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Two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis is a powerful and sensitive technique for separating and analyzing protein mixtures from biological samples. 2D gel electrophoresis is performed in two consecutive steps, IEF and SDS-PAGE.
Sample preparation
Sample preparation is a critical step in 2D gel electrophoresis and is key to the success of your experiment. Many factors play an important role in designing a procedure for sample preparation. We offer products to help you be successful including:
2D electrophoresis sample rehydration buffer
The 2D electrophoresis sample rehydration buffer, also as known as the sample buffer, is used to denature and solubilize protein samples, and rehydrate the IPG strips. The first step in sample preparation is selecting and/or preparing a suitable sample rehydration buffer. Due to the large variety of proteins, there is no universal sample rehydration buffer. The starting material and goal of the experiment are two factors to consider when selecting a buffer. The sample rehydration buffer must:
- Maintain proteins in solution during rehydration of the IPG strips and IEF
- Not have any effect on the pI of the protein
The buffer typically contains a denaturing agent (urea or urea/thiourea), solubilizing agent (non-ionic or zwitterionic detergent and ampholytes), and reducing agent (DTT). The table below lists the major components of the sample rehydration buffer, their function, and their recommended concentration. Note that the final concentration must be optimized based on the solubility of your proteins. Optimization is usually achieved by varying the concentrations of detergent, urea, ampholytes, and reducing agent.
2D electrophoresis rehydration buffer components
|Final concentration
|Denatures and solubilizes proteins
|Solubilizes the proteins and helps to maintain the proteins in solution during rehydration and IEF
|Total detergent concentration range is 0.5–4%
|Reducing agent
|Cleaves the disulfide bonds in the proteins
|DTT or DTE at 20 mM to 100 mM
|Helps in solubilizing proteins and aids in maintaining the pH gradient 0.2–2%
|Note: Higher ampholyte concentration requires longer focusing times.
Using carrier ampholytes versus IPG strips
Carrier ampholytes
IEF is performed in tube gels (polyacrylamide gels cast in long glass tubes) using carrier ampholytes. The protein sample is applied to the gel and IEF is performed at high voltage. Once the current is applied, the carrier ampholytes form a continuous pH gradient. While the gradient is formed, the protein migrates in the pH gradient to its pI.
At the end of IEF, gel is extruded from the tube and equilibrated in buffer containing SDS to prepare the proteins for migration into the second dimension SDS gel. The tube gel is placed on top of a polyacrylamide gel containing SDS and subjected SDS-PAGE.
Disadvantages of carrier ampholytes
The major disadvantages of performing IEF using carrier ampholytes are:
- pH gradients susceptible to cathodic drift (Righetti, 1983)
- Poor reproducibility of the IEF separation due to batch-to-batch variability of ampholytes
- Altered protein mobility due to binding of carrier ampholytes to the proteins
- Low mechanical strength of the tube gels resulting in gel breakage
IPG strips
Using immobilized pH gradient (IPG) gels for first dimension IEF eliminates the problems associated with carrier ampholytes. The immobilized pH gradient (IPG) gel is formed by casting polyacrylamide gels using acrylamido buffers (acrylamide derivatives containing charged groups) on a plastic backing. Since the pH gradient is cast into the gel, the gradient is more stable and reproducible. After the IPG gel is polymerized, the gel is washed, dried, and cut into narrow strips (IPG Strips).
The pH gradient on the IPG strip can be linear or nonlinear (NL). The non-linear gradient is usually expanded from pH 4-7 resulting in a sigmoidal pH gradient. The non-linear IPG strips are useful for analyzing samples containing many proteins with pI in the range of 4-7, which is typical for most crude lysates from all species.
Advantages of IPG strips
The following are the advantages of using IPG strips for first dimension IEF:
- More stable and reproducible pH gradients
- Reduced cathodic drift
- Higher mechanical strength of IPG strips because the strips are cast on a plastic backing minimizing gel breakage
- Higher protein loading capacity due to the sample loading method
2D electrophoresis running buffers & focusing buffers
Another critical component of the 2D electrophoresis system is the running buffer as well as the focusing buffers. We offer convenient and reliable solutions for a better performance.
Technical resources
ZOOM® IPGRunner™ System Technical Guide
- Learn more about 2D Gel Electrophoresis Products
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Spie Press BookDynamic and Agile Focusing in Microscopy: A Review
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Volume: SL20
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Motivation
- 1.2 Types of varifocus elements
- 1.2.1 Liquid crystals
- 1.2.2 Liquid-filled lenses
- 1.2.3 Vertical displacement microlens
- 1.2.4 Deformable membrane mirrors
- 1.2.5 Other
- 2 Governing Equations
- 2.1 Individual varifocus elements
- 2.2 Integration into microscopes
- 3 State of the Art
- 3.1 Commercially available elements
- 3.2 Elements demonstrated in academia
- 3.2.1 Liquid crystals
- 3.2.2 Liquid lenses
- 3.2.3 Vertical displacement microlenses
- 3.2.4 Deformable mirrors
- 3.2.5 Summary
- 4 Demonstrations in Microscopy
- 4.1 Widefield microscopy
- 4.2 Confocal microscopy
- 4.3 Two-photon microscopy
- 4.4 Optical coherence tomography
- 4.5 Microendoscopes
- 4.6 Summary
- 5 Discussion and Future Outlook
- References
Scientists continue to discover new biological mechanisms in human and animal health with in vivo microscopy. To observe dynamic phenomena as they occur, intact and thick samples are often needed for observation. Within these living tissues, microscopists must be able to follow specific trajectories in a 3D volume, track/stabilize features of interest, and minimize agitation of the sample during imaging. Varifocus elements allow for fast electronic focusing without translation of the sample stage or objective lens, thereby enabling dynamic and agile imaging within thick samples. This Spotlight introduces miniature varifocus elements and presents the optical equations needed to integrate such elements with microscopes. It reviews the current technological capabilities and limitations of varifocus elements, such as liquid crystal devices, liquid lenses, vertical displacement microlenses, and deformable membrane mirrors. A discussion of varifocus elements demonstrated in widefield microscopes, confocal microscopes, two-photon microscopes, and optical coherence tomography is included.
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Over a year ago I sold my latest two businesses and have been waiting for the right time to come back into the public domain. I plan to do so in a big way, but not quite yet.
The impossible mathematics that underlie our economy are unbelievably more impossible today. The markets are less real, and more overvalued than at any other time in history. Future returns from valuations above 20 are statistically unlikely, and they are bordering on impossible from these levels on any type of an extended timeline. Accounting standards have continued to relax and if GAAP accounting standards of 15 years ago were used, then P/E ratios would be through the roof.
Over the past several years many pundits have been premature in their calls for a market top. A significant mid-term top is now near. Today's move higher after the FOMC likely will mark the beginning of the last wave higher before the next decline. It will not likely be, I believe, THE decline. There are high odds of volatility returning in both directions. Eventual further upside will be the result not of underlying fundamental strength, but of monetary implosion. Europe implodes first causing funds to flow to the U.S., and that has been occurring for some time now. Japan implodes next, then the U.S. and the rest of the world, in that order, but it will still take some time to play out.
There is a war going on inside our nation and around the globe. The two sides are Faction A which is the Globalist socialist Deep State central banking cartel, and Faction B, currently lead by the new Trump Administration representing us proud to be Americans, non-socialist, decentralized, Constitution abiding, thinking and aware faction.
I could write much about the criminality in the CIA, the FBI, NSA, Homeland 'Security', in the Justice Department, in Congress, the Senate, the media, the judicial branch, and many others. And I will, but not here and not just yet.
I 100% foresaw Trump's victory and was rooting for it. However, while he's a truth teller who is right 90% of the time, it is the 10% revolving around the root of our problems (central criminal banking performed outside a proper rule-of-law) that will doom the remaining 90%. Thus I do not expect significant resolutions to any major problems. I expect a war cycle that was going to happen regardless of who took the White House.
I also expect the markets to be intentionally taken down (by the criminal cartel) as a part of the ongoing war in an attempt to control faction B (it will be unsuccessful). I think more and more "Truth Bombs" will explode in public as the truth will be used in defense during what I believe are the early stages of this war. These truth bombs are going to expose further the deep state, and will expose technological and other secrets that have been withheld from the public.
Right now I'm working on a new holistic book called "Definitive Freedom." This is a huge project that is going to take a while. This book is meant to be holistic, spanning many subject areas in which our Dreams have been corrupted and our thoughts polluted. This book will not just point out root issues, which it does; but it will concentrate on reality, what is a true and proper rule-of-law, and how to build a more proper rule-of-law as the current very flawed system unravels.
As I work on Definitive Freedom I will occasionally post non-time-consuming items of interest here. I am also working on a new, much larger, website and will update you on that as it becomes ready.
In the meantime feel free to contact me if you like, as I get time I may answer a few pertinent questions here, but will be focused on progressing the book and the new website before making regular posts.
Hope everyone is well,
Nathan Martin


