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Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has upgraded the mainframe infrastructure behind its banking and insurance businesses to support a £500m IT transformation.
The upgrade to a newer generation of IBM kit was completed in late February under a replacement and "buy-back" process, using the residual value of the legacy equipment. The switch will ultimately save the company £3m.
CFS hopes the machines will provide a more flexible and environmentally-friendly software testing environment - with the old equipment, processing power could only be reduced or increased in 400 million instructions per second (MIPS) chunks, while the new mainframe allows changes in power use of 100 MIPS.
"We will be going through a significant amount of change over the next four to five years, so we needed greater flexibility to scale power up and down according to our requirements," said Gary James, head of enterprise computing at CFS.
"The new mainframes will act as one of the enablers for the overall change programme. It will meet short-term requirements such as support of our testing activities and provide operational and financial savings for the organisation," he said.
Further benefits of the migration, carried out over two months in partnership with datacentre specialist Thesaurus, include higher levels of security, control and automation.
In addition to the mainframe upgrade, CFS is also looking at making better use of virtualisation technology at its three datacentres, said James.
"We are partnering with IBM to look at options related to virtualisation for our Unix platform and I expect there will be a significant amount of activity in that area towards the second half of this year and beginning of 2010," he said.
James said another key area for the IT team over the next three years could be related to the integration of Britannia Building Society – currently attempting a merger with CFS – which has a very different set-up, with Sun equipment and no mainframes.


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But conservationists who have been campaigning against the cutting and woodchipping of Tasmania's old growth trees say the offer does not protect enough of the unique and irreplaceable forest.
Howard flew to Launceston to announce his proposal for saving Tasmania's old growth forests. He first met with the Forest Industries Association and the forestry union, and says his package has industry support.
"We do not believe that in the pursuit of understandable and laudable environmental objectives nationally, one section of the Australian population should bear a disproportionate level of pain and dislocation," Howard said.
Greens Senator Bob Brown, who represents Tasmania, was not impressed. "We want the forests on Mr. Howard's list saved," he said. "But the list of forests he will send to the chainsaws is twice as long. No wonder the loggers are cheering."
"Forests outside the reserves identified above should not become 'sacrifice zones,' through the transfer of woodchipping pressure and an even higher rate of logging than is current," said Brown.
Conservationists prefer the proposal offered by Howard's rival Australian Labor Party leader Mark Latham.
On Monday, Latham said that if he forms the federal government after Saturday's election, he will immediately initiate a rigorous scientific assessment of Tasmania's high conservation value old growth forests and rainforests to confirm their status for protection based on World Heritage values, national heritage values, and the protection of threatened species and ecosystems.
"On completion of the review, a Federal Labor Government will legislate to permanently protect all the areas confirmed by the experts as worthy of protection," Latham said.
Brown assessed the offers by the two major parties simply. "Mr. Howard's Tasmanian forests package is one-third of the forests and five percent of the money offered by Mr. Latham," he said. "The fact that it is backed by the woodchip industry speaks volumes."
Labor's policy is to end land clearing across Australia, the party's Tasmanian forest policy statement declares. "Tasmania's biodiversity is particularly threatened by this practice. Labor will act to end broad scale clearing of native vegetation in Tasmania at the time of the implementation of new conservation measures."
The Wilderness Society, Australian Conservation Foundation and Greenpeace today described the Australian Labor Party's policy on old growth logging in Tasmania as "potentially historic," but said no one could be sure until September next year.
The groups particularly welcomed Labor's commitment to prevent any new logging activities or forestry operations in the area subject to the review, the investment of $800 million to provide new employment opportunities in Tasmania, and the commitment to end the clearing of native vegetation.
The groups also liked Labor's ruling out of the burning of native forests as a potential source of renewable energy, and the program of buyback of forests on private land.
The Wilderness Society, Australian Conservation Foundation and Greenpeace have advanced a proposal that would protect a total of 550,000 hectares on public land, of which 240,000 hectares is loggable high conservation value forests.
Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon, who heads a Labor government, said today that nothing short of full support for the existing Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) is acceptable to him.
"On what basis can Senator Brown claim the public wants an end to logging old-growth in Tasmania only and not elsewhere?" Lennon asked. "He is happy to allow old-growth logging to continue in Victoria. Why?"
"After all, Tasmania has more old growth protected than Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria combined," the premier said.
But Brown blames the the Lennon government for the high rate of logging in Tasmania's forests under the Regional Forest Agreement, which designates certain forests for conservation and others for cutting.
"The RFA guaranteed protection of high conservation values, including wildlife," said Brown. "It removed the Commonwealth and entrenched the Tasmanian government with this task. Instead the rate of logging has doubled."
Brown says the Lennon government is responsible for "poisoning of native wildlife including species listed for protection" and "the removal of habitat causing Tasmania's wedgetail eagle - larger than its mainland cousin - to be pushed towards extinction."
The run-off from poorly managed logging sites has been polluting streams and threatening the world's biggest crayfish, Astacopsis gouldi, which grows to one meter (39 inches) in length, Brown points out.
Destruction of forests "like those in the Huon and Weld valleys which are of World Heritage value" have occurred under the Lennon government as well as "the loss of ancient forest ecosystems without adequate study to assess their environmental value," says Brown.

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I want to go on a supported tour in the US and wonder how to find a good company to go with. Any opinions or references would be appreciated. Are the ads usually true to what happens?
