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Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced
the latest release of the PANTHER?system database of protein families,
subfamilies, functions and pathways. Enhancements to the latest
version, Panther 5.0, include interactive resources for associating
protein families with their biological pathways, as well as new tools
for analyzing gene expression data in relation to molecular functions,
biological processes, and pathways. The PANTHER system database is
publicly available without restriction at
Today's announcement coincides with the publication of a peer-reviewed
paper describing the latest version of the PANTHER system database in
the January 2005 edition of Nucleic Acids Research. In conjunction with
this publication, PANTHER system will become part of the European
Bioinformatics Institute's InterPro database beginning in February,
which provides an integrated view of the most commonly used protein
databases through an intuitive interface for text- and sequence-based
"The PANTHER system provides scientists with a unique resource for gene
function prediction and analysis based on a combination of advanced
bioinformatics and manual data curation,?said Paul D. Thomas, Senior
Director of Computational Biology for Applied Biosystems, Primary
Investigator for the development of the PANTHER system, and lead author
of th
e paper. "The significant enhancements in the latest version
provide the scientific community with a wealth of freely available
information and tools to advance systems biology. We are honored that
the PANTHER system has been accepted as an InterPro member database and
look forward to working with the community to further advance this
resource.?The PANTHER system functional annotations of fruit fly genes have been
available for two years as part of an ongoing collaboration with
FlyBase. "The task of performing functional annotation of genomes is
challenging. Too often we rely simply on transitive annotation based on
a BLAST match. The PANTHER system offers a much more sophisticated
system for predicting gene function from sequence,?said Michael
Ashburner, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics at Cambridge University and a
founder and co-principle investigator of FlyBase. "Our collaboration
with the PANTHER system has been excellent and very informative for the
annotation of the Drosophila genome.?This week's release includes functional annotation information for
human, mouse and rat genes in addition to the Drosophila genes. The
PANTHER system database consists of a library of 6,683 protein
families, divided into 31,750 functional subfamilies, and covering
approximately 90% of mammalian protein coding genes. The Web-based
interface allows life scientists to browse or analyze large sets of
genes by their known or inferred biological functions and explore more
than 60 pathways associated with protein families, subfamilies, and
training sequences using diagrams drawn by expert curators.
The new PANTHER system Pathway Module is the result of an ongoing
collaboration with the Systems Biology Institute (SBI) in Tokyo, led by
Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, a founding member of the SBML (Systems Biology
Markup Language) Consortium. The CellDesigner software
(http://www.celldesigner.org) developed by Dr. Kitano's group was used
to draw all of the pathways available on the PANTHER system Web sit
which provides sufficient molecular detail of the pathway data for
systems biology applications. "We've gained enormously from this
collaboration, and we are pleased to be providing the results to the
scientific community. Dr. Kitano's 'process notation?is a key advance
for representing biological pathways in a way that is accessible not
only to bench biologists, but also to computational biologists. The
CellDesigner software immensely simplifies the task of capturing and
displaying detailed pathway data,?added Dr. Thomas.
"This collaboration has been a terrific experience that has provided us
with enormous feedback to improve the process notation and CellDesigner
software. This is the first time that such a large set of pathway
modules has been released with such detailed molecular information. We
are pleased to see that the process notation in CellDesigner has proved
to be scalable and practical,?said Dr. Kitano. "We congratulate the
PANTHER system team for the contribution to the scientific community.?"The PANTHER system supports an integrated approach to protein and mRNA
expression analysis with links to biological content, informatics
tools, and lab instrumentation to support systems biology research,?said Dennis A. Gilbert, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer for Applied
Biosystems. "Users can query the database using probe IDs from the
Applied Biosystems Expression Array System to further characterize a
gene of interest. Additionally, the PANTHER system workspace is
integrated with the Applied Biosystems e-commerce site so users can
order corresponding Applied Biosystems TaqMan® Gene Expression and SNP
Genotyping Assays for further experimentation.?For more information
about Panther 5.0 please visit http://panther.appliedbiosystems.com.