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Gabe Newell. John Carmack. The creators of Uncharted 2, Scribblenauts, Farmville. Even Penny Arcade. I interviewed a parade of award-winners backstage at the Game Developers Choice Awards. And I wanted to make sure these post-awards interviews were not dull.
We talked about everything from PlayStation Move and Farmville: The Movie to a major sequel that needs a name and Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
And, with each developer (or Penny Arcade person), we talked some Pokemon. Yes, I was consulting with some of gaming's top minds to prepare myself for a Pokemon challenge that I accepted from a peer of mine at MTV News.
Check out the short video interviews with each of these creators at the links below:
Monaco Award-Winner Celebrates, Warns Of Potential Nut-Kicking
Victorious Torchlight Creators Like The Idea Of Torchlight 2
Exultant Farmville Developer Is Only Joking About A Farmville Movie, Right?
Scribblenauts Inventor Needs A Name For The Sequel
Honored Penny Arcade Creators Offer Me Some Advice
Valve's Gabe Newell Predicts Gaming's Future, Not Talking About "Episode Three"
Proud Batman: Arkham Asylum Art Director Working Hard On Next Game
John Carmack Has Three Lifetime Achievement Awards, No Early iPad
Uncharted 2 Creators Tip Hats To Killzone 2, Celebrate Lots Of Wins
Flower Creators: No New Games This Year, Intrigued By PlayStation Move
Congratulations to all of the people I interviewed for their Game Developers Choice and Independent Games Festival Awards. And, thank you. I couldn't have done these backstage interviews without you. Or, if I did, they would have been even more occasionally awkward and definitely less fun and (slightly) newsy.
Videos shot by Adam Barenblat for Kotaku.


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The soundtrack to that brilliant movie Drive is to be released on vinyl in the UK, and we have some copies to give away over the next three weeks.
The era-defining flick Drive had one of the most talked about soundtracks of recent memory, and finds itself up there with Pulp Fiction, O' Brother Where Art Thou and more recently Trent Reznor's Social Network score, as one of DiS' must own movie scores.
On its initial release, the Drive soundtrack sold and sold and sold on iTunes, and on compact disc, but it is soon to be available as a vinyl LP. And not just any ol' vinyl, we're talking gatefold, 180gram heavyweight black vinyl, and pink vinyl, and as a picture disc. It's coming out via Geoff Barrow of Portishead's Invada label on 21st May 2012. Head over to http://www.invada.co.uk/drive to pre-order your copy, and to read an exclusive interview with Cliff Martinez, composer of the Drive soundtrack, in which he reveals:
"One thing that was unique for me about this project was having songs exert such a strong influence on the score. That helped to create a unified, one-size-fits-all, style of soundtrack…the 80s electronic pop style made a lot of sense to me. I knew that Nicolas [Refn, director] was in love with that sound and I saw a way to acknowledge it with vintage synth sounds and cover most of the dramatic food groups while referencing that style."
If you didn't know... The soundtrack features original music by Cliff Martinez plus those songs by Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx ("Nightcall"), Chromatics ("Tick of the Clock"), Desire ("Under Your Spell"), College featuring Electric Youth ("A Real Hero"), and Riziero Ortolani featuring Katyna Ranieri ("Oh My Love").
We have five copies of the soundtrack, signed by Cliff Martinez, on vinyl, to give away. We'll be giving away one per week on DiS, and also running a competition next week on our @drownedinsound and the week after on facebook.com/drownedinsound - follow us for more chances to win.
This week's question to answer for your chance to win a copy of the soundtrack on vinyl, signed by Mr Martinez.
Which band(s) has Cliff Martinez played drums for?
Place your answer in the comment sections below or Tweet us Tweet to @drownedinsound
We'll pick a winner from the correct answers and there will be a new question on Tuesday the 29th of May for another chance to win.


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Dec-22-08 Governor Corzine Announces $58 Million In Home Energy Assistance
Governor Corzine Announces $58 Million In Home Energy Assistance
First Round of LIHEAP Assistance Given to Over 103,000 New Jersey Residents
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced that $58 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) benefits will be given out to over 103,875 households in New Jersey this month. This year, the Governor raised income eligibility for this program from 175% of the federal poverty level to 225%. This increase will allow approximately 50,000 more households to be eligible for LIHEAP (projected households is 245,000, compared to 196,000 last year).
"During these harsh economic times, it is incumbent that government do all it can to help those most vulnerable," said Governor Corzine. "By expanding energy assistance programs like LIHEAP, we are able to reach many more New Jerseyans who otherwise might have to go without heating their homes this winter."
Households heated by deliverable fuel will receive an average of $1,200 per household. Many of these households will receive Universal Service Fund (USF) benefits as well. Households heated by gas will receive an average of $1,289 per household and those heated by electric will receive an average of $982 per household. Gas and electric figures include USF benefits. The first supplemental checks were sent out over the past week to current LIHEAP recipients. Additional rounds of checks will be sent out in 2009.
"Governor Corzine's expansion of this program will allow thousands of additional New Jersey residents to receive the assistance they need this winter," said Department of Community Affairs' (DCA) Commissioner Joseph Doria. "Additionally, I want to thank our federal legislators, who played a key role in securing additional funding this year."
LIHEAP provides low-income households with money to help pay their winter heating bills. LIHEAP funding is administered through the DCA's Division of Community Resources. This year, DCA will receive $185,773,240 in funds, compared to approximately $117,300,000 received last year. The Governor also enhanced the electric benefit 10% over last year's benefit, enhanced the gas benefit 17% over last year's benefit and enhanced the oil household benefit to average approximately four times last year's benefit. The 103,875 households and $58 million, awarded for the period of November-December, 2008, represents an increase of nearly 2,400 households and $25 million compared to November-December, 2007.
For further information on LIHEAP and USF, call toll-free: 1-800-510-3102, or log on to http://www.nj.gov/dca/dcr/hea/index.shtml.


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IBM will establish the first Cloud Computing Center for software companies in China, to be situated at the Wuxi Tai Hu New Town Science and Education Industrial Park in Wuxi, China. The center will let emerging Chinese software companies tap into a virtual computing environment to support their development activities.
The China Cloud Computing Center will be a shared facility providing each software company in the park with its own virtualized computing resource. For example, a company will be able to use the allocated resource for designing, developing and testing its software products. Such virtual environments can replace the traditional data center model, in which each company owns and manages its own hardware and software.
Cloud computing is an infrastructure approach in which large pools of systems are linked together to provide IT services. Cloud computing lets data centers operate more like the Internet by enabling computing resources to be accessed and shared as virtual resources in a secure and scalable manner. The center will be built using IBM's "Blue Cloud" technologies, a series of cloud computing offerings based on open standards and open source software which link together computers to deliver Web 2.0 capabilities such as mashups, open collaboration, social networking and mobile commerce.
Companies in the park will be able to access these common services provided by the center at any time, just as they use utilities and other shared services. The technologies being offered to the community include:
- IBM Rational software development tools
- WebSphere Application Server software
- DB2 database software running on IBM System x, System p, and BladeCenter servers.
IBM Tivoli systems management software will manage the cloud computing environment.
Wuxi is classified as an investment zone by the Chinese government and has been named a "National Model City of Science and Technology Advancement" for five consecutive years.
"The China Cloud Computing Center represents a milestone in service-oriented computing," said T. W. Liu, the chairman and CEO of iSoftStone. "It will allow companies in the Wuxi Software Park to leapfrog to the newest computing models and will provide an efficient IT platform for software development."
There are currently more than 3200 IBM engineers and scientists employed by IBM labs in Beijing and Shanghai. Engineers from the High Performance on Demand Solutions (HiPODS) team in IBM China will work with their colleagues in the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory to establish the center.


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English Teacher
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i want to know after had better the verb should be gerend or infinitive
which example is correct
example:I had better study , I had better to study, or I had better studying
I had better study.
but finally, which one is the best answer to this question, dear moderator?


