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IGEM:IMPERIAL/2006/Bibliography & Papers
This site contains all of the papers and books which may be of interest and may be used in the final report.
Synthetic Biology/General Papers
Engineered Gene Circuits (Hasty, McMillin, and Collins) Nature (14 November 2002)
Designer Gene Networks: Towards Fundamental Cellular Control (Hasty et al.) Chaos (13 March 2001)
Biological Modelling
Modelling Gene Expression with Differential Equations (Ching, He, and Church), Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, 1999, p. 29-40.
Michaelis-Menten Kinetics on Wikipedia
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th ed. (Alberts, et al.) - Online Textbook
Presentation on Chemostats - Vincent's favorite new toy
Synchronizing Genetic Relaxation Oscillators by Intercell Signalling (David McMillen, Nancy Kopell, Jeff Hasty and J.J. Collins)
A Synthetic Oscillatory Network of Transcriptional Regulators (Michael B. Elowitz & Stanislas Leibler) NATURE, 20 January 2000, vol 403
A Synthetic Gene–Metabolic Oscillator (Eileen Fung, Wilson W. Wong, Jason K. Suen, Thomas Bulter, Sun-gu Lee & James C. Liao) NATURE, 5 May 2005, vol 435
Self-perpetuating states in signal transduction: positive feedback, double-negative feedback and bistability (James E Ferrell Jr) Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 12 February 2002
Modelling the Lux/AiiA Relaxion Oscillator (Christopher Batten) - MIT Computer Science and Artifical Intelligence Laboratory
Presentation from MIT's Synthetic Biology Competition of 2004 - Previous version of iGEM competition, describes oscillator
Specification paper from MIT's Synthetic Biology Competition of 2004 - Details for their design and methology
Lotka-Volterra Model - Implementation in Chemcial Systems
Lotka-Volterra Equations on Wikipedia
Quorum Sensing/Quenching
Directed evolution of Vibrio fischeri LuxR for increased sensitivity to a broad spectrum of acyl-homoserine lactones (Cynthia H. Collins, Frances H. Arnold and Jared R. Leadbetter) Molecular Microbiology 2005
Acyl-homoserine lactone acylase from Ralstonia strain XJ12B represents a novel and potent class of quorum-quenching enzymes (Yi-Han Lin, Jin-Ling Xu, Jiangyong Hu, Lian-Hui Wang, Say Leong, Jared Renton Leadbetter and Lian-Hui Zhang) Molecular Microbiology 2003
Quorum Sensing and Quorum-quenching enzymes (Yi-Hu Dong and Lian-Hui Zhang) Journal of Microbiology 2005
AhlD, an N-acylhomoserine lactonase in Arthrobacter sp., and predicted homologues in other bacteria (Park, et. al) Microbiology 2003
AiiA, an enzyme that inactivates the acylhomoserine lactone quorum-sensing signal and attenuates the virulence of Erwinia carotovora PNAS 2000
The molecular structure and catalytic mechanism of a quorum-quenching N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone hydrolase (Kim et al.) PNAS 2005
Communications blackout? Do N-acylhomoserine-lactone degrading enzymes have any role in quorum sensing? (Declan M. Roche, Joseph T. Byers, Debra S. Smith, Freija G. Glansdorp, David R. Spring and Martin Welch) Microbiology 2004
Quorum Sensing and Signal Interference: Diverse Implications (Lian-Hui Zhang, and Yi-Hu Dong) Molecular Microbiology 2004
The quorum-quenching lactonase from Bacillus thuringiensis is a metalloprotein (Wang, L. H., et al.) PubMed 2004
The molecular structure and catalytic mechanism of a quorum-quenching N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone hydrolase (Kim et al.) PNAS 2005
Flourescent Proteins
Living Colors User Manual (Clontech) - Gives half-lives and information on flourescent proteins (GFP, EGFP, EYFP, RFP, ECFP, etc.) 2001
Tags and Modifiers
Antibodies to Epitome Tags (Sigma-Aldrich)
Lotka Volterra Model
Individual based modeling and parameter estimation for a Lotka Volterra system (Waniewski, Mathematical Biosciences (1999))


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Chris Anderson on what makes a great talk … great
It's an alchemic question that's very hard for us to answer: what makes a great TED talk?
In this talk, which was given to a gathering of 100+ TEDx organizers from 43 countries during the TEDx Workshop at TEDGlobal 2013, our curator Chris Anderson stresses the incredible power of a well-structured, honest talk.
"We're giving someone a new worldview that, 30 years later, might make them think differently, might make them act differently," says Anderson in this video. "Sometimes I think a TED Talk is like playing Tetris with the brain. All these ideas are coming in and you're trying to fit them in and slot them so that they are received."
Watch the talk above to hear what Anderson considers the key to a good talk — taking the audience on a journey. In it, he shares his advice on how to do so authentically, without forcing it.
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Ever wonder how we're going to create humans who can breathe underwater? Of course you do. Now a study published this week about how algae insinuate themselves into salamander embryos (and DNA) could provide the beginnings of an answer.
We know that viruses can invade an organism, and eventually wind up integrating into that organism's DNA permanently. Human DNA is packed with all the virus DNA we've absorbed over the past few hundred thousand years. But could other microbes do the same thing? A group of biologists decided to find out, by studying the relationship between algae and salamanders. They knew that algae often snuck inside salamander embryos, but the question that nagged was what happened next. Now it seems likely that some salamanders are literally part algae. And this odd situation could be the foundation for biological tweaks that might help future posthumans live underwater.
Basically, it appears that algae sneak into developing salamander eggs, and become part of the salamander fetus as it grows. And the algae doesn't leave, either - some adult salamanders have algae DNA, which they are likely passing on to the next generation. That's right: Salamanders are part-plant.
According to a release from PNAS:
The researchers report that algae, which may come into contact with developing salamanders when the eggs are laid in pools of water, enter the embryos before the development of the salamander's adaptive immune system. Previous studies have proposed that the adaptive immune system prevents intracellular symbiosis between algae and vertebrate animals. Fewer algal cells were detected in later stage salamander larvae; however, tests revealed algal DNA in the reproductive tracts of some adults, which suggested to the researchers that algae may also directly transfer to salamander offspring from one generation to the next.
Here's where things get interesting for those of us who look forward to the Homo sapiens aquatic bio-expansion pack. The likely reason why this half-plant, half-animal symbiotic relationship evolved was because the algae snacked on nitrogen in the embryo's waste, while the embryo benefited from the oxygen in the algae's waste. OK, yes, they were both eating each other's poop, if you want to think of it that way. But more importantly, what it means is that algae could be built-in source of oxygen for organisms it decides to pair with symbiotically.
According to the authors of this study, we are now certain that algae can live within vertebrate tissues, which means - hey, why not in humans? We're vertebrates. Next time you're coming up with your mad scientist plan to design aquatic humans, consider algae implants. Sure you'd need to do a lot of bioengineering first, but algae could prove to be the foundation of a redesigned human who needs help pulling oxygen from the water.
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Have Dinner in the Caribbean and Bake your Own Souvenir
One of my dearest friends loves palm trees and the beach. When my work relocated me to Memphis, she and I would often escape to her favorite local "island retreat". I moved to Santa Barbara 12 years ago, and a few years later, to Chicago. The memory of this neighborhood tropical getaway got lost in the shuffle until, by chance, it found me.
A few weeks ago, a group of local friends and I embarked on our own brief "staycation". This time, we had been invited to try some of Bahama Breeze´s legendary island cocktails. I am rarely up for re-exploring a chain restaurant, but the idea sounded like fun, so I accepted. I am so glad I did!
As soon as we arrived, we were directed to the eatery's deck. The weather was perfect, and the live music along with a fanned breeze, immediately whisked us away from our corporate mindsets. Our business casual attire suddenly seemed to clash with our surroundings.
As our friends gathered, the food also began to arrive. Plate by plate we were treated to Caribbean-inspired dishes that included staples such as plantains and pork.
Everything was delicious. The conch fritters and the coconut shrimp were particularly memorable, though. I was snapping pictures as fast as I could, but the food kept disappearing!
The crowd's favorite drink was the Painkiller, a delicious mix of rum, cream of coconut, orange juice and a touch of nutmeg. The name definitely resonated with this group of overworked professionals, so I ordered a round for the entire group.
I went back on Saturday, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that service on a busy weekend was just as remarkable as the attention we experienced on a Wednesday night.
I had the grilled tilapia with lemon and butter, which was perfect, and just because I already know what the locals do, I got a Painkiller to blend in. I had little room for dessert, but I got this Key lime pie recipe for you as a souvenir.
Grab a few friends and check out your neighborhood Bahama Breeze. Your own escape to the islands might be closer than you think!


