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After watching his love leave on a colony ship, James Wilfred must save those left behind from a planetary apocalypse. Their salvation lies in an unfinished ship tucked away in a secret government base, and only James can break in and pilot him and his people to freedom on a nearby space station.
Skye O'Connor's boyfriend never returns after his gang attempts an assassination of the Governor, and the State Building is destroyed. Worse, crazed moonshiners addicted to the chemical Morpheus have stormed the city, and she must find a safe place for her and her boyfriend's daughter. When a heroic man saves her, Skye asks to accompany him on his quest to find the last colony ship left on Earth.
As the city falls around them, James and Skye must work together to build a new future, all the while rediscovering their ability to love, before the apocalypse claims them both.
Welcome, Aubrie! Please share a little bit about yourself with my readers.
Thank you for having me on your blog! I'm a professional flutist by day and a writer by night. I teach music at a local community music school and a university, and I play at weddings and in orchestras. I got into writing because my flute students urged me to write down the stories I used to make up in their lessons to go with the music, and here I am today!
That's so cool! What genre do you most enjoy writing?
Fantasy. But, my science fiction has been selling much better than my fantasy, so I've gone in that direction for now.
What do you find easiest and most difficult about writing in these genres?
With fantasy, it's finding something new and fresh to write about, because so much has been done before . . . with Lord of the Rings and all the spin-offs of that. For science fiction, I feel like I have to include a good deal of science in my world and root it in the real world, which is sometimes hard for me because science wasn't my strongest subject!
I'm sure you do quite well anyway! A Hero Rising looks fantastic. Who is your favorite character in your book, and what do you like most about him or her?
I love all my characters. They are all extensions of myself– even the bad ones! It's hard for me to see them struggle, but that's what makes a good story, and that's how they grow.
You mentioned your characters are extensions of yourself. Do you get many of your ideas from your own life, or is your work mostly fictional?
Right now I'm writing a contemporary romance based on an orchestra, so that is definitely from my own life! But, a lot of it I just made up– because I've never rode on a space ship, explored new planets, or met any aliens. Yet.
Ha-ha– that's coming soon, I'm sure! What was the main inspiration behind A Hero Rising?
I wanted to explore James's story because I'd left him in such a sorry state in Tundra 37. I felt as though he needed to find his own happy ever after.
You're making me curious– I can't wait to read it! How did you get started in publishing, and what was the most difficult aspect of "breaking in" to the field?
The rejection is the most difficult. It took me four books to get the attention of an agent. I'm still trying to break into the bigger publishers, and I'm on my eighth book. You can imagine how many hundreds of rejections I've faced so far. But, I just keep writing because I enjoy it.
That's wonderful, Aubrie. Keep at it, and I'm sure you will reach your goal. If you could share a tip with my readers about writing or publishing, what would it be?
Write a little every day. If you write 1k a day, which takes maybe an hour, you'll have 4-6 novels a year!
Great advice, but as we all know, easier said than done! Do you do any research for your writing? If so, how do you go about it? What kind of research do you do?
Oh yes! I love to Google things or go on Wikipedia. I also ask the people around me. My brother is a software engineer, and my sister is a nurse, so they have a lot of experience with things I know nothing about.
A huge congratulations to Aubrie Dionne for the publication of A Hero Rising— Here's to many more! Thank you for visiting my blog, Aubrie, and good luck.
Aubrie Dionne is an author and flutist in New England. Her writings have appeared in Mindflights, Niteblade, Silver Blade, Emerald Tales, Hazard Cat, Moon Drenched Fables, A Fly in Amber, and Aurora Wolf. Her books are published by Entangled Publishing, Lyrical Press, and Gypsy Shadow Publishing. She recently signed her YA sci-fi novel with Inkspell Publishing titled: Colonization: Paradise Reclaimed, which will release in October 2012. When she's not writing, Aubrie teaches flute and plays in orchestras. She's a big Star Trek TNG fan, as well as Star Wars and Serenity.
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The Complete Dishonesty Of Fox News' Economic Context
Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum rewrote economic history to blame President Obama for the recession that began in December 2007, arguing that the economy "got worse" in 2009.
The Commerce Department on Friday reported that the economy grew by 1.5 percent [1] during the second quarter, a slower rate of growth than the first three months of the year. MacCallum, claiming to provide "a little context" to those figures, noted that the economy actually declined throughout 2008. She then put some deceptive Fox spin on the numbers:
It got worse in 2009. In fact, that's when we had our two quarters of consecutive loss and that's what put us into the actual official recessionary status.
Nothing about MacCallum's analysis is true.
The economy reached official recessionary status [2] in December 2007 - not in 2009. It got worse in 2008. In fact, during the final quarter of that year, the economy shrunk by 8.9 percent. Nearly 2 million jobs were lost during that one quarter, which was the worst for economic growth [3] in more than 50 years.
Contrary to MacCallum's claim, the economy did not get worse in 2009. While the economy continued to contract during the first half of 2009, it did so at a slower rate than during the last quarter of 2008 before turning to growth in the second half of that year. The recession officially ended [4] in June 2009.
MacCallum's economic distortion furthers the conservative [5]argument that President Obama made the economy worse.
Meanwhile, actual economists are noting that the economy is not growing quickly enough because of drastic cuts to government spending. Nobel prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called [6] the current economic situation "a picture of an economy hobbled by premature austerity," led by severe cuts in spending by state and local governments. Government spending, which makes up part of the GDP figures released on Friday, has declined for 8 consecutive months.
And while the White House has pushed Congress to pass a jobs bill [7] that would provide aid to states and local governments, Fox News has led a campaign [8] to celebrate the very austerity measures that economists say are hampering economic growth.
