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Grocery Girl: How a Grocery Store Merchandizes Products
Before a few weeks ago, I gave merchandizing about as much thought as bird watching (zero). Then I learned that merchandising is the art of staging a store to attract customers to specific products. And in grocery stores, where thousands and thousands of foodstuffs compete for attention, merchandizing is a big deal.
Getting Creative
There are basic tricks of the trade all grocery stores use to grab your attention. Goods at eye level get the most attention and love. Placing popular products there make customers feel like their favorites are easy to find. Displays—mountains of cheese wheels, or nuts being ground into nut butters—are like flashing lights: look at me!
Usually cereals live with cereals and chicken breasts near the chicken thighs. But grocery stores might group things that "go together" in life, with hopes that if you're taking home shrimp, you might pick up a jar of cocktail sauce to go along. Sort of like an Ikea room all set up for you, so you can envision that nifty lamp next to your new table. Or those fancy crackers and fig jam with your cheese.
A bigwig in my company says it best. "I had a great merchandizing idea. We should assemble a prunes and toilet paper display." Perfect.
Hanging Signs
Once you have the goods where you want 'em, it's time to get signs going. No sign, no sale, they say. It's true. So easy for something mind-blowing to recede into the hordes of stuff and become invisible. It's also easy to get overwhelmed in a long, wide aisle of jars and bottles of this, that, and the other. So overwhelmed that you forget browsing for that special somethin' somethin' and leave empty-handed.
Even just directing customers to "jams," "chutneys," and "hot sauces," can help them find what they're looking for. A good story about a product worth telling a story about can make a sale. If you care about your anchovies, how could pass up these stunningly packaged anchovies from the South of France, wildly flavorful and some of the world's finest?
Sometimes, I write signs. It's pretty much entire fun. My employers like quirky, but they also like smart. Here's the tale of our Alaskan King Crab legs, the rundown on our spicy lamb sausage, the 411 on Honeycrisp apples, or the biography of our maple syrup guy. It's free advertising. You'll see how special our products are.
Logistical Nightmare
But it's not that simple. We used to be a mom and pop shop, where a few dedicated, talented, smart guys (they were pretty much all guys) could run everything with their own hands and focused brains. back in the day, our head cheesemonger was famous for his handmade signs, his distinctive writing on posterboard, with markers. When he got something incredible, he did not pas go, he created a sign.
Now we have enough stores that the guys in charge can't be there every day, or even every week. We have to build systems and structures to make sure the merchandizing is beautiful and the signs are on mark and proudly hanging. We even created a font to match our cheese guy's sort of famous handwriting.
Sounds easy, or it sounded easy to me. But it's not. Now when most of the information lives in the recesses of someone's mind. Where's that sign for the lambrusco vinegar? Beats me. Nobody knows. It's a gorgeous sign, with poignant and funny copy. But it doesn't do us much good if nobody can find it.
Building a Method
The problem doesn't stop there. What happens when we redesign the spice aisle, and lose the signs we take down? The pink peppercorns! The saffron! The Tahitian vanilla beans! Who knows what to replace them with? Nobody. And who's responsibility is it? Nobody's. Well now, it's mine.
In the new year, I've got a lot on my plate. My goal is to wade through years and years of never organized signage and create an archive, a system, and a master plan for how to ensure this great stuff lives where it belongs—on our shelves, talking up our extraordinary foods.
We're planning more stores, more growth.
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(Pocket-lint) - Most kitchen or "second room" TVs feature a bog standard LCD screen and, if you're lucky, a Freeview tuner, but the competition is hotting up and Sony here brings to market a small TV that's not only one of the best specified, but also one of the best looking.
With many Brits already owning a flat TV in their living room, the demand for second TVs is soaring. Sony obviously recognises this because this 22-inch doesn't just add LED backlighting and BBC iPlayer, but has even strapped this super-slim set with built-in Wi-Fi, iPhone App control and a novel stand that uses two shiny steel pipes to subtlety support the set.
Classy stuff, as is the brushed metallic-looking plastic strip along the bottom of the TV. Most of that wouldn't look out of place on a flagship TV, which this 22-incher certainly isn't. It's at the lower end of Sony's "Essential" line-up of Bravia TVs in an EX320 Series that also includes the 24-inch KDL-24EX320, 26-inch KDL-26EX320 and 32-inch KDL-32EX320.
Small in stature it may be, but these are about as advanced as any "second room" TV ever produced. The use of Edge LED backlighting - the slimmest of all luminance tech - has enabled Sony to achieve a dept of just 42mm, though don't think that means less in the way of picture technology. Also onboard is Sony's X-Reality, a picture processing suite that we've seen work wonders on its higher-end TVs.
The only area where the KDL-22EX320 fails to surprise us is with its resolution, which at 1366 x 768 pixels puts it steadfastly in the HD-Ready camp. It's no bother - we don't believe Full HD has much worth for video at this size - but those who'd like to use it as a PC monitor will be disappointed.
At least there's a PC input on the KDL-22EX320's side panel, which is accompanied by a Common Interface slot and a USB port. The latter is for playing back digital files as well as recording to, and pausing live TV with, an external HDD. In our tests it supported AVI (DivX), MPEG (including high-def), WMV and AVCHD videos, but strangely not DivX HD files, though they can be streamed from a PC or Mac using the DLNA function.
On the rear are a couple of HDMI inputs, an RF aerial feed, a lone Scart, Ethernet LAN port (for those without Wi-Fi), a digital optical audio output, component video, stereo phonos, and a 3.5mm PC audio jack.
But it's with an invisible connection - the Wi-Fi module - that brings the most joy. An Opera web browser is very welcome, but it's actually the lowpoint; it's hampered by tiny fonts and a laborious operation. Much better is Bravia Internet Video, which includes the "currently offline" Qriocity, BBC iPlayer, Demand 5, Sky News, Lovefilm, Eurosport, YouTube, Blip.tv, Dailymotion and more (guff) besides. Skype video calling is mentioned in the advertising and on Sony's website, but we presume that it will arrive via an upcoming firmware update. Also present are Twitter and Facebook widgets that, when activated, push the live TV channel into a screen that occupies around two-thirds of the screen real estate (there's also a "widget gallery", but it's empty). Not surprisingly, Sony's Qriocity music and video streaming service gets its own section, too; if you're prepared to sign-up to this iTunes-aping, multi-gadget, cloud-based rental service it's quite something - but we're thinking VAIO users will be its primary target.
What we don't like about the KDL-22EX320 is its lack of Freeview HD. The 7-day electronics programme guide is excellent - peerless, even - and the refreshed, speedy user interface for the TV as a whole is a lot subtler than the brilliant, but rather dominating design of the XrossMediaBar system that's also used on the PS3. We also loved using Sony's MediaRemote iPhone app, a full explanation of which is here). But switch on any digital TV channel and there are the same puck marks, fizzing picture noise and pixellated moving objects and close-ups that we thought we'd moved on from with the advent of Freeview HD.
Attach a Blu-ray player and high-def broadcasts are missed even more; this Edge LED panel is unusually talented, with viewing angles in particular a huge step forward when compared to the 22-inch LCD TVs of old. Black levels are profound, though contrast isn't; during Ice Cold In Alex on Blu-ray we noticed a rather hollow look to dark areas of the image. There was also some motion blur evident in horizontal camera pans during our 2012 test disc, and colours can look a touch ripe, but none of these foibles take away from the fact that the overall picture quality of the Edge LED-backlit KDL-22EX320 is far greater than on your typical 22-incher. And sound from the invisible 8W speakers, while barely enough to enjoy a film, is nevertheless reasonably detailed and a slight cut above.
With built-in Wi-Fi, a slinky slim new look and iPhone app control, Sony's diminutive "second room" TV takes a clear first place. Its lack of Freeview HD is a shame considering the sharpness it manages with high-def fare, but otherwise the provision of BBC iPlayer, Lovefilm streaming, widgets and more lends this simple-to-use but advanced Edge LED-backlit TV incredible value.


