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Home List of Titles Viscoelastic modeling of highly hydrated laminin layers at homogeneous and nanostructured surfaces: quantification of protein layer properties using QCM-D and SPR
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- Title
- Viscoelastic modeling of highly hydrated laminin layers at homogeneous and nanostructured surfaces: quantification of protein layer properties using QCM-D and SPR
- Author(s)
- Malmstrom, Jenny; Agheli, Hossein; Kingshott, Peter; Sutherland, Duncan S.
- Abstract
- The adsorption of proteins at material surfaces is important in applications such as biomaterials, drug delivery, and diagnostics. The interaction of cells with artificial surfaces is mediated through adsorbed proteins, where the type of protein, amount, orientation, and conformation are of consequence for the cell response. Laminin, an important cell adhesive protein that is central in developmental biology, is studied by a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) to characterize the adsorption of laminin on surfaces of different surface chemistries. The combination of these two techniques allows for the determination of the thickness and effective density of the protein layer as well as the adsorbed mass and viscoelastic properties. We also evaluate the capacity of QCM-D to be used as a quantitative technique on a nanostructured surface, where protein is adsorbed specifically in a nanopattern exploiting PLL-g-PEG as a protein-resistant background. We show that laminin forms a highly hydrated protein layer with different characteristics depending on the underlying substrate. Using a combination of QCM-D and atomic force microscopy (AFM) data from nanostructured surfaces, we model laminin and antibody binding to nanometer-scale patches. A higher amount of laminin was found to adsorb in a thicker layer of a lower effective density in nanopatches compared to equivalent homogeneous surfaces. These results suggest that modeling of QCM-D data of soft viscoelastic layers arranged in nanopatterns may be applied where an independent measure of the "dry" mass is known.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Langmuir, Vol. 23, no. 19 (Sep 2007), pp. 9760-9768
- Publication year
- 2007
- FOR Code(s)
- 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0904 Chemical Engineering; 0903 Biomedical Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Adsorption; Biological models; Biomaterials; Chemistry; Elasticity; Gold; Hydrated proteins; Laminin; Nanomaterial; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructures; Proteins; Quartz; Quartz crystal microbalances; Silicon dioxide; Surface plasmon resonance; Surface properties; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity; Water
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- 0743-7463
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society.
- Peer reviewed


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The Lady Horns were again supported by their highly-spirited home crowd as they defeated Taft in a three game sweep, 25-11, 25-19, and 25-21.
The leading hitter for the Lady Horns was Kelsi Bartlett, delivering 18 kills. Marley Snider put away 12 kills.
Adding to the excitement was Kaylee Brysch with seven kills and Caroline Bellows with three kills.
Snider had five aces and with one ace each was Mary Cansino, Bartlett, Raye Bednorz and Bethany Brysch.
Cansino had 38 assists.
Blocking for the Lady Horns was Cansino with five, Snider had three, K. Brysch and Bartlett had two. Caysi Holt added one block.
Leading in the back was Bellows having 11 digs. Following closely was Snider and Cansino with ten digs each. Bartlett and right with them was K. Brysch each had nine digs. Bednorz added six digs. Holt had two digs.
Earlier in the week on Tuesday, Oct. 16, the Lady Horns had claimed another victory against Mathis in their drive for the District 31 2A Title. The Ladies had another three game sweep of 25-16, 25-12 and 25-12.

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14 Iowa Conference team titles
CONWAY, Ark. — The Central College men's and women's tennis squads were overpowered by Hendrix College (Ark.) on the Warriors' home courts Tuesday, as the Dutch fell 6-3 on the men's side and the women stumbled 7-2.
Freshman Emily Koontz (Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln HS) had a hand in both winning matches for the women's team. She notched a commanding 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles and paired with fellow freshman Ashlei Bos (Weatherby Lake, Mo., Park Hill HS) for an 8-2 No. 3 doubles victory.
Central saw lineup changes Tuesday after a back injury sidelined Blake Taylor (sophomore, Tama, South Tama HS), who played at the No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles spots in Monday's 8-1 defeat of East Texas Baptist.
"I was well pleased with the effort," said coach Steve Tyler. "Blake Taylor couldn't play today, so everybody below her in the lineup had to move up. We had several matches that could have come out differently. Ashley Bos put herself in a position to win and Nicole Curran (sophomore, Cedar Falls, Northern University) had her chances."
Bos won her first set at No. 2 singles before falling 4-6, 6-0, 12-10. Curran stumbled 6-4, 6-4 at No. 5 singles.
The Central women fall to 7-10 while Hendrix improves to 4-7.
In men's action, Central's recorded an 8-3 doubles win from Collin Schares (freshman, Johnston) and Zane Hendricks (sophomore, Fort Dodge) at the No. 3 spot while Tim Kahl (freshman, Grinnell) and John Seier (sophomore, Lincoln, Neb., Waverly HS) added singles wins. Kahl rallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 11-9 win at the No. 4 spot and Seier was a 7-5, 7-5 winner at No 5.
There were more lineup changes on the men's side. With regular No. 1 singles player Seth Harris (senior, Waverly, Neb.) not making the trip to Arkansas, Tyler has tried two new faces at that spot. After Kyle Freischlag (Downers Grove, Ill., Downers Grove South HS) played at No. 1 singles Monday, Schares took the spot Tuesday.
"They've beaten each other in practice," said Tyler. "Collin has been playing really well lately and we thought we'd give him a look. He played well, Hendrix just has a very good No. 1 player."
Schares stumbled 6-1, 6-1 while freshman Josh Forst (Woodridge, Ill., Downers Grove South HS) took his first set but failed to capitalize, suffering a 1-6, 6-1, 10-7 loss at No. 6.
Central drops to 6-5 while Hendrix moves to an even 6-6.
Both Dutch squads are back on the court Wednesday to take on Division II Harding University (Ark.). Women's play starts at 1 p.m. from Searcy (Ark.) with the men to follow at 3 p.m.
"They're supposed to be a very good team; we'll have our hands full," said Tyler. "But we're down here to get match experience and that's what we're doing."


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Sarachan Presents at International Games Innovation Conference
Jeremy Sarachan, Assistant Professor of Communication/Journalism and Director of the Digital Cultures and Technologies Program, presented a paper at the International Games Innovation Conference, which took place September 7-9 at the Strong Museum in Rochester.
Sarachan's paper, "Virtual Floortime: Using Games to Engage Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder," presented a framework and rationale for the creation of a game-building workshop for children with high-functioning Autism and Asperger's that is based around their own specific interests and is grounded in DIR (Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based)/Floortime therapeutic models. The paper was part of a panel on educational games.
The International Games Innovation Conference is a platform for disseminating peer-reviewed papers that describe innovative research and development of game technologies, and includes lectures by internationally recognized speakers. The conference, in its fourth year, was co-hosted by the Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Interactive Games and Media.


