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An exploration of micro- and macro-level determinants of board effectivenessMinichilli, Alessa Andro; Zattoni, Alessandro; Nielsen, Sabina; Huse, Morten (, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper addresses recent calls to narrow the micro–macro gap in management research (Bamberger, 2008), by incorporating a macro-level context variable (country) in exploring micro-level determinants of board effectiveness. Following the integrated model proposed by Forbes and Milliken (1999), we identify three board processes as micro-level determinants of board effectiveness. Specifically, we focus on effort norms, cognitive conflicts and the use of knowledge and skills as determinants of board control and advisory task performance. Further, we consider how two different institutional settings influence board tasks, and how the context moderates the relationship between processes and tasks. Our hypotheses are tested on a survey-based dataset of 535 medium-sized and large industrial firms in Italy and Norway, which are considered to substantially differ along legal and cultural dimensions. The findings show that: (i) Board processes have a larger potential than demographic variables to explain board task performance; (ii) board task performance differs significantly between boards operating in different contexts; and (iii) national context moderates the relationships between board processes and board task performance. Copyright # 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8773
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The Performance of Business Group Firms During Institutional Transition: A Longitudinal Study of Indian FirmsKumar, Vikas; Pedersen, Torben; Zattoni, Alessandro (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: Institutional and transaction costs theories highlight the idea that group affiliated firms outperform unaffiliated firms in emerging economies. The persistence of superior performance for group affiliated firms is, however, questioned by the fast and recent development of markets and institutions in these countries. In this article, we explore this link between firm performance and the evolution of institutional environment. Research Findings/Insights: The setting of the empirical investigation is India in the postreform era (post 1990). We test for effects of business group affiliation on firm performance over a 17 year time period from 1990 to 2006. Our findings show that (i) the performance benefits of group affiliation erode with the evolution of the institutional environment; (ii) older affiliated firms are better able to cope with institutional transition than younger affiliated firms; (iii) service-sector affiliated firms are better able to cope with institutional transition than manufacturing-sector affiliated firms. Theoretical/Academic Implications: Our findings both support the institution- and transaction costs-based theory of business groups, and extends it by incorporating a dynamic and longitudinal component. They also demonstrate – in line with recent works - that the benefits of group membership differ for different types of member firms. Practitioner/Policy Implications: The article has implications for both managers and policy makers. Managers of business groups should timely adapt their strategy to the evolution of the institutional environment. Policy makers should, instead, devote attention to the consequences of their policies because they may undermine the efficiency of large national companies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7430
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Published on 10 Oct 2007 by ASPO-USA / Energy Bulletin. Archived on 10 Oct 2007.
An oil & gas Shangri-la in the Arctic?
by Dave Cohen
Scientists say the Arctic contains 25% of the world's undiscovered oil and gas. Why not 100%?
— Stephen Colbert, from the Colbert Report
Story after story in 2007 has proclaimed that the race is on in the melting Arctic: there's black gold in them thar' hills! It seems a shame to rain on everybody's parade. What's the harm of letting the polar nations indulge their fantasies of new fossil fuel riches? Unfortunately, problems with the oil supply are happening now and these problems will be getting worse in coming years. Arctic oil & gas will not bail us out in any time frame we care about, so it would be prudent to deal with reality instead of spinning new fantasies that provide a convenient excuse to do nothing about the looming oil crisis.
Sea Ice Trend Arctic Dreams (ASPO-USA, April 25, 2007) provided an overview of uncertainties and difficulties concerning polar oil & gas. So why the update? For starters, things are "heating up" in the North. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced the bad (good?) news in Arctic Sea Ice Shatters All Previous Lows. The data indicates a radical discontinuity in the linear trend measured by satellites since 1979 (graph left). "If that's not a tipping point, I'd hate to see what a tipping point is," said Mark Serreze, [NSIDC's] senior research scientist. (Fight for the Top of the World, Time Magazine, September 19, 2007). The big meltdown briefly opened up the fabled Northwest Passage for normal shipping for the first time in recorded human history.
Another update of interest comes from the USGS, which announced its New Oil and Gas Assessment of Northeastern Greenland on August 28, 2007.
"This is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the undiscovered petroleum resources of the Circum-Arctic in the public domain," said USGS Director Mark Myers. "Knowing the potential resources of the Arctic — an area of tremendous resource potential, environmental sensitivity, technological risk and geological uncertainty — is critical to our understanding of future energy supplies to the United States and the world."
Because of the great potential of the Arctic, the USGS has undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the area in order to provide consistent and comparable geologically based estimates of the potential additions to world oil and gas reserves. Northeastern Greenland is the prototype for the USGS Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal [CARA], and the USGS will be releasing assessments of all the Arctic provinces over the next year.
An oft-repeated statement, always attributed to the USGS, says that Arctic contains "25% of the world's undiscovered oil & gas reserves." This has become a mantra for those reporting on the region's hydrocarbon potential. The usually reliable Christian Science Monitor states that "the US Geological Survey [USGS] estimates that 25 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reserves lie beneath the Arctic Ocean" (July 31, 2007). Geologist Don Gautier, who leads the Arctic evaluations, bristles at the suggestion that he or anyone else at the USGS ever said any such thing. From Drawing Lines in Melting Ice (The Economist, August 16th, 2007) —
Don Gautier, who works for that agency, retorts that it has never done a systematic study of the Arctic, or put a figure [like 25%] on its energy riches. But the United States and other Arctic nations are doing a survey now, and a clearer picture may soon emerge.
USGS East Greenland_2000 Perhaps the USGS never did say the words "25 percent," but they did do an assessment of the Eastern Greenland's potential in their 2000 world survey (chart left). Their results serve as a useful point of comparison with the 2007 study. The older evaluation gave a mean estimate of 47.148 billion barrels of oil and 80.709 billion cubic feet of gas in the onshore and offshore rift basins. There was an additional mean estimate of 4.170 billion barrels of natural gas liquids. If these estimates were close to accurate, it would be like finding a small Persian Gulf state in the North Atlantic. It's no wonder everybody's been so excited.
USGS East Greenlan 2007 The 2007 East Greenland evaluation is described in Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the East Greenland Rift Basins Province (chart left). This province was chosen to lead off the CARA project "because the area shares important characteristics with many arctic basins, including sparse data, significant resource potential, great geological uncertainty, and significant technical barriers to exploration and development." Sparse, potential, uncertainty, barriers—these are the keywords.
Before turning to the new 2007 assessment results, let's focus on how to interpret them and how they were arrived at. The USGS statistical mean estimates are the numbers policy-makers in the polar nations will see, and are apt to misinterpret, as they contemplate Arctic plunder made possible by anthropogenic climate change. The USGS makes estimates of undiscovered potential resources which have not been confirmed by drilling tests. They are not proved (also called P95) or probable (P50) recoverable reserves estimates of discovered oil that could be booked with the Securities & Exchange Commission, where a PN of V barrels means that there is an N chance of producing at least V barrels of oil. The USGS provides FN numbers, where F stands for fractile—see quantile. FN means there is an "an N chance of at least the amount tabulated." The USGS public report does not provide additional guidance to clarify interpretation of their estimates.
The USGS calls the geological areas under evaluation Assessment Units (AU). Each AU has an associated number between 0 and 1 indicating the probability that equivalent]" in that basin. For example, the USGS believes the oil F50 for the North Danmarkshavn Salt Basin AU is 1.989 billion barrels with an AU probability = 0.65.
It is remarkable how little information1 the USGS provides about how they got their East Greenland results. There is no easily available document that provides a detailed description of their methodology. Slide #7 in their East Greenland Shelf: Protoype for the USGS Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal presentation (flash file) states that it was not possible to do a discovery history analysis, prospect counting, or reservoir modeling because "assessment techniques are limited in unexplored basins." What's left? A geologic synthesis and analog modeling. The precise meaning of these phrases is not clear. Slide #8 gives a flow diagram of equally vague terms.
It is important to provide an easy way to evaluate the USGS methodology. The gold rush in the Arctic is on. These USGS estimates will be cited for many years to come in order to justify all sorts of stunts or boondoggles—or worse. Omitting the documentation discourages independent evaluation of how these speculative numbers were arrived. If the numbers are hard to evaluate, then it is more likely that the USGS estimates will be reified, i.e. regarded or treated as if they have concrete or material existence. That's exactly what happened with the apocryphal "25 percent" number that surfaces in press accounts. The USGS estimates do not have a meaning independent of the theoretical framework that was used to calculate them.