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Twenty-Two New Variable Stars in the Northern Sky and Light Elements Improvement for PT Lyr, [WM2007] 1157, and [WM2007] 1160
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Multi-band Differential Photometry of the Eclipsing Variable Star NSVS 5750160
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Observations of an Eclipse of Bright Star b Persei by the Third Star in February 2013: Erratum
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Abstracts of Papers and Posters Presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Held in Woburn, Massachusetts, October 11-12, 2013
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OQ Carinae—A New Southern Z Cam-Type Dwarf Nova
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New Light Elements for the High Amplitude delta Scuti Star RS Gruis
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125-Day Spectral Record of the Bright Nova Delphini 2013 (V339 Del)
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The name of the watch is a tribute to the Venetian submarine called Nereide which was built in the Royal Arsenale in 1913 and commissioned to the engineer De Bernardis by the Royal Navy during the First World War.
After some research, they found out that Venetian watchmaking tradition had declined over the centuries. How could this amazing craftsmanship be lost? Their biggest challenge became it to bring back Venician watchmaking tradition to the 21st century.
Venetian watchmaking combined with naval design, created the Nereide.
Italian heart, Swiss accuracy
Every Meccaniche Veneziane product is assembled in Basel (Switzerland) and subject to the strictest quality controls, applied both to raw materials and their sources, as well as to the processes used by the Maison. This approach is an essential component of the Swiss Made quality label and the control system in place ensures compliance with the strictest criteria and standards.
The caliber MV285 is mechanical luxury movement with automatic winding, hacking seconds and a power reserve of 44 hours, beating all its "sister-movements", among which the famous ETA 2824 or Sellita SW200
"Swiss Made" is an indication for precision recognized world-wide that implies a technically perfect watch, assembled with the most demanding standards.
The two founders shared the same concept and decided to launch their watch start-up called Meccaniche Veneziane which literally means "Mechanical devices from Venice". The brand logo draws inspiration from the cross on the top of Saint Mark Watchtower, which is considered the symbol of timekeeping in Venice.


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Lee S.H., Jaganath I.B., Wang S.M., and Sekaran, S.D.
Notes: These authors investigated the ability of Phyllanthus plant extracts to affect the metastatic activity of human lung (A549) and breast (MCF-7) cancer cell lines. They initially used CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay and the GloMax®-Multi Detection System absorbance module to determine cytotoxicity of various Phyllanthus extracts. After determining the effective dose, the authors investigated the ability of these plant compounds to inhibit/reduce metastatic activity. They then evaluated the mechanism of cell death in treated cells using the Caspase-Glo® 3/7 Assay and the Glomax® Multi Detection System luminescence module to measure caspase activity, and the CytoTox-ONE™ Homogeneous Membrane Integrity Assay to measure LDH activity. (4196)
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Brooks, A.D., Jacobsen, K.M., Li, W., Shanker, A. and Sayers, T.J.
Notes: Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) tends to cause apoptosis in tumor cells over normal cells, and so the TRAIL ligand and signaling pathway is an attractive pathway for developing cancer therapeutics. Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor that is used for therapy in many cancers. Studies indicate that it can sensitize tumor cells to the apoptotic effects of TRAIL. In this study, the authors investigated the ability of bortezomib on renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Growth inhibition of RCC in response to treatment with bortezomib followed by TRAIL treatment in the presence or absence of caspase inhibitors was assessed using the CellTiter® 96 AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. They assessed caspase activity in bortezomib/TRAI- treated RCC using the Caspase-Glo® 8 Assay. The effect of bortezomib on the proteasome of the RCCs was investigated using the Proteasome-Glo™ Chymotrypsin-Like Cell-Based Assay. Their studies suggest that bortezomib can sensitize some RCC to TRAIL signaling. (4169)
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Gupta, P.B., Onder, T.T., Jiang, G., Tao, K., Kuperwasser, C., Weinberg, R.A. and Lander, E.S.
Notes: The authors of this study describe a proof-of-concept screen to use mammary epithelial cells that have been induced to undergo an epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) as model cells to identify agents that may be selectively toxic against "epithelial cancer stem cells" (CSCs). They induced the transformed breast cancer cell line HMLER to undergo a mesenchymal transition using shRNA directed against the E-cadherin gene. They characterized the responsiveness of these transitioned cells to common cytotoxic agents using the CellTiter® 96 AQueous Cytotoxicity Assay and compared the response to that of HMLER cells containing a control shRNA. They showed that the HMLER cells induced to undergo EMT behaved more like CSCs. The researchers then performed a proof-of-concept high-throughput screen to identify compounds that targeted the HMLER cells induced to undergo EMT, using the CellTiter-Glo® Assay to assess cell viability. (4006)
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Jin, Z., Lahat, G., Korchin, B., Nguyen, T., Zhu, Q.S., Wang, X., Lazar, A.J., Trent, J., Pollock, R.E. and Lev D.
Notes: Increased expression of midkine (MK), a growth factor normally involved in neural development, is associated with several human malignancies. The authors used quantitative RT-PCR to examine mRNA levels for MK and MK receptors in various soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) cell lines. Reverse transcription was performed using 1µg of total RNA, and 2µl of cDNA was used in qPCR using the PCR Master Mix, primers specific to MK and either glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate or β-actin primers for normalization, and EvaGreen® dye. To examine the protumorigenic effects of MK, the authors incubated HT1080 and SW684 STS cell lines, which express low levels of MK, with human recombinant MK and measured cell proliferation using the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. In addition, the authors examined cell proliferation in MK-stably transfected HT1080 cells. The plasmid used for stable transfections was created by reverse transcribing the MK-coding region using the ImProm-II™ Reverse Transcription System, then cloning the resulting cDNA into an expression vector. (3895)
Garat, C.V., Fankell, D., Erickson, P.F., Reusch, J.E.-B., Bauer, N.N., McMurty, I.F., and Klemm, D.J.
Notes: cAMP/PKA signaling appears to be involved in restraining cell proliferation in healthy pulmonary arteries. Expression of CREB, a transcription factor that is a primary target of PKA activity, is decreased in proliferating smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of pulmonary arteries. This study investigated the regulatory mechanisms and signaling pathways that determine the levels of CREB in SMCs. Pulmonary arteries were harvested from adult rat lungs, and SMCs were obtained and cultured. SMCs at passages 1-8 were used for studies. Proliferation of the SMCs was measured using the CellTiter® 96 AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. Total and PDGF-stimulated PKA and PKC activities were measured using in the PepTag® Non-Radioactive cAMP-Dependent and PKC Protein Kinase Assays. SMCs transfected with a plasmid containing a CREB-responsive promoter linked to the firefly luciferase gene were treated with PDGF or inhibitors. As a control, cells were cotransfected with a Renilla luciferase reporter plasmid. A Dual-Luciferase® Assay was performed to determine CREB transcriptional activity. (3485)
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Shamovsky, I., Ivannikov, M., Kandel, E.S., Gershom, D., and Nudler, E.
Notes: Heat-shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) induces the expression of heat-shock proteins upon activation by heat or other stress events. This report shows that activation of HSF1 is mediated by a ribonucleoprotein complex containing the translation elongation factor eEF1A and a noncoding RNA termed heat-shock RNA1 (HSR1). An antisense oligonucleotide and siRNA constructs directed against HSR1 were used to suppress expression in BHK cells. The viability of these cells was then evaluated after heat-shock using the CellTiter® 96 AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Viability Assay. (3399)
Moyano, J.V., Evans, J.R., Chen, F., Lu, M., Werner, M.E., Yehiely, F., Diaz, L.K., Turbin, D., Karaca, G., Wiley, E., Nielsen, T.O., Perou, C.M. and Cryns, V.L.
