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Automatic Italian RO bought by Kenyan resort
A means of getting reverse-osmosis (RO) into sub-Saharan Africa has been provided by Italy's Innova Ltd, which recently delivered its first automatic seawater RO desalination plant with 100 m³/d capacity to a tourist resort in Kenya.
Minister reassures public about Sydney's desalinated water
The minister for water for the Australian state of New South Wales, Phil Costa, reassured the public on 7 November 2011 that Sydney's drinking water remains completely safe for consumption and poses absolutely no health risk.
Aquarion acquires Germany's MFT
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Grundfos bags US$ 1.1 million grant for wastewater treatment research
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Dow and Haier agree new domestic RO membrane supply
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IDE to hold workshop at key UNEP meeting in Kenya
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Indians providing MBR wastewater treatment in Africa
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Kenya's a contender for IDA 2021 World Congress
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Aquatech prepares membrane-thermal ZLD for Columbia gold mine
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Bundamba wastewater reuse plant passes second quality test
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Dow gets NF start in Saudi Arabia at Ha'il
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NSF/JWPA developing iodine water filtration protocol
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A defunct desalination facility on Malta's Gozo island is to be redeveloped and brought back into use.
Singapore desalination plant upgrade will use ceramic membranes
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Membrane pioneer draws new investment
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Maltese desalination test-bed shows SalTec energy-recovery advantages
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Singapore to tender S$5 billion of water and waste works
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IX + ceramic membrane water treatment plant unveiled
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Saudi boost for LiqTech ceramic membranes
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Chinese licensee joins Dow residential Filmtec program
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Ceramic membranes replace polymer in Saudi projects
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Reuse highlighted in WSAA urban water roadmap
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EPA issues second list of endocrine disruptors
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on 17 November 2010 a second list of chemicals for which it intends to issue test orders under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP).
IPO in summer for China's H2O Solutions
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German/Saudi JV to make ceramic membranes for RO pretreatment
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The desalination industry spends a lot of its time removing calcium and magnesium from water, so a book on the role and possible health benefits of these minerals should be of great interest.
RO, IX and ceramic membranes in Veolia oilfield reuse contract
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B&V find ceramic membranes help water recycling
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Veolia gains Colombian produced-water clean-up contract
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Water Planet wins produced water contracts
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'Challenges are shared across the border', Mitch Thompson, Otay
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AquaSure's Victorian Desalination Plant secures its first water order
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Santa Barbara OKs US$644k desalination study funding
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Toray acquires TCK
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Major Chinese desalination week in Guangzhou
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California town uses fast-track laws to push through desalination plant
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De Nora pushes ozone generators as answer to Asia's water quality rules
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New Jakarta RO desalination plant will open in December
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Texas county desalination scheme slated to supply industry
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Mott MacDonald appointed as Al Dur adviser
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Phase 1 of Palm desalination plants finished in Dubai
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Escobar appointed as editor-in-chief of IDA journal
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Did the current economic cycle skip a recession?
The economy has been flowing along for quite some time, and many are wondering how much longer this forward momentum will last. The longest economic expansion in U.S. history lasted 10 years, occurring from 1991 to 2001. However, this could change over the next year. (December 2018)
If the U.S. avoids a recession — defined as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth based on gross domestic product (GDP) — through July 2019, we will set a record for our country's longest economic expansion.
However, there is some evidence suggesting that the economic cycle clock should have been reset in 2016 due to a pause in economic activity. Maybe we saw an economic soft landing in 2016. Soft landings are rare and thus difficult to identify.
Understanding the economic cycle
Economic cycles are easy to understand … after they have happened. First there is a recession as GDP contracts, then comes the recovery and robust economic growth, followed by an expansion and then the cycle completes with a recession.
The current cycle began with the Great Recession (2007-2009), and what followed is interesting. Unlike other periods, there was no Great Recovery and no Great Expansion; rather, we've witnessed the Great Moderation, experiencing an average 2.3 percent real GDP growth since 2009. We still see no sign of a recession on the 12- to 24-month horizon.
Soft landings defined
An economic soft landing is a cyclical downturn that avoids a recession. Historically, a soft landing includes the Federal Reserve (the Fed) hiking short-term interest rates just enough to prevent the economy from growing too fast, yet avoiding a contraction in GDP. Soft landings don't happen very often and can be difficult to identify. In 2015 and 2016 we saw these components, and yet things slowed down without a recession.