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February 17 - As two Sullivan County law enforcement professionals watched quietly from the rear of the room, a subdued crowd listened intently to a presentation by Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) staff who traveled to Narrowsburg for an informational session requested by the Upper Delaware Council's (UDC) Project Review Committee.
The special work session was scheduled to aid the UDC as it prepares written comments on the DRBC's Draft Natural Gas Development Regulations.
The large public turnout prompted relocation of the meeting from UDC offices across the street to the Tusten Town Hall. The opportunity to ask questions was limited to council members and one expert, hydrogeologist Paul Rubin of HydroQuest, who spoke on behalf of the towns of Highland, Lumberland and Tusten.
DRBC water resources management branch manager William Muszynski delivered a presentation that will be posted to the DRBC website at www.state.nj.us/drbc [2]. He was joined by DRBC geologist/hydrologist Eric Engle.
Muszynski laid out DRBC estimates used in developing the regs. "We've projected somewhere between 15,000 to 18,000 horizontal wells," he said. "That doesn't include vertical wells. If that's correct, we'll be looking at somewhere between 2,000 to 2,200 well pads, each one about five acres, with 10,000 to 12,000 total acres of well pad development, and that doesn't include road or pipeline infrastructures. A football field is about an acre, so you'd be looking at about 10,000 to 12,000 Super Bowl football fields."
Water needs are estimated at 5,000,000 gallons per horizontal well, based upon 5,000 feet of horizontal projection and translating to roughly 90 billion gallons of water over a 20- to 25-year period. Wastewater is projected at 1,000,000 gallons per well.
A key focus of the regs is the Natural Gas Development Plan, required for development of more than five well pads, or 3,200-acre lease areas. The purpose of such plans is to show how these areas will be developed as a whole, rather than well by well.
Questions and concerns
Next came questions from the council. Rubin asked if an environmental impact study will be considered. "The commissioners decided that we're moving forward in the absence of that," replied Muszynski. "If monies become available for it, we would take a look at it, but we're not required to do an environmental impact study."
Town of Highland representative Andrew Boyar said, "We're talking about a wild and scenic river designation that was adopted by Congress, and we operate here pursuant to a River Management Plan (RMP). Was the RMP considered in the development of your regulations? Is a 500-foot setback from the river adequate to protect that federal designation?"
"We considered the designation when we did our regs," replied Muszynski. "I'm sure that we'll be getting comments from the federal agencies."
Boyar continued, "It [the RMP] creates a river corridor and it says that industrial uses are prohibited."
"Then that should be your comments back to us," replied Muszynski.
On the topic of wastewater treatment, Muszynski confirmed that there are no existing qualified facilities within the river basin, so wastewater would have to be transported to an approved facility.
Rubin asked, "What assurances does the homeowner whose well becomes impacted have, that he won't personally have to pay all the fees to test the water or fight the gas companies by himself?"
"Right now, there are no 100% assurances," said Muszynski. "We would have to look at that location. If it's detected that there's something going on, the executive director would issue an order on what action must be taken. If they don't take that action, we can try to take their instrument, or go to federal court. "
Town of Tusten representative Tony Ritter read from the Hazen and Sawyer report prepared for the NYC Department of Environmental Protection: "Widespread hydraulic fracking will permanently and irreversibly compromise the significant geological formation that presently constitutes parts of the subsurface system that isolates near-surface freshwater flow regimes from non-potable highly saline waters in deeper formations." Ritter then asked for comment.
Engle responded, "There's some calculated risk for any activity you take on. Other reports show very decent mathematical and scientific calculations that demonstrate to me that it's highly unlikely."
In response to concerns about long-term well safety, Muszynski replied, "That is a question that should be directed to the state agencies that we are relying on for the construction and integrity of these wells."
The meeting concluded without incident inside the hall, but outside, citizen Jill Weiner returned to her car to find the rude message, "Go Away Fag" scrawled on the window above her "Frack No!" bumper sticker. [See Letters, page 6.]
The full session was recorded by FrackAlert and is available at www.frackalert.org/index.asp?page=52 [3].
As the UDC deliberates over its comments, the towns of Lumberland and Highland have already drafted theirs in advance of the March 16 deadline. Comments may be mailed, delivered during three hearings slated for February 22 and 24, or entered through an online submission process (PEPC) normally used by the National Park Service (NPS).
Comments will be sorted by topic. According to NPS representative Jacki Katzmire, it is not necessary to separate topics into different comments in order for each one to be counted. "The comment analysis function in PEPC works by setting up a series of codes that are used to group similar comments together," Katzmire wrote in an email. "On the internal side of PEPC, someone pulls up the piece of electronic correspondence and creates one or more 'comments' from that correspondence. Each comment is then coded according to the particular concern. When the correspondence has been broken down into comments with codes, the coding system then groups together similar comments."
Visit www.state.nj.us/drbc/notice_naturalgas-draftregs.htm [4] for detailed information about the comment process.


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APICS Foundation Announces New Name, Structure and Leadership
to Drive Innovation in Supply Chain and Operations Management
APICS Foundation advances supply chain innovation through research
CHICAGO (August 12, 2013) – APICS, the world's largest and most respected association for supply chain and operations management professionals, today announced changes to the APICS Foundation that will better position the foundation to deliver quality education and thought leadership.
APICS is the premier source of the body of knowledge and professional certifications in supply chain and operations management, and the APICS Foundation provides research, thought leadership, educational programs and workforce development to supply chain and operations management professionals across the globe.
The APICS Foundation, previously known as the APICS Educational & Research Foundation, remains a separate corporate entity and maintains its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, but now is part of the APICS corporate structure.
Sharon Rice, APICS executive vice president of professional development and industry content, serves as executive director of the APICS Foundation.
"The foundation's new structure and experienced leadership team empower it to provide cutting-edge research and innovation during a time of tremendous growth and opportunity in the field of supply chain management," said APICS Foundation President Roberta Russell, PhD, CFPIM, CSCP. "This helps the foundation connect professionals, academics and researchers, and advances new supply chain and operations strategies, along with aiding workforce development. APICS members and their employers will recognize and benefit from these changes."
Introducing the new APICS Foundation! New name and structure brings new innovation and education opportunities to @Tweet_APICS members.
The foundation's 2013 leadership team is:
Roberta Russell, PhD, CFPIM, CSCP, Virginia Tech
Vice President
Robert Vokurka, PhD, CFPIM, CSCP, formerly of Texas A&M
Nicholas Little, Michigan State University
Karl Klaesius, CPIM, CPM
Stanley Kramer, The David Ross Group
William B. Lee, PhD, formerly of Rice University
Paul Pittman, CFPIM, CSCP, Indiana State University
Shari Ruelas, CPIM, CSCP, Chevron
M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, PhD, Ohio State University
Eric Schaudt, CPIM, CPM, Northrup-Grumann
Robert Trent, PhD, Lehigh University
Gustavo Marco Ugarte, CPIM, CSCP, Miller Coors
Founded in 1957, APICS builds and validates knowledge in supply chain and operations management. It provides training, certification, and comprehensive educational resources in the areas of production, inventory, materials management, purchasing and logistics for more than 36,000 members in 70 countries. For more information, visit http://apics.org or join the APICS LinkedIn group at http://apics.org/linkedin.
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- Oklahoma peanut grower enthusiastic about family, friends and peanuts
- Labor management
- Anthony Reed and his family have been growing peanuts since the 1940s.
- Chester Reed began raising peanuts for the government.
- Farmer says, "We don't have any future stability with the markets."
PEANUT FARMER Anthony Reed is particularly proud of his 2012 peanut crop which rivals the 2011 grade and yield numbers.
On a strip of land in south central Oklahoma just miles from Thackerville and the Texas state line, farmer Anthony Reed and his family have been growing peanuts since the 1940s. Anthony's father, Chester Reed, began raising peanuts for the government, establishing a family tradition that remains strongly in place today.
"Dad started raising peanuts for peanut oil. During the war, the government discovered diesel engines were more efficient when they used peanut oil in them. Back then, the government was contracting with growers just for the oil," says Reed. In those early days, Chester Reed also raised watermelons.
The Reeds' acreage, which is divided into smaller fields, is ideally suited for raising peanuts. "They are traditionally geared towards small acreages and individual farms. Here in central Oklahoma, it was always a crop that the smaller individual farm could do."
In a field where the family just finished baling peanut hay, the soil feels more like a beach. Reed characterizes the incredibly sandy ground as marginal. "We can raise about 120 bushels per acre of corn on irrigated ground," says Reed.
With more than 700 owned acres and additional leased ground, Reed's operation is considered a medium-sized farm in this area. Originally farming with his brothers twenty years ago, the operation changed due to tragedy when one brother was killed in a farming accident. From that point, Reed's remaining brother left farming, leaving Reed on his own.
Reed grows proven varieties like the Red River Runners on irrigated ground. "The Spanish and Virginia just won't produce. The Red River is my top yielding variety," he says. He's grown OL07, 09Bs, 06, 01 and 02. He has the best results from the FloRun107, planted on approximately 35 acres. Reed employs a 1 and 4 rotation on his fields, which he believes adds to the quality. This year, his grades are running in the mid-70s and he hopes to see 5,000 pounds per acre this season.
"In 2011, the Red River Runners averaged about 4,000 pounds per acre." Like many other growers, Reed experienced little disease or pests because of the drought. "In the years where we control the moisture, there is just less disease."
Reed plants rye in October behind the peanuts. "It has a very good root system and provides a lot of forage. It also holds the land from wind erosion."


