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Coraline (US - BD)
Gabe dives into the hi-def imaginations of Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick...
Coraline Jones moves with her family to the creepy Pink Palace apartments in Oregon. Bored and neglected by her busy parents, Coraline explores her surroundings, eventually coming across a tiny door, locked, and covered with wallpaper. That night she opens the door, and crawls through an umbilical-like tube into a mirror world. In this 'other' world Coraline finds mirror versions of her family and neighbours. These 'others' are warmer and more exciting than their real world counterparts, and with the promise of a better life she finds herself tempted to stay in the other world. But there's a catch, and her Other Mother's intensions may be suspect…
Henry Selick's Coraline continues to fill niches dug by a myriad of surprisingly successful fairy tale inspired films with a young female protagonist. Most of these films aren't traditional live-action features either, and include fully animated features, partially animated features, special effects heavy features, and even a Muppet movie. Coraline is based on a novella by one of fantasy fiction's most celebrated authors, Neil Gaiman, who's had a pretty impressive run over the last few years, including script work on Robert Zemeckis' adaptation of Beowulf, along with this adaptation, and an even more successful adaptation of his novel Stardust by Matthew Vaughn (Gaiman also scripted Dave McKean's Mirror Mask, which follows the same heroine in a classic fairy tale motif, with much less success). Gaiman's work is often (read: almost exclusively) based on classic storytelling staples, such as mythology, religious texts, and fairytales. Coraline's major themes go back to Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz, and have also been seen on film via Jim Henson's Labyrinth, Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, and Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.
These stories tend to work best when the other world, the supernatural one the heroine must enter to fulfil her tasks, is genuinely appealing, while still featuring a degree of genuine menace, which will be played upon in later acts. If the world is too creepy from the beginning the protagonist looks like an idiot; like a nubile, sex-starved teen wondering into the woods outside of Camp Crystal Lake. Success doesn't only ride on the main character's intelligence, but in her ability to grow naturally into adulthood, which is the most obvious metaphor for such stories (there's a reason these characters are usually aged in their early teens). The heroine has to start her journey with character flaws. Alice and Dorothy are naïve, while more modern characters are often bratty. Both brands grow into an understanding of maturity over the course of their story. Coraline is the more modern version of this character, and like Pan's Labyrinth's Ofelia or Spirited Away's Chihiro she risks alienating the audience through her behaviour. I personally found this particular journey to maturity believable from a character standpoint, but understand many viewers found Coraline herself too obnoxious to enjoy.
Selick's embracing of the stories darker, and more gruesome elements lead the film to a possible future classic status, as kids don't have enough horror stories to call their own (grown-ups and teenagers have stolen Nightmare Before Christmas). Adults have a strange habit of thinking children don't like being scared as much as we do, often forgetting that they too loved sneaking glances at Nightmare on Elm Street when they were supposed to be in bed, or more importantly forgetting that classic, lasting fairytales are often very dark and gruesome. Selick finds an almost perfect tone, keeping the violent elements suggestive enough to maintain a fair PG rating, while embracing the grotesqueries (those button eyes are bloody creepy), and refusing to gloss over the thematically challenging elements. The film's most obvious problems are narrative, as it's overlong. Selick's pacing choices are mostly spot on, but his story contains several unneeded sequences, and the ending feels unnecessarily elongated.
I'm personally pleased that Selick and his co-conspirators didn't use illustrator Dave McKean's illustrations as a starting point for the film. McKean's flowing, somewhat terrifying style works on the page, and may work for 2D animation, but it probably wouldn't work in 3D (or so I think, not being a fan of Mirror Mask), and really would be all wrong for Selick, who has developed a style of his own over the years. There is still a hair of Tim Burton's influence to these designs (though most of Burton's art is pretty obviously inspired by Charles Addams), but Coraline is very much Selick's masterpiece, especially now that we can compare it to Burton's stop motion solo act The Corpse Bride, though both director's still haven't achieved something as perfect as their dual effort— The Nightmare Before Christmas. I don't think I need to make a point of telling you all how beautiful the film is, or how great the animation is, but here I am doing it anyway—the film is beautiful, and the animation is perfect.
This transfer is a little dirtier than I was expecting, especially in 2D, where the colours are more successfully recreated, and the details are easier to make out. Comparing the transfer to the DVD that is included with the Blu-ray we find that the big differences are found in the overall brightness of the hues, and the lack of compression artefacts in the more solidly represented colours. The Blu-ray still features a bit of noise in the low-lit areas, and some minor edge enhancement throughout medium and long shots. The fact that the film was shot digitally keeps film grain from being a factor at all. Stylistically speaking, the differences between the real world and the other world are not only accentuated by colour codes, but also the harshness of contrast. In the real world, which is practically monochromatic at times, edges are hard, while the other world is eerily warm and soft. The other world is also subtly touched with more darkness than the real world, which goes a long way in creating the unsettling tone.
I really do recommend watching the disc in 2D because of the colour and detail increase. The red/blue, or in this case purple/green glasses will always mess with the director's chosen hues. On the big screen the polarized lenses somewhat dull the colours, but don't mix them up, and there isn't a loss of detail. The 3D effects work pretty well here, especially because the filmmakers make a point to pull the action back into the screen rather than out of it, but the importance of the 3D is negligible from my point of view.
Coraline is a little less full-bodied than other recent animated features, but the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track serves Selick's purposes well. The real world scenes are light on effects, and the items that do escape the vacuum are often soft, subtle, and suitably realistic. In contrast, the other world, which is still pretty softly touched by noise, is consistently teeming with activity throughout the channels, specifically a creepy hum of wind. As the film progresses and the Other Mother loses her shade of normalcy, the effects become more active and aggressive. The track's high point is the spider web sequence, which takes advantage of the concept of a blind spider accessing her prey through the vibrations of her web. One of Selick's most enlightened choices was hiring composer Bruno Coulais. Coulais doesn't sound like Danny Elfman, and thus his contributions are important in the process of separating Selick's art from Tim Burton's. If this score, which is rich with surprises and perfectly adapted clichés, isn't nominated for an Oscar, something is very wrong with the Academy's ears.
The extras aren't too time consuming, but are reasonably solid, starting with an entertaining and largely informative commentary track with director Selick. The extras menu claims that composer Bruno Coulais is on the track as well, but his voice is only heard over the end credits. Selick runs us through the technical aspects of animation, the history of the project, and tells us the names of everyone involved without wasting our time with back patting. Most importantly to folks like me, Selick is very specific about what was changed between Gaiman's original book and the film, which are many and varied. The U-Control PiP option didn't work on my Profile 1.0 player, but are listed as including 'Tours and Voice Sessions', behind the scenes, and Animatics.
Next up are the deleted and extended scenes (8:30, HD), which are presented as a reel with introductions from Selick. The scenes are surprisingly mostly finished animation-wise, with finished dialogue (though sound effects are missing), which is rare for animation deletions. In all there are two deleted scenes, three extended scenes (one of which is included at the end of the credits), and a handful of minor trims.
'The Making of Coraline' (36:00, HD) marches us swiftly through the production process in the form of a ten part behind the scenes featurette. Changes between the book and the movie (Selick is interviewed by Gaiman's daughter), early character design work (including production art), voice casting and acting (including interviews and voice booth footage), puppet production, puppet wardrobe, prop and production design, actual animation (God it's tedious), visual effects augmentation, and the process of shooting in 3D (oh God, it's even more tedious!) are all briefly covered. The featurette could be longer, and I personally could've used a whole lot more talking with Neil Gaiman, not to mention some mention of the beautiful music, but all in all this is a solid production.
'Voicing the Characters' (10:30, HD) is a more in depth look at the voice acting process, featuring more cast interviews and behind the scenes footage. It should've probably been included in the making-of featurette, as should have 'Creepy Coraline' (05:00, HD), which looks at some of the film's more frightful aspects.
Coraline isn't perfect, but more than half way through the year it's still one of 2009's standouts, and finally proves that stop motion director extraordinaire Henry Selick can really pull off great work on his own. The story may be a little overly familiar to some, as author Neil Gaiman and Selick use classic 'Hero's Journey' motifs to tell their story, but the characters and visuals are original and dynamic enough to ensure this particular fairytale can stand on its own. The film itself comes highly recommended, especially to parents with adventure obsessed children. The Blu-ray is fine and dandy on the A/V side of things, though even in high definition the 3D effects simply don't work as well as they had during the theatrical release. The extras are brief, but quite informative and entertaining.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may not be suitable for children
Disc Details
Release Date: 21st July 2009
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 French, DTS 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director/Compser Commentary, U-Control PiP, Deleted Scenes, The Making of Coraline, Voicing the Characters, Creepy Coraline, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family and Horror
Length: 101 minutes
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I found this video on youtube
This is an inspirational video and its pretty educational too. I would have turned off the camera the second they asked me to because I wouldn't have known that they weren't telling me the truth when they said "its an offence to film the police". See the look of certainty on the womans face when she was telling him it was an offence. I'm guessing that she believed what she was saying and since the other guy called it in, he obviously believed it too.
Everything about that police encounter seems so familiar. I've only had a handful of police encounters throughout my life and the majority of the time the police were pretty respectful to me so its not my police encounters that this video reminds me of. It must be some of the numerous encounters with petty authority figures I've had throughout my life. In fact I think it was mainly school where I learned about petty authority figures. In school the consequences aren't real but the tactics the teachers use to control the students are actually pretty similar to the tactics real authority figures use. I watch that show "Real Interrogations" from time to time and its always the same, the interrogator tries to get the suspect to admit to crimes because if they had evidence to convict the suspect, they wouldn't need to interrogate them in the first place. I've observed teachers and police use this same tactic. One example is when I robbed the schools MP3 player and when we were in assembly the principle said "we know who took the MP3 player so can the student who took it report to the principles office and he will be dealt with more leniently". I half believed that he knew it was but I didn't own up to it and that was the last I ever heard of it. He was bluffing.
Another situation me and a couple of friends were at a factory that me and another guy had broken into weeks earlier and we were planning on going in to rob the battery powered factory car like I'd done before but this time the factory owner came up to the gates before we got in and he was a friendly old man and gave us a heads up that he'd called the police so we left and on our way down the road an unmarked police car (in Ireland this is common) pulls up beside us and 2 cops get out and 1 of them does the talking. He asks us our names and were we're going etc. then he asks us "were you up at that factory a few minutes ago?" and I reply "no" then he says "alright, get the fuck outta here" and they get back in the car and drive off. I suspected that he knew we were at the factory and cuz of that I almost admitted to being there and considering my finger prints were all over that factory car I probably woulda got charged with various crimes (we were drunk that night and went on a bit of a mad one) and locked up if I had admitted. I know this is all common knowledge to you but I was 15 at the time and since nobody ever taught me (back then I didn't use the internet) it was only from these experiences that I learned the tactics of authority figures.
Can you share your educational stories in which you learned about the tactics used by authority figures.


