies on the blue carpet, but she turned out for the beauty brand's bash, as did her fellow MTV starlet Whitney Port.


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Back with Cards, Jackson had his share of obstacles
Infielder battled case of food poisoning, took pitch off left knee Sunday
By Mark Schmetzer / Special to MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Ryan Jackson's road back to the big leagues was a bit more difficult than that of the average player.
Jackson, who opened the season with St. Louis before being optioned to Triple-A Memphis when third baseman David Freese was activated from the 15-day disabled list April 8, was one of six players added by the Cardinals to their roster on Tuesday. While all of them were happy to be joining the Major League team, Jackson might've been a little happier because of the obstacles he had to overcome.
After hitting .300 before the International League All-Star break, including a torrid .345 in July, the right-handed hitter managed just a .221 average in the second half. It didn't help that he lost about six or seven pounds in mid-August after dealing with a bout of food poisoning.
"I'd rather get hit by a pitch," Jackson said while talking with the media in the visitors' clubhouse at Great American Ball Park before Tuesday night's game against the Reds.
He should know. He took a fastball on the outside of his left knee in the second-to-last game of Memphis' regular season Sunday.
"It caught me pretty flush," he said. "It feels pretty good. I'll be out there, ready to go."
Manager Mike Matheny indicated Jackson would be added to the mix at shortstop, especially when the Cardinals are facing left-handed pitchers.
"We're a team trying to figure out left-handed pitching," Matheny said.
Lower back feeling better, Beltran rejoins lineup
CINCINNATI -- Carlos Beltran was as good as his word.
He said after Monday's 7-2 loss to the Reds in the opener of the Cardinals' four-game series that he would be in the lineup Tuesday. Sure enough, Tuesday's lineup had him batting second and playing right field after injuring his lower back on a swing against Pittsburgh's A.J. Burnett on Saturday.
"Today, it feels good to go," Beltran said before the game. "I took some great swings in the [batting] cage -- real high intensity. Right now, it feels good, so I'm in the lineup."
Beltran, who went into Tuesday's game leading St. Louis with 23 home runs and ranking eighth in the league with a .310 batting average, missed the series finale in Pittsburgh on Sunday and Monday's game.
"As a player, you don't want to miss any games," he said, "but if you can't swing the bat, you can't be in the lineup."
Perez receives surprise callup from Memphis
CINCINNATI -- As expected, the Cardinals added right-handers Michael Wacha, Tuesday's starter, and Carlos Martinez to the roster, along with left-hander Tyler Lyons. All three were recalled from Double-A Springfield before Tuesday's game.
Besides Ryan Jackson, St. Louis also recalled first baseman-outfielder Brock Peterson from Triple-A Memphis, but the Cardinals also unexpectedly purchased the contract of catcher Audry Perez from Memphis. Perez's first appearance will be his Major League debut.
Perez learned of the move Monday, he said through interpreter Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com.
"I was really surprised," he said after arriving at the ballpark about 3:15 p.m. CT. "I wasn't expecting it. This is a great day."
The annual September roster expansion allows teams to add players such as Perez for emergency situations similar to what almost cropped up Monday when catcher Yadier Molina left the game in the fifth inning with soreness in his left wrist. With backup catcher Tony Cruz just coming off the disabled list Monday, manager Mike Matheny knew another catcher couldn't hurt.
"If something comes up that doesn't smell right, we wanted to make sure we were covered," Matheny said.
Molina was back in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game.
Martinez, optioned to Springfield on Aug. 28, had a pleasant surprise waiting for him. The Cardinals had kept the game ball from his first Major League game, against the Reds on Aug. 26, and presented it to him upon arrival. He told Sanchez that he would be sending it to his parents in the Dominican Republic.
Eligible to return Friday, Westbrook throws in 'pen
CINCINNATI -- Cardinals right-hander Jake Westbrook, who's been on the disabled list with a lower back strain, threw in the bullpen before Tuesday's game.
St. Louis manager Mike Matheny hadn't gotten an opportunity to learn how it went by the time he met with the media.
Westbrook was 7-8 with a 4.49 ERA in 18 starts and one relief appearance before going on the disabled list on Aug. 22. He is eligible to be activated Friday.
Mark Schmetzer is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sorry if I'm a bit thick but are you saying that version 21 has to be added to version 20 for it to work and therefore no deleting of version 20?????
Sorry if I'm a bit thick but are you saying that version 21 has to be added to version 20 for it to work and therefore no deleting of version 20?????
In Version 22, you're going to see a much greater presence of warships in the Mediterranean. You're in for a treat. It's going to be lots! I might have to increase the unit supply limit because of it.
Never mind on what? The unit supply limit, or the warships?
I had typed something completely different, and it turns out it wasn't possible what I wanted to do, and since I couldn't delete the message I typed over it with 'nevermind...'
I played through and went down the Repulic social policy branch first. I needed 700 for my first policy. Then 745 for my second one as I had one city by that time. When I select my 2nd policy the cost will increase to 840 when I select anything except the policy in the middle policy which is Executive Magistrates. However when I select Executive Magistrates my policy cost increases to 865. The policy is suppose to decrease my cost by 50% per extra city but it actually increases the cost. Am I reading this wrong.
To correct your description on the policy: Each city you found will increase the culture cost of policies 50% less than the normal increase amount that additional cities would create.
Additionally, different policies have different cost increases associated. An example of a true comparison would be: Compare the increase in cost of your 3rd policy pick of the exact same policy with and without executive magistrate activated. The increase will be less when executive magistrate is activated.
I did have Rome and one other city that I did found. I understood the found part. I had not at this point captured any cities. I wondering if 2 steps into Democracy for Rome or anyone is a good idea.
I kind of like the Class System policy branch, personally.
Sir you are a legend. Deprived me of many hours of sleep. I can not wait to see this mod finished.
Just FYI, I was playing v19, some buildings around turn 400 if build make your cities disappear (city exists, but the city image is blank. I used to get same glitch in version 7, when building the first slave building.
Quick question: Are you planning to introduce Imperial Legions later on in the game? Or Marian units is as far as it will go?
Also when Gods and Kings comes out. I hear they will introduce many more units. Will you integrate them into SPQR?
I found this site:
It looks legit. I only see a few units you can add to this mod but the religion aspect could be interesting.
hello guys...I am currently playing with version 19 and I'm really enjoying...I only have a single question:you fixed the problem of the disappearing city after building things as proconsul or slave camp???
Try looking at worker tools
I feel that production is too quick and easy which minimizes the fun in production strategy.
Next Version 22 - unit and building production will take 50% longer.
When Colloseum is discovered it will allow:
Colloseum: The structure gives no immediate benefit, but allows access to the below. Can't be built in capital.
Flavian Amphitheatre: The structure gives no immediate benefit, but allows access to the below. Can only be built in capital.
Gladiatorial Games: +10 happiness (requires Colloseum or Flavian Amphitheatre) - Unlocked by Slave Entertainment I
Emperor's Games: +10 happiness (requires Flavian Amphitheatre) - Unlocked by Slave Entertainment II
Wild Beasts: +10 happiness (requires Flavian Amphitheatre) - Unlocked by Slave Entertainment II
Sea Battles: +10 happiness (requires Flavian Amphitheatre) - Unlocked by Slave Entertainment III
All the above will become obsolete with the discovery of Constantine.
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Praetorian Guard will reduce unhappiness by 50% and give a defense bonus to the capital.
