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Legendary fine art photographers and award-winning environmentalists David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton(Remains of a Rainbow) join forces once again to showcase a breathtaking selection of the native flora and fauna of the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, both terrestrial and marine. For this project, the photographers gained unprecedented access to these protected islands that are otherwise completely off-limits to people. Home to nearly seventy percent of our nation's coral reefs, known as the ''rainforests of the sea,'' the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is a remarkable ecosystem that supports a vast array of interdependent native plants and animals that have evolved in this habitat over millions of years, many existing nowhere else on the planet.
The result is Archipelago. With its more than 300 stunning images, the book illustrates the spectacular diversity of these ocean and island creatures, as well as profiles many of the people dedicated to the preservation of this habitat. The inaccessibility of these islands and the need to protect them means that few people will ever be able to visit them in person, though now, for the first time, the area's inhabitants are available for all the world to see through this important body of work.
David Liittschwager is a freelance photographer who worked with Richard Avedon in New York City from 1984 to 1986. Since 1986 his emphasis has been on portraiture, focused primarily on natural history subjects.
Susan Middleton has been deeply involved in the documentation and portraiture of endangered animals, plants, sites, people, and cultures for the last 25 years. She chaired the California Academy of Sciences department of photography.
Together, Liittschwager and Middleton are well known for their arresting portraits of endangered North American plants and animals. They have published three books, and they won an Emmy in 1997 for the National Geographic television documentary America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Goodbye. They have an active lecture schedule and their work has appeared in publications the world over. Susan and David each live in San Francisco, California.
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Welcome to the Pennsylvania Department of State's Campaign Finance Web site. This site receives and posts campaign finance reports filed by candidates for statewide, legislative and judicial offices, as well as political committees registered in Pennsylvania. Reports filed by other local candidates or political committees can be viewed by contacting the county Board of Elections. Campaign finance reports can now be filed and reviewed online 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Campaign finance reports for the 2014 Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates are also available at a separate website. For information on that website, call 717-787-5280, option 3.
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With the announcement of NBA All-Star reserves and two headline games on TNT (Orlando Magic-Miami Heat, Lakers-Spurs), TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley was in rare comedic form Thursday.
During a discussion about Eastern Conference All-Star picks, host Ernie Johnson asked Charles Barkley if he had a problem with Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh being named to the All-Star team.
"Not really. He's a good solid player, I like him as a person," Charles Barkley said. "He didn't have a lot of competition. Trying to find an all-star in the Eastern Conference was like going to a bar trying to pick up a bunch of ugly girls. I mean, somebody's got to win.
Chris Bosh has been called a lot of things this season, but I'm pretty sure an ugly girl is a first.
Speaking of the NBA All-Star picks, three athletes, arguably, got the biggest snubs: Kevin Love, Lamar Odom and Raymond Felton.
But of those aforementioned names, Kevin Love undoubtedly got the biggest oversight. Make that an oversight with a capital "O."
We know Love's Minnesota Timbewolves are terrible this season. They sit at the bottom of the Western Conference standings and have won an anemic 11 games.
It's hard for any player to win much in Minnesota, just ask Kevin Garnett. (Aside from that anomaly 2003-04 season)
But it's unfair to judge Kevin Love's play for that. His 34-game streak of double doubles is nothing to shrug at. And how can his historic feat of becoming the first NBA player since 1982 to reach 30 points and 30 rebounds be ignored?
"The good thing is, it'll put a chip on my shoulder and make me work harder," Kevin Love told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "It's not going to hurt how I play or how I approach things. It's only going to make me work harder, to make myself better, to make our team better. It's only going to make me more hungry."


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SCS News & Press Releases
Tuesday December 23, 2014Alex Waibel and Howie Choset of the School of Computer Science and Diana Marculescu of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department have been named 2015 IEEE Fellows in recognition of their technological contributions to society.
Thursday December 18, 2014The category on the Dec. 18 episode of "Jeopardy!" was "U.S. News & World Report Best of 2014," and the question to the $1,000 answer was obvious.Answer: When it comes to a computer science Ph.D. program, this university in Pittsburgh leads the field.Question: What is Carnegie Mellon University?(Check out the video clip below.)It was perhaps the easiest $1,000 that contestant ever won. CMU's Ph.D. program in computer science is consistently ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report.
Carnegie Mellon Lunar Rover Wows XPRIZE Judges, Wins First Milestone Prize for Development Toward Flight Readiness
Tuesday December 16, 2014PITTSBURGH—The Google Lunar XPRIZE announced today that Andy, a four-wheeled lunar rover designed and built by Carnegie Mellon University, is the winner of a Milestone Prize for mobility after judges concluded it is thus far the only robot among the competing teams to meet development benchmarks for flight readiness.
Monday December 15, 2014Yong-Lae Park, an assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute and the founder of the Soft Robotics and Bionics Lab, is among the latest recipients of the Okawa Research Grant, which is awarded by the Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications.
Tuesday December 09, 2014Treating patients with their own blood, modified to increase the concentration of heal-inducing platelets, has been touted as the 'cure-all' for bone, muscle, and tissue repair for athletes, weekend warriors, or those with traumatic injuries.But the outcomes of this therapy, called platelet-rich plasma (PRP), have been unpredictable. So researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) have devised what they believe is a better way to deliver the therapy — as a putty — and the initial results have been encouraging.
Friday December 05, 2014Tuomas Sandholm, professor of computer science, and his Ph.D. student, John Dickerson, along with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, won the HPCwire Reader's Choice Award for Best Data-Intensive Application/Use for their work with PSC's Blacklight supercomputer to optimize living-donor kidney exchanges.
Wednesday December 03, 2014PITTSBURGH—A system of four cameras, called Breathe Cam, now keeps a constant watch on air quality over Pittsburgh, providing citizens with a new interactive tool for monitoring and documenting visual pollution in the air they breathe and even tracing it back to its sources.
Monday December 01, 2014DOHA, Qatar—A team of faculty and students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar recently introduced "Alice Middle East," 3-D interactive educational animation software designed to help primary and secondary school students learn the basics of computer programming and how to apply logical thinking and problem-solving techniques.
Using Social Media for Large Behavioral Studies Is Fast and Cheap, But Fraught With Biases and Distortion
Tuesday November 25, 2014PITTSBURGH—The rise of social media has seemed like a bonanza for behavioral scientists, who have eagerly tapped the social nets to quickly and cheaply gather huge amounts of data about what people are thinking and doing. But computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and McGill University warn that those massive datasets may be misleading.
Reading Harry Potter: Carnegie Mellon Researchers Identify Brain Regions That Encode Words, Grammar, Character Development
Tuesday November 25, 2014PITTSBURGH—Some people say that reading "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" taught them the importance of friends, or that easy decisions are seldom right. Carnegie Mellon University scientists used a chapter of that book to learn a different lesson: identifying what different regions of the brain do when people read.


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Adopted October 24, 2005
The mission of the WKU Biotechnology Center is to build an interdisciplinary collaborative faculty and student research-oriented community centered on biotechnology. As part of it's mission, the Center will develop goals and procedures:
1. To advance science at WKU by bringing together outstanding members of the research community that are interested in biotechnology.
2. To provide infrastructure and access to state-of-art research facilities and technologies essential for WKU investigators to remain competitive.
3. To advance learning by engaging students in experiences that combine technical skills, scientific integrity, and real-world opportunities.
4. To facilitate the integration of investigative methods and state-of-the-art techniques into the curriculum.
5. To encourage its members to seek external funding through grants, contracts and endowments and present/publish results in appropriate venues.
6. To facilitate educational outreach programs to K-12 students that are sponsored by Center members.
7. To recruit students into WKU's undergraduate and graduate programs so that they can interface with the Biotechnology Center community.
8. To regularly review its bylaws, procedures and mission in order to better serve the WKU community.
Bylaws (arranged by Mission Statement)
1. The WKU Biotechnology Center Community
1.1. Membership
1.1.1. Membership in the Biotechnology Center is open to faculty, at WKU, that wish to participate in the biotechnology research community.
