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This group of kids will never forget the experiences shared with them Friday morning. Four World War II vets gave their firsthand accounts of what life was like in the U.S. Navy and during war time, and answered student questions at Hornell High School in Hornell, N.Y.
This group of kids will never forget the experiences shared with them Friday morning.
Four World War II vets gave their firsthand accounts of what life was like in the U.S. Navy and during war time, and answered student questions at Hornell High School.
Richard Kerr, 82, a former armed guard, and Bill Wheeler, 81, a former seaman, both of Canisteo; Bob Tripp, 82, a former machinist mate of Hornell; and Jack Howe, 85, an ex-visual signalman of Arkport entertained more than 100 students and more than a dozen teachers and faculty members in the high school?library as they talked about what WWII was like and amused students with tales of disciplined service life.
Several questions focused on the dropping of the atomic bomb. The men didn't shy away from expressing their support for President Harry Truman's decision and the circumstances that led to the event.
"It was a terrible thing, and a lot of people lost their lives in Japan, but by the same token, it saved a lot of lives really," Howe said. He said the Japanese were ready for war.
"I was on a ship that went into Tokyo Bay for the signing of the surrender ... the Seabees discovered, under houses along the coast of Japan, suicide boats. These suicide boats were 15-foot-long boats with 500 pound bombs in them. And they were going to ram our ships," Tripp said.
He said he was part of Navy missions that took 4,800 boats out to sea to destroy them.
"Every Japanese person — man, woman and child — had a rifle, there were stacks of rifles higher than this high school in various different parts of Japan. The Japanese were well prepared for us ... Our president at the time made the correct decision. It was a sad decision, but it ended the war immediately," Tripp said.
Wheeler told the audience his tour of duty was called short because of Truman's decision.
Tripp said he was 60 or 70 miles away from where one of the bombs dropped, and he could hear the roar.
"I walked the streets of Nagasaki only 20 minutes after the bomb dropped," Howe said.
Morgan Allison, a 10th-grade social studies teacher, brought five of her classes to the event.
"It's a great experience for them. It takes it out of the textbook and it makes it real for them to actually talk to someone who was actually there and has stories about things that may seem boring in a book — it brings it to life," Allsion said.
She said the veterans were speaking to the students at the perfect time because they just finished studying Pearl Harbor.
The men experienced no loss of attention as they gave details about 150-foot Pacific typhoons, black volcanoes, ships that were destroyed in battle and kamikaze planes. Personal accounts of what the soldiers were doing during Pearl Harbor, conditions aboard Navy vessels and opinions on the image of American military were all subjects discussed by the veterans.
"It was interesting to hear their stories," said 12th-grader Gary Ange.
He said he looks up to the veterans because of their service to the country.
"They had the courage to go out there and risk their lives and defend us against Nazis and other threats," Ange said.
"I just want to say thank you for your service," 10th-grader Eric Weyand said.
Howe was stationed on the USS Wasp and comes from a family with military background. He told the students he has a son who was a Marine in Vietnam and a grandson who is a two-time Iraq war veterans.
"I wanted the students to know the military doesn't do things to harm people. It teaches responsibility and how to look out for yourself and how to depend on yourself," Howe said.
Evening Tribune newspaper clippings from 1939, when the war broke out, were on hand for students to view, and the students baked "victory cake" — an eggless, milkless and butterless treat that was popular during that year — for the event.
This is the second year veterans have spoken to the high school students.
Allison said the school is trying to make the event an annual activity as long as the school can bring in veterans to speak every year.
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auspex: So, you noticed why gnome-games is never maintained for a large amount of time by a single person? The code is hellish as much of it has been incrementally edited over many years.
I was the gnome-games maintainer up to... well... a few hours ago now, and didn't really have the time to seriously attack the code and clean it all up. Crufty code is why I was removing games which are not used. Luckily Callum McKenzie (the new maintainer) appears to have more free time that I do, which is good.
I do feel that the games have a far better look than they did in GNOME 2.0, but there is still a long way to go. Hopefully Callum can carry on the way he started -- which was very well, within a day of getting cvs commit access a serious amount of code was committed and a release was made -- and rework the code.
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At work we spend serious amounts of time refactoring as required, but I do think this is something which not enough people do. Refactoring doesn't need to be done often, and when it does it has to be done carefully, but a time slot for checking bug reports/fixing open bugs is a very good idea.

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Rocky Mountain Vacation: PageMaps Sketch Contest
Here are some pictures of my trip to the Rocky Mountains using Becky's sketch at PageMaps: storyboard kits sketch contest.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 128 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
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Homeowners & their homeowner associations. Promote their beliefs, perceptions, and guidelines through a web based outlet.
Reflect that we are targeting homeowner's... not a local evening news channel.
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Huskies put away Utah with a complete game
Offense, defense and special teams all shine for UW
Seattle Times staff reporter
The Washington Huskies cleaned up their act and eased up on the dramatics. No mass of turnovers to overcome. No last-minute drive to stop.
And the result was maybe their most satisfying victory of the season, a 34-15 triumph over Utah in front of 60,050 at CenturyLink Field in which the Huskies could say the offense, defense and special teams all played a key role.
"This was a really cool win for our team," said UW coach Steve Sarkisian. "We executed in all three phases really well."
The offense, powered by the best game of the season for quarterback Keith Price, scored its most points this season against a BCS foe and also gained the most yards (437).
The defense, sparked by an dominating pass defense, held Utah to 188 total yards and just one touchdown in the final 50 minutes. And the special teams held Utah returner Reggie Dunn in check and chipped in with a recovery of a Utes fumbled punt late in the third quarter to set up a touchdown that ended the suspense for good.
"We're playing pretty good," Sarkisian said simply enough afterward.
Indeed, it was a performance that made one wonder how the Utes were a slight favorite in the Las Vegas books. UW, though, dominated the last three quarters after falling behind 8-0 and now has won three in a row, a streak that has come on the heels of a three-game losing streak that concluded with a 52-17 defeat at Arizona that raised questions about where the season was headed.
Where the season is now headed is to the postseason as the victory also assured the Huskies (6-4) of being bowl eligible for the third consecutive year.
"We're happy to be bowl eligible, but there's still plenty of work to be done for this football team," Sarkisian said.
The Huskies, though, will go bowling with a 1,000-yard rusher, as Bishop Sankey gained 162 yards on 36 carries and has 1,017 on the season.
They'll also go there with the leading receiver among tight ends in school history as Austin Seferian-Jenkins had seven receptions and now has 96 to pass the 95 of Mark Bruener.
All of his receptions came from Price, who was 24 for 33 for 277 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for a touchdown in a game that was his closest effort this season to looking like he did in 2011.
Sarkisian later talked at length about the play of Price and how he has overcome his early struggles, saying, "He deserved to have a game like this."
Price twice scrambled for first downs on third downs on a 16-play, 82-yard drive in the fourth quarter that led to UW's final touchdown and put the game away.
Utah scored on its second possession to take an 8-0 lead. But from that point on, the game was pretty much all UW as the Huskies took a 14-8 halftime lead, then scored on its first drive of the third quarter.
That score came when the Huskies stopped a Utah fourth-and-one at the Utes' 43 on the first possession of the second half. John Timu and Danny Shelton got the credit for stopping John White for no gain.
Washington then needed just four plays to score on a 9-yard pass from Price to DiAndre Campbell that came after a 24-yard pass from Price to Seferian-Jenkins.
"That was big to get a stop and get a score," Sarkisian said.
But the Utes immediately responded to briefly get back in the game, White, this time, converting a fourth down from the Husky 41 and then scoring on a 20-yard run two plays later to make it 21-15 with 6:06 left in the third.
Utah then appeared ready to get the ball back with a chance to take the lead after stopping the Huskies on Washington's next drive.
