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quote: The reason we do the footprint method is so that automakers like Ford, Chevy, and Dodge can still make trucks.
quote: Now they determine it based on footprint within the class.
quote: That's why you have different metrics for each class with subcompacts like the Fit being forced to hit 60mpg CAFE (45mpg EPA) while larger cars like the Camry have to hit about 45mpg CAFE (30mpg EPA).
quote: Why don't you go to politifact and look up Obama $2 gas.
quote: Gas is a internationally trade commodity. Do you think we could actually hit $2 again?
quote: The government doesn't drill for oil itself and can't control the producers or consumers of oil. Obama can't tell China to stop importing oil any more than he can tell OPEC to produce more crude.
quote: That is why I say presidents have little control over gas prices. It has nothing to do with Obama being in office, it's just simple economics.
quote: So you can point out the SRT Viper and the Corvette ZR1, but consider that those cars are sold in exceedingly small numbers and the only way they will survive in the future is to sell them with 4 or 6 cylinders to a mass market or to sell them at a high price, with development costs factored in, to a small group of wealthier individuals.
quote: A better example would be to look at Toyota which went for about 7yrs without the MR2 or the Supra and took to volume selling crown from GM.
quote: An amazing car doesn't sell the brand. Corvettes help sell cars but not as much as a solid line of reliable models.
quote: I am right that you won't see a huge difference between hp at the 2500rpm range. However, I'm glad you mentioned torque because, yes there is a massive difference when going from a V8 on torque to a 4 cylinder. However, when comparing economies to full size cars, you are also forgetting that a full size car will weigh about 1000lbs more than an econobox. So the increase in torque has to match or exceed the ratio to weight to derive a benefit from the increased torque.
quote: CAFE standards were applicable to vehicles under 8,500 lbs AND there "light trucks" were graded differently than "cars". So no, this is not the reason. It's what you believe to be the reason.
quote: Why don't you just look at the historical prices of gas at the pump from 2000-2008 and 2008-2012?
quote: If we are drilling oil locally we can tax oil exports and credit domestically sold oil to make it more cost effective to sell oil that is drilled in the US within the US.
quote: The technology developed and implemented in pinnacle vehicles like the Corvette ZR1 and SRT Viper can be applied to all vehicles throughout the model lineup in some way. So while the investment in developing these cars may not be recouped from sales of said vehicles - the knowledge gained allows them to produce better cars overall.
quote: More simple rithmetic I presume? You're incorrect btw.
quote: We can safely conclude that you have never driven anything other than an econo car or maybe a "sporty import", but noting truly fast like an Evo or WRX STI.
quote: The footprint applies to trucks too because there is quite a difference between the Colorado and the 3500. Now Chevy doesn't have to sell three Colorado to every one 3500 to meet the standard just like they don't need to sell 4 Aveo for every Camaro. That is how the footprint method applies. Read up on it.
quote: Why don't you? Then you can see how it was $4 per gallon right before it plummeted to $2, along with the economy. Wow! Now I understand what you mean, the best way to get gas down to $2 is to crash our economy and kill demand, right?
quote: So we can violate the world trade agreement we signed onto and pay fines to oil producing countries? You can't go protective like you're talking about while remaining part of the WTO.
quote: You're excellent idea is not possible with our economy. As I mentioned earlier, it's simple economics with a demand and supply curve dictated by the rise in demand in China and the limiting of supply by OPEC.
quote: The engines are not investments that can be applied to all vehicles because you would be stupid to put a 426hp engine in a Malibu.
quote: You are comparing a V8 super car to an anemic I4. My original example was a 150hp vs a 300hp. So a better comparison would be your V6 Camaro and the I4 Accent. You add 50% more weight for 60% increase in hp and torque. If there were better examples.I would use them but they are a rough selection. Ofcourse a 425hp car is going to beat a 100hp car unless it is 4 times the weight. I never said an econobox with near equal weight and a quarter of the power would be the same. Your example is more like comparing a Veyron to a Prius.
quote: I've driven a Mustang GT, a Corvette coupe, a WRX STI, and Dodge Charger. I know what cars drive like, and I could easily tell the difference between the Charger and the Corvette based primarily because of the weight difference. Now if you drive those vehicles outside of their proper power bands like 2500 rpms vs 4500 rpms, they feel sluggish like driving a normal mid size car within its power band. That is the point I am trying to make. Any car outside its power band will always feel sluggish because you are slinging a car with little torque relative to its weight.


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This version of Tyler Myers was a much closer facsimile to the guy who won the Calder Trophy three years ago. To the guy the Buffalo Sabres gave a $38.5 million contract to prior to last season. To the guy the Sabres hope someday could be in Norris Trophy talk as the NHL's best defenseman.
Physical in his own end and free-wheeling in the offensive zone, Myers had his best all-around game of a rugged season in Friday's 4-2 bounceback against the Boston Bruins.
Myers scored the tying goal at 2:03 of the third period, backhanding home a Jochen Hecht rebound, and made a great play down low to set up Cody Hodgson for a tap-in at 11:45 that gave the Sabres their two-goal cushion.
Myers entered the game with just one point, a goal in the opener Jan. 20 against Philadelphia. He also had an ugly minus-9 rating, one off the worst in the NHL. So a two-point, plus-2 night was a huge boost for him in his second outing after a two-game benching.
"There's a lot of good things to take from it," Myers said. "I think the most important thing is I continue, not let this be a one-game thing. A lot of it is confidence. It's coming back."
The 6-foot-8 Myers' big finish to this one was a huge talking point afterward.
"When he's skating and moving, he's a tough man to keep track of," said coach Lindy Ruff. "I thought his energy in the game was maybe as good as I've seen this year."
"He's got range, he's got physical attributes not a lot of people have," goaltender Ryan Miller said. "And I've been trying to be positive with him, reminding him he's a big guy: 'Everyone has to come through you to come to me so let's work together.' "
Myers played 20 minutes, 47 seconds Tuesday at Ottawa and was largely crisp with the puck in his own end. He was at 18:40 Friday and said his time in the press box definitely helped.
"It never hurts to get up there and watch a game," he said. "It slows things down quite a bit, allows you to really study the game and learn."
