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Very big, busy, beautiful resort, plus a TX friend
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Lake Shore RV Resort
When we arrived on Thursday to check in (with reservations), the security guard said to pick a site, then after setting up, go to the office to let them know where we are and fill out the paperwork. Well, it's a good thing we didn't arrive a day, or even an hour, later, because by then there wasn't another site to be had, or if so, it wouldn't be in a prime location... and the place is huge!! Families galore! The people on one side of us said they live only about 15 minutes away, but they come to the resort every chance they get.
They've got just about every activity that you can think of...both indoor and outdoor pools, hot tubs and sauna, a beach swimming area, canoes, paddle boats, kayaks, playgrounds & jungle gyms in several places, a fancy putt-putt golf course, adult lounges, water fountains to play in, wagon rides, and so much more!!
On Friday, we had lunch with Vicki, a friend from Winter Haven, our Brownsville winter home. She plays bridge with Terry down there. It was a delicious meal with a lot of fun conversation and I think we could have yakked for hours, so much fun!. Unfortunately, we couldn't see more of her during our stay because she left the next day to drive to North Carolina to see her daughter. We'll just have to wait until November when we get to Brownville.
Our next stay was at the Lake of the North RV Resort just outside of West Branch, MI (north of Saginaw). Nice place, good for families, but the non-paved roads around the resort were not very good and instead of speed bumps, they had speed troughs, not fun, no matter how slow you creeped over them, even in a car, and it's so much worse in the RV!


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one more xmas card done for this year, tick off. used some my minds eye holly paper for the background and some silver laces put some cute gingerman ups sorry gingergirl on . lol thank you so much for the visit and have a great day . hugs magi
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Mac was the only boy of four children, born to John and Maude McCoy on December 30, 1922 in Lincoln, West Virginia. His sisters were Marquaret Drake, Ruth Forther, and Olive Lucas. He married Mozell Mulling in the state of Kentucky August 15, 1949 and they were happily married for 43 years.
Mac joined the Military in 1942, which at the time was known as the Army Air Corps, and served in World War II. In 1947 he was transferred into the new Air Force. His 35 year career took him around the world including three tours to Vietnam, numerous destinations in the United States and was awarded countless decorations and rose to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant. Mac was well respected by his subordinates and his peers during his military service. He was transferred to Mountain Home in 1973 and retired from the Air Force in 1977 where he resided until he passed.
Mac was a true outdoors man and loved to hunt and fish, whether it was up in the mountains elk hunting or out in the Owyhee desert chukar hunting. He was also a long standing member of the Elk's Lodge 2276 and American Legion Post # 26.
His first wife, Mozell, passed away in 1992. Then in 1994 Mac met the second love of his life Carol Lee Beaver. With Carol at his side they together made it their quest to find the perfect fishing hole, the best camp site for hunting and to find the best bargains at the Giant Flee Market in Florida. Mac, never forgetting his roots in West Virginia, would try to make it home once a year to see his family. As part of the original McCoy family of the legendary Hatfield vs McCoy fame, visits home were very joyous and uniquely interesting.
Mac will truly be missed by his loving family in Idaho and West Virginia.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Mozell, his parents John and Maude McCoy, sister Marquaret, and his second wife Carol Beaver. He is survived by his sisters Ruth Fortner and Olive Lucas, his step-children Doug Beaver (Mae), Dennis Beaver (Pam), Ramona Mendenhall (Jay), Brenda Schwarze (Bob) and numerous other blood and step-relatives.


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Hanayashiki (浅草花やしき Asakusa hanayashiki?) is an amusement park in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo[1] that has operated since 1853. It is operated by Hanayashiki Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. It is claimed to be the oldest amusement park in Japan. One of the unofficial mascots of the park is the Panda Car (パンダカー).[2]
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So I'm sitting in the sunshine in the garden raw edge appliqueing leaves onto a quilt tree and then adding Perle stitches on top but which ones look the nicest - the blanket stitches (red, top left), the two parallel lines (orange top right), the single run of stitches that point in (green bottom middle and bottom right) or a mix of all three?
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I was initially drawn to the top right double line (orange?) stitches, probably because it stood out the most. But I do like the others too and think a variety would be interesting to look at. Maybe each type of colored leaf could have its own kind of stitches? This photo looks like you started that... green: point in, mostly red: blanket, etc. Decisions, decisions!I think you should stay with a mixture of all three. It looks great with all three combined and adds interest. Thanks for sharing your quilt in the Quilt Festival, I'm glad I found your blog and I'm putting you in my reader as I speak. I Love Authentic fabric and from looking at your blog you do too!
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EMIRATES DUBAI RUGBY SEVENS: POOL A: Thursday, November 28
IRELAND 5 FIJI 38, 7he Sevens Stadium, Dubai, UAE
Scorers: Ireland: Try: Alison Miller
Fiji: Tries: Asinate Ufia Savu, Pricilla Sauvavi Siata 2, Ana Maria Roqica, Siteri Drova Tabua, Lavenia Tinai; Cons: Rusila Nagasau, Asinate Ufia Savu 3
Match Report: Encouraging Start For Ireland Women In Dubai
Match Report: New Zealand Prove Too Strong For Ireland Women
Ireland came into the game chasing their first win of the tournament, knowing that a victory - combined with favourable other results - could see them reach the Cup quarter-finals.
Head coach Jon Skurr made one change to the team that lost 29-0 to defending champions New Zealand, with Niamh Ni Dhroma preferred to fellow newcomer Anna Caplice.
They sought to get key runner Alison Miller involved early on, but the Fijians closed her down quickly on the left wing and a spilled pass by the otherwise precise Amy Davis led to a turnover.
Beaten by New Zealand (33-7) and the USA (24-19), Fiji were hungry for their maiden win and they took a step closer to it with a second minute try from the dangerous Asinate Ufia Savu.
They unleashed Savu for a simple run-in from the right for her fourth try of the day, with Rusila Nagasau failing to add the conversion.
Ireland fell 12-0 behind just two minutes later as Pricilla Sauvavi Siata dotted down from an inviting return pass from Nagasau, who landed a well-struck conversion this time.
Ireland continued to cough up possession in and around their 22 and Fiji profited time and again. They forced a turnover at scrum time and Ana Maria Roqica scooped up the ball and showed impressive speed to race in behind the posts.
A well-worked scissors move then set up a second try of the game for Siata and Savu's successful conversion made it 26-0 by half-time.
Skurr's charges did manage to get out of their half before the break with good endeavour from Davis and then a tap and go from Miller. Ni Dhroma was also involved in a promising move, but captain Shannon Houston knocked on out wide on the right.
Davis, one of the Grand Slam winners in the Dubai squad, intercepted a pass from Savu as Fiji threatened to score a fifth try early in the second half.
That score arrived two minutes in when Siteri Drova Tabua ran hard into a midfield gap and handed off Houston to score under the posts. Savu sent the conversion over for a 33-0 scoreline.
Siobhan Barrett and Christine Arthurs were introduced before a neat line of passes in the Irish 22 - with Arthurs getting on the ball - gave Miller a rare opportunity to stretch her legs.
A prolific winger in the 15-a-side game, Miller did brilliantly to outpace Siata on the outside on a sizzling 70-metre run to the try-line. Nikki Caughey took over the kicking duties, but failed to tag on the extras
Indeed, Ireland lost the services of Caughey soon after as she was sin-binned for throwing the ball away when it was a Fijian lineout - an offence which the match officials have been told to clamp down on.
The girls in green battled hard to stop the Fijians from adding to their try haul, and replacement Anna Caplice produced a terrific tackle on Litia Naiqato to prevent a near certain try.
But Fiji succeeded in crossing the whitewash for a sixth time when they stretched the Irish defensive line and passes from Nagasau and Tabua put replacement Lavenia Tinai over to the right of the posts.
This second successive defeat to a bruising southern Hemisphere side leaves the new-look Irish squad with plenty of lessons to learn ahead of the second day's action tomorrow.
Ireland finished bottom of Pool A on four points, with Fiji (five points), the USA (six points) and New Zealand (nine points) finishing ahead of them. They were tenth overall of the 12 competing teams.
