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Never mind Jack Frost when this comfy country blanket is nearby. It's perfect for chasing away those winter chills this Christmas…and beyond.
- 4-ply worsted-weight yarn—four 8-ounce skeins of red and two 3.5-ounce skeins each of green and white (Renee used Coats and Clark Red Heart yarn No. 390 Hot Red, No. 368 Paddy Green and No. 311 White)
- Size N/15 (10mm) crochet hook
- Size 13 tapestry needle
- Scissors
- Working with two strands of red yarn as one, ch 74. (Loop on hook does not count as a ch.)
- Row 1: Sk first two chs; * sc in next ch, hdc in next ch, sk 1 ch; repeat from * across row, ending with hdc in last ch, turn.
- Row 2: Ch 2; * sk hdc, work 1 sc and 1 hdc in next sc; repeat from * across row, ending with hdc in last ch, turn.
- Repeat Row 2 until afghan is about 45 in. long. Fasten off at end of last row.
- EDGING: Round 1: Working with two strands of white yarn as one, attach yarn with a sl st in corner; * work 3 scs in same sp; work scs evenly spaced along side of afghan to next corner; work 3 scs in the corner; work scs evenly spaced across end of afghan to next corner; repeat from * around, join with a sl st in beginning st.
- Round 2: Repeat Round 1, working 1 sc in each sc and working 3 scs in center sc of each corner. Fasten off.
- Round 3: Working with two strands of green yarn as one, attach yarn with a sl st in any corner, repeat Round 2. Fasten off.
- FINISHING: Use tapestry needle to weave in all loose ends.
FINISHED SIZE: Afghan is about 35 inches wide x 48 inches long.
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Um, so apparently women do not have hearts or kidneys. They only have targets for sexually transmitted infections and fetuses. While men apparently need care for cancer and diabetes, women get only pap smears and urinary tract infections. Oh, and FYI, if you're a lady, "There are additional charges over and above the health fee." It's amazing that we can even call the same number, given that our bodies are so fundamentally different from one another.
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Conservators at the Art Institute of Chicago wanted to solve the mystery of the missing pigment.
They were looking at "Madame Léon Clapisson," an 1883 portrait by the French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, which had just been removed from its frame for detailed study. The part that had been hidden behind the frame was markedly more vivid.
"It's been protected from light, so we were able to really appreciate the original color in this unfaded area," said Francesca Casadio, the museum's senior conservation scientist. "It's really quite striking. It's a very scarlet-purple kind of paint."
Although the bright edges were observed about 15 years ago, the museum did not have the scientific facilities then to investigate. But four years ago, a project to create a digital catalog of the museum's Renoir holdings provided an opportunity to run a battery of scientific tests.
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Kelly Keegan, the conservator working on the project, said a look under the microscope quickly revealed that the color shift was not a revision by Renoir himself or caused by imprudent cleaning.
"It's very clear it's original paint," she said. "You can see there are particles on the surface that are sort of translucent now."
The unfaded edges did not have the translucent particles, which evidently contained pigment molecules that had fallen apart, losing their color.
Conservators at museums around the world regularly bathe their paintings with light of different wavelengths — infrared, ultraviolet, X-rays — to see what might be hidden on or beneath the surface. But those techniques cannot identify organic pigments, extracted from plants and insects, which were popular with the impressionists. For that, Casadio and Federica Pozzi, both conservation scientists who were trained as chemists, had begun using a laser technique called surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
When the laser hits a material, photons bounce off it, some of them inducing vibrations in the molecules and shifting the photons' wavelengths. The spectrum of colors in the scattered light serves as a fingerprint to identify the molecules. In surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, the sample is laid on silver nanoparticles, which act as an antenna to amplify the signal.
Using a minuscule red speck scraped from the painting's edge, the scientists identified the pigment: carmine lake, made from crushed and ground cochineal insects that live on cactuses in Mexico and South America. The striking red color had evidently caught Renoir's eye.
But it does not last.
Even paint catalogs of the era noted that the color wasn't stable when exposed to light.
"I think the artists didn't realize the colors could fade away entirely," Casadio said.
Ground-up cochineal is still used today, but as a natural coloring in foods like candy, in which longevity is not a requirement. Starbucks used to add it to some of its drinks but stopped in 2012 after complaints from vegetarians.
There are no thoughts of trying to restore the portrait to its original hues, but with computer software Keegan was able to create a digital version of how it might have looked in 1883.
The cool background of grays, blues and greens was instead a hotter swath of red and purple — "in some ways, more daring, more adventurous," said Gloria Groom, the museum's senior curator. "It's so weird. You think you know an artist, and then science tells something different about him and you're like, 'Oh, well, that doesn't fit my idea of what this artist is.' "
Keegan said that even though her digital version did not alter the colors of Clapisson's face, someone looking at the painting would perceive it as different.
"It brings out all the rosy quality to her flesh," she said. "She looks younger."
"Madame Léon Clapisson" is not the only painting to change color over the years. A few days ago, conservators found a deeper, more intense red on the sleeve of one of the children in Paul Gauguin's "Polynesian Woman With Children" — again, part of the canvas that had been protected by the frame.
"This could be a very similar fading phenomenon," Pozzi said.
Zinc yellow paint used in the most famous work at the Art Institute, Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte," was also unstable, turning from bright lemon to drab ocher. In that case, an art critic noticed the change within a few years, lamenting that some of the color had drained out.
Groom has looked for similar complaints about "Madame Léon Clapisson," which Renoir put on public display several times, and did not find any. "It seems like if it really faded quickly, then someone would have said, 'Oh, I saw this three years ago, didn't look like that,' " she said.


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10/06/2010, New York
We stayed 2 nights at the Poughkeepsie Yacht Club which is actually about 8-9 miles north of the city of Poughkeepsie. Dean, Christ, Bill and I took a taxi to Poughkeepsie then the train into Manhattan. We had a good time walking around and seeing the sights.
Stayed one night at the Haverstraw Marina. Left early the next morning to continue down the Hudson River.
We are currently at the Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club in Hoboken, NJ, right across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Great night view of the city, including the Empire State Building. Most expensive marina so far - $118 for one night. Made really good time today from Haverstraw during high tide, we actually topped out at almost 10 knots, our normal top speed is around 6.5 knots. We walked around Hoboken and had dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Hoboken is actually quite nice, with lots of little restaurants, shops and nicely renovated buildings. Must be the place for all the young families to live as we saw lots of children in strollers being pushed around.
