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I discovered a crack on the frame of my Airweight J Frame. Called on Monday and talked to customer service. In the smail today was a UPS 2nd day air insured return label.
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Fashion for Asher: Visionary Designer Asher Levine Chairs Fashion for Action
Housing Works' Fashion for Action fundraiser has long benefited from the generous involvement of celebrated fashion designers serving as event co-chairs. This year, Housing Works welcomes cutting-edge fashion designer Asher Levine, known for his progressive style that pushes the boundaries of gender – and technology – to the event. The young fashion maven first emerged into the industry in 2010 creating designs for Lady Gaga. Now just 25, his creative approach to fashion and leather work has been recognized by a number of high profile names, most recently adding Will.i.am to his client roster. Levine will breathe new life into the event, curating an exclusive shopping experience for Opening Night Reception attendees. Housing Works sat down with Levine to discuss his inspiration, collaborations, and plans for the event:
Housing Works: Your beyond cutting-edge hyper futuristic designs have been seen on Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Will.i.am, Rita Ora, Bruno Mars, The Scissor Sisters and many more pop superstars, why do you think your design sensibility meshes well so well with that of musicians?
Asher Levine: I really enjoy making out-of-this-world clothing, costumes, and visuals. Creating an iconic look is exciting and challenging, and I'm addicted. From a young age, I grew up around music, my father is a drummer and my mother is a dancer. Deriving vision and craft from an auditory experience is something that feels natural to me.
HW: In addition to your well known pop collaborations, you push the boundaries of fashion when it comes to gender, this year's Fashion for Action falls on Transgender Day of Remembrance, why is it important for you support the Transgender community?
AL: I believe gender and identity are essential to understanding ourselves. Look at situations where people are oppressed or have no outlet for who they really are. I'm grateful to live in this world. I think those who transgress gender are very powerful people. Our society is changing and much of my clothing reflects this change. I offer a new take on classic menswear and fashion as a whole, bending any rule of silhouette or material as I go.
HW: How did you become involved with Housing Works and Fashion for Action?
AL: Housing Works and Logo approached me and I immediately became involved. I came to the city almost 8 years ago when I began learning more about this crisis and Housing Works was a great shop to find some treasures. I am angry that HIV is still affecting humans, very angry. Until we develop a cure, the way I translate this anger is helping those who are still living with the virus. We are in the 10th year of Fashion for Action and it has been a great experience, but the truth is, we need to end AIDS now. *
HW: 3D sunnies, smart phone connected suits, what's next for Asher Levine, more high tech fashion?
AL: I am so excited to announce the launch of our very first accessory bag that features a sick design and smart device connectivity. Water resistance and ready for the streets. Fashion for Action will be the first public display of our new Grenade bag, come check it out!
HW: This year, you are creating a one night only curated shop at our Opening Night Reception, what can we expect to see there?
AL: Close your eyes and think of your wildest dream. I'll see you there.
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Definition of pucker
puckeringplay \-k(ə-)riŋ\
intransitive verb
: to become wrinkled or constricted
transitive verb
: to contract into folds or wrinkles
Examples of pucker in a Sentence
His skin puckered a little around the scar.
Origin and Etymology of pucker
probably irregular from 1poke
First Known Use: 1598See Words from the same year
Definition of pucker
: a fold or wrinkle in a normally even surface
First Known Use of pucker
PUCKER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of pucker for English Language Learners
: to pull the sides of (something, such as skin or cloth) together so that folds or wrinkles are formed
PUCKER Defined for Kids
Definition of pucker for Students
: to draw or cause to draw up into folds or wrinkles The lemon made me pucker my lips.
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: a fold or wrinkle in a normally even surface
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My dad is driving down Friday, April 2nd with my rex, and I was wondering if any Annapolis region locals would want to get in on a meet Saturday afternoon/evening. No official plans right now, just post if you're interested.
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Nicki Minaj To Release New Album On Valentine's Day
Roman's back.
Last night (November 22),YMCMB rapstress Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to reveal the title of her 2010 Pink Friday forthcoming follow-up and release date.
"Pink Friday: ROMAN RELOADED will be released on Valentine's Day, 2012. Heeeee's baaaacccckkkkk," she posted.
This comes after Birdman's initial announcement that the album would be released early 2012. "Nicki's back in the studio, so we're looking to drop Nicki in the first quarter," he disclosed.
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Do you like sending and receiving snail mail? Do you like writing letters, making crafts, or putting together fun packages? You should try swapping! Swap-bot is a online service that organizes group swaps and a community of creative individuals. Swap-bot takes the hassle out of participating in group swaps by organizing all of the participant information and doing all of the partner assignments. On Swap-bot, you can host swaps, join swaps, and chat with other swappers from all over the world. Give it a try!
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This group is for fans and friends of the Fish Eaters Catholic website.
So, what do we do? Well, it could be anything! We might swap postcards, holy cards, books, letters, note cards, riddles, puzzles, games, pictures, hand-crafted things, bookmarks, store-bought stuff, recipes, seasonal items, prayers, jewelry, strange thoughts, tiny treasures, things found in dollar stores or thrift stores, themed items (e.g., things that smell good, things that are red, things related to St. So-and-So, etc.). We can do off-the-wall stuff, like, for ex., picking names at random from the phone book and sending those total strangers a slew of very unexpected postcards with happy thoughts and good wishes, just to freak them out and make them feel good. Who knows? If anyone has any good ideas as to what to swap, post about it at the Fish Eaters forum, in the pinned thread at the Pig Roast sub-forum.
Please, only sign up for a particular swap if you're serious about participating. Those who sign up for a swap and fail to follow through make it totally un-fun for their swap partners! It isn't fair that someone would follow the rules and do what they're supposed to do -- while someone else slides by, thereby making it so someone won't get their special something in the mail. Folks who don't follow through [i]will [/i]lose their group membership!
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Essays in biology in honor of Herbert M. Evans.
Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1943
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Essays in biology in honor of Herbert M. Evans.
Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1943
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|Herbert M Evans; Herbert McLean Evans; Herbert McLean Evans; Herbert M Evans
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|xxxi, 686 pages illustrations, plates
|Herbert M. Evans, biographical data. Bibliography of Herbert McLean Evans, 1904-1942, compiled by Thomas Cowles (p. [xi]-xxvii). Kidney-explantation experiments in relation to arterial hypertension, by F.M. Allen. The influence of the endocrine organs on intestinal absorption, by T.L. Althausen. The impact of the introduction of iron on medical and religious thought, by W.C. Alvarez. The physiology of the salt-treated adrenalectomized animal, by Evelyn Anderson. Contributions to the history of the bird's egg previous to incubation, by J.E. Purkinje, translated by G.W. Bartelmez. The localization of lipids in cytoplasm, by R.R. Bensley. The source of equine gonadotrophin, by H.H. Cole and Harold Goss. On the female testes or ovaries, by Regner De Graaf, translated by G.W. Corner. The biological standardisation of the vitamins, by Katharine H. Coward. The prevention of deafness, by S.J. Crowe. Gene H and testosterone in the fowl, by C.H. Danforth. The influence of hormones on the sexual behavior of domestic fowl, by D.E. Davis and L.V. Domm. Pituitary gonadotrophins, by Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, C.H. Li and Miriam E. Simpson. Estrogen assay in the human, by S.C. Freed. Functional interrelation of cerebral cortex with basal ganglia and cerebellum, by J.F. Fulton. The solubility of proteins and their separation from mixtures with special reference to serum, by A.A. Green. Gonadotrophic stimulation of the ovaries of the adult rhesus monkey, by C.G. Hartman. The pathologic, clinical and biochemical correlation of tumors of the testis, by Frank Hinman. History of hypophysial diabetes, by B.A. Houssay. The symballophone: a double stethoscope for the comparison and lateralization of sound, by W.J. Kerr. On the significance of the forgotten thermodynamic theorems of Carnot, by F.O. Koenig. John Banister and the pulmonary circulation, by S.V. Larkey and Owsei Temkin. Comparison of the conditions under which estrogens and carcinogenic hydrocarbons are tumorigenic, by Alexander Lipschütz. Lobulo-alveolar mammary growth induced in hypophysectomized rats by injections of ovarian and hypophysial hormones, by W.R. Lyons. Pulmonic interstitial emphysema and its sequelae: an anatomical interpretation, by C.C. Macklin and Madge T. Macklin. Charles Edward Brown-Séquard, by R.H. Major. The undischarged ovarian follicle, by F.H.A. Marshall. Mechanism of the descent of the testicle under the action of sex hormones, by Thales Martins. A hemorrhagic state in the vitamin E- deficient fetus of the rat, by K.E. Mason. Relationships of sodium and potassium to carbohydrate metabolism, by Irvine McQuarrie. Harvey's ideas of embryonic nutrition, by A.W. Meyer. Observations on the pathogenesis of undulant fever, by K.F. Meyer. French medical education as a legacy from the revolution, by J.M.D. Olmstead. Cytological differences between castration and thyroidectomy basophils in the rat hypophysis, by J.D. Reese, A.A. Koneff, and P. Wainman. Studies on the growth of lymph nodes, thymus, and spleen in the rat, by W.O. Reinhardt. The self-selection of diets, by C.P. Richter. The relationship of the anterior pituitary to the thyroid and the adrenal cortex in the control of carbohydrate metabolism, by Jane A. Russell. Vesalius and Don Carlos, a historical footnote, by J.B. de C.M. Saunders. Impotence as a result of witchcraft, by H.E. Sigerist. The coagulation of blood: quantitative viewpoints, by H.P. Smith. An experimental anatomical study of sensory masking, by I.M. Thompson. The effect of progesterone and lactogenic hormone upon prolongation of pregnancy in the lactating mouse, by Kaisa Turpeinen. Is increased capillary fragility a sign of abscorbic acid subnutrition? By Osmo Turpeinen. The experimental production of pseudohermaphroditism in the monkey, by G. van Wagenen and J.B. Hamilton. The heart in myxedema, by J.J. Waring. Studies on growth of deer antlers: II. Seasonal changes in the male reproductive tract of the Virginia deer (Odocoileus virginianus borealis) with a discussion of the factors controlling the antler-gonad periodicity, by G.B. Wislocki. Sex differentation on heterogenous parabiotic twins (Ambystoma X Triturus) by Emil Witschi and Harriet M.M. McCurdy. Ovum, cycle, and menstruation, by Bernhard Zondek.
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Technology standards bodies are writing new rules excluding patented technologies, a change that some see as a recompense for years of abuse by patent holders. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) rejected patented technology that required royalty payments for use in the group's recommended standards earlier this year after 14 months of debate. Even where patent holders have managed to get their technology included in new standards, caps are being placed on the amount of income they can collect. The MPEG LA group has already signed such a deal with companies providing audio and video technologies, and cell phone technology firms are pushing for the same limitations for the W-CDMA mobile standard. Bruce Perens, a leader in the open-source movement, says technology companies should not look to standards bodies for revenue, and that open standards should be free for anyone to use. He is recruiting open-source developers to join the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) so that there will be more people voting against the inclusion of patented technology at the next meeting. IETF member and Harvard University consultant Scott Bradner says the group did not accept as many patented technologies into its recommendations in the first place, and that many of the claims against the existing policy are unfounded. Proponents of royalty-free standards say that companies should be content with the strong market position afforded by the inclusion of their technology and not seek payments from those standards. "The standards organizations are putting a stop to the games that patent holders were playing in the past, trying to get their technology adopted and then saying, 'Oh, by the way, we have a patent,'" says Eric Goldman of Marquette University Law School.
Sun Microsystems is seeking a preliminary injunction from a Baltimore court to prevent Microsoft from shipping Windows without including Sun's Java, a programming language that can be used to develop Internet services software much like Microsoft's .Net Framework. Microsoft argued in court yesterday that Sun is already a dominant player in the Internet services software market and that the .Net Framework will not undermine Sun. In addition, Sun could pay PC makers "a little bit of money" to package pre-installed Java within all PCs, says Microsoft lawyer David Tulchin. Most industry and outside experts view .Net Framework and Java as rivals, and presiding federal judge J. Frederick Motz has noted Microsoft's past pressuring of software developers to shun Java. Sun's challenge to Microsoft shows that Microsoft's antitrust problems are not over despite Microsoft's recent settlement with the U.S. government, a deal that is being challenged by the states of Massachusetts and West Virginia for not being onerous enough on Microsoft. The Sun hearing with continue through Thursday, and Motz already has said that forcing Microsoft to include Java is "an attractive remedy" in light of Microsoft's past anti-competitive actions. Motz also is overseeing a trial involving a billion-dollar-plus lawsuit by Netscape claiming Microsoft used illegal means to shrink the market share of Netscape Navigator.
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Cheap, lightweight, and flexible displays for cell phones, TVs, and laptops could one day become a reality thanks to a new material that facilitates the fabrication of organic transistors on a plastic substrate. The material, developed by Xerox, will be detailed by research fellow Beng Ong of the Xerox Research Center of Canada today at the Materials Research Conference in Boston. With the material, "Making a cell phone or a PDA that you could sit on is a no-brainer," notes Raj Apte of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. The material, polythiphene, could exhibit the electronic characteristics of silicon while being highly resistant to oxygen degradation. Its performance has also surpassed that of current polymer materials. Tony Paine of Xerox's Toronto-based innovation group says one of the material's initial applications could be the manufacturing of the transistors that power liquid crystal displays. The Palo Alto Research Center, with the help of a grant from the National Institute for Standards and Technology, is collaborating with Motorola and Dow Chemical to devise a fabrication technique to print out polymer-based circuit patterns via roll-to-roll material handling and deposition. About six to eight other companies are also pursuing plastic transistors, notes Dr. Michael D. McCreary of E Ink, which has built a prototype plastic display with the help of Lucent Technologies.
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An extracurricular project that allows middle school girls to explore the possibilities of the University of Illinois' 3D virtual reality CAVE environment aims to get more girls interested in science and less averse to using technology, among other things. The project, which is supported by the UI Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, involves a collaborative effort between the center's Umesh Thakkar and officials, educators, and students at Urbana Middle School. Students are given the opportunity to build virtual worlds using CAVE, an activity that has an inherent "coolness" factor as well as artistic and creative aspects that appeal to girls. Besides giving girls hands-on experience with technology, art, and geometry, the program is also supposed to foster teamwork and mentoring skills, Thakkar explains. The girls are split up into teams, each of which is tasked with creating a virtual environment, while veteran participants mentor newcomers. Thakkar and the other major participants have submitted a proposal to the National Science Foundation requesting that the project be expanded and refined. Research has demonstrated that most girls start withdrawing from science and technology during their middle school years, according to studies by the Association for Computing Machinery and other groups. This has resulted in a serious lack of female tech professionals, grad students, and university faculty members.
