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How about Frank Herrmann? He hasn't won one yet. Herrmann took home his first player of the game today for his extended three inning performace out of the bullpen. It is the 4th time out of the last 5 games that the 'Player of the Game' winner has won his first (the other one was Shelley Duncan who won his first two over that span). In his three innings, Herrmann only allowed 3 baserunners and struck out two, scoring 2.91 'POG' points and limiting the Rays to the runs they scored against Justin Masterson. Usually the team has to play very poorly for a middle reliever to even have a chance at winning this award and middle relievers have won two in this series against the Rays. That should tell you something about the way this team is playing right now. Herrmann lowered his ERA to 8.49 with his 3 scoreless innings.
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Justin Masterson has been extremely unlucky for the entire month of May. After winning every single (5-0) start he had in April, Masterson has went 0-3 in 6 starts in May. This may seem like he was been pitching poorly, but prior to his start today, Masterson had an ERA of 2.80 in May and only allowed more than two runs in a game once (also against the Rays). Justin had his worst start of the season today by far, but even though he allowed 6 runs his ERA is still only 3.07. It would have been impossible for him to go the whole season without a bad game or two, but hopefully since he doesn't have to face the Rays again, Masterson will get back to his old self for the rest of the season. This year against Tampa Justin has allowed 11 runs in two games, while only allowing 20 earned runs to the rest of the league in 10 games.
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I think I started it by suggesting what I thought were the reasons for Polina's low scores. I wasn't intending to be anything but honest. No disrespect intended as I have nothing but admiration for Polina and what I thought was a successful senior debut. I may think Yulia is better but that's just my taste. It's clearly my avatar's fault.
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And you know what, all of this all wouldn't have been a problem for me and I wouldn't have been so critical. To me the program is a good vehicle, smartly designed to cover weaknesses and use strength (naturally solemn facial expression) if not somewhat gimmicky and its intention too obvious. And you can't be that critical regarding the artistic development of a 15-year-old. But it's when I started reading all these exaggerated praises (and the Spielberg letter? Oh please.) that I started to have this repelling feeling against the program. Same goes with Lipnitskaya's skating in general. I think she's a pretty talented up and coming skater, with her strengths being having some outstanding elements and skating with good polish (she comes across very clean, nothing dangly). But some of the praises I've seen of her just leave me scratching my head. On the other hand, Polina's LP was musical and expressive without the dramatic facial expression or relying on playing a role. Her expressiveness is rooted in real musicality and how her movement responds to the changes in the music. I love the way she moves. I also love her circular steps. They are so musical and have some of the best edges and turns I've seen in skating.
So which youngsters do you think are more promising? According to you Yulia is a fraud who can't skate very well but hides it by playing good music that hypnotizes the judges into giving her 5 golds and 3 silvers in 9 competitions and venue after venue giving her standing ovations. We've all been fooled! Tell me this. Who deserved those medals amongst the youngsters more and more importantly what did they do and at what points in their programs are they more artistic. I'm willing to listen here but maybe instead of just tearing Yulia's effort apart you could maybe shed light on the positive movements of other youngsters. I'd be much more interested in that than a two paragraph essay on your dislike for someone.
You say you enjoy good choero. Me too. Lets discuss Yulia's choreographed sequence. To me Yulia's Ina Bauer and the way her arms go limp is absolutely stunning and could easily be interpreted to represent tragic demise of many in the Schindlers list. She makes one turn and presents what I would say is the most artistic and beautiful spiral of the season. During so she reaches out one last time and pulls whatever is left toward her heart and then enters her final spin.
Please tell me which youngsters are more artistic and most importantly where in their programs so I can rewatch and look for it.
Yulia is hypnotizing the judges and the audience, possibly releasing special gasses all over the arena for mass mind control, while Adelina is paying them millions with Putin's money. Some people on this forum even saw it with their own eyes as Adelina was handing over suitcases filled with dollars to the judges. They even saw Putin's signatures on those suitcases. Some members, like pangpangpangpangfan for example, have even proof for that.
^I apreciate your support but we should continue to discuss the skaters artistic developments or this will just turn into another angry Yuna lost thread. Ugh. Do you have a favorite young skater and if you do why? I really like Serafima Sakhanovich and think she is really artistic with great SS! Kind of clunky landings but she'll fix that now that she'll be skating with Eteri and her group for at least this summer.
Here is a video at 2014 Nationals. Her strength is her artistry. Her spins and jumps need work but this is an artistry thread!!
Step Sequence at 1:20 is amazing for someone that young. Her spins are crazy traveling and she lands hunched up but Yulia fixed it with Eteri and I wouldn't be surprised to see Serafima fix her spins there too.
Yulia places in practically every competition because she has incredible consistency. I don't, however, believe that other posters were "tearing Yulia's effort apart". They were simply pointing out flaws in her presentation. For me, I don't necessarily think that someone like Polina should be getting higher scores, and therefore don't feel there is a need to point out things she did well since I'm not trying to justify giving her higher marks. However, I do believe that Yulia's components should be lower, and therefore pointing out problems I see is not unnecessary.
