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Protea to apply direct 3D molecular imaging platform to InSphero's 3D InSight™ Microtissues.
Schlieren, Switzerland and Morgantown, WV (PRWEB) July 09, 2014
Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCQB:PRGB) and InSphero AG jointly announced today that they have entered into a collaboration that will combine each company's respective 3D technology. InSphero AG is the leading supplier of 3D organotypic microtissues for in vitro toxicology and efficacy studies, with models derived from liver, pancreas, tumor, and brain tissue that yield a high level of predictability during drug development compared to traditional 2-dimensional cell culture and other in vitro model systems. The collaboration will use Protea's proprietary LAESI® direct molecular imaging platform to analyze InSphero's proprietary 3D InSight™ microtissues, creating 3D molecular profiles for tissue characterization, drug metabolism and distribution, pharmacokinetic and toxicity applications. From this collaboration, Protea and InSphero expect to create new products and services that may be marketed to pharmaceutical and biotechnology researchers worldwide.
"The understanding of disease and the development of new pharmaceuticals continues to be an enormous challenge, one that requires new technologies," stated Protea's CEO Stephen Turner. He added, "We believe that InSphero's 3D microtissues deliver a new level of insight and predictability to the drug development process. We are honored to be working with InSphero's team of scientists and to have the opportunity to apply our LAESI direct molecular imaging technology to the analysis of their 3D microtissues."
InSphero CEO and co-founder Dr. Jan Lichtenberg believes the partnering of the two 3D technologies is a natural fit. "The LAESI technology increases the power of mass spectrometry, and is uniquely suited to meet the needs of researchers using our 3D microtissues. The ability to reconstruct the molecular profile of a tissue in three dimensions, including endogenous proteins, drugs, and compound metabolites, will facilitate a deeper characterization of 3D cell models, and open doors to novel applications that can further enhance their utility in drug discovery and development."
For more information about InSphero, visit http://www.insphero.com.
For more information about Protea, visit http://www.proteabio.com.
About InSphero
InSphero is a leading supplier of organotypic, biological in vitro 3D microtissues for highly predictive drug testing. The company, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with subsidiaries in the USA and in Germany, currently counts all of the top ten global pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies as customers. InSphero 3D Insight™ Microtissues enable more biologically relevant in vitro applications in efficacy and toxicology. The spin-off company of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and the University Zurich has been recognized for its scientific and commercial achievements with a number of national and international awards and is also certified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard for its Quality Management System.
About Protea Biosciences Group, Inc.
Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCQB:PRGB) is a commercial stage molecular information company, focused on meeting the needs of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agriculture, chemical and other industries with innovative bioanalytical technologies. Protea's proprietary technology, LAESI® (Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization), is used with mass spectrometry to identify large numbers of distinct molecules from a single analysis of tissues, cells, fluids, agricultural specimens and other sample types. Using proprietary software (ProteaPlot™), the location of each distinct molecule in a respective sample can be displayed, enabling direct molecular imaging. The LAESI DP-1000, an integrated system that combines LAESI and ProteaPlot, is marketed to a wide array of researchers for numerous applications. Protea maintains its own laboratory facility where it performs services using LAESI and complementary technologies for a wide array of customers to support preclinical pharmaceutical R&D, biomarker discovery and other applications. Protea also collaborates with researchers to apply its technologies and expertise to generate new discoveries and intellectual property.
Protea and LAESI are registered trademarks of Protea Biosciences Group, Inc.
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After focusing discussion on financing transportation and enrollment for students attending a Regional Governor's School, Halifax County School Board members decided to hold off on deciding yes or no to participating in the upcoming year.
The decision came during the regular monthly school board meeting Thursday night in Halifax.
The board plans to continue discussion at a work session scheduled for Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m.
In the meantime, Coordinator of AP/DE and Student Services Shawn Haws plans to attend a meeting at the Regional Governor's School Oct. 25 to get more information.
According to Haws, the Keysville Governor's School in which Halifax County students participated years ago had one Governor's School, which has now become the Humanities Governor's School, and since that time the STEM Governor's School has been added.
"At the present time, they are also looking into a third Governor's School that would be health science specific, respiratory therapy would be the governor's school piece related to the health science academies that are being rolled out," Haws said.
The Humanities Governor's School, which includes a joint board tuition fee and a SVCC dual enrollment tuition fee, would cost $4,651.84 per student.
The STEM Governor's School, which would cost the full SVCC dual enrollment tuition fee, would cost $1,839.50.
"When looking at the possible health science specific Governor's School, it would be founded similar of that of the STEM academy. There would be a full tuition for that program," said Haws.
"If we were to reenter into the program, it would start with juniors, and then the program would build from there," Haws explained.
The next year participation would double with having seniors and a new cohort of juniors.
ED-8 Trustee Walter Potts said, "Why couldn't we look into offering these courses in our system? Why do we need to spend the money to send our students down there when we can do that here with dual enrollment that would not cost us a dime?"
Haws replied, "The way that our system is set up, the students' first level of classes is taught here in our system. However, what will happen is in their second year, the courses that are offered to complete the program we do not have and probably would not be able to have because they are very specific."
ED-4 trustee Cheryl Terry said, "I am concerned of where we would get the money, not only for transportation of these children, but the actual cost of the program."
When the idea was first approached in January, Herndon met with Transportation Director David Guill to determine the cost of transporting students to the Regional Governor's School in Keysville.
According to Herndon, the cost estimate would be $1.75 a mile plus the cost of the bus driver, which at $70 a day would be roughly $12,600.
Herndon said, "For driver and transport, the cost is roughly $36,690."