The 2007 East Greenland assessment gives mean values of 8.901 billion barrels of oil, 86.179 trillion cubic feet of gas, and 8.121 billion barrels of natural gas liquids. The USGS presentation (slide #6) states that these estimates are subject to certain "future surprises (good & bad)." Apparently, bad surprises were also likely in 2000 when the first assessment was made, for there was considerably less oil & gas equivalent found this time around because of "new information made available through collaboration with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), which significantly [changed] the geological understanding of the area." The 2000 East Greenland assessment found undiscovered resources of 65 billion barrels of oil equivalent, but only 31 billion barrels were found in 2007.
The new assessment provides some confirmation for the conclusions of a Wood Mackenzie study in November, 2006—the arctic is rich in natural gas but deficient in oil.
"These findings are disappointing from a world oil resource base perspective," said lead study author, Andrew Latham, Vice President, Energy Consulting at Wood Mackenzie.
The study shows only approximately one quarter of the oil volumes previously assessed in key North American and Greenland basins. Most importantly, the study reveals the Arctic to be a gas province, with 85 percent of the discovered resource and 74 percent of the exploration potential as gas.
The 2007 USGS results raised the amount of undiscovered gas in the East Greenland province compared with the 2000 assessment, but lowered the amount of oil considerably, from a mean of 47 billion barrels to 17 billion (slide #19, charts above). About half of this oil is thought to be gas liquids, as would be expected from a natural gas province. In North Danmarkshavn, one of only two basins with an F50 estimate > 0, the mean for the "largest undiscovered [oil] field" is 2.2 billion barrels, with a 5% chance of finding a field containing at least 7.4 billion barrels (slide #16).
Once again, optimistic forward-looking statements made in the past have been trumped by greater knowledge acquired since. It is the human tendency to make such statements that concerns many of those studying peak oil, for future liquids discoveries may not come close to fulfilling expectations set by participants at the Hedberg Research Conference or consultancies like Cambridge Energy Research Associates. USGS estimates of undiscovered resources, regardless of when they are made, must be taken with a grain of salt because "future surprises" may fail to satisfy hopeful projections.
In A Quest for Energy in the Globe's Remote Places, tireless New York Times reporter Jad Mouwad praises the ingenuity of Norway's Statoil for getting the large Snohvit gas field on-stream this year, only 26 years after it was discovered. (See also Deconstructing the New York Times, ASPO-USA, April 18, 2007.) While conceding that developing Arctic resources will be tough, and certainly not cheap, the article suggests the possibility of an oil & gas bonanza in the polar regions that is just now getting underway. Don Gautier was quoted by CNN Money on October 25, 2006—
One study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said 25 percent of all untapped reserves in areas known to contain oil are found north of the Arctic Circle. That number could be even higher as the study didn't take into account unexplored regions, which most of the Arctic is.
"It's very likely there's a great deal of oil and gas out there," said Don Gautier, a research geologist at USGS who is leading an effort to put a number on those reserves. "The real possibility exists that you could have another world class petroleum province like the North Sea." [emphasis added]
Mouwad's tone, or Gautier's off-the-cuff remark, is irresponsible. There is no polite way to put it. When venerable, authoritative institutions like the New York Times or the USGS indulge public fantasies about tapping fossil fuel riches in the Arctic, wishful thinking and complacency become enshrined as conventional wisdom.
The development of Snohvit by Statoil was a technological triumph, but additional projects in the high northern latitudes are clouded by huge uncertainties or barriers to entry. Will the undiscovered resources of the Northeastern Greenland rift basins ever be exploited? The honest answer is that we don't know. We won't even know what the recoverable reserve volumes actually are until some intrepid oil company goes out there and drills some appraisal wells, but that will entail a big risk. It is a risk the world should not have to take. It's time to stop gambling with our future.
1. There is no way of knowing, short of contacting Don Gautier, whether the 2000 assessment methodology was used, or modified in some way, for the East Greenland/CARA project. If some will think this represents laziness on my part, it does. I did not contact him because life 1) is short and 2) full of gratuitous suffering. Should it be necessary in future, I will get the details.
In fact, a term like "F50" means something very specific in the statistical algorithm the USGS employs to interpret its geological data in other cases. Here's a synopsis of that methodology used to assess Alaska's Central North Slope in 2005. (There is also a detailed description of the methodology there.)
Undiscovered oil and gas resources in each of 24 plays (assessment units) within the Alaska Central North Slope were estimated using a deposit simulation analysis in the assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2005. Plays were identified by assessor geologists who specified geologic attributes, risks, and number of prospects for each play. From this information, sizes of oil and gas accumulations were simulated using a Monte Carlo algorithm. The number of such accumulations considered in a given simulation run was obtained from the distribution of the number of prospects. Each prospect in each successful simulation run was risked. This process yielded size-frequency distributions and summary statistics for the various petroleum categories. Estimates of resources from individual plays were then aggregated, and measures of uncertainty [e.g. F95, F50, F5] computed. [emphasis added]

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text: ALBANY -- So what do the Rolling Stones and downhill skiing have in common? Well, this year is the rock band's 50th anniversary and, um, it's also the 50th anniversary of the K-2 snow ski. And to celebrate that coincidence, K-2 has released a special Rolling Stones line. "Four different models," said Jamie Georgelos, a staffer at Alpin Haus, the recreational marketing business and manager of the Albany Ski and Snowboard Expo this weekend. "K-2 contacted the Rolling Stones and they decided that since the Rolling Stones are going on tour this year, and K-2 is celebrating its 50th anniversary, they'd do something together." Seem a bit of a stretch? "These skis all have a very unique look and we're going to be showing these at the expo," Georgelos. said "Some of the models have already been released, but some of the models are just now coming into stock." Wouldn't it be perfect if the Ski Expo was also celebrating its 50th anniversary? Alas, this year's show, Friday through Sunday at the Empire State Convention Center, is actually the 51st. It has become for the winter sports enthusiast the first salvo of the season, with a mix of marketing and multi-media entertainment to whet the appetite of powder hounds. The K-2/Rolling Stones link is also a prime example of the cross-marketing synergy that has become a hallmark of the expo. Consider: The first 400 paid admissions at the Expo on Friday receive buy-one, get-one free lift tickets for Mount Snow and the first 400 on Saturday and Sunday, will receive free lift tickets presented by I Ski NY to a host of mountains from Belleayre to Hunter to Whiteface. "It's a nice way for people to be able to save a little money this winter, to be able to get free lift tickets or discounts to enjoy our sport," Georgelos said. "I'd like to commend all the mountains of New York and Vermont that got snow-making going and kept the mountains in tip-top shape," Georgelos said. "The unfortunate thing is, when people don't see a lot of snow in their backyards, they don't think of skiing. The good thing is, because of last winter, people will be seeing even better deals at the show." And consider: Admission to the expo also gains one discount entry into the New York State Car Show, also taking place this weekend at the Empire convention complex downtown. Albany Ski and Snowboard Expo Where: Empire State Convention Center, Albany When: 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: For ticket prices and information, go towww.albanyskiandsnowboardexpo.com


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A stray dog in China latched on to a group of cyclists last month and kept pace with them for more than 1,100 miles in the country's Tibetan Plateau.
The fluffy white mutt followed the bikers for 24 days from China's Sichuan Province to Lhasa, ending her journey on May 24. The homeless pup's trek began when 22-year-old cyclist Xiao Yong tossed the dog a chicken leg and the pup decided to stick around for the trip.
"We were shocked by her perseverance," Xia Yong told China Central TV. "She followed us [from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province] to Litang [a town in Sichuan Province]. We then decided to make a cage for her when we had a steep road going downhill."
The cyclists nicknamed the dog "Xiao Sa," combining "xiao," which means "little," with the end of Lhasa, Tibet's capital and the bikers' final destination.
The stray ran along the cyclists over 12 mountains — some with elevations as high as 13,000 feet — and logged many miles a day on her short puppy legs.
"She once ran 37 miles in one day, going uphill. We were very impressed by Xiao Sa's persistence, that inspired us all the way till our destination," said Xiao Yong. "I'll take Xiao Sa back home. I think she's taking me as her owner now."
Lu Bo, another cyclist, said Xiao Sa was a motivation to the team. The dog "made us so happy. Once a few of our team members lagged behind, she ran from hill top to the bottom, to bring these guys to the rest of the team. She injected power into us," said Lu.
