text: Green Takes Root in Military Medicine 05/01/2011 By Lidia Berger The U.S. Army and Department of Defense will soon open the premier military community hospital in the country—and what is considered to be one of the world's first hospitals to successfully marry today's accepted evidence-based design (EBD) principles with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building requirements. The new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital will be a 1.27 million-square-foot facility, providing the best of care for military personnel and their families. Early in the project, the joint task force responsible for the new hospital challenged the HDR/Dewberry design team to make the hospital "world-class," which it defines as "a medical facility… where the best of the art and science of medicine come together in a focused effort to meet the needs of the patient by providing the best in physical, mental, social and spiritual care." As a result, the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, located just south of Washington D.C., provides a real-life example of patient focus in a "world-class" facility with a superior healing environment. It also showcases the five evidence-based design principles that have been adopted by the Military Health System (MHS) for all of its healthcare environments moving forward. Create a patient- and family-centered environment. This principle reflects the MHS culture of caring, and encourages environments for both the patient and family members. Improve the quality and safety of healthcare. Improving safety should be at the top of the list of goals and objectives in any new construction or renovation. Enhance care of the whole person by providing contact with nature and positive distractions. Connections to nature, such as views to the outdoors and access to gardens, can decrease patient, staff and family stress. Create a positive work environment. Healing environments not only contribute to patient well-being, but also to the well-being of the caregivers, facilities staff and administrators who work in the building. These positive work environments contribute greatly to improved staff recruitment and retention. Design for maximum standardization, future flexibility and growth. Constant advances in medical diagnostics and treatment modalities, along with their associated technologies, means hospitals must have the capability to adapt to these changes efficiently and with minimal investment. Designers and planners can accommodate this need by designing in flexibility. Multiple design charrettes were held early on, with all disciplines involved in the project. HDR Architecture's Healthcare Consulting professionals championed the evidence-based design principles and collaborated with the company's Sustainable Design Solutions staff, who helped guide the process of identifying specific sustainability measures that would win LEED Silver certification. The following explores some of the parallels between the EBD features of the new hospital and LEED requirements. Green Roof A green roof highlights the main building below the bed tower, providing views of nature to patients and staff. Abundant greenery is a building's external component in a healing environment. Survey findings of both patients and non-patients show that merely looking at elements of nature can quickly and significantly calm stress, and lessen pain for patients and staff. Blood pressure is lowered and heart rate reduced, and observers have also seen a long-range positive effect on patients' medical outcomes. The growing evidence of the link between green roofs and healing gardens with patient recovery has made these features much more prevalent in healthcare facilities today. In terms of LEED credits, the green roof reduces stormwater runoff and fluctuations of surface temperatures. It will act as a kind of sponge, absorbing rainwater and, through transpiration, slowly releasing moisture back to the atmosphere. Ultraviolet (UV) Technology This technology uses UV wavelengths to destroy both DNA and RNA, killing or deactivating it. They also effectively stop both surface organisms that grow inside HVAC systems and airborne microbes, including viruses, bacteria, and mold and its spores. This contributes to infection control in certain areas of a hospital environment. The technology will be placed inside the air handlers to help keep their coils clean. This causes less static, thereby reducing energy consumption. On the LEED side, in addition to energy efficiency impacts, this technology promotes good indoor air quality under the Innovation in Design category. Energy Conservation The building will consume 27.6 percent less energy (based on regulated energy savings) than a typical hospital, which equates to $449,299 saved per year. It will also save approximately 4,000 tons in CO2 emissions. Energy savings are being achieved by a multi-stack heat recovery chiller system for reheating, high-efficiency variable speed drive chillers, variable air volume devices, an energy-efficient lighting design including daylight harvesting, and a rainscreen system. CO2 Monitoring Primarily used in high-occupancy areas where carbon dioxide can escalate, such as conference rooms, cafeterias, auditoriums and classrooms, CO2 monitors will help sustain occupant comfort and well-being in the Fort Belvoir facility. CO2 monitoring equipment connects directly to the HVAC system, automatically bringing in fresh air when high carbon dioxide levels are detected. This feature qualifies for a LEED credit under the Indoor Environmental Quality category. High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting (HEPA) Filtration HEPA filtration traps particles as tiny as .3 microns with an efficiency rating of 99.97 percent. This technology is obviously important in a hospital setting in reducing incidences of infection, especially for immune-compromised and other high-risk patients. It will be installed in various locations in the new hospital. In the LEED credit tally, its efficiency puts added load on the HVAC system, therefore drawing more energy, which seems counterproductive to energy savings. However, this technology's benefits outweigh energy use in a medical setting and HEPA filtration adds to indoor environmental quality, promoting well-being for building occupants. Lighting and Thermal Control This environmental factor affects both patients and staff, especially night- shift workers whose circadian rhythms may be disrupted. Providing good-quality lighting and thermal controls for individual occupants and specific group spaces will promote staff productivity and support a healing environment for patients, adding to their comfort and reducing stress. Providing these controls in appropriate areas of the hospital will earn Indoor Environmental Quality credits for Controllability of Systems. In a related area of EBD, the owner has cited the abundance of daylight and views of nature as top priorities for the hospital. Taking advantage of natural light minimizes the need for electric lighting during the daytime, saves energy and money, and lifts the spirits of building occupants. Also, daylighted hospital units have been found to have less bacteria and related health concerns. The new hospital will have abundant daylight and beautiful vistas of healing gardens that effectively bring the outside in. Water Conservation The project will save 1.6 million gallons of potable water per year by utilizing a rainwater and condensate collection system. Water will be directed from the swooped roofs to two underground cisterns that hold a combined total volume of 160,000 gallons, which will be reused to irrigate the landscaping on site. Native and adaptive plantings contribute to the water savings, and restore native species to the site. The quality, quantity and rate of stormwater runoff will not exceed the amount prior to construction thanks to landscaping 60 percent of the site with native and adaptive plantings; use of the green roof; use of pervious pavement and curbless parking spaces, rain gardens and river rock beds; and stream restoration projects in the surrounding areas. Low-Emitting Materials and Furniture All products meet or exceed low-emitting materials requirements, including paints, coatings, adhesives, sealants, carpet systems, composite wood, agri-fiber products and furniture. This reduces the amount of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating and/or harmful to the comfort and well-being of construction installers and all eventual occupants. All furniture meets GREENGUARD indoor air quality standards to significantly reduce the levels of pollutants in indoor air, and greatly enhance patient recovery and care for all occupants. Green Cleaning Green cleaning means using products, methods and technologies that are environmentally friendly in the daily maintenance of a facility. The government will establish and oversee a contract for green cleaning that minimizes chemical use, employs products that are less noxious and enhances worker safety. In addition, using low-decibel-rated vacuums will reduce noise stress, improve speech intelligibility, and eliminate noise and chaotic environments. These healing environment measures will be submitted for LEED credit under the Innovation in Design category. Hospitals today are no longer thought of as cold institutions, filled with hard, unyielding surfaces chosen more for durability and ease of maintenance than for warmth and comfort. As the healthcare field has closely examined models of care, operational efficiencies, space planning and product development, the result is hospitals that are more patient-centered and welcoming. As the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital illustrates, many design interventions can help create a healthy, healing environment that is sustainable for years to come. It is well on its way to becoming a world-class hospital and a model for the future of the Military Health System. Lidia Berger, MEM, IIDA, LEED BD+C, O+M, is vice president and national sustainable director for the Federal Program for HDR Architecture. Berger was a founding member of the USGBC National Capital Region Chapter in 1999, and was involved in the development of the LEED CI rating system and served on the LEED EB (Existing Buildings) Core Committee charged with developing the LEED rating system for existing buildings. She received her Master's Degree in Environmental Management – Leadership in Environmental Policy from Duke University in 2009. Related Articles USGBC Opens Call for Proposals for Next Version of LEED How to Give Building and Design Materials a Second Life Second Museum in St. Louis to Achieve LEED Gold Certification


text:
Celebrating life on and around the water
I am reading
Copyright Secret Water
All images and text are my own work except where otherwise stated. Please respect this and ask permission via email if you would like to use them. Feel free to link to your own site where relevant. © copyright 2011
#endeavour26 #oceanswimming #playoutdoors #sailing #sailingwithkids #southcronulla #southwestarm #tinnytracks #Towra Wetlands #wedding by the sea Australian Boating College beach Bondi Winter Festival boost Brighton Le Sands Bundeena Ferry Carrs Bush Park Classic Boats Clovelly Como Destressing fishing free range kids Friday Photo Georges River Grays Point Great Outdoor Challenge herons Ice skating iphoneography Lomo mangroves Mermaids Nautical charts NSW Maritime Qualifications Ocean Swimming play outdoors Port Hacking Red Jacks Point Royal National Park sandy bottoms Seafaring South West Arm Stormy weather This moment
- The Fearful Adventurer
- Shed Working
- The Underwater Project
- Australian Geographic
- Aquabumps
- Caro & Co
- Baby By The Sea
- Ocean Swims
- Journey Jottings
- Marghanita (Little Humbugs)
- NSW Coastal Waters Forecast
- Slow Family Online
- No Fuss Food
- The Outdoor Type
- The Sea Cottage
- The Blue Promise
- Catherine White Photography
- A Quest for Culture
- 52 Suburbs
- Children and Nature Network
- Cassandra Allen Illustration
- Online Tide Table
- Boat Books
- Jessica Watson
- An Ordinary Life
- Inner Pickle

