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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Dr. CHEN LI
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An Approach to Transforming UML Model to Layered Queueing Networks Model for Performance Analysis of Real-Time Distributed SystemsZeit: Fri 1.9.2017, 10:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: Computer Science Building,(Science Park 3) room 218
ZusammenfassungMotivated by the problem of detecting software performance anti-patterns in real-time distributed systems, we proposed an approach to reflecting the runtime monitoring information, especially performance metrics, back into design time models to reason about system performance improvements. To be specific, we transform software architecture models specified through UML model annotated with DICE and MARTE performance annotations into Layered Queueing Network (LQN) performance model, which are analytical performance models used to capture contention across multiple software layers. In particular, we generalize an existing transformation based on the Epsilon framework to generate LQNs in a format supported by existing solvers (e.g., LQNS). After solving the performance model, the results can be used for performance anti-patterns detection and generating refactoring decisions.
VortragenderChen Li is a researcher associate in the Analysis, Engineering, Simulation & Optimization of Performance group in Imperial College London, London, UK. He received the B.Sc. degree in computer science and technology from University of Science and Technology of China in 2003, the M.Sc. degree in computer applications technology from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in 2010, and the Ph. D. degree in computer science and technology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2015. His research interests are in model-driven software engineering with a focus on modelling, verification, model transformation and performance analysis of large and complex software systems (e.g., Big-Data oriented systems, systems of system), and applied formal methods
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NBC's "Fashion Star:" Five reasons why style isn't a good fit for mainstream TV
I wanted to like "Fashion Star," NBC's show about designers sharing their creations and trying to sell them to store buyers who bid on the looks immediately after they're shown on the runway. But the whole thing is so scripted, choreographed and over-produced that it makes me feel sorry for the people creating these garments and even for the garments themselves. A $79 dress isn't worthy of such scrutiny.
The success of such shows as Lifetime's "Project Runway" is that for all the editing to emphasize the competition and cat fights among the designers, at least viewers get to see the creative process.
Cameras hover in the workrooms as designers sketch and drape and come up with ideas; viewers go along as contestants shop for fabric, cut and sew their designs and fit them on models. The audience begins to commiserate as designers scrap one design and come up with another in the 11th hour, or have trouble completing their looks on tight deadlines. You listen when the mentors give thoughtful criticism and the judges share industry insights.
On "Fashion Star," you see little process and a lot of chatter. You have dancers in the background, light shows and music worthy of a Las Vegas production, all for a garment or two from each designer. Too much sizzle, too little steak.
Here are a few more reasons why this show will fade faster than dark denim in hot water.
1. Host Elle McPherson, a gargantuan Aussie supermodel, towers over the designers but does little more. While she smiles broadly and is friendly, she doesn't have the charm or authority of "PR's" German supe Heidi Klum (sorry Elle, a comparison was inevitable).
2. Too many cooks. The judges and mentors play key roles in these shows, but it's overkill to have three of each, as they do on "Fashion Star." Judges John Varvatos, Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie all have fashion brands, but it's safe to say the audience has a good idea of which one really is hands-on. And unfortunately, he's the least likable and helpful of them all. With his omnipresent sunglasses, jewelry and barely concealed disdain for much of the work he's shown, Varvatos comes off as a Seventh Avenue snob. Then again, with her down-home-iness, Simpson is a bit of a syncophant. Richie strikes the best balance.
Then again, what they have to say doesn't really matter because after getting feedback from the three celebrities, the designers have to turn around and face buyers who can bid on their designs. And of those three, the lone male, Terran Shaffer of Saks Fifth Avenue, also comes off as haughty.
3. It's too commercial. Yes, "PR" has its accessories and grooming sponsors, but the designers aren't flogging their wares to store buyers from Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue and H&M, who sit in front of them, as they do on "Fashion Star." They stand in judgment and either have their designs bought when stores offer bids of $50,000 or more for their looks, or are rejected with "no offer." More are shut out than get sales.
4. They think we're that gullible. Do the show's producers really expect people to flock to the stores (or more accurately the stores' websites) just to buy something they saw on TV the night before? Are these bragging rights? It's kind of a glorified QVC — at least the home shopping channel sales pitches don't drag out for an hour for one or two items. (To be fair, the dresses picked up by H&M Tuesday night were listed as sold out on the company's website Wednesday.)
5. They also feel compelled to flog the social media side of the show, stationing a reporter with scary spider eyelashes on the side to interview designers and encourage viewers to text and tweet about their favorites.
Overall, the process feels exhausting and a little debilitating. We'd rather flip through a catalog and be enchanted by a dress or outfit that just looks good and hasn't been subjected to hyper-analysis.
The show's pool will continue to shrink each episode until one designer will be left to be crowned the "Fashion Star."
We're not sticking around; we'd rather go shopping to discover our own gems.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Abby's new house!
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You know your a adoptive parent if....
You Know You're an Adoptive Parent If........... YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN ADOPTIVE PARENT IF ...1. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.
2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love & family.
3. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.
4. The fact that, if 7% of Christians adopted 1 child there would be no orphans in the world, is convicting to you.
5. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who've experienced the blessing of adoption.
6. It drives you crazy when people ask you about adopted child's "real" parents.
7. You've been "pregnant" with your adoptive child longer than it takes an elephant to give birth.(2 years!)
8. You'd no idea how you'd afford to adopt, but stepped out in faith anyway, knowing He'd provide.(& He does!)
9. You've taken an airplane half-way around the world with a child you just met.
10. You believe God's heart's for adoption.
11. You realize that welcoming a child into your heart & family is one of the most important legacies you could ever leave on this earth.
12.You know what the word "Dossier" means & you can actually pronounce it correctly!
13. You've welcomed a social worker into the most private parts of your life.
14. You shudder when people say your child's so lucky that you adopted them, knowing full well you're the blessed one to have him or her in your life.I recently read this on another blog and thought I couldn't have written or said anything different.I am sure that most of you will agree!!!
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Nobel Laureate: Mice and Men Not That Different, After All
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Of mice and men
In the eyes of this Nobel Laureate, mice and men are not that different, after all.