Myers' goal was a perfectly-timed decision to follow a 2-on-1 that Hecht and Nathan Gerbe built going into the Boston zone. Myers quickly swooped in on a rebound after Anton Khudobin stopped Hecht from point-blank range.
"In previous games, I would try to do that at the wrong time and it would get me in trouble," Myers said. "Especially the last two games, I'm starting to make better decisions on when to jump and when not to. It's just a matter of balancing it.
Myers' primary thrill, however, was that his big night came in a big win.
"You look at that third period and it was one of the best periods I've seen from us in a long time," he said. "It was really good to see. A huge step. I'm tired of hearing about potential though. It's time we realize what we're capable of and it's time we start playing like it."
The Sabres have likely lost defenseman Andrej Sekera for a few games due to a severe charley horse suffered when he was checked into the boards by Boston's Shawn Thornton late in the third period. Mike Weber sat out as a healthy scratch Friday and will almost certainly return to replace Sekera.
• Defenseman Christian Ehrhoff's two-point night was his first multi-point affair since March 7, 2012 against Carolina. He played 26:58 on Friday, his third-highest total of the season.
• Winger Steve Ott was credited with 11 hits, the first Buffalo player in double digits since Paul Gaustad had 10 against Pittsburgh in the first Winter Classic at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Jan. 1, 2008.
• Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik, formerly of East Amherst, played his 600th career NHL game for the Pens on Friday night in Winnipeg. No. 601 will come here in Sunday's nationally televised 12:30 matinee.
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Drought spurs farmers to try fall oats for feed
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J and Allan Schanbacher have never planted oats any time but early spring. But this year they planted 63 acres in mid-August as they scramble to make up for drought-ravaged hay and corn crops.
The Schanbachers hope that a few timely fall rains and an average-to-later frost will produce an oat hay or oatlage crop on 63 acres of ground that they cut corn silage on in mid-August. "We could use that hay for our replacement heifers," says J. "We don't have a lot to lose. If it doesn't work out, we can just consider the oats an inexpensive cover crop."
The Schanbachers milk around 200 cows on their farm near Atkins in eastern Iowa. The drought was severe in that area. "We received only around 3.5 inches of rain from Memorial Day to the end of August," says J.
Oats were already up and growing in late August on J and Allan Schanbacher's farm near Atkins, Iowa. The Schanbachers hope to get an oat hay or oatlage crop this fall to help make up for poor corn and hay crops from the drought.
"With the early spring and a first cutting in April we had a chance for six cuttings of hay this year," says J. "But with the drought we will only end up with five and a shortage of hay. The third cutting was just 75 percent of normal and the fourth and fifth were just half a crop each. We're already buying hay and it's expensive."
The Schanbachers plant enough corn that in a normal year they have dry corn to sell after making corn silage and storing dry corn for the needs of their dairy operation. "This year I doubt we'll have any extra cash corn to sell," says J. "We had to cut 40 percent more corn acres than we had planned to get the silage we will need. And we expect our dry corn will take a yield hit of at least 25 percent."
J got the idea for a fall oat crop from a local dairy nutritionist and then from various tweets and from a video with Illinois extension dairy specialist Mike Hutjens. J's corn was ready to cut for silage almost a month earlier than normal, giving him an early enough planting window to make a fall oat crop possible. A rain a few days before seeding and one that followed a few days after drilling had the oats up and growing the third week of August.
The Schanbachers' neighbor, Dennis Haerther of rural Atkins, Iowa, has also seeded a fall oat crop on corn ground chopped early in August for silage. "The corn in that field had very few ears," says Haerther. He received permission from the insurance company to cut all but a few check rows for silage and sold the silage to a nearby dairy farmer for growing replacement heifers.
Dennis Haerther, Atkins, Iowa, holds one of the few ears of corn this field produced due to the drought. This field was cut in early August for silage for replacement heifers, and seeded with oats for a fall oat hay crop.
Haerther hopes to be able to sell a crop of oat hay or haylage off the land. Like Schanbacher, a timely August rain after seeding has the oats up and growing.
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I always love it when a local publication releases its annual "school rankings" issue.
And not for reasons you might think. To me, it's not about bragging rights, or to label schools as "good" or "bad." It is not to prop up the wrongheaded notion that suburban teachers run laps around their city counterparts.
No, I like the rankings, which are based solely on test scores, for one reason – they confirm what education experts have said for decades: The biggest factor in how well kids do in school is not quality of teachers, variety of programs, class size, access to computers or how often pizza is served in the cafeteria. No, it's socioeconomics.
Schools stuffed with the kids of college-educated, higher-income parents score high. Schools overfilled with kids from poorer, less-educated households score low. It's that simple.
Check the just-released Business First list. The highest-ranking public high schools in Erie and Niagara counties are, predictably, in places where most folks don't fret about the electric bill: East Aurora, Williamsville East, Clarence, Williamsville North, Williamsville South, Orchard Park, Lewiston-Porter, Iroquois (Elma) and Lancaster. The exception is top-ranked City Honors, a test-in school for high-performing Buffalo kids.
The "bottom 10" all are Buffalo schools filled with inner-city kids: Burgard, Lafayette, Riverside, East, South Park, I-Prep, Bennett, McKinley, Oracle and Seneca.
If you can't connect the socioeconomic dots, you get an "F."
The city/suburbs performance divide underlines the grim reality of not just how racially segregated the region is, but – more to the point – how economically segregated it is. The median family income in towns housing the top five schools ranges from $84,155 (Aurora) to $98,914 (Clarence). Median family income in Buffalo? $36,700.
The researchers who wrote the Coleman Report would not be surprised. The landmark 1966 study concluded – with plenty of backup since – that the main factor in school performance is his how much money kids' parents make and how educated they are. Period.
Of course, a lot of people – including, sadly, test-obsessed state education officials – do not factor socioeconomics into test scores. If they did, they would – and should – grade on a demographic curve. Instead, they see the numbers as "proof" that high-ranking schools have better teachers, superior programs or some magic juju that spurs students. Teachers in tax-controversy Clarence are just the latest to use the rankings to justify $90,000-plus salaries, raises and nearly fully paid health care.