1.1.2. Application for membership must include a letter of intent and a CV to the Biotechnology Center director. The letter must include:
126.96.36.199. How applicant feels that they can contribute to the Center, including any potential collaboration.
18.104.22.168. How the Center can support the applicant.
22.214.171.124. A commitment to be an active and supporting member of the Center.
1.1.3. Membership will be awarded upon approval of the majority of the Biotechnology Center members.
1.2. Membership in ARTP
1.2.1. The Biotechnology Center is a member of the Advanced Research and Technology Program (ARTP) at Western Kentucky University.
1.2.2. The Biotechnology Center director will represent the Biotechnology Center on the ARTP director's council and will communicate ARTP initiatives to the Biotechnology Center membership.
2. Infrastructure
2.1. Governance
2.1.1. Directors
184.108.40.206. The Biotechnology Center will have two elected directors. Support by a simple majority of all the Biotechnology Center members is necessary for election to a director track position.
22.214.171.124. The term for an elected director will be four years. The first year's service will be as an assistant director, under the guidance of the director. The second year's service will be as the director, and will be in consultation with the past director. The third year's service will also be as the director who mentors a newly elected assistant director. The fourth year's service will be as a past director who consults with the new director.
188.8.131.52. The Director:
126.96.36.199.1. Serves as the collective bargaining negotiator for the Biotechnology Center, and as such, represents the Biotechnology Center in matters of policy, contracts and funding pursuits.
184.108.40.206.2. Is responsible for representing the Biotechnology Center in the POD and ARTP. The Director will ensure that proper reporting is done to these programs.
126.96.36.199.3. Has operational oversight of the Biotechnology Center and Core Facility.
126.96.36.199.4. Drafts the annual budget and revises it to meet the approval of the majority of the Biotechnology Center members.
188.8.131.52.5. Ensures that the Biotechnology Center follows its budget and saving plans.
126.96.36.199.6. Reports annually, to the Biotechnology Center members, on the income and expenditures for all accounts.
126.96.36.199.7. Represents the Core Facility in any negotiations for contract work done by the Core Facility.
126.96.36.199.8. Accepts, reviews and takes action to resolve grievances within the Biotechnology Center.
126.96.36.199. Role of the Assistant and Past Directors
220.127.116.11.1. The Assistant and Past Directors will work with the Director to administer the Biotechnology Center and assist with the responsibilities defined under the role of the Director.
2.1.2. Standing Committees
22.214.171.124. The Biotechnology Certification Committee (BC).
126.96.36.199.1. The goal of Biotechnology Certification is to provide a program that will attract students into biotechnology and teach skills that will better prepare them to engage in meaningful research.
184.108.40.206.2. The BC Committee chair will be appointed by the Biotechnology Center Director and will be responsible for recruiting at least two committee members. The Biotechnology Center Core Facility Coordinator will be a standing member on this committee.
188.8.131.52.3. The BC Committee will define the curriculum for the Biotechnology Center Certification program and facilitate its execution.
126.96.36.199.4. The BC Committee will recruit applicants by advertising the certification program.
22.214.171.124.5. The BC Committee will accept applications from students and screen students for participation in the Biotechnology Certification Program.
126.96.36.199.6. The BC Committee will track the placement of students into the research community.
126.96.36.199.7. The BC Committee will review annually on the success of the program.
18.104.22.168.8. The BC Committee will report annually, to the Biotechnology Center membership, on the activities of the Biotechnology Center Certification Program.
18.104.22.168. The Research and Educational Grants Committee (REG).
220.127.116.11.1. Provided funding is available, the goal of the Research and Education Grants program is to use Biotechnology Center funds for the financial support of small research projects that are needed for grant or paper submission, or for support of education initiatives that will enhance courses or educational outreach.
184.108.40.206.2. The head of the REG Committee will be appointed by the Biotechnology Center Director and will be responsible for recruiting at least two committee members.
22.214.171.124.3. The Committee will review applications for Biotechnology Center sponsored funding to members for the purpose of research or educational enhancement.
126.96.36.199.4. The Committee will recommend funding of activities to the Biotechnology Center members.
18.104.22.168.5. Funding will be given to recommended activities that are approved by a majority of all of the Biotechnology Center members.
18.104.22.168. The Facilities, Equipment and Technology (FET) Committee
22.214.171.124.1. The FET committee is responsible for the annual review of the status of equipment, facilities and technologies housed in the Biotechnology Center and the Core Facility.
220.127.116.11.2. The FET Committee chair will be appointed by the Biotechnology Center Director and will be responsible for recruiting at least two committee members.
18.104.22.168.3. The Core Facility Coordinator will be a standing member but not the chair of this committee.
220.127.116.11.4. The FET committee will review the Biotechnology Center's technology status each year and develop/review both short- and long-range plans for equipment maintenance, replacement, and purchase. Recommendations will drive the Biotechnology Center's Saving Plan and must be approved by a majority of all of the Biotechnology Center members.
220.127.116.11.5. The FET committee will also make annual recommendations on new technologies that should be acquired by the Biotechnology Center and approve workshops and/or training for the Core Facility Coordinator or a designated Biotechnology Center member to acquire these technologies for the Biotechnology Center. Funding for these recommendations must be approved by a majority of all of the Biotechnology Center members.
188.8.131.52.6. The FET committee will make recommendations to the Biotechnology Center Director on the percentage of income that should be saved towards equipment and technology initiatives. This will be presented for membership approval by the Director during the annual budget approval meeting.
22.214.171.124. The Bylaws Committee
188.8.131.52.1. The goal of the Bylaws Committee will be to review the bylaws and procedures of the Biotechnology Center and the mission statement at least every three years.
22.214.171.124.2. Three faculty members will be appointed to this committee by the current director and ratified by a majority of the Biotechnology Center members.
220.127.116.11.3. Recommendations to change the mission statement, bylaws and procedures will be presented to the Biotechnology Center membership at least two weeks before a vote is called. All recommendations must be passed by a majority of all of the Biotechnology Center members.
2.1.3. Other committees
184.108.40.206. Other committees may be established, as needed, by the director, to conduct the work of the Biotechnology Center.
2.2. External Advisory Board
2.2.1. Through the ARTP, one or more external advisors will be invited to review the yearly progress of the Biotechnology Center.
2.3. Biotechnology Center Meetings
2.3.1. At least one annual meeting will be held to:
18.104.22.168. Consider election of Directors (if necessary).
188.8.131.52. Approve of the budget, saving plan, and endowment plan.
188.8.131.52. Hear reports from the BC, FET and Bylaws Committees.
220.127.116.11. Hear about changes in Core Facility policy and procedures.
22.214.171.124. Consider recommendation from the external advisory board.
126.96.36.199. Review personnel recommendations, from the Director, for the Core Facility Coordinator and the CEBS administrative assistant.
2.4. Biotechnology Center Core Facility
2.4.1. Personnel
22.214.171.124. Core Facility Coordinator.
184.108.40.206.1. The Core Facility Coordinator is responsible for:
184.108.40.206.1.1. Hiring and management of support staff in the Core facility. Duties include staff training, scheduling, assessment of work quality, and evaluation of the staff upon their leaving the core facility.
22.214.171.124.1.2. Implementation of the Biotechnology Certification program as directed by the BC committee.
188.8.131.52.1.3. Participation in the Biotechnology Certification and Facility, Equipment, and Technology Committees.
184.108.40.206.1.4. Instruction of Core Facility users in the policies, procedures, and safety practices of the Core Facility. Report policy changes in the annual Biotechnology Center meeting.
22.214.171.124.1.5. Maintenance, service and upgrading of equipment.
18.104.22.168.1.6. Scheduling/providing core services according to the priority established by the Biotechnology Center.
22.214.171.124.1.7. Optimization and dissemination of protocols used by the Core Facility.
184.108.40.206.1.8. Stocking of common research supplies.
22.214.171.124.1.9. Tracking the use of core facilities and supplies along with the regular billing of facility users.
184.108.40.206.1.10. Working with the Biotechnology Center members to help facilitate their research and ensure the safe use of the Core Facilities.
18.104.22.168.1.11. The introduction of new technologies, acquired from workshops and/or courses, into the Biotechnology Center.