But Utah's Charles Henderson fumbled a short, line-drive punt and Washington's Jamaal Kearse recovered at the Utah 46.
UW needed just five plays to cash it in, Sankey scoring from 2 yards out. UW went for two points and didn't get it, but took a 27-15 lead with 1:56 left.
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham called that sequence "the biggest turning point in the game. ... Instead of having all the momentum and the ball, we turn it over, they capitalize on it. We couldn't recover."
The fourth-quarter, 16-play drive, capped by a Sankey 4-yard run, then put the game away, a victory that came in the last home game of the season and also the last home game for 11 seniors.
"Great win for us," said senior receiver Cody Bruns. "It's a nice way for us to go out, our last game here."
The first two quarters marked one of the Huskies' best offensive halves of the season.
Price completed 13 of 19 passes for 152 yards, throwing three away under pressure and having another dropped against a Utah team that came into the game ranked third in the Pac-12 in total defense.
The Huskies, though, had to climb out of a little hole as the Utes scored the second time they had the ball on a 46-yard run by White, who burst over a big hole and went virtually untouched into the end zone.
Washington used some interesting combinations on its defensive line early to account for some injury issues, including using Seferian-Jenkins on two third-down plays early on, as well as giving walk-on Drew Schultz a start at tackle.
But after the White run — which was followed by a two-point conversion — the Washington defense settled down and the Husky offense began to get going.
"It's unfortunate that we gave up that one long run there, but outside of that our defense was phenomenal," Sarkisian said, noting that Utah was just 1 for 13 on third downs.
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Nicholas Knisely was elected to be the 13th Bishop of Rhode Island in June of 2012, and was ordained Bishop on November 17th, 2012.
Bishop Knisely was born and raised in Pennsylvania and met his wife Karen while they were both students at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster. Later, as a graduate student at the University of Delaware, he decided to leave behind his studies of Physics and Astronomy and was sent to Yale/Berkeley Divinity School to study for the priesthood. He completed his Masters of Divinity and was ordained to the diaconate in Delaware in 1991, then to the priesthood in 1992. In 2013 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity, also from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.
Bishop Knisely previously served as a priest in Delaware, Western and Eastern Pennsylvania, and as Dean of the Cathedral in Phoenix Arizona. He has been active in a number of ministries with particular focus in the areas of homelessness, communications, college and youth, finance, and ecumenical relations. He taught Physics and Astronomy for nearly seven years at Lehigh University while he was serving in Bethlehem PA. He was the first chair of the General Convention Standing Commission on Communications and Technology and was part of the Moravian-Episcopal Dialog that drew up the full communion agreement between the two denominations. Karen and Nicholas Knisely have been married for 30 years and have an adult daughter named Kenney.
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"Conan O'Brien Can't Stop" Watching His Own Trailer
Conan O'Brien walked away from arguably the most coveted gig on TV, only to find himself just months later doing a bizarre traveling road show--fortunately someone had the good sense to turn on a camera. Opened May 20.
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Show/Tell/Share: Imagine asking four Australian fashion designers whose work you admire, and adore, to help support The Social Outfit and they all say *YES!* Our exciting news is that The Social Outfit, The Social Studio and these four fantastic designers are getting to work on a fashion project called 'Colour Chameleon'. Drum roll please to announce our brilliant artists and supporters (clockwise): Ken Done, Linda Jackson, Celia Morris from Dragstar and Nina Maya. *Fashion Snaps Hooray!*
The 'Colour Chameleon' project is designed to highlight and celebrate The Social Outfit's start-up phase in Sydney, and The Social Studio's expanding fashion social enterprise working directly with young people in Melbourne. Starting with a fashion show this Friday 6 September in Melbourne – as a part of Melbourne Spring Fashion Week – the 'Colour Chameleon' project will then come to Sydney in October 2013.
In Melbourne, The Social Studio is also celebrating the work of local designers, Alpha 60, Limedrop, Obus and Bul. If you're in Melbourne this week, please come check it out. I'll be there!
The collaborating designers have each created a unique print in support of our work. These artworks will then be digitally printed onto fabric at The Social Studio's digital fabric printing studio, and then made into unique limited edition garments by the Studio's manufacturing team, accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia.
In mid-October The Social Outfit will be hosting a fashion event in Newtown. This evening showcase event will celebrate the invited artists' support for our ongoing establishment in Sydney. We will also promote the creativity and skills of people from Sydney's own diverse refugee communities. Clothing from the 'Colour Chameleon' event will be for sale on the evening. Yes, you can buy great clothing, and support us! This event is proudly supported by the City of Sydney Council Community Grants Program.
I can't wait to keep you updated as we plan madly to make this next event great. In the meantime, I'm so so *pleased and proud* that Ken Done, Linda Jackson, Celia Morris and Nina Maya are creating unique design prints just for us; and for clothing we can buy and share! xo
Now a quick wrap of outfits from last week, if I may:
Tuesday …
Tell: Gifted earrings, Uniqlo skivvy from Japan, The Social Studio silk scarf, vintage dress from second hand store ($5!), Fluevog boots.
Wednesday …
Tell: Handmade earrings and beaded necklaces, Claire Pain zebra brooch, The Social Studio top, skivvy from op shop, Saba belt, vintage handmade skirt from op shop, retail tights, Happy Socks and Fluevog shoes. Photo below: vintage Kenzo jacket and Oroton bag from op shop. The 'golf shoe' decorations are patent leather from Sole Devotion. I love them: it's like shoe jewellery!
Thursday …
Tell: Tatty Devine necklace and earrings, handmade jacket from op shop, Saba top, Saba sample belt, The Social Studio skirt, Black Milk pear leggings, Fluevog boots. Photo below: vinatge silk scarf from op shop.
Tell: Earrings and scarf from op shop, handmade necklaces, 'Rockmans' cardigan from op shop, 'Ken Shaw Melbourne' dress from op shop, SpinDance petticoat, Jonathan Aston tights, Camper shoes, Tatty Devine bag.
As you might notice, I also went to the hairdresser. I'm calling it, *Oh How I Love an Undercut*
And Sunday …
Tell: Earrings from the US, handmade beaded necklace, Tatty Devine lips necklace, Ken Done vintage shirt, The Social Studio belt, Dragstar denim pencil skirt, Ken Done vintage socks (unworn and found on eBay), Fluevog shoes from Sole Devotion, Linda Jackson vintage bag and Linda Jackson silk scarf.
Can you see how I'm wearing all our supporters to celebrate: The Social Studio, Ken Done, Linda Jackson, and Celia Morris' Dragstar label? So much fashion fun! In fact, the only person I'm missing is Nina Maya, and her great designs. But come the 'Colour Chameleon' Project launch of clothing in October, I'll be able to fix that small problem for sure! Hope you can get involved too… xo xo


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Phil Hughes fought the 95 degrees on the thermometer with zeros on the scoreboard.
Hughes pitched eight efficient innings, Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking two-run homer after wasting a chance with the bases loaded his first time up and the New York Yankees again rode the long ball to a 4-2 win Sunday over the Chicago White Sox for a series split between division leaders.
"He was throwing strikes, working quick," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "It was good for us because it was hot out there. He was in control the entire game."
Eric Chavez connected for a two-run drive off Gavin Floyd in the second inning, helping New York raise its major league-leading total to 124 home runs. The power surge helped make Hughes a winner on the Yankees' 66th Old-Timers' Day.
Coming off eight scoreless innings in his previous start, Hughes (9-6) gave up two runs in the first inning. He then settled in nicely to limit the hard-hitting White Sox to just three more hits over his final seven innings.
"Sometimes they're not going to have their best stuff and they got to figure out a way to get through it," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "And that's also a process, too — figuring out how to get through things. And today he did. That's a good sign."
Hughes followed Hiroki Kuroda and Ivan Nova in giving the Yankees three quality starts from a rotation that took a couple of big hits Wednesday — CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte went on the disabled list on the same day.