I don't want to diminish the good work that teachers do. But, for the most part, test scores are not about how good a particular school's teachers are. Instead, they reflect the background of the kids they teach.
Doubt it? Then imagine this: Take all the kids from, say, Buffalo's Burgard High and send them to Williamsville East for a year. Take the Williamsville East kids and send them to Burgard for a year. You don't have to be a school superintendent to guess what would happen: Test scores at Burgard would skyrocket, test scores at Williamsville would nosedive.
It would not be because the Burgard teachers suddenly upped their game, or because the Williamsville teachers lost their touch. It would be about who is sitting at the desks.
That's why regionalism guru David Rusk has long pushed for fairer housing policies, to ease the overload of poor families in inner cities. Everything from mandated mixed-income housing in the suburbs, to sprawl-reversing business tax breaks, fuels the economic integration that would level the field in classrooms across the region.
"Housing policy is school policy," wrote Rusk in a still-relevant 2001 report on Erie County schools. Inner-city classrooms "cannot overcome the many problems and minimal home support many children bring to school ... With 80 percent poor children, you aren't going to 'fix' the Buffalo schools."
There is no reason for suburban teachers to check the school rankings and feel smug. Just as there is no reason city teachers – of whom my wife is one, although not in a classroom – to feel defensive. But given what is at stake, I think there is every reason to understand what these test scores are really about.
Some places do. There is a growing national movement to economically integrate schools. Studies show that poorer kids do better when surrounded by Hollister-wearing classmates. The upscale kids, in return, get the diversity benefit – hugely touted as a selling point by colleges – of meeting kids from a different background. It works all around.
Check the school rankings, if you insist. But if you want to put any weight behind the numbers, I think you first have to level the playing field.
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A deal to purchase a sprawling property in exchange for kickbacks to school officials was making its way to South Carolina State University's board for approval, according to a letter by former lawyer Edwin Givens, which the university released Friday.
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Home: ColumbiaEducation: Bachelor of science in computer science, S.C. State University; law degree, University of South Carolina School of Law.Previous work: Former general counsel at S.C. State. Before that, Givens was a shareholder in the McNair Law Firm, where he specialized in administrative and governmental law; general counsel for the S.C. Commission for the Blind; associate attorney at Newman and Sabb; and law clerk judiciary committee for the S.C. House of Representatives.Memberships: Richland County Bar, American Bar Association, 2011 Liberty Fellowship class; and a former member of the S.C. State University Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Philharmonic.
In the Oct. 31, 2011, letter to Richard Zahn, owner of the 121-acre Sportsman's Retreat, Givens stated the university officially intended to purchase the property for $2.8 million, contingent on the approval of the school's Board of Trustees, the state Budget and Control Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Givens was one of eight high-level university employees that former President George Cooper fired in February 2012.
In a prepared statement, Givens said he was given a directive from Cooper and former board Chairman Jonathan Pinson to let Zahn know that the university was officially interested in purchasing the property. He also said that Pinson and Cooper had asked Dale Wesson, the former vice president of research and extension programs, to determine if purchasing the property would benefit the school's 1890 Research and Extension Program. Wesson had determined the land purchase would benefit the school, Givens said.
Charleston attorney Peter Wilborn, who currently represents the university, said the proposed purchase of the Orangeburg County property never came to the university's board for approval because it was quashed by law enforcement officials conducting a public corruption probe that involved the university.
School leaders, however, are "very unhappy about the letter," Wilborn said. The school has policies and procedures in place for land purchases that he hopes would have prevented the purchase from going through if it had come to the board, he said. "But it went too far."
Federal authorities have said more indictments are likely in the public corruption probe.
Zahn, head of Longwood, Fla.-based ZMG Construction, pleaded guilty earlier this month to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government. He was accused of conspiring on the land deal with former S.C. State Police Chief Michael Bartley and Pinson.
Bartley pleaded guilty in the case last month and is said to be cooperating with investigators, while Pinson has pleaded not guilty to all counts of the indictment against him.
Pinson and Bartley were allegedly tasked with convincing the school to buy the property, according to court documents. In return for his help, Pinson was to get a $110,000 Porsche Cayenne, while Bartley stood to receive a new all-terrain vehicle and $30,000 in cash, authorities said.
Walter Tobin, the current chairman of S.C. State's Board of Trustees, has said he knew nothing about Zahn or the Sportsman's Retreat. "I didn't even know what it was until the indictments were issued," Tobin said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Moore has said Pinson and Zahn also were involved in unspecified business ventures in Columbia and Atlanta that also included Greer businessman Eric Robinson, who has been indicted with Pinson in another alleged kickback scheme.
Robinson pleaded not guilty to all counts of the indictment.
Nancy Wicker, chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office criminal division, said at Zahn's hearing last week that in October 2011, S.C. State board members gave conditional approval to the land purchase. But Zahn withdrew from the agreement after he was approached by the FBI, she said.
But in the letter released by the university Friday, Givens gave the conditional approval.
According to documents previously released by the university, Givens and the other seven terminated employees were let go for "conduct unbecoming of a state employee that substantially affects your fitness to perform assigned duties and that reflects unfavorable on the university, and your substantial failure to follow university rules, policies and procedures."
Wilborn said Givens was let go "as soon as we became aware there were questions involving him." Givens served as general counsel, Wilborn said, where "even the appearance of conflict is a big problem." The university took immediate action, he said. "We acted appropriately and swiftly."
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PATTON - Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding an explosion early Tuesday morning that left one man dead and two others hospitalized.
Coroner Dennis Kwiatkowski confirmed Brad Kollar, 40, of Hastings committed suicide by blowing himself up inside of a truck shortly after 9 a.m. outside the home at 882 Kepshire Road, Patton.
Kwiatkowski said the death is being ruled a suicide resulting from blunt force trauma.
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Personnel from the Patton Volunteer Fire Company survey the remains of an explosion outside 882 Kepshire Road in Clearfield Township, Cambria County. Volunteer fire personnel and Pennsylvania state police along with hazmat and emergency management agency crews were at the scene.
Debris from an explosion littered the Clearfield Township property.