Xiao Sa is now taking a well-deserved rest with her new owner, Xiao Yong, and she even has her own account on Weibo, China's micro-blogging service, which is similar to Twitter.
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Ah, happy hour. Great food, great drinks, a fun atmosphere - and the chance to enjoy some much-needed downtime. What's not to love? Now, thanks to a fairly recent trend that's gaining momentum across the country, you and your favorite furry friend can love happy hour together. Happy hours called "Yappy Hours" are cropping up in pet-friendly restaurants, bars and hotels in cities everywhere. We've compiled a list of some of the best "Yappy Hours" across the country.
The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Calif.
The Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, Calif., is one of the swankiest "Yappy Hours" around. From May through September, a "Yappy Hour" charity event benefiting Friends of Orange County's Homeless Pets is held each month at the hotel. Humans can dine on burgers, beer and wine, while their canine counterparts sample hand-made dog biscuits and liver- or cheese-flavored water. But the story's not over after September: The hotel features a special "Yappy Howl-O-Ween" event in October, and a "Yappy Howl-iday" celebration in December.
Rumor, the Las Vegas Boutique Resort, Las Vegas
Every third Thursday of each month, the party is on at Rumor Boutique Resort in Las Vegas. The hotel welcomes well-behaved dogs of all breeds and sizes to its famed "Yappy Hour," where there are great cocktails, delicious "yappetizers," and live DJs providing music. For four-legged guests, there are doggie contests and free doggy goodie bags.
The Liberty Hotel, Boston
The Liberty Hotel is one of Boston's finest, coolest and most dog-friendly places to stay. Once a city jail, today the hotel hosts "Yappier Hour" from 5:30 until 8 p.m. every Wednesday. "Yappier Hour" is held from spring through fall, weather permitting. The fun takes place in The Yard, an enclosed space that used to serve as the exercise yard for the jail's inmates!
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A famed institution in New Jersey's Asbury Park, Wonder Bar offers fun in the sun for everyone. Crowds of dogs come to play their hearts out, enjoy complimentary treats, and splash in the pool, while their humans enjoy the restaurant's delicious drink specials. "Yappy Hour" is held every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m., beginning in April and ending in November.
Allentown Brew Works, Allentown, Pa.
There's truly no beer better than a handcrafted brew, and there's no one better to enjoy a brew with than your best canine buddy. Allentown Brew Works in Allentown, Pa., knows this, so every Monday, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., they hold a "Doggie Yappy Hour" on the Biergarten Patio. On the menu: artisanal and seasonal beer and the "Yappy Hour Special," the purchase price of which goes toward a respected animal charity.
Hotel Monaco Alexandria, Alexandria, Va.
The Hotel Monaco in Alexandria, Va., is known for luxury, old-fashioned southern hospitality, and a sincerely dog-friendly spirit. The hotel's "Doggie Yappy Hour" is a community event where locals and their dogs can share a friendly drink and some great conversation with hotel guests from around the world. "Yappy Hour" starts at 5 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, and runs from April through October. Doggie treats and fresh water are on the house for pups, while humans can order from the hotel restaurant's Jackson 20's bar menu, which offers regional dishes, craft beers, cocktails and a wine list featuring local vintages.
World of Beer
In tropical Miami, the World of Beer's Dadeland location offers a "Yappy Hour" that doesn't quit. The weekly event lasts all day, and features treats for your dog and a sweet discount for you: $1 off of any beer with the word "dog" in its name.
It's important to note that, for health code reasons, dogs are not allowed inside restaurant areas. In addition, your dog must be properly socialized and on his or her best behavior at any "Yappy Hour." For specific rules and regulations, contact the establishment before you attend.
About TripsWithPets.com
TripsWithPets.com is an online resource for pet travel. Named best pet travel site by Consumer Reports, TripsWithPets.com's mission is to offer resources that ensure pets are welcome, happy, and safe while traveling. The website features a directory of pet-friendly hotels and accommodations across the U.S. and Canada, as well as airline and car rental pet policies; pet-friendly restaurants, beaches, and events; a user-friendly route search option; pet travel tips; pet travel supplies; and other pet travel resources.
Author Kim Salerno is the president and founder of TripsWithPets.com. She founded the pet travel site in 2003 and is an expert in the field of pet travel. Her mission is to ensure that pets are welcome, happy and safe in their travels.


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WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah couple who ran a carpet cleaning business has died from carbon monoxide while working at a home.
Police say 37-year-old Maria Lopez-Landaverde and 43-year-old Joselito Solorzano of Orem died Saturday night after being found unconscious by firefighters.
Investigators say carbon monoxide levels reached a lethal amount in the West Jordan home after the couple pulled their carpet cleaning van into the garage and kept the van and equipment running with the garage door shut as they cleaned the carpets.
Police say there wasn't enough ventilation in the home and the couple died after they were taken to Jordan Valley Hospital.


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Utley Back in Lineup
August 27, 2007
Tonight's Lineup
Rollins, ss; Utley, 2b; Burrell, lf; Howard, 1b; Rowand, cf; Dobbs, 3b; Werth, rf; Coste, c; Durbin, p.
Yes, Chase is back. He's in the two hole tonight. Getting his strength back in his right hand and his timing are the key issues from the offensive end. Defensively, he shouldn't have any problems.
To make room for Chase, Russell Branyan has been designated for assignment.
Three-run home runs. They are beautiful when we hit them and not so pretty when the enemy does. Both yesterday came with two out, another key element to winning baseball….scoring two-out runs.
Yesterday's explosive win was badly needed to stop the bleeding. Now, we go nose-to-nose, toe-to-toe, belly-to-belly with the Mets. It should be an electric series.
As much as enjoying the big win, it is time to move on to the next game. Same story after a loss.
By winning three of the last four games with the Phillies, the Mets have a 6-5 advantage this season. Prior to that series, the Phillies swept the Mets in New York.
Only thing we know, this is the last time these two clubs meet during the regular season in Philly, with three left in September in New York.
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Chase should give us a lift tonight. What's the status of Victorino? Werth has been solid in his absence.
Larry, You mention this is the last time they meet in the regualr season, I thought they still have one series at shea? Maybe I'm incorrect…
Only a couple hours to game time… Can't wait…


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January 08, 2009
A WIND turbine has been wrecked after one of its giant blades was torn off by a UFO, witnesses say.
Locals were woken by the 4am smash after strange lights were spotted streaking towards the 90m tall generator on a wind farm in Lincolnshire, in the east of England, The Sun newspaper reports.
Power chiefs said in the report there was no trace of the missing blade, while UFO experts are buzzing with the news.
Motorist Dorothy Willows told The Sun she saw a UFO zoom towards the wind farm before striking the 88m-tall turbine.
Ms Willows says she was in her car when "strange lights" loomed in the evening sky.
Dozens also spotted the mysterious flashing orange-yellow spheres over Lincolnshire in central Britan
"The lights were moving across the sky towards the wind farm. Then I saw a low flying object. It was skimming across the sky towards the turbines," Ms Willos said.
She told the reporter that hours later there was an almighty smash.
"My husband Stephen was woken at 4am by the bang."
One of the turbine's huge blades is missing, another was left twisted and useless.
Lesley Whittingham, 71, said the UFO, "looked like a giant explosion in the air".
John Harrison, another witness, saw a "massive ball of light with tentacles going right down to the ground" over the wind farm.
"It was huge. With the tentacles it looked just like an octopus."
Wind farm company Ecotricity admitted: "We don't know what caused the problem. We are investigating."
UFO expert Russ Kellett, of Flying Saucer Review, told The Sun dozens of reports of mystery objects poured in before the crash.
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Hi everyone, like most of you I am a total scrapbook addict and am thankful for my understanding husband and two cheeky but loveable daughters Bronte and Paige. I work full time in the Navy and show my cats and dogs, so I have to grab my scrapping time when I can. I have been scrapping for around 9 years now, when a friend dragged me to a scrapbooking store for a beginners class....and I was hooked. I love to play with all sorts of materials and products and tend to think my scrapbooking style is eclectic....as I adapt and play with all sorts of styles to suit my photos and what I have on hand. I have always been a messy person so lately my love of multimedia is shining through into my scrapbooking a little bit.
Here is my layout created for this challenge ...