subset: commoncrawl


text:
BELVIDERE — Cowboys standing on the backs of horses, monkeys riding on the backs of dogs, chocolate bacon, country music and dueling pianos are just a handful of the attractions at the Boone County Fair this year.
The fair opens Tuesday and Tom Ratcliffe, one of the fair board directors, highlighted the must-see events.
This year, two new shows were added — Percheron Thunder, a Roman horseback riding performance, and Ranch Sorting, a game in which teams of riders race against the clock to drive numbered cattle from one pen to another in a pre-determined order.
Percheron Thunder lasts 30 minutes at noon and 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
Ranch Sorting is a two-to-three hour show that begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, rising country music star Easton Corbin will perform. Tickets to the show range from $10 to $18.
Crowd favorites from previous years are also back on the schedule, Ratcliffe said.
A Banana Derby race in which monkeys ride on the backs of dogs like jockeys will take place every day along with a dueling pianos show, and a Lance Gifford magic show.
Elephant Encounter, which gives audiences a chance to get up-close and personal with live elephants, is also back.
Ratcliffe said that Log Hoggers, a speed-carving event that features three artists and their chainsaws, will take place Wednesday through Saturday. On Sunday, their carvings will be auctioned off.
The fair also features several musical acts, an antique tractor display with 200 models to browse and a historical school house from the early 20th century to walk through.
"We just want everyone to come out and have a good time," Ratcliffe said.
Every year between 175,000 and 200,000 people attend the Boone County Fair.
General admission is $5 Tuesday and $6 Wednesday through Sunday. Children 10 and younger are free every day and seniors 65 and older get in free on Thursday.
More than 1,000 volunteers from the Lions Club, Boy Scout troops and several other organizations will help run the fair, Ratcliffe said.
For more information, visit the Boone County Fair website.
Ben Stanley: 815-987-1369; email@example.com; @Ben_J_Stanley


