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I moved out to Los Angeles in 2011 to begin graduate work at UCLA and have been loving my experience here. Before my move, I earned a BA in astrophysics from Columbia University in New York City, taught middle school math at a charter school near Park City Utah and was first introduced to bioinformatics research at the University of Michigan.
My research interests focus on leveraging ancestry and population information to perform more powerful and accurate disease studies. In the Pasaniuc lab we have been keenly focused on disease studies in admixed individuals such as African Americans or Latinos. These individuals have genomes that are composed of long ancestry tracts from multiple populations. Through statistical methods that we have developed, we can determine the ancestry of an individual at each position in the genome. Since many diseases have different prevalence in different populations, we can use these differences to better analysis and predict disease causing variants as well as to enhance diagnostic tools for individual medicine. We have extended the use of population differences to look at rare mendelian traits, many of which have causes that have long eluded researchers. My current work grew out of investigating compound heterozygous causal architectures in monogenic diseases. Current disease models for complex disease are underpowered to find these. We are developing methods to identify compound heterozygotes without having to lose statistical power from the multiple testing burden.
Outside of my academic life, I make full use of the amazing weather and natural resources in and around Los Angeles. While most notably among my friends I live on beautiful two masted sailboat that I restored, I also ride my bike to UCLA everyday, have hiked many of the trails in Santa Monica and Malibu and have spent a good number of days in the wilderness backpacking to the many secluded hot springs in the area. Most recently I got back form a one week trip in the Golden Trout National Forest where I assisted a friend in a study where she was investigating bird populations in burn areas.
Through this blog I wish to share both the interesting aspects of my formal academic work as well as the may interesting thoughts, questions and discoveries about how genomes shapes our lives, communities and planet.
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Ashley Cass
I feel like I was probably the only freshman who found my campus career center useful. I couldn't decide between majoring in pure math or biology, so I took one of those arguably lame personality tests the career center offers. The counselor I met with to go over the results strongly considered I check out the major Computational and Systems Biology, and I loved it – I didn't HAVE to choose! It turns out that computational methods are vital to understand how life works the way it does. After earning my B.S. and getting some experience in a bioinformatics lab, I began the Ph.D. program in Bioinformatics at UCLA.
I am currently working under Dr. Grace Xiao towards understanding how RNA processing and regulation occurs, specifically RNA degradation. I work to address this question by analyzing different types of sequencing data including Degradome-Seq, CLIP-Seq, and RNA-Seq. Before bioinformatics, it was accepted that RNA was just a messenger between DNA and protein. Now, because of sequencing, we know that it has many roles and variations that help to explain how such a small number of genes can lead to a wide variety of phenotypes. The RNA field is just one example of how bioinformatics has revolutionized the way we think about biology.
I am excited to write for this blog. Reading scientific journals about cutting edge research is important, but I think it is also important (and fun) to start conversations about current topics openly, casually, and in English so that scientists and non-scientists alike can contribute.
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Aliz R. Rao
I first got interested in genetics in middle school, when I got my first taste of Punnett squares and thought they are fun in the way logic puzzles are. I later re-discovered genetics in college, at UCLA, where I finally majored in Computational and Systems Biology with a specialization in Bioinformatics. I chose the field because it was the perfect way to merge my love for biology, and my other passion: programming. Currently, I am a Bioinformatics Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Stan Nelson's lab. Our lab is involved in sequencing the exomes of individuals with rare genetic diseases or complex disorders, in hopes that we can identify the genetic mutations responsible for causing disease. In my research, I collaborate with clinicians and try to identify variants that may contribute to complex diseases such as bipolar disorder and autism. In addition, I look for patterns in the variation found in normal, healthy individuals. Knowing what normal variation looks like will help us determine which variants to filter out when looking for disease-causing variants.
Outside the lab, I spend much of my time doing DIY projects around the house or going outdoors, jogging, hiking, or backacking. I dabble in various genres of dance, and love to travel all over the world.
I hope that by contributing to Talking Genomes, I can be of help to those trying to enter the field of bioinformatics. It's such a new and rapidly growing field, that I meet many who have heard of it want to learn more, but have no idea where to start. Here, I hope I can offer some insight to those readers, as well as share interesting experiences from the life of a Bioinformatics Ph.D. student.
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This is a very fundamental change for the car company that for many years was a symbol of the American auto industry.
Cadillac's logo for decades featured the family crest of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701. The crest's last reworking came almost 40 years ago.
But after those same decades as a sales leader in the luxury segment, General Motors' top-of-the-line division is in ever-worsening trouble. While sales of luxury cars in the US have gone up by 7 percent in 1999, Cadillac has seen its sales rate down by 15 percent.
Changes to the logo include eliminating the crown on the top and killing six birds called merlettes while streamlining the wreath.
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July 15th, 2005, 03:14 AM #1
Put RSS contents on my website. How?
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I just install successfully DySE script for BettyMills store. Now I want to customize it so it will be different with other sites using the same scripts.
I want to put RSS content on my site. Can somebody tell me how to do it? Is it possible? What tools are required to do this?
P.S. I used to use CaRP tools for this purpose, but it's an PHP script. I've no idea on how to do this using cgi/perl script.