I want to go on a supported tour in the US and wonder how to find a good company to go with. Any opinions or references would be appreciated. Are the ads usually true to what happens?
The Adventure Cycling Association has well-regarded supported tours in the U.S..
However, I've always been stunned by how expensive any supported tour is.
These are intriguing too.
Leaving Bellingham 8/25/15 to San Diego for my LAST unsupported tour. Selling rig for a song when done. See cover of 4/15 Adventure Cyclist and PM me.
I did America By Bicycle's (ABB) Transam North in 07. My impressions were that it was run with military precision (our tour leader was a retired Air Force officer and senior Olympic cyclist)...it was on time, as promised, highly competent. OTOH, the staff was a bit stand-offish and could be arbitrary at time with their rule making. The leaders had done dozens of long distance tours and knew the route cold, which was comforting to us newbies.
The ride was over subscribed (70 riders on day one!!) and in spite of that, I thought the crew did an outstanding job managing us. Lines were a factor for meals and luggage loading, but all-in-all very acceptable.
The staff planned the route/hotels/breakfast and dinner, hauled all the luggage, provided maps and a route briefing daily, put on a SAG stop every 35-40 miles, offered a sag wagon for the weary and did mechanical support along the ride or at the end of the day if needed.
Meals were adequate, but never gourmet. Because of the group size it was buffet style almost always...quantities were never a problem. Hotels were acceptable- Holiday Inns, Best Westerns, etc. Almost always with internet and A/C. Biggest issue for me was that the pace was hurried...our average miles was 85/day, with about 8-9 days between rest days. Rest days were in moderate sized cities for the most part (Boise, Casper, etc).
It was an expensive trip- I went single and today the cost for that is about $11,000 plus airfare, lunches, bike shipping, incidentals.
Conclusion: I am very glad that I had a chance to do this tour with ABB and while they're not perfect, I had a fantastic time and think about the ride every day. If you can do it, it will change your life.
ABB website is here: http://www.abbike.com/
My blog from the '07 ride is here: http://bobsride2007.blogspot.com/200...3_archive.html
BTW, if I was going to do it again, I'd go with a small group (4 at most) and do it credit card style- touring bikes with clothes (no tent or cooking) and stay where we wanted and eat what we wanted. I think you could cut the cost in half this way, not feel crowded or rushed and stay/eat better.
A slight variation on this theme would be to have a designated drive accompany the small group in a support vehicle (something big enough for all the riders to get in if need be..say to shuttle past a problem or just to drive to dinner together)- to me that would be the ultimate way to tour...light weight road bikes, help when you needed it, small group. But, you may want to do a fully supported tour first to learn some of the ropes.
If I was going credit card style I would definitely use the Adventure Cycling maps- they are fantastic.
Last edited by bobframe; 11-26-09 at 08:18 AM.
I might be able to make some suggestions if I knew more about the type of tour you're seeking, such as miles per day, terrain, challenging or easy, number of days, where you were thinking about riding and how much you are willing to spend.


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Why you don't need short rows in knitting
(scroll down to see pictures done wrong (blue) and done right (maroon).
A short row in knitting produces the darts that are on the side like we see in V8151.
I *think* she is saying to manipulate the knitting so the increases/decreases would be like waist darts (only she's adding stitches - and therefore width - over the bust).
I need time to read it again and I was busy all day and will be gone tomorrow. I'll try to come back to this thread late tomorrow or Friday when I get back home.
It was too good not to share (especially seeing the difference in her sweaters. Amy is a published author and her book is on Amazon's "Best Books of 2013" list.
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Really interesting article. Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention.
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It is good to see designers writing about fitting, which wasn't as much the case when I was younger.
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Piston first-round draft pick Brandon Knight with his mom Tonya Knight before the Tiger game against Arizona Friday night / KIRTHMON F. DOZIER /Detroit Free Press
Brandon Knight was a basketball prodigy. He was a top-rated recruit from his early teens, and a presumptive 2011 NBA lottery pick before he left high school. This makes his journey seem inevitable. It was not.
Theres two roles to get the kid to the place they want to be, Knights mother Tonya said today after the Pistons introduced their new point guard to the local media. The kid must do their part, and the parents must do their part.
Too many parents think they can get their kid to the NBA, or the NBA, or Major League Baseball. They cant. Tonya and Efrem Knight knew it. They just wanted to navigate through the sea of sharks that is the youth basketball scene.
Brandon Knight could have been ruined by arrogance, academics, laziness, injury, drugs, AAU coaches with an agenda, sycophants or a college coach who cared more about his paycheck than his players success. The Knights did everything they could to help him get as far as he could, even if they didnt know how far that would be.
Weve always tried to put him in a place so he can have options, Tonya said.
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Brandon did not just have to stay academically eligible; he had to excel. You dont hear many 19-year-old NBA lottery picks say, as Knight did today, I took an unofficial (visit) to Yale.
He chose Kentucky instead. Wildcats coach John Calipari had helped star point guards Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans and John Wall become top NBA picks in one season. Knight knew Calipari would help him, too.
But even then, Knight did not sign a letter of intent with Kentucky. He took the unusual step of signing an aid agreement instead. It required Kentucky to give him a scholarship, but did not require Knight to go to Kentucky.
That way, if Calipari left for another school, Knight would have the option of going somewhere else and playing right away, instead of sitting out a year.
