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Merger approvals face retrenchment hurdle
THE Competition Tribunal recently considered a merger between Bytes People Solutions and Inter-Active Technologies (IAT). While the tribunal found that the merger would have no effect on competition, it was alleged that approximately 43 former employees of IAT were subject to mergerspecific retrenchments, which were effected by IAT in close proximity to its talks with Bytes.
The tribunal was required to consider whether such prior retrenchment constituted mergerspecific retrenchments in terms of the Competition Act or operational requirement retrenchments unrelated to the merger.
IAT had been in financial distress from at least the end of its February 2014 financial year. During June 2014 it considered various merger proposals, including one from Bytes, but it decided not to pursue any of the proposals as it anticipated that it would be able to survive. During October, its funding facility was withdrawn, and it could no longer meet its financial obligations. It recommenced negotiations with Bytes, and the two firms signed an offer letter that same month, which also provided that Bytes would offer IAT a funding facility to allow it to continue to operate until the deal was concluded and approved by the competition authorities.
During the 2014 year, IAT retrenched about 43 employees. These retrenchments were not disclosed to the Competition Commission, as it was believed they did not arise as a result of the merger and there was thus no statutory obligation to disclose. The merging parties did however disclose potential maximum prospective retrenchments which could arise as a result of the merger.
A few days before the hearing, former employees of IAT contacted the commission informing it that IAT had effected merger- specific retrenchments relating to the 43 employees. The former employees were invited to make oral submissions at the tribunal hearing on 28 January this year.
The former employees of IAT failed to make an appearance, and the tribunal postponed the hearing to 30 January. It further instructed the commission to conduct an investigation in respect of the 43 retrenched employees. In the interim, the merging parties were required to make extensive written submissions to the commission setting out why the retrenchments were not merger-specific.
On 30 January during oral submissions from the former employees of IAT, all of the parties conceded that 28 of the 43 retrenchments were not related to the merger, as they resulted from a direct loss of a call centre operation contract. In respect of the remaining 15 retrenchments, evidence was led by the merging parties to the effect that these retrenchments were contemplated by the board of IAT during approximately August 2014, several months prior to the date on which the parties signed the offered letter. The tribunal accepted that there was insufficient evidence to link the 15 retrenchments to the merger.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the tribunal held that the merging parties should have disclosed information pertaining to the retrenchments made prior to the proposed transaction to the commission, given that they were effected after the date that the transaction was contemplated.
In the current economic environment, especially in respect of distressed firms, it is not unusual for firms to retrench employees. Another option open to firms in distress is to seek a purchaser who is better able to manage the business and rescue it from financial distress. Such strategies are often implemented in close proximity to one other.
Notwithstanding this, the tribunal's approach appears to infer a nexus between prior retrenchments by a firm in financial distress and a proposed merger. The tribunal's approach in requiring that merging parties make this disclosure and provide reasons why such retrenchments are not mergerspecific, appears to impose a reverse onus on merging parties, who now appear to be required to disclose retrenchments which have no link to the merger and justify that such retrenchments are not mergerspecific.
The introduction of a reverse onus may arguably differ from public interest considerations set out in the Competition Act as regards employment. In this regard, only retrenchments which may arise as a result of a merger would be relevant for consideration by the competition authorities.
The tribunal's approach seems to be the most recent draft Public Interest Guidelines issued by the commission, which provides that in respect of "pre-merger retrenchments" the commission wishes to consider any retrenchments effected from the date of commencement of negotiations up to the date of the merger filing.
It seems that this approach is likely to place an undue burden on merging parties, which must now delve into nonmerger-related retrenchments and justify them as nonmerger-specific. This adds substantially from a transaction cost perspective, but is also burdensome as the period during which retrenchments are required to be disclosed and justified may not always be clear, especially in cases such as the Bytes merger where the parties commenced negotiations and decided not to pursue a merger, and then later recommenced negotiations.
Some guidance in this regard from the competition authorities would be welcomed. In the interim firms that are in the process of retrenching for operational requirements and simultaneously considering a merger should take heed of the competition authorities' approach on this issue, failing which a merger approval could be delayed at the 11th hour pending an investigation of the mergerspecificity of prior retrenchments.
Reverse onus imposed on merging parties, who now appear to be required to disclose retrenchments which have no link to the merger
Natalia Lopes is a director and Betty Mkatshwa a candidate attorney in ENSafrica's competition department.


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Transport in Open Quantum Systems: Experiment and Theory
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Porquerolles is an island close to Toulon in the south of France. For more information about Porquerolles see www.porquerolles.com - Porquerolles (France)
Open quantum systems are at the center of many research areas. The workshop will bring together communities working with shared interests on superradiance and localization in cold atoms, experiments with microwave resonators, exceptional points and PT symmetry, optics, nuclear physics, quantum chaos, quantum dots, quantum transport in mesoscopic systems, random lasing. The objective is to bring together both theoretical and experimental physicists from different fields in physics addressing similar scattering and transport phenomena in order to focus theoretical research towards applicative problems and to push experiments into regimes which have not been analyzed before.
Discipline scientifique : Physique Quantique
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Crop bioengineering opens the floodgates to opportunities for crop improvement. However its success depends to a large extent on how effectively the global scientific community and the public and the private sectors can harness together its power and other allied fields of genomics and bioinformatics for the world's poor. In Crop bioengineering: Enormous potential for catalyzing international development published in Agriculture for Development, Peter Gregory of Cornell University and Stanley Kowalski of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, USA, say that: "This in turn depends on the extent to which projects are demand-driven and holistic in approach, integrating all technical and non-technical factors relevant to the product development and commercialization/delivery chain." Strong emphasis must be placed on inter-institutional collaboration and focused and sustained capacity building at both human and institutional levels.
Successful distribution of bioengineered crops requires a communication strategy that provides regular and accurate information about them to various stakeholders. Gregory and Kowalski conclude that this will facilitate public acceptance and continued development of bioengineered crops.
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Interim director of Purdue's Climate Change Research Center Noah Diffenbaugh, co-author of a Purdue study, said that "Studies have shown global warming will likely increase the frequency and intensity of heat waves, drought and floods in many areas. It is important to understand which socioeconomic groups and countries could see changes in poverty rates in order to make informed policy decisions." With this as a guide, the team used data from the late 20th century and projections for the late 21st century to develop a framework that examined extreme climate events, comparable effects to grain production and the impact on the number of impoverished people in the 16 developing countries studied.
"Bangladesh, Mexico and Zambia showed the greatest percentage of the population entering poverty in the wake of extreme drought, with an additional 1.4 percent, 1.8 percent and 4.6 percent of their populations being impoverished by future climate extremes, respectively," Thomas Hertel, a co-author of the study said. There will also be large reductions in grains productivity due to extreme climatic events.
This study is an initial quantification of how poverty is tied to climatic fluctuations, and the team is improving the modeling and analysis system to enable more comprehensive assessments of the link between climate volatility and poverty vulnerability.
For more details, see the report at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090820DiffenbaughHertel.html
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A virulent strain of the wheat rust disease is on a global march, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Originating in Uganda (hence the name UG99) and having made its way to the Arabic Peninsula, the disease caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis now threatens the wheat mega-producing countries of Central Asia. A new partnership has been formed that aims to develop wheat varieties that can better resist the dreaded fungus. Syngenta AG, the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will work together to identify and map genetic markers for use in wheat resistance breeding. The marker data arising from the research will be made available to the public.
SFSA said in a press release that the research collaboration will "combine Syngenta's plant genetic profiling expertise with the strengths of CIMMYT's extensive field research to develop a genetic map of wheat stem rust resistance." SFSA will be funding the project.
CIMMYT Director General Thomas Lumpkin noted that the Center is "very pleased to enter the new partnership." Lumpkin said, wheat yields need to rise 1.6 percent each year to reach required global production levels by 2020, yet investments in wheat technology have lagged far behind those for other cereals.
The press release is available at http://www.syngentafoundation.org/db/1/821.pdf
In the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, Director General Dennis Garrity of ICRAF (World Agroforestry Centre), host of the Congress said that, "Growing the right tree in the right place on farms in sub-Saharan Africa-and worldwide- has the potential to slow climate change, feed more people, and protect the environment. This tree, as a source of free, organic nitrogen, is an example of that. There are many other examples of solutions to African farming that exist here already."