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The Moab chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA) at Grand County High School is already planning activities, and club organizers say they hope more students will join the group.
The Moab club, an affiliate of the national FFA, is beginning its third year at GCHS, under the guidance of adviser Ashley Violett.
"[FFA] is what I went to college to do," said Violett. "It had such a positive impact on my life and it helps grow your experiences, that when I had the opportunity to offer that experience to high schoolers at GCHS, I couldn't pass it up."
Violett said FFA presents an outlet for a wider variety of students at school, and provides them with more opportunities.
"It gives a lot of opportunities to students that you don't get in the classroom or on an athletic team...," she said. "Last year, we sent three students to a leadership conference in Washington D.C., and to Richfield for another conference... We've gone to the state fair and done volunteer work... We've also participated in livestock judging, and been a part of a land judging team, where we're looking at soil quality at area and state level contests. We've also competed in the Envirothon in the spring."
The club has greatly expanded its level of student involvement since it began, although Violett said she hopes for more participants this year.
"For this year, we expect growth, of course, but we'd like more membership than we have," she said. "... We're looking for more volunteering jobs and are trying to set up lunch once a week at the senior center. We're also trying to do more education and outreach."
Currently, FFA, which was founded in 1928, is the largest student-run organization in the country.
The Moab FFA chapter's student officers are junior Brooke Sowell, president, junior Matthew Dunham, vice-president, sophomore Cody Thurlo, secretary, and junior Amber Harris, treasurer. Seniors Trenton White and James Martin are the group's recorder and sentinel.
Students interested in joining the group are encouraged to speak to any of the officers or to contact Violett through Grand County High School.


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Hawking This is the intimate and revealing story of Stephen Hawking's life. Told for the first time in Hawking's own words and with access to his home and public life, this is a personal journey through Hawking's world. The audience joins him at home, under the care of his nursing team; in Silicon Valley as he meets a team of technicians who hope to speed up his communication system; and as he throws a party for family and friends.G
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NOVA "Ghosts of Murdered Kings" NOVA follows archaeologists and forensic experts in Ireland's County Tipperary in their methodical hunt for clues to the identity and the circumstances of various violent deaths of bog body victims. A new theory emerges that they are those of ritually murdered kings.G
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Design Squad "Got Game?" Challenged to come up with a way to cover all the angles of a basketball game via remote-controlled cameras, the teams dive into action and compete to prove who has got (the whole) game.G
11:30 pm
Everyday Edisons "Hey, Good Lookin', Whatcha Got Cookin'?" Outdoor cooking has been a part of the American heritage since the country was founded, but with Al Contarino's new concept in grilling, it has taken on a whole new look. The Continous Convection Grill, as he calls it, works on the premise that heat escapes from your grill every time you peek into it. The inventor has built a prototype that proposes a way to watch what's coming on the grill without lifting the lid; to monitor burgers, steaks or chicken without hovering over a hot flame. D


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Drop old ebuilds incompatible with new multilib (bug #543336). (Portage version: 2.2.18/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key 0x18E5B6F2D8D5EC8D)
Version bump, see http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.33 for the announcement. New USE flag pcap. It was originally added in wine 1.7.25, but the requisite work in the portage tree for multilib compatibility was not done then, so it was disabled until now. (Portage version: 2.2.8-r2/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key 0xBEE84C64)
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Move gcc and opencl build environment check into a separate function and run it in pkg_pretend() and pkg_setup() for non-binpkg merges for user friendliness. (Portage version: 2.2.7/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key CF0ADD61)
Do not pull in corefonts when USE=truetype; users who need the original corefonts instead of Wine's version can use winetricks (bug #481122, thanks to Luke-Jr). Do not depend on libXmu (not needed), but do depend on libSM and libICE (pulled in due to AC_PATH_XTRA silliness) (bug #483252, thanks to Rafał Mużyło). (Portage version: 2.2.1/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key CF0ADD61)
Update the libjpeg dependency to use correct SLOT. (Portage version: 2.2.0_alpha191/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key 4868F14D)
Fix libpng and openssl slot dependencies (bug #455962, thanks to Samuli Suominen). (Portage version: 2.2.0_alpha161/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key CF0ADD61)
Update everything to EAPI5, requested by Pacho Ramos for libgphoto2 stabilization (bug #455500). (Portage version: 2.2.0_alpha161/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key CF0ADD61)
Change USE=hardened to USE=prelink #381033. (Portage version: 2.2.0_alpha144/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key FB7C4156)
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I want to ask your opinion about doing a job better in Perl or PHP. I'm a novice at both, so I have full choice
The task is the following:
It is basically a formmail, but consisting of multiple (about 20-50) single formpages, which should finally be linked together to one single email. The sequence and total count in filling out the forms by the user is not fixed, but depends on user entries.
Of course it should be foolproof, i.e. not completed fills should be trashed after timeout, multiple users should use it at the same time, etc.
Password login is also mandatory.
I thought of creating the start form static and then let the script create all following formpages dynamically.
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Very uplifting motivational track with corporate spirit. Simple piano melody combined with drums, bass , guitar and very positive vocals make this track sound very epic and inspirational. Could be perfect for advertising, commercial and any kind of video/movie scenes.
- First of all, thanks for purchasing!
- If you use our music in some project, which could be found in Internet, please let us know by e-mail (email@example.com) and we'll put a link to your project here and in our website (coming soon )
- Also we hope you won't forget to tell about us somewhere in your project
TO VIDEHIVE and ACTIVEDEN AUTHORS:
- You are welcome to use any of our preview tracks in your video items! (please, do not forget to link to the music in your description, and drop us back e-mail, so we could update our item description too with the link to your item).