Knight gamed the system, and good for him. Why should colleges have all the leverage? As a pre-teen, he had been burned by a rules violation he helped one AAU team qualify for a tournament and then wanted to play for another. He was told he wasnt allowed.
It taught as a very valuable lesson, Tonya said. I would tell every parent, even if its ballet, whatever it is: Know the rules.
Knight already had 22 academic credits when he stepped on campus. If an NBA lockout really wipes out the whole season, he might play his first NBA game as a college graduate.
Finishing school is not an option, Tonya said. He has to do it.
There is a simple and obvious lesson here for parents so simple and obvious, its amazing how many of us miss it. His parents did not make him the eighth pick in the draft. As Tonya said, he has God-given talent. They just helped him take advantage of his gifts.
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I just landed in Vegas to join what I imagine will be zillions of guys who have managed to score get-outta-jail-free cards to enjoy the Super Bowl this weekend in Sin City. And I started thinking about all of the panicky women they have left behind – the girlfriends and fiancées who are begged for them not to go, set ultimatums if they did go, faked an encouraging send off so they looked cool while meanwhile they had an inner anxiety attack or tried to pack themselves in their man's suitcases.
I get it. Vegas isn't called Sin City for nothing. It is a town built on debauchery. In every inch around every corner, temptation lurks. It is a city designed to fulfill fantasies and preys on free men looking to have unadulterated fun. There is no denying it. So I understand why women get insecure about sending their man there for the weekend but that doesn't mean you shouldn't, in fact, you must! And here's why:
1. Guys need time in the treehouse. Unlike women who can keep up with each other via regular phone, email, Facebook or coffee chats, guys need irregular but concentrated bursts of face time – raw male bonding… just like they did when they were kids in their clubhouses. Time to tell stories, bitch about their girlfriends, let it all hang out (literally), do the noogie thing (seriously) – just be guys.
2. Time apart is evidence of a secure relationship. If you are worried about your guy cheating on you with Ginger Snap the stripper, think about he has done to earn this worry before you jump to this conclusion. Has he cheated on you before? If not, why would he now? When you put your trust in a good guy, the last thing he wants to do is break that trust. A guy can be like a rebellious teenager - accuse him of doing something he hasn't done and he is more likely to go off and do it.
3. Vegas is so much more of a fantasy than a reality. Truth be told most of what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas because not much of it is even worth talking about. Guys have grand ideas of what will go on but when they get there most of them just drink, gamble, eat too much at the buffets, maybe look at some strippers (which is seriously harmless) and throw up a few times.
4. You wouldn't freak out over NYC, Atlanta, New Orleans or any other big city. Here's the thing – a guy who wants to get in trouble can find trouble wherever he wants it. You wouldn't tell your man not to go on a business trip to Boston or to a college reunion with his frat boys to Chicago. Truthfully, if he wants to commit sin, he can do it in the city you live in. Either you trust him, or you don't. If you don't, you shouldn't be with him at all.
5. Saran Wrap girlfriends don't last long. Chances are your man's last girlfriend gave him a hard time about going away with the boys so if you don't, you will prove you are not clingy... and haven't you always wanted to be that independent, non-possesive girl? Now is your chance. Being that breath of fresh confidence and security will heighten your appeal in his heart plus you will feel better about yourself.
6. Karma is a mutha. At some point, you are going to want to go to Vegas with your girlfriends. Enough said.
7. He will rock you in your bedroom when he gets back! Once he shakes off his sleep deprivation, chances are his libido will be on fire since he hasn't gotten any for a few days but has been surrounded by it, thus you get to be the beneficiary of all that stored loving. Take this opportunity to show him that Ginger Snap ain't got nothing on you.
8. Ice cream for dinner. With your man gone for the weekend, you get a weekend all to yourself. Flashback to your single girl days where you had ice cream for dinner, did face masks with your girls, took 3 yoga classes in a day – whatever you want to do, do it – you have no man to consider on this weekend!
The bottom line is that although your man is likely to return to you an unshowered hungover (possibly still slightly drunk) mess after a weekend away with the boys in Sin City, he's coming back refreshed and ready to re-engage with you, someone who sent him off and welcomed him home confidently, happily and securely, evidence to him, that when it comes to you, he really hit the jackpot!
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Google has released the first beta version of its Chrome browser for Linux and Mac OS for download. Until now, only an open source variation, Chromium, has been Linux compatible.
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Sheeran suffers on first night of Taylor Swift tour
Picture: Ed Sheeran - Ed Sheeran performing at the Festival Hall in Melbourne - Melbourne, Australia - Saturday 9th March 2013
Tumblin' Ed Sheeran they call him. Well, they don't, but they should after this calamitous footage of ginger-haired man-child taking a fall on his first night supporting Taylor Swift on tour. Maybe he was daydreaming about those rumors about him and her dating being true.
The Daily Mail reports that Sheeran was supporting Swift in front of a crowd in Nebraska, the first night supporting her current Red US Tour, and he got off to a less than steady start, when he attempted to jump from one pedestal to another, going head over heels and falling, comic-like, with his legs pointed in the air. That'll teach him to put himself on one. However, fair play to Sheeran, he got straight back up and continued to perform to the no-doubt amused American crowd.
