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A special show in honour of International Women's Day – presented by Emily-Jane Brown. Every feature in this show celebrates inspirational women from a variety of fields both in the community and public life!
Slut walks
We kick off with an event where London 360 took to the streets of central London to join slut walks where women in their underwear demonstrated for the right to wear what they like without the fear of being attacked….Latisha Ma joined the march!
Big issue seller, Billie Bickley
If you're a regular London visitor you will have seen numerous homeless vendors selling The Big Issue magazine on our streets. This past year marks the 20th birthday of the Big Issue mag, so we wanted to pay tribute to one of the most pro-active vendors in the city — let us introduce you to Billie Bickley, whose infectious charm and energy has captivated people across our capital.
Female boxing
The 2012 Olympic games will feature female boxing for the very first time. Sports fans will be able to see the likes of Natasha Jonas and Nikki Adams fight it out for thegold medal. But will catch on? Abdullah Moallim finds out whether or not this sport will be a knockout.
Women's tea party
London360 went down to the 'Don't turn back time' march in Central London. The march was mainly led by feminists looking at how the government's cost cutting is affecting women. Helena Poole travelled back in time to take a look at the action. Featuring Tanya Gold.
Sock Mob
Our Londoner of the Week has gone through years of sleeping rough on the capital's streets to guiding other people around them. She's one of the many homeless or ex-homeless people being helped back into work by volunteer group Sock Mob. We headed down to Hoxton to take part in a tour of the London-less-travelled.
Women in film and TV
It's easy to assume that women in the creative industries get a fairer deal when it comes to the pay gap and employment opportunities compared to traditional industries, but with the ongoing rows over sexism within the BBC, and the fact that thousands more women than men drop out of the TV and Film business, it appears that's far from the case. So what do women in film and TV think needs to change and what are they doing about it? Emily Jane Brown went to find out.


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ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Montgomery County police say two men accused of trying to carjack a food deliveryman in Rockville have been arrested.
Police say the men, including one showing a gun, approached the driver Monday night as he returned to his car after a delivery in the 1600 block of Yale Place.
They ordered the driver away from the car and got in, but couldn't operate its manual transmission and then ran away.
Police say officers later found both suspects and also recovered a backpack containing a semi-automatic replica BB gun.
The suspects face charges including armed carjacking and motor vehicle theft. They're being held on bond.

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MIAMI (AP) - A detective says the suspect accused of killing Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor freely admitted breaking into Taylor's home, kicking down the bedroom door and shooting Taylor.
Detective Juan Segovia testified in court Thursday that 23-year-old Eric Rivera Jr. initially said he went to the movies on the weekend Taylor was shot in 2007. Later, he grew nervous when he saw detectives interviewing another suspect and confessed.
The detective said Rivera drew a diagram of the home with stick figures labeling himself as Taylor's shooter.
Prosecutors say Rivera and four others from the Fort Myers area thought Taylor would be playing a Redskins game, but he was home with an injury.
One of the others has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and burglary charges. The others will go on trial later.


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Kinematic Trajectory and Force Capture System
From Healthcare Robotics Wiki
Revision as of 21:30, 13 July 2010 by Advaitjain (Talk | contribs) (→Code)
Advait Jain (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~advait)
What this does
This page describes the capture system that we designed to log the kinematic trajectory through which mechanisms (doors and drawers) move and the forces used to operate them.
We first used this setup in this paper: The Complex Structure of Simple Devices: A Survey of Trajectories and Forces that Open Doors and Drawers. Advait Jain, Hai Nguyen, Mrinal Rath, Jason Okerman, and Charles C. Kemp. IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB), 2010. This paper and others can be downloaded from the Heathcare Robotics Lab website (http://www.healthcare-robotics.com)
Picture of the Setup
This is the hardware setup that we use:
- Camera: Point Grey DragonFly2 with remote head
- Lens: Varifocal Video Lens 4mm - 12mm (Stock Number: NT58-365) ($150.00) link
- Tripod for the camera.
- Studio Lights
- Laptop: Anything that runs Ubuntu and has a firewire port. Four pin firewire port will require a hub and external power to provide power to the DragonFly.
- Mount for the DragonFly: See Image and the CAD Models.
- Handheld Hook: See images and the CAD Models. I cut all the parts (except the hook) from 4.5mm thick acrylic sheets on a laser cutter. I 3D printed hook_handheld.sldprt.
- The rubber ball for the operator to grab onto (mounts to hook_checkerboard_1.sldprt) was something that I scavenged from the lab. I don't have an easy way to show its design.
- The difference between hook_adaptor_nano.sldprt and hook_extender_nano.sldprt is the radius of the holes. The adaptor allows you to tap the holes for an M3 screw and the extender holes let M3 screws pass through.
- Checkerboard patterns: Checked into the subversion repository with all the code.
- Force Torque Sensor: ATI Nano 25 with a calibration of SI-125-3 and the Controller F/T System (link)
- ROS (http://www.ros.org)
- You will need the following ROS packages from our public ROS repository (available at http://code.google.com/p/gt-ros-pkg/wiki/hrl_content_summary)
- 2010_biorob_everyday_mechanics - This package will also have dependencies and will probably stop working as ROS and other libraries like OpenCV are updated. Some part of the code should remain useful.


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|Marijuana may land on city agenda soon
|Written by Chris Lee
In his report during the Tuesday, Dec. 4 Holyoke City Council meeting, city attorney Al Wall said the city will most likely have three options when it comes to marijuana, following the passage of Amendment 64 in November.
A couple meetings ago, council members casually brought the subject of marijuana up after Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 during the general election.
"There's been a lot of controversy about it," Wall said.
Wall said it looks like local entities will have three choices. The first would be to enact an ordinance to prohibit cultivation, marijuana facilities or any sales in the community.
Wall said that wouldn't work against someone possessing marijuana. The police couldn't arrest someone, he said. However, the operations under Amendment 64 could be stopped by an ordinance.
The second option would be to refer it to a referendum and put the issue on the ballot on an even numbered year.
The final option would be to sit back and let the state figure out what the next step would be as to regulations.
Wall wanted to let the council know, and if they were interested in preparing an ordinance, he would work with them. Councilman Kevin Scott wanted to know if the city would have to do anything if the county decided to enact something similar. Wall said the county would only include the unincorporated areas, so the city would still need to do something.
"You guys can think about it," Wall told council members.
Councilman Steve Moore said he thinks it should be put up for a vote. "The citizens of Colorado voted for it. Let the town vote for or against it," Moore said.
JC Peckham reiterated they would have to wait until 2014 for a vote. Wall said the tax issue could string the process out. Wall did say temporary permits may come as soon as January, however.
"I don't know what they're going to do. Your guess is as good as mine," Wall said.
Scott Murray questioned if the schools would still receive some of the money as outlined within the amendment, if the city was to enact something.
Wall said it is kind of up in the air about how the tax revenues will work.
"We should probably wait and see what the state does," Murray suggested.
Mayor Tonsing laid out a scenario where an ordinance could be made and enforced until the next general election. Wall said he hadn't thought about that, but it could be a possibility.
Tonsing said in his opinion, they need to stop it until they can understand what is happening.