Trooper John Matchik, a spokesman for the Ebensburg barracks, said a male teenager inside a house at 882 Kepshire Road in Clearfield Township was home at the time of the explosion, but his identity or condition
wasn't released. Another man at the house, William Shaner, 44, is at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Police said two other victims were caught in the explosion, including William M. Shaner, who was listed in county records as the property's homeowner.
The home was leveled to its foundation in the blast. Debris was scattered across both sides of Kepshire Road and was strewn about by heavy winds as investigators combed through the scene.
Altoona Regional Health System officials confirmed a William Shaner, 44, was admitted to the hospital Tuesday but later was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Kwiatkowski said Tuesday night as far as he knew, Shaner remains in critical condition.
Trooper John Matchik, spokesman for the Ebensburg barracks, said a male teenager also was inside the house with Shaner at the time of the explosion but did not release his name or his condition.
"I believe both of those victims were transported by ground EMS units to a local medical facility for treatment of the injuries they sustained," Matchik said. "We are treating this as a criminal investigation at this point."
Authorities have not yet released a motive behind the attempted murder.
But Kollar was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in Cambria County court after pleading guilty to controlled substance and chop shop charges.
On March 6, 2012, state police arrested Kollar and his father, John Andrew Kollar, on their family property in Hastings. Police recovered numerous stolen vehicles in addition to explosives and chemicals, identified as precursors to a possible meth lab, on the family's property.
The chop shop charge is a felony punishable by more than 10 years in prison, a fine up to $100,000 or both. Possession of liquid ammonia is a misdemeanor charge.
Brad Kollar's attorney, Art McQuillan of Johnstown, said Tuesday he did not know any details about the incident in Patton or his client's alleged involvement.
"I have no comment," McQuillan said.
John Andrew Kollar could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Sources said Brad Kollar blamed Shaner for many of the charges brought against him last year.
Two of Shaner's younger children reportedly had already gone to school and were safe.
A message left with the Cambria Heights School District was not returned.
State police experts from the Hazardous Device and Explosives Section and investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on the scene combing through the wreckage of the home.
When reached by phone Tuesday, William Shaner of Auburndale, Fla., said he had received a call about an incident at his son's home.
"I don't know what's going on yet myself," he said. "I don't have any idea."
Shaner said he and his wife were making preparations to fly to Pennsylvania. He could not be reached for further comment Tuesday evening.
Cambria County District Attorney Kelly Callihan and Kwiatkowski, along with state police and local fire and EMS crews, were at the scene Tuesday.
Police are in the process of speaking with the two hospitalized individuals, Matchik said.
"We are following up with information and conducting things very, very methodically," he said. "We want to make sure we don't overlook anything."
Cambria 911 officials initially said emergency crews were dispatched to the scene of a meth lab explosion.
"It would be too much of a rush to judgment to speculate on anything," Matchik said. "I know that we had heard statements before about possible ties to methamphetamine and things like that, and that would be premature to indicate anything like that at this time, until we have our investigators that are able to thoroughly comb through what we found."
Neighbors were shaken.
"I just think it's scary, this close to home," said Luke J. Lansberry, whose house on Route 36 faces the destroyed building.
"There's a bunch of kids that live around here," said Randy Slovikosky, whose nearby landscaping business was used by police and EMS personnel as a staging area.
Investigators could take days to go through the debris for more clues, Matchik said.
A press conference is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Ebensburg barracks.
Mirror Staff Writer Zach Geiger is at 946-7535. Mirror Staff Writer Kelly Cernetich and The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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NASHVILLE, TN, January 23, 2012 – The Board of Trustees of Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art has recently announced new officers of the Board.
The new officers, who will serve for two years in these roles are:
Chairman: Mr. George B. Stadler, CFA
George Stadler is a founding partner of HMS Capital Management. George is responsible for business development, client service and is a contributing manager for HMS's stable risk portfolios Prior to forming HMS, he was Regional Managing Director for the Personal Asset Management group at SunTrust. George graduated from Washington & Lee University with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and German. He received his MBA with a concentration in Finance from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. A Nashville native, George is well known for his work with several local charities and their investment committees.
Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Lillian C. Bradford (Tooty)
Lillian Bradford, known to her friends as Tooty, has been active in the Nashville community for many years, focusing her interests on Cheekwood, Vanderbilt University, and the Vanderbilt Medical Center. Tooty was born in Springfield, Tennessee, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Vanderbilt University. She was married to James C. Bradford, Jr., deceased, who was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of J. C. Bradford & Co. They have two sons, Jay and Bryan.
Treasurer: Mr. Don MacLeod
Don MacLeod is a retired banking executive who formerly served as the Regional President responsible for Wachovia Bank's operations in Tennessee. During his 28 year career with Wachovia, he held various executive leadership roles at the company's headquarters in Charlotte, NC. He is a graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University.
Secretary: Mrs. Katherine Higgins DeLay
Katherine "Kat" DeLay is Director of Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries, Inc. She is actively involved in numerous civic and cultural activities including the Swan Ball, the Symphony Ball, the Antiques & Garden Show, St. Cecilia Academy, TPAC, the Martha O'Bryan Center, and Cumberland Valley Girl Scouts Council. She is a former member of the City of Oak Hill Planning Commission and a member of the Cathedral of the Incarnation. Kat received a BA in Journalism from the University of Mississippi and is the daughter of the Honorable Thomas A. Higgins, United States District Court Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.


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Twelve students aboard a Randolph County school bus emerged uninjured from a weather-related wreck Thursday morning, officials said.
Randolph County Sheriff Mark Brady said the accident occurred at about 8:55 a.m. on Glady Road (also known as County Route 27) when a truck driven by Chad McLean, of Belington, slid into a school bus operated by Phillip Isner.
Neither the 12 students on board nor the bus driver suffered any injuries. McLean, the truck driver, was also unharmed.
"There were no students transported to the hospital," Brady said. Damages to both the bus and the truck were minimal, despite the slick conditions, he added.
Randolph County Superintendent of Schools Terry George said the accident was minor.
"There were no injuries, and once students had been checked by EMS, they were released to their parents' custody," George said.
