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11 Nanny Jobs Found
Nanny for newborn
Posted by Leigh H. on 12/9/2016
- 6 miles away (Mount Pleasant, SC)
- $12/hr
- 1 child
My husband and I are expecting our first child on 3/1/2017. We are looking to hire a nanny for 2-3 days a week while I am at work beginning 5/1. I am a nurse and work 12 hour shifts so we need some extra help with laundry, meal prep, dog walking, etc. I basically need someone willing to take up the... More
Looking for a nanny or nanny share...
Posted by Lindsay L. on 12/7/2016
- 4 miles away (Charleston, SC)
- $8–10/hr
- 1 child
My husband and I have a 3-month-old baby girl. I work downtown, but we live in West Ashley near Avondale. We are looking for someone approximately 35 hours per week (Monday thru Friday) starting in January 2017. Prefer someone: - reliable and dependable - who has extensive experience with infants... More
4 month old baby
Posted by Elite N. on 12/6/2016
- 6 miles away (Mount Pleasant, SC)
- $10–20/hr
- 1 child
We have a SWEET family with a soon to be 4 month old baby looking to hire a full/part time nanny. Hours would be roughly 8am to 4pm Monday through Thursday with the potential of some Friday hours, although they aren't 100% sure on the final count yet. Pay is $10 - $20 an hour depending on experience... More
Nanny / Afternoon Sitter
Posted by Kenneth W. on 12/4/2016
- 1 mile away (Charleston, SC)
- $13–18/hr
- 1 child
We are looking for someone to help with our 22 month old son - ideally to pick him up from his daycare downtown between 12PM - 2PM and be with him at our house until later in the day when my wife gets home. We are flexible with the exact hours.
Flexible Nanny
Posted by Jenna Y. on 12/5/2016
- 13 miles away (Charleston, SC)
- $10/hr
- 1 child
I work full time at an elementary school and my husband is a firefighter. He has a rotating schedule, where he works every third day. We would need someone only on the weekdays he works which would be 1-2 days per week. Because it is a rotating schedule, it would be a different day each week. We... More
Need full time nanny for 3 yo
Posted by Matthew C. on 12/2/2016
- 1 mile away (Charleston, SC)
- $15/hr
- 1 child
Full time nanny needed on a temp basis until a child care center is available in the area, then will need a part time nanny in the AM and PM for drop off and pick up as well as meal prep.
Full to Part Time Nanny / Babysitter
Posted by Zoë S. on 11/28/2016
- Less than a mile (Charleston, SC)
- $18/hr
- 3 children
We have two girls, ages 7 and 10, and a newborn baby boy on the way - in the next week. We're looking for a smart, kind, intelligent, self-starting, flexible care giver to do everything from help girls with homework, to shop for groceries, to help with cooking, to drive girls to piano and soccer,... More
Responsible and energetic team player to...
Posted by Kimberly B. on 11/27/2016
- 6 miles away (Sullivans Is, SC)
- $15/hr
- 2 children
We are in need of a nanny for our two children ages 7 and 10. This person would be responsible for picking the children up at school Monday's, Tuesday's, Thursday's. (2-6 ish). Also need a weekend night as well as Sunday's from 12-5. Ideally, we need someone upbeat who likes to play and engage with... More
New Born Care
Posted by Jeb R. on 11/22/2016
- 10 miles away (CH Hgts, SC)
- $8–10/hr
- 1 child
This is our first child and we are scared to be looking for someone we don't personally know. we are looking for affordable quality childcare. we would have a set schedule weekly. It would be constant from mid February until the summer. then pick back up in August. and the occasional afternoons for... More
In need of a live in Nanny
Posted by Ashley C. on 11/11/2016
- 12 miles away (North Charleston, SC)
- $100/week
- 2 children
We are a busy military family looking for a live in nanny. Room and board will be provided. We need someone who will be a perfect caregiver for our two boys. At this moment we do not have a start date, that will be based on the job I find. Being that it is very hard to trust other's with our kids,... More
Nanny for 3 Month old 2 weekends/ month
Posted by Brittany R. on 11/26/2016
- 19 miles away (Ladson, SC)
- $10–12/hr
- 1 child
I have a 3 month old.. needing nanny for 2 weekends a month 1 weekend 13hrs 6pm-7:30am overnight sat and Sunday and the other weekend early morning 4:30am until 8am and 4:30pm until 8pm


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I do not understand what "bounded" means. Anyways, let me solve the differencial equation maybe that would help.Originally Posted by braddy
I think LaPlace Transforms is a primitive way to solve this.
Just use the charachteristic equation.
You have,
In such a case, there is a theorem. "The solution to a non-homogenenous equation is the sum of the general solution to the homogenous equation and a specific solution to the non-homogenous solution."
First solve the homogenous equation:
thus, its charachteristic is,
thus, . Thus, the general solutions to this homogenous equation are,
Second, find a specific solution to the non-homogenous,
. Since, there is a sine on the right look for solutions of the form,
Substitute that, into the non-homogenous
Solving, we have
Now, by the theorem, all general solution to this non-homogenous equation are the sum of these two solutions. Which gives,
Looking at the initial conditions: Evaluating this at zero we get D,
Its, derivative is when evaluated at zero is,
Thus, solving these two equations,
Thus, the unique functions that satisfies this differencial equation with its initial conditions are:
Hope this helps.

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Supersub Ben Haim puts Israel back in contention
Israel is now in joint second place in Group F
A second-half strike from supersub Tal Ben Haim lifted Israel to joint-second in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F as they overcame Georgia at the Bloomfield Stadium.
Having beaten Latvia 2-1 on Saturday, Luis Fernandez's men ran out deserved winners in a match that featured the comeback of captain Yossi Benayoun following a lengthy injury lay-off.
The Maccabi Petah Tikva player – not to be confused with the Portsmouth defender – was in the right place at the right time seven minutes after coming on to finish an excellent move involving Maor Buzaglo and Lior Refaelov.
One of the biggest cheer of the night was reserved for Benayoun who came off the bench with 71 minutes on the clock.
Buzaglo came close with two free-kicks that landed on top of the net.
There were scenes of jubilation at the final whistle as Israel climbed above Georgia after inflicting their first defeat of the group stages.
Matchwinner Tal Ben Haim said: "It was a dream debut. I scored with my first kick. It was a great moment for me but the important thing is that the team won and we are back in with a chance to reach the Euro 2012 finals."
Israel manager Luis Fernandez said: "We were fresher than the Georgians and controlled the game. Welooked confident in defence and eventually the midfield and attack found a way through.
"We are back in the race to qualify and I always said we should not give up."
Israel's next group match is away in Latvia on June 4 followed by tough games against group leaders Greece and Croatia.
Israel: Dudu Awat, Tal Ben Haim, Dani Bondarv, Rami Gershon, Bebras Natcho (sub: Tal Ben Haim 52), Biram Kayal, Almog Cohen, Lior Refaelov (sub: Gil Vermouth 63), Elyaniv Barda (sub: Yossi Benayoun 71), Maor Buzaglo, Dekel Keinan. Subs not used: David Goresh, Gal Alberman, Talk Twatha, Ben Sahar