No action was taken during last Tuesday's meeting. Wall just wanted to get the council members thinking about what they want to see happen.
Annual appropriations ordinance approved
Council members approved the final reading of an ordinance outlining appropriations set forth to defray expenses and liabilities of the City for 2013.
Total appropriations in the budget are $6,401,571 with the majority in the general fund, $2,894,252, and utility fund, $3,116,581.
Other appropriations were as follows:
Sale of Heginbotham Land Fund $ 150
Equipment Replacement Fund 76,500
Library Land Fund 649
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 5,400
Fire Pension Fund 19,675
Massman Memorial Fund 100
Contingency Fund 0
Cem White/Leeper Memorial Fund 11,056
Conservation Trust Fund 70,000
LeBlanc Estate Fund 7,208
Capital Reserve Fund 0
Spindler Library Fund 5,000
Wages will not be adjusted for Deselms
Jeff Deselms, who is filling in for City Supt. Mark Brown while he is away, said he doesn't want to see his wages adjusted.
Tonsing said he feels Deselms deserves some sort of adjustment for undertaking the city superintendent position for an extended period of time.
Peckham said he appreciates what Deselms is doing for the city but doesn't feel this is a situation where it is needed. "I view it as the next man up," Peckham noted. He said he has been contacted by people within the community as well as some of the city employees who don't like the idea.
Deselms said he was shocked to see the issue on the agenda and noted he didn't ask for an adjustment. He also said he knows the feelings of the other employees.
Peckham used many examples explaining Deselms is simply filling the shoes for Brown. Council members said Police Chief Doug Bergstrom filled in for former Chief Phil Biersdorfer on a couple different occasions and wasn't compensated any differently. Only when Biersdorfer was let go did the compensation change.
After a lengthy back-and-forth discussion, Murray made a motion to adjust the wages for Deselms. Moore said he felt they needed to discuss how much and exactly what they wanted to do before making a motion.
After a little more discussion, Deselms spoke up and told the council it would make his life easier if nothing was done. He said he appreciated the thought, but it would be easier if he kept filling in for Brown and no adjustment was made.
For a lack of a second, Murray's motion died with no action being taken.
Reports of city officials
Council members heard a report from Deselms.
Deselms said Brown visited the office and said doctors were planning to let him go back to work toward the end of December. Brown underwent a surgery, and Deselms is covering while he is away.
Deselms said the city was gearing up to begin work on extending the sewer service for the new hotel being built south of the city park. Work was scheduled to begin Wednesday, Dec. 5 on the sewer.
Councilman Kevin Scott informed police chief Bergstrom that he was told that one of the officers went out to shoot at the range on the east side of town and there was somebody shooting trap. Scott said he was told the officer informed the person they couldn't shoot trap because it was inside the city limits.
Bergstrom said he would look into it as it is legal to shoot trap at the range. Bergstrom thinks the officer probably thought trap could only be shot while the gun club was open.
Other business
In other business Dec. 4, council members:
—allowed city clerk/treasurer Kathy Olofson to certify the mill levy at 21.8 mills (21.2 General, .6 for Volunteer Fire) and to adjust the revenue in the 2013 budget to reflect the assessor's final valuation.
—approved to offer two individual vacation days as a door prize for employees at the Christmas party.
—approved additional expense for dirt work to do the sewer for the new hotel. The city doesn't have the equipment to dig deep enough for a portion of the sewer so they will utilize Gary Carper during part of the sewer project.
—held a short work session after the meeting to discuss nuisance/junk ordinance and parking ordinance with Wall.
Holyoke Enterprise December 13, 2012


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The final documentation for the Vintyri (TM) Symbol Set 2 now has been released. In contrast to the temporary installation guide, the new PDF has fully illustrated, step-for-step installation instructions, two small sample maps in native FCW format (useable only after the Vintyri sets have been installed), photos of many of the prototype structures behind the symbols and complete color catalogs of all of the symbols, which make it possible for you to choose symbols without having to scroll on the screen through symbol menus.
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Goodguys 3rd Peak Chicagoland Nationals - Midwest MuscleWritten by Johnny Hunkins on March 1, 2010 Contributors: Robert McGaffin The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association Rolls Into The Chicagoland Speedway For The 3rd Peak Chicagoland Nationals.
If you attended the annual Goodguys event in Joliet, Illinois, this past September 18-20, you would never know we were in the midst of a deep global economic recession. With its blue-collar manufacturing roots, the Chicago area has been hit especially hard, having been dealt the two-fisted combination punch of plunging real estate values and unemployment. Nevertheless, the citizens of Chicago and surrounding areas are a resilient breed, and have had their fill of gloom and doom. Maybe having your inside man in the big house has its merits. At any rate, hot rodders in the Chicago area took the opportunity to completely forget about their financial misfortune, and made their way to the world-class Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL with the intention of having one final high-octane fling for the summer.
For its part, the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has done a great job in recent years to tailor its events for the rapidly growing muscle car segment. Unlike the lawn chair and car polish retirees of prior show-going generations, today's Goodguys attendee uses his or her ride with athletic abandon, and is conversant in the language of suspensions, brakes, tires, and of course, powertrains. Ask most Goodguys muscle car owners about things like scrub radius, bumpsteer, Ackerman, or camber gain, and you'll get a torrent of information that would make a chassis engineer from the 1960s blush with confusion. Yes, these guys know their stuff, and they are prepared to unleash their homebuilt creations on the Goodguys' Street Challenge Autocross with little regard for paint chips, cone bruises, or even body damage.
So where do all of these erstwhile Carroll Shelbys get all their training and mil-spec hardware? If you attend a Goodguys event like the 3rd Peak Chicagoland Nationals, you don't have to go far to find your answer. The manufacturers' midway is filled to the brim with experts, engineers, and their mad scientist go-fast gear. It's a total immersion experience that captivates both the looky-loo and the serious buyer. It's like Christmas, only at the tail end of summer. Vendors show their goods, explain the benefits, and if that isn't enough, they fire up their rolling laboratories and make some tire smoke on the autocross. It's warfare out there, and component manufacturers are vying for your hard-earned dollars in spectacular fashion. You can't help but be transfixed by the competition, which ironically is way more captivating than the sleep-inducing NASCAR events normally held at Chicagoland.
For a precious few days at the end of September, Midwest muscle car nuts forgot about the pecuniary blows dealt them by far-away foreign hedge funds, arrogant car manufacturers, impersonal insurance giants, and big government bailouts. It was time to fire up the muscle and burn some rubber in the name of our rich automotive heritage, and the bright future of our muscle car hobby.
Project Olds
Our tech stories on Project Olds lag behind our Joliet Goodguys coverage, and through the magic of the newsstand, we can show you how well Robert McGaffin's '65 Olds Cutlass F-85 handles through the autocross cones before we're done! At Joliet, we already completed the DSE front and rear suspension, Baer brakes, DSE steering, Rocket 18-inch wheels, and Nitto NT01 tires. This Olds is gorgeous in person! When McGaffin wasn't running the cones, he displayed Project Olds at DSE's booth.