I was inspired by the positions of the stripes on the awning and the beach chair and mirrored that in my layout, by positioning the striped paper in the top left and bottom right corners. When I saw the bold colours with the enhancing black through out the poster I knew that I had to copy this so I chose my papers for their brightness and added the black elements though the title, embellishments and the dribbles of black ink.
Thanks for inviting me to be the Guest Designer this month and I look forward to seeing what you all create using the fantastic criteria.
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Happy Scrapping, Hugs Tracey.
Thank you so much for guesting with us on ARTastic this month Tracey. Your pages are so vibrant and colourful. It has been wonderful having you join us.
You still have time until the end of the month to upload your own take on this challenge. We'd love to see what you can do with our inspiration artwork this month.


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Spam: the French don't have a word for it
Anyway, I was piqued into discovering the French word for spam. As you probably know the French are obsessive about the purity of their language. One of the tasks of L'Academie francaise is to invent French words to replace les anglicismes. For instance a Walkman is un balladeur . Obviously the L'Academie Francaise has been swamped by new technological terms, because an MP3 player is un balladeur MP3. And spam is just le spam. Not even le pate, although la patee might be more appropriate.


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Loganathan calls Stallions Mediocre
by Dexter Moon
Days after picking up their first win of the season against the Southern Stallions, Northside Power captain Tharmi Loganathan has come out and tolld of the Stallions Mediocrity..
Loganathan talking to his team was overheard by reporters saying to his side "beating them isn't a great achieved at the moment".
The comments which are surley going to cause a stir in the South seemed very arrogant of Loganathan considering his own sides form has been very average itself.
Maybe if Loganathan took more notice of his own teams lack of discipline then opposition sides could lower their Medical Insurance..
Just some food for though Mr Loganathan!!


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DRM Strikes Again: Digital Comics Distributor JManga Closing Down... And Deleting Everyone's Purchases
from the ensuring-only-pirates-will-have-access-to-its-comics dept
DRM is rearing its malformed head again and biting the hands that feed it. Rather than simply making an otherwise useful product useless unless requirements x, y and z are met, this time DRM is issuing a clawback on
purchased rented digital goods.
Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader has the details.
JManga broke some hearts this week when they announced that they were ceasing operations.These things happen. Nothing unusual about a company going out of business, but the words "digital manga distributor" should give you pause (especially if you were a customer).
This digital manga distributor announced earlier this week that they would no longer sell manga as of 26 March and planned to shut down completely in May.
Any customers with store credit would get a refund in Amazon.com gift cards...Well, that's certainly thoughtful of them. Wait, why's there an ellipsis on this sentence?
… and any purchased content will be lost when JManga turns off the lights in May (no downloads allowed).Oh. Fun. Yes, JManga, distributor of digital manga, decided to hold off the pirates by screwing the customers and it's all spelled out in infuriating black and white at JManga's official, soon-to-be-former site.
c.) Manga Viewing Service TerminationAnd, yes, no downloads are allowed, according to the FAQ.
Date: May 30th at 11:59pm (US Pacific Time) Details: As of May 30th 2013 at 11:59pm (US Pacific Time) users will no longer be able to view digital manga content on JManga.com. At this time all purchased and free digital manga content will be erased from all JManga Member's accounts.
It is not possible to download manga from My Page.So, the pirates win again. JManga's DRM will allow the distributor to delete paid for manga from customers' accounts, but presumably all DRM-stripped pirate "accounts" will remain unaffected in perpetuity.
It began promisingly enough.
JManga launched with much fanfare in 2011. This company was backed by the 36 publishers of the Japanese Digital Comics Association, and it was created as a laudable response to the then rampant fan-based scanlation (piracy and English-language translation) of Japanese comics. By offering a legitimate option these publishers hoped to provide the content that was obviously desired by fans.Unfortunately, things went downhill quickly thanks to pricing issues (mainly that they were too high) and a failure to capitalize on a rapidly growing smartphone market. Now, it's out of business and its insistence on protecting its products with DRM has resulted in the following scorecard -- pirates affected: 0; paying customers affected: ALL.
What we have here is a yet another example of the fact that DRM does nothing but punish the paying customer. It doesn't actually stop piracy; in this case piracy was already rampant thanks to readily available scanners and a large and enthusiastic fan base."Hostility" is the correct term. Protecting your offerings from those who aren't paying by making those who actually support you subject to anything from minor annoyances to HAVING ALL THEIR PURCHASES DELETED can't really be described as anything but. Adding a layer of perversity to the mix is the fact that JManga is still allowing customers to purchase its products until March 26th, despite the fact that these too will be deleted on May 30th.
All that was accomplished with JManga was that the legitimate customer was punished for being honest and paying for the content they received. The pirates, on the other hand, weren't bothered at all.
I wish more publishers could learn from this mistake, because the hostility that has been shown toward JManga customers is appalling.
When you combine digital goods with DRM, it's lose-lose for paying customers. It turns purchases into rentals and subjects purchasers to the whims of the company. Whether its a verification server being shut down or a company going out of business and taking all its content with it, it all spells bad news for those who exchanged money for goods not even worth the paper the license isn't printed on.
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(CNN) -- It's not often supermodels are selected for their social awareness -- unless, of course, you're flipping a fashion and photography status symbol on its head.
Pirelli, a tire company best known for outfitting the world's speediest race cars and superbikes, also has a reputation for publishing calendars featuring stunningly beautiful women in the raciest of poses.
The formula for 40 years has been simple: Start with the world's top models (Kate Moss, Miranda Kerr, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), subtract most or all of their clothes, add backdrops from the most scenic locales (Mallorca, Corsica, Seychelles) and multiply it all through the lenses of the best fashion photographers (Herb Ritts, Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson).
Voila! You have the world's most sought-after calendar, the Ferrari Daytona of pinup collections.
Well, Pirelli has decided to scrap this high-performance model for something more sensible. It's still sexier than a minivan but quite a departure from years past.
"In tough times, like the one the world is going through ... the idea was to find positive images and transformations in the world," said Paolo dal Pino, executive president of Pirelli Latin America.
It's not that the Italian tire maker's executives haven't heard the adage, "If it ain't broke ...," but rather, they decided it was time for a change, dal Pino said.
Instead of a fashion photographer, Pirelli brought in Steve McCurry. The self-described "street photographer" is renowned for his image of an Afghan teen in a ragged burgundy scarf, whose peridot eyes peered out from the June 1985 National Geographic cover.
McCurry acknowledges he was surprised to get the call but said he wasn't daunted because it isn't so dissimilar to the shots he considers his forte.
"I think a lot of what I do is portraiture, and it did seem to me that could be why they called me," he said.
Curiosity inspires iconic photographer
As for the models, social consciousness was considered more of an, ahem, asset than what might slip out the sides of a string bikini or loosely draped serape.
Karlie Kloss and Liya Kebede, for instance, were chosen less for their perfect physiques than for their work to bring health care to the underprivileged. Petra Nemcova wasn't selected for her hypnotic hazel eyes but for the more than five dozen schools constructed through her Happy Hearts Foundation.
"They're there not only for their fantastic beauty but also their social commitment," dal Pino explained.
Rio de Janeiro was chosen, he said, because of the economic transformation experienced there over the last 10 years, which by some estimates has lifted as many as 40 million people out of poverty.
Rio: The 'perfect Shakespeare stage'
Oh, and it doesn't hurt that Brazil is one of the world's most colorful and soulful destinations -- and a familiar haunt, as Pirelli staged shoots there in 2005 and 2010.
Pirelli began speaking to McCurry in February, dal Pino said, and the photographer drove around Brazil before arriving at his blueprint for the project.
"I wanted Rio to be a presence," McCurry said. "I wanted a sense of the place to be part of the pictures."
The shutterbug said he was pleased with the freedom he, the models and staff had to roam the city's favelas, many of which were considered unsafe for visitors just a few years ago.
Today, there are football/soccer fields and recreational centers under construction in these once-destitute parts of Brazil's second-largest city. Dal Pino noted that showing the development in these onetime shanty towns was integral to depicting the social transformation in Brazil.
"The fact we were able to photograph freely ... demonstrates that some of these places are getting built up," McCurry said. "That, hopefully, is evident in the work."
McCurry sought to capture the country's essence, not only through its vivid settings, but also through its people. In addition to the philanthropic temptresses, he photographed slices of Brazil, whether it was Maringá-born actress Sônia Braga, pop singer Marisa Monte or simply a façade bearing one of Rio's elaborate street art installations (the city actually differentiates between street art and graffiti "tagging," with the former permissible by law).