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Only at KitePaddleSurf, with your choice of Liquid Forces 3 Signature boards, add a pair of $349 Synergy Open toe boot bindings for just a $1, or the $399 Synergy Closed Toe LTD for just $20.
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Sick Dunk Of The Week: NBA Sprite Dunk Champ "Young Hollywood" Does A Never Done Before "Armageddon" Dunk!
"Highest Jumper in the World, Young Hollywood, bustin out the new dunk since too many people are saying he isn't creative and doesn't try anything new. He's out to prove he is the best in the world" - WhiteflightBD
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An illusion spectacular!
Criss Angel Believe by Cirque du Soleil - Official video from YouTube
About the show CRISS ANGEL Believe
Criss Angel, in partnership with Cirque du Soleil presents CRISS ANGEL Believe, an illusion spectacular at the Luxor Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas. Criss Angel, the most watched magician in television history and recently awarded Magician of the Century brings his arsenal of 40 mind-blowing illusions to the stage - You Won't Believe Your Eyes! Witness the most dangerous, exciting, comedy filled evening of unparalleled illusions from the #1 Magician in the world.
Brand New Show
Criss Angel MINDFREAK® LIVE!
Witness The Magician Of The Century, Criss Angel, and the most mind-blowing, revolutionary illusions in the greatest magic spectacle of all time - MINDFREAK LIVE! Don't miss the exclusive pre-show experience starting 30-minutes before show time.
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Seven amazing Cirque du Soleil shows
Cirque du Soleil has been part of Las Vegas for more than 20 years. Our 90-minute shows run all year long, and have everything from music to illusion and from acrobatics to artistry. Choose the show that's right for you, then book your tickets for the thrill of a lifetime!


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CFPB Promises Answers, Fails to DeliverPosted by on September 12, 2013
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Deputy Director Steve Antonakes appeared before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit in July to discuss the CFPB's data collection efforts. Below are just a few of the simple questions Mr. Antonakes was unprepared to answer:
At today's hearing on the CFPB's Semi-Annual Report, Chairman Hensarling played the above video of Mr. Antonakes's repeated offers to respond to those and other important questions for Director Richard Cordray.
We're still waiting on the answers.


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Ya Boy (Feat. Cik. Money) - Stevie Johnson
"Directed By Jeremiah Melton . Inspired by Steve Johnson # 13 of the Buffalo Bills. PAPER F!LMS ™ . Black Card Muzik" [m]
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Turbocharged low-emission, high-performance engine with air-to-air intercooler. Tier 3/Stage IIIA approved.
Productivity development rarely rests idle, and that's also especially true for the Volvo L120F. The power, the speed, the maneuverability – all results of Volvo's in-house manufactured environment-friendly engines, transmissions, axles, hydraulics, and lift arm system. They work together in perfect harmony, helping the operator get more done, in less time, with less effort.