July 15th, 2005, 05:40 PM #2
In your DySE template, you need to use a Server-Side-Include (SSI) statement to include output from PHP scripts, such as:
<!--#include virtual="/carp.php"-->
You need to create the /carp.php file to call CaRP. Here's the reply from GeckoTribe.com about how to do this:
You'd need to make a PHP document that called CaRP and then do an include like what you entered above to include that PHP document. The reason for this is that including CaRP itself won't do anything. You need to include a document with at least these minimal contents:Yours truly,
require_once '/CLIENTS/PATH/TO/carp/carp.php';
CarpCacheShow('URL OF FEED');
...so that the function CarpCacheShow is called. Most likely, you'll want some configuration code between the two lines too.
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Seems like a good solution. Thanks, I will try to implement it.
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That was a helpful post, thanks.
But I have a question..
I tried to use that code with carp.. and it worked great.. the newsfeeds came up and everything. But I tried to add the last part... k={item.name+} and it didn't work. The k won't actually be replaced in the php file.
<!--#include virtual="/myscript.php?k={item.name+}"-->
So I actually have:
<!--#include virtual="/bettyphp.php?k={item.name+}"-->
Then I have my bettyphp.php file in the right place and everything. The display even comes up fine. But I want to replace a certain part of a url with the item.name. So I put k where I wanted the item.name to be.. but nothing happened. In the url, there was just k, not the item.name.
So I was wondering how to fix that if I could. Should I put quotes around the k?
And.. there is more than one k in the bettphp.php file. So would it just replace the first k or all the k's? Because right now it doesn't seem to be replacing any of the k's.
December 30th, 2005, 12:38 PM #5
When DySE view.pl sees the following in your template:
<!--#include virtual="/bettyphp.php?k={item.name+}"-->
the {item.name+} is replaced by the name of the current item. For example, if the current product is a calendar nameed "Cats 2006 Mini Boxed Calendar", then view.pl processes the SSI as:
<!--#include virtual="/bettyphp.php?k=Cats+2006+Mini+Boxed+Calendar"-->
So, your bettyphp.php script will be called with the k parameter set to: Cats+2006+Mini+Boxed+Calendar (+ is the standard way of passing spaces in URL's).
In your bettyphp.php, access the k parameter as you normally would access any parameter in any php script. Use the PHP variable $_GET['k'] (this is preferred variable name) or $HTTP_GET_VARS['k'] (older deprecated variable name). If you're using PHP version less than 4.2.0 (or your hosting compay has set the PHP configuration variable register_globals on) then you can access PHP variable $k
Note that you are not limited to naming the parameter k; use whatever your php script requires or whatever you've programmed it to use.
To see the SSI working, edit your items.html template and add the following test SSI after <BODY> tag:
<!--#include virtual="http://?k={item.name+}"-->
Use "http://" as the domain name since it is an invalid domain name and it will cause an error thus demonstrating how the SSI works. View any item's webpage and you'll see something like the following error where you added the above SSI:
[http://?k=Cats+2006+Mini+Boxed+Calendar: error: 500 Can't connect to :80 (Bad hostname '')]
You can see that view.pl has substituted in the name of the item where {item.name+} appeared in the URL.
Remove the test SSI so the error doesn't show up to your users.
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01. If you follow me on either Instagram or Twitter you will have definitely heard me chatter on about my new love for all things varsity (I hold my most recent guest blogger, Hannah, fully responsible for this), so on Friday I made a cheeky payday purchase and ordered a blue varsity jacket from Topshop. It arrived on Saturday morning and I haven't taken it off since - well, aside from when i'm sleeping obviously ;)
02. On reflection the past week was rather busy, full of meetings, seeing friends, but most importantly - good TV! We waved good bye to The Walking Dead, and Welcomed Game of Thrones and Doctor Who with open arms - both so good! Matt Smith is just the perfect Saturday evening viewing if you ask me...
03. This week has also been a very good post week - including my latest new beauty read - Kevyn Aucoin's Making Faces. A very old beauty read but still super gorgeous and interesting. Once I've finished flicking through I will report back with my thoughts!
04. I'm undecided on whether to have a big old splurge when shopping today or to be reserved and just pick up a few things. With the boyfriends birthday coming up this month, things could get pretty spendy rather quickly!
Before I go I thought I'd share a few posts from this week that I've really loved:
Kate from Ghostparties and Emma and Elsie from A Beautiful Mess have helped me to continue with the spring cleaning action for a second week on the go. I just love having a tidy room now, and having a peek around other bloggers homes or reading tips has definitely helped me to stay on track and my room has been looking so much better for it!
Anna's ever growing love for Cult Beauty has finally driven me over to the dark side - I'm screaming for someone to take my card away STAT!
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What's the toll of a condensed schedule? - 10-25-12
The NHL has said its deadline to strike a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement and to preserve a full 82-game schedule is today.While NHL commissioner Gary Bettman yesterday conceded that the prospect of having a full schedule seems unlikely, it's still a possibility.
What would jamming 82 games into a condensed time frame do to players from a physical standpoint, especially with little to no training camp? Four members of the Penguins were asked earlier this week.