Thoroughly Modernized
Second-gen Camaros were some of the first muscle cars to exhibit modern handling in their original incarnation, and their basic suspension geometry can be made to function quite nicely. Nevertheless, sometimes well enough just isn't enough-just ask Randy Johnson, whose blue '66 Chevelle was featured on our November 2008 cover. Randy has outdone himself with this '70 Camaro, which he succeeded in bringing into modern supercar territory. This was achieved through upgrading essentially everything under the skin-from its LQ4-based fuel-injected powerplant and six-speed Tremec, to its Heidts independent rear suspension, Wilwood binders, and QA1 coilover shocks. And this thing really sticks too, with Nitto's new NT05 street/race compound tires on Forgeline FS three-piece 18-inch wheels.
Third Peak Chicagoland Nationals
Muscle Car of the Year Finalist
Ken & Pat Mosier • Danville, IN
1970 Charger R/T
Street Challenge Autocross
First Place Vendor
Ryan Matthews • Detroit Speed
Mooresville, NC • 1969 Camaro
Street Machine Winner
Randy Johnson • Kewaskum, WI
1970 Camaro
Flowmaster American Thunder Award
Bill Cole • Oswego, IL
Friday Night Drags
Greg Peterson • Blooming Prairie, MN
1967 Buick Wagon
Best Ride on BFG Tires
Bob McLuckie
Joliet, IL
1970 Cutlass W31
Best Ride on Intro's
Mike Lynch
Fort Dodge, IA
1960 Corvertte
Chevy Muscle
John Gosack
Joliet, IL
1967 Impala SS
Class Act
John & Peggy Sieffert
Troy, MI
Cool Camaro
Steve & Deb Morgan
Kentland, IN
1972 Camaro
Cool Cruiser
Ralph Haya
Galva, IL
1964 Ford
Coolest Cruiser
Greg Peterson
Blooming Prairie, MN
1967 Buick Wagon
Ford in a Ford
Ted Stonebrook
Hamilton, MI
1962 Ford
Ford Muscle
Steve Shroeder
Morrison, IL
1963 Galaxie 500 XL
Homebuilt Heaven
Jim Scott
Midlothian, IL
1969 Ford Mustang
Mighty Muscle
Mike Gomez
Batavia, IL
1964 Pontiac
Mighty Mustang
Kevin & Annette Marzetta
Oglesby, IL
1970 Boss 302
Mopar Award
Mark Sekula
Peru, IL
1970 Challenger R/T
Mother's Pick Award
Bryan Frank
Cranberry, PA
1969 Firebird
PPG Dream Car
George Myrter
Cranberry Township, PA
1972 Chevelle
Slick '60s Pick
Joe & Cathy Yukon
Dyer, IN
1967 Chevy II
Vintage Air
Young Guys Pick
Chris Yukon
Dyer, IN
1972 Ford Maverick
Muscle Machine Of The Year Finalist
Tony Grzelakowski
Imlay City, MI
1966 Chevy Chevelle
Roadster Shop Builder's Choice
Dee Uhter
Chicago Heights, IL
1970 Chevy
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We saw the NOS girl, and suddenly realized we were thirsty. Very tasty, and the NOS drink wasn't bad either.This sweet '68 Camaro belongs to Matt Peterson of Steger, Illinois, and it has a transplanted Ramjet 350 with a tuned-port fuel-injection setup. He's played with it at Wisconsin's high-speed Road America circuit. This dual-purpose street car has a 4L60E automatic, 17-inch Vintage Wheel Works rollers, BFG KDWS tires, and Wilwood brakes. Believe it or not, it was once a drag car that knocked down 10.70s.
The Goodguys Street Challenge Autocross is the place to put your corner-carving muscle car to the test against the clock and other cars. It's fun to watch these powerful machines slide their way around cones, and it's interesting to see how the different hardware stacks up with the other competitive products. The fans at Chicagoland Speedway were way into it!Barry Blomquist hustles his award-winning '62 Corvette around the autocross, proving that the 2009 Street Machine of the Year winner is more than just a pretty face. A Roadster Shop chassis underpins the stiff little rascal.Guess we'll have to refund the Laguna haters in our audience a half cent for this, but hate away. This cool '73 Laguna was sporting a big-block and its original swivel seat option. The owner was not around, so we can't tell you anything about it.
Brent Jarvis runs Performance Restorations (Mundelein, Illinois) and this is his daily driver: a 720hp 565ci big-block-powered '68 Chevelle. "I drive it daily," Jarvis says, "Everywhere for everything. This is truly my car." Check out those monstrous 305/35ZR18 Toyos in the back. Look for a PHR feature on Jarvis' Chevelle soon.Sometimes the car corral can be a good place to find a new project. This guy was trying to sell his '70 Nova SS clone at Joliet. While it didn't have the correct wheels and tires or engine dress, it was pretty sweet. We recently bought a '68 Nova for a new project series (details to come!), so we'll be diving into these affordable, lightweight muscle cars soon.Forty-one-year-old Lisa Kornowski (DePere, Wisconsin) proves that it's a good idea to keep a handyman around the house. Her hubby, Mike, built this retina-detaching '67 Firebird for his better half, and she put it to good use on the Street Challenge Autocross. It's packing a late-model LT1 for power (hey, they did come in fourth-gen Firebirds!), a Spohn torque arm Panhard bar, 4L60E trans, four-wheel disc brakes, and 17-inch SS Camaro wheels.Muscle Machine of the Year finalist Tony Grzelakowski parked his '66 Chevelle in the awards area after thoroughly thrashing it on the autocross circuit. Besides a healthy 575hp 427 big-block, it makes good use of a Global West suspension with QA1 coilovers, Baer Brakes, and Toyo tires on Foose wheels.We were blown away by John Sandberg's '70 'Cuda and its no-nonsense 16-inch wide-five wheels. Power comes from a 520hp small-block 360 running through a four-speed manual. Coilovers, 2-inch drop spindles, adjustable rollbars, three-link rear, and Wilwood discs at all four corners make it handle as if on rails.This homebuilt '66 Pontiac Tempest has a serious, understated look that we really dig. Bill Wines of Braceville, Illinois, assembled it in his garage. Check out the functional ram air ducting in the headlights.
The Goodguys manufacturers' midway is the place to research new hardware and get the inside information for your project car needs. Company reps are on hand with their product displays to answer your questions throughout the event.Spectre Performance is a name you know well; their products can be bought at virtually any parts store in the country. What many may not know is that the Spectre staff are hard-core muscle car fans, and they practice what they preach. This Spectre company car, a '70 Mach I Mustang, made good use of the autocross with its Global West suspension, Wilwood brakes, 17-inch Toyo tires and ARE Cobra wheels. A stroked 351 Windsor feeds power to a Richmond six-speed box.


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CHRIS CAROLA, Associated Press
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — G.I. Joe is turning 50.
The birthday of what's called the world's first action figure is being celebrated this month by collectors and Hasbro Inc., which introduced it in 1964.
G.I. Joe was introduced at the annual toy fair in New York City in early 1964 and hit the shelves in time for the 1964 Christmas shopping season. It soon became a big seller at $4 apiece, identifying him as "America's Moveable Fighting Man."
Don Levine, Hasbro's head of research and development, came up with the idea while returning home from combat as an Army infantry sergeant in the Korean War. "We protected each other and loved each other," Levine said this week. "Something had to be done to honor these people."
