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Like most of the stuff around Windy Point, Turret Rocks is a group of towers with climbing on all aspects (read: shade chasing). Moderate trad climbing, and 5.10 to 5.12 sport climbing prevails. For moderate trad, I suggest Jambrosia 5.8** on the tower by the same name, and Rabbit Tracks 5.6***. The latter is especially great for the new leader. I have only done one sport climb there, but they all look great.
Getting There
Park at the Windy Point parking area and drop down below the Practice Wall. You can descend directly under the Practice Wall straight toward Turret Rock (which has an obvious "turret" on it) via a short 3rd class section; OR you can go farther west toward the overhanging boulders and drop down there without any 3rd class. When you get to the first big rocks (Bare Ass Rocks), there is a trail down between them toward Turret Rock. The easiest way down this gully is to go into the tight tunnel formed by the fallen slab. This tunnel is pretty tight: if you can do it easily with packs on, you are not in the right tunnel. On the way back, it is easier to go above the slab that forms the tunnel. After this, Turret Rock is directly in front of you. Note the block on top with two points of contact sporting chains! Jambrosia is directly to your right as you face Turret Rock.
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ARU moves to kill off club player payments
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- 9:22 am Thursday, April 18th, 2013 by Larry Aydlette
Remember record stores, the places you bought music before Amazon and iTunes? Remember vinyl records? Remember record players?
Once a year, indie record stores across the country encourage people to bask in the old tradition and physically browse for music. You can hang out, listen to music, discuss music with store clerks, mingle with vinyl hipsters and maybe get turned on to the idea of buying music offline.
Record Store Day is Saturday. National artists release special vinyl discs to be sold exclusively in these stores, and there are usually other deals as well.
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Some of the homes in New York City that were damaged by Sandy are beyond repair, authorities have concluded. The city now plans to bulldoze them, The New York Times reports ("New York City Will Demolish Hundreds of Storm-Hit Homes," by William K. Rashbaum).
"About 200 homes will be bulldozed in the coming weeks and months, almost all of them one- and two-family houses on Staten Island, in Queens and Brooklyn," the paper reports. "That is in addition to 200 houses that are already partially or completely burned down, washed away or otherwise damaged; those sites will also be cleared." Beyond that, another 500 homes are still awaiting inspections that could result in death sentences for them as well.
The move is alarming owners of the condemned structures, who may end up on the hook for the cost, the Times reports ("Fear and Anxiety Amid Move to Raze Damaged Homes," by Vivian Yee). Communication from city government has been upsetting, notes the Times: in Breezy Point, for example, where a hundred houses burned to the ground and many more were severely damaged by flooding, "many residents arrived for another day of cleanup and repairs to find a new notice affixed to their front doors, one that announced that they had incurred a building violation for 'failure to maintain building or apparatus.'" It took hours for some frightened residents to determine that the notices were just a formality, and that there would be no adverse consequences.
City Buildings Department spokesman Tony Sclafani told the New York Post that the "violation" notices involve no penalty ("Buildings Dept. doles out 'disgraceful' violations," by David Seifman and Pedro Oliviera Jr.). "These violations are issued by the department as a way to record the conditions at the location," Sclafani explained.
City Councilman Mark Weprin of Queens was not appeased, saying: ""People were upset... They're still waiting for insurance companies to come up, looking for contractors to come out — it would be impossible not to have these violations. The language on these violations were very poorly chosen and scared people. That's adding insult to injury."
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Family said a home medical alert system (Lifeline with Auto Alert) didn't send help when a woman fell and died.
Caregivers turn to smart-home technology and wearable devices to monitor family members.
Philips has launched its first-ever app that acts like an mPERS.
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Our client is a luxury serviced apartment currently looking for aWaiter / Server
Scope and General Purpose: Waiters are responsible for serving food to the visitors of the restaurants and Bar.
Their duties involve doing some important things before the arrival of guests. Responsible for delivering exceptional dining experiences for our Guests, by providing individualized attention.
- Unit Manager
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- Executive Chef
Summary of the Role & Responsibility:
- Serving Cocktails and Canapés during Happy Hour and special occasions
- Supports the bar staff during high tea and other special functions
- Special Occasions being/ Parties, Special Dinner etc.