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California students are getting new online help as they plan for their careers and college.
The enhanced websites are part of the Department of Education's Career Readiness Initiative.
Russell Weikle of the Career and College Transition Division says students can now asses themselves, explore job sectors and make financial choices on the Career Zone website.
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The Minnesota Twins were willing to trade Kevin Slowey this spring, after it became apparent that he wouldn't be named their No. 5 starter.BIG EARNERS See which MLB stars earn the
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Perhaps he could find himself on the trade market again, once his stint on the disabled list is up. Slowey, a right-hander, hasn't pitched since April 4 because of bursitis in his throwing shoulder.
"We do not expect this to be a long DL stay," Twins general manager Bill Smith said in an email. "We will look at his progress over the next week and then zero in on a more formal timetable."
During spring training, the Twins tried to trade Slowey for an established late-inning reliever, to pitch before Joe Nathan and Matt Capps at the end of games. When that didn't happen, the team decided to put Slowey in the Opening Day bullpen.
But Slowey is smaller in stature than most right-handed pitchers, and it's possible that his body can't handle the rigors of pitching on consecutive days. The Twins used him three times in four days early in the season before he came down with bursitis.
Slowey, though, should have value to other teams whose starters have suffered through injuries or underperformance since the season began. He did, after all, go 13-6 with a 4.45 ERA in the American League last year. (He is earning $2.7 million this season.)
Meanwhile, the Twins' trade needs could shift by the time Slowey is ready to pitch — if they haven't already. Their middle infield has not come together as planned, with second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka on the disabled list and shortstop Alexi Casilla batting .143.
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HOMER-CENTER 60, TUSSEY MOUNTAIN 46: Homer-Center's Darren Carr and Joe Capitosti each eclipsed the 20-point mark to lift the unbeaten Wildcats to an easy win over Tussey Mountain in the opening round of the Richland Holiday Classic.
On the strength of 10 points from Carr and five from Capitosti, the Wildcats carried a three-point lead, 21-18, into the second quarter.
The Wildcats cranked up their defensive intensity in the second quarter, and thanks to a handful of steals from both Carr and Capitosti, outscored the Titans 21-6 to take an 18-point halftime lead, 42-24. Carr scored nine of his season-high 23 points in the second quarter, and Capitosti had 10 of his 21.
"We started getting a little complacent at the end of the first quarter and I wanted to pick up the tempo so I changed to a man-to-man defense in the second," Rado said. "We forced them into a lot of turnovers and we turned many of those steals into buckets.
"We've come a long way defensively, especially Joe and Darren. They've been picking off passes and making our transition game go, and this was the best they've both looked all year."
Homer-Center (8-0) squares off with Richland in the championship game at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
PURCHASE LINE 50, HARMONY 22: The Red Dragons got the fast start coach Steve Woodrow was seeking and they were "steady" on the defensive end in dispatching Harmony to reach the championship game of the 35th edition of the Purchase Line Lions Invitational.
Purchase Line limited Harmony to seven points or fewer in each quarter and never let the Owls get untracked. The Red Dragons led 17-6 after the first quarter, 28-11 at halftime and 42-15 entering the fourth quarter.
"They're kind of struggling and I wanted our guys to get off to a fast start and jump on them early," Woodrow said. "We wanted to pressure the ball and run our press. We did steady work defensively."
Dan Learn and Eric Faught scored 11 points apiece to pace the Red Dragons, and Taylor Antisdel added 10 points.
Logan Sral scored eight points to lead the Owls, who struggled mightily from the free throw line (2-for-15).
Purchase Line (3-2) plays Bald Eagle Area in the championship game today, and Harmony plays Clearfield in the consolation game.
BISHOP GUILFOYLE 74, UNITED 52: Bishop Guilfoyle mounted a 9-0 run early in the third quarter and then kept on the throttle to coast to a win over United in the opening round of the Bishop Guilfoyle Holiday Tournament.
The Lions trailed by six points, 36-30, at halftime, before going on a 6-0 spurt in the early minutes of the third quarter to tie the game, 36-36.
But the Marauders followed three consecutive Lions' turnovers by drilling three straight 3s and going on a 9-0 burst to take a nine-point lead, 45-36.
Bishop Guilfoyle outscored United 20-11 in the fourth quarter.
"They're a very athletic team and when they put us in bad situations we turned the ball over too many times," United coach Tyler Stokes said. "They weren't hitting many 3s in the first half but they exploded as soon as we started turning the ball over in the third quarter."
Mike Gill led United with a double-double, piling up team-highs in points and rebounds with 17 and 10, respectively. Weylon McGeary chipped in a season-high 16 points.
United (3-3) faces Bishop McCort in the consolation game at 4 p.m. today.
APOLLO-RIDGE 74, SALTSBURG 43: Saltsburg kept up with Apollo-Ridge's potent offense for a while, but the Vikings turned it up a notch in the second half and got back on the winning track in the opening round of the Apollo Trust Company Christmas Tournament in Spring Church.
One of the highest scoring teams in the WPIAL Class AA ranks a month into the season, the host Vikings kept up a torrid pace that Saltsburg found hard to keep up with. The Trojans stayed within striking distance in the first half, keeping their deficit to a manageable 35-23 at halftime. But Apollo-Ridge clamped down on defense after that and turned it into a big offensive third quarter to carry a 25-point lead, 55-30, into the final quarter.
Tre Tipton had a game-high 19 points to lead four Apollo-Ridge players who scored in double digits. Alex Smith drained four 3s and finished with 16 points, Duane Brown added 13 points and Mitchell Johnston had 11.
Ian Satler hit three 3s and finished with 13 points to lead Saltsburg.