184.108.40.206.1.12. The testing of new laboratory procedures before class implementation (upon request).
220.127.116.11.1.13. Public relations of the Core Facility.
18.104.22.168.2. The coordinator will consult with the Biotechnology Center's Director in all matters of policy.
22.214.171.124.3. Grievances from and to the coordinator will be directed through the Biotechnology Center Director for resolution.
18.104.22.168.4. The Core Facility Coordinator's performance will be reviewed annually by the Biotechnology Center Director and a recommendation submitted to the Biotechnology Center membership for discussion and modification. The final recommendation will be passed to the Head of the Department of Biology, for consideration in the annual personnel performance review.
126.96.36.199. Biotechnology Center Core Facility Staff
22.214.171.124.1. Core Facility employees, working for the Biotechnology Center, will work under the direction of the Core Facility Coordinator.
18.104.22.168.2. Upon termination of employment in the Core Facility, employees, will be evaluated by the Core Facility Coordinator following WKU personnel policies.
220.127.116.11. Undergraduate Students
18.104.22.168.1. Undergraduate students doing research under one of the Biotechnology Center members will have access to the Core's equipment, supplies and technical expertise as contracted through their major professor.
126.96.36.199.2. Undergraduate students using Core Facility resources are responsible to follow the guidelines of safety and courtesy outlined by the Core Facility staff.
126.96.36.199. Graduate Students
188.8.131.52.1. Graduate students receiving financial support from the Biotechnology Center have a responsibility to contribute 3 hrs/wk to the support of Core Facility activities.
184.108.40.206.2. They will work under the direction of the Core Facility Coordinator.
220.127.116.11.3. Graduate students doing research under one of the Biotechnology Center's members will have access to the Core Facility equipment, supplies and technical expertise as contracted through their major professor.
22.214.171.124.4. Graduate students using Core Facility resources are responsible to follow the guidelines of safety and courtesy outlined by the Core Facility staff.
188.8.131.52. Member Responsibilities
188.8.131.52.1. It is the responsibility of the Biotechnology Center members to make arrangements with the Core coordinator for the use of resources in the Core Facility by members of their research group.
18.104.22.168.2. It is the responsibility of the Biotechnology Center members to ensure that their students or research personnel follow the guidelines of safety and courtesy outlined by the Core Facility staff when using the Core Facility.
2.4.2. Equipment
22.214.171.124. Equipment housed in the Core Facility is for use by multiple investigators.
188.8.131.52. The Core Facility Coordinator is responsible to see that the equipment is used properly and properly maintained.
220.127.116.11. Students and faculty should receive training and certification that they are competent to use equipment before independently operating equipment.
126.96.36.199. The Biotechnology Center's FET Committee should develop a plan to facilitate the service and/or periodic replacement of the Core Facility equipment.
2.4.3. Supplies
184.108.40.206. Stocks of supplies that are commonly used by the Biotechnology Center's members and their research groups will be maintained in the Core Facility.
184.108.40.206. It is the responsibility of the Biotechnology Center members to inform the Core Facility Coordinator of which stocks and quantities are needed.
22.214.171.124. It is the responsibility of the Core Facility Coordinator to ensure that sufficient quantities of these supplies are maintained.
184.108.40.206. It is the responsibility of the Biotechnology Center's members and their research personnel to inform the Core Facility Coordinator when large quantities of supplies have or will be used and when stocks appear to be getting low.
2.4.4. Priorities
184.108.40.206. The resources of the Core Facility will be made available for use by Biotechnology Center members according to the following priorities: (with one being the top priority)
184.108.40.206.1. Research
184.108.40.206.2. Teaching
184.108.40.206.3. Contract
126.96.36.199.4. Educational Outreach
18.104.22.168. It is the responsibility of researchers and instructors to pre-arrange, with the Core Facility Coordinator, for time critical use of equipment and services so that scheduling can facilitate all of the demands.
2.4.5. Services
188.8.131.52. A set of technologies/services will be offered by the Core Facility to the Biotechnology Center members, to courses, and to entities outside of WKU (through a sponsoring Biotechnology Center member).
188.8.131.52. The Core Facility Coordinator will maintain a current list of technologies and services available through the Core Facility along with costs of those services. The Biotechnology Center will maintain the list on its website.
126.96.36.199. Decisions to commit the Core Facility to a significant quantity of contract work outside of the Biotechnology Center must be approved by a majority of its membership.
220.127.116.11. When services are performed by the Core Facility staff, additional students may be hired and managed by the Core Facility Coordinator, following approval by the Biotechnology Center Director.
188.8.131.52. Services and supplies used in courses will be billed, at cost, to the department or educational unit using them.
220.127.116.11. Services and supplies used by the Biotechnology Center members will be billed to members at a rate agreed upon by the Biotechnology Center.
184.108.40.206. Services and supplies provided to external contractors will be billed to contractors at a rate agreed upon by the Biotechnology Center.
2.4.6. Collaborations
126.96.36.199. The Core Facility is encouraged to establish collaborations with other core facilities (e.g. KBRIN) in order to offer a wider diversity of services to its members and to facilitate technology exchange.
2.5. Technology Support
2.5.1. Biotechnology Center Members
18.104.22.168. It is the responsibility of the Biotechnology Center members to seek out new technologies, when appropriate, to enhance their research capabilities.
188.8.131.52. When feasible, Biotechnology Center members should seek to train Core Facility staff and other faculty in these new techniques.
2.5.2. Core Facilities
126.96.36.199. It is the responsibility of the Core Facility staff to learn new technologies from Biotechnology Center members and incorporate them into the Core Facility's repertoire of techniques.
126.96.36.199. The Core Facility's repertoire of techniques should be made available to local research and educational units.
18.104.22.168. Core facility staff should seek out and implement new technologies that will enhance the capabilities and marketability of the Biotechnology Center and students trained therein.
220.127.116.11. When directed by the FET committee, and approved by the Biotechnology Center membership, the Core Facility Coordinator or a designated Biotechnology Center member should attend workshops, conferences, or courses designed to teach new technologies and techniques needed within the Biotechnology Center.
2.5.3. External
126.96.36.199. The Biotechnology Center should establish collaborations and contracts with other core facilities (especially within Kentucky) in order to provide expanded services to its members.
126.96.36.199. Biotechnology Center members are encouraged to establish collaborations with investigators at other institutions and take sabbaticals that will enhance the research capabilities of the Biotechnology Center and facilitate technology transfer.
22.214.171.124. Postdocs and visiting professors should be encouraged to train faculty and Core Facility staff in new and innovative techniques for which they have expertise.
2.6. Web Page
2.6.1. The Biotechnology Center will maintain a current web page which will include at least the following information:
22.214.171.124. Contact information for Biotechnology Center directors, core facility coordinator and administrative assistant.
22.214.171.124. Biotechnology Center members and their research.
184.108.40.206. Core services.
188.8.131.52. Current students.
184.108.40.206. Links to ARTP and other collaborators.
2.7. Revenues
2.7.1. Program of Distinction (POD)
18.104.22.168. Each year a budget for POD funds will be drafted by the Biotechnology Center Directors and approved by a majority of all the Biotechnology Center members.
184.108.40.206. The approved budget will be forwarded to the ARTP office.
22.214.171.124. The Directors will report to the members on the final budget approved by the ARTP.
126.96.36.199. The Directors will make an annual report to the Biotechnology Center members on the past year's budget, income, and expenditures.
2.7.2. External Grant Support
22.214.171.124. It is the responsibility of the Biotechnology Center's members to include, in their grants and contracts, the cost of supplies and services that will be supplied by the Core Facility.
126.96.36.199. The Biotechnology Center members will be billed for services and supplies provided by the Core Facility and the funds will be transferred to the appropriate accounts.
2.7.3. Indirect Cost and Other Revenue
126.96.36.199. Indirect costs returned to the Biotechnology Center and other sources of income, shall be placed in a revenue account and divided between appropriate sub-accounts as directed by the Biotechnology Center's Saving Plan.
184.108.40.206. Monies paid to the Biotechnology Center that are not considered income, i.e., flow through or contract funds will not be subject to allocation as dictated by the Biotechnology Center's Saving Plan.
2.7.4. The Biotechnology Center's Savings Plan
188.8.131.52. The Savings Plan will allow income funds to be accumulated over a long period of time for use in planned purchases and for a contingency fund.