text:
We're moving the GATK website, docs and forum to a new platform. Read the full story and breakdown of key changes on this blog.
If you happen to see a question you know the answer to, please do chime in and help your fellow community members. We encourage our fourm members to be more involved, jump in and help out your fellow researchers with their questions. GATK forum is a community forum and helping each other with using GATK tools and research is the cornerstone of our success as a genomics research community.We appreciate your help!
Test-drive the GATK tools and Best Practices pipelines on Terra
Check out this blog post to learn how you can get started with GATK and try out the pipelines in preconfigured workspaces (with a user-friendly interface!) without having to install anything.
Data Processing Pipeline - RETIRED
Please note that the DataProcessingPipeline qscript is no longer available. We are looking into the possibility of producing some new Qscripts that will be more appropriate for sharing with the public.
The DPP script was only provided has an example, but many people were using it "out of the box" without properly understanding how it works. In order to protect users from mishandling this tool, and to decrease our support burden, we have taken the difficult decision of removing the script from our public repository. If you would like to put together your own version of the DPP, please have a look at our other example scripts to understand how Qscripts work, and read the Best Practices documentation to understand what are the processing steps and what parameters you need to set/adjust.
Data Processing Pipeline
The Data Processing Pipeline is a Queue script designed to take BAM files from the NGS machines to analysis ready BAMs for the GATK.
Reads come off the sequencers in a raw state that is not suitable for analysis using the GATK. In order to prepare the dataset, one must perform the steps described here. This pipeline performs the following steps: indel cleaning, duplicate marking and base score recalibration, following the GSA's latest definition of best practices. The product of this pipeline is a set of analysis ready BAM files (one per sample sequenced).
This pipeline is a Queue script that uses tools from the GATK, Picard and BWA (optional) software suites which are all freely available through their respective websites. Queue is a GATK companion that is included in the GATK package.
Warning: This pipeline was designed specifically to handle the Broad Institute's main sequencing pipeline with Illumina BAM files and BWA alignment. The GSA cannot support its use for other types of datasets. It is possible however, with some effort, to modify it for your needs.
Command-line arguments
Required Parameters
|Argument (short-name)
|Argument (long-name)
|-i <BAM file / BAM list>
|--input <BAM file / BAM list>
|input BAM file - or list of BAM files.
|-R <fasta>
|--reference <fasta>
|Reference fasta file.
|-D <vcf>
|--dbsnp <dbsnp vcf>
|dbsnp ROD to use (must be in VCF format).
Optional Parameters
|Argument (short-name)
|Argument (long-name)
|-indels <vcf>
|--extra_indels <vcf>
|VCF files to use as reference indels for Indel Realignment.
|-bwa <path>
|--path_to_bwa <path>
|The path to the binary of bwa (usually BAM files have already been mapped - but if you want to remap this is the option)
|-outputDir <path>
|--output_directory <path>
|Output path for the processed BAM files.
|-L <GATK interval string>
|--gatk_interval_string <GATK interval string>
|the -L interval string to be used by GATK - output bams at interval only
|-intervals <GATK interval file>
|--gatk_interval_file <GATK interval file>
|an intervals file to be used by GATK - output bams at intervals
Modes of Operation (also optional parameters)
|Argument (short-name)
|Argument (long-name)
|-p <name>
|--project <name>
|the project name determines the final output (BAM file) base name. Example NA12878 yields NA12878.processed.bam
|Perform cleaning on knowns only.
|Perform cleaning using Smith Waterman
|Decompose input BAM file and fully realign it using BWA and assume Single Ended reads
|Decompose input BAM file and fully realign it using BWA and assume Pair Ended reads
The Pipeline
Data processing pipeline of the best practices for raw data processing, from sequencer data (fastq files) to analysis read reads (bam file):
Following the group's Best Practices definition, the data processing pipeline does all the processing at the sample level. There are two high-level parts of the pipeline:
BWA alignment
This option is for datasets that have already been processed using a different pipeline or different criteria, and you want to reprocess it using this pipeline. One example is a BAM file that has been processed at the lane level, or did not perform some of the best practices steps of the current pipeline. By using the optional BWA stage of the processing pipeline, your BAM file will be realigned from scratch before creating sample level bams and entering the pipeline.
Sample Level Processing
This is the where the pipeline applies its main procedures: Indel Realignment and Base Quality Score Recalibration.
Indel Realignment
This is a two step process. First we create targets using the Realigner Target Creator (either for knowns only, or including data indels), then we realign the targets using the Indel Realigner (see [Local realignment around indels]) with an optional smith waterman realignment. The Indel Realigner also fixes mate pair information for reads that get realigned.
Base Quality Score Recalibration
This is a crucial step that re-adjusts the quality score using statistics based on several different covariates. In this pipeline we utilize four: Read Group Covariate, Quality Score Covariate, Cycle Covariate, Dinucleotide Covariate
The Outputs
The Data Processing Pipeline produces 3 types of output for each file: a fully processed bam file, a validation report on the input bam and output bam files, a analysis before and after base quality score recalibration. If you look at the pipeline flowchart, the grey boxes indicate processes that generate an output.
Processed Bam File
The final product of the pipeline is one BAM file per sample in the dataset. It also provides one BAM list with all the bams in the dataset. This file is named <project name>.cohort.list, and each sample bam file has the name <project name>.<sample name>.bam. The sample names are extracted from the input BAM headers, and the project name is provided as a parameter to the pipeline.
Validation Files
We validate each unprocessed sample level BAM file and each final processed sample level BAM file. The validation is performed using Picard's ValidateSamFile. Because the parameters of this validation are very strict, we don't enforce that the input BAM has to pass all validation, but we provide the log of the validation as an informative companion to your input. The validation file is named : <project name>.<sample name>.pre.validation and <project name>.<sample name>.post.validation.
Notice that even if your BAM file fails validation, the pipeline can still go through successfully. The validation is a strict report on how your BAM file is looking. Some errors are not critical, but the output files (both pre.validation and post.validation) should give you some input on how to make your dataset better organized in the BAM format.
Base Quality Score Recalibration Analysis
PDF plots of the base qualities are generated before and after recalibration for further analysis on the impact of recalibrating the base quality scores in each sample file. These graphs are explained in detail here. The plots are created in directories named : <project name>.<sample name>.pre and <project name>.<sample name>.post.
Example script that runs the data processing pipeline with its standard parameters and uses LSF for scatter/gathering (without bwa)
java \
-Xmx4g \
-Djava.io.tmpdir=/path/to/tmpdir \
-jar path/to/GATK/Queue.jar \
-S path/to/DataProcessingPipeline.scala \
-p myFancyProjectName \
-i myDataSet.list \
-R reference.fasta \
-D dbSNP.vcf \
Performing realignment and the full data processing pipeline in one pair-ended bam file
java \
-Xmx4g \
-Djava.io.tmpdir=/path/to/tmpdir \
-jar path/to/Queue.jar \
-S path/to/DataProcessingPipeline.scala \
-bwa path/to/bwa \
-i test.bam \
-R reference.fasta \
-D dbSNP.vcf \
-p myProjectWithRealignment \
-bwape \
ericminikel Member ✭
Nice -- so to actually download this DataProcessingPipeline.scala is this where I'll find the most recent version?
The input bam files used by the DataProcessingPipeline.scala script have to have read groups already, correct?
I am sure many of us are interested in adding further GATK analysis steps to this base script, like me.
As a proof of principle that I have understood the way the scala file works, I tried to add a UnifiedGenotyper step at the end of the current DataProcessingPipeline that uses recalBam as an input.
I started from the DataProcessingPipeline.scala file from the QueueLite-2.1-11-gfb37f33 resources. Without any modifications, this script worked for me with an input list of 2 bam files.
I made the following modifications, but did not get it to work so far:
I added the following line to the "put each sample through the pipeline" section, indicating the extension for the file that will be created as an output of the UnifiedGenotyper step (ugvcf):
val ugvcf = swapExt(bam, ".bam", ".ug.vcf")
I added an "add" step after the "add" step that calculates the covariates for the recalibrated bam file
cov(recalBam, postRecalFile), ugvcf(recalBam, ugvcf)
Taking the other GATK walker classes as an example, I added a new class in the section "Classes (GATK walkers)", modifying what seemed necessary:
// Unified Genotyper: case class ugvcf (inBam: File, outVcf: File) extends UnifiedGenotyper with CommandLineGATKArgs { this.input_file :+= inBam this.baq = CalculationMode.CALCULATE_AS_NECESSARY this.out = outVcf if (!qscript.intervalString.isEmpty) this.intervalsString ++= Seq(qscript.intervalString) else if (qscript.intervals != null) this.intervals :+= qscript.intervals this.scatterCount = nContigs this.isIntermediate = false this.analysisName = queueLogDir + outVcf + ".ug" this.jobName = queueLogDir + outVcf + ".ug" }
When running the following queue command:
java -jar QueueLite.jar DataProcessingPipeline_UG.scala -p bamprocess_and_ug -i myDataSet.list -R hsapiens.fa -D dbsnp.vcf.gz -l ERROR
I get the following error:
ERROR 16:09:21,321 QScriptManager - DataProcessingPipeline_121016.scala:332: ugvcf of type java.io.File does not take parameters ERROR 16:09:21,327 QScriptManager - ugvcf(recalBam, ugvcf) ERROR 16:09:21,329 QScriptManager - ^ ERROR 16:09:22,108 QScriptManager - one error found
It is not obvious to me what I have to do to make this class "functional" or to make it read the output from the previous step. Maybe you can enlighten me?
Many thanks in advance!
Hi @Sophia,
You're on the right track, your problem is just a programming error. I can't set a precedent for helping people debug their own code, but I'll give you a hint: you're giving the same name to two very different things...
Thanks a lot, @Geraldine_VdAuwera, I found it, I was a little bit blind, and thought there might be some major things wrong/missing.
For anyone who is interested, the correct lines of code would be:
val ugVariants = swapExt(bam, ".bam", ".ug.vcf")
ugvcf(recalBam, ugVariants)
It's usually the small easy things that are hard to find, because you look for something complex...
Another question on the default DataProcessingPipeline:
It always executes the RevertSam step in the beginning of the workflow, although I am not using any of the BWA options:
java -jar QueueLite.jar DataProcessingPipeline.scala -p firstproject -i myDataSet.list -R hsapiens.fa -D dbsnp.vcf.gz
Since I am using quite plain unprocessed bam files as an input (with readgroups added), I do not expect any trouble from omitting this step and starting directly with the intervals for indel realignment step. What do you think about that?
The RevertSam/BWA do-over step is something we find useful internally, but it is by no means essential. Feel free to skip it if you don't think it's necessary for your data set.
I have been trying to avoid the revert step to be executed (at least for executions without realignment), and am finding it somewhat tricky. I suspect it will be necessary to interfere at one or several of the following parts of the script:
Here, when there is no BWA option specified, the bam files are put through the revert step which is what I want to stop. However, when eliminating the "else..." part, I lack one parameter (namely realignedBAMS) for the subsequent execution of createSampleFiles.
val realignedBAMs = if (useBWApe || useBWAse || useBWAsw) {performAlignment(bams)} else {revertBams(bams, false)} val sampleBAMFiles: Map[String, Seq[File]] = createSampleFiles(bams, realignedBAMs)
At the beginning of the "put each sample through the pipeline" section, I have to use the sampleBAMFiles map:
for ((sample, bamList) <- sampleBAMFiles)
The createSampleFiles method asks for 2 lists of bam files, original and realigned ones. But what if I do not perform realignment?
My aim is to generate the sampleBAMFiles map directly for my original input bam files (as specified with -i in the Queue command line) and use this as an initial input for the following steps (clean, dedup, cov etc.).
What would be the most straightforward way to tackle this? I am a bit stuck here, and maybe I am thinking too complicated again. Would you have any hints for me?
Many thanks in advance and cheers,
Hi Sophia,
You should be able to run this pipeline without reverting/realigning -- that's what it's set up to do by default. It does execute a step called
revert(), but if you look at the code for that step, you'll see that as long as
removeAlignmentInformationis false (which it should be by default unless you specify a realigner), all it does is rename the file.
If you do want to get rid of that step entirely, you can bypass it very simply by loading your input files into a file list the old-fashioned way. See some of the example qscripts for inspiration -- the other pipeline scripts are unnecessarily complicated for what you want to do.
Good luck!
Thanks Geraldine, I can see which lines of the script you are referring to.
Still strange, because I have been running the script without the BWA realignment options all the while but my *reverted.bam.out files contain a full picard command line:
net.sf.picard.sam.RevertSam INPUT=rg.bam OUTPUT=reverted.bam SORT_ORDER=coordinate REMOVE_ALIGNMENT_INFORMATION=false VALIDATION_STRINGENCY=SILENT CREATE_INDEX=true RESTORE_ORIGINAL_QUALITIES=true REMOVE_DUPLICATE_INFORMATION=true ATTRIBUTE_TO_CLEAR=[NM, UQ, PG, MD, MQ] VERBOSITY=INFO QUIET=false COMPRESSION_LEVEL=5 MAX_RECORDS_IN_RAM=500000 CREATE_MD5_FILE=false
... and say they have run for like 20 min. Also the reverted.bam files are slightly bigger than the input.bam files. So it seems to be running the revert step after all, although REMOVE_ALIGNMENT_INFORMATION is indeed set to false.
As for the list of input files, I might load them to a list easily, but then I would not be able to take advantage of the createSampleFiles method to retrieve the readgroups and sample names e.g. for multi-bam samples...
I will keep playing around with this then...
Ah, fair points all around. Let me clarify, because I was thinking of realignment (from scratch) only when talking about reverting, and mischaracterized what
RevertSamdoes (my comment about it "just renaming the file" was incorrect). Realignment itself is not necessary, and you can happily skip that -- which is what
RevertSamdoes when
removeAlignmentInformationis false. But admittedly it does revert the rest of the information like base qualities that might have been already recalibrated. This is recommended if your BAMs have been messed around with previously, to start from a clean slate, which will lead to better results. However if your BAMs are fresh off the aligner, none of that should be necessary, and you are right to think that it would be more efficient to skip
I agree the
createSampleFilesmethod is more powerful and useful, so if you feel comfortable experimenting with getting it to work, by all means, have at it
miked Member ✭
I have been running GATK v1.6.2 on several samples. It seems the way I had initially had run GATK for indel-realignment and quality re-calibration steps are reversed. For example, in order of processing, I ran:
- MarkDuplicates
- Count Covariates
- Table Recalibration
- Realigner Target Creator
- Indel Realigner
What are the consequences and effect to SNP and INDEL calling if the GATK steps are ran as above?. I'm aware that this is not according to the best-practices document (thank you for the thorough GATK documentation), but I wanted to know if it is essential for me to re-analyze the samples.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
jjmmii Member ✭
I've been getting an error when following the second example script.
I ran with -l DEBUG. At first the debugger shows that I am missing R packages, and I installed them. Now it is showing the following output:
"Error in order(allJobs$analysisName, allJobs$startTime, decreasing = T) : argument 1 is not a vector:"
Furthermore, the first ERROR line in every attempt is
I also noticed that the command doesn't get past the realignment stage, because when I deliberately type the wrong path for bwa, the errors are still the same.
Please give me some advice on what I can do to elucidate what's wrong.
Apologies for not knowing how to embed code or output. Any links to teach me that would be great too.
Hi Jamie,
I'm sorry but at this time we don't provide support for using the pipeline scripts. I suggest you check carefully what are the required inputs for this script and whether your command line fulfills this.
To embed multi-line code, just paste it in with a 4-space indent like this:
##This is code <the syntax is shown as pasted, all markup is displayed>
For a single line:
Use back-ticksPost edited by Geraldine_VdAuwera on
Tiphaine Member ✭
In your Data processing pipeline of the best practices for raw data processing, from sequencer data (fastq files) to analysis read reads (bam file) here, you put MarkDuplicate after Realignment but in Best Practices, you put the step of MarkDuplicate before Realignment.
What is the good order for you and why?
These two steps can be switched around without noticeable impact. This document is an older one; in our later docs we've grouped non-GATK tools at the start of the pipeline mainly for practical reasons.
sboyle Bay Area, CAMember ✭
Geraldine, would you please provide access to your newer data processing pipeline docs? For example the one you mention in your pervious post where you have regrouped tool use. Thank you in advance!
That simply refers fro example to the Best Practices document: http://www.broadinstitute.org/gatk/guide/topic?name=best-practices
Phase I of that document describes the data processing part.
I was trying to download DataProcessingPipeline.scala from the site listed above and found that the script was removed. Where can I get the script? Thx
Sorry, this script is no longer publicly available. Please read the message at the top of this page for an explanation of why we removed the script and how to emulate its functionality.
Hi Jamie,
Did you ever figure out why you were getting this error - "Error in order( .......... argument 1 is not a vector" ? I'm getting the same error and just thought I'd ask before making a separate post !
@jjmmii said:
I've been getting an error when following the second example script.
I ran with -l DEBUG. At first the debugger shows that I am missing R packages, and I installed them. Now it is showing the following output:
"Error in order(allJobs$analysisName, allJobs$startTime, decreasing = T) : argument 1 is not a vector:"
Furthermore, the first ERROR line in every attempt is
I also noticed that the command doesn't get past the realignment stage, because when I deliberately type the wrong path for bwa, the errors are still the same.
Please give me some advice on what I can do to elucidate what's wrong.
Apologies for not knowing how to embed code or output. Any links to teach me that would be great too.
Fixed it. In case anyone comes across the same error try updating your ggplot2 package, I think ggplot has some significant differences between some of the recent versions ! After updating, I was able to produce all the run statistic plots correctly.