BRITISH scientist Prof Sir Martin Evans was decidedly more enthusiastic when he talked about mice than the Nobel Prize for his discovery of embryonic stem cells.
Every time the subject of mice came up in our 30-minute interview, he never failed to perk up and start to describe them as if they were his little children, all the while grinning like a proud father.
And so, when I asked whether he named any of his mice, it does not take long before one came to mind. "One was called 'Eek'," he said, to the surprised laughter of his wife, Lady Judith Evans. And he had a good reason for that too.
Prof Sir Martin Evans...I'm a hands-on-scientist.
"When we first isolated embryonic stem cells, I did it together with a man called Matt Kaufman. As his name was spelt with a 'K', and the tumour cells we started with was called embyronal carcinoma cells, we didn't go 'embryonic stem cells', but we called them EK cells. It was at the time when we're using the EK cells and we had a mouse that was made that way. So, we called him 'Eek'.
"That's what he said often too: 'eek, eek'," he said with a mischievous grin.
Much of Prof Evans' scientific career -- 40 years -- had revolved around mice. Even before science confirmed that 99% of a mouse gene are similar to humans, he was convinced that mice and men are very similar.
"The work we've been able to do on mice really does have a big impact on the future of medicine," he said in his public talk Mice, men and Medicine, organised by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, recently in Kuala Lumpur. What we know about humans, we learnt a lot from mice, he said.
As far as he could remember, Prof Evans was in a science project or another ever since he was a young boy.
Born on Jan 1, 1941, his first memories started after a bomb destroyed his father's workplace and his family moved to Wareside, United Kingdom, where he carried out his first experiment: covert mixing of sand cement and water.
"We had a few builders in the house and I had been strictly forbidden to go near their stuff at home.
"But I couldn't understand why when you add in water to a powder, it could become solid," he said. "So I experimented."
The experiment didn't work, but it provided much insight.
"I found out that I had put in too much water. But that's quite a good experiment because it didn't work. If it did, I would have learnt nothing.
"In experiments, you need to have the controls, you need to understand what you are doing; but very often the best experiments are the ones that give you results that aren't quite what you have expected," Prof Evans said.
Since then, his scientific endeavour has progressed with variety and sophistication.
From making pressed flower collections to miniature cannons to collecting fresh water fish and specimens, he got his fingers in every scientific pie he was interested in.
In an autobiography he wrote for Les Prix Nobel/Nobel lectures, he describes himself as "a boy who dreamt long and hard and could spend all day wondering how to join two cans to make a cylinder."
He then went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Biochemistry from Christ College, University of Cambridge, in 1963 and obtained a PhD from the University College, London in 1969. He continued his research work in Cambridge and became a professor of mammalian genetics at Cardiff University in 1999.
In Cambridge he and Matthew Kaufman isolated embryonic stem cells in 1981. Later on, he worked with Oliver Smithies and Mario Capecchi to produce knock-out mice by combining their expertise in gene targeting and embryonic stem cells.
"I think what I like is actually doing the science. I like doing the experiments and devising new ways of doing things with my own hands. I don't particularly enjoy the supervision and the writings, but I really like the discussion and the interest. I'm a hands-on scientist," he said.
His liberal and practical approach to science showed when he broached topics on animal experimentation and science education.
As much as he loved the animals he worked with, he still believes that animal experimentation is here to stay, but it should be done in accordance to proper regulations and ethical considerations.
"I think you have to bear in mind that we are interested in what things do in a whole, real, living animal. And of course we are interested in quite complicated affairs of genetics, like what are the genetic effects that lead to the impairments of brain function? You can't tell that from cells in a dish," he explained.
He didn't mince words as he lamented the decline of scientific interest in the younger generation.
"I think that we have very much undersold science to the younger generation. We tend to say, 'work hard at school and you'll do well in your exams, get a degree and you will be able to get a good job with a drug company.'
"Forget it. Here you are, on this planet. Why don't you participate in some of the understanding that the best brains have been able to establish over the last millennium?"
But what makes a Nobel Prize winner, or a great scientist? I wondered out loud.
"I think that you have to have your own independent approach. You have to be somewhat single minded and not take a lot of notice of what other people say," Prof Evans replied.
"There is a certain given determined track, and also a certain element of good fortune. Many people will be doing very good work, which will not necessarily have just that little secret and piece in it that makes a Nobel Committee think it is worth the prize," he added.
An Albert Lasker Prize, Knighthood, the Nobel Prize and recently, a Gold Medal of the Royal Society in Medicine in the UK may bring recognition and a quiet, unexpected satisfaction to Prof Evans, but he is now busier than ever.
Invitations to speak have had him travelling all over the world just when he was expecting a quiet, relaxing retirement.
"I was awarded the Nobel Prize just before I formally retired from Cardiff University (UK), and I have been expecting to spend more time doing this like playing golf, or maybe, learning to play bridge. And we haven't had the time to do it, really."
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We're proud to be featured on the front cover of today's New York Times Dining Section in an article about Entrees for Two. Included in the list was the Harlem Chowder and a new pork dish that we will be unveiling this weekend. If you haven't tried the Harlem Chowder yet, come hungry and expect whole roasted lobster, clams, salt cod, scallops, mussels, potatoes, arugula and corn in a spicy tomato-mussel broth. The pork dish features a roasted loin with beer braised sausage and sweet potato fondants cooked in duck fat. Come by and try them both out!


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Pie Crusts, Pas Paltur and the Aseres Yemei Teshuva
The wife of one of my neighbors recently asked if I would be able to help her understand why some of her relatives did not partake of her dessert specialty, (pareve) ice-cream pie, on the previous Shabbos. I asked her if the pie-crust was Pas Yisrael. She said it was not but, as far as she knew, these relatives were not stringent with that halacha, rather relying on the common leniencies (see below). I explained to her that, even so, Shabbos changes everything! But, to properly understand why, some background is in order.
In the times of the Mishna[1], Chazal forbade us eating Pas Akum - bread and bread-like items that were baked by non-Jews, (even if said bread does not have any kashrus concerns[2]) in order to dissuade us from assimilation and intermarriage[3]. This prohibition pertains exclusively to bread products containing one or more of the five major grains: wheat, barley, oats, spelt or rye[4], and generally includes baked goods that have the form of bread (tzuras haPas)[5].
