text: Option value: Why the IPO is broken Business 22 March 12 by Felix Salmon Flickr.com/west.m When Facebook goes public this year, it will raise at least $5 billion (£3.15 billion), making it the biggest internet IPO the world has ever seen. The day it debuts on the stock exchange, Facebook will be worth more than General Motors, the New York Times Company, and Sprint Nextel combined. The next morning, Mark Zuckerberg's smiling face will appear on the front page of newspapers around the world.But don't be surprised if that smile looks like the forced grin of someone dragged to the altar. Truth be told, Zuckerberg is going public not because he wants to but because SEC rules have forced his hand. Once a company takes on more than 500 shareholders -- a number that Facebook easily surpasses if you include all the investors and employees who have bought or received shares over the years -- it must register its stock. That means shareholders can trade it in the OTC (over the counter) markets, out of the company's control and without its consent or cooperation. No high-profile business wants its shares to be traded in that opaque purgatory of low valuations.And so, like a hapless groom, Zuckerberg is about to become just one part of an institution much bigger than himself -- a publicly listed limited-liability joint-stock company. The visionary who turned down a billion-dollar offer to cash out at the age of 22, the imperial CEO with complete control over the company he built from scratch, will now run a company owned by hordes of shareholders from all over the world.Zuckerberg clearly does not relish this prospect, and he has taken great pains to preserve his iron grip on Facebook. When the company goes public, Zuckerberg will still control 56.9 percent of the votes, will be free to single-handedly appoint directors, and will even be able to name his successor. Technically, Facebook may be going public, but Zuckerberg will continue to run it like his own privately held concern.Thanks to those safeguards, Facebook will probably weather its IPO just fine. But when the world's most successful young tech entrepreneur does everything in his power to minimise the impact of public ownership, it makes one thing clear: The IPO model is broken.Going public might be good for a company's investors and employees, but it is usually bad for the company itself. It forces CEOs to focus on short-term stock fluctuations at the expense of long-term growth. It wrests control from the founders and gives it to thousands of faceless shareholders.For hugely successful mega-businesses -- Apple, Facebook, Google -- going public has its benefits. Public companies enjoy cachet, tax advantages, and access to more and better financing options. But for many young companies, the drive to go public results in a death spiral of unsustainable growth.It doesn't have to be this way. There are better options for financing technology companies. But first we have to kill the tech industry's senseless addiction to the IPO.History of the IPO For roughly 65 years -- say, from 1933 to 1998 -- the initial public offering was the engine of capitalism. Entrepreneurs sold shares to investors and used the proceeds to build their young companies or invest in the future. After their IPOs, for instance, Apple and Microsoft had the necessary funds to develop the Macintosh and Windows. The stock market has been the most efficient and effective method of allocating capital that the world has ever seen.That was a useful function, but it's one that IPOs no longer serve. Going public is more difficult than it used to be -- Sarbanes-Oxley regulations have made filing much more difficult, and today's investors tend to shy away from internet companies that don't have a proven track record of steady profitability. That has created a catch-22: By the time a company can go public, it no longer needs the cash. Take Google. It had already been profitable for three years before raising $1.2 billion (£757 million) in its 2004 public offering. And Google never spent the money it raised that year. Instead, it put the cash straight into the bank, where the funds have been sitting ever since. Today, Google's cash pile has grown to more than $44 billion (£27.8 bilion).Of course, tech industry startups don't have to wait for an IPO to raise capital. Hordes of venture capital firms and angel investors are clamouring to offer them money. (And there are more all the time; VCs invested $18.2 billion (£11.5 billion) in 2011, up 32 percent from 2010.) And many entrepreneurs don't need as much capital anyway -- cloud technology has made it vastly cheaper to start a web company. That's one reason why startups haven't been in any rush to go public. In 1985 most VC-backed companies were less than four years old at the time of their IPOs. By 2009 most of them were more than 10 years old.If the primary goal of the IPO is no longer to provide funds for promising young companies, what purpose does it serve? For the most part, it has become a reward for the founders, employees, and early investors -- a jackpot for those who placed their bets correctly. That's not as bad as it sounds. Without the promise of going public, companies couldn't use stock options to attract talented employees -- a crucial tool for startups, which usually can't offer competitive salaries. And it's the possibility of a future IPO that makes a company attractive to venture capitalists and angel investors in the first place.On the surface, there's nothing wrong with this arrangement. It simply allows young companies to raise cash while deferring their IPO until they're more established. But it has created a series of perverse incentives, in which investors' interests conflict with -- and usually trump -- those of the companies they fund.VCs and angels may talk about changing the world, but their business model rests on a more prosaic calculation: Buy low, sell high. They invest in companies they think will become more valuable, so they can sell their stake for a sizeable profit. From the time that VCs invest in a company, they have five years -- 10 at the most -- to sell their entire position, hopefully for many times more than their original investment. After that, it doesn't matter to them whether the company survives a year or a century.To put it another way, the VC model is based on creating wealth for investors, not on building successful businesses. You buy into a company early on and sell out a few years later; if you pick well, you can make lots of money. But your profits don't accrue to the company itself, which could implode after your exit for all you care. Silicon Valley is full of venture capitalists who have become dynastically wealthy off the backs of companies that no longer exist.Of course, once VCs make their investments, they don't just sit back and hope for the best; they push the companies to grow as fast as possible. That may work for the likes of Apple, Facebook, and Google -- all-or-nothing bets on legitimately world-changing technologies. But it creates problems for more modest startups, which might have the potential to grow into perfectly sustainable medium-size firms.Groupon and Zappos Because venture capitalists require such massive returns, they invariably force the companies they invest in to take outsize risks. Look, for instance, at Groupon. In the first quarter of 2010, it made a profit of $8 million (£5 million) on revenue of $44 million (£27.8 million). That's a healthy profit