Several of the board members gave ideas of reducing the transportation cost.
"I recently thought we could meet with another school system to save on transportation," Herndon said. "I talked with superintendent of Mecklenburg just to look into that if we did decide to go back."
ED-5 Trustee Dr. Roger Long said, "I don't see how pairing with another school would help, since we don't have one that goes directly through Halifax."
Herndon replied if Halifax County did partner up with another division, "we would not have to pay for our driver to stay the whole time."
ED-7 Trustee Dick Stoneman questioned the possibility of getting a 15-passenger van.
"We don't own one right now," Transportation Director Guill said. "The state has regulations about having CDL licenses to have those. We do have a few small buses, but they do not really save you a lot of money. School buses gets about eight miles to the gallon; one of the smaller ones may get 11 or 12."
Herndon brought up the possibility of using a car if four or less students participated, and Guill said it was possible, but you would still have to pay the driver.
Chairman Kim Farson said, "While I am 100 percent in support of activity buses, when we are talking about mileage and per mile cost, it's going to cost the same to take those students to an educational opportunity also. Activity buses cost just as much per mile, and we have some running to the very edge of our county with only a couple of students."
In March, school board members considered another possibility to reduce cost, which would be to offer students their own version of Governor's School via satellite at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center.
Diane Thomas spoke to the board about her desire to return to the Regional Governor's School and spoke on behalf of the Southern Virginian Higher Education Center and its willingness to participate.
Thomas read the following statement from Executive Director Betty Adams:
"Our enthusiasm regarding the return of the Governor's School to Halifax County is unwavering. And while we remain open to hosting the Halifax County Governor's School on the SVHEC campus, the final decision regarding the location and operations lies with Dr. Herndon and the Halifax County School Board. The SVHEC stands ready to collaborate in whatever role is deemed appropriate."
Frosty Owens said he felt that while one of the least expensive ways to participate would be to send students to the higher ed center, he felt Keysville was where they need to go.
"Our Governor's School is face to face, it's not, never was, and I don't know if it will ever be a virtual one," Owens said. "The expectation of Governor's School is that students would be sent down in the morning and would return to their home school for their third and fourth block."
Owens added, "There are two big plusses to going to Keysville. One is that the students are on a college campus, and that's kind of a needed experience. Plus, I felt students in the past thoroughly enjoyed that atmosphere. Secondly, the students get to mingle with other students from other school districts. Students never have that opportunity except in a Regional Governor's School."
Haws said virtual governor's schools do exist; however, the one we partner with has specific vision and mission statement they had to propose in the development of that governor's school to the department of education as well as the joint board for Region 8.
Haws said, "Our Governor's School is a face to face interactive, interdisciplinary Governor's School. That's how it's designed. It is not set up within its definition to be done virtually. They really focus on that interaction and being research based. Students coming together in that college campus atmosphere, working with students from other parts of the region and a lot of hands on labs take place which would be difficult with a virtual environment."
Potts said, "So technically right now, that option is out."
Farson asked Haws for benefits of even venturing to even looking at Governor's School.
"Children learn differently, and you want to do your best to offer as many opportunities as you can," Haws replied. "While we do have dual enrollment and AP, the Governor's School would bring forth a great research component that steps that up. Yes, we offer the exact same courses on our campus, so it's one of those things you have to consider the fact that we want to provide as much as we can, but can we?"
ED-2 Trustee Karen Hopkins showed her support in rejoining Governor's School and requested the board hear from Haws after his meeting which also would allow for more time to consider the decision.
According to Herndon, there is still time for the school board members to come back in November to decide whether they want to participate or not.


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I'm trying to explain something that can't be explained," says Bob Dylan. "Help me out." It's a midsummer day, an hour or so before evening, and we are seated at a table on a shaded patio, at the rear of a Santa Monica restaurant. Dylan is dressed warmer than the Southern California weather invited, in a buttoned black leather jacket over a thick white T-shirt. He also wears a ski cap – black around its lower half, white at its dome – pulled down over his ears and low on his forehead. A fringe of moptop-style reddish-blond hair, clearly a wig, curls slightly out from the front of the cap, above his eyebrows. He has a glass of cold water in front of him. In the 15 years since his 1997 album, Time Out of Mind, Dylan – who is now 71 – has enjoyed the most sustained period of creativity of his lifetime. His new album, Tempest, tells tales of mortal ends, moral faithlessness and hard-earned (if arbitrary) grace, culminating in a swirling, 14-minute epic about the Titanic, which mixes fact and fantasy, followed by a loving, mystical song about his late friend and peer John Lennon. It's unlikely, though, that Dylan will ever eclipse the renown of his explosion of music and style in the 1960s, which transformed him into a definitive mythic force of those times. But Dylan wasn't always comfortable with the effects of that reputation. In 1966, following a series of mind-blazing and controversial electric performances, the young hero removed himself from his own moment after he was laid low by a motorcycle accident, in Woodstock. The music that he returned with, in the late 1960s – John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline – sounded as if Dylan had become a different man. In truth, he now says, that's what he was – or rather, what he was becoming. What Bob Dylan believes really happened to him after he survived his radical pinnacle is much more transformational than he has fully revealed before. This was an incident he'd alluded to briefly in his 2004 autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One, but in this interview the matter took on deeper implications.
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Do you see Tempest as an eventful album, like Time Out of Mind or Love and Theft?
Tempest was like all the rest of them: The songs just fall together. It's not the album I wanted to make, though. I had another one in mind. I wanted to make something more religious. That takes a lot more concentration – to pull that off 10 times with the same thread – than it does with a record like I ended up with, where anything goes and you just gotta believe it will make sense.
