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Rosemary writes: "I'm starting a new position and want to make sure I get off to a good start. What to do?"
Starting a new job is exciting and sometimes intimidating. You have a fresh start, new challenges and renewed energy. But you may also feel apprehensive, particularly if you were fired or laid off from your last job.
Tips for thriving in your new job
- Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Own your power. William James, the famous psychologist said: "Your belief in at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that ensures the successful outcome of the venture." When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind, which by the law of attraction, tends to bring the best to you.
Recognize that you create your own thought and have the power to change them. Practice self-talk every day. Say, "I like myself because..." "I can..." Use positive statements about such things as being healthy and being in control. Don't criticize. Think of ways to improve the situation. Avoid phrases such as, I can't."
Don't put yourself down with false modesty or boast with misleading claims. Maintain standards of good taste. Avoid extremes in mannerism, dress and hairstyles. Stay conservative until you know the lay of the land. Don't take unfair advantage of the employer. Avoid extended breaks or personal emails. Stay overtime to complete projects.
- Know the organization and key people on the management team. Know the company's mission statement, values, customs, practices, rituals and communication networks. Read the organization's policy manual. Inquire politely about the rationale behind policies or procedures you dislike. Adapt your behavior to the company's style, but don't eliminate qualities that make you unique.
Although knowing what happened to your predecessor should have been determined in earlier interviews, you may get a different perspective when you're in the organization. Discussing issues and concerns with your predecessor or colleagues can minimize errors and illustrate successful practices.
- Respect and cooperate with superiors, peers and subordinates. They can be supportive, or make things difficult.
Get to know experienced co-workers. They'll advise you of informal procedures and networks. Avoid close association with any one group or clique. Learn the jobs of associates and superiors. Acknowledge co-workers' interests, concerns and contributions. Volunteer to help colleagues who need assistance.
Demonstrate loyalty to your employer and supervisor. Air disagreements with supervisors. Don't discuss these with colleagues. Speak well or don't speak.
Debate the pros and cons of work-related issues with co-workers. These discussions usually result in effective problem resolutions and company growth.
- Listen and observe. Learn how the company works. Don't try to change things during the first few weeks. Move cautiously. You won't cement good relationships by being labeled a know-it-all. Avoid making statements that suggest things are done better elsewhere. Offer a suggestion like "I wonder if this might work?"
Follow instructions, rules and regulations. Ask questions until you understand where you stand and how you should proceed. Listen to ideas offered by others before suggesting a problem solution. Contribute, but don't criticize. Demonstrate how your suggestions could complement others' ideas.
- Clarify roles, responsibilities and priorities. Although you undoubtedly discussed things that needed attention during the selection process, clarify these with your current boss. This will give you an idea of the pace your boss would like you to set.
- Demonstrate excellence. Concentrate on quality. Demonstrate attention to detail, discipline, and willingness to accept unglamorous but necessary tasks. Be responsive to things that need doing without taking on the whole project.
- Monitor job satisfaction and performance. Review job satisfiers and dissatisfiers. Ask for feedback on performance. Don't wait passively for formal evaluations. Requesting feedback shows that you take your job seriously and enables you to correct minor issues so that major problems won't develop.
- Stay employable. Keep skills current. Continuously refine professional and technical skills. These will enable you to exercise mental muscle and creativity. Equally important, maintain physical fitness. Good nutrition and fitness bring health and vitality. Network with professional and industry personnel to stay in the loop.
Avoid the following traits that lead to layoffs: poor performance and productivity, resistance to change, lack of teamwork and enthusiasm, failure to contribute at meetings, poor interpersonal and communication skills, and frequent absences.
The key to an ever evolving career is to monitor your own career development and stay attuned to new opportunities.
Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life by Dr. Carole Kanchier, offers additional ways to succeed in your new job: https://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963


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Don't expect the San Diego Chargers to throw around a bunch of cash once free agency starts. That's not how new general manager Tom Telesco rolls.
Around The League examines what's next for all 32 NFL teams. Chris Wesseling covers the Chargers. **More ...**
"There's a time and place, but that time and place for it is not this year," Telesco told the Associated Press on Friday.
Telesco, who developed under the guidance of Bill Polian, believes on building the roster through the draft. The Chargers aren't one or two players away from being a contender anyway after missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, so a patient approach might be tolerated.
Safety Atari Bigby was released Friday after linebacker Takeo Spikes was let go Thursday. The Chargers have 19 players slated to become unrestricted free agents on March 12.
Telesco went through a rebuild with the Indinapolis Colts last season, though the Chargers don't have the luxury of the No. 1 pick. The Colts' roster was turned over with several rookies (Andrew Luck, T.Y. Hilton, Vick Ballard, Dwayne Allen, Coby Fleener, Jerrell Freeman) contributing to the 11-5 record and a playoff appearance. A select few veteran free agents, including Samson Satele and Cory Redding, were brought in as part of the transition.

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The future of the enterprise can be secured provided that it is properly organized and operated with full understanding of its economics. The current concentration on "profit here and now" is extremely harmful to the survival of the economy of the world as a whole and every given enterprise in particular.
Why is that? There are two parts to the problem. The first part has to do with the short-sightedness of the typical management of the companies and the second part – with the isolation of company parts from each other and the requirement that everything brings profit by itself. Under these conditions the security becomes an unwanted "fifth leg" that brings nothing but unjustifiable costs to the company. I tried to find a solution within this extremely limited view and there ain't any. However, the situation looks completely different if you take a long-term systemic view of the enterprise.
In the long term, we absolutely need security as we need quality and many other things besides money to ensure that the enterprise survives. Once we understand that, we shall realize that we already have the knowledge, technology and tools to actually secure our products and we will apply the research where we see them lacking.
To illustrate, let's look at how the simple economic model of the well-known game "Civilization" operates.
"Civilization" is a strategic game with a simplified economic model of cities, countries and the world. In this highly simplified model of the economy, describing the behavior of an entire civilization, the parameter "money" is not the only one that leads to success but rather it is used to serve other areas of society. For example, when you build a library you go to the cashier and convert money to scientific knowledge. The theater is also not built for profit but for spending money on the culture. Almost all of the buildings that do not bear a direct destination "hack loot" represent a direct loss: football stadiums, churches, and tank factories – those just consume money, not make profit, but instead they produce something else: contentment for people, culture, or the tanks.
In principle, you can try to concentrate everything in the world on getting more money – but experienced players will tell you that this option is only meaningful on the finishing spurt – when there is a race to win, when you are actually in the military conditions "it's either us or them." At other times, you can not ignore any sections of public life – it is necessary to make sure that the culture is taken care of and the science is at a level not far behind (so that foreign tanks don't overwhelm your chariots), and your production facilities allow you to produce anything you might need, and that the cash account allows to support the whole caboodle.
Once again, it is important to note that most of the objects in Civilization are obviously unprofitable and that's fine – they give non-monetary income and in most cases they determine the success or downfall of the player. You build a theater, a library or a tank, pay for them and don't complain that they need money. Money is produced by special objects replenishing the treasury – they are important, of course, as an integral part of society but their main role in the game is to support the work of other objects – let the society work and move forward the progress, culture, carry the flag of the country. Only in a single case it makes sense to be "in the money" – when you want to win politics through buying of votes from neutral city-states. In all other cases, a large cash balance, on the contrary, is rather an indication that you are doing something wrong.
So, why are we talking about that? Money in Civilization is a tool and that what it should be in real life, at least in theory. Therefore, if you have excess money, it is best to invest immediately into something that moves forward some real aspects of life – culture pushes the boundaries of your country, science is discovering all the new electric cars, cavalry and navy are bringing the light of truth to infidels. Since everything around is continually evolving, then the funds should be regularly put into circulation – not in the sense of "revolve in the bank" but through investments in the real sector – because conventional 100 coins in the ancient world is not the same as even in the era of feudalism, even in the absence of inflation. Just to save money has no special meaning – it means that you could invest it in any business but did not – for example, you could mount an expedition to another continent but instead you are wasting away over your gold. Yes, the money can be useful to respond to changes in the situation in a rush – but that usually does not come with a huge effectiveness; for example, you can immediately buy up a bunch of soldiers in the case of the Mongol invasion; but if you act wisely, it is much more effective – including in monetary terms – to prepare them in advance; albeit soldiers are all loss and no profit, yes.
In the real world, it is much more complicated. Yet, somehow it turns out that in a simplified toy world simulator "father of the nation" the different effects of a particular aspect of human activity are taken into account, while in our advanced and such a diverse modern society, it all comes down to one parameter – money. Look at what is happening in the world or in your company – the terms are reductions of this and that, because of the "inefficiency".
In purely totalitarian economies societies somehow engage in culture, science and other things, and only in our purely "liberal" economy and culture, we force the culture, science, and almost the military … to make money. But, after all, this is nonsense in terms of governance!
There seem to be two important aspects at work:
1) The atomization of society and the economy also applies to the enterprise. In a singular society and company things can be divided into "earning" parts and "wasters" of money, as was done in the traditional family – husband works in the field, a wife at home on the farm, and that's fine. Under the conditions of atomization one is forced to survive as best one can. The science and culture in the society and security and quality in the company are forced to earn profits, losing their original essence. Every single part is required to perform, basically, all of the elements of the whole without any regard to its original purpose to survive. The security department now has to "sell" its services, engage in marketing campaigns and calculate its "efficiencies".
2) Extremely short time horizon has become the norm. Where the top management was supposed to keep a very long-term perspective and support the activities that would cause the company to exist in the distant future, now we are dealing with a non-stop pressure to deliver everything today.
In general, the reduction of all aspects of life and work to make a profit in the monetary sense immediately leads to many fun things.
There are many aspects to our work as a software company producing and selling software products but if we simplify the model we can say that there are a few factors that are involved in long term survival and prosperity of the company. One of the factors is the features of the software. That is your "money production" part, the thing that gets software sold and brings in the money. Too much concentration on this part is dangerous, however.
There are other important parts. We will live aside many of them for the purposes of simplicity. Let's look at the quality. Ensuring the software quality is pure cost, it does not sell as such, it does not bring money. Should we stop spending money on quality? You would be right to assume that we will not. But why? Because the quality of our product influences the future sales, it is not here-and-now but in the future that we will see indirect benefits, often not quantifiable. Still most of us understand that destroying the product quality will lead to deterioration of the market sales, company image, decline of revenues and eventual crumble of the company. So somehow over the years we realized that a completely non-profitable activity is necessary for the enterprise survival.
The same applies to security. Most companies ignore security nowadays. Security is nothing but cost and costs even more than quality. Security is even less visible and its impact is even further in the future. Many managers show short-sightedness and ignore security to concentrate on what brings money in today and tomorrow. But is that a good idea? Security is like your army in "Civilization" – it is pure cost and you may never actually use it directly but it is a good idea to have it unless you want to see your cities overrun by the American war chariots. Security is a cost that an enterprise must take on to ensure its long-term survival. It is as necessary as other costly things – quality, specialist training, research etc.
So when a company puts the security in a position where the security department has to justify its existence by proving with numbers in hand that they are somehow "profitable" – that's pure lunacy on the part of top management. This concentration on the "money aspect" is going to pay off in the short term but will learn to a crash in the long term. The balance is as essential to a healthy company as it is essential to an empire in the game of "Civilization". One cannot ignore the money aspect and risk running out of money at an unfortunate moment. One cannot concentrate on money and ignore everything else either. We must accept that security is one of the realities of life and it is necessary to have because otherwise "their tanks will crash our chariots".
I hope we are clear on that now.
You may only need a sword once but you must carry it every day.
– Japanese proverb