Skurr's side will face France - the fourth-placed team in Pool C - in the Bowl semi-finals tomorrow at 3.02pm local time/11.02am Irish time. Fiji and Tunisia meet in the other semi-final.
TIME LINE: 2 minutes - Fiji try: Asinate Ufia Savu - 0-5; conversion: missed by Rusila Nagasau - 0-5; 4 mins - Fiji try: Pricilla Sauvavi Siata - 0-10; conversion: Rusila Nagasau - 0-12; 6 mins - Fiji try: Ana Maria Roqica - 0-17; conversion: Asinate Ufia Savu - 0-19; 7 mins - Fiji try: Pricilla Sauvavi Siata - 0-24; conversion: Asinate Ufia Savu - 0-26; Half-time - Ireland 0 Fiji 26; 9 mins - Fiji try: Siteri Drova Tabua - 0-31; conversion: Asinate Ufia Savu - 0-33; 11 mins - Ireland try: Alison Miller - 5-33; conversion: missed by Nikki Caughey - 5-33; 14 mins - Ireland sin-bin: Nikki Caughey; 14+2 mins - Lavenia Tinai - 5-38; conversion: Rusila Nagasau - 5-38; Full-time - Ireland 5 Fiji 38
IRELAND: Niamh Ni Dhroma, Shannon Houston (capt), Larissa Muldoon, Alison Miller, Claire Keohane, Ashleigh Baxter, Amy Davis.
Subs used: Laura O'Mahony (7+1 mins), Siobhan Barrett, Christine Arthurs, Nicole Caughey (all 10), Anna Caplice (14).
Subs used: Timaima Ravisa, Talica Vodo (both 12 mins), Lavenia Tinai (13). Not used: Esiteri Rauca Bulikiobo, Josivini Gusuivalu.
Referee: Shelly Trumbull (Canada)
IRELAND WOMEN'S SEVENS Squad (Emirates Dubai Rugby Sevens, Dubai, UAE, November 28-29):
Christine Arthurs (Tralee/Connacht)
Siobhan Barrett (Tralee/Munster)
Ashleigh Baxter (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Anna Caplice (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Nikki Caughey (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Amy Davis (Blackrock College/Ulster)
Shannon Houston (Blackrock College/Leinster) (capt)
Claire Keohane (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Alison Miller (Portlaoise/UCC/Connacht)
Larissa Muldoon (UWIC/Exile)
Niamh Ni Dhroma (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Laura O'Mahony (Tralee/Munster)
Thursday, November 28 -
Pool A:
IRELAND 12 USA 12, 7he Sevens Stadium Pitch 1
IRELAND 0 New Zealand 29, 7he Sevens Stadium Pitch 1
IRELAND 5 Fiji 38, 7he Sevens Stadium Pitch 1
Friday, November 29 -
Bowl Semi-Final:
IRELAND v France, 7he Sevens Stadium Pitch 2, 3.02pm local time/11.02am Irish time
Cup, Bowl and Plate competitions (11.40am-9.16pm local time/7.40am-5.16pm Irish time)
First leg: Dubai, United Arab Emirates - November 28-29, 2013
Second leg: Atlanta, Georgia, USA - February 15-16, 2014
Third leg: Arena Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil - February 21-22, 2014
Fourth leg: Guangzhao University Town Stadium, Guangzhao, China - April 4-6 2014
Fifth leg: National Rugby Centrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands - May 16-17, 2014
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IRB Women's Sevens World Series - Dubai Website
First Step On Road To Rio For Women's Sevens Squad
Skurr: New Players On Learning Curve In Dubai


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Well boys and girl, nVidia's done it again. Less than a month and a half after the launch of the GeForce 7800GTX today sees the release of its 'little' brother – the GeForce 7800 GT. As with the 6800 GT this is likely to be a big hit for nVidia, offering much of the power of the 7800 GTX at a lower cost.
But whereas the 6800 GT was, bar clock speeds, the same as the Ultra, the 7800 GT does have some architectural differences to the GTX. The major one is that the GT has 20 pixel pipelines, rather than the 24 of the GTX and seven vertex shaders instead of eight. Clock speeds have been reduced too, with the core running at 400MHz compared to 430MHz for the GTX and the memory at 1,000MHz compared to 1,200MHz. That said the two retail GTX boards we've looked at from XFX and AOpen were both running at 450/1250MHz for core and memory so it's not unreasonable to expect many retail GT boards to also offer a 'free' boost.
Aside from this the GT is the same as the GTX, based on the same 0.11 micron process. Fully present and correct is full support for Shader Model 3, High Dynamic Range and SLI – the trio that nVidia's marketing people like to refer to as 'the Power of Three'. Right…
In terms of line-up the 7800GT appears to be equivalent to the 6800 vanilla, which likewise offered reduced pipelines (12 instead of 16). This means that the GTX is occupying the same space at the 6800GT did leaving space for an 'Ultra' type card to be released above the GTX, presumably when nVidia feels that the time is right. We can also predict that nVidia will produce 16-pipeline versions of the 7800 series when it becomes more economical to do so than producing the 16-pipeline 6800 series. These would certainly be faster than the 16-pipeline 6800 cards due to the architectural improvements that nVidia has made with the 7800 series, so it would be faster performance at a lower cost - good news for consumers. That said, this is all speculation at this juncture.
What is hard fact though is that the 7800GT is here, and from the scores it's clear that nVidia has a winner on its hands. As you can see from the picture the PCB itself on the reference GT itself is actually shorter than that of the GTX. With the reduction of the pipelines the power requirements have dropped so that only a 300W PSU is required compared to 350W for the GTX. The heatsink on the reference card has been tweaked and there's no heatsink needed over the power regulator. A power connector still needs to be plugged in to the back of the cards, dual DVI is present and VIVO is supported too.
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President Barack Obama's nominee for chief information officer of the Veterans Affairs Department got sharp questioning today by members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee who wanted to know how he would stop the agency's public string of information technology failures.
Under questioning, Roger Baker, nominee for VA assistant secretary for information and technology and CIO, told the panel the first step toward solving what he called VA's large-scale management problem would be "to address the issues with failed programs and the environment that allows them to continue for 10 years before being identified as failed programs."
When Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) asked about the agency's failed patient scheduling system, Baker took it as an example of his point.
"My view is that a lot of the issue with patient scheduling and other failures is an environmental one of not dealing honestly with the fact that you are failing," he said. "The program certainly showed evidence of having problems well before the 10-year mark. It is important to accept those problems and deal honestly with them and, if necessary, admit that you are failing and that substantial correction is necessary."
Baker pointed to efforts the agency has already made that could contribute to solving the problems, including IT consolidation and a renewed emphasis on delivering operational services. He also said that as CIO, he would examine contractors' efforts "to make certain that we're getting the real benefit of the work they do and in a timely fashion."
Baker also praised VA's nascent record-sharing effort with the Defense Department and pledged to keep pressure on the effort. "A lot of work needs to be done to make certain that that information comes to the VA in a usable form," he said. "It's one thing to receive the information. It's another to be able to use it."
Although he has spent most of his career in the private sector, Baker served as the Commerce Department's CIO from 1991 to 2001.
He has long advocated making federal CIOs politically appointed rather than career positions, which he says would give them more influence over the budget and IT-related operating decisions.
When he was reminded after the hearing of those statements eight years ago, Baker replied, "Kind of got my wish here, didn't I? Let's see, I'm political. The VA CIO has the IT budget and clearly the influence and control over operations. It's the way it looks in the private sector."
Concerning VA's failures, Baker said, "There are two keys to that. One is stop them from happening. That would be nice. The second is communicate. I like discussing the issue I'm having to see if anybody has any thoughts on how to deal with it. But I also recognize that I am now a part of the political team."
"This is an opportunity to show that this is the way IT ought to be run, and government can make substantial changes and substantial improvements," he added. "If we achieve the goal that I set out in my testimony today, which is to become the best IT organization in government, I think that'll help a lot of other CIOs in what they're trying to accomplish as well."