Nonetheless, this seems among your bigger works, like Time Out of Mind, though more outward, less inward.
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That album was plainly received as a turning point. It began a sustained winning streak. Everything since then is a body of work that can stand on its own.
I hope it can. It should connect with people. The thing about it is that there is the old and the new, and you have to connect with them both. The old goes out and the new comes in, but there is no sharp borderline. The old is still happening while the new enters the scene, sometimes unnoticed. The new is overlapping at the same time the old is weakening its hold. It goes on and on like that. Forever through the centuries. Sooner or later, before you know it, everything is new, and what happened to the old? It's like a magician trick, but you have to keep connecting with it.
It's just like when talking about the Sixties. If you were here around that time, you would know that the early Sixties, up to maybe '64, '65, was really the Fifties, the late Fifties. They were still the Fifties, still the same culture, in America anyway. And it was still going strong but fading away. By '66, the new Sixties probably started coming in somewhere along that time and had taken over by the end of the decade. Then, by the time of Woodstock, there was no more Fifties. I really wasn't so much a part of what they call "the Sixties."
Even though you're so identified with it?
Evidently I was, and maybe even still am. I was there during that time, but I really couldn't identify with what was happening. It didn't mean that much to me. I had my own family by then. You know, for instance, [Timothy] Leary and others like him, they wouldn't have lasted a second in earlier days. Of course, the Vietnam War didn't help any.
Do you ever worry that people interpreted your work in misguided ways? For example, some people still see "Rainy Day Women" as coded about getting high.
It doesn't surprise me that some people would see it that way. But these are people that aren't familiar with the Book of Acts.
Sometimes you seem to have a distaste for the 1960s.
The Fifties were a simpler time, at least for me and the situation I was in. I didn't really experience what a lot of the other people my age experienced, from the more mainstream towns and cities. Where I grew up was as far from the cultural center as you could get. It was way out of the beaten path. You had the whole town to roam around in, though, and there didn't seem to be any sadness or fear or insecurity. It was just woods and sky and rivers and streams, winter and summer, spring, autumn. The changing of the seasons. The culture was mainly circuses and carnivals, preachers and barnstorming pilots, hillbilly shows and comedians, big bands and whatnot. Powerful radio shows and powerful radio music. This was before supermarkets and malls and multiplexes and Home Depot and all the rest. You know, it was a lot simpler. And when you grow up that way, it stays in you. Then I left, which was, I guess, toward the end of the Fifties, but I saw and felt a lot of things in the Fifties, which generates me to this day. It's sort of who I am.
I guess the Fifties would have ended in about '65. I don't really have a warm feeling for that period of time. Why would I? Those days were cruel.
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Students packed more than 30 boxes filled with donations for Catholic Charities and filled bundles for Freedom House, with some items layed at the foot of a large wooden cross while others were placed into the form of a cross. Brenda Milleville, St. Anthony junior high religion teacher, said she had heard about the opening of the shelter and then instructed students to bring in supplies for both organizations throughout Lent.
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Even I think Jane goes a little far with the "War on Women" stuff sometimes. Yes, there are still plenty of gender-related issues in the world for women to be up in arms about, so to speak, but in our country and culture, at least, I'd say using that particular term does little good, as if "it" were a concerted, misogynistic combat strategy against us. Certainly there are still pertinent areas where many men (and women) can use greater enlightenment, but I don't usually feel most men are actively out to do us in, or out of our Goddess-given rights. Not anymore, anyway...rueful sigh.
As for NG, sanctimonious is abso-freaking lootley spot on! No one can change her opinion, I feel so bad for her "spouse". Poor b@stard! He should have "Yes, Dear" tattooed on his forehead! Also, thanks Nancy, for setting my sex life back six months with that "wardrobe malfunction"! It took two days before I could see light and shade, let alone detail! The horror! The horror! . Seriously though, JVM deserves a lot of credit for her recovery. Cemeteries are full of "recovered " alcoholics.
Dear Dave, you and I just use the word "sanctimonious" differently. I can see where Nancy can come off as *self-righteous*, which is the risk any person expressing passionate, serious viewpoints takes. Whereas I think of someone being "sanctimonious" as insufferably holier-than-thou, often in a smarmy or fake-saintly way, because of the root meaning of "sanct-". I see Nancy as anything but saintly...she's feisty and often testy, and I think that's part of the armor she put on many years ago when her original fiance was murdered. This tore her life apart and eventually led to her abandoning her career plans to become an English prof specializing in Shakespeare, and go instead into criminal law. She's passionate about victims' rights, especially championing children, and does become impatient when she feels guests on her show get tangled up spouting off dry legal technicalities or making inane comments, seeming to lose sight of the fact that a child or whoever has died. Good for her. I like her fierceness. We shouldn't assume her husband is or feels dominated by her, or that she wants to dominate him, just because she's so forthright and opinionated. I'm those things too, and I would NEVER want to be in a relationship with a meek yes-person. I'd lose respect and die of boredom in a day. I LIKE another challenging mind to engage and sometimes spar with, and I would think she does too. Either that, or maybe she really digs a quiet low-key guy because she wants to relax and leave controversy at the workplace. She's seen a lot of real horror in her law career and TV show. It makes her angry, and I appreciate why. I can see she's got a good heart. I'm glad she's a warrior woman for her causes and not a sappy old-style Southern belle. As for her infamous "wardrobe malfunction", why were you watching her on " Dancing with the Stars" and taking time over the malfunction if you dislike her so much?? A lot of men I know "secretly" find her cute. She IS cute. Perhaps Dave protesteth too much? ;-)
You must know an incredible number of men if you know a lot who think Nancy is cute! I have never heard a single man say anything nice about her. I feel for her loss. It is heartbreaking to listen to her tell the story of her fiancee's murder.