text: Facebook has restricted the rate at which users can perform phone number searches on its mobile website in order to block a recently disclosed method of harvesting phone numbers. "The ability to search for a person by phone number is intentional behavior and not a bug in Facebook," Facebook said Tuesday in an emailed statement. "By default, your privacy settings allow everyone to find you with search and friend finder using the contact info you have provided, such as your email address and phone number. You can modify these settings at any time from the Privacy Settings page.""Facebook has developed an extensive system for preventing the malicious usage of our search functionality and the scenario described by the researcher was indeed rate-limited and eventually blocked," the company said. "We are constantly updating these systems to improve their effectiveness and address new kinds of attacks."On Friday, independent security researcher Suriya Prakash publicly disclosed that Facebook's phone number search feature can be abused to find the name of people who own randomly generated phone numbers.Facebook requires users to associate phone numbers with their accounts in order to gain access to additional features, including enhanced account security options like two-factor authentication. The website also allows users to locate other people's profiles by searching for their phone number.However, without a strict limit on how many searches a user can perform, attackers could generate sets of thousands of sequential phone numbers and use the website's search feature to discover if any of them are associated with Facebook accounts.This would allow them to build lists of phone numbers coupled with the names of their owners extracted from Facebook profiles. Such information could be sold to advertisers or used in phone-based scams.Suriya claims that he privately contacted Facebook in August and presented this attack scenario and that the company's security team dismissed the threat by saying that phone number-based searches are rate-limited on the website.However, after additional testing, the researcher found that the mobile version of Facebook appeared to have no search-rate limit implemented. He claims that subsequent emails sent to Facebook went unanswered and this led to his decision to go public with the issue.After the public disclosure, other security researchers independently verified the vulnerability. Tyler Borland, a security researcher from security firm Alert Logic even released a script that took advantage of multicore CPUs to run multiple Facebook phone number search processes concurrently.Security researchers confirmed that Facebook started limiting the number of searches that can be performed through its mobile website on Monday. However, they doubt that any limitation existed before that time, as suggested by the company's statement."Frankly, I don't think such a rate limit ever existed on the mobile version [of the website]," Suriya said Wednesday.The researcher claims that his tests lasted eight days and included searching for sets of 10,000 phone numbers one after the other using the same account and the same IP address without getting blocked"My tests were blocked around 10 PM CST on Monday," Borland said Wednesday via email. "I built a check into the original script for logouts or irregular HTTP responses (403, 5xx, 3xx, etc.) for when something like this would happen. Facebook logs you out when your account gets banned, so it was easy to tell when the patch got rolled out.""I most certainly believe it was fixed when the media frenzy happened," he said. "It was literally less than a day when the story broke out that a fix was pushed out."Bogdan Botezatu, a senior e-threat analyst at antivirus vendor Bitdefender, confirmed that earlier on Monday he was initially able to use Borland's script to perform over 5,000 search queries. However, when he tried again on Tuesday his Facebook account got locked down for 24 hours.The search-rate limitation that Facebook implemented on Monday still allowed around 300 requests to be made from an account, Borland said.This means that attacks were still possible, especially if run from multiple accounts, because of the method's high success rate. "I gathered an average of 40-60 numbers with one account during those 300 requests\/account," the researcher said.However, the limit appears to have been was drastically lowered today. "As of 10 AM CST on Wednesday I could only do 10-30 requests before getting the 'badboy' account lockout," Borland said in a blog post."Quite honestly, I'm still not sure why an account name or Facebook id needs to be attached to a phone lookup result," he said. "It should only give an option to send a friend request by that number if it existed, like you would with an email.""I really wish it did not come to such a public disclosure but they [Facebook] really left me no choice," Suriya said, referring to the breakdown in communication between him and the Facebook Security team that eventually led to his public disclosure on Friday."I don't understand the presence of a security team if they can't respond to serious security threats properly," he said. "I even sent them an email a couple of days before I made it public stating that I am gonna make it public unless they acknowledge the vulnerability and move towards fixing it.""You also have to give it up to the media on this one," Borland said. "Seriously, a couple of months of back and forth turned into a couple of hours to cook up a patch as soon as the media got a hold of it."


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President Tomas D. Morales told 2,263 students at the College of Staten Island's 33rd annual commencement that "the degree you receive may say 'College of Staten Island, The City University of New York,' but it has the power to take you anywhere you want to go. It is a passport for the rest of your life." (photos by Bill Higgins and Ken Bach)Read More


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Cauliflower masquerading as rice? What? Huh? Having recently turned cauliflower into an amazing "cream" sauce, I've come to the conclusion that it must be the most versatile veggie on the planet. Still, when I saw this recipe on Family Fresh Meals, I worried that the cauliflower would soften too much and turn into a paste. But I just had to try it because it was much too fascinating to pass up.
(adapted from Family Fresh Meals)
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Small onion, chopped
2 Cloves garlic, minced
1/2 Cup shredded carrots
1/4 Cup peas
2 Cups grated cauliflower
1 Egg
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
2 Tablespoons scallions, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
Add the olive oil to a large pan and saute the onion and garlic on medium heat until soft and translucent. Add the carrots and peas and continue cooking on medium heat for another couple of minutes. Add the soy sauce, raise the heat to high and add the cauliflower. Saute for a couple of minutes until the cauliflower is heated through.
Make a well in the center of the pan and crack in the egg. Whisk until the egg scrambles and distribute it throughout the mixture. Season with salt and pepper, top with the scallions and serve hot. Makes approximately 2 servings.


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Barrio // If there's one type of food we could eat every day for the rest of our lives, it would be Mexican. When Joe Kahn opened up his taco joint in the former 806 Martini and Wine Bar space in Tremont last May, we bounced around with joy like a Mexican jumping bean. The cozy interior is revamped with touches of Dia de los Muertos decor throughout, while the affordable concept allows customers to choose their own south of the border adventure. With a heavy selection of tequlia and whiskey along with fun salsa, queso and guacamole choices, Barrio ensures your first decisions won't be easy ones. Try the Tuscan guacamole ($7) topped with chunks of chevre, chopped basil, crushed pine nuts and drizzles of balsmic. The journey continues with an array of amped-up tacos, but with two possible ordering options: Build your own from a list of ingredients or pick from six chef-suggested tacos. We chose the latter, going for The Spicy Sapanaro ($4), which features Barrio's secret taco sauce and a "stoner shell" (a soft and hard shell fused together with queso and chorizo), and The Hasta la Vista, Baby ($3), a corn shell filled with tender and spicy pulled pork, red cabbage, onions, tomatoes, Chihuahua cheese and chipotle crema. This is one foodie excursion we'll be taking again.
Taco Trip
restaurant reviews
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Skin redness treatment for All Skin Types - Mineral Oil Free products
Redness of the skin is a manifestation of a violation of elasticity and excessive expansion of small blood vessels that occurs due to diseases, allergies, damage, or burns to the skin. Cosmetics All Skin Types aimed at reducing redness and strengthening blood vessels contain soothing, cooling, and vasoconstrictive components. These are lotions, gels, and masks with extracts of aloe, cucumber, plantain, chamomile, hazel (witch hazel), mimosa, chestnut, or green tea.
In order to prevent reddening of the skin of the face from developing into permanent and large, it is necessary to take measures even with temporary redness, and will help you with this.