Notes: While exploring existing breast cancer cDNA microarrays the authors noted that alpha-basic-crystallin (αB-crystallin) was frequently expressed in basal-type breast carcinomas and wondered if αB-crystallin might contribute to the aggressive nature of these types of breast cancer. To identify how αB-crystallin disrupts mammary acinar architecture, the analyzed MCF-10A cell pools, grown in 1% horse serum (no added EGF) for activation of signaling pathways key to cell transformation. They used the CellTiter 96® AQueous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay to examine cell viability at various days, compared to day 0. The authors observed that MCF-10A-αB-WT cells expressed higher levels of total and phosphorylated ERK1/2, Akt and p38 than did non-αB-containing parental cell types. (3614)
Mani, S., Huang, H., Sundarababu, S., Liu, W., Kalpana, G., Smith, A. B. and Horwitz, S. B.
Notes: HepG2 cells were plated in 96-well microdilution plates in triplicate. Twelve hours after plating, the cells were treated with serial dilutions of various microtubule-stabilizing drugs. Following a 48 hour incubation, the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay was used to determine cell survival. The cells were incubated for 4 hours with the CellTiter 96® and absorbance was read using an ELISA plate reader. Survival curves were generated based on comparing the absorbance ratios of the drug-treated cells to control cells. (3303)
Wu, R., Abramson, A. L., Shikowitz, M. J., Dannenberg, A. J. and Steinberg, B. M.
Notes: Immunohistochemistry, Western blotting, and real-time PCR were used to determine levels of COX-2 in papilloma and normal laryngeal tissue. Explant cultures of human normal laryngeal and papilloma cells were used to define the signaling pathways that regulate COX-2 expression and investigate the potential of targeting COX-2 as a strategy to suppress papilloma growth. To measure the effects of prostagladin E2 (PGE2) on cell number, papilloma cells were cultured in keratinocyte growth media containing 250 or 500 nmol/L PGE2 or an equal volume of DMSO for 24 hours. The relative measure of viable cells was determined by the CellTiter 96™ Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. (3306)
Zhang, L., Duan, C.J., Binkley, C., Li, G., Uhler, M.D., Logsdon, C.D. and Simeone, D.M.
Notes: These authors investigated the possible interaction between the TGFß and PKA signaling pathways. Mv1Lu (fetal mink lung) cells or pancreatic acini from male Swiss Webster mice were treated with TGFß1, washed and protein extracted. After determining concentration, equal amounts of protein were used in the SignaTECT® cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase (PKA) Assay System. The CREB Consensus Oligonucleotide was used in gel shift and supershift assays with nuclear extract prepared from Mv1Lu cells treated with increasing concentrations of TGFß1 to demonstrate the effect of the growth factor on DNA binding. Cell proliferation was measured using the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. (3114)
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Eralp, Y., Wang, X., Wang, J.P., Maughan, M.F., Polo, J.M. and Lachman, L.B.
Notes: A2L2 cells (1.5 × 103 cells per well) were plated into 96-well flat-bottom plates. After 24 hours incubation at 37°C, drugs, vehicles and controls (medium and cells) were dispensed in duplicate into the appropriate wells. The drugs tested were Doxorubicin, at concentrations ranging from 0.0625 to 125µg/ml, and paclitaxel, at concentrations ranging from 0.1875 to 375µg/ml. The CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay was used to assess cell viability at 24 and 48 hours post-treatment. (3146)
Yokochi, T., Robertson, K.D.
Notes: To study the effect of the DNA intercalating chemotherapy agent doxorubicin, the viability of HCT116 cells plated 105 cell/mL were tested over a titration of doxorubicin treatment for 48 hours. Using the CellTiter 96® Aqueous Cell Non-Radioactive Cell Viability Assay, the researchers found that increasing concentrations of the drug caused increasing cytotoxicity. However, testing for caspase activation with the Caspase-Glo™ 3/7 assay revealed that apoptosis was only induced in a narrow window of these concentrations. This helped elucidate the mechanism of apoptosis induction in doxorubicin treated cells. (3214)
Yi, J., Yang, J., He, R., Gao, F., Sang, H., Tang, X., and Ye, R.D.
Notes: Cells were seeded in 96-well plates at 1 x 104 cells/ml and exposed to arsenic trioxide, emodin, or the two-drug combination for 2–3 days with daily change of drug-containing medium. After treatment, cell viability was assayed using the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. (3151)
Wu, C.Y., Jan, J.T., Ma, S.H., Kuo, C.J., Juan, H.F., Cheng, Y.S., Hsu, H.H., Huang, H.C., Wu, D., Brik, A., Liang, F.S., Liu, R.S., Fang, J.M., Chen, S.T., Liang, P.H., Wong, C.H.
Notes: Potential compounds to inhibit the SARS-virus-mediated cytopathic effect were dissolved in DMSO to 10 mM. To test for possible cytotoxic effects of the small molecules on the host cells, the Vero E6 cells were incubated with the compounds at varied concentrations for two days and assayed with the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. The culture medium was replaced with 100 µL MTS phenazine methosulfate in DMEM and incubated at 37°C for 2 hours. (3150)
Motton, D.D., Buehring, G.C.
Notes: Cells stably transfected with BLV were seeded at a concentration of 500 cells per well into a 96-well plate. After attachment, cells were assayed for growth every 3 days for 2 weeks using the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. (3162)
Bhaskar, V., Law, D.A., Ibsen, E., Breinberg, D., Cass, K.M., DuBridge, R.B., Evangelista, F., Henshall, S.M., Hevezi, P., Miller, J.C., Pong, M., Powers, R., Senter, P., Stockett, D., Sutherland, R.L., von Freeden-Jeffry, U., Willhite, D., Murray, R., Afar, D.E., Ramakrishnan, V.
Notes: Plated at a density of 2500 cells/well in 96-well plates and allowed to recover overnight, the cells were then challenged for 1 hour with E-selectin monoclonal antibody or antibody drug conjugate, washed and allowed to proliferate in fresh growth media for four days. Cell viability was assessed using the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. (3152)
Zhang, S., Ren, J., Khan, M.F., Cheng, A.M., Abendschein, D., Muslin, A.J..
Notes: Cultured MASMCs were serum starved and stimulated with platelet-derived growth factor, and after four days, the cells were assayed by the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. (3159)
Lee, J.M., Shih, A.Y., Murphy, T.H., and Johnson, J.A.
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Anti-βIII Tubulin mAb
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Tamasloukht, M., Séjalon-Delmas, N., Kluever, A., Jauneau, A., Roux, C., Bécard, G. and Franken, P.
Notes: The CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay was used to measure metabolic activity of germinating Glomus intraradices fungal spores over time. For this assay, 400 spores were germinated in cuvettes for three hours at 25°C before addition of the CellTiter96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Reagent. Absorbance readings were taken on the cuvette every 15 minutes for 8 hours. (2685)
Rees, D.A., Lewis, M.D., Lewis, B.M., Smith, P.J., Scanlon, M.F., and Ham, J.
Notes: Promega's CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay was used to examine the effects of adenosine and adenosine receptor agonists on a pituitary folliculostellate cell line and two pituitary endocrine cell lines. The authors also used RQ1 RNase-free DNase during the course of their experiments. (2495)
RQ1 RNase-Free DNase
Wright, M.V., Kuhn, T.B.
Notes: Neurons were seeded in polylysine-coated 24-well plates at a density of 4 x 105 cells/well. After 48 hours, the cells were treated with varying concentrations of capsaicin (0-150 µM) in DMEM with or without 10% FBS for 18 hours before testing the viability with the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. (3149)
Krebs, F.C., Miller, S.R., Catalone, B.J., Fichorova, R., Anderson, D., Malamud, D., Howett, M.K., and Wigdahl, B.