The tree he is referring to is the tall, long-lived acacia tree Faidherbia albida, known for its nitrogen-fixing qualities that could limit the use of fertilizers; provide fodder for livestock, wood for construction and fuel, and medicine through its bark as well as windbreaks and erosion control to farmers across the sub-Saharan Africa. The tree is also widely adapted to a wide array of climates and soils from the deserts to the humid tropics.
With African farms being severely degraded and African farmers applying only 10 percent of soil nutrients used in the rest of the world, planting acacia tree is an important option. The tree goes dormant and shed its nitrogen-rich leaves during the early rainy that coincides with the planting season. Field crops planted around the trees are fertilized during their entire growing season, and leaves and pods provide fodder for livestock in the dry season when the plants have dried up. In many African countries, the tree is a frequent component of farming systems.
Yield increases have been documented in unfertilized millets grown under the tree in West Africa, for sorghum in Ethiopia, other parts of Africa, and in India, in addition to groundnuts and cotton. Often, millet and sorghum exhibit no further response to artificial fertilizers beyond that provided by the tree's leaf fall.
See the report at: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/af/index.php
Through a $10.2 million loan from the International Fund for Agricultural Development, a program was introduced to distribute and multiply quality seeds of such crops as beans, maize, and sorghum and planting materials for cassava, sweet potato and banana to farmers in Haiti. In addition, 500 tonnes of rice seed will also be distributed.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization which is implementing the project, the scheme has significantly increased food production, provided cheaper food, and boosted farmers' incomes. Almost 250,000 smallholder and landless farmers are expected to benefit from the program. "We are extremely encouraged by the results we are seeing in this program which, along with favorable weather, has been an important factor in increasing the amount of food available to poor people in Haiti," said FAO Haiti Representative Ari Toubo Ibrahim.
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The newly-bred "CRIL-7" chickpea is hoped to end the fight against the crop-damaging larval stage of the beet armyworm, said a report by the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service. Chickpea provides protein, fiber and other nutrients, and an important crop in semi-arid tropical countries like India. The beet armyworm is a very devastating pest in India which used to be the world leader in chickpea production in 2005.
The team of scientists led by entomologist Stephen Clement selected 42 lines from the seven generation of progenies from the cross between the wild species Cicer reticulatum which has broad insect resistance trait, with the susceptible cultivar FLIP 84-92C. The selected lines were tested in 2006-07 green house trials, and 28 to 62% of the beet armyworms that fed on the leaves died within a few days from hatching from eggs. Worms which survived were shorter and smaller. Agronomic testing will be conducted next before the lines are commercialized.
See the report at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2009/090825.htm
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The Agricultural Plant Biotechnology Association (Agro-Bio) and the Institute of Biotechnology, National University (IBUN) in Colombia organized a field trip for journalists to visit farmers' fields planted to genetically modified maize in Meta, Colombia. Meta is located east of the Andes mountains. The journalists were able to interact with Sergio Valencia, a farmer who had 20 years experience in planting different crops but was growing GM maize for the first time.
Agro-Bio reports that the journalists were able to appreciate the technology through their interaction with those who are directly benefiting from it. Biotech maize is not approved for commercialization in Colombia. However, in 2008, it planted biotech maize in a "controlled planting program". In May 2009, the Colombian Agricultural Institute approved the semi-commercial planting of Bt-11 maize.
For the full story in Spanish visit http://www.agrobio.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7505&Itemid=25
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Scientists of the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service headed by geneticist Jay Evans found that the presence of abnormal ribosomal RNA (rRNA) fragments in the guts of honey bees may be the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). This disease caused the decline of the honey bee population last year.
Using genome-wide microarray, the scientists found a large amount of abnormal rRNA fragments which indicate that the affected honey bees had reduced ability to synthesize new proteins. According to entomologist Mary Berenbaum, if the bees' ribosomes are compromised, then they can't overcome exposure to pesticides, viral, fungal, bacterial infections or inadequate nutrition because the ribosome is central to the survival of any organism.
Although the study did not establish a direct cause-and-effect link between the abnormal rRNA and CCD, colony surveillance by assays of rRNA and other markers expressed by bees could provide the earliest indication of CCD found so far.
For details, see the report at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2009/090824.2.htm
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An industry-led group, called the Global Harvest Initiative, announced the launch of a campaign that aims to "heighten awareness of the increasing gap between the world's agricultural production capacity and what will be required to meet the needs of a growing population." Global Harvest Initiative was founded by four U.S. agricultural companies: John Deere, DuPont, Monsanto and Archer Daniels Midland Company. The group will launch the effort in a symposium in Washington DC in the U.S. next month.
"The Global Harvest Initiative is mobilizing a diverse group of thought-leaders to focus on the challenge of doubling agricultural output, and doing so in a sustainable manner," said William G. Lesher, executive director of the Global Harvest Initiative. "Already, efforts are underway to enhance agricultural production, minimize post-harvest losses and introduce efficiencies throughout the value chain. But achieving such a monumental task requires additional attention and support from many."
View the press release at http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-20-2009/0005080808&EDATE For more information on the group, visit http://www.globalharvestinitiative.org/
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Comments are still welcome on the draft audit standard developed for the biotechnology quality management system (BQMS) pilot project by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The BQMS is a voluntary compliance assistance program that aims to help stakeholders manage the regulatory requirements for field trials and interstate movement of certain genetically engineered (GE) organisms.
For more information visit http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/news_bqms.shtml.
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In a press release, Mycogen Seeds announces 14 new elite MYCOGEN SmartStax hybrids, including 12 grain corn hybrids and two MYCOGEN brand SILAGE-SPECIFIC corn hybrids. The hybrids contain the broadest spectrum insect control to date, and would provide growers a yield advantage due to reduced refuge requirement: 5 percent refuge instead of the traditional 20%.
In addition, they have all season built-in protection from both above- and below-ground corn pests, including earworm, fall armyworm, western bean cutworm and rootworm. The multiple modes of action brought by the different insect resistance genes attack pests at two locations in the midgut, making it much more difficult for insects to develop resistance to the technology.
"Growers can maximize profits by planting MYCOGEN SmartStax hybrids. Our lineup offers a wide selection, so growers can find the right hybrids for their unique on-farm situations," says Keith Porter, agronomy services manager, Mycogen Seeds.
For the detailed listing of the hybrids and their specific traits, see the press release at http://www.dowagro.com/mycogen/resource/newsreleases/20090826a.htm
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The Trust for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), a think tank on advancement of S&T in agriculture in India, has conferred the Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture to Dr. Rattan Lal on August 11, 2009 at New Delhi, India. Dr. Lal is an alumni of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and a world-renowned soil scientist and director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center of the Ohio State University, USA.
The MS Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture was instituted in honor of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, the architect of the Green Revolution in India and chairman of the National Commission of Farmers. Dr. Swaminathan is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, the Parliament of India. The award recognizes those who have made great impact in the field of agriculture on a global basis, and in food security and sustainability of agriculture in India. Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman E. Borlaug received the first MS Swaminathan award from former President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in March 2005. The second and third Award was presented to distinguished scientists and World Food Laureates Dr. G.S. Khush in 2006 and to Dr. S.K. Vasal in 2007.
The guidelines and nomination for the Dr. MS Swaminthan Award for Leadership in Agriculture is available on the website of the Trust for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) at: www.taas.in.
For more information about Dr. Rattan Lal and his contribution on carbon management and sequestration at the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center (C-MASC) visit http://senr.osu.edu/cmasc/index.html.
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Genetically modified (GM) rice may soon be part of a Chinese meal. "China has worked on research of transgenic rice and is strongly considering its commercialization," says Vice Minister of Agriculture Niu Dun. This was concurred by Cao Mengliang, a researcher on molecular rice at the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Centre, who added that: "Studies of the safety of the technology have been completed. Discussions about whether to open it up to the market are now in the final stages. Now, the safety certificate is the last thing needed before commercialized production."
China Daily reports that the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy notes that GM rice could lead to an 80 percent cut in pesticide use and that yields could increase by around 6 percent. China currently produces around 500 million tons of rice. With its population expected to grow to 1.6 billion by 2020, 630 million tons of rice will be needed.