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'Left Behind' Fans Question Nicolas Cage's Faith, Wonder About Actual Rapture Before Film's Release
Christians Ask Producer About 2014 Version Based on Popular End-Times Book Series
A "Left Behind" producer and writer recently took on questions from fans of the upcoming end-times film and went on the defensive when he was asked if members of the cast, including lead actor Nicolas Cage, were "believers." Some fans also expressed concern that an actual rapture could take place before the film's 2014 release.
"Left Behind," a remake of the 2002 movie of the same name headlined by Kirk Cameron, unfolds during the immediate aftermath of the sudden vanishing of millions of people from Earth. According to the book series, and many Christians, this rapture of believers occurs at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Cage, born Nicholas Kim Coppola, plays the lead role of pilot Rayford Steele in the apocalyptic film based on the bestselling book series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The award-winning actor has been notoriously tight-lipped about his religious faith, although there is speculation that he is a Roman Catholic.
Despinte fans' curiosity, the "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Ghost Rider" star's faith is between him and God, according to "Left Behind" 2014 producer and writer Paul Lalonde, who also worked on the previous movie adaptations of the book series.
"How do you know that?" Lalonde questioned when a fan stated during a Facebook Q&A on Sunday that Cage was "not a believer," and wondered why he had been cast in the movie.
"I have said before that MANY Christians I know do not have 'I Love Jesus' bumper stickers and especially in the entertainment world, there are a lot of Christian actors who have chosen to keep their personal faith a private matter," Lalonde continued. "So while you may wish that someone was vocal about their faith, we should be careful declaring who is a believer and who is not. That is between them and God."
The producer added, "You live your Christian lives as you see fit and let others do the same."
The question about Cage being a "believer" came just a week after another apparent fan of the upcoming movie claimed on the social network that the Hollywood star was a Scientologist and the film would be "a big deception."
The official moderator of the "Left Behind" Facebook page insisted that Cage was not a Scientologist and that it would not affect the film if he did belong to the controversial religion, regarded by many as a cult.
"He's not making this movie, he's acting in it. Please do a little more fact checking," the moderator wrote.
During the recent Q&A. Lalonde was also asked by another fan if there had been difficulties finding actors to take part in the film, and whether its cast members were Christians, or if the project was "just another job" for them.
"It was hard REACHING actors — many agents did not want to share a faith-based script with their clients and that was the biggest challenge," Lalonde responded. "Of those who actually saw the script though, I don't think more than one or two actually turned it down for it's Christian content. Some of the actors are believers. Some are evangelical and outspoken believers and others are believers in their private but not public lives. I will leave it up to them to decide what they share with their fans."
Other actors starring in "Left Behind" include Chad Michael Murray (Buck Williams), Lea Thompson (Irene Steele), Nicky Whelan (Hattie Durham), and Cassi Thomson (Chloe Steele). "The Blind Side" actor Quinton Aaron, "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and track star and bobsledder Lolo Jones also make appearances in the movie.
Another issue among Left Behind's fans was whether the film would be "theologically sound" and reflect "biblical truth."
"I guess that depends on who you ask," wrote Lalonde. "This movie, by definition, is based on a pre-tribulation rapture. There are those who would disagree with that interpretation of scripture."
The producer, who also revealed that there would be a follow-up to Left Behind and perhaps even a TV series, not under his control, asked that fans refrain from turning the Q&A session into a "giant debate on theology."
"There is no 'twist' on the truth — saying the vanishings were due to an alien attack or anything like that…" he added. "Remember, this movie is about the day of the rapture."
Another apparent concern among some of those anticipating the 2014 release of the film was whether the actual rapture, the spiriting of Christians from Earth before the world's cataclysmic end (read about the theories here), might occur before the film hits theaters.
"If we get raptured before this is released, well, I'd be ecstatic, but I'd be really upset for not getting to see this movie!!!!!!!!" wrote one excited fan.
"Left Behind," directed by Vic Armstrong and written by Lalonde and John Patus, was produced by Stoney Lake Entertainment and will reportedly be distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films. The movie, shot in Baton Rouge, La., remains in post-production.


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Introduction to MIABE
The work on MIABE was initiated as part of the EMBL-EBI Industry Programme and carried out by EMBL-EBI and the PSI-MI work group. The Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI) aims to define community standards for data representation in proteomics to facilitate data comparison, exchange and verification. For detailed information on all PSI activities, please see PSI Home Page. Drug-target interactions may be regarded as a form of molecular interactions and as such, the Molecular Interaction workgroup has become involved in this project.
The PSI-MI format is a standardized means of representing molecular interaction data and is designed to facilitate the exchange of information between different databases and/or LIMS systems. PSI-MI is not a proposed database structure. The PSI-MI format consists of the PSI-MI XML2.5 schema and the accompanying controlled vocabulary. The controlled vocabulary has been updated with many terms appropriate for the description of drugs, drug targets and the interactions they make.
The Minimum Information about a Bioactive Entity is available for public comment. MIABE is intended to be used as a guideline which should be consulted prior to the publication of data describing small molecules and their interactions with one or more target molecules.
Why do we need publication standards?
- Database representation of pharma/bioceutical data is increasingly seen as essential for target validation/new lead identification
- Data needs to be accurately and fully reported to enable curation/text-mining
- Any report SHOULD allow repeat and/or reanalysis of published data – but frequently essential information is missing
- Researchers perceived the need to define the Minimum information which should be included in a paper/deposition describing the properties or action of a bio(in)active molecule
Scope of MIABE
- Entity types – small molecules, therapeutic proteins, peptides and antibodies, carbohydrates………
- Drugs, herbicides, pesticides, nutraceuticals…..
- Pre-clinical (or equivalent) data only – clinical data well regulated, documentation defined (though little published), would require separate document written by specialists
- This is NOT a SOP/prescriptive list/attempt to dictate experimental procedure – it IS a simple checklist of information to include in one or more final publications
The MIABE Document
The MIABE paper was published in August 2011 by Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
MIABE parent doc is attached here


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They say they don't even know what their next game will be yet. But the former lead men behind Modern Warfare 2 tell Kotaku that their new company, Respawn Entertainment, will make something big that won't be "exploited."
"Honestly the sky's the limit in what we can do," Vince Zampella said in a phone interview today, about the news that Respawn exists and is making games through Madden and Medal of Honor studio EA. Zampella is one of two employees of Respawn Entertainment, the company formed by himself and Jason West, the former heads of Modern Warfare 2 development studio Infinity Ward who have spent the last two months in the news for being fired by and trading lawsuits with their former bosses at Activision.
The first Respawn game, Zampella and West said, could be anything. But when Kotaku jokingly suggested to the two men who have made their career creating military first-person shooters that they might make a turn-based role-playing game next, all we got was laughter — and a mock suggestion that it'll be in a browser.
The game will be published by EA. That much is known from this morning's announcement that Respawn has an exclusive publishing deal with Activision rival EA, a company for which West and Zampella used to make Medal of Honor games before leaving to create Call of Duty. The EA Partners deal allows Respawn to own the games — intellectual property, or IP — that it creates.
"We're excited for the ability to control every game that comes out based on this IP," Zampella said. "We don't know what that's going to be yet. We haven't decided what the game's going to be yet, what the IP's going to be. But we think that's a good thing for us and our creative process."
One thing Respawn Entertainment won't be doing is working on any of EA's existing military shooter franchises, Battlefield and Medal of Honor included. "That's not an option," EA Games label president Frank Gibeau said. "These guys are about pursuing their own IP. Internal to EA, we've got some incredible development and franchise happening with Medal of Honor and Battlefield. This is an EA Partners deal ... these guys have no roles in those franchises."
These are the earliest days for Respawn. The company of two won't put a timeframe on their next game or even suggest which platforms it might be on. They know, though, that it better be significant, certainly a standard one would expect given that Infinity Ward's previous game, Modern Warfare 2 was the blockbuster of the last holiday season. They say the game will be big and expect it to be treated as such: "A game coming out should be a big deal," West said during the interview. "And maybe shouldn't be massively exploited."
That "exploited" line appeared to be a shot at Activision whose corporate chiefs have been criticized in some circles to talking, during financial earnings calls, about "exploiting" their gaming franchises.
West and Zampella stayed clear of explicitly discussing their former employer during their interview with Kotaku. An EA spokesperson said that, on the advice of company lawyers, they could not address anything in the lawsuits. They declined to respond to a question from Kotaku about whether West and Zampella, whose lawsuit against Activision maintains they have the authority to okay or nix any Activision Call of Duty games set after Vietnam, could wind up with the Modern Warfare license.
Asked how owning their own game would impact the kind of games they create, West said: "We can insure the integrity of the games, the integrity of the brand, and make sure that it has a long future and that fans are treated as well as they deserve and everything can stay strong." It was no secret while West and Zampella were at Infinity Ward that their studio wasn't thrilled with the Call of Duty games made by other Activision teams, a practice that produced new Call of Duty games every year, even though IW's games came out only every other year.
West and Zampella are now in hiring mode. They have seed money from EA and are looking for office space. They want to bring in a team and figure out what's next. Of course, they'll also continue to wrangle with Activision over legal matters.
The two Respawn bosses are suing Activision for $36 million, accusing their former bosses of "Orwellian" practices. Activision contends in its suit that West and Zampella for insubordination and for holding up development of future Modern Warfare games.
They may not have a game yet, then. They may not have a company logo. Zampella jokes that they have an official drink, at least: coffee. And they have a website. Plus, they have a company name... a company name that is telling.
West explained the thinking behind the Respawn name: "On the one hand it's cool in that we wanted something that relates to gaming ... Gaming experiences are unique among the mediums of books, television and movies. The idea that you can go out and have an experience and then die and try and come back in a different way seemed to fit. There's also the feeling you get of being sniped from the mountaintop from a mile away and then you get to come back and try again. There's that meaning also."
Yes, there's that meaning too.
For a recap of the latest events in the imbroglio involving Activision, Infinity Ward, West, Zampella and now EA, check out Kotaku's recent Call of Duty Legal Warfare round-up.