Ben Lovejoy (right), defenseman - "It would obviously be the same for (all) teams. It's whoever working harder now to be in shape. If you're going to be playing a condensed schedule in then you're going to be playing more often. You can look at the Olympic (season of 2009-10). I know as a guy in Wilkes-Barre during the Olympic year, we loved it because guy were constantly battling major and minor injuries. It's going to come down to a lot of organizational depth too. Guys are going to break down more easily."Matt Cooke, left winger - "They've already said it's one game every five weeks. Essentially you're going to crunch (the Christmas break), you're going to crunch or eliminate the All-Star game. It's not going to be that much different I don't think. Obviously the scheduling needs to change a little bit. I think for the most part, most players would rather play every other night anyway. You get into a rhythm and it makes it easier. I know most coaches don't necessary like that because they don't get a lot of practice time."
Craig Adams, right winger - "It's going to be tough. The season is a grind as it is. But I think everybody would like to play a full season. If that's the case, and we get to the point that there's a deal and we can do that, people would be happy to do that."
Matt Niskanen, defenseman - "I don't know if the little bit of training camp would affect it as much as that extra game every once in a while. It's pretty intense. It's a marathon as it is and you add one more game in there every couple of weeks. Players are inevitably going to get more tired and that can potentially lead to more injuries."
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Sarah and Ed's first night at their new home, an isolated farmhouse in the border country of Scotland. But as darkness falls they find themselves in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with a gang of mysterious assailants. But what do they want and what horrors have they got planned for them? Think SINISTER meets STRAW DOGS.
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I am experiencing a terribly strong duck craving. Whenever I eat duck breast at restaurants, I always notice I pay a lot of money (which isn't the biggest issue) for very little duck, and end up hungry after my meal.
Where can I find the largest portion duck breast? A big hearty duck meal is all I need! (Probably with appetizer and dessert as well, but whose counting calories!)


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Transformative Arts Certificate
Art has a unique capacity to transform consciousness.
Our pioneering program cultivates the unique capacity of the Arts to heal, awaken and transform.
When we are immersed in the creative flow we open our hearts and minds. It is intrinsically healing. When we tap the Source within we open a channel of inexhaustible inspiration.
At the Academy, we have developed simple, yet profound methods for awakening and uplifting consciousness through Creative Process.
We use all modalities of the arts; painting, clay, collage, sculpture, dance, theater, music, poetry, writing, film, multi-media, etc. as vehicles for a transformative process. Activating the 'right brain', we awaken dormant 'whole brain' capacities of higher intelligence and intuition.
The Certification Program is comprised of two levels:
LEVEL ONE serves as a foundation of personal experience.
A Healing Journey
LEVEL ONE foundation provides support for your own healing journey. This level is open to all who seek personal healing, inner transformation and spiritual growth. A variety of courses expose students to the many modalities of the arts (music and dance, painting, sculpture, theater, film, etc.) and to the principles of art, creativity and consciousness. Our interdisciplinary approach uses all creative modalities as vehicles for self awareness and the activation of higher human capacities.
LEVEL TWO is a practitioners training.
A Work in the World
LEVEL TWO Professional Training prepares practitioners who are confident to facilitate the Transformative Arts Method ©™ in group workshops, to serve as a 'creativity coach' and to integrate transformational process into their professional practices. Level two offers content rich intensives, personalized projects and higher level courses covering theory and methodology.
In addition to coursework, Transformative Arts candidates are mentored in a small group studio environment, receiving personal attention and guidance as they develop skills, inner resources and experience. Successful completion of LEVEL TWO requirements confers a Transformative Arts Certificate™
Who is this for?
Certificate students come from all over the world- Italy, France, Greece, America, Israel, Portugal, Canada, the UK and the Philippines. Graduates apply its methods within various professions such as teaching, coaching, counseling, healing, ministry, social services, human resources, vision development and entrepreneurship. Our unique approach is an empowering aid to careers in teaching, healing arts, counseling, life coaching, organizational development and consulting, spiritual leadership and creative professions. It is especially useful for facilitators of personal growth in schools, colleges, hospitals, clinics, spiritual centers, and other institutions.
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Do you long to live a higher voltage life? Are you ready to come alive to the full spectrum of your capacities? Are you ready to open the channels? Are you willing to blaze through the barriers inside? Are you ready to experience the transformative current of creative power pulsing through your being? Is it your time for a healing journey? Are you ready for real transformation? If this speaks to you then you are ripe for Level ONE.
Do you long to create worlds of beauty that inspire and awaken those around you? Are you drawn to helping others awaken their full potential? Are you a healing shaman, a visionary creative spirit, an awakener? Do you feel called to serve the world at this critical moment? Are you seeking a Dharma that allows the fullness of who you are to be in service to humanity? Are you ready to claim your power to transform- not only yourself but the world? If this speaks to you then you are ripe for Level TWO.
Transformative Arts Personal Growth Certificate
The Personal Growth Foundation program is open to all as a supported, committed journey of personal healing, self discovery and spiritual growth
• Free Your Creative Spirit
• Painting from the Heart and Soul
• Dance with Freedom and Joy
• Spirit, Art & Nature
• Powers of Creation
• Mandala
• Healing Journey Intensive Course
• Personal Quest Final Project
• Electives* – 2 weekend courses or one 5 day
• Two Private Sessions
Approximately 43 days of coursework + 5 days of work on your personal project
Transformative Arts Practitioner Training
Level two training enables the practitioner to facilitate the Transformative Arts Method with others, serving as a 'creativity coach' and 'midwife' of the creative process.