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Feb 23, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today recommended changing two of the three strains in next season's influenza vaccine for the Northern Hemisphere, ending a couple of years of stability in the vaccine's makeup.
The WHO's flu experts called for changing the A/H3N2 and B components of the vaccine but continuing to use a strain of the pandemic 2009 virus for the A/H1N1 component.
Although the current flu season has been quiet in most of the world, the recommendation means that a significant share of flu viruses circulating in recent months don't match up very closely with those in this year's vaccine.
The WHO recommended strains similar to the following for the 2012-13 season:
- A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09
- A/Victoria/361/2011 (H3N2), which replaces A/Perth/16/2009
- B/Wisconsin/1/2010, which replaces B/Brisbane/60/2008
The WHO experts make their recommendations for the North Hemisphere flu vaccines in February to allow time to prepare the vaccine viruses and grow them in eggs, which takes several months. The recommendation for the Southern Hemisphere vaccine is usually made in October.
The strain changes announced by the WHO appear to be the first for the Northern Hemisphere vaccine since February 2010, when the agency recommended adding the 2009 pandemic strain to the 2010-11 vaccine.
The WHO's technical report says that since September, 2009 H1N1 viruses have circulated at very low levels in most countries, and most of the isolates studied have been similar to the vaccine strain.
H3N2 viruses have been predominant in Europe, many countries in the Americas and northern Africa, and some Asian countries. The majority of recent H3N2 isolates have been distinguishable from the current vaccine strain and more closely related to A/Victoria/361/2011-like reference viruses, the report states.
Influenza B viruses come in two lineages, Victoria and Yamagata, and predicting which one will be more common in any given season has been difficult.. The WHO's choice for next season's B strain marks a switch from Victoria to Yamagata.
The report said the proportion of B/Yamagata/16/88-lineage viruses has increased this season in many countries, though Victoria lineage viruses have predominated in some countries, including China. Most recent Yamagata isolates have been distinguishable from the previous Yamagata strain used in the vaccine (B/Florida/4/2006) and are closely related to B/Wisonsin/1/2010-like viruses.
The WHO report also notes that 21 human cases of H5N1 avian flu were reported from Sep 20, 2011, to Feb 21, 2012, of which 15 were fatal. They occurred in Cambodia, China, Egypt, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
The report also notes the handful of cases of novel swine-origin H3N2 infections in the United States in late 2011. No human infection with H9N2, an avian strain that sometimes infects humans, have been reported in recent months, the WHO says.
See also:
Full report on strain selection
Oct 3, 2011, CIDRAP News story "WHO: Keep current strains in 2012 Southern Hemisphere flu vaccine"
Feb 17, 2011, CIDRAP News story "WHO sticks with current strains for next flu vaccine"
Feb 18, 2010, CIDRAP News story "WHO picks pandemic strain for next seasonal flu vaccine"


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Gynecologic Inflammations and Infections
If you have a gynecological infection, it's important to see your health care provider. He or she can figure out the type of infection and offer treatment.
Gynecological inflammations and infections can start in either the lower or upper reproductive tract.
In the lower reproductive tract, common infections include:
In the upper reproductive tract, common infections include:
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Listed below are links to other information on these gynecological conditions.


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Weekdays: Monday-Thursday from 4-7pm $9/person
Weekend: Friday from 4-8pm, Saturday from 10am-8pm & Sunday from 10am-6pm $12/person
USE CODE KZOOKIDS to get $1 off admission through the end of September 2019!
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- Duck Races
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- Apple Chute Tube Slide
- Rope Maze
- Petting Farm
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- Corn Maze
- Wagon Rides
- Pumpkin Lane Train
- Jumping Pillows
- Corn Crib
- Obstacle Course
- Straw Mountain
- Zip Cord
- Corn Hole
- Grain Train
- Ball Zone
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- Chicken Show
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Best of Club SciKidz (ages 3.5-5)
What better way to celebrate the last week of summer than by participating in some of Club SciKidz' most amazing, fun, and engaging experiments and activities? During this week of camp campers will do a little bit of everything– science, technology, chemistry, and more! Campers will witness some of the classic demonstrations as well as participate in 20 hands on activities. It's also a great way to sample some potential camps for next year!
Typical Daily Schedule
This is the general schedule, but exact times vary by site. Ask your site director for your site's daily schedule.
8:00-9:00 Before Care (optional for an additional fee)
8:30-9:10 Camper Arrival
9:10-9:30 All Camp Demonstration & Morning Meeting
9:30-10:30 Science Activity #1
10:30-11:00 Snack & Morning Outdoor Activity
11:00-12:00 Science Activity #2
12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:30 Science Activity #3
1:30-2:15 Snack & Afternoon Outdoor Activity
2:15-3:30 Science Activity #4
3:30-4:00 Camper Dismissal
4:00-5:30 After Care (optional for an additional fee)
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Welcome Packet
Getting ready for camp should be an exciting process for your entire family. Many families attend multiple camps throughout the summer. For your convenience we have posted our Welcome Packet in the form of a parent newsletter on-line in PDF format. This document covers everything from Club SciKidz policies to camp dates and security issues.
Medical Form
The Welcome Packet mentions an 'Administration of Medicine Form'. If your child requires any medications during the time he/she is at the camp, please download this form and print it, fill in the required information, and bring it with the child on the first day of camp.
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Camp Pricing, Hours & Information:
- Camps start at $299.00 per week*.
*Please note the same camp may be a different price depending on the camp location—We keep our prices as low as possible at each individual location
- To see what a typical day is like, click here.
- Our week is Monday-Friday from 9am-4pm.
- Pre-camp and Post-camp hours are available.
- Pre-camp hours start at 8am and is $30 for the week.
- Post-Camp hours go to 5:30pm and is $50 for the week.
- New – Per Day option for before and aftercare
Depending on the camp, additional lab fees may apply. Please see our camp descriptions for more information.
Registration Deadline
Online registration closes at midnight the Thursday before that week of camp. For example, registration for camp the week of June 15th ends midnight on Thursday, June 11th. Registrations made after the deadline will be subject to a $15 convenience fee.
Discounts will be offered from Cyber Monday when registration opens through the end of February. Our biggest discount is our Cyber Monday discount of $40 off per week of full-day camp (not applicable at Key School or Bullis School). Discounts will decrease as we get closer to the summer. No extra discounts are offered after March.
We always offer multi-week and sibling discounts. You receive $10 off the second and additional child per week for the sibling discount and $10 off the second and additional camp for a camper for the multi-week discount. These discounts are cumulative and are applied automatically when camps are registered for at the same time.
A military discount is offered. Contact us to provide proof and receive the discount code.
The Half-Day Summer Camp Program
For the 3.5-5 year olds we are offering a half-day program. The hours are from 9-1pm and the cost is $199 per week ($219 at St. Martin's). Post Camp services are not available for the half-day program. Your camper will need a snack, lunch, and drinks. Use the following code:
Jr. Chem, Jurassic, Lil Engineer, Lil Scientist & Intro to Robotics: HALFDAY319
Lil Space Explorer & Tech Machines: HALFDAY299
All 4-5 yr. old camps at St. Martin's: SMHALFDAY
Cancellation Policy:
All registration cancellations will incur a $25 fee to cover our administration and registration fees. Full refunds (minus the $25 fee) will be given until April 1st. A 75% refund (minus the $25 fee) will be given between April 2nd and May 31st.
No refunds will be made after June 1st. At any point, you can switch to another week throughout the summer (providing space is available) or take 100% for next summer.