Will decide in the morning (weather permitting) if we will go to Atlantic Highland in Sandy Hook Bay, NJ to wait for a weather window to go offshore down the east coast. Hopefully we will be able to go since we can't afford too many nights at this price.
10/01/2010, Catskill River New York
Before leaving Minnesota we thought of several possible scenarios of what might go wrong and what we would do if it happened. This is one we didn't think about - being tied to the dock at a marina then all hell breaks loose after 12 inches of rain and the docks start breaking up - the docks with boats attached to them. We are at Hop-O-Nose Marina which is on the Catskill River, a mile or so off the Hudson River in New York. We arrived here on Wednesday to have the mast re-stepped. All went well and we are now a sailing vessel again.
It started raining yesterday morning, rained all day and night then at about 8:00 this morning Bill wakes me up (an extremely rare occasion for me to sleep in past 6:00) and tells me to get dressed immediately, grab a couple of important items and get off the boat. The river was flooding and it was only going to get worse when high tide hit at 9:15. Whole trees were being pushed past us in the river going at a tremendous speed. The end docks started breaking up and the first 4 boats broke loose and raced by us. By about 10:00 the docks looked like an accordion and we thought we we might loose Walk A-Bout. Two more boats with the dock in between them were the next to break loose and come speeding by. We really lucked out and so far not a scratch on her. We are currently wedged between two docks in kind of a v position tied to both the crane on the concrete and a large tree, we think the worst is over and should be safe back on the boat. The rains stopped at about 5:00 this evening, the water level has gone down significantly and the remaining docks appear to be staying put so we are going to attempt to stay the night on the boat. Many people cannot even get on their boats because of the damage to the docks. Several of the boats are jammed up together but it appears to be only minor damage to their boats.
When we first met Dean and Chris on Rubaiyat Dean came on Walk A-Bout and smudged the boat for us - a Native American custom to bring good luck to the boat. Thank you Dean!
We did take lots of pics so take a look in the picture gallery under Hop-O-Nose.
09/28/2010, Waterford, NY
We arrived in Waterford NY on Sunday. This is the end (or beginning if going west) of the Erie Canal. Nice visitors center here. The chart book and cruising guides I ordered were here waiting for us when we arrived. I ordered the Atlantic ICW chart book and cruising guides for New Jersey and Chesapeake and Delaware Bays.
We really loved going through the Erie Canal but glad that phase is over. As I have mentioned before, 98% of the people we met were fantastic. Looking at the Garmin odometer we have now traveled 1,293 miles from Silver Bay to here. We are also 53 days since leaving Silver Bay. Almost 2 months already, time does fly when you are having fun!
The current and always subject to change itinerary is: go to Hop-O-Nose in Catskill NY to have the mast stepped, find some anchorages going down the Hudson River, go to Sandy Hook NJ to wait for a weather window to start down the east coast. There are several inlets along the New Jersey coast to stop for the night, including Atlantic City (of course, we will need to stop there so I can play a slot machine or two). Once we get to Delaware Bay we will need to decide if we will go off shore to the Chesapeake Bay or go up Delaware Bay, across the C&D Canal and down the Chesapeake Bay to the start of the ICW (double the distance). The weather will pretty much be the deciding factor.
Jimmy, Dean and Chris's friend, came to the visitors center where we are now and drove Bill & Dean around to pick up a few things that we needed. Chris and I went into town to do laundry. We all went out to dinner at a restaurant called Reel Seafood which had great food.
We will decide shortly if we will head for Hop-O-Nose today or tomorrow. It looks like we could get very heavy rains on Thursday. One of the anchorages I would like to stop at is just behind Liberty Island. The Manhattan skyline at night is absolutely fabulous so hope to be able to see it from that anchorage. We plan on spending a couple of days there so we can go into New York City and do a few touristy things. I was there several years ago for a work conference, Bill joined me for a few days and we both found that we really liked it a lot. Already did the Empire State Building and Times Square so not sure what we will do this time. I know that I really want to find a really good bakery and a deli while there. Get some bagels, good Italian bread, maybe a few canoli's!
I called my insurance company (BoatUS) yesterday to have the coverage changed. The current coverage is for inland waters only so the new coverage will include the Bahamas, of course, at a much higher premium.
Happy October!
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09/26/2010, Schenectady, NY
Our pumpkin on the bow has been a big hit with other boaters and lock tenders. One lock tender asked me if that was the Captain so I said, yes that is Captain Jack and we blame all our mistakes on him! I think I forgot to mention that Chris (Rubaiyat) drew the skeleton/pirate on the pumpkin for us. Thanks Chris! We have had lots of people comment on it and take pictures of it.
Each day the color in the trees change, getting more colorful and picturesque. Finally does feel like autumn is here. The pics we have taken do not really capture the beauty of it all. I would image in another week or so they will be at their color peek.
We liked Little Falls so much we stayed there for 2 nights. Great showers! Gene, the Harbormaster, was yet one more person on the Canal that was so helpful, informative and an all around great guy.
Bill spoke with his Mom last night and discovered that his Grandpa Stewart was born in Amsterdam. We walked into town hoping to find a big statue in the center of the town honoring him but didn't find one. We did find the Professional Wrestlers Hall of Fame. No, we didn't go inside - it was closed. Went to a take-out pizza place and sat at a park bench across the street and ate our pizza. Like so many of the little towns on the canal there were lots of empty stores, making the town look very depressed.
We went through 7 locks today, the most locks in a single day for us.
This will be our last day of the Eric Canal. We are at the Schenetady Yacht Club, which is actually east of Schenectady. We pulled in next to another sailboat and met Greg & Anna aboard 'Jolly Mon'. Looks like they will be here until at least Monday when they will be hauled out to fix the damage a log caused to their prop shaft. Dean and Chris's friend Jimmy from Albany drove up to see them. Jimmy took us all out for a rib dinner. Thank you Jimmy!
Today we will go the last 6 locks on the canal. The final 5 are called the Waterford Flight. We are required to go through all 5 locks without stopping in between. The guide books indicate it takes about 2 hours to get through the 5. It will drop us down over 150 feet to the Hudson River.
I ordered the next round of chart books and cruising guides which should be enough to get us to Florida. They are supposed to be delivered to Waterford Visitors Center for us to pick up on Monday. We will probably stay in Waterford for a couple of days then head down to Hop-O-Nose to have the mast re-stepped.