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Apple's sales in greater China have for the first time overtaken those of Lenovo, the world's third-biggest personal computer maker by shipment volume, results from the two companies confirm.
Lenovo , which was the PC industry's fastest-growing company for the seventh consecutive quarter, said on Thursday that its China sales rose 23.4 percent from a year ago to $2.8 billion, enabling it to consolidate its position as the PC market leader in China, said Yang Yuanqing, chief executive.
However strong demand for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers pushed up Apple's second-quarter sales in greater China, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, sixfold from a year ago to $3.8 billion.
Lenovo groups its Hong Kong and Taiwan sales separately from the mainland, under the "emerging markets" category, which also saw strong growth over the past quarter. But for Lenovo to even match Apple's revenue for greater China, analysts say it would have to have notched up sales in Hong Kong and Taiwan of at least $1 billion.
Jenny Lai, head of Taiwan Research at HSBC, said Lenovo's sales in those two markets "would not be enough to make up the $1 billion gap".
But Mr Yang, speaking to the Financial Times in New York, rejected the comparison. "That is not an 'apples to apples' calculation," he said. "Their calculation includes the phone business but Lenovo's main focus is in PCs, our phone business isn't that strong even in China.
"If you compare the PC business we still have a lead far ahead of any of our competitors," he said, noting that Lenovo's share of the Chinese PC market increased in the latest quarter by 2.3 percentage points to 31.7 percent.
Indeed, the Chinese company remains one of the few bright spots in a global PC industry tarnished by lacklustre consumer demand in Europe and the US. Revenue in the second quarter rose 15 percent to a record high of $5.9 billion, while profit attributable to shareholders nearly doubled from a year ago to $108 million.
Lenovo gained market share across all regions and last quarter overtook Acer to take the world number three spot, according to IDC.
"Our aspiration is gain market share and to continue to outgrow the market," said Mr Yang. "We want to become the leader in this industry and I believe that is definitely achievable, that is our aspiration."
Even in North America, Lenovo saw its shipments rise 30.8 percent from a year ago against a 4 per cent decline in the overall market.
Liu Chuanzhi, Lenovo chairman, said the US market has "already become an important pillar of Lenovo's profits", compared with a $9 million loss a year ago.
"What a difference a year makes," he said.
Lenovo declined to give specific guidance on second-half shipments or sales, but Mr Yuan said the company remains "optimistic" about the outlook for the rest of the year. He noted that "emerging markets, including China, continue to grow and outpace" the overall PC market, while in mature markets the corporate PC replacement cycle "remains strong and consistent".
Lenovo also said it would begin to see contributions to its results in the next quarter from its acquisition of Germany's Medion, and its joint venture in Japan with NEC.
Its optimism was in stark contrast to Dell, which earlier this week slashed its revenue forecast for the second half, citing delays in government spending and tepid consumer demand.
Investors appeared to side with Dell's prognosis, sending Lenovo shares down 6.5 percent in Hong Kong trading on Thursday.


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Devin Hester, the most accomplished return man in NFL history, expects to return kicks for the Atlanta Falcons this season -- if healthy.
Hester, who underwent surgery on his right big toe in January, realizes his status with the team hinges on whether he makes a full recovery. Although he's been a participant in offseason workouts, the 33-year-old veteran hasn't been cleared to run just yet.
Hester is signed through the 2016 season and is scheduled to make $3 million -- a hefty price if he can't contribute.
"At the end of the day, I feel like it's going to come down to how my toe feels," Hester told ESPN.com. "If my toe isn't ready, then I can't fault them for letting me go because it's a business. I can't go around thinking I'm safe if I'm not playing. I do understand that.
"But if I'm healthy, they'd be crazy to let me go. You've got to think about it: I was coming off a Pro Bowl season. It's not like I couldn't do it anymore. I just got hurt preseason last year and that blew the whole season."
Hester, a former second-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears (2006), joined the Falcons in 2014 on a three-year, $9 million contract that included $4 million guaranteed. He made the Pro Bowl in 2014 after leading the NFL with 1,128 kickoff return yards while averaging 13.3 yards per punt return, which would have led the league had he had enough returns to qualify.
Then last year, Hester suffered what was initially labeled a turf toe injury in the third preseason game at Miami. The injury caused the Falcons to place Hester on injured reserve with a designation to return. He ended up playing in just five games, returning nine kickoffs for 235 yards (26.1 yards per return) and eight punts for 34 yards.
After the season, it was determined that Hester broke two sesamoid bones in his right big toe, which led to surgery. All along, he knew it would be a four-to-six month recovery process.
"They said it's going pretty good, and I'm doing some jogging now and ladders," Hester said. "I started that about a week ago. [Running] pretty much depends on what the toe says. I'm looking at it like the games don't start until September. I want to make sure that I'm good. I don't want to aggravate it; have it flare back up so where I have to deal with it again. I want to let it get right and be ready to go by the time the season starts."
Falcons coach Dan Quinn addressed Hester's status.
"He's doing the rehab and he's able to do certain things, but he's not been fully 'Hey, do it all,' so he's not there yet," Quinn said. "I don't know if I have a timeline for it. I would say we are, for sure, hopeful prior to camp [minicamp, June 14-16]. As far as the [organized team activities], I don't know. That toe has got to be right. And we're not going to put him out there until it is. He's got unique stuff to get up and go. When he's ready to do that, then that's when the docs with clear him."
Quinn was asked point blank if he is confident Hester, who was not utilized on offense last season, can be effective for the Falcons.
"Yeah," Quinn said. "We're hopeful. I just don't know the timeline yet."
Quinn said the team's decision to draft speedy wide receiver/kick returner Devin Fuller out of UCLA in the seventh round was not directly related to Hester's status.
"Let's not start comparing to Dev (Hester)," Quinn said. "[Fuller] is a receiver first, though. I mean he's going to return for us. But that's not the reason."
It does make perfect sense, however, to have backup plan in the return game, even if there's a chance kickoff returns could be deemphasized with the new rules changes.
Hester wasn't bothered by the addition of Fuller.
"To be honest, the only way I feel like I can get beat out in the return game is if I don't come back 100 percent," Hester said. "If he does [beat me out], he's going to be the best returner in this league."
Hester holds the NFL record with 20 return touchdowns, a record he set in September of 2014 against Tampa Bay and then-coach Lovie Smith, Hester's former coach with the Chicago Bears.
Hester said he wants to play at least two more season before considering retirement.


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Lightning fire Guy Boucher with team plummeting in standings
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The Tampa Bay Lightning fired coach Guy Boucher on Sunday, with the team in next to last place in the Eastern Conference and on its way to missing the playoffs for a second straight year.
Assistants Martin Raymond and Dan Lacroix ran the team Sunday night in Winnipeg in the Lightning's 3-2 loss to the Jets.
"Guy has poured his heart and soul into the Lightning organization for these past three years and we appreciate all the work he has done," general manager Steve Yzerman said in a statement. "But ultimately I am not satisfied with the direction we are heading and I believe making a change today is in the best interest of our franchise."
Boucher's dismissal came one day after the Lightning fell behind by four goals in the first period of a 5-3 loss at Ottawa.
MUIR: Yzerman deserves the blame
The Lightning are 13-18-1 and will likely miss the postseason again after reaching the conference finals during Boucher's first year. He was hired as the Lightning's seventh coach in June 2010.
Tampa Bay entered this season with playoff aspirations after adding goalie Anders Lindback and defensemen Sami Salo and Matt Carle. Lindback and captain Vincent Lecavalier have been among the players sidelined by injuries.
Boucher's hiring was Yzerman's first major move as GM. Boucher had only one year of professional coaching experience, none on hockey's highest level. But Yzerman was not deterred from making him the league's youngest coach, saying the 38-year-old had adapted to the players, personalities and level of play he encountered at every stage of his career.
Boucher was a junior league coach for three years before taking over the American Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs, Montreal's top minor league affiliate. He led Hamilton to the second-best record in the AHL then turned down a chance to coach the Columbus Blue Jackets.