I'm no expert, but while I really like Yulia, and I think she really improved in her expression during the last few years, I must say that she isn't a natural performer like say Elena Radionova or Asada and Kim at her age... I think that her programms this year were perfect for her, but I fear that some less well built programs may really undermine her artistic improvement... tha said many of the gratest skater of all time started as jumping bean and then evolved, and I'm pretty sure that she has got enogh talent to become one of the Great with capital G...
Re polina, sorry but I found her way too rough and even though she as some interpretation I wouldn't say she is better than Yulia even in that right now
To me, there is no argument that Radionova and Alexandra Proklova have passed Julia in "artistry", who are also natural performers. Yes, Julia is only 15, but artistry can be achieved at a younger age. Her Schindler's list never moved me, but I do love the music. A lot of young girls, similar to her age or slightly older, however, think that program makes them cry
I agree that Polina is underscored compared with what Julia gets, not really compared with other new comers first year on the international stage. Julia's initial high PCS is probably transferred from her crazy spins.
All right then show me. Where in this program specifically does Polina reach a level artistically equal to Yulia's Ina Bauer and spiral choreographed sequence? I'm no hater of Polina but please share what marks in this skate have better transitions/artistic presentation/ connection to the music etc...
I see shades of Carolina in Polina which is exciting but her feet are still clunky. Her arms cover it up pretty well but let's be real. She will likely surpass Gracie in a few years but now...I'm not seeing it. Willing to be convinced.
Comparing Radinova to Yulia doesn't work. Yulia is soulful while Elena is a performer. BTW- love them both!!!
I think Proklova is a Yulia/Elena combo that will satisfy many fans for years to come. Elena's showmanship and Yulia's flexibility. I can see why people like her. I do.
Is it baffling to anyone else that a perfect performance back in 2006, 2007 might get mostly 7's in PCS...but the very top skaters nowadays get almost straight 9's, even if they have a splatfest? Carolina being one example..


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John had a knee replacement and is planning on another. He plans on hiring a doctor this next time.
John likes his food, and loves the life in New Orleans. Dave asks about deep-fried turkey, gumbo, and crawfish. They'll be in season in less than two months. Good news for us, not so much for the crawdads.
In addition to "Inside Llewyn Davis," John has "The Monument Men" soon to come out. It stars some guys you may have heard of: John Goodman, Matt Damon, Bob Balaban, George Clooney, and Bill Murray. I think it's about a military unit in charge of recovering prized art that was looted during World War II.
"Inside Llewyn Davis" – it opens December 6th in New York and Los Angeles and December 20th everywhere else. Yippee! I have a movie to go see!
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Who says you can never go home again? . . . . I mean, besides my father. Former Late Show employee Kevin McCaffrey came back to put out 6 very strong minutes covering marriage, church, and your first fat gut. His comfort on the grand stage was jealous-inducing to many who knew him when. If you're a Cablevision subscriber, you've probably seen Kevin on the TV while flipping through the channels while you go from ESPN to MSG. He's often on one of those clip, tru-TV shows on a channel somewhere in the 50s. Good job, Kevin! You've made us proud, and jealous.
Kevin will be headlining at The Chicago Underground Comedy Showcase on December 3rd. I think it's in Chicago. Not sure if it's downstairs.
From her EP, "Change Your Life," Iggy performed, with T.I., "Change Your Life."
And that was our show for Wednesday November, 27, 2013.
Do you realize that when I finish this I am officially on vacation?
Running out of time to vote for Dave as your favorite late night talk show host for the People's Choice Awards. In addition to Dave being nominated, others include . . . perhaps you heard of them: Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. Voting ends December 5th and you can vote on Facebook, Twitter, or by using the People's Choice Awards app.
The 40th Annual People's Choice Awards is January 8th at 9 PM on CBS. Please vote for Dave. If he wins, the staff may get a free lunch from CBS. Please don't believe that "It's an honor just to be nominated" nonsense. We really want that clear plastic trophy-thing . . . and the free lunch.
Thanksgiving is on the first day of Hanukkah. This brings to mind a skit/bit I wrote 25 years ago. I'm home right now as I write this. I'll be right back. My Hanukkah/Thanksgiving script is someplace in the basement. Listen to some music while I look for it.
Wow, it took me so long to find it I wouldn't be surprised if you left. Well, if you're still here, the piece I wrote I titled, "Festival of Turkey." It's basically about a Jewish family who makes one day of turkey to last 8 weeks. I wrote it in 1985. Reagan was in office.
Ouch. I just read it. It's just one joke told over and over. Maybe I'll send it to "Saturday Night Live."