Something I have been forgetting to mention here. Bill and I wanted to say a big thank you to Jim & Linda at the Silver Bay Marina for giving us the batter board and chart books for Lake Erie and the Erie Canal. All have been a huge help for this part of our adventure.
Baldswinville - Arrived at around 4:00 pm, one of our longest days on the canal. Jack and Kris on 'Renaissance' and Dan and Mariann on 'Midori' were here tied up to the wall. Good to see them. Craig Horn left us on Saturday to return to Indiana - thank you Craig for all your help the past two weeks, it is very much appreciated.
Brewerton - A short day, stopped just west of Oneida Lake in Brewerton. Lots of places to stop for diesel here. We met Chris, Maggie and Tom aboard 'Oh Be Joyful'. They are on a catamaran also headed for the Bahamas. They told us that they stopped at Wardall's to have their mast unstepped. He wanted $125.00 for their very small light weight mast that would take 10 minutes to unstep, he wouldn't negotiate. So, they motored over to the bridge, tied a rope to the mast and bridge and lowered it themselves, with Wardall watching them. Good for them! Oneida lake is about 20 miles long, we were told to watch out for power boaters who zoom right by the sailboats, their wake causing the sailboats to be very unstable. We were all a little anxious after the stories we heard. Ended up being very uneventful, except for a missed buoy or two!
Utica - Left Brewerton at 7:00 am and arrived in Utica at 5:00 pm (long day). We all (Rubaiyat, Oh Be Joyful and Walk A-Bout) were going to stop at Rome but no power or water so we went on to Utica. We are actually tied to the wall at a restaurant that charged us $1.00 per foot. We have power and water but no showers. Tom mentioned that he wanted to shave off his beard so Chris (Rubaiyat) got out her dog grooming electric sheers and shaved him right there on the dock, it was pretty funny. Chris and I are going to make breakfast for everyone this morning before taking off. Plan on making this a short day, probably stop at Herkimer. Our 10-day canal pass expires tomorrow so we will need to extend it since we will not make it to the end by then. We still have another 20 locks to go. I believe we are just a little more than half way through the canal.
Thursday it rained the majority of the day, so we dug out our foul weather gear to wear. Cold as well. We stopped in Fairport for the night, tied up to the town wall and Bill and I went for a walk about the town. Very pretty town but as Bill would say "it's too foo-foo" (too upscale for his tastes). Anyway, as we were walking back to the boat this guy comes up to us, calls me by name and introduces himself. Turned out to be Dean, Chris and Stella (their dog) aboard 'Rubaiyat'. They also have their blog here and we have been reading about each others travels. Dean and Chris are from Petroskey, Michigan and are also heading south. After chatting for a while we decided to travel together through the canal. We all agreed that we were not in any rush to get to New York and out to the Atlantic with all the hurricanes brewing.
We agreed to make Lyons our next stop. As we are exiting Lock 27 the lock tender told us there were several state boats at the town dock but they were just leaving. Turns out the town just finished their ceremony for their updating of their tie-up facilities here. Anyway, Bob (one of the volunteer greeters) came and talked to us and asked where we were from, etc. He asked us to come to the firehouse where all the dignitaries were and talk about our travels. So, they videotaped us and we met the Mayor, the New York State Canal Commissioner, and many others, I think there was also a state representative thrown in there as well. So, that was our 15 minutes of fame.
Looking at the Garmin odometer we now have over 1,100 miles since we left Silver Bay!!


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Couple charged with holding two people at gunpoint in West Scranton
A West Scranton man and his girlfriend were arrested Tuesday on assault and weapons charges after holding two people at gunpoint in what started as a mother-son dispute over allegedly stolen money, city police said.
No one was injured in the incident late Monday at an apartment at 1617 Swetland St.
Thomas Donald Hazelton, 28, and his girlfriend, Debra K. Nally, 27, both of 440 Aswell Court, are accused of threatening apartment resident Eddie Mock and Mr. Hazelton's mother, Donna Hazelton, with loaded handguns after barging into the home shortly before 11 p.m., police said.
According to arrest papers prepared by Officer James Weaver, Mr. Hazelton initially drew a handgun from his waistband, cocked it and put it to his mother's head while threatening to shoot her.
At his direction, Ms. Nally then drew a second handgun and stood watch over Ms. Hazelton and Mr. Mock, police said.
"Keep an eye on them. If any one of them move, shoot their ass," Mr. Mock quoted Mr. Hazelton as telling his girlfriend, according to the arrest affidavit.
When Officer Weaver arrived in response to a neighbor's complaint, he heard loud arguing from inside the apartment, including mention of a gun. He called for additional officers, who set up a perimeter around the home.
Police ordered all four people out of the residence, and they were handcuffed as they exited. Inside the apartment, officers found two 9mm handguns, each loaded with hollow point bullets, along with drug paraphernalia, police said. A set of brass knuckles was found in Ms. Nally's purse in her vehicle.
The suspects both told officers they had valid permits to carry the handguns; they denied threatening Mr. Mock or Ms. Hazelton with them, police said.
Ms. Nally told police she and Mr. Hazelton went to the apartment because his mother had stolen money from him. Mr. Mock said Mr. Hazelton accused his mother of stealing $500 to $600 and seven pounds of marijuana, according to the affidavit.
Magisterial District Judge James Kennedy arraigned Mr. Hazelton and Ms. Nally on a long list of charges, including aggravated and simple assault, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and possessing instruments of crime.
Both were ordered held in the Lackawanna County Prison - Mr. Hazelton on $50,000 bail and Ms. Nally on $100,000 bail.
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Then when the police come you tell them? even more funny
Because you have a permit you think you can put it to your moms head? LMAO
Stupid druggies like this. "PRICELESS"
Let's hope the Mayor and D.A.'s office keep this one where he and she belong. "JAIL" And to the mother. Looks like you taught you children well.


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The Washington's Lions Club and the Knights of Columbus are teaming up to put on a concert at the new Stage at the fairgrounds. No acts for the "Concert By The Lake" have been announced yet, but Dave Politte with the Lions Club says you won't want to miss it.
"There's two days of the concert and there'll be a nationally known band each day, and there's also going to be a couple of bands from the St. Louis area that are going to come out that I think have a really big following in the area and that most people would recognize. So it's going to be a good show."
The "Concert By The Lake" will be held on May 10th and 11th.