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A Chef's Life is a new half-hour character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina. Join Chef Vivian Howard's personal and culinary journey from the top restaurants in New York to her return to North Carolina's Low Country as she explores the rich bounty of farm fresh cooking, family and community. Each episode follows Vivian out of the kitchen and into cornfields, strawberry patches and hog farms as she hunts down the ingredients that inspire her seasonal menus.
Chef Vivian and her husband Ben leave New York to open a restaurant in her small North Carolina hometown. Vivian revisits the Southern tradition of "putting up" corn and shares her method for making smoked corn relish. As the episode concludes, a devastating setback threatens their new life.


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MESA, Ariz. – Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts addressed the status of the Wrigley Field renovations today at Fitch Park.
Ricketts said discussions with the city, Wrigleyville neighborhood and the rooftop owners are still ongoing. He is hopeful restrictions can be lifted within the next couple of weeks to prepare for construction.
Ricketts ruled out any additional night games being added this season and that all discussions regarding an increase on the limit of 30 night games per season is focused on future seasons.
Ricketts reiterated that he had no update on talks with the neighborhood and rooftop owners. He also ruled out condensing the renovations into two years, thus forcing the Cubs to play elsewhere for at least one season, instead of five years.
"One of the things that we remind people is that there's a lot of things that we have to deal with at Wrigley Field that other teams don't," Ricketts said. "Whether that's signage restrictions, rooftops, other people selling Cubs gear right outside the park. All of that is great for them. It doesn't help us. We have to get those resources back into the team so I can either give those to Theo [Epstein] to put back on the field or to get those resources into improving and preserving the third largest tourism attraction in the state."
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There are many kinds of Visio diagrams, but you can use the same three basic steps to create nearly all of them:
Choose and open a template.
Drag and connect shapes.
Add text to shapes.
In this article
Create a simple flowchart
Step 1: Choose and open a template
Start Visio.
Under Template Categories, click Flowchart.
In the Flowchart window, double-click Basic Flowchart.
Templates include related shapes in collections called stencils. For example, one of the stencils that opens with the Basic Flowchart template is Basic Flowchart Shapes.
Step 2: Drag and connect shapes
To create your diagram, drag shapes from the stencil onto the blank page and connect them to one another. There are several ways to connect shapes, but for now use AutoConnect.
Drag the Start/End shape from the Basic Flowchart Shapes stencil onto the drawing page, and then release the mouse button.
Hold the pointer over the shape so that the blue arrows show.
Move your pointer on top of the blue arrow that points toward where you want to place the second shape.
A mini toolbar appears that contains shapes from the top of the stencil.
Click the square Process shape.
The Process shape is added to the diagram, automatically connected to the Start/End shape.
If the shape you want to add isn't on the mini toolbar, you can drag the shape you want from the Shapes window and drop it on a blue arrow. The new shape is connected to the first shape as if you had clicked it on the mini toolbar.
Step 3: Add text to shapes
Click the shape and start typing.
When you finish typing, click on a blank area of the drawing page or press ESC.
What are Visio shapes, stencils, and templates?
Visio shapes are ready-made images that you drag onto your drawing page — they are the building blocks of your diagram.
When you drag a shape from a stencil onto your drawing page, the original shape remains on the stencil. That original is called a master shape. The shape that you put on your drawing is a copy — also called an instance — of that master. You can drag as many instances of the same shape onto your drawing as you want.
Rotating and resizing shapes
The most common things that people do with shapes involve features that are built right into the shapes. Visual cues help you find and use those features quickly.
Rotation handles
The round handle located above a shape is called a rotation handle. Drag a rotation handle right or left to rotate the shape.
Blue connection arrows for AutoConnect
The light blue connection arrows help you easily connect shapes to one another, as you saw in the previous section.
Selection handles for resizing shapes
You can use the square selection handles to change the height and width of your shape. Click and drag a selection handle on the corner of a shape to enlarge the shape without changing its proportions, or click and drag a selection handle on the side of a shape to make the shape taller or wider.
Special features of Visio shapes
Visio shapes are much more than simple images or symbols.
Shapes can hold data
You can add data to each shape by typing it in the Shape Data window – on the View tab, in the Show group, click Task Panes, and then click Shape Data. You can also import data from an external data source.
Data is not displayed in the drawing by default. You can see the data for an individual shape by opening the Shape Data window and selecting the shape.
If you want to display the data for lots of shapes at once, you can use a feature called data graphics. The following illustration shows the data for two trees at once.
Shapes with special behavior
Many Visio shapes have special behavior that you can find by stretching, right-clicking, or moving the yellow control handle on the shape.
For example, you can stretch a People shape to show more people, or stretch the Growing flower shape to indicate growth.
Tip: A great way to find out what a shape can do is to right-click it to see if there are any special commands on its shortcut menu.
Visio stencils hold collections of shapes. The shapes in each stencil have something in common. The shapes can be a collection of shapes that you need to create a particular kind of diagram, or several different versions of the same shape.
For example, the Basic Flowchart Shapes stencil contains only common flowchart shapes. More specialized flowchart shapes are in other stencils, such as the BPMN and TQM stencils.
Stencils appear in the Shapes window. To see the shapes on a particular stencil, click its title bar.
Open any Visio stencil
Each template opens with the stencils that you need to create a particular kind of drawing, but you can open other stencils any time you want.
In the Shapes windows, click More Shapes, point to the category that you want, and then click the name of the stencil that you want to use.
When you want to create a diagram, start with a template for that type of diagram (or the nearest type if there isn't an exact match). Visio templates help you start with the right settings:
Stencils full of the shapes that are needed to create a particular kind of drawing
The Home Plan template, for example, opens with stencils full of shapes such as walls, furniture, appliances, cabinets, and so on.
Appropriate grid size and ruler measurements
Some drawings require a special scale. For example, the Site Plan template opens with an engineering scale, where 1 inch represents 10 feet.
Special tabs
Some templates have unique features that you can find on special tabs on the Ribbon. For example, when you open the Timeline template, a Timeline tab appears on the Ribbon. You can use the Timeline tab to configure your timeline and to import and export data between Visio and Microsoft Project.
Wizards to help you with special types of drawings
In some cases when you open a Visio template, a wizard helps you get started. For example, the Space Plan template opens with a wizard that helps you set up your space and room information.
View examples of templates
To find out what templates are available:
Click the File tab.
Click New.
Click the various template categories, and then click the template thumbnails to see short descriptions of the templates.