Apollo-Ridge plays Leechburg in the championship game this evening. The Vikings are looking for their second tournament title in the first month of the season having won the Leechburg Tip-off Tournament three weeks ago. Saltsburg plays Harvest Baptist in the consolation game.
WEST SHAMOKIN 78, BEAVER COUNTY CHRISTIAN 48: Zane Clowser posted a double-double, three other West Shamokin players reached double figures in scoring and the Wolves scored a season-high in points to topple Beaver County Christian in the opening round of the West Shamokin Christmas Tournament.
Clowser dished out a game-high five assists, collected a game-tying high 21 points and nabbed a career-best 10 steals. Zac Horner drilled a career-high five 3s and scored 20 points, Scott Przybysz scored a career-high 12 points and grabbed six rebounds, and Ryan Dean chipped in 11 points and five rebounds.
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As usual,
readers are dead on in their commentary. Responding to our report on Hewlett-Packard Comp.'s (
dire earnings guidance
due to accounting "improprieties" at recently acquired Autonomy,
Hewlett and Packard are turning in their graves. These "improprieties" sound like fishy criminal activities to me. How come no one is being held accountable. At the minimum, some fraud charges should be filed and somebody needs to do hard time. There is just no deterrence for things like this to repeat.
That comment proved prophetic as today the
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations
, working hand-in-hand with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
to investigate claims brought to it by HP.
In order for the SEC and FBI to investigate accounting errors, they must typically be criminal in nature and pertain to interstate or international offenses. HP reportedly personally requested the investigation after it was shocked to find out Autonomy had doctored its books in an apparent attempt to inflate its value.
The plan to
buy Autonomy for $10.3B USD
drew much criticism from analysts that argued HP was over-paying by at least twice what the UK enterprise software firm was worth. Léo Apotheker -- obsessed with
reforming HP to resemble his former employer
German enterprise software giant SAP AG (
), who gave him the boot shortly before his pickup by the HP -- ignored these glaring warning signs.
The board also shares some blame for failing to take heed of the warnings, as does new CEO Meg Whitman who completed the final stages of the purchase agreement shortly after taking over the reins after Mr. Apotheker was effectively fired for the second time in two years.
This Autonomy poster seems rather ironic in retrospect, considering the software company is alleged to have duped HP out of billions via bad accounting. [Image Source: Autonomy]
However, as much as HP failed to practice due diligence, if its side of the story is to be believed, Autonomy's leadership duped it with basically outright lies regarding improperly categorized hardware and other cleverly cooked books. HP estimates $3.8B USD of the $8.8B USD hit it took on the purchase were due to its own misreading of the software company's value, while the majority of it -- $5B USD was due to the possibly criminal "improprieties".
The FBI and SEC have not posted any official press releases confirming the probe, so at this point the only evidence of it are HP's
[8-K] and
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The Gross margin went down by 1.4 points year-on-year to 57.8% - as a result of a deterioration of 1.8 points in Europe and 0.5 points in China - mainly due to higher mark-down rates at 1.2.3 and the rise in commodities prices, which the Etam Group has chosen not to pass on fully in its selling prices.
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2012 has been a great year for British talent and the new year looks even better as UK artists prepare for Eurosonic Norderslag 2013. Luke Sital-Singh, Jake Bugg and Ghostpoet are set to appear at the four-day event in January.
The Eurosonic festival is a showcase for European talent, where some of the most exciting new artists perform in front of thousands of people. Luke Sital-Singh is just one of the UK artists performing and he's recently earned acclaim for his single 'Fail For You'. Playing at the festival will open him up to a wider European audience.
Part of the success of the event is down to the Noorderslag Foundation's European Talent Exchange Program. ETEP has helped bring a total of 1359 shows by 495 European artists 60 ETEP festivals since the program began, which means that the best of up-and-coming British talent gets a huge platform for exposure.
Dry the River were on of the bands at last year's Eurosonic and they say the booking was crucial in helping them to step into Europe: "Playing at Eurosonic Noorderslag helped us incredibly over the year and we've been booked at a bunch of festivals in Europe and this summer. It can be difficult for bands to figure out a way into Europe, especially the festival circuit, and Eurosonic was a springboard to put us in front of promoters, who then got behind us."
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- From Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of two landmark Star Wars® series, comes an original new tale featuring a renegade space pilot, his unusual alien partner, and an unknown cargo that can change the course of galactic history.Jordan McKell has a problem with authority. Unfortunately for him, the iron-fisted authority of the powerful Patthaaunutth controls virtually every aspect of galactic shipping. In order to survive, Jordan ekes out a living dabbling in interstellar smuggling for outlaw concerns that represent the last vestiges of free trade in the galaxy. So when Jordan and his partner, Ixil--an alien with two ferret-like "outhunters" linked to his neural system--are hired by a mysterious gentleman to fly a ship and its special cargo to Earth, they jump at the job.Caution has never been one of Jordan's strong suits. But this time he may have taken on more than even he can handle. The ship, Icarus, turns out to be a ramshackle hulk, the ragtag crew literally picked up off the street, and the cargo so secret, it's sealed in a special container that takes up most of the cramped and ill-designed ship. As if that weren't bad enough, it looks like the authorities already suspect something is afoot, there's a saboteur aboard, and the Icarus appears to be shaking apart at the seams.It doesn't seem as if things could get any worse. That is, until a beautiful crew member helps McKell uncover the true nature of the cargo he's carrying. With his enemies closing in on the lumbering Icarus, the unknown saboteur still aboard, and authorities on Earth pressured to turn them in, McKell and Ixil become fugitives. Their only chance is to stay one step ahead of their pursuers as they try to make it home.A bold and epic novel filled with unrelenting action and a good dose of humor, The Icarus Hunt is a wild hyperspace romp through the galaxy.