- Being in charge of "mise en place" for the assigned Dining Room station and Side Jobs as assigned by the Executive Chef as well as preparing for Special Events
- Cleaning the Dining Room
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- Resetting Tables for the next Meal Period
- Knowledge of all services, menus, products and amenities being able to describe them to the Guests;To ensure that Company's quality, costs and revenue targets are met
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By MIKE GINGERICH
Facebook offers savvy real estate agents and brokerage firms a great way to connect with their community and potential buyers. The key is in providing long-term value. It's a fact that buying a house is not something a person does every month, but every month someone is buying a house!
The marketing value via social media lies in providing regular, valuable, consistent information. By becoming a trusted source via your Facebook posts, and then offering easy access on Facebook to tools for home searching, real estate professionals can benefit from the power of social media to build connections, stay in front of users when they are not buying, and ultimately be the trusted source to go to when the time for buying and selling comes. While these tips are specific to real estate, the concepts applies to many industries.
Post helpful content and tips
While it is tempting to simply share every listing and post from your website in news feed posts, don't. Remember that social media is about building relationships, being social and offering value. Users are on Facebook to connect and engage with things of interest. Being too salesy all the time will not do it. A following and community can only be created if you actively seek out and share valuable content, yours and industry/community related, that inspires, informs, educates and connects.
Post on a regular schedule, such as two to three times per day at key times and in a way that invites likes, shares and comments.
Use images and video
People are visual. The popularity of Facebook and Pinterest prove that people connect with images. If you want to quickly capture the attention of your fans or followers, add images that are eye-catching and pleasing to the eye. Also, consider using simple tools like Vine and Instagram's video tool along with Facebook video and YouTube as ways to easily create shareable videos that display well on Facebook.
Another idea is to create real estate infographics, showcase photos of homes or local attractions within your area, post visuals of market trends, and showcase community and school news.
Add listings to a Facebook tab
While I noted you should not share every listing from your website in your news feed posts, you can share some listings and link via a smart URL to a tab where users can view the rest of your posts. Using a tool like TabSite's WebSite ReSizer App for fan page, it can take less than 10 minutes to add your website listings page to a custom tab and have it fit perfectly.
This adds a great dimension of functionality to your fan page. When people are on Facebook, they want to stay on Facebook, and this allows them to do so by giving them the featured listing right on the Facebook page tab. Simply share a post about the property and include the smart (mobile friendly) URL in the description so users can easily access it.
Add an email sign-up tab
By adding an email sign-up tab to your Facebook page and making users aware of it periodically through posts and tips, real estate professionals can grow their email list and then reach potential buyers and sellers via this means as well.
Email marketing continues to provide value to those who use it by creating a routine of regular information and education that is in the inbox.
Together these tips implemented and carried out with regular news feed updates on one's fan page can be a valuable method of building trust and loyalty. Along with easy access to Multiple Listing Service search tools on Facebook, this positions real estate firms that implement these tech tools ahead of others when the time is right for buying and selling.
Mike Gingerich leads the social application division of web design company, Digital Hill Multimedia (http://www.DigitalHill.com). He is a co-founder of TabSite.com, a leader in Facebook fan page tools for businesses. TabSite offers brands the power to boost Facebook marketing with contests and promotions. For more information on TabSite, please visit www.tabsite.com.


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It cost nearly one million dollars to install the technology to keep Lubbock drivers safe during the winter seasons, but in the past 5 years, it has only worked once. The Texas Department of Transportation says the anti-icing system on the Marsha Sharp Freeway flyover was turned off back in 2010, just 2 years after it was put in place.
TxDOT Public Information Officer Dianah Ascencio says the Marsha Sharp flyover at Loop 289 was a 38.7 million dollar project. Out of that total, $800,000 was put toward installing an anti-icing system. The majority of this funding was federal money, with Lubbock City Council approving to contribute around 10-20% of the project's budget.
The anti-icing technology works similar to an irrigation system embedded into the concrete. When the temperature and humidity reach a certain point, the nozzles release a de-icing chemical.
Ascencio says at the time the flyover was being built, it was cutting-edge technology. The flyover was opened on February 29, 2008, and she says the system was working during that winter season.
However, problems started to arise the very next year. "We began to see some corrosion issues on the valves which sprayed the magnesium chloride material onto the roadway," Ascencio said. She said they tried to correct the problem by using a different anti-icing agent but it didn't help. After problems continued to occur, TxDOT decided to shut down the de-icing system in 2010.