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"The economy of the future will be based on relationship rather than possession."
I remember reading that prediction by Wired Magazine futurist John Perry Barlow in 2003. The internet was careening from infancy to a wild toddlerhood, Napster was pummeling the music industry, and in-your-face pirate file-sharing sites with names like Demonoid, Pirate Bay, and Poisoned were springing up like toadstools after a July rain.
Wouldn't the economy of the future be based on everyone protecting all their digital goodies? And holding on tight to their ideas and data? "The future will be based on relationship…." Uh, sure. Maybe relationships among happy intellectual property lawyers.
But Barlow was, of course, correct. And I thought that was pretty obvious to most of us at this point. From Facebook to Wikipedia to OpenStreetMaps, we've all seen the power of shared data, shared instruction, shared news, shared maps. Haven't we?
Recently, in researching NRPA's new industry-wide, user-driven database, PRORAGIS, I heard there were critics of the project. I was surprised, so I asked why. The criticism from some members, I learned, went something like this: "Our agency data belongs to us. If we share it to a central association platform, then others besides ourselves might profit from it."
I could spot a few flaws in this logic right from the get-go.
Read the cover story on PRORAGIS to see how park leaders across the country are spinning the "straw" of basic park data into gold.
Maureen HannanSenior EditorPARKS & RECREATION
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I remember when she was a newborn her doctor said if her poop was thick and sticky like that, then she was dehydrated - so of course now I'm worried she's dehydrated. The rest of the day she's nursing every couple of hours, wet diapers seem to be ok...basically my question is, what's her poop supposed to be like now that she's getting some solid food?
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!


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Quay County Sun Staff
In case you haven't noticed, our Web site has a new look today.
The idea is to make navigation a little simpler.
One new feature online is called "Data Central."
Look for the link on the home page or find it under the "News" category in the blue bar at the top of the page.
"Data Central" is full of database information — local officials' salaries, Census figures, crime stats, even gas prices.
We'll be adding to it as we go so check back often.
Tell us what you think about the changes.
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30 Iowa Conference titles
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO--Central defensive coordinator Don De Waard won his head coaching debut as Team Stars and Stripes, a squad of 48 players from 28 Division III colleges, defeated a Mexican all-star team 32-15 in the Tazon de Estrellas Saturday.
Central linebacker Seth Carson (Woodridge, Ill., Downers Grove South HS), Ben Lechtenberg (Manchester, West Delaware HS), a 6-5, 225-pound wide receiver, Andrew Weaks (Fulton, Ill.), a 6-2, 220-pound linebacker and all-Iowa Conference honorable mention pick Colton Smith (Kearney, Mo.), a 5-10, 255-pound offensive lineman participated. The four seniors are part of a 48-man squad that includes players from 28 Division III colleges.
Carson had a first-half quarterback sack that was followed two plays later by a blocked punt that gave the U.S. squad a safety and a 12-0 lead. Complete statistics were not available.
"It was a fabulous week and it had a good ending with a solid win," De Waard said. "The keys were the first half turnovers and the blocked kick for a safety. But we also did a great job of taking care of the ball and by not giving up any big plays. That's how you win football games no matter if you are in the USA or in Mexico. I'm very proud of how our guys represented themselves all week."


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RANDOLPH Patricia M. (Joyce) Woodin, 51, of Randolph, Vt., passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday morning, March 5, 2013, with her family and close friends by her side.
She was born on May 3, 1961, in Worcester, Mass., and raised in Framingham, the daughter of the late James and Teresa (Fedeli) Joyce. Pat earned a degree in plant and soil science at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
She continued her lifelong love of plants moving to Vermont and working as a florist and horticulturist. Her home and gardens were always known for their beautiful perennial beds and the colorful plantings of annuals that provided summertime bouquets. She was often called upon to make floral arrangements for parties, weddings and anniversaries.
Her diversity of talents led her to take a variety of technology positions at the University of Vermont Extension Service, at Browns River Middle School in Jericho and at Randolph Elementary School. Her most rewarding years of work were the recent ones spent at The Sharon Academy, where she found the grateful appreciation and love of the entire school community.
After college, Pat married her high school classmate, Joe Woodin, with whom she recently celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary. The best of Pats energies were happily devoted to her family, and she reveled in her successful life role as mother. Her greatest legacy lives on in the creativity, sincerity, compassion and good humor of her children. She lived day to day with a gentle and peaceful faith in Christ.
Pat is survived by her husband, Joe, and children, Maegan, of New York City, Rebekah, of Burlington, and Timothy, of Randolph; her beloved aunt, Eleanor Fedeli, of Worcester, Mass.; and her brothers, Timothy and James Joyce. She leaves a constellation of friends whose lives she touched with encouragement, her warm smile and a ready laugh. She was an inspiration to all who knew her throughout a long battle with breast cancer.
Calling hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, at Day Funeral Home, 4 Franklin St. in Randolph. A memorial service celebrating Pats life will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, at Bethany Church in the village of Randolph. Donations in Pats memory can be made to The Garden Fund at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, or to The Sharon Academy in Sharon, Vt.MORE IN ObituariesFrederick A. Full StoryBonnie L. Full StoryRichard E. Lemery
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Yellowstone Park Foundation Helps Provide a New Experience at Old Faithful
Public-Private Partnership Generates $15 Million for New Visitor Education Center
On August 25, 2010, Yellowstone National Park unveiled its new, state-of-the-art Visitor Education Center at Old Faithful, creating a focal point of innovative learning opportunities in the heart of Yellowstone.
"While there are more geysers and hot springs in Yellowstone than in the rest of the world combined, most visitors were leaving the park without a basic understanding of the amazing hydrothermal wonders they had just encountered," explained Karen Bates Kress, President of the nonprofit Yellowstone Park Foundation. "Now, thanks to many generous donors, we can open this Center -- and the minds of nearly three million visitors annually -- to the wonders of the park."
Multi-media and interactive exhibits will enable visitors of all ages to discover what makes a geyser erupt, what creatures thrive in the scalding hot spring waters, and how the park's fascinating volcanic past is visible today.
The Center, a result of a 10-year collaboration between federal and private partners, has already been recognized for its eco-friendly design with a Gold LEED designation (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) from the U.S. Green Building Council. It is one of the first National Park Service visitor centers to achieve this Gold rating through its use of sustainable elements in building construction and materials, energy and water conservation, and indoor air quality.
In 2000, the Yellowstone Park Foundation officially launched its capital campaign to help fund the new Visitor Education Center, and ultimately contributed $15 million of the total cost of design, construction, and exhibits. This was matched by $12 million in federal funds.
More than 400 individuals, foundations, and corporations made donations to the Yellowstone Park Foundation for the project. ConocoPhillips, the National Science Foundation, Shalin Liu, Unilever, Cheng Wu, Coca-Cola, and Toyota made leadership gifts of $1 million or more.
An undersized and outdated visitor center built in the late 1960s was demolished to make way for the new two-story, 26,000-square-foot structure. The new building has been designed to be compatible with the rustic architectural style of the Old Faithful Historic District.