Notes: In this paper, cytotoxicity results obtained using an MTT-based assay were confirmed using the CellTiter-96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay and the CellTiter-Glo™ Luminescent Cell Viability Assay on primary human vaginal keratinocyte cultures and immortalized VK2/E6E7 cells. (2605)
Giridharan, P., Somasundaram, S.T., Perumal, K., Vishwakarma, R.A., Karthikeyan, N.P., Velmurugan, R., and Balakrishnan, A.
Notes: In this paper, the CellTiter 96® Aqueous Assay was used to assess cell proliferation. (2525)
CellTiter 96® AQueous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay
Tonello, F., Seweso, M., Marin, O., Mock, M., and Montecucco, C.
Notes: This brief communication discusses substrates of anthrax lethal factor that can be used for high-throughput screening of potential inhibitors. The CellTiter® Aqueous Cell Proliferation Assay was used to assess the effect of selected inhibitors on cytotoxicity of lethal factor in RAW264.7 cells. (2555)
Wu, K., Kim, H.T., Rodriquez, J.L., Hilsenbeck, S.G., Mohsin, S.K., Xu, X.C., Lamph, W.W., Kuhn, J.G., Green, J.E., Brown, P.H.
Notes: Relative cell growth of T47D cells treated with either 0.1% DMSO (control), 9cRA, TTNPB, or LGD1069 (retinoid compounds at 10-6 M) for 8 days. was measured using the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. (3148)


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A contribution of the G-77 & China in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, in collaboration with UNESCO, the photo exhibit "The G-77 & China at UNESCO celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention" was launched at UNESCO today as the first event marking the anniversary year. It will be on display from 7 to 10 November 2011 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
The world's heritage needs to be preserved and handed over to future generations. This exhibit emphasizes that UNESCO and its Member States play a crucial role in this task. Forty years after the adoption of the 1972 Convention, the current challenges of States Parties remind us of the necessity to protect and preserve humanity's cultural and natural heritage. Through these photos, we discover the diversity of the different sub-regions of the G-77 and China that constitutes a priceless heritage for humanity. This exhibit highlights the natural and cultural wealth of the different sites inscribed on the World Heritage List.


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Lake makes Major League debut for Cubs
DENVER -- Junior Lake wore a child-like smile in the clubhouse before Friday night's game, his excitement like that of a kid prepping for his first Little League game.
Lake, an outfielder/third baseman rated the Cubs' No. 9 prospect by MLB.com, made his big league debut Friday in the series opener against the Rockies at Coors Field, tallying a double in his first at-bat from the sixth spot in the lineup. Lake manned center field, a spot he said he was comfortable in despite starting most games with Triple-A Iowa at third base.
Lake's big league stay is seen as a temporary fix for injured outfielder David DeJesus, who has been out since June 14 with a right shoulder sprain.
"It's just a matter of what the situation or game is asking me to do at the time," Lake, 23, said through a translator before Friday's game. "It's not really focusing on if I'm going to be an outfielder here in the future or not; I know that's what I'm being called upon to do at the moment. I'm just going to take that role and do the best I can with it."
In his first year at the Triple-A level, Lake was hitting .295 with 46 hits -- 16 for extra bases -- four homers and 18 RBIs. He also showed plenty of speed, with 14 stolen bases in 40 games.
Lake was looking forward to playing alongside his friend and former teammate on the 2007 Dominican League team, Starlin Castro. The Cubs' everyday shortstop and Lake shared the infield on that team, with Lake at third base.
"It makes me happy, makes me comfortable," Lake said. "I've played with him before, and it doesn't really matter the position that I'm playing, as long as I get to play here at this level with him. It's something that I definitely cherish and will enjoy."
Cubs manager Dale Sveum said he expected Lake to be an everyday player until DeJesus returns, hoping he could help inject life into a scuffling offense.
"Obviously he was hurt at the beginning with the broken rib and everything," Sveum said. "But he came back and he was hot right away, and, like I said, watching him from all the reports that he's making a change; he's getting more patient at the plate.
"Obviously this comes with development; that's why you play [Class] A ball, Double-A, Triple-A, and then hopefully you're ready for the big leagues with those kinds of tools."


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Between 1999-2005 Gai Behar produced live music and underground artistic events, alongside techno raves. This underground line included a wandering sound system and raves in deserted buildings, basements and parking lots, in which live performances and installations by plastic artists took part. In addition, Gai maintained more established party-lines (Syntechtich, Dark Disco, Night Rox and more) in clubs such as Maxim, Shoken 17, TLV and Deep.
Behar initiated and produced the eclectic Salad line at the Fetish, highlighting VJ's and video art, presenting international DJ's as Mike Dread, Steve Bicknell, Daze Maxim, DMX Crew and more.
Behar is the curator and producer of the Man Without a Shirt events that took place twice at the Barzilay club in Tel Aviv, including the surrounding parking lots. The first event was co-curated by Uri Katzenstein, the second included works by Sharon Eyal, Talya Landa, Ori Lichtik and the premiere performance of Bnei Ha-Ma by Ohad Fishof and Yishai Adar.
Behar plays, together with Ori Lichtik in Anna Frank 14 – a techno-acoustic line-up based mainly on minimalistic rhythms and melodies, and is also part of Repetè alongside Ori Lichtik and musician/sound artist Alex Yunovich.
As of 2005 Gai has been collaborating with Sharon Eyal, co-creating Bertolina (2006), Makarova Kabisa (2008), Bill and Petrushka (2010), House (2011) and Lost Cause (2012) all created for Batsheva Dance Company. Since 2009 Gai has also co-created works with Sharon Eyal for dance companies around the world, including: Killer Pig (2009) and Corps de Walk (2011) for the Norwegian Carte Blanche; Too Beaucoup for the American Hubbard Street Dance Chicago; Plafona (2012) for Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg.


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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
I will post a variety of musical, political, and cultural tidbits here from time to time for your information and enjoyment. Altogether now....PUSH! Tom Morello
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- Vincent said...
Tom, thank you and the other guys so much for the show last night at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. It was truly an amazing experience. Every single person in the crowd knew all the lyrics, riffs and drum hits. The roof really lifted off that place!
It was an experience I will cherish for the rest of my life.
Much respect,
- January 22, 2008 at 8:45 PM
- Pinhead said...
Hi everybody... I´m from Chile... when you can come over here. A lot of people just want to see you guys!...
We´ll want to see in a big show here...
Come, don´t forget Southamerica.
Rage Against The Machine, a band for the people, make from people... You are wonderful!! Everybody... are waiting your answer... see you!
César Barrera Fuenzalida
- January 25, 2008 at 9:38 AM
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It looks like Google's one-day Glass sale has turned into an everyday sale. The company's controversial face computer is now for sale to anyone willing to fork over $1,500.
Google announced the move on the product's Google+ page, saying that while Glass is still in "beta," the company was ready to open the product up to a wider audience. That "wider audience" still only means people in the US—Google hasn't gotten the product approved by the regulatory bodies in other countries.
Buyer beware, though—Google Glass first started shipping in April 2013, which makes it over a year old. Google says the Glass Explorer Edition will be available for "as long as we have it on hand," which almost makes it sound like a clearance sale. Google also says in the post that it will continue to improve software and hardware, and at over a year old, it's hard to imagine a major hardware revision won't be coming down the pike soon. Since launch, there has been a very minor swap out program that enabled Glass to work with proprietary headphones, but that upgrade didn't improve the hardware a single bit.
Glass still uses an ancient SoC made by Texas Instruments, which isn't even a player in the market anymore—the device is basically a very tiny Galaxy Nexus.
Google closes by again mentioning a coming consumer release, which the original timetable pegged for some time this year. Those plans are, of course, subject to change, but if the timeline holds true, these units will be obsolete pretty quickly.


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Los Angeles, CA - August 8, 2017 - TriCoast Entertainment is excited to announce the VOD release of Adam Orton's newest sci-fi thriller, "AMELIA 2.0" today on August 8, 2017. From executive producers MORE Productions and WeatherVane Productions, AMELIA 2.0 is the first film to tap into the genre of "transhumanism".