In addition to the sheriff's office and Randolph County EMS, the Elkins Volunteer Fire Department and the Harman Fire Department responded to the scene.
Randolph County Schools ran on a two-hour delay schedule Thursday because of weather conditions.
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Epigenetics is the study of inherited phenotypic changes caused by mechanisms other than mutations in the underlying DNA sequence. In mammalian cells, most of the chromatin—a complex of DNA, proteins, and histones—exists in a condensed, transcriptionally silent form called heterochromatin. The transcriptionally active form of chromatin is called euchromatin; it exists in a relaxed, less condensed state.
Histone subunits and DNA can be chemically modified as a result of environmental factors. These chemical modifications, called epigenetic markers (or marks), which include DNA methylation and histone tail modification (Figure 1), influence chromatin structure by altering its electrostatic nature or by modulating the affinity of chromatin-binding proteins. By altering chromatin structure, epigenetic changes have a profound effect on the expression of the genes present in the genomic regions affected.
Histones are strongly alkaline proteins that package and order DNA into structural units called nucleosomes. They are the major protein component of chromatin and can undergo several covalent chemical modifications, including methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation, ubiquitylation, and sumoylation. A clear correlation has been established between histone acetylation and active transcription. Conversely, many histone methylation events are correlated with transcriptional silencing. Different histone modifications likely function in different ways; acetylation at one position will have a different effect than acetylation at another position.
Multiple modifications exist simultaneously and likely work together to influence chromatin state and gene expression. The concept of multiple dynamic modifications regulating gene expression in a systematic and reproducible fashion is known as the histone code.
In eukaryotes, DNA can be modified by methylation of cytosine bases. The enzymes that carry out this modification are called DNA methyltransferases. Aberrant or increased levels of methylation has been correlated with gene silencing and the development of several cancers. Recently, a second cytosine modification, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC), has been characterized in eukaryotes and research efforts are focused to understand its function.
The most common technique for assessing DNA methylation involves the use of sodium bisulfite to convert unmethylated and methylated cytosine residues to uracil and cytosine, respectively. Methylated cytosines can then be identified through various downstream nucleic acid analysis methods, including PCR, qPCR, HRM, and sequencing. This commonly used technique can both identify individual methylation sites and quantify the level of methylation for a particular genomic region.
Other techniques for methylation analysis include the use of restriction enzymes, which are either resistant or sensitive to DNA methylation, and methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP), which utilizes antibodies to isolate methylated DNA fragments for analysis.
The interaction between proteins (for example, histones) and DNA is most often studied using a technique known as chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP). ChIP is a preparatory method that uses highly specific antibodies against DNA-binding proteins to isolate DNA fragments that bind transcription factors or other DNA-binding proteins.
The isolated fragment can be characterized by using various nucleic acid analysis techniques, including PCR, qPCR, sequencing, and microarray hybridization. This can help determine whether specific proteins are associated with specific genomic regions. ChIP is also useful for identifying regions of the genome that are associated with specific histone modifications (for example, activating or repressive).
Researchers are interested in understanding the role of epigenetic changes, including DNA methylation and histone modifications, in disease (cancer) development and cell differentiation and reprogramming. The methods described thus far provide detailed molecular information about epigenetic markers that can be correlated to changes in gene-expression levels. However, they do not provide direct information regarding the chromatin state associated with these epigenetic marks.
Furthermore, several of these methods are time-consuming and may require up to five days to complete. New tools that deliver additional information about the functional state of chromatin in a shorter time are needed to accelerate the pace of epigenetics research.
Viresh Patel, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is a marketing manager in the gene-expression division of Bio-Rad Laboratories.
Viresh Patel, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is a marketing manager in the gene-expression division of Bio-Rad Laboratories.
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Epigenomics appointed DPC Lebanon as the commercialization partner for its colorectal cancer blood test Epi proColon, in Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. Agreements for distribution of the test in Turkey and Israel were signed earlier this month with Dateks and Pronto Diagnostics, respectively. "Signing this deal with DPC completes the picture for the Middle East," comments Geert Nygaard, Epigenomics CEO.
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Also in July, Epigenomics made the European launch of its second CE-marked IVD, the Epi proLung BL Reflex Assay. The assay detects methylated DNA of the SHOX2 gene in bronchial lavage. Epigenomics claims the test can help pathologists and clinicians to establish the presence of malignancy with more certainty in patients with suspected lung cancer when conventional diagnostic procedures fail or deliver inconclusive results.
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|First Direct Observation of Spinons and Holons
Spin and charge are inseparable traits of an electron, but in one-dimensional solids, a 40-year-old theory predicts their separation into "collective" modes—as independent excitation quanta called spinons and holons. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) should provide the most direct evidence of this spin–charge separation, as the single quasiparticle peak splits into a spinon–holon two-peak structure. However, despite extensive ARPES experiments, the unambiguous observation of the two-peak structure has remained elusive. Working at the ALS, a team of researchers from Korea, Japan, and the U.S. has now observed electron spin–charge separation in a one-dimensional solid. These results hold implications for future developments in several key areas of advanced technology, including high-temperature superconductors, nanowires, and spintronics.
The idea behind spin–charge separation is that electrons behave differently when their range of motion is restricted to a single dimension. Ordinarily, the removal of an electron from a crystal creates a hole, a vacant positively charged energy space. This hole can move freely throughout the crystal in two or three dimensions, carrying with it information on both the electron's spin and charge, as observed in a single peak of an ARPES spectrum. When restricted to one dimension, however, it becomes theoretically possible for the hole (carrying a positive charge) to propagate in one direction while the spin propagates in the opposite direction, or at a different speed. If this spin–charge separation occurs, the hole is said to decay into a spinon and a holon, and two peaks in the ARPES spectrum would be observed.
ARPES is an excellent tool for observing spin–charge separation and other collective effects involving electrons. By measuring the energy and momentum of emitted electrons, ARPES provides a detailed picture of the electron energy spectrum and important information about electron dynamics, such as the speed of the electrons and their effective mass. However, despite extensive studies of various one-dimensional systems, previous efforts to observe the two-peak spectrum proved unsuccessful or ambiguous. The materials in these earlier studies were complex enough to allow for alternative explanations for the peaks, and independent estimates of the spinon and holon energy scales—a valuable check on the interpretation of the data—were not available.