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Editor's note: How are you celebrating the World Cup? Join the global conversation on CNN Facebook Pulse
(CNN) -- It's been a World Cup notable for late drama in most of the matches and a high number of goals scored, particularly in the preliminary stages.
New heroes like James Rodriguez of Colombia have also emerged, while modern technology has been introduced for the first time to decide if the ball has crossed the goal line.
But for some, the real star of Brazil 2014 comes in a small spray can, a "magic foam" which allows referees to make sure players retreat the requisite 10 yards (9.15 meters) when a free kick is awarded against them.
Referees have been brandishing the spray with flourish, pacing out the distance then marking it with a line of the spray, over which they can see if a player has edged too close to the taker of the free kick.
It has also been used to mark the exact location of a free kick, stopping players from gaining an advantage by edging forwards nearer the goal.
Due to its properties of butane, isobutane, propane gas, water and other chemicals, the line on the pitch made by the spray quickly disappears.
It is also environmentally friendly as it is biodegradable and doesn't damage the pitch of the atmosphere.
"It is very good," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said of the spray's impact. "It disciplines the players.
"It gives the attacking teams the chance to take the free kick from the real distance, not from where the wall is always moving.
"Some players have said now we have nine meters but in our leagues we have six or seven meters."
The brainchild of a former amateur player from Brazil, with a German-sounding name, Heine Allemagne, it was used as first used as far back as 2000 in a junior football tournament in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte.
The spray was then known as "Spuni," but after Allemagne joined forces in 2006 with an Argentine, journalist Pablo Silva, to refine the product, it has been renamed "9.15 Fair Play."
The big breakthrough for the spray came in 2012, when the IFAB (the law-making body of the game) authorized the product for international use.
FIFA tested the spray in 2013 at its Under-17 and Under-20 World Cups and gave the go-ahead for this year's senior showpiece soon after.
"It is literally a dream come true to see 9.15 Fair Play being used at this World Cup and seen by billions of people across the globe," said Allemagne.
Judging by its success, with statistics pointing to more goals coming from free kicks and less time needed to take them, the little spray cans are set to be a permanent addition to the back pockets of referees for many years to come.
Read: Is this the end of the road for Brazil?
Read: A casual fan's guide to Brazil-Germany semifinal


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After hanging at GG Park for an afternoon listening to tunes amplified by cycle-powered generators, the Bicycle Music Festival finally took to the streets. Obo Martin and his band were joined by Fossil Fool to provide music for the ride. Each instrument was on a different platform towed by a bicycle, and it sounded pretty good whenever they stayed together! The drummer kept falling back though, probably owing to the bulkiness of his craft. Always the drummer.
Check out the crush of cyclists as they approach Divisadero and then swell down Fell past this poor overwhelmed videographer who ends up in the middle of all of it:
Many more photos available at the Bicycle Music Festival website.


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American sponsors of the Saxo-Tinkoff squad, SRAM and Specialized, have lined up something special for Alberto Contador to ride during the closing stage of this year's Tour de France on the
Champs Élysées.
Having won all three Grand Tours, Specialized has drawn on the leaders' jersey for each race as inspiration when creating this special colour scheme. But it's SRAM that has really pushed the boat out and made this machine something out of the ordinary, because whilst you can buy SRAM's Red 22 hydraulic road rim groupset in your local shop, the 11-speed groupset has not been made available to the professionals – until now.
So Contador's bike get the full Hydraulic Road Rim (HRR) set up for the Parisian parade. Alongside this, he'll have his favoured set-up with Zipp SL Speed seatpost, Service Course bar and stem plus the oldest wheels in the current Zipp road lineup, the 202 tubulars. Prologo Nago Evo CPC saddle, Tacx Tao Carbon bottle cages and Look Keo Blade pedals finish off the bike.
El Pistolero likes to run double-wrapped bar tape on the tops, 172.5mm cranks, Ceramic Speed bottom bracket bearings plus the 1170 11-speed cassette in 11-26 tooth format.
Everything else about the bike looks standard but for one little tweak that caught our eye: the hydraulic hose running through the top tube has a wire wrap on the end, this was added by Contador's mechanic to make sure the hose doesn't move in the frame.
Hydraulic brake hose runs through top tube
11-speed cassette
Ceramic bottom bracket bearings
SRAM Hydraulic Road Rim brakes front and rear
Zipp 202 tubular wheels
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Tour de France 2013 coverage index


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National Immunisation Research — Qualitative (2016) and quantitative (2017) research reports
Research reports on qualitative and quantitative research conducted on attitudes and behaviours regarding childhood and adult immunisation:


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The typical basement tends to have humid air with a cool, if not cold, hard concrete floor. Because they're usually below grade, basements are also prone to the occasional leak or flood. Even if the walls and floor appear dry, a significant amount of moisture is present in the air. The amount of water wicked through a concrete basement wall can measure out to gallons per day.
Basement flooring in Middletown NY must withstand cool, humid conditions and the occasional leak. Your choice of basement flooring also depends on how you intend to use the space. If your basement will be a place to relax, watch movies or even include a spare bedroom you should consider wall to wall carpeting. Otherwise, you might consider the following for basement flooring in Middletown NY:
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The broker-dealer, according to a document released by the state, failed to follow certain rules laid out in 2003 by a variety of regulatory groups, when Morgan Stanley was asked to pay $125 million concerning violations from July 1999 through June 2001.
Specifically, Morgan Stanley research analysts "were subject to inappropriate influence by investment banking at the firm," according to the document released Tuesday by regulators, who pointed to a continuation of this conduct as a reason for taking action against the broker-dealer.
In the case of the Facebook IPO, an initial S-1 registration document was filed with the SEC on Feb. 1, and an amended S-1 was filed on May 3. The social-networking website began its investor roadshow on May 7, and soon Facebook–which communicated with Morgan Stanley's investment-banking staff–began to lower its 2012 revenue estimates by about 3-3.5%.
It filed an amended S-1 late on May 9, and then some research analysts with a variety of broker-dealers lowered their estimates of the website's 2012 revenue. However, this was after many of the investor roadshows had taken place.
Furthermore, "The script drafted by [a] senior investment banker [to be shared with equity analysts] included quantitative information regarding Facebook's projections for 2Q12 that was not contained in the S-1," according to Massachusetts regulators.
"We are pleased to have reached a settlement with Secretary Galvin and the Massachusetts Securities Division and to have put this matter behind us," Morgan Stanley said in a statement. "Morgan Stanley is committed to robust compliance with both the letter and the spirit of all applicable regulations and laws."
Shares of Facebook, which went public at $38, reportedly had to be bought up by Morgan Stanley on its first trading day, so they didn't fall below this level.
Facebook ended trading on Tuesday at $27.71 per share. This is down about 30% from its first day of trading. Since mid-May, it has traded between $17.55 and $45.
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Project Alpha: kennysia.com VS kenwooi.com
This is probably an ancient story, but in case you don't know, I used to get comments from readers relating me to a famous Malaysian blogger – Kenny Sia. Not now, but USED TO. Perhaps it was the way I write my entries – I always include humourous stuff with my writings and pictures.
Well, I got both nice and bad ones. Some said I'll be the next Kenny Sia and some said I'm a Kenny Sia reinvent. Oh wait, I'm not saying that I agree with those statements but those are just feedback that I've received. You too might not agree. Nevertheless, they're very flattering. Thanks.
On the other hand, I've received disapproving statements such as "Kenny Sia imitator!" and "Kenny Sia wannabe!". Even worse "Rot in hell!" and "You're fukking ugly". I don't know what made them feel offended but criticisms are inevitable, right? =)
But hey, IF you think my blogging style is more or less like his, it doesn't mean I wanna be him okay?
I must admit that I'm a follower of Kenny's blog. I visit his blog frequently because it's interesting. Also, his writing style inspires me. I started reading his blog even before I started mine.
Anyway in this entry, I'm just gonna point out a few differences between a famous Malaysian blogger – Kenny Sia and the noob unknown blogger – Ken Wooi.
Kenny VS Ken: Round 1 – The look.
The picture above says it all. Kenny is handsome, Ken is not handsome (or fukking ugly – as mentioned by some anonymous cowards).
Kenny VS Ken: Round 2 – Google Search.
If you type the word "kennysia" on Google's search bar, you'll see this…
Basically everything is related to Kenny Sia, his blog and other stuffs. Google knows him too well.
But if you type "kenwooi" on Google, this is what you get…
What?! KENWOOD???
Google doesn't even recognize me! Zzz…
Kenny VS Ken: Round 3 – The blog.
kennysia.com is blue and white and it generates up to 14, 000 unique visitors a day.
kenwooi.com is totally orange and it generates about 200 unique visitors a day. So pathetic if compared to kennysia.com right?
Kenny VS Ken: Round 4 – The popularity.
So many people love Kenny – that they proudly announce that they're stalking Kenny.
Ken on the other hand…
Yeah, I-Don't-Read Blogs. Awe-some.
Besides, Kenny Sia is so popular that he's now being treated like a celebrity. Almost everyone will go crazy when they see him. Even I hope to meet him one day too!
Ken, on the other hand, is probably known by a few people only.
Also he is not a party person. Ken used to stay in his hostel room reading his JAVA books. What a noob.
Okay I lied – I don't read JAVA books always. But the thing is, I don't go out to parties and flash my 'bush' to everyone.
Just like what Kenny did during the Nuffnang and Tiger StandOut Party. He's daring and hilarious. That's why it's impossible for me to wanna-be like him. If I do, I'd probably flashed my 'bush' too. But I won't.
Kenny VS Ken: Round 5 – The sponsors & advertorials.
I'm gonna say this – kennysia.com is frequently publishing entries with advertisements. Therefore he's earning a lot. Also, Kenny has sponsors paying for his trips to other countries. What a lucky guy.
He even got to act in an advertisement!
So far, kenwooi.com has only one advertisement – which is the McDonald's "Have You McValue Lunch-ed This Week?" entry. And no, Ken wasn't paid a single cent. Instead, he paid McDonald's for all the 4 McValue Lunch meals!
Kenny VS Ken: Round 6 – The bird.
As mentioned earlier by Kenny himself, he claims that he has a big bird.
Well, unfortunately for Ken, he has a tiny bird.
And a very shy one too. See it's hiding…
Do you get it now? I where got same with Kenny lah?
He's a SUPER blogger, I'm just a noob blogger. ;)