• Certificate of completion for LEVEL ONE
• Transformative Journey through the Chakras
• Community Building through the Arts
• Community Service Project
• The Flowering of Children's Creativity
• Journey of the Soul; Archetypes of Healing, Wholeness & Holiness
• Graduate Teaching Seminar
• Electives * (two weekends or one 5 day course)
FINAL PROJECT ~ A guided independent study culminating in a final project. Your Final Project is your training wheels, you will be mentored in using the method in your work- however you hope to apply it.
Two Private Sessions
Apprenticeship Our program is unique in offering extensive mentoring of the facilitation process. We use the model of midwifery, understanding the work to be one of knowledge but also cultivated wisdom and subtle attunement. Students will assist in several courses they have taken previously, meeting before and after class for questions and discussion. Next they will teach segments of a class – with support and feedback for refinement. Finally, they will teach a class with the instructor acting as an assistant. Some students engage the apprenticeship portion longer than others as it is based on their needs. The director and the student together decide when the apprenticeship feels complete.
Assisting in courses and student teaching are an essential part of our training. Here we present the minimum requirements, but each student has different needs in this area. We decide together the amount of training experience needed to fully support your work in the world.
Class Assistant Two weekends and two 5 day courses
Student Teaching in two or more workshops
Level two requires approximately 2 months of coursework + your final project
Elective Course Options include:
- Art, Creativity & Consciousness
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Alpharetta, GA (PressExposure) February 04, 2009 -- Author, Jeremy Dean, witnessed his mother die from cancer while being a lifelong smoker himself. When a diagnostic CAT scan showed a potentially cancerous lung tumor, Jeremy endeavored to find an alternative treatment that would give him a great chance at beating lung cancer if the currently available mainstream treatments proved ineffective. A subsequent CAT scan confirmed a tumor that was shown to be benign. However, the author appreciates that he will always be at a higher risk due to family history and life style choices. Jeremy knew that the currently touted alternative cancer treatments would probably be ineffective for him, just based on current lung cancer survival rates.
During the months immediately prior to his subsequent follow-up CAT scan, the author researched and found a legitimate treatment protocol based on real science and medical studies and decided to have it professionally researched and written to assure himself that he really had found a credible alternative treatment protocol. He has decided to release the information in the form of an ebook because he believes that it will offer real benefits and credible hope to those who think that they are currently without any good options.
The science behind the protocol is on seventy plus years of clinical research and trials. The information is intended to encourage everybody who is fighting cancer, especially those without good or effective mainstream options, to do their own self-investigation; and to prove to themselves that there is a a treatment protocol that really gives a cancer victim, no matter the origin or stage, a really great shot at "How To Stop Cancer - Long enough To Die From Old Age." The book allows cancer victims to determine for themselves a treatment protocol that stands a great chance of success based on the tremendous amount of scientific research which supports it.
Nile River Productions, Inc. was incorporated in late 2008. It is the corporate owner of this copyrighted book. Nile River Productions is solely owned by Jeremy Dean with the stated goal of making this potentially life saving knowledge widely available. He believes that based on the high level of science supporting the book that the treatment protocol outlined will help many people that are battling the dreaded scourge of a disease called cancer.


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JavaScript Web Services for CICS & z/OS Mainframe Integration
HostBridge JavaScript Engine [1]
The HostBridge JavaScript Engine (HB.js) is server-side JavaScript for CICS® applications and IBM z Systems™ data assets. It is the only JavaScript/JSON-based integration solution for the mainframe. Both a development facility and runtime engine, HB.js provides all the capabilities z Systems customers need to rapidly develop and deploy reusable Web services and/or scripts that:
- Orchestrate CICS terminal-oriented transaction micro flows as single services
- Orchestrate and aggregate transactions, programs (e.g., COMMAREA), and data into single composite services
- Integrate anything mainframe with anything distributed – Web and mobile applications, cloud architectures, service-oriented architectures (SOAs), other enterprise applications, etc.
- Create dynamic object-oriented applications that simplify and revitalize legacy applications for modern environments.
Capabilities and Support
Built on the ECMAScript 3/JavaScript 1.8 code base [2], the HostBridge JavaScript Engine fully supports a wide range of object-oriented scripting/Web services types and protocols, including JavaScript, JSON, XML, SOAP, SOAP 1.2, RESTful services, Ajax, Atom, HTML, and E4X (ECMAScript for XML).
HB.js runs inside CICS and supports:
- CICS terminal-oriented (visual) transactions
- BMS, non-BMS, 3270, and CA application types
- COMMAREA (non-visual) programs
- DB2®, VSAM™, DL/I, Datacom®, and other data assets
- Connectivity via HTTP, LINK/EXCI, Enhanced WebSphere MQ
- Extended Multi-Region Operation (MRO)
- Other CICS and z/OS tools and technologies.