"With the safety of the traveling public in mind, TxDOT no longer felt it could safely rely on the system to operate properly," Ascencio said. "The decision was made to turn the system off and have our maintenance crews treat and maintain the bridge during winter weather operations."
So why not fix the problem? Ascencio says the company Quitoxe designed the system using unique parts. That company was bought out a year ago, making it difficult to replace or repair the technology. Ascencio says it would cost at least half a million dollars to make repairs.
"It has been more cost effective for us to turn off the system and have our crews maintain the bridge during winter. We have no plans to replace it at this time," she said.
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By ROBIN CAUDELL
---- — PLATTSBURGH — Religion, one of the topics avoided in polite society, was first up in a new series entitled "The Dead Talks" at SUNY Plattsburgh.
The event was organized by Cerise Oberman, distinguished librarian at the college. Dr. Rebecca Kasper moderated three of her world-religions students — Alan Siergiej, Charles Lack and Juli Burnett — who weighed in on "Is Peace Dead Among Religions?" Tuesday evening in Feinberg Library's third-floor reading room.
After a brief introduction, Kasper launched right in with her first question: "Is there any hope for the world religions to engage in peaceful cooperation?"
"I have to say, absolutely," said Siergiej, a sophomore biology major. "You have to always have some kind of hope for religious peace.
"It's not an easy thing to do. It's obviously very difficult ... We mainly focus on all the negatives and how we all have differences with each other and among all the other religions, when we, in fact, really should be focusing on the similarities, which comes down to the core of every single religion of compassion and suffering.
"We all want peace among each other, but we tend to focus more on the negatives and the differences between all of us," Siergiej said.
"Based on the current state of affairs in our country in terms of Islamophobia and just that as a whole ... I can see from a rational standpoint you can't label every person of the Islamic faith to be a terrorist or radical," said Lack, a senior political science major. "But somehow or another, ... the media and just some politicians out there will paint the religion negatively.
"I guess there's still a lot of anger and resentment from 9/11, and people need to move on and realize that — not necessarily move on, but try to … — you can't just pigeonhole one religion and say that this is the way they are, and they're crazy. It's just counterproductive."
"I'm somewhere in between Alan and Charles in terms of my thinking about this," said Burnett, a senior history major. "I don't believe that as a society or as a world today that you're not necessarily working in the right ways always toward religious cooperation, but I do believe that religious cooperation can be realized.
"And the foundation of that, I feel, comes from education and understanding of different religions. I don't feel that many countries that have a particular religion as their standpoint, I don't feel that they take the proper steps to educate the members of their society in order to do that. So I think eventually, who knows when, we can get there."
For the next 45 minutes, students, faculty and community members shared their insights at the inaugural event.
"Cerise wanted something controversial, and what is more controversial than religion?" said Kasper, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. "Nothing."
Tracking down former students, she asked them to participate.
"Given the continual coverage of religion and its role in noncooperation, extremism, violence and positions that various religious groups hold that are exclusive and dogmatic, we wanted to talk about, in the future, was it possible for there to be peace among religions," Kasper said. "Or even if religions themselves could be an instrument for bringing greater peace and understanding to people in the world."
In her world-religions course, students are grounded in the five major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Kasper came up with 10 questions to ask her students, and it was more of an engaged conversation than a formal date with students taking pessimistic, hopeful and middle-of-the-road stances.
"We're going to talk frankly about Islam, Christianity and Judaism and whether people have the capacity to look beyond religious provincialism and really think global in terms of humanity as a whole," she said.
She teaches the course every fall.
"We had to open up another section last semester. It's the core course for the religious-study minor. So, if you're a religious-study minor, you have to take it," Kasper said.
The minor was developed three years ago.
"There are a number of courses. It's interdisciplinary. You can take a history course on religion. You can take a psychology course. We don't have a religious-study department, obviously," she said.
In the three-credit course, Kasper doesn't have time to teach beyond the major faith traditions.
"The reason why students sign up for the course, they know it's the world and they want to understand. It's our place as a college to help them find an understanding, and I think that's the way for religious peace," she said.
For each class, each student's views are examined at the beginning and completion of the course.
"I ask what they think now, and they say, 'I didn't know,'" Kasper said.