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DigiPen in Vancouver, British Columbia, offers the only accredited four-year degree for people who want to make video games; the school is considered the Harvard for that industry. Other colleges and universities have launched single courses in game development, including the University of California at Irvine, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Georgia Tech. However, game makers say that regular computer science majors do not have the broad range of skills needed to create video games, which are fast catching up to movies as a prime form of entertainment. NPD Group says that last year, video games brought in $9.4 billion compared to $8.4 billion grossed at the box office, and video game companies have been steadily increasing their revenues while other firms founder in the down economy. Otherwise known as Donkey Kong U, DigiPen receives 24,000 applications each year but accepts just 200 new students. Last year, just 36 people graduated with a bachelor's of science in interactive simulation. DigiPen students seldom actually play video games while at school, and the curriculum is rigorous; students are required to take dozens of math classes and may spend 14 hours a day at school. Claude Comair, who in 1991 turned the 3D graphics production company into a school, calls DigiPen "boot camp for video games." Students receive hard-core training in digital animation, advanced computer programming, math, and physics during the day, and work on game development at night. The school reports that its graduates receive an average of two job offers, and many start with salaries ranging from $50,000 to $60,000 per year.
Technology forecasters such as Wayne Pethrick of the Futures Lab and Paul Saffo of the Institute for the Future expect "wearware"--electronics embedded in apparel--will be a major trend of the coming years. "It's basically the computer as fashion," Saffo explains. Pethrick predicts that clothes of the future will be equipped with plastic polymer screens that can display messages, while another possible application of wearware are programmable video tattoos. Saffo foresees practically everything being outfitted with global positioning satellite (GPS) processors; for example, cell phones with GPS chips could be used to pinpoint not only the user's location, but the location of other people. Experts also expect the use of Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) tags to expand: Whereas today RFIDs are embedded in cards to enable drivers to pay tolls without stopping, in the future they could be used to describe product usability, instruct microwaves how long to cook a dinner, or tell a washing machine the proper way to launder an item of clothing. Virtual reality and online learning are also expected to be more fully integrated into college courses in a few years. For instance, history classes could use virtual reality to simulate historical events and make lessons more engaging, while advancements in video, computer, and holography could lead to more virtual or interactive guest lecturers. The futurists also predict that "social reality virtual environments" will significantly enhance experiences for users of video games and other forms of entertainment, while computer-generated characters on TV could become commonplace.
In a reversal of an earlier position that prompted Gov. Gray Davis (D-Calif.) to kill an e-waste recycling bill in October, leading global PC manufacturer Hewlett-Packard announced its support for the legislation, which encouraged Sen. Byron Sher (D-San Jose) to re-submit the measure on Monday. At a Nov. 25 hearing hosted by the California Environmental Protection Agency, HP product recycling solutions manager Renee St. Denis introduced a proposal to have all U.S. PC manufacturers co-pay for e-waste recycling based on their California market share. She said that her company wants to play a key role in legislation that is likely to extend into national policy. If passed into law, advocates believe it could be adopted by the federal government as a regulation that applies to all computer recycling programs, thus removing the burden of e-waste disposal from developing nations. HP's decision comes on the heels of a three-part Mercury News expose detailing how America's e-waste is increasingly exported to China, where the environment and laborers are not adequately protected from the toxic materials contained in such discards. HP's support of industry sharing recycling costs could make other companies more accepting of policies that would trigger a price increase on electronic products. "The fact that they have changed their position vastly improves the likelihood we'll get a very good e-waste bill in the new session," declared Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Director Ted Smith.
Oklahoma University researchers reported in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Chemical Physics that they were able to successfully encode and retrieve a 1,024-bit image of a test pattern onto a liquid crystal molecule by changing the spin states of its constituent atoms with radio waves. The test molecule was contained in a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer and subjected to two consecutive radio wave pulses. The scientists believe the second pulse created a readable frequency with sufficient resolution to imprint and replicate the image. The pattern represents the largest set of data to be encoded and decoded on a molecule to date. Oklahoma University professor and report co-author Bing Fung declared that the "molecular photography" experiment is a significant step toward molecular information storage. However, practical applications will not be realized until a technique is worked out to control atomic spin states for a longer period of time. The Oklahoma researchers were only able to keep the spin states of the test molecule's atoms locked into a readable pattern for roughly one-tenth of a second.
U.S. security expert and Counterpane Internet Security chief technologist Bruce Schneier believes that the continued migration of infrastructure to the Internet, advances in computer power and usability, and the growing complexity of networking systems will lead to an increase in computer intrusions, and the only truly effective defense is vigilance, not technology. He says, "The best thing we can do in cyberspace is exactly what we do in the real world: do our best to manage the risks." Describing security as a "process," Schneier thinks that people have matured to the point where they realize that products alone do not ensure a secure network. Furthermore, he argues that there will never be a "secret weapon" that will make unauthorized computer break-ins a thing of the past. Schneier also believes that the government should be more assertive, and enact legislation that makes software companies liable for flawed products. He says the government is exaggerating the so-called cyberterrorist threat, when what is truly at risk are privacy and financial security. Schneier does not think that people should be licensed to use the Internet, even though they are the most unpredictable factor in Internet security. He concludes that neither small nor large companies are equipped to handle network security by themselves. "We outsource because we have a common problem and need to share in a common solution," Schneier says.
Research at Ohio State University (OSU) and the University of Utah has uncovered an organic material that emits fractal magnetic fields. As digital devices using magnetic fields--such as computer hard drives and magnetic strips on ID cards--become smaller in the future, these fractal fields are likely to come into play, according to OSU professor of chemistry and physics Arthur Epstein, who co-authored the research published in the Physical Review Letters. Traditional three-dimensional magnetic fields are used in today's devices, but future devices may require magnetic fields of different dimensions, such as one- or two-dimensional fields. By modeling the behavior of a plastic magnet at super-cooled temperatures, the researchers found that magnetic fields ranging between 0.8 dimensions and 1.6 dimensions were emitted, depending on the temperature. The material took on glass-like properties at temperatures around minus 450 Fahrenheit. The magnetic fields continued to branch out in fractal shapes, unlike normal magnetic fields that eventually line up in accordance with one another. The fractal arrangement of the fields eventually formed a natural order, like sprouting cactus branches with interlocking needles. Epstein dubbed this new material behavior "fractal cluster glass."
Copyright owners are winning most of the battles in their war to control how content is consumed. Adobe Systems is in court this week in the first criminal case for an alleged violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The Russian company defending itself in the suit created a technology allowing legal e-book owners to make personal copies of titles using Adobe's technology. The U.S. district judge presiding over the case, Ronald M. Whyte, has so far indicated that fair-use laws allowing such personal copies will not play a major roll in his decision. Meanwhile, the entertainment industry continues to pursue copyright violations with zeal, and recently was able to convince the Naval Academy to search midshipmen's laptops for pirated music and videos. Such a hard-line crackdown is unlikely at most other colleges and universities, however, where students are constantly developing new ways to share copyrighted digital content.