Hold up a sec--- I am standing up for and defending "sappy old-style Southern belles!". Those women can be strong and fierce too, but in a different way. I consider myself to be an old-style sappy California girl . :)
I do know alot of men in the various areas of my life. Several of them do find Nancy attractive, though they may joke about her verbal style. And the reason I qualified "old-style Southern belle" with "sappy" is because I *meant* the sappy, passive, dutiful-daughter-or-wife type ones, not the fierce, feisty, or savvy ones! Scarlett O'Hara is one of my favorite characters in literature. Many strong and fascinating women have come out of the South, including Scarlett's creator, Margaret Mitchell.
LOL! What a mental image that conjures! Thanks for my laugh of the day!! :-)
It's all good, Laurie . I consider myself to be sappy because I wear a lot of pink and I love cute little chiffon dresses. :)
Oops, Dale, I forgot to tell you where you can get a JVM bobble-head doll! Uhhh...um...er... I forget. :-) Maybe the ricochicoandleo bobble-heads I glued to the top of my recycle bin will know. If they're not off in the flying saucer again, that is. Last time they were I think they hijacked Wagstaff. But I'll see what I can scare up. :-)
Yeah, Robin, it's all good. Including the pink lounge pants I happen to have on at the moment, no foolin', with multi-colored hippie daisies and peace signs all over them. Tee hee. What good is lazywear if you can't be quirky and have fun with it, I arsk? I don't wear much pink, but I don't reject it, either. It's a good healthy color. I put my daughter in it sometimes as a baby and little girl, as my mom did me. She looked good in it herself, and she was no sap! ;-) I love pink-edged "sweetheart" roses, among roses of many colors. So, think pink, indeed! I love fancy clothes, too. Hey, I danced ballet for 12 years! LOVED the tiaras! :-)
Laurie, thanks for understanding.
Now don't get me started on tiaras!
Laurie, I must respectfully disagree with you regarding NG. She's also a bully, who runs her talk show like Al Capone ran Chicago. Also, having lost a son and daughter under 3 months old, I chafe when people like her make a living off the dead and grieving. Maybe it's me...my sister thinks she's great, and an advocate for those who can't defend themselves. I think she's a borderline ghoul, who's never wrong, and never apologizes! But then again, I'm not impartial.
Dearest Dave, I am so sorry for your loss. You have suffered far too much more than your fair share of tragedy. My heart goes out to you.
Thanks, Robin for the kind thoughs, but something happened two weeks after my daughter passed. In the town where I lived, a man lost his wife. Leaving the cemetery after the service, he blindly pulled in front of oncoming traffic, killing his three children instantly. He survived without any (physical) injuries, but I was compelled to write him and try to feebly say something to let him know he wasn't alone. But, he was. There's always someone worse off than you or I are. Always. And somewhere, he wrote to me, someone was worse off than him. I've always taken that to heart-I credit it with keeping me from going over the edge. He didn't have to write back, but I'm eternally grateful he did! Again, thanks for the kind thoughts, my friend.
Dave, you are an inspiration. I have always tried to keep from feeling sorry for myself for my nightmare childhood by telling myself that others had it worse. It helps. But it doesn't stop the pain.
I don't want to dwell on sorrowful things so I will just say that I have the greatest respect for you.
Dear Dave, I'm truly sorry for the grievous losses you've suffered. I can't imagine how hard those must have been for you. Your writing to the poor man whose children were killed leaving their mother's burial--what an unspeakably cruel fate!-- was a very kind and noble gesture. I still disagree about Nancy... I see her as indeed very bossy-- and after all, it is her show-- rather than as what I would call a bully. I can't abide bullies, and wouldn't at all like her if I really thought she was one. She knows she's got a reputation for being tough, and I suspect she lays that on pretty thick on purpose on her show for effect. None of those people have to work for her or appear on her show, in all fairness, so they're not really being bullied, however much bossed by the boss...but I think most of them respect her a great deal, and some of them are devoted to her. I've seen her cry or choke back tears spontaneously over murdered children a number of times. I don't see her as profiting from any of their deaths, but I do appreciate your sensitivity on the subject of the losses of children. I have seen her back down suddenly from a stance on numerous occasions, when the other person can point up info or insights correcting hers. I find her apparent complexities intriguing, and I like her alot, or I wouldn't feel compelled to defend her. But if you dislike her and have a different take on her, I understand... you're certainly entitled. Again, my heartfelt condolences.
Laurie, I understand why people like her for what she does. No need to re-hash it again. I still remember the young mother implicated by her in her child's death a couple of years ago."if she's not directly responsible, she's morally responsible!", words to that effect, she spoke. A few months later, after the Mom's suicide, in which she declared her innocence, an ex-boyfriend was arrested and charged by the police in her child's murder. She had to give depositions in the wrongful-death lawsuit that ensued (of course!). She pled the 5th more than a few times, and it settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. This, of course, was reported by most news channels, just not hers. No one will ever know how responsible she was, or wasn't, in driving the woman to her death. I just can't see how the benefits outweigh the deficits. Just my opinion, and I don't begrudge anyone who's a fan of hers. As I said, my own sister loves her! I'm no smarter or dumber than anyone else, so my opinion means nothing. She seems well-rested, so she apparently sleeps well at night. And, she should know if she did something wrong! So maybe she didn't! Thanks for your kind thoughts, and your understanding of my stance on this. I sure wish Alvin's album would come out soon, we need happier topics
Dave, somehow I missed the story of Nancy possibly driving an innocent mother to suicide-- that IS disturbing. It must have been during a time period when I wasn't following such stuff or watching much news...have had a lot of family member dramas during the past few years, and also lost both parents. Nancy does badger people rather shamelessly sometimes, it's true. How awful if it really contributed to someone's death! Now I'm curious to check out the details.