Sales sank in reaction to the Vietnam War, leading to a line "Adventure Team" G.I. Joes that played down the military connection. Production was halted in the 1970s. In the early 1980s, G.I. Joe was reintroduced as 3¾-inch figures. It was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2004.
The action figure has an official G.I. Joe Collector's Club, which holds an annual "GIJoeCon" convention. This year it's in April in Dallas.
Collectors will mark the toy's 50th birthday this Saturday by displaying some of their G.I. Joes at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs.
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With computer technology advancing so rapidly, choosing a new network device can be difficult. Here are some tips for choosing a wireless network router or another wireless network device.
The Windows 7 logo or the phrase "Compatible with Windows 7" on the device packaging indicates that the device supports Windows Connect Now (WCN).
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ScreenTalk: Lindsay Shelton
Lindsay Shelton's career testifies to his love of communicating, and his love of film. After working in newspapers he began a decade programming the Wellington Film Festival, while working in television news. In 1979 he joined the New Zealand Film Commission: over the next 22 years he was an enthusiastic promoter and salesman for NZ film around the globe.
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- The golden days of Kiwi movies first breaking into overseas markets: Goodbye Pork Pie, then selling Sleeping Dogs and Smash Palace to the United States
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- Shelton's longheldbelief that the best way to promote New Zealand films is by country rather than genre
- How without the NZ Film Commission there would be no local film industry
- The "wonderful" but stressful story of how Shelton persuaded Jane Campion to turn An Angel at My Table into a movie
- Stunned reactions to the first international screening of Once Were Warriors, at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- With a gentle mix of west African beats, Go-go music and hip-hop, Christylez Bacon performed for people of all ages at a local elementary school.
"I'm trying to bring people together to knock down stereotypes, and economics and everything. My target audience is seniors, all the way down to young kids," Bacon said.
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When I look at a guy like Texas coach Mack Brown, I can't help but think of a guy like Larry Blakeney.
Who is Larry Blakeney?
He's the head coach at Troy State in Alabama - has been since 1990.
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Brown reached the top of his profession miles from home; Blakeney returned home and has made a fine living.
Blakeney has been at Troy so long, he helped the football program move from Division II to Division I FBS. Since that time (2001), he's a bit above .500 overall and his teams have been dominant in conference games at 44-19 with a handful of league championships.
I don't know anything about the guy, except that he's someone who seems to like the job he has and the people who sign his paychecks seem to be happy he's the one who has it. He makes $300,000 per year.
Then there's Brown, whose Texas team lost its ninth Red River Rivalry on Saturday in the 15 games he's coached against Oklahoma.
Since 2000, Texas has suffered four losses of 38 points or more to the Sooners, including Saturday's 63-21 cough job. A 52-point loss in 2003 under Brown remains the Longhorns' worst in the rivalry's history.
What's worse, at $5,250,000 a year, Brown is the second-highest paid college football coach behind Alabama's Nick Saban ($5.3 million) and just head of Oklahoma's Bob Stoops ($5,050,000). They are the only coaches in the college game making better than $5 million per year.
But there's unrest in Austin. Texas football is down. The Longhorns haven't won a conference championship or a Red River Rivalry since 2009 (the last two years, the scores of the RRR have been a combined 108-38 in favor of the Sooners).
This is Lloyd Carr in Burnt Orange. Like Brown, Carr won a national championship. And like Brown, his teams fizzled against their biggest rivals - Carr beat Ohio State once in seven tries before he had heard enough about it and retired.
A ''hot seat'' in college football only exists if athletics directors, presidents, and lets face it, some well-heeled donors are threatening to pull dollars. Still, there are those in other walks of life who think Brown, whose ridiculously funded football program is just 17-15 in his last two-plus seasons, has never had to do more to save his job.
Larry Blakeney, in all likelihood, does not.
With money comes expectations. No one has more of either than Texas.
Last week's games
The Red River Rivalry aside, there were other games going on in the Big 12 last weekend, most notably Texas Tech's 49-14 humbling of then-No. 5 West Virginia with quarterback Seth Doege basically laughing at what WVU was trying to pass off as a pass rush.
With that, Kansas State, which beat Iowa State 27-21, is the lone unbeaten team in the league. Its reward is a trip to Morgantown on Saturday, where the natives are sure to be restless.
TCU had an easy time with the nation's worst defense - and one of the few that's more leaky than West Virginia's - as it walloped Baylor 49-21 with backup quarterback Trevone Boykin throwing for 261 yards and four touchdowns.
Oklahoma State barely beat Kansas, 20-14, after leading the Jayhawks 20-0 in the third quarter. That was before coach Charlie Weis finally gave in and gave someone other than Dayne Crist a chance to be his quarterback. Michael Cummings led Kansas to those two touchdowns.
West Virginia dropped 12 spots to No. 17 in the AP Poll and Texas Tech finds itself ranked for the first time this season at 20. Kansas State moved up to No. 4, and the Sooners leaped from 13 to 10th. Plummeting Texas dropped from 15 to receiving votes, along with TCU, which has been doing that for two weeks now.
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Mario Ancic sat down for a fun Q & A with a show called Ace The Tennis Show.
So on top of being a world-class athlete the towering Croat, who earned a law degree last year, prefers the night over day, reads more books than magazines, likes walks on the beach, and women of all kind.
Single ladies - are you listening? Jump that NOW.
(via Game, Set, Match)
Friday, March 13, 2009
VIDEO VAULT: Mario the Renaissance Man loves ladies of all kinds
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Ammm dear Rich, Mario Ancic didn't EARN his degree, he BOUGHT his degree.ReplyDelete
In Croatia since he made all that fuss, and considering that fact, he is a joke and matter of mocking.
We in Croatia have highly corrupted system.But also we fight against it, and it's not easy.Here when you have name (as Ancic) and money you can do everything.You rule.
But law college in Croatia lasts 4 and a half years, and in order to pass each exam, you have to work your ass of DAILY.So, considering there are 15 exams per year, that means you need to study 8 hours every day for two months (while you're studying for each exam), that means students of law in Croatia have 15 exams IN A YEAR to prepare, and each exams requires you to study at least two months for it, 8 hours a day.So you study all the time in those 4 years law college lasts.
So tell me, being a profesional athlete, training 6 hours a day, having a match, traveling, doing press, massages, where do you find time to study 8 hours a day for two months for just one exam, and then repeat all that for each future exam, and you have 15 exam per year.
Ancic is a bullshit.And carma is a bitch, so.....just watch.
And ps. he has a girfriend.For years now.Doris Goles, pharmacy student, who is also his neighbour.ReplyDelete
Tessa: Alrighty then! How do you REALLY feel??? Love it.ReplyDelete
Hate. Hate that woman. Hate. Her.ReplyDelete
I mean the show presenter.
How do I really feel?Well I HATE coruption!Maybe cause my society in Croatia is full of it, and we can't move forward because of it.And it kinda sucks to remain quite, don't you think, when someone who is actually a fraud is being praised.So,loud and clear, that's what I'm talking about.You would understand me Rich, if you work your ass of to get a degree, and someone else who students never saw visit University, suddenly get his oh-so "deserved" degree,even before they do.Yeah, great society!Come over here ya'll!But on the beach, of course.Or if you ever need a lawyer, who's also a pro tennis baller.And Batman by night.ReplyDelete
babz: DO TELL!ReplyDelete
tessa: It must be frustrating - corruption sucks. But like you said, if you have money then you can pretty much do or get anything in this world.
