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Sanders' presidential campaign announced that it raised an eye-bugging $26 million in the third quarter—essentially matching the $28 million raised during those three months by Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
Despite countless speeches by Democratic leaders denouncing the evils of money in politics, their party sure knows how to raise and spend boatloads of campaign dollars. "And then of course there are ... the emails," a horror-stricken Jon Stewart says on Monday night's "Democalypse" segment of "The Daily Show."
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When President Obama told supporters that he would morph his campaign into a new nonprofit that would accept unlimited corporate donations, the announcement set off a familiar round of griping from campaign finance reformers.
During the December holidays I feel the urge to watch old black and white movies, preferably those starring Jimmy Stewart. This year, "It's a Wonderful Life" is too painful, a reminder of what we used to be but aren't anymore.
The surprising October snowstorm Saturday showed that winter's chill is fast descending on protesters encamped in New York City's Liberty Plaza. Will they stay or will they go? We'll find out in the weeks to come, but for now, Wall Street's occupiers and their supporters seem determined to keep the movement alive. (more)
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An Arizona law allowing the state to build its own security fence along the border with Mexico went into effect Wednesday, and the private donations necessary to fund the project have begun stacking up.
The biggest threat to WikiLeaks isn't the house arrest of Julian Assange or the militaries of frustrated world governments—it's the financial blockade by PayPal, Bank of America, Visa and other institutions that has cut off $15 million in donations (by WikiLeaks' estimate).
What rights do you have on an airplane, the political honesty of one's own eyes, and Virginia's school textbooks are chock full of lies. These gems and more after the jump.
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The ridiculous Supreme Court decision to let corporations spend whatever they want on behalf of political candidates just got more ridiculous: Lawyers say that under the ruling there's a loophole that would allow companies to do so anonymously.
As the country awaits a key Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance law, several recent lower-court decisions have rolled back longstanding restrictions on political ad spending, a possible boost for Republicans in this election year.
Both the Democratic and Republican parties are experiencing a unique form of financial comeuppance, as the economic recession they were in charge of preventing—that has now caused a 8.4 percent national unemployment rate—is causing a dramatic drop in the level of political party donations.
You may have knocked on doors for Barack Obama, but it's possible you gave money to John McCain. GoodGuide has a tool that sorts donations by party, logo and industry. Tech companies seem to prefer Democrats while food companies love Republicans. The banks, of course, throw money at everybody.
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In Software development there are set of principles which are called the SOLID principles. These are
- Single responsibility principle.
- Open/Closed principle.
- Liskov Substitution principle.
- Interfage Segregation Principle.
- Dependency Inversion Principle.
Single responsibility principle:
While developing software, underlying components should have single responsibility. Benefit of this principle is loose coupling and high cohesion. The component should be specialized doing only one thing.
Open/Closed principle:
With open/closed principle software components/entities should be open for extension and closed for modification. Benefit of this principle is also loose coupling and high cohesion.
Liskov Substitution principle:
While developing software it is highly recommended to program to an interface rather than programming to a implementation. Also known as program to a contract. In this context programming to an interface both contains Interfaces and Abstract classes. Due to polymorphism, you should be able to substitute an implementation with another implementation due to this principle.
Interface segregation principle:
while developing software we said programming to an interface is good. However, it is not quite good to make a single interface and implement that. Interface segregation suggests us that interfaces should be highly cohesive and specialized. Obviously this will provide us high cohesion.
Dependency Inversion principle:
Dependency inversion principle tells us that we should build our software depending on abstractions not implementations which will provide us loose coupling. In this context abstractions means programming to an interface, just to be clear.
This is kinda small summary about SOLID principles. There are many other principles in the same context which will be forth coming.

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Today the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a new policy that will modernize and standardize the process for changing the gender designation in Social Security records. This new policy will allow transgender people to maintain their privacy and prevent unnecessary outing to Social Security staff and to healthcare providers. Under the revised policy, transgender people will be able to change their gender on their Social Security records by submitting either government-issued documentation that reflects a change, or certification from a physician that confirms that they have received clinical treatment for gender transition. Today's revised policy removes arbitrary requirements for specific medical treatments in order to update the gender designation in Social Security records. This change is in line with policies adopted by other federal agencies including the Department of State, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Veterans Health Administration. The SSA has also provided staff with guideline on respectful treatment of transgender individuals.
Social Security records are used as a primary entry point for accessing many other forms of identification and records. These records are used in everything from employment to housing. Prior to today's policy change many transgender people lived with records that failed to reflect their accurate gender and were often incongruent with their other forms of identification. This created a very real threat of unsafe and unnecessary outing of individuals to employers, co-workers, and medical providers. Today's policy and accompanying guidance is an important step towards ensuring the safety and privacy of transgender people across the country.
HRC urged SSA to take this important step as part of its Blueprint for Positive Change, a series of recommendations to the Obama administration for regulatory and policy changes that would improve the lives of LGBT Americans, without the need for Congress to act. HRC also applauds the work of the National Center for Transgender Equality, the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights on their significant work with SSA on this issue.
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LUDINGTON, Mich. (WZZM) -- Most communities with beaches on Lake Michigan display a red flag when swimming conditions are dangerous and then leave it up swimmers to decide if they want to swim.
However in Ludington, red flags are being followed with enforcement and have been ever since three peopled drowned in 2010 at Stearns Beach.
The Ludington City Council passed an ordinance giving the power to close swimming at Ludington beaches to City Manager John Shay, Police Chief Mark Barnett, and a few other city officials.
Shay says city officials took an in-depth look at the beach safety protocol when creating the ordinance. "We thought that we would err more on the side of public safety," Shay says.
Stearns Beach in Ludington was closed on Friday after the beaches on Lake Michigan were under a beach hazard warning issued by the U.S. Coast Guard.
"We would much rather make that call than making a call to notify someone of an injury or worse," says Ludington Police Chief Mark Barnett.
Shay says the rip current warnings, the conditions, and reports that some swimmers needed help getting back to shore solidified the decision to close the beach.
"They see some waves and think it will be fun, then the next thing you know is swimmer are having some issues," Barnett says.
Beach patrol officers put up "No Swimming" flags and use an ATV and bull horn to enforce the no swimming decision. However, Shay says that in the past two years, the beach has only been closed a few times and people are still allowed to lay out in the sand and use the park.
Shay and Barnett realize visitors often drive long distances to swim at the city beach, but they are prepared to make the call to close the beach if serious danger exists.
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Come spend your ski vacation in one of Summit County's gems. You and your family will not be able to resist making your Colorado vacation a tradition. This house is truly a lush combination of maple and walnut trim that sets the tone for classic mountain living. This house features 5 bedrooms, a 6th smaller bedroom, a loft/office and 5 full and 1 half bathrooms.