If, however, a Jew participated in the baking process[6], even in some small way[7], the bread becomes permitted, and is known as Pas Yisrael. In later years, due to the fact that many baking ovens were owned or operated by non-Jews, making it difficult to procure Pas Yisrael products, Chazal laterqualified this prohibition, and created a new class of bread products - Pas Paltur, literally "Baker's Bread". This refers to bread products baked in a bakery or commercial setting, where there is no personal or intimate contact between the baker and customer, thereby drastically reducing the chance of intermarriage, and is therefore permitted[8].
Some authorities, including the Rema[9], maintain that Chazal's hetter of Pas Paltur applies in all cases, even when Pas Yisrael is readily available. However, many decisors, including the Shulchan Aruch and the Shach[10], maintain that this hetter is only applicable if one cannot purchase Pas Yisrael of similar type, quality or price.
Although this leniency remains in effect year round, the Shulchan Aruch in the laws of Rosh Hashana[11] qualifies it and writes that during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva, the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, one must be stringent and eat only Pas Yisrael. What is most interesting is that the cited source of this ruling, the Talmud Yerushalmi (Shabbos Ch. 1, 3), makes no real mention of this! The exact quote is that one should make sure to eat chullin b'tahara, meaning to make sure that their food should not become impure, for 7 days a year.
Rabbeinu Yona[12] explains this passage as meaning that even if one cannot make sure that his foods remain "pure" the whole year, he should nevertheless do his utmost to make sure it remains so at least seven days a year. Many early Rishonim, including Rav Nissim Gaon, the Machzor Vitri[13], and R' Yehuda HaChassid[14] understand that the seven days mentioned in the Yerushalmi refer to the week between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur[15].
The first mention of "pure foods" actually referring to Pas Yisrael is by the Rosh[16], who writes that the minhag is to refrain from eating Pas Akum during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva; which is also how his son, the Tur[17], and later the Shulchan Aruch, codified the halacha.
The only issue remaining is that the Yerushalmi mentioned only seven days that one should refrain. However, the Aseres Yemei Teshuva are ten days! How can this be reconciled?
The Tur explains that since there is a mitzvah that one must purify himself before a Holiday[18], it was unnecessary for the Yerushalmi to mention the actual days of Rosh Hashana. Similarly, it is needless to mention the prohibition on Yom Kippur, since aside from its being the holiest day of the year, it is a Biblical fast day. The Ran[19], on the other hand, offers an alternate explanation. He reasons that it is unnecessary to mention Rosh Hashana, as everyone cooks and bakes in their own homes in honor of the Holiday, and therefore the bread is automatically considered Pas Yisrael.
However, other authorities learn that the extra missing days include the Shabbos between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (Shabbos Shuva)[20]. They extrapolate that just as on this Shabbos one must be vigilant, so too on every Shabbos one must be also be vigilant, as every Shabbos of the year is considered more important and holy than the Days of Repentance[21].
Therefore, as a corollary to the halacha of being vigilant with eating Pas Yisrael during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva, many authorities rule that on Shabbos and Yom Tov one should refrain as well from eating Pas Paltur, and be makpid on eating Pas Yisrael exclusively[22].
This is why our frustrated housewife's relatives preferred to forgo a delicious dessert in this world, while picking up some "just desserts" for the next.
Postscript: There are several other reasons brought to explain why it is proper to be makpid on Pas Yisrael during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva, including: to serve as a reminder of the unique status of these days (Levush O.C. 603), and to beseech Hashem not to judge us stringently, just as we have adopted a practice which is not stringently required of us (Chayei Adam 14, 1; Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 130, 2). The Mishna Brura (Shaar Hatzion 609, 1) and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Shu"t Igros Moshe O.C. 3, end 12) mention that it is proper during this time period to be stringent when it comes to all questionable issues, not just Pas Paltur. See The Daily Halacha Discussion (pg. 5) who posits that based on this, it is appropriate to be machmir on Chalav Yisrael during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva as well.
Much of this article is based on the sefer Bein Kesseh L'Essor by Rabbi Eliezer Brodt, Chapter 2.
[1] Avoda Zara 35b.
[2] See Pischei Teshuva (Y"D 112, 2).
[3] Shulchan Aruch (Y"D 112, 1).
[4] Tur (Y"D 112) quoting his father the Rosh, as well as the Shulchan Aruch (ibid. 1), and Taz (ibid. 2). The Pri Chadash (ibid. 5), however, advances the notion that in far-off islands where all bread is made out of an inferior grain (ex. rice), then this prohibition might possibly apply to it as well.
[5] There are differing opinions as to which food items are included in this. IY"H this will be addressed in a future article.
[6] This includes lighting the fire, stoking the coals under the bread being baked, or putting the bread on the fire, thereby taking an active part in the actual baking process - Shulchan Aruch - ibid. 9.
[7] Including increasing the heat level even minutely, by throwing a toothpick into the fire or blowing on it - Shulchan Aruch and Rema (ibid. 9 and 113, 7). The Aruch Hashulchan (112, 27), however holds that one may only rely on these leniencies under extenuating circumstances; rather, one should strive to do the actions mentioned in the previous footnote.
[8] Tur, Shulchan Aruch (ibid. 2).
[9] Rema (ibid. 2), Gr"a (ibid. 4), Levush (ibid. 3), Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (38, 1), Ben Ish Chai (Year 2, Chukas 2).
[10] Shulchan Aruch (ibid. 2, & 5), Shach (ibid. 9), Arizal (brought down in Ben Ish Chai above), Chochmas Adam (65, 2), Aruch Hashulchan (112, 9), Kaf HaChaim (ibid. 23).
[11] O.C. 603, 1, based on the Tur ibid. quoting the Yerushalmi. Also ruled by the Levush (ibid. 1), Shach (Y"D 112, 9), Aruch Hashulchan (O.C. 103, 1), and Kaf HaChaim (ibid.1). However, if one is unable to obtain Pas Yisrael products during this time, one may rely on Pas Paltur (Mishna Brura ibid. 1).