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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 20 November 2012—OCLC, the nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization based in Dublin, has been named among the "Best Places to Work" in Central Ohio.
OCLC was ranked fifth in the category for organizations with 500 or more employees. The rankings were determined by questionnaires completed confidentially by employees and data collected by Quantum, an Omaha, Nebraska-based research organization. Awards were presented during a luncheon, hosted by Columbus Business First, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 7.
"OCLC staff share a deep commitment to our public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing costs for libraries," said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. "As an organization, we will continue our commitment to attracting and retaining highly talented and motivated people, and making OCLC a great place to work. We are honored to receive this award."
OCLC headquarters in Dublin employs 750; a total of 1,200 employees work in OCLC offices around the world.
In addition to "Best Places to Work," OCLC has been recognized by several other organizations this year as an outstanding workplace:
- OCLC was among Computerworld's "Best Places to Work in IT" for the seventh consecutive year
- OCLC was named among the Best Employers in Ohio for the fourth consecutive year by the Best Companies Group in conjunction with the Ohio Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) State Council
- OCLC was awarded the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility.
The Best Places to Work program, launched in 2005, is a voluntary nomination-based program. Each nominated company had the option to participate in the survey process free of charge. Quantum Workplace hosted an anonymous online survey with questions about workplace satisfaction.
All companies that met the completed survey requirements had their individual scores tallied by Quantum Workplace and were sent an overview of their company's scores.
Each organization is ranked against the other companies in their size category. The top companies in each size category are honored as Business First's Best Places to Work.
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 74,000 libraries in over 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.


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The producers of Lost are determined to keep us from seeing any footage from the show until it debuts Feb. 2. But at least we're getting some suitably weird teasers... like this muppet Pierre Chang, and some hilarious foreign videos.
Why is Pierre Chang, the Dharma Initiative mad scientist, a muppet? Is Lost finally going to go the route of Angel's final season and transform some of its characters into felt puppets for an episode? Probably not. Instead, it's a "production still" from an episode of Lost Untangled, a new series of mini-documentaries about the making of the show that will debut after each episode of season six airs. (Similar to the BBC's Doctor Who Confidential series.) Jo over at Jopinionated debuted this image exclusively — click over to see a bigger version.
Meanwhile, the U.S. promo videos for season six continue to be dreadful - but in the wake of the amazing Spanish promo, Israel has stepped up to the plate with this mind-bending video, via Doc Arzt:
And the Brits, not to be left out, have posted a couple of pretty hilarious videos in which producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse give some fake spoilers (via LylyFord):


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Companies Mentioned: American Healthtech, Yardi Systems, RealPage, PointClickCare, MatrixCare, AL Advantage, Assisted Living Soft, Caremerge, Carevium, CareVoyant, Dude Solutions, ECP, Eldermark, iCareManager, Medtelligent, and VITALS SOFTWARE.
About Assisted Living Software, Assisted living facilities use software solutions to manage the comfort, security, and satisfaction of their residents. Assisted living software helps assisted living facilities to improve communication with residents and their families. The software also improves the quality of the services provided by the facility. It helps facilities with functions such as appointment scheduling, resource allocation, and documentation of services provided.
Analysts forecast the Global Assisted Living Software Market to Grow at a CAGR Of 9.20% During The Period 2017-2021.
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The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global assisted living software market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers new installations, sales, volume, and value.
The market is divided into the following segments based on geography:
- Americas
Global Assisted Living Software Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
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Key vendors
- American Healthtech
- Yardi Systems
- RealPage
- PointClickCare
- MatrixCare
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Other prominent vendors
- AL Advantage
- Assisted Living Soft
- Caremerge
- Carevium
- CareVoyant
- Dude Solutions
- Eldermark
- iCareManager
- Medtelligent
Market driver
- Need for workflow automation
Market challenge
- Threat from open-source assisted living software
Market trend
- Increased adoption of analytics in assisted living software
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PART 06: Market landscape
PART 07: Pipeline landscape
PART 08: Market segmentation by drug class
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PART 10: Decision framework
PART 11: Drivers and challenges
PART 12: Market trends
PART 13: Vendor landscape
PART 14: Key vendor analysis
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Exhibit 05: Five forces analysis
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As part of its unique value proposition and service offering, Al Dahra has built over the recent years strong logistics capabilities with a highly specialized warehousing, transportation and distribution infrastructure and network that supports the delivery of its products' seamlessly to customers wherever they are located at the most competitive prices. Supply chain management is viewed as an integral part of the company's operating model and there are constant investments being made in upgrading the movement of goods and commodities to ultimately benefit the end-customer. In addition, Al Dahra has built very strong relations with key international shipping lines and ports at various points of origin and destination.
In the United Arab Emirates, Al Dahra has acquired shares in Agility Abu Dhabi, a leading logistics player in the market. In addition, it has acquired shares in Tristar, another affiliate of Agility in the United Arab Emirates, specialized in liquids logistics and transportation, offering a wide range of services to the petroleum and chemical industries.
Agility Logistics is a global provider of end-to-end supply chain solutions, with more than 500 offices located in over 100 countries and over $4 billion in annual revenue.
Agility provides supply chain solutions to customers in various industries and markets globally with a focus on freight forwarding (Air Freight, Sea Freight, and Road Freight), warehousing and distribution and a wide range of specialty services, mainly in project logistics, fairs and events, and chemicals supply chain solutions.
Agility (Abu Dhabi) PJSC, a subsidiary of Agility Logistics, is recognized as one of Abu Dhabi's logistics and transportation market leaders with established operations consisting of 13,000 square meters of leased warehousing space and a fleet of 250 transport vehicles and transportation assets. Agility currently has a 375,000 square-meter logistics park in Mussafah that includes vehicle staging area and 120,000 square meter open-yard storage for containerized and heavy lift and break-bulk cargo. In addition, Agility operates a state-of-the-art environmentally-controlled warehousing facility in Mussafah.
Established in 1998 and headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, Tristar is a fully integrated liquid logistics solutions provider, offering comprehensive services that cater to the needs of the petroleum and chemical industries in the region and globally.
Tristar's core expertise lies in handling hydrocarbons, lubricants, chemicals and liquid gases.
The company has operations and dedicated facilities across many continents and offers a wide range of services including road transport, warehousing, fuel farms management, turnkey fuel operations, aviation fuel services, ship owning and chartering for clean petroleum products. Given the nature of the business, the implementation of best practices is at the core of the company's overall business strategy with stringent safety practices, certifications and compliance to the highest health, safety and environmental standards being an absolute must.
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Ive used a method recomended to me of soundproofing but before I go any further I want to know do I/did I need planning?.
I live in a mid terraced house thats only divided by single brick,through which lots of noise carries,down at my local builders merchants I was advised to use Gyp frame,Isowool and sound board (blue plaster board). I have completed one side of the house,plastered,painted and skirts on and the difference is amazing virtualy no noise at all but,the after thought has occurred of should I have applied for planning as the gyp frame has to be secured to the walls by drilling and rawl plugging at various points spanning the whole wall and I guess its a lot of weight on a single brick divide. I've had no complaints from the neighbours throughout the process and intend on doing my other wall as soon as next door go on holiday as long as I'm allowed to do so within my rights?


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UN inspectors could point to perpetrator of attack
Diplomats said Thursday the report by U.N. chemical weapons inspectors expected next week could point to the perpetrators of an alleged chemical weapons attack even though they are only charged with determining whether deadly agents were used in Syria - not who was responsible.
Two diplomats said the inspectors collected many samples from the deadly suspected poison gas attack on Aug. 21, including soil, blood and urine, and interviewed doctors and witnesses.
They may also have collected remnants of the rockets or other weapons used in the attack which the Obama administration says killed 1,400 people, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because discussions on the issue have been private.
Under the mandate for the U.N. team led by Swedish chemical weapons expert Ake Sellstrom, the inspectors are to determine whether or not chemical agents were used and if so which agent.
There is near certain belief in U.N. diplomatic circles that the deaths were caused by a chemical weapon, and the nerve agent sarin is the main suspect.
The diplomats believe Sellstrom's team can figure out what happened from what one called "the wealth of evidence" they collected.
A determination of the delivery system used in the attack, and the composition of the chemical agent, could point to the perpetrator, they said.
The U.S. and its allies are certain the Syrian government is behind the attack though President Bashar Assad's government and its closest ally, Russia, have blamed the rebels.
U.N. associate spokesman Farhan Haq has said the inspectors would establish a "fact-based narrative" of the Aug. 21 incident.
The foreign ministers of France and Luxembourg have said that the report of the inspectors is expected on Monday.
But Haq could not confirm that onThursday, adding "the secretary-general has not received the report so far."
Haq said the U.N. has made some efforts to speed up the analysis, noting that instead of two laboratories, the samples are being tested at four laboratories in Europe. The testing could have taken three to four weeks, but the secretary-general has been pressing for a speedier report.
One diplomat said Russia was putting heavy pressure on Sellstrom to restrict his findings, but whether he does so remains to be seen. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon could possibly go beyond the inspectors' findings and characterize who did it, the diplomat said.
If Sellstrom's report points to a perpetrator, there is certain to be demands for proof from the other side.
If the likely culprit is the Assad regime, diplomats say the Syrian government and Russia will almost certainly counter that the rebels have stolen or are manufacturing the equipment or material that the inspectors cite. Likewise, if the findings point to the rebels, their Western and Mideast supporters will almost certainly blame the government for fabricating the evidence.
Ban is expected to first report Sellstrom's findings to the U.N. Security Council, where the five veto-wielding permanent members have been discussing elements of a U.N. resolution that would demand that Syria's chemical weapons be put under international control and be dismantled, and condemn the Aug. 21 attack.
France's U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud told reporters Thursday that the U.S., Britain and France have agreed on the basic elements of a draft resolution and discussed them with Russia and China at a meeting Wednesday but did not put a text on the table.