For a complete listing of technologies supported by HB.js, see our HostBridge v6.5 data sheet with technical specifications.
Predefined Objects
HB.js also includes predefined program objects that can be used within a script, allowing it to perform a wide range of operations – virtually anything a COBOL program can do. Some of these predefined objects are:
- CICS command-level access
- CICS transaction execution
- COMMAREA program execution
- Simple API for XML (SAX) parser
- SOAP RPC response writing support
HostBridge Data Access Modules for VSAM, DB2, DL/I, and Datacom integration are also predefined in HB.js. The modules are described on our Data Access page.
Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
The HostBridge Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) provides the tooling and functionality developers need to easily and rapidly author, test, and deploy HB.js scripts/Web services. The IDE includes HB Transaction Explorer, a graphical display generated by HostBridge XML that replicates CICS screens with precise fidelity. Developers use this tool to navigate live terminal-oriented CICS application micro flows as a means of developing highly reliable integration scripts/services.
HostBridge is authorized to run its software products and scripts/Web services on the IBM z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP). By shifting HB.js processes to the zIIP, customers can reduce processing costs, lower mainframe TCO, and often improve performance. To learn more about HostBridge zIIP-enablement, visit our HostBridge for zIIP page.
Orchestrating CICS Terminal-Oriented Transactions as a Service
HB.js offers a unique means for developers to improve performance by incorporating the most complex CICS transaction micro flows into single, reusable Web services. Carrying out a complete business process with a terminal-oriented CICS transaction micro flow can involve interaction with dozens or even hundreds of screens. Trying to integrate these micro flows using sub-standard integration technologies has had serious performance impacts. Products that run in the middle tier require a full request-response cycle with the mainframe for each transaction, consuming processes unnecessarily and causing latency.
HB.js handles transaction micro flows far more efficiently and economically. When a request is submitted to HostBridge – whether from a user or a mobile, Web, cloud, or other distributed app – the HB.js script/service executes the entire transaction sequence on the mainframe, orchestrating and aggregating all relevant data and returning a single response, typically with sub-second response times.
Orchestrating z Systems Resources as Services
HB.js also provides a unique and powerful means to incorporate a wide range of z Systems resources into single, streamlined, reusable Web services. With HB.js, developers can to orchestrate and aggregate CICS terminal-oriented transactions, CICS programs, and z Systems data together, incorporating them all into composite scripts/Web services.
Dynamic Applications Using Objects and Services
Many customers now use HB.js to write new dynamic applications that leverage JavaScript's object-oriented capabilities within a Web services application architecture to reinvent complex legacy applications as modern composite apps for today's workforce.
A number of our customers in the insurance industry rely on a highly complex legacy terminal-oriented CICS applications that lack micro flows. Instead, each screen is discrete, and insurance reps must move from screen to screen, or go back and complete prerequisite screens, based on thousands of screen codes. Training on the application took months, and when the company tried to integrate with a new enterprise-wide front end, there was only one solution.
Using HB.js, developers have recreated each screen as a discrete JS object that calls all prerequisites and potential following screens without user intervention. Then, at a higher Web services layer, a business service calls required objects and assembles them into a complete business process that is fully integrated into the front-end application. At any time, developers can modify services or write new ones, calling the same objects, and thus update or recreate business processes – modernizing and gaining maximum value from CICS and z/OS without touching any mainframe code.
JavaScript & JSON for Web Services Development
One of our guiding principles at HostBridge is that z Systems customers will gain the greatest return on investment when they expose z Systems apps and data using the same high-performance, industry-standard technologies used by today's leaders in mobile, Web, and cloud computing.
Leveraging JavaScript and JSON, industry-standard languages that are now active in every computing system from client devices to app servers to HostBridge on the mainframe, our server-side HB.js exemplifies our guiding principle, providing customers with the greatest possible power, flexibility, and economy in systems interoperability.
In addition, JavaScript and JSON are among the most widely known languages in the world today. With HB.js, Web and distributing application developers already on staff can immediately begin developing JavaScript- and JSON-based Web services for CICS and z/OS. Compared with other programming choices, HB.js ensures easier development, faster deployment, the highest fidelity to CICS applications, and the most reliable integration for CICS and other z Systems assets.
Product Evolution and Naming: Process Automation to HB.js
The first HostBridge JavaScript technology was part of a product released in 2004 called HostBridge Extended (HBX). Soon after its introduction, customers began using HBX to orchestrate and automate CICS transaction micro flows, and the JavaScript component became known as Process Automation. Over time, as we and our customers used the product for a very broad range of orchestration, integration, and dynamic application development, it became clear that the name HostBridge JavaScript Engine (HB.js) best communicated product methods and principles to the IT professionals with whom we work.
HB.js is JavaScript and JSON for z Systems and CICS.
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By Jordan Grasso | Guest OpEd
In early February, Donald Trump appointed Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general. The confirmation of Sessions to Trump's team is going to have detrimental affects on the LGBT community by pushing back the fight for LGBT equality and forcing many members back into the closet.
As attorney general, Sessions represents one of the most important cabinet posts within the administration. He provides legal advice to the U.S. government while heading the Department of Justice. In other words, as attorney general, he is the chief lawyer of the United States, serving to represent all of its citizens.