[12] In his commentary to Avos Ch. 3, 13, cited in the sefer Bein Kesseh L'Essor Ch. 2, pg. 21.
[13] Vol. 1, 337.
[14] Sefer HaChassidim 1069.
[15] There are also other minority opinions that explain that these 7 days are referring to other times of the year. See Bein Kesseh L'Essor ppg. 28 - 32 at length.
[16] Piskei HaRosh, Rosh Hashana Ch.4, 14.
[18] Gemara Rosh Hashana 16b.
[19] Rosh Hashana 12b (Rif's pages s.v. garsinan).
[20] Gr"a (O.C. 242, 1; 529, 1; 603, 1), Damesek Eliezer (O.C. 242, 3). See explanation in Bein Kesseh L'Essor (Ch. 2, pg. 40 footnote 87).
[21] Bigdei Yesha (O.C. 242, 4), brought in Bein Kesseh L'Essor ppg 38 - 39.
[22] Including the Magen Avraham (O.C. 242, 4), Matteh Yehuda (ibid. 5), Shulchan Aruch HaRav (ibid. 13), Chayei Adam (Shabbos 1, 4), Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (72, 6) Aruch Hashulchan (O.C. 242, 45) and the Mishna Brura (ibid. 6).
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Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive guide, rather a brief summary to raise awareness of the issues. In any real case one should ask a competent Halachic authority.
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Growth in Interest
During the last few years there has been an explosive growth in the interest in ballroom dancing throughout the United States. All age groups are involved.
College Students Lead The Way
The number of colleges that have ballroom dance programs continues to grow in all regions of the country, and many college dance clubs hold classes for their members in both social ballroom dancing as well as in competitive dance, also known as DanceSport.
Colleges and universities also hold dance competitions where college students can compete against students from other colleges. These collegiate ballroom dance competitions are attended by cheering crowds of students and the noise levels are similar to those at football and basketball games.
USA Dance holds an annual national collegiate dance competition that attracts a thousand or more collegiate competitors from around the country.
Now Moving Into High Schools & Elementary Schools
USA Dance is now working aggressively to move this devotion to ballroom dance into our high schools, middle schools and elementary schools. USA Dance chapters across the country are working with K-12 schools to promote ballroom dance training for all school age youth. Much of this interest is being spurred by efforts to make school age youth more active and to fight childhood obesity.
Such efforts take the form not only of after school dance clubs and programs staffed by teachers, parents and/or dance instructors drawn from the local community or the closest USA Dance chapter, but also may include ballroom dancing in the Physical Education curriculum of a school. In some school districts, competitions are organized where children from a number of schools compete against each other, further serving to motivate the children and increase their level of interest in ballroom dancing.
Effects of Olympic Recognition
Enthusiasm for ballroom dance has always been strong with adults, but the interest among all age groups has increased dramatically during the last few years.
Much of this increased interest is focused on DanceSport, the competitive version of ballroom dancing. This is attributed to the recognition of USA Dance as the National Governing Body of DanceSport in the U.S. by the USOC, and the recognition of the World DanceSport Federation as the International Governing Body of DanceSport by the IOC.
USA Dance and its international body, the World DanceSport Federation, are working in concert to increase the interest and access to DanceSport events all over the world. Such programs as Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and other dance-related programs also help to keep ballroom dancing and DanceSport in the public eye both in the U.S. and abroad.
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The image of ballroom dancers has changed. Not only is the general public now used to seeing competitive dancers in striking Latin costumes or in flowing ballgowns and white tie and tails, but thousands of informally dressed couples are seen dancing socially in gymnasiums, recreation centers, and similar locations in communities large and small around the country.
USA Dance's emphasis is on providing affordable opportunities to learn and practice ballroom dancing and this is proving very popular with the public. Thousands of new dancers are adopting this healthful and enjoyable recreational and sport activity.
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Sony BMG will pay $1 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting information on users under the age of 13 without their parents' consent. The FTC says that the civil penalty will match the largest penalty ever paid out in a COPPA case.
The FTC filed a lawsuit against Sony BMG just yesterday in the US District Court in Manhattan. The Commission, suing on behalf of the United States, said that Sony has been operating a number of websites since 2004 in order to promote and advertise its music offerings,. These sites—many of which contain social networking functionality that allow users to create profiles and interact with others—apparently did not restrict users under the age of 13 from registering, despite the fact that the sites claimed that users under 13 would not be able to use the sites.
As a result, the FTC says that Sony had managed to collect personal information on some 30,000 users under the age of 13, including full names, gender, date of birth, e-mail addresses, mobile phone numbers, and full mailing addresses in some cases. On top of it all, Sony did not provide parents with direct notice of its information practices, and did not obtain verifiable consent from parents before collecting this information—all violations of COPPA. In addition to the COPPA violations, the FTC alleged that Sony's practices also violated the FTC Act for unfair or deceptive practices.
It didn't take long to convince Sony to settle. Only a day after the lawsuit was filed, the company agreed to pay the $1 million civil penalty and delete all personal information of those under 13 that it had collected and maintained. Sony is also prohibited from violating any provision of COPPA again, and is required to distribute the FTC's "How to Comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule" to all company personnel. Finally, Sony must also link to the children's privacy section of the FTC's web site from its own sites for five years.
"Sites with social networking features, like any Web sites, need to get parental consent before collecting kids' personal information," FTC Chairman William Kovacic said in a statement. "Sony Music is paying the penalty for falling down on its COPPA obligations."


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Cloak and Dagger - a cool dual stick video game created by Atari back in 1984. It is closely tied into a movie with the same name:
(Cloak & Dagger is a 1984 film directed by Richard Franklin starring Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman and Michael Murphy. It is a remake of the 1949 film The Window. It was originally released in a double feature with The Last Starfighter on July 13, 1984 and then released separately on August 10, 1984.)
It was supposed to be released on the Atari 5200 but due to the video game crash that never happened. A cool bit of information about this game can be found over at AtariHQ:


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Brad Paisley's 'Diary of a Player' Makes New York Times Best Sellers List
We're not pulling for Brad Paisley to quit his day job, but the "Whiskey Lullaby" singer is shaping up to be quite the author. Paisley released his first book, 'Diary of a Player,' on Nov. 1, and the title has spent the past two weeks living on the New York Times Best Sellers list.