There was embarrassment for Ed Sheeran on opening night of Taylor Swift tour
Sheeran addressed the rumors about him and Swift to New Zealand's TVNZ recently, saying "I did go to her hotel, I did stay there 'til four and I did leave in the same clothes. But I was playing her my new record. It was strictly that kind of thing... I'm a professional. The thing that impressed me with the media is that because they wrote about it, my mates believed it. The fact that people can believe it makes me feel like a bit of a stud, you know?" However, he said he'd never date the singer out of respect for his close friend and Swift's ex, Harry Styles. "I've got to be honest because one of my best friends did date her. I'm not that kind of guy" he said, adding "But the fact that people believed it impressed me a little bit." Check out below to see Ed fall!


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If all you do is MOCK people who choose to lead a natural lifestyle, get out of my thread (you know who you are). I'd love to connect with other like minded mamas. You know...co-sleeping, breastfeeding, non-vaxing, organic/real food eating, etc. Maybe we could set up a group where we could discuss things like going to the chiropractor without being told we are morons? It would be nice. If you are interested, let me know and I'll look into setting up a private group. :)
Would love to connect with other natural mamas...
Danielle, it shows you under pending invites? I'm not 100% sure of what I'm doing. I think I sent everyone in this thread an invite. And natural parenting definitely isn't an all or nothing thing at ALL! I don't do everything 'by the book' either...I don't think anyone does. I'm totally cool with people who make different choices than I do so long as we are all respectful of one another. :)
Danielle... Wife, Mother, Professional Photographer
I take offense at the term. I didn't adopt my children therefor I am a natural mother.
All these things do not go together. I am an AP Mom (babywear, bedshare, extended breast feeding, but I can't afford organic and wouldn't dream of not vaxing.
There are a lot of groups for these parenting practices on babycenter.
Kelli -Mommy to Henry T (3/30/10) and teacher of 4 and 5 yo.
Don't worry Kelli, if my group is offensive to you I won't send you an invite. Have a nice day! :)
And FWIW, I'm not 100% 'crunchy' either. I don't make my own baby food (too darn lazy), don't babywear (but want to), and gave up on cloth diapering due to persistent rashes and ammonia issues. But as I mentioned before (and Danielle as well) this isn't an all or nothing group. I didn't set it up to 'offend' anyone and if you are offended, well...you are the one with the issue, not me. :)
Not your group, the term. It seems to imply that people who do things conventionally are "unnatural parents".
Just pointing stuff out. I'm sure it would be a bad fit, as a teacher I can't hang with home schoolers and non-vaxers.
Kelli -Mommy to Henry T (3/30/10) and teacher of 4 and 5 yo.
Kelli... I know you know what she meant... the term wasn't meant to offend anyone. Please do not take offense.
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Vestas will supply 48 V-112 turbines with a capacity of 3.075 MW each to the Maine project. Construction commenced in late 2013, and First Wind says the Oakfield project will qualify for the federal wind energy investment tax credit. The project's power will be sold to customers of four Massachusetts utilities as part of a 15-year contract.
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Premiership Football Physiotherapist Neal Reynolds demonstrates in the video below a simple Kinesiology taping technique for the hamstring muscles. Kinesiology tape can be used for deactivating a muscle when it needs to rest, for lymph drainage to reduce swelling and help circulation or to activate a muscle and encourage it to work following injury.
Initial preparation is important and strips of kinesiology tape are cut so the ends are rounded. This prevents them rolling up at the end over time. The three strips of tape are then folded about one quarter of the way down and the backing cover torn.
The tape is applied to the hamstring muscles in a stretched position so the athlete is flexed at the hip. Kinesiology tape is applied at the origin of the muscle with no tension in it. This provides a base to provide tension from in the lower part of the tape as it is applied. It is important to know where the hamstring muscles are located so the tape can follow the full length of the muscle.
Once the strip of tape is applied the glue in the tape must be activated. This is done by rubbing along the length of the tape to heat it up.
Test yourself flash cards
Question 1/8:
First aid for any acute muscle strain including hamstring pulls is PRICE which stands for.....
- Protection
- Rest
- Ice
- Compression
- Elevation
Question 2/8:
The hamstrings consist of which three muscles?
- Semitendinosis
- Semimembranosis
- Biceps femoris
Question 3/8:
Which type of activity is more likely to result in a strain high at the back of the thigh?
A stretch related muscle strain.
Question 4/8:
Which type of activity causes a strain lower in the muscle?
Question 5/8:
How soon should strengthening exercises begin after a hamstring strain?
As soon as pain allows!
Question 6/8:
Which type of strengthening exercises should be done first for a recent hamstring strain?
Isometric or static exercises which involve squeezing the muscle but no movement.
Question 7/8:
What type of stretching is dynamic stretching?
Stretching which involves movement or gentle swinging of the leg to stretch the muscle at speed.
Question 8/8:
Is heat a useful form of treatment? If so, when?
Yes! After the acute stage heat and ice can be alternated or later on just heat.


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After 25 years of dreaming and hard work, Christine Ferris of Christine Ferris Catering in Holland has opened her own storefront in Douglas called The Farmhouse Deli.
After 25 years of dreaming and hard work, Christine Ferris of Christine Ferris Catering in Holland has opened her own storefront in Douglas called The Farmhouse Deli.
The take-away deli offers farm-to-table cheeses, meats, soups and fresh salads along with made-to-order sandwiches. The deli also will keep an updated chalkboard menu of other foods available daily.
The focus of the deli is local products and the farm-to-table concept. Ferris said getting fresh and locally produced foods is important from many points of view.
"It's best for your health, for the environment, and it's really good for the local economy," she said. "It's a win-win-win."