The main level has a gourmet kitchen, offering two ovens, two sinks, a warming drawer, two dishwashers, and a sub-zero refrigerator perfect for the amateur cook or the expert chef. The kitchen also offers a 42" flat screen TV. Adjoining the kitchen is a dining room with seating for 8, a bar with seating for 6 and a separate sitting area with a fireplace. The great room is the perfect gathering area with gorgeous fireplace and breath-taking mountain views. The great room also offers a full wet bar and a table for 4. A few steps up from the great room are two master bedrooms, one with a king bed, and the other with a queen bed. There is also a room off of the sitting area with a day bed (Twin with twin trundle) with private french doors and deck access (this is the smaller 6th bedroom referred to above).
The upper level features a lovely master suite and loft that serves as an office. The master suite has a king bed, love seat, private deck, fireplace, 42" flat screen TV, jacuzzi tub, steam shower, and washer and dryer in the closet. The loft area has fully equipped office with Computer, printer, fax, copier and Scanner. It has high speed Internet access with a WIFI router.
The lower level features the ski room with direct access to the ski runs! The ski room has a 3/4 bath with shower and can be used by the bunk room guests. There is also a family room with full entertainment center and surround sound, and a kitchenette. A pool table and a foosball table on this level round out the recreation options. There is a King bedroom that offers it's own bathroom, wet bar, TV, and patio. There is a jack and jill possibility with the bathroom attached to this room with the bunk room. However bunkroom guests can use the ski room bath if the king bedroom wants exclusive use to this bathroom. The bunk room has bunk bed with a twin on top, queen on bottom, and queen trundle underneath plus an additional bunk with twin on top and twin on bottom. The hot tub is located on the patio off this level.
Each level of this gorgeous house has elevator service, speaker system with 2 IPOD docks, radiant in-floor heating, TVs in all bedrooms, a heated deck with gas BBQ grill and a gorgeous lighting scheme to accent the views that surround you in every direction.
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Bedroom #5 - Bunk Bed w/Twin Top, QueenBottom & Queen Trundle + another bunk with a Twin Top, Twin Bottom (7)
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*NOTE: Ski-in/ski-out is weather permitting.
This property can accommodate a maximum of 14 adults, or 20 total with children.
The minimum age limit to rent 30. Guests under the age of 30 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
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4x4 is recommended during any date that snow may occur.
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Minimum night stays are 5-7 nights for Summer and Winter dates except for Spring, Fall, Early Ski and Regular Ski prior to Christmas where the minimum night stay is 4 nights.
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The GIBBS Quadski amphibious vehicle can be driven like a regular 4WD quad while on land, but it draws in its wheels and becomes a Jet Ski-like contraption upon entering the water – all within five seconds.
The Quadski weighs 1,300 pounds (590 kg), has a 15-gallon (57-liter) fuel tank, and is powered by a 175-horsepower BMW Motorrad four-cylinder water-cooled engine – that engine also features electronic fuel injection, a double-overhead camshaft and dry-sump lubrication.
Both on land and water, the vehicle has a claimed top speed of 45 mph (72 km/h). Users just drive it into the water, then press a button to pull in the wheels and enable its jet propulsion system. Upon returning to land, it is likewise a simple matter to
deploy the wheels and switch back to driving mode.
The company hopes to introduce the Quadski to other markets, such as Europe and Latin America, in 2014.
Additionally, it was stated that the vehicle "will pave the way for a host of other HSAs [High Speed Amphibians] for consumers, sports enthusiasts, law enforcement agencies, first responders and other commercial enterprises."
GIBBS founder Alan Gibbs and chairman Neil Jenkins announced that the Quadski is available in select U.S. markets priced at about US$40,000.
GIBBS currently also manufactures the Phibian and Humdinga II high-speed "Amphitrucks."
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I've used a Weller pistol grip 140 watt soldering gun with a cutting tip on silnylon, no-see-um netting, 1.4 oz ripstop and 220 denier nylon. It works well but is slow, expecially if you're cutting anything heavier. I assume more wattage would be faster, but don't know if there is a maximum. If you keep the tip moving, more heat shouldn't be a problem. I first tried a 30 watt pencil tip soldering iron, but it was not hot enough. A straight edge or stiff pattern material to follow with the tip is helpful, as free-hand cutting is difficult. 1/8" x 4' x 8' Masonite hard board makes a good and inexpensive cutting mat. I used this combination for making a tarp, a tent, and a down quilt. I have since switched to a cutting wheel and prefer it for ease and speed. Good luck!
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Yeah for U.S., though I thought it was worldwide...I don't remeber but I'm sure you can look it up.
Yea it requires a monthly subscription...IIRC Jae knows it. Something like $15/mo.?
I'd say, either you record your avdenture with a program like FRAPS or similar so you have something to go with the memories once you are done playing, OR you can wait for *years* until it is no longer supported because they took down their server. I'm sure in the case of the latter over a LAN and an emulator program you'll be able to mimic it. Least that's what SWG players have resolved to do now that Galaxies is no more.
Personally, I find now that I don't care to hang onto every game I ever owned, just the ones near and dear to me. After you get done and have played everything one really doesn't tend to touch it again. Unless it means something to you, you're just keeping excess baggage.
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Nadya Dimitrova, PhD, with her sponsor Tyler Jacks, PhD, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is studying the role of a novel class of RNA molecules, lincRNAs, in tumor suppression. By dissecting the mechanism by which lincRNAs influence tumor suppressor pathways, she hopes to identify new markers for cancer diagnosis as well as novel approaches for effective cancer treatment.
Chuan-Hsiang Huang, MD, PhD [Harold L. Plotnick Fellow] with his sponsor Peter N. Devreotes, PhD, at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, is studying chemotaxis, a process by which cells migrate in response to naturally-occurring chemical cues in the human body. This process is essential for normal cellular movements as well as for the spread of cancer cells (metastasis). Better understanding of chemotaxis will facilitate the development of strategies to block cancer metastasis.
Daniel H. Kim, PhD, with his sponsor Jeannie T. Lee, MD, PhD, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, is studying how noncoding RNAs (unique RNAs that do not make proteins) control gene expression during a developmental process in females called X-inactivation, which turns off all genes on an entire chromosome. His work may provide insights into novel regulatory roles for noncoding RNAs in silencing tumor suppressor genes, while potentially revealing new therapeutic targets for the treatment of many types of cancer.
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Moodle HQ has released updates to the Moodle open source learning management system. The new Moodle 2.3.2 and 2.2.5, available now, incorporate several minor fixes and enhancements and resolve a number of security-related issues.