Soft landing reset
The following data points support the idea that the economy experienced a soft landing in 2015 and 2016, thus resetting the cycle clock. Therefore, the U.S. economic cycle may be in its second or third year of expansion, rather than its tenth.
Interest rates and fed funds
Short-term interest rates and federal funds (fed funds) decreased to 0.25 percent in late 2008, or virtually zero. It was the Fed's tenth rate cut in a little over a year. Quantitative easing, the Fed's bond purchasing program, began in late 2008. In December 2015, the Fed hiked rates by 0.25 percent, starting a potential tightening cycle. At the beginning of 2016, the Fed announced they would hike rates four times throughout the year. However, due to a slowing economy and a debacle in the equity markets, the Fed only hiked once that year, in December 2016. The Fed exercised a "tactical stall." The economy slowed down in 2016, it looked and felt like a recession, but the economy didn't contract.
Industrial production
Industrial production (IP) measures changes in only the volume of goods produced—it doesn't include the price of goods, removing the potential distortion of inflation. In 2014, IP began a sharp decline, decreasing 4.0 percent in 2015. This was the first time in at least 50 years that IP was negative without a declared recession. GDP in the fourth quarter of 2016 was a paltry 0.4 percent. For the 2016 calendar year, real GDP increased only 1.6 percent. It felt like a recession, but officially the economy didn't experience a recession.
Corporate earnings
In late 2014, S&P 500 earnings entered a recession. There were seven quarters of earnings contraction; we didn't see earnings growth again until the third quarter of 2016. The primary driver of the contraction was falling oil prices and a strong dollar.
Compare this to the 1991 expansion: earnings growth remained negative for the entire year. But after that, we didn't see two consecutive quarters of earnings contraction until the fourth quarter of 2000, prior to the end of the cycle.
Stock markets
Bear markets (when markets are down more than 20 percent) are associated with recessions, and equity markets are leading indicators. From June 2015 to February 2016 the Russell 2000 was down 26 percent, with the S&P 500 down only 13 percent. The equity markets "kind of" suggested a recession was on the horizon. It's possible the S&P 500 didn't enter bear market territory because the Fed was accommodative. Fed funds were at 0.50 percent at the beginning of 2016, and as I mentioned, the Fed announced a tactical stall by not raising rates again until December.
Toward the end of the 1991 to 2001 expansion, the stock market indicated a recession was looming. In early 2001, the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 posted year-over-year returns of negative 28 percent and negative 30 percent, respectively. The recession officially started in March 2001, marking the end of the longest economic expansion in U.S. history.
From 2014 to 2016, some sectors weren't in a recession, but rather in a depression. Take the energy sector, for example. Oil was very volatile, down 46 percent in 2014, down another 30 percent in 2015 and then up 45 percent in 2016. A similar pattern was witnessed at the end of the longest expansion, 1991 to 2001. In 1997 oil was down 32 percent, down 32 percent the next year, and up an astonishing 112 percent in 1999. Then the recession started in March 2001. The point is, historically, a debacle in commodity prices appears to coincide with the end of the cycle, supporting the idea that the U.S. economy experienced a soft landing in 2016.
Many experts suggest watching the bond market for clues regarding economic conditions and risk exposure. In mid-2014, credit spreads on investment grade and high-yield bonds changed course. Spreads started to widen, which is considered standard operating procedure as the economy slows and a recession looms. Spreads continued to widen through early 2016, peaking in a similar way to a recessionary period.
In a period of recession, bond default rates increase. Default rates bottomed in early 2015, then spiked higher through mid-2016. The previously mentioned falling oil prices had something to do with this. There were numerous defaults in the energy space. Nevertheless, there was no recession.
What happened in 2015-2016
As far as the economy is concerned, the question is: Did we see an economic soft landing in 2015-2016? Should the economic cycle clock have been reset, starting a new cycle?
Either way, it doesn't matter. Whether we're in a nine-and-a-half-year or a two-and-a-half-year expansion, the data clearly indicates the economy slowed down in 2016, perhaps reducing the potential of overheating and diminishing the risk of asset bubbles and economic imbalances. If the current economic expansion is only in year 2 ½, then the expansion should continue for several more years. If the expansion is in year 9 ½, the current economic data suggests the U.S. economy should continue to expand well into 2019.