The full article is available at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/25/content_8611098.htm
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Bangladesh has finalized the GM Food Safety Guidelines in a two-day Stakeholder meeting on the finalization of Guidelines for the safety assessment of foods derived from genetically engineered plants in Bangladesh. Mr. CQK Mustaq Ahmed, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and the Chief Guest said that Bangladesh should go for the viable option of Evergreen Revolution through genetic engineering for food and nutritional security in a safe manner. The meeting was jointly organized by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) and South Asia Biosafety Program (SABP). Dr Robert Potter, Senior Associate, AGBIOS Canada and Dr Vibha Ahuja, General Manager, Biotech Consortium of India Ltd explained about the safety assessment of GM foods, Codex Alimentarius and other related principles followed worldwide.
Around 80 participants from universities, relevant government and non-government organizations and people involved in policy-making were present to contribute to the fine tuning of the document. While chairing the inaugural session, Dr Wais Kabir, Executive Chairman of BARC expressed his optimism on the rapid progress and outcome of Bt Brinjal, late blight resistant potato and Golden Rice in Bangladesh for food and nutrition, that conform to the GM Food Safety Guidelines.
For details of the event and information on biotechnology in Bangladesh, contact Prof. K. M. Nasiruddin of Bangladesh Biotechnology Information Center at email@example.com.
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Taiwan's Department of Health has cleared Syngenta's four stacked-trait biotech corn products for import into the country. With this recent approval, the DOH has granted permits for 11 stacked-trait biotech corn products in total, including eight events of 2-way stack, two events of 3-way stack and one event of 4-way stack. According to a report by the US Grains Council, the latest approval of stacked events "should undoubtedly help smooth the import process for U.S. corn."
Taiwan imported 423,955 metric tons of corn in July 2009, a 20 percent increase compared to last year.
Read the original article at http://www.grains.org/news-events/1871-approval-of-biotech-events-in-taiwan-creates-opportunity-for-us-corn
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Japanese government representatives from the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Science Technology (JST) are meeting with Embrapa Soja, in Londrina, a unit of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation to discuss the details of a project on the development of soybean cultivars tolerant to drought and high temperatures. The discussion on the five- year research project focuses on the responsibilities for each research activity, the plans on scientific exchange, and the memorandum of agreement to be signed by both parties.
At the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen, developmental biologists have discovered that the regulatory mechanism that switches Arabidopsis to flower depends on a group of related regulators, the SPL proteins. Its production on the other hand is triggered with the decrease in concentration of microRNA in the shoot apex of flowering plants. This activation process occurs even in the absence of other regulators that measure daylength or external temperature, which may allow a sufficiently old plant to flower even in an unfavorable environment.
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A field of genetically modified (GM) barley was destroyed by activists last week in Gunnarsholt, Southern Iceland, according to a report by Iceland Review. The field was the property of ORF Genetics, a start-up company that produces pharmaceuticals and medical research products from GM plants. Björn Lárus Örvar, ORF's CEO, told Iceland Review that the activists have caused the company millions in damage. "For a small company like ours, which is struggling in the difficult innovation environment, this is a serious matter." Responsibility for the attack has been claimed by a group of activists which calls itself Illgresi (weed in Icelandic).
Attacks on GM field trials have been common in Europe, particularly in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Recently, environmental activists ripped up a field of nematode-resistant GM potatoes in Yorkshire, UK. The destruction caused more than USD 40,000 damage and wasted months of research.
The original article is available at http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=338035
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Keygene N.V. and Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR) signed a licensing agreement that strengthens and expands their research collaboration. The research agreement comprises fungal resistance intellectual property (IP) and technology and continued use of AFLP technology of KeyGene for research purposes. KeyGene will have access to sublicensing and commercial rights to some of Wageningen URs abiotic and biotic stress resistance IPs. With the signing of this licensing agreement, the combined strengths of both parties will be used to introduce novel (a)biotic stress tolerances in commercially important crops.
Raoul Bino, director of Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen UR, added that "Combating plant diseases and finding solutions to enable sustainable and high crop production under adverse conditions, is a challenge and does ask for combined efforts and expertises. This strengthened collaboration between KeyGene and Wageningen UR will certainly provide new opportunities and will also guarantee that our knowledge and expertise will find its way to the plant breeders."
For details, see press release at: http://www.wur.nl/UK/newsagenda/news/keygene210809.htm
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The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), based at Hinxton near Cambridge, has received a £10 million (USD14.3 million) grant from the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to dramatically increase EBI's data storage and handling capacity. The BBSRC funding is expected to help fuel the success of ELIXIR, a large-scale, EU-funded, data-storage project. The grant adds to the USD 6.3 million that the European Commission awarded to launch the project a year ago and an additional USD 2.5 million that several Swedish funding agencies pledged towards the project earlier this year.
Huge amounts of biological data are being generated daily throughout Europe. In order to use the data efficiently and to accelerate advances, such as the development of new drugs or higher yielding crops, scientists require better ways to deal with the flood of information.
"The UK's decision to invest in ELIXIR is an important milestone in creating the infrastructure for biological information in Europe," said Janet Thornton, EMBL-EBI Director and ELIXIR coordinator. "The EBI will form the hub of a network of ELIXIR nodes that will empower European science at the interface of biology, computing and data management - one of the most vibrant areas of contemporary research."
For more information, read http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2009/090825_uk_leads_european_research_with_10million_investment.html and http://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/ebi-lands-143m-uks-bbsrc-support-elixir-projects-it-infrastructure
Scientists from Japan have pinpointed a gene that helps rice plants resist the dreaded blast disease. Having this gene in high yielding but disease susceptible varieties could help feed millions more people.
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Researchers from the University of Virginia in the U.S. have successfully identified a gene in cowpea that confers resistance to the parasitic weed Striga. Also known as witchweed, Striga infests some 50 million hectares of cereal crops and is responsible for more than USD 7 billion worth of crop damage every year in Africa. Underground witchweed parts connect to crop roots and feed on them, reducing yield dramatically and sometimes even destroying entire fields. Striga attacks numerous crops, including cowpea, a major food and forage legume in the Sahel of West and Central Africa. Controlling the parasitic weed through conventional techniques is a challenge. Striga is known to produce thousands of seeds that can stay dormant in the soil for years.
The Striga resistance gene, RSG3-301, encodes a protein localized in the peripheral plasma membrane that serves as a guard molecule against Striga attachment and penetration. Silencing this gene in resistant varieties resulted to susceptibility to Striga attacks. Cowpea plants incapable of expressing RSG3-301 "failed to mount a resistance response when challenged with a particular Striga race and allowed the weed to penetrate the endodermis and to establish xylem-xylem connections with the host vascular system," the scientists wrote in a paper published by Science.
There are at least seven Striga races, each with the capability of adapting to different cowpea varieties. The researchers are now trying to develop cowpea plants that are resistant "across the board."
The paper is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1174754 For more information, read http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=9543
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Numerous studies have shown that diets rich in omega-3 fatty acids decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Dietary ingestion of these fatty acids has also been shown to reduce the symptoms of metabolic syndrome or syndrome X. The main dietary source of omega-3 fatty acids, particularly eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, is oily fish such as sardines, mackerel and salmon.
A team of researchers from the Rothamsted Research and University of York in the UK developed transgenic Arabidopsis and linseed plants accumulating significant amount of the omega-3 fatty acid stearidonic acid in their seed lipids. The transgenic plants express the gene that codes for Δ6-desaturase, the key enzyme in stearidonic acid biosynthetic pathway, from primrose (Primula vialii). The researchers reported that in the case of the transgenic linseed plants, "the achieved levels of stearidonic acid (13.4% of triacylglycerols) are very similar to those found in the sole natural commercial plant source (Echium spp.) or transgenic soybean oil."
The stearidonic acid-enriched linseed oil may have superior health-beneficial properties, the researchers said. Unlike Echium and transgenic soybean derived oils, it lacks γ-linolenic acid, which is considered undesirable for heart-healthy applications. It also has a significantly higher omega-3/omega-6 ratio.