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Right. So, if the motivation for this process is to make Tomcat SNAPSHOT's available in maven, I'm ok with this. I would not want to see this as a way of fixing functional/integration problems with Tomcat (at least not in the long-term).
On Dec 2, 2009, at 11:51 AM, David Jencks wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2009, at 1:57 AM, Ivan wrote:
>> I am thinking whether there is maven plugin would help us to repackge the tomcat jar file to include our changes, so that we do not need to maintain the whole Tomcat source codes, maybe just need to keep a few files.
> AFAIK tomcat is not pushing trunk snapshots into any maven repo, so I think we'd have to build tomcat ourselves anyway. ĀGiven that, I think that the easiest way is to use the process for constructing a mavenized build. ĀI'm hoping we won't actually need to modify any files, at least not for long :-). ĀThe first set of changes we needed that led me to set up the mavenized build have been in tomcat trunk for years.


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UC Browser (free) claims to be China's most popular mobile browser, but you'd be hard pressed to find it on an Android device in the U.S. Does China know something we don't?
Yes and no. Look and feel-wise, UC Browser is a lot like Opera Mobile 11 (free) except with more customizable settings—and more bugs. I tested it on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich," and constantly had to report bugs or restart the app.
That said, UC Browser has the best download manager around, handling simultaneous downloads with virtually no lag. The user interface is clean and truly optimized for small mobile screens. Plus, you don't need a top-of-the-line phone to use it, as versions are available for Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Java, and even bada (however isome of these other platforms are harder to find in English).
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UC Browser is one of the few companies that started out making mobile browsers, and it shows in the browser's slick and minimalist interface. A top-fitted URL bar doubles as a search bar, while a bottom-fitted navigation bar includes all the right shortcuts: back/forward loading, page toggling, an Advanced Settings menu to tweak page rendering, and a General Settings menu. Both the bottom and top nav bars hide when not in use, maximizing your screen's real estate.
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In Advanced Settings, you can tweak how your page is rendered: flip your User Agent to mobile or desktop, adjust brightness levels, or enable page acceleration and rotation. You can also opt to restore closed tabs if the browser crashes. Within this menu are even more features for fusspots to tweak, like changing the number of pages that cache or remembering passwords. Like Opera, UC Browser uses proxy browsing and handles each page request through a server, which means it compresses a page and sends it to your device. Ultimately this compression reduces your data consumption.
Tap General Settings for a more familiar list of mobile browser features, like sharing Web gems with friends and family, or accessing a list of downloaded items. I especially appreciated the "find in page" feature, which is something I use a lot during desktop browsing but rarely see in mobile browsers.
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Also, UC Browser claims it supports Flash but I received only error messages on several Flash sites I tried to load. Furthermore Flash content doesn't automatically load like they do in Opera and Dolphin—you have to tap an icon to access content.
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Janice A. Beecher, Ph.D.
Prof. Janice Beecher has served as Director of the Institute of Public Utilities at Michigan State University since 2002, bringing more than thirty years of applied research experience to the position. She is a frequent author, lecturer, and participant in professional forums and Editor of Utilities Policy. She recently coauthored the book, Risk Principles for Public Utility Regulators (MSU Press). Her areas of interest include regulatory institutions, governance, and pricing and she specializes in the water sector. She is presently serving on Michigan's 21st Century Infrastructure Commission and the U.S. EPA's Environmental Finance Advisory Board. She previously held positions at The Ohio State and Indiana Universities and the Illinois Commerce Commission. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University and faculty appointments in MSU's College of Social Science, where she has taught graduate courses in public policy and regulation.
Kenneth Rose, Ph.D., Senior Fellow (Economics). Dr. Kenneth Rose is an independent consultant and a Senior Fellowb (Economics) at the Institute of Public Utilities at Michigan State University. Dr. Rose is a nationally recognized expert with more than twenty years of research experience in the structure, economics, and regulation of U.S. electricity markets. Dr. Rose's areas of expertise include electricity wholesale and retail market restructuring, market power, and market monitoring. Other research topics have included competitive bidding for power supply, regulatory treatment of uneconomic costs, Clean Air Act implementation, environmental externalities associated with electricity production, and other issues associated with the electricity industry and its regulation. Dr. Rose has directed or contributed to many reports, papers, articles, and books and has testified or presented at many legislative and public utility commission hearings, proceedings, conferences, and workshops. Dr. Rose previously was a Senior Institute Economist at The National Regulatory Research Institute at The Ohio State University from 1989 to 2002 and also a lecturer for the School of Public Policy and Management at OSU. Prior to NRRI, Dr. Rose worked on many energy related issues at Argonne National Laboratory from 1984 to 1989. Dr. Rose received his B.S. (1981), M.A. (1983), and Ph.D. (1988) in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Steven Kihm, Senior Fellow (Finance). Mr. Kihm is Principal and Chief Economist at the Energy Center of Wisconsin, an independent energy research organization located in Madison, WI. Steve's background in public utility regulation and finance supports his technical and analytical work evaluating energy efficiency programs and developing, analyzing and critiquing policy initiatives. Prior to joining the Energy Center, he worked for 21 years as a financial analyst at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. In addition, he worked for 5 years for MSB Energy Associates, consulting firm. Steve has filed expert testimony before regulators in the District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In 2003, the National Regulatory Research Institute awarded Steve's paper on utility risk assessment First Prize in its annual call for papers. He has published numerous financial articles in periodicals including The Electricity Journal and Public Utilities Fortnightly. Steve earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance and a Master of Science in Quantitative Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics with Highest Honor from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Joydeep Mitra, Senior Faculty Associate. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Joydeep Mitra joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an Associate Professor. Prior to this appointment he held academic positions at New Mexico State University and North Dakota State University, and was a senior consulting engineer with LCG Consulting, Los Altos, Calif. He acquired his PhD in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, and his bachelor's degree, also in electrical engineering, from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His research interests include power system reliability and security, and distributed and renewable energy resource planning. He has received research support from electric utilities, Sandia National Laboratories, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation, including an NSF CAREER Award. He is a senior member of the IEEE and contributes to the Power and Energy Society, the Industrial Applications Society, and the Standards Association.