text:
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" Trailer
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is back, and this time his ex, Angelina (Penelope Cruz), joins the fun as our hero finds himself in a race with Blackbeard (Ian McShane) to be first to find the Fountain of Youth.
We don't waste our time on anything not worth your time. We celebrate the best of what's coming on film and TV. We cheer when our expectations are met and criticize when we're let down.


text:
We love Lethal!
I have followed with interest the complaints made against Lethal Towing [Fearless consumer, "Lethal tale: Jetta owner takes lumps," July 22, 2004] and feel obligated to voice a different opinion.
Although I have never been towed for illegal parking, my husband, daughter, and I have each needed to use the towing services of Lethal through their contract with AAA. On the multiple occasions over the past three years that we have used their services, we have never had a complaint. In fact, we have always found their drivers to be courteous and professional. They generally arrive ahead of schedule and are amazingly quick and efficient in maneuvering the automobile onto the truck and delivering it to the selected garage.
It is unfortunate that the public in general may form a negative opinion about a business based solely on the complaints of a few dissatisfied customers. Based on the number of times I see Lethal Wrecker trucks daily going about their jobs, as well as our own experience, there are obviously quite a number of satisfied consumers who need to be heard from as well.
The times that I have waited with a broken-down vehicle have fortunately been few; however, my anxiety is always relieved when I see a Lethal truck coming my way because I am confident I will receive excellent service.
Faye Creighton


text:
White High Heel Platform Sneaker
Step out in this unique platform sneaker with in white canvas with neon white platform.
- Heel: 6 Inches (152cm)
- Platform: 1 3/4 Inches (45mm)
- Sizes: Womens 5-14
- Color: White
- Blacklight Reactive Heel & Platform
- Our Price: $75.95
White High Heel Platform Sneaker by Pleaser USA
The Delight 600SK is a cool sneaker style shoe on a high heel platform you will love!
In denim blue with white top-stitching, the sneaker is a cute shoe with lace up front and a platform heel. It comes on a blacklight reactive platform bottom with a 6 inch heel and 1 3/4 inch platform. Full inner zipper closure.


text:
Evian Natural Mineral Water 72 x 220 ml
♦ From the heart of the French Alps, evian® Natural Mineral Water slowly but surely acquires a unique mineral balance. Its low sodium content and balanced mineral composition make it particularly well suited for everyone.Enjoy its naturally pure and refreshing taste anywhere, any time.
♦ High calcium and low sodium content.
♦ Evian® Natural Mineral Water is pure and natural.
♦ Its composition in minerals always remains stable,essential for your every day active life.
♦ Evian is ideal for helping to maintain an active lifestyle and general wellbeing.
♦ Brand: Evian
♦ Size: 72 x 220 ml
♦ Source: From the heart of the Alps


text:
Bravo to Trade Minister Tim Groser for calling for Kiwi kids to be taught Maori from their first days of primary school.
There is a cultural argument to be made for this, sure. But I think the more persuasive argument is the one that states learning an additional language (to your first language) primes the brain for not just more language learning, but more complex learning of all sorts.
Now I'm no genius, granted. But I did always love languages and took Maori at high school, along with French and Japanese (the only languages on offer at that time). The problem is that while I could rote learn the vocabulary and grammar required to pass an exam, I didn't really have much opportunity to speak it. And, high school-aged learning is much too late. Proper language learning requires an early start, where the brain is like a sponge.
It also requires immersion, and whether the country would be willing to fund the learning of Maori properly to ensure there was opportunity for the immersion of children in the language is moot. My understanding is that even with a renaissance of Te Reo going on, and more people than ever speaking the language, not to mention a 100 per cent Maori language free-to-air TV channel, there are still not enough trained teachers of the language about.
It would require textbooks in Maori, marae visits, a host of learning materials and plenty of opportunities to talk with those that spoke the language fluently. I reckon they'd be great investments, in an ideal world leading to further learning of even more languages at the upper levels of primary school. Mandarin would be an obvious option, with plenty of speakers about. And French, Italian and Spanish and the other more traditional options, which open the gateways to learning about these hugely influential cultures.
A forward-thinking New Zealand would be considering this as a way to prepare for a future in which our students need to be smarter, more internationally-focused, and bi-lingual at the least. Maori would be an excellent entrée into this type of learning, as well as an awesome way to promote the second of the country's official languages - and a beautiful language at that.
Would we really have the guts to fund comprehensive non-English language learning in our primary schools? On present evidence, would we heck.
Bravo to Trade Minister Tim Groser for calling for Kiwi kids to be taught Maori from their first days of primary school.
Herald recommends
Trending on NZ Herald
- 4 minutes to read
- 4 minutes to read
- 2 minutes to read


text:
MEBANE � The Eastern Alamance softball team came into Friday night�s third-round game against Northern Guilford on an 11-game winning streak. The last team to beat the Eagles?
Northern Guilford did April 12.
This time behind strong pitching and key hitting, Eastern Alamance blanked the Nighthawks 7-0 to continue the streak.
The Eagles (23-4) defeated the Mid-State 3-A Conference foe for the second time this season, earning a berth in Tuesday night�s quarterfinal home matchup against South Johnston, which defeated Williams High School 1-0.
�Since that loss to (Northern Guilford) at their place, we�ve made some adjustments,� said Eastern Alamance coach Danny Way. �I�m really proud of the girls. They�ve done a good job in reacting positively, and played well (this game) to get the win.�
Eagles pitcher Gracyn Allen-Ingle kept the Nighthawks (16-11) off-balance, allowing four hits. She recorded seven strikeouts and allowed two walks, a fact noticed by Northern Guilford coach Russell Dorrell.
�She�s an exceptional pitcher, no doubt about it,� Dorrell said. �She was very good with her placement, and all of her changes in speed kept us off-balance. Keeping us off-balance was hard for us to cope with. The girls were antsy, ready to play, this being the state playoffs. And we got frustrated with the off-speed stuff.�
Allen-Ingle also contributed from the plate, smacking a bases-clearing double in the fourth inning. The Eagles tallied five runs in the bottom half of the inning. After Emily Shotwell reached on an error, she advanced to third base via consecutive singles from Leah Jarrett and Caroline Patterson.
Jarrett, though, was thrown out at second on the throw from the outfield. Paige King, who earlier in the game knocked a triple, then walked. Two batters later, Allen-Ingle delivered the big hit, sending a ball to the fence in left-center field.
�When I got the big hit, it made me feel really good,� Allen-Ingle said. �Everyone got pumped up, and I really felt like I was contributing to the runs.�
Northern Guilford, which was facing a Mid-State 3-A Conference opponent for the second straight game, tried to rally in the top half of the seventh inning. The Nighthawks got the first two batters on base, and then loaded the bases with only one out.
But Makayla Barricks hit a line drive to center fielder Patterson, and the Eagles doubled off a runner at second base.
Eastern Alamance tied a school record with its 23rd victory.
Eastern Alamance got on the board on the second inning when Shotwell drove in Zoe Wood with a double to right-center field. She said it was what she and the team needed to get their confidence going.
�I got confident and got hype when we got that first run. That was our advantage over them,� Shotwell said.
Wood recorded two hits for the Eagles.


text:
Susan Lubner was making breakfast when she heard yelling and screaming coming from the TV. Puzzled, she took a look at what her two daughters were watching and caught a glimpse of a reality show.
Lubner had been familiar with "American Idol" and the ubiquitous cooking shows. But tantrums and family brawls deliberately captured on camera for general entertainment?
"I was shocked at what people were willing to do and allow millions of viewers to watch," Lubner said the other day by telephone from her home in Southboro.
The family moment got Lubner, a writer, thinking about the whole business of fame and its allure.
She asked herself, "Is fame that exciting to people that they are willing to do anything to achieve it?" She came to the conclusion that those who seek the spotlight could be sacrificing much of themselves and their most important relationships for what is often a fleeting moment in the sun.
Lubner wondered what lengths someone might go to in order to achieve celebrity, and she decided to write a book about it. In her debut novel, "The Upside of Ordinary" (Holiday House, 136 pp.), she tackles the subject for young people — readers between the ages of 8 and 13. Her book, published earlier this fall, is an often funny and sometimes touching tale of 11-year-old Jermaine, who believes that the fancy clothes, the cars and the attention that come with celebrity will make her feel, as Lubner expresses it, "important and shiny."
Jermaine, who lives in Maine, decides to pursue fame by videotaping members of her family as they go about their daily lives. Her intention is to create a reality TV show. The drawback is that her relatives' lives are pretty ordinary, so the young girl sets up a series of situations to add drama. She terrifies her mother by letting loose a spider, a classroom pet she has agreed to care for. Her best friend ends up with a frightful haircut, after thinking that she is going to have her hair braided.
In the end, a disastrous episode involving her mother's pickle-making business and a heartfelt talk with an eccentric uncle bring clarity to what Jermaine really values.
When she started the novel, Lubner already was a veteran author of picture books. The latest, published in 2008, is "A Horse's Tale: A Colonial Williamsburg Adventure." She is also the co-author of "Noises at Night," which was named a 2006 Today Show Best Pick for Young Children.
Over the years, Lubner has had several agents and worked on projects with a couple of different editors. One chapter book never got published. Yet she remained undeterred. She worked on the manuscript of "The Upside of Ordinary" off and on for several years. When she finished it, she sent it cold to Holiday House. An editor loved it and bought it immediately.
Lubner set the story in the Bangor area of Maine because she was born and raised there. The ambitious and spunky Jermaine drove the plot; other characters have similarities to people in Lubner's life but are largely a creation of her imagination.
Jermaine's mother's business — one of several quirky aspects of the story — was the result of a chat with a woman who was selling her own pickles at an event where Lubner was promoting one of her picture books.
"I wanted the mother to be a character who had something special," Lubner said. She filed away the conversation with the interesting businesswoman. "I loved hearing about what she was doing," Lubner said. "I thought it would be great to have a mother who was a pickle maker."
The critics have praised Lubner's novel. Kirkus Reviews wrote: "Jermaine neatly captures a living-in-the-moment, no-holds-barred attitude. This debut novel offers an amusing lesson on the downside of reality television …"
Lubner said she is always writing, either focusing on a magazine article or a book. She presents her work at libraries and schools, sometimes offering workshops for youthful aspirants.
"People ask how I keep going. I tell them it's because I love it," Lubner said. "If you are writing because you're trying to get published, it's not worth it. You have to love what you do."
Lubner wanted to make one thing clear: She has nothing against reality TV. She even watches a little of it while folding laundry.
Nevertheless, she believes her story about Jermaine raises an important question: What is ordinary?
"The plot at the heart of the story is really about discovering what's special about the ordinary, everyday things in life — family dinner, playing a game together," Lubner said. "Those things are overlooked because they're not very glamorous. What I want people to take away is discovering what's special about your own everyday life. There are some great things about being part of a regular family."
For more information about Susan Lubner and her work, visit www.susanlubner.com.


