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Useful Wedding Apps
iWedding Deluxe
iWedding Deluxe is a wedding planner and organiser app. It will organise, guide and inspire users.
Providing links to all the must see's and must do's, it is a necessity for planning the big day. The feature is packed with to do lists, budgeting guides, a guest list organiser and lots more.
My Wedding Countdown
My Wedding Countdown is an exclusive way to countdown to the big day. Make it your own by adding photos and sharing with your friends.
My Wedding Countdown allows you to share the build up on Facebook, Twitter, Email and using SMS. Create daily, weekly or monthly alerts and customise the interface to your own taste.
Wedding Planner UK
This app is rich in features and will provide users with an amazing amount of resources. Organise everything from guest lists, seating plans and budgets.
The application also includes an option to search for all things that will make the day even more special from local venues, cake shops, bridal wear, wedding cars and photographers. The GPS locator allows you to search for Wedding Services in your area or up to 100 miles away. Within suppliers you can view up to four images, a full description of their services, link to their website and email, a quick call button and their exact location on the map.
Vera Wang Weddings
Vera Wang helps you plan your wedding with this unique resource including Vera's personal style advice, planning expertise, thousands of images and more.
View exclusive videos of Vera Wang sharing her personal thoughts for the wedding-day style and select a dream dress from the Vera Wang Bridal Collections, where users can see the inspiration and making of each gown, as well as sketches and runway videos of these gorgeous fashion creations. Browse Over 1,000 Images of dresses, cakes, flowers and real weddings and create Inspiration Boards with Vera's exclusive design tool.


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Hot List 2007 ...Portuguese architect Miguel Câncio Martins has copped a luxuriously Lusitanian appearance for this 42-room hotel, which overlooks the sculpture-dotted Avenida Liberdade.
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...on Lisbon's main boulevard - classic 18th century grandeur on the outside and tastefully modern inside.
Daily Mail UK
Right on the main street of Lisbon, this sleekly modern hotel in a restored late- 18th-century palace opened its doors in 2006.
Frommer's Portugal
...Câncio Martins was responsible for the architecture and the interior design bringing together an atmosphere which evokes the Portuguese way of life today...
...Portuguese architect Miguel Cancio Martins did a masterful renovation of this 18th century building to a modern boutique hotel while maintaining its ancient character...
Housed in a full renovated, graceful late 18th-century building…
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Covering aspects of shipboard hydraulics at an advanced level, this workshop provides a forum for theory lecture delivery, simulation exercises, hands on training, group discussions leading to improvement in competency and confidence in handling hydraulic equipment.
Extensive exposure to hydraulic systems is provided with many and varied shipboard circuits being traced. Thus the ability to trace, understand and analyze circuit drawings and to troubleshoot logically is gained by the participant.
The practical exercises performed on the hydraulic trainer panel further strengthen his ability to understand hydraulic principles, functioning of various components and also to troubleshoot faults logically.


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Staff Report
Published Jan. 23, 2013
The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research has partnered with Safety-Kleen and its re-refined motor oil EcoPower to give teachers new tools in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.
Safety-Kleen recycles oil and provides parts cleaning and other environmental services.
Safety-Kleen and EcoPower have committed $150,000 over three years to fund fellowships for CU-ICAR's Driving Science education program. Driving Science is a joint venture of Clemson, Daytona International Speedway and DuPont.
Driving Science workshops for middle and high school teachers are held at racetracks around the country where advances in STEM education are readily apparent. Each workshop introduces the science of motorsport to 24 teachers. Lessons range from simple mechanics to engineering cycles students can apply in class.
Safety-Kleen and EcoPower funding will support two fellows at CU-ICAR who will work with Clemson's Human-Centered Computing Division to develop tools that encourage STEM education in student learning.
The grant, the first such commitment Safety-Kleen and EcoPower have made to a university, also will allow CU-ICAR to generate student and faculty research, testing and validation in the areas of environmental services and re-refined oil.
"This collaboration is another example of CU-ICAR's track record of successful public-private partnerships," said Imtiaz Haque, executive director of the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center at CU-ICAR. "As a nation, the U.S. needs more homegrown scientists and engineers, and with the support of Safety-Kleen's EcoPower, we can help develop young minds that will become the creative force in this country."


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The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from "X-Men: First Class," in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
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Career and Major Exploration
Whether students enroll in college with a declared academic major or are undecided, many students will change their major at least once before a degree is granted. With so many career possibilities and a lifetime of work ahead, Career Development Center encourages students to invest the time in exploring and planning their academic major and career in order to achieve their long term goals.
At Career Development Center, we have used research to provide you with the tools necessary to assist you with declaring your academic major. Our office has proven career assessments, web-based career resources, experiential opportunities, and career counselors available to assist you. Please review the following videos to learn more about the Major Selection Process.
Introduction for Selecting an Academic Major
Process for Selecting an Academic Major
After reviewing these presentations, also peruse the Career and Major Exploration and Career Assessment links to obtain more comprehensive information. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with a Career Counselor, please contact Career Development Center at 559.278.2381.
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|Dragons fourth at Middle Park; Stroh earns Outstanding Award
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
Led by six placers, including three champions, the Dragon wrestling team opened its season in style, finishing fourth amongst tough competition at the Middle Park Invitational in Granby Saturday, Dec. 5.
Adding to the Dragon success, senior Chad Stroh was named Outstanding Lightweight Wrestler of the tourney.
Stroh, at 135 lbs., Skyler Dittmer at 130 and Luke Garrett at 171 all won their weight divisions in the 27-team tourney.
In what coach Duane Stroh called the best bracket of the day, Mark Edmonds wrestled well to take third at 112 lbs.
Additionally, Brian Strong finished fourth at 140 lbs. and Francisco Diaz completed his first-ever wrestling competition with a sixth-place finish at 125 lbs.
Nine Dragons wrestled their way to 158.5 team points for fourth place. All three teams ahead of them had full teams, filling all 14 weight divisions. The top two teams were 5A schools, while third-place was a 4A high school.
Pine Creek won the tourney with 285 points, followed by Cherokee Trail 234, Pueblo South 209, Holyoke 158.5, Lewis-Palmer 118.5, Eagle Valley 110, Legend and NorthRidge 105, Lakewood 91.5, Glenwood Springs 88, Hayden 84.5, Classical Academy 82, Middle Park 68, Saratoga 59, Battle Mountain 58.5, Conifer 56.5, Clear Creek 55, Summit 52, Palmer Ridge 51.5, Coal Ridge 50, University 48.5, Soroco 41, North Park 39, Platte Canyon 36, Sheridan 33.5, Lake County 24 and Steamboat Springs 18.5.
With 360 wrestlers, there were more than 1,700 matches wrestled in Saturday's tournament. A gold bracket was provided, to give additional bouts to wrestlers who lost their two in the tourney bracket. All Holyoke wrestlers had at least three matches, with several of them wrestling five.
Coach Stroh was extremely proud of the Holyoke wrestlers, noting they won a good solid fourth place.
At 152 and 160 lbs., Cade Garrison and Ben Martinez were on the injured list. Garrison suffers from a shoulder injury, and Martinez dislocated his little finger during warm-ups at Granby.
With their focus on scoring team points, the Dragons pulled together as a team to kick off the 2009-10 season on a successful note.
Larry Stroh Memorial this Saturday
Holyoke fans will have the opportunity for hometown action this Saturday, Dec. 12, when HHS hosts the Larry Stroh Memorial Tournament.
