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FAQs about Peace Corps in Ghana
|FAQs about Peace Corps
For information see Welcomebooks
- 1 How much luggage will I be allowed to bring to Ghana?
- 2 What is the electric current in Ghana?
- 3 How much money should I bring?
- 4 When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- 5 Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- 6 Do I need an international driver's license?
- 7 What should I bring as gifts for Ghanaian friends and my host family?
- 8 Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
- 9 How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- 10 Can I call home from Ghana?
- 11 Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
- 12 Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
How much luggage will I be allowed to bring to Ghana?
The authorized baggage allowance is two checked pieces of luggage with combined dimensions of both pieces not to exceed 107 inches (length + width + height) and a carry-on bag with dimensions of no more than 45 inches. Checked baggage should not exceed 80 pounds total with a maximum weight allowance of 50 pounds for any one bag.
Peace Corps Volunteers are not allowed to take pets, weapons, explosives, radio transmitters (short-wave radios are permitted), automobiles, or motorcycles to their overseas assignments. Do not pack flammable materials or liquids such as lighter fluid, cleaning solvents, hair spray, or aerosol containers. This is an important safety precaution. Please check the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website for a detailed list of permitted and prohibited items at http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permittedprohibited-items.shtm.
What is the electric current in Ghana?
If you have electricity, the current is 50 cycles, 220 volts. There are surges and cuts, which put a strain on voltage converters and appliances, so bring good-quality items. We recommend CD players that use "D" batteries since "C" batteries are a little harder to find. "AA," as well as watch and calculator batteries, are easy to find. Highly recommend rechargeable batteries.
How much money should I bring?
Volunteers are expected to live at the same level as the people in their community. They are given a settling-in allowance and a monthly living allowance, which should cover their expenses. Often Volunteers wish to bring additional money for vacation travel to other countries. Travelers checks are preferable to cash. If you choose to bring extra money, plan on bringing the amount that suits your own personal travel plans and needs.
When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
Each Volunteer accrues two vacation days per month of service (excluding training). Leave may not be taken during training, the first three months of service, or the last three months of service, except in conjunction with an authorized emergency leave. Family and friends are welcome to visit you after pre-service training and after the first three months of service as long as their stay does not interfere with your work. Long-term visitors are only permitted with the prior approval of the Contry Director. The Peace Corps is not able to provide your visitors with visa or travel assistance. However, if your family or friends plan to visit you in Ghana, they are welcome to contact the Peace Corps/Ghana country desk at Peace Corps headquarters at 202.692.2326/7 for a letter addressed to the Ghanaian Embassy, requesting their assistance to obtain a tourist visa.
Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
The Peace Corps does not provide insurance coverage for personal effects. Such insurance can be purchased before you leave. Ultimately, Volunteers are responsible for the safekeeping of their personal belongings. If you wish, you may contact your own insurance company; additionally, insurance application forms have been enclosed, and we encourage you to consider them carefully. Further information about insurance should be obtained by calling the company directly.
Volunteers should not ship or take valuable items overseas. Jewelry, watches, radios, cameras, iPods, laptop computers, and expensive appliances are subject to loss, theft, and breakage, and in many places, satisfactory maintenance and repair services are not available.
Do I need an international driver's license?
Volunteers in Ghana do not need to get an international driver's license. Operation of vehicles is prohibited.
What should I bring as gifts for Ghanaian friends and my host family?
This is not a requirement. A token of friendship is sufficient. Some gift suggestions include: knickknacks for the house; pictures, books, or calendars of American scenes; souvenirs from your area; hard candies that will not melt or spoil; or photos to give away.
Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
Peace Corps trainees in Ghana are assigned to individual sites during the second week of pre-service training. Most Volunteers will live in small towns or in rural villages, but will usually be within three to four hours from the nearest Volunteer. Some sites will require a two- to three-day drive from the capital.
How can my family contact me in an emergency?
The Peace Corps' Office of Special Services provides assistance in handling emergencies affecting trainees and Volunteers or their families. Before leaving the United States, you should instruct your family to notify the Office of Special Services immediately if an emergency arises, such as a serious illness or death of a family member. During normal business hours, the number for the Office of Special Services is 800.424.8580, extension 1470. After normal business hours and on weekends and holidays, the special services duty officer can be reached at 202.638.2574. For non-emergency questions, your family can get information from your country desk staff at the Peace Corps by calling 800.424.8580, extension 2327/6.
Can I call home from Ghana?
Yes. The international phone service to and from Ghana is good. The Ghana telephone agency has offices and phone booths located in major cities and some smaller towns. There are direct lines to the United States in regional capitals. You can purchase a phone card locally to make international calls, or see mobile phones, below.
Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
Peace Corps does not provide money for a mobile phone. Most Ghanians you come in contact with these days have mobile phones (if not the call credit to use them). If you need a cell phone for your job, or for contact with family abroad, there are many available to purchase in Ghana although coverage is not yet available in all parts of the country.
Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
There are more and more places (Internet cafés and com centers) springing up around Ghana although most are still in the larger towns and cities. Most Volunteers are able to access such places once a month or, at best, once a week. There are Peace Corps Volunteers with laptops, and some find them useful in their jobs. Even if you do not bring a laptop, it is recommended that you bring a high density memory stick, sometimes called a pen drive or flash drive. They can hold huge quantities of data. Volunteers like to keep letters, e-mails, photos, and project proposals, lesson plans, etc. They are far more reliable than floppy disks or CDs. They can be purchased for around $30 (U.S.).


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- The need to use position-dependent parameters often hampers the definition of flexible, extensible, and reusable abstractions for software composition. This observation has led us to explore the concept of forms, which are first-class extensible records and that, in combination with a small set of purely asymmetric operators, provide a core language to address this issue. One interesting application of forms is the definition of contractual specifications to ensure that a component can be safely combined with other components or deployed in a new context. In fact, contractual specifications explicitly and formally state what a component offers without entering into the details of how. In this paper, we develop a formal form-based framework for the definition of contractual specifications. More precisely, we study a substitution-free variant of the lambda-calculus, called λF, where names are replaced with forms and parameter passing is modeled using explicit contexts and show how the λF-calculus can be used to define syntactic contractual specifications.
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- Lecture notes in computer science: revised selected papers from the 4th International Workshop on Software Composition (SC 2005), Edinburgh, Scotland, 09 April 2005, Vol. 3628, pp. 83-98
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- 2005
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- Artificial intelligence; Calculus; Computer programming languages; Computer software; Differentiation; Form-based framework; Lambda calculus; Mathematical models; Numerical methods; Parameter estimation; Parameter passing; Position-dependent parameters; Software composition
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Staff Writer | January 22,2013John Cassarino thinks it might be time to return to city politics.
"One day I think I will, the next day, maybe not," said the former mayor, who is circulating a petition to get his name on the ballot as a candidate for the Board of Aldermen. "I'm leaning towards it, but I'm leaving the option open. ... I don't have any axes to grind, I have a lot of experience. You hear a lot of people complain. Rather than complain, you ought to step up and do something."
Two members of the board of Aldermen have said they will not run for re-election and a third has described himself as unsure. A dearth of candidates prompted Alderman William Notte to send out a call for people to step up and run. Cassarino said the apparent lack of interest in the race pushed him toward entering.
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When working out what should guide public institutions and policies, those who chime in have advanced various proposals and they have often been divided into two groups.
Members of one of these advance certain basic principles that ought to ground the institutions and policies, while those of the other suggest the way to decide is by focusing on anticipated consequences, never mind any purportedly firm principles.
In the United States, the former group is called deontologists while the latter consequentialists.
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For the consequentialist, the idea that should govern is whether some policy most effectively promotes what is desirable — spend whatever is necessary to eliminate poverty and sickness, never mind if anyone's rights are violated in the process.
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"What Next on Climate?"
The Climate and Energy Roundtable
Journal Article, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, issue 21
Summer 2011
Related: Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Vicki Arroyo, Alex Laskey, Manik Roy, Lexi Schultz, Bryan Walsh
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After November 2008, progressives believed that America was, at last, serious about tackling climate change and our dependence on foreign oil. But the years since have been discouraging. Cap-and-trade, the idea that progressives had coalesced around, collapsed. Worse, polling has shown that Americans have become increasingly skeptical about the very idea of climate change. As we head toward another presidential election year, prospects for a breakthrough on climate and energy policy seem remote.
In the wake of these disappointments, what should progressives do next? For this edition of "America 2021," our roundtable series, we ask: Where will America be in ten years on the climate and energy front? What new problems will we be facingand what old ones will still be plaguing us? And what policies and ideas do we need to enact in the intervening years to ensure that were in a much better place in 2021 than we are in 2011?
For this discussion, we brought together five distinguished experts: Joe Aldy, Vicki Arroyo, Alex Laskey, Manik Roy, and Lexi Shultz. Bryan Walsh, energy and environment reporter for Time magazine, moderated their discussion. Editors Michael Tomasky and Elbert Ventura also participated.
Bryan Walsh: It's 2021. Youre in the Oval Office talking to the president. What are the priorities youre identifying on energy and climate policy? What sort of actions will we be taking at that point?
Manik Roy: In the next few years, we will not be putting together the optimal climate policy. Instead we'll be doing things in chunks. I'm assuming the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act will survive, and we will do what we can under that law. But I don't think our efforts will be as good as what many of us were trying to do. By 2021, well recognize that what weve been doing is not the best approach for either the environment or the economy, and well be trying to fix it.
Vicki Arroyo: I think I can paint an optimistic view, especially listening to businesspeople who are really doing great things in terms of promoting efficiency and renewables in electricity, or transportation, with investment in hybrids and plug-ins. Looking at that, we really could be in a different place in 2021.
But I could also imagine, having lived through the last decade or more working on this issue, that we're stuck in an unhelpful pattern. We have a lot of regulatory uncertainty, which makes investment difficult. And there's a boom-and-bust cycle when it comes to things like incentives, so we never really developed a coherent policy. Unfortunately I think that's just as likely a scenario.