Johannes M. Bauer, Ph.D., Senior Faculty Associate. Professor Bauer is on the faculty of the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University and Director of Special Programs at MSU's James H. and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law. Prof. Bauer is also a former director of the Institute of Public Utilities. His research interests include the economics and regulation of public utility and infrastructure industries, the design of regulatory incentives and institutions, the globalization of network-based industries in the energy and telecommunications sectors, the economics of public enterprise, and the processes of regional economic integration in North America, Europe, and Asia. Professor Bauer writes, lectures, and consults frequently in the U.S. and Europe. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D. (economics), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria.
Jon Bartholic, Faculty Associate. Director, Institute of Water Research, Michigan State University. He is also a Professor in the Department of Resource Development. Prof. Bartholic has directed water quality and land use studies at regional, state, county and local watershed levels. He continues to work closely with MSU colleagues, multiple federal and state agencies and organizations on water quality and quantity issues, and land use and whole-farm planning from a watershed perspective. Most recently he has been working with others to develop an accessible integrated environmental information web-based system including RS-GIS technologies to aid users in making sound environmental, resource, and land use decisions. Prof. Bartholic has contributed significantly to the design and implementation of a highly successful series of MSU Virtual University Watershed Courses. He earned his bachelor's degree in soil science from Michigan State University and his doctorate in soil physics from South Dakota State University.
Ken Boyer, Faculty Associate. Professor of Economics, Michigan State University. B.A. (economics), Amherst College, Ph.D. (economics), University of Michigan. His primary research interests are in the economics of transportation and the economics of regulation. He is a 1979 winner of the Michigan State University teacher-scholar award and has taught at the Sino-American Training Center in Shanghai, China and the University of Michigan as well as at Michigan State University. He has conducted research on regulation and transportation in Western Europe, and is currently a member of two committees of the National Academy of Sciences. His textbook, Principles of Transportation Economics, was published in 1997. Prof. Boyer is the former Chair of the Transportation and Public Utilities Group of the American Economic Association.
Adam Candeub, Faculty Associate. Prof. Candeub joined the MSU Law faculty in the Fall of 2004. Prior to this position, he was an attorney-advisor for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Media Bureau and previously in the Common Carrier Bureau, Competitive Pricing Division. His work at the FCC involved him in critical decisions in communications law. He is well published in numerous law reviews. In addition to his scholarship and interest in criminal law and philosophy, Prof. Candeub has developed an impressive expertise in communications, administrative and antitrust law as well as an extensive background in economics. He teaches courses in the Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program. Prof. Candeub received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1995) and his B.A. from Yale University (1990).
Stephen Gasteyer, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Sociology. Prof. Gasteyer researches the structures and processes that influence community level access to critical natural resources and capacity to manage those resources. Relatedly, he applies a systematic analysis to understanding community leadership and economic development decision making. His research focuses on the US, the Middle East and West Africa. Before coming to Michigan State University, Prof. Gasteyer was on faculty in the Department of Human and Community Development (HCD) at University of Illinois. Prior to that, he was Research and Policy Director at the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) in Washington, DC and a research consultant on issues of global water governance. Prof. Gasteyer was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali from 1987 through 1990, and worked from 1993 through 1998 in the Palestinian territories. He received a BA from Earlham College in 1987, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Iowa State University in 2001.
William Knudson, Faculty Associate. William Knudson is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University. He was previously a Policy Advisor the Michigan Senate Majority Policy Office where he conducted analysis and advised senators on agricultural and high education issues. He is a member of the American Agricultural Economics Association, received his B.A. in Economics from California State University, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy and Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University.
Steven Miller, Faculty Associate. Steven Miller specializes in applied economic methods for forecasting and impact analysis. As a graduate, Steven maintained and programmed the Oklahoma State University Econometric Forecasting model and served as investigator on several Oklahoma Department of Human Resources studies of TANF funding, as well as child support studies for impact and needs assessments. He has produced numerous impact assessments of Wichita, Kansas area businesses seeking state and local sponsored incentives, produced papers on aviation demand across competing regional airports, and papers on alternative estimation methods of systems modeling.
Thomas Jeitschko, Faculty Associate. Thomas D. Jeitschko, Ph.D., Faculty Associate. Professor of Economics and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Michigan State University. His research interests are in applied economic theory with specializations in industrial organization, law and economics, and micro-economics more broadly. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and the International Journal of Industrial Organization, and an editorial board member of the Journal of Socio-Economics, in addition to holding several other editorial appointments. Dr. Jeitschko previously worked as a research economist at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he analyzed mergers and potentially anticompetitive behaviors. In addition to many other cases, he was the lead economist evaluating possible anti-competitive effects of the proposed merger between the NYSE and the Deutsche Börse and the proposed takeover of NYSE by Nasdaq and ICE, he was involved in investigations covering Medicaid and health insurance providers, and he has expertise in Financial Markets, Securities and Derivatives Exchanges, OTC, Indices; Airlines at Slot-Controlled Airports; Telecommunications and Internet Content Provision; Patents and Patent Pooling; and Auctions. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia (1995) with a specialization in Economic Theory and an undergraduate degree from the University of Münster in Germany (1991) with a specialization in Economic History.