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City Room: Finding the writer withinDecember 29,2012Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo
Lloyd Devereaux Richards, author of the new thriller Stone Maidens, sits in his Montpelier home Friday.
Lloyd Devereaux Richards is a stubborn guy. Thats a good thing when your novel is at stake.
The Montpelier resident has walked that long, hard publishing road with his first novel, Stone Maidens a journey that started more than a decade ago with an idea and extended through revisions until it became something he could show an editor.
Then it became subject to constructive criticism (and the not-so-constructive versions as well) before it went a rather far cry from his original idea to another editor. Once it got the attention of an agent in 2010, Stone Maidens had picked up steam.
Writing a novel is a journey that can take years. And for Richards, it did.
The payoff is an acclaimed first novel a thriller that not only represents the sum of the parts of his hard work but is truly a summation of some of the key lessons hes gleaned throughout his life.
What makes that even more impressive is that Richards was not a writer. He became one.
For 28 years, he worked as a lawyer for National Life. He moved here from New York after a friend had recommended the job to him. He wrote a few legal articles in journals, but his life was not rooted in writing.
Richards, now retired, likes to draw perhaps doodle is a more accurate description. He has little scenes drawn on scraps all around his house. He has written many poems, none ever published, but he has used both as creative outlets.
Then, in the late 1990s, he took a writing class that a friend was offering at a local college. He wrote an autobiographical work that really got the teachers attention. It had legs, the teacher said.
But, the professor cautioned, the jump from writing to publishing was too great for a non-writer and even some accomplished writers.
So Richards started thinking about writing and stories and fiction. The scraps of paper and small notebooks in which he jotted ideas started to coalesce. And soon the germ of an idea came to be.
He spent weekends and evenings (between work and raising his three children) writing. With the idea pouring out of him, he lost 40 pounds burning the candle bright until that idea came more deliberate and fashioned.
I had to teach myself to write, he said. It was hard work for me. I had to smack into a lot of walls and get a lot wrong.
He sought advice from friends who taught writing. He read lots of books on writing. He read lots of thrillers by scores of authors.
Finally, the self-taught exercise started to pay off.
An old girlfriend with anthropological interests turned into his protagonist, FBI agent Christine Prusik. His own anxiety issues were written into her character. A key piece of the investigation carved figures had been part of Richards own course of study at one point. (In fact, he maintains he has a novella-length substory just on that part of his novel.)
The story tracks the investigation of a serial killer in the Midwest. (Yes, I am deliberately keeping this vague so as not to spoil any of the intricate, well-crafted story lines.)
He sent off manuscripts to publishing houses that came back as fast as he could mail them out. The mailman must have been sick of me. At least his carrying arm was, he said.
Finally, after his sister published a memoir, she directed Richards to her editor, who gave Stone Maidens a look.
While HarperCollins had eyed the novel and St. Martins Press was eyeing it at the time, Amazon.com, which has its own publishing house, was the one that bought it.
It was such a relief, Richards said, except that the expectation was that Prusik would return for a sequel.
Richards is researching for that now.
The soft-spoken man, a true perfectionist, speaks of writing today like it is his lost love. He longs for his time to write, create and revise.
Enjoyment of the process as much as my dogged perseverance kept me pushing the story forward, finding fresh improvements, ratcheting up the tension, tying the hunter more inextricably to the hunted, gaining a stronger, clearer foothold in my books inner meaning the universal story it revealed about human nature the book was actually yielding itself to me ... he wrote in an email. There is no denying how lonely the world of writing is much of the time. But authorship is not a solitary experience, not if I was serious about publishing.
Because of Richards never quit attitude and his devotion to craft, the lawyer truly became the writer he wanted to be. He has his name on the cover of his book to prove it.
Lloyd Devereaux Richards book, Stone Maidens, is available at Bear Pond Books and Amazon.com.
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Where Implementation Of Health Overhaul Stands
By Susan Jaffe • Mar 23, 2012
The complexity, scale and sliding timetable for implementation of the federal health overhaul make it tough to figure out exactly what's happened so far. To help you sort through some key provisions, here's a scorecard.
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The NCAA basketball tournament is awesome. But care to make it "interesting"?
Nothing like trying to play psychic to keep you glued to every second of every games. A bracket pool helps make the games more entertaining, with the only cost -- besides the money, of course -- being a little bit of your time and intuition.
That, and you get to join a company of friends (and strangers or soon-to-be friends) and colleagues. And what a way to combine work and play to help make the workday fly by a little quicker.
But if you don't have a pool to join, why not try setting up your own?
If you don't quite know where to start, read on. Although this isn't rocket science, there's no sense making the same mistakes as those before you. Here are five things to consider when getting your very own pool off the ground ...
No. 5: Light-hearted or down-to-business?
Are you in it for the fun or are you looking for a little mind-game action? Let's start with the latter.
There's nothing wrong with opting for an exclusive, serious-players only pool. It's like a poker game -- the nonsense player can kinda ruin the vibe. Keeping it heady, the strategy that can be applied to the bracket is teased out, discussed more purposefully and elevated. This is cool.
Otherwise, capture the fun of having people with no clue getting in on the action. Watching this can be great entertainment.
For starters, the rookies can transform into rabid fanatics. Watch that executive who's never once watched a college basketball game languish about Kansas' upset loss. Or perhaps better yet, watch the guy who took 16 hours to pick his bracket become infuriated that his co-worker the next cubicle over just smoked him by choosing teams alphabetically.
No. 4: Get them hooked
Now that you know the style you want to use, you've got to market this puppy.
This is more applicable if you're trying to get strangers. And though most folks are pretty darn familiar with a bracket pool, so it sort of sells itself, don't sleep on this. Get those on-the-fence players. They can be great additions because they're unpredictable, having the biggest potential to surprise you with accuracy and behavior.
So market away! Speak to the cabin-fever remedy that March Madness is -- the joy, excitement, drama. And don't be afraid to get specific, as in something along the lines of, "Come join in and watch John Doe cry when he loses for the eighth straight year."
Have fun with the process, it's more appealing. And be candid about the long-shot possibilities and that a "random picker" just might end up taking home the prize.
No. 3: Get into the now
Say goodbye to paper and calculators. The Internet provides an efficient, clean way to run your office pool. (Also, it provides an opportunity to welcome outside players and perhaps join multiple tournaments.)
ESPN, Yahoo and CBSSports -- just to name a few -- all have easy to use platforms that you should take advantage of.
Creating a league is just a quick set-up -- choosing details on scoring, member invitations and password. It's a cinch. And the invitees shouldn't have a problem, either, following links sent to their e-mail.
An online pool also provides a "meeting place" for all members, allowing them common space from which to ask questions, talk smack, whatever.
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Both federal and Illinois law require landlords to provide prospective tenants with a copy of a brochure which has information about lead-based paint. The Illinois Department of Public Health has stated that providing the federal brochure, entitled "What You Need to Know About Lead in Your Home" satisfies both the state and federal requirements. The brochure can be found online in the REALTOR® Store, brochures section.
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Federal law already requires property owners to:
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For detailed information on how to comply with lead prevention laws and lead safety:
A requirement regarding lead-based paint disclosure took effect Dec. 22, 2008. Specifically, persons performing renovations for compensation must provide a brochure entitled "Renovate Right" to owners and occupants of residential real property built before 1978. Find the brochure (pdf) at www.epa.gov. Note that all lead-based paint disclosure rules remain the same for disclosure in the sales or rentals of residential real estate built before 1978.
The Illinois Lead Poisoning Prevention Act was amended by the Illinois General Assembly in the spring session of 2006 (Public Act 94-0879). The law sets out requirements for property owners/managers, retailers, and state and local departments of public health aimed at preventing the devastating effects of childhood lead poisoning.
Lead poisoning in children can cause irreversible brain damage and even at very low levels can lead to life-long learning, behavioral and physical problems. Most children are poisoned in their own homes, and deteriorating lead paint on windows, doors, and porches in homes built before 1978 is the main cause.