The current observations are direct and the results are unambiguous because they were obtained from a simple material that left little room for misinterpretation. The researchers examined the ARPES spectrum of SrCuO2, which has a double Cu-O chain structure but is an ideal one-dimensional compound because of very weak interchain coupling. Furthermore, the values of its spinon and holon energy scales can be estimated from optical and neutron data as well as band theory. The observations were made at the Electronic Structure Factory endstation at ALS Beamline 7.0.1, which is able to survey a relatively large range of momentum and energy values to locate the interesting correlated effects. The data not only show a clear separation of ARPES peaks, but the spinon and holon energy scales of ~0.43 and 1.3 eV, respectively, are in quantitative agreement with theoretical predictions. In addition, deviation of the data from a simple two-peak structure (shaded green in figure) is also predicted by theory.
The researchers credit their breakthrough to the use of high photon energies that suppressed the effects of the main valence band, whose spectral "tail" obscured the holon peak in previous efforts. The only aspect of the data that remains unexplained is the broadness of the peaks; one clue may lie in the fact that the spinon peak is wider than the holon peak. The clear-cut nature of this landmark study not only strengthens and deepens our understanding of the collective behavior of a system of particles, it also points the way to future investigations.
Research conducted by B.J. Kim and S.-J. Oh (Seoul National University, Korea), H. Koh and E. Rotenberg (ALS), H. Eisaki (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan), N. Motoyama and S. Uchida (University of Tokyo, Japan), T. Tohyama (Tohoku University, Japan), S. Maekawa (Tohoku University and Japan Science and Technology Agency), Z.-X. Shen (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory), and C. Kim (Yonsei University, Korea).
Research funding: Korea Science and Engineering Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Operation of the ALS is supported by BES.
Publication about this research: B.J. Kim, H. Koh, E. Rotenberg, S.-J. Oh, H. Eisaki, N. Motoyama, S. Uchida, T. Tohyama, S. Maekawa, Z.-X. Shen, and C. Kim, "Distinct spinon and holon dispersions in photoemission spectral functions from one-dimensional SrCuO2," Nature Physics 2, 397 (2006).


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I have one question though... For my 2nd concept (Robotics and Cybernetics Engineer) can I possible put together a PL 5/PL 6 robot to bring along? I can come up with a basic fleshed out design and send it to you.
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By spending 1 action point and combining common objects with a Craft check that corresponds to the function desired, the Field Scientist can build a tool or device to deal with any situation. The DC for the Craft check is equal to 5 + the purchase DC of the object that most closely matches the desired function. Only objects that can normally be used more than once can be improvised.
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Werdenberg has a rich cultural history, as is borne out by its numerous monuments. As a living counterpart to these, the various villages in the region organize a programme of cultural events, including exhibitions of contemporary art. And by the way, the region owes its name to the little town of Werdenberg, which was first mentioned in a document dated 1289. Originally a fortified town, Werdenberg was one of only a few to be granted market rights. It is also the only wooden medieval settlement in Switzerland to have retained its town-like character. Thanks to a stroke of extraordinarily good luck, this little jewel of a town was spared the ravages of war and fire that elsewhere caused so much death and destruction over the centuries and so has survived for generations intact.
The region is a typical summer destination and has plenty of interesting opportunities for sport and recreation. There are more than 600 km of well marked trails for inline skating, cycling, mountain-biking and hiking, for example, which both guests and locals alike are welcome to make use of.
Plus there are romantic lakes for bathing, idyllic play areas and barbecues, a recreation area with mini-golf, an adventure farm and much more besides.
Winter guests can have fun in the small skiing arena of Buchser Malbun or make use of the various toboggan runs and picturesque winter hiking trails. Another delightful way of enjoying the unspoiled countryside is to go ski or snowshoe trekking.


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In the next few decades, the global human population will exceed 9 billion—and 70 percent will live in cities. How can hunger be addressed in this growing population? On Saturday, Februrary 2, speakers from Columbia University and the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science will present and lead discussions on this topic, and more, in a day of learning; one topic will be vertical farming.
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In the next 30 years, global population is estimated to surpass nine billion people. Will there be too many people, too little food? In this podcast, join NBC News Chief Science and Health correspondent Robert Bazell and a round-table of food experts as they discuss how climate, politics and economics impact food systems and food security.
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In the mountains of northern Luzon in the Philippines, the Ifugao people cultivate rice on elaborate terraces with intricate irrigation systems, a landscaping effort grand enough to have earned designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some households keep carved wooden bulul figures representing mythological deities to ensure good harvests and to protect the fields and granaries.
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For centuries, humans have been fascinated by giant squids, among the largest—and most elusive—living invertebrate species. The Museum's giant squid (Architeuthis kirkii) specimen is one of few housed in a museum in North America, says Curator Neil H. Landman, who studies fossil (and living) invertebrates in the Division of Paleontology.
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Mash the black beans. Heat oil in a skillet. Add beans, sea salt, garlic powder and onion powder. Mix together, adding some of the bean liquid or water, if needed for desired consistency. Cover, reduce the flame to low, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Sip a little bubbly. Savor some sashimi. Groove to spicy tunes. Kiss your date at the strike of 12. And, if you're at the right island vantage point, delight in fireworks exploding into the night sky. Here are a few hot tips on where to go. Some are early in the evening, perfect for the whole family.
Gannon's: A Pacific View Restaurant in Wailea will be the place to see and be seen from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on New Year's Eve. Plus, you'll have fabulous views of the Wailea fireworks.
Owners Joe and Bev Gannon will throw a fun bash that includes a late-night buffet, four drink tickets, party favors and dancing to music by DJ Dan.
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Alice Cooper (left) will be back again this year at Mala Wailea's annual New Year's Eve party with his band and other surprise guests. He's pictured here with Mike Myers at last year's event. The tickets are going, going . . . gone at $500 a person.
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Christine and Bret Pafford toast to New Year's Eve at Gannon's: A Pacific View Restaurant in Wailea that will be a ton of fun.