Source:Applied Biosystems Press Release
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2. Protein discovery could unlock the secret to better TB treatment
3. Researchers Uncover Key Step In Manufacture of Memory Protein
4. An HIV Protein Plays a Surprising Role in Gene Activation
5. Protein Packages Found To Activate Genes; May Be What Regulates Development And Disease
6. New SARS Protein Linked To Important Cell Doorway
7. The Shapes Of Life: NIGMS Project Yields More Than 1,000 Protein Structures
8. Duke Chemists Isolating Individual Molecules Of Toxic Protein In Alzheimers, Parkinsons Disease
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10. UF Researchers Map Bacterial Proteins That Cause Tooth Loss
11. Protein offers way to stop microscopic parasites in their tracks


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Many of you have asked for "tissue warnings" on my more emotional posts. This, my friends, is not one of those. Well, unless you're a happy crier, like me. If you are, then consider yourself warned.
Oh, and one other thing. It's long. I'm sorry about that. I tried to make it shorter, but I couldn't. I'd like to think it's worth the time.
In our school district, students in the fourth grade are invited to join the instrumental music program.
Brooke is a musical kid. Unlike her mom, she has damn near perfect pitch. Also unlike her mom, she sings like an angel.
Luau grew up playing the flute. Well. He also plays the piano, a little guitar and can essentially pick up anything that makes a sound and create music with it.
Throughout her childhood, he has quietly taught Katie to play just about anything too. They started with the piano. He didn't just teach her how to play it, he taught her to listen to it too so that, given enough time, she can now, like her Dad, figure out how to play just about any song by ear. Same for the flute, which he was thrilled was her instrument of choice when fourth grade came around.
We wanted Brooke to have the same opportunity. There was just something in the way that she sings and the way that she listens to music (loudly, from inside it), that compelled us to ensure that she had a chance to explore how it's made.
So we tried. We really, really tried. We had a music teacher (one who she already knew and loved) come to the house once a week. He brought anything in which she expressed an interest – a guitar, a violin, a recorder, a flute. He let her touch them and play (with) them. When she honed in on the violin, he tried to show her how to use a bow.
There were moments of magic. Moments when it looked like .. maybe .. just maybe .. but we finally had to acknowledge that it just wasn't working. She finally just shut down and we decided that pushing wasn't the answer.
Brooke is in fourth grade. At the beginning of the school year, the kids learned about the instrumental music program. They were encouraged to choose an instrument that appealed to them – that they would like to learn how to play. Somehow I hadn't considered that she would choose something, but she did.
Now, please come a little closer, because this next part isn't something that I want to say too loudly.
When I heard that Brooke had declared that she wanted to play the clarinet, I panicked.
I know, not cool. But the whole traveling instrument petting zoo just hadn't worked. And it had pretty spectacularly not worked. And that was one-on-one. At home. So how the hell was it going to work in school? In a band room full of discordant sounds – and Jesus, do you know how much my kid hates discord? There's a reason she tells me not to sing in front of her – off-key just ain't okay to her discerning ear. Have you heard fourth graders play a bunch of musical instruments? Together? All at once? Off-key doesn't even begin.
So I panicked.
But, see, when I did, I forgot something. Something really big. I forgot that if we believe in our kids – really, really, REALLY believe in our kids, that hard things – even really, really, REALLY hard things – are possible.
And I forgot something else. I forgot that the WE in this story isn't just us parents. I forgot that other people have skin in this game too. That, if we're really, really lucky, then other people have FAITH in our kids too and BELIEVE in what they can do and will be damned if anything will stand in the way of them being able to TRY.
But see, the cool thing about having a whole team of people who care about your kid is that even when you forget, they're still there carrying the flag. Kinda like a faith safety net. (This is when my friend Jeneil would pull out some scripture about faith safety nets and say something like, "Even when we forget, He doesn't.")
But well, that's what happened. While I was panicking, Brooke's aide, Ms J, was plotting.
She was talking to the music teacher and the instrumental teacher. She was making the team bigger. And the new teammates got together and decided that to make this work, Ms J would need a clarinet too. So they dug one up so that SHE could learn alongside Brooke so that she could help to teach her.
Can you imagine?
So to recap, while I was panicking, Ms J was believing.
Once she had it all in place, once she had worked out the logistics of what she BELIEVED was possible, she told us that Brooke wanted to learn to play the clarinet. And that she could.
I was overwhelmed with gratitude. Getting HER a clarinet? Who does that? But I was still afraid for my girl. A damned clarinet? For the love of Pete, why a clarinet? Have you ever tried to play one? She faces so much frustration every day, did it really makes sense to set her up for more?