text:
Wind turbine collapses in gales
A CONTROVERSIAL 80ft wind turbine has collapsed after being hit by heavy winds.
The £250,000 (€291,000) tower, which stood as tall as a six storey building, was hit by gale force gusts of 50mph.
The structure then collapsed at a farm in Bradworth, Devon, England leaving a "mangled wreck".
Margaret Coles, Chairwoman of Bradworthy District Council, said hail storms and strong winds have hit the area and the turbine, installed just three years ago, simply could not withstand the wind.
"The bolts on the base could not withstand the wind and as we are a very windy part of the country they [the energy company] have egg on their face," she said. "There are concerns about safety."
The Bradworthy Parish Council, who opposed the turbine, expressed concern that there was "nothing exceptional" in the speed of the winds.
Installed by renewable energy company Dulas it was supposed to have a life expectancy of 25 years.
They noted that "wind speeds are part of our root-cause investigation".
It was erected in July 2010 despite fierce opposition from local residents, who said it would be a noise and visual nuisance.
Councillor Keith Tomlin said: "We are relieved that no one was injured. But had this happened in daytime there was a chance of serious injury to workers on the farm where it was located or to the public on the road nearby.
"Of greater concern is that Torridge District Council have recently approved the erection of a second turbine of the same size and manufacture at this location that would have been closer to the public road."
Mrs Coles said energy companies have been targeting the area, with around 25 turbines put up in the last few years.
"These companies are trying to cover what was once a remote rural area with concrete."
The Endurance Wind Power E-3120 50kW device was the first model of its kind to be erected in the UK when it was installed at East Ash Farm in Bradworthy.
A spokesman for Wales-based firm Dulas said the generator had a five-year warranty, adding: "We can reassure the local community that due to the isolated location of the turbine, no one was put at risk and we are currently working hard to establish the precise cause of the incident.
"Our technical team is one of the most experienced in the UK. They are working alongside the turbine manufacturer to conduct a full root-cause analysis investigation. We will continue to keep communication open and provide updates as and when we have further information."
Initially it was thought the turbine or its mechanics had burst into flames, but since there were no witnesses, this cannot be confirmed until the investigations are finished.
Bob Barfoot, North Devon chairman of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, was concerned for safety as more turbines of the same type are installed around the country.
He said it was a relatively cheap turbine, easily available and there must be hundreds "built, approved or in the planning system."
"It is very worrying. If it is a design fault it must be on all the other turbines. This is one of the most popular turbines in the country.
"I would not want to live next to one".
The owners of East Ash Farm have recently been granted planning permission by Torridge District Council to erect a second device.
The Government want to build thousands more turbines over the next ten years in England.
In 2011 one turbine fell over and another burst into flames in Scotland.
Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage, said that wind turbines are "inappropriate" in certain parts of the English countryside, such as pretty areas with stone churches and houses in dingly dells.
He said the East Midlands is particularly under threat because it is a windy area that is not designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or a National Park.
Other areas of the "shires" with stone churches and houses in "dingly dells" are also inappropriate for wind, he said.
In a speech to celebrate 100 years of fighting for national monuments around Britain he pledged to fight turbines in important countryside.
"Onshore windfarms still take up a lot of our time. There are huge numbers of applications nationally, and we object to very few. But the East Midlands is a target for energy companies as there are very few restrictive landscape designations. However it is an area of quintessentially English countryside and many of these wind farms have a major effect on country houses, villages, churches destroying locally and nationally loved views."


text:
No product in this category
Feel free to contact us if you have any problems.
Our Customer Service Team is available by phone at 866.999.3210 in the US and Canada or at +1.216.595.5289 for all other countries.
FREE Shipping available to locations in the United States for orders totaling over $100.


text:
Square Kamplin
In front of the castle there is a square Kamplin. In Roman times, there was the training ground in the nearby spas. The remains of temple columns in the square witnessed some great building from Roman times. In this square in summer that a variety of cultural and entertainment events.
Old town square
Old town square is only square in a city that has always kept the characteristics of a square. The center of the square is dominated by the well hex derives from the 16 th century. This is the center of town and there are always lots of people and the site of many events throughout the year.
The beaches of Krk
Krk beaches are located in the city center every year are all beautiful and coherent. Ježevac Beach is located in the city center and has received a blue flag, which confirms the quality of the sea. Refreshments can be found in restaurants just above the beach. If the pet owner Krk town has beaches that are decorated for pets. Redagara Beach is located in a quiet cove with crystal clear water.
Risotto of Cuttlefish Ink
Ingredients for 6 persons • 1 dl olive oil • 50 g. • rice squid ink • 1 onion (onions) • 1 liter fish soup • parsley, salt, pepper • 1 oz sherry grated goat cheese Sauté finely chopped onion in olive oil. When it turns golden, add the rice, squid ink and fish soup (add gradually), sherry, salt and pepper. Cook until the rice is tender, and at the end add the parsley and grated goat cheese.


text:
Microsoft is adding to its Azure cloud service offerings and lowering prices in order to attract customers who may already have chosen another service provider, experts say, but it might not be enough.
By matching Amazon Web Services pricing and supporting IaaS, Microsoft puts itself in a better competitive stance, says Al Gillen, a program vice president at IDC.
[ BACKGROUND: Microsoft Azure enters price war with Amazon Web Services
PRICE WAR: Amazon, Google both drop rates again ]
Customers with traditional Windows data centers and who employ the Windows .NET framework already had applications that wouldn't run in Azure. For them, "Azure was interesting but not applicable," Gillen says.
While it's a step forward for Microsoft, the new offerings and pricing won't unseat the dominance of AWS, says Ed Anderson, an analyst with Gartner. "This isn't going to change the momentum for AWS," he says. "There's no reason for enterprises to disrupt their cloud services."
Microsoft has done several things to make Azure more attractive. First, it has made its IaaS offerings generally available and added to them so they now include support for high-memory virtual machines for demanding workloads.
Azure has added support for a set of validated instances of popular servers to Azure. These validated instances and applications they support can run in a customer's private network or in the Azure cloud without being altered. The list now includes SQL Server, SharePoint, BizTalk Server, and Dynamics NAV. Microsoft already announced support for Linux variants SUSE, Ubuntu and CentOS.
And Azure pricing is being cut 21% to 33% for commodity purchases such as compute, storage and bandwidth.
The price reduction to align with AWS may be necessary, Gillen says. "They face a certain pressure to be cost-compatible," he says. Microsoft doesn't necessarily lead the industry in cloud service customers, he says. "They can't come in with high price points and justify it. There are [price] expectations put on them by the competition."
The price cuts are for basic services, says James Staten VP and principal analyst for Forrester, so customers will view Azure and AWS on par with each other from that aspect. "It takes customers' excuses away that they might have used to stay away from Azure," he says.
The differences between the two providers come out with higher-end services where pricing will not align, Staten says.
AWS has lowered prices for various services 30 times in the past year. "They're innovating at a massive rate," says Gartner's Anderson. "Their value-added services are exploding and they have a huge partner infrastructure that works with solutions today."
"Amazon has all the momentum right now," Anderson says, even after Microsoft's latest announcements. "Microsoft definitely has some work to do if they want to make up for lost ground." He says that many businesses have already bought Amazon's IaaS and other cloud services and capturing [these customers] will be tough for Microsoft.
Microsoft's best bet is to lure customers that have already bought their own Windows Server and Systems Center platforms and who want to extend their use into the cloud. To them, Microsoft could make the argument that an all-Microsoft hybrid cloud has functional advantages, Anderson says.
The new offerings and price changes will make Azure more attractive to certain corporate customers, but not so much that they'd jump immediately from other cloud services. "You could make the argument that if they had cloud services elsewhere there may be an attraction for Azure," Gillen says. "I don't think they're going to drop and drag everything to Azure next week."
Kristen Kinan, the liaison between SUSE and Microsoft for their partnership, says the new offerings make Azure more attractive to businesses that use both Linux and Windows and are seeking to entrust some of their resources to a cloud service provider. "A benefit is they can get multiple platform services from one provider," she says. "It's not just Windows anymore."
Tim Greene covers Microsoft and unified communications for Network World and writes the Mostly Microsoft blog. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter@Tim_Greene.
Read more about software in Network World's Software section.