Hi Laurie. The incident was simply so awful I didn't want to mention it. But in my opinion Nancy Grace has reason to feel ashamed of herself and remorseful to her dying day for her role in helping to drive that grieving young mother to suicide.
I'm sorry I brought it up. We will never know exactly what happened, and she was never implicated or charged with a crime, just sued for wrongful death. She may be totally innocent of any criminal wrongdoing. And I'm sorry for calling her a ghoul, that was a cheap shot. So everyone take a deep breath, and usually your first impression of a person is usually correct. So please don't go all Zimmerman on her because of me. That wasn't my intention.
Who was it? Who was the kid? Oh dear. Was Nancy scolding the mom for leaving the kid with an abusive boyfriend? That I could see.
Laurie, I am going to honor Dave's preference and let this drop. You can easily find out what you want to know on the Internet.
I will say one last thing--- they did a Law and Order episode based on the incident.
Dave, I am sorry for coming on so strongly. I try so hard not to be judgmental . So thanks for the reminder.
All it takes these days for me to be happy is to think about the magnificent Alvin Lee. That never fails to put a smile on my face.
Aww, thanks, Robin! Laurie, just google Nancy Grace, Melinda Duckett lawsuit, ABC news. And I got it wrong: her little boy is still missing. See how topics can grow legs and run off on their own?
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Just being conversational in asking, Robin, since we've been going back and forth for awhile. Keep trying to sign off, then end up writing "one more" post, ha. I'm not really lazy about looking things up, as it may appear. I spent years as a supervisor in an academic library, and I research regularly for my writings. But I'm not super Internet-oriented currently. Nowadays, when I have bad eyestrain (I have a reattached retina in one eye, with intermittent depth perception problems) and am on my phone, as I am right now, I don't feel like doing much searching, because the mobile web print is much smaller. It'll keep till whenever.
Hi Laurie , I hope you did not think I was being abrupt with you, I was just feeling a bit sad for the world at large and a bit upset with myself for being judgmental.
I envy you. I think my dream job would be to get paid for research. Learning is my hobby.
Did you see Dale's latest post? That guy makes me laugh so hard!
Rest your eyes, sleep well, and have a lovely tomorrow.
OK, dude, I'm on it, I'm on it. Let me confer with the ricochicoetc. dolls on their latest flying saucer pit stop, and get back to ya. Though if it's a "Mars Needs Women" quest they're on, it's not likely Jane they'll be interested in! ;-)
Hey Laurie, that reminds me.... Is 'Taint Years After still on their "Flying Saucer Tour"? Because, like flying saucers, they keep appearing in small towns in front of a handful of hillbillies! HAW, HAW, HAW! ( Thanks, Mr. Hicks! )
LOL!! Har-de-har and a half! Ooh, that's rich, Dave-- and a lot richer than 'Taint Years After are, I'll wager! ;-)


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Fergus Cullen: You thanked the wrong guy, PSNH!
Pity PSNH. For the state's largest and little loved electric utility, no good deed goes unpunished.
Produce reliable power, get sued by environmentalists. Restore power after an act of God, face hearings about what took you so long. Thank a customer for shoveling out his meter, get inquiries from a skeptical writer.
"Dear Mrs. Columnist," began the letter addressed to my wife that arrived last week. "As our meter readers have to walk through deep snow and climb over banks daily during the winter months, it is a pleasure to find someone like yourself who has cleared a path to the meters. We would like to express our appreciation for your thoughtfulness in taking the time from your schedule to think of the meter reader. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, PSNH Customer Service."
Isn't that sweet? A February Valentine from our friendly default provider. I'm not just an account number to them! It's a little creepy, but they notice my shoveling habits! Bet they liked all those Christmas lights, too. They think I'm a great guy!
Except I didn't shovel out my meter. My meter's just in a convenient spot, that's all. I do as much to keep the meter clear of snow in February as I do in July. I wish I were a thoughtful guy, worthy of praise, but I'm not. Thank the builder.
And wait a sec. Didn't I pay for this transparent piece of PR fluff? The letter was mailed pre-sort first class, which makes me feel less special. They must send out lots of them.
Might my getting such a letter have anything to do with that other letter in my stack, the one from a competitor asking me to switch to them as my power supplier and get a lower rate than PSNH charges?
What's next, anniversary cards? "Can you believe we've been together four years already? It's electric! We know a handsome guy like you must get other offers from pretty girls who want to hook you up with service. We appreciate your fidelity. You'd never cheat on us, would you?"
Here's an idea, PSNH: Keep the letter and lower my bill by a corresponding amount. That's a thank you I'd appreciate.
Imagine if the Postal Service sent such letters. "We're sorry the town plowed a big snowbank at the end of your driveway after you'd shoveled for two hours and taken off your boots. Your extra effort digging out your mailbox makes us all the more grateful for the opportunity to deliver bills to you, like this one from PSNH." We'd say, no wonder the post office is broke.
Only a monopoly like the postal service, and a quasi-monopoly like PSNH, sees that people are using its product less and concludes it should raise prices. PSNH already lost nearly all its large, commercial customers in the early years of deregulation, and now they are losing tens of thousands of residential customers to a dozen competitors that are taking advantage of current low natural gas prices to undersell PSNH.