Astronomically high maintenance.
Can only be built where the Palatine Palace exist.
Obsolete with Monotheism. The emperor is no longer seen as a god.
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In the latter years, Romans were living the good life. They increasingly didn't want to fight and die in war. Especially as their population became more and more non-Roman due to immigration and territorial integration.
Imperial Units will produce unhappiness.
Imperial I - each unit produces 2 unhappiness
Imperial II - each unit produces 4 unhappiness
Imperial III - each unit produces 6 unhappiness
Imperial IV - each unit produces 8 unhappiness
Imperial V - each unit produces 10 unhappiness
Queen Deity Temple increases the defense of all cities within your empire by 5%. There is no limit to the number of cities that can build this temple.
Light House will increase revenue by 5% for all trade routes within your empire. Requires harbor. The premise is if ships can find the harbor faster then the demand for cargo shipments will increase for both land and sea.
Version 22 is ready for download.
NOTICE: This version will not work with previous versions.
- Increased production costs by 50% for units and buildings. This makes it more strategic on what you build.
- Made it longer to reach Golden Age.
- AI will definitely build more warships now.
- Increased the Hun's liklihood to attack minor states.
- Created the Praetorian Guard.
- Created all the Roman Imperial Legion units.
- Created Roman Colosseum.
- Created Flavian Ampitheatre (a super colosseum).
- Created Gladiatorial Games.
- Created Wild Beasts for colosseum games.
- Create Emperor's Games for Flavian Ampitheatre.
- Created Sea Battles for Flavian Ampitheatre.
- Created Foederati IV foot and horse units.
- Created Queen Deity Temple.
- Created Lighthouse
- Created City Walls
- Created Civilized Archers III
- Created all Barbarian Slayer units.
- Created Slayer Horde.
- Created Civilized Catapult I.
- Created Civilized Swordsman II.
- Created Civilized Heavy Phalanx III.
- Created Civilized Swordsman III.
- Created Barbarian Horsemen IV.
- Created Barbarian Horsemen V.
- Moved Great Library over to its proper technology.
- Opened up the edges of the Alps a bit, hoping this will allow the AI to attack northern Roman cities more frequently.
hello guys i need a clarification about the policies.Their work exactly like the old, or are adapted to mod??? Sometimes I feel like not working properly and my confusion is increased when choosing a policy I do not see the effect (for example, policies of class system)
chaps I think they do work as specified because when I choice Ceasar and it said my unhappiness would increase, guess what, it did from -6 to -68, which I must admit is more than expected and not sure how i can get that back. My whole empire is now grinding to a halt and rebels are cropping up all over the place. It would be useful to know the extent of the policies in terms of their exact impact. At the moment not sure I would pick Ceasar again????? By the way I am using version 20
does not work on the Italian version
....I try to change the language we see what happens
Another outcome to the choice of caesar is I have had to date a group of 4 and then 3 rebel horsemen in Italia and now the biggest shock is the appearance of 11 marian IV legions with 2 x field promotions right outside Rome, who are destroying everything in their path. Not sure at the moment why I would make this policy choice again. No military genius dictators for me, just stick with the Republic!!!!!!
I think what I could do, is make the Caesar policy allow a special building to be constructed which will take time to build and only buildable in the capital. Once completed it will make the unhappiness go away. The building could be called something like "Civil War Victory" or something similar.
My work on this mod will now come to a minimum, as I'm now spending a lot of time creating an online retail store for Organic products. I have a strong interest in helping the people to prevent and fight against cancer by promoting chemical-free organic goods to consumers.
Good luck with your project but my only plea is don't forget us as this is one fantastic mod which is truly a master piece thanks to you


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The University of Nebraska at Omaha's Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis has been selected to receive the 2011 University-wide Departmental Teaching Award (UDTA) from the University of Nebraska, NU President James B. Milliken has announced.
"The Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis is a highly deserving recipient of this award," Milliken said. "The department and its faculty have demonstrated a deep commitment to excellence in teaching, collaboration and innovation which benefits not only our students and the university, but Omaha and the state as well."
The UDTA originated in 1993 and is designed to recognize a department or unit within the University of Nebraska that has made unique and significant contributions to the university's teaching efforts. The honored department is awarded $25,000 to be used in a manner the department sees fit, such as for travel to a conference, instructional equipment or improvements to a classroom or student resource center.
Part of the College of Information Science & Technology, the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis has a three-pronged mission:
- Teaching that provides students with the skills they need to succeed as information systems specialists in a rapidly changing technological environment;
- Research that leads to new knowledge to help organizations prosper as they confront changes in technology; and
- Outreach that includes educational and training opportunities for Omaha-area residents and dissemination of knowledge to the community.
At the time of its nomination, the department had 15 full-time faculty. The department offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in management information systems and supports other UNO academic programs as well. In 2009-2010, 260 undergraduates and 135 graduate students were enrolled as management information systems majors. MIS graduates generally pursue careers as business systems analysts, systems designers, application and website developers, database administrators, computer network managers, information technology managers and consultants, information technology auditors and many others.One of the hallmark characteristics of the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis is the high level of collaboration among its faculty members. Faculty share course materials and information on best practices, develop common rubrics together, "team teach"


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LOVERS of all things cute and cuddly have an extra-special treat in store for them this month.
Alpaca breeders will open their gates to the public to celebrate national Alpaca Week and promote growth in the unique industry.
With trademark pointy ears, boofy heads, lona 40-head herd as part of their business Beavona Lodge Suri Alpacas between Gin Gin and Mtg necks, doe eyes and luxurious silky coats, alpacas are a favourite with the younger generations and the young at heart.
Fiona Laughton and her husband Darrel maintain Perry.
Mrs Laughton said alpacas were a popular option for small-scale farmers because they were not as labour-intensive as other animals such as sheep and cattle and deliver strong returns.
"They are an absolutely delightful creature to work with," she said.
"They're easy on the environment, they're easy on the farmer and they deliver fairly consistent returns."
Mrs Laughton said the younger members of her herd always got plenty of attention when the property held open days.
"The little ones are absolutely adorable," she said.
"People tend to make quite a fuss but that's no surprise."
Beavona Lodge Suri Alpacas will be one of many alpaca farms to hold open days this month to promote the industry.
The Laughtons will open their property on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13.
Ivory Park Alpacas at Bungadoo will be open Sunday, May 13 and Sunday, May 20.
In Childers, Jacaranda Park will be open for visitors from May 5-11.


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An 88-year-old woman minding her son's shop was pushed over before three men made-off with cigarettes in Earlsheaton last night (Monday).
The robbery took place at Bennett Lane Stores off-licence in Leeds Road between 5.20pm to 5.30pm.
The men entered the store with crash helmets on. Two stood at the till, while a third distracted the Ukranian womanand walked round, grabbing two packets of cigarettes worth just £14.79.
The woman, whose son was upstairs, tried to intervene and was pushed over by the man.
The trio then fled on two white motor scooters. One man's helmet was black with green markings and another man's white with red markings.
The woman is shaken but otherwise unhurt.
Inspector Ian Thornes, of Kirklees CID, said: "The robbery occurred on a busy main road and anyone who can help should ring 101 and ask for Nigel Gittins."


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Mariners' Vargas named top pitcher for July
By Evan Drellich / MLB.com
The 29-year-old finished first in the American League in ERA (1.64), and was second in wins and innings pitched (44). He struck out twice as many, 26, as he walked.