The committee members also questioned William Gunn, nominee for general counsel at VA; Jose Riojas, nominated to become VA's assistant secretary for operations security and preparedness; and John Sepulveda, Obama's pick for assistant secretary for human resources at VA.
Akaka said the confirmation of all four nominees is almost certain but did not say when the vote would take place.
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Hi all,
How to clone a gene whose genom has not been sequenced yet?
Size of an unknown gene is 5kb.
Unknown gene has high homology with ortholog gene, and we know the sequence of ortholog gene.
I don't know initial steps.
I know what to do when I get the sequence of the unknow gene.
Is anyone have any idea?
All comments and answers are welcome
Thanks in advance!
How to clone a gene whose genome has not been sequenced yet?
Posted 12 April 2014 - 02:41 PM
Posted 12 April 2014 - 07:16 PM
The normal approach is to find regions of the protein that are highly conserved, and that have codons with limited variability. Single codon AAs such as methionine or tryptophan are useful since you know with certainty their nucleotide representation. Try to design primers for a short segment of your gene using these conserved known regions, along with degenerate bases in positions that are uncertain. If you are working with a eukaryote, then you probably should extract RNA and do an RT reaction so that you are working without introns.
When you have amplified a small section of the gene, then you can sequence it. Once you have sequence, you can make outward directed primers, and do an inverse PCR reaction to obtain adjacent nucleotide sequence, and work your way out by repeating as necessary.
Posted 13 April 2014 - 02:43 AM
I found this in one article, about Southern blotting : " Alternatively,if the gene has been cloned from a related organism,one in which the gene sequence is likely to be similar to that in the organism now being studied, then heterologous probing can be used,in which some noncomplementarity between probe and target is tolerated during the hybridization step. This approach can be used, for example,to identify homologues of human genes in the genomes of other primates,and can even be used across broad species barriers,for example by using Drosophila genes as probes for related human sequences."
As I understood, I can use a sequence of ortholog gene as a probe, to find unknown sequence?
And when I do, what is the next step?
Actually, what is the step between Southern blot and inserting sequence in plasmid?
Posted 13 April 2014 - 05:02 AM
There are some techniques for cloning fragments of the genome "blind." You can do this with the entire genome, or use Southern blotting as you describe to locate randomly cut fragments containing the gene on a gel, then clone from DNA fragments in the gel at that position. After cloning, you have to do colony blots to identify clones which also have the correct insert. I'd judge these methods more difficult and time consuming than the one I outlined, but both are rather challenging.
Posted 14 April 2014 - 12:01 PM
yes they are, but also much more safer for me, since i'm not that handy in lab yet
thank you very much!
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On Saturday, the Florida Gators suspended three players – Demarcus Robinson, Jay-nard Bostwick and Darious Cummings – hours before kickoff of the season-opener against Idaho. The game only saw one play and was canceled due to extreme weather. Despite the shortened contest, Will Muschamp reinstated the players this week, and has since received criticism due to the fact that the trio didn't actually sit out a whole game.
On Wednesday's edition of "Pardon The Interruption," one of Muschamp's critics, Michael Wilbon, laid into the coach. Co-host Tony Kornheiser posed a question regarding the decision to Wilbon, who stated:
"No. This is unbelievably intellectually and sort of morally lazy. If you're going to act like a tough guy and say, 'I'm sitting these guys down for a game,' then actually sit them down for a game. There's no lesson learned. The lesson learned is: 'Hey, my coach is a chump. He didn't even have the guts to sit us down. He didn't even have the guts to punish us.' This is bad parenting 101. No, I'm not with Muschamp."
Kornheiser argued the other side of the script, supporting Muschamp's choice:
"This is not the pros. This is college. And in college you can fall back on the 'teaching moment' theory. What if he believes that embarrassment has taught them a lesson? Because let's be fair, he didn't need them against Idaho, which was 1-11 last year. And they don't need them against Eastern Michigan, which was 2-10. … Those guys were embarrassed already. They learned their lesson."
While from the outside it could look like Muschamp is making a decision based on the interest of winning, the media can't see behind closed doors. Only Muschamp and the coaching staff can calculate whether or not a lesson has been learned, not onlookers, such as Wilbon, from the broadcast booth. If there's one thing Muschamp deserves praise for, other than being a great defensive mind, it's his ability to run a tight ship. Just take a gander down the off-field issues since his arrival.
You can listen to the entire clip at ESPN, fast forward to the 10:40 mark.


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... still hot day. At 10:30 Martin the vineyard owner appeared and we had an hours talk about the history of the area, Wroxeter roman town , the history of his vineyard and how to plant and grow vines !!! This was followed by a wine tasting of 5 of his wines and then lunch... His witty banter with lots of stories kept us amused for the 3 1/2 hours we were there. Lunch was great, a home made chicken and ham pie with new potatoes, salad ...
Leisurely day in Portmeirion
... a train. A big farm tractor was pulling a single coach which could seat several dozen passengers, four abreast.
It was a slow ride up a steep hill and through a beautiful forest. And then we slowly rode down another steep hill back to the station.
It wasn't a guided tour or anything like that. The tractor driver simply drove, and we simply enjoyed looking at the trees. Occasionally we passed someone who had hiked up on foot from ...
The Yorkshire Dales and Wales !!
... to Preston, turning down the M6 for a short way the turning off we headed across country via Chester, into Wales via Wrexham, Oswestry and finally arrived three hours later at Shrewsbury. With the roof down on the BMW and a sunny 22 degrees it was a great journey. Our hotel for the two nights is a 16 th century inn with only 4 boutique rooms. We are staying in the lime suite !!! With old oak beams and rickety staircases which squeak ...
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Next it was time to return to Wales and head up towards the north-western section, but on the way we stopped at Tintern Abbey which was a huge Cistercian Abbey (largest in Wales) that was destroyed as part of the Henry VIII's Dissolution in 1536-41. But I think that Tintern Abbey's biggest claim to fame was it's starring role in the file "The Omen". Have you seen the film? Then if you remember the scene where ...
The Shrewsbury Flower Show
... us things and astonishingly we only bought things we could eat and drink. A highlight of the show was the Royal Signals army motorcycle display team. They did amazing things on motorbikes. Amazingly they were riding Triumph T140 Trophies - oldies but ...


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7 Stitches per Inch Sock by Ann Budd
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THE attack and torching of a household at Mirpur Bihari camp on Saturday which killed 10, including 9 in a family, have been as outrageous as condemnable. The clashes between the inmates of the camp on the one side and the police allegedly accompanied by locals on the other, are indicative of where the battle lines were drawn.
Amid a smokescreen of different versions or spins to the story, depending upon which side of the fence one operated from, certain allegations have arisen calling for a probe to determine the truth, fix responsibility and punish the guilty.
One of the allegations is that local ruling party men torched the houses over a recent feud with the Bihari community. Perhaps this had to do with a demand from a local leader for an extension of illegal electricity connection to an adjacent slum which was opposed by the inmates of the camp.
Infighting within the Bihari community has been alluded to by police and the local people but how much it was relevant to the incident as such only an independent inquiry can shed light on. The local lawmaker thinks it could have been an "accident" during the handling of fireworks. Whether there is a grain of truth in this should be easy to prove.
As for the speculation that the attack could be linked to a "ploy to grab their land" this needs to be seriously gone into.
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Leaning on press brake tooling
4 ways to apply lean concepts to bending tools
Press brake tooling can play a significant role in minimizing setup, reducing WIP, increasing throughput, and minimizing waste—the goals of lean manufacturing. Some new developments are staged bending, push-button loading, sectionalized tooling, and precision-ground tools.
Staged bending can make short runs more cost-effective because each part is handled only once. |
Most of today's original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and contract manufacturers have embraced the principles of lean manufacturing. Many of the obvious offenders—the most wasteful processes and excess inventory—have been revamped and streamlined. But reaching the next level of lean is more challenging. It requires that manufacturers dig deeper, carefully examining each piece of the manufacturing puzzle for potential improvements.