And PSNH has already gone broke, of course. Last month marked the 25th anniversary of PSNH's infamous 1988 bankruptcy in the wake of the Seabrook construction debacle. Just as PSNH pushed cost overruns at Seabrook onto ratepayers, they are trying to push the $422 million Bow coal plant scrubber onto consumers as well.
The scrubber was meant to cost $250 million originally. What incentive does PSNH have to keep costs down when it can always go to the Public Utilities Commission for billions in rate recovery from little old ladies paying $40 a month?
A spokesman for PSNH assured me the letter was not sent with public relations in mind, has nothing to do with the aggressive marketing from competitors, and did not come out of PSNH's rate recoverable budget. Meter readers can flag a customer as deserving of such a letter. Thousands are sent each month. The cost, PSNH claims, is minimal compared to overtime and worker's comp caused by snow. People who are recognized for clearing their meter tend to keep their meters clear in the future as well.
So, my meter reader's the nice guy. I'm just a cynical customer.
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Location-based services are the province of the young.
The local spoon near where I live is known for its gyros, chicken kabobs and burgers. A no-frills diner, Johnny's has not changed much in years. A small flat-panel television for diners to watch that replaced a dying tube TV is the only change I've noticed in nearly seven years.
I suspect that Nick, and his brother Magic, who own Johnny's, like it that way. That is why I was a little surprised a few weeks ago to see a Facebook check-in deals decal behind the counter. If I showed Nick, who usually works the cash register, that I checked in at Johnny's on Facebook, I could get a free medium soft drink with a purchase of $5 or more.
If Nick tracked the ages of the people who take advantage of the check-in deal he would discover I am one of the few in my age group who take the time to use a location-based service to get a deal. According to a comScore Inc. MobiLens analysis of 16.7 million U.S. mobile subscribers who use check ins, only 9.7% of adults age 45 to 54 check in at a merchant. Most of those who check in are younger: 58.5% are between 18 and 34 years old. In its analysis, comScore found that 12.7 million of all check-ins were made with a smartphone.
That is about what I expected. Of my friends, it is the younger ones who typically use check-in services. I've tried some, but stopped using them once the novelty wore off. Last year I used Foursquare, another location-based service, for several months, but found only one merchant offering a coupon I could actually use. That was at Ram Restaurant and Brewery for a free cup of soup. Starbucks has a Foursquare deal for a $1 discount on a beverage, but only if you are the mayor—as Foursquare calls those who check in the most at a location—of that particular store. Have you seen the volume of 18- to 34-year-olds that move through a Starbucks? No way would I ever be mayor of a Starbucks.
But I could be mayor of Johnny's, or, better yet, just check in on Facebook, get a free soft drink and not worry about someone half my age trying to unseat me.
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A national animal rights group is calling for Summa Health System to face federal fines over the death last year of a research pig.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now filed a complaint against Summa Akron City Hospital on Friday with the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking an investigation into whether the hospital violated the federal Animal Welfare Act.
The complaint stems from a routine inspection by the USDA last month that found a watering system malfunctioned in May in a pig enclosure at the hospital's animal research lab.
"As a result one pig was without access to water for one day or less," the inspector's report concluded. "Within 24 hours of resolution of the problem, the animal died."
Summa spokesman Mike Bernstein said the hospital reported the malfunction to the USDA and made immediate repairs.
"We were not cited for the death of an animal as a result of that malfunction or for any inappropriate care of an animal," Bernstein said. "We were only cited for the malfunction that occurred to one of the watering systems. This is an extraordinarily rare circumstance."
No subsequent inspections were conducted, and "the matter is closed as far as the USDA is concerned," USDA spokesman David Sacks said in an email on Friday.
"The hospital already put corrective measures in place when our inspector conducted the Jan. 10, 2013, inspection," Sacks said.
But Stop Animal Exploitation Now is seeking federal citations and fines of as much as $30,000.
"They obviously aren't set up to make sure that animals are receiving sufficient water to keep them from dying," said Michael Budkie, executive director of the nonprofit group. "That makes it clear that there is a major problem with their system."
The group, based in suburban Cincinnati, filed another complaint with the USDA last month over the death of two mouse-like voles in the University of Akron's biology lab.
"We believe that human beings would be better served if the funding that was going into animal research would be redirected into clinical and epidemiologic research projects," Budkie said.
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Bernstein said the care of research animals is "extremely important" to Summa.
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I have never been taught anything other than 1 space after a period.
You're not a dinosaur .
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I haven't understand why tests insist on no corrections since the correcting selectrics have been used for tests: it takes time to correct, and that should reduce speed in itself, leaving a net result.
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
To Anita : You said - My sister used to hunt and peck, until AIM came out...
Can I ask you what AIM is? I'm a hunt and pecker and I'd like to improve.
Anyone have any creative suggestions I'd be open to it - it's hard to break an old habit but I quit smoking so I can do this too! I tried the standard typing class online - but it was so dreary and slow I could not stand it.
I think for my generation who went to high school during that period, we all learned how to type (even if not properly) really quickly because of instant messaging. Now it looks like kids are born knowing how to type/text/skype/video edit/etc.
And see, I thought AIM did more to DEGRADE proper typing because kids who had never learned how to properly type would get on a chat and quickly learn that the hunt and peck wasn't fast enough. But instead of teaching themselves how to type faster the correct way, text speak was born. U no, sum1 writing like ths, k? Hooooooley cow, is that annoying.
I credit my ability to type well to Mavis Beacon, lol. As soon as we got our first "real" computer in 1998, my parents made all of us kids take lessons and my dad gave out cash prizes to those who could achieve a certain WPM. I can get a little competitive so I beat his goal twice and got pretty fast in the process. I'm just happy that I learned how to touch type BEFORE I learned what AIM and the Internet was...it's served me very, very well.