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These Days - "Stones"
The music video was shot in Wiltshire, England, by Jack Knott especially for this single as we feel it really suits the evil dead theme. Jack had a lot of vision from the start on how he wanted all the shots to look and the locations. Working with someone as creative as Jack helps massively when you're making a video. Shooting the video and getting to dress up as an evil dead band was great fun, as we have always thought being a KISS tribute act could happen if These Days fails. "Stones" is the second single from our forthcoming album 'Souls' to be released through Engineer Records this summer.
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The black and white patterns on the hides of dairy cows — the same patterns that conjure thoughts of a certain brand of ice cream — may also have been the inspiration behind a career in genomics. Their seemingly infinite shapes and variations — somehow not completely random — captured the imagination of a young animal sciences major at just the time he encountered the field of pigment genetics.
Forsaking dairy farms for the frontiers of genomics, William J. Pavan, Ph.D., went on to become a senior investigator in the Genetic Disease Research Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Today, his research holds promise for understanding melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer, as well as an array of rare genetic disorders.
Dr. Pavan's work centers on the neural crest, a structure in the rapidly developing embryo. Cells that originate from the neural crest propagate and are programmed for important functions all around the body. Some become melanocytes, cells that produce the pigments that color skin, hair and, in animals, fur. Others develop into tissues that make up key craniofacial, nervous system and digestive tract components.
Dr. Pavan is intent on identifying all the genes that are involved in controlling the development of neural crest cells that differentiate into melanocytes. To this end, he is focusing on two main types of disorders: those that arise from an uncontrolled growth of melanocytes, including melanoma, and those characterized by an insufficiency of melanocytes.
"Our hypothesis is that the same genes and pathways are involved in both types of disorders," Dr. Pavan said. "We study these pathways to see if they are misregulated in melanoma and, if they are, whether we can intervene and modulate them." Discovering the genes or pathways that are disrupted in melanoma could open the door to better methods for diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Dr. Pavan's career path, from large-animal field work as an undergraduate at University of Massachusetts-Amherst to his eventual study of mouse embryology at the Bethesda campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), had unexpected turns. "At one time, I couldn't envision dedicating my professional life to laboratory research, much less the genetics of pigmentation," he said. But he did precisely that. He earned his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore upon completion of a combined biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics program. He then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in mouse molecular genetics at Princeton University.
Pigmentation genetics research frequently employs the mouse model. At Princeton, Dr. Pavan investigated the biological basis underlying coat color alterations in piebald mice &mdash a strain appreciated among mice-breeding hobbyists for their striking spots and patches. His research focused on a set of gene modifiers called k-complex genes, which collectively contribute to spotting patterns. He took great satisfaction in employing new genetic and genomic approaches to address decades-old theories about these genes; he was ultimately able to map and evaluate the interactions and positions of these k-complex genes on mouse chromosomes.
Dr. Pavan's enthusiasm for the field of pigment genetics has grown over time. He arrived at NHGRI in 1993 and, since that time, has developed mouse models to understand molecular mechanisms and defects that are relevant to a range of human developmental disorders.
The cutting-edge techniques that are employed by Dr. Pavan include genetic screening, gene expression analysis and comparative genome sequencing of multiple species. Such techniques enable him to explore the genetic network of pigmentation, and to hunt for DNA elements that regulate particular genes. "I am fascinated that subtle perturbations of gene interactions can be caused by one fewer or an extra copy of a subset of genes in an otherwise normal cellular environment," he said.
In addition to high-tech methods, Dr. Pavan utilizes what he calls "classic mouse genetics," where mice are bred for detection of gene pathways and interactions. "The mice do a lot of the work for us. We selectively breed the mice, and their offspring tell us whether there is a gene interaction and the relative order of the interaction in that pathway," Dr. Pavan said.
Mice are particularly good models for studying melanocyte genetics because many strains of mice with differing coat patterns have been specially bred, with each coat pattern reflecting a different spontaneous mutation in a gene or the genes governing melanocyte development. Close examination of the physical characteristics of the mouse reveals how particular genes function; researchers simply look at coat colors and patterns.
A normal mouse has a completely solid appearance, typically black or agouti — a blending of yellow, black and brown fur; hobbyists refer to multicolored stock as "fancy mice." The piebald mice mutants studied by Dr. Pavan have a solid coat, except for certain white patches. These white patches hold the clues to understanding gene interactions.
Dr. Pavan explained that random genetic mutations occur after breeding mice for generations. "In mice, if a white spot shows up, people pull those mice to the side and breed them," he said. "You would imagine that, after hundreds of years, all of the genes that cause spotting would already be found, but we're still finding new genes in this pigmentation pathway."
The worlds of 21st century genomics and classic mouse genetics meet in a technique called mutagenesis screening. For Dr. Pavan's work, the screening starts with a mouse sensitized to have neural crest defects and fewer neural crest cells. By systematically inducing mutations using a mutagenic chemical and then screening for particular features, specific mutations can be identified that cause an amplification of the disease state. The Pavan laboratory has used a particular screen for five years to detect new genes that impact on the development of melanocytes.
The laboratory also studies how these newfound genes fit into a complex network of interrelated genes. Unlocking the puzzle of this gene hierarchy will lead to a better understanding of the roles that these genes play in disease. "We are just starting to understand this process, but our mutagenesis screen has already detected genes that have never been discovered before in this pathway," he said. "We are finding two to three new genes a year."
"These mice have white areas on their coat because of a deficiency in their neural crest development," Dr. Pavan explains. Since one gene can cause multiple effects — a phenomenon called pleiotropy — a harmless trait like white spots can often be coupled with a more serious biological disorder.
The Pavan laboratory is interested in multiple disorders of this kind. In a particular variety of mouse, the pleiotropic gene is involved with both neural crest development and limb formation; mice with this trait have extra toes. Another mouse variety has a pleiotropic gene leading to white spotting and small brain size. In this case, the gene that causes both traits is important to understanding functions of the neural crest, particularly pigmentation and central nervous system development.
As part of his interest in melanocytes, Dr. Pavan also studies the effect of the transcription factor SOX10 and its gene. This transcription factor regulates neural crest development in vertebrates and the migration of neural crest cells throughout the body. The differentiation of neural crest cells into different tissue elements depends upon the level of SOX10 expression. Too little expression of SOX10 causes the neural crest cells to die, as seen in Waardenburg syndrome. Since hair follicles and cells of the iris develop from neural crest-derived melanocytes, the melanocyte defects seen in patients with Waardenburg syndrome can cause the development of white patches in their hair, as well as lighter eye coloration or differences in the color of the left versus right eyes. The melanocyte defects also can cause devastating outcomes such as deafness, since melanocytes are found in structures of the cochlea vital in hearing. Neural crest cells also are found in the digestive tract, and when dysfunctional, cause a disorder known as Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease.
In the course of his career, Dr. Pavan has been guided by keen observation, whether in the natural environment or enhanced by the dynamic new tools of genomes. His efforts have yielded new insights about a category of disorders that still hold many mysteries, but every discovery along the way gives him a sense of satisfaction. According to Dr. Pavan, "being the first person to see a mutation in a mouse, establish what gene is involved, and learn how it fits into the pathway with many other genes &mdash that's really exciting."
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Branch banks in Mason City, Oconto to close
Some decisions are never easy, and when those decisions impact a small rural community, those decisions become excruciatingly difficult. Nebraska State Bank and Trust Company announced in a press release Tuesday that the bank's branch offices in Mason City and Oconto would be closed, effective July 1, 2013. The decision to close these two branches was not entered into lightly, says Nebraska State Bank President Stuart Fox, and just to dispel any rumors, the bank does not have any intent to close any other branches. The increased trends toward Internet Banking, diminishing foot traffic and limited work force impacted the decision. "We are deeply saddened by these closings and plan to continue to support these communities through our charitable contributions and participation in their various events and projects," said Fox. The bank has employees who live in those communities and that assures that those ties will be kept intact. NSB purchased the banks in Mason City and Oconto from Charles Devine in February 2008. Two years ago, the banks were transitioned into being open from full time to part time and are currently staffed by three employees, two in Mason City and one in Oconto. The second position in Oconto has gone unfilled for some time. The thought at the time was that when the branches were restructured to part time hours, more people would interested in working in their home communities and would apply for the open positions, but that didn't prove to be true," said Jamie Anderson. Current employees in Mason City and Oconto will be eligible to apply for positions within Nebraska State Bank and will be given priority for positions that match their skill sets, Anderson explained. The lack of traffic through the doors, and the difficulty in filling the jobs were two of the factors used in making the decision to close. "We know that this is going to inconvenience some people and we know that the closing of the branches will disproportionately impact the elderly the most. We also know that these communities have lost a lot of other services. We all hate it that they are closing," said Fox, but it was a decision that needed to be made. A mailer went out to their customers last week and signs were posted in the banks last Thursday. "We wanted them to hear it from us first," said Anderson, and they are already hearing back from their customers. "We've heard from a lot of people," said Fox. "The question that keeps getting asked is what can they do? What can we do to change the fate of the community? The answer is 'I don't know.' We delayed the closing as long as we could." The bank will continue to serve their customers through their two Broken Bow locations and their branches in Callaway and Merna. Customers with deposits, checks and loan payments currently serviced by the closing branches will remain the same and can be accessed at any of their other locations or through their Free Internet Banking program. The Broken Bow East Branch location also offers extended hours of 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. in their drive-up; 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. for the lobby and 9 a.m. - noon on Saturdays. Final decisions have not been made as to what to do with the buildings. Nebraska State Bank and Trust is independently owned and locally managed. "The bank is strong," said Fox. "Nebraska State Bank and Trust Company has been serving the residents of Custer County for over 96 years and will carry on our tradition of personalized customer service and community support."