The family is having Thanksgiving over my sister-in-law's. It's always a nice time, but having it away and I miss out on the leftovers. I'm thinking of cooking up a turkey this coming weekend just for the sandwiches and eventual soup. I don't have a fryer . . . yet, so I'll try the brining. Haven't tried that yet.
I would like to thank the many many out there who congratulated the Wahoo Gazette on its 17th Anniversary, blogging before there was a word "blog." I would like to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for your kind words.
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Wahoo annual Thanksgiving Tip: Shop on Wednesday; travel on Friday.
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Bob Woodward's free talk Monday night at Mercyhurst University has been canceled due to what some forecasters are calling "Frankenstorm."
A Mercyhurst spokeswoman today said that Woodward's flight from Washington, D.C., was among hundreds canceled because of the pending storm, which includes Hurricane Sandy. The Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist had been scheduled to speak Monday at 8 p.m. on the Erie campus.
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STRATEGY · HBS tackles informatics' basic question: Where's the money?
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March 8, 2005 | To a hammer, almost everything else looks like a nail. That perspective was apparent during a panel discussion* about business models for bioinformatics, held during Harvard Business School's 10th annual Cyberposium. Most panelists were bruised traveling bioinformatics' rutted road, and their prescriptions for success resembled the businesses they currently run. What a shock.
Nailing down a single formula for successfully selling bioinformatics products or services has proven elusive. Failures outnumber successes, and many of the companies still in the game can't dump the "bioinformatics label" fast enough.
"We like to call ourselves a biotechnology company," said Keith Elliston, CEO of Genstruct, whose predictive modeling platform is helping fellow panelist Enoch Huang, director of molecular informatics at Pfizer Research Technology Center, identify mechanisms of action for compounds.
Peter Barrett, senior partner at Atlas Venture and former chief business officer at Celera Genomics, agreed. He noted a client company that "some people would look at as a bioinformatics company. Frankly, we call it a cancer diagnostics company."
Not lost on the panel was that pharma picks up the bioinformatics tab. Huang wryly noted: "We subscribe to the Ingenuity Pathways Analysis platforms. We were subscribers to Celera Discovery systems. We subscribe to Bio·IT World magazine. We still have a collaboration with Gene Logic. In many respects, we are the industry and represent the way the industry thinks about bioinformatics. I feel like I have a big bull's-eye on my chest right now."
Ramon Felciano, CTO of Ingenuity Systems, said the subscription business model is working well for his six-year-old company, although it took about four years before the product was ready. "I'm not sure I'd have sat on this panel a couple of years ago," he said.
"We are now starting to see more companies become interested in enterprise-type solutions because some companies don't want their scientists sending their data over the Web to our servers, so they want to grab a snapshot of that entire thing and put it inside their firewall. We just did a deployment at Merck at the end of last year," Felciano said.
Two problems often cited with subscription models are the low price points commanded by software and the small size of the life science market. "It's very hard to get good value for what you've created from the company because it's only 'software,'" Barrett said.
A few companies, notably Spotfire (visualization tools), Phase Forward (clinical trials software), and VizX Labs (GeneSifter), are succeeding, but, Barrett warned, "You have to pick a big enough niche, and you really have to understand the customer."
Elliston took pains to divide the bioinformatics world in two: IT-centric systems best suited for organizing and presenting science data versus heavy-duty computational applications that create results. There's a need for both, he argued, but the market dynamics are different.
Barrett pressed Pfizer's Huang on the point. "[Attrition] is the thing that costs you hundreds of millions of dollars, yet when it comes to the poor companies that are providing maybe the value there, you don't want to give them royalties. You want to give them a subscription-based model, and that's where I think the innovation stops, because unless it's a fair balance of innovation to value, no one's going to invest in that in the field."
This is hardly a new complaint. However, many bioinformatics technologies have not delivered as promised, and the proliferation of unproven tools has presented pharma with a smorgasbord that is difficult to digest.
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Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro are the three leading biotech clusters. Generic manufacturers are currently predominant, but they realize the need for innovative new compounds, according to Sarah Frew, Ph.D., research associate at McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health at the University Health Network and the University of Toronto.
The biotech sector is dominated by small to medium-sized companies that are focused on agriculture, although some small innovative drug firms exist. Collaborations tend to be with Brazilian universities and with foreign companies, but not with other Brazilian companies, and usually are for services like marketing or for access to information. Private financing remains challenging, and public funds are limited.
Belo Horizonte, in the northern part of the country, is the capital of Minas Gerais, and was Brazil's first planned city. It has three universities, including the University of Minas Gerais, which is known for its science and technology. The Biominas Foundation also is located in Belo Horizonte. The Foundation has helped 33 biotech companies generate business opportunities since its inception in 1990, and its Incubator of Companies program has introduced 21 start-ups to the market since 1997. Biominas is an active lobbyist for the biotech industry, and its officers have close ties to the government and to the venture capital community.