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Executive Vice President
Clark Kinlin is executive vice president, Corning Incorporated. He leads Corning Optical Communications and is responsible for worldwide production, development, and sales of optical fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions used in Carrier and Enterprise Networks.
In 1981, Kinlin joined Corning in the Specialty Materials division and went on to work in Optical Fiber for 10 years. In 1995, Kinlin joined Corning Consumer Products, where he helped to execute the sale of the division. Following the transaction, he served as senior vice president, Sales and Marketing, of the new company, World Kitchen Inc.
In 2000, Kinlin was named president, Corning International Corporation and was appointed general manager for Greater China in 2003. From April 2007 to March 2008, he was chief operating officer, Corning Cable Systems, (now Corning Optical Communications), and was named president and chief executive officer of Corning Cable Systems in April 2008.
Kinlin earned a bachelor's degree from Kenyon College and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.


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Types of Inspections Performed
Routine Building Inspections
The best way to fight fires is to prevent them before they start. Routine building inspections are one of the most effective ways to do just that. Fire Inspectors inspect commercial buildings and multi-family housing (three or more units) every two years. The purpose of the inspections is two fold:
- To identify and correct violations of the fire code, and
- To educate business and property owners about fire safety
Properties scheduled for inspections are notified by letter in advance, and are provided with a list of commonly found hazards. Business owners are encouraged to review their safety practices or obtain advice on current fire codes before the inspector arrives. Although an appointment is not necessary, if there is a specific time that works better for you, you can request an appointment by calling (503) 823-3700.
Harbor and Marine Inspections
Portland is blessed with two great rivers, the Columbia and the Willamette. With these resources come special fire safety concerns. The Harbor Master is responsible for inspecting vessels, marinas and waterfront structures including oil terminals, break bulk facilities, wharves, piers, waterfront warehouses, grain elevators, marinas, and hazardous material shipments. Contact the Harbor Master at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (503) 209-8109.
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A suffering citizen penned his complaints in a letter to the editor of the Weekly Elko Independent:
"A serious drawback to the improvement of the town is the fearful scourge of the porcine family which is investing our precincts, prowling around our premises, forcing entrance into our yards, committing nightly depredations on our vegetable gardens and amongst our flower beds, and thus utterly destroying weeks of labor.
"Pickets (fences) are no impediment to their intrusion for their elephantine tushes and giving daily demonstrations of the power of their proboscis. In a refined society of many families, the unseemly sights of these filthy animals, daily occurring, are most disgusting."
In response to a numerously signed petition, Elko County Commissioners passed an ordinance compelling owners of hogs to take care of them. County bosses passing a law was, in itself, a rare act. Until 1917, when Elko became a city, commissioners governed the town using the motto: "The least government is the best government."
The new law stated that every citizen has a right to be protected and that no one has the right to prey upon his neighbor's person and property. The law provided fines and jail terms for those who allowed their grunter to roam from its home premises.
A local editor noted: "The law gives ample protection to all and we do not attempt to justify the wounding and maiming of loose hogs, even when they root down fences and trespass upon the grounds of anyone. It is disheartening, of course, to have one's vegetable or flower garden rooted up an destroyed; but instead of peppering porcine vandals with small shot, a better way of preventing a repetition of the offense would be to kill the animal outright. Bear in mind that hogs are not free commoners."
A week after the ordinance passed, the Independent editor wrote: "The new hog ordinance does not produce any perceptible diminishing of the numbers of those animals to be seen on our streets. Perhaps the porkers don't read the paper and have not heard of the passage of the ordinance."
Elko's roaming livestock problem didn't end. Next was an onslaught of cattle on the town streets. After enduring ten years of stepping in cow byproducts commissioners passed another ordinance relating to livestock in 1890. Bovines were, thereafter, denied the use of the streets from April 15 to October 15.
No, that wasn't tourist season back then. Those were the hottest days that made cow manure smell even worse and provided ideal conditions for breeding and growing flies. Did I have to explain that? Ugh!
Another thought. Personally, I'm glad we select bacon today by peeking
under the flap on the back of the package.
Howard Hickson©1999 by Howard Hickson. If any portion or all of this article is used or quoted proper credit must be given to the authors.
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Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 1
Patrick Corbin was a maestro on the mound, making his slider move all over the place.
And after the Arizona Diamondbacks lefty finished off his virtuoso performance, he calmly sauntered over to congratulate his catcher, casually shook his hand and coolly walked off the field.
There were no big displays of emotion to celebrate Corbin's first complete game. This is simply what he expects and, lately, what Arizona expects out of him.
Corbin tossed a three-hitter and struck out a career-high 10 to lift the Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
''That's what you're trying to do every time you go out there,'' Corbin modestly said.
Starts like this have pretty much been the standard for Corbin. He entered the game with a 1.52 ERA and actually lowered it to 1.44 with this gem.
Corbin (7-0) also joined Randy Johnson as the only lefties in team history to begin the season 7-0. He also turned in his club-record ninth straight start where he's pitched at least six innings and allowed two runs or fewer.
''He dominated today,'' catcher Miguel Montero said.
To think, warming up, Corbin thought he might be in for a long night, too. He was struggling in the pregame session with Montero, and couldn't seem to locate his pitches.
In the first inning, Corbin walked leadoff batter Eric Young Jr. But then Dexter Fowler lined into a double play and from there Corbin was in complete command.
''In the first inning, if they would've hopped on me there ...,'' Corbin said, shaking his head.
But they didn't. And they wouldn't.
Mixing an effective slider with a sneaky fastball, Corbin kept the Rockies hitters guessing all night.
He held Colorado hitless until Troy Tulowitzki's single up the middle in the fourth and didn't allow another hit until Nolan Arenado's double in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Jordan Pacheco broke up Corbin's shutout bid with a double that brought home Arenado.
''He just pitched an unbelievable game. I don't know what else to say,'' Arenado said. ''Obviously, we needed to play better, but he pitched a really good game.''
About the only drama left in the ninth was whether Corbin would finish it. The bullpen doors briefly opened in the outfield, but that was just a ruse as Corbin trotted out of the dugout. He warmed up his arm by waving it in circles and then retired the side.
Just like on the mound, Corbin was composed after finishing off the win, shaking hands with Montero.
''I didn't want to show too much emotion, I guess,'' Corbin explained. ''It's great. Miggy did a great job again behind the plate.''
While Corbin shined, Jon Garland (3-5) struggled. He went six innings, allowing five runs and a season-high 11 hits.
''Put your team down like that, it's terrible,'' Garland said. ''I've done it my last four or five starts. I'm trying to figure it out.''
Didi Gregorius had a big night, driving in runs with a double in the fourth and a single in the sixth. A.J. Pollock produced at the bottom of the lineup as he finished with three singles and scored two runs to help the NL West-leading Diamondbacks.
Paul Goldschmidt and Eric Chavez had RBI singles in the third, staking Arizona to a 3-0 lead. That was more than enough for Corbin, who's only allowed a total of two runs over his past three starts.
Corbin is a completely different pitcher this season, one who's trusting his slider more and throwing a lot more strikes. Of his 97 pitches on Monday, 74 were for strikes.
His previous high for strikeouts was eight last August against Cincinnati. He surpassed that total when he struck out Carlos Gonzalez in the seventh.
''He had it all working,'' manager Kirk Gibson said.
Corbin also remains one of five undefeated starting pitchers in the league with a minimum of eight starts, along with Matt Moore (8-0), Clay Buchholz (6-0), Matt Harvey (5-0) and Max Scherzer (5-0).
Chavez tripled in the second and scored when the Rockies couldn't turn an inning-ending double play on Montero's grounder.
The 35-year-old Chavez is off to a torrid start, in part because Gibson refuses to overuse the infielder given his history of back issues. Rarely will Gibson use Chavez more than two games in a row.
''You'll find if I do it (play him more) he will wear down a little bit and probably have medical problems,'' Gibson said. ''We can't afford that.''
NOTES: Rockies OF Michael Cuddyer expects to be in the lineup Friday in San Francisco when he's eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list. He's feeling better after receiving an epidural last week to relieve pain and stiffness in his neck. Cuddyer is on the DL with an inflamed cervical disk. He's headed to Arizona for two games of extended spring training, just to squeeze in some plate appearances. ''Doing good, doing good,'' Cuddyer said in the clubhouse Monday. ... Johnson started 7-0 in 2000. ... The Diamondbacks will throw RHP Ian Kennedy (2-3) on Tuesday night, while the Rockies counter with RHP Jhoulys Chacin.