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Go on, eat this festive season
The New Paper
By Hedy Khoo
SINGAPORE - It's that time of the year again when waistlines come under fire.
We have barely made peace with our muffin tops in shrinking jeans after battling Christmas ham, turkey, log cakes and pies when we are besieged by pineapple tarts, peanut cookies and love letters.
Why do people even wish each other Happy Chinese New Year?
Everyone looks aghast and sounds sad when you offer them Chinese New Year (CNY) goodies.
"Aiyoh, so fattening, cannot eat lah."
The last thing anyone wants is to look plumply prosperous. The fear of becoming a festive fatty is contagious.
Rightly so, because sadly, science has yet to produce a vaccine to fight the bak kwa bulge.
Don't blame the scientists.
Is it even possible to resist kueh lapis or crispy arrowhead chips?
Resolve wavers with that first pineapple tart. Once your lips touch bak kwa, the battle is over. Or is it? I say not.
What's with the seasonal, if not universal, obsession with dieting and weight loss anyway?
Who says you can't have your nian gao (sweet sticky cake) and eat it? (Not that I'm a fan of nian gao, unless it is sliced and fried with egg.)
No need to kick up a fuss over kilos with this cheat sheet to festive feasting. Snack away with tips to trick gods of weight gain.


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Pumpkin's orange hue is from carotenoids, wrinkle-fighting plant pigments that help neutralize free radicals in the skin, keeping them from damaging the cells that fast-forward aging. "Pumpkin is filled with vitamins C, E, and A, as well as powerful enzymes that help to cleanse the skin," explains dermatologist Kenneth Beer, author of Palm Beach Perfect Skin. Plus, pumpkin has hydrating properties, Ionescu adds. Although the seeds make a great fiber-filled snack, you get the skin-saving antioxidants from the pulp.
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SEEKINGBand to Join, Vocalist.
i have been playing guitar for a while now, have played quite a few shows, studied music at university, enjoy a variety of styles including pop/rnb/soul/rock/reggae/jazz...i love to record at home and currently trying to progress as a songwriter.
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In fact, Whedon, Ruffalo, and ILM took inspiration from Lou Ferrigno's popular TV performance. He was a believable physical presence, who flexed his muscles but whose physique had a smooth flow. "He was real and there's something very physical about his performance and we wanted to make sure that we replicated that so he didn't feel disconnected once we put him in a scene with live people," explained animation director Marc Chu.
And thanks to advancements in facial performance capture, new rigging, and procedural skin shaders, ILM got the Hulk just right. The detail in the skin is spot-on right down to the pours; and the extreme poses have the correct muscle mass. Plus, it helped having a great performance from Ruffalo. He was as much an unexpected pleasure as Robert Downey Jr. was when he debuted as Iron Man. Like the film overall, Ruffalo isn't too serious or silly. "The scene between Hulk and Loki's almost a Hanna-Barbera moment," remarked associate VFX supervisor Jason Smith. "But as it came together, that's exactly what viewers wanted to see the Hulk do."
But "The Avengers" is far more than the Hulk in its coalescence of several Marvel worlds. ILM also tweaked Iron Man, making him more nimble and less constrained in his new Mark VII suit than in his previous two standalone movies, which was another Whedon directive. "We're back to a round RT on his chest but the biggest change was giving him a rocket pack," added VFX supervisor Jeff White. "That was a conscious decision by Joss to give Iron Man different poses and not have his hand always as part of the thrust component. We also provided a little extra weaponry with a hand laser and thigh missiles."


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Nursing Excellence: Shared Decision Making
Our culture of leadership begins at the bedside with committed nurses who desire to participate in shared decision-making. Our model of inclusion and shared decision-making links are areas of clinical practice to our system council. See our nursing annual report for accomplishments resulting from our council model of shared decision-making.
Nurses at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center are:
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Disease >> Exome/Target Region Sequencing
Exome sequencing
Exome sequencing is an innovative technique which selectively sequences the coding regions of the human genome. Exome constitutes about 1% of the human genome (~30Mb) and contains the most functionally relevant DNA sequences that are translated into protein. Exome sequencing can be used to identify novel genes associated with rare and common disorders such as Cancer, Diabetes and Obesity.Target region sequencing
Target region capture means enriching specific chromosomes (e.g., Y chromosome), specific regions (e.g., HLA region,MHC region) or specific genes, by microarray hybridization (NimbleGen Sequence Capture Array) or solution hybridization (Agilent Sure-Select™ system) based on probes designed according to the sequences of interested regions.
Experimental Pipeline
Pipeline of Bioinformatics Analysis
Bioinformatics Analysis
Production of consensus sequences
SNP&InDel detection, annotation and statistics
Candidate genes or SNPs associated with disease
(Control sample VS Case/Control information should be provided)
Personalized analysis according to specific requirements
Identification of the causative gene of Mendelian disorder
Discovery of susceptibility genes for complex diseases
Detection of tumorigenic mutations in cancers
Target region sequencingMost diseases-related variations locate in exons
Capture both common and rare variation
Highly cost-effective to Sequence 1% of human genome
Exome sequencingFocused and in-depth investigation on genetic variants of interest
Faster turnaround time to accelerate publication & application
Suitable for larger sample size with high throughput
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We are now announcing the
details for our "Regional Retreats" for 2012.
There will be one-day Retreats held in six locations, hosted by one or more
of our MI Trainers at each location.
Please note that this is the last year that Stevan and Carol will be
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The theme for 2012 is
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Mac Upgrade: Do You Want to Wake a Sleeping Lionriasharon
Mac users, are you thinking about upgrading to Lion? At the Mac store earlier this month, I was like a kid on Christmas as I walked away with a brand spanking new 13″ MacBook Pro but before I left, my new friend Alex asked me if I wanted to upgrade to Lion.
"Should I?" I replied.
I thought that was a relatively simple question, considering it's a $30 upgrade. But then you factor in the $700 I would need to upgrade my software to be compatible… hmmm, not so simple anymore.
Alex said, "Sure. But make sure all your programs work."
"And how do I do that?"
Alex, "Just Google it."
Sigh. I'm always a little suspicious of any advice that starts with "Just."
But guess what I found?! I am sooo geeking out on this handy table published by RoaringApps: The Lion App Compatibility Table, which is exactly as advertised. It utilizes wiki technology to allow anyone to contribute to the knowledge-base. Yes, that means you too!