Press brake tooling is an area in which a closer look reveals room for improvement. In fact, bending tools can play a significant role in minimizing setup time, reducing work-in-progress (WIP), increasing throughput, and minimizing waste. Thanks to today's press brake tooling technology, these initiatives can be accomplished with little stress or work flow disruption.
1. Staged Bending: Short Runs Simplified
As OEMs move to reduce inventory and continue to call for just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, small-batch press brake runs are increasingly common.
Smaller doesn't necessarily mean easier or more efficient, however. Taking setup time for multiple bends into account, it can be difficult to justify the expense of more complex short-run jobs. That's where staged bending makes small runs cost-effective—by simplifying complex bending sequences and handling each part only once.
Staged bending is the execution of multiple bends in a single press brake setup. All bends on a single part are bent in succession, with only one setup.
For example, manufacturing a component such as a cabinet requires a 30-degree bend with hem, an offset bend, a 60-degree bend, and four 90-degree bends. Using the traditional method, the operator would set up the 30-degree bend with the 30-degree hemming punch and die and perform the bend on all of the parts, handling each part one at a time. Then the operator would either remove the 30-degree hemming punch and die or reposition them so the top and bottom tool would not collide. Next, the operator would set up the offset punch and die and make the offset bend on all of the parts, again handling each part another time.
Once the offset bends were complete, the operator would either remove the offset punch and die or reposition them so the top and bottom tool would not collide. Then the operator would set up the 60-degree punch and die and make this bend on all of the parts, handling the parts for the third time. When finished with this bend, the operator would again have to remove or reposition the 60-degree punch and die so the top and bottom tool would not collide.
Finally, the operator would set up the 90-degree punch and die and complete the four 90-degree bends, handling the parts for the fourth time. This method of manufacturing would require the operator to complete four separate setups and create or load four separate programs.
Using staged bending to bend the same part, the operator would set up the 30-degree hemming punch and die, the offset punch and die, the 60-degree punch and die, and the 90-degree punch and die at the same time, creating or loading only one program. These tools would be set up in progressive order. On the same blank, the operator would complete the 30-degree hemming, the offset bending, the 60-degree bending, and then the four 90-degree bending operations and have a completed component. The part would need to be handled and set up only once.
Generally, because of the amount of setup time and programming time required using a traditional method, large batch sizes are run to gain the economies of scale needed to absorb the non-value-added time (setup, teardown, and part handling). With staged bending, much smaller production runs are feasible, because setup, teardown, and part handling are eliminated or minimized. This allows the fabricator to make what is needed when it is needed, reducing both WIP and excess inventory.
Figure 1 By requiring only one setup for multiple bends, staged bending reduces setup time, part handling, and work-in-progress. |
Staged bending requires that each set of tools share a common shut height, which is the total height of the punch and die when the press brake is closed (see Figure 1). Although it is possible to achieve this by applying special risers and custom shims to traditional press brake tools, tooling is currently available that offers a common shut height as a standard feature, making the process fast and simple. This seemingly minor change with staged bending offers significant gains toward lean manufacturing. It makes smaller lot sizes more feasible and reduces setup time, part handling, and WIP.
2. Tool Loading: Speed and Safety
Yesterday's fabricators would think today's fabricators spoiled with the tool loading technology now available. With older tool types, punch and die installation was the most time-consuming aspect of press brake setup. Thankfully, the protracted process of manually tightening screws has given way to a more efficient method.
Figure 2 Sectionalized tooling divides punches and dies into manageable-sized pieces that are easy and safe to handle; allows mix-and-match tooling; and requires just one operator for loading and unloading. |
Today's tooling features a push-button mechanism that, when depressed, retracts a safety tang, or a clamp lever, both of which release the tooling. This accelerates tool loading and unloading. Also, the push-button system is safer than sliding the tooling from the side because the safety tang eliminates the possibility of the tool falling and potentially causing injury when the upper beam is unclamped.
If the beam in the American-style brake has a groove to receive the safety tang (T-shaped groove), the tool can be loaded in either direction.
Push-button tool loading is a key example of an advancement that may seem minor on the surface but that saves time. Most press brake models can be retrofitted to accommodate this technology.
Sectionalized tooling is another major boost for lean manufacturing and safety. Sectionalized tooling divides punches and dies into manageable-sized pieces that are easy and safe to handle, as well as inexpensive to replace (see Figure 2). It also provides the ability to mix and match tooling to meet the necessary length, reducing the tool inventory needed for various jobs. If the sectionalized tooling is lightweight enough, one operator may be able to load it. Sectionalized tools are loaded vertically into the brake.
3. Precision Tooling Promotes Repeatability
Lean manufacturing is about minimizing waste—both in terms of time and materials. Reducing scrap and remanufacture time requires perfection on every bend executed. To accomplish that, tooling must approach perfection as well.
Using imperfect tooling can cause nonuniformity in the bending process from one tool to another, especially in sectional tooling. Typically with nonprecision tooling, the tool's centerline is out of alignment, creating more bow and twists in the tools, all of which will result in less accurate parts. For lean manufacturing to work, the bends must be correct the first time and every time.
With the use of precision-ground tooling with tolerances of ±0.0008 inch (0.02 millimeter) on all critical dimensions, fabricators can achieve high levels of repeatability. When tooling is mixed and matched, or when a punch or die needs replacing, this high level of precision provides consistent results throughout the run. These tight tolerances are especially useful for air bending, in which even slight variations can cause problems.
Figure 3 By increasing hardness up to 70 HRC, surface enhancements can extend tool life. |
4. Enhancing Tool Life
Press brake tooling's primary role in lean manufacturing is maintaining bending quality from start to finish. Adding a surface enhancement to the tool can extend its life significantly (see Figure 3). This allows the tooling to uphold the required level of quality for an extended period of time while also reducing the number of setups and replacement costs.
Some surface enhancement processes can increase the surface hardness up to 70 Rockwell C. They provide lubricity characteristics that lower the coefficient of friction as the material slides over the V opening of the die, reducing galling and sheet marking while extending tool life. Tool rust is another problem these tooling treatments can eliminate. A surface enhancement can penetrate to 0.02 in. below the tool surface to help ensure resistance to corrosion.
Fabricators who purchase precision-ground press brake tools must keep the tools clean and properly stored for extended tool life and continued accuracy. The initial cost of purchasing precision-ground tooling is higher than that of nonprecision tooling, but in the long term, cost savings can be realized in reduced scrap, time, setup, and tool replacement. In addition, having the ability to manufacture what is needed—when it is needed—is likely to enhance business opportunities.
Pat Campbell is the press brake tooling division manager for Wilson Tool International® Inc., 12912 Farnham Ave., White Bear Lake, MN 55110, 800-445-4518, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.wilsontool.com.
Pat Campbell
Wilson Tool International® Inc.
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
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Sunglasses, Starlets And Cd Ro Ms
Marsha W. JohnstonCannes. Cinema. Celebrities. Over the last 50 years, those three words have become synonymous. The mere mention of this Riviera resort conjures up images of a Mediterranean Hollywood oozing sun-bronzed show-business dealmakers and artists who air-kiss and then dash off to parties aboard yachts in the harbor. Little wonder, then, that the folks who hope to turn CD-ROMs and other interactive "content" into a mass medium of movie-industry proportions chose Cannes for their show, the International Publishing & New Media Market, better known as Milia.
Three years ago, Milia began as part of a lackluster book-publishing show that adopted electronic publishing (everything from CD-ROM cookbooks to games on PCs) to refurbish its image. Since then, Milia has added the trappings of a showbiz event, in part because of the wildfire popularity of entertainment on the Internet. It hasn't hurt that stars such as director Oliver Stone and rock musician Peter Gabriel have become high-profile dabblers in the new media.
So that nobody missed the glitz connection at the four-day February event, Milia's backers--the Reed Midem Organisation, the conference operator for publisher Reed Elsevier--put a pair of Ray Ban Wayfarer-like sunglasses into every Milia attendee's complimentary bag and imported their own celebrities. These included French New Age musician Jean-Michel Jarre, lead judge of the Milia d'Or awards for best CD-ROM titles, and Dutch supermodel Karen Mulder, who launched a title of her own.