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"We'll feature a big antipasto station for starters," says Bev. "And we'll have various pastas such as crab cannelloni and butternut squash ravioli."
Revelers may also sink their teeth into hand-carved prime rib and ham served in mini buns at the chef action station, and top it off with pick-up sweets.
"The DJ will get you dancing with top 40 tunes, and right before midnight, we'll pass out white-cheddar and fig grilled-cheese sandwiches and Kobe-beef sliders," Bev says. "It will be a blast!"
Cost is $125 per person, plus tax and tip. Call 875-8080.
The bad news is, Mala Wailea's New Year's Eve "party of the year" has just sold out as of press time - and the wait list to try and get in is a mile long. But the good news is, it benefits Maui Arts & Cultural Center and Maui Food Bank.
It's also noteworthy as it will be celebrity studded as usual. Alice Cooper headlines with his band, Tom Arnold emcees, and other rock icons and A-list movie stars will be in attendance - all paying $500 per person for the noble causes.
"I am looking forward to returning to my favorite island, Maui, and enjoying one of my favorite restaurants, Mala Wailea," says rock legend Cooper.
"I'll eat a lot of Kobe cheeseburgers and paella. New Year's Eve is always lots of fun. I never know who is showing up. Except I know this year my whole band is coming. The show will rock!"
Situated directly on Keawakapu Beach in Kihei, 5 Palms will get you up close and personal to the Wailea fireworks from any seat in the house - if you want to extend the party into 2013.
"This year, we will feature a four-course dinner with an appetizer of tenderloin poke and sushi combo plate," says Moki Chong Kee, general manager.
Entree choices are filet of beef tenderloin in wasabi-uni butter; seafood crusted catch in lobster-butter sauce; rack of lamb with miso and blue-cheese sauce; slow-roasted prime rib with horseradish cream and au jus; or vegetarian pasta with sun-dried tomatoes and parmesan cheese. Dessert is Pele's molten-chocolate lava cake.
Cost for the first seating at 5 to 6:30 p.m. is $79.95 per person. The second seating from 7 to 9:30 p.m. costs $129.99, which includes dancing to hot DJ music and a table into the new year. Add tax and tip to both seatings. Call 879-2607.
5 Palms in Lahaina will offer exactly the same oceanfront experience, sans the fireworks. Call 661-0937.
Ka'anapali Beach Hotel will entice diners with its New Year's Eve Celebration Supper from 6 to 9 p.m. with a four-course feast in Tiki Terrace. Highlights are shrimp-poke salad, seafood lawalu, koala lamb chops, seared opakapaka stuffed with crab, and more.
Then finish with decadent award-winning banana-caramel eruption or rich chocolate fudge cake. Cost is $57.95 per adult, and $36 for children (ages 6-12). Call 667-0124.
Or ring in 2013 with its The Future is In the Past Party from 8:15 p.m. to 1 a.m. with welcome cocktail, beer, wine or soft drinks, tableside magic, champagne toast, balloon drop, strolling musicians. flash-mob hula, three-course dinner and breakfast.
Kathy Collins will be emcee. Wilmont Kahaialii will spin tunes. Tickets start at $155. For more details, call 667-0128.
Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa will also do a dinner buffet from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Highlights include Keahole lobster bisque, snow-crab legs, herb-crusted beef and tropical Ambrosia. The buffet costs $85 per adult and $42 per child ages 6 to 12.
The good news is, adults 21 and older may then get into the 2012 Countdown party from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. for free with DJ Scotty D and N8 Castro, midnight balloon drop and more. Others will be charged $25 per adult.
Call the Sheraton's reservation line on Oahu at (808) 921-4600.
Indulge in a champagne toast and play with party favors at Buzz's Wharf in Maalaea, when you order the four-course New Year's Eve menu from 5 to 10 p.m. Live music by Tarvin Makia will entertain.
Begin with soup or Asian-spiced seared ahi salad with lilikoi vinaigrette; appetizer of Buzz's famous prawns wrapped in shredded phyllo dough with tropical gastric and pineapple chutney.
For the entree, you may choose pan-seared, tri-peppered filet mignon with Maui onion mash and Grand Marnier demi glace; or herb-marinated grilled lobster tail with uni cream sauce. Dessert is honey-lilikoi mousse or unique disassembled strawberry shortcake. For reservations, call 244-5426.
For something different, ring in the New Year at sea, aboard a fun and festive Pacific Whale Foundation cruise.
You may choose from two options: The New Year's Eve Cocktail Cruise out of Maalaea Harbor (viewing the South Maui fireworks) or the New Year's Eve Dinner Cruise from Lahaina Harbor. Starting times are 10:15 or 10:45 p.m. The fun includes live music, up to three cocktails per adult, a champagne toast and food.
"Nature adds in a nearly full moon," says Anne Rillero, communication manager. "And brilliant stars will reflect upon the vast Pacific. In all, it's a unique, island-style way to ring in 2013."
Cocktail Cruise appetizers include filet mignon strips, shrimp cocktail, crudite with roasted-garlic ranch dip, taro rolls and crackers, Maui onion and spinach dip, brownies and cookies. The ticket price also includes juices, sodas and iced-filtered water. The price is $79.95 per adult.
Pacific Whale Foundation's Dinner Cruise will also feature two boats departing out of Lahaina at 10:15 and 10:45 p.m. You choose which one you want. The dinner cruises include the same drinks and music scenario as the cocktail cruises, but you may savor a four-course sit-down feast. Appetizers are baked spinach dip with freshly baked focaccia, followed by salad of island-grown greens with tangy Maui onion dressing.
Entree choices are steaks or teriyaki chicken breast grilled onboard, fresh local blue marlin or shortbill spearfish in garlic-soy cream sauce; or vegan sesame-cilantro tofu in mango sauce. Cost is $109.95. Book online at www.pacificwhale.org
100 Wines upstairs next to The Melting Pot in the Lahaina Gateway center will take you around the world with a seven-course international feast with wine pairings from 5 to 10 p.m.
Rings of fire will be good 'ol American onion rings with buffalo sauce served with Sofia Blanc de Blanc. Then you'll travel to France for mushroom-chickpea pate, the Middle East for lamb skewers, Australia for ground kangaroo, Italy for duck prosciutto pizza. You get the picture. Cost is $70 per person, plus tax and tip. Call 661-8181.