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By Maj. Marc Young, 188th Infantry Brigade Public AffairsAugust 20, 2009
FORT STEWART, Ga. As 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division prepares for a pending deployment, team work is setting the stage and foundation for successful future operations in Iraq. Operation Raider Focus, an on-going, 21-day field training exercise at Fort Stewart, is an opportunity for 1st Brigade Soldiers to sharpen their skills for combat, but the training is also a prime opportunity for teamwork between the Marne Division and the 188th Infantry Brigade, a training support brigade from First Army Division East, headquartered at Fort Stewart.
"We understand the importance of 1st HBCT's preparation for their upcoming mission and we relish the opportunity to participate as observer controllers in Raider Focus," said Col. Robert A. Warburg, commander of the 188th Infantry Brigade.
"This is also a perfect opportunity to strengthen the personal and professional relationships between the 188th Infantry Brigade and our brothers-in-arms in the 3rd Infantry Division while sharpening our own capabilities as trainers," continued Col. Warburg.
As a training support brigade, the 188th Infantry Brigade plans, resources and validates post-mobilization training of National Guard and Army Reserve formations for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Kosovo Force in support of First Army Division East Army Force Generation tasks to ensure combatant commanders receive fully trained, combat-ready forces.
"It's been a blessing having a professional observer controller package from the 188th Infantry Brigade married to the internal brigade assessment teams from 3rd Infantry Division," said Lt. Col. Josh Potter, 1st HBCT stabilization and transition team chief. "The teaming has generated a better understanding of useful tactics, techniques and procedures for the upcoming deployment and has strengthened the personal relationships between the 188th Infantry Brigade and 3rd Infantry Division," said Lt. Col. Potter.
188th Infantry Brigade Observer Controllers participating in Operation Raider Focus are primarily aimed at battalion, company and platoon-level operations during battalion-level situation training exercises.
"Both 3rd Infantry Division and 188th Infantry Brigade share mutual responsibilities to train Soldiers for combat," said Capt. James Young, team chief for 2nd attalion, 306th Field Artillery Regiment, 188th Infantry Brigade.
"All Soldiers deserve well planned and demanding training, regardless of the unit's designation as Reserve, National Guard, or active component forces," continued Capt. Young.


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Joe Jonas was with brothers Kevin and Nick on a photo shoot for Fault magazine on Wednesday (July 24). They wore monochrome colors and were in fall clothes of blazers and sweaters.
He wrote via Instagram: "Behind the scenes of our @faultmagazine shoot today"
On Tuesday the band appeared on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live show when Joe was asked to rank his favorite to least former Disney girl – Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez.
Joe replied, "Oh man … me and her are very cool now, so favorite [is] Demi," he said. "Wow. I want to say … I can't say 'plead the fifth' yet, this is bad. … I'll go Miley and [then] Selena, because Selena I haven't seen in a while. So, I saw Miley; she was very nice to me recently."
Joe dated Demi in 2010 and Nick dated Miley and broke up with her in 2007 and went out with Selena in 2008/2009.
US Weekly reports that Miley recalled her relationship with Joe in a May interview with Nightline News.
She said, "We were in a relationship and we broke up, and at one point, I was really mad at him. Now, I can, fortunately, say, that him and his brother Nick, have always been there for me, and are literally family, and like brothers. We have a great friendship. And we may not be as close as we used to be, but that's OK."
Selena has said of Nick, "I had my first 'boyfriend' [Nick Jonas], which wasn't really a boyfriend, at 14, 15. You're young and you don't know how to be."
Tonight The Jonas Brothers perform in Holmdel, New Jersey.