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Australian Museum Palaeontology Collection
Palaeontology is the study of fossils. Fossils are the remains or traces of prehistoric living things. Fossils are preserved in substances such as sediments, coal, tar, oil, amber or volcanic ash, or frozen in ice or naturally mummified.
Only a very small number of all the animals or plants that ever lived on the Earth are preserved as fossils. An even smaller number are found. Most have been destroyed by erosion or lie too deeply buried to be discovered.
However, fossils are found in quite large numbers, which indicates that an enormous number of plants and animals have lived on the Earth since life evolved more than 3500 million years ago.
The Australian Museum palaeontology collection contains some of the Museum's greatest treasures. One of the most spectacular is 'Eric' the opalised pliosaur from Coober Pedy. The collection also contains some of Australia's oldest mammal fossils, collected from the opal fields of Lightning Ridge in northern New South Wales.
About the collection
The fossil collections consist of specimens of fossil invertebrates, vertebrates and plants, most of which are Australian. There is also a wide selection of material from outside Australia.
Palaeontology collecting at the Australian Museum began in the 1800's and continues today. Occasionally, a spectacular display specimen or significant collection is acquired by the Museum through donation or purchase, but generally Museum palaeontologists gather specimens for their research out in the field.
The goal of Australian Museum palaeontologists is to increase knowledge of ancient animals and plants by collecting and studying their fossilised remains. New discoveries often cause existing specimens to be reassessed, which enhances our understanding of the evolution of life on Earth.
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I know that this is a "big" question and there is a lot of advice out there. Nonetheless I really wanted to get your guidance.
My goal is to breastfeed my LO (now six months old) for at least two years. She is about ready to start solids. What is the best way to start? Looking for general guidance since I am a little bit lost in the muck with all the different advice out there.
I am interested in doing baby led weaning (combined with some purees) and am also a bit confused on how to start that. Guess I am looking for some simple guidelines.
Very curious as to your thoughts and opinions.
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Sam's "Soothing Yet Interesting" Room
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- Edinburgh United Kingdom
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- Inspiration for my palette:
- I am obsessed with colours that are hard to define - those in the blue/green range especially. And then putting those with pink/red really works for me. I'm constantly torn between loving very colourful spaces and also loving light. I find this particular combination both soothing and interesting to the eye.
- Colors used in my room:
- Main colour is Farrow & Ball Teresa's Green
The sofa is indeed Ikea in Idemo Red
The blinds were made to order.
The cushions are (I think I remember correctly) Colefax & Fowler
Highlights are in the raspberry - red range range collected over the years.
The quilt over the chair is from The French House (don't think they sell them anymore) - it's a lovely old washed out raspberry.
The Moroccan leather pouffe is from Graham & Green.
The painting was bought long before the room was painted.
I love teaming a cool colour with something a little bit hotter.
- Tips for using color successfully:
- Firstly choose colours you love, you're probably going to be living with them for a while. Then use large tester areas to check they work with the light in the room & in the size of room. Thirdly - don't worry too much about everything 'going together' if you do that you could end up living in a soul-less show home.
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TAMPA | Let's review some police and protest statistics from the Republican National Convention.
TAMPA | Let's review some police and protest statistics from the Republican National Convention.
Two arrests. No violent clashes. No use of tear gas, pepper spray, batons or bean-bag projectiles. No property damage beyond some graffiti. No lawsuits. No internal affairs complaints.
Pretty good convention, right?
Wrong, says the National Lawyers Guild.
In a new report, the New York-based advocacy group concludes keeping the peace at both national political conventions came at a high price for the First Amendment.
"The sheer number of police, weaponry, and the constant threat of police aggression and arrest had a chilling effect on free speech and assembly," the guild says in its 31-page analysis. That led "to smaller and less robust demonstrations at this year's conventions than those in recent years."
The guild is a 4,000-member organization of lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers who regard human rights "as more sacred than property interests." Since 1937, it has helped organize labor unions, fought Jim Crow laws, represented antiwar protesters and sued the FBI over political surveillance of activist groups.
Last August, the guild sent 45 legal observers in matching lime-green baseball caps, plus several staff members, to the RNC. Among their main criticisms of Tampa:
• In the weeks and months before the convention, local police and federal authorities demonized protesters as "anarchist extremists" and misrepresented what happened at past conventions. This "anarchist threat narrative" discouraged many protesters from coming to Tampa in the first place. Organizers had expected up to 15,000 marchers. The guild said actual participation was closer to 600.
• The security was overkill: too many officers, too much armor, too many fences, too many horses, too much paramilitary gear. And the guild said the resulting intimidation on the ground was given legal muscle by a special event ordinance that it said unconstitutionally restricted the right to protest.
"We are concerned that these techniques — while not new — are becoming the 'business as usual' approach to event security," guild senior researcher Traci Yoder told the Times in an email.
Finally, the report said, spending $50 million in federal funds on security for each convention "is an extreme expenditure in an age of austerity."
Not surprisingly, Tampa officials disagree.
"They're wrong," Mayor Bob Buckhorn said. "I think they would have just been as happy to see anarchy in the streets."
He said Tampa had to prepare for the worst, but pointed out that the city's designated protest areas were much larger than those at the 2008 GOP convention, which saw more than 800 arrests. He also said the city gave water to protesters, and police even drove extra boxed lunches to the Romneyville protest camp.
Police also printed and gave out a guide showing locations of the parade route, portable toilets, water and misting stations, plus tips provided by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. One tip: " You may remind officers that taking photos is a right and does not constitute suspicion."
"We went out of our way to make sure that folks with a legitimate interest in expressing their First Amendment rights had the ability to do so," Buckhorn said. "I don't know what more we could have done."
Tampa police Chief Jane Castor said police did not take part in fear-mongering.
"We stated our position very clearly from the beginning," Castor said. "It was our job to ensure that everyone had a safe environment in which to state their divergent viewpoints as long as their expression didn't cross over into lawlessness or violence."
Toward that end, the chief said the police worked to find out what protesters wanted — to occupy an intersection, for instance — to accommodate them whenever possible and to offer reasonable alternatives when necessary.
"I don't think there was any chilling effect," Buckhorn said. "Even the ACLU indicated that."
That's a reference to a comment from ACLU Florida president Michael E. Pheneger after the convention.
" don't know that anybody can complain that they were not allowed to get their message out," he told the Times.
That doesn't mean that the ACLU didn't have concerns. Before the convention, it criticized the city's temporary event ordinance and surveillance cameras as excessive, intrusive, over-reaching and unnecessary. And it still has problems with the cameras, which police kept.
But after watching convention-week protests, Pheneger said demonstrators and police alike deserved credit. He praised authorities for having top officials on the scene, trying to avoid confrontation, training officers to be friendly and communicative, and being flexible when crowds marched in unpredictable directions.
Yoder responded that since police outnumbered protesters 4-to-1 they could afford to be flexible because they knew they could shut down demonstrations at any time.
"Protesters were kept so far away from the event site that even if their message was expressed, they were nowhere near the people who were intended to hear it," she said. " In fact, a vast security wall ensured that protesters had no contact whatsoever with the RNC delegates."


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NOM Upset Over U.S. Government's Recognition Of All Same-Sex Married Couples For Taxes
Color us shocked. NOM is pissed that the U.S. government will now recognize all same-sex marriages for federal tax purposes no matter what state the couples live in.
Today, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) denounced the U.S. Treasury Department's ruling that same-sex couples who "married" in a jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex 'marriage' will be treated as married couples for federal tax purposes even if they live in state that does not recognize same-sex 'marriage.'
"The Treasury Department is grossly overstepping its authority. This is a nation of laws. Only Congress has the authority to change the law," stated Brian Brown, NOM president.
This action continues a pattern of lawlessness across the nation where administrators and clerks have taken it upon themselves to interpret and re-write laws as they pertain to marriage. Only the legislative branches of the Federal or State governments enact or rewrite the law.
"The Obama administration is intent on forcing same-sex 'marriage' on an unwilling public," Brown said. "Congress alone has the responsibility of determining federal tax law."
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Just got off the phone with Ken Chahine, Ph. D, Senior VP DNA, Ancestry.com, who graciously answered questions lingering in my mind about matching AncestryDNA (autosomal) results to a proposed cousin's Ancestry Member Tree.
Significant is that Y-DNA tests only the father and mtDNA tests the mother's side, but autosomal DNA tests everything to give a clearer picture of one's genetic ancestry.
This form of DNA testing narrows, for instance, Europe down to smaller groups than previously possible with other types of DNA testing providing increasingly detailed ethnicity results.
Breadcrumbs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) are left as the genetic code is transferred from parent to child with slight variations. It is those slight variations that are of particular interest in determining potential matches with other AncestryDNA participants.
Ken explained that once Ol' Myrt's DNA is tested, I'll log in to Ancestry.com in the usual manner, click on "DNA" on the menu bar, and work through my report. I'll be able to review possible matches with potential cousins. Thankfully, the DNA scientists at Ancestry.com (7 with a Ph. D. in genetics or computational biology) have created a results report that indicates a degree of confidence, say 99%, that I am related to another genealogy researcher in the AncestryDNA database. It will then remain for the two of us to determine the common ancestor.
As the database grows, the chances of a potential cousin match grow as well. Naturally, Ancestry.com will periodically advise participants of new potential matches. It's easy for the computers to "see" these matches, and is smart for Ancestry to share this with participants, inviting additional interaction with AncestryDNA results pages.
As AncestryDNA test results point me to a likely cousin match, we may find a common location in our compiled Ancestry Member Trees to search together, as reported in Kimberly Powell's Autosomal DNA Testing - Can it Really Predict Our Ancestors? She notes "a very intriguing match to a family tree on Ancestry.com that includes none of my own ancestral surnames, but does include two families who were neighbors and close associates of several of my North Carolina ancestors in Edgecombe, Martin and Bertie counties." This may help her identify the maiden name of an elusive progenitor.
Finding an actual common ancestor depends on the reliability of each AncestryDNA test participant's genealogical research expertise and surviving records indicating or inferring familial relationships.
On the genetic code side, one cannot hide from the truth. With a large member base and high profile in the genealogy space, Ancestry.com is likely to take the lead in genealogy genetic testing quite simply because their results will reflect a larger database of participants. The "legitimacy" of the trees component is still up for grabs, as has always been the case with published trees in book or online format. At least, with DNA test results to guide us, we can narrow the search to folks climbing the same genetic family tree. Autosomal matches are much closer (more recent) when compared to matches found by other forms of DNA testing.
See Blaine Bettinger's Ancestry.com's AncestryDNA Product published back in early April.
Visit the http://dna.ancestry.com website to view a video about the possibilities.
Disclosure: I'll be receiving a free AncestryDNA test from Ancestry.com shortly. I'll have more to share with my DearREADERS after receiving my results.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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Myrt :)
Your friend in genealogy.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DearMYRTLE
Twitter: @DearMYRTLE
G+: +Pat Richley-Erickson
Second Life: Clarise Beaumont