The glamour, however, wasn't enough to keep attendees from pondering some down-to-earth questions about the fledgling market. No one's sure where electronic entertainment--whether on CD-ROM, the Internet, or online services such as CompuServe and America Online--fits into today's world of leisure. Are we talking about an entertainment delivery system or a new art form? Is Milia a technology event or an arts festival?
BEATS AND SUITS. Still, with 9,000 attendees from all over the world and exhibits from 1,150 companies, Milia doubled in size since last year. Virtually every major book, video, film, TV, and music publisher was here. There were representatives of the William Morris Agency and Microsoft, the Writers Guild of America, and Apple Computer. Some entertainment monoliths such as Walt Disney Co. came, if not as exhibitors then as scouts for the hottest electronic-arts creators.
The opening-night cocktail party, sponsored by France Television at the Palm Beach Casino, set the tone--a schizophrenic frenzy of glitz and creativity juxtaposed with technology. With searchlights fanning the sky, the event positively screamed glamour. The guests ranged from literary and artistic wannabes dressed in New Age beatnik garb (plus one woman in gold thigh-high boots) to a goodly number of "suits."
The evening's conversations were like none I had encountered at computer shows. Los Angeles-based screenwriter Douglas Varchol, whose original feature film Morocco is scheduled for European release soon, described the writer's new challenge. "A film script has basically one main character and lesser characters who support it. With a CD-ROM, you can have several main characters, but you have to write all of that!" said Varchol, the author of a book on interactive media. Consequently, he said, a writer must come up with more than 300 pages for a CD-ROM script, compared with about 120 for film and about 60 for a TV script. It's hardly surprising, then, that the Writers Guild can't figure out how much CD-ROM authors should be paid.
Spotting handsome Jarre, who had just finished an Internet site, "Space for Tolerance," for France's Culture & French Language Ministry, I dashed to engage him in a conversation on creativity. Not fast enough. I was waylaid by a gentleman from a New York-based multimedia production company who insisted on detailing the functions of his computer system, and Jean-Michel slipped away.
"MIND SHARE." Hollywood executives gamely talked technology. At an Apple press conference later, Jeffrey Berg, chairman and chief executive of Hollywood talent agent International Creative Management Inc., attested to the Macintosh's "mind share and equity" in the entertainment business. And Larry Doyle, producer of the Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge enhanced CD, crowed about how Macintosh and PowerBook technology saved him from having to use Windows "to send video previews to the boys, on their PowerBooks."
The most confusing event was surely the press conference that launched an exercise and beauty CD-ROM by Mulder. It was hard to miss, given the 30-foot-tall poster of the Barbie-blonde model at the entrance. But no runways, footlights, or haute couture here, folks. In a demure pink sweater, Mulder sat behind a table at a microphone, squeezed in with three men from Grolier Interactive Europe, trying her best to talk about CD-ROM technology.
Question: "How did a top model like yourself, Karen, ever come to the world of CD-ROM?"
Answer: "Well, I really had always wanted to do a videocassette. I hadn't even thought of a CD-ROM. But then the people at [Grolier] proposed it to me and showed me how it works, and I thought it was fine. But, really, with technology...I mean, even with the Minitel I have trouble."
In contrast, a glib Jarre waxed rhapsodic about the artistic virtues of cyberspace at his press conference on the Milia d'Or awards. "For us as musicians, the audience has always been a physical thing, present. What's exciting is to explore cyberspace as this place where you have all of these hidden eyes and ears. We don't talk enough about the poetic, romantic aspects of the Internet, which should make us optimistic, not pessimistic, about the future," he said.
GROWING PAINS. Then Jarre noted with distaste that the names of the creators of several CD-ROM titles nominated weren't printed on the disks. "At Milia, I've noticed that everyone talks about technology, market share, and regulation, not about creativity. We feel that it's important to emphasize the creative aspects--it's a little worrying for an emerging industry," he said.
Obviously, a friendly alchemy between creativity and technology is missing. Yet such existential growing pains are probably inevitable. After all, establishing a vibrantly creative interactive media industry will mean marrying boisterous, freewheeling artists with computer technonerds.
But maybe the same was true of the pioneers of cinema. Maybe early moviemakers talked more about the best mechanisms for feeding film through the camera than they did about the stories they told on the screen.
Who knows? One day, Milia may be the annual mecca for cybercelebrities-- fantastical creatures who will be spotted not behind sunglasses at a Cannes sidewalk cafe but cavorting about inside your virtual-reality helmet. But then, who could imagine going to Cannes and never having a need for sunglasses?


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WOW!!! What a beauty! She is a wonderful enameled panther ?shoulder brooch, marked Kenneth Lane with copyright symbol on raised oval plaque. I call her a shoulder brooch because she is slightly curved on the base. She sits so beautifully on your shoulder looking at everyone! The enameling is in excellent condition. She has a clear rhinestone encrusted bow and awesome green rhinestone eyes. She measures approx. 2 3/4"X1". You can see this design as a clip on page 267 in Collecting Rhinestone & Colored Jewelry 3rd Edition (copyright 1993)by Maryanne Dolan. She describes this as a clip, approx. 3" long and it has it's original leatherette bag. There is a finish spot on her belly(seen in 3rd pic). The shipping fees quoted are for priority/Insured in USA.
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They Met on the Set
Movie co-stars often fall in love—but not forever.
-JoAnna Zulli
Ben Stiller, who plays a neurotic fortysomething in the movie Greenberg (out this week), is probably one of the few actors brave enough to admit that yes, costars do fall in love—just to make their attraction seem real on screen, of course.
But Stiller, whose costar in the midlife-crisis tale is the sexy if relatively unknown Greta Gerwig, is quick to add that you've got to remain in control and remember it's only a movie. "Many actors fall in love with their co-stars," he says, "leave their spouse and then a few months later they split, too." In other words, what seemed so romantic and passionate on the set can quickly become boring away from it.
No word on what Christine Taylor, Stiller's wife, thinks about on-the-set romances. They've been happily married for ten years, though, which says a lot in Hollywood.
Some actors have been just as lucky as Ben and Christine. Others have made really bad choices. Take a look at some of the more famous workplace romances in Hollywood:
Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton. Met in 1999 on the set of the forgettable drama Pushing Tin. Divorced in 2005.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Met in 2005 on the set of the forgettable thriller Mr. and Mrs. Smith. He divorced Jennifer Aniston to be with Jolie. Still together despite periodic rumors of a breakup.
Remember this pair? Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow. Met on the set of Se7en (1995). Split in 1997.


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USC's Malcolm Smith tackles rare disorder
LOS ANGELES – Imagine being a football player and being unable to eat.
Imagine stopping in the middle of a meal with your teammates to vomit in a cup.
Imagine worrying whether a disorder hardly anyone has — and even fewer people have heard of — could ruin your career before it ever gets started.
USC linebacker Malcolm Smith doesn't have to imagine. He lives with it every day.
The senior suffers from achalasia, a rare disease of the esophagus that hinders swallowing, causes regurgitation and makes nutrition a daily challenge. It afflicts about 1 in 100,000 people.
Smith first realized he had a problem around the time of the Jan. 1, 2009, Rose Bowl.
"I was losing maybe two pounds every week," Smith said after a recent practice. "Food wasn't going down. It would get stuck. I would throw it back up."
Drastic weight loss is not a good thing if you're a 6-foot-1 linebacker fighting to reach 230 pounds. Making matters worse, Smith had no idea what was wrong with him.
"I was praying that it was going to be temporary," he said. "It turned out that it was kind of serious."
USC's trainers originally thought Smith was suffering from acid reflux. He underwent a battery of tests, including one where a tube was stuck up his nose and down his throat.
"It was a lot of weird stuff I never expected to go through," Smith said. "It's a lot better now."
Once doctors finally diagnosed the problem, during the 2009 offseason, Smith underwent a surgical procedure called a myotomy. It has helped. But Smith still experiences symptoms and has dietary restrictions.
He has to eat really slowly. He typically takes a sip of water between every bite. He rarely eats rice, tuna or his beloved peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. And he's still liable to vomit.