But I didn't say any of it out loud. It was in motion and my girl wanted to try.
I thanked Ms J up and down. She didn't seem to understand why. I told her that I was grateful that she wasn't balking at the challenge. She said, "Jess, she's INTERESTED IN THIS. Why would I ever balk at something she's interested in?"
Yeah, she actually said that. I know.
So Luau too Brooke to the local music store and they rented a clarinet. As soon as they came home, she wanted to put it together and give it a try. Luau did his best to show her how it worked – where to put her mouth, how to hold her lips, how to breathe, where her hands needed to be (just to hold on, not play notes on it.)
I watched her body tense up. I wondered again if we were doing the right thing.
Coordination disorder. Profound motor planning challenges. Needs intensive fine and gross motor therapies.
This was the kid who was frozen solid on playground equipment. Who couldn't jump off a one-inch matt. Who couldn't hold a crayon when she was four.
A God damned clarinet?
I stayed quiet and watched.
She tried. She asked Luau for help. She made one small sound but couldn't replicate it. She grew more tense and more frustrated and more anxious. She yelled.
We told her that learning to play the clarinet would not be easy. That it would, in fact, be hard. Even really hard. But we reminded her that she can do hard things. Even really hard things.
We told her that it was time to put it away for the day and that she could try again at school.
I was afraid.
Yesterday, I had the following conversation with Ms J. For ease of reading, she'll be PINK and I'll be GREEN.
So proud of your daughter she made a sound with the clarinet. She said I can't do it I said yes you can try again. she tried again and then surprised herself when the sound came out. 😉
Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!! That's AWESOME!!!! Thank you SO much for encouraging her. I just .. Oh man. Thank you!!!!!!
Her being able to face and get through her fear made my day.
So beyond awesome!!!!!
I almost fell off the chair I was so proud lol
Ha!!! I would too. Was she psyched??
She WILL do this!!!! I have faith.
And that's why she will. Because you know she can.
Ya I think the sound startled her because I think she thought it wasnt going to happen. Then she smiled when I obnoxiously yelped and said "See I told you you could do it I'm so proud!"
We kept talking about it all day and how it might be tough but just like other things that were tough for her that she was able to accomplish she will do it.
That's so awesome. I can't wait to ask her about it tonight!!! Thank you x a million!!!!!
You don't have to thank me. I love watching her succeed. It is a pleasure to me. It makes everything worth it to see her accomplish things that others may not think she can.
I adore you, lady. She's a lucky lucky kid.
No, I'm the lucky one.
All right woman, you're already in the will, ok? Lol
I say that because I get to see her accomplish what she does. And I get to see the smile on her face when she does something she never thought she could do.
I know. And I say what I did because it's completely awesome that you treasure that. And because I thank God every day that you are there with her, believing in her and pushing her and loving her. EVERY DAY.
I have to tell you it is so hard sometimes controlling my emotions when she works on something so hard and then is able to do it. Sometimes I have to hold back tears I'm so proud. Lol I'm such a baby.
Nope. You're an awesome teacher taking pride in your joint accomplishment. That's the way it's supposed to be!!!
I'm so tempted to ask if I can share this whole damn conversation on my blog so that parents can see what's possible when the people in their kids lives believe in them. Cause it's just so friggin awesome. And I know so many people just don't have [people like you in their kid's lives]. Or believe that they (you!) exist.
I have to say she works WAY harder than I do.
She works harder than all of us!!!
You can.
Really??? You don't mind?? Cause I'd so love to do that.
You can. I don't mind. Cause it will give parents faith and sometimes you need that.
Yes!!!! Thank you!!!!
" … it will give parents faith and sometimes you need that."
I forgot.
She didn't.
The thing that sometimes, in the middle of the day-to-day, is easiest to lose. The thing that in the day-to-day, we really need the most.
Thank you, Ms J.
Thank you.
Ed note: This is why I advocate for Special Education funding. Because EVERY child should have a Ms J in their lives.

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Brightlingsea Branch of the Labour Party
Welcome to the Labour Party branch for residents of Brightlingsea, Alresford and Thorrington.
This page is here to keep you up to date with local meeting dates, campaign activities and policy proposals and developments – please bookmark this page and visit it regularly.