The deli will be showcasing as many Michigan products as possible, Ferris said, including meats and cheeses "mostly from Michigan."
Although her catering business is based in Holland, Ferris felt the location at 100 Blue Star Highway was perfect for her new endeavor.
According to Ferris, she chose Douglas not only because many of her catering clients are from the area, but also because of the food culture present in the Saugatuck-Douglas area and the demand for a wider variety of food selection.
"I chose Douglas because there's not a deli in this area," Ferris said. "It's really a food-centric area, and I wanted to offer them all the wonderful foods I have access to that they can't get locally."
The shop opened Aug. 20 but will celebrate its official grand opening Sunday.
"We've been open for just over two weeks now. It's going really great. We've had a really great reception from everyone," said Ferris.
Although the deli was opened near the end of the summer-rush season, Ferris is thankful for the timing.
"I'm actually really glad that it's the end of the summer because we are getting a taste of the really busy season and we'll have all winter to adjust and be prepared to hit the ground running next season," said Ferris.
For now, the deli is simply a take-away outlet, but Ferris hopes that in the future, seating will be added.
"I am just so grateful to have the opportunity to have my dream," said Ferris. "It's a dream I've had for 25 years, and to get it out of my head and into reality is pretty phenomenal."
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HuPho: the human phosphatase portal
Article first published online: 24 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08712.x
© 2012 The Authors Journal compilation © 2012 FEBS
FEBS Journal
Special Issue: Protein Phosphatases: From Molecules to Networks
Volume 280, Issue 2, pages 379–387, January 2013
Additional Information
How to Cite
Liberti, S., Sacco, F., Calderone, A., Perfetto, L., Iannuccelli, M., Panni, S., Santonico, E., Palma, A., Nardozza, A. P., Castagnoli, L. and Cesareni, G. (2013), HuPho: the human phosphatase portal. FEBS Journal, 280: 379–387. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08712.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 22 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 24 AUG 2012
- Accepted manuscript online: 16 JUL 2012 12:07PM EST
- (Received 28 March 2012, revised 4 July 2012, accepted 11 July 2012)
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- database;
- phosphatase substrates;
- phosphatases;
- phosphorylation;
- protein interaction
Phosphatases and kinases contribute to the regulation of protein phosphorylation homeostasis in the cell. Phosphorylation is a key post-translational modification underlying the regulation of many cellular processes. Thus, a comprehensive picture of phosphatase function and the identification of their target substrates would aid a systematic approach to a mechanistic description of cell signalling. Here we present a website designed to facilitate the retrieval of information about human protein phosphatases. To this end we developed a search engine to recover and integrate information annotated in several publicly available web resources. In addition we present a text-mining-assisted annotation effort aimed at extracting phosphatase related data reported in the scientific literature. The HuPho (human phosphatases) website can be accessed at http://hupho.uniroma2.it.


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As 2011 counts down its final days, a look back at a year of columns shows it to have been a time of milestones great and small, issues new and old, and a wide variety of people and personalities that make Rockland County a special place to live.
Barely a month into the year, we marked the 30th anniversary of the return of 52 American diplomats and staff who were held hostage in Iran for 444 days before being freed in the moment when Jimmy Carters presidency ended and that of Ronald Reagan began. Their return to American soil and reunion with family just days later at West Point was a bright spot in a dark time.
In October, we marked the 30th anniversary of Oct. 20, 1981, one of the darkest days ever in Rockland history the Brinks robbery in Nanuet, in which a Brinks guard was killed and another severely wounded before two Nyack police officers were slain during the getaway by members of the Weather Underground and Black Liberation Army terror groups. It was a crime that transformed Rockland police services, gave us a county sales tax we still pay today, and shook the county out of its innocence. At the center of much of the change since then and following the Sept. 11 terror attacks was Rockland Sheriff James Kralik, who ends 50 years of police work and 20 as sheriff with the close of this year. The cost of that police work became an issue at the county and local levels this year, but its worth remembering that not one of 14 murders with an element of mystery was solved in the 1970s. Thats hardly the case now, the result of better trained and better equipped police and far more sophisticated investigations.
The investigation into one of those unsolved cases, the slaying of Lisa Thomas, was reopened this year by Clarkstown police, and as the year ends, the battle goes on for Lois Bohovesky and her many supporters to keep the killers of her daughter Paula behind bars. One man convicted in her 1980 death, Richard LaBarbera, was denied parole again earlier in the year, but a hearing for the other, Robert McCain, has been delayed until January.
Former West Point Cadet Lavelle Tyrone McNutt, who served less than three years in prison for two rapes in the 1970s one at the military academy and the other in Bardonia resurfaced in Georgia, where he was sentenced to life in prison in July for a series of sex crimes.
This years 10th anniversary observance of the Sept. 11 attacks reminded us of 88 friends, relatives and colleagues we lost in the first battle in a modern war on terror. We saw how communities like the North Rockland school district never forget, this year dedicating a memorial to 13 individuals with ties to the district.
We experienced an earthquake many didnt even feel and strangely harsh weather all year long, from seemingly incessant snow in January to a surprise storm in late October that knocked us reeling for a second time after the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene. Among the spots hardest hit was Lonergan Drive, where residents said Irene was worse than Floyd in 1999. Having seen and covered both, I think them right. The Squires Gate development there was built against the advice of county planners, and residents have paid for that political and planning mistake over and over since the late 1960s.