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The first tertiary professional schools (VOŠ) came into operation 20 years ago based on legislation adopted at that time. The Association of Tertiary Professional Schools, representing most tertiary professional schools, celebrated this anniversary in 2016 by organising the Skills for practice conference: recalled the important milestones and efforts to foster further functioning of tertiary professional education within the Czech education system as a vocation-oriented branch.
The dynamic development of tertiary professional education is driven by the demand for skills within the private and public sectors. It is reflected by the schools widening their study programme portfolios in an effort to match labour market and social partner needs; 2016 was ground breaking on multiple levels. In cooperation with the Czech school inspectorate, the association finalised the criteria for assessing conditions, implementation and results of education at tertiary professional schools. This was successfully piloted at five member-schools selected by field: healthcare, social services, economic sector, technical sector and agriculture. This methodology is to unify the existing vague approaches to the evaluation of tertiary professional schools and will be regarded as binding for the Czech school inspectorate.
Modification of legislation was also important: amendment of the School Act postponed the date of admission to first grades by one month to the end of October of the given year, the same as for students applying to higher education institutions.
Another qualitative shift happened in the permeability between VOŠ and tertiary education institutions. This was greatly aided by amendment of the Higher Education Act so that, as of September 2016, rectors of higher education institutions can validate and recognise integral parts of studies completed within accredited study programmes at tertiary professional schools. This became an impulse for a series of negotiations between the representatives of higher education institutions and employers and the representatives of the Association of Tertiary Professional Schools. The communication platform will allow cooperation between tertiary education institutions and tertiary professional schools aimed at providing graduates from VOŠ with the option to acquire, in a shorter period of time, a bachelor degree at tertiary education institutions.
Tertiary professional education in the Czech Republic is gaining prestige, mainly among employers who appreciate the professional orientation of training programmes and the skills acquired by the students by taking part in practical training in companies.


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Europe and its Member States have to deliver wellbeing to the citizens and this can only be done through investments and jobs. This means that the impact which taxes and tax measures have on investments, jobs, trade and growth must be brought to the forefront of the debate.
While the OECD stresses that all taxes have the potential to discourage growth, its analysis of tax structures has found corporate taxes to be the form of taxation that is most harmful to economic growth. Empirical studies confirm that there is a negative relationship between corporate taxes and economic growth.
In order to encourage a broader and more balanced discussion on taxation, the Employers' Group requested that the EESC commission, in 2018, the study on The role of taxes on investment to increase jobs in the EU – An Assessment of Recent Policy Developments in the field of corporate taxes.


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Mad Men Season 5 Episode 5 recap
It's always been a weird thing, having Lane in the office. It never bothered me or felt like it didn't fit – but then, it didn't exactly "match", either. Lane has these antiquated ideas of professionalism and growing a business, and at times his attitude at Sterling Cooper (both before and after his name was added to the masthead) was that of a college professor who was unexpectedly given a summer camp instead.
But it's not hard to see what he gets out of it. The glamour of being around the bustle of exciting people is exciting in itself, you know? Your breath starts to come a little quicker just hearing about adventures. And for Lane, who has spent so much fruitless time trying to tell his wife why it's beneficial for them to live in New York, it must be such a relief to drink it in. What kills me about him, though, is that with his bunny last year and the Girl In The Wallet and, to exactly nobody's surprise, Joan (who is still being referred to as Mrs. Harris, I notice, and is still wearing her rings),- Lane is hoping very, very hard to fall in love. To be rescued?
Lane has such hopes that if he falls in love with a woman all the questions he has – those ones everyone else already has the answers to – will be answered. Something about the American way of doing things is lost on him, and he desperately wants to be clued in; somehow only an American-as-apple-pie Suzie Q will give him the key to what he's looking for. He treats women with a measure of respect, sort of, and hopes it hides his fervent heavy breathing. I'm not the only one who thought beaten, glasses-less Lane looked kind of hot when he was on his office couch, I know that; we just might be in the minority.
That's all beside the reality of his marriage, though. Lane's not actually going to leave his wife, not after a caning from his father made him rethink that folly. He can't understand why none of his colleagues see the utter humiliation that is his by association, now that the Jaguar head has had "chewing gum on his pubis". This is a British thing, a European thing. Even though Lane was nowhere near the event, he's guilty by proxy for remaining in the company of those who could be conducive to such a thing existing. It's heavy stuff.
This is the great part of Lane: he's for us. He's an outsider who doesn't understand how these things can go un-commented-upon, un-gasped-about. He'll never be one of these men, at three different places on the path of what looks like a fairly eventual path to being Roger: cranky, bitchy, and resentful of others' success. (You go, Ken Cosgrove/Ben Hargrove! You keep writing in the dead of night!)
I loved watching Pete, this episode. I mean, I hated it and I hated him but that's by design, right? He has this ability to pause and seem deliberate as he thinks to himself "now, how much of an asshole can I get away with being?" What kills me about him is that there are two levels. There's the Pete who is just a dick-by-the-numbers, calling Lane a homo and his continuing resentment of Ken – and then there's the Pete who looks around with wonder, touching everything in his life and going "Wait, why aren't I happy? What should I have to be happy?" He's long been in Don's shadow and struggled between trying to take the man down and to emulate him. It frustrates him that he can't break free of the pattern, and frustrates him more that when he thinks he's got it right – even whores have to work for his attention! – he's not in the same company he once was. Don isn't playing the same game anymore.
I can appreciate that Don sees himself in Pete, that he knows whatever Pete thinks is better-looking than his family in the burbs, it isn't worth it (and that was reinforced by the charming charm that is Alison Brie in this episode, no? They really get their Trudy's worth when they get her). That his incessant struggles to figure out, like Lane, what and who will finally satiate his appetite will never really be over.
But I think I have a problem with Don knowing this because of Megan. I don't know why, exactly, I just haven't seen the combination of the two of them be quite as therapeutic as what's being implied. Certainly Don is milder, and I sat up straighter as not one but two nods to his old life – that he grew up in a brothel, and the easy correction of killer Charles "Whitman" - failed to shake him at all. That's impressive. But the admonishment to Pete, when he was trying not to be holier-than-thou but somehow did come off that way, just a little, of (pardon my paraphrase) "If I'd met [Megan] the first time around I'd have known not to mess it up" -- well, that's a convoluted thought. On the one hand, he's acknowledging that he had a hand in the ruin of his first marriage, and that he regrets it. That's interesting to hear, and totally foreign to the Don we knew five years ago – at least in his ability to articulate it. I believe it though, if only because I think Don feels genuine longing when he's on the phone with the daughter he doesn't see enough. On the other hand, he's implying that Megan is a better wife…? Or that he would've never been a cheater had he met her…? Both of which seem pretty rich to me, and which come back around to blaming Betty for what wasn't her fault. And then there's a third eyebrow raise that comes from assuming Pete and Trudy will necessarily fall down the same rabbit hole the Drapers (version one) did.
But I guess one man's nursery school teacher is another man's driving school classmate is another man's buxom office manager. One of these women must have the key to happiness – right?
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Mad Men Season 5 Episode 5 recap


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Image: An iron gate stands open in an ornate stone doorway. Tama66/Pixabay.
Rabbi Chananya bar Papa asked Rabbi Samuel bar Nachman, "What is the meaning of the verse, 'As for me I will offer my prayer unto Thee in an acceptable time?'" He replied, "The gates of prayer are sometimes open and sometimes closed, but the gates of repentance are always open." – Devarim Rabbah, II.
I'm a perfectionist, very hard on myself. If I goof up, my anger with myself is beyond all reason. This is a not attractive, but it is the way I am.
When I was a young woman, I believed that mistakes were fatal. Mess up, and no one will ever love me again. Ever. Go to Hell, do not pass go, do not collect $200. The real problem, of course, was getting me to ever love me again. And in the meantime, because I was flopping around in an agony of guilt, I'd hide or lie or get defensive, or do anything to try to escape getting a cross word from someone else, because I thought I couldn't bear it – I was already my own private Spanish Inquisition. In the meantime, the wrong would compound like interest in a banker's wildest dream: the person I offended or hurt would be more hurt.
Judaism offers me something wonderful: an actual plan for dealing with my mistakes. It gives me the gift of teshuvah (repentance.) When I make a mistake, when I do something wrong, I just have to follow the steps of teshuvah:
LEAVE THE SIN I have to recognize that what I did was wrong and I have to resolve to make teshuvah.
REGRET I have to be genuinely sorry and embarrassed that I did such a thing. This step I do quite well – a Catholic childhood and a Jewish adulthood add up to a finely tuned duet of guilt. My trouble was that I used to stop here, wallowing in misery. This is not the place to stop! Move quickly to the next step:
SINCERE APOLOGY AND REQUEST FOR FORGIVENESS I have to go to the person I offended or hurt or failed in some way, and take responsibility for my actions. Taking responsibility also means listening to their reaction. Then I have to ask for forgiveness.
CONFESSION BEFORE GOD Then, having apologized, I have to go through the whole thing again, aloud, before God. Early on, I was suspicious of this step; it seemed excessive. I have found, though, that without it I lack the resources to make a good job of the last step:
RESOLVING NEVER TO REPEAT THIS SIN This requires more than a wish; it requires a plan. I have to figure out how I am not ever going to see a repeat of this particular failure, and I have to put that plan into action.
The gift is, that when I do a good job of teshuvah, that crushing, tearing misery of guilt will lift. I will feel better, and what's more, so will some of those people against whom I sinned.
Lately I've been going through a patch of sins. They've been largely sins of disorganization, and they have come about because my workload has increased and I have not set myself up to be adequately organized. Other errors were not intentional, but they affected other people, nevertheless. So now I'm following up with a patch of teshuvah: noticing the messes, feeling mortified, apologizing and doing what I can to make things right, having some serious prayer sessions, and making plans for change. Not fun now, but the results are worth it: while I will always be sorry I messed up (I'd rather be perfect, after all!) I won't feel that gut-wrenching guilt.
I'm sharing this because I suspect I am not the only person who wants to disappear through the floor or hide under the furniture every time she fouls up. If any of this sounds familiar, you might want to give teshuvah a try. We have a season of it, of course, every late summer and fall, but why wait? Relief from your pain is only a few steps away: the gates of repentance, they say, are always open.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
So as ever you are free to not buy the Fiire hardware... its your choice.
Having said that, the hardware HD playback is a huge plus for this purpose and from what I understand you can not do that on either ATI or Nvidia cards without closed drivers. With this board, you can and do it with open drivers and even better then with an ATI or Nvidia card with the closed drivers. If you choose to use the closed drivers then you will also get the 3d acceleration, but with the added headache of trying to actually get the driver for the kernel/X version you are running.