Research organizations and governments are working to create supercomputing grids that will provide the aggregate computing resources of the group to any connected node. Intel's Rick Herrmann says universities that have for the last few years invested in supercomputing clusters are taking the next step to link those facilities with other sites. Software will play a large part in the uptake of future grid computing efforts, and grid researchers are working to create an easy-to-use Web interface so that experts in other fields can tap computing power as a utility, like electricity or water. Besides several grid computing projects being developed among research institutions in the United States, Herrmann says that China is also building a grid network linking 100 universities in that country. He notes that in the future the availability of grid resources will play a large part in attracting research talent. The Extensible Terascale Facility, funded by the National Science Foundation, is one of the largest planned grid infrastructures. It will connect five U.S. sites and have the capability of processing 20 trillion operations per second. Moreover, the network connecting the different facilities will speed information at 40 billion bits per second, or four times the speed expected for the Internet2 after that backbone is upgraded in 2003. North Carolina Supercomputing Center scientist Jack DaSilva says that many other scientists have not yet begun to think about the applications of grid computing in their fields, but expects they will find uses for the technology as it matures.
Wireless mesh networking is gaining in popularity because of the success of the 802.11 wireless standard (Wi-Fi). MeshNetworks in Florida created technology that forms a larger peer-to-peer network from several independent multipoint networks. By identifying central devices to act as nodes in the larger network, the MeshNetworks technology can extend Wi-Fi coverage to an entire building. Intel is also developing a wireless networking technology for home use that would provide users with greater bandwidth depending on their proximity to any of several access points in the house. Mitsubishi and Deutsche Telekom's Detecon have also developed mesh networking technology, called Mobile Telecommunications Radio and Relay Network (Moteran), that turns any network-connected device into a node extending network range. Other technologies are also coming forward to enhance the capabilities of Wi-Fi networks, such as the phase array antenna technology from Vivato, a Wi-Fi startup firm in San Francisco. Vivato's switches locate individual Wi-Fi users and send them a concentrated network signal using the antenna, rather than the wide signal cast by regular Wi-Fi access points. Analyst Rajeev Chand says the technological differentiation among Wi-Fi startups shows vibrancy in that market.
Xerox spun off its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) at the beginning of this year in order to cut costs at the company, but Xerox researchers are still at the cutting-edge of nanotechnology, having developed several new devices that promise to improve quality, and save time and money. Xerox has already begun using a process called emulsion aggregation to build smaller, uniform particles used in color printer toners. By building particles using nanotechnology instead of grinding down larger ones, Xerox is able to make its toner cartridges 30 percent to 40 percent more efficient while improving resolution. Patricia Burns, a Xerox research manager in Canada, says the technology could create even smaller particles, but that copier hardware is not yet ready to handle them. Xerox is also using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology to build tiny mirror devices, called micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS), that direct lasers used in laser printers. Other Xerox-developed MEMS technology includes an ink-dispensing device that allows for faster, better prints, and a vibration signature analyzer that detects machine malfunctions before they actually break down. The Xerox Business Development Group is working with companies that have similar needs in order to join up for production of MEMS devices, since the benefit of that type of technology lies in economies of scale.
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In the post-Sept. 11, 2001 world, cyber-security has become the paramount issue for network administrators. Internet attacks are rising, and CERT reports that while 52,000-plus attacks were documented in 2001, the first six months of this year has seen 43,136 attacks, putting 2002 on pace to shatter 2001's numbers. The Internet Security Alliance reports that three well-known computer virus attacks--Love Bug, Code Red, and SirCam--caused $13 billion in aggregate corporate costs. However, implementing network security is more than applying technical fixes; network security includes administrative processes, policies, and people who work with a corporate network. One of the most vulnerable aspects of any corporate network is network servers, because many large networks use numerous servers, there are a mountain of patches issued for servers each year, and network staff are pressed to keep up with server-system updates. In 2001, Microsoft alone released more than 100 patches, according to Attrition.org. Attrition.org reports that 99 percent of 5,823 reported Web sites defacements in 2001 were accomplished through vulnerabilities that could have been patched with then-available updates. Keeping up with server security is becoming the No. 1 problem area, and many companies are looking beyond simply adding network staff to redesigning network administration strategies in order to ensure security alerts pertaining to servers and patches are acted upon promptly.
Nanotechnology continues to attract negative publicity, including the recently released Michael Crichton novel "Prey," a story about bacterium-size machines reproducing into a swarm of flesh-eating predators. The concern over nanotechnology even prompted the Action Group on Erosion, Technology, and Concentration in Canada to pressure world leaders over the summer to institute an immediate moratorium on the commercial production of nano-materials. However, a few weeks ago, the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy addressed several regulatory alternatives to a moratorium. According to "Forward to the Future: Nanotechnology and Regulatory Policy," University of Tennessee College of Law professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds says an outright ban on nanotech research is the least feasible option, but relegating nanotechnology research to the government and crafting a regulatory framework for commercial production with protections against abuse are other alternatives. A regulatory framework, which is more preferable, would need to include design constraints that would prevent scientists from developing the kinds of machines that could reproduce in the wild on their own and present a "gray goo" problem. Nanotech developments could be kept classified from the government, and thus reduce their potential for being used for malevolent purposes. There is also concern from policy-makers that a moratorium will cause the United States to fall behind other countries also pursuing nanotech initiatives.
Former Defense Department intelligence analyst and former Network Solutions CTO David Holtzman, now a professor at American University, says the U.S. government views IT as its primary weapon in the war on terror, though he says it may not always be the best method. He says that some aspects of national security can be improved through new technology, such as the installation of radiation and chemical sensors, digital security cameras, and GPS devices. To make use of the data generated, however, government officials have to be ready on the software-side with effective methods of data analysis. Other steps may prove effective, but have worrying consequences for privacy, such as the integration of government and commercial databases using Social Security numbers as the common identifier. With data homogeneity, the government would have a much easier time gathering comprehensive dossiers on individuals. Holtzman also says software will allow the government to classify individuals and groups based on their activities, conversations, and other factors, similar to how credit card companies assign people a credit rating. In the end, however, Holtzman says that IT alone probably will not be able to prevent an event such as the Sept. 11 attacks, but is more useful gathering information for prosecution. For fighting terrorism proactively, he says, "One $70,000 human agent at the CIA to penetrate al-Qaeda would be more effective than $1 billion of IT."