Regardless of the camp you're in, we expect the economic expansion to continue well into next year, perhaps longer, and will be deemed the longest expansion in U.S. history. We expect economic activity to slow next year, perhaps continuing the Great Moderation.
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Laser Dragon Defense
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It is my pleasure to open the Laser Dragons map for general testing! This map is in what I consider to be the last stage of testing before release. If you will help me test it and provide feedback, I would be happy to include you in the credits in the list of beta testers!
Laser Dragons is a one-player survival game. You control an immensely wise and powerful Laser Dragon from one of the five dragonflights, charged with the duty of protecting all living creatures by preventing pesky curious gnomes from destabilizing the twisting nether.
Practically speaking, this means you need to prevent flying machines from flying through space into a black hole. If too many succeed, the fabric of reality is rent asunder and, well, that's bad. Your goal is to last as long as you can.
On the bright side, you get lasers! This adds a touch of realism to the game.
Hopefully any other questions you have will be answered in the game, maybe even during the Star Wars IV homage opening. Please provide thoughtful feedback and don't hesitate to ask any questions you have, as knowing what you need to learn will help me to make the Help section of the map more robust. Also, please tell me what the highest level you reached is and what dragon/laser combination you used to get that far!
Now get going! That Dragon isn't going to wait forever!
NEW RELEASE March 24, 2010. Added:
Moar powerups, including Multi Laser, Frag, and CRAZY.
Boss fights every 5 levels!
Dodgy buggers!
Whelp health indicators.
Increased rate of awesomeness!
Numerous tweaks and polishes.
EDIT:NEW RELEASE April 5, 2010. Added:
Tanker ships, slower but tougher to kill.
UI improvements, such as a percent floaty whenever a life is lost, timer between rounds, etc.
Updates to intensity; the dragon responds quicker now and the difficulty ramps up faster
Starcraft increase speed each level
General fixes.
Beta test, all features implemented. Now it's time to polish them and release!
This forum also appears to be for maps in testing. So there's a thread there too.
EDIT: Consolidating download links. Find it here!
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Seems like a nice map, I'll try to download this ASAP.__________________
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You should really have multiplayer. Anyway, a few bugs:__________________
-Casting any skill would just cancels out my pointer after a split-second period, making it hard to summon the green orbs that automatically fires at stuff.
-Typo: in the intro before the game... (Detroy -> Destroy)
The game pace is too slow and bosses are just meat tanks. With stuns and AoE spells.
I suggest making the dragon faster, lower the boss' health but make him faster or something. Make him more like a boss, not a buffed version of the helicopters.
I also suggest that left click shouldn't be disabled. But allows right clicking on enemies for 'automated attack' wouldn't hurt. The dragon's animation are the one of those things that keeps the gamepace too slow somehow. By the time he attacks, the enemy walked at least about 100 range.
I really like the customization, though.
Again, I think that after faster gameplay mechanics are implemented, along with multiplayer, I swear that it will be popular on Bnet, somehow. It's really easy to get started and jump into the game.
Nice usage of soundsets, though.
I also look forward to hear from other testers of this map.
@assassingao: Thanks for the feedback!__________________
Re: clicking:
Interesting. There's absolutely no reason that your left-click should be disabled. You can only select the dragon as a unit, but you ought to be able to left-click for all abilities. I haven't had any problems. One of my earlier testers had a clicking issue but discovered his mouse was stuck.
One thing that I did do was make it such that the dragon will attack any enemy you left-click on. Early tests with people who weren't very familiar with Warcraft showed that they wanted to left-click everything, and since you can't select other units anyway, it seemed like a good idea to add that functionality.
Re: game speed:
I'm still ironing out the pace of the game; thanks for your comments! You may a good point about the time between the clicking and the dragon's attack. I can reduce the time between click and attack. However, I want his facing angle to be important so he will have to turn to face enemies, but not so much so that players are left clicking wildly.
So too, the dragon can't and shouldn't attack any target instantly; he has an attack-speed that can be increased in various ways.