Transhumanism (n) – The belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its currently physical and mental limitations, especially by means of science and technology.
AMELIA 2.0 combines romance, sci-fi and futuristic suspense to illustrate societies' need and constant desire for advancements within the technological world.
As Carter Summerland weeps next to his decaying wife in a hospital bed, he is approached by Wesley Enterprises, an experimental program specializing in elongating human life.
The grief in his heart collides with his devastated mind, when he allows Wesley Enterprises to take the risk of high advancements in technology, by allowing them to download his wife's consciousness into an android.
When Amelia awakes, she finds herself within an android that looks just like her human self … but she doesn't feel human at all. She battles the internal question of "what really makes someone human?" while the city breaks out in a public debate over using this high-tech technology, and the extreme opposition and danger to such experiments.
AMELIA 2.0 turns science fiction into a controversial discussion by exploring the genre of transhumanism, or the theory that human life can be extended through advancements in technology and science. Many scientists and other professionals argue about the "rights" and "wrongs" of extending human life.
That's the thing about science fiction – it doesn't leave viewers with the thought of aliens taking over Mars or portals to different worlds, but instead, makes us question things that are unordinary, yet seemingly possible. 20 years ago, did anyone predict the self-parking cars? In 20 years, will humans be able to extend their lives through technology?
AMELIA 2.0's all-star cast includes Ed Begley Jr. ("Ghostbusters", "Pineapple Express"), Chris Ellis ("The Dark Knight Rises", "Apollo 13"), Debra Wilson ("Avatar"), Eddie Jemison ("Oceans Eleven", "War Dogs") and Kate Vernon ("Malcolm X", "The Last Song", "Pretty in Pink").
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AMELIA 2.0 (2017, 89 min.) Directed by Adam Orton. Editor: Izaak Levinson-Share. Cinematographer: Camrin Petramale. Original Music: Michael A Levine. US, English. MORE Productions, WeatherVane Productions. TriCoast Entertainment.
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After years in the making, I am very proud to announce that we have teamed up with Trancas International Films to produce some exclusive items for both John Carpenter's Halloween and Halloween 4 : The Return of Michael Myers. Click the image below (or right here) to find out what is coming your way on Tuesday, September 10. Please note that all items featured will be available on a pre-order basis, and will begin shipping in late October. Not to get all mushy, but this project is especially near and dear to me. Halloween is the reason I am into horror today, and when I began this lil' company it was the one film I had longed to sink my teeth into. Perhaps it's fitting that, this being exactly 10 years after I started Fright-Rags, we've been fortunate enough to take a stab (pun intended) at it. It has truly been a dream come true and I hope this isn't the last time we work with this iconic franchise. While every project is special, this one is very much a personal one—straight from the heart—and I want to thank everyone involved in making it happen: Justin Beahm, Malek Akkad, Ryan Freiman, Gary Pullin, Kyle Crawford, Justin Osbourn, Christopher Lovell, and everyone who has believed in us over the past 10 years. - Ben
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I will not mention the F1 in todays post
After getting up and eating a very basic breakfast of fresh cheese bread and butter, Myfwt and I grabbed the tube and headed off to Angel in t'north London. Despite us drinking a rather large quantity of booze the previous evening and having had succumbed to the ridiculous game of Rugby in which England were given a fucking pasting, we were both remarkably well.
That Saturday we ate a carpet picnic, a rather lazy of way of eating that involves deli food laid out on the, well, carpet, and picked at. We had a selection of breads and cheeses, roll mop herring, smoked salmon, anchovy stuffed olives, marinade garlic, rocket and watercress, fresh sausage rolls and pub snacks. This was eaten with wine and the odd G&T and I should imagine the lengthy meal took much of the hangover in hand and dumped it in the North Sea on Sunday morning. Specifically during Scrapheap Challenge on More 4.
It was a glorious Sunday afternoon when we arrived at a rather splendid gastropub called The Duke of Cambridge. One of our friends had called on us to help celebrate her birthday with Sunday lunch and a few drinks on the side. Myfwt and I were early, despite being late, but were shortly joined by twenty or so other guests, most of which I knew quite well. Myfwt, my bro and I were sat at the end of the table where we were joined by a chap whose face was familiar but I couldn't place. When we were introduced to each other we exchanged surreptitious glances, it then dawned on both of us that the last time we'd met he and I had got so utterly fucked we'd virtually forgotten our encounter though something told me it had been fun, mischievous even.
On his arrival I knew the day was gone, my intention of leaving the pub at 4 to return home in time for the Grand Prix was sliding out of reach. Pete is a Glaswegian film producer in his 50's, he sports an Eraserhead shock of hair and is quiet clearly the last person you'd like to get on the wrong side of, however, he's a funny, charismatic fellow with a magnetic personality and a like of the drink that puts me to shame. After 5 minutes of arriving he was drinking cider, champagne and Medoc in rotation.
Three hours after eating (I had roast beef, tough but delicious) most of the guests had left leaving a hardcore of 7 of us to carry on into the evening. I figured I could make it back in time to see the F1 highlights, so long as I didn't know the result I'd be content. Myfwt was unwisely gulping back organic cider; I varied between wine and this rather excellent (organic) ale called SB and Peter was drinking anything he got in his hand. The birthday girl too was pissed but like the rest of us in congenial spirits, though she required a cab back home as she wasn't safe for public transport, her head rested precariously out of the window as we waved her off. The rest of us chatted away until 11-ish when the pub closed. Myfwt had to hold Peter up on the walk back the tube station; by this time the latter was blowing bubbles and the former was a giggling mess. We put Peter on his train and went and caught ours home.
A few stops before Tooting the train stopped at a station and a load of Underground staff appeared with 2-way radios. For 10 minutes they arsed about while a load of us sat on the carriage watching a group of 5 lads falling over each other on the opposite platform. Being the inebriated gitface I was I decided to enquire as to why we weren't going anywhere with an subtle '..some of us need .a fucking piss, lets get going…' much to Myfwts and few passengers amusement. This didn't go down will with some officious little skinhead employee who told me to sit down. I refused and I was informed that somebody was under the train. 'Fucking rubbish' I slurred back, pompously informing the tool that we'd have been kept in the tunnel if indeed someone was lying on the rails. I'm not entirely sure if my comment had any bearing on proceedings but the doors suddenly closed and we were off. Don't let it be said that drunken behaviour is always as negative as The Daily Mail would have you believe, I got a result by be a belligerent and uncompromising. And pissed.
The weekend had started off in a fairly boozy manner; I met an old friend in The Intrepid Fox on St. Giles High Street and we had a pair of beers before walking into Chinatown for dinner. We selected a place that didn't smell as if the carpets and walls were made from hot msg and ordered. It was an odd meal, despite the excellent company, some of the items were outrageously delicious or woefully poor, 'crab roll tempura' was a fucking deep fried crabstick, but all was made up for by the chilli and salt fried squid rings.
Laura and I chatted whilst I gulped my way through a half bottle of Saki, she and her partner are in the pornography business, the business side I hasten to add and it's rather amusing having an adult conversation that is being punctuated by the aspect of red hot filth, literally an 'adult' conversation I suppose.
After a final glass of wine I bid my dining companion a fond farewell and wandered off to Piccadilly Circus to visit Virgin. I wanted to make 2 cd purchases for a tenner, and I was up for being open-minded, but first I wanted to stare at all the pretty lights and enjoy being from the city in which I was stood, well, weaving, a bit. I left Virgin wordlessly with 'Close to the Edge' by 'Yes' and 'Blonde on Blonde' by Dylan, both repurchases of course, I'm trying to modernise my tape collection. When I got home I rocked out, I began with 'Yes' (which I'd not heard properly since I was 15) and after many hours ended with The Subhumans in a joyous state of punk apoplexy.