No Mariners' pitcher had gone 5-0 in a month since Felix Hernandez in 2009. Last month, Hernandez went 3-0 with a 2.03 ERA and also received votes for the award.
Vargas' first start of the month came on the first day of the month, and he gave up one run to the Red Sox in eight innings at Safeco Field. That was a no-decision. His next three starts came on the road, and he allowed a combined four runs in 21 innings against the A's, Royals and Rays. He finished up the month at home with a combined three runs allowed in 15 innings against the Royals and Blue Jays.
Vargas is 12-7 with a 3.71 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 153 innings and 23 starts in 2012. This is his fourth year with the Mariners, and the one-time second round pick in the Draft (2004, Marlins) is establishing himself as one of the league's top pitchers without high strikeout numbers.
Evan Drellich is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @EvanDrellich. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Operation Switch: Setting up the sting
Inside the first long-term undercover operation in the United States — part one of a four-part series
Editor's Note: This week's PoliceOne First Person essay is from PoliceOne Member Jack Miller. Miller is one of the few officers left alive who was directly involved in Operation Switch, the first long-term undercover sting operation in the United States. In PoliceOne "First Person" essays, our Members and Columnists candidly share their own unique view of the world. This is a platform from which individual officers can share their own personal insights on issues confronting cops today, as well as opinions, observations, and advice on living life behind the thin blue line. If you want to share your own perspective with other P1 Members, simply send us an email with your story.
By Jack Miller
PoliceOne Member
Got a theft problem? Considering a sting? In this four-part series I will share with you some details about how Las Vegas Metro Police handled their problem in the first long-term undercover operation in the United States. It was called Operation Switch. I was there.
Operation Switch was designed by two Metro detectives, financed by a Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) grant issued to the District Attorney's office and supported by the FBI. Later on it became necessary to involve the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (forerunner to the DEA), the ATF, the Secret Service, and US Postal Inspectors due to jurisdiction and investigations.
The two detectives and two investigators from the DA's office selected the storefront location in an industrial area where strangers could come and go unnoticed by neighbors. After leasing the building using false business identification, they set upon hardening the walls of the storefront because of having businesses on both sides — if a firefight broke out, the chance of an errant shot had to be considered. Cinder blocks filled with sand and covered with painted wallboard did the trick.
On one side, a false wall with a knockdown panel and a one-way mirror was built. Because the team's cover was a specialized cardboard box company, empty boxes were stacked on a portion of that wall, which helped conceal the knockdown panel. Next to the mirror was placed a photo of a swimsuit model, which ensured that the customer would take at least one look at the mirror for a good ID photo.
On the opposing wall was a calendar and clock, which would be used to record the time and date of the incident.
The counter was built of cinder block filled with sand and was high enough for the two LVMPD undercover detectives to lean on but would be a struggle for a customer to jump over. A shelf was built to hold the UCs' weapons.
Behind the space for the countermen was a wall with a door, and behind that was the work area where a DA investigator and an FBI agent watched a real-time televised feed from the camera behind the one-way mirror. Both were armed with shotguns in the event trouble broke out in the front. They were primarily concerned with an attempt to rob the store, because customers were shown cash when being paid.
The officers leased a professional camera and recorder, wired the store with concealed microphones and purchased a quantity of videotapes. Behind the false wall one FBI agent would run the camera and one FBI agent stood ready with a shotgun as backup.
They were almost ready to open for business.
Homework consisted of reading catalogs and learning retail prices. They visited pawn brokers with items to learn the trade and the language, and they took classes from reputable jewelers and learned about classifying diamonds and using a diamond-mate to test diamonds. They also had to learn about gold.
They leased a safe house in a quiet neighborhood with big trees and a large parking area behind the house. To maintain anonymity, they would use this area to park their vehicles and not use the regular police parking lots. The team would gather there and discuss events and possible situations, then five would go to the storefront with three of the members hiding in the back of the van.
The second DA investigator would work in the safe house. He was selected because of his excellent memory for detail and strong organizational skills, as it might be weeks before a stolen item would be sold.
Now that you know a bit about the storefront, the personnel, and some of the training the officers received, we'll look next at the operation itself. That will be in this space in two weeks (on October 17).
About the Author
Jack Miller is the author of seven published books (Cold War Warrior, Cold War Defector, The Medal, The Master Cheat, The Peacekeepers, and Sin City Indictment). The seventh, Operation Switch, provides more detail of this first long-term undercover police sting.


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PC sales bounce up (and down)
Netbooks drag year-end uptick
The box counters at Gartner have revised their PC shipment estimates for 2009, saying that PC makers did better than expected pumping out machines in the third quarter. But because average selling prices are falling - thanks in part to the advent of cheap netbooks and general price erosion across all PC types - sales are still going to be down this year.
Specifically, Gartner said that global PC revenues will fall 10.7 per cent to $217bn this year and shipments will rise by 2.8 per cent to 298.9 million units. Perhaps more significantly, Gartner has put out a rosier forecast for 2010 and now says that worldwide PC sales will grow by 2.6 per cent to $222.9bn and that shipments will rise by 12.6 per cent to 336.6 million units.
"Shipments in the third quarter of 2009 were much stronger than we expected, and that alone virtually guaranteed we would see positive growth this year," explained George Shiffler, research director at Gartner, in a statement announcing the new forecast.
"We're anticipating seasonally modest growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, but because shipments were so weak in the fourth quarter of 2008, growth will appear quite strong. This could lull vendors and market watchers into thinking the market is recovering faster than it really is."
While people have been trying to figure out if Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system would foster a PC upgrade cycle, Shiffler doesn't think that Windows 7 will have more than a limited impact on holiday PC sales this year.
"We just don't see consumers buying new PCs solely because of Windows 7," said Shiffler. "We are expecting a modest bump in fourth-quarter consumer demand as vendors promote new Windows 7-based PCs, but the attraction will be the new PCs, not Windows 7."
The more important question, according to Gartner, is when will businesses move to Windows 7. "We don't see businesses mainstreaming Windows 7 much before the end of 2010. We think many businesses will try to shift replacements to the back end of next year so as to sync their adoption of Windows 7 with their PC refresh. That will put a damper on early 2010 shipments."
Recork that champagne now. Shift to beer.
Breaking it down by PC type, Gartner says that mobile PCs will account for 162 million machines this year, up 15.4 per cent compared to 2008, and the company's prognosticators expect that mobile PC sales will accelerate in 2010, rising by 21.2 per cent to 196.4 million units.
The mini-notebook segment of the mobile PC segment is growing like crazy, hitting 29 million units in 2009 and growing a stunning 41.4 per cent in 2010 if Gartner doesn't have gunk on its crystal ball. Desktop PC shipments are expected to fall 9 per cent, to 136.9 million units, this year and climb by 2.4 per cent, to 140.2 million machines, in 2010.
Gartner warns that this is a preliminary forecast, and it will cook up what it deems will be a more accurate final forecast for 2010 in three weeks, when the holiday buying season is done. ®
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Bloomberg's pro-moderate PAC runs at the Tea Party, gets mixed results
Despite a flurry of late spending from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's super PAC, the mayor's preferred candidates had a mixed record in last night's election.
In New York, former congressman Dan Maffei appeared to have beaten Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, a Sarah Palin-endorsed Tea Partier, with a boost from Bloomberg's super PAC.