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A datamapper plugin for active_model compliance and thus rails 3 compatibility.
WWW: https://github.com/datamapper/dm-active_model
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/databases/rubygem-dm-active_model/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install rubygem-dm-active_model
cd /usr/ports/databases/rubygem-dm-active_model/ && make install clean
pkg install rubygem-dm-active_model
PKGNAME: rubygem-dm-active_model
SHA256 (rubygem/dm-active_model-1.2.1.gem) = 3f250fcfeb4169a6cac25bd8a5a3bad79b1c5209b8fee226fcf855eb27b28058
SIZE (rubygem/dm-active_model-1.2.1.gem) = 9216
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
This port is required by:
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 19
Deprecate ruby@ ports that depend on deprecated rails 3.x
With hat: ruby@
Convert USES=gem:autoplist to USES=gem since autoplist is default
create USES=gem and update rubygem- ports to use it
Note that for now ports still have to have USE_RUBY=yes to use USES=gem
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6070
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories d, e, f, and g.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Set NO_ARCH for remaining rubygem-* ports with no arch dependent files
Obtained from: DEVELOPER_MODE
With Hat: ruby@
Sponsored by: RideCharge Inc / Curb
- Add LICENSE
- Update RUN_DEPENDS
Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus
minor COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. Categories D-F.
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
- Add stage support
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Update to 1.2.1
- Unmark BROKEN
- Mark BROKEN
With Hat: ruby@
Sponsored by: RideCharge Inc. / TaxiMagic
- Fix depend versions according to rubygems.org [again]
With Hat: ruby@
Tested by: P6 TB Full rubygem run
- Update ruby-dm ports to latest versions
- Update MAINTAINER to ruby@ for my ruby ports
Update my email address on the ports I maintain.
Approved by: wxs@ (mentor)
- Fix up depencies versions after all the churn today
- Cannoicalize the WWW: [again],
- Save redirects s/http/https/ for github
- Update Data Mapper to 1.1.0
and its required dependecies
With Hat: ruby@
Sponsored by: RideCharge Inc. / TaxiMagic
A datamapper plugin for active_model compliance and thus rails 3 compatibility.
WWW: http://rubygems.org/gems/dm-active_model/
PR: ports/157993
Submitted by: Ryan Steinmetz <rpsfa at rit.edu>
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
35 vulnerabilities affecting 74 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
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Armed with a Waffle Taco and a few years of Millennial-driven momentum, Taco Bell is taking a bold step into the morning daypart with its national rollout of breakfast on March 27. Many see the move as a direct attack on the beloved Egg McMuffin and McDonald's dominance at breakfast. But Taco Bell joins a growing crowd of morning quick-service competitors, all hoping to tempt consumers out of bed with innovative-yet-affordable offerings served with convenience, speed and a decent ...
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Background: Middle manager resistance is often described as a major challenge for upper-level administrators seeking to implement complex innovations such as evidence-based protocols or new skills training. However, factors influencing middle manager support for innovation implementation are currently understudied in the U.S. health care literature.
Purpose: This article examined the factors that influence middle managers' support for and participation in the implementation of work-based learning, a complex innovation adopted by health care organizations to improve the jobs, educational pathways, skills, and/or credentials of their frontline workers.
Methods: We conducted semistructured interviews and focus groups with 92 middle managers in 17 health care organizations. Questions focused on understanding middle managers' support for work-based learning as a complex innovation, facilitators and barriers to the implementation process, and the systems changes needed to support the implementation of this innovation.
Findings: Factors that emerged as influential to middle manager support were similar to those found in broader models of innovation implementation within the health care literature. However, our findings extend previous research by developing an understanding about how middle managers perceived these constructs and by identifying specific strategies for how to influence middle manager support for the innovation implementation process. These findings were generally consistent across different types of health care organizations.
Practice Implications: Study findings suggest that middle manager support was highest when managers felt the innovation fit their workplace needs and priorities and when they had more discretion and control over how it was implemented. Leaders seeking to implement innovations should consider the interplay between middle managers' control and discretion, their narrow focus on the performance of their own departments or units, and the dedication of staff and other resources for empowering their managers to implement these complex innovations.
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Helping you get more from your business data!
My goal is helping you and your business be more productive by solving data flow problems using computer software. I see software as just another tool to get the job done. Fortunately, it's a tool I know how to modify to do exactly what is needed.
I have been an independent software consultant for over 20 years. I've worked with numerous clients, implementing software solutions to their business data process problems. In the course of this work, I've had to identify those data flows and design and implement software solutions.
I use modern software development tools and techniques to develop robust solutions not only quickly and inexpensively, but in such a way that these solutions can be easily modified as needs change. I look for cost effective solutions. I work with existing hardware and software where possible, and avoid costly upgrades unless absolutely necessary.
I've written and maintained double entry accounting solutions and MRP / ERP solutions. I've automated spreadsheet creation from stored data. I've worked with data from web pages, credit cards, checks, CAD programs and even manufacturing process monitors and package tracking systems.
I've used hundreds of computer programs and I know when a user interface works and when it doesn't. A good user interface doesn't get in the user's way and allows the user to get the job done with minimum effort.
I've read thousands of pages of documentation. I know good documentation and how to write it. Good documentation allows the user to quickly find the answers needed without reading the whole manual.
I've worked with users with all levels of computer skill. I know how to get to the core of what data they need and what they need to do with it.
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Memorial Day 2011
Between 1941 and 1945 alone, over 400,000 brave Americans gave their lives in the deadliest military conflict in history. We will gather in remembrance this May 30th to commemorate Memorial Day, which honors the men and women who have died in service while in the military. Since 1971, this federal holiday has been recognized on the last Monday in May. Originally called Decoration Day, the first re... Read More »


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 A community in the Upper West Region of Ghana suffers from some of the poorest conditions in the country. The community's Primary and Junior High Schools serve 732 students and lack proper latrine toilets. Currently, students have no sanitary way of relieving themselves during school hours. This project aims to provide each school with a Kumasi Ventilated-Improved Pit (KVIP) latrine with hand-washing stations that collect rainwater.

 This project is supported by the Ghana Education Service and led by the local Parent and Teacher Association. The community has established work groups and mobilized to dig two pits (one for each school), excavating more than 2,300 cubic feet of dirt. Additionally, the community has acquired a tractor to collect local materials like sand and stone for the construction, and women have volunteered to provide food for the laborers each day that they work. The community's contribution makes up 28% of the project budget.

 This community is committed to the development of its children, and wants every child to receive a well-rounded education in a safe and sanitary environment. At the completion of this project, each school will have a three-seater KVIP latrine with private rooms for boys, girls, and teachers.

 Partnership funds will be used to purchase the cement, lumber, roofing materials and contract labor necessary for the construction of the two KVIP latrines.

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 Note: This summary was provided by a Peace Corps Volunteer and the community administering this project.
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The Jervis McEntee Diaries - December 2, 1887
Diary Entry:
Friday, Dec 2, 1887 Still cold with a snow storm threatening. I am working on my picture and improving it. Inness says he keeps painting on his old pictures and as his knowledge and facility increase he improves them. I think it a good idea and practise it somewhat myself. George Hall called. An excellent man in every way but like most of us artists, too sensitive. We have to pay for it. I had a letter from Sara last night. Cousin Rachel is with her and she expects me on Saturday. Went around to the Century and met some of the artists.