Bouts will begin at 9 a.m., with eight or nine teams traveling to Holyoke to participate. Stroh said some quality teams are coming to town, and he encourages the local crowd to take time to watch the season open.
Saturday's tourney will be missing Holyoke's two-time state champion Chad Stroh, but a fine crew of Dragons will be worth watching.
Middle Park results
Results from Middle Park for Holyoke's nine participating wrestlers follow:
103 lbs.—Frank Diaz lost a 4-6 decision to Robert Sales of Soroco, won an 11-7 decision over Mason Haycock of Classical Academy, pinned Reece Alles of University in 3:16 and was pinned in 3:57 by Luke McDonald of Clear Creek.
He also had a match in the gold bracket, going 3-2 for the day. Coach Stroh noted Diaz is still learning and is doing a great job of trying to learn the moves.
112 lbs.—Mark Edmonds placed third, wrestling extremely well. He pinned Matt Huff of Lakewood in 1:52, won by forfeit over Devon Emerson of Summit, was tech-falled 1-16 by Anthony Samson of Saratoga and pinned Jackson Wood of Pueblo South in :30.
Edmonds' semifinal match was a one-pointer going into the third period, when he lost ground. But he came back strong for his third-fourth-place match, winning in a quick 30-second bout.
125 lbs.—Francisco Diaz placed sixth. In his first year on the mats, Diaz is wrestling very aggressively and is working hard, said Stroh
He pinned Michael Palmgren of Coal Ridge in 1:14, pinned Chris Martinez of University in 1:22, was pinned in :41 by Manny Madril of Battle Mountain, pinned Brian Achziger of Platte Canyon in :52, won by forfeit over Mason Martinez of Pueblo South and had to forfeit his fifth-place match to Bryant Brown from Cherokee Trail, as he'd already wrestled the maximum five bouts in a day.
130 lbs.—Skyler Dittmer placed first. He drew a first-round bye, then went out and attacked, said Stroh. Dittmer had three quick pins and also won by a pin in the championship.
He pinned Brandon Lane of Cherokee Trail in 1:09, pinned Corson Kerbs of Saratoga in 1:17, pinned Brian McGrath of Lewis-Palmer in :30 and pinned Casey Abeyta of Pueblo South in 3:52 to take first place.
135 lbs.—Chad Stroh placed first and earned the Outstanding Lightweight Wrestler award. He, too, looked very good in the official season opener, said the coach.
Stroh drew a first-round bye, pinned Mandrick Holifield of Sheridan in :38, pinned Casey Williams of Steamboat Springs in :41, pinned Neal Schultz of Coal Ridge in 3:06 and won a 15-0 tech fall over Vinnie Sanchez of Pueblo South in the championship.
140 lbs.—Brian Strong placed fourth, wrestling a little small for the weight division. He's new to the weight class, but coach Stroh said he thinks Strong will do some serious damage for the Dragons.
Strong drew a first-round bye, pinned Steven Bell of Lewis-Palmer in 4:48, pinned Casey Montoya of Glenwood Springs in 3:09, lost a 2-9 decision to Zane Leaf of Classical Academy and lost a 1-6 decision to Ben Molina of Platte Canyon.
145 lbs.—Leo Ortiz went out and wrestled well as an extremely light 145-pounder, said Stroh. Ortiz was pinned in :39 by Willy Gustin of Cherokee Trail and was pinned in 1:07 by Andrew Vigil of Eagle Valley before moving to the gold bracket.
171 lbs.—Luke Garrett placed first. He trimmed a lot of weight and was very weak, but he finds a way to win, said coach Stroh. "His championship match was about as good as I've ever seen Luke wrestle," he added.
Garrett drew a first-round bye, pinned Evan Fuellenback of Palmer Ridge in 1:58, won a 17-2 tech-fall over Chris Ayala of Glenwood Springs, won a 23-13 decision over Brendan Vineyard of Legend and pinned Ryley Giacometto of Saratoga in 3:33.
189 lbs.—Casey Sage was a light 189-pounder, but is starting to wrestle extremely well, said Stroh. He scored five team points for the Dragons and did a great job. Sage was pinned in 1:37 by Hayden Davidson of Saratoga, pinned Joey Garcia of Lakewood in 1:44, pinned Taylor Farrell of Legend in 4:14 and lost a 3-13 major decision to Zach Knutsen of Palmer Ridge.


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By acquiring just a small amount of information, identity thieves can destroy a person's financial reputation and cause endless stress on a person and their family. Identity theft costs consumers millions of dollars in fraudulent charges each year, and can take years and cost thousands of dollars to recover from.
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The Office of Privacy Protection works with Wisconsinites to educate them on how to protect their identities. The Office of Privacy Protection has taught consumers, businesses, and law enforcement agencies about identity theft and fraud prevention. We work with victims of identity theft, helping them take steps to reclaim their identity and restore their credit standing.
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BELLARIE - There's something about playing Union Local that brings out the best in Spencer Badia.
A year ago in Morristown, the then-sophomore Bellaire quarterback torched the Jets for 352 yards and four touchdowns. Saturday afternoon at Nelson Field, Badia bettered both of those marks as the Big Reds celebrated Senior Day with a 52-14 victory.
Badia finished with season-highs of 385 yards and five touchdowns, with four different receivers reaching the end zone. He now has 2,077 yards and 18 touchdowns in eight games.
"We played pretty well on offense," Bellaire coach Jose Davis said. "We took advantage of some of the stuff that they were giving us, and our receivers made some good plays.
"We blocked pretty well on some of our screens and things like that.
Neither team could get any offense going on its first two drives of the game, but Bellaire found the end zone on its next five drives as Badia worked his magic.
Starting at their own 42, the Big Reds needed just three plays to reach paydirt as Badia rolled to his right before unleashing a laser that Kenny Hess caught in traffic for a 21-yard score.
After the Bellaire defense held Union Local on downs near midfield, Badia fired a quick hitter to Nick Patrone in the right flat. Patrone used a nifty move to get between a pair of Jet defenders and was off to the races to complete a 31-yard scoring play.
Union Local cut the deficit in half on the second play of the second quarter. Sophomore quarterback Gavin Porter lofted the ball downfield where freshman Kaleb McDiffitt made a catch in the end zone from 36 yards out.
That touchdown seemed to inspire Bellaire, both offensive and defensively, as the Big Reds lit up the scoreboard with a trio of Badia touchdown passes and a 31-yard fumble return by Logan Koshenka.
Badia hit Quinton Crosby with a 30-yard strike to make it 21-7, and then found Tyler West in the right flat. West dodged a pair of defenders before getting to the sidelines. Badia and Hess clocked once again, this time on a 44-yard connection as Hess made a great run after catching the ball.
Things only got worse for Union Local on its next possession as Porter was hit by Koshenka. The ball and Porter became separated from each other, with Koshenka performing the scoop-and-score.
The Jets got on the scoreboard again before the first half ended when Porter and McDiffitt hooked up again, this time from 31 yards away.
With all the offense in the second quarter, both teams got defensive in the third frame as a pair of goose eggs were posted on the scoreboard.
Bellaire concluded the scoring when Dalton Conroy kicked his seventh field goal of the season, a 22-yarder, and backup tailback Tony McGee ran in from 14 yards out. Cody LaRoche tacked on that extra-point.
Conroy's field goal gave him seven for the season, one behind all-time leaders Paul Marchese (1973) and Mark Marchese (1980).
Porter passed for 145 yards and the two scores, but was picked off three times.
Patrone led Bellaire's wideouts with six grabs for 104 yards and a TD. Crosby caught five passes for 99 yards and a score, while Hunter Westlake had four catches for 67 yards. Hess snagged three passes for 82 yards and West had the 33-yard TD.