"It was great to see Phil pitch well today," Sabathia said.
Freddy Garcia returns to the rotation Monday, starting for Pettitte. The lefty is out for at least two months with a broken leg.
Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 18th save in 19 chances this season.
Cano, elected an All-Star starter by the fans, has homered in nine of his last 14 games and entered Sunday hitting .367 in 13 games since June 17. But when he came up with the bases loaded and none out in the first inning he hit a tapper back to Floyd that was turned into a slick 1-2-3 double play. Cano has only one hit in 14 at-bats (.071) with the bases full this season.
"I don't think about that," Cano said of his struggles with the bases loaded. "It's hard to do it all."
Cano homered in the third off Floyd (6-8) and the Yankees won the final two games of the four-game series.
"This was a long, hot week, a lot of energy spent here," Paul Konerko said. "When you win the first two games of a four-game set, you'd like to get that third game, but they're a good club, obviously."
Teammates Curtis Granderson and Jeter will join Cano as starters for New York in the All-Star game July 10 in Kansas City. Sabathia was voted onto the team by his peers but a groin strain will keep him sidelined. He said he would attend the game with his family, though.
Jeter went 1 for 5, dropping his batting average below .300 for the first time since April 8. He's hitting .299 after being at .340 on June 1st and above .400 in May.
The AL Central-leading White Sox landed Adam Dunn, Konerko and Chris Sale on the AL squad. Right-hander Jake Peavy is among the five candidates for the final roster spot.
Alejandro De Aza led off the game with a sharp double and scored on Kevin Youkilis' single, standing up and eluding the reach of catcher Russell Martin, who tried to make a swipe tag. There was reason De Aza was out of range: replays clearly showed he never stepped on home plate.
After two outs, Alex Rios singled home another run for a 2-0 lead.
Wiping his brow with his sleeve and tugging at his uniform after nearly every pitch in the 95-degree heat, Floyd pitched from behind in the count for much of his 5 1-3 innings.
He was also in trouble the moment his toe touched the rubber, giving up consecutive singles and a walk to start. But Cano grounded into a double play and Nick Swisher struck out to extend Floyd's scoreless streak to 14 1-3 innings.
That would end in the second. Raul Ibanez led off with a single and Chavez connected for his sixth homer.
"Even though they got him a couple of times, he still pitched well," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "He battled, got out of some tough spots, even in the first. We just couldn't mount anything after that first inning."
Cano lined a shot deep into the seats in the third, a batter after Mark Teixeira drew one of Floyd's season-high five walks.
"Just take advantage when they throw a pitch over the plate," Cano said.
NOTES: Ibanez cut his lip and broke a tooth when he hit his face on the bench avoiding a foul ball in the dugout. … White Sox RHP Phil Humber was scheduled begin an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday. … Girardi said Sabathia should begin playing catch next week. … Yankees injured closer Mariano Rivera (torn knee ligament) was on the field before the Old-Timers' game in shorts. He was wearing a light brace and said he felt good. … Chavez made two tough catches into the sun while playing third base.


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20.109 Research Proposal for Derek Ju and Alvin Chen
Project Overview
Our goal is to rewire a bacterium to "miniprep" itself, when given some sort of an external stimuli (such as sensing of dense cell growth). This project will serve the following purposes:
- Make the research process easier, cheaper, and more efficient for scientists working with bacteria.
- Most laboratory strains have been genetically modified for scientific use; however our bacteria would be the first to be modified to do an experiment on itself.
- Self-lysing of cells when dense cell growth is encountered - less chance for environmental contamination if genetically engineered bacteria escape from the lab
- Serve as an example of a way synthetic biology can be used for cellular control
- Be an application of using irreversible switches within genetic circuits
- Be an example of sensors being built into bacteria
Cell-cell signaling:
- Need two devices: Sender device and Reciever device. Current devices are based on Lux system of V. Fischeri or analogs. http://partsregistry.org/cgi/partsdb/pgroup.cgi?pgroup=Signalling
- Sender: BBa_F1610
- Reciever: BBa_F2620 http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v26/n7/full/nbt1413.html. Characterization of this part by Drew Endy
Polymerases Per Second (PoPs)
- Standard unit for signal via which information is transmitted in transcription-based logic devices. (http://openwetware.org/wiki/PoPS.
- Common intracellular signal carrier for transcription-based devices. BBa_F2620 output is PoPs, so we'd have to have a trigger with PoPs input.
- No in vivo technique for measuring PoPs directly, but can do it indirectly (look at endy paper above)
- Abstraction hierarchy: http://partsregistry.org/cgi/htdocs/AbstractionHierarchy/index.cgi
Gene Gateway (need to figure this out)
- Input would be an amount of PoPs generated from the cell quorum sensor
- How do we set a threshold for PoPs toleration amount?
- maybe simple constitutive inhibitor production until it's overwhelmed
- Need to measure inhibitor production and how to calibrate this
- maybe simple constitutive inhibitor production until it's overwhelmed
- Output leads to generation of lysozyme AND RNase (anything else)
- IGEM 2004 polkadorks (http://parts.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/IAP2004:Polkadorks)
- A lot of parts are available for us to use already
- May need to add new parts (hopefully)
- Need to characterize these parts
- Not good for fusion proteins (do we need any?) but can use modified Silver standard for this
Leucine Zipper
- Clump cells together (pros/cons to this?)
- attaching GFP, RFP etc to gene circuits would allow for quick, easy determination of whether it's working
- Good for debugging
- Should only be for experimental design, final product should not have this
Lysozyme Gene (which?)
RNase A Gene (which?)
How to isolate only DNA?
- Can we easily isolate nucleotides since RNA isn't present anymore?
- Some kind of universal proteolysis? How to get rid of residues? Addition of phenol/chlorofrom can dissolve and denature proteins
- How to isolate plasmid DNA vs genomic DNA? Can we find a way to do both?
- Maybe if you get rid of enough proteins/RNA then u can just use the mixture to do the next reaction (transformation, digestion) with some type of efficiency, but this would have to be studied
- When bacteria are lysed under alkaline conditions both DNA and proteins are precipitated. Some scientists reduce the concentration of NaOH used to 0.1M in order to reduce the occurrence of ssDNA. After the addition of acetate-containing neutralization buffer the large and less supercoiled chromosomal DNA and proteins precipitate, but the small bacterial DNA plasmids can renature and stay in solution.
Characterization of parts
- Efficiency of expression of lysosome and RNase
- Efficiency of gateway
- Efficacy of RNA degradation
- Efficacy of transformations with this mixture OR purity of plasmid if we decide to purify
How does miniprep work?
- What does each buffer, spin column, etc do?
- How much does it cost?
How does genomic DNA isolation work??
Research Problems and Goals
Competing Technologies: Qiagen miniprep, Berkeley clonebots Safety: Don't know toxic effects of inserting these genes, but it should make it safer by having a self-aptosis mechanism
Project Details and Methods
In order to complete our project, we will attempt to incorporate several new genes into E. coli, which will encode for various proteins.
- We will insert a gene encoding for a binding protein that will be attached to the membrane of the bacteria. This protein will most likey contain leucine zippers and as a result the bacteria will lump together in culture.
- The attachment of the binding proteins to eachother will indicate clumping of cells, which will release a signal to toggle a "genetic switch". This switch will be a collection of genes, which when combined creatively, can have an input and output.
- The activation of the genetic switch will lead to expression of a gene encoding for lysozyme, which will lyse the cell.
- The activation of the genetic switch will lead to expression of a gene encoding for RNAse A, which will degrade the RNA in the cell.