126.96.36.199. Accounts will be set up and a percentage of all new income will be placed into each account.
18.104.22.168. The Savings Plan shall be reviewed / drafted by the FET committee, and reviewed / approved annually by a majority of all of the Biotechnology Center members.
2.7.5. Endowments
220.127.116.11. The Campus Giving Campaign should encourage the establishment of endowments.
18.104.22.168. An Endowment Plan for use of endowment funds shall be drafted by the directors approved by a majority of all of the Biotechnology Center members.
18.104.22.168. The Biotechnology Center Directors will be responsible for following the Endowment Plan and tracking the growth and distribution of funds and will report annually to the Biotechnology Center membership.
2.8. Administrative Assistant
2.8.1. The Department of Biology administrative assistant assigned to CEBS will support the Biotechnology Center, the Center for Biodiversity Studies and the Department of Biology in facilitating research and teaching in CEBS and will do so under the direction of the Head of the Department of Biology.
2.8.2. The responsibilities of the administrative assistant will be defined by the Head of the Department of Biology in consultation with the directors of the Biotechnology Center and the Center for Biodiversity Studies.
2.8.3. The Biotechnology Center Director will review the administrative assistant's support for Biotechnology Center initiatives annually. A recommendation will submitted to the Biotechnology Center membership for discussion and modification. The recommendation will be passed to the Head of the Department of Biology.
3. Student Experiences
3.1. Biotechnology Certification
3.1.1. The Biotechnology Certification Committee will facilitate the early recruitment and training of undergraduate students, in technologies central to research, through its Biotechnology Certification program.
3.1.2. The Biotechnology Certification Committee will facilitate the execution of this course. They will provide evaluations of each graduate's performance to the Biotechnology Center membership and encourage recruitment of certification graduates into research programs.
3.1.3. The Core Facility Coordinator will conduct and coordinate the training outlined by the Biotechnology Certification Committee.
3.2. Research and Contract Work
3.2.1. The Biotechnology Center members will:
126.96.36.199. Train their research students in the methods of research.
18.104.22.168. Ensure the quality of research.
184.108.40.206. Provide opportunities for students to submit their work to peer review in the form of presentations and/or papers.
18.104.22.168. Arrange for technology transfer to and from the Core Facility and between its members when appropriate.
3.2.2. The Core Facility will:
22.214.171.124. Give regular certification and workshop training and support the use of Core Facility equipment.
18.104.22.168. Provide technologies and services to faculty and students.
22.214.171.124. Provide a stock of common supplies.
184.108.40.206. Facilitate technology transfer.
4. Technology Transfer to WKU Courses
4.1. Technology Transfer
4.1.1. The Core Facility will provide training to those instructors/students that wish to use equipment and protocols for instructional purposes.
4.1.2. Upon the request of an instructor, the Core Facility can serve as a test site for newly developed course protocols. The Core Facility Coordinator will ask staff members to perform the trial protocol and give feedback to the instructor.
4.2. Course Development Grants
4.2.1. Depending on the availability of funds, grants will be made available through the Biotechnology Center to promote the development and incorporation of new techniques into the curriculum.
4.2.2. Grant applications will be reviewed by the Research and Educational Grants Committee and recommendations presented to the Biotechnology Center membership for approval. Approval by a majority of the Biotechnology Center members is necessary for funding of proposals.
4.3. Core Facility Services
4.3.1. The Core Facility will provide services and materials to courses at cost.
4.3.2. The Core Facility Coordinator will coordinate equipment use by Biotechnology Center members and courses.
4.3.3. The Core Facility may help an instructor develop and optimize protocols for courses. Requests for this type of assistance should be made to the Core Facility Coordinator.
5. Research Support
5.1. Biotechnology Center Research Grants
5.1.1. Depending on the availability of funds, grants will be made available, through the Biotechnology Center, to support the gathering of data that will enhance an application for external funding or that will support the publication of data.
5.1.2. The Research and Educational Grants Committee will review Grant applications and recommendations will be presented to the Biotechnology Center members for approval. Approval by a majority of the Biotechnology Center members is necessary for funding of proposals.
5.2. Travel
5.2.1. When funds are budgeted, the Biotechnology Center will support faculty and student travel to meetings.
5.2.2. The Biotechnology Center Director will accept requests for travel twice a year (September and February) and disperse funds based on the following priorities: (highest to lowest)
220.127.116.11. Faculty or student giving a presentation.
18.104.22.168. Faculty or student as a co-author on a presentation.
220.127.116.11. Faculty or student enhancement.
5.3. Contracts
5.3.1. Only Biotechnology Center members may engage the Biotechnology Center or its Core Facilities in a significant level contract work. Extensive Core Facility use must be done only after consultation with the Biotechnology Center's Director and Core Facility Coordinator and upon approval of a majority of the Biotechnology Center members.
5.3.2. The Biotechnology Center member initiating the contract work is responsible for the scientific integrity of the work performed.
5.3.3. The Biotechnology Center member initiating the contract is responsible to make sure that sufficient Core Facility equipment time is available for contract work according to the priorities established by the Biotechnology Center.
5.3.4. Sub-Contracts to the Core Facility
220.127.116.11. The Core Facility Coordinator may help direct students in subcontract work.
188.8.131.52. Subcontracts should only be accepted if sufficient equipment time is made available to complete the subcontract work under the Biotechnology Center's defined priorities and if sufficient personnel can be hired to fulfill the subcontract.
6. Educational Outreach
6.1. Role of Biotechnology Center Members
6.1.1. Biotechnology Center members may initiate educational outreach activities.
6.1.2. Biotechnology Center members can apply for Biotechnology Center Course Development grants to help defray the cost of processing K-12 student samples by the Core Facility.
6.2. Role of Core Facility
6.2.1. The Core Facility will support educational outreach programs to the community and K-12 schools that are initiated and directed by Center members. Support will be given in accordance to the Center's defined priorities for processing samples.
6.2.2. The Core Facility staff will give guided tours and demonstrations to K-12 schools upon request.
7. Public Relations and Student Recruitment
7.1. The Biotechnology Center will continue to support the student organizations and ambassadors in their efforts to recruit science majors encompassed by the Biotechnology Center.
7.2. The Biotechnology Center will develop and maintain materials highlighting the Biotechnology Center's research and facilities. These may include posters/brochures for self-guided tours or virtual tour materials for recruiting.
7.3. Role of Biotechnology Center Members
7.3.1. To recruit students in appropriate undergraduate and graduate programs encompassed by the Biotechnology Center.
7.3.2. To advise potential and declared majors.
7.3.3. To publicize student accomplishments.
7.3.4. To recruit students for the Biotechnology Certification program and for independent research.
7.4. Role of Core Facility
7.4.1. The highly visible Core Facility will be used give guided tours to potential students and their families, help direct students and potential students to meet with one or more Biotechnology Center members.
8. Periodic Review
8.1. Review Period
8.1.1. A Bylaws Committee will review the bylaws, procedures, and the mission statement of the Biotechnology Center every three years.
8.2. Planning Committee Selection
8.2.1. The current Directors will assign three faculty members to this committee and the selection must be ratified by a majority of the Biotechnology Center members.
8.3. Changes to the Mission Statement, Bylaws and Procedures
8.3.1. Recommendations to change the mission statement, bylaws and procedures will be presented to the Biotechnology Center membership by the Review Committee.
8.3.2. All changes must be approved by a majority vote of all of the Biotechnology Center members.
8.4. Distribution of Changes
8.4.1. Notification of changes will be sent to the Department Head of Biology, the ARTP director, and external advisors.
8.4.2. Copies of the updated mission statement and bylaws will be made available to the Biotechnology Center members.
8.4.3. The Biotechnology Center website will be updated to reflect changes as necessary.
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Lemon Meringue Tartlets
Rich Short Dough:
2 cups (4 sticks) butter, soft
1¾ cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp grated lemon zest
14 large egg yolks
6 cups cake flour, sifted
Lemon Curd:
½ cup (1 stick) butter, cubed, plus extra for greasing tartlet pans
2/3 cup sugar
½ cup lemon juice
1 Tbsp grated lemon zest
7 large egg yolks
2 large egg whites
2/3 cup sugar
In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment combine the butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon zest on medium speed, scraping down the bowl as needed, until the mixture is smooth an light in color, 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the egg yolks gradually, scraping down the bowl and blending until smooth after each addition. Add the flour all at once and mix on low speed just until blended.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Divide the dough into recipe-ready amounts as desired. Wrap each portion tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for a least 1 hour before rolling. The dough can be wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated up to 1 week or frozen for later use.