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And in California, his uphill battle to unseat Democratic incumbent Joe Baca, who the mayor views as an opponent to sensible gun control, was going surprisingly well, with State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (also a Democrat) opening a lead against Baca. Bloomberg saw that race as an opportunity to send a message to Democrats on guns, and he spent more than $3 million to boost McLeod, who was initially considered something of a longshot to topple Baca.
But his spending didn't help as much in other states.
In Florida, Bloomberg's PAC spent nearly $2 million to help former Orlando police chief Val Demings, who lost to conservative Republican incumbent Daniel Webster.
And both moderate Republican candidates his PAC gave money to appeared to have gone down to defeat.
In Illinois, incumbent Rep. Robert Dold lost to his Democratic challenger, despite millions in late money from the mayor.
And in Connecticut, "New England Republican" Andrew Roraback lost a race for the open seat being vacated by Rep. Chris Murphy, who won his Senate race against Linda McMahon.
Bloomberg's late entry into Roraback's race caused enough anxiety for Democrats that their House super PAC upped its buy after the mayor got involved.
The mayor also invested in one non-federal race, spending heavily on anti-gun ads to support Kathleen Kane the Democratic candidate for attorney general in Pennsylvania. Bloomberg's PAC spent heavily to run television commercials in the Philadelphia area, touting Kane's support for closing the gun-show loophole and highlighting her opponent's endorsement from the National Rifle Association.
Bloomberg's preferred candidate, Scott Brown, also lost his Senate seat in Massachusetts to Elizabeth Warren, an outspoken liberal who came to political fame as an advocate for more muscular regulation of Wall Street. Bloomberg held a fund-raiser for Brown, but his PAC didn't put any money into the contest, which turned out to be one of the most expensive in history.
The mayor won in Maine, where he poured in $500,000—through the aspiring third party Americans Elect—to help independent Senate candidate Angus King. Bloomberg also hosted a fund-raiser at his Manhattan townhouse for King, who is expected to caucus with the Democrats.
He won in Missouri too, where moderate Democrat Claire McCaskill ran away with a surprisingly easy victory over conservative Todd Akin. Bloomberg hosted an event for McCaskill this cycle too, after dispatching a team of aides to help her win her first victory in 2006.
In Iowa, Christie Vilsack, a House candidate who the mayor had hosted, lost her bid to unseat incumbent Republican Steve King. The mayor's PAC didn't contribute to McCaskill or Vilsack.
In the seven races where the mayor spent significant sums, he won four of them.
Bloomberg has previously described his super PAC spending this cycle as a sort of test run for exerting his influence after he leaves office, saying he'll "be freer to do more in a couple of years."
UPDATE: Bloomberg also contributed substantial sums to same-sex marriage referenda in four states, all of which passed.
Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for SKDKnickerbocker, which helped produce some of the direct mail and television ads for the mayor's PAC, said in an emailed statement: "Whether it's getting guns out of the hands of criminals; allowing people to marry regardless of their sexual preference; or cleaning up the environment, a solid majority of Americans believe that government has to enact common-sense reform and last night, they made clear that they don't want to wait any longer. By exercising their democratic rights at the polls and voting for common-sense candidates and causes, the people took a giant step towards achieving reforms that will last a lifetime and benefit a great many."


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Saturday, December 20, 2008
New World Capital Managment - a follow up...
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I have done my good deed for the day. I just sent links to your blogs and a brief explanation to half a dozen New Mexico news outlets. Let the fun begin.
- December 21, 2008 at 2:45 AM
Is it safe to invest in australian managed funds? Are they well regulated?
I have invested a few and have never done much investigation, other than looking at their websites, I've never even thought of calling the auditors.
- December 21, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- John Hempton said...
I think the compliance for most Australian managed funds is OK.
There are exceptions though - for instance hayberry has almost all of its assets pledged unsecured to Morgan Stanley London.
The large retail funds are mostly OK (but not generally well managed). I do not have a bad word to say about Platinum at all.
- December 21, 2008 at 3:27 PM
thanks for replying.
I'm currently with platinum and hunter hall and i like them. I was having a look at some newer funds, and magellan looked alright, but its hard to tell.
I don't know if you want to say but if you're able, can you mention who you think are the better managed funds?
- December 21, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Hunter Hall's an ethical money manager. ASIC's a fairly tough regulator.
John, I took the liberty of alerting the SEC office in Denver of your blogs on the New Mexico situation.
Love your blogsite. At least those Latvian hookers aren't into hacking PR websites like the Estonians once were!
- January 6, 2009 at 2:24 PM


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This issue of the Minority Microbiology Mentor will feature activities of interest at the American Society for Microbiology 108th General Meeting.
- 108thGeneral Meeting – Boston, MA
- Minority Affairs Booth
- Meet the Mentors Hours
- Annual Minority Microbiologists' Mixer
- Career Development Forum – Special Interest Session
- Sessions of Interest
- 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46thAnnual Meeting – Washington, DC
- ASM Teleconferences Program
- 2ndASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes: Beneficial Host-Microbial Interactions - San Diego, CA
- The International Mentoring Program
- Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) (NSF 07-548)
- Community Colleges Fuel Science Workforce
- Five Black Colleges and Universities Receive Grants to Revitalize Undergraduate Education in the Life Sciences
- Carmelle T. Norice, Columbia University
- Melinda M. Pettigrew, Yale University School of Public Health
- Claudio L. Alfonso, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS
108th General Meeting – Boston, MA
The ASM 108th General Meeting will be held in Boston on June 1-5, 2008 and will be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). The Final Program is available for online viewing at: http://www.gm.asm.org/sciprog.asp and will be mailed out to registrants (U.S. and Canada) soon.
On-site registration hours for the 108th General Meeting:
Monday-Tuesday, June 2-3, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, June 4, 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday, June 5, 7:30 am - 9:30 am.
Sunday, June 1
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Seaport World Trade Center
Microbiology in the 21st Century: Genomes, Pangenomes, and Systems Biology
5:00 - 7:30 pm
Seaport World Trade Center
"Taste of Boston"
7:30 - 10:00 pm
Monday, June 2 through Tuesday, June 3, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Wednesday, June 4, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm
On Monday, join ASM President, Dr. Clifford Houston and members of the Program and Exhibits Advisory Committees at an official ribbon cutting ceremony which will begin at 8:45 am. The first 1,000 attendees to join us for the Grand Opening will receive a free gift.
After the Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall the ASM is sponsoring a Boston Tea Party continental breakfast beginning at 10:30 am. This event will give attendees a chance to meet with 250 exhibitors, learn about new products and technologies, view 3,410 posters and learn about ASM activities in the ASM Services Area.
Online registration is still possible through May 23 for any of the following meeting components: Pre-Meeting Workshops, Sunrise Seminars, Boston Tours, and Dine-Arounds. Seize the opportunity to register for any of these programs at http://www.gm.asm.org/ while space is available.
Minority Affairs Booth
At the ASM General Meeting, visit the Minority Affairs Booth to learn more about the activities, programs and initiatives of the ASM minority affairs committees.
Monday, June 2 through Tuesday, June 3, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Wednesday, June 4, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Meet the Mentors Hours
At the Minority Affairs Booth, online mentors of the ASM Minority Mentoring Program will be available to answer career questions and interact with potential mentees. The ASM Minority Mentoring Program aims to provide minority microbiologists in the United States with access to qualified mentors in their field of interest.