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Western Illinois University is finalizing its shift to Desire2Learn from Blackboard WebCT software to run Western Online, its distance learning system.
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When you get married, figuring out the financial implications can be a challenge. Do you merge your money completely? Do you keep some or all of the accounts separate? And who takes care of which household financial chores?
As difficult as marriage and money can be, things are even tougher for unmarried couples, both gay and straight. There are all sorts of legal, financial, and emotional issues, and it's difficult for these folks to get good advice in a society that's geared toward married couples.
While researching Your Money: The Missing Manual, I stumbled upon a fantastic book from Sheryl Garrett and Debra Neiman (both of whom are certified financial planners). In Money Without Matrimony (Dearborn 2005), Garrett and Neiman provide tons of advice to help unmarried couples plan their financial futures together.
Unique problems
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 5.2% of American households contain "unmarried partners". Of these, 89.1% are male/female partners, 5.5% are male partners, and 5.4% are female partners. The authors divide these groups into younger heterosexual couples, older (retirement-age) heterosexual couples, and same-sex couples. Each group has specific concerns, and Money Without Matrimony takes care to explore issues unique to each situation. The authors write:
If unmarried couples take the right approach to financial planning, put in place proper legal documentation, and capitalize on existing laws, it's possible to nearly equalize the inequities of a system geared toward married couples.
Money Without Matrimony covers a broad range of topics, exploring each from the perspective of the unmarried couple. The book explores:
- Communication. The book stresses that it's important to go beyond just discussing who's going to pay the bills this month. Couples need to discuss their money blueprints, and they need to plan their future together.
- Partnership. Money Without Matrimony contains one of the best explorations of the joint or separate finances debate I've ever read. The authors explore a variety of different ways to merge household finances. (This is good info even for married folks.)
- Taxes. This is one area where, with proper planning, unmarried couples have an advantage over married couples. This book explains how to exploit this.
- Estate planning. If they don't plan ahead, unmarried couples can face a world of woe when one (or both) partner dies. It's vital to document things completely and correctly in order for your wishes to be followed. The authors cover wills, trusts, directives, and more.
- Other issues. Money Without Matrimony looks are more than just financial issues. The authors also explore the complications of children, legal issues such as domestic partnership agreements, and so on.
The book also covers insurance, retirement planning, children, and more. A lot of these topics may seem boring, I know, but they're crucial for every couple, married or not.
Drama in real life
The best parts of the book are the real-life examples of how couples deal with actual dilemmas. (I love books that do this, which is one reason my book contains lots of stories from GRS readers.) Here's a prime example of the type of story the book includes (and the issues facing unmarried partners):
Jordan and Betsy shared a home that Jordan initially owned individually. When the couple moved in together, though, they split everything 50-50 and always talked about "their" home and their future together. Betsy just assumed Jordan had changed the deed on the house to include her. It never occurred to either of them, in fact, that the home didn't belong to both of them. Two years into their relationship, Jordan popped the big question, asking Betsy to marry him. She said yes, but no date was set for the wedding. Jordan's family still hadn't warmed to Betsy, so the couple thought it best to wait for a while before tying the knot.
Not long after proposing to Betsy, Jordan died in an automobile accident. Naturally, Betsy was upset and distraught. After the funeral and reception, friends of the couple took her out to dinner. When Betsy finally arrived back at her home, Jordan's older brother and father were in the process of moving Betsy's belongings out of the house and into a rented van. Betsy was horrified to learn that her partner had left the house to his brother, according to the terms of his will drafted six years earlier — long before she and Jordan had met. Betsy buried her partner and lost her home in the same day, and she had no recourse.
This story makes my blood boil (and yet it's unfortunately all too common), but Jordan and Betsy could have avoided this tragedy if they'd planned ahead. That's what Money Without Matrimony is all about: Making sure that unmarried partners take the steps necessary to share their finances together, both now and in the future.
The bottom line
Money Without Matrimony is a great book. It's non-judgmental, practical, and packed with advice. If you're in a committed unmarried relationship, I highly recommend you track down a copy. (This may be difficult: My county library system only has two copies, and the book is out of print. But Amazon has some cheap used copies left.)
And to be honest, a lot of the advice here is great even for married couples!
Note: Here's the book's official site, which doesn't actually have a whole lot of info, though you can preview the first few pages of the book.
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S&A UK: Screening Of "Bob Marley. The Making of The Legend" Next Week + Preview Trailer
You can read my lengthy look (HERE) at the many Bob Marley projects that have been been in development limbo over the last 12 years or so; though, most recently we announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (director of documentaries like One Day In September and Touching the Void) had signed on to direct Marley, a production that's being put together with full cooperation of Marley's family, taking over the Martin Scorsese/Jonathan Demme documentary that's been passed around for awhile now.
That film will be released this fall, 2011, marking the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley's death in 1981.
However, those in the London will have the opportunity to see a work-in-progress Marley project titled, Bob Marley. The Making of The Legend. its story goes… "actress, photographer and filmmaker Esther Anderson created the blueprint of this film in 1973 as a kaleidoscope portrait of Bob Marley and the Wailers in Jamaica, constructing the union between Reggae and Rasta that launches the international career of the Wailers. Writing songs with Bob Marley and creating the image for the band, Esther's original vision created a radical change of perception and consciousness both musically and socially around the world. Now, in collaboration with architect and filmmaker Gian Godoy, Esther revisits the making of the legend in modern Jamaica."
Screening will take place on March 19th, next week Saturday at BFI. Click HERE for ticket info.
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The antibiotic era, stemming from the deployment of penicillin, introduced arguably the most successful medicines of all time, impacting dramatically on life expectancy by decreasing childhood and adult deaths from infections, and enabling complex surgeries, transplantations and cancer chemotherapy (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6:28, 2007). Despite this more than one third of all deaths worldwide are due to infections.
Moreover the treatment of infectious diseases is now under severe threat. On the one hand antibiotic resistance is rising rapidly; on the other there are relatively few novel compounds under development or entering the clinic. Thus there is an urgent need to develop new strategies for treating infections.
Adjunctive therapies that make antibiotics work better represent a new approach to treating difficult bacterial infections, and of these one of the most promising is immune modulation (Nature Reviews Microbiology 10:243-254, 2012).
We will pursue several avenues to understand innate immune and inflammatory responses to pathogen molecules and specific disease syndromes and to innate defence regulator (IDR) peptides that we are developing as human and animal immune modulator therapeutics.
High-throughput analysis of homozygous knock-out mutant stem cells
This aim is integrated with the 'Cellular phenotyping of host-pathogen interactions in genetically modified stem cells' programme.