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YouTube issues
A question for anyone here that has a YouTube account and has ever uploaded Michigan sports to it. Are any of your videos suddenly being blocked or written up as matching third party content?
My YouTube account is currently in shambles but it's somehow still standing. Of my 402 videos, over 200 of them are now currently blocked world wide. These videos include all sorts of classic football victories going all the way back to the 1970's, some basketball vids with the Fab Five and the majority of my player tributes.
The same common theme on every video that is blocked globally is thanks to audio visual content administered by ZEFR. I don't even know what the hell ZEFR is or what it stands for.
What's most puzzling is that there is no pattern to any of the vids that were marked up. Some basketball vids are blocked, others are fine. Part 1 of the 2010 UConn FB game is blocked but part 2 is fine. Even silent coaches film from the 1970 MSU football game is blocked by ZEFR despite the fact that it never aired on TV!!!
Is anyone else having this problem? I'm trying to think of the next step to take because I don't want my account removed altogether. I've put 5 years into it and I'd rather not stop doing one of my favorite hobbies.


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Half the Flight MH17 victims who never made it back to their Australian homes were from Victoria.
The state government said on Saturday in addition to the 10 Victorians who died on the ill-fated flight, eight foreign national, permanent residents also perished in the crash that claimed 298.
At least 36 of the Malaysia Airlines flight victims live in Australia.
A family of five from Eynesbury, west of Melbourne, was among those lost.
Hans van den Hende, his wife, Shaliza Dewa, and their children Piers, Marnix and Margaux were on their way home from a European holiday.
Ms Dewa's distraught mother, Datin Siti Dina, learnt of her family's fate from a family friend.
"My friend and I watched the news on CNN as soon as I received the call," she told reporters at Kuala Lumpur airport, where the ill-fated flight was supposed to have landed from Amsterdam.
"I called up my son-in-law's family immediately," she told Malaysian newspaper The Star.
The family was described as being community-minded and involved in many sports.
Marnix enjoyed success with the Melton Swimming Club, and 13-year-old Piers played soccer for Melton Phoenix.
"It hasn't just affected us here in Eynesbury but it's affected the wider community," family friend Deanne Jenkins told Network Ten.
Melbourne couple Elaine Teoh and Emiel Mahler, both 27, were on their way to a wedding in Malaysia when the flight they were on travelled into Ukrainian airspace.
Ms Teoh, originally from Penang in Malaysia, and Mr Mahler, a Dutch national, both worked in the finance sector in Melbourne.
Ms Teoh's employer, IG Australia, issued a statement saying both she and Mr Mahler - who used to work at the company - were beloved members of their community.
Award-winning novelist Liam Davison, 57 and his wife, beloved high school teacher Francesca "Frankie" Davison, 54, were also on the flight.
Liam Davison was a brilliant teacher who was "universally liked", according to fellow writer Ben Pobjie.
"Frankie" was described as warm, generous and kind.
"She gave so much to Toorak College both personally and professionally," college principal Helen Carmody said.
Small business owners Gerry and Mary Menke, who ran an abalone pearl company in Mallacoota, another couple killed in the crash, were huge contributors to their community,Jeanette Seignior from Business and Tourism East Gippsland said.
"They are a beautiful couple, a lovely family," Ms Seignior told AAP.
Sunbury real estate agent Albert Rizk and his wife Maree, also died.
Hume City Councillor Jack Ogilvie said the couple was actively involved in the Sunbury Football Club.
"Albert and Maree both loved the club ... Maree worked in the canteen on game day," he said.
Dutch national IT security consultant Marco Grippeling, 48, was also among those lost.
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has pledged his government's support for loved ones.
"I would again like to express my sympathy for the families, friends and loved ones of those victims," Dr Napthine said on Saturday.


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Remy's Fantastic Floral Nursery
Name: Remy
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Location: Los Angeles, California
Color Inspiration: We scrapped our original plans for Remy's room when we discovered the stunning floral abstract Trove wallpaper. Everything else was designed to keep things simple and complementary to the feature wall.
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Color Inspiration continued: We re-purposed the original drapes, creating a teepee and used left over party decorations as a 3D wall treatment.
Tip For Using Color: The "rules" don't apply in a kids room. Being too cautious about matching colors and textures will get in the way of creating a fun and vibrant space.
Colors Used: Wallpaper - Trove nekkar 004 (pinks)
White walls - Dunn-Edwards tintable white
White drapes - Pottery Barn cotton panles
Yellow rug- Pottery Barn
Pom Poms- Martha Stewart Crafts
Lou Lou Ghost chairs in Rose
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Winners and Losers: A Very Big Week for Deals
Dell, Comcast, Best Buy and Heinz were among the giants moving in and out of deals. David Benoit joins Markets Hub with a look at the top news in Deals. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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In an article published in Businessweek, Ruiz argues that Intel is no longer the company it was a decade ago, when it could use its dominant position to sway practically every aspect of the computing market in its favour. It is now seeing quite a bit of pressure from ARM chips, which power the vast majority of phones and tablets on the market.
His first word of advice is to remind the world that Intel is still in the computing business and to point out that tablets are merely an extension of PCs, based on different processors.
"There is no reason to let the media, Wall Street, or anyone else define Intel as purely a PC technology company," wrote Ruiz. This is a good point, which was apparently lost on Intel.
His next tip might be a bit more controversial. Ruiz believes Intel should split its businesses and move toward becoming a portfolio company, with a big data business, PC business and a mobile business. He argues that Intel's superior manufacturing capability would ensure success for the restructured businesses.
Next up – "don't wait". Intel had the capacity to conquer the mobile market years ago, but it hesitated and opened the door to potential challengers. Ruiz points out that Motorola made the same mistakes and squandered the value it spend decades generating.
"Wall Street and the media may declare that the PC market is dead or that mobile is the future. The truth is that computing, in all its evolving forms, remains and will remain king," said Ruiz. "The products consumers want will change whenever the industry innovates and offers something new and better. Intel should make its mission continuous innovation in computing of all kinds."