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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
Nature's peace will flow into you
as sunshine flows into trees.
The winds will blow their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. – John Muir
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What is Harriman Hikers?
- Harriman Hikers is a hiking club for single adults of all ages. We meet up for hiking EVERY SUNDAY at 11:00 am (NOTE: 11am IS A NEW TIME BEG SUN 9/17/17) in the South Parking Lots, Field B-1, of the Ramapo College of New Jersey on Route 202 in Mahwah, NJ.
- Founded in 1974, Harriman Hikers is one of the longest-existing outdoors singles groups in the NYC – NJ- Hudson Valley, NY area!
About Our Hikes
- Harriman Hikers hikes are what many would consider "intermediate level", which is to say, hikers should be in good physical condition and under prevailing weather conditions, capable of hiking 7-9 miles over hilly and rocky wilderness terrain where some hills can be steep.
- Hiking boots and a light duty backpack or fannypack are recommended. Please dress appropriately for the season and weather, with brisk activity in mind; bring plenty of drinking water and your own lunch. Otherwise, no special equipment is needed.
- We hike throughout the entire year- every Sunday and in all kinds of weather. Really. For over 30 years now.
- Hike destinations are chosen immediately prior to the hikes, (the morning of the hike) by the Hike Leader based on prevailing weather conditions, size of the hiking group and the availability of trailhead parking; in other words, hike destinations are not pre-scheduled.
- There is always a veteran sweep hiker at the tail end of the group making sure no one strays off the trail.
- Most of the hikes take place in Harriman State Park (NY), but we also hike in the State Parks of northern New Jersey such as Wawayanda State Park, Norvin Green State Forest, Ramapo Reservation and in the southern Hudson Valley, such parks as Black Rock Forest, Sterling Forest and Bear Mountain State Park.
- Over the years, Harriman Hikers have hiked hundreds of trail / destination combinations throughout the NY-NJ area.
- In good hiking weather we typically hike to mountaintops to enjoy the many spectacular vistas in the region overlooking such areas as the Hudson River and the many lakes, forests, and valleys in the region. In the heat of the summer the destination is usually a lakeside, and in freezing winter weather the destination will be one of the many wilderness shelters with fireplaces scattered throughout the parks, where we stop to eat lunch and keep warm by a roaring fire.
- A typical hike ends between 5 and 6 pm and, off Daylight Saving Time, we always plan to be out before dark. After the hike some folks get together for refreshments and/or dinner at nearby restaurants.
Who Can Join?
- Any single, divorced, separated or widowed person of any adult age is welcome. On the average Sunday some 15 hikers join the hike. Ages range from the 20's to retirement. Year-round, there is generally an eclectic female / male ratio and mix of newcomer and regular hikers.
- There is no "club to join"; you only need to show up and sign in. The fee is $6 per hike*. Hikers form car pools, drive to the trailhead together, and return to the original meetup point at Ramapo College the same way.*Note: Ramapo College Students, Faculty & Staff hike with us FREE.
- Use of cellular telephones on Harriman Hikers Hikes is discouraged. Please enjoy the outdoors and allow others to do the same by limiting celphone usage to emergencies!
Directions to Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ:
- From the South take Route 17 to Mahwah. Exit to Route 202 south (left). The college is 1.5 miles from Route 17.
- From Route 287 take Exit 58 in Oakland, then follow Route 202 north about 5 miles to the college.
- From Rockland County take Route 202 through Suffern and continue on 202 to the college in Mahwah.
- From the NY Thruway take the exit to 17 south, bear left to stay on 17 into NJ, then the first exit is Route 202. Turn left to take 202 south to the college.
- :: There are two traffic lights by the college; coming from the north (Route 17) take the 1st light (main entrance) at the college. Coming from the south the main entrance will be the 2nd light.
- :: Look for the group in the South Parking Lots B-1. If you use the main entrance (as suggested above), just take the first two right turns, around the gymnasium, to get to the South Parking lots.
If you need more information call Ed at (973) 471-0492 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Our Members
The image above is from our 2017 Sunday-after-Thanksgiving-Day-Hike. The "Thanksgiving Hike" is normally very well attended. We generally all bring our Turkey-Day leftovers and do a mild hike, during which, at lunchtime, the feastings are re-feasted upon. This photo represents a good cross section of the people you might meet hiking with us. – Gene, Hike Leader, Sept. 2004. (updated yearly by Webmaster.) Go here for more Harriman Hikers Thanksgiving Hike pics
Harriman Hikers – A NY-NJ Singles Hiking Club
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Most of the developers and DBAs know about two ways of deploying packages: You can deploy them to database server and run them using SQL Server Agent job or you can deploy the packages to file system and run them using dtexec.exe utility. Both approaches have their pros and cons. However I would like to show you that there is a third way (sort of) that is often overlooked, and it can give you capabilities the 'traditional' approaches can't.
I have been working for a few years with applications that run packages from host applications that are implemented in .NET. As you know, SSIS provides programming model that you can use to implement more flexible solutions. SSIS applications are usually thought to be batch oriented, with fairly rigid architecture and processing model, with fixed timeframes when the packages are executed to process data. It doesn't to be the case, you don't have to limit yourself to batch oriented architecture. I have very good experiences with service oriented architectures processing large amounts of data. These applications are more complex than what I would like to show here, but the principle stays the same: you can execute packages as a service, on ad-hoc basis. You can also implement and schedule various signals, HTTP calls, file drops, time schedules, Tibco messages and other to run the packages. You can implement event handler that will trigger execution of SSIS when a certain event occurs in StreamInsight stream.
This post is just a small example of how you can use the API and other features to create a service that can run SSIS packages on demand.
I thought it might be a good idea to implement a restful service that would listen to requests and execute appropriate actions. As it turns out, it is trivial in C#. The application is implemented as console application for the ease of debugging and running. In reality, you might want to implement the application as Windows service. To begin, you have to reference namespace System.ServiceModel.Web and then add a few lines of code:
The interesting lines are 3, 7 and 13. In line 3 you create a WebServiceHost object. In line 7 you start listening on the defined URL and then in line 13 you shut down the service.
As you have noticed, the WebServiceHost constructor is accepting type of an object (here: PackRunner) that will be instantiated as singleton and subsequently used to process the requests. This is the class where you put your logic, but to tell WebServiceHost how to use it, the class must implement an interface which declares methods to be used by the host. The interface itself must be ornamented with attribute ServiceContract.
Each method that is going to be used by WebServiceHost has to have attribute OperationContract, as well as WebGet or WebInvoke attribute. The detailed discussion of the available options is outside of scope of this post. I also recommend using more descriptive names to methods .
Then, you have to provide the implementation of the interface:
There are two methods defined in this class. I think that since the full code is attached to the post, I will show only the more interesting method, the RunPackage2.
The method accepts package name and number of rows to export. The packages are deployed to the file system. The path to the packages is configured in the application configuration file. This way, you can implement multiple services on the same machine, provided you also configure the URL for each instance appropriately.
To run a package, you have to reference Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime namespace. This namespace is implemented in Microsoft.SQLServer.ManagedDTS.dll which in my case was installed in the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\SDK\Assemblies". Once you have done it, you can create an instance of Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application as in line 18 in the above snippet. It may be a good idea to create the Application object in the constructor of the PackRunner class, to avoid necessity of recreating it each time the service is invoked. Then, in line 19 you see that an instance of Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Package is created. The method LoadPackage in its simplest form just takes package file name as the first parameter.
Before you run the package, you can set its variables to certain values. This is a great way of configuring your packages without all the hassle with dtsConfig files. In the above code sample, variable "User:ExportRows" is set to value of the parameter "rows" of the method.
Eventually, you execute the package. The method doesn't throw exceptions, you have to test the result of execution yourself. If the execution wasn't successful, you can examine collection of errors exposed by the package. These are the familiar errors you often see during development and debugging of the package. I you run the package from the code, you have opportunity to persist them or log them using your favourite logging framework.
The package itself is very simple; it connects to my AdventureWorks database and saves number of rows specified in variable "User::ExportRows" to a file.
You should know that before you run the package, you can change its connection strings, logging, events and many more.
I attach solution with the test service, as well as a project with two test packages.
To test the service, you have to run it and wait for the message saying that the host is started.
Then, just type (or copy and paste) the below command to your browser.
When everything works fine, and you modified the package to point to your AdventureWorks database, you should see "OK" wrapped in xml:
I stopped the database service to simulate invalid connection string situation. The output of the request is different now:
And the service console window shows more information:
As you see, implementing service oriented ETL framework is not a very difficult task. You have ability to configure the packages before you run them, you can implement logging that is consistent with the rest of your system. In application I have worked with we also have resource monitoring and execution control. We don't allow to run more than certain number of packages to run simultaneously. This ensures we don't strain the server and we use memory and CPUs efficiently.
The attached zip file contains two projects. One is the package runner. It has to be executed with administrative privileges as it registers HTTP namespace. The other project contains two simple packages.
This is really a cool thing, you should check it out!
Do we have option to run it asynchronously?..I mean do we have something like BeginExecute()?
Sure you can. Since the service runs as singleton, you can have whole asynchronous execution framework implemented. You just enqueue execution of the package into some sort of a queue and return.
This looks fantastic and I'm trying your sample but I've hit a problem and I don't readily see the solution. I have the SSIS package working and it runs and creates a file if I run it through in Visual Studio but I can't get it to work from the service. I'm getting this erorr from the console:
Calling package ExportEmployees.dtsx with parameter 12.
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DtsRuntimeException: The package failed to load
due to error 0xC0011008 "Error loading from XML. No further detailed error infor
mation can be specified for this problem because no Events object was passed whe
re detailed error information can be stored.". This occurs when CPackage::LoadFr
omXML fails.
---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The package failed to load du
e to error 0xC0011008 "Error loading from XML. No further detailed error informa
tion can be specified for this problem because no Events object was passed where
detailed error information can be stored.". This occurs when CPackage::LoadFrom
XML fails.
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.LoadPackage(Strin
g FileName, Boolean loadNeutral, IDTSEvents90 pEvents)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.LoadPackage(String fileName, I
DTSEvents events, Boolean loadNeutral)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
DTSEvents events)
at SSISRunner.PackRunner.RunPackage2(String name, Int32 rows) in L:\ZipStuff\
ServiceETLDemo\SSISRunner\SSISRunner\Program.cs:line 118
I'm running everything locally on my workstation on which I'm an admin.
I've probably missed something relatively simple but could you please help.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ok -- I got it -- the console app references a 2005 library:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies\Microsoft.SQLServer.ManagedDTS.dll
and I'm using a 2008 SSIS package so just switch the reference to the same dll in the \100 subdirectory and it works as expected.
Sorry for the confusion,
This article clarified it for me:
thanks again for this great article!!!
My head is already spinning with ideas on how to apply this technology.