text:
A19 203-WETST-LEDGU24-A1 Islands of Light Collection Tenos Clay Finish Wall Sconce
by A19
by A19
This one-of-a-kind wall light is made from kiln-fired ceramic. The Tenos Wall Sconce is stylish yet simple. This cylindrical fixture is open on both ends creating beautiful up and down light effects while blocking glare.Specifications
- Product Dimensions: 5.25W x 9.75H x 4D In.
- Item Weight: 5 lbs
- Finish: Clay
- Family: Tenos
- Bulb Type: LED
- Standard Lamping: Clear Sealed Top for Wet Location with (1) GU24 base, Energy Star LED lamp (Bulb Included)
- Lead time: 5 days
Questions & Answers
Have a Question?Ask a Question
Be the first to ask a question about this.


text:
October 8, 2012
Dear Faculty,
Welcome back! Many of you have seen the news of the recent growth in online learning at CWU: declared online majors have tripled in one year to 478 this Fall, while overall online enrollment is up 18 percent over last year, with about 20 percent of all CWU students (2,028) taking one or more online courses. These increases positively impact enrollments, as well as student access to courses and time-to-degree completion.
Recognizing that faculty engagement with online learning and integration of information technologies in face-to-face and blended courses can serve to enhance teaching and learning throughout the institution, Provost Levine initiated an Office of Multimodal Learning, with a new half-time faculty director to oversee the development and support of online learning and other instructional modalities. Following are recent enhancements, new initiatives, and information related to multimodal learning at CWU:
Office of Multimodal Learning – The Office of Online Learning is now the Office of Multimodal Learning, but continues to be housed within the office of the Associate Provost, and is charged with providing oversight for the delivery of online courses, faculty development, and support of online learning and other instructional modalities. The Multimodal Learning team includes:
Dr. Schedler and Dr. Rawlinson lead an instructional design team that is available to consult with departments and individual faculty in designing and delivering quality online and hybrid courses. Please contact Dr. Schedler to set up a consultation with the instructional design team.
New Online Degree Programs – CWU continues to enhance its offerings of online courses, majors, minors, certificates, and graduate programs, launching the following new online degree programs: B.A. Law & Justice, M.Ed. Higher Education, M.Ed. Instructional Leadership, M.Ed. School Administration, M.Ed. Literacy, and M.Ed. Special Education.
New Website – The online learning resources website has been redesigned for improved usability by different audiences: future online students, current online students, and faculty. Please visit our new site at http://www.cwu.edu/online-learning for the latest information and resources related to online learning.
24/7 Blackboard Support – Student and faculty support in using our Blackboard learning management system is now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through Blackboard support services. Blackboard users can access help and support resources from the Blackboard login page, by clicking the Help button in Blackboard, or from the online learning website: http://www.cwu.edu/online-learning/blackboard-help-support. There you will find self-help resources and access to phone and web support, including live-chat.
Enterprise Upgrades – Blackboard was successfully updated over the summer to provide enhancements and new functionality, including a cleaner interface that simplifies movement between courses through task-based navigation, a new pallet of course structures and themes, and automatic regrading of assessments to correct problem questions. Collaborate, our real-time web meeting platform, was also upgraded to support mobile collaboration on iPhones and iPads, remove the requirement for participants to have headsets, integrate with the Blackboard Grade Center and Calendar, and allow invitation of guest speakers and outside experts who are not part of a Blackboard course.
GO Central Network – A new online communication and collaboration platform, using Web 2.0 tools to increase academic engagement among faculty, students, and staff, will be piloted this year beginning with online degree programs, Faculty Senate, Douglas Honors College, Living Learning Communities, Strategic Planning, and Professional Development. Based on the experiences and feedback of these early adopters, GO Central will then be rolled-out to other campus users. For more information about this initiative, please contact Dr. Schedler.
Waypoint Outcomes Assessment – Another pilot program provides faculty and departments with a robust learning outcomes assessment and reporting tool integrated directly into Blackboard. With Waypoint, instructors can create assessment rubrics, linked to specific learning outcomes and competencies, evaluate student assignments online using interactive rubrics, digital mark-up tools, and a library of comments. Assessment data can then be collated and analyzed on course, program, and institutional levels to streamline program review. For more information about using Waypoint, please contact Dr. Bret Smith, Assessment Coordinator, email@example.com
Professional Development – Training Workshops on Blackboard and other instructional technology tools continue to be offered each quarter, both face-to-face and via online Collaborate webinars for faculty at the University Centers and those who prefer training from the comfort of their office. Register for workshops from the Online Learning website or directly at http://www.cwu.edu/online-learning/faculty-workshops-canvas. Online Learning Communities of practice continue to be led by Dr. Schedler and Dr. Rawlinson. Two groups are available for faculty participation, based on relative experience and expertise in teaching online. Both groups (Vanguard for the more experienced; Explorers for beginners) provide a chance to share best practices and receive tools and resources to improve your online and hybrid classes. Faculty at remote locations can also participate in the meetings via Collaborate. Please contact Dr. Schedler to join one of the communities.
Your suggestions and comments regarding these or other multimodal learning initiatives are welcomed.
Christopher Schedler, Director of Multimodal Learning
Matt Carstens, Daily Record, January 7, 2017Online Degrees, Classes Expanding Curriculum at CentralCCWU Is Best Online University In Washington
According to a national online college rating website, Central Washington University is the Best ValWorking Dad Completes Degree In Six Months
Central Washington University's Jason Berry will finish his bachelor's degree this year after si


text:
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Practice Fusion has been awarded as the No. 1 EHR vendor in customer satisfaction for primary care specialties by Brown-Wilson's annual Black Book Rankings. The free, web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) system earned top marks across criteria including overall performance, innovation, reliability, security and best of breed technology. Practice Fusion is the fastest growing EHR community in the US with 65,000 users serving 7 million patients.
Practice Fusion earned top EHR awards for General Practice, Family Practice, and Geriatric specialties over vendors NextGen, Greenway, eClinicalWorks and Allscripts. The free EHR also received 31 #1 recognitions across 18 different scoring criteria for each of the four specialties, more top honors than any other EHR vendor, including:
- No. 1 for Vendor Overall Preference/Vertical Industry Recommendations (GP, FP, Geriatrics)
- No. 1 for Breadth of Offerings, Client Types, Delivery Excellence (GP, FP, Geriatrics)
- No. 1 Reliability (GP, Geriatrics)
- No. 1 for Brand Image and Marketing Communications (GP, FP, Geriatrics)
- No. 1 for Support and Customer Care (GP, FP, Geriatrics)
- No. 1 For Best of Breed Technology and Process Improvement (GP, FP, Geriatrics)
"This report proves that a free EHR absolutely can be the best EHR on the market. To be ranked No. 1 is an incredible honor and reflects the strength of our community and our team," said Ryan Howard, CEO of Practice Fusion. "Now, there is conclusively no reason for a doctor to pay tens of thousands of dollars for an EHR system when they can get the highest levels of customer satisfaction from Practice Fusion absolutely free."
In the three years since the launch of the free, web-based EHR system, Practice Fusion has grown to become a leading force in the health IT sector. The company is focused on delivering easy-to-use technology to medical providers in small and mid-sized practices across the country, especially among primary care specialties. Practice Fusion's EHR system includes charting, scheduling, e-prescribing, lab integrations and other key features to replace paper processes in the medical practice.
Practice Fusion's Electronic Health Record system is available free to any medical provider in the country with no installation or downtime required. Medical providers can sign-up for Practice Fusion online at www.practicefusion.com/go in less than five minutes.
For additional insight on Practice Fusion's ratings or to speak with a medical professional using the free EHR, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. The complete Family Practice EMR Software Vendors Report is available free through Practice Fusion. The other primary care specialty reports and the Black Book Rankings Top Primary Care Ambulatory EMR Software Vendors Buyers Report are available for purchase on Amazon.com.
About Practice Fusion
Practice Fusion provides a free, web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to primary care physicians. With charting, scheduling, e-prescribing, billing, lab integrations, referral letters, unlimited support and a Personal Health Record for patients, Practice Fusion's EHR addresses the complex needs of today's healthcare providers and disrupts the health IT status quo. Practice Fusion is the fastest growing EHR community in the country with more than 65,000 users serving 7 million patients. Physicians voted Practice Fusion as the No. 1 EHR in customer satisfaction for primary care in 2011 in Brown-Wilson's Black Book Rankings. For more information about Practice Fusion, please visit practicefusion.com.