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Israeli air forces launched an attack on a Hamas military post in the northern Gaza strip early this morning. Two rockets were fired at an al-Qassam Brigades military site, causing damages, Ma'an news agency reported.
The attack was a response to alleged gunfire from the Gaza Strip, directed towards the Israeli southern community of Netiv HaAsara. According to Israeli sources, several houses in Netiv HaAsara were hit, although no injuries were reported.
In a statement released early this morning, the Israeli army said, "in response to the shooting, an IAF aircraft targeted a Hamas military post in the northern Gaza Strip, from where the shots were fired."
Whilst the Israeli government holds Hamas responsible for all activity within Gaza, various other extremist groups have been responsible for intermittent rocket fire from the enclave directed towards Israel over the last few months.
Many recent attacks have been claimed by a small political group called Sheikh Omar Hadid-Bayt al-Maqdis, with the alleged goal of undermining Hamas' authority in Gaza.
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Highlighter City @ userscripts.org or @ greasyfork.org (HiLiCi) is a fork of TimBones WME Color Highlights setting up on his version 1.7.2. As most important addition it checks for some countries (Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Norway, Australia, France, Mexico, Italy, Puerto Rico, Netherlands and Brazil) the correctness of the content of the city field.
If you want this feature for your country, ask me.
If you want to know the list of valid city names for your country - click on the link.
Now HiLiCi is splited in a loader (which handes the city-lists und loads the script) and the highlighter, so there will only few updates at userscripts.
So I will have here a version log:
Really news:
New in version: 126.96.36.199* / 220.127.116.11
HiLiCi should write fewer messages to web-console.
New in version: 188.8.131.52* / 184.108.40.206
HiLiCi should work again.
New in version: 22.214.171.124* / 188.8.131.52
Corrections for new WME.
New in version: 188.8.131.52* / 22.214.171.124
Bug fix for landmarks without address.
New in version: 18.104.22.168* / 22.214.171.124
The loader looks for <country>.txt files if it don't find <country>_<state>.txt.
There is a new speed section view.
Bug fixes and corrections for changes in the WME.
New in version: 188.8.131.52* / 22.214.171.124
Only some corrections and bug fixes.
New in version: 188.8.131.52* / 188.8.131.52
There is a new speed limit view (speed limits are display as colors red=1kmh to green=130km/h). If the limit is different the line is dashed. Black lines have no limit set (0km/h).
Prefered segment have a broader and unprefered segments a thinner line.
Road types without editable limit are not colored.
Some bug fixes because HiLiCi didn't work at ß-WME.
New in version: 188.8.131.52* / 22.214.171.124
Some bug fixes at highlighting of places
New in version: 18.104.22.168* / 18.104.22.168
Outdated restrictions are now shown in dark violet
The area size of a selected landmark is now shown
The script should now be able to work at countries with states
All console.log messages should now begin with "HiLiCi: "
* the new loader is only available at greasyfork.org
New in version: 22.214.171.124 / 18.104.22.168
Level Highlighter (brown <0 / green >0 - different intensities by level)
Lock level changed (dashed red - lock by user / straight red - auto lock)
Better compatibilty to original highlighter
Removed old landmark highlighting (places are still available)
New in version: 126.96.36.199 / 18.104.22.168
Adapted highlighting of landmarks (places) for the WME.
New in version: 22.214.171.124 / 126.96.36.199
Highlighting of segments with alternate names
Highlighting of short segments (short is selectable from 0 to 99)
Removed Speed-view
Removed display of segment speeds (I think waze will not more offer segment speed information for public)
New in version: 184.108.40.206 / 22.214.171.124
If you select an user for highlighting the edits you get a link to his/her user page in the forum.
There are also some little inner changes.
New in version: 18.104.22.168 / 126.96.36.199
Correction for the name check at german majors (Thank to BellHouse)
Correction for lock display at ß-WME
New in version: 18.104.22.168 / 220.127.116.11
Correction for segments without city name.
New in version: 18.104.22.168 / 220.127.116.11
Changed priorities in highlighting (wrong city, unterminated road and wrong street have higher priority)
Changes to work with the new ß-WME
New in version: 188.8.131.52 / 126.96.36.199
Since version 126.96.36.199 the script consists of two pieces of code. A loader which handles the city-lists and loads the highlighter and the highlighter itself. Now the loader is changed so that it loads the newest script whithout the necessity of manual update. This is the reason for version 2.0. New to the highlighter is that landmarks are shown red, when it fits to the seleced country and "Filter by country" is selected.
Old news from userscripts.org
New in version: 18.104.22.168
Colored Restrictions (purple dashed)
green and blue landmarks are darker, if they have no city
New in version: 22.214.171.124
A new view with shows the droven speed on a segment.
Colors are slow-red to middle-blue and yellow/green for fast. Black is for no speed-info.
New in version: 18.104.22.168
Nodes with only one connected segment are show with a blue circle. If this is on a road, you can assume there is no connection between the roads. This feature is switched together with "Unterminated roads".
New in version: 184.108.40.206
Some changes in the inner structure, so it will work again with FireFox with a version >= 25.
New in version: 126.96.36.199
Check for correct road name typing. For Austria, Germany and Switzerland road names are checked for some misstypes. This feature is enabled with "Check Name", which replaces "No Street"


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There are teams working together to create cool engaging posts for brands, big or small. There's the new wave of marketing which comes in the form of bloggers & social media influencers. Social media gives people a platform & voice, especially those with a large following.
You'll see your favorite beauty blogger showing off some items in her "Favorites" video, never really knowing whether she was paid to promote it or if she genuinely likes something. The U.S. does have a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ".com Disclosures" guideline but the whole world isn't regulated.
Remember: social media is not always 100% truthful. Take it with a grain of salt & don't be so hard on yourself when you see someone with a vast wardrobe & six pack abs & a clean, green "What I Eat in a Day" post. Understand that social media is a confusing mixture of marketing, thoughtfully curated content, & real life.
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Karen Angelo
What does engineering have to do with public health? A lot, according to Assoc. Prof. Maria Brunette of Work Environment, an expert in human factors engineering.
"We are the ones who design manufacturing lines and workstations where people sit or stand, doing repetitive motions every day," says Brunette. "When I worked as an industrial engineer more than 15 years ago, it was a surprising concept that engineers could improve worker health as well as quality and productivity. I wanted to take a pro-worker approach to designing systems that minimize health impacts."
Her desire to combine her expertise with protecting worker health stems from her early years witnessing people working long hours in tough conditions on manufacturing lines in a company in Perú, her home country. During her recent sabbatical as a visiting faculty member in the College of Engineering at the University of Lima, Perú, she returned to the same company and found solutions for workers. She used a 'participatory' research approach that engaged workers, supervisors and managers.
"As a faculty member at UMass Lowell for 10 years, I took a step back and asked myself if I could help people working under harsh working conditions. "I wanted to use this time to advance my scholarship abroad by teaching, learning and conducting real-world research to guide my future research and to bring home a fresh perspective to my students."
While in Perú, she taught work design and occupational safety courses to industrial engineering undergraduates, trained engineering faculty on applied research methods and conducted research at Yobel SCM, a large worldwide manufacturer of consumer goods where Brunette worked in 1994. The company has grown significantly, now employing more than 3,500 blue-collar workers.
The research team from Yobel SCM, UMass Lowell and the University of Lima collected feedback from employees on how work affects their physical and mental health –– ranging from how equipment is used to the quality of relationships with supervisors and managers. Brunette took on the role of research facilitator, a strategy that engaged company engineering and quality managers as partners in conducting the survey and focus groups.
"This partnership model between industry and academia worked because management took ownership of the results by being involved in every step," she says. "They recognized the business problems that needed to be solved such as high turnover, they helped design the questionnaires and focus groups and they took the results seriously, resulting in improvements in the workplace."
The initial feedback shows that many employees have physical pain from sitting in metal chairs in small cramped spaces for long hours. From a social perspective, many workers reported that management does not give them basic respect. As one worker said, "we know we're nothing but they should still say 'good morning.'"
Brunette is continuing to work with the company and university on interventions even though she is back at UMass Lowell. The company has assembled a team that includes supervisors, engineers and workers to improve worker satisfaction and health. Engineering undergraduate students from the University of Lima will also be joining the research team.
Brunette has integrated her experience and ongoing research into her UMass Lowell ergonomics classes, bringing real-world learning to her students.
She says: "From this experience, I've developed case studies and a new syllabus. I show videos that I took of the manufacturing plant and present data from the focus groups. Next spring, I'll also be incorporating this research into a new Global Health class."
Partnership Formed With the University of Lima
Provost Ahmed Abdelal signed an agreement of collaboration with Cesar Vialardi, vice-chancellor of the University of Lima in June 2012. The goal is to exchange research and teaching activities between faculty and students and to develop a summer exchange experience for both.