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Must-Have Bar Cart Accessories
Party people have many new mixology accessories to choose from when outfitting a space-saving bar cart. Alina Dizik joins Lunch Break with a shopping list. Photo: F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas.
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Despite the fact he hasn't started a game since 2007, and has a career record of 23-56, there appears to be a market for Giants backup quarterback David Carr.
No, really.
According to Mike Garafolo of USA Today, the Buccaneers were interested in Carr a year ago, and "should be again." The link is former Giants assistant Mike Sullivan, now the Bucs offensive coordinator.
The Bucs might want someone to push Josh Freeman, but not to the extent they have to pay that person a load of money, and Carr could satisfy that requirement.
Since taking a horrible beating as the first pick of the expansion Texans, Carr's career has settled into a comfortable groove. He ended up playing more than he anticipated with the Panthers in 2007, and has since spent four years with the Giants and one with the 49ers without starting a game.
He's thrown 61 passes in the last five years, and even if he plays for the minimum, can bank another million bucks.
Life is not always fair.


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There are a whole lot of activities planned around this Saturday's match against the Philadelphia Union. Here is a full rundown of everything - and as we posted earlier in the week - please plan to arrive early if you are attending Saturday's match.
The Revolution has planned several activities to recognize the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing last week:
- Almost 7,000 tickets have been distributed to Boston's first responders, Boston Athletic Association (BAA) staff and volunteers and Boston-area hospitals in appreciation of their efforts on Marathon Monday
- Both teams' players will wear adidas Boston Tribute Tees during pregame warm-ups
- Both team captains will lead out their teams wearing BAA jackets from the 2013 Boston Marathon
- There will be a moment of silence and tribute video in honor of the victims
- Boston Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will provide the color guard for the game
- The color guard will include the flag of the City of Boston
- Both teams will wear black armbands
- The Revolution will raffle a team-signed City of Boston flag with 100% of proceeds earmarked for The One Fund - Boston. Raffle tickets can be purchased behind section 102 on the main concourse.
The Revs will wear orange ribbon patches on their jerseys for leukemia awareness following defender Kevin Alston's diagnosis with CML, a rare but treatable form of leukemia
- The jerseys will be auctioned off with 100% of the net profits going to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. More auction information will be available on revolutionsoccer.net on Monday
- This is the Revolution's first home match since the announcement of his diagnosis
The game will also be the team's Autism Awareness Game in partnership with Autism Speaks
- Autism advocate Gianna Hitsos will perform the national anthem
- A representative from Autism Speaks will serve as the game's honorary captain
- Revolution staff will wear Autism Speaks pins
- Autism Speaks will have informational and donation tables set up in the nrg Plaza and on the main concourse in the stadium


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"Platypus Cafe"
While kayaking in Australia, Martin and Chris encounter one of the world's most unusual creatures, a platypus mother with her eggs. But unscrupulous endangered animal chef, Gourmand, plans on making the platypus eggs his next delicacy. The Wild Kratts team must use the special "sixth sense" of the platypus to save the eggs. D
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Disaster in High Winds + Lessons Learned
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Re: Disaster in High Winds + Lessons Learned
It'll probably be Shellgate from here on out. I was still in the "Winter kiting, it's not that crowded" mindframe because the last few times I've been at Alameda (i.e., this year), there's been almost no one there. But, as pointed out in another thread, looks like the season has officially begun, with associated chaos.
Re: Disaster in High Winds + Lessons Learned
Wait until you see 3rd ave upper launch in the spring with 30 knots wind in the channel and newbs pumping 13 on the beach because "it's the only kite they have".
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Re: Disaster in High Winds + Lessons Learned
I haven't driven down to Third since 2011 (getting lazy, since I have five spots within easy driving from me). Last time I was there almost the whole upper launch was flooded. Are they doing anything about the erosion?
Yes, it can be crazy there, but at least it's spacious (when not flooded). I never had a problem landing there like I did on Friday at Alameda.
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The Bluffton Redfish swim team will defend its title at the annual City Meet championship Saturday at the Chatham County Aquatic Center in Savannah.
Swimmers ages 4 to 18 will swim in individual and team relay events, and teams will compete for the 2012 league title.
"The Savannah Coastal Swim League teams have benefited from the excitement around swimming and the upcoming Summer Olympics," said Eric Wayner, meet director. "We have had excellent participation and lots of community support for the sport of swimming. We may even have some future Olympians in the pool this Saturday."
During the 2012 season, SCSL's 10 teams had 725 swimmers from Savannah, Richmond Hill and Bluffton.
In the Large Team Division, the Redfish will defend their 2011 title against Savannah teams that had a strong showing during the 2012 regular season, including the Isle of Hope Sharks and the Wilmington Park Barracudas.
The SCSL regular season began the first week in June. Dual meets have been held each week during the season.
The City Meet is open to the public. Events for swimmers ages 10 and under will begin at 9:10 a.m. Competition for swimmers ages 11 and over will begin no earlier than 2:10 p.m. The championship teams will be announced after the close of the afternoon session.
For a complete list of age groups and events, check the SCSL website at www.coastalswim.net.


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First Look At Aaron Taylor-Johnson As Quicksilver
We nearly fainted when we learned that gorgeous Kick Ass star Aaron Taylor-Johnson wouldn't be ditching tight superhero clothing on the big screen anytime soon thanks to his new role as Quicksilver in Avengers 2. Today, we learn if we wasted our smelling salts as the first images of Aaron in Quicksilver drag hits the Internet.
Turns out the pants are a little baggy for our superhero tastes, but Aaron fills 'em out nicely:
What do you think of Aaron's Quicksilver, Instincters?
(h/t: JustJared, ScreenCrush)
I like this outfit. It is not overdone, and doesn't distract from the character or make him look silly. Later on, they could intergrate the pants with the top and make it all one piece and it would still look good if they didn't change the colors or add the white streaks to the bottom part.
Brad, you do know that Punk, in it's original form, used to be a slang term for a gay man. Also,, if anything, he looks more like a sportsman working out than a a punk/hoodlum/gangbanger. You're just slaggin him off because he doesn't fit what you want for quicksilver. Just stop with the rude judgementalism, it's needless and boring.
I'm well aware that by calling him out on his judgemental comments I was being judgemental. But really how else do you do it? Let it slide and folks think it's alright to be so...rude? Not cool. I abide by Wheaton's rule - Don't be a dick. Stating that someone is being judgemental because they're calling someone out for being judgemental isn't pointing out hypocrisy, it's just trying to make the person doing the calling out look like a fool. Being judgemental isn't a bad thing, we make judgement calls everyday. However, sometimes making a judgement call means that you have to do it to call someone out of their bad behaviour. By calling me out, it condones THEIR rude behaviour, and really what he said was weak, rude and wholly unnecessary. It was also a waste of energy. Have a nice day :)


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Baby Furniture Sets Help Create the Perfect Nursery
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Waiting until your little one arrives to find out if it's a boy or girl? Most of our nursery furniture sets are gender-neutral and will look outstanding whether the color scheme is boys' blue or girls' pink. From the corner posts to the intricate feet of the crib, the matching features of your new nursery set will stand out in all the right ways. Choose from an assortment of wood finishes—a darker espresso, a lighter maple, or a cherry stain that's halfway in between. Go a more traditional route with a white crib and a versatile, multipurpose changing station. Most of our cribs feature adjustable mattress heights, so it will be easy for you and your child to adjust as he or she grows. Complete your new nursery addition with fun sheets and bedskirts from our adorable collection of baby bedding.