How can a man with an anti-LGBT voting history represent and protect the continuously growing LGBT community, especially after the legalization of same-sex marriage by the Supreme Court in 2015?
The LGBT community at large has finally begun to make advancements towards full equality, but the appointment of Sessions has the opportunity to not only stop this advancement, but reverse it in its tracks.
Sessions has a history of fighting against LGBT rights. He voted against both the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. acts, claiming they were not necessary because the LGBT community does not face discrimination.
However, according to the FBI, the LGBT community is the third-highest category with regard to the occurrence of hate crimes within the United States, and although violent crimes overall are on the decline, hate crimes against the LGBT community are steadily rising, especially after the election of Donald Trump as president. In fact, within 10 days of the election, LGBT hate crimes skyrocketed, making up 11 percent of the total hate crimes that occurred across the country.
Fear of violence, hate crimes and discrimination keep many LGBT members from coming out. With numbers seeing as many as 20-25 percent of LGBT people experiencing hate crimes during their lifetime, the threat of violence is something we all fear daily.
According to a report from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, the most experienced forms of hate crimes include discrimination, physical violence, verbal harassment and use of threats or intimidation. Research continuously shows the hate we encounter as members of the LGBT community, yet the man appointed to protect us does not believe the discrimination and violence we face everyday even exists. With such a misunderstanding of our experiences, how is he supposed to represent and protect us?
Sessions also supports the First Amendment Defense Act, which would allow businesses to openly discriminate based on their religious beliefs; that marriage is only between one man and one woman. Not only does he support this legislation, as an Alabama senator he was one of the co-sponsors of the bill and pushed for it to be approved. Now as head of the Department of Justice, he has the responsibility to enforce federal laws while protecting the rights of all citizens. However, he also has the power to decide how laws will be interpreted, governed and enforced. He has already backed away from protecting executive orders created under Obama that were implemented to prevent discrimination and violence against the LGBT community, including how trans children are treated within public schools.
Many people stay closeted within their own families and social circles due to religious and family values. By allowing discrimination based on religious beliefs, the fear of coming out will grow among many LGBT individuals. Religious fundamentalism is a strong predictor of views towards LGBT rights. The more important religion is regarded in one's life, the more likely they will have negative views towards the LGBT community.
This country is based on religious freedoms, but that does not give people the right to disregard the basic rights of all individuals, including their freedom from discrimination and violence. Sessions supports fundamentalist religious views ahead of the freedoms and equality of all individuals.
And while Sessions has not explicitly made anti-LGBT statements, his voting history and push against LGBT rights is enough to show how much he will lack when it comes to protecting our community as attorney general. How can we trust a man who does not believe in LGBT rights and actively opposes any advancement forward?
Blindness to LGBT inequality is a form of discrimination. By claiming the LGBT community does not face discrimination or hate, Attorney General Sessions is invalidating our experiences and avoiding addressing the social problems we face due solely to our sexuality and gender expression.
As Elie Wiesel stated in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
We must not suddenly lose our voice. We must not encourage the tormentor. We must not allow Jeff Sessions or Donald Trump to silence us. Now is the time to come together and not let any of our brothers and sisters fall back into the closet.
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- Do the quickfire challenges seem easier this season?
- Who did you side with in the boiling water mishap: Preeti or Ashley?
- How clever was Ash to change his ice cream into a custard?!
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- Wasn't it interesting that the cheftestants selected an executive chef and broke into teams without Padma ordering them to do so? Or did Bravo edit that out?
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Homeward Bone is a type of consumable in Dark Souls 2.
Homeward Bone is a type of consumable in Dark Souls 2.
| "A white-ashen bone. Return to the last bonfire rested at.
Bonfires burn on the bones of Undead. And this bone, belonging to one whose journey was cut short, has the power to travel to bonfires. As if it yearns to resume its futile quest..."
- Consumable item. When used, it returns the player to the last bonfire they rested at without losing any souls
- Can be utilized to flee a boss battle. Can be tricky however as you're vulnerable during the use animation.
- Once obtained, the Aged Feather will have the same effect with unlimited uses.
- Both this and the Aged Feather can be used as an early warning system against invaders or can reveal that you have been invaded if you happen to miss the message. If you are invaded, the item will be darkened out.
- Sweet Shalquoir in Majula sells up to 10 of them at 600 Souls each
- She will sell an unlimited amount after the Shrine of Winter was opened
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Also seems to cure status effects. Playing on SotFS, PS4.ReplyReplies (0)
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It seems that against Velstadt the bone darkens and doesnt let me use it. Is it because of a summon?ReplyReplies (0)
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This year we're awarding the scholarship to Megan Cammarata, Special Events Manager at The Summit Center in New York: "I'm incredibly excited. I wouldn't have been able to go without the scholarship." Megan goes to the conference with big aspirations for her organization's annual walk: "I'm solely responsible for our largest annual initiative, our Autism Walk that has about 3,500 participants, and I'm looking to grow it from $350,000 to $1 Million."
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About the same thing I think of all the other thousands of gods invented by man over the millenia, whether it be Shiva, Thor, Huitzilopochtli or Naiyenesgani. An interesting look at our ancestors as they struggled to understand, calm their fears of the unknown and, always, support the priesthood.