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Faze 3 Expands EZLon Launches Patterned Bath Rugs
April 7, 2012-- Home Textiles Today,
NEW YORK - Building on the momentum of its EZLon collection of micro-polyester bath rugs, Faze 3 Ltd. came to market with new fiber and design constructions.
"The new products demonstrate the capabilities of our equipment," explained Joe Shafran, vp.
Another new collection also shows Faze 3's expanding capabilities. Employing new equipment, the company "for the first time, can make patterned bath rugs in multiple colors and patterns with a full rubber back - not just a tufted cotton back," Shafran said.
Furthermore, he added, "we can make these rugs at the same prices as a cotton duck-backed tabletop item."
A grouping of brightly colored, novelty styles in assorted shapes, including squares, spheres and butterflies, among others, are also new to bath.
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Medical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Correspondence to: Tao Dong, PhD, Medical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
T. Dong and S. L. Rowland-Jones contributed equally to this work.
Supported by Medical Research Council, United Kingdom, and the Li Ka Shing Foundation, Oxford Global Health Programme.
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Accepted December 27, 2011
Background: The sequence diversity that exists between HIV-1 strains presents a major obstacle to the design of a vaccine that will be effective on a global scale. Focusing on highly conserved cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes as vaccine targets has been called into question by evidence that variation within epitope flanking regions can affect processing and presentation.
Methods: Using epitope-specific T-cell clones tested for recognition of HLA-matched target cells infected with vaccinia viruses expressing HIV-1 nef genes derived from different HIV-1 clades, we examined the efficiency of presentation of an HLA-B*40 restricted HIV-1 nef epitope compared to that of an HLA-B*08 restricted epitope with which it overlaps by 6 amino acides.
Results: This small shift in epitope position substantially changed the patter or epitope processing and led either to an increase or decrease in antigen generation dependent on the viral sequences present.
Conclusions: These data demonstrate the complexity of the antigen presentation pathway and the difficulties associated with selecting CTL epitopes as targets for an HIV-1 vaccine that will be effective in many populations and against several viral strains.
The spread of HIV-1 is one of the most challenging problems by which the global health community is currently faced. Despite the continuing improvement in antiretroviral therapy, a safe and effective vaccine remains the best hope of controlling the HIV-1 epidemic. The rarity of broadly neutralizing antibodies1,2 combined with several lines of evidence implicating CD8+ T cells in the control of HIV-1 replication3–14 has led much vaccine research to be focused on generating virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL).15 However, determining which CTL epitopes represent good targets for an HIV-1 vaccine is a complex undertaking.
The error-prone nature of HIV-1 reverse transcription16,17 combined with its high replicative ability has resulted in the virus possessing a vast amount of genetic diversity. The most common subgroup of HIV-1, group M, consists of several clades, subclades, and circulating recombinant forms, which can possess sequence variation of up to 30%. In addition, viruses from within the same clade can also show substantial sequence differences, sometimes up to 15%.18 This confronts those attempting to design a vaccine that will be effective against a wide range of HIV-1 subtypes and within several infected populations with a difficult task.
Several studies advocate the use of conserved regions of HIV-1 as vaccine targets, and many utilize exogenously loaded peptide to test such theories.19–21 However, sequence conservation of the epitope itself and recognition of externally administered optimal peptide epitopes does not ensure that a response will be generated toward a given antigen in the context of natural infection with potentially diverse viral isolates. It has been demonstrated that sequence variation in the flanking regions of T-cell epitopes can abrogate their processing and presentation.22–24 Work from our group has shown that the flanking sequence of a conserved HLA-B*08 restricted nef epitope FL8 affects the processing and presentation of the peptide and that certain amino acids upstream of the epitope are important in determining if the epitope is presented at the cell surfaces.25
In this article, we further develop these findings by investigating the processing and presentation of an HLA-B*40-restricted nef epitope KL9 that overlaps with the HLA-B*08-restricted epitope studied by Ranasinghe et al.25 Recombinant vaccinia viruses (rVV) expressing nef from several viral isolates were used to infect an HLA-B*40+ B cell line that was then assayed for the presence of KL9 at the cell surface. The results showed that the pattern of antigen processing can differ substantially between epitopes that overlap by several amino acids. A shift of just 2 amino acids can lead to both a reduction and an increase in the efficiency of processing of a peptide epitope compared with the epitope beginning 2 amino acids previously. These results emphasize the complexity of antigen processing and presentation and represent further evidence that relying on exogenously loaded peptide to evaluate vaccine targets may substantially overestimate recognition of antigenic epitopes.
To produce transformed B-cell lines, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were incubated in Epstein–Barr virus culture supernatant for 3 hours. One hundred microliters of R15 [RPMI supplemented with 15% fetal calf serum (Sigma, Gillingham, United Kingdom), 2 mM L-glutamine, and 50 U/mL penicillin/streptomycin] containing 2 μg/mL cyclosporin A (Sandimmun, Novartis, Frimley, United Kingdom) was then added, and the cells were incubated for 2 weeks. The media were exchanged when necessary. After 2 weeks, the cyclosporin A was omitted.
To generate CD8+ T-cell clones, PBMCs from an HLA-B*40+ HIV+ patient were stained with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I tetramer and anti-CD8-allophycocyanin (APC; BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) and then resuspended in 500 μL of H10 [RPMI supplemented with 10% human AB serum (NBS, Bristol, United Kingdom), 2 mM L-glutamine, and 50 U/mL penicillin/streptomycin] for fluorescence activated cell sorting. Sorted tetramer+ cells were expanded using irradiated allogeneic PBMCs containing 50 μg/mL phytohemagutinin. Cells were cloned using limited dilution. On day 3 post restimulation, interleukin 2 (final concentration: 200 U/mL) was added to the culture media. CD8+ T-cell clones were also generated from 2 HIV-1+ patients attending an outpatient clinic in Oxford, one of whom was HLA-A*24+, whereas the other expressed HLA-B*08. Ethical approval was obtained from Oxford Tropical Ethics Committee, and all patients gave informed consent.
The rVVs expressing HIV-1 Nef protein (rVV-Nef) from 7 group M subtypes of HIV-1 were acquired from the NIH AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program: HIV-192UG037.1(A), HIV-1MN (B), HIV-196ZM651 (C), HIV-194UG114.1 (D), HIV-193BR020 (F), HIV-192NG83.2 (G), and HIV-190CF056 (H). Two plaque-forming units per target cell of rVV were added to B-cell lines previously washed in RPMI. The cells were then incubated for 1 hour. One milliliter of R10 was added before incubating for further 2 hours. The cells were then washed and resuspended at the required concentration.
Standard human interferon γ (IFN-γ) enzyme-linked immunospot assays were performed as described elsewhere.26 In brief, CD8+ T-cell clones were added to precoated IFN-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assay plates with either peptide pulsed or rVV-infected target cells at an E:T ratio of 1:50, in duplicate, in a final volume of 100 microliters per well. Assays were incubated for 18 hours at 37°C, 5% CO2, and developed as normal.
CD8+ T-cell clones at a concentration of 5 × 105/mL were incubated with 2 microliters per well of anti-CD107a-phycoerythrin (PE; BD Biosciences) at 4°C for 30 minutes. Peptide-pulsed or rVV-infected B-cell targets (106/mL) were then added followed by incubation for 1 hour. Brefeldin A at a concentration of 10 μg/mL was added before 3-hour incubation. Cells were stained with anti-CD8 APC (BD Biosciences), washed twice, and fixed before being read on a CyAn adenosine diphosphate flow cytometer. Analysis was performed using FlowJo software (Tree Star Inc).
An HLA-B*40-restricted CD8+ T-cell clone specific for a nef epitope (KL9), which overlaps with the HLA-B*08 restricted FL8 epitope by 6 amino acids (Table 1), was used to determine whether this epitope is processed and presented when an HLA-B*40+ B cell line was infected with several rVV containing HIV-1 nef proteins of varying sequences (Table 1). The infected cells were tested for recognition by the KL9-specific clone in an IFN-γ ELISpot assay (Fig. 1A). In addition, the presence of the KL9 epitope on the surface of the B cell line was determined by measuring the percentage of clones expressing the degranulation marker CD107a after incubation with the infected B cells (Fig. 1B). Peptides matching the sequences of the KL9 epitope contained with the rVV were used to pulse the HLA-B*40+ B cells (WT = KEKGGLEGL, within clade C, D, and F rVV; 7D = KEKGGLDGL, within clade A, B, G, and H rVV) to determine recognition of the epitope sequence by the KL9-specific clone.
The rVVs that were not recognized by the KL9-specific clone were assayed for infectivity by determining the presence of either the FL8 epitope or an HLA-A*24-restricted nef epitope (RW8) on the surface of infected B cells (either HLA-B*40+/HLA-A*24+ or HLA-B*08+) using specific clones (Fig. 1C). This demonstrates that the lack of the KL9 epitope on the B-cell surface after infection with rVV A, B, and H does not stem from a lack of rVV infectivity and results from a decrease in processing efficiency. The results of these experiments, summarized in Table 1, show that depending on the nef sequence inserted into the rVV one, both or neither of the KL9 and FL8 epitopes were processed and presented.
The nef sequences contained within the 3 rVV that were not recognized by the KL9-specific clone (A, B, and H) all possess a glutamic acid to an aspartic acid substitution at position 7 within the KL9 epitope (Table 1). The KL9-specific clone is able to recognize this 7D variant epitope as illustrated by the generation of effector functions after incubation with variant peptide-pulsed B cells and target cells infected with clade G rVV (1A, 1B and Table 1).
It is however possible that the KL9-specific clone recognizes this mutant epitope with a reduced functional avidity compared with the wild-type (WT) peptide, requiring a greater amount of peptide and in turn more efficient antigen processing to induce a response. The functional avidity of the KL9-specific clone for the WT and the 7D mutant peptide was determined using B cells pulsed with various concentrations of both peptides in an IFN-γ ELISpot assay. The peptide concentration that elicited the half-maximal IFN-γ release from the clone was the same for both peptides (Fig. 1D).
Many studies aimed at characterizing HIV-1–specific CD8+ T cells make use of exogenously loaded peptide antigen. However, such assays do not take into account the multiple steps that must occur to generate a peptide–MHC complex at the cell surface from a cytosolic viral protein. Numerous variables impact on the efficacy of this process including the viral sequence of the epitope and its flanking regions and features of the antigen-presenting cell such as polymorphisms in the proteins involved in antigen processing.
These results demonstrate that infection with 3 of 7 rVV-containing HIV-1 nef sequences did not result in the processing and presentation of an HLA-B*40-restricted epitope. It is worth noting that infection with one particular rVV, containing a clade C nef sequence, gave a positive response from the KL9-specific clone in an IFN-γ ELISpot assay but not a CD107a assay. It is unclear why this might be but these 2 assays measure different effector functions, cytokine secretion, and degranulation, which may require different levels of peptide stimulation. The discrepancies shown highlight the importance of using more than 1 readout to determine the efficient processing and presentation of the KL9 epitope.
This study demonstrates that the KL9 epitope relies on different amino acids for effective processing compared with an HLA-B*08-restricted epitope with which it overlaps by 6 amino acids. The processing of the HLA-B*08-restricted epitope FL8 is heavily influenced by the amino acid directly preceding its N-terminus. Efficient processing does not occur when a phenylalanine is present at this position. As the HLA-B*40-restricted KL9 epitope is situated 2 amino acids further along the nef sequence and has a conserved leucine directly preceding its N-terminus, it could be hypothesized that more efficient processing of the epitope occurs. However, as outlined in Table 1, a conserved leucine instead of a phenylalanine at position −1 does not ensure processing and presentation of the KL9 epitope.