Project Overview (abstract)
- Cells secrete chemical --> cells detect high levels of extracellular chemical --> Activate gateway --> produce Lysozome & RNase
Gene Pathway (abstract)
- Quorum signal sender device ---3OC6HSL---> Quorum signal reciever ---PoPs---> Genetic Gateway ---ON--->Lysozome & RNase production
Predicted Outcomes
Don't know:
- secretion efficiency of lysosome needed to lyse cell
- same for RNase to degrade RNA
- How to calibrate the threshold for PoPs to activate gateway (usually we wait for cell growth to reach a certain density until we miniprep it)
- How do the modifications affect the cell
- How to isolate DNA, and further how to isolate genomic from plasmid (make sure this is not harder than using a miniprep kit)
Resources Needed
- Appropriate DNA sequences for genes, signal sequences, etc
- Standard plasmid for transformation into E. coli, such as pSK1A2
- Some of the DNA for the genetic switches can be retrieved from the Biobricks foundation
- http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v403/n6767/abs/403339a0.html
- Proteins bind to promoter regulatory sites to repress or activate expression. This results in two stable states: proteins (repressor) repress their own repressor, so they will remain stably expressed. But, switching is controllable switching: dominant repressor (state) can be de-activated with addition of inducer (IPTG, thermal shock, etc). This allows expression of the other repressor, and enables controllable state change of the system
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3289117?dopt=Abstract
- Leucine zippers are a common structures that have key functions within binding proteins.


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It's never fun to see someone go home on "The Voice," but considering last week's live show was especially brutal—he field was culled from 24 to 12 singers—the fact that only one person had to go home was a relief. Well, sort of.
The first regular week of live performances meant the first week of the seriously nerve-racking "Voice" Save, a.k.a. the two contestants who landed on the bottom sang in the hopes of making it to the Top 11 and Twitter made the ultimate decision in real time.
Ready to find out who it was? (If you haven't seen Tuesday's episode, stop reading now!)
CLICK: What happened behind the scenes of last night's live show?
The bottom two singers this week were Team Pharrell's Mark Hood and Team Gwen's Korin Bukowski.
Unfortunately, despite a seriously energetic rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," Chicago native (and the very first person to audition of the season) Hood ended up going home. "You bared your spirit for the whole world to see," proud coach Pharrell Williams told his in danger team member.
Team Gwen's Bukowski managed to win over Twitter with a slinky version of Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why." "That was my favorite performance you've ever done," proud coach Gwen Stefani told the pre-med college student after she sang.
Here's who else made it through:
Team Adam
Jordan Smith
Amy Vachal
Shelby Brown
Team Blake
Emily Ann Roberts
Barrett Baber
Zach Sebaugh
Team Gwen
Jeffery Austin
Braiden Sunshine
Korin Bukowski
Team Pharrell
Madi Davis
Evan McKeel
The Top 11 will perform next Monday at 8 p.m. on NBC.
(E! and NBC are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)
PHOTOS: The Voice's unforgettable musical memories


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Instruments and methods to detect lead in house dust will get a tryout at a field verification event conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory Nov. 5-9 in Hartford, Conn.
Representatives from six companies will be participating in the test, which will help them assess how well their field-portable gear detects lead in dust. Better and less expensive instruments can help speed the identification and cleanup of lead-laden dust in homes.
Nearly 1 million children in the United States have lead levels in their blood that are high enough to cause irreversible damage, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Lead poisoning affects virtually every system in the body and often occurs with no distinctive symptoms. Lead can damage a child's central nervous system, kidneys and reproductive system and, at higher levels, can cause coma, convulsions and death.
"In houses that contain lead-based paint, as the paint breaks down with age it releases paint chips and lead dust that can easily be ingested by young children," said Roger Jenkins of ORNL's Chemical Sciences Division. "In the past, the focus was on lead chips, but the EPA has been expanding its scope to look at lead dust."
The evaluation is part of the EPA's Environmental Technology Verification program. The goal of the program, for which ORNL is a verification organization, is to accelerate the use of innovative technologies in the field.
"The program exists to provide high-quality and credible performance data through third-party organizations to those involved in the approval, selection, purchase and use of environmental technologies," Jenkins said.
Companies that will be participating in the test are Innov-X Systems of Massachusetts, Key Master Technologies of Washington, Monitoring Technologies International of the United Kingdom, Niton Corp. of Massachusetts, Palintest USA of Kentucky and Radiation Monitoring Devices of Massachusetts. Niton Corp. will be testing two instruments.
The test measures capabilities of commercially available portable technologies capable of measuring lead on dust wipe samples. Vendors will blindly analyze 160 dust wipe samples containing known amounts of lead, ranging in concentration from less than 2 to 1,500 micrograms per wipe. The samples will include wipes archived from previous rounds of testing under the Environmental Lead Proficiency Analytical Testing program.
Samples will have been prepared from dust collected in households in North Carolina and Wisconsin. Additional samples will be provided by the University of Cincinnati.
ORNL's Amy Dindal stressed that this isn't a contest. The focus is on evaluating instruments and techniques and getting useful technologies into the field to help speed the identification and cleanup of lead.
The instrument performance verification program began at ORNL in 1997. It has been highly successful in that it provides unbiased measures of performance, which manufacturers find extremely valuable. In some cases, they've been able to improve the design of the instruments.
Performance reports will be provided to the participants and will be posted on the Web by early spring. More information about EPA's lead poisoning prevention program is available on the Web at http://www.epa.gov/lead.
ORNL is a Department of Energy multiprogram research facility managed by UT-Battelle.


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Over the last few years Three Decks has grown to become the premier web resource for researching naval history during the Age of Sail. Three Decks features detailed information on vessels, crew, shipyards, dockyards, naval actions, geographical locations and much, much more including background details on the ranks, appointments and the nations involved. Even the National Maritime Museum links to us (VERY proud of that one).
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|Let's begin at the beginning
|"My family wasn't musical"
|The music Shepherd grew up listening to
|"It would be great to be a country music singer!"
|Choosing your instrument in 6th grade
Composer Sean Shepherd sits down with CIM's Head of Composition, Keith Fitch.
Sean Shepherd
Recorded Date: 09-11-2012
Keith Fitch currently heads the composition department at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he holds the Vincent K. and Edith H. Smith Chair in Composition and also directs the CIM New Music Ensemble. Called "gloriously luminous" by The Philadelphia Inquirer, his music has been consistently noted for its eloquence, expressivity, dramatic sense of musical narrative, and unique sense of color and sonority. Reviewing a performance of his work Totem by Wolfgang Sawallisch and The Philadelphia Orchestra (chosen by Maestro Sawallisch to celebrate the orchestra's centennial), The Wall Street Journal praised "the sheer concentration of his writing, and its power to express a complex, unseen presence shaping the course of musical events." His works have been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan by such ensembles as The Philadelphia Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, the Da Capo Chamber Players, and new music ensembles around the country. Additionally, his music has been heard at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the June in Buffalo Festival, the Midwest Composers' Symposium, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Milwaukee PremiereFest, New York's Carnegie and Merkin Halls, and in university settings nationwide. Highlights of recent seasons include the premieres of 'Tho Night Be Falling (commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation for the Colorado String Quartet); Midnight Rounds, written to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Da Capo Chamber Players; and Mean Fiddle Summer, composed for the acclaimed violinist Lina Bahn. The 2012-13 season brings the premieres of Knock on Wood (for the harp/guitar duo of Yolanda Kondonassis and Jason Vieaux); Cascade, a fanfare commissioned by Cleveland's Museum of Contemporary Art for the inauguration of their new building; and In Memory, a new chamber orchestra work commissioned by the League of Composers Orchestra (NY).