Well, yeah true that.But still, carma's a bitch, so careful w/money, all you Batman wannabes!ReplyDelete
Ugh. Just dislike her. I mean why on earth did she get the job? I could do so much more. From my college friends I could easily pick out 5 friends who could do better than her. All better looking, with great charm, all so much more interesting than her. She's not a journalist and she's not a good presenter, so why on earth was she hired for this job? Mind you, I *was* a comm major.ReplyDelete
It's her and her looks and the way she speaks and the nonsensical questions she asks the players, how on earth does it encourage awareness of the sport in this region? The way she carried on with that horrid show is so laaaaaame no one's going to listen to her, least of all the younger generation. I'm so frustrated because it's obvious she's either singaporean or malaysian (accent) and I feel so strongly because I did live in Malaysia for nearly a decade, and she is such a FAIL.
Yes, I know I shouldn't talk so much about nonsensical things when I own the blog I do, but she's working for Star Sports. Like HELLO?!?
Star Sports, HIRE MEEEEE!!! I promise I wouldn't ravish Rafa on the spot if you do.
*cross fingers behind back*
Wow what is it about this post that brought on so much angst. First Tessa, now me. *holds head in shame*
He looks hot and highly do-able in this video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.ReplyDelete
Thanks Rich
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2009 at 7:16 PM
aw @ tessa's comments,ReplyDelete
id like to keep my own image of mario as being a smartie for as long as i can though, thank you very much. but yeah, sucks about the whole paying off to get a degree thing when other people (tessa perhaps?) have to work very hard.
BUT, are you sure mario's got a full/legit degree in law? wasn't it just a thesis he published?
lookin' good boy ;)
Ancic is really cute! he and anna would look cute together! they would look like the nature-loving couple! ahahahaReplyDelete
"he really likes his beaches" ahahahahahahahaha.......ReplyDelete
i wish i was the interviewer! he's sooo hot! btw, I think Ancic was just really being polite about the blondes/brunettes question, I mean the interviewer was asian! =P
he is still in my opinion one of the sexiest men on tour!!!ReplyDelete
@anon 10:16, yes, he got full degree in law in University of Split, he was old generation of students before new system of Bologna, his college lasted 4 and a half years.Thesis he did is what we all in Croatia have to do no matter what college, and they are the easiest part.After you pass all the exmas, about 40 of them, your work is done, but to pass them ....requires you to as I said study hard for months each year.Thesis is just like the finish touch, just formality, like an essay, it's not anything special.You can also have someone else write it for you.Payed them for ofcourse.Although it's not hard to do it quickly yourself.So thesis is basicly formality at the end.The exams, 40 of them, each consisted of 1000 pages book, that's the college of law in Croatia.And Mario didn't pass them.He bought them.ReplyDelete
And yes, I have to actually study, as other students here to get my degree, what makes me remember I should go and study.
And no matter the shady stuff he still is really sexy and pollite!I agree, definetly.But carma's a bitch, what makes me smile.And appritiate the real champions a lot more.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 6:35 AM
He's kind of paranoid.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Well there you go Tessa, he's sick again. I hope you're really happy.ReplyDelete
hahahahha, well carma's a bitch, not me!:))ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM
No, you're still the bitch.ReplyDelete
- Tessa vs. corruptionMarch 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM
hahahaha, are you in love with Ancic baby???Well to bad, what can I say?ReplyDelete
But don't be mad on me cause your baby is corrupted!My god, what a bad mathematician you are!ccccccccc
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM
So bitter :(
Chill Tessa!
- Tessa vs.corruptionMarch 15, 2009 at 2:45 PM
What for babe?Someone else is bitter here!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Me? :(ReplyDelete
I don't have a problem unless you're happy that he's ill again. That's just classless, and i'm sure you were raised better than that BABE ;)
I never said I was happy he is ill again, ofocurse I'm not, it's irrelevant to me what he is, I couldn't care less if he moves to Mars.But I'm not sad either, totally aloof.ReplyDelete
Just sayin' it usually goes like that, what goes around comes around.
Mario has spilled a lot of negative energy and done some shady things, VERY SHADY THINGS, and as I said carma will get on him, as it can be seen already.
But he can still do some "quality" laywer time in the office, no?:))))If he can't be on court!
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM
hmmm..i'm no believer in 'karma'but you can believe in that all you want. btw he's mentioned doing something with sport and law when the tennis career is over. maybe leave it until then to attack him (you know if he doesn't know anything on the subject there'd be no point bla bla bla).ReplyDelete
Believe or not to believe in "carma" ,is so whatever, totally personal.ReplyDelete
No matter the carma there is still the fact he's a shady corupted man and the fact you pay for what you do in life, sooner or later.
Law and sport after tennis career, yep, that's what Mr. Shady said!He bought his degree, he can do it.But ofcourse, he'll probably finish nuclear medicine first, in his all freetime, y'know!
I'm done with Mr.Shady, you enjoy his pretty face!:)


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2. Include peer-to-peer recognitions. A recent study from WorldatWork, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based human resources association, found 43 percent of organizations today have some kind of peer-to-peer recognition program. "It's the third highest form of recognition now," says Rose Stanley, work-life practice leader at WorldatWork. "It's the silver bullet of any recognition program," Suleman says. "This creates a democratic system and builds a culture where all employees are appreciated and feel valued for their work every day. When you empower people with a vote to recognize who is doing a great job, driving results or going above and beyond, they take it seriously."
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1951 Chevy Sport Coupe - Project '51 For $15K Part 2Written by on December 1, 2010 Part 2: Starting At The Back
We have the car, we have a pile of old parts, and we have a bunch of new and used parts. If you recall, we introduced you to our '51 Chevy Sport coupe in the Oct. '10 issue and started to strip it of its original drivetrain. In this issue we tackle the rear suspension with the help of a Chassis Engineering kit and a used Nova rearend.
To recap, the goal is to build the car into a comfortable, safe driver, so suspension and a drivetrain swap are the first order of business; not to mention that stance is going to be imperative to the overall appearance of the coupe. However, budget and time are the rulers of this project so we've decided to build this '51 into a reliable driver for under $15,000-including the purchase price of the car. Our original goal was under $10,000 but when we put pen to paper and made a list of things like a transmission, radiator, brakes, and engine, things added up quickly.
Thumbing through the Chassis Engineering catalog introduced us to a bracket kit that would allow for a '68-74 Nova/Camaro rearend to be swapped in. A little more research unearthed a kit that includes the new CE brackets, a fresh set of their Slider Springs, U-bolts, shocks, and the shock mount. The car will handle better, parts are plentiful for the rearend, and the new springs will lower the car to a comfortable, good-looking height. This sounds perfect for our plan and we found a Nova rearend on craigslist within days.