The paper published by the Plant Biotechnology Journal is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00436.x
The 7th Pacific Rim Conference on the Biotechnology of Bacillus thuringiensis and its Environmental Impact will be organized by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Calcutta University and All India Crop Biotechnology Association (AICBA) from November 25- 28, 2009 at the National Agriculture Science Complex, New Delhi, India.
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on 5/19/2015 3:29:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I never would have thought I would love something as corny as this, but I FUCKING LOVE IT!!! I have bought like 3 so far. Great pigments, great for travel, I love the highlighter and some of the shadows can even be used for the brows and contour. It is so small an compact and I adore it!!! I hope they never stop making Khole's kit or I am going to hate life!!!
on 6/29/2014 4:25:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Olive, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this at Ulta because, no shame, I am a big Kardashian fan and assumed their makeup would be amazing and decided to try it.
The eyeshadows are decent. Not very pigmented, but still useful. The blush/highlighters on the bottom are what I use the most, though. They are extremely pigmented and look very beautiful on the skin. I barely use the shadows, but I do use the blushes daily.
I wish they sold the blush, bronzer, and highlighter separately because I would definitely purchase it. However, I wouldn't waste your time or your money trying this palette because it's not worth it.
on 3/28/2013 9:01:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
I bought this at Ulta on a whim, I think I had a coupon or something and I like nude eyeshadow palettes. The eyeshadows themselves are okay, definitely need a primer otherwise they don't really show up on my skin. The colors in the palette look gorgeous but since they are not very pigmented they don't show up well or wear very long. I think the girls need to retool the quality of their cosmetic line and come back with some improvements.
on 1/7/2013 9:25:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
The plastic packaging of the palette is a little light in a cheap kind of way. The print is cute, plus it was $15 at CVS so I don't really care if the packaging was meh. As long as it's something I can use for travel.
8 small eyeshadows on the top level, 2nd level pulls out for two blushes and a highlighter.
Top row of eyeshadows are all natural mattes, second row are supposed to be intensely shimmery, but the quality really varies per shadow. The darkest barely shows up, but the gold and lighter shimmers show up. The mattes are all neutral and matte. lol The consistency is a bit chalky imo. Which, to me, means they need to most likely be used wet to get any pigmentation. A little disappointing given the fact that Wet n Wild palettes and eyeshadows have more pigmentation when used dry and are much "creamier".
Blushes are matte too: a pink and a peach. Highlighter is similar to Nars Albatross, but with chunkier shimmer.
My conclusion is that it was something nice to try out of boredom, but it's not leaving me breathless or replacing any of my go-to items.
on 1/4/2013 5:55:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this kit and was pleasantly surprised. It isn't the worst makeup, but it isn't the best. It's pretty good for a "drug store" brand. I found the best way to apply the eye shadow is to use an eyelid primer because without the primer, it wasn't very pigmented. I liked the blush a lot!!! it is a peachy color and I think would work well on most people. I'm very fair, dark hair, dark eyes. I thought the packaging was nice and sturdy. I liked the faux snakeskin look of the kit. The only reason I didn't like this kit was because of the bronzer and high lighter. Very few people can use a bronzer with out it looking like dirt and I am one of those. I'm super fair and bronzer looks like dirt and bruising on me! the high lighter didn't work right on me either. I think I'm going to use it as shadow.
on 12/14/2012 4:48:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Chalky, unpigmented, cheap... Yeah not worth your money
on 11/30/2012 7:02:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
I like this product and I don't. I would like to give it a 3.5, but given a choice between a 4 and 3 I had to pick 3. I reserve 4 and 5 for products that I really like and will use a lot.
This palette has some really pretty colors and they are a pretty nice quality. Now they aren't the best quality, blending can be a little difficult and patchy. Eyeshadows are still very workable and good quality for the price. These aren't high end eyeshadows, but they are better than drug store eyeshadows like Maybelline, etc.
I think if you are adventurous and noticed this palette you should give it a try. Make sure you get a coupon and make yourself feel even better about a discounted price.
The packaging is junky and I gouged by highlighter color on the bottom compartment more than once. You really need to just open on compartment at a time. I think the packaging idea is good, but the execution needs some more work.
All-in-all not the best eyeshadow palette, but not the worst. :)
on 11/21/2012 8:24:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Other
Eyes: Brown
EDIT: I've had this for a couple of months now. At first I liked it, but after spending more time with it, I must say I'm disappointed. There are a few good shadows in this palette, but overall, you really have to work with the shadows for the best color payoff. (It's best applied with your fingers then use a brush to blend.)
1st: Similar to WnW's Brulee. Nice, smooth texture
2nd: Barely shows on my NC30-35 skin
3rd: Beautiful taupe color in the pan. Poor color payoff
4th: Most pigmented of the four matte colors
1st: Too shimmery and too much fallout for all over the lid or for highlighting under the brows
2nd: Only a shade darker than the 1st shimmer color. Again, too shimmery and too much fallout
3rd: An exact dupe for MAC's Amber Lights. Buttery texture, great pigmentation.
4th: Poor color payoff. Much darker in the pan than on your eye.
BLUSH & BRONZER: Great pigmentation, finely milled, smooth texture. My only issue is the bronzer is too light for my skin tone so it's barely noticeable.
HIGHLIGHTER: Too much shimmer for my taste.
on 11/10/2012 2:56:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I was browsing through Ulta and found the new Khroma line by Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian. The Kourtney Palette was sold out and the Kim palette was too dark for my taste, but Khloe's palette is very nice.
There are eight eye shadow colors. Four are matte and four are shimmery. There are also two blushes and a highlighter. The packaging is plastic, but feels sturdy. It's pretty and shiny. The eye shadows are good for both day and night. They are somewhat nude, somewhat golden. The highlighter is yellowish. This is obviously not going to look nice on every skin tone, but if you like nudes and golden colors, this will be nice to play with.
The shadows blend nicely and don't feel chalky. I like the quality. The cheek colors are gorgeous, one is bright, while the other pale and nude. I love the combo. I did my whole face with this palette today and got a compliment on my makeup. It was only 13 USD, but it feels a little more expensive. I especially like that this palette is sturdy and heavy, not flimsy at all. I used a lid primer before applying the shadows, so I can't say if they would last on bare skin, but they blend beautifully. I didn't have much shadow falling onto my cheeks.
I have seen better palettes, I have seen much much worse though. Quality wise, it's a 4 lippie product, but due to the low price, I have to give it five.
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I started "Meet Me Monday" on Instagram to tell a little bit about myself each week. It is really fun figuring out what to share and reveal and how the photo can say it first as well. This little gazing ball hangs in my moms background. It is full of wonderful shadows, sparkles of light and her latticework shows up beautifully within its reflections. But let me ask you, would you have seen it? This little ball is only 2″ in diameter, hanging slightly above your head. Would it have stopped you and make you take a closer look? For me, this little gazing ball speaks volumes about my curious nature. I love to learn, challenge myself any way possible, and am an over achiever most days. I just don't look at things. I see them, study and research them until I have a better understanding of what I am looking at. I like to take photos of stages (bud, bud opening, bloom, full bloom, seed pod). It gives me a full definition of what I am seeing and helps me create art around it better and with the details I am in love with. Curiosity is part of who I am, it is my favorite thing about me because it has kept me engaged in the ordinary, the everyday, the discovery of beauty everywhere.
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[PANN] 161130 I'm here to promote Jungkook
I saved these gifs from Instiz yesterday. I was a person who was interested in Jungkook and Suga but when I saw these gifs yesterday I had to turn on my V app....
and after 1 hour I joined the fandom and I'm here to promote and recruit more fans
If you're someone who is interested in Jungkook or BTS, please go watch the recent Jungkook's V app broadcast. Seriously he was the cutest compared to any other day. He spoke formally to the fans and he speaks so sweetly too. He sang about 10 short songs and his voice is just... his voice melts me.... from what he said I learned that he didn't do any broadcasts before because he thought it was difficult but he seemed excited to do an almost 1 hour long show ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ he's playful but he knows the limit... I think you'll join the fandom after watching this broadcast if you're someone interested in Jungkook...
It's this one
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I think Din hyungnim's voice is so nice! heart attack!
He's so cute like a baby but he has a killer body and he's like an oppa on stage
Look at that gap in his image...