Douglas Jones, Faculty Associate (External). Dr. Douglas N. Jones is the Harold L. and Audrey P. Enarson Professor (Emeritus) of Public Policy & Management at The Ohio State University and has been a member of the faculty since 1978. He was also the founding director of the National Regulatory Research Institute and served in that role from 1978 to 1998. His fields of specialization are public utility and antitrust economics, economic development, privatization, and public budgeting. He publishes mainly in the field of regulatory economics, deregulation and privatization. His international consulting has been with Canada, Costa Rica, Argentina, Bolivia, and Egypt. After earning a Ph.D. in economics from The Ohio State University he was a professor of economics at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Chief Economist on the President's Committee for Developing Alaska, and Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce for Regional Economic Development. He also worked on the congressional staff from 1969 to 1978, first as Legislative Assistant to a U.S. Senator, then as Assistant Chief, Economics Division of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Harry Trebing, Ph.D., Professor of Economics Emeritus and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University; Adjunct Professor (Economics), New Mexico State University. Prof. Trebing founded the Institute and served as its director from 1966 to 1991, having responsibility for organizing and administering all education programs sponsored by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). He served as Chief Economist for both the U.S. Postal Rate Commission and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. He also served on advisory panels for the Congressional Office Technology Assessment, General Accounting Office, U.S. Comptroller General, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Regulator Research Institute. He is past president of the Association for Evolutionary Economic and recipient of the Veblen-Commons Award. In addition, he is a past chairman of the Transportation and Public Utilities Group of the American Economic Association. He has authored numerous publications dealing with public utility regulation and received a National Science Foundation grant to study regulatory reform in energy utilities. He is a recipient of several distinguished service awards. Prof. Trebing currently serves as a Governor-appointed member of the Michigan Utility Consumer Participation Board. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.


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Vapor Barrier Debate (in my head)
So after having talked to the contractor and reading threads on this forum I am conflicted about this topic. Is it better to install a vapor barrier with open cell spray foam or no? The contractor says no but I am reading here that it's a good idea! I am probably overthinking it but I can't decide.
Your roof is unvented - if I recall.
That being so, then dont VB over the foam.
You will be creating a double vapor barrier
which will eventually rot the woodwork. Especially if its OSB decking.
Some moisture does migrate through open cell.
It may/ may not be OK. It depends in part on the moisture load you are throwing at it. If you can keep your winter humidity levels low like around 35%, you'll be fine. But many times humidity is higher and can be difficult/expensive to lower enough.
Closed cell might be the better option. It will create a double vapor barrier which means any moisture that finds its way through can rot the decking but its much less of a problem. Even if your decking rots, the closed cell foam is rigid enough to essentially become the structure on its own.
thanks for the input. yes I am sorry my roof is unvented. that was what I was considering-doing closed cell. except that if the roof does leak I will have no way of knowing until the wood is rotted away. hence why I am using open cell....but you are saying the risk of that is not that great then?
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Turning point isn't just a talking point in D.C.
Gammons: Turning point isn't a talking point in D.C.
We understand that, just as we understand that the Nationals have not had a winning record in their seven seasons in Washington -- you have to go back to Montreal to find that the last time the franchise had a winning record was 1996. No one wants to hear about the latest poll on what the rest of the country thinks about Washington, or that in their 11 years prior to moving to Texas, the second rendition of the Washington Senators had one winning season, or that after World War II, the previous Senators had precisely one winning season (78-76 in 1952) before Calvin Griffith took them to Minnesota in 1961.
That's two winning records in 33 seasons involving three different franchises.
That said, Harper hasn't taken batting practice in scenic Viera, Fla. Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Edwin Jackson and Jordan Zimmermann haven't thrown a bullpen session yet.
But as players gather this week in Florida and Arizona, there are few more compelling and fascinating teams than the Washington Nationals. Baseball is entertainment, and entertainment is built around stars, and every one of Strasburg's starts in 2010 was on some form of national television, while Harper was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at 16. And that's before getting around to the fact that Ryan Zimmerman may be the Scott Rolen of his generation.
Davey Johnson will open a camp with Strasburg and Zimmermann having full rehabs behind them and Wilson Ramos having had a full year of handling a Major League staff. General manager Mike Rizzo traded for an All-Star left-hander in Gonzalez, signed Jackson and his 200 innings, signed Brad Lidge for further bullpen support behind Drew Storen, and has a pitching staff whose depth and upside at least creates a discussion in a division that houses the Phillies, Braves and Marlins.
That's a lot to swallow when one considers that the only National League starting staff that threw fewer innings than the 928 2/3 of the Nationals was Pittsburgh (another reason an A.J. Burnett trade to the Pirates would make sense).
The game wants Washington to succeed. The folks who run it want Strasburg and Harper to be good -- really good. They want the NL East to have one of the most competitive, compelling pennant races, with four teams thinking about the postseason on Labor Day, a race that would highlight young stars like Harper, Mike Stanton and Jason Heyward; veteran stars like Chase Utley, Chipper Jones, Brian McCann, Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes; one certain future Hall of Fame pitcher in Roy Halladay; and a lot of other guys people pay to see, like Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Gonzalez, Josh Johnson, Tommy Hanson and Tim Hudson.
There are a lot of blinking yellow lights the Nats have to pass before Labor Day, beginning with the caution that must be applied to Strasburg, Zimmermann and Wang. That's what Rizzo and Johnson realized before they traded four prospects for Gonzalez and signed Jackson -- they're both 200-inning pitchers who will allow Johnson to proceed with caution with his other starters. The depth of the bullpen -- Storen, Lidge, Tyler Clippard, Henry Rodriguez, Chad Durbin and Tom Gorzelanny -- is another safety net to help insure that if Washington has to beat Philly, Atlanta or Miami come September, Strasburg will be physically able to compete.