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Weldcraft® WP-20P Gas Lens Collet Bodies Engineered To Improve TIG Welding-Quality And Lower Shield Gas Costs
TIG/GTAW, HeliArc, or HeliWeld gas lens collet bodies (also called Gas Flow Straighteners) are available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes depending on your TIG torch and your TIG welding application.
Gas lens collet bodies provide a number of benefits for TIG welding jobs. The primary benefit is improved shield gas coverage. This is achieved by flowing the shield gases through a series of concentric, layered screens of varying mesh. The screens generate a laminar gas flow column which optimizes the TIG weld zone shield gas coverage, and eliminates the turbulence created by a standard collet body which can draw in contaminants from the surrounding air. Gas lens collet bodies are mandatory for TIG welding oxidizing materials such as aluminum and stainless steel and will result in much cleaner, better looking welds!
A secondary benefit of improved shield gas coverage is that the tungsten electrode can be extended beyond the end of the gas cup by as much as 1" (25.4 mm). Tungsten electrode extension greatly improves welder visibility, and can reduce tungsten inclusions and weld defects. Additionally, with improved laminar gas flow patterns, and the additional copper used in the gas lens collet body design -- it works as a heat sink greatly improving heat transfer and dissipation which helps extend tungsten electrode tip life.
WP-20P Series Gas Lens Specifications:
- Requires 598882 Teflon insulator (standard insulator on 9 & 20 & 25 Series TIG torches)
- Requires gas lens nozzles (listed on separate page)
Note: Large Diameter Gas Lens Collet Bodies Require:
- 54N63-20 large gas lens Teflon Insulator (replaces standard insulator)
- Long gas lens collet (listed on separate page)
- Large diameter gas lens nozzles (listed on separate page)


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Asperula purpurea subsp. apiculata (Sibth. & Sm.) Ehrend.
Quick facts
|Threat status Europe
|Not evaluated (IUCN)
|Valid parent species
|Asperula purpurea
The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.
The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.
See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.
Other resources available below may have more information.
Common names and synonyms
|Galium apiculatum
|Sibth. & Sm.
Other resources
|GBIF search
|Global Biodiversity Information Facility
|ITIS search
|Interagency Taxonomic Information System
|NCBI search
|National Center for Biotechnology Information


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Capresso CoffeeTEAM PRO Plus with Glass Carafe
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Features and Benefits
- Freshly grinds whole coffee beans directly into the filter then automatically brews up to 10 cups of coffee
- 10-cup stainless steel thermal carafe with ergonomic handle has brew- through lid and drip-free pouring spout
- Permanent Gold Tone Filter is easy to use and clean
- 24-hour programmable clock/timer with easy-to-read LCD display
- Fully removable water tank for easy filling
- Integrated, professional, solid steel conical burr grinder with removable upper burr
- Slow burr grinding imparts minimal heat, preserving more aroma
- Two-step grind & clean chamber automatically cleans the grinder after every cycle
- Patent-pending dispenser improves flow of ground coffee into the filter
- Special "Oily" coffee bean setting for slow feeding dark roasts
- Improved bean container with low-friction, ribbed surface for easy feeding beans
- Fully removable 7-ounce bean container is easy to unlock and lift, to change out beans or access burr for cleaning
- Beans stay inside of container when removed, no split beans
- Freshness seal bean container lid preserves coffee flavor
- Three fineness settings for light to dark beans let you adjust the grinder to your preference (the darker/oilier the bean, the coarser the setting)
- Use with or without the grinder, accommodating pre-ground coffee, flavored coffees or decaf
- Charcoal water filter removes up top 82% of impurities
- Drip stop for pouring a cup while brewing
- Full stainless steel exterior
- Automatic shut off
- AM/PM Programmable Clock/Timer to grind and brew automatically
How Things Work
The fully removable water tank and bean container are just some of the most desirable features packed into the CoffeeTEAM PRO Plus line. It is widely known that fresh grinding your beans is the optimal way to prepare drip- style coffee, but for the first time ever, the CoffeeTEAM PRO Plus allows for complete access to the solid steel conical burr. The intricate design of the conical steel burrs provides for a higher gear reduction to slow down the grinding speed below 500 rpm. The slower the speed, the less heat that is imparted to the ground coffee thus preserving maximum aroma.
The two-step grind and clean process ensures no beans and minimal ground coffee are left in the grinder after use. Fully adjustable grind and cup settings make it easy to craft the perfect brew no matter your strength preference, and the all new "Oily" bean setting, and the redesigned, low friction bean container automatically compensates for slower feeding dark roasts.
- GoldTone filter
- Charcoal filter
- Charcoal filter holder
- Coffee scoop
- Angled cleaning brush
Stainless steel
Safety Approval:
ETL Listed
Machine Weight:
14 lbs.
L-12½" x W-8¼" x H-16½"
1 Year Limited Warranty for Household Use
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Friday, July 30, 2010
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Tractors and bicycles? Hmmm . . . . I wonder what else John Deere had its hand in?ReplyDelete
I too like the whimsy of DIYers. I am toying with the idea of doing that myself - with the assistance of bike shop guys of course. I'm thinking I'd like to work on a road bike, something built for exercise and style. Must have both.
Love the DIY concept, even more the further it goes. Tall bikes, small bikes and even trikes.ReplyDelete
I am pretty sure it is original; I have seen John Deer bikes that looked similar to this before.ReplyDelete
Just found your blog and love it!ReplyDelete
I just saw that same bike at South Station a few weeks ago. I almost took a picture too but didn't have my phone on me. Funny.ReplyDelete
I think it is a DIY too. The fenders look an awful lot like the PB Freddy fenders in yellow, I use those on my expedition bike.ReplyDelete
Regardless it is an eye catcher.
Nirve has a co-branded JD model.
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2010 at 3:45 PM
My grandfather sold a lot of things (refrigerators, bikes, tractors) for International Harvester back in the day, so my mom had a 3 speed Deere (hers) and a 3 speed International Harvester (his) - I rode the IH to work for a few years in the '90s.ReplyDelete
Then one day she gave it to Goodwill.
I hope whoever bought those sturdy steel frames enjoys them.