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1958 Chevrolet Impala - ObsessionWritten by Chuck Vranas on July 10, 2008 Lou Querusio's '58 Chevy Impala Is All That And More
Obsession. Simply stated, it's an idea that can be compared to a total mental domination regarding a certain subject. Some people go through their entire lifetimes without experiencing anything that closely resembles it. For others, though, it becomes a way of life.
For Lou Querusio of Mendon, Massachusetts, his overwhelming obsession with customs started early on at a time when names like Barris, Starbird, and the Alexander Brothers were dominant forces in everything to do with automotive restyling. The staggering creativity that was flowing through the design studios in Detroit in the 1950s gave the daring visionaries with a hammer and dolly amazing bases to work with and build upon. Frequenting the local hobby shop in his area as a youth, Lou was awestruck by the scale models available to be built right at home on the kitchen table. It's a story to which many of us can relate, one where a youngster fueled his desires with a kit rendition of an original creation, thanks to the cash he made on his paper route.
Never losing his fascination with custom cars, Lou managed a few sweet rides as the years passed, but it wasn't until recently, when he became acquainted with Todd Lewis of Xtreme Restorations in Slatersville, Rhode Island, that he fully realized the potential of bringing his many obsessions to life. Starting with the purchase of a '66 Pontiac LeMans, he had the team at Xtreme breathe new life into it with countless mild custom touches, while a fire-breathing Pontiac mill let the neighborhood know when he was ready to hit the streets. Having always admired the body lines of the '58 Chevy Impala-especially for the fact that the car looked like a custom right from the factory-Lou set a course to locate a suitable base to start with for his next project.
While driving thorough a bordering town near his home, Lou spied a bone-stock '58 sitting in a driveway with a "For Sale" sign taped to the window-talk about fate! After checking out the car, it was determined this clean original would be the next project, and Lou soon went over his ideas for the car with the Xtreme team. He wanted it to be a very subtle car with just enough change to the exterior to make it look period-perfect.
One of the many facets of designing a true custom starts with the car's stance. Miss this and you may as well throw in the towel, because the car will never look right. The crew made a call to Air Ride Technologies for one of its ShockWave systems, and it was combined with tubular upper control arms and an antiroll bar from Hotchkis Performance to make sure the car's newfound personality would be just what the doctor ordered. As the team worked their way through the chassis, a new steering box was added from an '88 Jeep Wagoneer, while plenty of stopping power is ensured by a combination of MP discs and calipers up front, and rear drums and the stock rearend out back.
Choosing Wheel Vintiques billet smoothies topped with chrome bullet caps rolling on Diamond Back Classics wide whitewall radials added just enough dazzle to the mix. A decision was also made to have the team rebuild the original 348ci mill with a twist; after punching out the block, it was filled with TRW slugs, a Crane stick, and Manley valves prior to being deburred and doused with vivid red gloss. To bring it all home, an Offy six-pot intake was bolted on top and teamed up with a squadron of Rochesters capped with traditional air cleaners.
Finally, the team cast their spell on the body, first by shaving the hood, then by making sure it was razor-sharp before masking it up and dousing it with PPG Cashmere Blue. Once it was rolled out of the booth, it was treated to a full continental kit, custom front fender side moldings, and its signature bullet-tooth grille. From there, it was time to give it some new threads, so the team at Xtreme installed a tri-color motif interior they further accented with an engine-turned dash and steering wheel inserts, a customized flip-down tissue dispenser containing hideaway gauges, and an updated sound system.
Lou told us he's been burning up the miles on the Impala on a daily basis. We can hardly wait to see the pair of early Caddy customs emerge from Xtreme Restorations that he is having Todd and his team design and build right now.
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|suspension by Xtreme Restorations Inc. (Slatersville, RI)
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|Air Ride Technologies (Jasper, IN) ShockWave
|Rear brakes
|stock drum
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|Air Ride Technologies ShockWave w/ Hotchkis ({{{Santa Fe}}} Springs, CA) tubular upper control arms & antiroll bar
|Front brakes
|Master Power Brakes (Mooresville, NC) disc
|Master cylinder
|SSBC (Clarence, NY) dual w/ power booster
|Steering box
|'88 {{{Jeep Wagoneer}}}
|Wheel covers
|Wheel Vintiques (Fresno, CA) bullet caps
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|Wheel Vintiques Billet Smoothie, 15x8
|Rear wheel make, size
|Wheel Vintiques Billet Smoothie, 15x8
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|Diamond Back Classics (Conway, SC), P235/75R15
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|Diamond Back Classics, P235/75R15
|348 (.030" overbore)
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|Richard Desautels of Xtreme Restorations
|stock, shot peened
|Crane Cams ({{{Daytona}}} Beach, FL), 480-lift, 225-duration
|Water pump
|Xtreme Restorations custom reverse-flow
|Cooling fan
|Be Cool (Essexville, MI) aluminum
|Powermaster (Knoxville, TN) 160-amp, chrome
|stock, ported
|Valves / Springs
|Manley (Lakewood, NJ)
|Valve covers
|Offenhauser (Los Angeles, CA)
|Manifold / Induction
|Offenhauser six-pot / Rochester 2GC
|Ignition / Wires
|MSD (El Paso, TX)
|Sanderson (S. San Francisco, CA)
|Exhaust / Mufflers
|2" aluminized / DynoMax (Monroe, MI)
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|engine pulleys, brackets, custom electric exhaust cutouts by Xtreme Restoration
|TCI Automotive (Ashland, MS) 700-R4
|B&{{{M}}} Racing & Performance Products (Chatsworth, CA)
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|custom one-piece, Cockroft Inc. (Providence, RI)
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|custom bullet grille by Xtreme Restorations
|Xtreme Restorations
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|Ken LaFlemme of Xtreme Restorations
|stock w/ half-moon chrome covers
|Other body items
|continental kit & custom third brake light by Xtreme Restorations
|custom engine turned by Xtreme Restorations
|stock AM converted to accept FM & 180 watts
|Air conditioning
|custom by Xtreme Restorations
|Painless Performance (Fort Worth, TX)
|Steering wheel
|stock w/ custom paint & engine-turned insert
|Rick Trebino of Xtreme Restorations
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|vinyl / blue w/ tri-color blue inserts
|blue loop pile
|Other interior items
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Home > About Parks Canada Agency > Jobs at Parks Canada > Selecting People for Jobs
In general, here's how the process works:
At this stage, the Parks Canada manager works with Parks Canada Human Resources advisors to notify the public that a job is available. Depending on the type of job, it may be posted at the park or site, in the local or national newspaper, in association newsletters or on a job website with the Public Service Commission or Human Resources Development Canada Sites. This often takes the form of a competition poster that describes many aspects of the position:
Information on written tests and competency exams can be found at the Public Service Commission of Canada's Web site. If you earned a post-secondary degree outside of Canada, please contact one of the Credentials Evaluation Services organizations to inquire about obtaining a proof of Canadian equivalency.
The Human Resources advisor and/or the Parks Canada manager review applications submitted on or before the closing date. They assess all applications against the basic qualifications. Candidates meeting the screening criteria are notified and given further consideration for the job.
Applicants being interviewed are assessed using the same assessment tools. Based on these assessments, candidates are ranked starting with most competent to least competent. Candidates interviewed receive notification, most often by letter, informing them of the results.
The top ranking candidates are offered the available positions in writing. Those who accept the job offer negotiate a work start date.