São Paulo is home to the Butantan Institute, which is one of two vaccine suppliers to the Brazilian Program for National Immunization (PNI), universities, and to Intrials, which claims to be the largest full-service clinical trials research organization in Brazil.
Rio de Janerio has the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, which plays a major role in developing healthcare products. The Immunobiologicals Technology Institute, known as Biomanguinhos, is the other vaccine supplier to the PNI and is located in Rio.
Both Toronto and Vancouver have good, small companies, but they're struggling for capital. They have the benefit of government support and strong universities, particularly the University of Toronto, the University of Guelph, and the University of British Columbia. Entrepreneurship skills need to be honed, however.
In the heart of Toronto, the MaRS Center incubates a host of companies within about a mile of five teaching hospitals, the University of Toronto, the provincial parliament, and the financial district. The local government takes a close interest in the Center's success, and several promising research projects are moving toward commercialization.
Vancouver, on Canada's west coast, consistently ranks as a fast-growing cluster, attracting more than 90 companies, some with late-stage trials. The University of British Columbia has an active tech-transfer department that has spun out several companies.
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You get the feeling that if it were up to Shane Victorino, he would already be back in Philadelphia and would be playing every inning of every game. Instead, the Phillies have him at Lehigh Valley, where he'll play three games, with his first coming last night. In his first game, Victorino was limited by the Phillies to just five innings and he'll progress to seven innings and then a full nine innings on Thursday night for Lehigh Valley.
"I felt great swinging the bat from the right side. My timing's a little off, but everything else was good," reported Victorino after his five inning stint.
In his first game back, Victorino was able to pick up a base hit, slide hard into second in an attempt to break up a double-play and make a sprint after a line drive that he was able to flag down a line drive. It basically looked like a full night's agenda for Victorino, but there was one test that he wasn't able to give himself. "I want to try to dive back [into first base]. That's the one thing. That's the test," explained Victorino.
Victorino said he felt so good after his time on the field that he was headed to the indoor cage at Coca-Cola Park to get some extra swings. Stressing that he didn't want to overdo anything, Victorino explained that he truly felt good enough to keep going and wanted to take advantage of that to work on his timing. All of his moves on the field looked smooth and effortless, including a strong, hard slide into second base in an attempt to break up a double-play. "Sliding into second, there was no hesitation. I wanted to try to break up the double-play, but it felt good."
Defensively, Victorino had to make a long run into short left-center field to track down a line drive and his speed was there, enabling him to make the play. "That felt good," expressed Victorino with a smile.
Victorino's rehab continues on Wednesday and Thursday nights with the IronPigs, who will be hosting the Pawtucket Red Sox. Pawtucket's lineup will feature newly signed Carlos Delgado, who is getting back into playing shape with Pawtucket before joining the Red Sox for the pennant stretch either later this month or in early September. Delgado played his first game with Pawtucket on Monday night and went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.


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Terrence Howard is on a roll professionally, with the Fox winter drama "Empire" and limited-run series "Wayward Pines" as well as the sequel to the surprise hit "The Best Man Holiday," but his personal life appears to be a mess.
Following a bitter divorce in which his ex-wife Michelle obtained a restraining order against him, the actor has reportedly withheld $325,000 in spousal spousal, and another $106,000 for lawyer and accountant fees, TMZ.com reports. He hasn't made the vast majority of the payments hammered out in the 2012 divorce, according to the court papers obtained by the website.
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2014 Mint 400 UTV Recap 0
To say that this year's General Tire Mint 400, Presented by Polaris RZR, was full of records would be an understatement. The 2014 edition of this iconic race was so jam-packed with record car counts, spectator numbers, new events, and members of the media covering the event that we would need an entire recap article devoted to these records just to cover them all! Instead of focusing our attention on all the records, we'll simply say that the UTV class, in particular, set a new record for the amount of vehicles entered at over 50! With that record car count came an intense racing session that included racers going all out, battling hard for that top podium spot.
The Mint 400 is headquartered out of Las Vegas, Nevada and is sanctioned by the Best in the Desert Racing Association. Vegas is a perfect location to host an event of this magnitude purely for the fact that it is located in the middle of a huge desert and most of the people in the town are full-blown desert rats. We love these kind of people because they are passionate about our sport, and they share our same love for all things off-road. Most of these people are also very involved with the UTV market, and we love to see the growing interest in UTV's throughout the BITD.
The weeklong event started with a vehicle parade down Las Vegas Boulevard on Wednesday and ended with the race on Saturday. Smack dab in the middle of the festivities was tech and contingency on Friday. The festivities at contingency are literally "off the hook", for lack of a better term. Fremont St. was filled with every vendor imaginable, making the attendee's purchasing power even greater because they enjoyed having an all-access pass to the latest and greatest parts in the off-road world. In particular, Pro Armor hosted their UTV showcase, which turned out to be a prodigious display of all things UTV-related.