margin for a young company, and it's easy to see how it could have grown steadily from that point onward.But in the first quarter of 2011, Groupon's revenue skyrocketed to $645 million (£406 million) -- an increase of 1,357 percent in one year. Meanwhile, the once-profitable company was suddenly faced with a loss of $146 million (£92 million). In one quarter. The reason for the reversal? Groupon, with the full support of its VC backers, juiced revenue by spending gobs of money on marketing, sacrificing profits for growth. That's an enormous bet: If the company grows fast enough, everyone gets extremely wealthy -- but if it stumbles, it can quickly wither.In this case, the gamble paid off. When Groupon went public in November 2011, just three years after it first launched, it was valued at almost $13 billion (£8.2 billion), making billionaires of founders Eric Lefkofsky, Brad Keywell, and CEO Andrew Mason. But now the company must keep up its torrid pace of growth or risk alienating its many investors. Indeed, Groupon's very first quarterly earnings report sparked hand-wringing news stories about the company's performance.And for every Groupon success story, there are scores of VC-backed companies that never go public. Sometimes the flameouts are truly spectacular: The phone service Amp'd Mobile, for example, was so eager to grow that it signed up customers regardless of their ability to pay. When too many of them turned out to be deadbeats, the company went bankrupt in 2007, taking $360 million (£227 million) in venture capital down with it. Amp'd didn't need to fail. It might well have achieved sustainable and modest profitability had it not expanded at such a breakneck pace.Or take Zappos. CEO Tony Hsieh had hoped to maintain control of his company, but his investors, led by Sequoia Capital's Mike Moritz, had other ideas. In 2009, worried about Zappos' cash flow, they started pressuring Hsieh. "If the economy didn't improve," Hsieh recalled in Inc. magazine, "the board would fire me and hire a new CEO who was concerned only with maximising profits." As a result, Hsieh decided to sell Zappos to Amazon, which he thought would be a better steward than the investor-packed board of directors. Hsieh may have kept the board from seizing control of his company, but he had to give up his independence to do so.Once a company goes public, the demand for constant growth only increases. Conventional public companies enter into a devil's bargain: "Give us capital now and we'll attempt to grow in perpetuity," says Silicon Valley-based IPO consultant Lise Buyer. "The problem comes when companies try to do heroic things to meet expectations every quarter, even when that's an unnatural act." It's like British cyclist Tom Simpson, who took a combination of cognac and amphetamines before a brutally hot stage of the 1967 Tour de France. It enabled him to push past his limits -- until he collapsed and died on the slopes of Mount Ventoux. Sometimes it's best to conserve energy, to play the long game, and not to risk everything for the sake of a short-term win. But once you're public, the markets start pushing you to hit those numbers every quarter. And the results can be fatal. Look, for example, at Hewlett-Packard -- arguably the most venerable and respected company in Silicon Valley, stifled by cost-cutting managers and board members who were always trying to do what was right for the share price rather than what was right for the company and its legacy. Today HP is struggling to define itself. Read page 2 12 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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Master Ultra Thin 1907: elegance and technical accomplishment in the world of thin watches
The extra-slim pink gold case of the Master Ultra Thin 1907 watch is shaped like a knife-blade, a design that endows this timepiece with an even thinner profile. The engineers and watchmakers of the Manufacture meticulously studied each movement component and each case element in order to save precious millimetres at each stage of production. Nonetheless, at no stage does this asceticism compromise beauty. Loyal to its history, one part of which was written in the City of Light and the other in the splendid isolation of the Vallée de Joux, the Manufacture knows very well that the watchmaking art represents both a technical and an aesthetic accomplishment. The minimalist philosophy behind the Master Ultra Thin 1907 watch is thus expressed in a 39 mm-diameter case designed to smoothly embrace the curve of any wrist. This relatively modest size required the Jaeger-LeCoultre specialists to achieve even greater feats in designing and building a Fine Watchmaking movement able to fit within such a comparatively small case.
The manually-wound Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 849 is a marvel of finesse entirely crafted, assembled and decorated by hand in the complications workshop of the Manufacture. It comprises 123 parts, has a 35-hour power reserve and is equipped with a balance that steadily beats at a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour. In keeping with grand watchmaking traditions, it also displays the hours and minutes via central hands with the legendary precision of Jaeger-LeCoultre movements, despite measuring a mere 1.85 mm thick.
The dial of the watch is the aesthetic embodiment of this horological minimalism. Two dauphine-type hands sweep smoothly over the grained white dial punctuated by baton-type hour-markers that are doubled at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. The minutes dots between two hour-markers are dusted with pink gold, while the Jaeger-LeCoultre signature crowned with the JL logo appears at 12 o'clock. After a slow and gentle process of maturation, horological essentials are thus expressed in a few concise lines – a privilege that remains the exclusive preserve of true masters. The Master Ultra Thin 1907 watch comes with an alligator leather strap that is secured by an 18-carat pink gold pin buckle.
Master Ultra Thin Grand Feu
Driven by the same ultra-slim movement, the Master Ultra Thin Grand Feu watch is the interpretation of the Master Ultra Thin 1907 intended for art enthusiasts wishing to encircle their wrist with a timepiece featuring a white gold dial that illustrates one of the traditional skills passionately cultivated by the Grande Maison. Few indeed are the artisans still capable of mastering the Grand Feu enamelling technique, which involves firing the watch face that has been meticulously coated with successive layers of enamel at very high temperatures generally ranging from 800 to 900 degrees Celsius. This extreme heat entails the danger of irrevocably ruining the work in progress, since only a reliable sense of instinct and longstanding experience can enable the artisan to determine the exact moment when the gold dial disc should be removed from the kiln. The case of the Master Ultra Thin Grand Feu, also crafted from white gold, features the same blade-shaped profile, although its thickness has been marginally increased to 5.04 millimetres in order to accommodate beneath the sapphire crystal the various enamel layers applied to the timelessly elegant dial. The latter bears the inscription "Émail grand feu" appearing between the 7 and 8 o'clock numerals. This time-honoured handcrafted technique ensures that the watch is an authentic work of art that will maintain its initial appearance and radiance unchanged for centuries.