For the tartlet shells: Grease 24 2-inch tartlet pans, place on sheet pan and set aside. Roll out the dough on the work surface to a 1/8-in thickness and cut out twenty-four 2¼-in round using a cookie cutter. Line the tart pans with the dough rounds. Prick the dough with a fork and refrigerate until the dough is firm, about 10 minutes.
Bake the tartlet shells in a preheated 350°F oven until very light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool the tart shells completely in the pans, remove, and place on a sheet pan. For the lemon curd, combine half the butter, half the sugar, and the lemon juice and zest in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring gently to dissolve the sugar, about 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, blend the egg yolks with the remaining sugar in a medium heat-safe bowl. Temper by gradually adding one-third of the lemon juice mixture, whisking constantly. Return the tempered egg mixture to the sauce pan. Continue cooking, whisking constantly, until the mixture thickens and come to a simmer, 2 to 3 minutes.
Stir in the remaining butter.
Strain the curd into a shallow container or bowl. Cool the curd over an ice bath, stirring constantly, until it reaches room temperature.
Spoon or pipe 2 tsp of lemon curd into each tartlet shell. (The curd should just come to the top of the shell without overflowing.) Cover the tartlets with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.
For the meringue, place the egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat them on high speed until frothy and gradually beat in the sugar. Beat the meringue on high speed until medium peaks form, about 8 minutes. Pipe or dollop the meringue on top of the tartlets and brown the tops of the tartlets using a torch or under the broiler. Serve immediately.


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Dog picks 2011 NCAA Tournament Final Four winners (video)
March is over and March Madness has neared its end, but the 2011 NCAA Tournament Final Four just wouldn't be complete without picks and predictions from our favorite prognosticating dog.
After a long winter's nap — and a botched Super Bowl prediction — Buddy the Beagle is back to make things right with his 2011 NCAA Tournament Final Four predictions. The world waits in anticipation to learn if this perky pet picks Kentucky or UConn, Butler or VCU.
Gamblers, take note: This little dog is as cute as can be, but he's as reliable as a coin flip and has a penchant for pizza thievery.
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Trail begins in a conifer forest setting then leads hikers through the dunes and the deflation plain and ends at the ocean beach.
The trail offers either a difficult trek to the beach or an easy self-guided interpretive loop.
The 2.7 miles to the beach may feel even longer as you traverse soft, open sand dunes. The open sand is unmarked due to constantly changing conditions. Hikers are advised to climb the tallest dune to get their bearings.
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- 1 pork tenderloin (1 pound)
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons plus 1-1/2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons plus 1-1/2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 kaiser rolls, split
- Cut the tenderloin in half; place in a 3-qt. slow cooker. Combine the ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and pepper; pour over pork.
- Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until meat is tender. Remove meat; shred with two forks. Return to the slow cooker; heat through. Serve on rolls. Yield: 4 servings.
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"This is my go-to recipe when we're craving pulled pork sandwiches. So easy! Often times I double or triple this recipe in my 6 qt. slow cooker. Now if I could only thicken the sauce just a little. Perhaps a cornstarch or arrowroot slurry added to the sauce and turned to high heat in the crockpot while I'm shredding the meat. Pairs nicely with Renee Endress's recipe for Creamy Coleslaw Recipe here in Taste of Home."
"This marinade has great flavor. I would probably double the recipe next time, as I generally cook a larger size roast than the recipe calls for."
"So easy to make and good flavor. One of our go to recipes in the summer for an easy healthy supper without having to turn on the stove."
"Not so much. Catsup has SO MUCH sugar! Just way too sweet."
"This was great! I used a small pork roast instead of tenderloin and it turned out really well. I cooked it on high for 4 hours. I didn't have the brown mustard, so I used a tablespoon of BBQ sauce instead. The sauce was absolutely amazing. Next time I might add some onion or garlic powder. I just really loved how easy this was to pull together. It's a no-fuss recipe. I'm sure it is even better with tenderloin. I love how Ashaline says she makes it to give to people. I think this would be so great to give, with a package of buns, to a family that is grieving or a family with a new baby."


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In a perfect world, your boss will act as a your coach and help you grow your career to enable you to play to your strengths and honor your professional goals. It's time to wake up and check back into reality since in most cases that scenario is just a dream.
There are some great bosses out there, and many who lack superior leadership skills. No matter what end of the spectrum your boss falls on — your career advancement is your responsibility, not his (or her's). So many people go through life letting momentum carry them along a career path. It's time to give yourself permission to take control your career future.
Here are six action steps to get you started down the road to career advancement and empowerment:
1. Have a Plan. Even if you are happy in your current position, you need to be thinking about your future growth or exit strategy. Keep time on your side by developing a vision of where you want to be in the next one, three, and five years. Consider your salary, rank, and the tasks of your position and begin to design a scenario that you can grow into when you earn the opportunity to advance. By having a plan, you can contribute to the conversation during performance evaluation time (and in-between) so the powers that be know you are serious about professional growth.
2. Earn a Sponsor.A sponsor knows your accomplishments well and will sell you to others who do not know you in your organization and beyond. Your sponsor puts her reputation on the line for you and gives you a professional endorsement that gives you clout and credibility. Your sponsor is willing to put his name out there for you in order to help you advance but the relationship is earned and is an investment for you and for them. For these reasons, it's important to keep your sponsor well informed about your accomplishments so she can go to bat for you and recommend you for key projects that will help you distinguish yourself in your current organization or another career arena.
3. Manage Up. Don't wait for your annual performance review to share what you are doing well. Your boss is busy doing her job and may not even realize all the great things you are accomplishing because everything is going so well. Prepare a brief monthly report to share with your boss that outlines the goals you have met or surpassed, new initiatives you have implemented, and any information that will showcase that you are working above and beyond your expected job description. These reports will help your boss know you are promotion worthy and define your performance in terms that you create.
4. Ask For It. It's time to be the CEO of your own career and ask for what you want professionally. Don't take a passive role in your career advancement and never assume that your superiors know about your professional aspirations. Ask your boss for a promotion and make a strong case for your request by backing it up with comparative salary data as well as results of your accomplishments during a given period. Be clear about what you are asking for, but enter the discussion with a negotiating mindset, open for revision, and up for the discussion.
Don't suffer from low expectations, set your sights high and be specific about what you want and why you deserve it. In this economy, you can't wait for a raise to come to you no matter how stellar you are at work. You must make the powers that be aware of your value-add, ask for what you deserve, and come to the negotiation with facts and a strong ability to negotiate. Asking for what you want doesn't always involve a raise. It may be that you want to work on a new project or add travel to your schedule. Think creatively about what meets your professional values and ask for it.


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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is excited to announce a new show as a part of the 2012 Induction Week of Events. Duck brand duct tape presents Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Bootsy Collins and the Funk Unity Band at the Beachland Ballroom on Friday, April 6. Doors are at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are $35 and go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 at beachlandballroom.com or by calling (216) 383-1124.
A limited number of VIP tickets to "Hang with Bootsy" before the show are available for $125. Please call the Rock Hall at (216) 515-1233 to make reservations.
Parliament Funkadelic bassist William "Bootsy" Collins is known for his star-shaped sunglasses, glittery "space bass" and charismatic demeanor and has become a funk icon and solo star in his own right. For a new concert tour, Collins has assembled P-Funk alumni Bernie Worrell and Frankie Cash as well as Razor Sharp Johnson, Blackbyrd McKnight and T.M. Stevens to form the Funk Unity Band for the 2012 Funk Unity Tour in support of his new album, Tha Funk Capitol Of The World.