Joe Aldy: By 2021, I'm actually optimistic well see a price on carbon. This is not because I think people are going to see the light on climate policy, but because at some point in the near future, we're going to have to have a serious conversation about fundamental tax reform and the long-term fiscal outlook. When we start having that serious conversation, we'll recognize we have to raise more revenues. And a price on carbon is one of the biggest revenue raisers that will be on the table, and the vast majority of the revenues from the price on carbon are going to be dedicated to tax cuts and deficit reduction. It's going to be hard for people trying to solve the fiscal situation to walk away from that.
Is the price going to be at a level that really fundamentally drives a lot of innovation and a lot of new technologies? I think its going to be relatively low, and that's one of the challenges: How do we scale it up to a level that's appropriate to drive innovation and reduce emissions? That's part of the challenge that the president a decade from now will have to confront.
The other thing is, by a decade from now, if the climate science is right, we're going to see climate change have real, material, adverse effects on peoples' lives in some parts of the world. It will start to become more and more of an issue in our security relationships and our military posture. That will be a greater part of the consideration in 2021.
Alex Laskey: I largely agree. There will be a price on carbon by 2021there has to be, for economic and political reasons. It was Republicans who were initially in favor of cap-and-trade, so I think they will come around. But it's going to happen incrementally. The price will be a low price by 2021, but that's okay.
We need to stop looking only for a grand bargain on energy and climate policy. We don't need to solve every problem all at once. I think this Congress would do well to look at a national energy efficiency standard that mandates specific energy-efficiency goals for electric providers, like conserving the equivalent of 20 percent of all power sold. Half the states have adopted these kinds of polices in the last decade, including states like Texas, Ohio, and Arizona. One advantage is that while there is enormous political disagreement about how to allocate the energy-generation piehow much goes to solar versus nuclear versus natural gasthere is a broad consensus that no matter where the power comes from we need to waste less of it. And if we can encourage and achieve energy efficiency, it then increases the appetite to raise the price of power over time.
The reason I'm hopeful is all the scary things that Joe pointed to. Last year, some 19 countries set records for high temperatures. Months after the floods in Pakistan, millions are still homeless. The evidence is abundantly clear, and it will become clearer to more people over the next ten years. It's a losing political battle to ignore it, so the people who are continuing to suggest that climate change isnt real will either lose or change their minds....
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The respondents for this study were 68 adult Banyankole males, selected from the native population of ten counties in the Ankole district in Uganda, and 28 white residents of the same counties, both male and female. The study was conducted at a time when Uganda was still a British protectorate. Variables from the questionnaire, administered to Africans and Europeans alike, probed two major areas of interest. A number of questions asked the respondents to compare Africans with Europeans in terms of inherent abilities. A second major portion of the study examined both positive and negative value judgements of the African personality and character.
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After a brief intermission, the applause was deafening as Darius Rucker took the stage. Having first gained fame as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker is a consummate entertainer and his smooth style, sexy moves and Hollywood smile were infectious. As Rucker broke into "Get up and dance with me," the crowd did just that, and when he introduced his kids, who are currently on tour with him, the place went wild. Acknowledging his country roots, Rucker performed a variety of songs, including his number-one country hit "History in the Making," before handing the mike over to the stars of the show, country pop trio "Lady Antebellum."
Seven-time Grammy winning vocalists Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley are currently unstoppable as their meteoric rise continues unabated. Backed by an amazing band, their signature three-part harmony resonates with their audience, and when the trio declared that Bethel, NY was "probably the most beautiful venue we have ever had the good fortune to play," the screams of approval echoed far beyond the gates of the Performing Arts Center, nestled into the rolling, verdant hills.
Legends in the making gave way to living legend Ringo Starr (and his All Starr Band) on Saturday night, as the former Beatle bopped and swayed his way through a string of hits supported by consummate musicians, who rotate on an annual basis. In addition to All Starr alumni Richard Page, Todd Rundgren, Mark Rivera, and Gregg Bissonette, new to the All Starrs are Steve Lukather (Toto) and Gregg Rolie (Santana & Journey). Starr, who has proven himself long ago, has wisely joined forces with incredible talents who have amazing track records of their own, and the combination is entertainment at its finest.


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By Marlena Hartz : Freedom Newspapers
Heleneta Blevins died the way she lived — surrounded by what she held most dear, her family.
The 90-year-old Clovis resident passed away in her eldest son's home around 5 a.m. Tuesday, according to family members who removed her from a Clovis hospital so she could be near family and friends in her last moments.
Her death marks the first tornado fatality in Clovis' 100-year history, according to Clovis News Journal archives and www.tornadoproject.com.
"We knew she was going," said her eldest son, Bob Blevins.
"We gathered around … just to have her close," he said.
A hospice provided services for the family, he said.
"The atmosphere was peaceful," said Bob's wife, Lydia Blevins. "We sat around and told stories about her."
Heleneta was born in 1916 in Eureka, Kan. She came to Clovis with her husband, who found a job with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. She worked as a telephone operator and baby sat for a while. However, she spent most of her life as a homemaker.