The table can be viewed a number of ways: alphabetically, newest first, oldest first, in grid or table form. At a glance, I can see the app's version number, developer, and click through to its website. Apps that are available in the Mac App Store have the icon in blue next to them.
Most importantly, I can quickly ascertain an apps compatibility status — full compatibility is designated with green checkmarks. A yellow exclamation mark means it has been tested and has some problems. A question mark means the app has not been tested. A red ex means (as my 7 year old says), "Too bad!!!"
A simple mouse over the name of the app will give you a quick look, including status, number of comments and when it was last updated. I know, you're geeking out too!
So before you decide you are dying to use AirDrop (a Lion feature), take my advice: Yes, "just" spend a few minutes browsing around the compatibility table and save yourself a few migraines.


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You gotta be kiddin' me. I watched this fiasco, eventually rooting for Philly to pour it on. These sad-sack fakers will get Terry fired if they haven't done it already and they don't give a damn. Not a leader among them. I would have kept Collins, thinking he would be helpful to young players, but they, too, seem disinterested. Fact is, Collins does the best he can do; Alderson is handcuffed. Wright won't re-sign here even if they offer him $30 million a year. It all falls on the Wilpons. Which means, no matter what patch and glue actions are taken, all is impossible. Alas and Alack.
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How much ice cream does Friendly's make?
For 2014 alone, we plan to be producing just over 52 million 48-ounce pre-packaged cartons at the rate of 3.5 carton per second. Friendly's makes a lot of ice cream!
How many flavors does Friendly's make?
Friendly's offers 63 different ice cream flavors in 48-ounce pre-packaged containers. Flavors range from the simplest Vanilla to the most complicated, like Friendly's Banana Split Ice Cream, with three different flavors, each with a special inclusion for each flavor.
How many combinations are there in just a 3-scoop sundae?
For a 3-scoop sundae there are 18,424 combinations and for a 5-scoop sundae there are 1,906,884 combinations! The flavor combinations are virtually endless!
What's your most popular ice cream flavor?
Our vanilla ice cream continues to be our most popular crowd pleaser!
How long does it take to make a batch of ice cream?
It takes only 24 hours for Friendly's to transform each load of cream into a batch of ice cream – and the finished treat is in local Friendly's restaurants as early as three days later. Friendly's focuses on fresh!
How long have you been using your hot fudge recipe?
Friendly's has produced the same hot fudge formulation for more than 35 years, and it starts just like you make it at home: with cocoa, sugar and fresh milk.
How long does it take to make an ice cream cake?
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Yes, I am a horrible procrastinator. In fact, I'm surprised I'm getting this to you so quickly. But here you go…
- Set deadlines even when you don't need to. Uh, no. I don't set deadlines when I NEED to. But I do work best under pressure when there's a gun to my head, and oh – I DO mean an actual gun to the head. Great motivator.
- Create accountability. Never cared for accountability. And I don't want to be held accountable for what I just said.
- Break big projects down into manageable tasks. How about this – don't take on big projects. Problem solved!
- Do a little bit each day. Finally some advice I can get behind. I do just that – a little bit.
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CHICAGO (AP) - Albert Einstein's brain can now be downloaded as an app for $9.99.
The exclusive iPad application is launching Tuesday. It promises to make detailed images of Einstein's brain tissue more accessible to scientists than ever before. Teachers, students and anyone who's curious can also get a look.
A medical museum under development in Chicago recently obtained funding to scan and digitize nearly 350 fragile and priceless slides made from slices of Einstein's brain after his death in 1955. The application will allow researchers and novices to peer into the eccentric Nobel winner's brain as if they were looking through a microscope.
Steve Landers, a consultant for the National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago, designed the app. He thinks Einstein himself would have been excited about the scientific possibilities.
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Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars Week in Review for February 3, 2012
- Every spoiler that you need to know about for Monday's episode.
- Lucy Hale (Aria) went semi-public with her new boyfriend, The Secret Circle's Chris Zylka, and we gave you all the rundown on this handsome new man in Luce's life.
- Sneak peek time! Jason is back in Rosewood. Hm...
- ZOMG: Did Marlene King just reveal that Aria and Ezra might do "it" this season?
- Spoiler alert! New details of Episode 22 ("Father Knows Best") are revealed.
- Patrick J. Adams, Troian's (Spencer) boyfriend, released a new video promoting tolerance. He's cute, a great actor, and a do-gooder! Good pick, Troian.
- Twitter was almost set on fire by Emaya fans after someone claimed that Maya would be killed off the show by the end of this season. Is it true? We'll have to wait to find out.
- Speaking of Emaya, all Emily and Maya shippers should go vote on this poll that pits them against Glee's hot lesbian couple Brittany and Santana. Represent, PLLers!
- Who is "A"? Here are our top "A" suspects from Season 2, Episode 18: "A Kiss Before Lying."
- New photos from Season 2, Episode 22: "Father Knows Best."
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When they lie about you
Faith & Inspiration
Is anybody lying about you, brother? Is there anyone out there maliciously or ignorantly spreading misinformation? To be lied about or mischaracterized is a galling thing, but there is much comfort in observing that God protects His own from lies. We don't have to worry like other people about false things said about us, because God has already "got that."
People doing God's work will always be lied about. Defamation of character is a stock weapon in Satan's arsenal. Look what the Apostle Paul's detractors said about him:
"… they say, 'His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account,'" (2 Corinthians 10:10).
This was a smear campaign, and there was much more to it than that. But here was Paul's attitude:
"… with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court …" (1 Corinthians 4:3).
And this:
"But we pray to God that you may not do wrong-not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what it right, though we may seem to have failed" (2 Corinthians 13:7).
This is the speech of a man who is totally free. Looking bad to people may be annoying but is not devastating. Paul does what he does out of fear of the Lord, knowing there will be slander and schadenfreude but trusting God to expose it in the end. God always does. Look at the lengths to which Haman went to destroy the Jews in the book of Esther, and look how God unraveled it.
Nehemiah's enemies were trying to rattle him with a blackmailing letter to the king of Persia-which they obligingly sent him a copy of. He read their report and replied:
"… 'No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.' For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, 'Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.' But now, O God, strengthen my hands'" (Nehemiah 6:8-9).
Then he just kept working.