It is perhaps unsurprising that the efficient processing and presentation of an epitope cannot be ensured by the presence of one specific amino acid. Only the generation of particular peptide fragments will result in the presentation of a given antigen. The correct C-terminus of the antigen must be produced before transporter-associated-with-antigen-processing transport occurs as only N-terminal peptidases are present in the endoplasmic reticulum.26–28 Therefore, subtle changes in peptide sequence that lead to even minor alterations in the fragments produced by the proteasome and other cytosolic proteases could result in the abrogation of processing of a given epitope.
Although the presence of a phenylalanine directly preceding the FL8 epitope was highlighted as reducing the efficiency of the processing of the epitope, experiments using laboratory strain HIV-1 isolates revealed that even when a histidine is present at this position effective processing of the antigen is not guaranteed.25 Similarly, comparing the peptide sequences of the nef genes within the rVV whereby infection results in presentation of the KL9 epitope with those that were not recognized by the KL9-specific clone reveal that no one particular amino acid can be used to segregate the 2 groups.
The experiments outlined in Figure 1 were carried out using different target cells to those used by Ranasinghe et al.25 Therefore, it is possible that factors other than sequence variation of nef within the rVV could account for the differential pattern of processing displayed by the FL8 and KL9 epitopes. Polymorphisms exist in several of the proteins involved in antigen processing and presentation.29 Differences between the 2 target cell lines are known to be present at the MHC class I locus and could potentially be present within other molecules such as the proteasome, TAP, or chaperone molecules such as tapasin. In addition, different MHC class I molecules vary in their interactions with such molecules. For example, certain HLA molecules are more dependent on tapasin for efficient peptide loading than others.29
The complexity of the antigen-processing pathway makes it difficult to draw definitive conclusions about the mechanisms responsible for the differences in epitope recognition observed. It is however apparent that even subtle changes affecting either viral or host cell factors can have a substantial impact on the process of antigen generation. Furthermore, the effects of flanking region mutations on CD8+ T-cell epitope generation do not simply manifest during HIV-1 infection but have been found to influence responses to other viral infections30 and tumors,31 suggesting that this is a common phenomenon with wide-ranging implications.
Antigen processing and presentation is a complex process that is susceptible to alteration by many factors. The effective generation of a particular epitope does not ensure the efficient production of another epitope with which it substantially overlaps. Thus, the exact position of any amino acid substitutions involved in modulating antigen processing is crucial. Sensitivity to flanking region mutations could be a common trait of many HIV-1 and indeed other viral epitopes, allowing such pathogens an increased opportunity for immune escape. This makes the selection of potential HIV-1 vaccine targets a difficult task.
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Do you have a fridge?
No gallery is better,
for your child's art.
The wonderful gift
Of a child's scribbling
Warms us to the core….
It's a wonderful gift
Till you try to clean the wall
Then it's a problem!
Oh, such great beauty!
Nothing better than child art.
Take pictures, then sponge…
My children's art work
Graces the walls of my home
In lovely wood frames
Biased…Yes Indeed
I am a grandmother now
Framing grandchild's art!!!
Their very first art
Was drawn on their bedroom walls
Should have taken PICS,,,,
,,,,,My only regret!
Three times I painted the walls
My cherished mem'ries,
(Thanks Allison for a walk down memory lane! This is one of my favorites. Touched my heart.)
In stately homes and churches
Restorers revive wall paintings´
Hidden under centuries of repaints.
Find one, and discover past gifts.
crayon drawing —
the genuine glow
of praise
(English-language haiku is not always 5-7-5 as it is taught in elementary schools). it can be shorter such as 6-12 words. English has longer syllables than Japanese, so brevity is more important than keeping the 5-7-5 Japanese form. Also, haiku is not a sentence or a list of three things. Actually, juxtaposition of two images is an important, element in haiku, so one word or phrase on one line juxtaposes another word or phrase written in two lines. Another aspect is suggestion rather than description}.
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|Barely Legal Flesh Fly, Peachy Pink
|Lady Flesh Fly, Articulated, Orange & Tan
|Barely Legal Flesh Fly, Cotton Candy
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|Salmon return to all watersheds in Alaska that have access to the ocean. Many river are veritable salmon factories with thousands and even millions of fish returning annually. These salmon draw legions of fishers, many of which are not humans. Eagles, gulls and giant bears also get much nourishment from the salmon runs. Below the surface of these salmon rivers rainbow trout and char also feed on the bounty brought to these rivers by the spawning and dying salmon. In some rivers in Alaska, all five
|species of Pacific Salmon find a niches in the web of life. Every salmon that enters these rivers is on a one way mission. Each dies after spawning. In some rivers salmon spawning goes on nearly from ice-out in the spring to freeze-up in the late fall. These rivers are rich with food for rainbows and char in the form of drifting eggs, emerging fry and especially in the protein from drifting and decaying flesh of salmon carcasses. As ghoulish as it seems, many resident rainbows grow fat on this nearly inexhaustible supply of protein. A combination of an endless smorgasbord of salmon flesh and fishing pressure caused by visiting anglers can make some fish very selective in the flesh they eat. Color and texture plays rolls in this selectivity. a couple of very astute Alaskan fishing guides have studied this selectivity and produced flies that level the playing field. They are listed below.
|Guide, Keith Graham says about his Barely Legal Flesh Fly Series: I first tied the barely legal flesh about 10 years ago. The use of plastic beads were not allowed during certain times on some of my home waters, such as the Russian River for example, so I thought I would incorporate a bead into a fly. I came up with the idea of putting a bead into a flesh fly simply because Rainbow Trout & Dolly Varden rely on both salmon eggs & flesh as a main food source during the months of August, September, & October. The use of articulated flies has become
very popular & by putting a plastic bead that I custom painted, one of my favorite colors, into the middle of 2-pieces of flesh, I was offering the fish 2 of their primary food sources at the same time. This fly has proven itself in many different waters here in Alaska. The Kenai, Naknek, & Kvichak to name a few. Basically any river that has Trout & a Salmon run, would be a great place to give this fly a try, especially in the months I mentioned.
Barely Legal Flesh Fly, Peachy Pink
This large (4.5") Articulated fly is unweighted for maximum action. It is tied using expensive tip dyed rabbit fur to simulate fresh flesh, perhaps from a fish that was torn apart by a bear. To give it further realism an opaque pink bead in the middle.
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Barely Legal Flesh Fly, Cotton
As fish flesh drifts down the river, it tends to bleach out. This bleaching effect also happens inside the fish themselves as they loose fat from their stay in fresh water. As the season goes on, flesh from salmon becomes lighter and lighter in color. To give it further realism an opaque pink bead in the middle.
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Barely Legal Flesh Fly, Washed
The flesh bleaching process continues the whole season. Toward the end of the season the salmon flesh is contains very little fat and is bleached to off-white. To give it further realism an opaque pink bead in the middle.
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|Fly designer Tracy Smith says about her Lady Flesh flies, "I was born and raised in Alaska and have been blessed with the opportunity to live and fish in an area some people only dream about. As a Fishery Biologist for the Department of Fish & Game, fish are my life and rainbows are one of my favorites. With abundant salmon runs the rainbow is always near by slurping eggs or gorging itself with that perfect piece of rotting carcass. My love for the rainbow has narrowed my tying focus in search of the perfect flesh fly
|and after examining a countless number of salmon carcasses I found the perfect color. The color was paired with a cactus chenille underbody and a bit of marabou and crystal flash in the tail to simulate salmon skin and that is how Lady Flesh was created. The mimicry is uncanny to pieces of salmon carcass being carried by the current. Since the creation Lady Flesh has been fished all over the state of Alaska from Kotzebue to Ketchikan and the Kanektok to the Kenai. Lady Flesh proved to be an instant success and was a secret weapon for some time and has become quite popular among many Kenai River and Bristol Bay guides proving her success in heavily fished drainages. Lady Flesh is a great fly for year round rainbow fishing as there are numerous colors in the series. Colors: Lady Flesh, Articulated Lady Flesh, and Orange/Tan.
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Orange & Tan
This fly simulates flesh from a fish that has been exposed to the air. It is in middle stages of decay and will often produce on finicky late season fish.
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Sometimes trout and char get so filled with salmon flesh that they are only able to eat smaller chunks of drifting flesh.
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Seeley sounds like Celie or Celia to me. I would say it's quite feminine. I mean, if he grows up to be an extraordinarily handsome, strong man, then it will be ok. However, should he be average or the awkward kid plagued with acne or a bald, overweight man, then it will just seem even more awkward. In other words, it's not really wearable.Emiliana Pari 郑煜曈 '14
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By Ken Tysiac/The Charlotte Observer (MCT)
Cramming 68 men's basketball teams into a tournament bracket that's ideally suited for 64 teams was bound to be complicated.
The NCAA – whose Division I bylaw manual for 2009-10 takes up 419 pages – has a new format for its Division I men's basketball tournament, which was announced Monday in a news release.
It took four pages to explain the new plan.
And sure enough, the 68-team field created by the Division I men's basketball committee features an unusual configuration. It has a catchy new slogan ("the First Four") for the four new first-round games that should play well on TV as the NCAA embarks on its new 14-year contract with CBS and Turner Broadcasting.
(The games will be seen on a Turner cable channel, TruTV.)
But when you look at which teams will play in those first four games, it gets complicated. Two of the games will feature the teams rated 65 through 68 in the field, which will go on to face No. 1 seeds in the second round.
The two other first-round games will feature the last four at-large teams selected for a field that includes 31 automatic bids and 37 at-large bids. The at-large, first-round teams will occupy the seed line where they would normally have been placed in a bracket in the past.
For example, one first-round game might feature two No. 11 seeds and the other could have two No. 12 seeds. The winners would advance in the second round to face their proper seeds in the bracket, with No. 11 playing a No. 6 seed and No. 12 playing a No. 5.
The schedule and location of the first-round games will be announced at a later date. Teams in the new brackets will continue to be assigned to the closest geographic location while avoiding regular season rematches and conference opponents.
Second- and third-round games will be played Thursday through Sunday – March 17-20 in 2011. The Final Four is set for April 2-4 at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
Modest expansion
In April, the Division I men's basketball committee was charged with creating a new format for the tournament after it was decided that the tournament would expand to 68 teams from 65.
"With the new bracket essentially featuring four additional at-large teams, the committee determined it was appropriate to have the teams play in the first round," Dan Guerrero, the UCLA athletic directory and 2009-10 committee chair, said in a statement. "We believe this format provides an extraordinary opportunity for the championship's first-round games to be quality match-ups as March Madness begins."
The tourney has featured 65 teams and one first-round game since 2001. From 1985 to 2000, the field had 64 teams.
The expansion to 68 announced in April came in part as a response to a significant number of coaches who said the 65-team field wasn't large enough to reward an appropriate number of teams for their successful seasons.