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Normally I diagram the pressure before linking to video but I encourage you to watch the sack first. Why? Because this sack makes you scratch your head and ask how does a defender, walked up into the B gap, get a free run in an NFL game? Here's how:
- Ends - Contain Rush
- Tackles - Align head up and rush the A gaps
- Corners, Nickel, $, FS - Man to man coverage
- Mike & SS - Read Blitz B gap
The SS is reading the block of the Left Guard. If the LG blocks the DT the SS blitzes and is unblocked. That is both what is diagrammed here and what happened in the video clip. The Mike is reading the guard to his side as well. If the guard is stepping toward him he will drop out, looking to cover the hot route from the opposite side. The Mike knows where the hot route is coming from because the protection and hot routes are linked. The offense can pick up 3 rushers to the defensive right of the center with 3 blockers.
The Center can handle the A gap, the RG has any B gap rusher, and the RT can block an edge rusher. The offense knows it can block 3 rushers and therefore doesn't need to throw hot on the defensive right. On the defensive left however, the offense must throw hot because they can only block 2 rushers with the LG and LT. A third rusher to the defensive left cannot be accounted for by the protection. Therefore the Mike knows if the guard steps to his side the hot route is to the other side. What would have happened if the LG stepped to the SS instead?
The SS would have dropped out and cut the crosser from the opposite side. The SS knows if the Guard is blocking toward him the hot route is coming from the other side of the formation. The Mike would then have the free rush in the B gap.
Another factor in the success of this blitz is the Patriots utilization of a Dime package instead of a Nickel. The Patriots could have easily used an ILB in place of the SS and played a 4-2-5 personnel instead of a 4-1-6. The job of the SS position on the call is to blitz or cover a hot route both tasks a linebacker is capable of executing. The beauty of using a Dime package is there is only one linebacker (Mike). The offense is more likely to slide to the Mike linebacker than toward a SS. Bill Belichick is manipulating the pass protection by exploiting the offense's expectation of the SS's role on defense. A SS should be covering a receiver or a zone not walked up into the B gap to blitz.
Where else can you find this pressure concept? In the Alabama playbook of former Bill Belichick assistant Nick Saban.
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Faith W. is a character in the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. Ned Burner, posing as the father at the cathedral in Bedford Point, has Toni Cipriani kill her for not giving an interview to the Liberty Tree newspaper. Faith W. is killed on her way to the Liberty City Free Radio studio on Staunton Island, arriving on a helicopter from Francis International Airport. Faith W. was scheduled to do the interview in promotion for an upcoming film premier. Her co-stars are DB-P and Black Lightman. As a minor character she uses the same model of the blonde haired prostitute.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine to settle federal criminal charges related to arms smuggling and other crimes.
Documents unsealed Tuesday in a U.S. District Court in North Carolina said the company, now called Academi LLC, agreed to pay the fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement to settle 17 violations.
The list includes possessing automatic weapons in the United States without registration, lying to federal firearms regulators about weapons provided to the king of Jordan, passing secret plans for armored personnel carriers to Sweden and Denmark and illegally shipping body armor overseas.
Federal prosecutors said it settles a long and complex case against the company, which has held billions in U.S. security contracts in Iraq and Afganistan.
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LAN is awarded as Leading Airline in South America at the World Travel Awards
Santiago, March 21.- The prestigious international World Travel Awards awarded LAN Airlines in the "Leading Airline in South America" category. The purpose is to award the best travel organizations in the world through a global industrial vote, which is equivalent to the Oscars award in the travel industry. In the last awards, nearly 650,000 professionals in the tourism sector voted in 191 countries.
This is the third time that the company received this important recognition. In 2007 we received the award in the same category as "Leading Airline in South America", and in 2005 as "Leading Airline in South America in Business Class".
"It is with great pride that we receive this important award granted by World Travel Awards, since this is a recognition of the daily work we perform in order to provide excellent products to our passengers", says Fernanda Toro, Travel Experience Manager at LAN.
Additionally, the company was acknowledged in the "Best Airlines flying in Latin America" category by the business magazine Latin Trade. The publication focused on Latin American business, both in Spanish and English has awarded LAN after the strong growth the industry experienced in the region.
Among the categories lead by LAN, the following stand out: good food service, more comfortable cabins; best Business Class service, technology and entertainment on board; VIP lounges and the best "on-time arrivals/departures".


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The new Sunmodule Protect series is the latest addition to the SolarWorld AG range and sets a new benchmark for long-term stability, which is reflected in our new 30-year performance guarantee. The Sunmodule Protect offers even better protection against environmental factors through the innovative use of the latest glass technology on the front and rear sides of the module.
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With the introduction of the linear performance guarantee in 2011, SolarWorld became the first company in the sector worldwide to set a new guarantee standard. Instead of offering guarantees that end after 10 or 20 years like other manufacturers did, SolarWorld introduced the continually decreasing linear performance guarantee. This guarantees a maximum performance reduction of a fixed percentage over a period of 25 years. A minimum value is set for the output of the SolarWorld modules every year for a 25-year period. This means that the guaranteed performance of the solar module is higher at every point in time than with the standard tiered guarantee and therefore provides real added value. Today, the linear performance guarantee is standard for most manufacturers.
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The captive-breeding-and-release program formulated to boost the population of Regent Honeyeaters in Australia has just set 38 more birds into the wild, where they have become reacquainted with an old friend...
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Priolo remains one of Europe's most threatened species and its precarious future still hangs in the balance. More work is needed to ensure population gains can be maintained and that the species' long-term future can be secured.
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Strumming his guitar after a stressful day, and Eleazar O'Connor from NatureFiji-MareqetiViti makes a world first discovery...