We have developed methods for medium-throughput generation of macrophages from mouse ES cells and have phenotyped these using Cellomics, FACS, Luminex and transcriptomic methods. We are collaborating with a number of Sanger faculty members to use targeted genetic modifications of stem cells to identify the functions of host genes in innate immunity, using stem cells differentiated into macrophages as a model system, comparing these cells to the same cell types obtained from homozygous targeted knock-out cells from mutant mice. In particular we will utilise these methods to determine the mechanism of action of our IDR peptides and the role of specific genes in infections, inflammatory diseases and sepsis.
The long-term intention is to translate this technology to enable an understanding of the same responses in human cells differentiated from knock-out pluripotent stem cells.
RNA-Seq based phenotyping of bacterial and host cells
We have substantial experience in transcriptomics-based phenotyping, including high-throughput sequence based RNA-Seq. Transcriptomics involves a global analysis of the genes that are expressed during challenge and disease, and when performed in high throughput, and analyzed using network/systems biology methods, it can generate exciting new hypotheses for lab testing regarding the roles of genes, pathways and processes in determining mechanistic features of infections, inflammatory diseases (e.g. sepsis, IBD, cystic fibrosis, vasculitis) and the action of immune modulators.
Development of these new insights into mechanisms, pathways, networks of interacting genes and biological processes requires the application of systems/network biology analyses. We have developed databases and analysis platforms to enable such analyses including InnateDB and a fledging program Meta-GEX. We will further develop these tools and promote their usage to analyze the data generated by RNA-Seq.
In particular, we will develop bioinformatic methods for correlating such data with patient parameters, to enable the development of biomarkers, as well as for integrating genetic polymorphism and drug target data into network analyses.
Drug development
We have substantial experience in the translation of basic research and particularly in the development of new anti-infective therapies. We will continue to engage in creating initiatives in the antimicrobial space, based on analysis of the principle mechanisms of resistance and host responsiveness and our new concepts in adjunctive treatment of infections using immunomodulatory and anti-biofilm approaches.
InnateDB is an open-source, publicly-available curated database and systems biology analysis platform of all experimentally validated molecular interactions and pathways in human, mouse. It is becoming an important tool in immunology as evidenced by the 1.5 million hits per year from 12,000 separate visitors and enables the use of high-throughput genomics data to create hypotheses regarding the mechanisms of disease and immunity.
This genomics database for the prominent hospital pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is provided as a service to the research community as a repository for all genetic and genomic information about this bacterium. It receives more than 15,000 hits daily from more than 20 countries.
We are working closely with a number of researchers and faculty at the Sanger Institute.
- Microbial pathogenesis. We are collaborating with Gordon Dougan's team on high-throughout phenotyping of host and bacterial cells, as well as the development of new therapeutic strategies based on an understanding of antibiotic resistance.
- Mouse developmental genetics and ES cell mutagenesis. We are using the stem cell knockouts generated by Bill Skarnes' group for phenotyping after differentiation into macrophages.
- High-Throughput Gene Targeting. The work of the High-Throughput Gene Targeting group is a huge resource for our research, they have produced numerous conditional targeted mutations in C57BL/6 embryonic stem cells, some of which have been grown into homozygous gene targeted mice.
- Malaria: Billker group. Oliver Billker leads the project 'Cellular phenotyping of host-pathogen interactions in genetically modified stem cells' of which our major studies are a part. We have collaborated extensively on development of phenotyping assays for differentiated mouse ES cells.
Selected Publications
Effective adjunctive therapy by an innate defense regulatory peptide in a preclinical model of severe malaria.
Science translational medicine 2012;4;135;135ra64
PUBMED: 22623740; DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003515
The critical role of histone H2A-deubiquitinase Mysm1 in hematopoiesis and lymphocyte differentiation.
Blood 2012;119;6;1370-9
PUBMED: 22184403; DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-05-352666
InnateDB: facilitating systems-level analyses of the mammalian innate immune response.
Molecular systems biology 2008;4;218
PUBMED: 18766178; PMC: 2564732; DOI: 10.1038/msb.2008.55
An anti-infective peptide that selectively modulates the innate immune response.
Nature biotechnology 2007;25;4;465-72
PUBMED: 17384586; DOI: 10.1038/nbt1288
High-throughput generation of small antibacterial peptides with improved activity.
Nature biotechnology 2005;23;8;1008-12
PUBMED: 16041366; DOI: 10.1038/nbt1113
Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, an opportunistic pathogen.
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DJs from a popular local hip hop station amped up runners young and old as they positioned themselves at the start line of the AltaMed Run for Your Life 5K held last Saturday at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park. The event was a fundraiser for the AltaMed health clinic programs and also included a health fair.
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(4) Romney will have an opportunity to define himself. Team Obama has run hard against Mitt Romney in the swing states for outsourcing jobs, offshore bank accounts, and the like. Team Romney has been notably silent, not committing resources to rebut these charges. One reason might be that the charges are not resonating. Importantly, a new Gallup poll of the swing states shows no statistically significant change in the preferences of registered voters since early May.
It is important to remember that Team Romney will use the Republican National Convention to introduce him to the public. Of course, the Bain attacks are eventually going to damage his reputation, at least a little bit – but Romney has a solid and compelling story to tell. He saved the Olympics. He was a pragmatic governor in deep blue Massachusetts. He's a loyal family man. And so on. Voters are going to have all the facts about Romney come November – the positive and the negative.
It makes sense for Romney to hold off until the Republican convention to do that, as that will be the time when voters start becoming engaged. By the same token, it is not at all clear that Team Obama is making the right choice to go after Romney so early. If voters are not paying much attention, these attacks might be played out by the fall without ever having had their full effect. Again, the Gallup poll suggests that they have not made much of an impact just yet, and so also does Team Romney's silence. If the campaign thought the Obama ads were having an impact in Ohio, for instance, they'd surely be on the air responding to them.
So, what does all this mean? Well, I'll put it this way. InTrade has the odds of Obama winning at 56 percent. Nate Silver has it at 67 percent. Both of those odds look far too high to me. If I were trading futures contracts on this election, I'd sell at both prices. This president is in deep trouble.
UPDATE: Franklin Roosevelt won reelection in 1936 with an economy that was weaker than the current one. I meant to suggest that no president in the postwar era has won in an economy as weak as this one, but neglected to add that important qualifier. I regret the error.
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Apparently bug-free.
Poorly written, terrible character designs, not enough info to actually strategize.
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"Sadly, Generations of War doesn't even have a great soundtrack to make its repetitive, uninformed gameplay more enjoyable."
I'm not going to beat around the bush — I hated Agarest: Generations of War. The best that can be said for it is that it functions as designed. It never crashed or even showed signs of bugs. Other than that, I can't find anything to praise about this game. I can, however, be more specific about my complaints.