Date: Monday, June 2 through Wednesday, June 4
Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Annual Minority Microbiologists' Mixer
Join your peers at the Annual Minority Microbiologists' Mixer co-sponsored by ASM's minority affairs committees! All ASM members are welcome with a special invitation to minority microbiologists.
Date: Tuesday, June 3
Time: 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm
Career Development Forum – Special Interest Session
Sponsored by the Career Development Committee, the 2008 Career Development Forum will provide examples of successful paths of accomplished microbiologists who have followed careers in diverse areas of our society. The goal is to inform microbiologists about career options outside the diagnostic microbiology fields. Speakers include:
Debra Paliser (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) - Looking for a Job in Academia
Lakshmi Goyal (Cell Host & Microbe ) - Careers in Publishing
Darin Steele (Federal Bureau of Investigation ) - Scientific Careers with Today's FBI
Date: Monday, June 2
Time: 2:30 pm
Sessions of Interest
Also featuring Carski Undergraduate Teaching Award
8:00 - 10:30 am
BCEC - Room 204 A
8:00 - 10:30 am
BCEC - Room 104 A
10:45 - 11:45 am
BCEC - Room 204 A
Enhancing Learning in the Undergraduate Lecture
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Poster Hall
Innovative Teaching: The Undergraduate Lab and Pre-College Audiences
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Poster Hall
Session I: 7:30 – 8:00 am
Session II: 10:30 – 11:00 am
BCEC - Room 151
10:45 – 11:45 am
BCEC - Room 252A
1:00 – 2:00 pm
BCEC - Room 252A
2:30 - 5:00 pm
BCEC - Room 258 A
8:00 – 10:30 am
BCEC - Room 258 A
10:45 – 11:45 am
BCEC - Room 258A
1:00 – 2:00 pm
BCEC - Room 258A
2:30 – 5:00 pm
BCEC - Room 153A
2:30 – 5:00 pm
BCEC - Room 160A
8:00 – 10:30 a.m.
BCEC – Room 107A
Marian Johnson-Thompson, Ph.D., Chair, Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM), Director, Education and Biomedical Research Development, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - National Institutes of Health
Agnes A. Day, Ph.D., CMIIM Member, Associate Professor and Chairman, Howard University
Cranberry Inhibition of Bacterial Amyloid Fiber Assembly and Implications for Urinary Tract Infection - Lynette Cegelski, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine
Antimicrobial Activities of Chewing Stick Extracts on Oral Bacteria - O. O. Kassim, Ph.D., Howard University
Antimalarial Efficacy of Allicin, a Biologically Active Compound from Garlic Cloves - Alida Coppi, Ph.D., New York University School of Medicine
48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting – Washington, DC
The ICAAC/IDSA Meeting will be held on October 25-28, 2008. More than 12,000 physicians, researchers, and other health care professionals from around the globe will gather at this Joint Meeting to review the latest scientific and clinical findings on infectious diseases.
Visit http://www.icaac.org/ to view a copy of the Joint Meeting Preliminary Program, register for the meeting, and reserve housing. (Online housing and discounted registration are open until July 31.)
The Abstract Submission Deadline is May 19.
2nd ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes: Beneficial Host-Microbial Interactions - San Diego, CA
This meeting will take place from October 12-16, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego, CA. Registration will be open soon, check the ASM conference website for more information: index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52027.
The field of microbial symbiosis has recently taken center stage in biological sciences.A sophisticated grasp of the nature of normal animal-bacterial associations is key in understanding what goes wrong when pathogenic "interlopers" disrupt the dynamics of complex communities of beneficial bacteria. The goal of this conference is to bring together an array of researchers working in a variety of arenas, from ecology to molecular biology, to develop this frontier field.
Session Topics:
- Analysis of Diverse Microbial Consortia
- Ecology, Evolution and Population Genetics of Beneficial Host-Microbe Interactions
- Physiology and Biochemistry of Beneficial Partnerships
- The Role of the Microbiota in Normal Immune Function
- MAMPs, PAMPs and PRRs in Beneficial and Pathogenic Interactions
- Emerging Systems and Concepts
The International Mentoring Program
Help guide the careers of young scientists in developing countries by joining the ASM International Mentoring Program. Circumstance often limits the ability of early career scientists in developing countries to make connections with experienced microbiologists worldwide. Interactions with experienced scientists can reinforce junior scientists' interest in microbiology itself and their confidence in the future of their scientific careers.
Through the International Mentoring Program, experienced ASM members offer assistance to young scientists in many ways: giving career advice, reviewing a paper for publication, advising on a grant application, or hosting a short-term ASM International Fellow. Mentors are never required to render more assistance than their time and resources allow.
The International Mentoring Program has recently been revamped to increase the effectiveness and efficiency with which international microbiologists are able to connect with an ASM Mentor. Policies and Guidelines have also been added to promote an effective Mentor/Mentee relationship.
If you are interested in becoming an ASM International Mentoring Program volunteer please visit http://www.asm.org/International/mentor
Synopsis of Program:
The Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program aims to significantly increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines, with an emphasis on students from communities with longstanding underrepresentation in computing: women, persons with disabilities, and minorities. Included minorities are African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The BPC program seeks to engage the computing community in developing and implementing innovative methods to improve recruitment and retention of these students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Because the lack of role models in the professoriate can be a barrier to participation, the BPC program also aims to develop effective strategies for encouraging individuals to pursue academic careers in computing and become these role models.
There are three components to the BPC program:
Alliances. Broad Alliances of institutions and organizations will design and carry out comprehensive programs that address underrepresentation in the computing disciplines. Alliances will join academic institutions of higher learning with secondary (and possibly middle) schools, government, industry, professional societies, and other not-for-profit organizations. In most cases, Alliances will involve multiple academic institutions of higher learning. Together, the participants will (1) develop and implement interventions that support students, (2) create sustainable changes in culture and practices at the institutional, departmental, and organizational levels, and (3) serve as models and repositories for effective practices to broaden participation. The emphasis will be on activities that have significant impact both in the quality of opportunities afforded to students and in the number of students potentially served. While the focus is on implementations, an Alliance may include complementary research that informs the design of its activities. The leveraging of existing efforts both across and within the underrepresented communities is strongly encouraged.
Alliance Extensions. Successful BPC Alliances can propose additional funding to significantly expand the impact of their work. The new funding can overlap with the final year of the Alliance project and can extend it for up to two years. Extensions must increase not just the duration of the Alliance award but also its scope, introducing additional targeted student groups, partners, and/or projects.
Demonstration Projects. Demonstration Projects (DPs) are smaller in scope and narrower in focus than Alliance projects. Typically DPs will be pilots of innovative programs that, once fully developed, could be incorporated into the activities of an Alliance. Projects might, for example, be proposed by a single institution or might focus on a specific underrepresented community, a specific point in the academic pipeline, or on a specific impediment to full participation in computing. As in the case of Alliances, complementary, well-defined research aimed at informing the development of the project can be included.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
JaniceCuny, Program Director, 1175 N, telephone: (703) 292-8489, fax: (703) 292-9010, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
HarrietG.Taylor, Program Manager, 1175 N, telephone: (703) 292-8950, fax: (703) 292-9010, email: email@example.com
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
June 04, 2007
May 21, 2008
More information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07548/nsf07548.htm.