When African Union Mission in Somalia forces took control of the port city of Kismayo in Southern Somalia in September, they found an estimated four million sacks of charcoal waiting to be exported. However, a ban on export dates back to 1969.
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The rate of bird extinctions is accelerating at an alarming rate according to a new paper by BirdLife International and Charles Darwin University.
BirdLife Partners around the world have joined with raptor conservation and research organisations to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day.
Most of the world's sandpiper species migrate thousands of kilometers between arctic breeding grounds and subtropical wintering grounds, but in the not-too distant evolutionary past, one group gave up this habit and went native in French Polynesia...
A BirdLife International survey in southern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, has encountered the largest single aggregation of Critically Endangered Beck's Petrel ever recorded.
One of the rarest birds in Vietnam, has just been discovered at a new location in Kon Tum Province significantly extending its known global range and offering hope that the species may not be as threatened with extinction as scientists fear.
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Zino's Petrel was Europe's rarest seabird even before a ravaging wild fire hit the heart of Madeira's central massif, where this globally endangered bird breeds.
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Altough the contribution of mining to the economy has been increasing, this sector does not benefit many artisanal miners in various regions.
The government in collaboration with various local and foreign investors has been improving this key sector.
According to the Minister for Energy and Minerals, William Ngeleja, there are many opportunities in the mining and power sectors which still need improvement.
He says the government through Private-Public Partnership has been inviting various firms to participate in the sectors.
"We have opened the door for investors who intend to invest in various sectors of economy for the improvement of our economy and people's livelihood," he says.
In a move which would ensure that small-scale miners benefit from mining activities and contribute to the growth of the economy, an Indian investor, Abhijeet, has started negotiations with small-scale miners in Kilindi District, Tanga Region, to help them import latest technology in the mining industry.
According to the company's director of Africa Department, Abrahim Khan, already 2bn/- has been set aside by the firm for the programme.
He says his company is negotiating with local mining companies, including the small miners to establish joint ventures in various regions.
"We want to import latest mining technology for small scale mining to help improve mining techniques. We have seen the miners using outdated techniques," he notes.
He says they have also offered foodstuff and clothing to small miners in the district, who he said has have been operating in terrible conditions.
"We have seen most of the small miners working under serious difficulties. They have high risk of losing lives because their mining operations are not environmentally friendly. They spend a lot of time in digging rocks without reaping anything," he observes.
The Abhijeet director also says that most Tanzanians engaging in mining seem not to be ready to set accept joint ventures for mutual benefits.
"We have been negotiating with them to sign joint venture contracts, but they appear to be reluctant. It seems they are looking for quick money. They are for royalties alone accrued from their mining permits," he explains.
"We have been asking them to bring forward their business write-ups so that we can negotiate smoothly for joint venture operations, but they are not ready. Worse, they do not have documents indicating that they possess mining permits with geologically surveyed areas possessing economic viability," he adds.
Under the Mining Act of 2010, foreign investors are supposed to reserve 15 percent of their earnings for the benefit of Tanzanians and also have to ensure that the interests of small scale miners are protected.
Further, the law bans new foreign investors from engaging in gemstone mining like tanzanite, ruby, diamonds, emerald, sapphire, turquoise, topaz and others.
However, long time foreign gemstone investors are not affected by the new ownership rules.
The law also binds mining companies to list on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) and openly declare their business performance including capital gains, proceeds and other forms of profits.
Already the royalty has been raised from three to four percent, but negotiations for local retention of 15 percent of earning from mining businesses are still going on between the giant gold mining firms and the government.
Recently one of the senior officials of Abhijeet Company from India visited various parts of the country to check areas viable for investments.
During their visit they found huge potentials for harnessing investments in partnership with local investors.
Despite the fact that the company is involved in various activities like construction of roads, power production, mining, washing of steel and cement production, the company has been highly attracted in production of electricity.
The Director of the company, Abijeet Jayaswal who visited the country recently said they are interested in the production of electricity using coal and has the ability to invest in plants which could produce 1,200 megawatts.
He says the company has the capacity to implement such huge project with three years and if weather allows the project can be completed with 36 months.
He says since their company has been working in several parts of India and Africa, they have experience of implementing the project at the required standards.
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According to him, through competitive bidding process consisting companies from different places, the company had won a tender to build a power plant of 271 megawatts for the city of Nagpur, which is targeted in the middle of India.
He also says in recognition of company's achievements the Indian popular newspaper "Times of India" through its parent company the Books of Times Group of India, has named Abhijeet as one of the companies that has brought reputation in India and has named Manoj Jayaswal as a leader who can see far.
Listing several photos and figures, the book which has 128 pages, has shown various people who have been praised in India, whereby Jayaswal has been regarded as a leader who can see things with his two eyes in order to bring successful results.
In a book published in 2011 under the umbrella name of "Global Indians," there are mentioned names who are called "heroes" who contribute to economic divide of India through social sciences, sports, industrial relations, recreation and popular perspective until 2020.
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The book spells out the heroes in the industry as Rattan Tata, the manufacturers of Tata vehicles. Others are Kumar Birla, Adi Kodrej, Narayana Murthy, Mukesh Ambani, who is mentioned as one of the world's richest men. Others are Anil Ambani, Aim Hashim Premji and Rahul Bajaj, who own the companies manufacturing Bajaj.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Preschool Christmas: Silver Noodle Star Ornaments!
I couldn't help myself.
When I was volunteering in Mini-Saurus'
preschool classroom last week,
I made noodle star ornaments
with the class.
I love how they turned out.
They went home with the kids today
and I think they were a big hit!
Notes from the trenches:
Remind them not to eat the pasta
(only one kid out of 10 tried to
eat the noodles!)
Preschoolers apply noodles
like glitter:
i.e. cover the area with glue
pour all the noodles on,
shake off the excess! : )
Little girls really like bow-tie pasta.
Happy Crafting!