As you may guess from the title, you play through six generations of a family, and each has a part to play in a war to save the world from the forces of darkness. In the first generation, you're Leonhardt, a surprisingly youthful general of the country of Gridamas who leaves his country's service after deciding that he can no longer follow both his conscience and his orders. This decision almost immediately leads to a battle that leaves him fatally wounded, and, rather than succumb to death, he pledges his service to a godlike being who conveniently appears in Leonhardt's hour of need and offers him power to help defeat both Gridamas and whoever is behind its ruler's turn to evil.
Leonhardt soon raises a party of helpers and sets out to fulfill his mission. Three of his female companions are available as potential romantic partners, which sets things up for the second generation at the end of Leonhardt's story. You can play a total of six generations if you wish to continue the larger mission to vanquish evil, by the end of which your characters will have far surpassed level 100. But you can also simply stop at the conclusion of Leonhardt's story and get something you can call an ending.
That's not a bad setup. Clichéd, certainly, but not bad. Unfortunately, any story potential during the course of the game is quickly crushed by terrible writing and boring characters who simply pile clichés on top of clichés. And their appearances are even worse than their dialogue. One of the girls is supposed to be a general, but she looks like a 16-year-old dressed in a corset, panties, a garter belt, stockings, and heels. Come on, developers — have a little self-respect. You know that no soldier would follow orders from General Jailbait Stripper, and she has no knowledge or personality that would have earned her that rank, even if she were older and dressed more appropriately. (And remember, this is coming from someone who gave a pretty decent review to loli-fest Mugen Souls.) And she's the rule, not the exception. Very disappointing.
I've said enough about poor story and character design. Let's move on to gameplay. Battles are turn-based strategy affairs in which you move your team, watch the enemies move, and finally engage in combat in an order based on the characters' speed stats. Each turn, your characters get an allotment of action points that are used both to move and to attack.
The problem is that this is a strategy game in which you're given very little of the information you need in order to form an actual strategy. In battle, there's no way to know how much damage a character's attacks do, even in relation to that character's other attacks. I assumed that attacks that cost more AP would do more damage, but that doesn't always turn out to be true. And given that your whole team moves before any enemies move, there's no way to position your team in relation to the people you want them to attack.
Outside battle, you're occasionally given dialogue choices that affect your romantic relationships and sometimes the path you take on the map toward your next objective. But your choices are usually so nebulous that you can't possibly know what effect they might have on your relationships, and even after the fact, you generally won't understand why they had the effect they had.
You're also forced to deal with far too many types of "currency." There's gold for some things, TP for others, EP for yet others, etc. It's almost fortunate that there are very few pieces of equipment worth purchasing. Of course, having all of these currencies leads inevitably to grinding. At one point fairly early on, I had to stop and play the same battle 25 times before I could proceed. But the game penalizes you for that required grind by removing the choices I just mentioned if you don't arrive at them early enough in the game's "calendar."
Sadly, Generations of War doesn't even have a great soundtrack to make its repetitive, uninformed gameplay more enjoyable. Instead, it features an overblown cacophony of electric guitar that gets unpleasant very quickly. In the options menu, you can turn off the music and leave the rest of the sound, but the sound effects are nothing special, and the voice acting is only available in Japanese, so I simply muted the entire game only an hour or two into the experience, only turning the sound back on periodically to see if anything had improved. (Spoiler alert: it never did.)
Often, even if a game is flawed, there will still be an audience who can appreciate what it has to offer and look past its flaws. I would be hard-pressed to identify any such audience for Agarest: Generations of War. And were I to find one, I would still suggest that they look elsewhere for their strategy gaming needs. The game's kernel of a story and a mission that spans generations is one that could have been truly epic, but it is instead only an epic failure.
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Database operation "select" failed (exception NSDB, "Query was not a statement returning rows.") ERROR: Attribute 'user_name' not found SQL: select forums_messages.*, person__name(forums_messages.user_id) as user_name, to_char(forums_messages.posting_date, 'Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS') as posting_date, 100 as the_score from forums_messages, forums_forums where forums_messages.forum_id = forums_forums.forum_id and forums_forums.package_id = '3061' and forums_messages.state = 'approved' and ( forums_messages.subject like ('%' || 'foo' || '%') or forums_messages.content like ('%' || 'foo' || '%') or user_name like ('%' || 'foo' || '%') ) order by the_score desc, forums_messages.posting_date descWhich shows that the alias "user_name" to the function "person_name" is not recognized in the where clause. Does anyone know if this is a postgresql specific problem. Possibly it is a version problem. This is running on Postgresql 7.1.3


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NEW YORK – May 21, 2009 – "Meet the Press with David Gregory" was the top-rated Sunday morning public affairs program, placing first in all categories during the May 2009 sweep period, according to Nielsen Media Research data. For the month, the NBC program attracted 3.180 million total viewers, +17% (461,000) more than ABC "This Week's 2.719 million viewers, a +25% (631,000) advantage over CBS "Face the Nation's" 2.549 million, and a +153% (1,923,000) lead over "FOX News Sunday's" 1.257 million viewers. "Meet the Press" has now placed first in total viewers for 46 consecutive sweeps.
In Washington, D.C. during the May sweep period, "Meet the Press" had more viewers than the competition combined. The NBC program averaged 125,000 viewers (4.4/12), a +150% lead over CBS' 50,000 (1.6/4), +198% more than ABC's 42,000 (1.7/5), and a +468% advantage over FOX's 22,000 (0.7/2).
In homes nationally for the sweep, the NBC program posted a 2.3 rating and a 7 share. ABC followed with a 1.9/6, CBS was third with a 1.8/5, and FOX was last with a 0.9/3. "Meet the Press" has now placed first in homes for 49 consecutive sweeps (including two ties).
Among adults 25-54, "Meet the Press" was No. 1 with a 0.9 rating, topping ABC and CBS's 0.7 rating by +29% and FOX's 0.4 rating by +125%. "Meet the Press" has now placed first in adults 25-54 for 66 consecutive sweeps (7 ties), women 25-54 for 61 sweeps (4 ties), and men 25-54 for 51 sweeps (2 ties).
"Meet the Press" also won the week ending Sunday, May 11. The NBC program delivered 3.279 million total viewers, a +17% (479,000) lead over ABC's 2.8 million, +53% (1,140,000) more than CBS' 2.139 million, and a +147% (1,950,000) advantage over FOX's 1.329 million.
In Washington, D.C. for the week, "Meet the Press" had more viewers than the competition combined. NBC had 117,000 viewers (3.8/10), +144% more than CBS' 48,000 (1.6/4), a +255% lead over FOX's 33,000 (0.9/3), and a whopping +277% advantage over last place ABC's 31,000 (1.4/4).