The dragon levels pretty quickly, and I certainly want the first several levels to help new players get the hang of things so I don't want to drastically speed up the spawn rate or the speed of the gyros themselves. What do you think is the best (read: funnest) way to increase the game's pace?
Re: multiplayer:
I considered making it a two-player game at first, but in the end I have settled on a one-player, and I'm very happy with how it handles. In honor of the arcade-style airplane-shooter games like 1942, I may eventually implement a Player 2, but it won't be for this release.
EDIT: Re: bosses:
I'm not sure what you're hoping for here, exactly. Can you be more specific? The boss should be a real threat to the dragon's survival and unlike the regular gnomes he confronts the hero directly, with attacks and abilities.
Please don't hesitate to post anything else that may occur to you.
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I just saw only the first two bosses, after that the level kinda rapes me outright :D (I'm quite a noob myself so don't take that seriously.)__________________
Anyway, I think the bosses should be more...(sorry for my word) creative. No player like to have their character disabled.
The bosses could be untargetable by himself, but launches homing rockets at you...you have to zap it repeatedly to make the bomb go to his direction instead, I guess :P Just make it more intense or something.
Or maybe he could just unleash 'stampede' that you should dodge, then fire back at him
As for the game's pace, I am completely stumped for it's solution now, sorry! (aside from silly suggestion like increasing the 'copter's speed which I doubt it would work...)
Maybe add in more powerups which activates when the dragon hover above it, such as "knockback powerups" that knocks enemies away from the center of the twisting nether, or "transformation" which increases the dragon's movespeed and make his attack auto-aim itself for a few seconds, etc.
But more variety to the helicopters wouldn't hurt. After all, you could even add in a steam tank and 'pretends' that it's a high class hovership!
More important than that: add more variety (more enemy unit types, maybe it launches a slowing EMP to your direction that burns mana, or just drops a floating transmission, calling help from others). I know how it feels to play an arcade, but somehow it doesn't feel as fast as an arcade game goes. (Compared to minime's cannon defense for the nearest example that I have known.)
Here's some ideas for the boss:
The boss itself is weak in terms of hitpoints. But he is FAST and he keeps opening warp zones wherever he goes.
These warp zones then proceeds to summon even more minions to flank the twisting nether.
You can get really creative with this kind of genre so far, so why not try something out? You can't really go wrong with it.
NEW MAP, April 5, 2010.__________________
Getting closer to done! See the first post for the map and more details.
EDIT: BTW how do you guys feel about points? I can implement a point system without too much work, but I'm not sure it's not just extra fluff. You can already tell how well you're doing by getting to a certain level.
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Finally had some time to test this game out.__________________
I loved the nod to star wars at the beginning, and the interface for choosing dragons is really clever. Why did you decide to let the player choose male or female? Is there any difference other than the voice?
You just suggested the idea of a point system, and I think that could really add to the game especially if you have multipliers for kill streaks. This metric would help the player know how well they did between attempts, and would also open it up to other game mechanics such as items that boost your score.
I think the game needs multiplayer or some adjustments to the abilities. As others mentioned, the game feels slow. But I'm not sure that increasing the speed is the problem, but the gameplay itself feels a little sluggish, and in part this could be due to limitations with the editor. Early in the game you blast each copter as it comes in, no sweat. Later you can get overwhelmed and you see 5 copters slowly moving towards the center and you feel powerless to stop it in time. When fighting bosses, even if you know that the AoE is about to hit you, your dragon can be too slow to move out of the way.
Since the game isn't multilayer, you can take advantage of this fact by having some really interesting dragon abilities and boss fights. Just think of anything that sounds fun and you can do it; single player games are loaded with opportunities to get creative.
I played with each of the dragons and here are some thoughts on each.
Red- Had great success with red, but I think it should be more obvious when the copters explode to deal AoE damage. The healing ability seemed useful sometimes, but the ability itself didn't make the game more fun.
Black- Seemed OK, the damage buff was good especially on bosses, but the AoE move was not as good as green or red's, and I often let guys leak because I tried using the AoE, but would have been able to kill the copters faster with a direct attack.
Blue- Didn't like blue, the blinking got my brain all confused. I would like to see a mechanic where the dragon blinks automatically to my destination. I think this dragon could get a different feel if the gameplay focus was about quickly blinking and doing the AoE attack. It's kind of like this now, but I had too much trouble executing it.