Pineapple Grill in Kapalua will present a four-course dinner with Dom Perignon Brut for $375 per couple; or Louis Roederer Cristal Brut for $425 per couple. Oysters on the half shell, Tasmanian trout and Peking duck are featured. Call 669-9000.
Last but not least, Plantation House Restaurant in Kapalua will be the place to see golf pros and celebs alike on New Year's Eve. That's because it's the PGA clubhouse for the Hyundai Golf Tournament that tees off Jan. 3, and many will already be on island to relax with family and friends.
Executive Chef Jojo Vasquez will present a special New Year's Eve tasting menu as well as regular menu starting at 5:30 p.m. Begin with onion-crusted ahi with butternut-squash custard; followed by pork belly with lentil and frisee salad; then seared kampachi with Hamakua-mushroom congee and crispy garlic and leeks; short rib with carrots and ginger with root beer syrup. Dessert is chocolate-hazelnut tart with Kona coffee ice cream with caramel. For reservations, call 669-6299.
Hau'oli Makahiki Hou, "Happy New Year," everyone!


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An Erie County jury Monday found a 59-year-old Michigan Avenue man guilty of sex crimes against a 12-year-old girl.
James H. Washington faces a prison sentence of 32 years when sentenced Dec. 19 by Erie County Judge Kenneth F. Case.
Washington was 56 years old at the time of the crimes.
During the weeklong trial, jurors heard the girl testify, watched parts of a detective's videotaped interview with Washington and listened to a recorded call between Washington and the girl's mother – all of which provided "a mountain of evidence that screams this defendant's guilt," said Rosanne E. Johnson, chief of the Special Victims Bureau of the Erie County District Attorney's Office.
Jurors deliberated for about two hours before convicting Washington of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and second-degree criminal sexual act. Washington has known the girl for years through his relationship with one of the girl's relatives.
Jurors found that he engaged in at least a half dozen acts of oral sodomy and sexual intercourse with the girl from November 2009 to April 2010.
The girl delayed reporting the sexual abuse because Washington told her that her "family would hate you," among other comments, if she told anyone, prosecutors said.
"The defendant thought he got away with it," Johnson told jurors. "He counted on the fact he scared her into silence."
The girl finally revealed the abuse to her mother. By then, her school grades had suffered, and the mother had grown alarmed because her daughter insisted on staying in her bedroom. The girl's behavior also turned worrisome, such as when she began cutting her arms, prosecutors said.
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Washington often rambled during the cordial 2½-hour interview, but Perez redirected him to the topic. Washington even complimented Perez for being sweet during the interview.
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Defense attorney Joseph J. Terranova characterized Washington as "a pleaser" who would say anything if he thought it would please the person to whom he was talking.
"That's the pleaser talking," Terranova said of Washington's apology during the police interview.
"After two and half hours, he'd sign anything," Terranova said of the signed police statement in which he acknowledged the sexual misconduct.
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In this video, we chat with Robert Flaming about application compatibility issues around Windows Installer for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Mark Taylor, from our first Application Compatibility video, sits in as well to fire off some important questions (well, questions that are perhaps more educated than I would ask ).
So if you work on a product that is using Windows Installer and you are planning on deploying your product to Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, make sure to tune in! This video is almost all audio (very little need for video), so feel free to download the audio file for that next car ride you have if you wish!
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I am interested in more details of how to chain MSI's. I've been using merge modules to combine multiple products into one installer. The Suite I install has products developed in three sites around the world. It has been very difficult to get the install working correctly since we run into sequencing issues as all three products need to run custom actions throughout the install.
I would very much like to have each site develope their own MSI and then the suite installer could invoke each one and any install problems could be addressed by the team that built that installer. In this talk it isn't clear to me whether Robert is talking about chaining as done in MSI 4.5, or whether he is talking about chaining via an executable (.exe) using MSI 3.1 (for example).
My requirements are to support GPO installations. This, as I understand it, precludes using a .exe chainer. GPO requires an MSI package to be run without any command line configurations. I need to supply an MSI. I guess I could supply multiple MSI's but this makes life complicated for admins distributing the suite.
I'm evaluating MSI 4.5. I understand it supports chaining via a new table in the MSI database. I'm authoring the installer with Wix. Does Wix support populating the chained install table?
Robert talked about "Advertising" applications as a key part of chaining. Was this just a way to get around UAC prompts at each install? My applications need to be installed at once, not on user access. Our security software should run without the user doing anything. Is there a way the parent installer could advertise each sub application and then invoke them to get them to install?
I would not make a genaralization about linux desktop from SUSE since it's main focus is not the desktop in the first place. But I do have to agree that what he was explaining soulded like APT to me too (and some). Both sides of that coin have some good and bad. Some standardized rules should resolve some dependency issues.
Today, I changed to Windows 7 and I feel right with windows 7, windows vista is too bad
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He's done the math, and Matt Damon sees hidden benefits to kissing Michael Douglas in their upcoming biopic about the late, flamboyant pianist, Liberace.
"I never thought I would get to kiss Michael Douglas," Damon, who will play the boyfriend of Douglas's Liberace, told PEOPLE Tuesday at the premiere of a different film, the documentary His Way, in Los Angeles.
"I kind of think of it in algebra terms, back to my high-school days," added Damon. "It's like the transitive property – by kissing Michael Douglas, I am making out with Catherine."
He's referring, of course, to Douglas's wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Damon has worked with the actress in the past, on Ocean's Twelve, but Brad Pitt was the romantic lead in that one, which left Damon – PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive 2007 – a bit frustrated.
"I was actually kind of upset that I never got to kiss Catherine," the father of four daughters deadpans, "but now I get to kiss Michael. I thought it would have been better if I could have at least kissed them both."
Damon, 40, says he and Douglas, 66 – who is returning to work after battling cancer – are both excited about the film. "They're two really great roles, and we're really looking forward to it," Damon says.
As for the kiss, they'll have lots of practice. "There's scripted that there's actually more than one," he previews.
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