It's rather sad that modern man continues to make up belief structures instead of actively searching for knowledge of our world, but it is what it is. It's a lot of work to actually learn and understand (and we've progressed so far that no one person can know it all) - lots easier, and far more comforting, to make up our own stories that also serve to calm our irrational fears.
The problem is not actually "God". The problem is actually inside all of us. Hint: Why human beings believe 'anything' at all?
There is a strong evolutionary imperative to believe things with no evidence. It is a survival mechanism. Eventually it will wither as it becomes more and more a hindrance to human reproduction. This is why atheism is on the rise in most developed countries. "God" does not exist so "God" has never been the problem. People so out of tune with themselves is the problem.
It becomes (extremely) difficult to differentiate between what is 'belief' and what is reality.
It's quite like the scenario of convicting a president for a crime: Who has the power to legally punish the President of a nation? You may answer: "the Supreme court judge, by the power of constitution".
But what if a 'constitution' itself is corrupt at its foundational level?
Perhaps - some times - so what?
It is nothing like this at all.
Not really looking for a conversation are you? You completely ignored what I said. Why do so many religionists do this? You ask a question and ignore any answers to tell us what is what.
Odd - you still did not respond to my answer to your question or answer my questions. We already know god-belief causes nothing but conflicts. No need to prove it again.
I hope that you realize that a person may get so pressed and conditioned to a 'belief' ~ that he/she may mistake it to be a reality. We all have been a victim of this phenomenon. Personally speaking, I have seen no one in my life (except 1 or 2) who was 'unaffected' by this, so to speak, 'belief-flu':
People might consider themselves to be 'free' of any beliefs. But it reality, their 'beliefs' may have spread so far into their consciousness ~ that they are fundamentally incapable now to appreciate the possibility that they may have a 'belief'.
The point is: religion hasn't invented this thing. But religion has been one of 'its' many by-products. Take any Hollywood movie, or any News broadcast ~ these videos will contain many beliefs. If they don't ~ they can't make any money. You must hit people at their 'beliefs' if you want to manipulate them.
It's a global phenomenon.
And Atheists/Agnostics/Skeptics fall a prey to it while they think that they are not.
Yes - you seem very conditioned that your beliefs are reality. Are you capable of seeing that your beliefs are not real?
"Yes - you seem very conditioned that your beliefs are reality. Are you capable of seeing that your beliefs are not real?"
~ How did that 'seem' to you (In other words: How did you realize that I have beliefs, and what my 'beliefs' are)?
Mostly Pascal's wager.
"God"thing = "no"thing.
Tell Me, Honestly, What You Think About This "God" Thing?
Are you a thing?
G-d is a being, please.
All "beings" need to be created, right?
And your reason? Please
Wasn't that your reason, to say god exists?
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(Chicago, January 25, 2005)ŚWorkers in the U.S. meat and poultry industry endure unnecessarily hazardous work conditions, and the companies employing them often use illegal tactics to crush union organizing efforts, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
Field research for the report examined beef packing in Nebraska, hog slaughtering in North Carolina, and poultry processing in Arkansas. The report looks closely at companies such as Tyson Foods Inc., Smithfield Foods Inc., and Nebraska Beef Ltd.
ōMeatpacking is the most dangerous factory job in America,ö said Lance Compa, the reportÆs author and a labor rights researcher for Human Rights Watch. ōDangerous conditions are cheaper for companiesŚand the government does next to nothing.ö
The 175-page report, ōBlood, Sweat, and Fear: WorkersÆ Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants,ö shows how the increasing volume and speed of production coupled with close quarters, poor training and insufficient safeguards have made meat and poultry work so hazardous. On each work shift, workers make up to 30,000 hard-cutting motions with sharp knives, causing massive repetitive motion injuries and frequent lacerations. Workers often do not receive compensation for workplace injuries because companies fail to report injuries, delay and deny claims, and take reprisals against workers who file them.
ōA century after Upton Sinclair wrote æThe Jungle,Æ workers in the meatpacking industry still face serious injuries,ö said Jamie Fellner, director of the U.S. Program at Human Rights Watch. ōPublic agencies try to protect consumers from tainted meat, but do little to protect workers from unsafe conditions.ö
Human Rights Watch also documented aggressive and unlawful company efforts to derail workersÆ organizing efforts.
ōWhen workers try to defend themselves by forming unions, employers use fear and intimidation to stop them,ö Compa said. ōU.S. law does little to protect workers who try to organize. Enforcement efforts drag on for years, and even decisions that favor workers are usually too little, too late.ö
An example of unlawful tactics are those Smithfield Foods has taken in response to organizing efforts at its massive pork-processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, where 5,000 workers slaughter, cut and package more than 25,000 hogs a day. In a 1997 union election, SmithfieldÆs management fired union supporters, threatened plant closure, stationed police at plant gates to intimidate workers, and orchestrated an assault on union activists. On December 16, the National Labor Relations Board ordered a new election, which Smithfield immediately appealed.
In 2000, Smithfield created an internal company security force with ōspecial police agencyö status under North Carolina law that enables company security officers to exercise public police powers. In 2003, the company police used trumped-up charges to arrest workers who were active union supporters.