Bronze- The abilities seemed really good, especially with the cooldown reset button so i could repeatedly stop time. The attack speed buff was good, but didn't enhance the fun of the gameplay.
Green- I liked green overall, but the AoE was too similar to black and red.
Since this is a single player game, I think it's pertinent to ask not "what abilities could I make?", but instead consider "how do I want the game play to feel?" I think I would prefer each dragon to feel like a different gaming experience. You could follow some classic gaming archetypes (even though they may sound cliche and unoriginal) such as the AoE'er, crowd controller, summoner, or fast attacker.
Red could be about laying down preventive circles of fire, or even have some extra strategy thrown in like having bigger areas of fire the farther you place it from the center.
Blue could be automatically blinking so you can cast a point-blank AoE, but otherwise slow moving with a short attack range.
Since Bronze is about time manipulation, you could give the dragon a really noticeable speed boost (makes the player feel powerful), and even have some unconventional skills like going backwards in time (use the ability and all units reset to their position and hit points from 3 seconds ago).
I liked Green's ability to buff my whelp friends. I loved making the whelps to help me, so I would enjoy playing a Green dragon that could summon twice as many whelps as normal with some other skills to boost them.
I know you're almost done so most of this is kind of pointless, but at the very least please do something about that blue dragon :)
I liked the diversity of the lasers. Some balance suggestions:
-The Line laser took too long for me to use when I really needed it, and didn't seem to do enough damage.
-The multi-target one was decent near the middle
-The bouncing attack one was very multi-purpose and I liked using it, but the first attack should do as much as or more than my standard attack. Early in the game I would use it against a tiny trash copter and it would sometimes be left alive with just a little bit of health. If I had just attacked normally I would have been better off.
-The stationary orb was the best of the ones I tried, I used it several times and had a lot of success with it.
My thoughts are that the game was very impressive and polished. Overall suggestions for improvement:
-Speed up the gameplay (not necessarily speed up the game)
-Create more opportunities for the player to feel more powerful or in control, I want to be a badass chopper killer.
-Add some more diversity in the gameplay between dragons
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Posted: Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Upham's Corner News received both acclamation and criticism regarding the Maxwell Flea Market story.
Some readers thanked us for content fairness and accuracy.
Some readers asked why we had failed to fully investigate [the past].
Please Note: We have elected to not print any of the reader comments. Why? The readers offering critical comments asked to NOT have their comments printed. Printing only the positive comments appears to be biased, so we excluded all reader content.
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The flea market vendors operated towards the bottom of a multi-tier business structure. Maxwell Products Corp. rented space to Maxwell Flea Market, LLC who rented "booth" and business space to the vendors who received their income from the flea market customers.
So in our articles you will find us operating at the bottom levels - what customers said about the flea market and how the flea market owner interacted with her vendors. Rarely did we mention Maxwell Products Corp, yet it is at this layer that some readers were up in arms. "Why didn't we [blame]?"
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The Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory (CGR) investigates the contribution of germline and somatic genetic variation to cancer susceptibility and outcomes in support of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). Working in concert with epidemiologists, biostatisticians and basic research scientists in DCEG's intramural research program, CGR provides the capacity to conduct genome-wide discovery studies and targeted regional approaches to identify the heritable determinants of various forms of cancer. This includes the design and analysis of high throughput studies using various types of "–omics" technologies such as array- and sequence-based genome-wide association studies, studies of tumor characteristics using integrated genomic data analysis, and molecular epidemiologic studies based on novel metabolomic and microbiomic assays.
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- Utilize molecular biology expertise to develop and implement new protocols, troubleshoot and optimize existing protocols, with an eye towards quality, throughput, automation feasibility, and process consistency
- Design and execute comparative experiments including preliminary QC/analysis of results
- ensure proper documentation of all experimental and laboratory processes
- Hire and train new staff
- This position is part of the Production Operations group at the Cancer Genomics Research (CGR) Laboratory in Gaithersburg, MD
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:
- Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in a field related to biomedical research. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education). Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency.