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The market for instant messaging (IM) applications is thriving, and currently consists of a customer base of over 100 million unique home users and 18 million office users; stock brokerages, the military, e-tailers, law enforcement, and customer service are just a few of the sectors availing themselves of IM products. Senior U.S. naval officers send messages to their staff via IM, and more than 300 ships are connected by the IM-based Collaboration at Sea system. The technology is migrating from laptops and computers to mobile devices such as cell phones and PDAs, while employees at Accenture and IBM are using IM to remotely share documents and exchange notes. Key to IM's success is its presence protocol, which allows people to announce their availability on specific devices, and is being embedded into collaboration tools, email directories, word processors, and other products. It is hoped that IM will significantly reduce the clutter of emails that are overloading communications channels, although Victoria Bellotti of the Palo Alto Research Center is worried that IM has the potential to become just as overloaded. Security is another issue, because freely available IM tools, which are also highly popular, are not equipped with features to protect messages from prying eyes or defend against viruses. IM's disruptive potential could make it an imposition to users, and Microsoft's Eric Horvitz advocates the development of sensors that determine the user's focus and can advise senders as to the best time to contact recipients. Meanwhile, Alias/Wavefront chief scientist Bill Buxton believes IM would be more manageable if it could automatically handle away messages.
The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is much more pronounced than most people realize, because they are unaware of its widespread presence. RFID tags are used to monitor the health of trees and livestock, track the location of car keys to prevent theft, keep tabs on pets in case they run away, and follow the progress of goods throughout a supply chain, among other things; most people, however, know of RFID through high-profile applications such as key chain fobs used for electronic payments, and electronic toll tags. Most RFID applications concentrate on delivering near-term returns-on-investment, and thus far the most useful application has been in making supply chains more efficient and less costly, a benefit that could lead to reduced inventory shrinkage and higher sales. Although some RFID tags are relatively cheap, their price will have to fall even further, to about 5 cents or 10 cents per tag, if they are to become ubiquitous. RFID is expected to be particularly popular for the electronic transactions market, with companies such as ExxonMobil, 2Scoot, and FreedomPay investing in new applications for tools such as Speedpass. Expected benefits of such a system include not just increased sales, but spending habit analysis and offers tailored to specific customers. Allied Business Intelligence (ABI) predicts that the number of RFID tags sold will jump from 220 million to 1.6 billion between 2002 and 2007, while ABI senior analyst Edward Rerisi forecasts that more than $1.1 billion will be spent on RFID infrastructure over the next five years. However, he warns that the hyped expectations of RFID technology are causing a development slowdown as most potential customers adopt a wait-and-see attitude.
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Ex-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says President Barack Obama should either oust Syrian President Bashar Assad or not bother getting involved in the civil-war torn Middle Eastern nation.
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CLEVELAND: The objective was clear: beat Max Scherzer.
When Scherzer takes the mound these days, he has a big, fat target on the front of his shirt, and it's his own fault. He leads the majors in wins with 13, and coming into Monday night's game against the Indians, the Tigers' ace (move over Justin Verlander) had not lost a game.
But this was a game that Scherzer wouldn't win. He didn't lose it, either, leaving with the score tied 2-2. At least he got out of the rain, which fell for most of the game.
The Tigers won 4-2 in the 10th by administering the most unkind cut of all, a double by former Tribe fan favorite Victor Martinez, who never wanted to leave Cleveland.
Matt Albers retired the first two batters of the inning before running into the lethal tandem of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder, both of whom walked. That brought up Martinez, who drove a ball over the head of Michael Bourn in center to score both runners.
Cabrera and Fielder were not walked intentionally, but Albers wasn't going to give either one a hittable pitch.
"You're in a difficult position," manager Terry Francona said. "You don't want to make a mistake, but if you walk them, a hit beats you."
Detroit left town, having taken the series three games to one and has beaten the Tribe in nine of 12 games for the season.
The Indians had a chance to snap the tie in the ninth when Mark Reynolds lined a 101 mph fastball for a single off Bruce Rondon and then took second on a passed ball. But Lonnie Chisenhall, Yan Gomes and Michael Bourn failed to advance him from second.
"We had a big chance in the ninth but couldn't push the run across," Francona said.
Drew Stubbs ran for Reynolds but his speed was nullified by a muddy track.
"Stubbs was trying to run [steal third], but he couldn't get his footing," Francona said. "He said he was kind of spinning his wheels. But it was muddy for both teams."
Scherzer's evening was interrupted by a 20-minute rain delay in the second inning. As rain delays go, 20 minutes is barely a blip on the radar screen, literally.
But maybe it threw Scherzer off just enough to help the Tribe score two runs in the second, although Scherzer put himself in harm's way before the tarp was pulled onto the field.
Michael Brantley started the rally with a one-out bunt single, and Mike Aviles singled to put runners on first and second.
Before Reynolds could finish striking out, Brantley and Aviles pulled a double steal to put runners on second and third.
It was the key play in the inning, because it put the Indians in position to score twice instead of once. But before any scoring could happen, with Chisenhall at the plate, the rain became too heavy, and the umpires called for the field to be covered.
When play resumed less than a half hour later, Chisenhall lined a single to right to score both runners.
And that's all the runs Scherzer allowed. The Indians had two other chances but couldn't get the two-out hit.
"You have to give Scherzer a lot of credit," Francona said. "We made him work, we made him earn everything, but he's got a lot of weapons, different speeds, different locations."
So Scherzer lived up to his billing, giving up seven hits and three walks, while striking out seven in seven innings.
Scott Kazmir did his part in keeping the Tigers in check, giving up two runs, four hits and three walks in 5⅔ innings.
Obviously, Kazmir did not face Scherzer, but he understood that it was him against Scherzer as far as the fans were concerned.
"I was very aware," Kazmir said. "You can see why he's 13-0. He keeps his team in the game, and he goes deep in the game."
One of the keys to Kazmir's success was the way he handled the middle of the Detroit order, Cabrera and Fielder, who went a combined 0-for-5 with a walk against Kazmir. Only once did either slugger come to the plate with a runner on base.
Kazmir said it is futile trying to get Cabrera and Fielder to swing at pitches well out of the strike zone.
"That's all they see is stuff in the dirt, pitches they would have to chase," he said. "You have to throw strikes to those guys."
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EDO Qld's Michael Berkman will be joining other conservation experts at The Hut Environmental and Community Association's (THECA's) 2015 Forum, 'Conservation Conundrums: Exploring Apparent Conflicts in Wildlife Management'.
Held at the Qld Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT), Pullenvale, Saturday 2 May 8.30am-4.00pm, the forum will explore controversial issues in conserving and managing wildlife, both fauna and flora, for the long-term future and for resilience in the South East Queensland region.
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Author Edith Wharton did visit Morocco's interior a few years before Jade wandered in there. One of the places she visited was Volubilis as it was being excavated by archaeologist Louis Chatelain. In Ms. Wharton's time, the Great War had just ended and the excavations, which the war had postponed, were being renewed. This is why she only praises the arch and some free-standing columns and makes no mention of some of the beautiful floor mosaics.
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The 13% reduction in the value of the yen against the US dollar last year failed to rebuild demand in December, when the surplus shrank to 481.4bn yen from November's 570bn.
Exports by volume and value to the United States fell by 20% during the month. The biggest decline was suffered by electronic components although motor car sales were boosted by massive price-cutting campaigns in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks on the US. Over the year, Japan's exports of semiconductors and other electronic equipment were down more than 20%, and computer makers' overseas sales dropped by almost 9%.
The yen's fall helped reduce the trade surplus by raising the value of imports, which were up 3.6%, although slowing consumer demand meant volumes fell during the last quarter of the year.