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Richard Hurley spoke to Liveline from the grounds of St. John's Church, Tralee. He was there for the funeral of local teenager Donal Walsh. He spoke about the inspirational teenager, he said his life was short but his memory will live on.
Paul told us he was flying home through a Spanish airport yesterday and he believes that money was lifted from his wallet by one of the security staff, it happened as the tray came through the x-ray machine.
Emmigration was on the agenda again today. Some could not settle and had returned to Ireland. For others it was a live changing experience and they would never be returning to Ireland.


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19-year-old Marco Washington continues to recover from a severe dog bite. Tuesday night though city and county leaders attack the viscous dog issue so almost 200 dog incidents over the past two months stop.
This is one of the first times county and city leaders came together to talk about a problem that pretty much everyone agrees has gotten out of hand. Right now in Rockford 37 dogs have been declared viscous. A number that most at the meeting say would be a lot higher if everyone was working under the same rules.
Interim Animal Services Director, Gary Longanecker was able to voice some of his frustrations that he has his officer have been under. Longanecker says he has limited staff to deal with situations and not a lot of laws to help combat the problems.
Tougher laws was the main idea attacked, along with a higher compliance rate with county, city and animal services officers. Laws very from city to city making it hard to standardize how dog incidents are treated and fined. Although there was no definite answer from this first meeting, city and county leaders are encouraged that the meeting is a step that hasn't ever been taken.
The next step is for city and county legal to meet and look at the laws hoping to unify them.
How to Avoid a Dog Attack
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Photos: Billy and Salvador deliver in the ninth!
What a win for the Royals! KC trailed 2-0 entering the ninth. Alex Gordon singled off of former teammate Zack Greinke with one out. Greinke was replaced at that point, with Billy Butler due up. KC's DH hit a long homer to center on the first pitch and Salvador Perez followed with his first career walk-off homer. Below are photos of Butler's homer and the reaction after the walk-off by Perez.


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NEMA Welcomes Senate Vote to normalize US-Russia trade.December 13, 2012
NEMA welcomed bipartisan approval by U.S. Senate of legislation to grant permanent normal trade relations status (PNTR) to Russia and provide access for U.S. businesses to benefits associated with world's ninth largest economy's entry into rules-based international trading system. According to NEMA President and CEO Evan Gaddis, this legislation enables manufacturers and service providers to compete on fair and level playing field with foreign competitors in Russia. Read More
NEMA Fluorescent Lamp Indexes show 4Q 2010 and yearly figures.March 21, 2011
NEMA's T5 lamp index increased to 164.5 during 4Q 2010, and shipments grew nearly 31.0% over 2009. T8 lamp shipments increased 6.7% percent for year despite 2.2% dip during 4Q, and T12 lamp index showed declines of 7.1% for year and 9.7% from Q3. While market shares for T5 and T12 shipments increased 1.0% each, T8s declined by 2.0% during 4Q. For calendar year 2010, T5 and T8 shares respectively increased to 8.8% and 63.3% of shipments, while share of T12 shipments decreased to 27.9%. Read More
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2010 Big Diamond Track Champion, Doug Manmiller completed the 2012 Coalcracker weekend with his win in the Coalcracker '72, commemorating the 40th year of competition at the Big Diamond Speedway.
Doug Manmiller piloted the Josh Biever owned #46 for the win in the Coalcracker '72.
In spite of intermittent rain showers, track manangement, race teams and fans perservered to complete the final show of the 2012 racing season at the Big Diamond Speedway.
Oddly enough, Manmiller passed his Friday night ride and car owner, Shawn Fitzpatrick for the lead on lap nineteen. Fitzpatrick drew the pole for the start of the 72 lap event and quickly put his Schaeffer's Harley Davidson T102 out in front of Rick Laubach at the start of the event. When Laubach pushed out of the groove on lap thirteen, Manmiller slid into second. A lap nineteen restart had Manmiller restarting on the outside of Fitzpatrick as Manmiller moved out in front to take the lead.
A multi car incident on the homestretch drew the red flag on the restart following the mandatory fuel stop at the half way point. After landing on his roof, Ray Swinehart was able to drive to the pits but the cars of Kevin Albert, Billy Pauch, Jr. and Gary Hager were towed from the scene with race ending damage.
Laubach moved into second when Fitzpatrick slid high on lap thirty eight as Craig VonDohren moved into third after starting in the last row on the original start. Billy Pauch Sr. and Jeff Strunk raced in the top five
As the laps counted down, VonDohren and Strunk passed Laubach to take over second and third. VonDohren hunted down Manmiller and pulled along side of the leader on several occasions but was not able to pull ahead to take the lead. Each time, Manmiller rolled the Biever #46 off the top to move out in front.
Strunk had several looks to the inside of VonDohren but he, too, was unable to move ahead. In the closing laps, the battle was for the fourth spot and Duane Howard and Laubach dueled for that position.
With the checkered flag waving, Manmiller took the first big race win of his career ahead of VonDohren, Strunk, Howard and Laubach.
Manmiller and Jeremy Becker were the winners of the three lap Cash Dashes for the Station House 358
Coalcracker '72 Finish
1) Doug Manmiller 2) Craig Von Dohren 3) Jeff Strunk 4) Duane Howard 5) Neil Williams 6) Meme Desantis 7) Shawn Fitzpatrick 8) Dan Hineline 9) Neil Huber 10) Keith Hoffman 11) Andy Burkhart 12) Danny Nicholas 13) Billy Pauch Sr. 14) Billy Pauch Jr. 15) Gary Hager 16) Kevin Albert Jr. 17) Ray Swinehart 18) Jimmy Horton 19) Ricky Yetter 20) Jared Umberhauer 21) Craig Whitmoyer 22) Dale Hartz 23) Mike Mammana 24) Colt Harris 25) Ryan Godown DQ) Rick Laubach
DNQ) Scott Albert, Heath Metzger, John Willman, Jim Bobbitt Jr., Mike Diehl, Tommy Sheetz Jr., Dan Waisempacher, Brad Arnold, Ron Haring Jr., Bill Gensler, Danny Hieber, Josh Hertzog, Richie Pratt Jr.
Doug Esh of Lancaster staged a come-from-behind victory in Saturday's 45th annual Tuscarora 50 sanctioned by the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints at Port Royal Speedway.
Including lap money, Esh took home $11,450 for his second win in the prestigious race after first taking a victory in the event in 2007.
Mike Wagner of Harrisonville earned the pole for the 50-lap main and took the lead when the green flag fell over the field over second-starter Mike Erdley.
During the early going, in a quest for his first-ever T50 win, Wagner pulled away to a comfortable lead with Brent Marks racing in third.
The race pace was slowed with four laps down when 2010 50 victor Brian Montieth slowed to a stop on the backchute.
Daryn Pittman and Dale Blaney lined up fourth and fifth for the restart.
But there was no challenge for Wagner when green reappeared as he continued piling up lap money in the race at a clip of at least $25 per circuit.
But as the action wore on, Myerstown's Marks began to come on in his No. 19M, taking second from Erdley on lap six before slowly erasing Wagner's advantage.
The leaders entered lapped traffic with 16 laps completed and Marks was on Wagner's bumper by the time the backmarkers entered the race.
It took Marks until lap 18 to race by Wagner for the lead, ending his run at the front with a total of $550 in lap money accrued.
Wagner then saw Erdley race by for second on the next lap as the front duo seemed to stabilize while eyes on action shifted further back in the pack during what had been non-stop action since the fourth loop.
It was four-time 50 champ Lance Dewease and Danny Dietrich that was catching attention as they battled forth from their ninth and 15th starting spots respectively.