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Reality good product, although the description about materials is different than what it actually is marked on it, the feel is premium, lightweight and stylish.
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Short sleeve t-shirt.
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Great t-shirt. Fit and material is on point.
I ordered this shirt because the description read 100% Polyester. The shirt I received was 90% cotton and 10% Polyester.
Now this? THIS is a great shirt. I'm a veritable t-shirt connoisseur, super picky about fit and sizing, and this shirt gets it right. It's almost like a workout/gym shirt, but the all cotton feel is still there. The length is perfect, it comes down right where it should. The sleeves are just the right length as well., and the left sleeve tag is awesome. The whole logo is perfect, it's minimal but it catches peoples attention. I have the light blue one, but if the navy one was in stock in a large I would EASILY make that my "Mark Zuckerberg/Steve Jobs everyday you see me I'm wearing the same shirt" thing. I'd buy 4 or 5 of that color, no question. It's that good of a t-shirt. And to be reppin a company that is 100% skateboarding, ever since it started is never a bad thing. Thank you, stay strong and be blessed. B. Encourage Skateboarding
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Nice t-shirt. Fit is great and quality so far seems very good.
Es shirts are just as good quality as their shoes fuckin awesome.
I'm 6'1 / 160lb and usually wear a medium. The size guide on the site is wrong however, and this shirt in medium is a bit wider (about 4") and shorter (about 2") than indicated. However, customer Service was great and got me fixed up!
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Best Buy said Tuesday that its chief financial officer is leaving, the latest executive departure for the struggling electronics chain.
The news comes as Best Buy's founder and former chairman Richard Schulze mulls an offer for the company, which is attempting to improve results amid tough competition.
Best Buy says it is seeking a new chief financial officer to replace James Muehlbauer. Muehlbauer, who joined Best Buy in 2002, became interim CFO in 2007 and was named to the post permanently the following year.
He will continue to advise the company until the end of the 2013 fiscal year, which ends Feb. 3.
According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Muehlbauer will receive a lump sum payment of $1.4 million as part of his separation benefits.
It's the second major personnel move this month since turnaround expert Hubert Joly, joined the company in August. Former CEO Brian Dunn left in April amid a company investigation into an "improper relationship" with a 29-year-old female employee.
Last week the company named Expedia executive Scott Durchslag as senior vice president of Best Buy and president online and global e-commerce.
Meanwhile founder Schulze is pursuing a possible buyout of the company. He already owns 20 percent of the Minneapolis retailer's stock, and has suggested that he could pay $24 to $26 per share for the chain.
Best Buy is fighting to reverse a decline in its business due to a weak global economy and consumers' changing shopping habits. Best Buy's stores are becoming unprofitable as customers increasingly use them to browse for electronics, then buy them cheaper online or elsewhere. On top of that, shoppers are no longer snapping up big TVs and computers, opting instead for smaller gadgets like cellphones and tablets.


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Cedar Fair CEO hopeful for 2013 season
The CEO of Ohio-based amusement park operator Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. says he believes parks will benefit from people embracing "staycations" and visiting attractions near home even as the economy improves.
CEO Matthew Ouimet (said Wednesday he's encouraged about the company's future and the industry and believes one key is keeping people happy.
He said the company's new dramatic roller coaster under construction in southwest Ohio will help achieve that goal.
Ouimet was in Batavia touring the Clermont County plant constructing Cedar Point's new winged coaster known as the Gatekeeper.
Ouimet says the Gatekeeper will provide thrills and surprises to help park visitors build new memories.
Sandusky-based Cedar Fair operates more than a dozen amusement parks or water parks, including Kings Island.


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Should Australians Have Known more about the Ausgrid Decision?
Treasurer Scott Morrison has decided not to approve a controlling stake for either of two Chinese bidders in Ausgrid, the electricity network in New South Wales. He has cited national security concerns but has refused to be drawn further on the reasons.
In explaining his rejection of the bids, Morrison said, "The only person who's security-cleared in this room to be able to hear the answer to that question is me."


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METRO VANCOUVER - Falling ice on the newly opened $2.46-billion Port Mann Bridge hit dozens of cars and injured at least one person Wednesday, raising questions about safety and bridge design.
The bridge — which normally sees daily traffic of about 110,000 cars — was closed at 2 p.m. and reopened at 6 p.m.
There were reports of the ice, which fell from the bridge's soaring support cables, damaging windshields, and of one person being knocked unconscious.
According to ICBC, 60 claims were filed Wednesday for incidents on the Port Mann Bridge, although not all of them may be from falling snow and ice.
RCMP said ice started falling about 1 p.m.
"The closure was necessary because falling ice from the bridge injured a motorist who required ambulance attendance, and damaged vehicles," said Sgt. Peter Thiessen, spokesman for Lower Mainland District traffic services.
Mike Proudfoot, who heads the Crown corporation responsible for oversight and financing of the bridge, acknowledged a coating on cables to ensure snow slid off the bridge and did not drop on cars below, did not work on Wednesday.
But at a press conference, the CEO of the Transportation Investment Corp. repeatedly called Wednesday's weather an unusual, extreme event and stressed that the bridge meets Canada's building code.
Others disagreed that the weather was unusual or extreme.
Proudfoot said a review is underway to determine what additional measures will be needed to prevent similar incidents in the future.
He would not say who will pay for the additional measures, noting the review must be completed first.
Proudfoot said he did not know whether heated cables were a part of the original design.
"It's a difficult day for motorists who have been inconvenienced by this event.
"We apologize for that," he said.
"It was not anticipated. It has happened in other jurisdictions in other circumstances, but there is certainly a lot of regret for what has transpired today."
The falling ice hit James Lepp's car, a 2012 Volkswagen GLI, taking out the driver's side mirror and possibly denting his hood.
Lepp described the falling ice as "slush bombs" and said other cars were also hit.
Lepp, a golfer and businessman who was returning to Abbotsford from Vancouver, said the slush bombs were falling constantly from the cables on the Port Mann Bridge from all levels.
"I was actually trying to dodge them because they looked pretty damaging. But it was such a gridlock you couldn't do anything about it," he said.
"There was a couple of instances where I didn't go forward because I saw one was going to hit in front of me. I missed those. And I was almost through, and then suddenly 'bam, bam,'" said Lepp.
He said he was concerned the same thing could happen again as bouts of wet snow and freezing temperatures are not unusual in the Lower Mainland.
University of B.C. engineering professor Perry Adebar said it is too early to call the bridge's design a mistake.
But he noted that because the cables on the Port Mann are inclined over the bridge, much of the snow will fall on its deck, unlike the Alex Fraser, where cables are outside the driving area.
"Let's hope that the way the ice accumulated on the stay cables was a very unusual occurrence and that we will not witness this again for many years," Adebar said in an email.
NDP transportation critic Harry Bains said the B.C. Liberal government should have considered this kind of weather in the design of the bridge.
He said the falling ice raises questions of the bridge's safety.
Bains said Wednesday's weather — wet snow and freezing temperatures — is not unusual in the Lower Mainland.
He said the B.C. Liberals are quick to take credit for the bridge during numerous photo opportunities, but will need to answer some serious questions about its safety and design.
"The buck must stop with the (transportation) minister," said Bains.
B.C. Transportation Minister Mary Polak, who was travelling Wednesday, was not available for comment.
Note: This is a corrected version of this story. An earlier version stated the cost of the bridge was $3.3 billion; that was the cost of the Port Mann project in total.