- In addition to the educational requirements, a minimum of six (6) years related biomedical experience, including 3+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects
- Extensive experience in extraction of nucleic acids from a variety of starting materials, including fresh frozen and archival FFPE-derived tissues
- Experience in working with RNA is required, along with various quantitative and qualitative assessments of nucleic acids
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance
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- Methods development experience
- Experience with basic histological and molecular biology techniques
- Familiarity with liquid handling robotics (use, maintenance, method development)
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- Management and proper handling of a diverse collection of biospecimens, including tissues, liquid biospecimens, nucleic acids
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Study: Feeling ugly makes you more likely to donate to the Occupy movement
- Researchers had participants write about their attractiveness and ability to empathize before asking them if they'd like to donate to Occupy.
- Those who were primed to think of themselves as unattractive were nearly twice as likely to donate to Occupy.
A new series of studies from Stanford researchers has found that people who feel "unattractive" are more likely to donate to the Occupy movement.
Professor Margaret Neale and doctoral student Peter Belmi tested perceived concepts of beauty in relation to social hierarchies. The researchers told half of the participants to write about a time when they felt physically attractive or unattractive. The remaining participants wrote about an incident in which they were sensitive or insensitive to the needs of others.
The participants were then asked to rate their own attractiveness and their ability to empathize. Finally, after watching a short video about the Occupy Movement, participants were asked if they would like to donate their compensatory $50 lottery ticket to the movement.
Researchers found that those who perceived themselves to be less attractive were almost twice as likely to donate to Occupy. Those who related memories of self-confidence about their appearance viewed themselves as part of an elite social class and were less likely to donate to social inequality causes.
Peter Belmi told Campus Reform via e-mail the inspiration behind the study stemmed from people still placing a high priority on their appearance, even during economic hardships. He also added Occupy was chosen for donations because it was the most popular movement for social inequality at the time the studies were run.
"We found that cues that suggested to people that they were more attractive led them to think that they belonged to a relatively higher social class; by con- trast [sic], cues that suggested to people that they were less attractive led them to think that they belonged to a relatively lower social class," he said. "These perceptions of their social class standing, in turn, influenced their views of inequality."
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Out at the weekend #photography #art #Wednesbury
I was out at the weekend taking photos. The Sandwell Arts Trail was supposed to be launched and I have a picture in that so I popped down to Wednesbury art gallery. The exhibition wasn't launched and so I wandered around photographing the gallery with a particular interest in the design of the gallery. I like diffused natural light for my photographs and I think the paintings in the gallery look better in diffused natural light too. The light on the landing comes in through frosted glass skylights and makes it look great. It is perfect light for photography too.


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Preparing for a Professionally Productive Summer
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 12:15pm to 1:30pm
Joyce Yen
Program/Research Manager, ADVANCE
University of Washington
With the academic year ending and summer beckoning, UW ADVANCE's final Mentoring-for-Leadership lunch event will focus on "Preparing for a Productive Summer." This topical lunch event will offer time to strategically look ahead to your summer plans. The hands-on session will be led by UW ADVANCE's Program/Research Manager, Dr. Joyce Yen. Discussion will include setting goals, outlining tasks to complete the goals, scheduling time to achieve the tasks, making a daily plan, and setting up an accountability framework. Be sure to bring a copy of your calendar and any other relevant planning materials with you to the workshop so you can walk away from the session with your summer plans ready to implement.


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An article in the TES FE claims that Ofsted is considering changes to its grading system, examining College's at a campus level rather than just corporation level..Read more
NCG becomes the first FE institution in the UK to gain Taught Degree Awarding Powers, enabling NCG to develop and award its own Honours and Masters degrees.Read more
Shadow Transport Secretary visits Rail AcademyJune 16, 2016
Shadow Transport Secretary, Lilian Greenwood, visited Newcastle College's Rail Academy today to highlight the importance of the growth of the rail engineering in the North East. The Shadow Minister travelled to the region with Labour MP, Alan Johnson and Paul Brannen, MEP as part of the campaign to encourage voters to remain in the EU;Read more
Welcome to the new NCG websiteApril 6, 2016
Welcome to the new and improved NCG Website. First of all, thank you for visiting and we hope you'll make many more trips here in the near future. Our new site has been designed with the user in mind and we've made it as easy to navigate as possible, with a number of new featuresRead more
Carlisle College announces proposal to join NCGApril 6, 2016
Carlisle College today announced it proposes to join NCG, one of the largest further education and training groups in the country, to strengthen and further develop its provision and meet the needs of the local communityRead more


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Zadie Novakov (name changed) doesn't seek but commands respect. Her dedication to black magic is remarkable. Zadie is a nutritionist turned full-time magician whose services are available throughout the internet as well, including several freelancing websites where they allow magicians to sell their spells and stuff and her own websites.