Posted by pink and green mama MaryLea
Labels: Christmas, Holidays, Homemade Gifts, Mixed Media, Paint, Preschool, School Age, Toddler
5 comments:
- Meghan said...
Please, please, please tell me it wasn't my child that tried to eat the noodle.
- December 22, 2009 at 8:46 PM
- Pink & Green Mama said...
You're safe. It was one of the boys! ; )
- December 22, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- Tas said...
Yes, well, I'd be the one trying to sneak the raw pasta into my mouth...and applying the pasta like glitter. But I'm a spiral gal myself!
- December 30, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- Michelle said...
I love these, did you spray paint them after they finished gluing the pasta on or do everything before??
- December 2, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
@ Michelle,
I spray painted all of the stars outside on some newspaper after the kids glued on the noodles. I waited until the glue was dry to paint them silver. Then, after they aired out- I glued the little photos of the kids in the middle and tied a loop of string through the hole.
: )
pink and green mama,
- December 2, 2010 at 10:24 PM
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In the Air Tonight is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories given to protagonist Victor Vance by avant garde film director Reni Wassulmaier from the Ocean View Hospital in Ocean Beach, Vice City. This is the last of Reni's missions.
Reni has got her fourth sex change and Phil Collins is going to perform his concert. Victor arrives at the hospital in Ocean Beach and is asked by Reni, if he can drive her to the Escobar International Airport because she is now wanted dead by the Mendez Cartel.
Victor takes Reni to the airport terminal avoiding Diego Mendez's goons. Victor quickly drives over to the Hyman Memorial Stadium in Downtown to fight off anybody trying to panic during Phil Collins' concert.
Upon arriving, Phil's manager Barry Mickelthwaite states his fear from Giorgio Forelli's hitmen who will likely try to do something. Victor heads further inside the stadium and spots someone trying to destroy the light-rigs. Victor, forced to leave his guns outside the stadium, fights off every hitman with his fists and Phil successfully manages to perform his concert. Upon the end, Barry states that he has to pay Giorgio the money he owes in order to stop risking his life.
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- Take Reni to the airport
- Get to Phil's concert at the Stadium
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F^ck your thoughts and Manga scans! Itachi wins anytime!
Ofcourse Tobi/Obito wins!
Dont really know.. Hard to say..
Ehh dont really care. haha Nagato or minato defeats both! =P (Trolling btw)
Originally Posted by khaydz5
maybe?or maybe not (how stupid this post is, really)
I do not honor fanboy assumptions. we're here to prove not to make stories. use logic and gather evidences included in the manga,creature.
lol itachi died twice before he was able to use izanami.
kabuto never mentioned anything about itachi's intellect, review manga kiddo.
LMAO @ first message
<<Second Message>>Because he saved Sasuke? & Kabuto did mention Itachis Intelligence in the manga
3-tomoe one armed Obito>Itachi.
Very true^^
Originally Posted by -Logic-
It took Sasuke a long time to break Tsukuyomi. It would take Obito AT LEAST a few seconds to break it. In this time, Itachi can easily chop his head off/seal him with the Totsuka, what ever.
Dude, Itachi can't move while performing Tsukuyomi. so fail
Originally Posted by lukasenko
agreed, thanks to you by the way.
concerning the issue: i'll just post the same things that i post to every other thread favoring obito against itachi.
Scenario: tobi sucks itachi. . . it was just a clone of itachi that actually explodes inside of obito when he will materialize from a surprise attack from itachi. short and precise. His kamui is easily countered. I don't need one page . . .
... mega + rep lol
Tobi makes itachi his *****, has him make breakfast, has time to wait after eating, then kills him :D there end of story
How can Itachi win? Tsukuyomi loses to a fellow Mangekyo. Amaterasu will go right through him like Raikage did and Susanoo's attacKs will also go through Tobi. Tobi can choose to keep dancing with Itachi until Itachi's health gives out or just come from underground and zap him away. Easy. Itachi's only chance is Izanami but goodluck with that prep time. Then to make it worse, Obito has larger fire techniques, a barrier big enough to hold Gedo Mazo, giant Shuriken from hell, a regenerating and easily detachable arm and Izanagi for anything. Taijutsu skills that match Naruto, Guy and Kakashi together. I mean, seriously.
Read this and you will see why itachi pwns tobi easily
Obito poops on Itachi no questions asked
Tobi stated that if Itachi knew of his plans, he'd have killed him. Tobi is cocky... He wouldn't have said something like that if he didn't fear Itachi somewhat or was knowledgable of his power.
Point is... Kabuto struck fear into Tobi, and Itachi defeated Kabuto easily... That was probably the easiest fight ever in the Manga. What makes you think Itachi couldn't beat Tobi? He approached Itachi because he knew of his exceptional abilities.
Tobi made sure to get Itachi on his side, for if he were not... Itachi would have proven to be a dangerous enemy.
i've never posted on an itachi versus thread before, but i find it interesting that people are so polarized towards one crushing the other. i think the battle would be epic.
both likely have abilities we've not seen yet, especially tobi who has only really used kamui, izanagi, controlled the mazo and the tailed beasts. just because we've only seen tobi use izanagi, doesn't mean itachi can't use it. they are both uchiha and at minimum have an understanding of each other's attacks and defenses. everyone thinks the rinnegan is a huge advantage for tobi but so far he's only used its ability of combined site. maybe he can't use all of the rinnegan techs. and how did he get the rinnegan? was it already activated and he popped it into his eye socket? if that's the case, he shouldn't be credited for strength as demonstrated by unlocking the rinnegan. itachi's eyes in sasuke are likely to unlock the rinnegan on their own.
itachi also comes off as being smarter and more of a strategist. once he had koto used on him, he made quick work of nagato, who was no weakling. a few people have commented that only kishi could decide who is stronger. i agree.
Last edited by dtsleo; 10-04-2012 at 02:16 PM.