Community Colleges Fuel Science Workforce
A recent article on Science Careers (http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org, "Community Colleges Fuel Science Workforce") continues the emphasis on community colleges as a largely underused source for fueling the science workforce. Cited as examples of this are a first-generation college student born in Mexico who attended a community college and is now a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of California (UC) Irvine, and an El Salvador-born graduate student studying plant and microbial biology at UC Berkeley. Dr. Shiva Singh, program director of the NIH Bridges to the Future initiative aimed at increasing minority participation in bioscience, stated, "There is a huge pool of talent to tap at the community colleges." More than one-third of the students attending U.S. community colleges are underrepresented minorities, and minority Ph.D.'s are more likely than whites to have begun their careers at a community college. The NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate program spends eight million dollars annually to support partnerships between community colleges and 4-year colleges. Benefits of community colleges included lower cost, smaller class sizes, more individual attention from professors, and a more family-friendly atmosphere than at 4-year colleges. A 2007 study found that undergraduates who got hands-on research experience in the lab were more likely to pursue postgraduate education. Unfortunately, opportunities to participate in hands-on research are scarce at community colleges, so it is often difficult to get this experience. For preparing a student for postgraduate studies, it is suggested to find a community college with specialized science departments rather than one all-inclusive Science Department, modern teaching labs and equipment, and opportunities to gain real-world research experience through partnerships with 4-year colleges. The article is available at http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2008_04_11/caredit_a0800056 and was written by Siri Carpenter, a freelance science writer in Madison, WI.
Fuel Five Black Colleges and Universities Receive Grants to Revitalize Undergraduate Education in the Life Sciences
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland, recently awarded grants totaling $60 million to 48 undergraduate colleges in 21 states. The grants will be used to revitalize undergraduate programs in the life sciences at these institutions. Among the 48 colleges and universities receiving grants are five historically black institutions. They are:
• Hampton University: The university received a $1.2 million grant for a program to increase the number of students seeking a Ph.D. in the biomedical sciences.
• Morehouse College: A $1.4 million grant will be used to establish an instrumentation facility on campus that will house a fluorescent microscope, microarray readers, and other sophisticated equipment for research.
• North Carolina Central University: The university plans to use a $900,000 grant for a program to recruit more students to its science programs. The university will begin an outreach program to area middle school and high school students. High school juniors will be brought to campus to participate in scientific research.
• Oakwood University: This Huntsville, Alabama, black college will use its $1.2 million grant to expand a summer research program that sends its undergraduates to leading research institutions across the United States.
• Spelman College: Students at Spelman College in Atlanta will use a $1.4 million grant to produce a film highlighting Spelman graduates who have pursued careers in science. The film will be used to recruit students for Spelman's science programs.
Carmelle T. Norice, Columbia University
Candida albicans is a fungus that grows on the skin and mucosal surfaces of human oral, digestive, and vaginal tracts. It causes disease in people made susceptible by illness, medications, and implanted medical devices. In U.S. hospitals, Candida species are a leading cause of bloodstream infections, with an attributable mortality rate near 40%. Carmelle T. Norice and colleagues at Columbia University and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center recently published their discovery of important roles for "Sun41"—a molecule on the surface of Candida albicans—in Candida albicans pathogenesis (Eukaryotic Cell 2007 Nov;6(11):2046-55). They found that Sun41 is required for biofilm formation and cell wall integrity, as well as virulence in mouse models of oropharyngeal and disseminated candidiasis. Given its surface localization and fungal-specific features, Sun41 represents a promising therapeutic target.
Carmelle T. Norice is an MD-PhD candidate at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Under the supervision of Aaron P. Mitchell, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Carmelle studies the molecular pathogenesis of Candida albicans. In 2002, she received a BS in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is involved in outreach and programming for students underrepresented in biomedical research fields, and she is working toward a medical scientist career in infectious diseases, with special focus on health challenges faced by developing countries.
Melinda M. Pettigrew, Yale University School of Public Health
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States. Women must make important decisions after an STI diagnosis. These include whether or not to inform their sex partner(s) of the diagnosis, and whether they will continue the sexual relationship. The answers to these questions may impact individual risk for repeat infections and transmission of C. trachomatis in the community. Women who do not notify their partners of the infection can be re-infected if they continue the relationship, and their partners may transmit the infection to their other sex partners. Deciding not to continue the relationship, perhaps because of the diagnosis, may place women at risk for infection from new partners. In collaboration with Dr. Linda Niccolai and other colleagues at Yale, we examined the factors influencing whether women planned to notify their sex partner of the chlamydia diagnosis, and whether they planned to continue the relationship after their diagnosis (Preventive Medicine 46:170-176). During 2005-07, we identified 135 Connecticut women with C. trachomatis infection, who reported 187 partners within the past 3 months. Women did not plan on notifying 25% of their partners of the diagnosis. Lower quality relationships and those of shorter duration were associated with plans to not notify the partner. The most common reasons given included a lack of perceived need and unwillingness to discuss the issue. Women in our study planned to discontinue 59% of their sexual relationships. Reasons given often related to the diagnosis. Shorter duration partnerships, concerns about monogamy, and lower quality relationships were associated with plans to discontinue the relationship. These data indicate that characteristics of the sexual partnership, rather than the individual, are associated with whether a woman will inform her sex partner of her STI and/or continue the relationship. The results of these analyses will help clinicians target prevention and treatment strategies for young women. The variety of planned actions and reasons for these actions suggest that individualized and patient-centered counseling that accounts for sex partnership characteristics is important.
Melinda M. Pettigrew, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from Grinnell College in Iowa, and obtained her pre-doctoral training at Yale University. Dr. Pettigrew carried out her post-doctoral work at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. She has been on the faculty at Yale since 2002. Her research is interdisciplinary and focuses on the molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases of women and young children. Dr. Pettigrew is the principal investigator on an NIH funded R01 to identify genes that mediate tissue specific virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. She has been an author on over 20 publications, including several in Infection and Immunity and the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Dr. Pettigrew has served as an ad hoc member on several NIH study sections including NRSA pre-doctoral fellowships for minority students and students with disabilities. She has been a member of ASM since 2001.
Claudio L. Afonso, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS
A major route of infection of respiratory viruses is through cells of the airway epithelium. Two important avian viruses, avian influenza virus and Newcastle disease virus, infect and replicate in cells of the airway epithelium causing the significant avian disease avian influenza (AI) and Newcastle disease (ND), respectively. While in vivo systems are the best systems for studying disease response, primary cell culture systems provide highly controlled conditions that are invaluable to study mechanisms of infection and the molecular bases to understand immediate early host responses under highly controlled conditions. Dr. Afonso and colleagues isolated primary epithelial cells from the trachea of 18 day old chicken embryos using dissociation techniques and culture conditions developed for mammalian systems and obtained high number of viable cells of epithelial nature. Microarray analysis showed increased expression of several epithelial cell-specific genes and infection of the epithelial cells with both viruses confirmed the capacity of these cells to replicate in vivo conditions. This system, which closely mimics that of the natural infection, will be used to further understand the mechanisms involved in viral infection leading to a better understanding of these respiratory diseases.