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EUR/USD Plummets, Reaching Down To 1.3553
EUR/USD Open 1.3600 High 1.3938 Low 1.3553 Close 1.3643
On Friday Euro/Dollar continued decreasing sharply with over 300 pips. The European currency depreciated from 1.3938 to 1.3624 on Friday, matching the negative Interbank sentiment projection at under -2%, closing the week at 1.3643. This morning the Euro descended even further against the Dollar, dropping down to 1.3553. On the 1 hour chart the downward channel is intact, while on the 3 hour the new downward channel also looks good. Break above the nearest resistance and Friday's top at 1.3938 may trigger further strengthening of the Euro. Going bellow today's bottom and first support at 1.3553, however, would confirm continuation of the bearish trend, towards next objective downwards 1.3440. Today's focus is on Italy Industrial production at 8 GMT. Quotes are moving bellow the crossed 20 and 50 EMA on the 1 hour chart, indicating bearish pressure. The value of the RSI indicator is negative and calm, MACD is negative and quiet too, while CCI has crossed down the 100 line on the 1 hour chart, giving overall light short signals.
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Hi i need help with setting a cookie in wordpress if a user lands on a page in our wordpress site
then when they leave this page, we will use an if statement to show some different content on another page.
Only visitors to this cookie dropping page should get the cookie, all other visitors should not get any cookie,
if found this bit of codehttp://wptheming.com/2011/04/set-a-cookie-in-wordpress/
but its for new visitors, i only want to set a cookie if they land on one page
great thanks
no to speed some time with it
Hi u need to post your comment on the theme support/commets pagehttp://themeforest.net/item/fadelicious-wordpress-blog-portfolio-template/discussion/145109
but off the top of my head, it looks like your talking about a page template, add a page in wordpress then from the right hand sidebar select page templatehttp://www.seobywebmechanix.com/wp-content/uploads/change-page-template-wordpress.png
Hi all not sure what they are called but i want to create a drag options slider, where the user drags the bar to the option they want
i have found a few items on code canyon which is great but i am looking for a tutorial on this or a simple example first before i consider buying an advanced example.
any one got any links
here is an example of what i am after on codecanyonhttp://codecanyon.net/item/jquery-price-calculator-pro/405818?WT.ac=search_item&WT.seg_1=search_item&WT.z_author=BenMartinStudios
we are looking for a graphic designer for a up and coming project, we are a small group of coders and need someone to create designs for us to code,
we are offering $600 to $800 per design , and we will be looking for around 3-4 pages per job
you should have a portfolio and some good sample designs to show us
you will be paid a good deposit for all jobs and final balance will be cleared on handing over the psd's
please drop me an email
will1234craig@ hotmail .com
got it
add_filter( 'the_title', 'do_shortcode' );
hi i am trying to add a shortcodes to the page title section of a wordpress post/page
but its not working i know how to add them to sidebars, temp files ect but not sure how to get them working in titles
using keyword insertion just in case your wondering why
any one know the site i am talking about
Hi all
a few months ago i clicked on a paid ad on net tuts, it was a user testing website,
but i cant find it,
it had a free signup if you committed to reviewing websites for them
does anyone have the link
are you going to do a paid version at some point
as i would rather pay as this for me indicates a good shelf life, as too often too many plugins just fade away


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var handle = $.subscribe('foo', function(topic, data) {
console.log(data, topic);
$.publish('foo bar', 'This is some data');
The author has implemented it with core jQuery methods like
$.type and
$.each so the source is readily understandable.
Transparency (GitHub: leonidas / transparency, License: MIT) by Jarno Keskikangas is a template engine for jQuery that maps JSON to DOM elements using a
$.render method:
var hello = {
hello: 'Hello',
goodbye: 'Goodbye!'
This example would write the values to tags matching the selectors
.hello and
Transparency relies on convention over configuration and requires you to have 1:1 match between CSS classes and JSON objects. The idea is to minimize the cognitive noise you have to deal with. Just call
$('.container').render(data)and move on.
There's a detailed blog post about Transparency here: Implementing Semantic Anti-Templating With jQuery.
slabText (GitHub: freqdec / slabText, License: MIT/GPLv2) by Brian McAllister splits headlines into rows, and resizes them to fill the available space. This works as the browser viewport changes.
Brian notes that this is based on Erik Loyer's slabtype algorithm, which is interesting reading for those inspired by FitText.


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Europe dominated day one of the Royal Trophy to take a commanding 3.5-0.5 lead over Asia in Brunei.
Henrik Stenson and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano set the tone early on with a
comprehensive 5&4 victory over Ryo Ishikawa and Bae Sang-moon.
Italian brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari (above) beat Yoshinori Fujimoto and Wu Ashun 2&1, while Marcel Siem and Nicolas Colsaerts won their match one up.
It could have been even better for Europe but Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jose Maria Olazabal lost two balls on the 18th to give Y.E. Yang and K.T. Kim a half in the final match.
Despite a wonderful opening day in scorching temperatures at the Empire Hotel & Country Club, player-captain Olazabal warned: "I stick by my opinion that they have a very strong team and anything can happen in matchplay - as we saw at the last Ryder Cup.
"So don't think we will be complacent because they will be fired up and we have to be ready for that. I have been in the game long enough to know that this is not over by a long way. They will come out fast tomorrow and try to recover some of the deficit."
Fernandez-Castano was full of praise for his captain's influence, saying: "Jose Maria told us on the driving range that we needed to make a fast start and that is what happened. It seemed to set the tone for a good session."
2009 PGA Championship winner Yang admits his battling half alongside Kim has helped lift some of the gloom in the Asian camp ahead of tomorrow's fourballs.
Yang said: "I don't know how much it will help, but psychologically it was important that we did not lose all four matches on the opening day.
"Naturally we are all disappointed. It was a frustrating day for all of us but we have two days left to turn it around. We have to regain our composure and inflict on them some of the damage they inflicted on us today."
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Do you love pasta? Do you love seafood? If you haven't been combining them to make quick, delicious dinners– this recipe for Spicy Seared Scallops with Pasta could revolutionize your dinner routine. (Okay maybe not, but it's seriously quite tasty. And fast. And did I mention tasty?). The Italians, of course, are onto something with all the seafood and pasta dishes filling their kitchens and dinner plates. Let's join them!
In a hurry? Jump to the recipe!
Gathering Ingredients
Scallops are flavorful, easy to prepare, and don't require shelling like shrimp.* In this recipe, you can use either Bay Scallops (the tiny, usually cheaper ones) or Sea Scallops (these are larger, and typically cost more, but you only need about 5 – 6 scallops per person). If you buy your scallops at a seafood counter (or anywhere with a person you can speak to), ask for dry scallops. If you're buying them frozen, you're probably buying wet scallops. Wet scallops have been stored in water, and sometimes have a preservative added. They also are a little less flavorful, and they won't sear as easily. To make them taste and cook more like dry scallops, soak them in a bowl of cold water for 30 minutes with juice from one lemon and about a teaspoon of salt. If you're using frozen scallops, you can use the water bath to thaw out your scallops. After the water bath, make sure you dry the scallops as well as you can with paper towels– otherwise they won't brown properly. (Read more about dry vs. wet scallops at The Splendid Table). The water bath works like a charm- I use it when I buy frozen scallops.