A native of Indiana, Keith Fitch (b. 1966) began composing at age eight and began formal musical training on the double bass at age eleven. While still in high school (age sixteen), he received his first professional orchestral performance. Subsequently, he attended the Indiana University School of Music, where he completed his Doctorate in 1995. At Indiana, he studied composition with Frederick Fox, Eugene O'Brien, and Claude Baker, double bass with Bruce Bransby and Murray Grodner, and chamber music with Rostislav Dubinsky, founder of the Borodin Quartet. He also counts Donald Erb and Joan Tower among his compositional mentors. Among his many awards are the annual Dean's Prize for Composition at Indiana (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994), the Kate and Cole Porter Memorial Fellowship at Indiana (1993-1995), three ASCAP Young Composer Awards (1988, 1989, 1993), the ASCAP-Raymond Hubbell Scholarship (1988), three National Society of Arts and Letters awards (1990, 1992, 1993), an Individual Artist Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts (1994), and a Fromm Foundation Commission (2005). He has enjoyed multiple residencies at The MacDowell Colony (1998, 2001) and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007), as well as at The Charles Ives Center for American Music (1991), and the Atlantic Center for the Arts (1989), and he has twice served as Resident Composer and faculty at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (2002, 2006). He has also served as guest composer at California Summer Music (2010) and at the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at Bowling Green State University (OH, 2010). Most recently, he was the recipient of a 2012 Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council.
Highly regarded as a teacher, chamber music coach, and conductor of new music, he has taught at Indiana University (2001), Bard College (2005-2006, 2007-2008), and for eleven years served on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music in New York (1997-2008), where he founded the new music ensemble, CIRCE. His students regularly win awards from such prestigious organizations as ASCAP, BMI, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Fulbright Foundation, as well as attending leading summer festivals around the world. Students interested in studying with Dr. Fitch are strongly encouraged to contact him at The Cleveland Institute of Music (www.cim.edu) prior to auditioning.
His music is published by Non Sequitur Music (www.nonsequiturmusic.com).
Sean Shepherd has quickly gained admiration and return engagements with major ensembles and performers across the US and Europe. He recently completed his tenure as the Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow of the Cleveland Orchestra, culminating with the premiere of Tuolumne in April 2013, written for Franz Welser-Möst and the orchestra. Other recent performances include those with the New York Philharmonc, the National, BBC and New World symphony orchestras, at festivals in Aldeburgh, Heidelberg, La Jolla, Lucerne, Santa Fe, and Tanglewood, and with leading European ensembles including Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, the Asko|Schönberg Ensemble and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor-champions include Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert and Welser-Möst; distinguished composer-conductors Oliver Knussen and George Benjamin; and young stars Pablo Heras-Casado, Susanna Mälkki and Matthias Pintscher.


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Matt Duss reviews yesterday's spectacle and makes a good observation:
Any hopes that Republicans might be embracing a new reasonableness in the wake of their Election Day drubbing will have to be put off. They evinced a level of disdain for the nominee that I don't recall ever seeing in a similar hearing [bold mine-DL].
It's that seething disdain for Hagel that is so remarkable. Republican hard-liners have contributed to their party's defeats in three of the last four elections, and they inflicted long-term damage on their party's reputation on foreign policy by embracing the biggest foreign policy blunder in a generation, and now they are furious with Hagel because he's one of the few national Republicans to recognize reality. McCain's obsession with insisting on the rightness of the "surge" that failed on the Bush administration's own terms is one example of this refusal to cope with reality.
If it were just McCain doing this, we could dismiss it as part of a long pattern of his embittered reactions to past political defeats. The amazing thing is that virtually every Republican member of the committee yesterday pretended to be just as incensed and outraged by Hagel as McCain was. Four of the Republican members are new Senators elected in 2010 or last year, and in some respects the new members were worse than McCain in trying to prove their hard-line credentials. Senate Republicans had an opportunity yesterday to demonstrate that they had learned something from the failures of the Bush era and the folly of hard-line policies, and they threw it away without giving it a moment's thought.


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2000 Mazda B-Series 4WD Truck Reviews and Ratings
SE Cab Plus 4D 4WD
Expert Reviews
It's sort of like those "Tastes great" versus "Less filling" beer commercials that have been running for years: If you're partial to a sporty look you probably prefer the Mazda B-Series trucks over their cousins the Ford Rangers. Beyond trim and other treatments that give the Mazda pickup line its own distinctive identity, they are two trucks in a pod, so to speak. Both are solidly built ("Ford tough", in this case, equals "Mazda tough"), dependable, and fun to drive.
There is now another distinction between Ford-labeled Rangers and some of the Mazda B3000 and B4000 models. Where Ford has (or had) Eddie Bauer, Mazda has enlisted the services of noted graphic designer Troy Lee. Well known for his designer line of racing helmets, Lee specializes in extreme sports apparel and equipment. Mazda introduced the Troy Lee Edition B-Series truck as a production model in 1998. With its flashy looks, graphite-looking trim, any extreme-sports enthusiast would feel right at home in a Troy Lee-branded B-truck.
Mazda makes it easy to understand the B-series line-up: B2500 trucks feature a 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine. The B3000 uses a 3.0-liter V6, and the B4000 is powered by a 4.0-liter V6. The two V6s are available in 4x4 and 4X2.
Three cab configurations are available: regular cab, two-door extended Cab Plus, and 4-door extended Cab Plus 4.
In addition, there are three trim levels: the basic SX, the upscale SE, and the extreme Troy Lee Edition. (The Troy Lee Edition is only available as a B3000 4X2 or B4000 4X4.) All told, with various combinations of drivetrain, layout cab configuration, and trim level, there are 13 different B-series models to choose from in the 2000 model line-up.
Mazda likes to say that a Troy Lee-branded B-truck has a "No holds barred, take no prisoners" look. That's really not too much of an exaggeration. The Troy Lee Edition 4X2 B3000 and 4X4 B4000 both feature fog lights, fender flares and 16-inch all-terrain tires mounted on custom alloy wheels designed by Troy Lee. The sides of the TL trucks are emblazoned with a reflective flame graphic, though you can knock $200 off the sticker if you forgo the flames. The 4X2 TL Edition comes with a raised suspension that gives it the look and ground clearance of a 4X4, an effect reinforced by its 16-inch tires.
The Troy Lee interior features gray, two-tone seats; graphite-looking trim panels; leather-wrapped steering wheel; and a Troy Lee Designs logo monogrammed in the door panels. Most important, Troy Lee trucks are Cab Plus 4 configurations, giving them four doors.
The four-door extended cab design is much more convenient than the two-door extended cab. If you have ever tried to wrestle anything (including your own body) out of the rear cab of a two-door, extended-cab truck, you know the clearances are tight.
As for power plants, the 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine in the B2500 puts out 119 horsepower. That's really marginal for a vehicle with a gross weight of about 3000 pounds. (For comparison, Toyota Tacoma's 2.4-liter 4-cylinder puts out 142-horsepower, and weighs 200 pounds less than a comparable Mazda B2500. On the upside, the B2500 qualifies as a low-emission vehicle when equipped with a returnless fuel system and an automatic transmission.
Speaking of fuel, the B3000 V6 is a flexible fuel vehicle that can run on either regular unleaded gasoline or E85 (a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline). Powerwise, it's obviously a better choice than the 4-cylinder: It turns out 143 horsepower and 180 foot-pounds of torque at 3750 rpm.
But if you want to cruise around everything on the road, uphill and down, loaded and unloaded, invest in the B4000 with the 4.0-liter V6. With an output of 160 horsepower and 220 foot-pounds of torque, it will power any version of a B-truck over and around anything with ease.
As far as transmissions go, Mazda offers three: a 5-speed manual, a 4-speed auto, and a 5-speed auto. The 5-speed automatic is standard on the B4000, optional on the B3000.
B-series Mazda 4X4s feature Ford's pulse-vacuum hub-lock system. Introduced in 1999, the system allows nearly instantaneous shift-on-the-fly four-wheel drive at any speed. Another plus is that, when the system is disengaged, the front drive train is disconnected at the wheels. As a result, the trucks get better fuel economy, better ride (less vibration), and lower noise levels.