Collins and his wife, Patti, have publicly shown their love for Duck Tape -- especially when they surprised an audience with outfits made of Duck brand duct tape at an event at the famous Apollo Theater in New York City last year. Duck brand is proud to partner with Bootsy Collins on not only a night of great funk, but in a great showing of the creativity that comes from Cleveland, the home of rock and roll.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2012 Schedule of Events includes:
· 60th Anniversary Celebration of Moondog Coronation Ball presented by Majic 105.7
· Bootsy Collins and the Funk Unity Band at the Beachland Ballroom
· Girl Talk presented by the Rock Hall and Grog Shop
· Free Rock My Soul: A Gospel Music Celebration Honoring Kirk Franklin
· Grateful Dead: The Long, Strange Trip exhibit
· Free Concert for Cleveland
· Free Admission Day at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
· Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 27th annual Induction Ceremony and Simulcast
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Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace once observed, "The bird of paradise really deserves its name and must be ranked as one of the most beautiful and most wonderful of living things." In this dazzling photo essay, Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes explain why, presenting gorgeous full-color photographs of all 39 species of the Birds of Paradise that highlight their unique and extraordinary plumage and mating behavior.
The authors take you into the depths of the remote New Guinea rainforest to find each of these birds, some of which have never before been photographed. In pursuit, the authors pose answers to questions raised by eminent evolutionary biologists such as Ernst Mayr: "How can natural selection favor, one might almost say permit, the evolution of such conspicuously bizarre plumes and displays? How can it permit such 'absurd exaggerations', as one is almost tempted to call them? How can it happen that apparently closely related species and genera differ so drastically in their habits and colorations?"
Field notes, conservation success stories, and observations of native peoples' interactions with these magnificent birds provide a rich feast for birders, naturalists, and any one who is seduced by the power and majesty of the natural world.
Tim Laman, rain forest biologist affiliated with Harvard University, is one of the most accomplished wildlife photographers in the world.
Edwin Scholes, evolutionary biologist affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History and Cornell University, has studied the New Guinea birds for more than a decade and is the leading authority on their behavior and evolution.
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A very special way to remember the exhibit we saw in DC. The colors of the birds are phenomenal and I am in awe of the photographer's patience and skill.
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ZF-3490: Throw an exception for exceeding lifetimes
For the memcached backend, there is a lifetime limit of 30 days (2592000 seconds). Memcached will not store cache entries that have a lifetime longer than that, but the backend doesn't throw any error. So, the memcached backend should throw an exception if the lifetime exceeds 2592000 seconds, so debugging on this issue is much easier.
an exception could be see as an API break
so a warning in log is probably a good compromise, isn't it ?
It is a lot better than giving a lifetime of a year that is not working while you don't know why, and yes, the log is a good compromise.
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Welcome to the Open Source as Prior Art Project Wiki.
If you want to help please join the mailing list and/or contribute to this wiki: Things that can be done right now
The topic of this Project is: Open Source as Prior Art (should probably be renamed to FLOSS as Prior Art, just to be neutral about some political/social issues). Thus you need to know what FLOSS and Prior Art is. Here you can find some basic information:
- Free/Libre/Open-Source Software - FLOSS
- Open Source Definition
- Open-source Software
- Prior Art - Introduction to Prior Art
- Patent Top Ten - Top 10 things you should know about patents
Things that can be done right now
Use already existing publications as Prior Art
- HowTo search for Prior Art in the Internet ( HowTo search for Prior Art in the Internet )
- This HowTo is a step-by-step guide on how you could perform a coordinated search for Prior Art in the Internet.
- Prior Art meta-search engine
- (will be) a system to aid your search for Prior Art
- Example Prior Art search
- An example where the HowTo search for Prior Art is used on one specific patent
- Publication Categorization
- If you have no idea, what kind of software might be used as Prior Art for a specific patent, then look here. Basicly this is a mapping between USPTO categories and FLOSS categories.
- Request for Prior Art Mailinglist
- This might become a mailinglist where you can ask for associations to specific patents. So more people might help you to find appropriate starting-points for your Prior Art research.
Make electronic data more valuable as Prior Art
- Guideline for Developers
- What can you do to ensure your program can be used as Prior Art in 20 years
- Tagging Prototype
- Easier searching for Prior Art (or for reusing appropriate code in your own project)
- OSSTag
- A Social Tagging Engine
USPTO and Prior Art
- Patent Law - some important excerpts regarding Prior Art
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
- 900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search
- Printed and electronic publications as Prior Art
- Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Issues Related to the Identification of Prior Art During the Examination of a Patent Application . - In 1999 the USPTO issued an RFC, here you find the RFC itself and lots of comments
- Proposed Rule Changes to Focus the Patent Process in the 21st Century, Januar 2006 (link)
- Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on "Patent Quality Enhancement in the Information-Based Economy", April 5th, 2006, including Video-Stream
- CAPAS - Computer Aided Prior Art Search
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
- Milestones - General Project goals -- what people can do to help
- Motivations - The motivations behind this project
- Questions for the USPTO - Questions posed to the USPTO by members of the OSS community
- Glossary - Words, phrases, and acronyms explained
- Out of Scope - Patent reform alternatives outside the scope of this project
Recent Events
Tagging Workshop September 2006
Tagging Workshop 2006 Sep - agenda + attendees + presentations + conclusions
See the Wiki User's Guide for help on using this Wiki.
License Proliferation – A way out?
Free / Open Source Software license proliferation has gone so far that companies are patenting proprietary software to solve it in the case of multi-source development process. Could copyleft license interoperability focus the F/OSS world on a handful of compatible provisions, replacing a culture of mutual exclusion by a culture of collaboration?
This might become a mailinglist where you can ask for assoziations to specific patents. So more people might help you to find appropriate starting-points for your Prior Art research.
You won't get legal advice here, so please don't ask for it!
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Here are some of the companies, projects, and individuals who have expressed an interest in participating in this project:
- Eclipse Foundation
- Novell
- RedHat
- OSTG (Sourceforge.net)
- Mozilla (offered grant funding, if needed)
OSDL currently hosts this Web-Site.
As a plain flat tagging structure might be appropriate for tagging pictures it is probably not enough for tagging software-projects. Software Projects have lots of different viewpoints from which you could apply tags to it.
717: DATA PROCESSING: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, INSTALLATION, AND MANAGEMENT (link)
- simple what/content pairs, e.g. Homepage: http://osstag.sourceforge.net
- single words (tags), e.g. perl, xml
-> aspect oriented tagging combines what/content pairs with tagging, e.g. encoding/perl, xml
If you're attending, please add yourself to the "Attendees" section below, and create your own page for yourself. From this page we can see who's going to be attending, and what topics we each care about.
Software Tagging Workshop - Open Invitation, outline, details, register
This page is talking about a proposal.
Here I will very soon publish a framework for an official timestamping service, which I regard as essential for assigning legally provable publication dates, which are also needed for free and open source software publications.
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Two Delaware students will be selected to attend the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia on full scholarships.
The three-in-a-half week camp, scheduled for June 27-July 20, includes lectures and hands-on research projects presented by scientists from across the nation, overnight expeditions into the Monongahela National Forest, and a visit to the national's capital. Educational and recreational programming, as well as meals, lodging, and round-trip airfare are covered.
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To Fans and Friends of WSU Athletics,
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It is very difficult for Maria Marquez, 33, to talk about her past. She can be specific about certain things, but not many. The danger just feels too real.
"I'm afraid," Ms. Marquez said anxiously in her Elmhurst, Queens, apartment, an intensity in her eyes. "There have been kidnappings. People killed."
A refugee from Venezuela, Ms. Marquez turned to Catholic Charities for help.
Read her story published on Sunday in The New York Times.
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Campus Technology Services (CTS) provides assistance and support for most technology issues students, faculty and staff may encounter. We help students get Internet access in their dorms and apartments, and we provide remote and on-site assistance for Purchase College owned computers, printers, software, systems and networks. Please see below for a quick summary of CTS services.
Audio Visual Equipment Loans: CTS has established a pool of equipment available for loan to students, faculty and staff. There is a full range of AV gear available from hi-def video cameras to flip cameras, from high-end still cameras to lighting kits, flat panel displays, and audio recorders.