Everyone, let's Jungkook!
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1. Guys, please don't watch it... I got to watch the V app live by chance because I was someone interested in BTS a little and this was the first broadcast I watched but Jungkook made me join the fandom and I stayed up watching live broadcast replays of other members until 4am and went to work.. but I kept remembering them so I gave up my lunch time to watch more videos. Right now I'm dying because of Rap Mon.. All members are so heartwarming and lovely.. I'm 28 tho ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ I shouldn't be doing thisㅜㅜㅜㅜ
+) wowㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ why is my comment the best comment ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ keuuu I joined the fandom guys. I'm a 28 year old ARMY ㅋ I ordered the album and I'm gradually learning how to stream. End of the year is a busy time.ㅋㅋ Actually I really love Park Hyoshin and Jungkook sang many of his songs ㅋㅋㅋ this is destiny...ah happiness +138 -4
2. Me too. I'm interested in Jungkook and Jimin. They both looks really kind and nice ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ +110 -2
3. I joined the fandom after seeing Jungkook's comma hairstyle during Dope and I was so shocked when I learned he was a minor ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ seriously I felt like a criminal...? I thought he was in 20s... +99 -3
4. I just came after watching V app and sh*t I'm having a mental breakdown. Seriously he's pure I mean I've never seen him talk so much on his own so I never noticed but omg he's so cute what do I do did I just join the fandom? ah +49 -1
5. It's really healing to watch Rap Mon talk.. he talks really sweetly and I think he is very thoughtful... +43 -1
6. I'm a muggle for real and these days I'm interested in BTS so I put that notification thing on V app... and 5 of them did a live broadcast in the last 5 days... seriously I've never seen a group like them ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ +41 -2
7. when he was 19... +37 -1
8. After watching Rap Mon's V App, I really changed my mind about BTS ㅋㅋ seriously how could anyone be so thoughtful and talk so well... his English is fluent too. honestly, I was quite surprised ㅋ +31 -0


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Allwood Engineering, a family run garage based in Woking, is pleased to announce they have entered into a partnership with SEODesk. This new relationship will see the search engine optimisation experts take control of the firm's online communication and promotional channels. This move will enable Allwood Engineering to focus on their core strengths while SEODesk aims to improve the company's reputation and level of customer awareness online.
Allwood Engineering was established back in 1984, and the company is keen to mark their 30th year anniversary in style. The firm employs a number of highly trained technicians and with the use of the latest in diagnostic technology, is confident that they offer a reliable and value for money garage service in Woking. The firm can provide MOT services, repair work, welding services, air conditioning repairs, diagnostic work and the firm offer a wide range of service packages for their clients.
The firm understands that many clients are dependent on their cars, and they aim to offer the most efficient MOT in Woking. The company started providing a MOT service back in 2002, and since then, they have provided MOTs for a wide range of makes and models of vehicles. MOTs can be booked in advance, and the firm aims to return the vehicle as soon as they possibly can.
As well as offering MOTs, the firm prides itself on offering a range of proactive and reactive garage options. The firm provides the widest range of car servicing Woking has to offer. A regular servicing will ensure a car remains in excellent condition and can provide a car owner with considerable value for money in the long-term. As a firm with considerable experience in the local community, Allwood Engineering aims to offer a cost effective and reliable service for all of their clients.
While the firm is pleased to have many repeat and regular customers in the local area, they believe that they can reach out to more car drivers in the Woking and Surrey community. Given the success that SEODesk has achieved in placing firms on the first page of Google for relevant search terms, they were deemed to be the ideal partner for Allwood Engineering. Both companies believe that the online skills and experience of SEODesk, allied to the solid reputation of Allwood Engineering, will ensure that the firm will reach out to more car owners this year, making for a successful campaign for both firms.
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OCXO, Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator
- the OCXO, oven controlled crystal oscillator or crystal oven is used to provide considerable stability and frequency accuracy improvements over a straightforward crystal oscillator.
In this section
Oven Controlled crystal (Xtal) Oscillators, OCXOs, are used in applications where a very high degree of frequency stability is required. Sometimes these oscillators may even be referred to as temperature stabilised crystal oscillators, or just crystal ovens.
While crystal oscillators show a high degree of stability even when the outside temperature is varied over a significant range, for some applications even higher levels of temperature stability are required. In these applications OCXOs may provide the required solution.
As with many other crystal based products, OCXOs are available in a widely variation of packages and package styles. The performance levels and costs also need to be considered as these can vary considerably as well.
Frequency stability
Like any physical item, quartz crystals are subject to slight changes as a result of temperature variations. These changes reflect back into the resonant frequency of the crystal causing slight variations. The degree of variation is highly dependent upon the way the crystal is cut during manufacture. The angles of the plane of the blank with reference to the axes of the original crystal determine many of its properties. These include the mode of vibration, the degree of the piezo-electric effect - i.e. its activity, and of course the temperature stability.
A variety of types of crystal cut are used within ovens these days. The AT cut was an obvious type, but as its minimum drift with temperature occurs at around 20°C, this is not the most suitable
Typical frequency / temperature curve for an AT-cut quartz crystal
In the 1970s other cuts including the SC cut was developed. This Stress Compensated cut is less sensitive to mechanical and thermal stress giving it a much more suitable performance for OCXO operation. In addition to this it has a lower temperature turning point, LTTP with a very shallow slope in the range 70 to 85°C where many OCXOs run. The reason that the slope is shallow is that the infection temperature is in the region of 90°C as opposed to 25°C in the case of the AT cut crystal.
More recently another cut, termed the IT cut has been developed. This overcomes issues with the requirement for the LTTP to approach the inflection temperature. To address this issue the IT cut, has an upper temperature turning point in the range of 85 to 105°C. However it is not totally ideal because it does not provide the lower level of mechanical stress sensitivity of the SC cut.
Options for improved frequency stability
Different applications will require different levels of performance. In some cases a crystal oscillator alone may be satisfactory, whereas for other applications a temperature compensated oscillator may be needed. For the highest specification requirements an oven controlled oscillator may be needed.
|Temperature range
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For applications that need even higher levels of stability, options including rubidium standards or some off-air GPS standards may provide the required levels of accuracy.
Despite this it is still sometimes necessary to ensure a better degree of stability. This can be achieved by placing the crystal in a thermally insulated container with a thermostatically controlled heater. By heating the crystal to a temperature above that which would normally be encountered within the electronic equipment the temperature of the crystal can be maintained at a constant temperature. This results in a far greater degree of temperature stability. Additionally the crystal in the OCXO will be cut to ensure that its temperature stability is optimised for the internal operating temperature.
Commonly the internal temperature for a crystal oven is run at a temperature of 75°C or thereabouts. The temperature needs to be above the highest temperature likely to be encountered, otherwise the temperature control will not work.
The typical specification for an OCXO might be ±5 x 10-8 per degree Celsius (0.05 ppm), whereas a non-oven controlled oscillator may be between 10 and 100 times poorer. As the oscillator assembly will also contain buffering circuitry as well as supply voltage regulation the other characteristics of the oscillator should also be good. Typically it might be expected that frequency stability would be around ±5 x 10-9 (0.005 ppm) per day and ±5 x 10-7 (0.5 ppm) per year and 1 x 10-7 for a 5% change in supply voltage. All of these are far better than would be expected from a simple crystal oscillator.
In order to ensure that the optimum overall accuracy is maintained, combating elements such as ageing of the crystal itself, a periodic calibration of the OCXO may be required. Typical calibration periods may be of the order of six months to a year, but the actual period will depend upon the OCXO itself and the requirements of the application in which it is being used.
OCXO physical considerations
OCXOs are physically much larger than a simple crystal oscillator. Not only do they need to incorporate the crystal oscillator itself, but also the heater, control circuitry and the thermal insulation around the crystal oscillator.
Typically the heater will be run from a different supply to the oscillator. It does not need the same level of regulation, and indeed the oscillator is most likely to have its own regulator to remove any stray noise and RF that may appear on the supply line and thereby degrade the performance of the OCXO.
The supply for the heater in the OCXO may be quite current hungry. Some units may require an Amp or so on warm up. This figure will reduce as the temperature inside the OCXO rises and less heat is needed. As will be imagined the temperature is thermostatically controlled.