Making Spicy Seared Scallops
To make seared scallops, you'll get a little butter very hot in a sauté pan. Get it very, very, hot. Then you'll take the scallops, which you'll have patted dry and tossed with salt and seasoning, and add them to the pan. Your now smoking butter will sizzle like crazy, and you may find that your poorly placed fire alarm will start screaming at you. This is okay. It's normal. Cook the scallops for about 2 minutes and flip, and then another 2 minutes. Tell your upstairs neighbor that you did not, in fact, catch the house you share on fire, and apologize. Next, serve the scallops with some fast and easy Red Wine Pasta Sauce, or use a pre-made red sauce. If your sauce is pre-made, avoid sweet red sauces that will clash with the spicy scallops, and stick to basic vegetable or spicy sauces. Use the pasta of your choice, and dig in! If you start the pasta and pasta sauce, and then begin working on the scallops, your whole meal should be ready in about 15 minutes.
*Note: Scallops typically come pre-shelled, but are, most definitely, still a shellfish. Don't eat them if you're allergic to other shellfish.
Also Note: Traditionally, Italians do not use cheese on seafood pastas. Now, rules are meant to be broken, but even the most Parmesan addicted eaters may want to give this dish a taste BEFORE piling on the cheese. It's delicious without it.
Spicy Seared Scallops
- 1 1/4 lb scallops (dry scallops preferred)- if scallops have been frozen, pre-soak in cold water with juice from 1 lemon and 1-2 tsp salt for 30 minutes
- 2 TB butter
- 1-2 tsp crushed red pepper
- 1/4 tsp cayenne powder (optional)
- ~1-2 tsp salt
- red wine pasta sauce (See Recipe Notes, or sub pre-made sauce)
- Pasta of choice
Begin cooking pasta according to package directions. If using red wine pasta sauce , begin preparing it.
Heat butter in sauté pan on high heat and allow to melt.
Pat scallops dry (they won't sear properly if they're still damp). Toss with a little salt, the red pepper flakes, and cayenne.
When butter is melted and begins to smoke, add scallops and let them sit on one side for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes per side, until each side is golden brown. Wet scallops may take longer to cook- leave on pan until they're golden.
Serve scallops hot with pasta and pasta sauce.
Recipe Notes
Follow link for Red Wine Pasta Sauce recipe
*Calorie Information was calculated per serving using My Fitness Pal, and assume that the Red Wine Pasta Sauce from this site was used. Pasta calories are not included.


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Rage of Thrones [NSFW video]
The fourth Season of HBO's Game of Thrones starts tomorrow, a show known for it's drama, death, blood, and boobies. But while you watch the battles on screen, did you know that there is also a battle that rages on behind the scenes? Yes. This battle has been raging for years now. A battle between the Show Fans and the Book Fans...A battle that separates the people who think Joffrey is a little sh**, and people who actually know what happens to Joffrey in the end. YEAH. WE KNOW. And sometimes we get really passionate about the things that we know...so much so that we make a music video a la "Killing in the Name Of" explaining our Rage of Thrones!


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Playing related musculoskeletal disorders can cause big problems for professional musicians:
Musculoskeletal pain is common in elite professional musicians. In this study the researchers tried to assess the prevalence and impact of this pain in relation to playing conditions, mental health and performance anxiety. They found that a major personal risk factor is somatizing tendency, but performance anxiety has less impact. Risks differ substantially by instrument played, offering pointers towards prevention. Read the rest of this entry »
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Ovomucin is a trypsin inhibitor found in raw egg white.
Ovomucin is responsible for the gel properties of fresh egg white and is believed to be involved in egg white thinning. Ovomucin is composed of two subunits:
1. α-ovomucin - carbohydrate-poor with a molecular mass of 254kDa
2. β-ovomucin - carbohydrate-rich with a molecular mass of 400-610kDa
Ovomucin has nine disulfide bonds.
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text: Pretoria - Harmony Gold Mining Company [JSE:HAR] must continue paying for pumping and treating acid mine water in and around the Orkney gold mine, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled on Monday. Judge Tati Makgoka dismissed an application by the Harmony Gold Mining Company for the court to set aside a November 2005 directive by the department of water affairs under the National Water Act's anti-pollution section. Harmony Gold contended the directive no longer applied to it since it sold the mine to Pamodzi Gold Orkney in 2007 and is no longer the owner. Pamodzi went into provisional liquidation in 2009. The departmental directive forced Harmony and other companies mining in the Klerksdorp, Orkney, Stilfontein and Hartebeesfontein (Kosh) area of the North West province to share the costs of pumping and treating acid mine water. The directive was to remain in effect until the mining houses had reached an agreement on the long-term management of mine water in the area - an agreement that was never concluded. Harmony approached the court for relief when the department refused to withdraw the directive. The company maintained the directive was unreasonable and constitutionally impermissible as there was no longer any link between it and the land or the pollution. Judge Makgoka said the directive was issued when Harmony owned the land. "The applicant's mining activities polluted and contributed to the pollution of the underground water in the Kosh area," he said. "The applicant derived financial benefit from its pollution activities. "Without fully complying with the directive, and while the obligations in terms of the directive remained unfulfilled, the applicant disposes of its entire issued share capital to Pamodzi in August 2007. "It is therefore not correct that the applicant is obliged to take responsibility for others' contribution to the pollution." He said the directive required of Harmony to take measures, among others, for pollution which occurred while it owned the land. "There is therefore a clear causal and moral link between the directive and the applicant's pollution activities." Makgoka said Harmony's interpretation of the act would lead to a glaring absurdity in that a landholder who caused pollution through his activities could escape his obligations by simply disposing of the land. Such an interpretation would defeat the purpose and principles of the National Environmental Management Act, the Water Act and Constitution, he said. "Until the applicant fully complies with the directive, the directive remains valid," Makgoka concluded.


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Italy's president pledges support to Israel
Italy's president stressed his country's support for Israel and said the European Union would "do its part" to help bring peace in the Middle East. More ▸
Italy's president stressed his country's support for Israel and said the European Union would "do its part" to help bring peace in the Middle East. More ▸
J Street's inaugural conference in Washington showcased a generational divide between older Zionists unabashed in their support for a two-state solution and younger activists more ambivalent about the idea of a Jewish state. More ▸
The pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy camp can serve as a bridge between the American Jewish and Israeli communities at a time when such a bridge is sorely needed, says the incoming CEO of the New Israel Fund. More ▸
The revelation that Iran has a second secret uranium-enrichment plant has led to the most explicit threat in years of tough sanctions against Iran. More ▸
Organizers of a pro-Israel demonstration in Berlin are seeking witnesses to what they describe as unacceptable police behavior. More ▸
Human Rights Watch suspended a senior official over his collection of Nazi memorabilia. More ▸
If J Street is pro-Israel, why is it distorting polling data on Israeli and U.S. Jewish support for settlements, hosting an anti-Israel figure at an upcoming conference and taking money from Arabs, the president of the Zionist Organization of America asks. More ▸
If the Obama administration chooses engagement with Iran over sanctions this fall, groups that describe themselves as pro-Israel and pro-peace will find themselves for the first time speaking for virtually no one in Israel on a critical issue. More ▸
There is strong American support for Israel and its proposal to end new settlement and allow growth in existing settlements, a new poll shows. More ▸
Two dovish pro-Israel groups are exploring a formal collaborative relationship. More ▸
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US Week in Review - Week ending 3 April 2014
The US Week in Review highlights this week's developments and emerging issues in the financial reporting world and gives you direct access to relevant technical accounting guidance and thought leadership produced by EY.