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Opinion: 140 empty chairs
I remember sitting with my back to the window. This was mostly because the Wi-Fi in the Leipzig, Germany, apartment I was renting wasn't great and I needed to use the Ethernet cable, which forced me to sit that way. But whenever I took a break, I would go to look out the window. The blinds were broken, but I would peek through to check on the 140 empty chairs on a raised platform six floors below. The chairs represent the 14,000 Jews who once prayed in this spot. On Nov. 9, 1938, their synagogue was destroyed and in the following years the community was rounded up and decimated by the Nazis.
Like many Jews of my generation, my relationship to the Holocaust is one of remembering, one of learning about the past as a precaution. Though I'm too far removed to have experienced anything firsthand, or even secondhand, as many children of survivors have, I've been told about the Holocaust so many times -- through school plays, camp activities, heritage trips to Poland, some of my favorite YA novels -- that I've internalized it; it's come to feel like a shared memory even though I was spared the trauma. The title story in Nathan Englander's latest collection, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank," captures the culture of this transferred memory, describing a curiously popular game in which Jews try to figure out which of their neighbors would hide them should the Nazis threaten us again. In one sense, the game plays on Jewish paranoia, but it also taps into this idea of transferred memory. Never having had to hide ourselves, we imagine what it would be like if we did.
I've been thinking about that game, and about those chairs, a lot lately. Monday began the eight-day period designated by the U.S. Congress as Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, which coincides each year with the Israeli day of Holocaust remembrance: Yom HaShoah. These events prompt Jews and gentiles alike to remember the Holocaust -- and to consider the best way for memorializing it, a question made that much more pressing as the last of those who survived it disappear.
Earlier this year, I spent a few months living in Germany, where reminders of the Holocaust are around every corner. Every time someone asked me why I was making the trip, I gave a different answer. My Jewish day-school education had taught me to fear Germany, but I fell in love with what the country has become during a visit in my college years. To reconcile the two ideas of the place, I boarded a plane. I kept my job and worked New York hours (4-12 p.m. German time) and spent the days learning the cities I visited -- I spent my first six weeks in Berlin -- and exploring converted post offices, bunkers and factories all turned into various art spaces. I ate in more than one vegan restaurant that doubled as a secondhand clothing store. I went to bookstores to hear experimental jazz and abandoned buildings to see opera scenes from Faust performed before a packed screening of "Mephisto" followed by, of course, a rave.
Each Saturday morning I would go to synagogue services, not always the same one: There was the Synagoge Oranienburger Strasse, a rebuilt dome that is an iconic part of the Berlin skyline; Synagoge Rykestrasse, which was not totally damaged during Kristallnacht and was the only active synagogue during the GDR (East Germany); and the Lauder community in Berlin. I loved participating in the small but lively Berlin Jewish community. It felt like an assertion of power and pride -- the ability to be a Jew doing Jewish things in a country where that had been impossible only a few decades earlier.
But I wasn't really going out of my way to do Jewish things in Berlin -- I always pray on Saturday morning. Nor was I going out of my way to do Holocaust things -- they were impossible to avoid, even if I wanted to. The streets are lined with the Stolperstein -- the ever-present Gunter Demnig-designed cobblestone-sized memorials on the ground in front of the homes of every Jew who was deported. The only thing I did steer clear of was the Jewish Museum. On my previous visit to Berlin, I had made the trip to the museum, already a bit skeptical. I have a conflicted relationship with Jewish museums that display the "history" of the Jews; they remind me of the Museum for the Extinct Race that Hitler had proposed (this feeling was solidified on a visit to Prague, which made me feel like my traditions and customs were for a vestige of an extinct race). I didn't go back.
I did begin to frequent the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, though -- it was unavoidable, purposely so, right near the Brandenburg Gate. Many people have been highly critical of the design -- 2,711 gray concrete stelae -- for its lack of specificity (which murdered Jews are being remembered?) and clarity (are these headstones? Sarcophagi?). But I think the ambiguity, which really isn't ambiguous at all, is what makes the memorial so successful. I understand that assuming everyone knows something is the path to everyone forgetting it, but I don't think the main purpose of a Holocaust memorial is to educate the viewer.
I was drawn to the memorial more for what it left unsaid.
I appreciated its abstractness, and how quickly you comprehend its meaning without explanation. I appreciated its immensity and its precision and organization, which brings to mind not just the Holocaust's victims but its brutally efficient perpetrators.
For a while the memorial was my favorite Holocaust memorial, if one can use such a word in this context, but that was before I traveled to Leipzig. The apartment I was renting was built on the footprint of the city's main synagogue, which was burnt to the ground during Kristallnacht. The 140 empty chairs -- 14 neat rows of 10 -- serve as a memorial for the 14,000 Leipzig Jews who lost their lives at the hands of the "Facists," as the plaque along the far wall explains in Hebrew and German and English (and, I was surprised to find out, Braille).
I didn't know about the memorial, or the location of the synagogue, when I found the apartment on AirB&B. I lugged my suitcase from the train station and arrived at my building, looking up from the map on my phone, to a raised platform with 140 chairs. If I saw such an installation in New York, I'd think it was public art -- but here, I knew what it was before I saw the plaque.
The Leipzig memorial reminded me of a different, perhaps more subtle, memorial in a small park in Berlin, with an overturned chair and a large table, capturing the moment when the Gestapo grabbed Jews from their homes. (It's also similar to the Oklahoma City memorial.) The memorial itself is striking in its conspicuousness, but what moved me most was its unexpectedness. It was integrated into the urban landscape, across the street from cafés and even a club and adjacent to my apartment building. Its location directly correlated to its message, but a reborn city had risen around it.
Nothing can replace education about what happened to this congregation, and nothing should. These congressionally appointed days, and Israel's holiday, are important prompts to remember, and study, the Holocaust. But memorials, like the one in Leipzig, can have more emotional resonance than a textbook. They capture your attention, force you to think. And the best ones -- to me, at least -- force you to relate to them without instruction, because instructing isn't their job. The 140 chairs outside my apartment were beautiful, which makes them all the more powerful. They're something I will never forget.
Krule is a Slate copy editor and edits Slate's religion column "Faith-Based."