"You always saw her with an apron on," Lydia Blevins said.
"She was from the old school. She believed in staying home and taking care of her family."
Heleneta's only daughter and first born, Betty Denton, had her last conversation with her mother about a week ago. She stopped by the trailer where Heleneta lived alone, and the pair chatted about the family. Heleneta wanted to know everyone was OK, Denton said. Then, the soap opera Heleneta watched every weekday came on, and her daughter left.
The tornado that ripped through Clovis on Friday sucked Heleneta and her youngest son, Jim, into the air, the son said. They were dumped yards away from Heleneta's trailer, which was tucked behind Jim's home on South Prince Street.
A labyrinth of rubble remains there.
Her son's home still stands, but her trailer was in a thousand pieces Tuesday afternoon. Its walls, stripped bare, were embedded in two trees. Tufts of yellow insulation covered the grass. The door of a chain-link fence that wrapped around the trailer was the only tangible remnant of the inviting home Heleneta once kept.
"Even at 90, when you walked into her door, she said, 'What can I get you?' She always had soda in her fridge. She made awesome macaroni and cheese and strawberry pie," recalled her granddaughter Shannon Pettigrew.
By Tuesday evening, the trailer walls had been unwrapped from the trees and reminders of what happened there were slowly disappearing.
The last recorded death from a tornado in New Mexico was in 1974 in Valencia County, according to the Albuquerque National Weather Service.
The night the tornado hit Clovis, Jim Blevins had no idea it was racing toward his neighborhood.
He left his home to check on his mother, as he often did.
Heleneta was stubborn, her family said, and insisted on living on her own. Her health was good, though time had slowed her down. She used her cane sporadically and wanted to drive a Jeep, though she gave up driving about a year ago. Jim Blevins said it made him feel better she was so close.
As he walked to his mother's trailer that night, hail began to fall so hard it burned his ears. Then, it quit and there was silence, Jim said.
"I knew then it was bad," said Jim, who hid himself and mother inside a closet.
He heard an explosion and was pummeled by debris. His glasses were thrown from his face and wounds covered his body. That didn't stop him from looking for his mother.
He found her in a field yards away.
Her trailer was one of about 75 homes and business destroyed in the storm. About 500 structures were damaged.
About 35 people were injured in the storm. One Clovis man, Walter Cravy, also 90, remained in critical condition in a Lubbock hospital Tuesday.
Reese Blevins remembers this about his grandmother: He snuck sugar from her kitchen to sprinkle on his Captain Crunch cereal.
"I thought she would get mad. But once she saw me do it, and said, 'You eat it like you want to," Reese said.
Hemorrhaging in Heleneta's brain from a head trauma left little hope, family said.
The storm left Jim Blevins with broken ribs, bruising and cuts. As bulldozers cleared debris from his back yard Tuesday, he remembered his mother.
"She was just the sweetest person," he said.
Others thought so, too.
She carried a purse full of candy for her nine grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren, Pettigrew said. She brought pillows for her grandchildren on road trips, Lydia Blevins said. She never stopped cooking for her family. She fed her daschund dog, Heidi, cereal and pizza, Jim Blevins said.
On Tuesday, Heidi was tied to a tree in Jim's back yard as TV crews rushed around, people carted away armloads of splintered lumber, and bulldozers pushed around rubble.
Family said the dog's behavior has been strange since the tornado. They aren't sure yet who will care for her.
She looked lost. The trailer she lived in and the woman who loved her are gone.


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Cant wait to watch this,WATCH OUT TYREKE.
Sacramento vs. New York
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Your New York Knicks!
Now Some Queens of Sactown
And for those that aren't Knick fans...
Cant wait to watch this,WATCH OUT TYREKE.
What the **** is happening here! I come home from having some drinks... ...turn on my computer and check the boxscore of the Knicks game... and what do i see? A ****ing 3 from 23 shots combining Wilson Chandler, Stat, Felton, Fields and Shawnie Williams! I can't leave you alone, guys. You made a ral mess of a must win game.
I hope Douglas gets some time off. Look at him. I want him back to his form.
Sig made by Sons of Thunder
Knicks down 11 at the end of the third, getting some well deserved boos. Probably fatigue. 3 games in 4 nights isn't easy. Hopefully they have enough energy to muster up a good 4th quarter. They'll get plenty of rest after this game.
Play Randolph.
I'd call this one.. Get the bench in for some minutes.
Looks like a fatigued squad with no sense of urgency...Hope we don't look like this if we make the playoffs
It happens my dudes. It's called a trap game...
where is everyone though, this thread isn't even on the 2nd pg wth.
Where's Randolph??


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Member since: 2014
Organization: University of Utah
Application Area: Biopharmaceutics
"Hands down this is the best combination plate reader I've ever used. "
Member since: 2014
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine
Application Area:Drug Discovery
"This is a user-friendly interface makes it very easy to teach our customers how to use the instrument and software."