What's new from EY
SEC in Focus - April 2014 edition
Our latest newsletter summarizes developments relating to SEC matters, including certain items we have not previously reported in Week in Review. This issue highlights the SEC's progress on rulemaking and other initiatives, including its recent cybersecurity roundtable, and includes a reminder for companies facing their first conflict minerals reporting deadline. We also discuss the FASB's new definition of a public business entity and how it could affect registrants that are required to include financial statements of other entities in their SEC filings.
To the Point: Washington focuses on cybersecurity
The SEC held a roundtable this week at which the Commissioners and staff discussed with public and private sector representatives the cybersecurity challenges faced by market participants. The Commissioners also asked for public comment. This To the Point publication summarizes key topics discussed at the roundtable and summarizes congressional action on cybersecurity.
Standard Setter updates
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Upcoming meetings and webcasts
4 April 2014 FASB meeting
The FASB is scheduled to discuss:
- Accounting for financial instruments: classification and measurement
- Investment companies: disclosures about investments in another investment company
- Disclosure framework: entity's decision process
For additional details, see the FASB's calendar.
Education sessions
See the FASB's calendar for upcoming education sessions. No decisions are made at these sessions.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Begin preparing disclosures for the new revenue standard
Once the FASB and the IASB issue a final revenue recognition standard, public companies will need to provide disclosures in registration statements and periodic reports filed with the SEC about how they will be affected. Public companies may want to consider preparing their initial SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 11.M disclosures now because the standard may be issued before they need to file their next registration statement or periodic report.
SAB Topic 11.M requires disclosure of the potential effects of recently issued accounting standards, to the extent the effects are known. Under this requirement, companies should consider making the following disclosures within management's discussion and analysis and the financial statements:
- A brief description of the standard, the date adoption is required and, for registrants applying IFRS, the date that the registrant plans to adopt, if earlier
- A discussion of the methods of adoption allowed by the standard and the method the registrant expects to use, if determined
- A discussion of the effect the standard is expected to have on the financial statements or, if the effect isn't known or reasonably estimable, a statement to that effect
- Disclosure of other significant matters that the registrant believes might result from adopting the standard (e.g., planned or intended changes in business practices)
Initially, we anticipate companies may not know or be able to make a reasonable estimate of the effect the new standard will have on their financial statements and will make a statement to that effect. As a reminder, the SEC staff expects a company's disclosures to evolve in each reporting period as more information about the effects of the new standard becomes available.
Investor Advisory Committee to meet next week
The SEC Investor Advisory Committee will meet on 10 April 2014 to consider subcommittee recommendations that the SEC include additional investor protections in its final crowdfunding rules. Specifically, the subcommittee recommended that the SEC further limit the maximum amount that can be invested, require intermediaries to create tools to ensure that investment limits are not exceeded and require intermediaries to monitor issuers' compliance with SEC rules. SEC Commissioners and the Investor Advocate also will address the group during the meeting, which will be webcast on the SEC's website.
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
IFRS for SMEs Update
The IFRS for SMEs Update is a staff update on the latest news surrounding IFRS for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs).
Upcoming Thought Center webcasts and podcasts
Let's talk: sustainability Q2 2014
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With traditional donor and investor countries facing economic uncertainty, the Commonwealth will seek this week to promote less orthodox ways of raising development finance.
Finance ministers of the 54-member "family" meet in Washington on Wednesday, with discussions expected to focus on south-south co-operation, innovative ways to mobilise domestic development resources, and developing bloc positions on key issues ahead of November's international high-level aid summit in Busan, South Korea.
The meeting comes a day before Washington hosts the G20 finance and development ministers forum and two days before the annual IMF-World Bank meetings. The Commonwealth, which is essentially rooted in the old British empire, will be positioning itself to influence the agendas of the larger groupings – of which its members make up roughly one quarter.
The Commonwealth includes some of the largest and smallest economies in the world: five of its members are in the G20, while at least 40 are developing countries. Issues of aid and investment are, therefore, of critical importance to the association. Documents prepared for the ministers and made available by the Commonwealth secretariat in London show that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have not recovered from the knock they took after the 2007 economic crash. With US and eurozone economies in turmoil, FDI flows may suffer again. Global FDI reached $1.9tr in 2007, but fell to $1.18tr by 2009 – and only grew by 5% last year.
Against this background, Commonwealth ministers will be invited to focus on building resilient and alternative mechanisms to generate development finance for developing countries. One option, says Dr Cyrus Rustomjee, director for economic affairs at the Commonwealth secretariat, is public-private alliances, which he says have served health services well, but have not been mainstreamed into thinking for funding other sectors, such as education or the environment.
"In the finance ministers', meeting we will look at a range of public sector sources of innovative finance and the key ones are these very large transaction, small value sources of revenue – financial transaction taxes, carbon taxes, airline levies," says Rustomjee. "These are the kinds of additional sources of public revenue that could catalyse huge amounts of money for development."
Ministers will also be invited to consider recognising and strengthening south-south development co-operation (SSDC). In a paper prepared for the secretariat, Alison Johnson, of Development Finance International, cites several initiatives between developing countries, which – according to Rustomjee – could serve as models. Such financial and technical flows are mostly being driven by large, rich, middle-income economies such as China, Saudi Arabia, India and Venezuela. Others, such as Nigeria, South Africa and Malta, give development assistance but it is not recognised or recorded as such.
For example, it is estimated that between 2006 and 2008, SSDC grew 78% to $15.3bn, while over the same period OECD's development assistance committee flows grew 16.3% to $122bn. In 2009, SSDC among Commonwealth countries alone was estimated at $827m. While the chasm between the north and south is unmistakable, the figures suggest there is potential for growth if SSDC is recognised and actively pursued.
South-south initiatives cited include the Ibsa (India, Brazil, South Africa) initiative, which has funded development projects in Haiti, Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde, among others. There is also a dairy improvement scheme involving India, Tanzania and Uganda, and the India Technical and Economic Co-operation (Itec) programme – estimated at $11m annually – involving around 5,000 participants from poorer countries, mostly in Africa. The Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund, with financiers from South Africa and Ghana and investments in Kenya, is also mentioned as an example of African-generated resources.
One common problem in many Commonwealth countries is the lack of initiative among pension funds in most member nations. Despite the fact that these funds are some of the richest institutions in their countries, an August 2011 paper by the Commonwealth secretariat says that, apart from South Africa, Africa's pension funds have shown no appetite for development financing. Since May 2010, the secretariat has organised regional workshops on pension funds and private equity in Botswana, Ghana and Kenya. "Pension funds, regulators and other stakeholders must be empowered with the right information, which enables them to evaluate if and how private equity fits within their investment strategies and objectives," the paper says.
One of the reasons south-south co-operation appeals to Commonwealth countries is the organisation's emphasis on non-interference in the internal affairs of member countries – which means, largely, no strings attached. But it is also argued that in cases where neighbouring developing countries co-operate, they are likely to be more cost-effective by using cheaper and more relevant regional expertise.


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