"It's definitely something that a lot of people still don't understand to this day. They're like, 'Why are you eating by yourself?' " said Smith, who often eats alone to make sure he gets a complete meal without feeling rushed.
"The people that know, they'll sit down with me. Those (other) guys are like, 'What's he doing over there?'"
After the surgery, Smith weighed only about 200 pounds. Today he weighs 229. It took more than a year of training — including essentially relearning how to eat — to get to that point.
The challenge moving forward is to maintain that weight. But even if he can, once the NFL's doctors examine Smith at the scouting combine, the red flags could start flying.
"It won't prohibit him," said Dr. Clark Fuller, director of esophageal surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. "But it will be another hurdle to overcome."
That's why the 2010 football season is the most important one of Smith's life. It's his opportunity to prove not only his ability but his durability.
Last season Smith — the younger brother of former USC receiver Steve Smith, who's now with the New York Giants — started for the first time. But he appeared in just 10 of 13 games because of ankle and shoulder injuries.
"The thing I've continued to talk to Malcolm about and what I'm challenging him (to do) is, he's got to have a career year this year," USC linebackers coach Joe Barry said. "And for him to have a career year, he's got to be healthy and play for 13 games."
Smith's weight has hovered around 229 pounds throughout training camp, so that's a positive sign. And 229 just might be the magic number.
Barry, who coached in the NFL from 2000-09, says Smith is the "prototype" weak-side linebacker in USC's cover-2 defense, which many pro teams also run.
"You've got to understand," Barry said. "Derrick Brooks was an 11-time Pro Bowler. I don't know if Derrick ever weighed (more) than 228."
Brooks was listed at 235 pounds, but Barry coached him for six seasons, so he ought to know.
Obviously, any comparisons between Smith and Brooks — a certain Hall of Famer — are premature. But Smith flashed his potential last season, especially against UCLA. He had a team-high 15 tackles, including 1.5 for losses, and returned an interception 62 yards for a touchdown.
He possesses all the traits coaches seek in a weak-side 'backer: speed, quickness, athleticism, awareness and instincts.
But it's a virtual certainty that scouts will question Smith's size and whether he can hold up to the rigors of pro football if his nutrition is compromised.
They're going to have to get used to his peculiar eating habits. It's an ongoing adjustment.
"I'm still getting used to it," Smith said. "Hopefully, over time, it will continue to get better. Hopefully, one day, it will be almost normal again."
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- Medical Malpractice, including misdiagnosis, surgical errors, and brain injuries.
- Wrongful Death
- Document your accident and injuries. Write down as much as possible about the accident, your injuries, and the monetary, personal, and psychological losses and damages you have suffered as a result of your injuries. Pictures or video of the location of the accident and your injuries are also important documentation.
- Keep notes about the conversations you have involving the accident. Notes should be kept for everyone you talk to about the accident.
- Preserve Evidence. If possible collect evidence about the accident, your injuries, and the losses suffered as a result of the injuries. Taking pictures can be a good way to preserve evidence.
- Locate witnesses. If there where any witnesses to your accident and injuries it is important to gain their perspective on the incident. These people will be able to corroborate the accident and your injuries.
- Meet with a lawyer. A lawyer who specializes in personal injury law can help protect your interests and maximize your settlement.
Pennsylvania Personal Injury Overview
Personal injury lawyers specialize in the area of the law concerning injuries suffered by an individual as the result of negligence. Negligence means that someone is responsible for the injuries of another person. Negligence occurs when an individual, company, or government agency acts in a careless, forgetful, or inattentive manner, resulting in injury to another person. The types of negligence that may lead to a lawsuit include, but are not limited to the following:
The following are several important suggestions that you can do if you are injured as the result of negligence and you feel you may have a case. These suggestions may be important if you wish to build a strong case for yourself and to prove that your injuries resulted from someone else's negligence.
You do not necessarily need to hire a lawyer to purse a personal injury case. However, personal injury lawyers who specialize in this area of the law have the ability to protect their clients' interests and will be able to maximize the amount of the settlement for the victim. You should always hire a lawyer if your case falls under one of the following: long-term or permanently disabling injuries, severe injuries, and medical malpractice.
A personal injury lawyer will attempt to prove two elements occurred as the result of your injury. First, your lawyer will establish that someone (the defendant) is responsible for your injuries. Next, your lawyer will prove that you have suffered damages as a result of your injury. Examples of damages may include but are not limited to medical expenses, loss of income, pain and suffering, and disability or deformity.
There are three ways a personal injury lawyer can establish that someone is responsible for your injuries. The first is negligence. This occurs when someone acts in a way that fails to prevent an injury. A personal injury lawyer will need to prove that the person responsible for your injury did not act in a reasonable manner in order to prevent the injury. The second way of establishing responsibility is called strict liability. This occurs when an injury results from the use of a defective product. The third way of establishing responsibility is referred to as an intentional wrong. This occurs when the person responsible for the injury acted in a way they knew would bring harm to another person.
A good personal injury lawyer can often settle your case without having to go to court. In addition, hiring a personal injury lawyer can help insure that your interests are protected during your lawsuit and will help maximize the damages you receive as a result of your injury.
When choosing a personal injury lawyer it is important to base the decision on several elements. You should choose a lawyer who specializes in personal injury law. Such a lawyer will have a much better understanding of the law associated with personal injuries and will be better able to represent you. It can also be helpful to choose a personal injury lawyer who has experience dealing with insurance companies. Also, make sure the lawyer you choose has trial experience. Lastly, choose a lawyer that respects you as a client.
Personal injury lawyers work on a contingency basis. This means that they do not require any money up front to employ their services. Instead, a personal injury lawyer will accept a percentage of the final monetary settlement at the conclusion of the case.
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At 10:04 PM, an Albany Police officer was called to assist a female Captain D's employee with the nightly deposit at SB&T Bank located at Stratford Drive and Rosebrier Avenue on Wednesday night.
After arriving at the bank, they heard a noise by the A/C units and the officer told the female to get back in her car while the officer determined where the noise came from. The suspect came from behind the units and pointed a handgun at the officer. The officer fired one shot as the suspect turned and ran. No one is was injured.
The suspect is a black male with a medium brown complexion, dressed in all black and is between 5'8" and 5'10" and was wearing a Batman mask and cape. As the suspect ran away, he dropped paraphernalia, including the mask.
At this time the Albany Police Department is using all available resources they have near the Hidden Oaks Apartments in east Albany; there are currently about a dozen patrol cars on scene. Dougherty County Sheriff's Deputies, Lee County K9, GSP Helicopter, and tactical equipment from the Dougherty County Police Department has been called in to help in the search as well.
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1. Alternative fuel cars
China's vehicle fleet has turned to many other power sources, including fuel cells, compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and even liquefied natural gas, which is most commonly associated with huge storage tanks aboard ocean-going tankers.
In June the government launched a pilot program in five cities to subsidize electric and hybrid cars
2. Biotechnology
The chairman of state grains trading firm COFCO Ltd, Frank Ning, told Reuters in an interview earlier this week that biotechnology was the key to keeping supply and demand in balance in the future.
3. Energy-Saving and Environmentally friendly Technologies
Premier Wen Jiabao called for "pushing forward with building a smart grid" in the annual report to the National People's Congress in March.
State Grid Corp of China, which operates the bulk of the country's power transmission networks, envisages building an "informationised, automatic and interactive" grid with ultra high voltage (UHV) power lines over the next five years.
4. Alternative Energy
China has already launched a major drive into hydropower and, to a lesser extent, wind, gas and nuclear, to supplement the coal sector that provides about 70 percent of its electricity.
The government is expected to unveil a new alternative energy plan within months to raise its targets for power generating capacity from such sources by 2020, since the country has already surpassed many of the targets it set out in 2007.
5. High End Manufacturing
China plans to build 13,000 km (8,078 miles) of high-speed rail lines by 2012, more than the rest of the world combined, and to invest 2 trillion yuan in railways by 2020, while building a fleet of state-of-the-art trains with the help of foreign firms including Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO), Siemens (SIEGn.DE), Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (7012.T) and Alstom SA
6. Advanced materials
China's dominant position, supplying 97 percent of the world's rare earths, gives it a stranglehold on new technologies and puts huge costs on foreign competitors.