My whole life changed because my high school did not teach typing. In 1978, I tried to get a job on the Hill here in Washington. Never having been taught, I couldn't pass the typing test which girls -- and only girls! -- had to pass to qualify. So, for better or for worse I never did get any Congressional experience.
After I flunked, I bought a typing manual and taught myself. The next job I applied for only required 35 wpm and I (barely) passed. But typing every day for the next several years did its work and within a few years I could type 120 wpm, no mistakes.
Just now I did 90 with one mistake, not bad considering the natural progress of age, I guess.
"Youth and vigor is no match for age and deceit." -- Prancer
Before 10th grade, my high school, which was bursting at the seams, staggered the periods with 11th and 12th graders taking periods 1-7 (8am-2:20pm) and 9th and 10th graders taking periods 2-8 (8:40am-3:10pm). My father insisted that I take all eight periods my sophomore year, so that I could take 8am typing class, because even though I was going to go to college, I needed to be sure I could get a job as a secretary when I graduated.
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
I only use my index fingers when I type, and the left one is on constant shift key duty. Nevertheless, I can type pretty damn quickly, without errors - but I keep my eyes on the keyboard whilst typing, so having to look up to read the sentences slowed me down something fiercely, and I kept hitting the wrong keys when I wasn't looking. Bah, humbug, I say!
Well, it's been years since I used a typewriter. The fastest speed for me without any errors was 65 WPM. That was during 1990 to 2004 when I worked for a property management company in Accounting.
I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work. ~ Thomas A. Edison
I think typing is also affected by the type of keyboard you use. From my experience desktops tend to have the more raised keyboard, but my laptop that I am using now has a flatter one. I think the laptop is more difficult to use.
And I was taught 2 spaces.
When you are up to your arse in alligators it is difficult to remember you were only meant to be draining the swamp.
I remember scoring 120 back on a desktop.
I type weirdly. I use all five fingers on my left hand but only my middle finger on my right, for some reason. I have no idea how this developed.
Top speller in my class, and awful at typing. 24-30 is my average. I'm afraid to know what it is now.
I type 85 wpm when correcting errors (in other words that is my actual working speed). I hate tests that don't let you correct because I always do automatically and then it counts those as more errors. When in real life can you not correct errors?
I learned to type in 2nd grade, about 1989 or so. I think i technically type v with the wrong hand, becsuse it is usually on the other side of split keyboards. We did 2 spaces after periods then, but by high school compensating fonts had been introduced so went to 1. I just finished 6 years at a dinosaur publisher that used 2 so now I am having to retract myself 1. (The effect now of putting in 2 spaces is that you get 3! Visually annoying. )
I do about 90. 100+ with familiar material. I used to do entertainment contracts on an old electric and could bang out an 8 pager in about an hour. The gal that replaced me took 4.
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I took typing class in 8th grade. At that time, and through high school on my manual typewriter, I could do 45 wpm. On an electric when I first started temping during and after college, I could do 60ish, and by the time most of the work was on computers I could do 80+. Definitely the equipment makes a difference as well as the amount of practice.
On this test I scored 98 wpm, no errors (backspacing 2 or 3 times to correct). I did feel that I was going very fast, but it was also easy material. I definitely slow down when numbers and special symbols are involved. (89 on the Typingtest.com test)
I recently bought a tablet and had to buy a keyboard to go with it. After all that time invested in developing touch typing skills, I'd hate to be forced back to hunt-and-peck methods.
I got 51 wpm. I'm impressed with those of you who got 70+, nice
I didn't take the test, because I don't type text that I'm copying, and found that the process of reading/typing verbatim slowed me down. I mostly edit or compose text, rarely copy.
Some years I ago I took a typing test for a job and was so nervous that my hands were shaking uncontrollably, and I still scored 45 wpm. So I guess my speed is 80-100 wpm. As the number of typos I make in my posts here and my emails frequently demonstrate I often type too fast.
When I learned to type we had boards over the keys, so we couldn't look. It worked like a charm. Two spaces after a period was the rule because of the different sizes of typewriter-produced letters. So far as I know the rule is now one space, it's a rule I constantly forget.
Don't all kids learn to keyboard in school now?
77 wpm with 325 errors? Every word must be incorrectly typed.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. Publilius Syrus
But typing entire words and full sentences on a full keyboard is easy enough that it's a stylistic choice.
And my sister always typed in full words and sentences. The only thing we don't do when we chat is use the Shift key. Lower-case doesn't bother us, but misspellings do.
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Founded in the late '90s, Finnish metallers Gloria Morti deal in a technically complex and mega-heavy brand of blackened death metal, setting them apart from many higher-profile Scandanavian bands (who tend to fall more into the melodic, symphonic and pure black metal categories), and more in line with Behemoth (one of our all-time faves), Vader or Decapitated. That's not to say there isn't plenty of room in the game for other players, especially a band with such solid skills. The band's strong suit lies partly with their barely-restrained rhythms, including chunky anchor lines and furious blastbeats from drummer Kauko Kuusisalo, paired with the razor-sharp leads and dark, grimy riffs of guitarists Juho Räihä and Eero Silvonen, backed by doom-filled atmospheres (including some keyboard enhancements) more akin to melodic death metal. Those components elevate what would otherwise be earnest but standard technical death, complete with diabolical lyrics and vocals (and groups of songs in the same key) into a more focused sound with consistent energy and an impressive scope.