Due to the Sunday I had Monday off, Myfwt took a half-day. We stayed in bed all morning groaning with hangovers before Myfwt took me to Clapham Junction on her way to work. I had a simple mission, go and pick up a present for my brothers birthday next week.
It had been a while since I'd been on an overground train. I was pleasantly surprised by the condition and comfort of the carriages. It was a lovely day and instead of reading my book (Samurai William, its superb) I found myself watching out of the window enjoying the passing scenery. Unfortunately my bro reads Piqued so my destination and purchase will have to remain, for now, confidential.
So, all is good dear reader. Or is it. I was woken up this morning 3 times in the small hours by Cunt playing his guitar, on the third occasion I was forced to get up and bang on the floor. This evening I will have to have a word with him, a task I dread because as soon and I look at his gormless idiotic face and find myself translating the grunting stream of psychopseudo gutmud that spills forth from his pestilent lips, I'm already thinking of how I can dispose of his vile cadaver.
Tune in tomorrow to find out what happened.
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Earl Grey Custard Berries Tart
There was no difficulty handling the tart dough and I managed to maneuver it into the tart ring without tearing the dough. It baked up beautifully and evenly, I was quite happy with how it turned out. It's honestly hard to work with tart doughs (well, anything that has to do with butter generally) in this hot tropical climate. I had some leftover dough so I used it to line four smaller tart molds.
Nothing beats using fresh produce. Well, as fresh as it can be since technically those berries are imported into the country. Ha! Sometimes, I wish Singapore's climate would be cooler, if only to enable growing certain fruits such as berries and meyer lemons.
As I had bought a few punnets of raspberries, blueberries (and blackberries - not used in this tart), I decided that I should showcase them in their full resplendent glory in a fresh fruit tart. I even took the time to sort through the berries (to categorise berries of similar sizes) and arrange them one by one onto the tart.
Mini tartelettes
The custard was a lil too sweet for my liking. I can't pinpoint exactly whether there was a strong presence of the earl grey flavour even though I upped the amount quite significantly. Perhaps it is hard to gauge as custard itself has quite an egg-y flavour to it. Nonetheless, fresh fruit tarts are always appreciated and my family and I devoured it for the next coupla days. The tart shell was crispy, but I recommend eating the tart fast as when filled with the custard, the crust will tend to lose its crunch factor after a day or two of sitting in the fridge.
Close up on the custard
(makes one 7" tart and 4 2.5" tartelettes)
Sweet Tart Dough
60g unsalted butter, room temperature
70g salted butter, room temperature
100g sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1 large egg, room temperature
250g all purpose flour
Combine butter, sugar and salt in large bowl. Beat together till smooth, then add the egg and mix until smooth.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula before adding all the flour. Mix on low speed until just incorporated.
On a lightly floured work surface, shape dough into a disk. Wrap well in plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours or overnight.
Roll out pastry on a lightly floured work surface until about 3mm thick. Transfer to a tart pan, easing it into the bottom and sides, and then pressing gently into place. Trim the dough level with the top of the pan with a sharp knife. Dock the bottom of the tart shell with a fork. Place pastry shell in the freezer for about 15 minutes, or until it is firm.
Preheat the oven to 160°C. Place tart shell in the oven and bake for about 15 – 20 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Let cool completely.
Earl Grey Custard
2 cups (and another 1/4 cup more) whole milk
20g loose earl grey tea leaves
¼ teaspoon salt
115g sugar
30g cornflour
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
55g unsalted butter
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Heat milk and earl grey tea leaves till it just comes to a simmer (don't let it boil). Remove from heat and let cool to steep for half an hour. Strain the mixture, squeezing the tea leaves to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the tea leaves. Measure out 2 cups of the earl grey milk, add salt and reheat till simmer.
Whisk together cornstarch and sugar, add the eggs and mix well.
Gradually pour the hot earl grey milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly.
Transfer the custard back into the saucepan and continue cooking over low heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
Remove from heat and cool for 10 minutes before adding the butter by the tablespoon, whisking well till smooth. Strain the mixture to remove any cooked lumpy egg bits.
Cool the custard completely, before folding in the whipped cream.
1 tart shell, cooled
1 batch earl grey custard, cooled
2 cups of mixed berries
Spread the cooled custard onto the tart shell, top with berries.
Best served on the day it is made, or eaten within the next two to three days. Refrigerate leftovers (if any).


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"Revealed: The Himalayan Meltdown"Jun 15, 2011
Shrinking glaciers to disrupt billions in Asia, new documentary shows
New York - More than 50,000 glaciers are rapidly shrinking in the Himalayan mountain region threatening billions of lives and livelihoods throughout Asia, according to a new documentary that premiered in New York on Tuesday.
"I often lose sleep, scared for my community because a glacial flood would devastate the entire river valley," said Sonam Ishi Sherpa, a hotel owner in Nepal who has lived all his life at the foot of the Himalayas.
Revealed: Himalayan Meltdown, now airing on Discovery Channel Asia, examines how communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India and Nepal seek to adapt to their shrinking mountain habitat which contains 40 percent of the earth's fresh water and is a critical source for irrigation, drinking water and energy to some 1.3 billion people.
The documentary shows lakes like Imja, in eastern Nepal, which did not exist before 1960 but are now filled with glacial meltwater. Imja is one of thousands of recently formed high-altitude glacial lakes in the Himalayas that risk flooding triggered by avalanches and earthquakes.
In Nepal, climate change is not only melting the Himalayan, it is also leading to drought, as shown in the documentary. Many communities have seen seasonal monsoon rains disappear. One of the solutions helping villagers adapt is the use of low-cost moisture-trapping nets that convert fog into drinking water.
"Developing countries are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, but are less able to afford to adapt to it," said Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme, at the screening of the film at the Asia Society. "For them, the future is now - they must already today adapt to the changing climate and prepare for an uncertain tomorrow."
In the Kingdom of Bhutan, while harnessing Himalayan meltwater through hydroelectric dams, providing much needed energy to millions, the Government has also partnered with UN agencies—including UNDP—to avert the risk of glacial flooding from lake Thorthormi, in the country's north-central region.
The partnership--also including the Global Environment Facility, World Wildlife Fund and the Government of Austria--is hiring and training 350 workers to clear rubble from a channel that drains Thorthormi. Another 220 villagers are transporting 60 tons of material between areas lacking easy accessibility.
In addition, Bhutan is also installing early warning systems along rivers to ensure its people and infrastructures are prepared for glacial flood.
"Our project not only helps villagers buy food and education for their families; it also buys time," said Karma Toeb, Glaciologist at the Bhutan Department of Geology and Mines.
"We hope that this film will help stimulate a stronger international response to the challenges of climate change," Clark said. "Quality research, technology transfer, and increased climate finance can all help developing countries in Asia and elsewhere to adapt and adjust to the change which is happening now."
The 45-minute documentary was co-produced by the UNDP and Arrowhead Films.


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Management, Architecture, Programming, QA, Coach, GIS, EAI
Often for Visual Studio projects the typical content of a .gitignore file contains this line
It is used to avoid that Git tries to track compile outputs as repository relevant data.
But keep in mind: this will also suppress bin folders of additional stuff like frameworks and toolsets. For instance
If you store such artifacts also in the repository - according to the principle of a "self containing project" – you could lost the content in the bin folder!
Till yet I don't have a good idea.
So I verify for each new added toolset or framework whether it has or has not such a bin folder. If it has, then I must add this bin folder manually to the repository so that Git track it.
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Photos by Carley Serwat // For A Mission
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I hope that someone sees this page and decides not to give up...
A girl travelling around the world on a motorcycle.
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U.S. regulator on India visit calls for greater drug safety collaboration
By Sumeet Chatterjee and Zeba Siddiqui
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called for more collaboration among regulators to improve drug quality and safety as she wrapped up a visit to India after recent import bans on drugs from a handful of plants in the country.