Throughout the year, Ive tried to offer opinions and help make some sense of tough local issues.
That included setting some goals for legislators as they set out to redraw Rocklands County Legislature districts in line with population changes identified in the 2010 census. Some of the political games that were evident after the 2000 census were avoided this time around, with some districts a bit more compact. But, as suspected, the new districts protect incumbents, and three districts where incumbents opted not to seek re-election in November were stretched and pulled in odd ways to keep from tampering too much with the others.
Ive also tried to sort out the countys budget problems, how we got here and possible routes back to a firm fiscal footing. I didnt think it made sense to lay off nearly 600 county employees, and before the years end the Legislature agreed it didnt have the political will to do that. Some readers thought the Legislature was motivated by patronage when they saved the jobs at the eleventh hour, but the employees are mostly people who work hard for their money, providing direct care and support services at the countys Summit Park hospital and nursing home hardly the kind of jobs saved or given as political favors. That facilitys future will be one of the major stories in 2012.
The plans for the Tappan Zee Bridge took another major twist, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Barack Obama approving it for expedited approval without a mass transit component. Ive tried to assess what that means to Rockland and find that the losses outweigh the gains, with a one-seat ride to Manhattan, highway improvements like a new Interchange 10, and more east-west transit options being left at the roadside.
But for all the complex and frustrating crime, budget and political stories, there were uplifting stories as well.
Just days into 2011, retired West Haverstraw butcher Phil Martino and his wife, Pauline, stood at the same spot as 70 years earlier to renew their marriage vows. He is a local celebrity and his shop was an institution, a community gathering place. And close to years end, there was the love story of Frank and Georgine Hyde, whose marriage withstood the Nazis, concentration camps and the Soviets. After her 36 years on the East Ramapo school board, they are now facing her fight against Alzheimers together.
Weve also celebrated the birthdays of those who lived for a century or more. They all shared the wisdom and memories of 100 years of life, but a few stood out. There is Jennie Cascone, who arrived in the U.S. through Ellis Island only to be quarantined there for 40 days because one of her brothers had measles. Mae Faraone of Bardonia remembers handing out gum to soldiers marching off to serve in World War I. There were members of the religious orders, like Sister Anne Cecile Merrill, who had been a member of the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt for more than 80 years, devoting her life to service just as Sister Sozonta Iskiw has for 85 years as a member of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in Sloatsburg. She conducted a ministry that earned the nickname, The Angels of the Subway.
Souvenise Jeanne Bazile of Spring Valley, who worked for 50 years as a dressmaker, reached 105. Sadly, we lost another 105-year-old, Martha Hubert, in January. She was one day younger than Lillian Stein, and they marked their last several birthdays together at Pine Valley Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Stein marked 106 there in May and, at least unofficially, is Rocklands oldest resident.
Rockland also lost one of its most revered doctors with the passing in March of Dr. Martha Bobby MacGuffie. The pioneer female plastic surgeon touched patients here and hearts around the world when she turned her own personal loss the death of two sons to AIDS into a humanitarian effort to ease the suffering of the children of Africas AIDS epidemic through the organization SHARE Society for Hospital and Resources Exchange which continues her work.
Others, too, have turned the heartbreak of personal loss into efforts for others. At the first anniversary in March of the deaths of Suffern High School baseball players Vincent Crotty and Chris Konkowski in a car accident, we recounted how their parents and friends have raised thousands of dollars for scholarship and for grants to groups and families in need. Lise Crapella of Suffern climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the battle against leukemia and lymphona, which claimed her son, Charlie. The Chance Cosgrove Foundation, founded in memory of the 12-year-old from Pearl River who drowned on a family vacation, has given more than $20,000 in his honor.
Throughout the year, weve highlighted the efforts of veterans groups and individuals like Veterans Burial Commissioner Tony Lombardi, who retired after 38 years of giving comfort to families of those buried in our local veterans cemeteries. Weve also highlighted the service and bravery of local fire and emergency volunteers who do so much for their neighbors. And weve celebrated the actions of people like Todd Pezzementi and Colton Reitzes of Stony Point, John Ferriello of Pearl River and Fausto Alvarez of Manhattan, who put aside danger to themselves to pull Annamaria Badenchini from her overturned vehicle on the Palisades Parkway just before it exploded in flames.
In a year with much to mourn, there was much to celebrate, like the survival of Mary Stisos little Lhasa apso, Rosie, who was missing in frigid, snowy weather for 10 days, but is now back in good health. That gave us a smile in February, and we got another in December, when Jay Siegel of Wesley Hills shared the story of the Tokens hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight, which was No. 1 for three weeks 50 years ago.
Pretty soon, it will be time for another year of highs and lows, joys and sorrows, and triumphs and tragedies.
Reach Bob Baird at firstname.lastname@example.com or 845-578-2463. His column appears Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.


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Who, precisely, was "creating the image" of prejudice and mean-spiritedness? Why do journalists never take responsibility for their mudslinging? They just pretend someone else did it. In the same way, the Post and other reporters are creating a negative image of Romney as "a rich kid with a mean streak" who has apparently never matured.
The Post defends itself by calling its reporting "solid," and that they found Romney classmates who would tell this tale. Yet they somehow are more credible than the very family of the alleged victim. This is not just about inaccuracy, but it's about irrelevance. Somehow the "character" of Republican contenders is always a question mark that requires sleuthing of their teenage years for signs of disturbing misbehavior.