This is a well-designed, comfortable truck. The instruments are positioned so that they are nicely framed by the steering wheel. The seats are plush and comfortable (at least they were on our B3000 Troy Lee Edition test vehicle). All the controls are thoughtfully and intuitively placed.
One of the best inside features is the cruise controls. Mazda's controls are mounted on the steering wheel and are illuminated, so you won't find yourself hitting the wrong button in the dark because you can't remember where Set leaves off and Resume resumes. Interestingly, the Ford Ranger we tested a few weeks later didn't have lighted cruise control controls.
The extended-cab versions come with rear jump seats. Unless your passenger is a child or a circus performer, don't take these inward-facing perches too seriously. That space is better suited for carrying groceries (or helmets or chaps in the Troy Lee Editions) than people.
We drove our Mazda Troy Lee B3000 on Southern California freeways and on some dirt tracks at the base of the Eastern Sierra Nevadas in Northern California. It handled well on freeways - surprisingly well, considering it boasts a serious off-road suspension between the tires and the body. While there was a bit of a bounce at freeway speeds, it wasn't bad. The truck might look like a 4X4 (which is wasn't), but it certainly didn't ride like one.
There was also a surprising amount of wind noise for such a solidly built truck. We tracked much of it down to the sliding rear window. A camper shell would certainly take care of the problem.
While the B3000 Troy Lee might look like a 4X4, it pays to remember that it isn't. We found ourselves fishtailing on dirt roads. And we came close to getting stuck in some mud on the shore of Lake Crowley. The big 16-inch tires and some careful rocking got us out of trouble.
If you have to stomp on the brakes the rear ABS keeps the truck in a nice, straight line, even on dirt. Going over bumps (say your average speed bump), it had the rear end bounce of an unloaded pickup. The off-road suspension helps on this point, but the bounce is still pronounced. Aside from the occasional fishtail, the truck was as much fun to drive off highway as it was on. Okay, it was more fun to drive off road.
Besides being solid, well-built, and fun to drive, one of the best things about driving a Troy Lee-branded Mazda is the stares it gets. People don't seem to be able to take their eyes off the truck, particularly the flames on the side. While it might just be our imagination, it seemed that we got quicker service than normal when we pulled into the yard at our local lumber store from the young, might-be-a-dirt-biker yard worker who hustled out to help us. In other words, people do notice the distinctive look of this truck. That's no mean feat when you consider the Ford Ranger is ubiquitous.
Mazda is going after the motocross, snowboarding, extreme sports crowd with the edgy Troy Lee editions. The rest of the B-series line should appeal to the less radical but sporty crowd. All the Mazda trucks look good and have a solid pedigree.
The B-Series trucks are fun to drive, and comfortable enough to sooth aching bones at the end of an extreme day. In short, we found that the Mazda B3000 Troy Lee tasted great and was less filling than the regular trucks.


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'Messi & Friends' charity match to feature world's best
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is set to star in a 'Messi and Friends' charity match including 36 of the world's best players, according to the Daily Mail.
Messi will lead out the all-star cast in Chicago this summer, with a 'veterans XI' taking on a 'world XI' that will showcase some of the game's best talent.
The likes of Cesc Fabregas and Thierry Henry are set to team up for the World XI while France and Juventus legend David Trezeguet will turn out for the veterans.
A total of 36 players will be involved at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 6, and the event has been billed as an all-star match much like the NFL's Pro Bowl or last year's 'Word Masters of Soccer' match that brought together the likes of Clint Dempsey and Luis Suarez among others.
Sergio Codino, vice president of Number 5 LLC, the match's organiser, said: "This event will feature the world's greatest players in a festival of soccer, the most popular sport on the planet.
"The Messi and Friends friendly, much like the NFL Pro Bowl or the MLB All-Star Game, will provide fans with an incredible opportunity to witness the world's greatest athletes from the world of soccer together on the field of competition before the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014."
Some of the players set to take part this year include Javier Mascherano, Alex Song, Ricky Alvarez, Pablo Aimar, Trezeguet and Henry, although more big names are expected to be announced later.
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September 5, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiAt the 2012 Olympics in London this summer, Dotsie Bausch and her teammates flew around the velodrome. With an average speed of 34 miles per hour, the trio of Americans claimed the Silver medal in the Team Pursuit event.
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August 28, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiIn cities across the country, long-standing stereotypes of the American bicyclist are falling away. As more women and people of color start riding in their diverse communities, MAMILs -- middle-aged men in Lycra -- are becoming just one face in the growing crowd.
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August 24, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiEarlier this month, we hit our goal of 10 million miles in the National Bike Challenge... but the online competition isn't over just yet. There's one week remaining and there are some tight races in plenty of categories, as individuals, communities and workplaces pedal for pride and prizes.
August 23, 2012by supportThe new federal transportation law (MAP-21) presents plenty of challenges, but here's some good news: The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) could turn out to be one of the brighter spots for bicycling.
August 22, 2012by supportThe new federal transportation law, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), poses plenty of challenges for bicycling and walking. For the past four years, Advocacy Advance has been working to demystify the federal funding process and help advocates and agency staff maximize funding opportunities.


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Joseph Garappolo, a cofounder of Doubleknot, formed the company to provide leverageable technology solutions and services to membership-based nonprofit organizations.
After years of personal involvement with nonprofit organizations, including holding positions for the Boy Scouts of America, as a fundraising volunteer for community schools, and as a contributor to several community and cause-related organizations, Joe realized that these organizations could take advantage of economies of scale to implement processes and solutions that would otherwise be out of their financial reach.
Prior to Doubleknot, Joe was a Senior Vice President for the US practice of Burntsand, a publicly traded international IT consultancy. Joe was responsible for all of Burntsand's business operations in the US.
Before joining Burntsand, Joe was CEO and co-founder of Altro Solutions, an international provider of business strategy consulting, software development, and systems integration specializing in content-enhanced e-solutions. At Altro, Joe led the company's growth to over $28 million annually. Burntsand acquired Altro Solutions in 2000.
Prior to founding Altro, Joe was a partner with KPMG. He worked in both the New York and San Francisco offices of KPMG. He began his career after graduation working for Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York.
Joe holds undergraduate degrees in Photograph Science and Engineering and Professional Photography, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.
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Cinema Tribute
What is a movie or television show, but a series of photographs? Think of your favorite cinematic moment. It can't be hard; it likely plays over and over in your head, engrained like a love affair on your memory. This challenge exists to re-capture the famous scenes from film. We are looking for the best shout-outs to classic or contemporary cinema. Once you upload your photo, be sure the film reference is made clear by the title or description. Time to submit. "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
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Jeffrey Griffin
Jeff Griffin is an Associate Professor in the Computer Technology (CPT) Department at Kokomo. Professor Griffin's current interest is in Internet technology and its effect on industry and society. Specifically, he is interested in user interface design, data transport and its understanding and security. This interest has been the focus of much of his educational scholarship and teaching.
- M.A. - Webster University
- B.S. - Southern Illinois University
- 2002 - Non-Tenured Faculty Award, Department of Computer Technology
Textbooks and Editorships of Journals/Proceedings
- Griffin*, J., & Randolph, G., (Under Contract) Fundamentals of web programming Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc.
- Griffin*, J., Morales C., & Finnegan, J., (2002) Web design and development using XHTML Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc. (ISBN 1-887902-57-0 pages: 552)
- Groves*, D., Finnegan, J. & Griffin, J., (2000) The web page workbook (2nd ed.) Wilsonville, OR: Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc. (ISBN 1-887902-45-7 pages: 200)
Refereed Articles and Conference Papers/Presentations/Abstracts
- Randolph*, G., Swanson*, D., Owen*, D., & Griffin*, J.. (2001). On-line Student Practice Quizzes and a Database Application to Generate Them. In M. Khosrowpour (Ed.), Managing Information Technology in a Global Environment (pp.1073-1075). Hershey, PA: Information Resources Management Association.