Paisley co-wrote the memoir with David Wild, a Rolling Stone contributing editor and Emmy-nominated TV writer and producer. Wild also helped write Paisley and Carrie Underwood's script for the 2011 CMA Awards. A nod to the country superstar's guitar heroes and influences, 'Diary of a Player' sees Paisley looking into his past and opening up to his fans about his childhood and the path that led him to his first guitar, as well as recalling events like his first songwriting experience and his first time supporting a major country act.
The subtitle of the book appropriately reads, 'How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me.' One man Paisley writes heavily about is his grandfather, who gave him his first guitar for Christmas when he was just 8-years-old. The book is a running thank you to people like Paisley's grandfather — those who took the time to invest in a young guitar loving country dreamer.
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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo came as close as he ever has to approving fracking last month, laying out a limited drilling plan for as many as 40 gas wells before changing course to await the findings of a new study after discussions with environmentalist and former brother-in-law Robert F. Kennedy Jr., several people familiar with his thinking told The Associated Press.
The turning point, which could delay a decision for up to a year or longer, came in a series of phone calls with Kennedy. The two discussed a new health study on the hydraulic fracturing drilling method that could be thorough enough to trump all others in a debate that has split New York for five years.
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"I think the issue suddenly got simple for him," Kennedy told the AP, then went on to paraphrase Cuomo in their discussions: "'If it's causing health problems, I really don't want it in New York state. And if it's not causing health problems, we should figure out a way we can do it.'"
Kennedy and two other people close to Cuomo, who spoke to the AP only on condition of anonymity because Cuomo is carefully guarding his discussions on the issue, confirmed the outlines of the plan the governor was considering to allow 10 to 40 test wells in economically depressed southern New York towns that want drilling and the jobs it promises. The plan would allow the wells to operate under intense monitoring by the state to see if fracking should continue or expand.
They all said it was the closest Cuomo has come in his two years in office to making a decision on whether to green-light drilling.
The state has had a moratorium on the process since 2008 while other states in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale formation, such as Pennsylvania, have seen local economies boom as drilling rigs have sprouted up.
Cuomo issued a brief statement Saturday through a spokesman saying that the state departments of environmental conservation and health are "in the process of making a determination with respect to the safety and health impacts of fracking.
"After, and only after, they conclude their work will the state's position be determined — it's that simple and it hasn't and doesn't change with any conversations," Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said.
The governor continues to refuse to talk about his internal process and wouldn't comment directly for this story. He has been repeating the phrase he's used for two years, that "science, not politics" will rule.
Kennedy, brother of Cuomo's ex-wife, Kerry, described a governor who is intensely involved in the emotion-charged issue, which Cuomo privately likened to taking on the National Rifle Association over gun control laws. Kennedy said Cuomo reached out personally to many others as well in his evaluation.
Kennedy believes Cuomo held off in large part because of the prospect of a new $1 million study by the Geisinger Health System of Pennsylvania, billed by property owners seeking safe fracking and environmentalists as a "large-scale, scientifically rigorous assessment" of drilling in Pennsylvania.
The study will look at detailed health histories of hundreds of thousands of patients who live near wells and other facilities that are producing natural gas from the same Marcellus Shale formation that New York would tap.


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They are the minor premiers and may even start favourites on Sunday, but Canterbury will need to overcome a horror grand final record among their playing group to cap the year with a premiership.
With the vast majority of their lineup preparing for their first NRL grand final, the Bulldogs have just one legitimate title winner on the books - bench forward David Stagg who won with Brisbane in 2006.
Starting prop Aiden Tolman triumphed in 2009 but had that title stripped, the same as the bulk of his opponents this weekend, for salary cap breaches at Melbourne.
England international James Graham won a Super League title with St Helens in 2006 - before starting a staggering streak that saw him involved in five losing grand finals.
The same goes for mid-season buys Krisnan Inu, who has only lost one match since arriving at Belmore in May, and Sam Perrett.
Inu featured in deciders in 2009 at Parramatta and last year at the Warriors, finishing the loser on both occasions, while Perrett's Sydney Roosters were blown off the park by St George Illawarra in 2010 in his only grand final.
"It's a funny experience (playing in grand finals). It's hard to put it into words," Graham explained.
"Unfortunately I've been on the wrong end of the last five when I played for St Helens.
"It's a different team and it's hard to say (what my advice is), but I'll probably just let them get on with it and deal with it in their own way.
"I'm sure (coach) Des (Hasler) and the rest of the staff will have them well prepared on how they need to act this week.
"I'm sure they'll try to play it as low key as possible."
By contrast, Melbourne's big guns Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk, Ryan Hoffman and Billy Slater have all experienced success on the biggest stage - even if their premierships were rescinded in 2010.
The Storm playing group have 19 grand finals between them, and 13 victories.
It's a feature that concerns Bulldogs' strike centre Josh Morris, who is one of 12 grand final debutants for the blue-and-whites.
"They've got grand final experience right across the board there," Morris said.
"I thought they were very clinical the other night (in their 40-12 win over Manly)."
Inu, who lost to the Storm in '09, believes Sunday is his best chance of winning a competition.
"No disrespect to the last two teams and two games I played in grand finals, but I think we've shown we have the team to be in the grand final," Inu said.
"But we'll see how things pan out. We've got Melbourne.
"You always have to be 100 per cent against them or you'll get your pants pulled down."
Working in Canterbury's favour is the miracle work of coach Des Hasler, who has a strong record in big games.
At Manly Hasler reached three grand finals, finishing with two premiership rings - with the one loss against Melbourne in 2007.


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Will SE finally get it right? Or will we have more long and awkward pauses in dialogue; characters whose background go as deep as my goldfish's tank; a story so bland, so vague in direction, that even my eight-year old cousin could come up with something better; generic music; unoriginal character artwork; etc, etc?
This is something a lot of people like to say about SE's recent works. I have not played a FF since FFX (except for CC), so I can't really say anything about them. I can say, though, that people will always look back to the older games with nostalgia, filling a lot of stuff in their head that simply isn't in the game. I could find the same points written in the above paragraph in, say, FFVII.