China is the world's largest producer of indium, a small but vital component for the flat-panel screens used in televisions and computer monitors.
China is also one of the world's top miners of lithium, a metal used in batteries, metal alloys, ceramics and nuclear weapons, which is expected to dominate the electric car industry in the next decade.
7. New Generation Information Technology
A Chinese-built supercomputer, the Tianhe-1, was ranked the world's fastest in October, with a theoretical speed of 4.7 petaflops per second.
China is also investing heavily in cutting-edge science, from nanotechnology to an array of 35 satellites that will provide a navigation alternative to the U.S. Global Positioning System by 2020.
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Here's one stock hitting a 52-week high and one finding a 52-week low today:
New High: Tootsie Roll Industries
Shares of Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) have climbed a solid 7% over the past five days, bringing its year-to-date gains to 25% — more than double the S&P 500 — and bringing the stock to a new 52-week high just under $29.
The question, though, will be whether the beloved candy brand can hold onto that climb. The stock has moved dramatically up and down over the past decade, with only 50% gains over the entire time period — a 2% annualized rate.
For the next five years, though, analysts expected growth of 9% per year. Still, that lags behind the industry average of 13%.
Plus, the stock's average volume is low — something any investor should be handle with care.
New Low: Geron Corporation
Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) — a biopharmaceutical company — has lost nearly 30% so far today on news that it plans to end development of experimental brain cancer drug GRN1005. The company also restructuring. It's replacing its chief financial officer and plans to cut around 40% of its workforce.
The plummet has sent GERN to a new 52-week low. Shares are now worth just over $1. That's actually a 7% improvement from their pricetag at the start of the year, though.
As of this writing, Alyssa Oursler did not own a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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About 11 million U.S. homeowners owe more than their homes are worth, according to real estate data firm CoreLogic, and while taxes may not be the first thing they think about in deciding what to do, all the various options have tax consequences.
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Until the end of this year, at least, there is a tax break for homeowners who negotiate debt reduction with their lenders.
Some of these "underwater" owners may qualify for principal reduction through the massive mortgage foreclosure settlement announced in February. Others may pursue short sales, in which the home is sold for less than the bank is owed, or wind up in foreclosure.
But those whose lenders cancel their debt would ordinarily face the tax man, because cancellation of debt, including mortgage reduction, is generally taxable. That means if you get your mortgage reduced by $100,000 and you're in the 28% tax bracket, you'd owe $28,000 in federal taxes on the "income" you received when your debt was forgiven.
Typically, the only way to avoid those taxes is to declare bankruptcy or to claim insolvency, which does not require a bankruptcy filing but still requires that your debts outweigh your assets. Being foreclosed in a state like California, which has "non-recourse" rules that prohibit lenders from coming after you for extra cash after they've taken your house, also exempts one from taxes.
A special federal tax break to help ailing homeowners, put in place in 2007, allows them to exclude up to $2 million in forgiven mortgage debt from their income. To qualify, that debt has to be for your primary home - sorry, no vacation homes or investment properties.
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With the tax break slated to expire in nine months, if you're currently sinking under the weight of your home, there's a reason to move quickly. No one can accurately foresee whether the provision will be renewed by Congress, and dealing with underwater real estate takes time.
"These problems are now winding their way through the final stages, and that's where the tax part comes up," says Larry McKoy, a certified public accountant and partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman, in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Even for this year, while that special tax break is in effect, there are complications. Most important, only the funds that you spent buying or improving your home count. So if you took extra cash out of your house during a refinancing or with a home-equity loan, spent it on vacations or on your kids' college educations and then ran into trouble, you're out of luck. If you put part of the money into your home and spent the rest elsewhere, you'll need to be able to track those amounts.
Another huge issue: Not all states take their cue from the feds, so even with the federal tax break in effect, you might still owe state income taxes on the canceled debt.
Principal reductions are relatively straightforward for tax purposes. You will receive a 1099-C form, for cancellation of debt, from your lender in the tax year the deal is done. Thus if you renegotiated your debt and got your principal reduced in 2011, you should have received this tax form already.
Foreclosures and short sales can get more complex. Although you may think you've finished the deal, if you live in a "recourse" state, in which the bank can come after you for the amount you owe beyond what the asset is worth, you may remain on the hook for years after the fact. In 41 states and the District of Columbia, lenders can sue for the balance of the debt long after the house is gone.
(The website HelocBasics has a list of the non-recourse states: http://link.reuters.com/dur47s)
In cases like that, whether you gave up your home through a short sale or lost it to foreclosure, there is no official debt cancellation until you get an agreement to that effect or until the statute of limitations runs out, and that can take years.
"People think the short sale will wave a magic wand, and make the bank go away," says Bill Smith, a managing director in the national tax office of accounting firm CBIZ MHM. "The banks aren't necessarily pursuing the collection, but they don't have any real incentive not to keep it. It could hang over your head for 20 years."
Say, for example, that your home is worth $500,000, and you owe the bank $700,000. You put your house on the market and you get an offer of $500,000. You take that offer to the bank and it's accepted.
But if you live in a recourse state, before you sign the deal, you'd better negotiate away that $200,000 with the lender.
"There are deals coming together," says McKoy, the accountant. "The homeowner might say, 'What if I scrape together $60,000, and you go away?' Then the lender counters. That's going on every day. You're trying to negotiate it away."
Only after the statute of limitations on collecting a debt runs out is it actually considered canceled for tax purposes. Only then - and it could be years after the fact - would you receive the tax form 1099-C showing the canceled debt, on which you could well owe taxes.
Whether or not you want to think about taxes while you're struggling to keep your home, McKoy says, "the tax law has a game plan for you."
(The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are her own.)


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Norfolk Terrier Dog Breed Profile
Other Names
Dog Group Kennel Club
Breed Classification
The Norfolk Terrier is a member of the terrier group. They were originally bred for hunting fox, badger and rats; today they are companions.
Cost of Ownership
Average Food Cost
£4-7.50 per week
Feeding Requirements
The Norfolk Terrier is an undemanding dog to feed with no special dietary requirements; they generally have a good appetite.
Other Expenses
The average puppy price ranges from £300 to £400.
9 - 15 years
On average the Norfolk Terrier lives to about 14 years.
On average the Norfolk Terrier lives to about 14 years.
Average Litter Size
The Norfolk Terrier generally has small litters, 3 or less being the average.
General Physical Description
The Norfolk Terrier is one of the smallest terriers around today. They have a wiry, hard, straight, weatherproof coat that requires minimal grooming and upkeep.
Size Category
Weight Height Range
Ideally these terriers should measure 25-26cms at the withers and weigh no more than 6.5kgs.
The Norfolk Terrier is a healthy and quite hardy breed of dog. The main concern seems to be skin related problems.
Common Ailments
Heart Murmurs
Skin Problems
Genetic Eye Problems
Susceptibility To Illness
The Norfolk Terrier has been around for over 100 years. The ancestors of this little dog may have included the Border Terrier and its ancestors, the Cairn Terrier and a red terrier from Ireland. During the late 1800�s they were popular with the students at Cambridge University, so much so that they became their mascot. This dog was originally known as the Norwich Terrier and was first recognised in the UK in 1932. However some of these dogs had erect pointed ears and others had ears that dropped down close to the head. In 1965 the drop eared terrier was renamed the Norfolk Terrier.
The Norfolk Terrier will learn quickly what is expected of it, but the training must be consistent as this terrier has a will of its own. As puppies they could try the patience of a saint at times, as they are so lively and playful. <
Show Characteristics
The Norfolk Terrier should have a slightly round head with a broad skull and a strong wedge shaped muzzle. The jaws should be strong and have a regular scissor bite. The eyes should be small, oval in shape and dark with a keen expression. The ears should be medium in size, V shaped with slightly rounded tips and drop forward close to he cheek. The neck should be strong and quite long. The chest should be deep with a short back and level topline. The front legs should short, straight and powerful, the back legs should be broad, strong and muscular. The feet should be round and cat like in appearance. Tail docking is optional and if docked it should be to half its length. Tails are high set and carried erect. The coat should be hard, wiry, and straight with a thick undercoat. The hair should be longer and rougher on the neck and shoulders, and should be short and smooth on the head and ears. The colours desired are self-colours in all shades of red, wheaten, tan, grizzle or black, white is not desired.