In recent months the FDA has banned the import of drugs and drug ingredients from leading Indian manufacturers including Ranbaxy Laboratories (NSI:RANBAXY.NS - News) and Wockhardt (NSI:WOCKPHARMA), citing quality concerns.
The bans threaten the image and market share of India's $14 billion pharmaceuticals sector in the United States. India is second only to Canada as a drug exporter to the United States, where it supplies about 40 percent of generic and over-the-counter drugs.
"We think this is a critical moment in time, when we have to think and act in new ways, and that requires real commitment as national regulators to work as a coalition of global regulators," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told reporters.
"And that is why it is so important that the Indian regulator really joins us at the table, because they are so important in the global marketplace for medical products."
Hamburg met regulatory and health ministry officials as well as executives of drugmakers including Ranbaxy and Wockhardt.
Quality was the central theme of Hamburg's visit, which included a trip to the Taj Mahal.
"It was evident," Hamburg wrote in a blog post on Friday, "that those responsible for building the Taj and those that are preserving the centuries-old structure are committed to extraordinary quality."
She said that "vision of quality and care" remained with her as she met executives from Indian drug exporters.
During the visit, Hamburg and ministry officials signed a statement of intent to achieve, among other things, "convergence in regulations in keeping with international standards".
The agreement provides for U.S. and Indian regulators to inform each other before inspecting drugmakers' plants, so host-country inspectors can join as observers.
The Drug Controller General of India on Monday told Reuters that he sees scope for India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) working with the FDA and improving regulatory practice, adding that the Indian regulator will continue to follow its own quality standards.
"We don't recognise and are not bound by what the U.S. is doing and is inspecting," G.N. Singh said. "The FDA may regulate its country, but it can't regulate India on how India has to behave or how to deliver."
Industry officials in India say that weak domestic regulatory oversight and a lax approach to quality control by some drugmakers means that a large number of sub-standard drugs reach the market undetected.
Singh, however, said his agency inspects manufacturing facilities in India regularly and that it plans to raise the number of inspectors to 5,000 in three to five years, from about 1,500 now.
Most of the drugs that Ranbaxy, Wockhardt and their peers, including Dr Reddy's Laboratories (NSI:DRREDDY.NS - News) and Lupin (NSI:LUPIN.NS - News), export to the United States are cheaper copies of drugs with expired patent protection.
Demand for such drugs, known as generics, is rising in the United States, where the government is pushing to reduce healthcare costs. With increased demand has come greater regulatory scrutiny in India, which has the largest number of FDA-approved plants outside the United States.
The FDA inspected 111 Indian plants last year, compared with 72 in 2010, the regulator's data shows. The number of inspections in China rose to 78 from 48.
Last month the FDA banned imports from Ranbaxy's fourth and final Indian plant, meaning that the company can only sell drugs from its U.S. factory.
The FDA acted similarly in November against a second Wockhardt plant, which made generic versions of AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) hypertension drug Toprol, citing flaws in the manufacturing process.
As a result of the sanctions, the companies face delays in selling new generics in their biggest market as well as the cost of hiring external consultants to ensure compliance with the FDA's manufacturing standards.
(Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee and Zeba Siddiqui; Editing by Christopher Cushing and David Goodman)


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Late last year Jeremy Shepherd of Pearl Paradise held a drawing to send a lucky person to Bali, Indonesia to visit a pearl farm. The winner had to be a member of Pearl-Guide and to have completed the Pearls as One on-line course. Atlas Pearls and Perfumes sponsored the winner for five days in Bali. The airfare to Bali was paid for by Pearl Paradise and Pearls of Joy.
I was the lucky winner of the drawing. I am Pearl-Guide member Red. I decided to take along my husband Dan as my travelling companion. We recently completed our trip to Bali and the visit to the Atlas Pearl Farm in North Bali. Atlas escorted us to North Bali and put us up at the amazing Matahari Beach Resort & Spa in Pemuteran, Bali. Many thanks to Lexi Drygan of Atlas Pearls who worked with us on our trip arrangements. Her suggestions, as well as those of Maryse LaRocque, Atlas Marketing, were consistently on point.
We met up with Lulu Ermila, representing Atlas Pearls, at the Sudamala Sanur Hotel the morning after our arrival. Our bags are being loaded into the car for the drive to North Bali. I am beyond excited.
During our drive to North Bali, we stopped to see some lakes in the mountains of Bali.
Atlas also arranged for us to tour the vineyards of Hatten Wines, and for a wine-tasting.
We spent three nights at the incredible Matahari Beach Resort & Spa in Pemuteran, Bali.
Our visit to the Atlas Pearl Farm included a boat ride out to see the workers on the farm. This was very special, and for me, was the highlight of our trip.
My husband has an interest in cooking, so we followed a suggestion from Atlas and signed up for a cooking class at the Matahari. The class was taught by the hotels chief chef and was held in their open air beach kitchen. Not only did it help me to understand Balinese food during our trip, but since our return my husband has already cooked three Balinese dishes.
We scheduled a visit to the famous Matahari Spa for a relaxing massage. This stunning facility was just steps from our hotel bungalow.
We visited several of Balis many temples.
On the drive back to south Bali, we stopped to hike to a hidden waterfall. This double waterfall is unusual in that there are two separate rivers that join together at these falls.
This was truly a trip of a lifetime, thanks to Pearl Paradise, Pearls of Joy and Atlas Pearls and Perfumes. More pictures can be found on my Pearl-Guide thread, My Visit to Atlas Pearl Farm.
Ruth Johnson
Pearl Guide Member
And HERE is the video story of Ruth's trip.


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Where There's Smoke, There's Lots of Good Stuff at Stillhouse in Atlanta
Burger reviews in the Atlanta area.
Stillhouse Craft Burgers & Moonshine
56 East Andrews Drive, Suite 10, Atlanta GA 30305 (map); 678-244-3601; stillhouseatl.com
Cooking Method: Flat top
Short Order: Gourmet burgers done exceptionally well at this hidden moonshine gastropub
Want Fries with That? Hell, yes! Get yours topped with either gravy or gouda
Price: Classic, $8, Spicy Memphis BBQ Pork Burger, $10
Call it celebrating our colorful heritage or just embracing our inner redneck, but there isn't much that's hotter in the Southern food-and-bev world right now than moonshine. Once just a plot device from Dukes of Hazzard reruns, the stronger-than-jet-fuel DIY booze has suddenly turned legit and is popping up all over upscale menus around town.
Just a matter of time, then, before someone combined the cool culinary flavor of the month with the still-trendy-after-all-these-years gourmet burger biz. Enter Stillhouse Craft Burgers & Moonshine. While a quick glance may have you thinking that this is a flash-in-the-pan gimmick destined to shut down once the next big thing comes along, there's actually quite a lot to like about Stillhouse, for burger lovers and hooch heads alike. And this from a guy who doesn't even drink.
Burgers currently take up two full pages of the gastropub's leather-bound menu, with a half-dozen options for beefeaters. The kitchen uses an 81/19 blend from Bridges Angus Farm in Lexington, Georgia, scooping out three-ounce portions and pressing the beef into the flat top before seasoning with salt and pepper. Stillhouse subscribes to a flip-once-and-don't-smash-again technique that results in a nicely-seared crust on each patty. The burgers all come medium at Stillhouse, but no complaints even from a medium-rare guy. The patties aren't exceptionally juicy per se (the toppings are the star, as you'll see), but the beef has a pleasant texture, and that charred crust goes a long way.
All of the burgers here are doubles, so you're getting six ounces per sandwich—fairly typical of a lot of the gourmet places that tend toward a smaller handheld package that lets them fancy up the toppings a bit without making the burgers outrageously expensive. Personally, I like a slightly larger burger—this size generally leaves me wanting three or four more bites—but I enjoyed my Classic ($8) just fine. The bacon, romaine lettuce, Roma tomatoes, and housemade pickles were fresh tasting and carefully proportioned and made for a tasty start to the evening.