Member since: 2014
Organization: Royal Military College of Canada
Application Area:Microbial Community Analysis
"It is easy to use. It has a greater software interface. No excessive plate heating. Specifically this product out-classes all other plate readers when it comes to continuous full-fluorescence scans on 96 well plates. "
Member since: 2014
Organization: AFMES
"A good reliable system that is easy to use. The software could be more user-friendly. But really I have no complaints."
Member since: 2012
Organization: Academia Sinica
Application Area:Phamacogenetics
"Easy to use, reasonable price and nice customer service."
Member since: 2014
Organization: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Application Area:Drug Discovery
"This highly versatile reader is one of the stars of our lab. It's easy to use, and allows simple, reliable and reproducible detection of a variety of parameters used in the assay development and testing for early drug discovery."
Status:Advanced Reviewer
Member since: 2014
Organization: Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences
Application Area:Drug development
"Excellent product which simplifies the drug development process by a great extent. A must for those in the industry. "
Member since: 2014
Organization: Texas A&M HSC
"This instrument is easy to use as a standalone. Integrating this reader with a robotic plate handling system tends to slow down the initialization process. It does not initialize as the whole system started as we have to connect it with Magellan before initialize it with the robotic system. Magellan software is only available for this system to work, but we prefer icontrol."
Member since: 2014
Organization: Weizmann Institute of Science
Application Area:monitoring growth fluorescence of live cells
"Generally it's OK. One major issue is that OD is measured by four independent heads simultaneously. This provides speed, but if you need to compare OD measurements between the different heads, you will run into trouble as they have different offsets that are hard to control for. The shaking of plates is also not very efficient, but to my knowledge this is a problem for all readers."
Member since: 2008
Organization: Michigan State University
Application Area:Basic Research
" In less than 14 months from purchase, the Tecan M1000 Pro Microplate Reader has had two major repairs. On separate occasions, the luminescent and fluorescent modules broke (power-board and controller board - seems to be a batch of defective parts from a supplier) and had to fight with Tecan to get the repairs covered, as they wanted to charge me near $6K for each repair. I wish I had spent the money and purchased the equivalent Bio-Tek microplate reader, as reliability is a major concern now with the Tecan. Also, the Tecan microplate reader has constant connection issues with the computer as well. I cannot recommend this instrument for purchase. "
Member since: 2014
Organization: University of Colorado - Childrens Hospital Colorado
"The Tecan M1000 Pro has many of the same features as its predecessors, making it easy to learn and use. The ability to transfer from an older Tecan microplate reader to this new version was simple and fast. I would recommend this instrument for anyone interested in using an easy format for ELISA testing."
Member since: 2014
Organization: Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
Application Area:Bilogics
"This is a very versatile instrument. It is easy to develop templates & powerful data analysis software. It is easy to integrate into automated systems. Plan to use it as a stand-alone unit. File format easy to export to other platforms/software. "
Member since: 2014
Organization: University of Zurich
Application Area:ELISA and HTRF Assays
"This is a reliable and robust plate-reader that can be used for a variety of assays."
Member since: 2010
Organization: PROMEGA CORP
Application Area:Assay Development
"This is a highly versatility instrument, useful for all sorts of spectroscopy."
Member since: 2014
Organization: Stanford University
Application Area:Biochemistry
"It is really easy to use. It is very impressive GUI that makes it very easy to set up experiments."
Member since: 2014
Organization: McMaster University
Application Area:Immunoassays
"We just started to use this instrument to validate immunoassays that we are transferring from the bench to a TECAN Freedom EVO 200 workstation. The M1000 is perfectly integrated, it can work with EVO Standard and Plus but also as standalone feature. The M1000 is very versatile; we did not have to train for hours to get our first plates set up. Results layout and St. Curve plot are in a format that could be utilized straight for lab meeting presentations. We look forward to explore the many more options offered by this instrument. It has made our life really easy."
Member since: 2014
Organization: Western University of Health Sciences
"This is very good equipment. It is user friendly, easy to use and within budget."
Member since: 2014
Organization: Vichem Chemie Ltd.
Application Area:HTS Screening, Assay Development
"Tecan Infinite M1000 is an easy to use multimode reader with many options needed for non-radioactive assay development and screening. I especially like its fluorescent 3D scan option where one can easily check compounds' fluorescent properties."
Member since: 2014
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Application Area:Biochemistry / Biophysics
"Software is easy to use and more importantly, it is easy to teach others how do use it. Sensitivity and reproducibility can be an issue for some assays but I believe that is the case for most plate readers."
Member since: 2014
Organization: University of Denver
Application Area:HTS
"M1000 is a very versatile and easy to use instrument. However, there are more sensitive and speedier readers currently on the market. Also, there was a noticeable degradation of performance over the three year time frame; we have used it in a light manner."
Member since: 2014
Organization: ETH Zurich
Application Area:Luminescent Assay
"It is easy to use with all the tools you need for many applications."
Member since: 2014
Organization: Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Application Area:Absorption and Fluorescence Assays
"We use it for analysis of absorption (XTT Assay) and fluorescence assays (lots different, depending on the fluorescence filter system). It works perfect and it can adept very easily with a new assay."