After contingency was finished up, everyone descended on the little town of Jean, which lies about 25 miles outside of the Las Vegas strip area. Jean plays host to the Mint 400 racing action, and it does so because of the open desert expanses found there. If you aren't traversing over dry, hard pack roads, you are winding through washes or over dry lake beds at high speeds – it all makes Jean one of the best locations to host an off-road race hands down.
Race day came around on a cool and crisp Saturday morning. UTV's staged around 5:30am, meaning clean line selection and abundant amounts of artificial lighting were necessary in order to see this rough and brutal course. The loop-style layout covered about 95 miles all the way around, making the course more brutal after every lap. UTV's were ordered to leave the line after some of the faster class 10 vehicles, and after a double file race off the start line, every competitor had their sites set on the finish line.
After about 4 hours, Brandon Schueler of Jagged X Racing took the big Mint 400 Pro class win in his Jagged X Polaris RZR XP 4 900. From the looks of things, this stretched 900 is dialed in, making it hard for us to believe that he will be switching to the RZR 1000 platform anytime soon. As they say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Just after Brandon arrived at the finish line, Marc Burnett crossed the stripe in his Monster Energy, Can-Am Maverick in 4 hours and 16 minutes. After a fairly dismal rookie season in 2013, Marc seems to have worked all of the bugs out of his Maverick and turned it into a winning machine. After his victory at the San Felipe 250 and his second place at the Mint, Marc looks to be on a tear in 2014.
Rounding out the pro-class podium was Branden Sims from the Lonestar Racing lineup. Branden came into the Mint fresh off his second place finish at King of the Hammers, and he looks like he is going to turn a ton of heads at Best in the Desert races this year as well. When we were on the track, we could see just how fast Branden was pounding through this course.
While many of the pro class UTV drivers get the attention, Best in the Desert also has very competitive SR1 and 850 classes. Taking first in the SR1 class was Jeff and Terri Kary in their number 1981 Yamaha Rhino. Not only are these SR1 cars extremely fast, they sound awesome to boot. Rounding out the top finishers at the Mint, David Lytle and Victor Herrera completed both laps their Kawasaki Teryx with a time of 5 hours and 9 minutes. It is good seeing a Kawasaki out there kicking butt again.
Some of the most appealing parts of the Mint 400 are the spectator areas. Best in the Desert and Mad Media teamed up with Oakley, Rigid Industries, Fox Racing Shox, and several other sponsors to help provide spectators with the best possible viewing areas of the race. All in all, we think the promoting sanctions had the right idea with these spectating areas, but they missed the mark in several key areas. First of all, we have never seen sanctioning bodies charge spectators to attend an off-road desert race. In our opinion, this needs to be a free amenity for race fans. In addition to keeping spectating areas free of charge, I think we all underestimated the huge amount of spectators that would be present at this race. The spectating areas filled up early in the morning, causing the BLM Rangers to send people back home, which caused mass chaos. These items need to be addressed for next year's Mint, and we hope spectators have a better opportunity to see all of the great racing action.
Overall, the Mint 400 was a highly successful race for everyone in attendance, racers and fans alike. We are excited to attend this event again next year, and we hope more and more people get involved with Best in the Desert Racing. If this year's Mint was any indication, the sport of UTV off-road racing is gaining momentum and does seem to be letting up anytime soon.


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TeamSupport, a provider of customer support software for technology companies, has raised $1.25 million in funding to support its marketing and sales efforts and hire new executives.
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Founded in 2009, the Dallas-based company provides customer service software to business-to-business technology companies. TeamSupport's customers include AT&T, Comcast, the NBA and Wal-Mart.
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Contrary to previous assumptions, human genes do not exist in either an 'on' or 'off' state, but rather, hover between the two settings, according to researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
"Surprisingly, about one-third of our genes, including all the regulators of cell identity, fall into this new class," says Richard Young, an MIT professor of biology. "It seems awfully risky for an adult cell to leave genes primed, when that could change its identity."
Scientists have known for years that a cell hides the genes it doesn't need by coiling the dormant DNA tightly around histones. According to the Whitehead study, however, DNA packaging stays loose at the beginning of many inactive genes. The research also suggests that genes begin the process of transcription but fail to finish so that proteins never appear.
Whitehead postdoctoral researchers Matthew Guenther and Stuart Levine screened the entire human genome for a chemical signature—a landmark—that corresponds with this looser DNA packaging configuration and thus with transcription initiation. They worked with embryonic stem cells, liver cells, and white blood cells.
"We expected to find the landmark on 30 to 40 percent of the genes because that's how many are active in each cell," Guenther says. "We were shocked when it showed up on more than 75 percent of the genes in both unspecialized embryonic stem cells and specialized adult cells."
The team went on to confirm that the majority of inactive genes undergo transcriptional tryouts. They begin making RNA but never complete the job. Most of an inactive gene remains tightly coiled around histones, which prevents the RNA transcriptional machinery from progressing along the DNA.