These OCXO units are naturally more expensive than crystals on their own, but the performance of an OCXO is considerably enhanced on that of a simple crystal in an unregulated electrical and physical environment.
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Former Giants players Dunston, Irvin recall Jackie Robinson
Shawon Dunston said he's appreciative and grateful that Jackie Robinson paved the way for African Americans and wishes baseball history can be more fully understood on many levels.
"Some of these young guys, they think they invented the game," said Dunston on Tuesday, which was Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball. "We all thought that way. I did, too."
In an interview, Dunston, 51, a Giants special assistant and video adviser, reeled off a laundry list of baseball legends, black and white, who he thinks ought to be more fully appreciated. For example, he cited Joe DiMaggio's amazing ability to put bat on ball - until DiMaggio's final season, he had more homers than strikeouts.
"You know what kind of stat that is? I struck out 100 times my first year," Dunston said.
During batting practice, Dunston was the only African American in a Giants uniform. On the dwindling numbers of African Americans in the majors, Dunston said, "It's going to change back. Nothing stays the same. It'll come back."
Dunston said he taught his son, Shawon Jr., 21, a Cubs prospect, about the impact of previous generations including Robinson.
"I'm in the game because of him. I live comfortably through baseball with the help of Jackie Robinson," Dunston said. "If I were 15 years old, I'd want to play baseball. I like football. But I love baseball. I don't want to play a video game. I want to be in a video game."
PA announcer Renel Brooks-Moon read a touching statement from Monte Irvin, 95, one of the Giants' first two African Americans. Irvin called Robinson "my dear friend" and had a message for players: "Enjoy the game you have the privilege to play."
Briefly: Reliever Jeremy Affeldt will be activated from the disabled list Wednesday, manager Bruce Bochy said. ... Bochy said Marco Scutaro still isn't close to rejoining the Giants. "He has real good days and days we have to back off a bit," Bochy said.
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Alessandro joined Esaote in October 2015 as Global Transducer Business Operations Officer; he brings 20 years of experience in the medical imaging industry, and has worked for small and large companies in Europe, India and the USA.
Prior to joining Esaote, Alessandro was Managing Director at Analogic, where he was responsible for global sales of transducers and systems to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and research institutions.
Previous positions include management and leadership roles in operation, product development, marketing and site management. Alessandro holds a Masters degree (Laurea) in electronic engineering from the University of Bologna, and a Masters degree in business administration (MBA) from Penn State University.


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If working for IGN teaches us anything it's that people are attracted to popular things. Now, we know that sounds a little obvious, but it's worth repeating, especially as we take a look at the top ten PC stories of 2008. These ten stories are the most read stories on IGN PC last year, and a quick glance reveals two things. First, you really like reviews. I mean, you really, really like reviews. In fact, you might say that reviews are your boyfriend. Second, you love editorials where we list things while making outlandish predictions about the future and offering contentious insights on the past. Heck, you like lists so much, that the second most popular story of 2008 was a ranking of the 25 Greatest PC Games of All Time that we wrote in 2007.
So here, without further ado, is the list of the ten most popular PC stories of the last year according to reader traffic. Check back next week as we reveal the twenty most popular games based on readership.
| 1) Spore Review
Excerpt: Now we come to Spore, the most ambitious Maxis product to date, and one that's as much as a game as it is a toy. Sure, you can tinker with Spore, but there's also a game here, one that involves the long struggle of life as it evolves and advances from a tiny cellular organism to intergalactic space travel. In fact, Spore is essentially five distinct games woven together. And here, Maxis demonstrates a weakness, as a number of these games come off as lightweight or limited. However, Spore is a prime example of something that is much more than the sum of its many parts.
| 2) Top 25 PC Games of All Time
Excerpt: We're quite positive this list is going to generate plenty of love and, more likely, hate because even with all of the amazing games on this list, there were many more shut out, much to our disappointment. Some that didn't make the list are important games that just aren't necessarily fun by today's standards. In any case, the list we came up with is full of amazing titles, all of which we still play today, at least on occasion.
| 3) Fallout 3
Excerpt: It's rare that a game can hit the mark in so many different and often conflicting areas. Fallout 3 offers freedom without sacrificing a focused story. It delivers fantastic combat without forgoing a deep role-playing system. The characters you meet are engaging and oftentimes hilarious without feeling out of place in this harsh world. The game has a few flaws -- most of them technical -- but it's a case where the whole is greater than the sum. It's a fantastic game with incredible atmosphere that offers fun in so many different ways that you're almost sure to get hooked. This is one of the best games you'll play this year.
| 4) PC Year in Review 2008
Excerpt: Microsoft has also made some news this year and, at least in one case, it's good news for PC gamers. Though they've frequently reiterated their support for the PC gaming platform, their own actions have made it difficult to take their support seriously. But in the midst of their talk about a new OS, their uncertainty over DirectX and the elimination of Ensemble Studios, they have at least announced that Games for Windows Live will no longer be a subscription service. Well, that's something at least.
| 5) Crysis Warhead Review
Excerpt: Crysis Warhead is the videogame equivalent of a summer action movie, and while it's more action-heavy than its highly acclaimed predecessor, it still retains its brains. Like Crysis, Warhead is a sandbox shooter that gives you large amounts of freedom as to how you approach each tactical situation. And there are plenty of tactical situations, because Warhead seems aimed at those who felt that Crysis was a bit too slow-paced and cerebral at times.
| 6) Sins of a Solar Empire Review
Excerpt: We used to have to get our tactical and strategic appetites filled by different games. Then some smart developers started putting the two experiences together in alternating phases. Finally someone's managed to get them both together as part of the same experience. Sins of a Solar Empire does this so well that you never really feel like you're playing separate parts of a single game; you just feel like you're playing a game that works on different levels simultaneously. The experience works so well because the graphics engine works beautifully and the interface is very slick and efficient.
| 7) Star Wars: The Old Republic First Details
Excerpt: BioWare roleplaying games are typically built on four pillars -- combat, exploration, progression and story. The first three are already a big part of the MMO landscape and are areas in which BioWare has excelled. But the excellent stories that BioWare has consistently delivered in their single-player roleplaying games haven't really found a reliable expression online. Ray and Greg want The Old Republic to focus on the fourth pillar of adding story and character within the MMO genre. Moreover, they actually want the game to leverage the social aspects of the MMO to drive the narrative in ways that haven't been possible in their single-player games.
| 8) Far Cry 2 Review
Excerpt: Why is this game called Far Cry? The sequel, developed by Ubisoft Montreal, retains nearly nothing from Crytek's 2004 original or from the Xbox and Xbox 360's Instincts and Predator derivations. The story doesn't carry over, the characters aren't the same, there's no mention at all of Jack Carver, there are no mutagens, no feral powers, and no Trigens. Instead, it's a struggle between warring factions, called the APR and UFLL, in an unnamed African nation.
| 9) Mass Effect Review
Excerpt: There are so many reasons why Mass Effect is so appealing. It's got a typical BioWare plot, which means that there's a mystery that's so well thought out and told that everything clicks into place during the big reveal. Yet it's also a game made by sci-fi fans for those who love sci-fi. There are so many elements borrowed and culled from decades of science fiction and movies, and there are countless moments that will remind you of Star Trek or Aliens or Firefly or some early John Carpenter movie (the electronic score is very Carpenter-esque, too). There's even an effective film grain post-processing effect that makes the game feel like a 70s or 80s sci-fi movie, before digital filmmaking and CGI made everything look and feel too clean.
| 10) Most Anticipated PC Games of E3 2008
Excerpt: For now, it's tough to say how it'll all turn out, so we'll just focus on what's at this year's show. Below we've ranked what we're most looking forward to seeing. And just to be clear, we had to bump quite a few games off the list that are entirely worthy of being included. This includes Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization, Call of Duty World at War, Warhammer Online and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, just to name a few. Rest assured that we'll be covering all those games (and more) at the show. But for now, here are the ten that we just can't miss.


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A sleepwalking girl somehow plays the piano while slumped over the instrument in this bizarre video.
Isabelle, 12, was filmed by amused relatives playing a few notes of a scale while SNORING with her head resting against the wood.