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Super Fight League 15 took place today in Mumbai, India. Here are complete results:
Michael Page def. Ramdan Mohamed via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) ROUND 1 at 3:48
Manjit Kolekar def. Mona Mounir Mohamed via TKO (Punches) RD 1 at 2:19
Ricky Sahni def. Deen Mohammad Jorat via TKO (Retirement) end of RD 2
Johny Ryntathiang def. Mahesh Kumar Baliyan via Submission (Armbar) RD 1 at 1:03
Narender Grewal def. Aadil Bashir via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) RD 1 at 1:14
Uchit Sharma def. Kaushik Sen via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Rd 1 at 2:15
Kapil Kumar def. Alam Idrisi via Submission (Guillotine Choke) RD 1 at 1:30


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So much for home cooking.
For the first time this season at Qwest Field, the Seahawks got eaten alive. With their offense unable to score in the first three quarters for a second straight week, and their defense surrendering touchdowns on five straight first-half possessions, Seattle looked clueless in a 41-7 thumping by the Giants that does not bode well at all for the team's future.
It's possible the team's fortunes might improve in Arizona this Sunday with the likely returns of QB Matt Hasselbeck and OLT Russell Okung from a slight concussion and an ankle injury, respectively. But it won't matter one bit if the team continues to look as uninspired as it has the last two games in extremely lopsided losses to the Raiders and Giants.
In his first pro start in place of Hasselbeck, Charlie Whitehurst couldn't have been more overmatched in Week Nine, throwing for only 113 yards while registering an anemic 44.3 passer rating with a pair of interceptions inside the red zone in the first half. As for the defense, which was missing three-quarters of its defensive line due to injuries, it has suddenly allowed 74 points and over 1,000 total yards the last two games.
The PFW spin
Is there any hope for Pete Carroll's troops heading into the second half of the season? Because they play in a terrible division that looks weaker than ever, maybe it's possible the Seahawks can get their act together. But for that to happen, they need to get a lot healthier in a hurry.
While they really miss Okung, it is worth noting that their patchwork offensive line did somehow manage to keep Whitehurst from getting sacked by the Giants after allowing eight sacks by the Raiders one week earlier. A bigger key would appear to be a healthy Hasselbeck, who is a much more proven commodity than Whitehurst, with the necessary moxie to take advantage of a Cardinals defense that imploded against another savvy veteran last week by the name of Brett Favre.
While neither unit is in good shape at the moment, Seattle's offense would appear to be a bigger problem than its defense, which has been overextended to the max by the offense's jaw-dropping shortcomings. Somehow, some way, offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates needs to get more out of RB Marshawn Lynch, who at least on one run against the Giants showed the grit necessary to trigger a reversal in form, and TE John Carlson (22 catches, one TD), who has been grossly underutilized in the first eight games.
Realistically, though, the Seahawks really look like a team headed in the wrong direction at the moment.


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HSE appoints new chief executive
22 August 2014
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- Room sanitising hand dryer
- Competition and giveaways
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Steel-toe overshoe
22 August 2014
The Slipp-R, available from Safety Toes Europe, is a robust steel-toe overshoe that can be used for temporary toe protection. [Read More]
Lock-out display system
22 August 2014
Managing machinery and equipment which has been isolated for maintenance or for any other reason is essential, as is the need to communicate the status of the 'lock-out' and 'shutdown' to others in the workplace – often a requirement for in-house safety and maintenance procedures. [Read More]
Room sanitising hand dryer
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The new Sterillo is a stylish and advanced high-speed hand dryer equipped with an AirSteril module for continuous air and surface sanitation. [Read More]
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As well as being able to explore the company's range of health, safety, environment and quality training products, visitors to RRC International's stand at Health & Safety North will have the chance to win prizes and receive giveaways. [Read More]
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Sports spectating is a big activity (yes, there's irony in that word under this context) in America. I've never been much of a spectator. Yesterday, I'm a little ashamed to admit, I spent over 14 hours solid following the updates, tweets, photos, and video of the Western States 100 mile run. As I sat, bed left unmade, barefoot, shirtless, and hair mussed like a sweaty hillbilly, I was captivated by one of the best performances, check that, several of the best performances I've ever witnessed in sports.
You need to understand that there is no tangible prize for these people to push themselves to the point of utter depletion. Yes, for those lucky ones who run under 24 and 30 hours, respectively, there is the coveted belt buckle. It's a buckle, no money, not even a belt to go with it. The majority of the runners usually don't even get a buckle. Though I'm impressed by all 400+ runners who stepped to the start in Squaw Valley early yesterday morning, I'll point out a small selection of runners that have left me more hopeful, motivated, and inspired that I might someday do something equally as impressive.