Status:Advanced Reviewer
Member since: 2014
Organization: Research Institute of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Application Area:Core Lab Facility
"It's very easy-to-use , fulfils nearly all the needs of our institution regarding microplate reading (fluorescence, luminescence, colorimetric assays, etc...). It's absolutely recommendable. "
Member since: 2012
Organization: IIBR
Application Area:ELISA
"Very good and reliable. Sensitive for immunoassay. Rapid for developing assays."
Member since: 2011
Organization: Molecular Analysis Lead
"There were a few issues initially with the stacker, but once the servive rep adjusted them, the system is extremely reliable."
Member since: 2009
Organization: University of North Carolina
"Software should be made more user friendly."
Member since: 2010
Organization: Unc
Tecan's Infinite® M1000 PRO premium multimode microplate reader offers maximum versatility and sensitivity.
The modular architecture of the Infinite M1000 PRO is ideally suited to demanding drug discovery, assay development and life sciences research applications, offering the flexibility to adapt to changing project objectives and assay requirements. Premium Quad4 Monochromators™ technology ensures complete freedom of wavelength selection without the need for absorbance or fluorescence filters, providing maximum versatility and sensitivity for defining, fine-tuning and validating a wide range of assays and reagents.
For stress-free, walkaway processing, Tecan's Common Notification System (CNS) enables customers to remotely monitor their Infinite M1000 PRO through any networked computer or mobile device using Magellan™ software (v7.2). In combination with the Infinite's integrated Stacker module, this offers remote batch processing for up to 50 individual microplates, providing a convenient status update at the touch of a button for complete peace of mind.
Key features:
• Multi-channel absorbance measurements
• Fluorescence intensity (FI) top and bottom reading, fast fluorescence polarization, and luminescence capability
• Excitation, emission, absorbance and 3D scanning
• Flexible wavelength selection, from UV to NIR
• Adjustable bandwidth settings (patented)
• Automated z-focus adjustment in all top reading modes enables easy optimization of instrument set-up
• Optimal Read function, for enhanced assay performance and reliability
• Biomolecular screening
• Enzymatic, G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), molecular interaction and cell-based assays
• DNA/RNA quantification
• TRF and TRFRET (HTRF®, LanthaScreen®)
• AlphaScreen® and AlphaLISA® technology
HTRF is a registered trademark of Cisbio Bioassays, LanthaScreen is a registered trademark of Life Technologies, and AlphaScreen and AlphaLISA are registered trademarks of PerkinElmer, Inc.
Manufacturer Tecan4.4 / 5.0 | 27 reviews


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|August 24, 2013
|Mewhurts gets third strike
|3 comments
First, Mewhurts flounders during the U. S. Senate primary to Tea Party Ted Cruz even though he had a multi-million campaign war chest.
Second, Mewhurts fowls out again during the legislative special session when Wendy Davis successfully filibusters anti-abortion legislation.
And for Mewhurts' third strike:
ALLEN — The Allen Police Department on Wednesday released a recording of a 12-minute call placed on August 3 by Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. One of the most powerful politicians in the State of Texas was seeking the release of a relative who had been arrested on a shoplifting charge.
The issue revolved around a woman who Dewhurst identified as his "step-niece-in-law" who was jailed for allegedly walking out of an Allen Kroger store with $57 worth of merchandise that hadn't been paid for.
Ellen Bevers, a 46-year-old first grade teacher, had been arrested at 6:30 p.m. Dewhurst called a non-emergency police line four hours later, around 10:30 p.m.
"This is David Dewhurst, and I'm the lieutenant governor of the State of Texas," he tells the dispatcher, who forwarded the call to a police department sergeant.
"What do I need to do to arrange for getting her out of jail this evening?" Dewhurst asks the police officer.
The officer explains that the case is now in the hands of Collin County authorities and there's nothing he can do to expedite the woman's release.
"I am, every year, the number-one pick of all of the law enforcement agencies within Texas," Dewhurst tells the officer. "You don't know it, but I'm a supporter of you and a supporter of law enforcement."
Dewhurst repeatedly asks what he needs to do to get the woman out of jail, and is politely instructed by the Allen police officer to call the sheriff's office.
"This is ridiculous," Dewhurst says. "This lady, in my mind, is 100 percent innocent, and it's just an unfortunate situation of circumstances."
On several occasions, Dewhurst says the commander of the Texas Department of Public Safety will be calling to follow up on his inquiry.
"We don't decide guilt or innocence," the police sergeant calmly explains to the lieutenant governor, who then asked for the phone number of the sergeant's supervisor and of the Collin County judge and sheriff. The sergeant declined both requests.
Allen Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jon Felty said every department policy was followed.
"Our procedure was followed to the letter, nothing was done that should not have been done. No favors granted, anything of that nature," he said.
Felty also commended the officer who spoke with Dewhurst. "He handled it professionally. He knew who he was talking to, obviously, and he didn't handle it any different than he would have for any other citizen for the state of Texas."
The shoplifting case, which Allen police described as a Class C misdemeanor, has not been resolved.
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa released a written statement Wednesday night critical of Dewhurst's phone call.