Claudio Luis Afonso is a Microbiologist at the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, working on the Exotic Avian Disease Unit in Athens, Georgia. He earned his Masters and Ph.D. on Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Before moving to Athens he studied large DNA virus at the Plum Island Disease Center in New York where he completely sequenced and characterized the entire genomes of over 20 large DNA viruses. In his current position at SEPRL he has been studying small single stranded RNA viruses including Avian Influenza and Newcastle disease virus. Dr. Afonso has characterized NDV isolated from wild birds and identified the presence of eleven novel genotypes among viruses isolated from waterfowl in live birds markets. Significantly, he has developed new diagnostic reagents to detect viruses that failed detection with real time PCR assays and a method for shotgun sequencing avian influenza. He has published 57 peer reviewed publications. Dr Afonso is an ASM member.
In July 2006, the Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM) of the American Society for Microbiology Public and Scientific Affairs Board developed a monthly e-newsletter which contains information pertinent to minority microbiologists. Currently, there are very few minority-based newsletters for scientists, and there are none for microbiologists.
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2012 K1600GT, Vermillion Red (for the epic road trips) (gone but not forgotten)
2013 S1000RR, Granite Gray (for the track)
2014 KLR 650, White/Black (for the TAT)
2016 R1200GS Triple Black (for all of it)
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"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
Do not forget the Chief Josef Byway from the Yellowstone area towards Cody; a ride to die for.
Get the book Motorcycling Montana http://motorcyclingmontana.com/
If you can make the ride while school is in sesssion and avoid the major sites on weekends, then traffic will be much reduced.
Avoid Yelllowstone the week before Sturgis. Thousands of Harleys hauled in on trailers, parading around in large groups doing half the speed limit.
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If you end up around Great Falls, it's worth your time to ride to a town called Square Butte. Great steakhouse there, really the only thing in Square Butte!!!!
Don't let the looks of the town scare you off. LOL.DSCN3164_2.jpg
Be prepared for high winds, no matter which direction you ride the wind will be at your side. LOL
Eastern and central MT you really can see forever. Ride safe.
Plus one on the suggestions for Butler Maps and riding the high passes earlier in the day rather than later to avoid thunderstorms. Ride the Going to the Sun Road early in the morning before it gets clogged with RV's; traffic gets bad around 10:00 AM if I recall.
You asked about camping and must be prepared for cold nights at higher elevations. The first summer I lived in Idaho, I camped at Lolo Pass. Although it had been warm during the day, the water in the coffee pot was frozen when I picked it up in the morning. This was the third week of July! If you want to camp warmly, plan to camp in lower elevations. There are lots of primitive campgrounds set up by the forest service that are cheap but offer no amenities. If you want a shower and flush toilets, go to the state parks or private campgrounds.
Watch the news for fire information. Be prepared to change your destinations for smoke or bad weather. I recommend planning three itineraries for different areas and being prepared to change based on fire and weather. See the Butler maps recommendation. Have fun and ride safe.
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If you are not continuously learning, you are slowly getting bored.
Our trip is firming up on dates (first half of September) and routes and I have a specific question for the collective wisdom here. We're going to be in Moran at the Turpin Meadow ranch for a couple of days and leave there headed toward Glacier with 2 days on the schedule to get there. My initial thought was to ride through Yellowstone stopping and gawking here and there and exit the park on the NE Entrance road (212) and end the day with a romp down the Beartooth Hwy up to Red Lodge.
The other choice might be to exit the park on the east entrance road (14/16/20) and hook back up on the Chief Joseph Hwy to connect with the Beartooth and out to Red Lodge.
Then the second day is a run from Red Lodge up to Glacier staying there.
So what's your recommendation? Out the north on 212/Beartooth all the way OR out the east on 14/16 and up the Chief Joseph to 212 and out?
Here's one of many plans we're looking at:
2012 K1600GT, Vermillion Red (for the epic road trips) (gone but not forgotten)
2013 S1000RR, Granite Gray (for the track)
2014 KLR 650, White/Black (for the TAT)
2016 R1200GS Triple Black (for all of it)
Chief Joseph/Beartooth is my vote!
Awesome views, good road, little traffic at that time of year. Hopefully an early snow won't close the road.
Ride Well
Wes: This is one of the rare occasions when you can have your cake and eat it too....what's your recommendation?...PittsDriver
Take14/16 out of Yellowstone to Cody, have a bite to eat and beverage at Irma's Cafe, and stop at the Sierra Trading Post http://www.sierratradingpost.com/?gc...processed=true for any stuff that you might not need.
Then go north, do the Chief Joseph to the intersection with the 212. Now, here's the good part: you head west to Cooke City, stop, have a quick look around, and then backtrack east on the 212 across the Plateau. Don't miss the store up top. Doing it this way you get to ride both the CJ and BT, and it only "costs" you an extra 25 miles or so. And the bonus is that you get to ride through the lovely Sylvan Pass. (14/16).
At Red Lodge, don't miss one of the best bars in the West:
The Pollard Hotel is almost right next door.
Have fun!
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"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
Sounds like a plan. Now my dilemma is whether to take an extra day to ride out to the Big Horns and do that loop from Cody and back. If I do, it'll cost us a day of riding in Idaho back country and I'm not sure I want to give that up as much as the Big Horns have been recommended. We're going up to Glacier then back down to Lolo through the pass over to Kooskia and then meandering our way through the back country to land in Rexburg. I want to make sure we have at least a couple of not three days of fully exploring all of that country and if we do the Big Horn loop it'll cost of some back country time.
2012 K1600GT, Vermillion Red (for the epic road trips) (gone but not forgotten)
2013 S1000RR, Granite Gray (for the track)
2014 KLR 650, White/Black (for the TAT)
2016 R1200GS Triple Black (for all of it)
The Bighorn Mountains are scenic, with interesting twisty roads, but you pay a price by having to traverse the Bighorn Basin, which is pretty dreary. From Cody, it's not as far to Shell, about 70 miles, as it is from Red Lodge, but I think I'd take the extra day in Idaho, instead. We're headed down there next month, to do some touring.
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"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
I'd strongly recommend doing Beartooth from Red Lodge up, and then running CJH into Cody. That way you get the BT's switchbacks on the ascent (no need for brakes), and it's big sweepers on the descent (again, no need for brakes), rather than the reverse. CJH is pretty spectacular in either direction.
This is the view from ead Indian Pass, looking west.
we found a very pretty campsite outside of Y'stone along the Y'Stone River (NW entrance into Mammoth HS). State fishing access site, but camping for $12/night, right on the river. Sweet.
Ride Safe, Ride Lots
"She's expensive, impractical, mercurial, restive, and certifiably schizophrenic; and I'm madly in love with her." 2006 K1200R
I've done most of the roads you're talking about, and if you can swing doing Rt. 14 A through the Bighorns too, it may be worth it.


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With the induction of Sudhof and Levitt, the university is now home to 22 living Nobel laureates and nine deceased, according to its website.
Levitt — who shares the $1.2 million prize with Martin Karplus of the University of Strasbourg in France and Harvard University and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California — has researched the intersection of disciplines of computer science and biology since the 1960s, when computers were programmed using holes punched into cards.
"(Levitt) was interdisciplinary before it was fancy to be interdisciplinary," said John L. Hennessey, president of Stanford University. "He was a computer hacker when it was cool."
"My day started at 1 a.m. when I went to sleep," Levitt said Wednesday. "And then I was awoken 10 minutes later," by the phone call from Sweden.
"My phone never rings," he added. "Everyone sends me texts and emails. So when the phone first rang I was sure it was a wrong number. When it rang a second time I picked it up. I immediately heard a Swedish accent and got very excited. It was like having five double espressos."