He also wanted everyday people.
So where 1995's calendar featured Calvin Klein model Christy Turlington with bare breasts propped atop a metal corset, hands bound at her side, the 2013 shoot brings you images of the Capoeiristas practicing their dance-based martial art that dates back to 16th-Century slaves.
And where 2010's calendar pictured Brazilian beauty Andrea Beatriz Barros topless, licking a rooster she clutched by the throat, McCurry's calendar contains an image of a vegetable vendor with an arresting gaze, her halter-top blending in with the peppers at her produce stand.
(Because we're intuitive enough to know you'll be off to hunt for some of these images, we'll save you the trouble, but be forewarned: As artistic as the photos are, they absolutely and unequivocally are 100% NSFW.)
Yet the biggest difference between McCurry's vision and past Pirelli calendars was the clothes. That is, the models wore some.
Clothing didn't make them any less beautiful -- "I think they're still sensuous, and the sexuality comes through," said McCurry -- but he was going for a certain elegance in the portraits.
He wanted to take these top models, who know the cameras and themselves so well and who are so skilled at their craft, and portray them in a natural setting, to "let them be photographed the way they wanted to be photographed, the way they wanted to be seen," he said.
He further explained, "These are women that are making a difference in the world. Let's photograph them the way they are without it being too dramatized, without it being too campy."
And what bespeaks natural and beauty more artfully than Brazilian bombshell Adriana Lima -- pregnant?
"When I heard she was pregnant, I thought, 'Well, great. We can work with that.' It's who she is, natural," McCurry said. "I saw it as a plus. I never questioned whether it might be appropriate. This is fundamental to life."
Lima gave birth to her second daughter, Sienna, in September, but not before McCurry captured her against a stone wall, lips and belly in full pout, lifting her hair back from her neck.
Though McCurry has shot fashion models in the past, the bulk of his more-than-30-year-deep portfolio focuses on what he calls "conflict journalism": the ravages of war, refugees' desperation, a spate of "vanishing cultures," as he puts it.
Asked if tapping him for the Pirelli shoot was akin to yanking a fish from water, he humbly demurred.
"I think it's possible to kind of walk and chew gum at the same time," he said with a chuckle.
So, to the question that many are asking after catching wind of the calendar: How does one acquire a copy?
The answer, sadly, is you probably can't without dropping some coin. Back issues of the calendar can be purchased on eBay for anywhere from $20 to $150, but the auction site, as of Thursday afternoon, had only three copies of the 2013 edition. They were commanding between $600 and $1,000 plus shipping.
Pirelli made only 20,000 of this year's calendar, and they're handed out as gifts to Pirelli's clients, certain members of the press and fashion and art societies, dal Pino said.
The Pirelli executive believes this year's calendar will be embraced, despite its departure from naughty tradition, and he doesn't see any backlash to this year's inclusion of clothing.
"We do believe that this (backlash) is not going to happen," he said. "We do believe many people will say, 'It's about time.' "
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Technology is so ingrained in our personal lives that it could easily be taken for granted by advisors who are satisfied to know what the cloud is. However, technology affects advisors in ways that go beyond their trading platform or CRM; it's in their marketing plans, communication strategies and even, in some cases, the competition.
As technology becomes more innovative and integrated, advisors will have to find new ways to adopt it, but may also find new opportunities.
As the tech columnist for Morningstar Advisor and tech contributor to the Financial Planning Association's Journal of Financial Planning, Bill Winterberg knows his stuff. Asked to identify the main tech issues that advisors now face, he said their primary challenge is distinguishing themselves not only against other FAs, but also against online financial advice platforms.
"You've got to be different by focusing on the intangibles of advice, including the emotional factors, the behavioral factors and the aspects of planning that can't be systematized or automated by a computer program," he told Investment Advisor.
None of those challenges may matter in the future though. As Winterberg pointed out, the breakneck pace of technological innovation may wipe out current trends in just a few years.
Greg Friedman used to say technology would never replace human connections. Now he's not so sure. Personal conversations with professionals like advisors or psychiatrists can be done now using video conferencing or mobile chat. That's a challenge and an opportunity for advisors.
"As you watch the proliferation online of advice dispensers of financial services, more and more are cheap and easy," he told Investment Advisor. We dismiss it by saying it's not really customized to the client, but more and more it is. Is it completely the same as going to a financial advisor in person? No, of course not, but the space is getting more and more crowded."
Call it revenge of the nerd if you want, but Michael Kitces envisions a not-too-distant future where "technology-augmented advisors" are the standard for the industry. That's not to say advisors will be competing for assets with the Six-Million Dollar Man, but technology will change the way they do business.
"One of the most noticeable things in the digital world is its wealth of analytics," he told Investment Advisor. "I can measure exactly how many readers I got from a particular article, which helps everything from measuring the efficacy of marketing and making good strategic decisions to doing good time management. These are things we couldn't measure effectively in the past. That's one of the hidden virtues to the business being more digital. We can track and measure in a way we couldn't before."
The website for Nouriel Roubini's firm, Roubini Global Economics, has attracted leading voices on political and economic affairs. It's also been named one of the best economics Web resources by BusinessWeek, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist.
With that kind of online cachet, it might be a surprise to see him so active on decidedly less prestigious social media sites, but Roubini's significant presence in the industry is no less diminished on Twitter, where he has almost a quarter of a million followers (and we were proud when we hit 2,000).


text: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 More Than 800K Messages Call for an End to the Therapy Cap Physical therapists (PTs), physical therapist assistants (PTAs), and their supporters harnessed the power of social media to help generate more than 876,000 social media messages sent simultaneously to call for an end to the Medicare therapy cap. The impressive November 4 blast was part of a grassroots effort to bring even more energy to the issue now that Congress faces a deadline fewer than 60 days away. PTs and PTAs were part of 2,012 people who used a technology called Thunderclap that leverages individual social media accounts for a 1-time simultaneous blast to all participants' friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter. The event was designed to draw attention to the therapy cap issue as the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees work on legislation that could include an end to the caps and the sustainable growth rate (SGR). APTA is urging members to visit the Legislative Action Center to find out how to add their voices to the campaign to end the therapy cap, while patients and nonmembers can access APTA's Patient Action Center to learn how to help. Details on the therapy cap and APTA's grassroots campaign to end it are available at APTA's Advocacy webpage. Comments End the cap. Let us do our job! Posted by Brian Lavallee on 11/5/2013 7:12 PM Patients are losing out on preventative care and are ending up with more costly issues. Please end therapy caps for PT, OT and ST Posted by Heather Smith on 11/8/2013 4:17 PM Therapy cap is out dated. We are in an era where we need to have individuals to have full access to our services we can provide not only for restoration but also preventative. It would cost Medicare less to pay for our preventative services verses paying for a knee or hip replacement that an orthopedic doctor can perform. Posted by Tori Darling on 11/8/2013 4:34 PM It's time for Doctored PTs to promote prevention which saves costly surgeries and subsequently set the bar for medical necessity in conservative care. Pay attention Congress WE are the real "change" you seek! Posted by Matt Kellum PT, DPT, MEd on 11/9/2013 12:34 AM We have been trying to end the cap for a long time. I hope the future brings and end for the cap so we can treat out patients for as long as they need us. Thanks, Pam Chaney, PT Posted by Pam Chaney, PT on 11/9/2013 2:47 PM I have MS and need PT more then my insurance allows, Ann Posted by Ann lafontaine on 11/9/2013 4:56 PM


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Not really sure why there would be a need for another Yavin Ceremony Han.
And since I can, I'm asking for the separate sculpted thigh-strap as part of the figure's pistol holster... That's such an awesome feature on Ceremony Luke, Legacy Hoth Rebel Troopers, and other figures... It gives the holster realistic positioning and seems to barely, if at all, hinder a figure's leg articulation since it moves with the leg well.
Hey! That shirt MUST be BUTTONED!!!
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 116 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
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It's not uncommon to reference the current user as USER in your pl/sql code. A simple use case may be to determine the client or environment that you're running in (ex: dev, test, prod).
Referencing USER will have some slight side effects when running the code in APEX as the current USER is actually APEX_PUBLIC_USER (or what ever user you configured). This can cause issues in your application. To resolve it, simply reference sys_context('userenv','current_schema') instead.