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Investment Strategy Perspectives - Second Quarter 2014
Despite a few late storms, there is a feel of spring in the air and the calendar assures us that the weather will soon improve. As spring arrives this year, economists will be watching to see if the economy can warm as temperatures rise. Bruce McCain, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Private Bank, shares his views and insights on Second Quarter 2014 economic indicators and the economic outlook in the Q2 edition of our newsletter, Investment Strategy Perspectives.


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Here are some quotes from some of the interviews I did during today's UConn football media luncheon in preperation for Saturday's game against Maryland.
Maryland coach Randy Edsall
(On coming back to Connecticut?)
"It'll be nice to come back and visit Rentschler Field. I have a lot of fond memories of Rentschler and a lot of exciting games that were played in there and the fans were great. And I know what kind of tough environment it can be and so, I have to just make sure that we get our team prepared. But I'm looking forward to it because I have all good memories of the times that I spent in that stadium."
(What kind of reception does he think he'll get?)
"I've been in this business long enough that there'll be people that boo and probably people that'll cheer and that's the nature of the profession that we're in. I'm just very thankful that the people that supported the program while I was there made me feel at home and just got behind us and the team and allowed us to do the things that we did. But anytime you go on the road, nobody likes you. That's just part of playing the game."
(Changes in the offense)
"The one thing is having C.J. (Brown) back as the quarterback has really helped us. I mean, it was unfortunate that he got hurt last year and went through what he had to go through. But he worked hard to get back and I think he's playing at a really high level. He's playing with a lot of confidence. I think we have some really good pieces around him if you look at Deon (Long) and Stefon (Diggs), you look at Nigel King and Laverne Jacobs, Brandon Ross, Kenny Goines and our offensive line's done a good job. We've tried to get the best five guys that we have there and I think they're going to continue to get better each and every week and I think the thing that we have are guys that have the ability to make big plays and in the first two games we've been able to do that."
(What did Towson do?)
"You watch the tape and you see what goes on in that game and I think that Towson was able to make a couple of plays in the passing game that really helped them come away with the victory and I think that UConn made some really good plays in that game but just didn't make quite as many as Towson did."
UConn defensive end Tim Willman
(On keeping focused after the Towson loss)
"You can't dwell on anything and hang your head because Maryland's coming in so we all just picked it up, analyzed our mistakes, every little single thing, we watched the film a ton of times, we've had a ton of reps in practice to try and fix everything and now, Maryland's on our minds."
(Were there a lot of mistakes?)
"It wasn't a lot at all, it was just some little technique errors, little things that snowballed up … one guy did this and another guy did that, one of those types of deals. Our season's far from over, we all know that. We've still got to play 11 other teams.
(On the tri-captains leadership)
"Everyone follows in the their footsteps, they all lead by example, they've all got great attitudes
and getting the guys pumped up in practice, getting guys to run to the ball, things like that."
(Maryland looks strong offensively)
"They have a lot of offensive weapons. They've got a throwing and running quarterback. Their line play is strong too, so overall, they're very good."
UConn left guard Steve Greene
(Role of captains these past two weeks?)
"Really, it was just keeping everyone together. Making sure that no one is starting to point fingers. It's just one game and we can't let this one game define who we are the rest of the year. Really, that's probably the biggest message that everyone's been trying to get across, we have 11 more regular season games and one bowl game so we have 12 games left."
(Reaction of team?)
"I think we've reacted as well as you can expect. Obviously, the initial blow was that people were down but when it was time to get back to work, everyone was ready. Everyone was hungry."
(How's Maryland?)
"Kind of like Towson, they're a pressure team, they'll bring some pressure, a lot of unique looks, there were some things that they did in the first game that they didn't do in the second game, so it gives us a lot to prepare for."
UConn defensive end Shamar Stephen
(Extra motivation because of Edsall returning?)
"I think it's just we're playing the next team on our schedule, that's Maryland. Obviously Randy used to be our head coach but there's nothing, there's no animosity against him. We're playing Maryland. We're coming off a loss so we have to play hard and do a good job against this team."
(Role of you as a captain these past two weeks)
"I'm not the biggest talker but I definitely try to practice as hard as I can, never take plays off and just make it as intense as possible and make sure that everyone else takes it as seriously as I do.
"I look at it as we play every game as one game at a time. Play each game, deal the cards and go onto the next game. You don't get emotionally invested in the last game, you focus on the next game."
UConn defensive end Jesse Joseph
(Extra motivation because of Edsall's return?)
"Not really. To me, he's just another coach on another team. And what we're supposed to do is beat the opposing players, so I look at it as Maryland is our next opponent and we have to beat our next opponent. I'm not thinking about Edsall, I'm not thinking about the coaches that went with him over there, I'm just thinking about our team and what we have to do to have a better season."
(on keeping focused)
"A lot of the senior class, we just told everyone to keep their heads up and that we should take that loss to Towson as a wake-up call. Because we all know that we're a better team than what we showed in that game and we need to prove to ourselves and the coaches that we are a better team. We're looking forward to this game.