The South African-born Levitt, who holds U.S., British and Israeli citizenship, joined Stanford's Department of Structural Biology in 1987.
His work in determining the structure of important molecules contributes to understanding their function within the body and also how they might interact with pharmaceutical drugs designed to treat disease.
"Molecules work because of their structure," he said. "And cells worked because of where things are placed inside. The only way to interfere is to first learn their three-dimensional structure. If you wanted to change a city but had no idea of where the buildings are, you would have no idea where to start."
During a Wednesday press conference he recognized his wife of 46 years, Rina, an artist, for supporting him.
"I am a very passionate scientist, but passionate scientists often make very bad husbands," he said.
The couple has three sons and three grandchildren.
He also credited the computer industry for much of the work he accomplished.
"There is a very clear computational aspect in this prize," Levitt said. "One of the problems I suppose with computer science is there is no Nobel Prize for computer science. This award is recognition of the importance of computation in biology."
Thomas Sudhof got the call that he had won the prize as he was driving from Madrid to Baeza, Spain. He shares the prize with James Rothman, a former Stanford professor of biochemistry who now works at Yale University, and Randy Schekman, who did his doctoral work at Stanford and now works at the University of California, Berkeley.
The prize acknowledges the individual contributions of the three scientists to the body of research identifying the biochemical mechanisms by which brain cells, called neurons, bridge physical gaps, called synapses, to communicate information from one cell to another.
Communication across synapses happens because of the function of special parts of neuronal cell walls, called synaptic trafficking proteins. Synaptic trafficking proteins enclose around other molecules, enabling them to be released for travel to a second neuron.
Sudhof's research focused on the attachment of synaptic trafficking proteins to neuronal cell walls.
Knowing how the brain wires itself could help determine how and why connections become dysfunctional, which instead has implications for treating brain diseases such as mental health disorders, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
But the research that remains is daunting, in part because of the massive scale of the brain, which is made up of more than 80 billion neurons. Each one connects to thousands of others, and Sudhof's research shows that even a single synapse is complicated.
"A synapse is not just a relay station. It is not even like a computer chip, which is an immutable element. Every synapse is like a nanocomputer all by itself," he stated in a press release.
The entire brain is often compared to a complex computer. Modeling brain function is an active area of research, and Sudhof said he believes simulating portions of what the brain does is possible.
"I am not sure about simulating the whole brain with computers. To be honest, I am not even sure that is a particularly important goal right now," he said. "My hopes and feelings of success would be much easier to satisfy: if we could find a pathway that causes synapse loss in disease. Maybe we should be a little more humble towards the enormous wonderful organ that is the brain."
Sudhof said he is very optimistic about the possibilities of future work translating into treatment, in spite of the hugeness of the research questions.
"I think we can do it," he said, "but at the same time, it is a really difficult problem."
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The Impact of Money on Joining, Continuing and Leaving Behaviours of Employees of Selected Ghanaian Organizations
The main objective of the study was to assess the impact of money on non-managerial and managerial
employees' joining, staying and leaving behaviours of selected Ghanaian organizations. The survey research
design was used for the study. Primary data was collected using a well structured questionnaire administered on
150 non-managerial and managerial employees of selected organizations in the Greater Accra Metropolis. The
ANOVA test of independence, the T-test of independence and correlation were used in testing the hypotheses.
The study revealed that employees have different views as to the reasons why they stay in, or leave their
organizations. It was revealed that money significantly influence employees staying or leaving organizations.
The study showed that money is a motivator at work; both the symbolic and instrumentality meaning of money
revealed its influence to motivate, energize and direct employment decision and its important role in an
organization's ability to attract and retain qualified, high-performance workers. A major limitation of the study is
that, due to financial constraints, it was conducted in only few organizations in one region. Therefore, the
findings may not be described as a reflection of the general state of affairs in other organizations in the country.
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The LA Galaxy knew on Wednesday evening that they'll be making their fourth straight Western Conference Championship appearance in 2012, and now they know who their opponent is.
LA will take on Seattle Sounders FC, who are making their first ever appearance in the West Conference Championship. The Sounders advanced by defeating Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference Semifinal match up as Honduran midfielder Mario Martinez scored a stunning goal in the 81st minute to give the Sounders the victory at Rio Tinto Stadium as well as the aggregate lead.
The first leg will take place on Sunday, Nov. 11 at The Home Depot Center before traveling to CenturyLink Field for the second leg on Nov. 18.
The Sounders won the season series with the Galaxy going 2-1-0, earning both of their wins at CenturyLink, defeating LA 2-0 on May 2 and 4-0 on Aug. 5. The Galaxy won the final game of the season against the Sounders 1-0 at The HDC. While Seattle have the series lead this regular season, the Galaxy have had success against the Sounders in the postseason, defeating the Sounders in the 2010 Western Conference Semifinal.
Regardless of the match up, Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant is proud of LA's four consecutive West Final appearances.
"It's a testament to keeping this group together. Successful teams in this league are successful teams, consistent teams and teams that have stability. We've had the same core group for four seasons and the results have spoken for themselves. This is what happens when you get a good group together and you keep them together," Dunivant told LA Galaxy Insider on Thursday. "It's a testament to our club and everybody for doing that because it could have been easy to push the panic button at 3-8-2 and start to blow this thing up but they didn't do that. I think we rewarded them with the best second half of the season of any team in the league and now we're pushing through the playoffs. It's great for the whole organization."


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I did the same thing before. I only skimmed the text and paid attention to what I was asked to answer. You can try to eliminate this habit by reading short stories, novels, or anything that is in your level. Take your time and you'll be improved since you don't have to force yourself to answer something.


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Tim Boyle has been involved with Boston College for a long time and after seeing a recent spring practice the Middletown (Conn.) Xavier pro-style quarterback said he still has lots of interest in the Eagles.
"BC is very high on my list," Boyle said. "The coaches have done an excellent job talking to me and my family telling me where I stand and being honest with me.
"I have a lot of respect for coach (Frank) Spaziani and coach (Mike) Siravo who have been recruiting me and the whole coaching staff down there. I went to a spring practice a couple weeks ago and I was impressed with the whole offense. Coach (Doug) Martin has a good offensive system down there. Everything is looking good with BC right now but I just want to see where I fit with all the other schools."
Boyle said he has been mainly talking with Boston College, Syracuse, UConn and UMass and some SEC schools are also getting involved. The three-star likes the Eagles a lot but before making any decisions Boyle wants to investigate all his options.
"They all want me up for practice and spring games and they want me to come up to build relationships with the coaches," Boyle said. "I do want to contact the SEC schools that have been recruiting me - Florida, Tennessee and Auburn - I want to see where I stand with them and see if I can go to camps there or not.
"Lately all I've been doing is going to the weight room and trying to get bigger. I gained an inch and 10 pounds since the end of the season. I'm gaining some weight and getting ready for next season."
One reason some schools might not be offering Boyle is because he was injured throughout his junior season. But he's in the weight room a lot and doing everything possible to have an injury-free senior year.
Boston College is in good shape with the local quarterback but before Boyle makes a commitment to any school he wants to make sure he's considered all his options
"I really don't want to get injured," Boyle said.
"That would be really bad. I'm preventing injury right now by getting my shoulder, my legs and my upper body ready for the season. I need to be smart and not do anything that would put my body in jeopardy. I really look forward to a season without injury."
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