The Post knows full well that they never did this kind of investigation for Barack Obama in 2008. Take Obama's admissions of teenaged marijuana and cocaine use in his memoirs. Did the Post send a reporter to find out from Obama's classmates how often he used illegal drugs and where he purchased them?
No. The Post tried to assert these troublesome admissions wouldn't matter in a story published a month before he announced he was running and never returned to investigate. Reporter Lois Romano declared, "Obama's partisan opponents and experts said it is too early to know whether the admissions will be a liability because the public seems to be enthusiastically embracing his openness at this point."
Do you think if Romney openly professed having bullied kids in high school that the media would report the public seems to be "enthusiastically embracing his openness"?
Obama wasn't the only candidate the Post utterly failed to vet in 2008. Did the Post offer 5,000 words on John Edwards cheating on his dying wife -- in real time, as an adult presidential candidate? Then Post reporter Howard Kurtz admitted, "The whispered allegations about John Edwards were an open secret that was debated in every newsroom and reported by almost none."
It's bias like this that causes people to cancel their newspaper subscriptions. Sadly, these Posties are so delusional as to believe that their fallen-away subscribers prefer hackneyed bloggers and talk-radio hosts over this elitist garbage.
They can't see that what they're publishing here in this Romney-prank story is clouded, unconfirmed ancient history -- maybe even mythology -- that none of them would ever "report" on the worst of the Democrats. No one believes this newspaper's claims of objectivity and fairness. No one should.


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Moody's Looking at Portugal's Exports in Bond-Rating Review
Moody's Investors Service is looking at the sustainability of Portugal's export performance as part of a review of the country's government-bond ratings.
"We identify the outlook for growth as one of the key considerations," Anthony Thomas, Moody's analyst for Portugal, said in an interview in Lisbon yesterday. "We have noted that in the last several quarters we have seen good export performance. Is that sustainable? That is one of the questions we will have to answer as part of the review process."
Moody's on Dec. 21 said Portugal's bond rating may be downgraded one or two levels because of concerns that budget cuts may worsen the country's "sluggish" economic growth. Moody's had cut Portugal's creditworthiness two steps to A1 on July 13. It aims to complete the ongoing review by the end of March, Thomas said.
The government of Prime Minister Jose Socrates is counting on exports such as paper and wood products to support economic expansion as it carries out the deepest spending cuts in more than three decades. The austerity moves are aimed at convincing investors that Portugal can narrow its budget gap further after the Greek debt crisis led to a surge in borrowing costs for the most-indebted euro nations last year.
No Bailout
The difference in yield between Portuguese 10-year bonds and German bunds, Europe's benchmark, reached a euro-era record of 484 basis points on Nov. 11. The spread was at 395 basis points yesterday.
Portugal's borrowing costs fell and demand rose at a sale of 750 million euros ($1 billion) of 12-month bills yesterday, adding to a string of auctions this week that signal Europe's high-deficit countries can still finance their debt. Portugal's borrowing costs also fell and demand rose at a Jan. 12 auction of 599 million euros of 10-year bonds.
Last month, Portugal said it intends to sell as much as 20 billion euros in bonds in 2011 to finance its budget and redemptions, and plans to sell a new bond through banks in the first quarter. Portugal doesn't face any bond redemptions until April, with repayments that month and in June worth about 9.5 billion euros. Its debt agency estimates this year's gross financing needs will be 3 billion euros lower than in 2010.
Funding Costs
"The important point to make is that we don't rate on the basis of any one bond auction outcome," Thomas said. "We certainly take notice of them. We notice that last week's and indeed this morning's ones went well. It's really the funding costs over the medium- to long-term that count, not literally on a weekly basis."
Socrates on Jan. 11 said austerity measures helped reduce the 2010 deficit to less than the forecast 7.3 percent of gross domestic product and that Portugal won't need a bailout. Ireland in November became the second euro country to seek aid after Greece and the first nation to request it from the European Financial Stability Facility, the region's rescue fund.
"What we have said is that we don't view negatively per se a country seeking external assistance," Thomas said. "Any judgment would depend on the conditions associated with the loan, if it happened."
The Portuguese central bank forecasts exports will grow 5.9 percent this year and 6.1 percent in 2012, after an estimated 9 percent increase in 2010. Still, it sees the economy shrinking 1.3 percent in 2011 as consumer demand drops and the government cuts spending. The budget forecasts GDP growth of 0.2 percent in 2011, slower than last year's estimated 1.3 percent pace.
With its economy facing a "deteriorating" outlook, Fitch Ratings on Dec. 23 cut Portugal's creditworthiness one notch to A+, the fifth-highest level. Fitch said the outlook for that assessment is negative, meaning it is more likely to worsen than improve. Standard & Poor's said on Nov. 30 that it may lower Portugal's rating, having already cut it to A- from A+ in April.
Portugal's government is trimming the wage bill by 5 percent for public-sector workers earning more than 1,500 euros a month and freezing hiring. It's also raising value-added sales tax by 2 percentage points to 23 percent to help narrow a deficit that amounted to 9.3 percent of GDP in 2009, the region's fourth-biggest after Ireland, Greece and Spain.
The government has set a target for a budget deficit of 4.6 percent in 2011 and aims to reach the European Union limit of 3 percent in 2012.


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I have arranged to have running buddies tomorrow for my 17 miles!