The deconstruction of the factory parts obviously includes dropping the original rearend, as well as removing the factory mounts. It quickly became apparent that factory rivets are strong; big-time strong. Be ready to take on some serious grinding, whether you're using electric grinders, drills, or compressed air tools. While you're grinding away though, make sure not to damage your factory 'rails! Once the old parts were cut away, the Chassis Engineering brackets bolted in place with the aid of a few well-placed holes.
With the brackets mated to the frame, the new CE Slider Springs raised right into place and accepted our used '74 Nova 10-bolt rearend. When you're looking for a rearend, be sure to find an 8-1/2-inch multi-leaf model (many had single leaf). There are ID numbers on the passenger axle tube of the rearends that will also give you a clue to the original gear set. Another key is to measure from the center of the leaf spring mounts-it needs to be 42-1/2 inches in order to fit.
The new rear suspension went together much easier than the old one came out. When we dropped it down on the wheels for the first time it was apparent that we made a good choice. Chassis Engineering noted that it will come down another inch after a few hundred miles. From what we can tell, that should be perfect. Now to get thrashing on the front.
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|Mount kit (PN) AS-1021CCG
|Used '74 10-bolt, Nova 3.08:1
|Rearend gears, brake shoes, drums, bearings, seals, paint
|Sold the 235 and trans
So far, so good. Our new rear suspension came out to just over $600 thanks to the fact that we sold the engine and trans from the '51 for $125.
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Since we didn't have access to torches, the wrenches came out. Thanks to the pre-lube (and southwest living), the rusty hardware, our '51 bolts and nuts, came loose without much trouble. Chassis Engineering supplies all new hardware, so our extra bolt bin got a little bit deeper. Chevy loved fine thread bolts in the early '50s.After removing the four leaf spring bolts, the shocks, and brake lines, the rearend dropped away from the frame.The solid driveshaft and complete rearend assembly failed to sell on craigslist so it was finally pawned off to the engine shop down the street for scrap. Sure we hate to toss aside cool old parts like this, but we just don't have the room to store any more.With the rearend assembly out of the way, it was time to start grinding ... and grinding some more. Followed by drilling, prying, hammering, and some more grinding, it took some persistence and shaky arms, but we finally got the 16 rivets out of the frame.GM used some sort of mega-rivets in the '50s. Even when the brackets finally pulled off, we were stuck working the rivets loose. Use care not to damage the chassis when working the rivets and brackets away.We traded the grinder for a drill and started installing the Chassis Engineering brackets. The front brackets use three of the original rivet holes, so we bolted them in place and then marked the location of the fourth hole. Note the location of the indent on the bracket as they point rearward and in.The date code on the axle tube was JB G 194 2 which equates to: JB (gear ratio and in this case it's a 3.08:1), G (built at Detroit Gear and Axle), 194 (the day of the year), 2 (assembled by the second shift). We were tickled with the gear ratio as we won't have to fret about highway rpm and can go with a cheap and easy TH350.
We were able to score a rearend from a '74 Nova for $125. You'll need to make sure to find one that was originally fit with multi-leaf springs. Also, the correct unit will measure 42-1/2 inches from the center of the spring perches.With all of the holes drilled it was time for assembly. We bolted the front brackets in position with the new hardware supplied from Chassis Engineering. Lock washers were in place but we added a drop of Blue Loctite just for peace of mind.We used the help of a bottle jack to support the new leaf springs to align the front brackets in location to get the bolts installed.We opted to install the springs and shackles to the rear brackets and then lift them into position on the frame. This seemed to make the process a little easier, again taking full advantage of the heaving little bottle jack. Be sure to lube the bushings and the through-bolts to ease the installation.With the leaf springs installed, we supported the rearend assembly on a floor jack and maneuvered it into position over the springs. With a little tugging and urging it fell into position over the new Slider Springs.The Chassis Engineering U-bolts were put to work and the assembly was bolted in place using the shock mount plates. The shock mount stud is positioned facing the inside front.The next step was to locate the mounting location of the shock bracket. The bracket from Chassis Engineering is only spot-welded due to the variances they've come across in a 50- to 60-year-old chassis. We clamped the bar in place 2-1/2 inches forward of the OEM rebound rubber pad and marked the mounting locations of the six bolts.
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Social scientists from Intel travel the world, conducting ethnographic research in hospitals and homes. Our research focuses on improving care in clinical environments, advancing personal health technologies for the home, identifying new care models and work practices, and promoting standards and policies that enable innovation and interoperability across the healthcare ecosystem. The insights we gain through our people-centered research help inform the design of a growing roster of innovative products and technology solutions.
In a people-centric healthcare world, patients and care teams must be able to easily collaborate across the continuum of care. The key to this information exchange is the industry-wide adoption of standards. Intel invests significant resources in standards initiatives while collaborating with other technology industry leaders to accelerate the innovation of solutions that will ensure the stability and interoperability of the greater technology infrastructure.
Intel's healthcare collaborations include helping to launch and lead the Continua Health Alliance, which has established guidelines for highly connected personal tele-health products for fitness, disease management, elder care, and more. Intel is also a founding member of Dossia, a consortium of large employers focused on developing a secure framework that enables more than 2.5 million employees, dependents, and retirees to collect and maintain lifelong electronic health records. In addition, Intel and the Alzheimer's Association formed Everyday Technologies in Alzheimer Care, a consortium to address the needs of the estimated four million people in the United States living with Alzheimer's disease.
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Do you have any other Licensing (for the Network version) scheme that allows Exchange users to migrate without making such a high investment, (500 minimum users x $28 = $14,000)? Our original plan was to migrate to Oracle's collaboration suite, wich is only $6 per user, but after trying Zimbra, we might decide to stick to the product if we can get a better price than what Oracle offers.


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Regenerative medicine holds the promise that tissues can be engineered in vitro and then transplanted into patients to treat debilitating diseases. Human Embryonic Stem Cells differentiate into a wide array of adult tissue types and are thought to be the best hope for future regenerative therapies. This grant has three main goals: 1. The creation of new human embryonic stem cells in animal free conditions which will allow for future therapeutic uses. 2. The creation of human embryonic stem cell that contain mutations in their genomes that cause diseases, including cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, Downs Syndrome and many others. These lines can be used to study these diseases and to test potential therapies 3. A close biological assessment of one of the first tissues to arise during differentiation of human embryonic stem cells – the endoderm. Since the endoderm eventually, during many days of development, becomes the pancreas, liver, and gut. It is critically important that we know everything about this very specialized tissue if we are to attempt to engineer these organs in the laboratory. Our overwhelming goal is to provide tools that clinician can use to treat disease whether it is to establish new and improved human embryonic stem cell lines or to find new ways of creating endodermal tissues within the laboratory for future therapeutic uses.
This grant will provide to the state of California new human embryonic stem cell lines that could be used in future therapeutic uses. It will also provide disease specific human embryonic stem cell lines that can be used to study disease and as models to test pharmacological compounds to treat disease. We will also provide a characterization of tissues generated from the new human embryonic stem cells which we hope will someday aid in the formation of liver, lung and pancreas.