The pair had advanced rapidly into the top 10 and Dewease seemed to be building up quite a head of steam aboard his No. 30C, passing at will until he and Dietrich locked horns one lap shy of the halfway point.
As Dewease shot off of the fourth corner to complete lap 24, he drew inside of Dietrich for sixth spot as the pair headed for the stripe and the pair touched when Dietrich seemed to move down in and effort to thwart the attack and set his car into the first turn.
Dewease's car climbed Dietrich's inside left rear tire and the pair went careening into the outside first turn wall, disabling both men for the night and bringing out the red flag with 24 in the books.
Dietrich was runner-up in the 2011 T50.
The restart for the final 26 laps had Marks leading over Erdley, Wagner, 10th starter David Gravel, fourth starter Dale Blaney and eighth starter Esh.
The next lap was worth $200 for Marks, to be leader at the halfway point, which he pocketed as Esh began his march to triumph with an impressive two-car pass while rim riding around the track to drive into fourth, disposing of both Blaney and Gravel with 22 laps to go.
One more lap and one more car found Esh now up to third, again blasting by competitor Wagner using the ragged, way-up-top outside edge of the track.
However by that time, leaders Marks and Erdley had amassed a healthy advantage and Esh was forced to drive down the distance before making moves for the win.
He finally reached Erdley with 18 laps to go and surpassed for second before using three more loops to run down Marks and cap off his impressive drive to the front on lap 35.
Marks ended his leading run with some $650 in lap money pocketed.
After Esh took the lead aboard his Leach Automotive No. 30, he began parting the waters through lapped traffic and was just one mile from the checkers when a pair of caution flags frustrated his efforts.
The first was for a surging Erdley who drove into second with eighth laps to go and began closing on Esh but fell victim to a flat tire.
Gravel restarted second but separated from Esh by a pair of lapped cars and he hadn't yet cleared both lapped cars when Marks stopped, also with a flat, setting up a one-lap dash to the finish that Esh handled easily.
Gravel crossed the line in second followed by Friday's Night Before The 50 winner Dale Blaney, Wagner and 18th starter Danny Lasoski.
Sixth through 10th went to Daryn Pittman, Cap Henry, Blane Heimbach, Ryan Smith and Chad Layton.
Layton's finish garnered him the 2012 Port Royal track title, a career second for the Harrisburg driver and seventh overall for car owner Dave Middleswarth.
Pittman's run saw him pick up the 2012 All Stars Eastern Region series title, worth $20,000 from All Star Championship Racing Inc.
Heats for the 40 cars in attendance went to Keith Kauffman, Henry, Erdley and Dewease with Heimbach taking the B Main and Wagner scoring the dash.
Pittman set fast time with a lap of 17.343 seconds.
September 8, 2012 Feature Finishes:
410 sprints, 50 laps, Tuscarora 50: 1. Doug Esh ($11,450) 2. David Gravel, 3. Dale Blaney, 4. Mike Wagner, 5. Danny Lasoski, 6. Daryn Pittman, 7. Cap Henry, 8. Blane Heimbach, 9. Ryan Smith, 10. Chad Layton, 11. Ryan Taylor, 12. Tim Shaffer, 13. Brent Marks, 14. Danny Holtgraver, 15. Jessica Zemken, 16. Keith Kauffman, 17. Stevie Smith, 18. Mike Erdley, 19. Rick Lafferty, 20. Danny Dietrich, 21. Lance Dewease, 22. Curt Stroup, 23. Brian Montieth, 24. Frank Cozze, 25. Paul McMahan
Lap leaders: Mike Wagner 1 17, Brent Marks 18 34, Esh 35 50
DNQ: Fred Rahmer, Logan Schuchart, Davey Sammons, Michael Ruttkamp, Cliff Brian, Mark Zimmerman, Dylan Cisney, Mark Coldren, Trenton Sheaffer, Joey Hershey, Daryl Stimeling, Greg Hodnett, Josh Dressler, Steve Buckwalter, Jordan Frontz
Pat Cannon of Etters clinched his third career 358 sprint car title at Selinsgrove Speedway with his eighth win of the year at the track in the division's 25-lap main event Saturday night.
The victory also marked Cannon's 40th career at the Snyder County half-mile oval driving the Highlands' Tire & Service Center No. 3. He joins Chad Layton of Harrisburg and Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove as the speedway's only three-time 358 sprint car track champions.
Jeff Rine of Danville returned to victory lane for the first time since July when he captured his sixth win of the year in the 25-lap late model feature. The win was Rine's 78th career at Selinsgrove.
All other tracks were rained out.


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The young men, initially referred to as Suspect 1 and Suspect 2, one in a black hat and one in a white hat, were caught on cameras toting backpacks among the people near the marathon finish line, and walking away without one of the backpacks. The FBI asked the public to help identify the suspected killers. That was Thursday evening. By Friday morning, the bad movie element had run right off the rails. The suspects had been identified and were on the run.
Boston residents were told to stay home and lock their doors. Businesses remained shuttered. The city's educational icons — Harvard, MIT and the University of Massachusetts — canceled classes and told students to hunker down. The Red Sox stayed home. The Bruins didn't play. And while Boston was in shut-down mode, the suspects went on an all-night spree. They robbed a convenience store Thursday night, then shot and killed a police officer who responded. They hijacked a car and led police on a chase through Boston streets. As they drove, they tossed explosives from the car. In an exchange of gunfire, Suspect 1 was shot, and later died. It was said he was wearing a suicide vest.
Suspect 2 took off in the stolen car, running over Suspect 1 as he fled. All day Friday, hour to hour, door to door, law enforcement officers moved in on Suspect 2. By Friday evening, hundreds and hundreds of men and women from every law enforcement agency, including the FBI, local and federal bomb squads, Boston police, sniper units, computer squads and canine teams, inched ever closer to the suspect, who was found hiding in a boat in a Watertown driveway. Anyone who tuned in to the news for the first time on Friday couldn't possibly believe this was unfolding in Boston; it looked like a fantasy out of a violent video game.
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Summary: Ras association (RalGDS/AF-6) domain
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Ras association (RalGDS/AF-6) domain Provide feedback
RasGTP effectors (in cases of AF6, canoe and RalGDS); putative RasGTP effectors in other cases. Recent evidence (not yet in MEDLINE) shows that some RA domains do NOT bind RasGTP. Predicted structure [3] similar to that determined [1] and that of the RasGTP-binding domain of Raf kinase.
Literature references
Huang L, Weng X, Hofer F, Martin GS, Kim SH; , Nat Struct Biol 1997;4:609-615.: Three-dimensional structure of the Ras-interacting domain of RalGDS. PUBMED:9253406 EPMC:9253406
Hofer F, Fields S, Schneider C, Martin GS; , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994;91:11089-11093.: Activated Ras interacts with the Ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator. PUBMED:7972015 EPMC:7972015
Ponting CP, Benjamin DR; , Trends Biochem Sci 1996;21:422-425.: A novel family of Ras-binding domains. PUBMED:8987396 EPMC:8987396
Kuriyama M, Harada N, Kuroda S, Yamamoto T, Nakafuku M, Iwamatsu A, Yamamoto D, Prasad R, Croce C, Canaani E, Kaibuchi K; , J Biol Chem 1996;271:607-610.: Identification of AF-6 and canoe as putative targets for Ras. PUBMED:8557659 EPMC:8557659
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This tab holds annotation information from the InterPro database.