Most of the aforementioned elements are laid out very well in the opener "Lex Parsimoniae," which showcases the band's range of intensity – in this case, from brutal to explosive – as it shifts patterns and time signatures with smooth precision and multi-tracked guitar harmonies; vocalist Psycho (the cat wielding the fucking epic pitchfork/chainsaw arm attachment in the pic at top) projects well in multiple ranges, running from the expected ogre snarls and demon wails to surprisingly melodic passages. Tracks like "The First Act" and "Aesthetics of Self-Hyperbole" keep up the intensity, but maintains a more methodical pattern. There's a sweeping Dimmu Borgir feel to tracks like "Our God is War" and "Sleep, Kill, Regress, Follow" with its choral/symphonic blasts, as the band insinuates more horror-soundtrack passages between hailstorms of chaotic riffage. The heaviness is mostly traded in for a march of encroaching doom in the track "Hallucinations," which shapes up to be one of the band's creepiest efforts.
"Slaves" was an ideal choice for the album's first single (and music video, which you can check out at the end of this review), thanks to its hurricane-force aggression, speed-shifting tempos and sledgehammer heaviness; not surprisingly it's also the album's high watermark. "Non-Believer" comes close, but comes off a little too generic; "The Divine is a Fraud" and and "Conclusion," however, close the album with impressive force, widening the musical canvas with symphonic elements reminiscent of Sweden's melodic death metallers Hypocrisy and finally bringing the hammer down with clockwork-precise machine-gun tremolo picking and blastbeats.
While Lateral Constraint sometimes feels like a pastiche of blackened death, symphonic metal and melodic death metal styles, it's still a heart-pounding experience, with tension-filled riff-and-rhythm combos and broad, apocalyptic production that lends itself to a suitably cinematic experience. When they're on, they're on, and for an example of the band at their heaviest and tightest, check out this performance video for "Slaves" and watch them deal out maximum damage.


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Kernel developer and Novell coworker Greg Kroah-Hartman manages new drivers in a separate tree for the Linux drivers project. He most recently reported that a few projects will have to depart from Kernel 2.6.33, among them also Google.
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Original recipe yields 1 - 8 inch tart
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together 1/2 cup softened butter and 1/4 cup sugar until pale, about 3 minutes; beat in egg.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour and cocoa powder. Using a wooden spoon, stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture and gather the dough into a ball. Flatten the dough into a disk and wrap in waxed paper; refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out chilled dough into a 10 inch round and about 1/4 inch thickness. Transfer dough to an 8 inch tart pan, pressing dough evenly into pan; prick all over with a fork and freeze for 10 minutes.
- Bake tart shell in preheated oven for 12 minutes; transfer to a rack to cool.
- To make caramel: In a small saucepan over low heat, bring 1/2 cup heavy cream to a simmer. In a heavy medium saucepan over high heat, gradually add 1/2 cup sugar in small amounts, stirring constantly, until it melts and turns golden brown. Remove saucepan from heat and slowly stir in hot cream; stir in 2 tablespoons butter and allow mixture to cool.
- To make chocolate cream: In a medium bowl, combine semisweet chocolate and liqueur. In a small saucepan over high heat, bring remaining 1/2 cup heavy cream to a boil and pour it over chocolate; stir mixture with a wooden spoon until chocolate is melted and very smooth.
- Reserve 13 whole macadamia nuts and chop the rest. Pour cooled caramel into the cooled tart shell and spread evenly with a metal spatula; sprinkle chopped nuts over caramel. Pour chocolate cream on top and spread evenly.
- Arrange 10 whole nuts around the edge of the tart to mark 10 slices; place remaining 3 nuts in the center. Refrigerate the tart for 1 hour or until firm; serve.
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This tart was amazing! I made it in a slightly larger pan, so I had to make extra chocolate cream. The whole thing turned out very well. I think the key is letting the sugar caramelize before adding the cream to make the caramel. I made it for a dinner party and everyone raved about it. The chocolate cream has more of a dark chocolate taste, so it's not that sweet, but the whole thing was very good. I'm also not sure why they said to refrigerate the dough for so long before making the crust. This made the dough impossible to work and I had to wait for it to warm up to room temperature again. In future, I would only chill the dough for 20 minutes or so, not two hours.
This has the potential to be a good dessert. It has great ingredients but... I took a chance on this for Valentines Day dessert and it wasn't that great. My carmel was runny after letting it cool and setting up for 4 hours in the frige. I added about 1/4 c. pwd. sugar to the choco. mixture and I think that helped it set up. It wasn't very sweet at all. Will not make again.
My daughter made this recipe for a project and it was an absolute hit with the entire class. They raved about it for days and after trying some myself I could see why... My daughter added some ground/crushed macadamias to the dough as a substitute for a tiny portion of the flour with a GREAT result.Would make this again most definitely but have to agree on only chilling the dough for a time less than advised on the recipe...
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Amount Per Serving (12 total)
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- 378 cal
- 19%
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- 28.6 g
- 44%
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- 10%
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- 4.1 g
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As a shaman character grows in power, his or her view of the spirit world becomes clearer, and his ability grows to manipulate and coax more power from the surrounding spirits in unique ways. Each shaman character can become a paragon of the spirit realm and the natural world. The four new paragon paths presented here will aid you in that quest.
A shaman's uniqueness in the leader role comes from more than just the source of his or her power. Although your shaman character fills the same role as a cleric, warlord, artificer, or bard, how your shaman sees the world and leads allies through it are vastly different. Where others see actions and consequences, your character sees a writhing vortex of spirits underlying every move your shaman and his or her allies make. Much like an architect reads a blueprint, your shaman sees life not as a whole but as a collection of parts invisible to most of the outside world.
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