- Randolph*, G., Swanson*, D., Owen*, D., & Griffin*, J. (2000). Practice makes perfect: A simple JavaScript routine for student practice tests that anyone can implement. 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education. ([CD-ROM] 6 pages.)
- Griffin*, J. and Randolph, G. (2000). Web experience and hypermedia structure in on-line learning. The Journal in Computing in Small Colleges: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual CCSC Midwestern Conference, 16 (1), 44-53.
- Finnegan*, J. & Griffin*, J. (1999). Incorporating visual design into information systems courses: A practical primer reshaping the human, computer interface design curriculum. Journal of Information Systems Education, 10, (3 & 4 ), 21-35.
- Griffin, J. & Homkes, R. (1999). Faculty Internships. 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Charlotte, NC: ASEE.
- Finnegan*, J. & Griffin*, J. (1999). Visual design for the information systems professional. Proceedings of ENABLE 99 Enabling Network-Based Learning (pp.281-292). Espoo, Finland: International Conference organized by Helsinki University of Technology.
- Randolph*, G. & Griffin*, J. (1999). Disorientation and hypermedia structure. Proceedings of the Fifth Americas Conference on Information Systems Atlanta, GA: Association for Information Systems. ([CD-ROM]. (3 pages) The above paper was awarded "Best in Mini-track" in Web-based Teaching and Training..)
- Biegel, P., Griffin, J. & Goodnight, R. (1998). You, too, can find that job you want!. 1998 ASEE Conference Proceedings Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education. ([CD-ROM]. (5 pages).)
- Griffin, J. (1998). Privacy and security in the digital age. Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Technology and Society (pp.135-137). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.
- Griffin*, J. & Finnegan*, J. (1998). Web design: The fundamentals of visual design every programmer should know. Proceedings of the World Multiconference on SYSTEMICS, Cybernetics and INFORMATICS Orlando, FL: Informing Science Conference., V1, 152-155.
- Griffin, J. (1998). Electronic communications vs. privacy – Can there be a balance between progress and individual rights?. Proceedings of the Fourth Americas Conference on Information Systems Baltimore, Maryland: Association for Information Systems. ([CD-ROM]. (3 pages).)
- Griffin*, J. & Finnegan*, J. (1998). Incorporating visual design into programming courses: A beginning. Proceedings of the 1998 Information Systems Education Conference (pp.258-261). San Antonio, TX: Association of Information Technology Professionals.
- Harriger, A., Lisack, S., Gotwals, J. and Lutes K., (1999) Introduction to computer programming using Visual Basic 6.0 Needham Heights, MA: Macmillan Publishing.. (622 msp)
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- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), 1998-2000
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) , 1998-2002
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English Drunkards
Angry, bewildered and shame-faced these Edwardian drunks stare into the lens of the police camera.
They were 'habitual drunkards' whose offences included being caught while in charge of a horse, carriage and even a steam engine.
Issued a century ago, the drunks were given the equivalent of modern-day Asbos in that they were banned from being served in pubs because of their past behaviour.
Information was compiled by the Watch Committee of the City of Birmingham, which was set up by the police to enforce the Licensing Act of 1902.
The act was passed in an attempt to deal with public drunks, giving police the power to apprehend those found drunk in any public place and unable to take care of themselves.
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Daily Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 27, 1870
Description: Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: April 27, 1870
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Car commercials have a habit of making such little sense that it's often not until you get to the end of the ad that you even know it's for a car. Which is sort of the case with Audi's new Spock vs. Spock ad, which pits actors Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto against each other in a race to prove which is the superior Spock.
In this imaginary world (which we secretly hope is real), Quinto and Nimoy have a fun rivalry in which they play online chess and race each other to golf courses.
Unfortunately for Leonard Nimoy, however, he doesn't have a far-superior and magical Audi but rather an allegedly inferior Mercedes-Benz that makes old Spock spout the F-word. (Points to you, Mercedes, for eliciting such human emotion from him.)
Check out the entire video above for even more adorable, not to mention the best use of the Vulcan death grip — and the most random use of Nimoy's '70s song 'The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins' — ever.


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Jenny McCarthy ads up in smoke
Jenny McCarthy wasn't in Washington this week, but she was still an important figure in the Senate.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Wednesday held up an image of the former Playboy model smiling, holding an e-cigarette gently in her hand and blowing a plume of vapor as an example of Big Tobacco's return to using sex, celebrity and glamour to get teens to try nicotine.
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"You don't see any confusion between smoking and vaping in this ad or any other ads?" Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked the president of the company that makes the products.
( Also on POLITICO: Issa calls White House attorney on IRS email loss)
"Of course there is some confusion," said Jason Healy, president of Blu eCigs. "In order to defeat tobacco and cigarettes, we have to appeal to smokers."
As of Thursday afternoon, the ads featuring McCarthy had disappeared from the company's website. They had appeared in the days before the hearing. Blu did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
On Friday, Healy sent a tweet to POLITICO saying the ads were removed because McCarthy's contract had ended, not because of the hearing. When asked when the contract ended, Healy replied "this month." He added he would still run the ads if he could legally because "Jenny does not appeal to kids."
"The relationship with Jenny McCarthy hasn't changed at all, in terms of [us] having a good relationship," said a spokesperson for Blu in a followup phone conversation. "The phasing out is purely to do with the agreement [Blu] has with Jenny that is ending August. That's just part of the agreement as part of the sponsorship."
( Also on POLITICO: Schweitzer on Cantor: 'effeminate')
When asked if the ads came down after the hearing, she said "I can't tell you that."
A representative for McCarthy did not respond to request for comment.
This fall the Food and Drug Administration will begin regulating e-cigarettes for the first time, banning their sale to minors. But it has not acted to regulate how e-cigarettes are marketed.
Enter McCarthy.
The co-host of ABC's "The View," McCarthy is the celebrity face of two campaigns — one that stops kids from getting vaccinated and another that health advocates argue tells them smoking electronic cigarettes is cool.
( Also on POLITICO: Pelosi on McCarthy: 'I wish him well')
Together they threaten to unwind two of the most significant public health achievements of the past 50 years: the near-eradication of the most deadly childhood diseases and the drop-off in kids trying nicotine.
McCarthy taps into deep emotional narratives of modern life: crusading mom, telegenic actress and reality star. And she's deeply skeptical of public health institutions in an era when trust in government is at an all-time low.
That current mood — one that puts more faith in celebrity than government — has left public health officials scrambling to maintain hard-fought wins, while beating back new threats.
"We are right now in an anti-government mood," said Georges Benjamin, a medical doctor and head of the American Public Health Association. "All [opponents] have to do is say 'freedom' and then there's a herd mentality. They are afraid they are going to have something taken away from them."
"We always have to be science-based," Benjamin said of public health institutions. "These other folks don't have to have the evidence."


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Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills Online Course with e-book
This course is a self-paced online course designed to be taken by individual coaches.
This course will help you learn how to teach the skills and strategies and techniques and tactics of baseball. You'll learn about approaches to coaching, including the games approach (an alternative to drills-based coaching), you'll develop a season plan and a series of practice plans; and you'll improve your ability to coach during games. This course is suitable for high school coaches and for serious club coaches, and college coaches.
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Human Kinetics Coach Education brings the diamond to the desktop with Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills online course with e-book, an online course designed for baseball coaches of youth age 14 and older.
The course draws content from the text, Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills, written by Human Kinetics in conjunction with Tom O'Connell, 2007 ABCA Hall of Fame inductee. Coach O'Connell also served as a content expert for the online course.
The course is designed to help coaches learn how to teach the technical and tactical skills of baseball and is suitable for high school coaches, serious club coaches, undergraduate students, and advanced coaches at the youth level.