InterPro entry IPR000159
Proteins with this domain are mostly RasGTP effectors and include guanine-nucleotide releasing factor in mammals [PUBMED:8987396]. This factor stimulates the dissociation of GDP from the Ras-related RALA and RALB GTPases, which allows GTP binding and activation of the GTPases. It interacts and acts as an effector molecule for R-ras, K-Ras and Rap [PUBMED:7972015].
The domain is also present in a number of other proteins among them the sexual differentiation protein in yeast that is essential for mating and meiosis and yeast adenylate cyclase. These proteins contain repeated leucine-rich (LRR) segments.
Gene Ontology
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Domain organisation
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Pfam Clan
This family is a member of clan Ubiquitin (CL0072), which has the following description:
This family includes proteins that share the ubiquitin fold. It currently unites four SCOP superfamilies.
The clan contains the following 41 members:APG12 Atg8 Blt1 Caps_synth_GfcC CIDE-N Cobl DIX DUF2407 DUF4430 DWNN FERM_N IgG_binding_B Lambda_tail_I Multi_ubiq NQRA_SLBB PB1 PI3K_rbd Prok_Ub RA Rad60-SLD Rad60-SLD_2 Ras_bdg_2 RBD SLBB Telomere_Sde2 TGS ThiS ThiS-like TmoB TUG-UBL1 Ub-Mut7C Ub-RnfH ubiquitin Ubiquitin_2 Ubiquitin_3 UBX Ufm1 UN_NPL4 Urm1 YchF-GTPase_C YukD
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We make all of our alignments available in Stockholm format. You can download them here as raw, plain text files or as gzip-compressed files.
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You can also download a FASTA format file containing the full-length sequences for all sequences in the full alignment.
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HMM logos is one way of visualising profile HMMs. Logos provide a quick overview of the properties of an HMM in a graphical form. You can see a more detailed description of HMM logos and find out how you can interpret them here. More...
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This page displays the phylogenetic tree for this family's seed alignment. We use FastTree to calculate neighbour join trees with a local bootstrap based on 100 resamples (shown next to the tree nodes). FastTree calculates approximately-maximum-likelihood phylogenetic trees from our seed alignment.
Note: You can also download the data file for the tree.
Curation and family details
This section shows the detailed information about the Pfam family. You can see the definitions of many of the terms in this section in the glossary and a fuller explanation of the scoring system that we use in the scores section of the help pages.
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|Alignment kindly provided by SMART
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|Average length of the domain:
|90.70 aa
|Average identity of full alignment:
|18 %
|Average coverage of the sequence by the domain:
|10.72 %
HMM information
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build method: hmmbuild -o /dev/null HMM SEED
search method: hmmsearch -Z 11927849 -E 1000 --cpu 4 HMM pfamseq
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Species distribution
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This visualisation provides a simple graphical representation of the distribution of this family across species. You can find the original interactive tree in the adjacent tab. More...
This chart is a modified "sunburst" visualisation of the species tree for this family. It shows each node in the tree as a separate arc, arranged radially with the superkingdoms at the centre and the species arrayed around the outermost ring.
How the sunburst is generated
The tree is built by considering the taxonomic lineage of each sequence that has a match to this family. For each node in the resulting tree, we draw an arc in the sunburst. The radius of the arc, its distance from the root node at the centre of the sunburst, shows the taxonomic level ("superkingdom", "kingdom", etc). The length of the arc represents either the number of sequences represented at a given level, or the number of species that are found beneath the node in the tree. The weighting scheme can be changed using the sunburst controls.
In order to reduce the complexity of the representation, we reduce the number of taxonomic levels that we show. We consider only the following eight major taxonomic levels:
- superkingdom
- kingdom
- phylum
- class
- order
- family
- genus
- species
Colouring and labels
Segments of the tree are coloured approximately according to their superkingdom. For example, archeal branches are coloured with shades of orange, eukaryotes in shades of purple, etc. The colour assignments are shown under the sunburst controls. Where space allows, the name of the taxonomic level will be written on the arc itself.
As you move your mouse across the sunburst, the current node will be highlighted. In the top section of the controls panel we show a summary of the lineage of the currently highlighed node. If you pause over an arc, a tooltip will be shown, giving the name of the taxonomic level in the title and a summary of the number of sequences and species below that node in the tree.
Anomalies in the taxonomy tree
There are some situations that the sunburst tree cannot easily handle and for which we have work-arounds in place.
Missing taxonomic levels
Some species in the taxonomic tree may not have one or more of the main eight levels that we display. For example, Bos taurus is not assigned an order in the NCBI taxonomic tree. In such cases we mark the omitted level with, for example, "No order", in both the tooltip and the lineage summary.
Unmapped species names
The tree is built by looking at each sequence in the full alignment for the family. We take the name of the species given by UniProt and try to map that to the full taxonomic tree from NCBI. In some cases, the name chosen by UniProt does not map to any node in the NCBI tree, perhaps because the chosen name is listed as a synonym or a misspelling in the NCBI taxonomy.
So that these nodes are not simply omitted from the sunburst tree, we group them together in a separate branch (or segment of the sunburst tree). Since we cannot determine the lineage for these unmapped species, we show all levels between the superkingdom and the species as "uncategorised".
Since we reduce the species tree to only the eight main taxonomic levels, sequences that are mapped to the sub-species level in the tree would not normally be shown. Rather than leave out these species, we map them instead to their parent species. So, for example, for sequences belonging to one of the Vibrio cholerae sub-species in the NCBI taxonomy, we show them instead as belonging to the species Vibrio cholerae.
Too many species/sequences
For large species trees, you may see blank regions in the outer layers of the sunburst. These occur when there are large numbers of arcs to be drawn in a small space. If an arc is less than approximately one pixel wide, it will not be drawn and the space will be left blank. You may still be able to get some information about the species in that region by moving your mouse across the area, but since each arc will be very small, it will be difficult to accurately locate a particular species.
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The tree shows the occurrence of this domain across different species. More...
Species trees
We show the species tree in one of two ways. For smaller trees we try to show an interactive representation, which allows you to select specific nodes in the tree and view them as an alignment or as a set of Pfam domain graphics.
Unfortunately we have found that there are problems viewing the interactive tree when the it becomes larger than a certain limit. Furthermore, we have found that Internet Explorer can become unresponsive when viewing some trees, regardless of their size. We therefore show a text representation of the species tree when the size is above a certain limit or if you are using Internet Explorer to view the site.
If you are using IE you can still load the interactive tree by clicking the "Generate interactive tree" button, but please be aware of the potential problems that the interactive species tree can cause.
Interactive tree
For all of the domain matches in a full alignment, we count the number that are found on all sequences in the alignment. This total is shown in the purple box.
We also count the number of unique sequences on which each domain is found, which is shown in green. Note that a domain may appear multiple times on the same sequence, leading to the difference between these two numbers.
Finally, we group sequences from the same organism according to the NCBI code that is assigned by UniProt, allowing us to count the number of distinct sequences on which the domain is found. This value is shown in the pink boxes.
We use the NCBI species tree to group organisms according to their taxonomy and this forms the structure of the displayed tree. Note that in some cases the trees are too large (have too many nodes) to allow us to build an interactive tree, but in most cases you can still view the tree in a plain text, non-interactive representation. Those species which are represented in the seed alignment for this domain are highlighted.
You can use the tree controls to manipulate how the interactive tree is displayed:
- show/hide the summary boxes
- highlight species that are represented in the seed alignment
- expand/collapse the tree or expand it to a given depth
- select a sub-tree or a set of species within the tree and view them graphically or as an alignment
- save a plain text representation of the tree
Please note: for large trees this can take some time. While the tree is loading, you can safely switch away from this tab but if you browse away from the family page entirely, the tree will not be loaded.