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Listen, this face-eating business is getting out of control—and we can't even blame it on bath salts anymore. . Now it's spread to China; is there some kind of virus traveling through the air, Contagion-style? This latest incident occurred in Wenzhou, when a very drunk man randomly attacked a woman who was driving by and started chewing on her face.
According to a rather charming translation of the website Sina Weibo, the streets were filled with mayhem on June 26th, with, "drunk people losing control of themselves collapsed on the side of the road, some treating the road as their beds, some kneeling on the ground crying and hollering." In other words, mass public drunkenness (the reason for which is not disclosed). But while most people were passing out in the streets, one very drunk guy ran into the middle of traffic and blocked a car. He climbed onto the hood and starting loudly pounding on the windshield. After he wouldn't stop, the driver got out of her car in an effort to run away. But he tackled her from behind, causing her to fall over. He then crawled on top of her and started "biting viciously at her face." Apparently, bystanders attempted to pull him off of her, but "he was like a man possessed and simply couldn't be pulled off." Terrifying.
The police eventually showed up, and arrested the man. As for the victim, who's called only Ms. Du, she was fairly badly injured and was taken to the hospital. Doctors say she will need two more reconstructive surgeries on her nose and lips. Not much is known about her attacker, except that he's a bus driver from Anhui and his last name is Dong. He'd been out drinking with friends, and they'd all passed out from being so drunk, but he went seemingly insane instead. After he got sober, he realized what he'd done and is reportedly "filled with regret." He's being held for aggravated assault and the case is being investigated further. Let's hope they find some reasonable explanation for this horrifying behavior, because the seeming randomness of cannibalistic attacks lately is starting to get really freaky.
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Panasonic: New Micro Four Thirds lenses, HD movie capture in 2009
In preparation for Photokina, Panasonic held a press conference this morning in Cologne, officially launching the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 for European markets.
Mamoru Yoshida, Panasonic VP, announces the G1 launch
Announced in the U.S. last month, the G1 is a compact, 12.1 megapixel interchangeable lens camera and the first product to market that makes use of the Micro Four Thirds system standards outlined several months prior. While most of the G1 news to come out of the official launch was already public knowledge, Panasonic did put an official timetable on two related product groups: the release of several new Micro Four Thirds lenses, and the launch of a HD-movie capable Lumix G camera.
On the lens front, Panasonic has slated three new system optics previously seen on the system lens roadmap for release in 2009, showing pre-production samples of each new model at the event today. The first is a 7-14mm f/4 ultra-wide lens. Working out to an equivalent 14-28mm with the Four Thirds system's 2x crop, the 7-14mm provides one of the widest Four Thirds lenses yet.
A 20mm f/1.4 "pancake" prime will offer fast-aperture, normal perspective shooting in an arrangement that coordinates nicely with the G1's compact camera dimensions, creating an overall setup small enough to fit into a large pocket.
Finally, a 14-140mm f/4-5.6 O.I.S. lens with an "HD" designation offers wide to telephoto range in a lens tailored especially to provide support for the Micro Four Thirds system's forthcoming video capture technology.
A newly designed focusing motor provides what Panasonic promises to be essentially silent auto focus, meaning less extraneous operational noise for the camera's mic to pick up in video mode.
While one of the primary aims of the Micro Four Thirds system has been to provide movie recording in an interchangeable lens camera, the G1 didn't come to market so equipped. According to information supplied at the press conference today, however, an additional Lumix Micro Four Thirds product – to be added to the line in 2009 – will be video capable.
Panasonic had an early sample of the as yet unnamed camera under glass, and based on what can be discerned from control arrangements and form factor, the upgraded model may well prove to be essentially a G1 with video capture as the only substantive addition.
Not surprisingly, we weren't provided detailed information on firm release dates or pricing at this point. Given the level of development seen today, however, it's possible that the new glass could begin to roll out to retailers as early as next spring (presumably, an official product announcement will come during PMA 2009).
We'll keep an eye on these product concepts to see if more specifics can be gleaned this week during the show.


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Saxby Chambliss Lies To Cobb County GOP
In a stunning act of desperation (ie. reelection), Senator Taxby Chambliss flew down to Georgia amid tough Fiscal Cliff talks to politrick Cobb County Republicans.
Saxby apparently thinks too little of his good constituents to be brave and own up to his own position, instead choosing to blatantly lie to them. Why being a lying liar who lies? Well, he wanted to cover his comments up from last week when he, Senator Saxby Chambliss, said he would raise taxes on Georgians.
I know many good folks in Cobb county, so you can bet this is going around today. Southern politics at its best.
Now, it's easy to get lost in some of these terms and that is exactly what Taxby was counting on. Little did he know that some people follow this stuff just as closely as he does and we have the Internet.
Taxby stated that he is not "supporting an increase in tax rates," knowing full well that his cushy "Gang of Six" has not only put them on the table (this year and last year), but it'll likely be a part of any deal that is in fact voted on at the end of the day. There is no longer a coalition to protect top rate payers from higher taxes.
The Senator, talking down to the people he considers little, went on to excuse the fury around his comments last week attributing it to being the "slowest news-day of the year" and all this fuss about him being willing to break his pledge was much ado about nothing.
The story should end there right? He cleared the air after all. Nope. He went on to belittle and purposefully misguide Republican voters about the Reagan-endorsed Taxpayer Protection Pledge he signed. You know, the one addressed to them — the voters!
Feeling the wind at his back, he got interactive with the crowd. This is common in southern politics. In retail politics, relating is paramount to winning.
Here's what the Marietta Daily Journal reported went on during his give and take with the county GOP:
The senator then asked attendees if they support ending $6 billion annual tax credits for ethanol, and nearly everyone in attendance raised his or her hand.
"Well guess what?" Chambliss said. "You just said you would violate the pledge that I signed, because, with the elimination of a tax credit, if you don't take that money and reduce rates, that's a violation of that pledge."
Another stunning lie. The keepers of the pledge, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), are opposed to the ethanol mandate and tax credit. And if they weren't, if it was offset by cuts or reductions in spending — it wouldn't be a tax increase at all. Taxby knows this because this was a conversation last year during the debt cieling talks when he and others mischaracterized conservative groups' position on the awful subsidy.
Taxby, hoping that Georgians didn't catch the 2011 drama, casually left out two points incriminating his argument: 1) ATR is against a net increase in taxes, as in… cut the spending, and 2) Grover Norquist, ATR's President and the most feared man on the issue of taxes (aside from the voter), was the first one to relieve pressure on the GOP last year allowing a deal to ultimately be made.
Picking up where he left off last week, he lobbied hard for a deal, pleaded for "flexibility," and used the exact same phrase that got him in trouble last week saying times "have changed in 20 years" when he signed his pledge to the voters.
Here's the pledge, increase Taxby forgot:
I pledge to the taxpayers of my district and to the American people that I will: ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rate for individuals and business; and TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.
Taxby thinks Georgians are too stupid to catch him in his lies but may have seriously just underestimated the patriots of the 13th colony.
I speak DC-enese too Mr. Chambliss. You've been caught red-handed. Comment below if you're willing to help in a grassroots effort to make sure #Taxby loses a primary.


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The spending bill passed by the Senate on Thursday would increase funding for Alzheimer's research by $425 million, to $2.3 billion total — "essentially quadrupling spending levels from four years ago on a disease that requires hundreds of billions of dollars for dementia-related care," according to the Associated Press.
The hope is that increased spending on research now can help prevent a huge rise in the cost of the disease, both in terms of lives and dollars, as the population ages. "Every hour, Alzheimer's disease costs taxpayers at least $21 million. Every single hour," said Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee on labor and health. "We're spending somewhere in the neighborhood of $277 billion tax dollars a year on Alzheimer's and dementia-related care."
Blunt noted that if progress isn't made on Alzheimer's, by 2050 the country will be spending $1.1 trillion on Alzheimer's and dementia care — or about double last year's defense budget. "If we could delay onset by an average of five years," he said, "we'd cut that $1.1 trillion by 42 percent, almost in half."