-- Via SQL*Plus select user, sys_context('userenv','current_schema') from dual; USER SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV ---------- -------------------- GIFFY GIFFY
If you run the same query in APEX the output is shown below. You'll notice that referencing USER it does not display my current schema (GIFFY in this case).
The same applies to compiled code executed from APEX. For example if you have a procedure that references USER and that procedure is run from APEX then USER will be APEX_PUBLIC_USER.
This can be really tough to detect in automated tests as when testing via SQL*Plus, USER will return the current schema name.
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The saga that is the birth control mandate lawsuit for Conestoga Wood Specialties made feminist blog Jezebel, with an article talking about the for-profit companies that are fighting the birth control mandate.
Here's Jezebel's article, I pasted the text below. Just be aware before you read it/check out the full article that obviously, Jezebel has a feminist bias – just an FYI:
3. Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation
A Pennsylvania-based wood cabinet and specialty products manufacturer run by Mennonites who think some birth-control products such as Plan B are "sinful and immoral" and "an intrinsic evil and a sin against God." The company employs 950 people who don't all necessarily agree that they're Satan incarnated.
Status? The court dismissed a motion for preliminary injunction, but the plaintiffs appealed to the Third Circuit in last month.
Here's our previous coverage of the issue.
We're currently waiting to hear what happens with Conestoga's appeal. We'll keep you posted at dailyitem.com!


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LITTLE ROCK — Confidently written hours before the New England-Denver kickoff, the declarative sentence said, "The Feb. 2 Super Bowl in New Jersey is intriguing."
Once the league championship opponents were decided, the NFL couldn't miss with any combination of Patriots or Broncos vs. Seattle or San Francisco. Among the guarantees:
— First ballot of Hall of Fame pocket passer vs. a 20-something running threat.
— Veteran NFL coach vs. a coach who made the successful transition to the NFL after winning regularly in college.
— One of the best defenses in the league vs. a quarterback with 50 TD passes in a season.
Mix in the weather and Super Bowl No. 48 is anticipated. Fretting about the possibility of bad weather, the NFL has contingency plans in place, but those of us who grew up on pre-dome football and fondly remember the 1967 NFL championship game between Green Bay and Dallas are hoping for snow and 24 degrees.
Comfortable in front of their TVs, fans are fascinated by cold-weather games. Coverage of the NFC wild card game in Green Bay in early January drew 47.1 million viewers and was the highest rated wild card game in at least 25 years. If winter weather prevails, there might be empty seats in the stadium, but Super Bowl commercials will play to a huge audience.
Hyped as Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady, the first playoff game on Sunday was a bust. In the second game, the punch, counter punch by both teams and improv skills of the quarterbacks were appreciated, but both Colin Kapernick and Russell Wilson made mistakes that would cause high school coaches to cringe.
Personally, the regret is that New England defensive back Aqib Talib was injured early. Those who delight in taking pot shots at Manning will cite Talib's exit as the reason for Demaryius Thomas' big day. Although Talib's injury was a factor in the outcome, equally important were New England's no-show running game and Manning's orchestration of time-consuming, point-producing possessions.
Both Manning and Brady missed open receivers, including Brady's deep throw that would have been a first-half touchdown.
Miscues in Seattle were more basic — fumbles, botched snaps from center, grounding, bad handoffs, ignorance of the clock, and throwing to a well-covered receiver. In the end, with three timeouts in his pocket, Kapernick forced one on first down.
Other than a TD pass on a free play and a 51-yard completion after running around, Wilson didn't make many plays. He must do more for the Seahawks to beat the Broncos.
Arkansas' appearance in two projected NCAA Tournament brackets was brief and the Razorbacks are pretty much in a must-win situation at Tennessee on Wednesday if they hope to return to the radar of ESPN's Joe Lunardi and CBS' Jerry Palm.
A loss in Knoxville and Arkansas will be 1-4 in the SEC. With that in mind, consider the road to 12-6 in the SEC, the minimum for NCAA Tournament consideration. Give the Razorbacks a 7-0 at home for an 8-1 record in Fayetteville and concede that they will lose at Kentucky. That leaves six road games and five of those opponents are 2-2 or better in the league.
A year ago, league champion Florida, SEC Tournament champion Ole Miss, and Missouri were the only league teams in the NCAA Tournament. Kentucky and Alabama, both 12-6 in conference, were excluded. Florida and Kentucky will better 12-6 this year, leaving 12 teams for one or two NCAA bids.
There are countless ways to explain Arkansas' loss at Georgia, but missing 45 shots and 8-of-20 free throws is a start. Does Arkansas have anybody who can initiate needed movement on offense? Rashad Madden's willingness to take the final shot is saluted, but a no-pass 3 is not the shot of choice.
Harry King is sports columnist for Stephens Media's Arkansas News Bureau.


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An ever-expanding array of technologies and approaches are being employed to create more efficacious vaccines and advance the field, including developing predictive models and Synthetic Biology. Next- Generation Sequencing (NGS) is also being used to elucidate viral evolution in an effort to more deeply understand infection.
The Ninth annual "Novel Vaccines" meeting tackles these emerging technologies in an effort to crystallize where the field is headed, along with novel modes and routes of delivery, such as patches, VLPs and microparticles. Ways to test vaccines in order to ensure quality will also be explored, including rapid microbiological methods (RMM), potency tests, and large-scale arrays. Vaccine stability and targeting specific populations will also be discussed as part of the push to achieve more effective vaccines and support vaccine development.
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12:30 Conference Registration
2:00 Keynote Presentation:
Synthetic Genomics to Address Emerging Threats and Global Supply Challenges
Bolyn Hubby, Ph.D., Senior Director, Head, Vaccine and Phage R&D, Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc.
The potential of synthetic biology is being realized in the vaccine space. This presentation will describe the application of synthetic genomics tools, coupled with automation, to produce synthetic vaccine candidates across a variety of targets. SGVI and partners have applied this technology to improve response to emerging threats and the lead influenza program has advanced through initial clinical testing. Converting digital sequence information into DNA, RNA, and protein in an automated fashion enables distributed manufacturing to address vaccine supply challenges.
2:45 Databases and in silico Tools for Vaccine Design
Yongqun (Oliver) He, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Affiliated Member, Center for Computational Medicine and Biology (CCMB), Member, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan
Many databases and tools are available to support rational vaccine design. The Protegen protective antigen database, VirmugenDB "virmugen" database, and Vaxign vaccine design tool are parts of the integrative VIOLIN vaccine database and analysis system (http://www.violinet.org). The analyses of Protegen and Virmugen data allow prediction of genes for subunit and live attenuated vaccine development. Vaxign is the first Web-based vaccine design program based on reverse vaccinology. New vaccine design methods are being developed based on the community-based Vaccine Ontology (VO).
3:15 Sponsored Presentation (Opportunity Available)
3:30 Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing
4:15 Engineering Cancer Immunotherapy One (DNA) Sequence at a Time
Mark Bagarazzi, M.D., CMO, Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Inovio is developing cancer immunotherapeutics by targeting both viral oncogenes (HPV E6, E7) as well as self proteins associated with cancer progression and metastases (PSA, PSMA, hTERT). Our common approach involves enhancing the delivery of optimized DNA sequences with the use of our proprietary in vivo electroporation system. We will share both preclinical and clinical data regarding several cancer indications.
4:45 Deep Profiling of HIV-Specific T Cell Responses by Mass Cytometry
Damien Soghoian, Ph.D., Researcher, Virology, Harvard University
HIV-specific T cell responses play an important role in the antiviral immune response and will likely be critical for an HIV vaccine. However, the functional and phenotypic features of these cells that are most beneficial remain unclear. Mass cytometry, or cytometry by time of flight (CyTOF), affords the ability to obtain an unprecedented level of information on single cells. This presentation will describe the highly multiparametic profiling of HIV-specific T cells by CyTOF and how insights gained from this analysis may inform HIV vaccine development.
5:15 Robust Induction of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) Response through Low-Frequency Sonophoresis Assisted Transcutaneous Immunization
Diviya Sinha, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, Blankschtein & Langer Research Groups, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Traditional vaccinations have had limitations at inducing a potent CTL response; essential for protection against intra-cellular infections and effective cancer vaccine development. Here, we demonstrate that a needle-less skin vaccination strategy based on low-frequency sonophoresis (LFS) is able to induce long-lived antigen specific CTLs in the absence of any external adjuvants. Innate adjuvancy associated with LFS skin pretreatment is hypothesized to result in the observed induction of CTLs, which respond rapidly against a viral LCMV challenge months following a single immunization.