text:
52 New Testament Sermon Starters Book Three
(Rate Now)
Format: Trade Paperback
Pub. Date: Mar. 15, 2001
(Rate Now)
Format: Trade Paperback
Pub. Date: Mar. 15, 2001
If you would like to save the item that you selected, you must first login to or create an account with us.
Retailer Locations
As a Bible teacher, preacher, evangelist, or pastor, finding time for proper sermon preparation in today's multi-tasked world becomes increasingly challenging. 52 Sermon Starters Volume One can help! It covers topics such as:â?¢How to be Fully Satisfied Here and Now â?¢Man's Responsibility before God â?¢The Purpose of Pentecost â?¢For What and for Whom Should a Christian Pray?
This book is a compilation of selected outlines which were previoulsy published in a long-time published magazine called Pulpit Helps, a publication distributed to over 100,000 pastors and teachers of the Bible. These outlines were written to meet the need of those who follow the Lectionary, a system used by a number of churches, and are as relevant and applicable today as they were when first published, espousing the timeless truths of God's Word. Each outline follows in order from Matthew to Revelation, one for each week of the year.
The unique features of this book include:â?¢A key verse given for each outline that is the focus of the entire passage covered â?¢An index of Greek words listing each Greek word (transliterated) mentioned in the outlines along with a definition â?¢Scripture references showing where a particular word is found (if applicable)
Meet the Authors
Spiros Zodhiates was a recognized authority on the Greek New Testament, and had edited and edition of the Modern Greek New Testament. Dr. Zodhiates was formerly the president of AMG International (Advancing the Ministries of the Gospel) a worldwide evangelistic and relief ministry. He had authored more than 150 exegetical books and booklets in both the Greek and English languages. He was the main editor for the Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible, which has sold over 1.8 million copies since 1984. Dr. Zodhiates passed away in October 2009.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating
(Rate Now)
(Rate Now)
If you have read this book, tell others how well you liked it...


text:
Andean Clays
The pre-Hispanic states of Andean South America are famous for their polychrome ceramics. They are recovered during archaeological excavations of burials, houses, palaces and temples. Ceramic vessels were used for many functions, including cooking, storage and in ritual events. In order to understand not only what ceramic vessels were used for but also how they were made, Field Museum scientists have been examining pottery production in the ancient Andes by investigating where people procured the raw clays used to make ceramic vessels.Read more about Andean Clays


text:
At the heart of SUBLIMAGE radiates the
ultimate revitalising power of Vanilla Planifolia.
To create a skincare product with ultimate revitalising power, it is necessary to craft the active ingredient in its purest state, its very quintessence. This is the philosophy behind SUBLIMAGE, faithful to the art of skincare by CHANEL.
Day after day, SUBLIMAGE La Crème Yeux reveals the infinite power of your eyes.
The SUBLIMAGE ingredient
The inspiration
It all began on the island of Madagascar, one of the richest biodiversity reserves in the world. On this preserved land, CHANEL scientists intuitively knew that they could find the key to a unique anti-ageing skincare product. They investigated the nature and observed the vegetation. They listened to the inhabitants and discovered a legendary plant, known for its extraordinary revitalising properties: Vanilla Planifolia, vanilla from Madagascar. Created by nature and crafted by CHANEL, it is now at the heart of SUBLIMAGE.
The SUBLIMAGE ingredient
An anti-ageing treasure
Amongst 117 varieties of vanilla from all over the world, Vanilla Planifolia was selected for its exceptional concentration of active anti-ageing molecules. It is grown in the region of Ambanja, using an unprecedented cultivation method that recreates the natural shade of the forest in perfect temperature and humidity conditions.
For the fruits: pollination is done
entirely by hand, calyx by calyx.
For the flowers: they are carefully gathered by hand.
The harvest takes place in harmony with the seasons.
It takes 60,000 green fruits and 14,000 fresh flowers to produce 1 kg of Enriched Planifolia, the natural active ingredient of SUBLIMAGE.
The SUBLIMAGE ingredient
Using the expertise of CHANEL Research, all of the revitalising power of Vanilla Planifolia is concentrated in the original molecular combined blend of two polyfractioned active ingredients. One extracted from the fruit and the other from the flower.
The raw fruit and flower extracts are first refined and purified separately, using a "scientific crafting" process exclusive to CHANEL: polyfractioning.
Then, a series of over 20 operations are required to create the recombined active quintessence of the fruit and flower. This ensures the exceptional power of Planifolia PFA, the enriched active ingredient of SUBLIMAGE that acts on all signs of ageing.
The Éphémères of Planifolia
There is a key moment in the life cycle of Vanilla Planifolia when the fruits of the plant become concentrated with powerful active ingredients.


text:
All natural product with no additives or preservatives.
Mrs. McGarrigle's Creamy Champagne Mustard is smooth and creamy with a pleasant slow-building heat! Dry but flavourful, this vibrant mustard is perfect for flavouring sauces stews and adding some boldness to vinaigrettes! Try it in Mrs. McGarrigle's Bourbon Mustard Chicken for a flavourful dinner you'll be sure to enjoy! Also available in a smaller 60ml size.
Yellow mustard seed & powder, champagne, cider vinegar, spices.


text:
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - Like the callers before her, Bobbie Rine was looking to deal. From her home outside Utica, she had dialed in to a morning show on WMVO (1300 AM) in Mount Vernon and was to go on the air next.
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio � Like the callers before her, Bobbie Rine was looking to deal.
From her home outside Utica, she had dialed in to a morning show on WMVO (1300 AM) in Mount Vernon and was to go on the air next.
�I have 10 pints of sweet pickles,� Rine told listeners. �They�re sliced. They�re really good. I canned them.�
Inside the radio station, Allison Stepp-Baughman embraced Rine�s selling price of $3 a jar and jotted down her phone number before taking the next caller.
So go the exchanges on Tradio, a weekday community forum for people in and around town to buy, sell and trade � even borrow � goods and services.
�It�s basically just an old-timey Craigslist,� said Stepp-Baughman, host of the hourlong show.
A relic from an age before online marketplaces, Tradio serves as a barometer of the culture of Mount Vernon � a city of 17,000 about an hour northeast of Columbus.
The concept is simple: Callers explain what they have or what they want, or both. Then they share their phone numbers and wait to see whether anyone bites.
�They sell chickens. They sell goats. They sell bicycles,� said Mike Hillier, a longtime listener and caller.
�You name it; unless it�s guns or ammo� � which can�t be sold on the show � �they pretty much sell it all.�
Tradio is neither new nor unique to Mount Vernon.
Similar programs have played out for years in other largely rural parts of Ohio and the United States. Some share the Tradio name; others go by titles such as Dial-A-Trade, Swap Shop or Trading Post.
The Mount Vernon show dates from the 1980s, Stepp-Baughman said, albeit with some recent concessions to the digital age. The show has streamed live for a few years, and lists of items being sold or sought are posted online.
The technological advances don�t cramp the old-fashioned feel, though.
The host chats with callers, welcoming regulars by name � sometimes before they have a chance to introduce themselves.
�How are you this morning, Dick?� Stepp-Baughman asked Dick Porter during a recent Friday show.
The two talked about the cold weather before Porter, 76, explained the disparate items he had to offer: a porcelain doll and 300 bags of tea.
�It�s a pretty little doll, but, when I took it out of the box here a couple of days ago, the left arm has come unhooked from it,� Porter said. �And I don�t even want to fool around with it. If somebody wants that doll, I�ll give it to them free.�
�Well, that�s a good deal,� Stepp-Baughman assured him.
�And then for Christmas,� Porter continued, �somebody got me a three-pack of Lipton tea bags. .?. ?. So, if somebody wants 300 bags of Lipton tea, I�ll sell them for 10 bucks.�
Later that day, Porter heard from a taker on the doll. And a woman inquired about the tea but was too late: He had offered it to a senior center.
Like other area residents, Porter and his wife, Shirley, usually listen to the program at their Mount Vernon home.
Hillier likes to hear Tradio in the background at the packing-and-shipping store where he works.
The 55-year-old Mount Vernon resident has bought and sold stoves and refrigerators through the program.
Once, he even pulled off a loan through Tradio: His son needed an Indian headdress for a school play, and a listener agreed to lend one to him.
The program is free to most callers. The show charges $5 to advertise yard sales; services for hire; or big-ticket items such as cars, trucks and real estate.
Stepp-Baughman also reads featured ads for businesses.
�It kind of reminds me of hearing Johnny Cash shill for a siding company,� she said.
Tradio is full of characters, and the combination of items that people peddle can prove downright puzzling.
In addition to the homemade pickles, for example, Rine was seeking to unload a china hutch for $100.
�If I have something I can sell and I need some money, I try to sell it,� Rine, 62, said at her home after the show.
Nowadays, of course, many people broker such deals online, leading some to question the future of Tradio.
�With the advent .?.?. of Internet marketplaces � eBay, Craigslist � people expected it to kind of fall off and become obsolete,� Stepp-Baughman said. �But, if anything, I think it�s kind of gained popularity here in Mount Vernon just because it�s a connection.
�There�s just something about being able to hear somebody you�ve heard 40 times in the last year selling something or buying something.�


text:
Babel – Dbayeh
Exceptional Lebanese restaurant in a Babylonian temple
Review by Souad
Lebanese menu
Suitable for vegetarians. Serves alcohol.
Good to know
Has a terrace. Recommended for large groups, business lunches, families, friends and romantic diners.
Dbayeh, near the water authority. You can see it from the highway direction Jounieh.
6 Reviews
May 24, 2011 at 11:03This place is awesome (food, arguille, location & decoration). i have been several times, i highly recommend this place for lunch or dinner
Feb 15, 2012 at 14:25Everything is perfect in Babel : food, service, atmosphere, decoration...
May 4, 2012 at 18:02Great place to be and a great place to spend your time in Lebanon if your visiting your family... Clean place, tasty food menu, affordable prices, you think you are dinning in a 5 stars hotel... I will be back as soon as I come to lebanon.
Jul 15, 2012 at 22:12Great food. Hostess at babel zaytouney bay was extremely rude and arrogant. Please don't hire little girls as hostesses. Get a proffesional maitre to greet people
Jan 9, 2015 at 21:14Babel is the place to be!Very romantic and great food presentation.
Jun 4, 2016 at 21:40Went to Babel to celebrate a relative's birthday and it was superb in every detail. The ambiance is different and pleasant not noisy at all maybe due to the high ceilings. The view is very nice ,the food is a work of art and tastes delicious too,and the service is tip top. What more can you ask for . I definitely recommend it for a celebration or an occasion because it really is something else. Keep it up and God bless.
Call them
Phone Number: 70 425 777 or 70 425 770
Get there
Dbayeh, near the water authority. You can see it from the highway direction Jounieh.
See Also
Zess - Dbayeh(9 votes)
Lebanese restaurant on the seaside road
Em Sherif - Monot(14 votes)
Classy and Elegant Atmosphere
Kasr Fakhreddine - Broumana(3 votes)
High End Lebanese Restaurant with an Outstanding View
Casino Fawar Antelias(4 votes)
Lovely Restaurant by the River
Zahr El Laymoun - Dbayeh(26 votes)
Oriental kitchen and grill café
Abdel Wahab(13 votes)
Famous traditional Lebanese restaurant next to Monot street