There are 5 interactions for this family. More...
We determine these interactions using iPfam, which considers the interactions between residues in three-dimensional protein structures and maps those interactions back to Pfam families. You can find more information about the iPfam algorithm in the journal article that accompanies the website.
For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we use the mapping between UniProt, PDB and Pfam coordinate systems from the PDBe group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt sequences and three-dimensional protein structures. The table below shows the structures on which the RA domain has been found. There are 40 instances of this domain found in the PDB. Note that there may be multiple copies of the domain in a single PDB structure, since many structures contain multiple copies of the same protein seqence.
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Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, establish security on Red Beach after exiting an assault amphibious vehicle with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion in support of Exercise Steel Knight 2014 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Dec. 9, 2014. The Marines established security on the beach before they maneuvered through a mock village. Steel Knight is a large-scale, combined arms, live fire exercise integrating the ground combat element from 1st Marine Division with aviation and logistical support from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and 1st Marine Logistics Group. The exercise enables I Marine Expeditionary Force to test and refine its command and control capabilities while honing its conventional warfighting skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Timothy Lenzo/Released)
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This month's challenge is to map a village. Your map must contain a 'secret' of some kind in the widest sense. This might be a secret place that the inhabitants keep from the outside world, it might be a puzzle for the audience to guess at. It might be as simple as a riddle in text accompanying the map or hidden in the map itself. The map can be of any genre; real life, fantasy, sci-fi, cypber punk - it's up to you.
As always the challenge will close on or about the 10th of next month (October).
Best of luck everyone and I hope you come up with some really cool ideas!
:: Edit :: Oh I forgot to mention. For the voting this month, as an experiment, people will be able to vote for as many entries as they wish. Bear in mind if you vote for all the entries then the only effect your vote will have is to record your pleasure at all the maps (it won't make any difference as to who wins the contest).


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Top Chef 2 Cast Announced
August 30, 2006 11:02 PM by Joe Blackmon
Bravo serves up the second season of its hit culinary competition series "Top Chef" on Wednesday, October 18 at 11:00 p.m., following "Project Runway's" third season finale. "Top Chef' moves into its regular 10:00 p.m. timeslot on Wednesday, October 25. The announcement was made by Lauren Zalaznick, President, Bravo.
"Top Chef" debuted last March as a new reality competition program to critical and ratings success, earning the title of the highest rated food show on cable so far this year among Adults 18-49 and 25-54.
Bravo introduces a new crop of fifteen of the country's most impressive rising chefs in the second season, all wanting to follow in the footsteps of season one winner, Harold Dieterle, who plans to open his Manhattan restaurant, Perilla, later this year.
"We're excited to present a new season of our newest hit 'Top Chef,' which will have all of the rivalries and dramatic entertainment Bravo viewers have come to expect with our competitive reality shows," said Zalaznick.
"This season the stakes are even higher as the title of 'Top Chef' holds true meaning for these talented chefs, who are eager for this opportunity to make a name for themselves in the competitive culinary world," said Frances Berwick, Executive Vice President, Programming & Production, Bravo.
Known as the first Indian supermodel, actress and award-winning writer Padma Lakshmi joins the second season as host of "Top Chef," introducing the challenges to the contestants and sitting at the judges' table each week. Lakshmi is currently working on her second cookbook for Miramax Books due in Spring 2007, a culinary endeavor of over 150 recipes from around the world and intriguing personal memoirs. This is a follow up to her successful first cookbook, "Easy Exotic," for which she won the International Versailles Event for best cookbook by a first time writer. Lakshmi hosted "Padma's Passport" on The Food Network, cooking diverse and low-fat cuisine based on her best selling book, "Easy Exotic." Lakshmi also hosted the documentary series "Planet Food" for The Food Network and worldwide Discovery Channel, in which she journeyed the world for exotic cuisine.
Tom Colicchio, one of the culinary world's most celebrated figures and co-founder of New York City's Gramercy Tavern and Craft Restaurants, returns as Head Chef/Judge for the new season, guiding the chefs through the challenges and demanding that they perform only at their best. Food expert and tough critic Gail Simmons of Food & Wine magazine also returns as a regular judge for the series. In addition, each week will feature a special guest judge, some of the most respected figures in the culinary industry.
The second season also features a glitzy new backdrop – the city of Los Angeles. The contestants will reside in the city's culturally burgeoning downtown area, where most of the season's production activity will be centered.
The "Top Chef" season two chefs are:
Elia L. Aboumrad – 23 – Las Vegas, NV
Otto Borsich – 46 – Las Vegas, NV
Marisa Churchill – 28 – San Francisco, CA
Clifford Crooks – 28 – West Caldwell, NJ
Carlos Fernandez – 36 – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Betty Fraser – 44 – Los Angeles, CA
Mia Gaines – 32 – Oakdale, CA
Ilan Hall – 24 – New York, NY
Michael Midgley – 28 – Stockton, CA
Josie Smith-Malave – 31 – Brooklyn, NY
Emily Sprissler – 30 – Las Vegas, NV
Suyai Steinhauer – 29 – New York, NY
Sam Talbot – 28 – New York, NY
Frank Terzoli – 39 – San Diego, CA
Marcel Vigneron – 26 – Las Vegas, NV
The fifteen chefs will be chopped down to the finalists who will face-off in the grand finale. The winning chef will receive $100,000 in seed money to help encourage their culinary career, be featured in Food & Wine magazine, appear at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen in June 2006, and earn the coveted title of "Top Chef."
Off the heels of its Emmy-nominated hit "Project Runway," Bravo's newest hit reality competition series "Top Chef" offers a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level. The series features fifteen aspiring chefs who compete for their shot at culinary stardom and the chance to earn the prestigious title of "Top Chef." Each episode holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a quickfire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more involved elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and invention of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for a range of demanding clients. The challenges not only test their skills in the kitchen, but also uncover if they have the customer service, management and teamwork abilities required of a Top Chef. The competing chefs live and breathe the high-pressure lifestyle that comes with being a master chef, and each week someone is asked to "pack up their knives" and go home.
Season one of "Top Chef" averaged over 1.2 million total viewers, ranking as the top food series on cable among P18-49. The "Top Chef" finale on 5/24/06 averaged 1.6 million total viewers, 1.1 million P18-49 and 1.1 million P25-54.
Magical Elves returns to produce the second season of "Top Chef." Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, who also produced "Project Runway" and "Project Greenlight" for Bravo, return as executive producers. Shauna Minoprio serves as co-executive producer.
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5 Responses to "Top Chef 2 Cast Announced"
john matis Says:
September 29th, 2006 at 9:09 am
Hang it up, its a wrap…Josie Smith-Malave owns this show…the others might just as well pack their stuff up and head out into the rain…its over!
kat Says:
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:01 pm
I LOVE this show!…ramsey is such a #@!%$
Michael J. Ciancaglini Says:
October 7th, 2006 at 9:30 am
I admit, I enjoy this show. It has sass and colorful characters. Even though its not up to Project Runway, it offers those of us who are not cooks, a chance to visit this world of culimary delights.
The first season was a wild ride, and the cooks were interesting and the challenges fun.
The judges ares stiff and dull so you have to ignore them and concentrate on the contestants.
Food is more important than clothes so look for the second season to be an improvement on the first.
If only they had more interesting Judges. The dark haired woman is so bland, she never fails to drag the judging segment through the mud.
Rate the first season: *** stars!
Deliciously enjoyable!!!