ōThe company has armed police walking around the plant to intimidate us,ö a Smithfield worker who came to the United States from El Salvador told Human Rights Watch. ōItÆs especially frightening for those of us from Central America. Where we come from, the police shoot trade unionists.ö
Increasingly, the meatpacking industryÆs workforce is composed of immigrant workers. Human Rights Watch found that some employers threaten to call immigration authorities if workers seek to organize or make claims for labor law protection. Under a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, undocumented workers who are illegally fired for union organizing are not entitled to back pay for lost wages.
ōThe meatpacking companies hire immigrant workers because they are often the only ones who will work under such terrible conditions,ö said Fellner. ōAnd they exploit the illegal status of undocumented workers to keep them quiet.ö
Human Rights Watch includes detailed recommendations in the report. In broad terms, the organization makes the following recommendations:
- New federal and state laws should reduce line speed in meat and poultry plants and establish new ergonomics standards to reduce repetitive stress injuries. Health and safety authorities should apply stronger enforcement measures. States should develop stronger worker compensation laws and enforcement mechanisms.
- Employers should not engage in aggressive, intimidating anti-organizing campaigns that take advantage of loopholes and weaknesses in the U.S. labor law system. Congress should enact legislation bringing U.S. labor law into compliance with international standards (e.g. to prohibit the permanent replacement of striking workers) and should also create stronger remedies for violations of workersÆ rights.
- New laws and policies should ensure respect for the human rights of immigrant workers, whatever their legal status. Immigrants should have the same workplace protections as non-immigrants, including coverage under fair labor standards and other labor laws, and the same remedies when their rights are violated.
ōBlood, Sweat, and Fearö follows Human Rights WatchÆs groundbreaking 2000 report, ōUnfair Advantage,ö also written by Lance Compa, which documented employer efforts to frustrate worker organizing across various sectors of the U.S. economy.
Quotes from workers:
ōThe line is so fast there is no time to sharpen the knife. The knife gets dull and you have to cut harder. ThatÆs when you cut yourself.ö
Śhog worker, North Carolina (p. 35)
ōPeople canÆt take it, always harder, harder, harder! (mas duro, mas duro, mas duro!)ö
Śpoultry worker, Arkansas (p. 36)
ōI hung the live birds on the line. Grab, reach, lift, jerk. Without stopping for hours every day ģ after a time, you see what happens. Your arms stick out and your hands are frozen. Look at me now. IÆm twenty-two years old, and I feel like an old man.ö
Śpoultry worker, Arkansas (p. 36)
ōThere was no training. They told us, æDo what the person next to you is doing.Æö
Śbeef worker, Nebraska (p. 109)
ōThey love you if youÆre healthy and work like a dog, but if you get hurt you are trash. ģ They will look for a way to get rid of you before they report it. They will find a reason to fire you, or put you on a worse job ģ or change your shift so you quit. So a lot of people donÆt report their injuries. They just work with the pain.ö
Śbeef worker, Nebraska (p. 53)
ōI just couldnÆt take the pain anymore. Three times I slipped and fell on the greasy floor. The first time I went to the clinic, and they told me I just hurt my pride and to go back to work. The last time I fell, the clinic sent me back to work again.ö [A few days later, a hospital diagnosed this worker with herniated disc.]
Śhog worker, North Carolina (p. 65)
ōMy supervisor said if we sign a union card the company will find out and fire us.ö
Śhog worker, North Carolina (p. 93)
ōWe went on strike because management fired the supervisors who backed us up. One manager threatened to call Immigration if we didnÆt go back right away.ö
Śhog worker, North Carolina (p. 97)
ōThey have us under threat all the time. They know most of us are undocumentedŚprobably two-thirds. All they care about is getting bodies into the plant. My supervisor said they say theyÆll call the INS if we make trouble.ö
Śpoultry worker, Arkansas (p. 111)


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Long Beach
National Guard Driver Hildebrand Finishes 24th Overall in Long Beach Practice
LONG BEACH, California - (April 15, 2011) – National Guard Panther Racing driver JR Hildebrand finished 24th overall during the first day of practice for Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Hildebrand will be making his first IZOD IndyCar Series start on the temporary street circuit, and the 23-year-old Californian is currently leading the series Rookie of the Year point standings.
Hildebrand turned a total of 52 laps on the day and posted a top speed of 97.809 mph, 1:12.4348 seconds.
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will be broadcast live on VERSUS next Sunday at 3:30 pm with additional coverage provided by the IMS Radio Network, XM Channel 145 and Sirius Channel 121.
JR Hildebrand, No. 4 National Guard Dallara Honda:
"In the first session we felt pretty good about how we were looking, and we had trouble in both sessions finding clear track on new tires. That was the case in both new tire runs at the end of each session and we hardly got anything out of it. The last session we were looking really good through the middle of the session and had a couple of changes planned before the practice started that we just wanted to try and ultimately we ended up going back on both of them. So that took us out of our time frame in the middle of the run and at the end we couldn't catch back up quickly enough. The car's really close, so we're going to look at the data because we're not that many changes away from a car that's good for the top ten – we've just got to make sure we get there in the morning."
-source: panther racing


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