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Bluetooth Serial Connection
If you wish to make your SmoothieBoard wireless, you can easily add a cheap Bluetooth SPP (Serial Port Profile) module.
The Bluetooth SPP module on a breakout board makes for an easily configured wireless connection for the SmoothieBoard and other motion-control units.
Bluetooth Module
The most popular of these SPP modules are the 'HC' series of modules. Be careful what you buy - not all HC modules are created equal, just as not all JY-MCU breakout boards with HC-05 modules are the same. The ubiquitous JY-MCU breakout board has been copied and made by a vast number of Chinese board manufacturers and not all of them are good - some add level shifting for all pins from 5-7V to the 3.3V needed by the HC module, some only level shift the power pins - you get what you pay for. If you are buying from one of the well-known Chinese market sites, check the reviews of of that product in the shop you are buying from. If every JY-MCU being sold on Aliexpress was actually made by Linvor, they would be an extremely profitable company.
For an SPP module, I recommend the HC-05 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module on a breakout board (like the JY-MCU or my personal favourite, the CZ-HC-05)
You can also use a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) or BT4.0 device like the HC-10, but you will need a comms device that talks BLE/BT4.0 and not many computers do (a recent-model Apple Macbook Pro/Air will be able to, my recent-model HP doesn't), so by sticking to the HC-05 you can be sure of being compatible with the majority of devices.
I prefer the CZ over the JY for a few reasons it is really small, it is really well made, it has the KEY (P34, state pin) already broken out and it does level shifting of all the pins back to the 3.3V required by the HC module, unlike some of the other breakouts.
Of course, some of the US manufacturers make some great boards with superior features and wonderful quality control, but that comes at a price - personally I like paying $4 for a bluetooth module, rather than $25-30.
4 'DuPont' type female-female cables for connecting the HC-05 An HC-05 BT module of some sort, on a breakout board. Not all 'HC-05' modules are created equal - check that the AT command set supports the commands we need. An Arduino or some other MCU to issue the AT commands to the BT module. A breadboard and jumper wires helps.
Connect the BT module to the Arduino as follows:
Arduino pins: D10 (RX) to HC-05 TX D11(TX) to HC-05 RX GND to HC-05 GND 5V to HC-05 VCC 5v to HC-05 KEY or HC-05 P34 - adding a signal (or voltage) to this pin when you power it on puts the HC-05 in command mode, where you can program the features. Some manufacturers break P34 out on the breakout board, but leave the pin un-soldered, some wire it all up just like the CZ, some wire other pins¦ if they havent wired it, you will need to hold a signal high to P34 while you power cycle the HC-05 to get it into command mode. Once you have it in command mode, you can remove the signal it will stay in command mode until reset or power-cycle the module.
Arduino sketch: to program the HC-05
// SERIAL LOOP SKETCH FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A BLUETOOTH SPP MODULE // BASE HC-05 Config Commands // AT+ORGL ï¼Restore the factory default stateï¼ // AT+UART=115200,0,0 ï¼Set transmission rate to 115200 bps, one stop bit and no parity bitï¼ // AT+NAME=Smoothie // AT+PSWD=0000 Set pairing code to 0000 #include <SoftwareSerial.h> #define rxPin 10 #define txPin 11 SoftwareSerial mySerial(rxPin, txPin); // RX, TX char myChar ; void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); Serial.println("AT"); mySerial.begin(38400); mySerial.println("AT"); } void loop() { while (mySerial.available()) { myChar = mySerial.read(); Serial.print(myChar); } while (Serial.available()) { myChar = Serial.read(); Serial.print(myChar); //echo mySerial.print(myChar); } }
Configure the Bluetooth Module
Connect/power on the Arduino, load the Arduino IDE and load the sketch above.
Recycle the Arduino and the HC05 should initialise and slowly flash its LED this indicates it is in Command Mode.
Bring up the Arduino IDE serial monitor and set to 9600+CR+LF
Enter AT and you should get OK back. If not, check your settings and electrical connections. Is the HC LED slowly pulsing or fast? If it is fast, you aren't in command mode - go back over the steps above.
By default, the HC-05 should be set to:
Slave Mode Connection mode: Connect to the Bluetooth device specified Transmission rate: 38,400 bps; Stop bit: 1 bit; Parity bit: None. Passkey: 1234 Device name: H-C-2010-06-01 (or some variant depending on what is programmed in the firmware).
The first thing to do is to ensure the module is set to factory defaults, using the AT+ORGL command.
Then, to set up for the SmoothieBoard
Set the transmission rate to 115,200 bps: AT+UART=115200,0,0 Change the device name: AT+NAME=Smoothie (or anything you like: KillR3D, MyPrinter, Arthur, KZ223398 - the module don't care.
You can also change the pairing key if you want, either for easier access or for privacy my Macbook defaults to 0000, but the HC-05 defaults to 1234. To make it publicly accessible, give it a pin of 0000: AT+PSWD=0000 - to make it secure, pick any 4-digits that you will remember.
AT+ORGL ï¼Restore the factory default stateï¼ AT+UART=115200,0,0 ï¼Set transmission rate to 115,200 bps, one stop bit and no parity bitï¼ AT+NAME=Smoothie AT+PSWD=0000
There are other parameters in the AT command set, but none of them are relevant to getting the HC-05 working on the SmoothieBoard.
Connect the female DuPont cables to the 4 UART pins on the Smoothie (next to the USB connector - labelled TX RX V+ GND) and the corresponding pins on the HC-05 breakout and power up the board.
Reboot the SmoothieBoard and you should now be able to connect using a terminal app like CoolTerm or directly using your printer app (like Pronterface).
In this configuration, the UART is set to 115,200 bps, but the HC-05 is capable of 230,400bps, 460,800bps - right up to 1,382,400, although at those rates you will probably be experiencing some significant percentage of comms errors. The BT SPP link itself is capable of upwards of 3Mb/s, given perfect radio conditions.
In my experience, going over 230400 doesn't really give you anything except the likelihood of more errors. Stick with 115,200 or 230,400 as UART speeds - this is set in the config file:
# Serial communications configuration ( transmission rate default to 9600 if undefined ) uart0.baud_rate 115200 # Baud rate for the default hardware serial port
It may be that you are able to perform the Bluetooth AT command setting using the SmoothieBoard itself, but I haven't investigated that method. If you have a spare FTDI USB-to-UART module, you can connect that directly to the Bluetooth module and program it using a terminal app.


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Stranger Things
Solstice Moon
Warrior's Moon
Moonrise over Steamer Lane
Moonset over San Francisco
Alignment. Conditions were perfect last week for the full moon and Trans America Building to intersect for a brief moment.
Moonrise over Hoover Tower
Full Moon Rising
Taken with a 400mm lens, this shot captures the full moon rising over Coit Tower
Full Moonset over Pigeon Point
I've been trying to get this shot for years, and the coast was finally clear for me to get this shot. Taken March 5, 2015
Hello Santa Cruz
Big Balls
Well my wife told me I can't name this photo Big Balls, but I reluctantly did it anyway. I've had my eyes on this POV for a few years, but the fog in Half Moon Bay is relentless to say the least. Saturday morning was looking good, and I went for it. This is Pillar Point just north of Half Moon Bay where the famous surf spot Mavericks is located.
I recently purchased a very old Nikon 600mm F/4 If ED lens on craigslist, and this is my first creation with it. This weekend was perfect for my new lens with the full moon, and I was given three wonderful moon shoots which I hope to share in the near future. This moon was actually 97% full.
Moonrise Over San Francisco
This is a two shot panoramic taken with a 300mm lens.


text: Announce: Release of PyGreSQL version 3.7 =========================================== PyGreSQL v3.7 has been released. It is available at: ftp://ftp.druid.net/pub/distrib/PyGreSQL-3.7.tgz. If you are running NetBSD, look in the packages directory under databases. There is also a package in the FreeBSD ports collection. >From March 1 2001 the PyGreSQL development has moved into the PostgreSQL development tree. Starting with the 3.3 release it has been moved back to a separate project. PostgreSQL is a database system derived from Postgres4.2. It conforms to (most of) ANSI SQL and offers many interesting capabilities (C dynamic linking for functions or type definition, etc.). This package is copyright by the Regents of the University of California, and is freely distributable. Python is an interpreted programming language. It is object oriented, simple to use (light syntax, simple and straightforward statements), and has many extensions for building GUIs, interfacing with WWW, etc. An intelligent web browser (HotJava like) is currently under development (November 1995), and this should open programmers many doors. Python is copyrighted by Stichting S Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and is freely distributable. PyGreSQL is a python module that interfaces to a PostgreSQL database. It embeds the PostgreSQL query library to allow easy use of the powerful PostgreSQL features from a Python script. PyGreSQL 2.0 was developed and tested on a NetBSD 1.3_BETA system. It is based on the PyGres95 code written by Pascal Andre, andre at chimay.via.ecp.fr. I changed the version to 2.0 and updated the code for Python 1.5 and PostgreSQL 6.2.1. While I was at it I upgraded the code to use full ANSI style prototypes and changed the order of arguments to connect. Later versions are fixes and enhancements to that. The latest version of PyGreSQL works with Python 1.5.2 and PostgreSQL 7.0.x Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.6.2 to PyGreSQL 3.7 - Fixes to quoting function. - Use Python datetime if mxDatetime is not available. - Add checks for valid database connection to methods. - Improved namespace support, handle search_path correctly. - Removed old dust and unnessesary imports, added docstrings. - Internal sql statements as one-liners, smoothed out ugly code. - Major improvements in classic pg module. Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.5 to PyGreSQL 3.6.2 - Further fixes to namespace handling Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.5 to PyGreSQL 3.6.1 - Fix namespace handling Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.5 to PyGreSQL 3.6 - Better DB-API 2.0 compliance - Exception hierarchy moved into C module and made available to both APIs - Fix error in update method that caused false exceptions - Moved to standard exception hierarchy in classic API - Added new method to get transaction state - Use proper Python constants where appropriate - Use Python versions of strtol, etc. Allows WIN32 build - Bug fixes and cleanups Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.4 to PyGreSQL 3.5 - Add interval to list of data types - fix up method wrapping especially close() - retry pkeys once if table missing in case it was just added - wrap query method separately to handle debug better - use isinstance instead of type - fix free/PQfreemem issue - finally Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.3 to PyGreSQL 3.4 - Moved back out of PostgreSQL tree - Allow for larger integer returns - Return proper strings for true and false - Cleanup convenience method creation - Enhance debugging method - Add reopen method - Allow programs to preload field names for speedup - Move OID handling so that it returns long instead of int - Miscellaneous cleanups and formatting Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.2 to PyGreSQL 3.3 - Added NUMERICOID to list of returned types. This fixes a bug when returning aggregates in the latest version of PostgreSQL. Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.1 to PyGreSQL 3.2 Note that there are very few changes to PostgreSQL between 3.1 and 3.2. The main reason for the release is the move into the PostgreSQL development tree. Even the WIN32 changes are pretty minor. - Add WIN32 support (gerhard at bigfoot.de) - Fix some DB-API quoting problems (niall.smart at ebeon.com) - Moved development into PostgreSQL development tree. Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.0 to PyGreSQL 3.1 - Fix some quoting functions. In particular handle NULLs better. - Use a method to add primary key information rather than direct manipulation of the class structures. - Break decimal out in _quote (in pg.py) and treat it as float. - Treat timestamp like date for quoting purposes. - Remove a redundant SELECT from the get method speeding it, and insert since it calls get, up a little. - Add test for BOOL type in typecast method to pgdbTypeCache class. (tv at beamnet.de) - Fix pgdb.py to send port as integer to lower level function (dildog at l0pht.com) - Change pg.py to speed up some operations - Allow updates on tables with no primary keys. Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.4 to PyGreSQL 3.0: - Remove strlen() call from pglarge_write() and get size from object. (Richard at Bouska.cz) - Add a little more error checking to the quote function in the wrapper - Add extra checking in _quote function - Wrap query in pg.py for debugging - Add DB-API 2.0 support to pgmodule.c (andre at via.ecp.fr) - Add DB-API 2.0 wrapper pgdb.py (andre at via.ecp.fr) - Correct keyword clash (temp) in tutorial - Clean up layout of tutorial - Return NULL values as None (rlawrence at lastfoot.com) (WARNING: This will cause backwards compatibility issues.) - Change None to NULL in insert and update - Change hash-bang lines to use /usr/bin/env - Clearing date should be blank (NULL) not TODAY - Quote backslashes in strings in _quote (brian at CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) - Expanded and clarified build instructions (tbryan at starship.python.net) - Make code thread safe (Jerome.Alet at unice.fr) - Add README.distutils (mwa at gate.net & jeremy at cnri.reston.va.us) - Many fixes and increased DB-API compliance by chifungfan at yahoo.com, tony at printra.net, jeremy at alum.mit.edu and others to get the final version ready to release. Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.3 to PyGreSQL 2.4: - Insert returns None if the user doesn't have select permissions on the table. It can (and does) happen that one has insert but not select permissions on a table. - Added ntuples() method to query object (brit at druid.net) - Corrected a bug related to getresult() and the money type - Corrected a bug related to negative money amounts - Allow update based on primary key if munged oid not available and table has a primary key - Add many __doc__ strings. (andre at via.ecp.fr) - Get method works with views if key specified Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.2 to PyGreSQL 2.3: - connect.host returns "localhost" when connected to Unix socket (torppa at tuhnu.cutery.fi) - Use PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords in connect() (torppa at tuhnu.cutery.fi) - fixes and cleanups (torppa at tuhnu.cutery.fi) - Fixed memory leak in dictresult() (terekhov at emc.com) - Deprecated pgext.py - functionality now in pg.py - More cleanups to the tutorial - Added fileno() method - terekhov at emc.com (Mikhail Terekhov) - added money type to quoting function - Compiles cleanly with more warnings turned on - Returns PostgreSQL error message on error - Init accepts keywords (Jarkko Torppa) - Convenience functions can be overridden (Jarkko Torppa) - added close() method Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.1 to PyGreSQL 2.2: - Added user and password support thanks to Ng Pheng Siong <ngps at post1.com> - Insert queries return the inserted oid - Add new pg wrapper (C module renamed to _pg) - Wrapped database connection in a class. - Cleaned up some of the tutorial. (More work needed.) - Added version and __version__. Thanks to thilo at eevolute.com for the suggestion. Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.0 to PyGreSQL 2.1: - return fields as proper Python objects for field type - Cleaned up pgext.py - Added dictresult method Important changes from Pygres95 1.0b to PyGreSQL 2.0: - Updated code for PostgreSQL 6.2.1 and Python 1.5. - Reformatted code and converted to ANSI . - Changed name to PyGreSQL (from PyGres95.) - Changed order of arguments to connect function. - Created new type pgqueryobject and moved certain methods to it. - Added a print function for pgqueryobject - Various code changes - mostly stylistic. For more information about each package, please have a look to their web pages: - Python : http://www.python.org/ - PostgreSQL : http://www.PostgreSQL.org/ - PyGreSQL : http://www.PyGreSQL.org/ D'Arcy J.M. Cain darcy at PyGreSQL.org -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain PyGreSQL Development Group http://www.PyGreSQL.org