In homes nationally for the week, the NBC program was No. 1, posting a 2.4 rating and 7 share. ABC was second with 2.0/6, CBS placed third with a 1.4/4, and FOX was last with a 0.9/3.
Among adults 25-54, "Meet the Press" was top rated with 0.9 rating. ABC was second with a 0.8, CBS was third with a 0.6, and FOX was last with a 0.4.
On its digital platforms, "Meet the Press" generated more than 270,000 online video streams from May 17 through May 21, 2009. The "Meet the Press" video podcast (available at www.mtp.msnbc.com) remains the top ranked network Sunday Morning program podcast on iTunes.


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Heather M. Morado focuses her practice on entertainment, intellectual property, and general business matters. As a former professional violinist, Heather brings a unique perspective to her law practice. As a result, she often employs a right and left-brained approach in developing pragmatic, creative, and business-focused solutions for clients.
Heather has received the "Clients' Choice" award from Avvo, Inc., as a result of her clients consistently rating her knowledge, responsiveness, and trustworthiness at the highest rating. Heather has also been named a "Rising Star" by Washington Superlawyers, a rating service for attorneys that have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The Rising Star list is limited to the top 2.5% of attorneys in Washington state. Most recently, Heather was named by Billboard magazine to a list of the top 50 attorneys nationwide available to those professionals in the music, media, and entertainment industries.
Heather's entertainment industry clients include screenwriters, producers, directors, talent, production companies, authors, book publishers, toy and game companies, fashion designers, photographers, recording artists, personal managers, composers, record labels, and music publishers. Heather also counsels a diverse array of both emerging and established companies with regard to copyright, trademark, and general business matters.
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Heather is a cum laude graduate of Seattle University School of Law, where she was named a Dean's Scholar. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Puget Sound, earned under a full scholarship on the basis of musical and academic merit. Heather is a member of the Washington State Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. She is a member of the American Bar Association entertainment and sports law section, the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Recording Academy, and she serves on the Board of Directors of the Vespertine Opera Theater. In her spare time, Heather teaches a small studio of violin and piano students, and authors an entertainment and intellectual property law blog at seattleentertainmentlawyer.com.


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Retrieving a Paypal Transaction ID
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Over the years I've worked in many formats and with several cameras such as the Panasonic AGHMC-150, Sony Z5U, GoPro HD Hero (1&2), Panasonic AGDVX-100a and my latest addition the Panasonic Lumix GH2 DSLR (Mmm, lenses!).
In every project I strive to capture the best picture and audio while actively problem-solving and adjusting to environmental and technical limitations. I have a broad spectrum of shooting experience ranging from corporate interviews in downtown skyscrapers to outdoor weddings, music videos and theater performances. I really enjoy capturing life in the 21st century, and I'm always looking for interesting things to shoot.
Created for the Vimeo Weekend Project around Halloween 2012, the challenge was to make a spooky short film under one minute in length. I shot this run-and-gun with a one man crew, creating the concept and then acting, framing the shots and editing within a 48 hour period. Very challenging but a very rewarding exercise.
I wrote,shot,edited and made closing credits for this 7-minute short which documented a one-of-a-kind art/music/live-performance event that took place during the fall of 2012. Sponsored by Emerging Leaders in the Arts - Buffalo and organized by local Professional Historical Researcher, Dana Saylor-Furman, this event was a real pleasure to be part of.
This is one a several videos I worked on with The Penny Jam crew while living in Portland, OR from 2007-2009. I am a huge music lover and had a great time creating high-quality, unique music performance videos with the crew. Shot on Panasonic DVX100a, just prior to HD video really taking off on the web.
This is one of two rough cuts for Buffalo singer/songwriter Andrew Robert Mitchell's 2012 track "Freedom Cries". We shot at 1080/30p and then conformed to 24p to get a very subtle slowmotion effect. Andy and I had lots of fun exploring the wonderful locations around Buffalo and Lake Ontario.
This 2-minute promo was created for Portland, OR architect Corey Omey and his wife Deb, who de-constructed and re-modeled Deb's single story house into a 2-level ultra-green house complete with eco-roof and 90% reclaimed/recycled bill of materials.
I shot and edited this interview in conjunction with Sustainable Otsego, a non-profit group advocating sustainable practices in Otsego County, NY. Minimal setup utilizing natural light and boomed shotgun mic overhead.
Scott Carver, Sean Whiteman and I filmed this Portland Cello Project Christmas concert at the Aladdin Theater in winter of 2009. We used 3 Panasonic DVX-100's and I operated the wide shot on a fluid head tripod with audio feed from the house mixing board. (Thanks Aladdin sound guy!) This is one of many edits I cut from the 6+ hours of multicam clips.


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We have it all when it comes to summertime activities. Hiking, biking, summer outdoor concerts, golfing, outdoor ice skating, huckleberry hunting, scenic chair lift rides, fun festivals, geocaching and more! So take a look at what's waiting for you, your friends and your family. What are you up for?
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Back Country Film Festival
March 15 @ 6-10pm enjoy the Backcountry Film Festival at Brundage. he ten unique films included in this year's Backcountry Film Festival will inspire you to embrace the UP. This is a FREE event and all ages are welcomed. Food and drinks will be available. Bring the family up to ski and stay for great ski film, a killer raffle and a night you will not want to miss. Film start at 6pm at the Brundage Main Lodge. More...


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As teachers in the English department at Coventry High School, we have weathered a number of financial crises. But through it all--reduction in staff, larger class sizes and elimination of our courses — our focus continues to be on our students.
On Tuesday, Nov. 6, voters in the Coventry community will have the opportunity to renew funding for their school district. By voting yes on Issue 70, residents will continue their support of a district rated "excellent" by the state of Ohio. Because Issue 70 is a renewal, a "yes" vote will not add a new tax.
We need the continued support of our community. Please vote "yes" on Issue 70 — our children's future depends on it. Nothing new, just renew.
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Happy New Year! As much as I love the holiday season, each year I look forward to January so I can reboot and get focused on what I want to accomplish in the next year. For me, it's time to put down the eggnog, put away the elastic-waist sweat pants and get down to business.
With the 2011 staring me in the face, I've found that divulging my New Year's resolution is one way to keep me on track. So I'll confess to you: in 2011 I want to build on the progress that I made in 2010– not by measuring success by what the scale reads, but by living healthier.