We have made significant progress during the previous granting period which has resulted in a publication in Genome Research detailing genomic DNA methylation changes in a variety of human embryonic stem cells and their derivatives. We have also been successful in identifying regions of the genome bound by of histone modifications and transcription factors in hESCs and derived endoderm. These targets have led to a greater understanding of how Nodal signaling and chromatin configuration maintain pluripotent state and subsequently trigger differentation. We expect 3 publications to result from this work during the next granting period.
Toward a goal of developing endodermal lineages from hESCs, including liver, pancreas, lung and intestine, we have developed new tools and approaches to identify these subtypes as well as a molecular understanding of how these subtypes emerge. These advances are highlighted in three papers which are currently under review for publication and one in preparation. Two of these papers redefine endodermal subtypes derived from hESCs, including new methods to isolate lineage restricted endodermal populations and a means to distinguish between single endodermal cells. The third paper provides an unprecedented view of the Nodal signaling pathway and its intersection with bivalent domains in both hESCs and derived endoderm. This chromatin signature which consists of Smad transcription factors and both histone repressive and active marks is the most conducive for mediating downstream targets of Nodal, providing inroads into how signaling pathways and chromatin cooperate during fate specification in hESCs. This analysis has led to the elucidation of new proteins that mediate Nodal signaling; ones that play a key role in endoderm specification.
During the past year, we have completed three research projects as a result of this grant. Two of these have recently been published in Genes and Development and Developmental Biology. The third is currently in review at Development. The discoveries reported in these papers are highlighted below:
HEB and E2A function as SMAD/FOXH1 cofactors
Nodal signaling, mediated through SMAD transcription factors, is necessary for pluripotency maintenance and endoderm commitment. We have identified a new motif, termed SMAD Complex Associated (SCA) that is bound by SMAD2/3/4 and FOXH1 in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and derived endoderm. We demonstrate that two bHLH proteins - HEB and E2A - bind the SCA motif at regions overlapping SMAD2/3 and FOXH1. Further, we show that HEB and E2A associate with SMAD2/3 and FOXH1, suggesting they form a complex at critical target regions. This association is biologically important, as E2A is critical for mesendoderm specification, gastrulation, and Nodal signal transduction in Xenopus tropicalis embryos. Taken together, E proteins are novel Nodal signaling cofactors that associate with SMAD2/3 and FOXH1 and are necessary for mesendoderm differentiation.
Chromatin and Transcriptional Signatures for Nodal Signaling During Endoderm Formation in hESCs
The first stages of embryonic differentiation are driven by signaling pathways hardwired to induce particular fates. Endoderm commitment is controlled by the TGF-β superfamily member, Nodal, which utilizes the transcription factors, SMAD2/3, SMAD4 and FOXH1, to drive target gene expression. While the role of Nodal is well defined within the context of endoderm commitment, mechanistically it is unknown how this signal is manifested at binding regions within the genome and how this signal interacts with chromatin state to trigger downstream responses. To elucidate the Nodal transcriptional network that governs endoderm formation, we used ChIP-seq to identify genomic targets for SMAD2/3, SMAD3, SMAD4, FOXH1 and the active and repressive chromatin marks, H3K4me3 and H3K27me3, in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and derived endoderm. We demonstrate that while SMAD2/3, SMAD4 and FOXH1 binding is highly dynamic, there is an optimal signature for driving endoderm commitment. Initially, this signature is marked by both H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 as a very broad bivalent domain in hESCs. Within the first 24 hours, at a few select promoters, SMAD2/3 accumulation coincides with H3K27me3 reduction so that these loci become relatively monovalent marked by H3K4me3. JMJD3, a histone demethylase, is simultaneously recruited to the promoters of the endodermal gene GSC and EOMES, suggesting a conservation of mechanism at multiple promoters genome-wide. The correlation between SMAD2/3 binding, monovalent formation and transcriptional activation suggests a mechanism by which SMAD proteins coordinate with chromatin at critical promoters to drive endoderm specification.
Distinguishing Cells with Housekeeping Transcripts
Distinguishing between cell types is central to a broad array of biological fields and is at the heart of advancing regenerative medicine and cancer diagnostics. In this report, we use single cell gene expression to identify transcriptional patterns emerging during the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into the endodermal lineage. Endoderm specific transcripts are highly variable between individual CXCR4+ endodermal cells, suggesting that either the cells generated from in vitro differentiation are distinct or that these embryonic cells tolerate a high degree of transcript variability. Housekeeping transcripts, on the other hand, are far more consistently expressed within the same cellular population. However, when we compare the levels of housekeeping transcripts between hESCs and derived endoderm, patterns emerge that can be used to clearly separate the two embryonic cell types. We further compared 4 additional human cell types, including 293T, iPSC, HepG2 and endoderm derived iPSC. In each case the relative levels of housekeeping transcripts defined a particular cell fate. Interestingly, we find that three transcripts, LDHA, NONO and ACTB, contribute the most to this diversity and together serve to segregate all 6 cell types. Overall, this suggests that levels of housekeeping transcripts, which are expressed within all cells, can be leveraged to distinguish between human cell types and thus may serve as important biomarkers for stem cell biology and other disciplines.


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I recently installed Zimbra on FC4. Clean install, nothing but Zimbra running. Everything went very smoothly until I started adding users.
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However, when I go to view the Aliases list under the Addresses tab in the administrator interface, I find my aliased names in the wrong domains!
For example, say I have "joe_user@domain1" and "scott@domain2" along with all the postmaster/webmaster/abuse/etc. aliases. I end up with things like "joe_user@domain2" and "postmaster@domain3" (where domain3 shouldn't have any users in it yet!).
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Thammaraks Places Second at Inaugural Porter Cup
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – Iowa State golfer Prima Thammaraks had a great start to her summer by placing second at the inaugural Women's Porter Cup, June 12-14 at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
The Porter Cup was established in the 1950s for amateur men golfers and has grown into one of the top amateur events nationwide. This is the first year where the Porter Cup set up an event for women.
A native of Bangkok, Thailand, Thammaraks shot rounds of 69-72 for a two-round 141 total. Oklahoma State's Casie Cathrea won the inaugural title at 138, three shots ahead of Thammaraks.
Thammaraks, who will be a senior next season for the Cyclones, has had an outstanding career on the links at Iowa State. The All-Big 12 performer posted a 75.7 stroke average last year to help ISU rank in the top-25 nationally throughout the season.
Former Cyclone Punpaka Phuntumabamrung, a three-time All-Big 12 performer, tied for eighth at the Porter Cup with rounds of 75-70. Her final-round 70 tied for the lowest score of the day.


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FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) -- A tractor trailer has overturned on westbound I-495 to I-95 HOV south flyover ramp causing debris to spill below onto the Inner Loop on Tuesday at 2:40 p.m., officials say.
The Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination says all four lanes on the Inner Loop had to be closed but drivers were able to pass through using the left shoulder.
At 3:44 p.m. two lanes were re-opened. The cause of the overturn that has left the trailer leaning on the jersey wall is not yet known. No injures were reported.


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Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability
Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability
CEC initiates efforts to engage in collaboration that encourages the exchange of ideas and experiences, mutual learning, and meaningful action across generations, geographies and genders in support of IUCN's mission of biodiversity conservation.