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Everywhere I go these days, my friends slam laptops. They tell me my PC of choice is a dying breed and sing the praises of their new, "post-PC" Apple iPad.
They carefully pull out their Apple device. I admire it and then say: "So where do you insert the DVD? How do you bang out a long e-mail on a touch keyboard? Oh, and guess how much less I paid for my little Lenovo ThinkPad X30 laptop than you did for your iPad."
I recognize that the iPad is thin, light, and easy to travel with, and I understand the advantages of portable entertainment. But if you don't need the prestige of having the latest-and-greatest tech, I believe you can get all that and much more for much less than the cost of a new tablet. All you have to do is tote around another measly pound or two.
If you're willing to take a chance on used equipment, you can find slightly older laptops on Craigslist starting at about $200. Also check out PCWorld's Daily Deals.
[PCWorld Business Center blogger Tony Bradley responds in the Net Work blog: Why My $185 Tablet Crushes Your $200 Laptop.]
My Reasons
Here are the top reasons that I think my used ThinkPad–which I paid about $200 for–crushes your iPad 2, which new, starts at $499 and can run more than $800, depending on the configuration. (Of course, a used iPad 1's price would be lower; on Craigslist, prices started at around $400 on the day I checked.)
My ThinkPad has a CD and DVD player/burner: If you're into permanently saving photos, music, or movies, or if you're serious about backing up your hard drive and programs, you probably need to burn discs occasionally. Your relatives in Indiana need a copy of the video of cousin Paul's drum recital, or they'd love to look at a CD containing pictures taken during your night trip to Alcatraz. You can't cram everything onto Facebook.
It has a physical keyboard: Most iPad users readily admit typing data-intensive text on their tablet's touch keyboard is difficult. I'll go further: I detest typing on a touch keyboard. As PCWorld reviewer Jon L. Jacobi sarcastically puts it: "Overpriced pads: Touchscreens without keyboards. How innovative." Flimsy, add-on keyboards don't cut it. Give me a solid, built-in board like the one on my ThinkPad. It's one of the best laptop keyboards ever, and I still like the old-school Trackpoint eraserhead cursor control.
It has lots more storage space: If you want to download and store tons of decent-quality movies, TV shows, videos, music, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, and the like, the iPad 2's maximum 64GB of storage falls short. Even the 250GB of storage on a decent laptop fills up faster than you might expect. (I do grant you that you can easily back up almost anything to external storage or to a cloud-based service.)
It has useful and versatile ports: No USB port on an iPad? Sure you can buy a pricey adapter, but what if you want to plug in a mouse, digital camera, and/or printer? So much for the iPad's smooth lines and ease of use. Being able to insert a USB device or a thumbdrive into my laptop is essential to me.
As for Apple's iPad, here are a few of my least favorite things about it.
The iPad doesn't support multitasking: As a result, I can't listen to sports talk radio online, check to see if little Charlie has bitten anyone else's finger, and type my blog, all at the same time. Such versatility is why I love mobile computers–and it alone will ensure my allegiance to laptops.
It is confined by the limits of iTunes: Jared Newman, a PCWorld blogger, summed it up: "Even if you never sync a single piece of media from a computer to an iPad, you still need iTunes on a PC or Mac to keep the tablet's software up to date. This needs to change," he wrote in the Today@PCWorld blog. (For a longer look at the iPad 2's limitations, check Jared Newman's list of 5 Disappointments With Apple iPad 2.)
Its battery isn't replacable: I know the iPad has respectable battery life, but if you ever have to work on a long plane ride and in a café with no available power outlets, you need excellent battery life and a back-up cell that is easy to install. This isn't possible on either model of iPad. As on all other Apple mobile devices, the battery is sealed and nonreplaceable.
Where do you stand on the laptop/netbook versus iPad issue? Let us know in the Comments section.
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Glory of Sparta
- Publisher: Com2uS USA, Inc.
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 15 May, 2012
- Size: 31.0 MB
- Price: FREE!
- App Store Info
Description*Spartans! Your King needs you!
Xerxes, the king of Persia has amassed his forces against Greece! Your solemn duty is to defend Greece at all costs! We will make our stand at Thermopylae, where we will engrave in eternity the bravery and name of SPARTA!
This game is free to play, but you can choose to pay real money for extra items.
*** This game supports English, 한글 and 日本語. ***
30 levels
13 Spartan types (4 historic hero characters)
30 Persian types
12 skills (12 active, 4 passive)
RPG style level-up system
Fantasy history game
Automatic hack & slash
Combination of strategy + defense
Establishment of your own camp with strategic flags
*Meet historic heroes!
- Agesilaus, the king who tried to free many Greek cities from the clutches of Persia. He shoots arrows with powerful fire.
- General Gylippus, who thwarted the Athenian plan to conquer Sicily. He has the ability to heal heroes and soldiers around him.
- Brasidas, hero of the Peloponnesian War who is compared to Hercules in the Symposium by Plato. Using his tremendous Health as a weapon, he provokes enemies to attack him.
- Pausanias, the Spartan supreme commander with powerful attacks and health. He significantly increases the attack power of allies by raising their morale.
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08 March 2013 | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau
GlobalData estimates the osteoporosis therapeutics market to reach $8 billion in 2022 from $6 billion in 2012
Singapore: According to GlobalData, the osteoporosis therapeutics market of the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, Japan, China, and India will reach a value of $8 billion in 2022 from $6 billion in 2012, including both branded and generic products.
A major paradigm shift in late and mid-stage product development from anti-resorptive therapies to anabolic drugs will prove to be the key driver in the global osteoporosis market, states research and consulting firm GlobalData.
Six major osteoporosis drugs will lose patent protection over the forecast period, which would strangle market growth if it were not for the introduction of several anabolic alternatives with the potential to become market leaders.
Three late-stage pipeline products, romosozumab, BA-058, and oral PTH, have been found to be highly efficacious, sometimes increasing bone mineral density (BMD) by double that achieved by current treatment options. In particular, Romosozumab, Amgen and UCB's hugely promising novel anti-sclerostin mAb, is expected to reach revenue of $905 million in 2022, following its anticipated launch in 2016.