The Whitehead Investigators note that this includes all the genes responsible for directing cells along particular developmental paths, even though they should have no reason for gearing up in healthy specialized cells. Activating such genes might cause a cell to assume new properties.
The team believes such vulnerability to metamorphosis could explain why some cells acquire new, unhealthy states like in cancer or autoimmune diseases. "This is a new model for regulation of the developmental regulators," Young maintains. "It could bring us a step closer to reprogramming cells in a controlled fashion, which has important applications for regenerative medicine."
This research, funded by the NIH, appears online in Cell.
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Emergency crews have cleared the scene of an accident involving a tractor trailer cab that had been blocking the northbound lanes of Interstate 83 near the ramp for Exit 45, the exit for Paxtang and 32nd Street.
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If it's as ruggedly built as the S7, that must be its strong point(!).
I dropped my 7book* onto tarmac from about 2ft a few months ago.
Plastic case has a few small 'gravel indentations' but it's still as
reliable as ever!
The only way I'd buy the nBpro is if it runs apps that can in some way read
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> Thank you for your insight into the situation. I do seem to remember you
> skipping around the forums and extolling the virtues of Psions within
> memory. Perhaps you would be happier in a Sony forum expanding on the
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> Yes life does go on and technology moves forward. I take the view that
> technology is meant to serve us not dictate the latest fads to us, and
> consequently used the following motto;
> If it's not broken, don't fix it.
> I find that the Netbook serves my purposes for applications as well as
> mechanics ( durability and useability).
> Reading your posting I was reminded of a Harry Enfield sketck and the
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> " You don't want to do that " came to mind.......
> The bottom line is that we all appreciate the limitations of our machines,
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• ArtPrize moves into Week 2, by Susan J. Smith, who also writes occasional travel items for MLive.com/travel. [Design Destinations]. Look for great photos and interesting observations from a Grand Rapids-area free-lance writer who has an eye for design.
• ArtPrize: An extraordinary social experience around art, by Nina Simon, who writes: "As a designer of participatory experiences, my biggest question about Artprize is what made all these conversations and experiences happen in the first place. Was it the gritty urban setting? The prizes? The extreme variety of works? The crowds of friendly Midwesterners? The free and accessible venues?" [Museum 2.0]
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Maybe it's unfair to quote Vice President Joe Biden on how Iraq would be "one of the great achievements" of President Barack Obama's administration. That was back in 2010, when the president was preparing to withdraw American forces from the country as rapidly as possible.
Certainly, it would be hard to find anyone who would agree with that assessment today, when al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militant forces have seized 12 Iraqi cities since the beginning of May and are clearly pushing toward Baghdad.
If anything, the conflict is intensifying, and threatens to draw the United States back into it.
The Islamic State of Iraq and el-Sham, or ISIS, as the advancing rebels are known, operate from secure areas they have carved out in Syria, where President Obama has declined to back up his previously tough talk against the brutal Assad regime.
As the rebels advance, Iraqi security forces flee, abandoning their weapons. The Iraqi troops have American advisors who have repeatedly said that the government forces are not yet ready to defend against serious attacks.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, Shia militias aligned with Iran are preparing for house-to-house fighting against ISIS. They cannot rely on the Iraqi security forces to defend the city.
President Obama offered this murky response Thursday at the White House when reporters asked him about the rapidly developing crisis: "What we have seen over the last couple of days indicates the degree to which Iraq is going to need more help - more help from us and more help from the international community. My team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them. I don't rule out anything."
President Obama added: "But this should be also a wake-up call for the Iraqi government that there has to be a political component to this."
How about a wake-up call for the U.S. government on how a lack of American resolve emboldens our enemies?
President Obama did inherit daunting challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan from President George W. Bush, who launched lengthy U.S. military missions in both nations. But 5½ years into his presidency, our current commander in chief bears considerable responsibility for the deteriorating situation in both war-torn lands.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest offered this awkward assessment of the administration's aspirations for Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday: "I think the president would describe as one of his most important national security priorities, which is ending the war in Iraq and winding down in a responsible fashion the war in Afghanistan."
One lesson of the current debacle is that President Obama sounded far too optimistic about the benefits of his swift withdrawal from Iraq. That case of misplaced optimism should raise questions about his current plan for the relatively swift withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan "in a responsible fashion."
Another lesson suggested by the shockingly rapid rise of ISIS is that Mr. Obama's strategy has been too narrowly focused on fighting what he has called "core" al-Qaida's relatively elderly and isolated leaders and their regional allies in Pakistan and Yemen. And his primary reliance on drones that often kill innocent bystanders is a powerful recruiting tool for the Islamic radicals.
President Obama's rush to disengage from the Mideast and South Asia has given our foes in the region a new lease on life while sharply depleting America's psychological and material resources for sustaining a complex, long-term conflict against the forces of Islamic terror.