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STAMFORD — Three years ago, Kristen Drozdal and Kevin Scelsa moved from Manhattan to Stamford. "I haven't been back since I moved," Drozdal, 25, said just last week.
Maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration — they have gone into the city to see a few Broadway shows — but Drozdal, a Connecticut native, is satisfied with Stamford's entertainment options.
Drozdal and Scelsa are part of a wave of new residents who have come to Stamford since 2010. The city, the state's third largest, has gained more than 5,600 people through July 2014, as the state as a whole grew by just 22,000, according to new U.S. Census data.
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September 2011 Edition
Welcome Back! - I hope that everyone has a tremendously enjoyable Fall semester. We are working on a variety of initiatives and intend to keep you "Updated!"
American Medical Student Association Establishes a Chapter at HCC
HCC is pleased to form a relationship with the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). AMSA is a student-governed, national organization committed to representing the concerns of all physicians-in-training and is pleased to establish a chapter at Hillsborough Community College this fall. The HCC AMSA Premedical Chapter is a district wide initiative open to students on all campuses. The group has set a goal of recruiting 50 members across all campuses over the 2011-2012 academic year. During the year the HCC chapter hopes to fulfill a wide variety of goals including (1) promoting relationships with Florida medical schools, (2) establishing a "Hands On Health" Program where members learn health related skills such as suturing, testing blood pressure, checking pulses, performing CPR, etc., (3) organizing blood and organ donor programs, (4) participating in health related community service projects, (5) providing a formal job shadowing program with local physicians and physician's assistants and (6) developing an on-campus and virtual resource center. In addition, HCC AMSA will be dedicated to promoting the HCC Commit2Complete program within its membership and within HCC. HCC AMSA members will also send chapter delegates to the National AMSA convention in March. For students interested in joining HCC AMSA, there will be an Informational Meeting on Thursday, September 15 from 4-5pm on the Brandon Campus in room 206/208 of the Student Services Building. We invite all students to come meet our President, Marco Suarez, and our Vice-President, Nayana Joogoolsingh. Please feel free to contact the HCC AMSA Faculty Advisor, Professor Elizabeth McCullough, at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Financial Aid
Student Services and Financial Aid Central Processing Services - Plans are underway for the Financial Aid and District ARR to move to the Ybor City Collaboration Studio this October. This location will serve as an off-campus processing center for many of the operations performed on the campuses in Financial Aid. These processes include student verification and processing loans, grants and other aid. The current staff located at the District Office is expected to move to the Collaboration Studio the third week of October. Linda Joy Clemons, Director of Financial Aid is establishing a transition team to assist with the migration to centralized processing.
Veteran Student Services
Veteran Student Services Task Force - Given the Post 911 GI Bill and the subsequent increase in new Veterans enrolling in college, a taskforce of HCC staff and community partners has been developed to review ways to enhance our services for Veteran Students. We expect the Taskforce will make their recommendations to the Cabinet this Fall.
New Initiatives
LIFE - Linking In Faith and Education Project - A recruitment team led by Sharlotte Henderson, and comprised of Dr. Keith Berry and Rashod Web will champion the LIFE Outreach Initiative. Linking In Faith and Education is a recruitment program targeting potential students from various Black Churches in the area. The Kickoff breakfast is October 19 at the University Club. Ministers interested in helping their members learn about college and attend HCC will be in attendance.
Middleton High School Recruitment - The 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay, Inc. are partnering with HCC in an effort to encourage the Middleton High School senior class to graduate and attend college. A small task force has developed a an initiative to meet this goal. Barbara Cockfield and Tim Warren are leading the effort to work with all Middleton High School seniors to provide admissions and financial aid assistance.
Administrative and Legislative Updates
CSA/CIA Meeting - The Florida Council of Student Affairs/Council of Instructional Affairs meeting will be held at the Hilton Bayshore in St. Pete from October 12 - 14, 2012.
Kudos to all of the student services and academic affairs staff for the tremendous work accomplished during this Fall registration!
Visit HCC Student Services & Enrollment Management at: www.hccfl.edu/ssem.aspx


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Will 2013 bring more integration in gadgets?January 7th, 2013 Tags: Android, BlackBerry, Bluetooth, Camera, Canon, Cycling, Facebook, Gadgets, Garmin, GPS, HD, Maps, OpenStreetMap, Tablet, WiFi, Windows Phone
Above is the new Canon Powershot-N camera, an interesting camera as it's designed as an any-way-up camera, due to the square nature of the camera (although the screen only tilts upwards and technically it's not quite square!). The any-way-up operation is achieved by two rings around the lens, one acting as the zoom ring, and the other the shutter button. Unless the information displayed on the screen also spins though, I suspect the majority of pictures will still be taken with the camera in the conventional position.
However, instead of including a GPS module within the camera (as Canon started to on their higher end models last year), they have used the WiFi link that you can establish between the camera and your smartphone or tablet (iOS and Android only supported) to feed the camera with the gps location information from the smartphone / tablet instead. This WiFi link also allows you to easily transfer the pictures to your device, and then onwards onto Social Media sites, and photo sharing sites (the Canon Image Gateway offers 10GB of personal storage, and the software has a direct upload to Facebook option, but I suspect once the picture is on the smartphone / tablet there will be plenty of ways of getting the picture onto other sites via the OS or specific applications for those sites). To top off the range of new features, the device can be charged via USB (historically Canon cameras have needed the battery to be removed and placed into a charger, so providing in camera charging is also something I'm glad to see).
With a 8x optical zoom, a 12.1MP CMOS sensor, and only measuring 78.6 x 60.2 x 29.3 mm (when lens retracted), yet still supporting Full HD video recording, this is an interesting new device which will be available in Black or White when it's released in April around £270.
For completeness, I should mention that this same GPS integration is available on a range of other new Canon products announced this week (the Canon IXUS 140 and Canon PowerShot 3500IS in particular), in fact, what's interesting is that you may not even need to maintain the link throughout the day whilst shooting your pictures, as Canon say "At the end of each day, Wi-Fi can be activated to pair the captured images on the camera with the location data recorded from the smartphone."
Also announced today are two new Garmin EDGE cycling trip recorders, the Garmin EDGE 510 and Garmin EDGE 810 cycling devices. By utilising the Garmin Mobile Connect app, these devices are capable of additionally supporting live tracking, social media sharing and real-time weather updates as well as the more traditional functions of accurately track speed, distance, time, GPS position, elevation, calories burned, ascent and descent (and supporting heart rate monitors and other ANT+ sports devices such as speed / cadence sensors). The Garmin EDGE 810 would be my preferred device, as it additionally supports the ability to load maps onto the device, which can either be obtained from Garmin or by utilising data such as that produced by OpenStreetMap at no charge for personal use.
Again limited to iOS and Android only, Garmin Mobile Connect allows these devices (via Bluetooth) to
- share all the details of their rides with friends, family and social media contacts
- allow cyclists' friends and family to follow their races and training rides in real-time
- allow for wireless uploads of completed activities from the Edge 810/510 as soon as cyclists finish recording an activity to the Garmin Connect website
The Garmin EDGE 810 will be available in the next month or two in 3 UK versions, just the unit for £380, the unit plus a heart rate monitor and a speed / cadence sensor for £430, or the unit will the sensors and a data card loaded with European maps for £480.
Back to the original point; a couple of years ago we all wanted each and every device to come with a SIM card slot to allow us to connect it to the Internet, but unlike tablets, devices such as these aren't going to be used every day of the year, or even every month, and suddenly the cost of the additional hardware support and maintaining a mobile phone contract for them does seem a burden, so by allowing them to connect to the internet via an existing mobile device suddenly makes a lot more sense, and with many of the UK mobile networks offering unlimited data offerings (whether or not these devices would fall foul of no-tethering clauses in contracts I'm not sure; for many of the functions, the devices are simply getting information to and from the smartphone, as opposed to direct onward internet access), then I can see devices like these becoming more common, and integration between different gadgets really taking off.
Having said that, with only iOS and Android support in both ranges of devices at launch, it is starting to look like other OSes (Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10 etc.) could potentially lose even more market share once people start buying other connected devices for use whilst out and about and need their smartphone to support those peripheral devices.