Last year, I managed to cut the diet soda addiction out of my life. It sounds like a little thing, but I had an unhealthy consumption of three diet sodas a day and it was a necessary "baby step" for me. Today, I don't miss the sodium or the bloat that comes from soda or the long-term health risks associated with artificial sweeteners. In 2011, I'm ready to take on bigger goals. That means eating cleaner, eating more locally, and as much as it pains me to say it– eating out less.
I have the good fortune of being in contact with some of the best sources in town when it comes to good food and fitness. Here are some of the insider tips I'd like to pass along to help you reach your health goals in 2011.
Eating cleaner: In a nutshell, eating clean is eating whole, natural foods like fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and complex carbohydrates. It also means staying away man-made sugar, bad fats and preservatives. Generally, if you can't pronounce the ingredients, then it's processed and not clean. Eating clean has gotten a whole lot easier since Events by Amore owner Linda Caivano-Baldwin launched a new line of ready-to-heat meals called Amore Now- Healthy Lifestyle To Go. Low-fat, low-calorie and low-salt food never tasted so good. With entrees like Pear & Lemon-Thyme Chicken, Balti Caribbean Chicken and Bangkok Dressed Salmon, I can attest that you don't feel like you are sacrificing by eating Linda's clean food. And, priced at $5.95 to $8.95, it's not prohibitively expensive. Bonus!
Eating locally: I want to eat more locally because it is a win on so many fronts. Selfishly, fresh food just tastes better. But I'm also concerned about my carbon footprint. Eating locally allows me to feel guilt-free about what I'm eating while supporting local small businesses. On Fridays, I like to head to the farmer's market in Downtown Tampa for locally-grown fruits and veggies. But on an everyday basis, grocers like Central Café & Organics (St. Petersburg) and Nature's Food Patch (Clearwater) are also good options for locally grown produce. I'm also considering stocking up twice a month on ethically-raised and hormone-free chicken and pork from Twenty-Four Rivers LLC in Plant City.
Eating out: While I'm going to try and cook at home more this year to control what my family eats, sometimes I know I'm going have to eat out. Everyone needs a break from the kitchen and has social obligations that takes them out of the house during dinnertime. I've realized that there's no reason that eating out has to be a license to binge or derail good progress I've made in the week leading up the dinner out. Sometimes, being strategic about where I go can keeps me on track.
Maybe I'm meeting friends for a drink? Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant has a new "Skinny Sangria" on the menu. At only 100 calories, it's packed with the flavor and fun of regular sangria, with half the sugar. I can couple skinny sangria with a grilled seafood tapa selection and manage to be healthy and still fabulously social. Even better, Tapas Tuesdays allows me to do this on the cheap– that's when Ceviche offers $4 tapas selections as well as $4 sangria!
What are some of your New Year's resolutions and are there any restaurants or dishes that you seek out to stay on track?
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Buying a new home instead of an existing one has plenty of perks: Maintenance costs will likely be lower, the home will be more energy efficient and it will look more modern.
Of course, you'll pay for those perks; new homes cost more than comparable used ones.
And that's where it begins and ends for many prospective buyers.
WSJ's house of the week
Will it be a landmark Manhattan property hitting the market for the first time in 30 years or a home with a 3,500-bottle wine cellar and tasting room? WSJ's Stefanos Chen reveals the winner. Photo: Steve Remich for The Wall Street Journal.
It costs approximately 20% more to buy a new home than an existing one, according to an analysis by real-estate website Trulia; the analysis considered all for-sale listings on the website from January to March, excluding foreclosures. Homes built in 2013 or 2014 were typically priced 20% higher than existing homes in the same ZIP Code with comparable square footage, bedrooms and bathrooms, Jed Kolko, Trulia's chief economist, wrote in his report.
And while 41% of Americans polled by the website said that they would prefer a new home, many of them aren't willing to pay the premium for it. Only 17% of respondents said they both prefer a new home — and would pay the premium. The survey included responses from 2,048 Americans, and was taken in March and April.
Another interesting finding: Younger Americans (those between 18 and 34 years of age) were more likely to say they'd pay the premium for a new home than other age groups. Of course, not all of their pocketbooks have caught up with their aspirations. According to U.S. Census information from 2012, only 5.5% of adults younger than 35 who bought a home the previous year purchased a new one — the lowest percentage of all age groups, Kolko pointed out.
In fact, many builders aren't even building a lot of entry-level homes.
The number of new homes sold in March with a price of more than $400,000 was equal to the number of new homes sold for less than $150,000, according to a separate analysis by Robbert van Batenburg, director of market strategy at Newedge, a global brokerage business. Ten years ago, the ratio of low-end to high-end homes was greater than 3 to 1, he reported.
Yet even though many Americans are still highly motivated by competitive prices — which, in turn, sends them looking at existing homes — home building is picking up, with the inventory of new homes up 25%, year over year, according to recent U.S. Census data.
"During much of the recession, existing homes dominated the market," Kolko said. "The ratio of existing to new home sales got as high as 14 to 1 during the recession," compared with a 6-to-1 ratio before the housing bust. The ratio fell to 12 to 1 in 2013, he said.
Markets with the most single-family home construction: Raleigh, N.C.; Houston; Charleston, S.C.; Austin, Texas; and Charlotte, N.C., Kolko reported.
When to buy new
New homes are more likely to be outfitted with "modern features," including an open floor plan, bigger closets, a kitchen island and walls that are pre-wired for flat-screen TVs. Getting modern features was the most common reason people strongly preferred a new home, according to the Trulia survey.
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No woman, no drive.
Insha'allah, our sisters in Saudi will be able to drive some day..!
"No woman, no drive" the Saudi Arabian satirical version of the famous Bob Marley song. (video)
"For those who haven't been keeping up with the news in the region, there was a mass protest yesterday in Saudi Arabia dealing with this issue. Drive-ins were conducted all across the country as women defied the ban imposed on them. This video was posted as part of the campaign."
PS: "The guy scratching his beard to make that shaker noise is a legend…
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News: NO Discipline For Max Pacioretty
According to multiple reports, the NHL has decided not to discipline Max Pacioretty for his hit on Ryan McDonagh last night.
Renaud Lavoie tweets "Hearing that Marc Bergevin did a great job to protect his player."
McDonagh did not return to the game after the hit in the second period last night.
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The Academic Support Program (ASP) complements the law school curriculum. The Program focuses on the process involved in developing skills that are necessary to succeed in law school and on the bar exam. These skills include, in part, the ability to understand (brief), organize (outline) and apply the law (exam writing) as well as time and stress management. ASP recognizes that students have different learning styles and backgrounds that affect their learning and performance in law school. Throughout the Program, diverse teaching methods are used to assist students to reach their academic potential. To help students succeed, ASP offers the following:
The Educational Consultant addresses topics such as briefing, note-taking, outlining, exam writing as well as time and stress management. Skills Workshops are offered at key times during the year and are open to all interested students.