My one good friend/co-worker that runs with me at work is out of town, but her weekend running buddy wants to run (at my pace) tomorrow! They already had a great 17 mile route (they've trained for 3 marathons)
My other co-worker that actually is signed up to run the marathon with me is also planning to meet up.. he hasn't been as good at getting some of his runs in due to schedule and a calf injury. We ran together yesterday and he said my pace would be perfect for his run.. BUT, we are all learning the route and taking music incase we need to separate.
I'm hoping that a 'feel good' run is just what I need going into these last 4 'long' runs 17, 18, 19, 20.. will help boost my self esteem and motivation to do it on my own. I know I won't have someone to run my pace during the marathon (unless I meet up with some total stranger that we pace each other well.. which is possible).. so I have to learn to turn off the mind and get into the zone..
I've been short on my mid-week running miles.. but have been all along. I hope that the running I do in bootcamp helps make up for 4 of the miles. I missed my 8 mile run on Wednesday.. I just wasn't feeling it, I did about 1.5 mile, some of it on the treadmill trying to get myself motivated to do at least a few miles.. the body and mind said NO! So I listened..
I did an extra 1.75 miles on the way to bootcamp class yesterday and we did a lot of running during class.. stairs and on the field. I didn't make 8 miles, but figure I might be 5-6 miles short for the week's mileage. I'll try to be better next week!
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Running buddies are a great for accountablility!
I run alone all the time however last season I had a "buddy" who was training for a marathon too but at a different pace - so we encouraged each other to complete our runs...
I am two weeks behind you for my marathon training - almost 7 week into it now.
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The Village of Castagnola
The village of Castagnola belongs to the municipality of Ferriere, in the province of Piacenza, region Emilia-Romagna.
The village of Castagnola is 10,16 kilometers far from the same town of Ferriere to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Ferriere also belong the localities of Boeri (0,98 km), Bolgheri (8,01 km), Boschi (10,49 km), Bosconure (8,13 km), Brugneto (8,12 km), Ca' dei Ratti (7,16 km), Canadello (1,52 km), Casalco' (2,52 km), Casaldonato (2,54 km), Casale Brugneto (9,27 km), Casella (7,90 km), Caserarso (4,36 km), Cassano (3,52 km), Cassimorenga (1,55 km), Cassimoreno (8,78 km), Castelcanafurone (9,80 km), Cattaragna (9,75 km), Centenaro (4,97 km), Centenaro Castello (4,59 km), Cerreto (1,07 km), Cerreto Rossi (0,91 km), Cerri (4,75 km), Chiappeto (8,15 km), Ciregna (6,24 km), Codegazzi (4,89 km), Colla (4,15 km), Colla Brugneto (7,37 km), Colla di Gambaro (4,18 km), Costa (7,40 km), Costapecorella (5,42 km), Costigliolo (4,30 km), Curletti (6,68 km), Farinotti (4,63 km), Folli (1,06 km), Gambaro (3,59 km), Grondone di Sopra (4,88 km), Grondone Sopra (4,66 km), Grondone Sotto (4,11 km), Guerra (5,07 km), Lovetti (10,38 km), Molinello (4,26 km), Noce (6,60 km), Perotti (3,86 km), Pertuso (5,47 km), Pomarolo (1,88 km), Prelo (3,08 km), Pronzali (5,53 km), Proverasso (8,63 km), Retorto (5,59 km), Rocca (4,11 km), Rocconi (2,55 km), Roffi (8,93 km), Rompeggio (4,41 km), Salsominore (10,31 km), San Gregorio (7,84 km), Sangarino (5,55 km), Sarmadasco (1,53 km), Selva (6,67 km), Solaro (3,69 km), Taravelli (4,29 km), Toazzo (1,75 km), Toni (5,30 km), Tornarezza (6,87 km), Torrio Casetta (9,22 km), Torrio di Sopra (9,20 km), Torrio Sopra (9,68 km), Vaio (5,74 km), Villa (5,05 km).
The number in parentheses following each village name indicate the distance between the same village and the municipality of Ferriere.
The locality of Castagnola rises 869 meters abobe sea level.
The population of Castagnola counts 61 inhabitants.
Please find in what follows:
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- The latest news about Castagnola, the municipality of Ferriere, the province of Piacenza and the Emilia-Romagna region.
The parishes in the town of Castagnola
There is just a single parish in Castagnola. The same is listed in what follows, along with some related information.
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|Diocese of Piacenza - Bobbio
Where to stay in Castagnola and its neighborhoods
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You can arrange the results by number of stars, by popularity, by distance or even by the guest review score choosing among young couples, mature couples, families with young children, families with older children, people withfriends, or solo travellers.
Free ads in Castagnola
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Map and road map of Castagnola
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Brian McLawhorn
Devils Illustrated
Monday morning's chain of events hardly sent shock waves through the Duke recruiting world. In fact, just about every Blue Devil commitment expected the firing of Ted Roof to happen sooner or later. Because of they were already suspicious of what could happen in Durham, each prospect began preparing himself for when the official word came. For Hazelton, that word came shortly after Roof himself had been informed of his fate. "Coach [Glenn] Spencer called me and left me a message Monday morning," Hazelton said. "That's unfortunate he had to lose his job and I feel bad for him, but I'm still committed to Duke. I committed to the school, not just Coach Roof and the football program. "I think they'll bring in a good coach and everything will turn out OK. Duke has some good players and I think under the right leadership it can continue to get better." ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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