Andy Jones Wilkins. The man lives for Western States. It seems to be the one selfish, guilty pleasure in an otherwise selfless, outgoing life. I met and ran with AJW at one race last year and have been a fan (even more so) since. If you don't like Andy, then there's something wrong with you as a person. I also, quietly, felt that there was absolutely no chance of him repeating his impressive string of top 10 finishes this year at Western. There were simply too many runners this year who are more talented, younger, and faster. Andy finished 9th overall with a group of guys breathing down his neck for the chance at top 10 and a return ticket to next year's race. I consider him one of the most consistent and focused runners in the sport.
Nick Clark. I've watched Nick for the last couple years move from a runner in the lead pack to a race leader. To show up at Western with the level of competition and face them with the courage and guts to finish 4th (1 min behind 3rd), left me in awe.
Rory Bosio. This young lady runs like a veteran. She won the women's race at Firetrail 50 mile last October. We ran near enough to one another that I could witness how she handled the inevitable low spots of these long events and how she pulled herself up to run one of the fastest women's times at that race. I assumed she would do well at Western but felt that would mean running any time under 24 hours and maybe getting into the top 10. She fought and clawed her way up through the standings consistently throughout the day and finished 4th overall woman in 19:32. At 25 she is going to be a force for a long time.
Anton Krupicka. Talk about pressure. This guy has as many critics as he does fans. He needed to come to Western and race the best in the sport to solidify his standing atop the ultra field. Running with a mixture from the heart and strategy, Anton dueled it out courageously from the start with the amazing force of Kilian Journet, finally breaking the younger runner late in the race and finishing with what would have been a new course record. I knew he'd run fast at Western two years ago when I predicted a new record by Anton (the race was cancelled due to fires). He came away this year with the performance he should be most proud of, even over his wins at Leadville.
Geoff Roes. I've admired Geoff since I noticed his run in 2008 at the North Face Championship 50 miler. He obviously wasn't intimidated by the big guns of the sport then and is showing them how it's done now. His refreshing style of workhorse, speed, and strategy combine to make him, in this fan's mind, the best ultra runner in the world. The man faded back over 16 minutes behind Anton and Kilian, both of whom kept up the torrid pace. I doubt there was anyone who thought Geoff had a chance at that point to even maintain 3rd. His run over the last 20 miles is something that must be considered one of the best finishes in any race. 15:07:04 in 100.2 miles at Western States.
Congratulations to all the runners at Western this year. Watching you inspires me to get out there and DO.
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Agreed - We were screaming at a monitor - understandably not "normal, sane" behavior. We hoped for a showdown for the ages and got it on the men's and women's races. We, too, were dying for AJW to claw his way into the top ten men - talk about a guy that lives and breathes WS100! And Geoff and Tony's performances - clash of the titans. If folks don't believe those two guys have the goods now, they don't deserve to comment.ReplyDelete
Great following with you yesterday, anticipating the late surge by Mr. Roes.ReplyDelete
Agree on all your points. Massive theatrics. . . via a computer? Great stuff.
When I e-mailed you, the lead woman had seemed to dropped from the race and I thought Rory was surely going to win. Great post on the race. Apparently Nick caught Killian and on the very final climb started throwing down these hard surges to try to drop Killian..but dropped Justin Mock (Nick's pacer). Killian fought back... amazing. All of those guys are just SICK!ReplyDelete
Hell, after running all day, you want it BAD. I'm impressed (understatement) with all of them but Kilian holding off Nick is amazing. That kid has some speed AND power.ReplyDelete
Yeah I can't wait to read Nick's report. He finished one minute back of Kilian, but looking at the results, you won't know that he took the lead on Kilian with about 2 miles to go. It was epic to see them go back and forth. After some leap frogging, Nick's massive surge to bridge the gap one last time left me dry heaving up the hill with a mile to go. Awesome stuff up there, blast to be a part of it. I'll get my report up tomorrow probably with some pics.ReplyDelete
You know there are a million stories in that race I bet.ReplyDelete
At one point at mile 80, the top 7 women were within 30 minutes of each other.
There is a video on YouTube about snow at Western States and has about a minute of shots of people sliding and stumbling down the trail. At the end a lady busts on her butt as she comes by. If you look closely you'll notice she had a prosthetic leg.