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Tools and Forms
Wetlands Data Verification Toolset
Effective December, 2011, a new ArcGIS 10 compatible version of the customized Wetlands Data Verification Toolset is available for download. The Wetlands Data Verification Toolset is designed to automate the quality control functions necessary to ensure the data in the Wetlands geodatabase is accurate. It has been designed to address geopositional errors, digital anomalies, and logic checks. This toolset was created using Environmental Systems Research, Incorporated's (ESRI) ModelBuilder, is compatible with ESRI's ArcDesktop 10.0 software suite, only works on File Geodatabases, and replaces previous custom Wetlands Verification Tools. Users are encouraged to download and thoroughly review the updated documentation that accompany the verification toolset.
- Wetlands
Data Verification Toolset Installation and User
Information (PDF)
- Wetlands Data Verification Toolset version 1206; database version 1110 (5.7MB ZIP) Download and save the ZIP file. Unzip the file contents. The Verification Toolset and associated files are stored in a 'NWI_QAQC_Tool' folder. This folder can be stored in any location on your machine.
Note: The table of accepted wetland codes in the Wetlands
Geodatabase is updated often. To get the latest table of
updated codes, please download the latest toolset file.
Wetlands Geodatabase Forms
Required and Optional Forms for Contributed Data
- Supplemental Map Information Form — MS Word (32K), Text (2K)
- Quality Assurance Review of Project Area Form (Optional) — MS Word (12K), Text (1K)
- Field Data Form (Optional) — MS
Word (28K), Text (6K)
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Finding copyright owners for books & other printed material
To work out who owns copyright in a work, look for a copyright statement on the work itself. It will often look like this:
© John Smith 2009.
On books, the copyright statement often appears on the back of the title page. Copyright owners are generally authors, illustrators or publishers.
If you cannot find the name of the copyright owner, check the record in the Library's catalogue. Here is an example of a catalogue record, with the potential copyright owners emphasised.
Author: Ramsey, Alan
Description: Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2011.
xxvi, 550 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN 9781742232713 (pbk.)
Subjects: Journalism - Australia. | Political parties - Australia - History - 20th century. | Political parties - Australia - History - 21st century. | Australia - Politics and government - 1990-2001. | Australia - Politics and government - 2001-
Other authors/contributors: O'Neill, Ward, 1951- | Prior, Geoff | Mucci, Michael, 1962-
For books and other published works, we suggest you first try contacting the publisher. Publishers are easier to find than authors, and if the author is the copyright owner, the publisher may be able to give you the author's contact details or forward your request to them.
You may be able to find the publisher through the Australian Publishers Association. There are a number of online directories for overseas publishers such as the Publishers Directory maintained by Publishers Global. If you wish to contact an author directly, the Australian Society of Authors may be able to help.
Finding copyright owners for rare & unique material
If you wish to find the copyright owner of a rare or unique work in the Library's collection, please ask a librarian. We may be able to provide you with the copyright owner's contact details.
There are separate procedures and resources for contacting custodians of Indigenous cultural content.
Agencies that represent copyright owners
Instead of contacting the copyright owner directly, you may wish to contact an agency that represents copyright owners. These agencies can authorise you, on behalf of the copyright owner, to copy, perform or broadcast a work, usually for a fee. Some examples are:
- Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) for books, essays and articles
- Viscopy for visual works
- Australasian Performing Right Association/Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (APRA/AMCOS) for music
For more Australian agencies, see the Useful copyright resources page.
What if the copyright owner is hard to trace?
It may be difficult to find a copyright owner, especially when copyright has passed to heirs or copyright was owned by a company that has gone out of business. To find heirs named in an Australian creator's will, contact the Probate Division of the Supreme Court in the State where the creator died. To find information about what happened to the assets (copyright is an asset) of an Australian company which has gone out of business, try the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
If you are unable to identify or locate a copyright owner, you will need to decide whether you are willing to proceed with your proposed use, and hence risk infringing copyright. For instance, some people decide to proceed, but with a statement inviting copyright owners to come forward if they believe their material has been reproduced. If you decide to follow this course, it may be wise to keep detailed records of your attempts to clear rights, and to speak with a lawyer about your exposure to risk. Under the current law, the fact that you have made good faith attempts to identify and contact the copyright owner does not protect you from legal action under the Copyright Act.
For more information about finding copyright owners see the Australian Copyright Council information sheet Permission: how to get it (G051v12).


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Arming Israel with extra military capabilities could allay its leaders' impatience to strike Iran, thus buying time for diplomacy, Obama's former national security adviser says
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 08.18.12, 10:54 / Israel News
Yitzhak Benhorin
WASHINGTON - A former national security adviser to President Barack Obama
says that the United States should provide Israel
with the military aid that would sway its leaders to delay a strike on Iran's
nuclear facilities.
Dennis B. Ross,
who served as a special assistant to Obama for the Middle East and South Asia from 2009 to 2011, says in an opinion piece published by the New York Times on Friday that by bolstering Israel's military capabilities with "additional bunker-busting bombs, tankers for refueling aircraft and targeting information," the US could allay the Jewish state's impatience
to attack the Islamic Republic.
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The move would "extend the clock" on a possible military operation, thus allowing the White House to exhaust all diplomatic measures that could deem the military option unnecessary.
Israel impatient to strike. (Photo: Eliad Levy)
The former State Department and National Security Council official uses his op-ed to lay out a four-point plan meant to "synchronize the American and Israeli clocks" on the military option. The first order of business, he says, is to draft proposal that would allow Iran to maintain nuclear power for civilian purposes only. The proposal would be used as a framework for talks with the Islamic Republic.
"Although some may argue that these actions will make a military strike more likely next year, they are almost certainly needed now in order to give Israel's leaders a reason to wait," he says.


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Technical Indicator: Relative Strength Index
Posted By Jim On 05/24/2007 @ 5:00 pm In Investing | 2 Comments
This is part of my series of reading about investing topics like technical indicators. I don't really know what I'm talking about and all of it is based on information I read online, please feel free to correct me, my interpretations, whatever – door's wide open.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is basically a mathematical calculation meant to try to figure out whether a particular security is overbought or oversold. It does this by first taking the average of the price increases of a security on the days it's up and dividing it by the average of the price decreases of a security on the days it's down, then it does some simple math to come up with an RSI value using the following equation:
Now, how do you use this? When the RSI reaches around 70, it means that the security might be overvalued since it's been going up a whole heck of a lot and may experience a drop of some kind, either a pull back or some profit taking. When the RSI reaches around 30, that's an indicator that it perhaps has been oversold and is likely to rebound off its latest woes.