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Every January in rain, snow, sleet, and sub-zero temperatures, Denisonians the world over get together with folks in their area to meet with old friends and get to know new ones. In the process, they can't help but reminisce.
The event, "After Work with Denison … Everywhere!" is sponsored by Denison's Office of Alumni Relations, and it's taking place tonight (Jan. 29) at a pub or restaurant in a city near you. So head out after work and grab a drink and a bite to eat, and you may even have the chance to participate in a video contest.
For a full listing of locations (we have 57 this year!), check DenisonEverywhere.com. (Fair warning: If you've pre-registered for an event in the south, there's a chance your get-together has been rescheduled for next week when winter storm Leon is long gone.)
For those of you who can't join the gang in person, follow the fun on Denison's social media channels. For those who can, we're depending on you to spread the word in the following ways:
- Twitter: Follow the action or add your own tweets to the event stream by using the hashtag #DUAfterWork .
- Facebook: Post comments, event photos, and videos to Denison's Facebook wall (the hashtag #DUAfterWork works there, too).
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What a night! Denisonians all over the country (and beyond) got together last night for the 9th annual "After Work with Denison … Everywhere!" event. They met in good ol' Granville, in New York City, in Chicago, and even London. Here's what they had to say about the evening …
Excited for #DUAfterWork with @DenisonU Alumni Club Chicago at @TheGridCHI (351 Hubbard) tonight 6-8pm. Food, fireplaces & 150+ Denisonians!
— Erin Roberts (@GlobalYP) January 29, 2014
Crowds starting to fill up the Columbus event at Bravo. Come join us! #DUAfterWork
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Really … they had fun in DC. #DUAfterWork pic.twitter.com/nCLzWygTxf
— The Argyle Door (@theargyledoor) January 30, 2014
.@DenisonU so much fun tonight at the #DUAfterWork event in Cleveland! pic.twitter.com/hTKqZdznB3
— Chris Anderson (@c_n_anderson) January 30, 2014
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— Erin Roberts (@GlobalYP) January 30, 2014
flew some @DenisonU red @GRBrewingCo tonight; good stories and takes #DUAfterWork
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— Alison Beth (@abwalds) January 30, 2014
Fun evening with Denison seniors– smart, talented, passionate, and (as always) fun to be around. They will do well in the world. @DenisonU
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Effect on skilled labour. Robotic machines can perform certain unpleasant and dangerous jobs, such as welding and painting, that can be injurious to a worker's health. They can handle loads of up to a ton or more and work efficiently in temperatures ranging from near freezing to uncomfortably hot. Automation has eliminated much of the worker's physical and mental drudgery and has allowed the worker to change from a machine operator to a machine supervisor.
At the same time, by increasing productivity as measured in output per man-hour, automation can reduce the number of workers. In the 1950s and '60s employment declined in the chemical, steel, meat-packing, and other industries in developed countries that achieved large increases in output. Except in certain older industrial areas in Britain and the United States, however, the widely feared onset of mass unemployment did not materialize. Although certain jobs and skills have been rendered obsolete, a vast array of new jobs calling for different skills has grown up.
Automation has brought about changes in the worker's relation to the job. Here the differences between labour practices in different countries proves instructive. The old management principle that work should be broken down into the smallest operations, so that the worker would not have to use any intelligence in performing a job, was based perhaps upon the notion that the worker is stupid. Hence, when full mechanization was introduced into American factories, the workers were not permitted to stop the moving assembly line if anything went amiss; that was presumed to be the task of supervisory engineering personnel. The result was both low productivity and a loss in quality control. In Japanese factories, on the other hand, assembly-line workers were allowed to stop the process when something went wrong. Indeed, the Japanese companies formed "quality circles," wherein the workers were given a say in the performance of their tasks and in the process of problem solving--an application of Mayo's Hawthorne effect, which they had learned from American management consultants. These practices improved both productivity and quality.
A similar way of enhancing quality and work performance is what is known as group assembly, which started in Swedish automobile plants and was also adopted by the Japanese and then by the Americans. With this system a group of workers is responsible for the entire product, rather than individual workers doing only one small task. If something goes wrong on an assembly line, an individual worker can push a button and hold things in place until the problem is resolved. This approach to production is being increasingly employed throughout the world. It already has had major implications for the labour force and labour-management relations. For one thing, it allows smaller numbers of more highly skilled workers, operating sophisticated computer-controlled equipment, to replace thousands of unskilled workers in assembly-line plants.
As a consequence, the highly skilled worker, who began to disappear with the introduction of the old-fashioned mass production assembly line, again became indispensable. The increasing use of automated machinery and control systems placed new demands on both the technical skills and the intellectual aptitudes of production workers. While automation may have eliminated many unskilled jobs, it increased the demand for highly skilled mechanical labourers and knowledgeable technicians who could operate the newer automated devices. As a result, the early prophecies that automation would reduce the need for workers' skills have proved to be the contrary of what has been happening. Automation may be seen as improving efficiency and expanding production while relieving drudgery and increasing earnings--precisely the aims of Frederick W. Taylor at the turn of the 20th century.