That was Amy Palmiero-Winters who finished in 27 hours with a prosthetic leg. I can't imagine running 100. I can't imagine running 100 with a prosthetic leg. I can't imagine running 100 with a prosthetic leg through all that terrain.
I vote we just rename the WS100 to the Big Balls 100.ReplyDelete
Awesome post. Lots of heroes out there over the weekend.ReplyDelete
That was, indeed, an epic race. Few things can get me to tote a BlackBerry on a run, but this year's WS100 was one of 'em. Felt like a weasel checking Twitter feeds at the summits of SoBo, Bear and Green, but it was exhilarating to read the updates about Tony and Nick's races. And, man, when Roes caught 'em...ReplyDelete
Good meeting you Saturday night. Glad the forest critters didn't get you.
Thanks JT, looks like you had a great weekend yourself.ReplyDelete
Nice to meet you too Jim. Sorry I cut it short but had nothing in the way of energy.
I'm so confused with all the JPs, Jim Ps, Johns!
- MackeyJuly 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Nice thoughtful post Tim. I agree about AJW's run. I would have to add Tracy Garneau to the list. My being 40 now I have new admiration for those who win ultras in their "mature" years.ReplyDelete
Now get back to the postings about bad SUV parking..
Nice post. And congrats on a strong finish at the North Fork yesterday!ReplyDelete
Hey AaronReplyDelete
Thanks for the comment and congrats on northfork!
My race was great. For 35 miles. I hit the 50k mark in 2nd at about 4:30 then all the cramping both stomach and body, so I essentially walked th last 12 miles. Tough day!


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"I just think that it was an overreaction on someone's part."
I agree. It sounds like she was upset that the bees were killed and when she found out they weren't and she was mistaken then she tried to save face and be upset that they were moved by professional bee keepers.
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Is NetBeans the #1 Bioinformatics Platform?
A few days ago Geertjan posted some screenshots of a bioinformatics application on the NetBeans Platform. I was really very excited because besides being a programmer I'm also a geneticist and I've worked for a bioinformatics company for a long time. One of my first projects with the NetBeans Platform was a bioinformatics application, ChipInspector, that we ported to the NetBeans Platform.
ChipInspector is a tool that utilizes statistical analysis of high throughput gene expression data to calculate which genes are potentially active under certain conditions, e.g., in cancerous cells, in order to help track the root causes of this activity.
The application Geertjan showed is in a very similar field. One of my projects was an application for the creation and analysis of signal transduction networks and we were working with the same data formats and data sources that this Quantitative Biology Tool is using. The people behind these applications even collaborate with the same institutons! And, it seems that besides business applications, more and more scientific applications are using the NetBeans Platform as their basis.
I wasn't the only one to be inspired by Geertjan's blog entry. Kevin Farnham, chief editor for Java.net, blogged about this same topic today. So I asked Geertjan if he knows about more bioinformatics applications on the NetBeans Platform. He sent me info about a couple that I would like to list here:
Quantitative Biology Tool
QBT is a tool that lets you define, visualize, annotate, and simulate biological systems of interest. It utilizes SBML, a very popular XML format for defining the models.
Another interesting application is an information fusion software platform called BioCAD. It utilizes local and global optimization for bio-network inference, text mining techniques for network validation and annotation, and Web services-based workflow techniques.
The goal of the BioSPICE program is to create a framework that provides biologists access to the most current computational tools. At the program midpoint, the BioSPICE member community has produced a software system that comprises contributions from approximately 20 participating laboratories integrated under the BioSPICE Dashboard and a methodology for continued software integration. These contributed software modules are the BioSPICE Dashboard, a graphical environment that combines Open Agent Architecture and NetBeans software technologies in a coherent, biologist-friendly user interface.
The related website already lists a massive set of Modules to reuse. So they actually have used the NetBeans Platform to create their own platform that can be used for creating other applications
BiologicalNetworks is a Systems Biology software platform for biological pathways analysis, querying and visualization of gene regulation and protein interaction networks, metabolic and signaling pathways. It is equipped with filtering and visualization tools, to provide high quality, easily understood scientific presentation of your pathway analysis results. It has recently been ported to the NetBeans platform.
Then there is Instant JChem, an application in a very related area, which can be used to query large databases of chemical structures, mainly used in the pharmaceutical industry for querying huge databases of potentially biologically active compounds.