Classroom Technology Services and Computer Labs: CTS manages and operates a variety of smart classrooms, computer labs, and portable equipment (computer/projector) that can be reserved for classes, meetings or events as needed. Most classrooms already contain a stationary TV/DVD/VCR player. CTS also provides Internet-based videoconferencing and Webcasting services that can be used for classes, meetings or events.
Residential Network Service (ResNet): CTS provides data network and computing support services for all campus residents with two fast Ethernet ports in each room. Internet traffic is shaped and prioritized to prevent any one type of traffic from overwhelming other types of traffic. No traffic is blocked entirely. If you find that your online game or console is not working properly after being registered through https://connect.purchase.edu, it may be that a particular obscure port has to be opened - we have covered most popular games and consoles already, but this is ever-shifting terrain. To protect the College community from cyber-threats, unused ports are disabled.
Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) is available in all academic buildings and the Library. However, dorms and apartments are equipped with wired Internet access only (no Wi-Fi)- the exceptions are Outback, Fort Awesome, the Commons, and the Olde. CTS and the College are working toward providing high-quality managed Wi-Fi in all campus residential areas. In the interim, CTS has a limited number of inexpensive Wi-Fi hotspots available for long term loan that can be used in residential areas. You can also bring your own Wi-Fi hotspot. Please be aware that CTS allows such Wi-Fi devices to be connected to the network ONLY in a dorm room or apartment. If you live in Outback, Fort Awesome, the Commons Apartments, or the Olde Apartments, your residence complex already has Wi-Fi access points and a router will not be needed.
Administrative Computing Services: CTS provides a variety of Web-based self-service administrative applications for faculty including class lists, grading and other key services. A complete list of services is available on the Faculty Staff Portal page. CTS provides E-mail accounts for all Purchase College faculty, staff and students. E-mail accounts for students are created automatically upon enrollment, and can be activated on the web at www.purchase.edu/activate. Faculty and staff email accounts are created upon completion and sign-off of a PAF (Personnel Action Form) or within four hours of obtaining your campus I.D. or More Card, and can also be activated online at www.purchase.edu/activate.
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Chester Bennington recently spoke to LIVE 105 about Linkin Park's upcoming fifth studio album, the upcoming tour, working with Rick Rubin, the BURN IT DOWN music video and much more.
A big reveal in these interview clips is Chester confirming that Linkin Park will indeed be touring with Incubus, which was reported last month. He then goes on to say after extensive touring, they plan to head back into the studio to make another record.Check out the audio from LIVE 105 below:
New Album
BURN IT DOWN Music Video
Working With Rick Rubin
Upcoming Tour and Touring With Incubus
LIVE 105 have also updated their website with details on what time they will be having the world premiere of the new Linkin Park single "BURN IT DOWN", which will be this coming Monday, April 16th. Here's what they have to say about the premiere, along with time-zone conversions:
"Make sure you listen to LIVE 105 on Monday, April 16th at 6am to catch the premiere of Linkin Parks new single Burn It Down from their upcoming album. In case your alarm doesnt go off, Ill be playing it at the top of every hour from 6a-10a."
This will be the time of the worldwide premiere, so chances are, a radio station near you will be debuting BURN IT DOWN at the exact same time.
Full Article - Chester Bennington on LIVE 105
Source: LIVE 105 | LIVE 105 Premiere via TheKillerBlue


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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:15 am
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Margaret wrote:
I can't recall having read Bretton before but liked Just Desserts so much I borrowed Just Like Heaven. Reading time is limited right now but hopefully soon. Any other of Bretton's I should focus on? Thanks!
Just Like Heaven
is among those titles that I don't recall loving or hating. But the brief synopsis I read about it makes me think it wasn't one of my favorites of hers. Along those same lines,
At Last
No Safe Place
are other titles that ring no happy bells for me.
However, there are some that I do remember quite well (not a list person here--sorry). They are--
Sleeping Alone
Shore Lights
The Day we Met
Once Around
A Soft Place to Fall
The one thing with Bretton is that she sometimes tackles a difficult issue, handles it quite well throughout the book, then makes the fix a little too easy compared to how it may work out in the real world. But she can put together a good story; so in the tradition of romance reading, we need to remember that all is not reality and there is fantasy in it (the amount depending on the author).
Sleeping Alone
is one such book. I really liked it a lot. It deals from the get-go about infidelity and abuse, but you really don't get into that too much other than the heroine going on once she's made her decision. It literally begins with the change the heroine is making. Great story. I read it a while back and wonder sometimes if it would hold up today for me.
Bretton isn't quite Robyn Carr, by any means; but she has the ability to get into characters quite deeply. But not many do it better than Carr.
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Just Desserts
by Barbara Bretton. It was a nice comfort read...kind of like Robin Carr or Janice Kay Johnson.
I just ordered that book. I loved Just Like Heaven and have read a lot of her older ones too. I cant wait to get it!!!! And I love Robin Carr. Cant wait till her next book.
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Sharie Kohler's "Marked by Moonlight".
Because I am a loyal fan of Kresley Cole, when she recommended the book on her website I decided to read it.
To sum it up: The sex is HOT, the sexual tension is HOT, the hero is HOT, and the pace of the book moves pretty fast. For someone like me, whos been going through a dry spell, I was really surprised I read it from beginning to end without skimming. its a
read for me as you can tell
Sherry is actually an alias for Sophie Jordan, who writes historical, so after Marked by Midnight I went and checked out all her historical backlist. Theyre not as great as her paranormal, but the writing style is the same.
If you havent already, read this book!
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:09 pm
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This book sounded interesting, so when I checked it, the title appears to be
Marked by Moonlight
. Is that correct? It sounds really good.
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thanks for pointing that out nikkiphilton =]
im so sorry! I got it mixed up with "mine til midnight" by kleypas. they both sound the same. the post is edited.
thanks again
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Xina said: I really enjoyed Sandra Schwab's Bewitched
Thanks for the rec of Schwab's Bewitched. I like this theme and liked seeing the cold fish, Sebastion, in love. This reminded me of the enjoyable "Mad Bad Duke" by Jennifer Ashley that also had a cold, serious hero and love potion and was hot. I did not understand the D grade for Bewitched. It was a little over the top at the end but that is not uncommon IMO.
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Xina said: I really enjoyed Sandra Schwab's Bewitched
Thanks for the rec of Schwab's Bewitched. I like this theme and liked seeing the cold fish, Sebastion, in love. This reminded me of the enjoyable "Mad Bad Duke" by Jennifer Ashley that also had a cold, serious hero and love potion and was hot. I did not understand the D grade for Bewitched. It was a little over the top at the end but that is not uncommon IMO.
So glad you liked it Kayne. Bewitched is the first book in a long time that I've been interested in to the last word. And now that you mention it, MBD by Ashley had similar situations. Enjoyed that book too and am, in fact, reading Ashley's latest, and it's very good.
As for Bewitched, I was hoping for a sequel with the friends, but going by the author's response, I don't think it's in the cards.
Oh well...I'll be reading her next book.
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Though it got some discussion here on the review board and other reader sites, I don't think it's been widely read and IMO it should be: Meredith Duran's The Duke of Shadows.
I totally agree - it's my favorite romance of the year so far.
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Cheyenne Woods, niece of Tiger Woods
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La Monnaie ¦ Recitals ¦ Christoph Prégardien & Julia Kleiter ¦ Intro
Christoph Prégardien & Julia Kleiter
Italienisches Liederbuch
A few years before his death, Hugo Wolf composed 46 musical miniatures on the intermittence of love, inspired by the gioia di vivere of popular Italian poetry. A map of the imaginary Tendre full of dramatic homogeneity and captivating sound, which leads us from light-heartedness to despair, from provocation to admiration, and from intimacy to the most cheerful frivolity."Christoph Prégardien will explore the entirety of this Italienisches Liederbuch during his new recital at La Monnaie. This superb opera tenor and renowned specialist of the German Lied, with his art of refined phrasing and insightful interpretation, will perform a sentimental exchange by Wolf with soprano Julia Kleiter. These two subtle, golden voices are perfectly matched to render the moods of the many utterances of love, spoken by both men and women.
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The Amy and Dennis Pyle Family Gymnastics Facility was renovated in 2002. The gym was dedicated at a ceremony honoring all donors during the Cyclone gymnastics alumni reunion in March of 2002.