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Container Store Slims Q1 Loss
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COPPELL, Texas-The Container Store posted a first-quarter net loss of $3.6 million, compared to a net loss from last year's first quarter of $4.8 million.
The specialty retailer was able to lighten its red ink partly through a gain of 8.6 percent in net sales, which totaled $173.4 million. Although sales rose, Kip Tindell, The Container Store's chairman and CEO, characterized the quarter (which ended on May 31) as "sluggish," pointing out that same-store sales were down 0.8 percent.
Tindell added that the company had hoped that, once the early-year bad weather and calendar shifts were left behind, sales would be more robust. However, "now we've come to realize it's more than the weather and calendar," he said. "Consistent with so many of our fellow retailers, we are experiencing a retail 'funk.'"
On the plus side, The Container Store was able to increase its average ticket in what Tindell described as a highly promotional retail environment. He noted that the company didn't accelerate its own promotional levels "in order to preserve our brand and to protect gross margin." However, gross margin did fall by 23 basis points to 58.2 percent.
Selling, general and administrative expenses were up 9.3 percent in dollars and 31 basis points as a percentage of sales, to 52.6 percent. The company's bottom line received help from a 22.6 percent drop in interest expense.
Looking ahead, Tindell said The Container Store is looking forward to a slight improvement in its financials for the second and third quarters. For the fourth quarter, he said there should be a significant gain for the numbers, aided by strong same-store comparisons against the worst weather in the company's history last year.
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"How profitable was farming in 2010?" The answer to that question probably depends on who you ask, where they live, whether they raise primarily crops or livestock and on-farm management decisions. The South-Central, Southwest, Southeast Minnesota Farm Business Management (FBM) Summary was recently released by the Farm Business Management Instructors. This summary includes an analysis of the farm business records from farm businesses of all types and sizes in southern Minnesota. This annual farm business summary is probably one of the best gauges of the profitability and financial health of farm businesses in the region on an annual basis.
A total of 1,226 farms from throughout south-central, southwest and southeast Minnesota were in the 2010 FBM Summary. The average farm size was 693 acres. The top 20% net income farms averaged 1,514 acres, while the bottom 20% net income farms averaged only 264 acres. 57% of the farm operations were cash crop farms, 18% were total livestock operations of one type and the balance were various combinations of crop and livestock enterprises. 277 farms (23%) were under $250,000 in gross farm sales in 2010; 363 farms (30%) were between $250,000 and $500,000 in gross sales; 357 farms (29%) were between $500,000 and $1 million in gross sales; and 229 farms (19%) were above $1 million in gross sales.
In 2010, the average farm business received just 11.3% of the net farm income from government farm payments. This percentage was 54.7% as recently as 2005. The average non-farm income in 2010 was $31,302, which was up slightly compared to 2010, but below the 2008 non-farm income level of just over $34,000. The average farm business spent $784,020 in 2010 for farm business operating expenses, capital purchases and family living expenses. Most of these dollars were spent in local communities across the region.
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According to Carscoop, John Schilling, product communications manager for Audi North America mentioned, "No plans on bringing the RS6 Avant here to the U.S.". Oh guess the Americans will have to wait for the sedan RS6. Audi needs a sedan RS6 to fight BMW M5 and Jaguar XFR-S.
December 7th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
Awesome job!
Let's see that in black!!!!!
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Cool, nice job as usual.
What about an Audi RS7 ?
December 8th, 2012 at 10:15 am
This is one of your best renderings in a while. Awesome job doing this. I'd love to have this in the USA. Bring it over guys.
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I encountered an old acquaintance today. Tip of the hat to Peter Radatti for pointing me towards an article by John Breeden II that proposes a very familiar idea: the Good Virus. (One that also often pops up in the form of the Good Worm, such as the various hues of Code that were proposed
"Test Files and Product Evaluation: the Case for and against Malware Simulation" is a paper presented at the recent AVAR conference by Eddy Willems, Lysa Myers and myself: we were all at the EICAR conference and figured that it was a good moment to combine our experience of testing, EICAR, AMTSO and the anti-malware industry to cover the developments that had taken place since Sarah's paper.