So, it seems the NetBeans Platform is used more and more in this context as a platform and to create more platforms for applications in biological sciences. If you know of more applications in this area, let us know. It would be cool to plug all of these applications together in order to create one enormous computational biology application, the largest bioinformatics application in the world! :-).
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Chris Roberts replied on Tue, 2009/09/29 - 10:26pm
Toni Epple replied on Tue, 2009/09/29 - 11:13pm
Eclipse RCP is always an option, and there are many applications using Eclipse. In the scientific context with it's specific visualization needs I would personally nevertheless always prefer to work with a Swing based platform.
In my experience SWT and Eclipse RCP has it's focus on business applications with standard forms and tables, while Swing is more flexible and easier to use when you need non-standard components and visualizations, and that's why teams with such needs tend to choose Swing (like e.g. described here by Northrop Grumman: http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_eclipse_comparison_slides_java).
But I don't want to start a flamewar about SWT and Swing either :-). I'm sure that there are some nice Eclipse RCP based applications in this field as well, and maybe Bioclipse is a good example.
Janko Diminic replied on Wed, 2009/09/30 - 8:54am
This program is a linux server as backend and Eclipse RCP client application. Eclipse RCP has proved to be the most satisfying solution in terms of documentation and general application development.
Wai Ho replied on Wed, 2009/09/30 - 10:09am in response to: Janko Diminic
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If you can forgive the click bait-y title, I will confess that I simultaneously endorse and reject the sentiment within that title.
Let me explain.
Of all the Angels jerseys within my collection, I have many different players represented, both current (Weaver, Pujols, Kendrick) and not (Guerrero, Salmon, Erstad, Adenhart). Until recently, of course, Torii Hunter was in the former category. I have more Hunter jerseys (road gray, Firetruck, 2010 ASG, and bp) than those of any other player.
I loved watching him play. I know that beat reporters appreciated the way he would man up after a tough loss and take interview questions as long as necessary, not because of ego, but because the reporters needed someone to talk on the record and Torii was the de facto leader of the clubhouse; he knew the reporters were only doing their jobs and he was going to assist with thoughtful answers and great quotes.
He produced some sterling defense in CF in the first three years of his contract, but more importantly, he put his ego to the side to move to RF and allow Peter Bourjos and Mike Trout the opportunity to play even better CF. He did what he knew was best for the team, even as any CF will tell you that playing a corner position is a step down from the prestige and importance of manning center.
But above all--and there was no way any of us in 2008 would have known this would have been the case in 2012--Hunter was the exact player, the exact role model, the exact man we would have wanted to be the mentor to Michael Nelson Trout. Whether it was in sharing acquired knowledge about playing center in the different parks the team played in over the past season, or in helping Trout handle the pressure of becoming both a celebrity and a commodity in the game, or simply functioning as a surrogate dad and sounding board, Hunter was clearly the avatar for the Trouts last year. There was a heartfelt Tweet from Trout's mom the day that Hunter signed with the Tigers, thanking him for being such a huge presence in their son's life the past year.
Think of it: But for a Big Del burrito, Trout's role models could easily have been Rivera and GMJ. We as fans were tremendously fortunate that Hunter was on the roster the year Trout crashed the game and the consciousness of the entire baseball fanbase.
So you're thinking that I've come to praise Hunter, not to bury him, right?
Here's the thing: I am relieved that he won't be trying to honor a two-year deal with the Angels, because--much as I love and respect Torii--I don't think he can replicate the 2012 year two more times. Maybe not even one more time. I would have been OK with the team offering a qualifying offer and Hunter accepting, if only for a last-hurrah opportunity to reach the Series in 2013 and to see him finish his career as an Angel.
But my hunch is that 2012 was more of a mirage than a prediction of the next two seasons, and what I really did not want to see was a Torii Hunter who was increasingly a shadow of his former self. Too many players have stayed on too long--Willie Mays perhaps the most famous, but plenty of other examples exist--and wind up tarnishing the very legacy they worked so hard to build and burnish. Some hitters become "smarter" when they get older and the bat speed begins to desert them, and work on making the swing more compact and the pitch selection smarter. I think we all know in our gut, though, is that Torii will be swinging out of his cleats up to his very last PA. This doesn't bode well if his BABIP loses its high orbital slot and comes back to reality as a fireball.