The facility upgrades included an 80-foot divider wall, an 18-by-24 foot Cyclone logo, new matting in all uneven bar and balance beam areas, painting of the entire facility, a balance beam dismount pit, cardiovascular elliptical trainers and treadmills, improvement of bar pitting system, an open pit vaulting station and refinished floors.
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text: 11.22.13 Tax Pro Thanksgiving by the Numbers Thanksgiving is coming! It's a time for family, friends, food, and – for millions – travel. We asked our Tax Pros how they would be celebrating the holiday, and took a look at how their holidays compare to the celebration at homes across the country just like yours. So what does Thanksgiving look like for a Jackson Hewitt Tax Pro based on our survey of more than 200 Tax Pros? Close to home: It's estimated that the turkey that ends up on your plate traveled about 1,500 miles to get there. Lucky for our Tax Pros, they will be traveling far fewer miles. About 65% of Tax Pros plan on traveling 25 miles or less to their Turkey Day destination, and most of those are hosting. The average distance traveled for Americans is roughly 500 miles. The turkey still wins. Big gatherings: Our Tax Pros love people and that is going to show at their dinner table. A little more than half will have between 9 and 20 friends and family breaking bread with them this year – and another 15% will be eating with groups of more than 20! Traditional turkey: 46 million turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving. While some Tax Pros may be experimenting with food preparation this year (including 13% who will deep-fry the bird), 76% will be making a good 'ole oven roasted turkey. (For the record, our informal Facebook poll earlier this week yielded similar results – 67% oven-roasted, 15% deep-fried, with the balance preparing some other way or skipping the turkey.) Passing the pie: Pumpkin Pie may be a symbol of Thanksgiving, but our Tax Pros have other desserts in mind. Only 21% said they'd have more than one slice, and 35% plan to pass on it altogether! From dining room to living room: Somewhere in the ballpark of 87 million Americans watch football on Thanksgiving. 48% of Tax Pros will be a part of that tradition. The couch will be getting a workout beyond the football fans, too – 19% will watch a movie or other TV, and 18% are planning on a nap.However you will be celebrating this Thanksgiving, we wish you well and hope you have much to be grateful for. Your local Jackson Hewitt Tax Pro. will be enjoying the holiday too, and grateful for the chance to help you with your taxes in the coming year!


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Popovich was to have been accompanied by female cosmonaut Ponomaryova in what would have been the first mixed crew crew flight to the moon in 1965. The program was cancelled in August 1964.
On 3 December 1963 the decree 'On approval of work on the Soyuz 7K-9K-11K circumlunar complex' was issued. The two-place Soyuz A (7K) spacecraft was designed for rendezvous and docking operations in near earth orbit, leading to piloted circumlunar flight. Two other spacecraft - the Soyuz B (9K) rocket acceleration block and Soyuz V (11K) tanker would also be launched part of the mission. Soyuz 11A511 boosters would launch all three spacecraft types into orbit. A circumlunar mission would begin with launch of the Soyuz B 9K rocket block into a 225 km orbit. This would be followed by one to three Soyuz V 11K tankers (depending on the mission), which would successively automatically rendezvous and dock with the 9K. They would transfer up to 22 tonnes of propellant. Finally the 7K spacecraft with the cosmonauts aboard would be launched, dock with the 9K, and be propelled on a lunar flyby trajectory. Korolev claimed that he would make the first Soyuz A flight by August 1964, to be followed by the second and third flights in September 1964. Kamanin, the head of the cosmonaut corps, had selected crews and had them in training by 1 February 1964. The cosmonauts viewed the mock-up of the new spacecraft four days later.
By the end of February a docking simulator that combined a full-size Soyuz cockpit with television views of models of the 9K and 11K spacecraft was being completed TsNII-30 in Noginsk. But in March 1964 Korolev's attention and resources were diverted to a crash program to retain Soviet leadership in space. No one believed that Korolev could develop and deliver Soyuz by the end of the year. A delay into 1965 would allow the Americans to use their new manned Gemini spacecraft to steal the lead in the space race for the first time.. Korolev was commanded to implement the Voskhod program, whereby the existing single-crew Vostok spacecraft would be modified to allow Russia to make the first multi-crew flights, spacewalks, and two-week flights before the Americans. Work on Soyuz came to a near standstill. By May 1964 Korolev was considering using his planned N1 superbooster to send the Soyuz A directly on a lunar orbital mission rather than with the complex multi-launch multi-docking 7K/9K/11K scenario.
In August 1964 the Soviet leadership finally decided to take on the Americans' Apollo project with full-fledged manned lunar counterparts. But instead of Korolev's 7K/9K/11K circumlunar design, they asked competing Chief Designer Chelomei to design a new LK-1 manned circumlunar spacecraft, to be sent around the moon on a single launch of his UR-500K Proton booster. Korolev was assigned to use derivatives of his Soyuz spacecraft and N1 booster to create a single-launch manned lunar landing. The Soyuz A was not cancelled, but now became important in developing the necessary rendezvous, docking, and spacewalking techniques needed for the selected lunar orbit rendezvous landing scenario. Korolev however believed that developing two manned lunar spacecraft in parallel was madness and he continued to secretly consider ways of using Soyuz for the circumlunar mssion.
By the end of 1964 it was planned that the first Soyuz A manned missions would occur before the end of 1965 and involve a docking between two Soyuz A spacecraft, creating a single joined spacecraft with a total crew of five or six. By the time an official decree recognizing the changes to the Soyuz A program was issued in August 1965, the first Soyuz manned flight had slipped into1966. The spacecraft was redesignated 7K-OK and new crew assignments were made (see entries on the Soyuz 1, and 2A through 6A flights).
First Launch: August 1965.
Kamanin is disturbed by the decision. He recalls that in 1961 flight of the Vostok with two or three crew was discussed, with flights to occur in 1962-1963. But at that time Korolev cancelled the plans, saying the Soyuz would be used for such missions. Now Soyuz will not fly until 1965, and he has changed his tune. Furthermore, the modified Vostok is inherently risky, with no way to save the crew in case of a launch vehicle malfunction in the first 40 seconds of flight. Unlike Vostok, the three crew will not have individual ejection seats or parachutes to give them a chance of escape in the event of an abort. The crew will be subject to 10 to 25 G's during an abort. There is no assurance the environmental control system can be modified to handle three crew. It all seems very unsafe, and Kamanin believes the six consecutive successful Vostok flights have given Korolev's engineers a false sense of the safety of the Vostok system. Kamanin is perplexed. How does he plan to convert a single-place spacecraft to a three-place spacecraft in a few months? Korolev has no clear answers, but asks for the cosmonauts' support of the scheme.
Korolev felt that if he had the full support of the Communist Party, the military, and industry he could achieve this goal, and this decree ordered such support. The USSR would be first on the moon. But in truth the draft project behind the decree had not solved all of the technical problems, or provided a solution on how to achieve the required payload on either the booster or spacecraft side. New technology features required for success of the scheme included an advanced guidance system in the N1 third stage equipment bay, the enormous fuel tanks in the N1 first stage, and the Lox/LH2 fuel cells needed for the LOK lunar orbiter. But the real technical problem with the N1-L3 design was the total lack of any weight growth reserve. Even thought the systems had not even been developed yet, engineers were fighting over tens of grams in their weight allocations, let alone the kilograms normally at issue.
Development of Korolev's Soyuz A-B-V, a competing circumlunar project, was evidently still authorised, although it duplicated Chelomei's LK-1.
At least progress on improvements at TsPK are underway. One apartment building with 75 apartments for cosmonauts is already finished, and an 11 story building should be finished in 1965, as well as schools, nurseries, stores, and so on. Currently there are 17 active cosmonauts and 13 candidate cosmonauts in training. An additional 40 will have to be recruited in 1965 to support the ambitious space plans recently adopted.


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he must still be in shape and playing well for BOS to pick him up..
HE'S 37!!! whoa...... he must be good for his age or the celtics must be stupid.
i think a lil of both lol :P
I saw it, and couldn't believe it, he's in great shape too.
Didn't Boston originally draft him?
in his first season (89-90) he played for sonics, so they were the ones who probably drafted him in the first place