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Robert Pattinson Spotted Caressing Sexy Blonde — Not Kristen Stewart
Eyewitnesses confirm that Rob was spotted with his arm around a sexy blonde on a night of partying in NYC — could he be hooking up with someone new?
Robert Pattinson seems like he's not ready to fully commit with Kristen Stewart again — he was spotted cuddling with a sexy girl on a night out at the club!
Rob, 26, was seen at New York City's Electric Room with the sexy unidentified blonde at 3 a.m. on October 6. His arm was draped around her, and it totally looked like he was getting flirty!
"He had his arm slung around her at one point and they chatted for most of the night," an eyewitness said. "They looked like they were having a great time and the girl was making him laugh a lot. There was about five of them but it looked like Robert only had eyes for the girl. They sat really close to each other on the couch. He looked really happy and relaxed, like he didn't have a care in the world."
It looks like Rob has more on his mind than reconciling with Kristen, 22!
Rob, 26, spoke to writer Phil Thompson about taking the role of Edward in Twilight — after learning he would be working with Kristen.
"We just didn't want to make it a teeny movie. I mean, because and that's the reason Kristen being in it was like it was my insurance. I mean, she was on a good role of classy jobs. And so I was just thinking when I found out she was doing it, I was like, 'Well, this isn't gonna be a silly movie.' Because why would she want to do a silly movie when she was on a roll?"
The full interview runs in a great new eBook: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner — In Their Own Words.
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- 'Twilight' Team 'Happy' Robert Pattinson Traveled Without Kristen Stewart
- Robert Pattinson Was A Big 'Goofball' Says His 'Breaking Dawn' Daughter


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Facts about Scrabble as championships are underway
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Some facts about the game of Scrabble during the 25th National Scrabble Championships being played in Buffalo, New York. The winners will be crowned Wednesday.
-- Architect Alfred Butts devised the game, first called Lexiko, then Criss Cross Words, during the Great Depression.
-- There are 100 letter tiles in a Scrabble game, ranging in value from 1 point (A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R) and 10 points (Q, Z).
-- Groups of six letters that combine with another letter for a valuable seven-letter word are called bingo stems. SATINE, SATIRE AND RETINA are considered the best bingo stems.
-- "The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary," released Monday from Merriam-Webster, was the first update in a decade and added 5,000 words including bromance, selfie and two-letter words like po, da and gi.
-- Playable Scrabble words must be found in a standard dictionary, can't require capitalization, can't have hyphens or apostrophes and can't be an abbreviation.
-- Scrabble was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2004.
-- Hasbro Inc. sells 2 million copies annually in the United States.
-- The North American Scrabble Players Association counts 151 active sanctioned clubs in North America.
-- The highest word score recorded in a sanctioned NASPA tournament was braziers, which earned T.A. Sanders 311 points in 1997 in Tyler, Texas.
-- The association has a code of conduct that prohibits audible obscenities, visible obscenities, physical abuse, intimidation, threats, cheating and suspicious behavior.
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The British government revealed Thursday that CIA rendition flights, which critics say are used to transfer prisoners to be tortured, landed in British territory in 2002, despite Britain's previous denials of aiding rendition operations.
The Independent of London reports that the British government admitted that the US failed to inform Britain of two CIA rendition flights carrying suspected terrorists that had landed in British territory in 2002. David Miliband, the British foreign secretary, said the government only recently learned of the rendition flights to its Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia.
[Mr. Miliband] had to make a humiliating apology to the Commons after it emerged that the US failed to tell British officials that two CIA rendition flights carrying suspected terrorists landed on the island of Diego Garcia in 2002. Six years on, one of the suspects is still being held by the US at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The other has been released.
Mr Miliband denied there was a deliberate cover-up and said he believed the US had acted "in good faith". However, Gordon Brown, attending an EU summit in Brussels, expressed his "disappointment" and said Washington's failure to disclose the flights earlier was "a very serious issue".
"The US has expressed regret that it did not admit at the time to these renditions through Diego Garcia," he added. "We have to assure ourselves these procedures will never happen again."
The Washington Post reports that the US government acknowledged that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Miliband to apologize over the "administrative error."
"We came up with fresh information that in short order we shared with the British government," [State Department spokesman Sean McCormack] told reporters. "We regret that there was an error in providing initially that inaccurate information to a good friend and ally."
The New York Times reports that the British government was informed of the flights last week, during a trip to Britain by CIA Director Michael Hayden. General Hayden released a statement Thursday admitting that the CIA's earlier assertions that no rendition flights had landed in British territory, though "supplied in good faith, turned out to be wrong."
In his account, [Hayden] said that neither of the two detainees carried aboard the rendition flights that refuelled at Diego Garcia "was ever part of the C.I.A.'s high-value terrorist interrogation program." This appeared to be his way of saying what Mr. Miliband, in his Commons statement, made explicit, that the suspects on the two flights were not taken to any of the C.I.A.'s network of secret prisons, some of them in eastern Europe, and that they were not subjected to stress techniques that critics of the C.I.A. program have described as tantamount to torture, including waterboarding.
General Hayden said one of the detainees "was ultimately transferred to Guantánamo," the American military prison on the eastern tip of Cuba, while the other "was returned to his home country," identified by State Department officials in Washington on Thursday as Morocco. "These were rendition operations, nothing more," General Hayden said. He also used the statement to refute accusations by human rights groups that the C.I.A. "had a holding facility" for terrorist suspects on Diego Garcia, a 40-mile long island leased by Britain about 1,000 miles southwest of the southernmost tip of India. "That is false," he said.
The BBC writes that the Conservative Party expressed its deep concern over the revelations, while members of the Liberal Democrats called for a full investigation.
In the Commons, William Hague, the [Conservative Party's] shadow foreign secretary, said he accepted assurances were made "in good faith" but said: "This information will cause widespread concern given the categoric nature of the assurances previously given.
"More worrying still, it means that very specific assurances about the use of the facilities at Diego Garcia have also turned out, although given in good faith, to have been false." ...
Liberal Democrat Edward Davey called for a full inquiry and said extraordinary rendition was "state-sponsored abduction" and the government must ensure that Britain was not used to "facilitate" it.
Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell added: "The truth is, this is a gross embarrassment, in spite of its good faith, for the British government, involving as it does a breach of our moral obligations and possibly our legal responsibilities as well."
The Associated Press writes that the discovery of the 2002 rendition flights "risks replaying the debate over tactics that came to light in 2005 with the revelation that the CIA had operated secret prisons to interrogate prisoners." At the time, AP reports, Ms. Rice suggested that rendition flights operated with the permission of host foreign governments. AP also notes that Rice avoided addressing Britain's involvement in rendition flights during a December 2005 interview.
The disclosure of the rendition flights brought condemnation in the editorials of British newspapers. The Guardian asked, "Why... has the US waited until now to reveal what has been going on? Why have all those official requests from London failed to elicit the truth until now,?" and stated that "It is not just disappointing when ministers repeatedly mislead parliament. It is unacceptable and wrong." The Times of London writes that the disclosure "is a saga that could be dismissed as being about the past, not the future." However, "the compelling need to have a culture of consulting allies that is scrupulously followed in practice transcends the argument about rendition. Extraordinary omissions will not serve any US administration well." And the Financial Times wonders if this case is but one incident in a larger pattern of perhaps willful ignorance on the part of the British government.
What else does London not know – or want to be able to plausibly deny – in a relationship with Washington that appears as unsighted as it is unequal, despite Mr Blair's pretensions to be a player?
This affair should not end without a thorough inquiry into whether other rendition operations have used British facilities, and indeed, whether Diego Garcia was part of the same lawless network that includes Guantánamo and Bagram.