Ashley Says:
October 16th, 2006 at 1:18 am
Deborah Caravona Says:
February 9th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Sam Talbot should have won this past season!


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Reframing Healthcare in the Minds of Younger Americans
August 27, 2013 in fitness, health care costs, health care quality, Health Insurance, lifestyle, mental health, nutrition
The clock is ticking towards October 1, 2013 when public insurance exchanges are set to go live and begin offering health plan benefits to an estimated 30 million previously uninsured Americans. And as that day draws closer, all parties involved—plans, providers, employers, and patients—are scrambling to figure out just what it will mean to them from a cost and quality of care perspective. Yet, perhaps one of the biggest conundrums associated with the health insurance marketplace is how to deal with the potential sticker shock facing younger Americans and the ripple effect it could have on everyone. Specifically, with an age band as narrow as 3:1, there is a possibility that premiums for younger people (who tend to be lighter users of service) will be considerably higher in order to compensate for older Americans, who typically utilize more health care services. When combined with a relatively low penalty for not getting coverage, there is a very real fear that many of these 'young invincibles' will forgo coverage and simply choose to pay the penalty.
So, the question becomes, 'how do we articulate the value of health coverage to this younger generation?' or, in other words, convince them that coverage is relevant (and worth it) to them?
We need to help this younger population understand and believe that healthcare is not solely about supporting the sick – support is also critical for the well. For example: a recent college grad that is just starting out in his/her career and may have issues dealing with the stress of that new job; the twenty-something who runs marathons but wants to improve their nutrition; the new mother who wants to start a workout program to shed some of the baby weight; or the avid skier who suffers a knee injury on the slopes and wants to understand what treatment options are available to them.
These scenarios play out each day across the U.S. and could happen to just about anyone between the ages of 18-35, not solely older people or those with chronic conditions. And there are programs, resources and tools focused on shared decision making and wellness that are critical components of modern healthcare that young people can take advantage of. So at the core, the solution for this current dilemma needs to be about making the younger population aware of these resources because they support behaviors that contribute to better health and wellbeing. Specifically, we need to create a culture that encourages all people—including the younger population—to think differently about their health, make more informed choices, and understand not only the resources at their disposal but also the value they provide. If we can do that, we will go a long way in positively impacting the health and wellness of these younger generations and controlling spiraling healthcare costs.
Robert Mandel, MD, MBA, is the CEO of Health Dialog and has more than 15 years' experience in senior leadership positions in health systems and health plan management.


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I would like to find out, if any body can recommend ZCS native process when registering new domain and accounts, while domain is still alive on current other (non ZCS instance) servers?
The issue:Customer has working domain and main functionality, and current DNS MX records point to current Mail servers. To let the customer be switched over to ZCS server, we have to prepare and register domain and users within ZCS instance.
Everything until now, is ok, but...
During the period of public DNS switching and sync (while new domain and users are already registered @ ZCS), other (non-customer) users, who are at the same ZCS instance will send mails to particular customer, and result in mail delivered to ZCS newly registered accounts, not the mail server, which is defined per public DNS servers.
I'm looking for ZCS friendly way of doing this, without manual intervention in server configurations due to management overhead. Could not find advised options, or have performed incorrect keyword search. Advice is greatly appreciated.


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Hey everyone, I'm looking for someone who can help me out with "upgrading" an existing map. Details are as follows:
I am looking for a "revamp" of an existing city map that one of the players in my D&D group once made in Campaign Cartographer / City Designer 2 (unfortunately, I only have a JPG-version; the original CC-files have been lost). The map is several years old - and that really shows. Although the map is fully "functional", it's not really much to look at. So I'd like someone to give it an upgrade to modern-day fantasy cartography standards. The current map looks like this (bigger version is available, if needed):
The city to be mapped is Mistport, a self-made, high-fantasy D&D city. Mistport is currently a type "Large" city, with roughly 52,000 inhabitants. In gaming terms, it sometimes acts as a portal between the Prime Material plane and the world of Ravenloft, where I drop my players every now and then. A little bit of background:
More information on the city (such as a more detailed description of the city's districts, quality of the houses, roads and sewers, important places, et cetera) is available if needed.On the rugged west coast of the continent of Yria lies the thriving port city of Mistport. Anyone observing the local weather conditions for more than a day quickly discovers that the citys name couldnt be any more accurate; an eerie mist rises from the sea both at dusk and at dawn, and slowly creeps into the citys narrow streets like a silent army of ghosts. According to local legends, the fog sometimes even snatches unlucky people away from their everyday life, never to be heard from again. But of course, those are only fairy tales...
Seventy-five years ago, Mistport was nothing more than a mediocre port town. At that time, the land suffered from a mysterious undead plague. Armies of skeletons, zombies and other undead monsters were roaming the lands and attacking every living being.
During those dark and dangerous days, a group of adventurers named Ahrams Talons valiantly battled the undead forces. After many battles, they discovered the source of the plague and defeated it and rid the land of the living dead. Even though they were welcomed as heroes and celebrations lasted for weeks, the brave adventurers (probably for reasons of their own) never shared any information about what the source of the undead plague had been, nor how they battled and eventually defeated it.
As a reward for cleansing the land, the king gave Ahrams Talons a small province on the west coast to govern, of which Mistport, as the largest city (with large being only a relative term), was the capital. The five members of Ahrams Talons settled down in Mistport and founded the five major noble houses that still exist to rule the city this day. Under the rule of the noble houses, Mistport experienced a booming growth and quickly became one of the largest trading cities in the entire kingdom.
Like mentioned above, I'd like the existing map to be upgraded regarding graphics and visual style. Examples of what I'm roughly looking for:
Since Mistport is an existing city and there's an existing map, the assignment is somewhat "fixed"; things like city walls, some major roads and the division of the city into several districts (which are, by the way, not shown on the map above, but available if needed) are not set into stone, but the new map should at least roughly resemble the old one (lest my players freak out ).
No building numbers nor street names are needed. The 5 banners of Mistport's noble houses that are displayed on the "old" map should be omitted on the new one.
Transfer of files
I can supply a large-size image of the "old" map, a version with the city's districts shown on it, and several documents with background information, if needed. Easiest way for me would be to use WeTransfer or some other online file exchange service. That also goes for the end result. If FTP is preferred, that can be arranged as well.
Quality & size
I want to be able to print the map on an A2-size sheet of paper (420mm × 594mm / 16.54in × 23.39in) without having to enlarge the image (vector graphics would be awesome, but a fixed-size high-quality raster image is ok as well). Prefered file types: PSD (Photoshop), JPG or PNG. Map has to be full-color. 300 dpi minimum.
Time constraints
Flexible; there's no real time pressure (since it's not being published or anything), but I think it would be best for both parties to still agree on some sort of deadline to work with.
Remains with cartographer. These maps will not be published or reproduced for commercial gain by me (the map will be for non-commercial use, as I will only use it in my own gaming sessions). Thusly they will be for my personal use only. However, I do require permission to reproduce the maps as needed for my personal use. Also, I would like permission to add in a name and building key as needed.
I really have no idea as to what would be a reasonable price, so just make me an offer. Although I respect the fact that good quality comes at a price and that probably many hours of labor will go into this, please also keep in mind that I'm just a hobbyist, so there *is* a limit to what I can afford to spend on this
Since I live in The Netherlands, I prefer payment by PayPal. Upfront payment of a part of the sum can be arranged, with the rest paid upon delivery and acceptance of the final results.
Martin Krans
Please use subject line "Mistport city map"
If there are any further questions, please let me know!


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