Is SE really the problem here? Has SE really done a bad job in the recent years? Or has the target public become progressively more and more demanding that SE can't possibly deliver something up to their high standards? If you agree with the popular opinions, could you explain why? And do you think FFXV will be the game people have hoped for a long time?


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So, a few days ago, I was thinking about what exactly I want to major in, in college. I couldn't decide if I wanted to be a vet... or a graphic designer. And a watching Animal Planet, the Dog Whisperer (like I do every other day at 10am) then it hit. I'M GOING TO OPEN MY OWN PET BOUTIQUE! It's graphic design mixed with the love of animals! My mom owns her own business so I know that it's gonna take hard work... but when you work really hard for something when you accomplish your goal it is so much more rewarding than anything! So I've been brainstorming names and doodling logos and making rough sketches of the stuff I want to make. I've decided to start small (bandannas and name tags) but eventually I'm gonna be making dog beds and designer bowls and everything else you could ever want to spoil your four footed baby! I've got my name of the company and working on the logo. So watch out business world, Sam has got an idea!
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We know we keep going on about this, but what drug is Cameron Diaz on exactly? The woman seems to be hitting a new country each day to promote her new film Shrek 3 (seriously — has any movie ever gotten this many premieres? The studio does realize this is an animated movie about a green ogre with a Scottish accent, don't they?) — and yet she looks both ravishing and well-rested. The impossibly beautiful — and secretly jet-lagged? — Cameron Diaz at eight different places over the course of a month, after the jump.
Left, 'Shrek 3' premiere; Madrid, June 13. Right, 'Shrek 3' premiere; London, June 12.
Left, 'Shrek 3' premiere; Berlin June 10. Right, 'Shrek 3' premiere; Paris, June 8.
Left, MTV Movie Awards; Los Angeles, June 3. Right, 'Shrek 3' premiere; Tokyo, May 28.
Left, 'Shrek 3' premiere; Sydney, May 23. Right, 'Shrek 3' premiere; Los Angeles, May 6.
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San Juan Prescribed Burn in the Jemez Ranger District is being planned to begin Wednesday, Oct. 17, if conditions are favorable, fire managers will ignite the 7,300 acre San Juan prescribed burn, located 3-5 miles northeast of Jemez Springs.
Approximately 2,500 acres are expected to be treated each day. Prescribed burning is the managed application of fire to wildland fuels (woody material) under specified conditions, within predetermined boundaries in an effort to reduce hazardous fuels, provide community protection, and restore forest health.
· The burn area is located 3-5 miles northeast of the Jemez Springs and 4-8 miles northwest of the community of Ponderosa.
· During the three to five day burning period, 7,300 acres of hazardous fuels will be treated with hand and aerial ignitions. Approximately 2,500 acres are expected to be treated each day.
· Larger blocks will be treated over a five day period which will increase daily smoke volume, but will decrease the number of days smoke is in the air.
· Ignitions will not exceed more than five days. After ignitions are complete residual smoke will be visible for a few days.
· Prior to the burn, fire managers consider many factors including: fuel moisture levels, wind conditions, temperatures, relative humidity levels, resources availability, and air quality conditions in determining whether to ignite or not.
· The Santa Fe National Forest is committed to reducing smoke impacts. Smoke is being monitored and the Forest Service will comply with NM air quality regulations.
· Smoke from the burn will be visible from La Cueva, Jemez Springs, Canon, Ponderosa, Jemez Pueblo, San Ysidro, Zia Pueblo, Bernalillo, Rio Rancho, Albuquerque and areas off of I-25 and NM 550. Smoke is expected to settle into lower elevations and in drainage areas during the evenings, but will lift by mid-morning.
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With 30 to go, Denny Hamlin put the hammer down, and passed Martin Truex Jr. who led 173 laps of Sunday's STP 400 at Kansas Speedway. Truex Jr. tried to dive to the inside twice on the last lap to make a winning move on Hamlin, but wasn't able to make it stick.
Much of the race was ran under cloud cover, but once the sun decided to poke through it seemed to have changed the complexion of the race. While the sun was shining on the track it was also shining on Denny Hamlin. Denny said that his car was tight in the corners while it was cloudy out, but once the sun came out late in the race, it made the track a little slippery which was fine by Denny, he was finally able to gain ground on the 56 of Truex that was dead ahead.
Under the cloud cover track position seemed to be oh.. so important, the easiest way to pass the guy in front of you was in the pits. Once the clouds gave way to some sun, set-ups that other guys had dialed in seemed to come to life, and the race was on.
Jimmie Johnson also had a fast car and took third place, while Matt Kenseth finished fourth, and Gregg Biffle drove her home to claim a fifth place finish.
Clint Bowyer was hoping to have a better day than he did, his motor decided to expire during the race along with teammate Mark Martin.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a 16% drop in earnings for its first fiscal quarter on Thursday afternoon, though the results solidly beat Wall Street's estimates for the period. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, H-P HPQ, -0.16% reported net income of $1.2 billion, or 63 cents a share, compared with $1.5 billion, or 73 cents a share, for the same period last year. Adjusted earnings for the recent quarter came in at 82 cents a share. Revenue fell 6% to $28.4 billion. Analysts were expecting adjusted earnings of 71 cents a share on revenue of $27.9 billion, according to consensus estimates from FactSet.
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Parachute took root in the college town of Charlottesville, Virginia, where the group honed its mix of pop/rock, funk, and contemporary blue-eyed soul under their original name Sparky's Flaw. Formed by high school students Will Anderson (vocals, guitar), Johnny Stubblefield (drums), Christopher "Kit" French (saxophone, keyboards), Alex Hargrave (bass), and Nate McFarland (guitar), Sparky's Flaw generated a healthy buzz around town and eventually became popular at the nearby University of Virginia, where they opened for Robert Randolph. After gaining more popularity with an independently released EP, 2005's One Small Step, the band partnered with Red Light Management and later signed with Smash Records, an imprint of the recently revived Mercury Records.