5:45 End of Day
7:45am Breakfast Presentation (Sponsorship Opportunity Available) or Morning Coffee
8:25 Chairperson's Opening RemarksMark Bagarazzi, M.D., CMO, Inovio Pharmaceuticals
8:30 Genomic Analysis of Vaccine Response in Humans
W. Nicholas Haining, B.M., B.Ch., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and Scientific Co-Leader, HSCT Program, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Children's Hospital, and Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Vaccination is one of the most effective methods of preventing human disease. However, many vaccines are not universally protective and even widely used vaccines fail to achieve protective immunity. This presentation will discuss advances in genomic approaches to identify the biological features of the early vaccine response that predict the subsequent development of vaccine immunity.
9:00 Identification of Novel Vaccine Candidates Using a Robust Immunogen Optimization System
Sean Du, Ph.D., COO, Altravax, Inc.
Altravax has developed a robust Immunogen Optimization System™ (IOS) that can be applied to a variety of vaccine candidates for the improvement of overall immunogenicity, antibody cross-reactivity, potent T-cell responses, manufacturing efficiency, and product stability. Using IOS, we have developed a preclinical vaccine pipeline including a novel preventive dengue vaccine, based on a single-component VLP that can induce tetravalent immunity capable of neutralizing all four dengue serotypes, and a first-in-class therapeutic vaccine for chronic hepatitis B infection.
9:30 Innovative Preclinical Models for Developing Staphylococcus aureus Vaccines
Fabio Bagnoli, Ph.D., Project Leader, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen and current antibiotics are not efficacious against emerging multidrug resistant strains. Unfortunately, S. aureus vaccine development is hindered by the lack of known correlates of protection. Three-dimensional organotypic human tissue models may represent a valid alternative to animal infection models. This talk will present data on a novel S. aureus vaccine formulation as well as research to develop innovative preclinical models for predicting vaccine efficacy in humans.
10:00 Sponsored Presentation (Opportunity Available)
10:15 Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing
11:00 Genomics of TB and HIV Disease Progression in African Children
Graeme Mardon, Ph.D., Professor, Developmental Biology & Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine
The Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN) seeks to integrate genetic and genomics technologies to identify host factors that are important to the progression of HIV and HIV-TB infection in sub-Saharan African children. This will include recruitment of cohorts of HIV and HIV-TB infected children, whole-exome and RNA sequencing, and SNP genotyping of patients at the extremes of HIV and TB disease progression. These projects will provide important mechanistic insights to pediatric HIV and HIV-TB disease progression.
11:30 T Cell Crossreactivity, Heterologous Immunity, and Viruses
Liisa K. Selin, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Heterologous immunity occurring as a consequence of T cell crossreactivity between unrelated pathogens has been shown by us with animal models to contribute to reduced (beneficial) or enhanced viral loads, and remarkably altered immunopathology (detrimental). Our objective is to determine how crossreactive T cells impact T cell selection and function, and influence disease outcome as the host is exposed to subsequent acute or persistent infections. Insights on these issues are necessary for the intelligent design of effective modern vaccines without unwanted side effects.
12:00pm Development of a Robust, Defined Animal-Free Virus Production Medium Optimized for Microcarrier Culture
Mark Szczypka, Ph.D., Senior Director, Applications and New Product Development, Pall Life SciencesA hydrolysate-free and APF, Vero cell production medium that is ideal for use in stirred-tank vessels with APF Pall SoloHill® microcarriers was developed. Dengue virus production in this medium is equal to or greater than DMEM containing FBS and two different commerically-available serum-free media. The peak of wild type dengue 2 virus production advances up to 3 days earlier in microcarrier culture when compared to static conditions, and cumulative titer is increased.
12:30 Luncheon Presentation (Sponsorship Opportunity Available) or Lunch on Your Own
1:55 Chairperson's RemarksSean Du, Ph.D., COO, Altravax, Inc.
2:00 Nanosponge Toxoid for Safe and Effective Vaccination
Liangfang Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Nanoengineering and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego
Toxoid vaccines are routinely used to promote antitoxin immunity for the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. A novel toxin-detainment strategy is disclosed that employs a unique toxin nanosponge to arrest and deliver non-disrupted pore-forming toxins for immune processing. Mice vaccinated with the resulting nanosponge toxoid show superior toxin-specific humoral response and protective immunity against both systemic and subcutaneous toxin challenges. These results indicate that the immunogenicity and efficacy of toxoid vaccines can be enhanced by the non-disruptive detoxification approach.
2:30 DCVax®-Direct: A Novel Personalized Immune Therapy for Inoperable and Metastatic Solid Tumors
Linda F. Powers, CEO, Chairman of the Board, Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Inoperable and metastatic solid tumors carry a bleak prognosis today in a wide range of cancers, with few treatment options. The prevailing view has been that immune therapies are mostly only suitable for early stage or minimal disease. However, NW Bio has developed DCVax-Direct, a novel personalized dendritic cell therapy, for direct injection into all types of late stage, inoperable and metastatic tumors. Ms. Powers will describe the DCVax-Direct technology, the open label 60-patient Phase I/II trial currently under way, and the data to date.
3:00 An Ultra-Low Dose Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccine – An Opportunity to Overcome Current Manufacturing Bottlenecks
J. Robert Coleman, Ph.D., MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Co-founder, Codagenix, Inc.
Using our SAVE vaccine platform, we have developed a clinically relevant H1N1 live-attenuated Influenza vaccine strain against the 2009 pandemic virus that is highly immunogenic in ferrets. The vaccine has efficacy at ultra-low doses, doses 1,000-FOLD lower than current vaccines. Due to its low dose requirement, our vaccine technology could overcome critical bottlenecks in the influenza vaccine manufacturing process as well as provide a seasonal vaccine that is antigenically identical in all segments to the target strains with high efficacy.
3:30 Refreshment Break
3:45 Interbilayer-Crosslinked Multilamellar Vesicles: A System for Co-Delivery of Antigen and Adjuvant
Adrienne V. Li, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Vedantra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Vedantra Pharmaceuticals has been developing a 'toughened' liposome for enhancing vaccine delivery. Our technology, Interbilayer-Crosslinked Multilamellar Vesicles (ICMVs), is formed by crosslinking of adjacent lipid bilayers within a liposome. ICMVs show enhanced protein antigen loading and extended drug release kinetics allowing efficient vaccine delivery. When the malaria antigen VMP001 is loaded into ICMVs, immunized animals generated higher titer, higher avidity, and more durable antibody response with broader epitope recognition by immune sera, compared to animals that received the soluble VMP001 protein.
4:15 Tuning the Direction and Magnitude of the Immune Response with New Nanomaterial-Based Vaccines
Tarek Fahmy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering & Applied Science, Yale University
Vaccine development has progressed significantly since Jenner and Pasteur, moving from whole microorganisms towards subunit vaccines containing only their antigenic proteins. Nanoparticulate-based vaccines have tunable physical properties, allowing for encapsulation and controlled delivery of multivalent antigen, immunostimulatory factors and incorporation of pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) targeting dendritic cells. Overall, immune responses can both quantitatively and qualitatively, be tuned efficiently using such systems. Here we discuss advances in both immunology and nanomaterials that have brought particulate-based vaccines to clinical applications.
4:45 Exploring the Role of Size and Shape Impact on Immune Response through PRINT Technology
Michele Stone, Ph.D., PMP, Director, Vaccines, Liquidia TechnologiesParticle technology is becoming increasingly prominent as a vaccine delivery system. PRINT technology allows for independent manipulation of particle, size, shape, charge, hydrophobicity, and composition. A variety of particles ranging from 80 to 10,000 nm were produced to explore controlled delivery of antigens and immunostimulants. Using a broad range of matrix materials formulated with active antigens and adjuvants, PRINT technology has defined specific sizes and shapes that appear to have superior effects on B cell and T cell immune responsess.
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Though some were skeptical of Snoop Dogg's Snoop Lion persona, it appears that Snoop's not turning back, as the tracklist for the project has been revealed.
As previously reported, the project features Drake, Busta Rhymes, Chris Brown, T.I., Akon, Rita Ora, Angela Hunte, Popcaan, Mavado, and others, including Snoop's daughter Cori B.