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Cortlandt Manor man arrested after high-speed chase
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The New York State Police, Troop F, SP Middletown announce the arrest of David A. Brown II, age 25, of 20 Rancho Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY for Criminal Mischief in the second degree, Reckless Endangerment in the second degree, Resisting Arrest, Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in the third degree and numerous vehicle and traffic violations.
On Sunday April 28, 2013 at approximately 10:40 a.m, a state trooper attempted a vehicle and traffic stop on a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle for its involvement in a road rage incident on State Route 17 in the Town of Chester. The operator of the motorcycle, David Brown, failed to comply and led police on a pursuit into the Town of Wallkill.
Troopers received a tip from a motorist that Brown had exited State Route 17 at exit 119 and went down a cul-de-sac. Troopers blocked off the street but Brown attempted to weave his way between the police cars, subsequently hitting two of the parked police cars. Brown was then taken into custody without incident.
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P-Solve and River & Mercantile set to merge
Investment consultant P-Solve and River & Mercantile Asset Management are merging to create a group servicing client assets estimated at £50 billion and are considering an IPO of the combined entity.
Each firm will retain an independent identity within an umbrella structure, called River & Mercantile Group.
Mike Faulkner, who will remain chief executive of the P-Solve consulting business, will become group chief executive. James Barham, on-going chief executive at the River & Mercantile investment arm, will lead group distribution.
Over the last decade, consultants like P-Solve have gravitated towards asset management by agreeing to take on day-to-day investment decisions on behalf of pension scheme clients seeking to match assets with liabilities. But P-Solve's merger with River & Mercantile takes the logic a stage further.
Faulkner said: "I've been considering a move like this for some time. To me, it feels like a natural evolution in the market place." He added: "Investment banks had nothing to do with it. James and I have known each other for 17 years."
Over the one, three, five and 10 years to March, P-Solve's fiduciary management service beat the global equity index by an annualised 2.5 percentage points, but only suffered 60% of the stock market's volatility, according to data supplied by P-Solve. Its core fiduciary product fell in value by 5.8% during the crisis of 2008, but bounced back 20.7% in 2009. P-Solve achieved these returns through the extensive use of derivatives.
After the merger, clients will have the chance to hedge the skills of River & Mercantile's top quartile equity manager team in the same way.
Faulkner said: "We have seen the development of a market when people are interested in outcomes and we believe we can serve this better through a merger with R&M. We like operating in the equity market, which is liquid and flexible."
He said insurers, like pension schemes, are seeking to use derivatives to enhance returns at the lowest possible risk to their balance sheets. P-Solve serves this market through a company called Meridian.
As well as pension schemes, River & Mercantile will offer P-Solve access to the wholesale market, where individual investors are increasingly interested in achieving targeted outcomes. Barham said: "We are keen to develop as a broadly-based asset management business."
To date, River & Mercantile has achieved returns by offering investors UK, global equity, small cap and recovery funds. In the year to March 2013, according to Companies House, it boosted operating profits by 85% to £9.46 million, on revenue of £13.7 million, before distributing the income to its partners. It manages assets worth nearly £2.3 billion.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1
Calories 483
Total Fat 20.5 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Sodium 528 mg
Total Carbohydrate 35 g
Dietary Fiber 5.5 g
Protein 38 g
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Crème fraiche (or substitute light mayonnaise) 2 tablespoons
Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon
Olive oil 2 teaspoons
Medium Yukon gold potatoes, cubed 2
Salmon filet (preferably wild) 12 ounces
Salt ½ teaspoon
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Fresh parsley, chopped 2 tablespoons
- Preheat oven to 425˚F.
- In a small bowl, mix together crème fraiche (or light mayonnaise) and mustard.
- Drizzle olive oil onto the bottom of a baking dish. Add potatoes and shake around until coated with the olive oil.
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What If Chappaquiddick Had Happened Today?
Eric Zorn does a little "what if" in the Chicago Trib, wondering if Ted Kennedy could have survived Chappaquiddick in today's news environment.
If we'd had insatiable 24/7 cable news networks in July 1969, the accident on Chappaquiddick Island in which a passenger in a car driven by Sen. Edward Kennedy drowned would likely have dominated the national consciousness for months.
Zorn then proceeds from the premise that Kennedy's life and work after that event make the point that it is a good thing we didn't have the 24/7 news cycle because we'd have lost a giant among legislators.
Of course, you have to accept his premise that Kennedy's life and work after Chappaquiddick were worthwhile to sign on to the premise. I, for one, don't.
I mean this is a guy who, as he schemed to figure out a way to become president, tried to make a deal with the General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, to undermine Ronald Reagan and gain politically.
So there are probably just as many out here who might have welcomed such coverage if it had had the desired effect of running Kennedy out of public life.
"Politically, Kennedy wouldn't have survived that kind of media bombardment," said Bruce DuMont, president of Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications and host of "Beyond the Beltway," a national weekly talk-radio show. "It wouldn't have just been a spotlight, it would have been a heat lamp. On him, on all the investigators, on everyone connected to the story.
The cable networks turned Scott and Laci Peterson into household names, DuMont said. "Just think what they would have done with Ted and Mary Jo. Remember all the coverage they gave to the [1999] plane crash that killed John F. Kennedy Jr.? Multiply that by 10."
Two things argue against this scenario. One – Scott and Laci Peterson didn't have the upper hand with an adoring media. The Kennedys have always seemed larger than life because the media made them that way. One also has to remember the media of the time knowingly covered up brother Jack's infidelity. 24/7 news coverage or not, that same sort of mentality was at work with any Kennedy. Expecting a critical look at this particular event is simply not something one can assume – especially given the fact that it never really got it at the time.
Two – Ted Kennedy was shameless. There was nothing that would run him out of public life, to include his cowardly act which led to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Had it been otherwise, the facts surrounding the incident at Chappaquiddick and the amount of coverage it did receive should have been sufficient to do what Zorn claims only 24/7 coverage would have accomplished now. But Kennedy waved it off, ignored it and plowed on.
So while I find Zorn's point about today's news cycle (and talk radio) to be interesting, I also find it to be a flawed rationalization for keeping certain bad actors in place supposing that some will become "Ted Kennedys" if we don't run them off. In fact, he says as much:
Or, as I believe, is the nation — particularly our disabled and disadvantaged residents — better off for the 40 years of service he was able to render after that terrible night?
The momentary satisfaction of destroying Ted Kennedy for his failings would have had a significant price. Something to keep in mind when the next fallen figure, Democrat or Republican, stumbles into the heat lamp.
Zorn's argument is that justice delayed or belayed might turn out for the better in some cases. That's an incredibly silly notion. And again you have to agree with the premise that Kennedy's "40 years of service" were worth Kopechne's life. Zorn is arguing it is. And he's not the only one.
Joyce Carol Oates attempts to push the very same premise under a different guise:
His tireless advocacy of civil rights, rights for disabled Americans, health care, voting reform, his courageous vote against the Iraq war (when numerous Democrats including Hillary Clinton voted for it) suggest that there are not only "second acts" in American lives, but that the Renaissance concept of the "fortunate fall" may be relevant here….Yet if one weighs the life of a single young woman against the accomplishments of the man President Obama has called the greatest Democratic senator in history, what is one to think?
One is to think that there isn't equal justice for all, that some are more privileged and apparently valuable than others. And certainly any future accomplishments, if good, are simply pure luck, even if you agree they're "good" . We have no way to look into the future and decide that someone will contribute to society in a grand way.
But we can look into the the interior of a '67 Oldsmobile, see a woman left to drown through the sheer cowardice of the driver who was more concerned about his political career than her life, and draw certain conclusions then.
To some, such as Zorn and Oates, they see a redeemed person who did well with the second chance. Others, such as myself, see such thinking as rationalization for making an exception of Kennedy where they wouldn't make one for anyone else (despite the lip service). "Second acts" or second chances, where I come from, occur after a price has been paid for the act in question. Kennedy never paid that price.
What Zorn and Oates are really saying here is since it turned out well in their opinion, the ends justify the means. As I see it that's not justice, it's elitism on steroids.