Before entering their final year at the University of Virginia, Sparky's Flaw released a self-titled EP in August 2007 and began laying the groundwork for a full-length album. Several months later, the band adopted a new name -- Parachute -- and contributed a song to the national TV campaign for Nivea. Losing Sleep appeared in May 2009, marking Parachute's major-label debut and peaking at number 40 on the Billboard charts. The band opened for Kelly Clarkson that fall and appeared on the Internet broadcast Live at Daryl's House with Daryl Hall. More touring took place the following year, including additional dates with Clarkson and a headlining run with British songwriter Joe Brooks. Parachute began including newer songs in their set lists and eventually returned to the studio to record their sophomore effort, 2011's The Way It Was. Their third LP, 2013's Overnight, pushed the band further into the pop realm and subsequently became their highest-charting effort, reaching number 15 on Billboard's Top 200. Prior to the band's next album, bassist Hargrave and guitarist McFarland departed, slimming Parachute down to a trio. The remaining members worked with longtime producer John Fields to complete sessions for their fourth LP, Wide Awake, which was released in early 2016. ~ Andrew Leahey
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As the Board of County Commissioners is working on the 2014 budget, I read the Gaston County budget for 2013.
Certain things stand out. Unless county staff has had a change of heart, they have no intention of trying to keep taxes as low as possible but are seeking every avenue they can to increase taxes and wages for the bureaucrats at the expense of the taxpayer. Examples abound.
In the overview of the 2013 adopted budget, found online, County Manager Jan Winters tells the reader that the Locke Foundation has stated that 85 percent of the county budget is due to state mandates. By twisting the meaning of that statement, Mr. Winters leads one to the conclusion that the state requires the county to spend the amount of money it is currently spending and that amount can�t be reduced. This is typical bureaucratic tripe. The statement that 85 percent of the services the county provides may be required by the state does not lead to the conclusion that there is no way to save on providing those services.
Certainly efficiencies can be found and reductions in costs to perform the required services can occur, but only if one wants them to occur. But Mr. Winters is not so inclined and so leads the reader a different direction.
Elsewhere, Mr. Winters tells us of other counties which have increased the pay of their employees and thus so should we. Wonderful, he picks his examples. He could instead tell us of the counties which haven�t increased their pay. Why did he not? That�s an easy answer; it wouldn�t serve his purpose.
We are told Gaston schools are older than schools in Mecklenburg, Iredell, Cabarrus and Union counties due to our low growth rate. What is the point of this statement? He may just as well say: if the sun comes up, it will be in the sky. If the county is growing in population, then we will need more schools. If we build schools for these new students, they will be new schools. Since we aren�t building schools, the schools are older. It seems obvious.
Instead of how old the school buildings are, we should be asking the only legitimate question which is: are the schools we have well maintained and in satisfactory condition to meet the educational needs of the children. Conversely to this, Mecklenburg has burdened their taxpayers with new schools, tearing down older ones just to rebuild, but that hasn�t related to better educational results. Gaston needs to keep its focus on educational results, not buildings or the age of buildings or how many staff need be hired, but how well the students are learning.
Mr. Winters has the audacity to tell us our tax rate isn�t high enough. How he rationalizes that is simplicity itself. He says that by following his recommendations, Gaston County will have the second-highest tax rate in the state, where previous to that it would be only the seventh-highest.
Obviously, he thinks that is a tough sell, so he decides to use a different measurement, one which he can sell better. Looking around for what is available he finds that property taxes paid per person is a much better number to use. There, Gaston only ranks near 30th from the top. It doesn�t change the tax rate from being the second-highest in the state, but now he can talk about being in the middle.
The problem here is while he says using that value is a more accurate assessment, he is in fact attempting to mislead the taxpaying public, but more importantly, its purpose is to mislead the county commissioners who set the tax rate. The fact is our tax rate is close to the highest in North Carolina. In a county with a high unemployment rate, those who have the security of a government job should be glad to have that job and shouldn�t be clamoring for a raise, especially when that raise requires a tax increase on the people who already pay close to the highest rate in the state.
Instead of trying to find ways to tell us how wonderful a job he is doing, and why taxes should be higher, Mr. Winters should be trying to find ways to reduce costs to better serve his employers, the taxpayers of Gaston County.
Guignard is a resident of Bessemer City.


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A national model for neighborhood revitalization
There are no fences here. In the Main South neighborhood of Worcester, Mass., a university and a community have traded barriers for partnership and collaboration. Today the nation looks to Clark University and Worcester's Main South residents to learn how university/community partnerships can transform declining urban neighborhoods into vibrant communities.
The result of long-standing collaboration between Clark University and its surrounding community, UPP is a broad, grassroots partnership that involves neighborhood residents and organizations, local churches, government officials, the business community and public schools. These groups are organized around the Main South Community Development Corporation (CDC), the neighborhood's development organization and a key component of UPP.
UPP focuses on four major areas of urban redevelopment:
- Housing and physical rehabilitation
- Education
- Economic development
- And social and recreational activities for neighborhood residents
Clark has played a leadership role in the community since 1985 and has been a primary partner in UPP since 1995. The University's interest in UPP is rooted in its responsibility to the neighborhood it shares and also in its long-standing tradition of applying teaching and learning to real-world problems. For example, Clark students and faculty conduct research for UPP organizations, such as the Main South CDC. They teach in neighborhood schools and serve as mentors to the children of Main South. In addition, many Clark faculty and staff—including Clark's president—have become neighborhood residents.
Opportunities for civic engagement
For Clark, UPP also includes a fifth area focused on civic engagement—creating and supporting opportunities for faculty, students, staff and alumni to contribute their time and talents to the neighborhood. These learning and service activities reflect Clark's reputation for social activism. They also support the University's mission of teaching students civic responsibility and moral integrity.


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Once feisty Coffee People whipped into Starbucks
Posted by TheShot on 20 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew, Starbucks
This is an old story to those in Oregon (it was announced last week), but it's also an all-too-familiar story across the country.
Oregon's Coffee People started in the late 1970s as a hippy-friendly mom & pop (Jim and Patty, where Jim is now a regional barista judge). It was ahead of its time — with high quality standards. In 1999, Diedrich Coffee, a 200-store chain based in Irvine, CA, purchased Coffee People, and the ownership change screwed it up royally. And now Starbucks has swooped in to buy the combined lot: Once feisty Coffee People whipped into Starbucks (The Oregonian).