One of Stillhouse's signature moves is in the presentation. The top bun is turned upside-down and held in place with a skewer, showcasing cheese that's been melted on the toasted bun rather than over the beef. (The better to hold it in place, I'm told.) The buns themselves are superb: incredibly dense and chewy, but in the best possible way, and soft and moist through and through. Developed with Atlanta's Croissant Bakery, the recipe includes corn flour and a hint of sweet potato. They're unlike anything I've had in town. This is a rustic-tasting and substantial bun that holds up to the very last bite and seems to complement whatever it's bookending.
On your first read-through of the menu, you may wonder if the Stillhouse chefs were sampling the white lightning when they came up with some of the burger combos. The Southern Burger is topped with grilled pineapple and collard greens (among other things), and the PB&J Burger has already developed a legion of dedicated followers (Stillhouse has been open just two-plus months) with its Georgia peanut hummus, fig jam, peaches, blue cheese, and pecans. I'm told the most popular burger is the Buckhead Burger, a double patty topped with duck confit, goat cheese, green tomato relish, pickle beets, and spinach.
There are plenty of beef alternatives, too. Get patties made of duck or black-eyed peas, or stretch the definition of "burger" with choices like crabcakes or fried oysters. Or get your pig on with the Spicy Memphis BBQ Pork Burger ($10). The patties are pure pork, with a tidy pile of pulled pork on full display atop a blanket of habanero cheddar (another plus to that upside-down bun trick). I'm not generally a huge fan of barbecue sauce on a burger, but this one isn't drowning in it, and the slaw slipped between the patties offers a nice tangy and textural contrast to a mouthful of Memphis red.
Stillhouse's burgers don't automatically come with fries, but you need to automatically order them upon sitting down, no matter what else you end up eating. Seasoned expertly and served in plentiful quantities in big honking pewter bowls, these skin-on spuds are cooked in their own dedicated fryers so as not to have any other flavors introduced. Cut thicker than your average fry, they stand up beautifully to the either of the sauces that you can (and most definitely should) add on: slow-cooked pork gravy ($5), or North Carolina gouda ($4). It's hard to pick a favorite; I'd suggest getting a bowl of each and doing the mix-and-match thing with your tablemates. You're welcome.
The menu is built for trying a little bit of this, some of that, a plate of one, a basket of the other. Bring a crew and hang for a while, 'cos there's a lot to try, from apps to desserts. And that's not even including the bar menu. Sure, sure, there's beer and wine, spirits and cocktails like you'd find anywhere. But Stillhouse's claim to fame is that moonshine roster: 50+ varieties (including apparently every kind that's made in Georgia) with flavors like peach, caramel, and apple pie sprinkled among the more traditional ones. Chat up your server about them; they're all more than happy to nerd out about the shines and casually toss around stats like "160 proof." (Do the mental math while you're still upright.)
But this, I've never seen anywhere or even heard of. (Feel free to tell me I'm a sheltered idiot who just doesn't get out enough.) For an extra three bucks, you can have your whiskey, bourbon, or cocktail smoked. Belly up to the bar and select your wood type (apple, cherry, pecan, peach, maple, or aged oak bourbon barrel). The bartender will place a handful of chips on a cocktail strainer over an empty glass, light a torch, and burn the wood until it's flaming. Then the strainer is moved to the glass with your drink in it (to ensure that there's no residual butane making its way into your cocktail) and capped, where the smoke rolls around inside for two minutes and imparts some intense aroma. I can't personally speak to the taste, but my brother (always ready to take one for the team, that guy) wasn't complaining.
I half-expect the comments section to now turn into a free-for-all about whether or not this technique actually does anything to the taste of the liquid, or if it's just a super-slick parlor trick that deposits some smell into the vessel where you'll be sticking your nose... and basically makes the bartender look like a badass. But I'm a sucker for a blowtorch and some labor-intensive methodology... and it was pretty damn cool to watch.
So, yeah. It's easy to look at things like blowtorch-smoked cocktails and gourmet duck-patty burgers with peanut hummus and fig jam and upside-down buns and just write off Stillhouse as all show and no go. But everything I had there was really fricking tasty, and I found myself wondering which burger I'd try when I go back next time. And making a mental note to save room for the Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding. The flaming apple pie moonshine is a little lost on me...but I have other weaknesses. And Stillhouse does a fine job with several of my other vices, thankyouverymuch.
About the Author: Todd Brock lives the glamorous life of a stay-at-home freelance writer in the suburbs of Atlanta. Besides being paid to eat cheeseburgers for AHT, pizzas for Slice, and desserts for Sweets, he's written and produced over 1,000 hours of television and penned Building Chicken Coops for Dummies. When he grows up, he wants to be either the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys or the drummer for The Gaslight Anthem. Or both.
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I have a book on my shelf that I've probably had for close 15 years. Every once in a while I pull it off the shelf and tell myself that I should read it and try it out. The book is called "List Your Self: Listmaking as the way to Self-Discovery". The subtitle says that it is "A provocative, Probing and Personal Expedition Into Your Mind, Heart, and Soul"
Seems to me that this is not only great fodder for a blog but also for a social network like facebook. While many meme's that go around annoy me to no end, there have been a few that have allowed me to know a little more about my online friends (mostly friends from days gone by). That has to be one of my favorite things about Facebook and Twitter, getting to reconnect with old friends and keeping up with all my current ones.
So here it goes, List #1
List the Biggest Turning Points in Your Life
- 1985: In fourth grade, I was recruited to participate in a UIL contest called Number Sense. This definitely started me down a path toward becoming a mathematician and an educator.
- 1985: Also the year that I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. Life would be totally different without Him.
- 1994: Summer I traveled to Bakersfield, CA, to work as a summer missionary. Met Si Budagher and made a lot of good friends, a few of whom would eventually come to Wayland.
- 1994: Senior year in high school when I decided to go to Wayland for college. That was a major life decision considering I met my wife there and now plan on teaching there for as long as they'll let me.
- 1995: After a year as a Religion major, I missed math too much and decided to add mathematics as a major.
- 1995: Also the year I met the most intriguing, hilarious, intelligent, witty, and beautiful woman that I have ever laid eyes on. I took only a couple of months to learn that I would have to spend the rest of my life getting to know her.
- 1998: Decided to go to Texas Tech to get my graduate degrees in Mathematics. I decided very early that I wanted to teach undergraduate mathematics.
- 1998: Marriage. Almost nothing turns your life around more than this.
- 2000: Children. NOTHING turns your life around more than this. Emily came in August and being a father has become the most fulfilling and challenging job of my life.
- 2000: Wayland hired me as a Mathematics Instructor.
- 2003: Along comes Timothy and we now have both a boy and a girl. The family is seemingly complete. It is the family that both Lori and I had always planned on. We're most likely done having kids at this point.
- 2004: Along comes Zachary and God reminds us that his plans are better than ours. Life is different and better than we ever imagined. Our family is just not complete without the life of the party, Mr. Z.
- 2005: Completed the Ph.D. My formal schooling after 24 years is finally over. Hard to believe.
- 2007: With all my life goals seemingly met: family, Ph.D., teaching at WBU, I get restless and wonder if I shouldn't try full-time research for a while. So I do and after 6 months in a bioinformatics post-doc with Dr. Wilkins in Lubbock, I know that I'm cut out to be an educator. Research will have to become my hobby.
- 2008: After commuting for a term, we moved back to Plainview for financial reasons. It's tough at first but eventually, it becomes clear that this was the right decision.
- 2009: We buy the house of our dreams. Having saved up and having Lori working full-time (without sending any of the kids to day-care) we are in the perfect place to buy our dream house.
- 2009: I have been promoted to Associate Dean and begin in August in a new role as an administrator. Still waiting to see what becomes of this turning point.
That's a lot of turning points. Not all of them were major changes but most were definitely course corrections in life.
I'm curious, from both the readers of the blog and from my friends on facebook, what are some of your major turning points?


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