I hope that I'm wrong and that he finds tremendous success in Detroit. I would never wish him anything but the best. But my gut tells me that this isn't going to be a two seasons of brilliance in Motown. Instead, I foresee accelerating decline, both at the plate and in the field, where I think balls he used to catch will increasingly fall just out of his reach.
And if that happens, I will be modestly salved by the fact that the five seasons I watched him in Anaheim were all generally played at a higher level--and that the mentor to Trout did more for the future of this team than Hunter might have done in two more years in an Angels uniform. For that, I don't think Angels fans can ever show enough appreciation.


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A VULNERABLE Clitheroe pensioner conned out of hundreds of pounds by persistent fraudsters has been highlighted in a new Lancashire anti-scams campaign.
The 76-year-old with mental health problems received hundreds of letters promising him lottery wins and good luck from fortune tellers if he sent cash, before his son Martin intervened.
His story was released by Lancashire County Council Trading Standards service as they take the fight to the fraudsters.
They launched the campaign for 'National Scams Awareness Month'.
It will reveal the methods used to con the Lancashire public, focusing weekly on online scams, postal cheats, phone cons and doorstep rip-offs.
In 2013, victims of scams included former Burnley MP Peter Pike.
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This rain cover was included with my first backpack—a discontinued MS external frame pack. Being a novice at the time, I went with what they gave me.
My first week-long backpacking trip included 6 days of continual drizzle and light snow. I was using a really pathetic excuse for a tent, and the pack was forced to sit out at night in the never-ending wet. My pack and its contents stayed dry the entire week.
With the drawcord, I was able to easily fit this over the sleeping pad strapped to the top of the pack and the sleeping bag attached to the bottom. At night, when those items were in the tent with me, I had no problem cinching it down over the pack as it sat out in the rain. Again, everything stayed dry.
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When I finally decided to try something different, I found a lighter and cheaper rain cover ($9 at my local Walmart) that worked just as well and fits all of my internal frame packs much better.
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Columbia College and Marist High School graduate Mike Cullen helped produce "Cowboy Kid," one of the five finalists from the Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" commercial contest.
The Beverly native joined Good Day Chicago via Skype from Los Angeles Wednesday morning, to explain how he got involved. The way Mike puts it, his friend needed help and he said yes.
Whichever commercial receives the most votes by 11 p.m. Wednesday will air during Super Bowl XVLIII. All you have to do is click on "Cowboy Kid" and click "vote" when the video pops up.
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The winning team will not only see their work on the most-watched sporting event on TV, but also win $1 million and a chance to work with Marvel on the set of "The Avengers: Age of Ultron."
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Bellatrix "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" Character Banner ReleasedDH Film
A new "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" character banner featuring Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange is now available to see online and can be viewed here. The poster, much in the style of all the previous character banners being released, shows a close up of Bellatrix's face with a crumbling Hogwarts in the background.
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Maiko (舞妓?) is an apprentice geisha in western Japan, especially Kyoto. Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the shamisen (three-stringed Japanese instrument) for visitors during feasts. Maiko are usually aged 15 to 20 years old and become geisha after learning how to dance (a kind of Japanese traditional dance), play the shamisen, and learning Kyō-kotoba (dialect of Kyoto), regardless of their origins.
Maiko originated from women who served green tea and dango (Japanese dumpling made from rice flour) to people who visited the Kitano Tenman-gū or Yasaka Shrine (these are the two of the famous shrines in Kyoto) at teahouses in the temple town about 300 years ago.
At first, women served only green tea and dango, but they gradually started to perform songs and dances for visitors.
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A maiko's hairstyle is called nihongami (a Japanese traditional hairstyle from Edo period.) They arrange their hairstyle with their own hair. Maiko put kanzashi (Japanese traditional hair accessories) on their hair with seasonal flowers. The hairstyle changes depending on the years of experience they have.
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Maiko wear kimono with the train trailing on the floor. They wear darari-no-obi (the special obi for maiko) over the train, which is five meters long and it hangs from their waist to their ankles.
In the morning, maiko take lessons to polish their performances. At night, they go out to work. They are usually given the opportunity to eat at high-class Japanese-style restaurants or stay in Japanese-style hotels. They perform dances, songs, play the shamisen, and serve visitors with sake. Recently, their jobs have expanded to include visiting nursing institutions or hospitals. Some maiko are also dispatched overseas.
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