Check the tracklist below (spotted at HHNM):
1. Rebel Way
2. Here Comes the King (Feat. Angela Hunte)
3. Lighters Up (Feat. Mavado & Popcaan)
4. So Long (Feat. Angela Hunte)
5. Get Away (Feat. Angela Hunte)
6. No Guns Allowed (Feat Drake & Cori B)
7. Fruit Juice (Feat. Mr. Vegas)
8. Smoke the Weed (Feat. Collie Budz)
9. Tired of Running (Feat. Akon)
10. The Good Good (Feat. Iza)
11. Torn Apart (Feat. Rita Ora)
12. Ashtrays & Heartbreaks (Feat. Miley Cyrus)
13. Boulevard (Feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore)
14. Remedy (Feat. Busta Rhymes & Chris Brown)
15. La La La
16. Harder Times (Feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore)
Reincarnated the album will be in stores April 23rd. The documentary of the same name will hit theaters March 15th.
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UPDATE: Today, Noisey.com has an exclusive "listening party" stream of Snoop Lion's Reincarnated album. The Reincarnated film is available today (April 16) on iTunes. The DVD is a Best Buy exclusive, available the same day as the album of the same name, April 23.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Into the Sunset
We had figured that we'd be a lot more sanguine at this point about the departure, and ready to turn the page on our own antipathy. But it doesn't feel that way right now, and we're not going to fake it for show or to make nice. (The last time we did that, we recommended a book, and we have yet to hear the end of it.)
Give it a few days, and maybe we'll be able to process it all, and come away with some nice thing to say that feels authentic to us and that you can fill your pillows with. Or not. We suspect that you're not waiting with baited breath.
In the interim, enjoy what you want to.
11 comments:
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
- September 29, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I fake it so real, I am beyond fake....
- September 29, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- Ty said...
Cito's made me tear my hair out on an outrageous number of occasions this year and last, but he also helped create some of my all-time favourite baseball memories, so I can't be bitter on a night like this.
- September 29, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I'm kind of a bitter man anyhow. It's hard to turn that shit off. Especially when so many others around me are doing their best to keep a stick jammed in the "Bitter Switch" which prevents me from turning it off.
What can I say. It's a bad day. Your scribe needs a hug.
- September 29, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- Meredith said...
Oh Tao.
My last ever dig at your book review happened Sunday. Case closed forever.
- September 29, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- Chris said...
I appreciate everything the Manager has done for the Jays and all, but I'll be glad when Citopalooza finally comes to an end.
- September 29, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- Parker said...
We'll never know if the Jays would've won those back-to-back championships without Gaston, and we'll never know if Bautista would've broken the team home run record without Gaston.
One thing I DO know, however, is that I can't wait until he's gone. I never again want to see Brian Tallet pitch another medium-to-high-leverage inning, I never again want to see Travis Snider batting leadoff, and I never again want to see gifted young players benched so that impending free agents can reach meaningless milestones.
- September 29, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Shouldn't that be: "Enjoy to which you want?"
- September 30, 2010 at 12:24 AM
- William J. Tasker said...
Over the course of his career, Gaston was -10 on the Pythagorean win-loss record versus his actual record. That probably sums things up.
But he's a stand up guy and a real pro, so I hope he enjoys his retirement.
- September 30, 2010 at 7:28 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
@ Fake Wilner:
Should probably be "Enjoy what you will".
But what am I, a fucking writer genius boy?
- September 30, 2010 at 8:00 AM
Whoa, buddy. Not criticizing your writing here. If anything, just trying to poke a little fun at my man Wilner.
- September 30, 2010 at 1:04 PM


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Cy Dethan: Comics Writer.
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Cy Dethan is a British writer who began his comics career in 2006 on the Starship Troopers: Extinction Protocol strip for Mongoose Publishing.
In 2007, Cy was hand-picked to take over the reins of Markosia's flagship ongoing series, Starship Troopers. He has subsequently written several creator-owned titles for Markosia, including Slaughterman's Creed, The Indifference Engine and White Knuckle.
Cy's first creator-owned book, Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth, was a major independent hit and a sequel, Cancertown: Blasphemous Tumours, was released in November 2012.
Recently, he has joined the writing team of the Unseen Shadows transmedia project. Before turning to comics, Cy was an award-winning freelance copywriter and editor. Prior to that he was a professional magician and, quite frankly, he'd rather not talk about that…
Torsobear: Yarns From Toyburg Kickstarter
Torsobear: Yarns From Toyburg is currently live on Kickstarter, and includes Some Assembly Required by Cy Dethan and Peter Mason, as well as stories from an international creative team of over people.
Torsobear is violent noir set a world of fluffy children's toys who are thrown into a chilling cycle of murder, deceit and intrigue, where the horror of events stands in stark contrast to the bright and cheerful world in which they take place.
The toys of Toyburg blissfully enjoy their waking lives. Most will never encounter anything nasty. But when they sleep, all will experience the strange and sometimes disturbing violation of The Playtime. Sometimes, they remember.
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Heaven Fest IV is bolstering a top lineup –again– for its summer festival July 30, with Skillet, a hard-driving rock band, and KJ-52, a get-off-your-feet hip-hop artist, back on the bill.
Also secured for the fest are MercyMe, Jeremy Camp, Red, As I Lay Dying, Sanctus Real, Superchick, Transform DJS and Andy Hunter.
The festival features eight stages and more than 100 artists. The site is still being negotiated. Here's hoping it's back at the reservoir in Longmont.


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"Outstanding."—The New York Times
"Fast-paced, fair-minded, and fascinating, Tim Weiner's Enemies turns the long history of the FBI into a story that is as compelling, and important, as today's headlines."—Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Oath
"Absorbing . . . a sweeping narrative that is all the more entertaining because it is so redolent with screw-ups and scandals."—Los Angeles Times
"Fascinating."—The Wall Street Journal
"Pulitzer Prize–winning author Tim Weiner has written a riveting inside account of the FBI's secret machinations that goes so deep into the Bureau's skulduggery, readers will feel they are tapping the phones along with J. Edgar Hoover. This is a book that every American who cares about civil liberties should read."—Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side
"Important and disturbing . . . with all the verve and coherence of a good spy thriller."—The New York Times Book Review
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Boulder Ballet
Founded in 1982 by Barbara Demaree and Wanda Tierney, Boulder Ballet has grown to become Boulder County's major professional dance company and school. Each year, Boulder Ballet reaches thousands through performances at historic Macky Auditorium on the C.U. campus, historic Boulder Theater, the Dairy Center for the Arts (where Boulder Ballet is one of three original resident organizations), and on tour. In March of 2009, Boulder Ballet made its New York City debut at the Ballet Builders Showcase of New Choreography at the Dicapo Opera House.
Since 1989, Boulder Ballet has enjoyed a partnership with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra in presenting classical ballets complete with professional scenery, costumes, lighting designs, and casts of up to 100 dancers. Past full-scale productions have included Coppélia, Giselle, Carmen, Firebird, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the annual holiday tradition, The Nutcracker.
Past artistic directors include Milenko Banovich (formerly of Zagreb Ballet), Robin Haig (Royal Ballet), and John Prinz (American Ballet Theater). These artists, along with many virtuoso guest artists and teachers, have all contributed to Boulder Ballet's legacy.
Today Boulder Ballet is under the artistic direction of Ana Claire and Peter Davison. Combining decades of professional performing and teaching experience with a deep commitment to the Boulder community, Claire and Davison are uniquely qualified to lead Boulder Ballet into its next era. The current vision for Boulder Ballet builds on the accomplishments and knowledge gained through the company's twenty-six year history, and extends the possibilities of increased audiences and national attention by infusing the classical repertoire with original, theatrically driven ballets that are accessible to today's audiences.
Ticket sales make up only a small portion of the income necessary to support a professional ballet company. Corporate and individual donations, in-kind sponsorships, and grants enable Boulder Ballet to provide high quality ballet performances to the Boulder community and beyond. Boulder Ballet is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, and all contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law. If you are interested in contributing to Boulder Ballet or becoming a Community Partner,
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text: Some call it a work of art, while others call it just plain evil. We're talking about the $2 million sculpture of a blue mustang, named Mustang, that welcomes visitors to the Denver International Airport. The statue isn't the only thing that is creepy in the airport. Some have nicknamed it the "Illuminati airport" for all the odd murals that are also inside. Some of the murals are of dead children. Learn more about "Mustang" below.