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You have to give it to Helen Mirren: Despite a reputation of playing serious and regal roles ((Inspector Jane Tennison from "Prime Suspect," Queen Elizabeth II from "The Queen"), she can definitely ham it up when it comes to comedy.
The Oscar-winning actress displayed that side of her last night in her guest hosting stint on "Saturday Night Live." In fact, that was the point of her monologue where she tried to distance herself from her portrayal of the Queen, first by showing some sexy pap photos of herself. During a singing number where she was accompanied by the male cast members dressed as sailors, Mirren cheekily referenced her appearance in the 1979 decadent Bob Guccione film "Caligula."
On two skits, Mirren parodied her fellow British thespians. Wearing dark glasses and a stringy black wig, she portrayed Helena Bonham Carter, who gets tax advice from Mort Mort Feingold (Andy Samberg), the accountant for the stars. On Hugh Jackman's "Best of Both Worlds" talk show, Mirren played Julie Andrews, who shows her dark side when she viciously speared an assistant who messed up her tea.
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Aside from the Queen on film, Mirren also portrayed historical figures on "SNL." In oen sketch, she was "Frankenstein" author Mary Shelley, whose landlord is named Frank Stein—his greenish skin color, wide forehead and mannerisms are very reminiscent to the creature in the book, albeit with a distinctive New York accent.
And in a promo for the wildly-historically inaccurate TV miniseries "The Roosevelts," Mirren was a scheming Eleanor Roosevelt, who orders husband Franklin (Bill Hader) to sit on his wheelchair and act sick; she also engages in a deep romantic kiss with Norma Jean (a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe).
Another character she mimicked was Tanya, an aging dancer at a gentleman's club. "Bob Dylan punched her out at a party! She wrote the movie 'Cocoon!'" said the club's retiring and boisterous MC (Jason Sudeikis).
Mirren portrayed herself in the "SNL "Digital Short in which cast member Nasim Pedrad experiences an out-of-body heavenly momen: she places both her hands on Mirren's breasts in the dressing room. It was followed by a montage of clips from the moon landing to O.J. Simpson putting on the gloves in his murder trial.
Other noteworthy sketches included Fred Armisen portraying President Obama in the Oval Office; he spoke about the unhappiness felt by everyone following the recent budget agreement. "Mitt Romney is unhappy both with the size of the deficit in general, and his inability to connect with people on an emotional level," he said. "And Senator John McCain is unhappy---but then, he's always unhappy."
On Weekend Update, Seth Meyers' guests were Democratic strategist James Carville (Hader) who offered his perspective on recent political events; and the flight attendant (Kristen Wiig) who was on the Southwest Airlines plane that had a hole mid-flight.
Musical guests Foo Fighters rocked out with intensity; singer Dave Grohl also made a cameo in the Digital Short and in the gentleman's club sketch.
Sources: Saturday Night Live broadcast April. 9, 2011, Hulu.com, IMDb,


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Non-Stick Cookware Linked to Puberty Delay
Prenatal exposure to a chemical used in the manufacture of nonstick cookware and stain-resistant materials may be linked to a delay in the first menstrual period, according to research in Denmark.
The study is among the first to look at the long-term health effects of prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances on human female reproduction, the researchers said. These compounds collect in human tissue and in the environment.
"Since [the compounds] can be detected in humans all over the world, effects of prenatal exposure on female reproductive function later in life may have wide health implications," the authors wrote.
Between 1988 and 1989, the researchers tested blood collected from pregnant Danish women and then asked their 343 daughters to complete questionnaires at age 20. Maternal levels of the chemicals were used as a proxy for prenatal exposure because the chemicals cross the placental barrier from mother to fetus.
Daughters exposed in the womb to the highest levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) reported a 5.3 months later age of first menstrual period than daughters whose mothers had been exposed to lower levels. The average age of first menstrual period for all study daughters was 13.2 years.
It's unclear what health effects, if any, a delay in menstruation of a couple months might have on the daughters.
PFOA is used in the manufacture of many products, including Teflon nonstick pans and stain-resistant food containers. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says most people's exposures may be coming from breakdown products of related chemicals, not from trace amounts found in some consumer products. DuPont and other large U.S. manufacturers voluntarily agreed in 2006 to eliminate PFOA emissions into the air and water by 2015.
An independent scientific panel approved by DuPont as part of a class action lawsuit earlier linked PFOA to kidney and testicular cancer in humans.
No link was found to another perfluorinated compound, perfluoroalkyl sulphonic acid or PFOS, previously used in Scotchgard until 3M voluntarily stopped using it in 2002.
Previous research has suggested that lifetime exposure to perfluorinated compounds may be associated with reduced fertility, delayed puberty and earlier onset of menopause.
The link between these compounds and timing of puberty was investigated in one previous study that found no statistically significant association. However, that study only included girls who began menstruating before age 11.5.
By Kang-Chun Cheng
Modoc County lies in the far northeast corner of California, and most of its 10,000 residents rely on cattle herding, logging, or government jobs for employment. Rodeos and 4-H programs fill most families' calendars; massive belt buckles, blue jeans, and cowboy hats are common attire. Modoc's niche brand of American individualism stems from a free-spirited cowboy culture that imbues the local ranching conflict with wild horses.
The History of Horse Management
Before the 1950s, feral horses were largely unregulated in the U.S. They were released, grazed, captured, killed, sold, and otherwise managed by local inhabitants as they saw fit. Around that time, Velma Bronn Johnston, aka "Wild Horse Annie," started raising public awareness of the "perceived inhumane capture and treatment of free-ranging herds."

Thanks in part to Johnston's efforts, the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act was signed into law by President Nixon in 1971. It declared that the animals "shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death; and to accomplish this, they are to be considered in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of the public lands."

This act has been amended four times since its conception to accommodate the fluctuating opinions and conditions around maintaining a "thriving natural ecological balance on the public lands"—an admirable although highly subjective goal. Achieving it involves juggling competing interests: those of local residents, permanent grazers, hunters and fishers, advocacy groups, conservationists, and Indigenous tribes.

The Bureau of Land Management must manage these many conflicting interests. Modoc County's Devil's Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory epitomizes the challenges of this task. Officially deemed wild horse territory, the garden consists of 258,000 acres and is wholly within permitted livestock allotments. It is also home to wildlife such as cougar, antelope, migratory birds, and aquatic species dependent on delicate high-desert riparian areas.

The presence of wild horses has been shown to decrease native wildlife species diversity for both birds and mammals. Pronghorn antelope are an icon in Western grasslands, known for their annual 350-mile migration along historic routes estimated to be 5,800 years old. This awe-inspiring trek is one of the longest large-mammal migration corridors remaining in North America, but 75% of pronghorn migration routes have already been lost because of disturbances from the accelerated leasing of public lands and energy development. Horses also affect the pronghorn's yearly migrations by monopolizing watering holes, thus preventing native species from drinking.

Indigenous Support for Ecological Balance
Ken Sandusky, a public information officer who has worked for the Forest Service in Modoc County for 13 years, lives by his station's mission statement: "Caring for the Land and Serving People." In his work, Sandusky aims to include the broad range of stakeholders and often acts as a tribal liaison. Sandusky himself is a member of the Choctaw tribe of Oklahoma, but as a Modoc native, is more culturally in touch with the local Klamath tribe.

When it comes to rangeland health, he says, there's a tangible split in what that actually means. "It depends on what you are measuring the outcome against," Sandusky explains. Range managers may perceive progress from a year-to-year basis, but to many Indigenous tribes, the baseline for "progress" goes back generations, to pre-contact times. "They have long memories," he says. "Tribes see damage that is a hundred-plus years in the making."

A Willingness to Try New Things
"Americans don't know what's happening on these lands," says Suzanne Roy, the executive director of the American Wild Horse Campaign, an advocacy organization. The Bureau of Land Management, she says, "is run by and for the livestock industry. They come from a ranching background. The term 'rangeland' management itself illustrates how livestock management is the dominant perspective."

Roy is particularly concerned about how resources are being allocated: "Policies of land management agencies don't reflect the desires and interests of the public." To illustrate, most Americans associate public lands with national parks and environmental conservation; only 29% of respondents to a recent poll considered livestock grazing an acceptable use of those lands.

Grazing on public lands certainly aligns with the financial interests of cattle ranchers and helps explain why they insist on increased wild horse management. Cattle can graze on public lands for $1.35 per animal per month, while grazing on comparable private land costs ranchers $23 per animal per month (American taxpayer dollars make up the difference). To be fair, though, small-scale ranching would not be viable without public lands.

The campaign hopes to work toward more equitable resource allocation and improvements to overall habitats for horses and wildlife generally. "There are workable solutions to this issue," Roy says. "Common pushback from rangers is that new conservation strategies will 'destroy our way of life,' but change doesn't have to be bad."

The social conservatism intrinsic to human cultures makes change seem daunting and people reluctant to try new tactics even in the face of suboptimal systems. Roy uses a case in adjacent Marin County to illustrate: Until 2001, the county ran a USDA program focused on killing apex predators (e.g. coyotes, mountain lions, and cougars) in defense of livestock. Unfortunately, this strategy fails to take into account the science of predators. Killing one mountain lion, for example, creates a vacuum and will eventually lead to increased competition for this newly available territory. In 2001, Marin introduced a country-run program that promoted nonlethal methods such as fox lights, guard dogs, and fladry to deal with predator incidents while compensating ranchers for sheep and lambs lost to predation.