"Once again Lt. Gov. Dewhurst has shown that he thinks he is beyond the rules and laws that govern regular Texans," Hinojosa said. "His call to police shows a clear attempt to use his political position for influence, intimidation, and preferential treatment."
Earlier this month, Dewhurst announced his intention to run for re-election.
Source: http://www.wfaa.com/news/politics/Lt-Gov-Dewhurst-calls-Allen-PD-on-behalf-of-jailed-relative-220598261.html
TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 36.03 : Texas Statutes - Section 36.03: COERCION OF PUBLIC SERVANT OR VOTER
a) A person commits an offense if by means of coercion he:
(1) influences or attempts to influence a public servant in a specific exercise of his official power or a specific performance of his official duty or influences or attempts to influence a public servant to violate the public servant's known legal duty; or
(2) influences or attempts to influence a voter not to vote or to vote in a particular manner.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the coercion is a threat to commit a felony, in which event it is a felony of the third degree.
(c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a)(1) of this section that the person who influences or attempts to influence the public servant is a member of the governing body of a governmental entity, and that the action that influences or attempts to influence the public servant is an official action taken by the member of the governing body. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "official action" includes deliberations by the governing body of a governmental entity.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 67, Sec. 1, 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.


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The third annual Cary-Grove Fights Hunger Campaign runs through Tuesday.
Organizers said last week they were about $2,000 short of their $10,000 campaign goal, which benefits the Cary -Grove Food Pantry.
The annual Rising Artist show at Cary-Grove High School raised about $800 for the campaign. It takes about $7,000 a month to run the food pantry.
To donate, send donations to the Cary-Grove Food Pantry, c/o CGFH, 8901 Cary-Algonquin Road, Cary, IL 60013.
- Joseph Bustos


text: The Cannock Chase Panther Lee Brickley posted:5/29/2013 10:27:15 PM NEW ARTICLE ON THE CANNOCK CHASE PANTHER - LINK BELOW - Copy and paste link into browser :) http://paranormalcannock.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-cannock-chase-panther_8663.htmljaguarsky posted:6/5/2013 10:49:48 PM We had cougars in Maine, USA, although the wildlife officials said we didn't, even after they found tracks of an adult and cub on Blue Hill. I knew a number of people who saw them pretty close up. Kind of hard to misidentify a cougar when it is only twenty feet away. Anyway my point is that Maine is very cold and inhospitable to most animals in the winter months, yet, we had big cats. Since having an exotic menagerie was all the rage for many years among the wealthy/royalty and then of course as mentioned the more modern exotic pet trade it should really be no surprise that there is a remnant population of abandoned/escaped cats. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Before that happened, however, there was a public hearing on the budget and tax rates and opportunity for public comments.
Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Caroline Korzekwa addressed the court on behalf of several elected officials and department heads regarding a recent vote to allow higher pay raises for employees of the road and bridge department than what was approved for other county departments with similar positions.
"Three weeks ago, what we thought was a final decision on y'all's behalf, on salaries was made," Korzekwa said. "This included a one dollar per hour increase for all clerks, secretaries and a five percent (raise) for all others. Then, Road and Bridge comes in again, at the last minute, with an incredible request, and, it was approved, by a vote of four to one. The amount of consideration given to this proposal was maybe six minutes."
"Commissioners Court, you stirred a hornet's nest with that," Korzekwa said.
Korzekwa said that the request by the road and bridge department included a nearly three dollar per hour pay raise for an administrative assistant, which is a clerical position. The raise amounts to a 30 percent pay raise, or about $4,000 per year more than the amount paid to similar county positions, Korzekwa said.
"We are asking that what you do for one member of clerical support, you do for all," Korzekwa said.
Korzekwa asked the court to rescind its decision allowing the pay raises requested by the road and bridge department. She said she agreed that a step program in regard to pay raises was a good idea, but should begin at the same time for all county employees in all county departments.
"Think about this," Korzekwa said. "The only two departments – you as a group – considered for sizable raises, had male department heads."
"Commissioners Court, we are looking at discrimination," Korzekwa said. "I'm sorry to say it, but it is looking that way."
Bernice Stimson spoke to the court about a security officer position that has been included in the budget. The proposed position would provide security for the juvenile probation offices and the offices of county judge and county attorney, also located in the juvenile probation building.
"I'm asking today for you to review that, and either think about a 16 hour or 24 hour surveillance, or if we even need it because I think the man would just stay here for eight hours if I am understanding right. I'm asking what happens to the other 16 hours."
Assistant County Attorney Betty Yarter also addressed the court, in regard to the budget. Yarter said that County Attorney Robert Busselman asked her to let the court know that he plans to file a grievance regarding a budget salary item under laws related to the Texas Open Government Code.
Sue Butler Carter addressed the court, encouraging the court to consider adopting a higher tax rate than what has been proposed.
"I think we have given taxpayers a break every year since 2007," Carter said. "You know the decreases – 17 percent in 2008, nine percent in 2009, 20 percent in 2010 and 14 percent last year. We have given the taxpayers a nice decrease every single year since 2008, so I just believe that to go down and have only 14 counties with a lower tax rate than us, just doesn't make sense."