This is pre-rinnegan tobi I am referring to -
The tobi greater in taijutsu is a mute point simply cuz tobis fighting style is not taijutsu and both he AND itachi (due to sharingan) can perceive taijutsu - so neither is greater...also the giant projectiles thing I cannot confirm that pre-rinnegan tobi could have done this.
Everything but the genjutsu part I am okay with...having MS doesn't make you immune to genjutsu (which is what seems to be implied), what it means is the user would have access to techniques just as powerful - Itachi is a freaking genius with genjutsu and timing is key with him...it's not like he's gonna use it randomly he'll have a precise time to apply it when one's guard is at its lowest.
Will agree with the following -
amaterasu - he can overcome
susano - he can get around it.
totsuka - he can avoid.
taijutsu - n/a
genjutsu - very plausible that tobi can be beaten by it.
I agree, but you are wrong about Tobi having the same blood as Itachi. Since pretty much all Sharigan users are Uchia, I think he was implying a direct relative, not just any extended family member.
And even if you are correct. Being able to offer SOME resistance doesn't mean it's useless against Tobi.
tobi with MS can defeat anyone in akatsuki......yes including itachi and nagato
I was going to argue, but you told me to trust you so I will.
Do u really thnk Tobi is a guy to follow pacts. He planned Itachi's death by making his encounter with Sasuke successful. Then only he could dare to send Nagato to destroy Konoha. Nd the greatest secret of Tobi would be he is nt Madara bt Obito. Itachi was a little afraid of him thnking him to be Madara. If he knew he was Obito nd that he was tricked, he could easily kill him. Nd so would Nagato. Nd supercool Itachi would surely find some way to counter him. Nd if Tobi believed Itachi could kill him, then its 100% true.
Tobi said it himself. And he said it to himself so he had no reason to lie
just like as haters say jiraiya has no reason to lie the same with tobo now u haters explain ur own shit jiraiya>itachi>tobi ? No ****ing way! its more like this:
Or at least itachi/tobi equal maybe.
you know what is the best team ever in naruto?
Naruto and Rikudo Sennin...they'll beat everyone )
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Graduate students offset the cost of their degree with financial aid from various sources including scholarships, student loans, employer tuition benefits and payment plans.
Welcome to the Tepper School Financial Aid Office website where you'll find information about funding your graduate education. The Financial Aid Office at the Tepper School of Business provides financial aid information and services solely to Carnegie Mellon University masters and Ph.D. students enrolled in programs at the Tepper School of Business. A friendly, knowledgeable staff of financial aid professionals is here to guide and assist you in the financial aid process!
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The Tepper School of Business Financial Aid Office (FAO) provides support to MS in Computational Finance students applying for educational funding and, to the extent possible, helps them to address financial constraints that limit access to higher education. The FAO supports the School's goal of enrolling and graduating a diverse group of top qualified students by facilitating the financial aid process and by serving as an educational resource to prospective and current students.
A fundamental characteristic of a successful and timely financial aid process is that it is proactive, requiring action and communication between the student, the FAO, and, in many cases, external participants. We encourage and expect engagement on the part of the student in order to effectively facilitate students' financial aid processes.
The philosophy of the Tepper School of Business FAO includes a core set of objectives developed to support MS Computational Finance students in their goal of achieving advanced degrees.
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In addition to meeting the objectives established by our office, all FAO staff members adhere to the University's Federal and Private Loans and Lender Relationships Code of Conduct and accept and follow the ethical standards adopted by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
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A spatial vortex is a physical passageway linking two points in space, which can allow transit from one point to the other to any vessel passing through.
In 2375, a spatial vortex was discovered by the crew of the USS Voyager in "the Void," a region of the Delta Quadrant wherein no star systems existed within 2,500 light years. The vortex was being used by a Malon freighter to dump antimatter waste in the Void, severely damaging the health of the only native inhabitants. In order to protect the aliens and exit the Void, Captain Janeway developed a plan whereby photon torpedoes would be used to destroy the vortex. Doing so, however, would require collapsing it from the end of the vortex located in the Void, where the vortex's dimensional radius was weakest. Since this act would effectively strand Voyager in the Void, the crew modified the plan to deploy the torpedoes immediately upon entering the vortex, then jumping into high-warp to outrun the shock wave. Voyager's warp drive was subsequently disabled in combat with the Malon, however, so Janeway ordered their aft shields reinforced via their main deflector, allowing the ship to ride the shock wave to the other side of the vortex. (VOY: "Night")


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During 1944, the City of Los Angeles was a nervous place. Although more than two years had passed since the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the coast of California and the LA Harbor specifically were considered to be potential targets for the Japanese Navy.
The LAFD worked closely with the US Navy and the Coast Guard to prepare for any type of incident that might befall the harbor. Still, even with all of the preparation, the "Fredricksburg" incident served as a reminder that anything can happen - at any time.
Fuel and related components was a highly in-demand resource during the war. Tankers of all sizes moves in and out of both Long Beach and Los Angeles harbors. During the evening of October 20, 1944, the S.S. Fredricksburg, a tanker operating for the War Shipping Administration, was tied up to Berth 151 in the LA Harbor. The ship had arrived with her holds filled with water ballast.
Shortly after midnight, dock crews began loading toluene into hold number two, while at the same time pumping water ballast out of hold number one. Toluene is a highly inflammable, very volatile petroleum substance that has many military uses such as a component part for high-test fuels, among other uses.
By 0800Hrs. on the 21st, several people, among them a cafe owner, detected the odor of what they thought was gasoline in the area around Berth 223. The Coast Guard arrived and several officers began checking for the source of the fumes. They discovered that hold number two of the Fredricksburg was leaking into hold number one (containing ballast water) and was being pumped into the bay. At that time of day, the tidal current in the bay carried almost directly from Berth 151 on a southeasterly direction to Berth 223. It's unclear what action was requested, but the polluted ballast water continued to fill the bay.