Ranchers were initially livid, concerned that bans on shooting and trapping hindered their rights, making them defenseless against livestock predation. But 15 years later, a majority agreed that this form of humane adaptive management has successfully reduced both livestock losses and the total number of predators. Ensuring its continued success, the program requires active participation on behalf of all stakeholders and long-term commitment from the local government for support.

As one fifth-generation sheepherder, Gowan Batiste, explained in an interview to the Ukiah Daily Journal, "Livestock is a food of desperation for predators; the more you harass them and make life difficult for them, the more likely they are going to come into conflict with humans."

Keeping Wild Horses in Check
When it comes to wild horses, many solutions are already in the works. Through annual autumn wild horse roundups, known as gathers, the Double Devil Wild Horse Corrals has become one of the U.S.'s most successful adoption sites. The California Cattlemen's Association, a nonprofit trade association and organization popular among ranchers in Modoc, urges its members to support the wild horse gathers in Devils Garden, saying they are humane, good for the horses themselves (since competition for scarce water and forage resources may instigate aggression and herd violence), and necessary to support local ranchers and Modoc's agriculture-reliant economy.

Another popular solution for controlling wild horse populations is a fertility-control vaccine called PZP, given to female horses on the range using dart guns. Mares are tracked on foot or with game cameras while drones are used to locate more elusive herds. The PZP vaccine has been endorsed by the American Wild Horse Campaign as the "most promising strategy" for managing wild horses in their habitats and is also recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. Importantly, a dose of the vaccine only costs $30.

Lastly, land acquisition and grazing lease buyouts can promote equitable sharing of public lands and available forage. Acquiring key pieces of land adjacent to or within federally designated wild horse habitat areas can reduce conflicts over resource allocation.

A Global Search for Solutions
Pastoralists all over the world face similar land-use conflicts, despite huge variations in climate and culture. The ongoing situation across rural California resonates with that of Fulani cattle herders in Niger and Sami reindeer herders in the Arctic.

Herders everywhere are accused of having too many animals or are perceived as selfish and irresponsible by their own communities. Overgrazing is certainly an issue, but it's not simply the number of animals that matters: The amount of time animals spend in a certain area is critical to rangeland health. And in the context of such allegations, the ecological value of grazing is frequently omitted. Grazers, both wild and domestic, are key to regulating soil health and allowing for species diversity and coverage, as well as efficient carbon sequestration.

Part of the problem in these heated grazing debates is that moderate viewpoints are drowned out by extremist agendas—those who prioritize wild horse populations at all costs and those who want all of the horses gone, period. "The majority of people don't really have strong views about the horses," Sandusky says. "But the ones who do can get really into it." These unwavering views make it difficult to find compromises that account for all stakeholders.

"There is no biological problem, merely a social one," says professor Nicholas Tyler, a pastoralism expert at the University of Tromsø in northern Norway. Tyler maintains that in the case of horses and cattle in the West, as with so many others, the so-called equilibria argument is specious and quasi-biological. "Certainly a lot of horses will influence the species composition," he says. "Remove the horses, things change. Add horses, things change again. There is nothing magical about that."

But Tyler takes it one step further: "There never was, is, or will be a balance. There are shifting equilibria, which is something quite different," he says. "It is up to the community to decide which state of that equilibrium it prefers."

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By Anne-Sophie Brändlin
COVID-19 and climate change have been two of the most pressing issues in 2020.
1. My Octopus Teacher (2020)
No person has ever gotten as close and intimate with a wild octopus as South African filmmaker Craig Foster, who decided to head out to an underwater kelp forest in the Atlantic Ocean every day for an entire year to capture the life of the mesmerizing creature. An unusual, touching friendship develops that will likely change the way you see your relationship to animals and the planet.

2. David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet (2020)
David Attenborough is the godfather of environmental docs. In his 94 years, the Briton has visited every corner of the world, documenting nature in all its variety and wonder. His latest film is a witness statement, in which he reflects upon the devastating changes he's seen in his lifetime. He also gives a vision of the future in which we work with nature, rather than against it.

3. The Human Element (2019)
This doc follows environmental photographer James Balog on his quest to portray Americans on the frontlines of climate change whose lives and livelihoods have been affected by the collision between people and nature. Balog captures how the four elements of earth, water, air and fire are being transformed by a fifth element — the human element — and what that means for our future.

4. Before the Flood (2016)
In this doc, actor Leonardo DiCaprio teams up with National Geographic to travel the globe and witness the effects of global warming that are already visible, such as rising sea levels and deforestation. Featuring prominent figures such as Barack Obama, Ban Ki-moon, Pope Francis and Elon Musk, the doc offers solutions for a sustainable future and shows how we can challenge climate change deniers.

5. Tomorrow (2015)
Need an optimistic view on how to tackle the climate crisis? Then this upbeat French doc seeking out creative alternatives to our current form of agriculture, energy supply and waste management is for you. It introduces everyday sustainability innovators from across the world, such as urban gardeners and renewable energy enthusiasts, to inspire the rest of us to make local changes

6. Racing Extinction (2015)
In this film by Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos, a team of activists expose the illegal trade of endangered species and document the global extinction crisis, which could result in the loss of half of all species. By using covert tactics and state-of-the-art technology, they take you to places where no one can go, uncover secrets and show you images you have never seen before.

7. Virunga (2014)
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the only places in the world where you can still find wild mountain gorillas. But the park and its inhabitants are under attack from poachers, armed militias and companies wanting to exploit natural resources. This gripping doc follows a group of people trying to preserve the park and protect these magnificent great apes.

8. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
This crowdfunded documentary explores the impact of animal agriculture on the environment and investigates why the world's leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it. The film has caused controversy by suggesting that animal agriculture is the primary source of environmental destruction and the main emitter of greenhouse gases, rather than fossil fuels.

9. Years of Living Dangerously (2014)
In this Emmy-winning documentary series, celebrity correspondents travel the world to interview experts and scientists on the climate crisis and its effects. But rather than focusing on its star power, the two-season series also shines a spotlight on ordinary people affected by the climate crisis and shows how we can save our world for future generations.

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This Norwegian Start-Up Wants To Build Houses Out of 100% Recycled Plastic
By Victoria Masterson
Using one of the world's problems to solve another is the philosophy behind a Norwegian start-up's mission to develop affordable housing from 100% recycled plastic.
Sustainable Homes
UN-Habitat says an estimated 60% of people living in urban areas of Africa are in informal settlements. At the same time, between 1990 and 2017, African countries imported around 230 metric tonnes of plastic, "which mostly ended up in dump sites creating a massive environmental challenge," the agency adds.

UN-Habitat deputy executive director, Victor Kisob, said the aim of the partnership with Othalo was to "promote adequate, sustainable and affordable housing for all."

Artist's impression of an Othalo community, imagined by architect Julien De Smedt. Othalo
Othalo's process involves shredding plastic waste and mixing it with other elements, including non-flammable materials. Components are used to build up to four floors, with a home of 60 square metres using eight tons of recycled plastic. A factory with one production line can produce 2,800 housing units annually.

Following successful laboratory tests, Othalo's factory in Estonia has started producing components to build three demonstration homes for Kenya's capital, Nairobi; Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon and Dakar, the capital of Senegal.

Othalo founder Frank Cato Lahti has been developing and testing the technology since 2016 in partnership with SINTEF, a 70-year-old independent research organization in Trondheim, Norway, and experts at Norway's University of Tromsø.

Othalo founder Frank Cato Lahti. Othalo
Almost seven out of every 10 people in the world are expected to live in urban areas by 2050. More than 90% of this growth will take place in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

"In the absence of effective urban planning, the consequences of this rapid urbanization will be dramatic," UN-Habitat warns.

Lack of proper housing and growth of slums, inadequate and outdated infrastructure, escalating poverty and unemployment, and pollution and health issues, are just some of the effects.

Mindsets, policies, and approaches towards urbanization need to change for the growth of cities and urban areas to be turned into opportunities that will leave nobody behind, UN-Habitat says.

Pioneers of Change
Reimagining cities and communities for greater resilience and sustainability was a key topic at the World Economic Forum's Pioneers of Change Summit 2020.

The digital event brought together innovators and stakeholders from around the world to explore solutions to the challenges facing enterprises, governments and society.

Opening the summit, Stephan Mergenthaler, the Forum's Head of Strategic Intelligence and a member of the Executive Committee, said: "We need to change the way we produce, the way we live and interact in our cities to make this transition to net-zero emissions a reality…

"And as this year has illustrated so dramatically, we need to make every effort that we keep populations healthy, if we want to avoid jeopardizing all this progress."

Reposted with permission from World Economic Forum.

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