Carter encouraged the county to keep the tax rate unchanged and use the extra revenue to create a rainy day fund, or use it for projects that will benefit all of the residents of Karnes County.
County Commissioner Carl Hummel made a comment in response to Carter's comments.
"We need to adopt a tax rate that is in line with the damage being done to our roads," Hummell said. "Whatever y'all think that is... The way these roads are getting torn up? James, you brought it up several times, three or four million dollars is like spit in the ocean. Thirty or forty million and you could probably get every road in the county in tip top shape."
Before the court considered adopting the county's budget for the upcoming fiscal year, County Auditor Lajuana Kasprzyk reviewed a few requested late changes to the preliminary budget set several weeks earlier.
These changes included:
Cell phone allowance for elected officials and court appointed officials – cost: $29,120
Increasing pay for part time clerks to an additional $1 per hour – cost $10,631
Hydraulic striker – cost $15,000
Full time security officer for juvenile probation building – cost $48,568
Pay raises for county auditor, staff and court reporters – cost not set yet
Step pay raises for road and bridge department – $27,254
Kaspryk also reviewed changes in the general fund unencumbered fund balance, under the proposed budget and tax rate, noting that this balance has grown from $3.3 million in 2008 to an estimated $15.28 million for 2013.
Likewise, the road and bridge special unencumbered fund balance has grown from about $35,000 in 2008 to an estimated $1.9 million for 2013.
Kasprzyk asked the court if they wanted to stay with the proposed budget with minor corrections, or if they wanted to approve the budget with the step pay raises requested by the road and bridge department.
"The only fair thing to do," Commissioner Carl Hummel said in regard to the step pay raises, "is to give it to everybody. It is the only thing that makes sense... I think to give it to everybody is just the right thing to do. It probably should have been done a long time ago."
The court discussed raising the pay for all clerical positions to a rate $3 per hour higher than the current rate.
County Judge Barbara Shaw said the idea presents problems because it there wouldn't be enough time to make payroll changes and that it would mean that clerks would be earning more than the justices of the peace.
"I think we just need to go back to where we were," Shaw said, referring to the Aug. 31 proposed budget.
Commissioner Pete Jauer said that the proposal from road and bridge arrived too late, and he agreed to going back to the budget the court approved Aug. 31.
In regard to the proposed tax rates, Jauer said he favored staying with the proposed rates totaling roughly 29 cents per $100 property valuation, and consider making rate changes in the next budget cycle.
"One other thing I want to mention about the two departments – road and bridge and sheriff's department," Jauer said, referring to claims of discrimination because both departments have male department heads. "That is absolutely not it. Those are the two safety departments of the county that need the most attention with what we have going on here right now. That was our reason for it. It was not because y'all are women and they are men – I want y'all to understand that."
Commissioner Rosales, who voted against the road and bridge step pay increases in a previous meeting, said he agreed with going back to the proposed budget without the step pay increases.
Regarding the proposed tax rates, Rosales said that he doesn't agree with the proposed combined 29 cent tax rate.
"That's like throwing out $4 million," Rosales said, indicating he favored not adopting a rate and having the rate default to the same rate as set last year (42.69 cents). "I'm not going to be the one that's going to throw away $4 million bucks."
Commissioner Tracey Schendel indicated he agreed the county should go back to the Aug. 31 proposed budget without the step pay raises requested by the road and bridge department.
Commissioner Jauer made a motion to adopt the Aug. 31 budget with the minor changes noted by the county auditor.
County Judge Shaw seconded the motion which passed on a 3-2 vote with Jauer, Shaw and Schendel voting in favor while Hummel and Rosales voted against.
Rosales said he voted against the budget because the $25,000 requested by the county attorney for expenses related to hiring an assistant county attorney had not been included in the budget, and that he was also opposed to spending $48,568 per year for a security officer at the juvenile probation building.
Hummel said he was not for giving someone a raise that is well-deserved, and then taking it away.
"I think we ought to give it to everybody," Hummel emphasized.
The court then considered the tax rates for the next fiscal year.
Commissioner Jauer said that he wanted to stay with the proposed rates of 24.16 cents per $100 valuation for the general fund. He made a motion to adopt the proposed rate. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Schendel.
The motion carried on a 3-2 vote with Jauer, Shaw and Schendel voting in favor and Hummel and Rosales voting against.
Commissioner Schendel made a motion to adopt the road and bridge special tax rate of 5.69 cents per $100 valuation. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Jauer.
The motion carried on a 3-2 vote with Jauer, Shaw and Schendel voting in favor and Hummel and Rosales voting against.


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Sorry fellas, Phil Jackson couldn't fix this. Mike Woodson, who will be our coach for the rest of the year certainly can't fix this.
I would rather get the pieces that Amare, Chandler and D'Antoni can work with and make this team better and deeper than watch Woodson try and coach this team or pray for Phil Jackson to come out of retirement and pray he even wants to coach this mess.
I want the Knicks to win, that's all. I have no allegiance to players or the coach, only the Knicks.