The office workplace. The introduction of computers also affected the organization of work in the information sector of the production economy. File clerks, bookkeepers, and other skilled office personnel involved in information processing were replaced by semiskilled keypunch and tabulating-machine operators. Office automation represents a further mechanization of office work, a process that began with the typewriter and the adding machine in the 19th century.
The information flow in offices has been likened to the movement of materials in manufacturing. Information, like materials, must be stored; typing or keypunching changes the form of the information, just as a machine operation changes the form of the workpiece; the value of the finished product is changed by adding information to it; and there must be a measure of quality control to make certain that the information is accurate. Just as automated machinery has done away with the jobs of many machine operators, integrated information-processing systems have eliminated many clerical tasks. For the production operation, automation provides an exact control over the inventory of raw materials, parts, and finished goods. Applied to billing operations in the office, it often can drastically reduce accounting costs.
The combination of computers and telecommunications led some to believe that office workers would perform their required functions without leaving their homes, as the computer terminal would take the place of their usual paperwork. Such predictions generally have not materialized, however. Social psychologists explain this by pointing out the social aspect of the work process, in the office as well as on the assembly line. Office workers have revealed their nature as "social animals" who enjoy the companionship of their fellow employees at the workplace.
Nevertheless, office automation affects management-worker relationships in a number of ways. For middle-level employees it means that higher management can have the reports of production, costs, and inventory at their fingertips and on the computer screens at their desks instead of depending on their subordinates for information. Automation also gives managers the means to monitor the efficiency of office workers in a way hitherto impossible. Through computerized information they can, for example, count the number of times per hour that a typist strikes a letter on the keyboard or ascertain the number, times, and nature of a worker's telephone calls.


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Paul C. "Red" Charles Jr., 84, Altoona, went to be with his Lord Sunday.
He was born in Altoona, son of the late Paul C. Sr. and Elva (Dibert) Charles. He married Gladys Cunningham in Duncansville.
He is survived by his wife; two daughters: Sherry Dodson of Altoona and Sandra Charles of Cresson; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Charles of Hollidaysburg; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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He was preceded in death by a son, Paul C. Charles III.
Mr. Charles attended Bethany Lutheran Church, Altoona.
Paul was a graduate of Altoona High School and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He retired from Ward Trucking in 1990 after 35 years of service. He was a volunteer at the Altoona Hospital for 15 years.
Paul enjoyed Penn State football and the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins. He was an avid outdoorsman and especially enjoyed hunting with his grandson, Mike.
Friends will be received from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Myers-Somers Funeral Home Inc., 501 Sixth Ave., Altoona, where a funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. with the Rev. Paula Schmitt officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Blair Senior Services, 1320 12th Ave., Altoona, PA 16601; or to the Home Nursing Agency Hospice Program, 201 Chestnut Ave., Altoona, PA 16601.


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A fan of all sports, especially hockey, and someone who would like to host his own talk show, is the 15th recipient of the Putt Powell Memorial Scholarship.
Garrett Zamora, a recent Amarillo High graduate, accepted his $1,000 scholarship at Friday's meeting of the Amarillo West Rotary Club.
Zamora plans to attend Amarillo College in the fall. This summer, he's trying to nail down a job with a local radio station.
"I listen to all the ESPN talk shows. I wouldn't complain at all" about a similar job, he said.
Since 1994, a scholarship has been awarded to a local high school graduate with an interest in sports journalism. The scholarship honors Powell, the late Amarillo Globe-News sports columnist whose work was printed for "way more than a half-century," said Garet von Netzer, former publisher of the Globe-News, who introduced Zamora.
Terrence Hunley, the 2007 winner, has been employed as a sports clerk at the Globe-News since July.
Though Zamora tried playing sports as a youth, "I was a coach's worst nightmare," he said jokingly. "I love sports but I wasn't born with much skill playing them."
As a sophomore at AHS, "I combined my two passions, writing and sports. Sports, to me, is a passion, a lifestyle. I can't recall a time when I didn't follow sports, any kind of sport at any level."
As a junior at AHS, Zamora was sports editor of The Sandstorm, the school newspaper, and was co-editor-in-chief as a senior. His grade-point-average was 91 and he competed in UIL journalism contests.
He said he wants to apply his traits of character, determination and commitment to his academic and career pursuits.
Zamora publicly thanked journalism teacher and newspaper adviser Robyn Line.
"She was more than a mentor. She pushed me to do my best," he said.
Though he enjoys all sports, hockey is Zamora's favorite.
"I go to all the Gorillas games," he said. As youth, he played roller hockey and ice hockey, as a forward.
"It's fast and hard-hitting. I love it," he said.
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