text:
If you love black women and you drool for their big booties and amazing tits, be sure to mark this ebony tube on your list of favorites. It's a staggering place where you get to see only black women fucking like crazy in videos that are rare and fully exclusive. Videos which will keep you in place and hard as a rock with premium ebony action and amazing scenes of rough fucking.
© Ebony Tube .pro, Abuse


text:
GENOA, Italy (Reuters) - A deepening recession and banking stress tests could find Italy's mid-sized lenders short of billions of euros, putting the state on the hook for a new wave of cash calls and triggering an overhaul of how they do business.
Even ahead of the European stress tests, expected to take place when or shortly before the European Central Bank (ECB) takes over direct supervision of euro zone banks next year, Italy's smaller banks are under pressure to boost their balance sheets after a Bank of Italy audit of problematic loans and to meet stricter Basel 3 capital rules. Bad loans in Italy have been climbing at an annual rate of 20 percent in recent months.
In the port city of Genoa, birthplace of modern banking in the 15th century, regional market leader Carige is raising 800 million euros ($1 billion), equivalent to two thirds of its market value, by selling assets to boost its capital.
With a core tier one ratio of 6.7 percent, Carige's ability to absorb losses is among the weakest in Italy.
"Initially, we thought we would have more time to come into line with the new Basel 3 rules," said Ennio La Monica, the bank's chief executive, in an interview from his top floor office. "But there was an acceleration in September with the drafting of the list of banks that would fall under EU banking supervision."
"This problem is common to a number of other small banks. We had to speed up and try to do everything this year," said La Monica.
Disposals and other actions undertaken by the bank should boost its core Tier 1 to 10 percent, he added.
Italian banks' efforts to shore up their capital base, especially among the 25 or so lenders expected to come under ECB supervision, is in turn deepening the country's economic recession, as they cut back on lending.
With bad debts mounting, analysts expect the Frankfurt-based central bank to take a harsh look at the quality of banks' loans, requiring them to set aside more capital.
While Italy's top five banks - UniCredit, IntesaSanpaolo, Monte dei Paschi, UBI and Banco Popolare - have already raised around 26 billion euros in fresh capital from investors since 2008, mid-sized players are lagging behind.
With non-performing loans now representing between 5 and 19 percent of Italian banks' loan books, analysts who carried out simulations of the ECB stress test estimate a possible capital hole of between 40 and 60 billion euros in gross terms, before items such as the banks' own earnings are deducted.
The country's two biggest banks, UniCredit and IntesaSanpaolo, along with mid-sized lender Credito Emiliano, among the best Italian banks in terms of asset quality, are not expected to need further cash calls.
"A number of Italian mid-tier banks will be able to sustain the current situation until an ECB stress test is requested," said Giovanni Viani, a partner at consultants Oliver Wyman.
"They still have access to cheap ECB liquidity, so there is no liquidity issue. The turning point could be the stress test. It could kickstart a new round of recapitalizations and consolidation in the industry."
The five leaders hold half of Italy's banking assets, and a further 40 percent is in the hands of 67 smaller banks.
Royal Bank of Scotland analyst Alberto Gallo has estimated that an ECB stress test would expose a total gross capital shortfall for Italian banks of 40 billion euros but that could fall to 15-20 billion euros once earnings are factored in, around half the amount poured into weak Spanish banks.
That is still too big a hole to be plugged by traditional banking shareholders such as Italy's so-called banking foundations. That means these politically powerful, not-for-profit entities, which have stakes in many Italian lenders, are likely to see their influence diluted.
While most banking foundations have relinquished majority control and have diversified their investments, they still hold unusually large stakes in three lenders; Carige, with a 47 percent holding; smaller Banca Marche, controlled by three foundations with a combined 55.8 percent stake; and 34 percent of Monte dei Paschi, Italy's scandal-scarred No.3 bank.
"The banking foundation model has evolved through time. In some cases, it led to the creation of large, truly European banks that could attract foreign investments, like Intesa and UniCredit," said Viani.
"Where control remained monolithic, in the hands of a single or few foundations, this has been associated with suboptimal credit and asset allocation decisions, influenced by local priorities, at times resulting in higher or excessively concentrated risks on the balance sheet."
Created in the 1990s following the privatization of the banking sector, the foundations were meant to preserve the charitable role that some banks had from the their founding.
But their own role has been controversial. Controlled by local governments, they have appointed political allies to senior board positions and ensured pet projects received funding.
Monte dei Paschi had to ask for state loans worth 4 billion euros to fill a capital gap deriving from its exposure to Italian government bonds as well as from derivatives trades. Prosecutors are investigating whether its former management, appointed by the foundation that controls the bank, misled regulators about a costly 2008 acquisition and the true nature of the trades.
Smaller Banca Marche, meanwhile, is looking for a 250 million euro capital injection after writedowns on bad debts for over 800 million euros pushed it deep into the red and forced the resignation of its chairman.
Cooperative banks such as Banca Popolare di Milano, which is planning to tap the market for 500 million euros, also need to rebuild their capital base.
With banks' traditional investors strapped for cash and foreign investors wary of investing in banks steeped in politics and patronage, medium-sized players will have to reform if they want to raise capital.
Lending decisions, often hampered by weak IT systems and sometimes guided by personal ties, need to be sharpened.
"The issue for these smaller banks is that the willingness for historical shareholders to do capital calls is limited," said Paolo Bordogna, a partner with consultancy Bain and a banking expert.
"Most of the foundations have no means. These banks need a very strong restructuring to present a credible equity story. They need to question territorial expansion and shrink their headquarters, which for the smaller banks are often too big."
"Only by doing so can they attract new investors."
In the absence of private capital, the Italian state may have to step in, and some experts say Rome should follow Madrid in seeking external aid for its banks to give it enough time to reform.
"Italy must strengthen its banking system," said Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a former ECB executive board member. "We don't know how long the economic crisis will last and how much non-performing loans will continue to rise. In the end, the only solution could be state intervention to create capital buffers at the weakest lenders."
($1 = 0.7775 euros)
Additional reporting by Andrea Mandala and Francesca Landini in Milan; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and Will Waterman


text:
A company known as a Taiwanese "tech giant" is investing in Pennsylvania.
Foxconn, a major supplier of Apple products, plans to spend $30 million in the commonwealth on what it's calling a new "high-end technology manufacturing facility."
The company, alternately known as Hon Hai, will invest another $10 million into a joint research and development effort with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
U.S. & World
The deal came together after a visit from Foxconn's CEO last week, according to Steve Kratz, a spokesman with the state Department of Community and Economic Development.
"It's impressive in the fact that they recognized our educational institutions, specifically Carnegie Mellon, as opportunities for manufacturers and advanced manufacturers to incorporate the technology they're developing into their manufacturing processes," he said Monday.
The company hasn't yet decided where its new facility will be, Kratz said.
Foxconn already has a small research and development operation in Harrisburg. Central Pennsylvania offers transport advantages over Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, said to the head of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and the Capital Region Economic Development Corporation.
Employees at the Harrisburg-based Foxconn facility declined to comment.


text:
Portal Services
:: Gmail Login
:: Member Login
:: Extranet Login
General Info
:: Star Office News
:: About Star Office Portal
Digital Store
:: StarOffice Legacy
:: Download OpenOffice
:: Books and Tutorials
:: User Forum
:: Developer Forum
:: DocXdriveNET
:: Smartdesk.net
Software Download
StarOffice 9 Download - Special Promo!
Get StarOffice 9 for as low as
StarOffice 8 Download
Register StarOffice 8 for
StarOffice 7 Download
Get version 7 for free - All Platforms
StarOffice 6 Download - FREE
Get legacy version 6 for free - (Win98/Win2K/XP)
Help & Support
The OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook
The ultimate insider's guide to using OpenOffice
StarOffice Users Forums
Join StarOffice free support forums
StarOffice Developers Forums
Join StarOffice developers support forums
Partner Links
Extranet and online storage solutions for your company
SOP Services
StarOffice Premium Membership
Become a Premium Member for $9.95 per year
StarOffice e-mail address
Your free e-mail address with staroffice.com
StarOffice document storage
Online storage for your important documents
Convert MS Office and StarOffice Documents
Your free conversion of StarOffice documents
StarOffice 8 Getting Started Guide
How to start with StarOffice 8
StarOffice 7 Setup Guide
How to setup StarOffice 7
StarOffice 6 User Guide
How to use StarOffice 6
StarOffice.com is independent of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Java, "The Network Is The Computer," Solaris, StarOffice, and StarPortal are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All other products and company names are trademarks of their respective owners. StarOffice.com is independent of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Contact Us
Copyright © 1999-2015 StarOffice.com - All rights reserved.
Powered by: iPortal, Version 1.51
© 1999-2015