Shortly before 1400Hrs., a collection of Navy and civilian ship workers were working on several Navy ships at Berth 223. A welder, C.E. Truitt, struck an arc on the bow of one of the under-construction ships, LSM 211. As he struck the arc, a flash fire occurred that completely enveloped the under-construction LSMs and a large area of the surrounding bay and docks. On the docks were about 25 vehicles, trucks and passenger cars, all of which caught fire.
At Berth 227, quarters of Boat No. 2, a short way down the bay, the man on floor watch saw the flash of fire and called to Captain Jack Allen. Captain Allen turned in a still alarm and ordered immediate response of the big fire boat. Responding on a first alarm to the location were Fire Boats 2 and 3, Engine Companies 81 and 40, Rescue 36, Salvage 36 and Battalion Chief Dikeman.
As Boat 2 churned up the channel towards the fire, a 4 1/2-in. tip was put on the ship's main battery, "Big Bertha," and the bow and tower monitor were readied for action. As they neared the burning LSMs, with their decks and sides well involved in fire, one sweep of the great 4 1/2-inch stream of water was all that was needed to completely snuff out the fire. The smaller batteries went to work knocking down fire floating on the surface of the bay.
Within a minute, Boat 2 had completed one pass of the dock and making a quick turn, make a second pass and in similar fashion, extinguished the fires on the dock involving the autos and trucks, while the arriving land companies were still stretching their lines. To get an idea of the terrific impact of a 4 1/2-inch stream, it was noted that a medium sized truck, struck broadside, was pushed across the dock by the force of the water as though it were a toy. Coast Guard fire boats which had been patrolling the area closed in and aided in the task of finishing off the areas of the water that still were afire.
Boat 3, with Senior Boat Operator J.V. Roquemore, responded along with the rest of the assignment. As he neared the burning area he noticed that a considerable number of men were in the water around the burning vessels and clinging to the nearby wharves. As Roquemore was alone, due to the depletion of manpower in the fire department, he realized that it would be impossible to make any effort to fight the fire and handle the boat at the same time. His first duty appeared to be in the direction of saving all possible life.
Leaving the fire fighting to Boat 2 he took up a position as near as possible to the struggling men in the water, throwing all the life preservers that he had aboard to them and pulling men out of the water as fast as he could reach them. A civilian, Pat Lee, an employee of Garbutt and Walsh, clambered aboard when Boat 3 drifted close to some tugs tied up to his firm's boat works adjacent to Berth 233, and helped "Rocky" with his life saving endeavors. These two men also got help from the nurse at the Industrial Hospital of the boat yard and brought her aboard to administer to the victims of the sudden explosion and fire aboard the Navy ships. By now "Rocky" had his boat full of injured and suffering naval and civilian men. At first they didn't seem too badly injured, but soon some showed the effects of severe shock and many of them were seriously and dangerously burned.
It was decided to take them to the Coast Guard base at the old California Yacht Club across the channel. Arriving there at 2:15 p.m. Boat 3 delivered the seventeen cases she had aboard. In the interval many of the injured had become unconscious and had to be removed via stretchers.
Boat 3 returned to the scene of the fire and pulled in several more victims found in the water and after taking them to a place of safety, made several trips bringing medical officers, civilian doctors to and from the scene of the fire, the Coast Guard boats, as well as Boat 2. A total of sixteen men, five civilians and eleven Navy personnel died, with more than thirty-five being hospitalized. Undoubtedly this toll would have been much higher had it not been for the courageous and efficient work of Mate Roquemore, who has spent his 20 years on the fire department in the bay area.
Once the fire aboard the LSMs was knocked down, the Navy removed them to another location, and although the fire on the water and docks had been extinguished, a tough and dangerous fire continued to burn amid the creosoted underpiling of the wharf. The dock, in ordinary times the property of the Hammond Lumber Company, had a fire stop underneath, just north of the fire area abutting Garbutt and Walsh, but to the south there were no stops and in this direction the fire continued to spread.
At approximately 1445Hrs., Assistant Chief Harold Johnson, commander of Division 1, arrived to take charge of operations. Calling for a second alarm assignment which brought Engines 38 and 49, Truck 48 and moved Engine Co.31 into 38's quarters, operations on the dock fire commenced.
From the water side the fire boats closed in and rail standee streams were directed into the burning piles. Skiffs from the Coast Guard boats and Boat 2 with 1 1/2-in. lines were sent under the dock although the acrid smoke and fumes made the going plenty rough. Along with the second alarm assignment, the crews of Engine and Truck 24 were sent to the scene to provide additional manpower. Starting at a point just south of the blaze, axes and jumbo bars were used to cut holes through the three inches of asphalt and heavy 4x6 inch timbers that formed the dock. At first cellar nozzles were tried, but it was found that the barrels were too short to provide any effective reach. Changing to Bresnan distributors, the desired results were achieved as they could be lowered to any point necessary. From this starting point other holes were successfully cut along the pier until the complete area had been extinguished. In some cases it was necessary to lower men and lines into the openings to get at stubborn pockets of fire in remote places of the dock construction.
Late in the afternoon, the fire out, the weary crews picked up and returned to their quarters, having completed a job well done. While the operations at the dock were going on, the fire boats cruised up and down the channel playing their batteries on the water to break up any oil slick that might tend to get under the wharf and further complicate matters. A point that is of interest to firemen in the Metropolitan area is that although Engine 81 laid its lines from a hydrant on Ferry street, Engines 38, 40 and 49 pumped at draft from the bay during the operations.


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The No. 9 Wasson Thunderbirds battled the Cañon City Tigers in Colorado Springs Friday night and the Coronado Cougars played host the the Liberty Lancers in 4A high school boys basketball action.