Zadie claims that subconscious mind is the real true self and one must not force the conscious self on the subconscious one. She says that her conscious mind may be involved in performing magical rituals all the time but her subconscious mind is thinking about buying and selling cryptocurrency, especially bitcoins. She does exchange a lot of her QIWI money to bitcoin (обмен киви на биткоин in her language).
Zadie claims that sexual perversion is the real cause of all evil in the world and this was the original sin that Adam and Eve committed in the Garden of Eden.
Zadie's sister Lara claims that Zadie has gone a little mad since experimenting with psychedelic drugs. She has bought a magic wand and she keeps waving that all the time.
Zadie's best friend is an infamous mystic, magician and spiritual healer. I cannot name her here but she received a lot of hate and mocking for tweeting "Failure of the Fiat Automobile company is the part of an international conspiracy." She attracted more trolls than ever for that tweet of her.
Zadie is a car lover. The first thing that she checks before buying a car are safety features. First of all, she watches an IIHS video of the same car taking hits by the IIHS iron and see how much it can take and how safe the driver and passengers are. If she finds it decent enough then only she goes for it otherwise not. Last time she rejected a Suzuki car which she found very attractive exterior wise because it didn't have a video on Youtube taking hits from IIHS.


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Please join us on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at the London Convention Centre for our Fall Banquet & Silent Auction featuring keynote speaker Perdita Felicien, World Champion Hurdler and Two-Time Olympian.
It is with great pleasure that we announce this year's speaker: two-time Olympian, 10-time, National Champion, two-time World silver medalist, and the only Canadian woman to win a World Championship gold medal in track and field. During her career as a 100-metre hurdler she earned numerous honours, including Canada's Athlete of the Year and the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal. In her inspiring talks, Perdita explores what it means to chase a dream and overcome the "hurdles" life can put before you.
In high school, after briefly quitting track altogether, P erdita earned a full scholarship to the University of Illinois, and became a three time NCAA champion and a cademic standout. Her success continued as a professional when she represented Canada at six World Championship competitions, and at two Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004. A favourite at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Perdita fell at the first barrier in the finals and couldn't finish the ra ce. She showed grace under fire in that moment, and has used the experience to teach others how to pers evere and rise again.
After retiring in 2013, Perdita has worked as a broadcaster, covering the 2015 Pan American Games and the summer Olympics in Rio for the CBC. Perdita credits a women's shelter in Durham Region with helping her family get on their feet. Her mother who immigrated from St. Lucia, encountered many barriers , including displacement and poverty, which she found a way to overcome. Perdita's story is incredibly emotional, and is loaded with raw honesty and humour.
Highlighted this year will be the Prevention of Homelessness Among Families (PHAF) Program at Rotholme Women's & Family Shelter. Rotholme is a branch of Mission Services of London that offers safe shelter, nourishment, counseling and other support services to families in need, and PHAF is a perfect example. PHAF has three components: 1) Shelter Diversion, to help families at risk of homelessness avoid emergency shelter; 2) Housing Selection for families who cannot be diverted to help them find stable housing; and 3) Housing Stability to help families with life skills coaching and ongoing support after they exit emergency shelter.


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The Davis Dynasty: 50 Years of Successful Investing on Wall Street
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Praise for The Davis Dynasty "Equally relevant to the uninitiated and to those of us who have many years? experience with the Davis dynasty, Rothchild?s book takes a close look at the family?s remarkable success and endurance. I knowthat many will find it interesting to learn how, even today, Davis endeavors remain focused on the long view, guided by the strong investment philosophy and business principles that Shelby himself lived by in one of the most important periods in commercial history."?M. R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, American International Group, Inc. "This is really two books in one. It is the story of a rarity in the investment business: a family whose money management skills have evolved and been passed on from the patriarch to two succeeding generations. It is also a how-to book on commonsense investing. As the dot-com phase passes into history, this book provides some useful lessons on how fortunes are built and then used for...
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