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Yesterday we announced a series of 5's for SOA.
5 SOA entry points based on a study of 500 customers from Mercer. The 5 are: People, Process, information, Reuse, and Connectivity!
We highlighted 5 Real customers using these SOA entry points for Value (Pep Boys, Harley Davidson, Delaware Electric, Magna Steyr, and Wuestenrot and Wuerttembergische AG (W and W AG).
On the business side, we have 3 entry points for customers looking to start their SOA journey! People centric collaboration, Business Process Management, Information as a service. Now we know that you could do BPM or Collaboration without SOA, but with SOA the value grows.
For instance around BPM, for many years companies have wanted the magic potion to fix, improve, modify process activity. But IT has been the biggest inhibitor. SOA changes the game in this space by allowing processes to be represented as services and components. As such, the service-based process now becomes re-usable, flexible, and can be modified and re-deployed more quickly. SOA turns processes into parts (called "services") so the specific part of the process can be improved, optimized, and then reassembled with other parts of the process.
Or for collaboration, SOA will enable this user experience and ensure consistent levels of service are met each step of the way. SOA allows customers to create, deploy, and update composite applications faster with SOA portlets. As application portlets are created or converted to "service-based" portlets, you can aggregate and integrate these portlets faster and more economically to get the collaborative user interface and view into your business that you need.
Or for Information, SOA drives further success Information delivered as a service provides extensive options to a company to allow for packaging, transformation, and distribution of the information to the right people at the right time. Information as a service, as a part of an SOA ensures consistency in sources and data rules, aligns information with business processes, provides business context to information, uncovers insightful relationships hidden within information, provides a basis for trust in information, and enables tighter control over information.
For the IT entry points, the 2 are Reuse, where a strong view of being able to reuse both IT assets and business logic. To build an SOA, you look at what you already have (people, applications, business processes, etc.), and use existing resources to streamline business processes, cut development time, ensure consistency through the organization, and save money. Based on open standards, IBM's offerings were created to allow a company to extend the value from their existing software by service-enabling it and then reuse the business value that comes from that service again and again. Firms can:
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In fact, a study by Software Productivity Research found that it is five times less expensive to reuse existing services and applications than to re-write them.
And finally Connectivity. SOA connectivity allows users to take an existing business process and deliver it through a different business channel with minimal rework. So for example, if you have a business process like opening a new account that you deliver through a call center, you can deliver the same process through a web site or a kiosk by leveraging this kind of connectivity. Doing so will ensure a secure, consistent user experience and save a great deal of cost. By the same token, SOA Connectivity lets you reach out to your trading partners with secure, services-based connectivity beyond your firewall. The Enterprise Integration Challenge report from Software Strategies found that use of an Enterprise Service Buses was two to four times less expensive than custom-built integration or FTP.
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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
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#17 Living together
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My mom wants to live with me "until my children grow up"
- July 14, 2008 at 10:22 PM
yes my mom has bought herself a dryer and never used it. she just likes to hang the clothes(washed ones) in washing lines.. but she makes sure nobody can see our bbanse. she knows that showing undies to others is very shameful thing so she dries them secrelty among all the towels and clothes.
but yes my mom w anted me to live with her until i got married and i was ok with that. i love living with my mom altho she drives me nuts and says samething like 100 times a day. she also wants my brother to live with her until he gets married. He has no GF but now he is seriously thinking of getting GF ASAP and get married off coz he is tired of my parents nagging him LOL!!!
my mom now wants to live with me and my husbands and wating for me to invite her to USA LOL!!
- July 21, 2008 at 10:10 PM
this is exactly what my mom's vision of a utopian family life is... all 3 of her boys living in a big ass house with their families so she & my dad don't have to go anywhere to play w/the grandkids.
- July 24, 2008 at 6:59 PM
How about fact that my friends and neighbors always know when my parents are VISITING me? How? Only need to check out my balcony - usual table/2 chairs suddenly joined by various huge pots or wrapped bundles. On the good sides: all leftovers stay with me!
- August 5, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Funny, my mom and her friends are the exact opposites. They can't wait to get away. They want to be close enough to the grandkids but they're old and tired and don't want to raise any more kids, just play with them during nice short visits. Some of them are plotting to get away!
- August 6, 2008 at 2:03 AM
- Seoul Brother said...
As far as living with my mother, aka The UFC Korean Bantamweight Harpy of Doom, I wouldn't want to even think of being in the same goddamn zipcode as her when she gets moody, which is by my calculations, ALL THE FRIGGIN' TIME.
She thinks she can still sing, which she may have been able to at some point, but most definitely not now. She does to "Danny Boy" what the Allied Forces did to Normandy Beach. OFTEN. She could be dead and I'd still be living with her, like a dead Jedi Master. Only annoying as hell.
- August 7, 2008 at 9:07 PM
- parkingathome said...
I caught my mother-in-law making an offer on the home two doors down from us the day after our wedding (600 miles from her house). Thank god she didn't get it.
- August 8, 2008 at 2:48 PM
That explains my neighbor. I can hear her singing when she's hanging up her underwear on the clothesline in the backyard. It must be YOUR mother-in-law. LOL.
- August 10, 2008 at 8:13 PM
- Heather *IsaBella and Harrison's Mommy* said...
My in-laws live with us (they're wonderful and I wouldn't have it any other way) and my mom's dying wish is that my hubby makes a lot of money, buys a huge ass house, and then has a nice guest house in the back so we're all living together and sharing in the joys of raising my children! (So far 2, but shooting for 4 or 5!) She encourages me to birth 'em out, as many as I want, as long as we have enough money to raise them and send them off to college and marry them off, etc... Also, we'll need enough money for the housekeeper and the nannies... Yes, she thinks this is all possible... We'll see...
Love always,
- October 10, 2008 at 2:24 AM
my mom still tries to make me promise
to never move out
- November 7, 2008 at 11:45 PM
my mother cried when i told her i didn't want her living with me when i get my first house.
- January 21, 2009 at 5:03 PM