This is a nearly identical fate that befell the once-grand Torrefazione Italia chain. In 1998, it too was acquired by a larger conglomerate, Seattle's Best Coffee, and then proceeded to go down the tubes in terms of coffee quality, the skill level of staff, and even the amenities for customers. Then Starbucks bought the lot, dropping the quality even further into the gutter. Torrefazione Italia was almost unrecognizable before Starbucks finally rebranded them with the green mermaid and Pottery Barn CD collections (or closed them down entirely).
I truly hesitate before bashing Starbucks as the evil empire of coffee, as many have made them out to be. Even if it's all in the past now, they have done a lot of great service for the overall quality of coffee available today. And there's always a willing seller behind every so-called greedy buyer. But this is one area where their influence has set coffee standards backwards rather than forwards for consumers.
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On the other hand there is a bunch of actions can be made directly from the 3G module without having to go through the Arduino microcontroller. This means you will control all the action from the main program running in Arduino although the data may flow from the 3G module to the SD card or from the video camera to the 3G module without going through the UART avoiding a possible bottle neck and ensuring maximum speed performance given by your 3G carrier (~7.2Mbps download, ~5.5Mbps upload at max). Some of this independent actions include:Uploading and downloading files to HTTP and FTP servers directly from or to the SDRecording and uploading video and photos to the Internet using the video camera connected directly to the moduleRecording ambient audio and sending to a web server
Ok here's the thing. The motion detection isn't what I'm worried about.
Perhaps you could use an Eye-Fi (WiFi SD card) in the camera and interface to it that way? Again you're going to want something beefier than an Arduino to receive the stream. Perhaps a Raspberry Pi?


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Cryptic Wood White
Rare in south England and the Burren region of western Ireland, this small butterfly with a slow flight is usually encountered in sheltered situations, such as woodland glades or scrub.
The upperwings are white with rounded edges. Males have a black mark on the edge of the forewing. The undersides are white, with indistinct grey markings.
Males fly almost continuously throughout the day in fine weather, patrolling to find a mate. Females spend much of their time feeding on flowers and resting.
In the characteristic courtship display, the male lands opposite the female and waves his head and antennae backwards and forwards with his proboscis extended.
The butterfly has a localised distribution in England and Wales and has declined rapidly over the past few decades.
Size and Family
- Family: Whites and yellows
- Size: Medium
- Wing Span Range (male to female): 42mm
Conservation Status
- Butterfly Conservation priority: High
- Section 41 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in England
- Section 42 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in Wales
- UK BAP status: Priority Species
- Protected under Schedule 5 of the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act (for sale only)
- European Status: Not threatened
Caterpillar Foodplants
Various legumes are used, commonly Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis), Bitter-vetch (L. linifolius), Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca), Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil (L. pedunculatus). (Note that some vetches are not used, notably Bush Vetch, V. sepium, and Common Vetch, V. sativa).
The Wood White breeds in tall grassland or light scrub, in partially shaded or edge habitats. In Britain, most colonies breed in woodland rides and clearings, though a few large colonies occur on coastal undercliffs. A few smaller colonies occur on disused railway lines and around rough, overgrown field edges (for example in north Devon).
In Ireland, more open habitats are used, often far from woodland, including rough grassland with scrub, road verges, hedges, and disused railway lines.
- Countries: England, Ireland and Wales
- This rapidly declining species used to be found across much of southern England and into eastern Wales. Its strongholds are now the woods of the West Midlands and Northamptonshire and the coastline of East Devon.
- Distribution trend in Britain since the 1970s = -65%
Wood White Priority Species Factsheet
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I am working on non-viral vector DNA and trying to figure out why the transgene is silenced in our vectors. To that end, I'm trying to come up with a cell culture model.
I was wondering if anyone's had a stab at doing ChIP on non-integrated, episomal forms of plasmid DNA?
Do you start with the Hirt method to isolate your extrachromosomal DNA first and then proceed to ChIP as 'standard' (haven't picked a particular protocol yet)?
Would this pDNA be much more susceptible to sonication? (I've read the fab article on here by Dukey about sonication vs MNase digestion- too bad MNase digestion still requires sonication though).
Many thanks in advance for your help!
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Friends of The Girl's — and a friend or two of mine — are headed back into the classroom over the next two weeks to continue their path toward their career.
I'm excited for them. A new semester is a fresh start. But that means we start measuring the countdown for The Girl's first day of college in months, not years.
The most important job I've ever undertaken will be finished. While I will never stop being her mother, my role will become more of an adviser than guide.
She's definitely up for the challenge. But am I?
I have been trying to pass on tidbits that I think will be useful as she carves her way into a career and place in our society. Sometimes I share them on road trips. But it's more common that an experience we encounter on our daily walk through life offers a pause for what I hope will be a pearl of wisdom.
Here are a few she's heard lately:
• Be the one who listens. Lots of people can talk. Lots of people do talk — about their health, their experiences, their cousin who lives in Nashville and works for Dolly Parton's doctor, how much money they have, how much money they don't have, their Aunt Rosie who knew someone who knew someone who knew Elvis. Yadda yadda yadda. But a good listener is almost an endangered species. Work on those skills. You might actually learn something. And along the same vein ...
• Cherish silence. Sometimes the best moments are those when nothing is said. Learn how to enjoy the quiet moments. Music and the drone of a television have their place, but nothing sounds better than ... well, nothing.
• Know when to say "no." One of my biggest flaws is agreeing to take on tasks or run an extra errand. It's OK to say you don't want to do something — even if it's merely because you don't want to.
• Keep an open mind. Being quick to judge is a copout. The world is a kaleidoscope of gray. Don't make a decision before weighing the facts.
Feel free to share your own. After all, the child I'm sending into the world is not only my progeny, she's our future.
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Cheryl Duncan is assistant editor of the Roane County News and mother of The Girl, a 17-year-old high school senior on the cusp of making her mark on the world. She can be reached at email@example.com or (865) 376-3481, Ext. 316.
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