James Hodgson, a cousin of her father, uploaded the video to YouTube and said she sleepwalks "every now and then".
"On one occasion, she once came out into the lounge sleepwalking and sang Bicycle Race by Queen then went back to bed," he added.
"The next day she said she had a dream about singing with Freddie Mercury in front of a huge crowd."
The youngster, from Hawke's Bay in New Zealand, is taking piano lessons.
And it seems her musical 'muscle memory' is well established as she can claim an ability to literally play it in her sleep.
"This time she started playing the piano, then went back to bed," said James.
"She could not remember doing this in the morning when she woke up."
However Isabelle is no match for child prodigy Shane Thomas, who is able to recite classical masterpieces on the piano after one listen.
He can also write his own songs while playing computer games.


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My grandfather told me to always be thankful when something good happened, but to be aware that not everything is as it seems… all the time. Well, that's what I feel about Planet Skincare's Wrinkle Defence Moisturiser With Syn-ake (about $100). When I was asked to review Planet Skincare's Wrinkle Defence, I didn't know what it was, hadn't heard of it before, but I'm game for just about anything. Then when I found out that its main ingredient, Syn-ake, is a synthetic substance, which mimics part of a polypeptide found in the venom of the Temple Viper, I started to rethink my commitment rapidly. So I investigated a little bit more, and I wasn't exactly thrilled by what I was finding out.
The product is touted as an anti-aging moisturizer and its main ingredient, Syn-ake (dipeptide diaminobutyroyl benzylamide diacetate) is a muscle-relaxing peptide that mimics the activity of Waglerin 1, a peptide that is found in the venom of the Temple Viper. Anyway, Syn-ake is said to inhibit the neuromuscular communication that blocks the message the brain sends to the facial muscles, thereby reducing or restricting, depends on what side of the line you're on, facial mobility so that wrinkles do not continue to form. Sounded kinda paralytic to me, but I said I would try it….
It has been compared to Botox, but unlike Botox which takes affect almost immediately, Planet Skincare's Wrinkle Defence has an accumulative effect with results seen sometimes after 10 to 15 days. Well, that wasn't the case for me. Moving on, wrinkles are said to be visibly reduced, and the skin is supposedly left healthy and glowing with renewed hydration. Okay, I thought, I'm in need of that. Additionally, Planet Skincare claims that the product visibly reduces wrinkles by 52% and has an 82% smoothing effect on the skin; overall, reducing fine lines and wrinkles dramatically within 28 days. Papa also said, if it sounds too good to be true....
So I incorporated the Wrinkle Defence into my daily regimen, and the first thing I noticed was that the smell is absolutely wonderful. It is quite pleasant and appealing to the senses, and it grows on you each time you apply it. Secondly, it moisturizes quite well and does not require a lot of product to do so. And I didn't notice that it inhibited any movement of my face while applying it day or night. I followed the directions and used it twice daily on my face and neck and slithered it – er, slathered it on where I really needed it as I wanted to see some quick results (along my darlin' laugh lines and a little crinkle I've noticed beginning to form just under my chin). I also used it with my LED red light three times a week as an added impetus for those little darlings as well.
Things went along well until the third weekend when I awoke one Saturday and was aghast that my face looked like it had aged on me overnight. I didn't know why, and I played back the events of the night before and realized that I had used an over-the-counter product (Clean and Clear) for a slight breakout that had erupted from having some fine cheek hair removed, and the results floored me! And I was very afraid. The good news is that by that afternoon, all was well again, and I bravely washed my face a third time and again used the Wrinkle Defence to moisturize it and nothing happened. So I'm really unsure if there was just something in the product I used that reacted with the Syn-ake, causing it to tighten and pull my face – and not in a good way. By the next day, my face was absolutely glorious. I was so confused, and I wasn't liking this confusion at all because despite the radiant aftermath I didn't understand why the reaction happened and reading all the conflicting opinions online didn't help. This was the only negative occurrence I experienced and I haven't used the two products together again.
It's been over 30 days now and I have to tell you, I am impressed, but I'm not kick-assed impressed, because I can't honestly say it's actually done what it says it will do within the 28-day timespan. My fine lines have not been reduced by 52% because if they had, they'd be gone, but they have been reduced. Nor can I fully attribute that Wrinkle Defence alone has helped with my facial smoothness (a little mini microdermabrasion and my LED were also in the mix). Perhaps I'm a hard sell at this point; I've tried so many of these products before and raved about them initially only to have them fall flat on me later, so I'm being cautious.
Suffice it to say, I do like what I'm seeing, and I'm cautiously optimistic that it is a good product despite its origin. I don't know how I feel about using it long-term because of the Syn-ake, and for the price, I'm not ready to jump on the boat just yet. My laugh lines have decreased and the area under my chin does feel slightly firmer but I'm hesitant to say "go for it." For me, the real results are still pending as I finish using it up, there's still a nice amount of the product left that I plan on finishing it to see what happens. If it continues to do what I'm seeing, then I will slowly be won over by this little wrinkle-inhibiting product, but the jury is still out on whether I want to stay Syn-akey with it.
The product is free of parabens that can dry or irritate the skin, allergy tested, not tested on animals; and men and women of any age or skin type can use Planet Skincare.
Ingredients: Aqua, Rosa Damascena (rose) flower water, Dicaprylyl carbonate, Glycerine, Squalane, Myristyl mystrate, Steareth-21, butylene Glycolcety Alchohol, Dimethicone, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Butter, Passion incarnata (Passion) seed oil, Steareth-2, Stearyl alchohol, Stearic acid, Tocopheryl acetate, Panthenol, Sodium polyacrylate, Cycopentasiloxane, Phenoxyethanol, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl benzylamide diacetate (Syn-ake), fragrance (parfum), Simmonasia chinsis (jojoba) oil, Calendula officinalis (calendula) oil, Helianthus annu (sunflower) oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Allantoin, Xamtham gum, 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1, 2-Diolhexyl cinnamal, Linalool, Butylphenyl methylpropional, Citronellol, Alpha-Isomethyl ionone, Limonene
Planet Skincare Wrinkle Defence- reader reviewed
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Sagging Skin, Dry Skin, Oily Skin


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Designing a compensation plan is one of the most complex tasks for most organizations as it affects job satisfaction, employee turnover, productivity and the overall company effectiveness. If not properly managed, this may lead to high employee turnover, low productivity, among other problems which is especially true for a large service-oriented firm like McDonald's. McDonald's first-line managers deal directly with customers along with the front-line crew and it is crucial to draw up an effective compensation plan that will keep them motivated to work hard.
McDonald's has to consider various factors in order to design an optimal compensation plan for the first-line managers. Unless otherwise specified, managers will be taken to mean first-line managers in this report.
2.1 Financial and Non-Financial Incentives
Compensations can be based on financial and non-financial incentives. Financial incentives include salary and bonus while non-financial incentives include benefits and perquisites such as the use of company cars and club memberships.
Financial incentives can motivate managers by satisfying their needs but only to a certain extent. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs , once a lower level of needs has been satisfied, it will no longer serve as a motivating factor for the managers. As such, satisfying their higher level of needs is required. Therefore, in the context of McDonald's, once the managers are satisfied with their basic needs (pay), the monetary incentives will no longer motivate them. There is a need to provide managers with non-financial incentives such as promotion, increased autonomy and recognition so as to fulfill their esteem needs. Thus, it is necessary for McDonald's to identify the needs of the first-line managers and incorporate suitable financial and non-financial incentives into the compensation package.
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I rarely use frozen bread dough, but I wanted to share this recipe with those of you who, like me, will use it in a pinch. I needed to come up with a bread that would go well with chili and I had seen a recipe similar to this one on the allrecipes website which you can see here. It was a perfect solution for me this afternoon. Nearly everyone likes monkey bread and I thought this Mexican-style pull apart would work well with the chili. It did. The recipe is easy to follow and is, for the most part, self-explanatory, but there are a couple of unmentioned pit falls that might cause you problems if you decide to make the bread. First, the dough must be completely thawed and at room temperature before it is formed. If you decide to use a pan that does not have a tube, the bread will take longer to cook, and, tube pan or not, you want to make sure the bread is done before you remove it from the oven. Once the dough is in the pan, be patient and let it double before you bake it off. If the dough is at room temperature, formed in a tube pan and allowed to rise until it has doubled in volume, I think you'll be very happy with this recipe. Here is how the bread is made.