There are issues in the lineup. Ian Desmond's .298 on-base percentage and 139-35 strikeout-walk numbers are not good. Danny Espinosa struck out 166 times; Jayson Werth 160. They would love a leadoff-hitting center fielder, but if Harper is ready, then Werth can play the majority of the time in center and Johnson can use Rick Ankiel, whose metrics place him as an elite defensive center fielder, as he can.
The last time Washington won a pennant was in 1933, six months after Franklin D. Roosevelt's historic inaugural speech. Baseball would love nothing more than for Strasburg, Harper and this team to give the sport and the town something to shout about. It's what the phrase "pitchers and catchers report" is all about.
Peter Gammons is a columnist for MLB.com and an analyst for MLB Network. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Great memories <3
i can't belive it was one year ago :O but still happy my country was the host :)
now i can't wait for baku and the rehearsals on sunday!!! :D
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can'T wait! it will be awesome i'm sure!
i'm flipping out!!! ;D
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WOW :O it looks even at the beginning amazing!
i think the stage will be designed as the logo and also the lights :)
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Great Choice!!!
although it would be also great if safura would be one of the hosts :)
but great choice with eldar! his english is really good!
and also Nargiz has good english :)
can't wait now :D
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Soooooo.... is the song in estonian or english???? o.O
but PLEASE in ESTONIAN!!
it's sound much better!
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But!!! Please let the neon light!
Because this is the only good thing in the performance
Sry Austria but why did you send this song????
Anway.... good luck :(
without our help.....
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I felt very sorry for Poland..... they were so underrated
In my opinion UK was also very underrated :/
BUT I don't wonder why Germany came last, because the performance of No Angles was such horrible o.O
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It's just amazing how 42 persons from 42 countrys come together at one meeting :) That's why I'm always fascinated by Eurovision how they bring all european countrys together like a big family :D Thank ...It's just amazing how 42 persons from 42 countrys come together at one meeting :)
That's why I'm always fascinated by Eurovision how they bring all european countrys together like a big family :D
Thank you so much Eurovision to make this possible <3 :)
commented on Results of the 2012 Running Order Draw!
YESS! Germany 20 :D
but poor UK :( first one in final :/
Good luck to all countrys!
commented on Today: Running order draw - watch live at 11:20 CET!
I'm very happy that i can vote in second semi final :D
and i hope we will have a high starting number
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I'm not a New Yorker, but if I was I'd be signing this asap. It's not the time for NY'ers to be Tebowing(i.e. sitting on the sidelines.). God Bless a true modern day patriot in her fight against tyranny; Senator Kathleen A. Marchione:smt1099


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I would like to take a moment, and thank Dogster for honoring me as their "Dogster's Dog of the Day" on Saturday February 5. Dogster, you have no dog bones guess, as to how happy I was to hear that news. Thank you again.
And to all of my friends, thank you fur sharing in my special day. Thank you for the rosettes, and little notes, and for the posts in our blogs. If it were not fur you, my special friends, I would not have even know of my special honor. I was takin' care of my ma and her twisted back. She's okay now, so I have removed the velcro. But it sure was nice to have her around for those days!
I love you all, my very special friends, and Dogster for making this all possible.
Love and wags and Bichon kisses,
I have been tagged by Honey, so I will tell you 7 things about myself and pick 7 furs to do the same. Now let's have some fun!
1. Today was my birthday, I'm seven now!
2. I love to swim and play on the beach,
3. but I love the snow too! Blitzing in the snow is a blast!
4. I recently joined Honey's group Outdoor World, I love the outdoors! It's in my group list if you would like to check it out and join too!
5. I'm a Jersey dog, but I live in Florida now. I'll always be a Jersey boy!
6. I love hikes in the woods just like my friend Honey! When I go home fur visits, I go hiking with Doggie Day Trips! You can check out their website and see a picture of me, www.doggiedaytrips.com I'm the little guy with the red coat on!
7. Now this one is a little embarrassing, but here it goes. I'm probably gonna have little sand nuggets tomorrow. Yep, that's right, sand nuggets, as in sand turds, BOL! I always get em' the day after a trip to the beach!
Well, that was fun, now I'm off to do some tagging!
I would like to thank all of my friends fur wishing me a birthday!
I had a great day at the dog beach, I did lots of sand digging. You know how I love to dig in the sand! I went swimming at the beach, and I even got to go fur a swim when I went out on the boat fishing earlier this morning. That was lots of fun!
It was a wonderful birthday indeed. Thank you all fur making it special. I hope I didn't leave anyone out in my personal thank you messages. Please know that I love you all, my furry special friends.
Love and Hugs,
p.s. I will post my birthday pictures real soon!
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Opening statements made in underwear bomb trial
DETROIT – The federal government opened its case against underwear bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Tuesday, telling jurors that the defendant was on a mission from al-Qaeda to blow up an American airliner on Christmas Day 2009 — and to make sure that the attack happened on U.S. soil.
"His mission, his goal, his sole reason for being on Flight 253 was to blow it up … to kill all the other passengers and himself," Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel told jurors of the Nigerian defendant. "He thought he would end up in heaven because he would be a martyr."
Abdulmutallab, 24, who was technically defending himself, appeared in a traditional African gray tunic with gold and cream embroidery. He said nothing Tuesday and even opted out of giving an opening statement. His standby lawyer, Anthony Chambers, was supposed to deliver opening statements, but after a one-hour delay, Chambers said that there would be no opening statement but that there could be one at a later date.
Tukel's opening statement detailed what happened inside the aircraft the day that Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to blow up the Detroit-bound airliner with explosives hidden in his underwear.