We aim to increase the number and engagement of young people all IUCN Commissions, across the Union, and beyond. CEC has:
- Launched young professional networks across Commissions;
- Catalyzed efforts to have the first-ever young person appointed to the 2009-2012 Council, Grace Mwaura, a young woman from Kenya, now on the IUCN CEC Steering Committee;
- Founded the Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability, an IUCN-wide group that took the lead in organizing the Youth and Intergenerational Journey at Congress.
Read about current activities and to how to be involved >>
For more information, write to Grace Mwaura, Special Advisor on Intergenerational Partnership, IUCN CEC Steering Committee, at email@example.com
New co-Conveners to lead CEC's Young Professionals Leadership Team 2013-2016
Tushita Mukherjee of India and Jean Paul Brice Affana of Cameroon will lead the team of young professionals advancing youth engagement across IUCN Commissions and beyond.
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News from the Youth and Intergenerational Journey at Congress
View videos and photos and read highlighted achievements and aspirations in this report from the IUCN Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability. Report >>
CEC and CEESP on the Youth and Intergenerational Journey at Congress
CEC member Dominic Stucker reports on action related to youth engagement and collaboration across generations during the IUCN World Conservation Congress.More >>
CEC member Dominic Stucker reports on action related to youth engagement and collaboration across generations during the IUCN World Conservation Congress.More >>
Sharing Power Between Generations: Youth at the CEESP conference
This CEC workshop during the CEESP Sharing Power conference January 2011 in New Zealand focused on 'Sharing Power Between Generations'.
CEC members Dominic Stucker and Frits Hesselink served as co-facilitators of the workshop 'Sharing Power Between Generations' with support from Tui Warmenhoven, a local Maori lawyer, community activist and mother. Read full story >>
Stories about Youth from CEC Members
CEC members share stories about their activities related to youth and young professionals in this issue of the CEC Newsletter, with a guest editorial by CEC Steering Committee member Dominic Stucker.


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2008 - Sophomore Season: Named to All-Horizon League Team...led the team and ranked fourth in the Horizon League with 3.24 kills per contest...ranked fifth in the league with 3.70 points per set...a member of the Sun Bowl Invitational All-Tournament Team, Owls Challenge All-Tournament Team and Buffalo Ramada Invitational All-Tournament Team...started in 28 of the 30 games while seeing action in all 117 sets...was second on the squad with 355 digs...fourth on the team with 45 assists while averaging 0.38 per set...had 14 service aces on the year...finished tied for the team lead with 13 double-doubles in kills and digs...registered double-figure kills in 24 matches and double-figure digs in 16...tallied a season-best 20 digs three times...recorded a season-best 20 kills against IUPUI on Sept. 16.
2007 - Freshman Season: Named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team...started in 28 of the team's 29 matches, appearing in 110 games...ranked third on the squad with 2.66 kills per game and fourth with 2.58 digs per game...recorded 29 kills against Youngstown State on Sept. 14, the most for a Butler player in 2007 and tied for the sixth-highest single-match total in school history...had double-figure kill totals in 15 matches and double-digit digs in 14...tallied a season-best 23 digs at UIC on Oct. 3...finished tied for third on the team with eight double-doubles on the year...named to the West Virginia Volleyball Classic all-tournament team after averaging 3.7 kills per game in three matches.
High School: Four-year letterwinner as an outside hitter and defensive specialist at Plainfield (Ind.) High School...tabbed as the Metro West Player of the Year and to the First Indiana Super Team as a senior in 2006...named to the all-conference team and to the Metro West Team in her final three seasons...earned team MVP distinction as a sophomore, junior and senior and team captain honors as a junior and senior...helped her team to three conference championships, a pair of county championships and a sectional title...coached by Roxanne Chapman and Jen Pearson...also lettered four years in basketball and three in track...earned all-state honors her senior year...named to the all-conference, all-county and Metro West teams all four years...tabbed as the team's MVP all four years...holds several records in basketball...team earned county championships in 2005 and 2006 and a sectional title in 2006...competed in the long jump with the track team, qualifying for regionals all three seasons...member of the National Honor Society...graduated 20th in her class.
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I was born in Korea and adopted in the United States, specifically Fargo, North Dakota, when I was a year old and grew up there. I studied abroad in India for my junior semester in college, and I think that is what got me interested in joining the Peace Corps. That I had studied abroad in a developing country probably made me more interested in wanting to pursue other developing countries through the Peace Corps.
Although my parents were not initially happy about my decision to join the Peace Corps, they were supportive, and by the end, they were extremely proud and boastful. I come from a pretty big family—five brothers and a sister, all older. Three of my brothers didn't understand my wanting to join the Peace Corps. They didn't think it was a good idea because of money and other issues. My other brothers were very supportive and very happy, though. One brother even liked to brag about it.
I knew I wanted to join the Peace Corps when I got back from studying abroad, so I actually went to my recruiter to find out what I needed to do to be more competitive. I took on two summer jobs to strengthen my chances of getting accepted into one of two programs. I did gardening in the summer, and in the evening I worked with at-risk youth. I ended up being placed in a youth development program.
I served in São Tomé and Príncipe until the Peace Corps suspended the program. We were given the choice to go home in a "non-disciplinary administrative separation" or continue in another program. I wanted to continue, so I was transferred to Namibia and finished my service there.
My initial impression was a little bit tainted by the fact that I had spent some time in Central Africa. When I arrived in the capital, I thought, "This is not a great place." It was very modern, very fast-paced, and not what I wanted for my Peace Corps experience. And then I got placed in a rural community.
I served in the most gorgeous place—a savanna type of area, very Serengeti-like. One of the best parts of my experience was seeing all of the wildlife, but what I value most are the confidence I got from my accomplishments and just making friendships.
Being a member of a minority created challenges, but some of the challenges you have to face prove to be some of the proudest moments you have. Having been Asian in a predominantly white community growing up, it was not too difficult for me to be a minority in the Peace Corps. What was different was having to know who I was and be able to explain that to people. In Namibia and other parts of Africa, they don't always understand that Americans are very diverse and that we don't all—fortunately—resemble the characters on Baywatch or 90210, that some of us are actually hardworking.
I felt I succeeded in getting the picture across that Americans are very diverse. It is a great moment when your host country national friends correct other people. One time we were in one of the villages and someone asked, "Who's that woman helping to change the tire—is she Chinese?" I could hear my counterpart answer, "Oh no, she's not. She's an American. She's my Peace Corps Volunteer."
I would advise minorities to utilize the supports that are out there in the decision-making process. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers are more than happy to talk to people about the challenges and rewards of being a person of color overseas. It is something you may not want to admit is going to be an issue. But it doesn't make you a weak person to get more information; it just makes you a more informed person.
My plans for the future are always changing. The Peace Corps got me involved in public health issues such as tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS education. Before the Peace Corps, I never thought I'd be doing that, but I am still interested in those issues.
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One of the most fascinating aquatic sports that have entranced a lot of men and women would be surfing. This has become a popular as well as dynamic way of spending your vacation especially during summer season in the spot of your liking. A lot of surfing schools have appeared in numerous areas where beautiful beaches are found. One of the highly known surf spot to a number of surfers is situated in the peninsular of Peniche in Portugal. The Peniche surf camp would help you learn to ride the waves while spending some time in the country.


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