An upper division student, with proven academic success, is assigned to each first year section in the Fall. The Section Leader conducts a follow-up Study Session to reinforce and enhance the skills addressed in each Skills Workshop. They will work closely with the Consultant in the development of active learning materials and exercises. These are open to all interested first year students.
Experts will present interactive workshops for third year students focusing on each component of the bar. The program is designed to expose students to the bar early so that they will not waste valuable time during the summer learning about the exam. Students are introduced to effective ways of preparing for each component to help them pass their first time.
Individual meetings enable students to gain a specific understanding of their academic strengths and weaknesses as well as explore non-analytical concerns that may interfere with learning. The Consultant, Section Leaders, and the Director of ASP will hold office hours.
Information about specific times and locations for activities and office hours will be on the ASP bulletin board (2nd floor, 198 bldg) and in the Hastings Weekly email. The Academic Support Program office is located on the 4th floor of the 198 building in room 403.


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On pins and needles defending artistic expression
Stroll down any Massachusetts street on a sunny day and you are will see a lot of bare skin adorned with some nifty (and some not-so-nice) tattoos.
Once the emblem of American GI's and Japanese yakuzas, tattoos have become ubiquitous among the under-30 crowd. It's the rare person who hasn't fallen under the spell of the needle and dye. Even the trend-setting Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston is opening an exhibit next week featuring Mexican tattoo artist, Dr. Lakra.
But did you know that tattooing was recently illegal in Massachusetts and many other states? It's true. It took a lawsuit by the ACLU in 2000 to strike down restrictions on tattoo artists in Massachusetts, thus ensuring that this ancient form of self-expression is no longer criminalized in our Commonwealth.
On April 15 at 7 p.m., the ICA will feature a conversation about the case with ACLU attorney Sarah Wunsch, who was co-counsel with Harvey Schwartz in litigating the challenge to the Massachusetts law banning tattooing.
To some people, such legal victories seem only skin deep. But on closer examination, the right to tattoo is part and parcel of our right to artistic expression.
The art of "body art" goes back literally thousands of years. Tattooed mummies have been found in all parts of the world, including Egypt, Libya, Asia and South America. A five thousand year old man, nick-named "otzi the ice man" by the people who dug him up, reportedly bore 57 tattoos -- although they may have simply been scars from arthritis (apparently it can be hard to tell the difference after 5,000 years).
The first tattoo shop in New York was set up in 1846 and came to Boston soon thereafter. Soldiers from both sides in the civil war revived the ancient tradition of wearing tattoos as a sign of military prowess. Today, surveys show that more than one-third of Americans under age 30 have tattoos, and the numbers are growing.
Despite the historical persistence of tattooing, however, the law on tattooing as free expression isn't a slam-dunk. States have some right to ensure the sanitary operation of tattoo parlors and courts are still sorting out the hard cases, such as whether employers can require employees to cover tattoos. But our nation nonetheless has made progress in defense of tattooing as a fundamental form of artistic expression. Even South Carolina and Oklahoma -- two hold-out states -- recently passed laws legalizing tattooing as skin art.
Personally, I am content to let the Mother Nature etch her motif into my tender hide without additional help from dye and needles. But even I can't resist the fascination with tattooing as an ancient and compelling form of human expression. As the ICA enticement for its upcoming show attests: "From cave walls to touch screens, no surface is off limits to the creativity of artists and designers. What about the most accessible surface of all, our own bodies?"
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PMC to Host First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call on April 25, 2013 Business Wire SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- April 1, 2013 PMC® (Nasdaq:PMCS), the semiconductor innovator transforming networks that connect, move and store big data, today announced that the Company will host a conference call with the financial community on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 1:30 PM Pacific Time/4:30 PM Eastern Time, following the release of its first quarter results. The conference call will be conducted by Mr. Greg Lang, PMC's president and chief executive officer, and Mr. Steve Geiser, PMC's vice president, finance and chief financial officer. PMC's first quarter results will be released after the U.S. stock market closes on Thursday, April 25, 2013, and will be available at http://www.pmcs.com. The conference call webcast will be accessible under the Financial News and Events section at http://investor.pmcs.com. To listen to the conference call by telephone, dial 1 (888) 771-4371 (U.S. Toll Free) or 1 (847) 585-4405 (International) with passcode 34533385#, approximately ten minutes before the start time. A telephone playback will be available for ten business days after the completion of the call, and can be accessed at 1 (888) 843-7419 using the code 34533385#. About PMC PMC (Nasdaq:PMCS) is the semiconductor innovator transforming networks that connect, move and store big data. Building on a track record of technology leadership, the company is driving innovation across storage, optical and mobile networks.PMC's highly integrated solutions increase performance and enable next-generation services to accelerate the network transformation. For more information, visit: www.pmcs.com. Follow PMC on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and RSS. © Copyright PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2013. All rights reserved. PMC and PMC-SIERRA are registered trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. in the United States and other countries, and PMCS is a trademark of PMC-Sierra, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. PMC is the corporate brand of PMC-Sierra. Contact: PMC Jennifer Gianola, 1-408-239-8630 Director, Investor Relations email@example.com or Hillary Choularton, 1-604-415-6671 Communications Specialist email@example.com
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Allianz Lanka is the first insurer in Sri Lanka to achieve Rs. One billion in premium income in less than 5 years of operation.Company commenced the "Life" operations in 2008 and achieved Rs. 100 million in premium income with in the first year of operations.
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Avi Rubin
I am Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University and Technical Director of the JHU Information Security Institute. My primary research area is Computer Security, and my latest research focuses on security for electronic medical records. I am the Director of the Health and Medical Security (HMS) Lab at Johns Hopkins. I also founded Harbor Labs, a company that provides technical expertise and testimony in high tech litigation.
I am a frequent speaker on Information Security. Some highlights include a TED talk about hacking devices, testimony in Congressional hearings, and a high level security briefing at the Pentagon to the Assistant Secretary of the Army and a group of generals.
Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins, I worked in the Secure Systems Research Department at AT&T Labs - Research. My work there was in the area of cryptography, network security, Web security and secure Internet services. I received my B.S. ('89), M.S.E. ('91), and Ph.D. ('94) in Computer Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
I am an avid poker player, and I recently participated in a TV show called Poker Night in America where I had the opportunity to play in a high stakes (for me) cash game against some of the top pros. The game was filmed and is expected to air some time this summer. Besides poker, my next biggest hobby is sailing. I'm pretty much a sports nut and will play or watch just about anything, especially Michigan sports. I exercise almost every day, and I just don't feel the same if I can't do something active.
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