Country Of Origin
Famous Examples
Records Held
Overall Exercise
40 - 60 minutes per day.
This little terrier will adapt to life in the city but does prefer the country life. They love the outdoors and like nothing better than to be allowed to dig for hours.
This little terrier will adapt to life in the city but does prefer the country life. They love the outdoors and like nothing better than to be allowed to dig for hours.
Distress if Left Alone
Personal Protection
Guard Dog Suitability
Risk of Sheep Worrying
Tendency to Bark
Ease of Transportation
Level of Aggression
Compatibility With Other Animals
Suitable For Children
General Character And Temperament
They are intelligent, lively and friendly little dogs that can be a bit wilful at times. They will get on well with older children and many elderly people seem to favour this breed. They should be socialised from an early age, particularly with cats, as they will chase them given half a chance. They are known to bark and dig a lot and therefore need adequate training and exercise.
Coat Length
Grooming Requirement
Once a week
Requires Professional Groomer
Although the hard adult coat doesn�t appear until the puppy becomes an adolescent, grooming should be started at an early age; as this terrier can object to being restrained due to its independent streak. The coat is relatively easy to keep in good condition and will need to be hand plucked twice a year. A professional groomer or the breeder will be able to give advice on this.
They came in a variety of colours, more commonly seen in self-colours such as all shades of red, wheaten, tan, grizzle or black, some may have limited white.
Suffers From Allergies
Tendency to Cause Allergies
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Lowchen (Little Lion Dog)
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MBA Applicants In London And Bangkok
Stress levels rising for b-school applicants
MBA applicants and alums gathered at the BusinessBecause.com office in Soho last night for advice and drinks
Over the last month we've had the pleasure of meeting an assortment of smart, ambitious young professional folk at our MBA Applicant Drinks Club soirees in London and Bangkok.
The soirees have proved a great way for people thinking about taking the b-school plunge to find out what it's really like from those who've already been through the mill.
Surprisingly, the application process seems a more daunting prospect than accumulating mountains of debt among applicants.
"I like the idea of an MBA but I don't like applying," said one Australian banker last night in London. Specifically, he was disappointed that after spending many hours on an application, a school had turned him down saying, "We don't give feedback."
In Bangkok, a graduate of Thailand's prestigious Chulalongkorn University, who works for a multinational marketing agency said she was about to quit her job to prepare for GMAT full-time. I was pretty alarmed at her willingness to sacrifice gainful employment – most marketing folks would kill for a job in that firm – but…"I need a really high score to get into Stanford or Berkeley," she said.
Predictably at last night's soiree in London only three out of about 20 people were British. The internationals included an Irishman who traded Silicon Valley for IT consulting in Europe, a Harvard-educated Bahraini bond trader and a mainland Chinese accountant aiming to move from back office to front office at a major investment bank.
In London the crowd was mostly male, with the exception of the female founders of umbrella brand Squid London.
In Bangkok the MBA applicant crowd consisted mainly of glamorous, designer-clad girls with impressive jobs in multinational firms. Thailand is one of the few countries in the world where more women sit the GMAT annually than men.
"It's good to meet so many ambitious Thai people," said one expat, who'd lived in the country for ten years.
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Rockies eager to remedy franchise-worst seasonBy PAT GRAHAM , Associated Press
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DENVER (AP) — Walt Weiss the big league shortstop was known for his spunky play and fundamentally flawless execution. Walt Weiss the rookie major league manager hopes his club will be regarded in much the same manner as he attempts to turn around a Colorado Rockies squad coming off a franchise-worst 98 losses. This spring, Weiss has been harping on the basics of baseball, just like he did a year ago when he was in charge of his son's high school team. The Rockies, he pledges, will be fundamentally sound. They will do things the right way. After all, that was his prime philosophy during his playing career. "There's no reinventing the wheel," said Weiss, given a one-year deal to get the Rockies back on track after taking over for Jim Tracy. "I'm excited about watching our team play and excited about trying to win games again at this level." Early on at spring training, Weiss' mission was simple: Reminding players the slate is now clean. Last season is just that — last season. The message quickly seeped in. "Obviously, it was a disappointing season for all of us last year," outfielder Dexter Fowler said. "We're just trying to go out and start with a bang and keep it going throughout the season." The Rockies were never completely healthy in 2012 as they spiraled down the standings. All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was sidelined in late May with a groin injury that eventually required surgery to remove scar tissue. He's rounding back into form this spring, along with hard-throwing lefty Jorge De La Rosa, who's attempting to bounce back from tearing an elbow ligament in 2011. Jhoulys Chacin, a staff ace in the making, also missed more than three months with shoulder inflammation. Those ailments on the mound led the Rockies to experiment with a four-man rotation where starters were limited to 75 pitches. It didn't pan out. Nothing really worked out. Simply that kind of season. And while the Rockies are counting on resurgences from De La Rosa and Chacin, the team just recently added veteran Jon Garland to help bolster the young staff. The 33-year-old Garland missed the last 1½ seasons following shoulder surgery. He went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA in four starts for Seattle this spring and asked for his release after he was informed he wouldn't make the Mariners' starting rotation. To make room in the rotation, Colorado sent Drew Pomeranz — the gem in the July 2011 trade that landed Ubaldo Jimenez in Cleveland — to minor league camp. Asked what he expected from Garland, Weiss simply responded, "Stability." Tulowitzki's presence in the lineup provides that as well. With him missing, teams were able to pitch around slugger Carlos Gonzalez, who still hit .303 with 22 homers and 85 RBIs despite missing his primary protection in the order. "I had special numbers at the end. But I don't show up just to put up numbers," Gonzalez said. "Last year, everything was miserable." So, is this team good enough to bounce back from a 64-98 season? "Yeah," Gonzalez succinctly said. "If our pitchers do their job, we're going to be competing. We're going to be in the race." The Rockies plan to ease the strain on 39-year-old Todd Helton this season by giving him more days off. The five-time All-Star is a lifetime .320 hitter, but batted a career-low .238 in 69 games before having season-ending surgery on Aug. 10 to repair a torn labrum in his right hip. He got off to a splendid start in spring training , hitting over .400. This has been a tumultuous few months for Helton, the face of the franchise. Just before heading to Arizona, he was arrested on charges of DUI and careless driving. "Part of making a mistake, making a monumental mistake like I made, is recognizing the mistake and doing all you can to make sure it doesn't happen again," Helton said as he fought back tears at a news conference last month. "I'm doing everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen again." The focus will be on Weiss this season to see if he can make the unusual leap from coaching high school to managing in the majors with no other head coaching jobs in between. Then again, in Weiss' estimation, baseball is just baseball and really boils down to one thing — impeccable execution of the basics. That's what he was known for as a player. And that's what he wants his team to be known for as a skipper. ___ AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley and freelance writer Doug Pace contributed to this report. © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. |


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Barely a few days have passed since the last gender bias in science crisis, and the scientific community is already dealing with yet another high-profile example of gender discrimination. This time, the issue is with sexism in science publishing.
Dr Fiona Ingleby, a postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary biology from the University of Sussex, took to Twitter to express her frustration over sexist comments by a reviewer from a journal by PLOS ONE, an open access publishing network. Dr Ingleby and her colleague, evolutionary biologist Dr Megan Head from the Australian National University, are both women. They had submitted a manuscript based on their research on gender differences amongst students moving from PhDs to postdoctoral roles. The reviewer rejected their manuscript on the basis of the researchers' gender, suggesting the data would be more fit for publication if they included a male author. In other words, the science of gender bias can only be "objective" if a man is involved. I've previously noted that women's research on gender bias in science is often rejected by men, who, despite scientific evidence to the contrary, will argue that gender bias either does not exist, or if it does, it is is skewed in women's favour.


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