Local News & Activities
Branch Committee
Chair – Matt Cooke
Vice Chair – Bill Storey
Secretary – Sue Waltham
Treasurer – Vic Waltham
Womens Officer – Helena Nwaokolo
Political Education Officer – Stephen Foster-Pilkington
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Last Tuesday demonstrators clashed with Anaheim Police outside City Hall, cutting short a city council meeting over concerns of safety and security. The melee followed two-officer-involved shootings.
But at Thursday's special city council meeting it was a much quieter affair. The community was invited to weigh in on a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union calling on Anaheim to change how the city is represented.
"I urge this council to vote no as the racial makeup of the council is irrelevant and ever-changing," said Anaheim resident Sandra Day. "For example, it was only a few years ago that the complexion of the council was made up of two Hispanics."
The lawsuit filed by the ACLU says the city has failed to represent Latinos and is demanding the city be divided into eight council districts.
Mayor Tom Tait announced on Tuesday a district solution would be a better fit for Anaheim, but only with six districts. Even so, not everyone agrees how the city should resolve the issue.
"We all know that putting district elections on the ballot will now delay a viable solution, and by negotiating in court the city council can find a solution now," said union organizer Martin Lopez.
Next Wednesday, city council members will hold another special meeting at Anaheim High School. That is when city leaders are expected to vote on a measure to place district elections on the November ballot. But next week's meeting has ignited fears of more civil unrest, especially in a bigger venue like the high school.
"Opening it up to over a thousand people I think is just going to create more of a worse situation than what we have now," said Thomas Holguin, a former Anaheim Unified School District Trustee.
"We truly hope that you are not considering canceling next Wednesday's special council meeting by using some bogus fear factor. Because if you're afraid, you shouldn't be serving the people," said Joanne Sosa, Take Back Anaheim.


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"I love Chicago to death," local rapper Add-2 tells Fuse's Esteban Serrano. "But I hate it at the same time."
As usual, the Windy City is a major player on Chi-town native Add-2's latest album, Between Heaven and Hell. On the latest episode of The Mixdown, the "Runnin'" rapper talks about his complicated relationship with the city.
"'The Death of Chicago' is a very personal record for me," Add-2 says about the fourth song the album. "I hold that record close to me because I used to be a camp counselor and there was this kid I used to teach at a park. One day I was watching the news and they said some people got shot and killed. You get kinda numb to it, but it was actually this kid we used to teach named Tay Tay. He got shot.
"The song gave me a chance to try to get some sort of closure on [his death]. It's being honest about where Chicago is right now," he says. "I hope this version of Chicago dies."
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Johnny Bohannon & Kenneth Cleaver, Elders
Buildings (Inside)
The programs for the usage, appearance, and maintenance for the inside portions of our facilities include; activity scheduling, baptistry maintenance, pest control, and the cleaning, painting, and modifying of several thousand square yards of carpet, wall space, and floor/ceiling tile. Leadership and direction are provided for the entire custodial staff. This includes staff supervision, project priority scheduling, equipment purchasing and budgeting.
Buildings (Outside) / Grounds & Monitors – Andrew Falwell, Deacon
Our thirty-five acres of property must be mowed, fertilized, irrigated, graded and cleaned of debris. Landscape maintenance and improvements significantly enhance our grounds. The parking areas require sealing, repair, and appropriate markings. Staff selection and purchase/maintenance of equipment required to perform these services are their responsibility. They also oversee programs for roof maintenance, snow removal, and for monitoring of the grounds to provide for necessary guidance and security measures during our worship services. Members who enjoy working outdoors and enjoying the natural beauty provided by our Lord are needed in this service.
Mechanical/Electrical – John Miller
Preventive/repair maintenance to our mechanical/electrical/HVAC systems is a major responsibility. Twelve mechanical rooms incorporate sixteen air-handlers, eight condensing units, two boilers, a chiller, multiple pumping/piping stations, and an energy management system. These systems all require appropriate cleaning, lubrication, filtration, calibration, etc. A myriad of high intensity discharge, fluorescent, and incandescent lamps are replaced each year. Annual state certification of boilers, elevators, fire alarms, and security systems is required. Monitoring and controlling utility costs is of primary consideration. Selection of skilled staff in these areas is essential.