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By Jason Rohrer
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
The critically-acclaimed breakout-hit from art game designer Jason Rohrer. Passage is a tiny, touching, five-minute game about life.
"More than any game I've ever played, it illustrates how a game can be a fantastically expressive, artistic vehicle for exploring the human condition." -- Clive Thompson, Wired
"Passage may look primitive but it's an absolute pinnacle of videogame development." --Andy Chalk, The Escapist
"Portal is a fine game---nothing less than excellent... Passage is even better." --Nick Montfort, MIT
You can read an in-depth profile of Jason Rohrer, along with an extensive discussion of Passage, in Esquire Magazine's December 2008 "Genius" issue.
What's New in Version 3.1
Fixes an iPhone-specific bug that caused too many treasure chests to be empty.
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The virtues and vitriol of diversity.
I am not going to bury the lead on my opinion of this game, I love it. Having said that I am sure if you are reading this opinions swing wildly in extremes. This isn't a game that has a "win" condition. That should be understood up front. This is a "game" that is trying to make a statement about life and choices. Some people see it as elitist, hipster, and pointless due to its' themes and lack of a "right" answer. Others consider thier lives differently after playig it because it forces them to reflect on thier own choices in a basic form. It's subjective as art should be. I know that all of the 1 star reviewers of this app just had thier heads explode when I used the A word, but art is never defined as a pierce of creative work that everybody enjoys equally. To be honest, the best thing to do is google the game, play it for free (twice really) and read the text that goes with it. If you like what played support the creator. If you hate it then you are out 12 minutes total for both plays and a quick read. I really enjoyed this experience and am glad to have tried it. After all. what else takes 15 minutes and has the potential to make you take stock of every major decision you have made in our finite lives?
It's 98% art, 2% game
If you look online, you'll find a devoted following for this "game." However, there are just as many people who hate it (myself included). I get what the author was trying to do (and I won't spoil it here). My interpretation is that it's more an emotional exercise and reflection than it is a game. But that's the point -- Passage is exactly as you interpret it to be. Apparently, many people find it to be an interesting thought experiment that evokes strong emotional responses. I didn't. Personally, I found it to be an interesting metaphor but not at all an interesting application nor game. If such a program moves someone to tears (as recounted by several players), I fear perhaps we've all become too sociopathic. I won't say it's not worth the $0.99, as it's apparently worth much more to many people. But for me personally, I found it to be a waste of five minutes and a dollar.
Not fun, not profound
There are two reasons you might want to play Passage: (1) You think it might be fun; (2) You think it might be artful and deep. Let me disabuse you of those hopes.
There is no question of it being fun—it is an unremarkable, thin, tedious game by any measure, and the iOS controls make an already clunky interface downright unpleasant. You will not hear even its fans describe it as fun.
Is it art? Well, there does seem to be a certain class of people who find this game profound and meaningful. It is—I'll grant you—one of the very few games that deals with the tragic, ominous, and inevitable nature of death. But this treatment is quite cursory and minimal. It's hard for me to imagine anyone seriously "tearing up"—as some have reported doing—as the 5-minute game reaches its end. The road to this game's "deep insights" is so tedious and banal, that whatever delight you might gain from experiencing its postage-stamp portrait of life, memory, marriage, material pursuit, and death is hardly worth the time it takes to reach it.
If this is the height of game art, then the state of game art is pretty dismal. No surprise there.
In any case, this app is not worth your $.99. Download it for free online. Be delighted or bemused—your choice. Pay for it and you'll regret it.
- $0.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Jan 03, 2009
- Version: 3.1
- Size: 0.1 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Jason Rohrer
- © 2008 Placed in Public Domain
Compatibility: Requires iOS 2.2 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.


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Sales of frozen fish entrees at Crossroads County Market, Wausau, Wis., were lackluster until associates moved the product from unprepared seafood and placed it alongside the rest of the frozen dinners a few months ago. Since then, shoppers have started biting. "When people are looking for dinners, they might not think of fish," explained Douglas Hinkens, dairy and frozen food manager at the single-store independent. "By putting it into that category, they'll see it." Buoyed by government ...
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