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Goliad's Avery Zamzow won the long jump with a leap of 17 feet, 3 inches and the 200-meter dash in a time of 25.0 seconds while also running on the winning 400- and 800-meter relays.
The top two finishers in each event qualified for the Region IV-2A meet.
Katy Salziger was Goliad's other individual gold medalist as she won the 300 hurdles in 48.1.
Running with Zamzow on the 400- and 800-meter relays were Carlee Howard, Demari Ellis and Alexius Perry. The Tigerettes won the 400 relay in 50.3 and the 800 relay in 1:48.0.
The 1,600-meter relay team of Ellis, Haley Hale, Salziger and Delayne Styra took second with a time of 4:21.0.
Zamzow was second in the high jump by clearing 5-2 and Howard was runner-up in the pole vault by going 8-6.
Danielle Garza won the silver medal in the 800 with a time of 2:37.0. Perry took second in the 100 in a time of 12.4.
Courtney Priour was third in the triple jump (34-10) and Devin Towery was third in the 1,600 (6:14.0).
Also scoring points for the Tigerettes were Hale, who was fourth in the high jump (4-2), sixth in the pole vault (8-0), fifth in the 100 hurdles (16.7) and fifth in the 300 hurdles (53.6); Jalissa Clemons, who was fourth in the discus (92-3) and sixth in the shot put (30-9); Marina Mendoza, who was fifth in the discus (88-5); Towery, who was fifth in the 3,200 (14:20.0); Salziger, who was sixth in the 100 hurdles (17.0); Howard, who was fifth in the 100 (12.7); Denise Jones, who was fifth in the 200 (27.3); Styra, who was sixth in the 200 (28.0); and Marla Reyna, who was fifth in the 1,600 (6:23.0).
Goliad also won the JV girls title with 180 points.
Summer Moya won the 100 hurdles (18.22), 300 hurdles (55.41) and high jump (4-4).
Zara Brown won the long jump (15-6) and 100 (13.18), Kendra Webel won the gold in the discus (77-7 1/2) and Kendal Gruetzmacher won the triple jump (30-6 3/4) and Krista Noland captured the 800 (2:54.82).
Other individual medalists for the Goliad JV were Megan Janca, who was second in the long jump (15-2 1/2); Hanna Henson, who was runner-up in the 3,200 (14:46.75) and third in the 300 hurdles (58.09); Dallas Ohrt, who was third in the shot put (25-4 3/4); and Samantha Castillo, who was second in the 200 (29.15).
The Goliad JV finished second in all three relays. Moya, Brown, Janca and Castillo combined for a time of 55.4 in the 400 relay. Brown, Clemons, Gruetzmacher and Castillo teamed for a 2:01 in the 800 relay. Gruetzmacher, Savannah Dennis, Henson and Noland combined for a time of 4:55.0 in the 1,600 relay.
Other scorers for the Goliad JV were Janca, who was fourth in the 100 (13.9) and Noland, who was sixth in the 400 (1:13.0).


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Albury: You can't make this stuff upMay 06,2013
Looking for some cheap entertainment but you dont feel like sitting in front of the TV and being dumbed down by ridiculous reality shows?
Forget the boob tube. All of the entertainment you could ever want can be found on the various national news sites on the Internet.
For example, the other night I went to CNN.com and saw a headline that stated: Mount Everest Brawl Pits European Climbers Against Sherpas at High Mountain Camp. How could I resist reading on? This story had everything you could possibly want; an exotic location, brave adventurers, random violence, and most importantly, Sherpas.
Apparently Ueli Steck from Switzerland and Simone Moro of Italy were approaching the 24,500-foot Camp Three on Mount Everest last week when they were asked to wait on the mountain while a group of Sherpas rigged up some ropes. The climbers ignored the request and continued their ascent.
As anyone who has knowledge of the ways of Sherpas can tell you, there are two important things to know about Nepalese guides: they do not like to be ignored, and they can hold a grudge for a long time.
Once, when I first moved to Vermont, I hired a Sherpa to guide me on a hike up Camels Hump. The first few hours of the trek were quite enjoyable, but when we got to the ¼-mile mark on the trail there was a fork. My Sherpa insisted that we go left. I ignored the advice and went right. Aside from occasional nasty emails, I havent heard from the Sherpa since. But I digress.
Back to Mount Everest. As a result of Steck and Moro disregarding the Sherpas, later in the day a furious mob of Nepalese stormed up toward the climbers tents and pelted them with stones. As they remembered from childhood, stones may break your bones, so the men came out to see what was going on. A high altitude fracas ensued, and police are investigating the incident.
It was hard to imagine I could find a more entertaining article to read than one concerning riled, rock-throwing Sherpas. Then I stumbled across the following headline on the CBS news website: Man Loses Life Savings to Win Banana with Dreadlocks.
It all started when 30-year-old Henry Gribbohm of Epsom, N.H., went to a carnival to play a game in which you toss softballs into a tub. If you can get a softball to stay in the tub, you win a Playstation game console. Gribbohn took a few practice tosses, which he said were easy. But when he started playing for the prize the balls kept popping out. Gribbohm said he kept trying to win back his money by going double or nothing, and ended up losing $300 in just a few minutes. At this point one might question the sanity or at the very least the priorities of Mr. Gribbohm. Heck, for $300 he could have gotten two bloomin onions and a large soda. But no one said anything.
So Gribbohm did what any win-at-all-costs macho male would do; he went home, cleaned out his life savings of $2,300, and came back to the carnival on a mission. If that mission was to lose more money, Mr. Gribbohm could have done his imitation of George Bush on the USS Abraham Lincoln and declared victory. Before you could say, Theres a sucker born every minute, Mr. Gribbohm was out $2,600.
The next day Gribbohm returned to the carnival to complain and the games operator gave him back $600, and a giant, six-foot stuffed banana with dreadlocks. Of course, being America, this story has the potential to have an even happier ending than a partial refund and a free fruit pillow with matted coils of fake hair Mr. Gribbohm is considering a lawsuit.
The final headline I saw which confirmed my faith in the entertainment value of online news read: Scientist Says Eating Boogers Boosts Immunity. As reported by ABC, Scott Napper, who teaches biochemistry at the University of Saskatchewan, questioned whether the sugary taste of his daughters boogers is meant to signal to the body that consuming pathogens caught in the mucus was a good thing. If you ask me, the bigger question is how Mr. Napper knows his daughters boogers taste sugary.
Ive got two beautiful daughters, and they spend an amazing amount of time with their fingers up their nose, Napper stated. And without fail, it goes right into their mouth afterwards. Could they just be fulfilling what we are truly meant to do? Apparently those long Canadian winters give biochemists too much time to think about things.
Napper said that he is using his hypothesis to uh-oh. I see my Sherpa walking up the driveway. And he has some rocks in his hands. Gotta go
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