Cheesy Jalapeno Monkey Bread...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by allrecipes.com
3 tablespoons finely chopped green onions
3 tablespoons parsley
1-1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons butter, melted
2 eggs
2 (1 pound) loaves frozen bread dough, thawed and at room temperature
2-1/2 cup coarsely grated sharp cheddar cheese
6 tablespoons chopped jalapeno
1) Grease a 10-inch Bundt, tube or cheesecake pan with removable bottom.
2) In a medium bowl, mix together the green onion, parsley, garlic powder, salt, butter and eggs until well blended. Break bread dough off in walnut-sized pieces, and dip each piece into egg mixture.
3) Place 1/3 of dough balls into prepared pan. Sprinkle 1/3 cheese and 1/3 chopped jalapenos. Repeat, sprinkling each layer with cheese and jalapenos until everything is in the pan. Cover loosely, and let rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
4) Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
5) When dough has risen, bake for 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Yield: 1 loaf.
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Blue Dog RV Adding Dealership in Portland Area
November 12, 2013 by Justin Leighty 1 Comment
Blue Dog RV is preparing to open a new dealership to serve what it views as an underserved market in Portland, Ore.
It will be the fourth location for the dealership, which currently operates two stores in Idaho — Post Falls and Hayden — and one in Kennewick, Wash. Blue Dog will move into an old car dealership in Gresham, on Portland's east side. The five-acre site will offer a full-service dealership and parts operation.
It's a move that General Manager Jeff Zemp hopes will push Blue Dog up from the third largest travel trailer dealer in the country to the largest. "We're trying to get that No. 1 spot," he said.
Serving the Spokane, Wash., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and south-central Washington markets, the dealership was already the top dealer in the Northwest in 2012 based on data from Statistical Surveys Inc. Zemp sees the new market as being able to take Blue Dog over the top.
"Portland was an under-represented market. There were only four or five decent-sized dealers there," Zemp said. "We think that the acquisition of Portland will put us in a pretty good position to be the dominant player in the Northwest for towables. We don't do a lot of business in the motorhome market, only entry-level C's and gas class A's."


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BOSTON (CBS) – An active weather pattern is setting up over the next few weeks and it looks like March may come in like a lion.
Check: Current Conditions | Weather Map Center | Interactive Radar
Atmospheric conditions have changed since the crazy stretch of near record snowfall in January and early February.
Watch Melissa Mack's forecast
A large block that was present in higher latitudes is now gone and that was largely responsible for a cold and snowy storm track.
Now, we are dealing with more typical La Nina conditions. That includes a fast moving, stormy pattern with a lot of warmth in the southeastern U.S., and that warm air wants to push farther northward into New England.
The clash of the warmer air in southern states and colder Canadian air puts us right in the battle zone for several close call storms.
However, with the lack of a block in the atmosphere and any presence of real cold air, many of our upcoming storms will likely be in the form of rain, leading to some potential flooding concerns.
(Updated 4:30 p.m)
Update with the afternoon models now in…
Confidence is growing for a warmer solution, but also looking like a very heavy slug of rainfall, which could present a whole different set of problems.
Precipitation will begin shortly after midnight as a light mix, no snow accumulation nearby then quickly change to all rain for all of Southern New England.
Steady and heavy rain all morning, heaviest right around midday and early afternoon.
It now appears that instead of tapering off in the afternoon, the rain will continue moderately due to a second wave of low pressure forming. This will add to rain totals a bit and keep the rain going into the evening commute.
The rain could switch over to snow at the tail end, after dark Friday, but not expecting much if any accumulation in or near Boston.
Snow accumulation from this event will be in Central and Northern New England, as much as 6-12" in many of the Northern Ski Areas. The best chance of snow accumulation close to Boston would be in extreme NW Worcester County, but more than likely up in the hills of Southern New Hampshire and farther north.
Biggest concern with this storm right now appears to be flooding. Not really river flooding (yet), but more poor drainage and street flooding. I am guessing that a flood advisory or watch may be issued at some point Wednesday night or Thursday. Expecting 1 to 1.5" of rain with this event.
From 2 p.m.
First, here's the timeline for our next storm – Thursday night and Friday.
Some light rain and snow showers will likely occur Thursday night into early Friday but the main storm will hold off until daytime Friday.
During Friday's morning commute it will likely be raining in all areas from Boston to the south and a mix of rain and snow off to the north and west.
As the morning moves on, the precipitation will become widespread and fairly heavy but mainly in the form of rain in all of southern New England.
The snow accumulation will likely be confined to central and northern New England.
Ski areas up there could see as much as 6-to-12 inches of snowfall from this event.
While the rest of us get a good slug of rain, up to an inch or so, causing some poor drainage flooding and some really big puddles from melting snow.
The heavy rain moves out quickly, by mid afternoon, and we could see a change to snow later in the day, no real accumulation likely.
As for what is next, a weak, fast moving system for Sunday will likely be cold enough for mainly snow, but not much.
Just a light accumulation, if any.
Then a more potent storm is possible early next week (Monday and Tuesday)
This one bears watching because it will likely be loaded with moisture.
Looks warm enough for mainly rain, but an inch or more could lead to greater flooding concerns.
Way to start the panic……that's what the media is best at, right?
Why are you panicked?
Not sure why anyone think they are causing panic? they are reporting what is very likely to occur from Friday through next week.
Let's not speculate on others.
Those who feel panicked by this weather report need to tell us now.
They have medications for this sort of thing now…
Meds good, panic bad…..
We don't need snowmelt or flooding
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Individuals Seeking Grants
Colorado Grants does NOT provide any services to individuals seeking funding. We only write grant proposals to help nonprofit organizations, like homeless shelters, afterschool programs, schools, food banks, and similar projects. This page, however, does include a list of resources that can help you address your needs. Many nonprofit organizations have programs to help help with rent, mortgage, utilities, home repair, transportation, or other similar costs. There may be other help available if you are an individual with a disability or have a family member with a disability. You may also be able to access federal and state programs that promote homeownership and provide access to loans.
While there are no grants for individuals seeking to pay off bills, the website, Need Help Paying Bills, has many excellent ideas for connecting to resources that might help you pay your bills, or strategies that empower you to reduce those bills.
Be forewarned that there are dishonest people falsely promoting grants and free money. Many have been investigated for fraud. A New York Consumer Protection Board report says that companies are profiting from the false notion that the government has billions of dollars available to help people pay their credit-card bills and other expenses.
The Federal Trade Commission has an excellent article about grant scams. The National Consumer League also has a great primer on grants. It would be great if there were free money out there for all of us, but it just isn't the case. However, there are a lot of hardworking nonprofits out there that can help you address your needs, and may be able to help you pay bills or address some immediate needs.
Help finding services for individuals, seniors, or families needing financial assistance.
Colorado 211 lists organizations statewide that provide help for families, individuals and seniors needing help with rental and utilities assistance, home repairs, legal assistance and more.
Help for individuals with a disability or their families:
Family Voices Colorado or 1-800-881-8272, helps families and individuals identify resources to pay for a health or related service provider, or identify programs that children and adults are eligible for enrollment.
Colorado's Community Centered Board system provides some funding to families and individuals with a disability.
Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation provides some help to individuals with disabilities who are entering or reentering the workforce.
Help on benefit programs, loans, down payments for homes, and other resources
The Federal Government provides information on programs that may benefit individuals with disabilities.
Housing/Homeownership programs are not grant programs, but links to local nonprofit groups that help people purchase homes, provide access funds for down payments and offer other assistance.
General Federal assistance provides information on programs that may benefit individuals, but most of their listings are for tax credits, loans, or referrals to existing programs funded by the federal government. Includes a searchable database.


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11 Reasons Why Companies Form Joint Ventures
- Joint Ventures
- January 27, 2010
Every single day a new eCommerce business springs up on the web. Some are created on E-Shop websites like Etsy or Ebay, and some of them are placed on their own websites or blogs. However, gaining referrals on digital formats can be a bit more difficult than gaining them in onsite business. Lacking the optionREAD MORE