In this course you will learn how to
- explain the relationship and difference between technical and tactical skills and describe the traditional and games approaches to baseball practice (unit 1);
- evaluate technical and tactical baseball skills in your players and make use of your evaluation results (unit 2);
- teach, critique, and correct essential technical skills (units 3 and 4);
- teach, critique, and correct essential tactical skills (units 5 and 6);
- prepare effective season plans and individual practice plans (units 7 and 8); and
- prepare for game days, coach games, and work with your team after games (units 9 and 10).
The course is delivered entirely online, and as coaches progress through the course, they are asked to read portions of the Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills e-book and view video clips to complete course units. Coaches will learn about different approaches to coaching, including the games approach (an alternative to drills-based coaching); develop a season plan and a series of practice plans; and improve their ability to coach during games.
The course is heavy on skill demonstration and error detection and correction. Coaches can break down baseball technical and tactical skills by viewing video frame by frame.
Other features include "Coaching Aids," a storehouse of printable PDF documents that are incorporated throughout the course. These include practice plans, sport first aid checklists, and drill sheets. Coaches have access to the clipboard even after they've completed the course for up to one year. The course also features a separate section devoted to baseball officiating signals.
After completing the course units, coaches take the 40-question course test online and receive immediate results. Coaches who successfully complete the course are automatically entered into the National Coaches Registry, an online listing of coaches who've completed Human Kinetics courses. Sport administrators have access to the registry, allowing them to track coaches' course completion and certifications with minimal time and effort. Coaches' certifications are valid for three years and are renewable by taking additional courses.
The course fee includes the Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills e-book, access to the online course and test, one-year access to the course including Coaching Aids (PDF downloads), automatic scoring, certificate of course completion, and entry in the National Coaches Registry.
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"The Gunn Show" enters the world of "shoot" this week in the first of a multi-part, in-depth interview with former WWE and TNA superstar, Billy Gunn. See the softer side of Billy Gunn as he opens up about his family, music, TV and more in a fun segment called "Hashtag Hijinks" (word association). Then, watch him get serious as he starts discussing the wrestling business, including the WWE tag team division, bringing back NAO, breaking into the business, and more. Hosted by Vegas Fuel Marketing Director and wrestling host, JMC, this is a very entertaining interview that you don't want to miss. Follow Billy Gunn on Twitter @RealBillyGunn. For bookings, email email@example.com.
Quotes? We've got quotes!
Billy Gunn on the worst movie ever (in "Hashtag Hijinks"):
"#MARINE – and let me give you a good reason why. If you know my wife — some people know my wife, some people don't — she hates wrestling. But she is in love with John Cena. So, she couldn't wait for the movie to come out…she walked out ten minutes in. Now, if my wife walks out, that's a bad movie."
Billy Gunn on whether or not he was ever held back on the microphone:
"I just don't like to do it. Plus, I never had to do it when I was with Brian [BG "Road Dogg" James]. Good Lord…he is the number one guy on the mic. I don't care what they say about Cena, I don't care what they do about Rock — usually they have to look at some stuff, and I'm not saying they go by what they look at, but Brian never, ever, ever did it..and it was doing it night in, night out, something different, every time he walked down the ramp. So, in my opinion, in my book, Brian is the number one mic guy because he can come up with anything, at anytime, and hit every bullet point he has to hit."
Also included in part-one of "The Gunn Show Shoot", Billy discusses how hard it is to break into the wrestling business these days, one of his regrets, his opinion of good music and TV shows, "Family Day", and the US Government. It's candid, funny, and informative — you won't want to miss the next three episodes of "The Gunn Show" on Vegas Fuel TV (youtube.com/vegasfueltv).


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Pamela works in Times Square and lives in Westchester County, New York. She's Filipino married to a Russian. She worked in the Fashion Industry for 5 years before jumping ship to work at a corporate law firm. She's an avid shoe collector and is seldom seen without heels. When she received her 1st dress from Bloomingdale's @ the age of 5, she automatically fell in love with fashion. She hasn't been the same since and continues to be on fashion's heels daily – as if her life depended on it. You will usually find her eating, walking or driving all over NYC (shopping, books, food), hanging out during lunch @ Bryant Park, and people watching in Times Square. She finds joy in the simple things in life; sharing meals with her family and friends, napping with her dog Max, hanging out on her balcony and watching the sunset over the Hudson River, driving like a lunatic with her teenager Claudia, thrift shopping in Westchester & NYC, going to a Sunday Flea Market, cooking with her family, shopping dates with Sadia, drinking sangria while watching a movie or listening to music. Loves the NY countryside, Hates NYC's mallification. She reminisces of the days she was able to get lost in the streets of the Big Apple. Did I mention she is obsessed with shoes?
So that's me in a nutshell. Now that you know about me, I'd like to know you. Like me on FACEBOOK, Follow me on TWITTER, and feel free to say hello or give your feedback. Stay updated with all things fashion & NYC.
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Public Perceptions of Privacy and Security in the Post-Snowden Era
Mobile internet users more likely to value efficiency of services that rely on personal data
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iTrend necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 333 diseños de 55 diseñadores freelance.
Quantum Research & Publishing
Quantum Research and Publishing is an INTERNATIONAL research and publishing company with a central focus on communicating about:
1. Major explosive paradigm shifts that affects money and the financial prosperity of individuals
2. Disclosing and revealing financial and investment research that is being hidden from the masses
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4. Keeping investors informed about global new mega trends and opportunities for greater wealth
Investors between the ages of 30 to 65. College or post graduate. Usually very educated relative to investing and money.
We would like a logo and a symbol.
For the logo, we want to see sans a serif font, with a combination of Bold and regular/lighter fonts, and the words that we want to be more prominent are Quantum and Publishing.
For the symbol, the keyword in the company name is Quantum which means "sudden and significant" so ideally that's what the symbol should represent.
Other keywords: Respect, strength, classy, always with our finger on the pulse, ahead of the curve, pioneering, trustable, dependable and reliable.
We would like to see concepts playing with the letter Q and any other graphics expressing above keywords. We would also like to see logo examples with the letter Q in a circle shape.
Colors: Very dark blue, plus silver, lighter shade of blue or other complimentary color
In terms of graphic style, we would like to see a web 2.0 logo with simple but well done 3D effects
We don't want to see:
- lots of colors, maximum of 3 please!
- 2D flat images
There are examples of some logos we like! Just don't copy those exactly!
Have fun!
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Stylish batsman Kevin Pietersen, who was bought for a hefty Rs.9 crore ($1.5 million) at the IPL-7 auction, feels more loved in India than back home in England. His comments come days after he was unceremoniously sacked from the England cricket team.
When a presenter of the IPL host broadcaster asked Pietersen on phone whether he felt more loved in the cricket-crazy nation after what transpired back home earlier in the month, the 33-year-old said : "Umm, I don't know... It feels that way at the moment."
Pietersen's employer Delhi Daredevils are thrilled to have his services for a full season. The flamboyant personality too is happy to return to a team he calls family.
"It feels great to be with the Delhi family. We have got a strong team this around. It is now a matter of gelling together as a unit," said Pietersen, who was retained by the Delhi franchise through the 'right to match' card during the auction Wednesday.
The South African born player said he was really looking forward to work with former India and South Africa coach Gary Kirsten.
"Gary has an outstanding cricketing brain. He is one of the coaches I wanted to work with. Hopefully, we will have a great run under him."
Pietersen and Dinesh Karthik are in the running to lead the Daredevils.
"I would like to be in a leadership role in some way, whether it is captaincy or helping out the leader and the youngsters in the team," said Pietersen.
He also praised the IPL for promoting youngsters from around the world.
"The IPL is not only an academy for the Indians, it is world academy. The youngsters get to learn to so much and there are times when we guys get to learn a thing or two from them," summed Pietersen.