RSI indicators don't work well on their own because big jumps or big dips will mess with the score, since it'll throw the whole average off (as you would expect if you take an average). Experts recommend using this along with other indicators to get a clearer picture.
There you go, yet another crazy mumbo jumbo investing technical term demystified.
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I vote yes, not because we are in great need for more admins, but because I believe another admin would be an improvement for the site. (Take that Fitty, you who oppose any idea for small improvements unless it's absolutely necessary.) And in my opinion, TreeFitty would be the best candidate for a new admin position, because he is great as moderator and almost always online.
The idea to promote Fitty started here in the "Messages from Alex" topic as a result of Alex hijacking another account. And I thought it would be nice if here was someone who could deal with it more effectively than a moderator. The idea gained some support and I decided to make this poll. If many vote "yes" Psy can take this as a petition to promote Fitty.
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The reason we only have three admins right now is for security reasons. Accounts are being attacked. If an admin account gets cracked, they can delete everything on the site and the forums with a few clicks.
TreeFitty does a brilliant job, there's no denying that. As it stands, we are successfully keeping the forums under control. I'm constantly tweaking settings in the Admin CP and he passes information on to me every day. It works, and it's safe. If we get to the point where I can't deal with the admin side of the forums on my own, I have no problem making him admin.
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Earlier, Rodriguez allegedly got into a fight, flashed a gun, then drove off to his place on Park Avenue. About a dozen officers spent several hours trying to coax Rodriguez out of the apartment. Beloit College had been on a soft lockdown, but that has since been lifted.
Beloit Police say the 900 block of Park Avenue is now open and the Critical incident has been resolved. Police also say several persons of interest are in custody for other offenses. The Beloit Police Department tells us no one was inured during the resolution of the incident.
UPDATE: The college posted the following message on their website:
The Beloit Police Department has given the college the all-clear. You may now return to your regular activities. An explanation of today's events will be distributed to the campus community via email and shared on the Terrarium and Beloit.edu as soon as possible.
UPDATE: Beloit Police are asking for citizen assistance by avoiding the 900 block of Park Avenue. Currently there is a situation involving Law Enforcement in this area.
UPDATE: Beloit Police tell us that they responded to a domestic situation in which a man with a gun threatened another person.
It was then reported that the believed to be armed man fled to an apartment building in the 900 block of Park Avenue which is close to the Beloit College Campus.
As a precautionary measure, the college is in lockdown.
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"Beloit Police are responding to a situation within a few blocks of campus involving a suspect that is believed to be armed. Please stay where you are. More information is to come."
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November 16, 2012
It's A Black Friday Adventure
Subtract Indiana Jones, and add cheap stuff, enormous crowds, and an annual upheaval. It's almost that time.
The Christmas music starts before Halloween, and the sales start on Thanksgiving Day! I wouldn't normally be complaining if it were actually about Christmas, but it's all about the holiday season, money, and extravagant spending to "stimulate the economy".
This is getting crazy though.
For the first time in their store's history Wal-Mart is opening it's doors on Thanksgiving Day for early Black Friday sales. They follow other retail giants Sears, Toys-R-Us, and Target. Some of the latter of these stores started their sales last year at midnight on Thanksgiving, but I guess that just wasn't enough; now they're taking over the day of thanks!
Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us and Sears will be opening at 8pm Thanksgiving evening. Target will wait until 9pm. They're all offering crazy ridiculous deals like $100 32" flat screen LCD televisions, and $600 diamond jewelry for $100, but the offers won't last.
Black Thursday is even the new Black Friday according to CNN.
What happened to the green bean casserole, turkey, family and friends, and watching football? That's all cold left overs when it comes to shopping? What a shame.
Now, hoards of people-small oceans of humanity, will be spilling into the parking lots, and hovering around doors waiting anxiously for them to open while normal people eat and share their thanks.
Retail titan Nordstrom is one of the few who has recently expressed some discontent with the Christmas invasion taking over Thanksgiving. I love it.
In fact, I agree with them. Whatever happened to celebrating one holiday at a time? I used to be a real scrooge before my wife and I met (she's a Christmas nut), but it was only because the world began stuffing Christmas down our throats before all the Halloween costumes were even off the shelves. I know I can't be the only one.
Anyhow, back to black Friday.
Here are a few things that I've recently learned about it, and thought were worthy of sharing. I'm a fool for useless little factoids.
The term "Black Friday" was coined in the 1960s to mark the kickoff to the Christmas shopping season. "Black" refers to stores moving from the "red" to the "black," back when accounting records were kept by hand, and red ink represented a loss, and black a profit. Ever since the start of the famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the Friday after Thanksgiving has been affectionately known as the unofficial start to a humming holiday shopping season.
There's also a cyber version creatively christened, Cyber Black Friday, which in my mind is a little less intrusive on the holiday since it probably wouldn't take away from the festivities as much. The site also lists the specials from the culprits above if you're interested.
In conclusion, go spend time with your family before you go spend your money on them. I promise, there's no replacement for quality time. Love can't be bought, can it?
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Arizona had a traffic fatality rate of 2.66 deaths for every 100 million vehicle miles of travel in rural areas.
Arizona's rural roads have a fatality rate more than twice as high as all other roads in the state, according to a report released last week.
Arizona's rural roads rank as the seventh-most deadly in the country, according to the "Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America's Heartland" report from TRIP, a national transportation research group based in Washington, D.C.
The study used the Federal Transportation Administration's definition of rural roads, which are roads that pass through areas with a population of 5,000 people or fewer. Rural areas are considered counties that lack an urban area with a population of at least 50,000 people or do not have a large number of commuters from an urban county.
In 2012, Arizona had a traffic fatality rate of 2.66 deaths for every 100 million vehicle miles of travel on rural non-interstate roads, compared with 1.11 fatalities per capita on all other state roads.
There were 2.21 deaths for every 100 million vehicle miles driven in the United States as a whole.
The state with the fewest fatalities per capita on its rural roads was New Hampshire, with 1.16 deaths.
Numerous factors can contribute to deadly rural roads, including inadequate roadway safety features, said Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, the associate director of research and communication for TRIP.
Officials from the Arizona Department of Transportation said they are constantly trying to improve roads and promote safer driving.
"We can't engineer our way to better traffic safety," said Mark Poppe, an ADOT traffic engineer. "It requires all four 'Es' — engineering, enforcement, education and emergency response."