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Wasson topped Cañon City 73-58
Liberty got by Coronado 52-37
The Classical Academy beat Florence 55-40
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Askia Booker had a career-high 23 points and Andre Roberson had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead Colorado to an 81-74 victory over Murray State on Sunday. It's the Buffaloes (4-0) best start in 18 years and their first in-season tournament victory since 2002-03.
"This gives us confidence, but we can't get overconfident," Boyle said. "I said in the locker room if we started 0-4 instead of 4-0, our mantra wouldn't change. We're going to keep getting better every day."
Colorado was exceptional in this eight-team tournament. The Buffaloes opened by beating Dayton, then outlasted No. 16 Baylor 60-58 to reach the championship game.
Against Murray State, Colorado fended off several Racer runs until finally taking control with an 11-1 run midway through the second half.
"We're going to stay hungry and stay humble," Boyle said. "But small opportunities, when you take care of them, turn into big opportunities down the road. And we took care of three big opportunities here. Hopefully, we can look back at this tournament as a springboard for this team."
Murray State (3-1) was the last undefeated team in 2011-12, starting 23-0 on the way to a 31-2 record. The Racers got within five points several times down the stretch, including 79-74 on Isaiah Canaan's basket with 4 seconds left.
Booker, who scored 58 points in the three games, was awarded the tournament's most valuable player.
Booker said Boyle talked with him about being more aggressive this season. So far, Booker's lived up to the challenge. "I'm just taking full advantage of it," he said. "Coach believes in me and I believe in myself."
Canaan led Murray State with 21 points, although just six of those came in the second half. He received a technical foul and spent several minutes on the bench with four fouls.
Ed Daniel had 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Dexter Fields added 18 points on five 3-pointers for Murray State.
Spencer Dinwiddie finished with 14 points, going 11-of-12 at the foul line for Colorado. Buffaloes coach Tad Boyle said he'd spend some of the tournament day off Saturday in the gym shooting foul shots after a 4 of 18 showing Friday against Baylor and it looked like it paid off. Colorado made 27 of 36 from the stripe against Murray State, including all six in the final minute to keep out front.
Colorado was 27 of 36 from the line against Murray State and moved to 4-0 for the first time in 18 years. It was the Buffaloes first in-season tournament victory since 2002-03 when they won three straight to take the Pepsi Classic in Charlotte, N.C.
"Free throw shooting, it's just something as a coach I don't talk about," Boyle said. "Just say, 'Guys, it's up to you. Just step to the line and man up and make them when you're supposed to make them.'"
Boyle also met actor Bill Murray, a basketball fan who has a home in the Charleston area. Boyle said Murray told him he liked his team and wished him well. "I didn't give him any Caddyshack lines," Boyle said laughing. "He probably gets that all the time."
Colorado and Murray State each came in looking for another tournament title. The Buffaloes won last season's Pac-12 Conference tournament in their first season in the league. Murray State jump started its 31-2 season with a win at the Great Alaska Shootout, defeating host Alaska-Anchorage, San Francisco and Southern Miss to win that event.
Colorado gutted out a 60-58 win over No. 16 Baylor to reach the championship game, despite their abysmal foul shooting. Emotion may have driven the Buffaloes in that one since their 2012 NCAA tournament run was ended by Baylor.
Murray State blew past Auburn 79-59 in the opening round—leading by as many as 36 on Thursday night—then used a second-half run to get by St. John's.
The Racers came out quick against Colorado, building a 16-10 lead on Dexter Field's jumper and 3-pointer. The Buffaloes came back behind Booker's 7 points to tie it at 28-all.
Jeremy Adams had a 3-pointer and Andre Roberson a tip-in on Sabatino Chen's missed layup with 2 seconds left to give Colorado a 33-31 lead at the break.
Colorado pushed its lead to 39-33 in the second half as Roberson had another inside bucket before Murray State answered with a 12-3 to retake the lead.
The Buffaloes put together a 10-0 run to go back in front and once again the Racers responded, with Field's fourth 3-pointer tying the game at 52-all with 8:10 left.
Murray State's Canaan said the players have to deal with the loss and improve. "We haven't lost early in a while," he said. "You just have to move on, learn from the mistakes tonight and get better.


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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), in collaboration with other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is closely associated with several major centers involved in genome research. These affiliated centers are:
The Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) is a centralized facility that provides genotyping, sequencing and statistical genetics services for qualifying National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded projects. These services are available to extramural and intramural scientists supported by the institutes participating in the CIDR program. CIDR's main focus is high-throughput projects relating to human disease. However, some smaller projects and projects involving model organisms can also be accommodated.
Currently, 14 NIH institutes participate: The National Cancer Institute (NCI); the National Eye Institute (NEI); the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); the National Institute on Aging (NIA); the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA); the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS); the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD); the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD); the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR); the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK); the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Access to CIDR is granted via a peer review process (NIH program announcement: PAR 11-210).
The facility is supported through a five-year, $115 million federal contract (number N01-HG-72096) to The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) with Dr. David Valle of the JHU Institute of Genetic Medicine as Principal Investigator. Dr. Lawrence C. Brody of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) serves as CIDR's Chief Scientific Officer. Ms. Gloria Dunnigan, NHGRI, serves as the government Project Officer. Dr. Camilla Day, NHGRI, serves as Scientific Review Officer and Executive Director of the CIDR Board of Governors.
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The Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH) aims to facilitate a global understanding of the relationship between human genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution, with the ultimate goal of informing health inequalities. Investigators in the CRGGH will develop genetic epidemiology models that will explore the patterns and determinants of common complex diseases in populations in the United States and other human populations around the world. The establishment of the CRGGH, a trans-National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort, brings about an opportunity for it to be a leader in public awareness regarding how genomics is informing health and human history.
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The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), established in 1997, is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence. In addition to providing investigators at the NIH access to large-scale DNA sequencing, NISC plays a major role in several efforts related to the Human Genome Project. These include a Comparative Vertebrate Sequencing Initiative, the ENCODE Project, and the Mammalian Gene Collection Program.
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