As the flight neared Detroit, he made several trips to the lavatory, where he brushed his teeth, put on cologne and prayed to purify himself before his suicide mission, Tukel said.
Then he returned to his seat, pulled a blanket over his head and pressed the plunger on the bomb. First came a loud pop, then smoke, then a fireball in the suspect's lap, Tukel said.
"After that, all hell broke loose," Tukel said, noting that passengers tried to put the fire out, but nothing worked until flight attendants doused it with fire extinguishers.
Passenger Michael Zantow, the first government witness to testify, said he heard a loud pop that sounded like firecrackers, then heard the passenger next to Abdulmutallab say, "Dude, your pants are on fire."
A flight attendant came to see what was happening, Zantow said. Passengers yelled to get Abdulmutallab's seatbelt and pants off to see what was going on. Four passengers lifted him out of his seat and put him on the floor of the plane.
Zantow said that was when he glimpsed "underwear I hadn't seen before." He described the underwear as "bulky" and said it reminded him of what his child's pull-up diapers looked like when they were full — a comment that drew laughter from jurors.
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The AMIGO1-KCNB1 complex is involved in schizophrenia-related behavioral domains in mice.
major finding from this study is the novel region- and cell-specific relationship between the localization of the plasma membrane Kv2.1 channel and intracellular RyR (show RYR1 Proteins) Ca2 (show CA2 Proteins)+ release channels
study supports the concept that transcriptional suppression of KV2.1 by activation of the AKAP150 (show AKAP5 Proteins)-CaN/NFATc3 (show NFATC3 Proteins) signaling axis contributes to enhanced arterial tone during diabetes
These results showed that a modest suppression of Kv2.1 channels dramatically raises insulinotropic potency of GLP-1 (show GCG Proteins)-based drugs.
Kv2.1 knockout mice are strikingly hyperactive, defective in spatial learning and hypersensitive to convulsants.
the accumulation of KCNB1 oligomers in the membrane disrupts planar lipid raft integrity and causes apoptosis via activating the c-Src (show SRC Proteins)/JNK (show MAPK8 Proteins) signaling pathway.
Kv2.1 regulates insulin (show INS Proteins) secretion in beta-cells
Direct interaction between syntaxin 1A (show STX1A Proteins) and the Kv2.1 C-terminus is required for efficient insulin (show INS Proteins) exocytosis and glucose-stimulated insulin (show INS Proteins) secretion.
stromatoxin-1 -sensitive KV2 (show KCNA6 Proteins)-containing channels are expressed in detrusor smooth muscle (DSM); they control DSM excitability, intracellular Ca2 (show CA2 Proteins)+ levels, and myogenic and nerve-evoked contractions
Hypoxic preconditioning enhances the ability of mesenchymal stem cell migration; this effect is mediated through a regulatory role of Kv2.1 on FAK (show PTK2 Proteins) phosphorylation/activation.
Perifosine modified the Kv2.1 inactivation gating resulting in a decrease of the current amplitude.
KCNB1 is a strong susceptibility gene for schizophrenia spectrum disorders in humans.
inactivation regulation via Ca(2 (show CA2 Proteins)+)/calmodulin (show CALM1 Proteins) does not interfere with the beta subunit's enzymatic activity as an NADPH (show NQO1 Proteins)-dependent oxidoreductase (show TXNRD1 Proteins), thus rendering the Kvb1.1 subunit a multifunctional receptor
Kv2.1 functional aberrations in humans are associated with developmental delay, infantile generalized seizures, hypotonia, and behavioural problems, and also highlight a critical role for Kv2.1 in regulating neuronal firing in neuronal circuits.
Epileptic V378A variant in KCNB1 changes ion selectivity, trafficking and expression of Kv2.1 channel.
KCNE5 subunits may affect Kv2.1 homotetramers and Kv2.1/Kv6.4 (show Kcng4 Proteins) heterotetramers in vivo, resulting in more tissue-specific fine-tuning mechanisms.
KvS subunits modify the pharmacological response of Kv2 (show KCNA6 Proteins) subunits when assembled in heterotetramers and illustrate the potential of KvS subunits to provide unique properties to the heterotetramers, as is the case for 4-AP on Kv2.1/Kv6.4 (show Kcng4 Proteins) channels.
The results indicate that KCNB1 is likely associated with metabolic traits that may either predispose or protect from progression to metabolic syndrome.
Glutamate (show GRIN1 Proteins) exposure results in a loss of Kv2.1 clusters in neurons.
HO-1 (show HMOX1 Proteins) expression can strongly influence apoptosis via CO-mediated regulation of Kv2.1 activity
Analysis of the data suggested that Kv2.1 channels contribute significantly to the voltage-gated potassium current in smooth muscle cells from rabbit urethra.
Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels represent the most complex class of voltage-gated ion channels from both functional and structural standpoints. Their diverse functions include regulating neurotransmitter release, heart rate, insulin secretion, neuronal excitability, epithelial electrolyte transport, smooth muscle contraction, and cell volume. Four sequence-related potassium channel genes - shaker, shaw, shab, and shal - have been identified in Drosophila, and each has been shown to have human homolog(s). This gene encodes a member of the potassium channel, voltage-gated, shab-related subfamily. This member is a delayed rectifier potassium channel and its activity is modulated by some other family members.
Voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv2.1
, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily B member 1
, potassium voltage-gated channel, Shab-related subfamily, member 1
, voltage gated potassium channel subtype 2.1
, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily B member 1-like
, delayed rectifier potassium channel 1
, voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv2.1
, potassium channel Kv2.1
, delayed rectifier potassium channel Kv2.1
, h-DRK1 K(+) channel
, potassium channel protein DRK1
, voltage-gated potassium channel Kv2.1