Poppe cited numerous current ADOT projects to improve safety, such as widening lanes on U.S. 93 that goes from Wickenburg to Las Vegas and installing "rumble strips" or "wake up grooves" along the sides of roads to make noise if a driver starts driving out of his or her lane.
He added that distracted or drowsy drivers and longer emergency-vehicle response times to the state's remote areas also could contribute to the fatality figures.
States with the highest number of fatalities per 100 million miles traveled on rural roads:
1. South Carolina, 3.99.
2. Florida, 3.35.
3. West Virginia, 2.8.
4. Texas, 2.76.
5. Arkansas, 2.71.
6. Tennessee, 2.68.
7. Arizona, 2.66.
8. Kentucky, 2.65.
9. California, 2.61.
10. Pennsylvania, 2.6.
States with the lowest number of fatalities per 100 million miles traveled on rural roads:
1. New Hampshire, 1.16.
2. New Mexico, 1.23.
3. Minnesota, 1.24.
4. Vermont, 1.35.
5. Alaska, 1.41.
6. Utah, 1.45.
7. Wisconsin, 1.46.
8. Virginia, 1.53.
9. Idaho, 1.58.
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5 People Hurt, 2 Seriously in Ride Accident at NC State Fair
Jonathan Serrie brought us an update this morning on a horrible accident that happened at the North Carolina State Fair on Thursday night.
At least five people were injured when the "Vortex" ride suddenly started up again as the riders were exiting. Two of the injuries are serious.
Police are hoping that someone at the fair was taking cell phone pictures or video when the accident occurred.
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Microsoft has nurtured pen based computing inside Windows for a number of years, but what's it like in Windows 8?
The Windows 8 developer preview build includes the ability to use pen based devices. Microsoft has improved its use of pen input for Windows 8 and extended it for use by developers. Third party Metro apps can easily implement an API call that will allow their applications to take advantage of pen devices and automatically recognize input from them. Microsoft's recognition software appears to be improved in Windows 8. We threw a large number of poorly written words at it and it was shockingly precise.
Pen is one of the many ways to use a Windows 8 PC. Microsoft's onscreen keyboard has been designed to fit the Windows Phone style of input. Feedback sounds are identical to Windows Phone and the keyboard features large surface areas for keys and a clever autocorrect system. Microsoft isn't killing off the mouse and keyboard input though, they remain first class citizens and can operate Windows 8 in the same way as touch and pen.


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We are very proud to announce that our iOS app Krishna3D has been selected as one of the top ten apps in the App4India contest organised by Intel and YourStory.in at the TechSparks 2011 event - http://yourstory.in/news/techsparksweb/6507--techsparks-2011-app4india-t...
This event was held in Bangalore where Shoonya got awarded an 'Award Of Excellence' by the organisers. It is a vindication of the concept that Shoonya is trying to pioneer of creating innovative 3D experiences based around Indian content but something that has a worldwide audience.
Till date the Krishna3D iOS app has been downloaded from 24 different countries worldwide, as diverse as Brazil, China and Russia, apart from the USA, UK and of course India.
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…And the Mail Goes to the Chimp
A few weeks ago, as our company was preparing to launch the newsletter you are currently reading, we ran into the dilemma of which email marketing provider to use—MailChimp or Constant Contact. Although there are also other reputable providers such as Aweber and iContact, we felt that that Constant Contact and MailChimp were better and fit the type of services we needed.
To our dismay, since it wasn't physically possible to allow the two to settle the dispute in a no-holds-bar death match—let's say UFC style—we had to do some research. After some time reading data and asking my old chum, Google, I found a somewhat consensus from the online community that agreed MailChimp was the way to go. Although there were naysayers and advocates for other companies, people like the Chimp better.
When choosing a company that will handle a vital aspect of your business such as email marketing, it is important to consider several things: cost, ease of use, social integration, and efficiency. Since they both are pretty similar when it comes to deliverability and reliance, I am going to exclude those facets.
In the long run, Constant Contact and MailChimp run around the same price. Their pricing seems virtually the same with the exception of very large companies with extensive emailing listings of 25,000+. In those instances, you would have to directly contact CC for pricing. For companies that are recently starting email marketing and have a small list of emails, MailChimp is cheaper. If you have fewer than 500 subscribers, then the free version of MailChimp is available. Although the free version limits users to 2,000 messages a month and brands a small MailChimp logo at the bottom of emails, this plan makes more sense for businesses that have very few subscribers. It saves money! Once your email list out grows the capacity of the free version, it would then make sense to consider pricing plans. In which case, MailChimp offers better prices for growing companies.
Ease of Use
MailChimp has a nice and simple interface for beginning users. The basic layout of their website and their templates allow for not-so-tech-savvy people to have a fighting chance. They provide a variety of templates available. However, if your company has a person who knows even a small bit about HTML, then your emails can be very customizable. For our newsletter, we easily translated what we wanted to reality. Constant Contact has been noted by many sources to be more difficult to use for novices.
Social Integration. Even their newest changes have been met with disparaging comments.
This battle swings in the favor of MailChimp. Currently, the social integration is similar, but MailChimp wins because it's easier to use. Also, MailChimp users can add an app to their Facebook page that allows people to seamlessly sign up for newsletters and email lists. Constant Contact does this too but not quite as well or with as much fun. Last week, Constant Contact added a tool that makes it easier to manage events on Facebook.
Constant Contact does not work with Google Analytics. That, in itself, is a major problem. Although Constant Contact also uses its own analytics, Google Analytics is more robust because it also shows website analytics.
With all of this said, I would like to clearly state that I am in no way affiliated or work with MailChimp. From experience with both of the services and thorough research, I have found that the chimp is better with the mail.
Feel free to use the comment section to express what you think of the matter or if you think any other provider deserves recognition.
Nelson Ta is the Content Editor and lead blogger for Omnibeat. As a social media enthusiast with a extensive background in writing, he strives to help businesses and people understand the latest trends in social media, technology, and marketing.


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We are aware of the issues you're all having playing online and are looking into the matter. As soon as we have more information I will post it up.
Until then I understand players can still connect if accessing the LAN option and manually inserting the IP address for the server you wish to connect to.
Obviously this only works if you know the server IP so I would ask if anyone hosting a Raven Shield server could list their IP in this thread so those unable to play can do so while we find a resolution to the problem, thanks