Sound Room and Radio – Brad Young, Deacon
The deacon in charge of this area selects and trains personnel to assist in operating the building sound systems. All sermons and auditorium classes are recorded and are available by completing a "sermon request card." Sunday morning and night services are also broadcast on local radio. Repairs and preventive maintenance are also performed on sound equipment. Service is also provided for special meetings, weddings, funerals and fellowship gatherings.


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Assessing the Cybersecurity of New or Existing IACS Systems (IC33E) Online
September 28| €2.475
Length: 7 weeks
CEU Credits: 1.4
Course Hours: Online Course – Refer to Syllabus
Certification of Completion: A Certificate of Completion indicating the total number of CEUs earned will be provided upon successful completion of the course.
Certificate Program: Part of the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certificate Program
Your course registration includes your registration for the exam.
- ISA's CyberU online instructor-led training courses offer the benefit of a high quality ISA training course with the added advantage of studying at your own pace in the office, at home, or while traveling.
- This online course utilizes online training modules, additional text materials, online evaluations, and e-mail discussions. Students will have access via email to an instructor and an opportunity to participate in live Q&A sessions with the instructor and other class participants.
- This CyberU course runs for seven (7) weeks. You will have access to six online modules for the modular sessions. Each module is between 20 to 90 minutes. Your course syllabus will guide you through the course modules and provide assignments and the schedule for the live Q&A sessions.
Assessing the Cybersecurity of New or Existing IACS Systems (IC33E) is an online course which will provide students with the information and skills to assess the cybersecurity of a new or existing IACS and to develop a cybersecurity requirements specification that can be used to document the cybersecurity requirements of the project. This course is a blended learning format which includes interactive, on-demand modules, weekly assignments and instructor call-in sessions. Modules include instructional content, interactive reviews, video lab demonstrations conducted by an ISA Cybersecurity instructor and assessments.
You will be able to:
- Discuss the need and importance for control system security
- Learn about current principles and best practices
- Understand the structure and content of the ISA 99 / IEC 62443 series of documents
- Discuss the principles behind the creating an effective long term program security
- Learn the basics of risk analysis, industrial networking and network security
- Understand the concepts of defense in depth and zones and conduits
- Learn how to apply key risk mitigation techniques such as anti-virus, patch management, firewalls and virtual private networks
- Learn how secure software development strategies can make systems inherently more secure
- Learn what is being done to validate or verify the security of systems
You will cover:
- Preparing for an Assessment
- Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment
- Conducting Vulnerability Assessments
- Cyber Risk Assessments
- Conducting Cyber Risk Assessments
- Documentation and Reporting
- And more…
You will be able to:
- Identify and document the scope of the IACS under assessment
- Specify, gather or generate the cybersecurity information required to perform the assessment
- Identify or discover cybersecurity vulnerabilities inherent in the IACS products or system design
- Organize and facilitate a cybersecurity risk assessment for an IACS
- Identify and evaluate realistic threat scenarios
- Identify gaps in existing policies, procedures and standards
- Establish and document security zones and conduits
- Prepare documentation of assessment results
Lab demonstrations: (Included in modules)
- Critiquing System Architecture Diagrams
- Asset Inventory
- Gap Assessment
- Windows Vulnerability Assessment
- Capturing Ethernet Traffic
- Port Scanning
- Windows Vulnerability Scanning
- Perform a High-Level Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
- Creating a Zone & Conduit Diagram
- Perform a Detailed Cyber Risk Assessment
- Risk Assessment Report
Who should attend:
- Control systems engineers and managers
- System Integrators
- IT engineers and managers industrial facilities
- IT corporate/security professionals
- Plant Safety and Risk Management
Recommended Pre-Requisite:
ISA Course IC32, IC32E or equivalent knowledge/experience.
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- On-demand modules with video lab demonstrations included
- Module 1: Preparing for an Assessment (Approx. 95 minutes)
- Module 2: Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment (Approx. 35 minutes)
- Module 3: Conducting Vulnerability Assessments (Approx. 102 minutes)
- Module 4: Cyber Risk Assessments (Approx. 69 minutes)
- Module 5: Conducting Cyber Risk Assessments (Approx. 80 minutes)
- Module 6: Documentation (Approx. 15 minutes)
- A viewable version of ISA standards for course reference
- ISA/IEC 62443-2 (draft version)
- ISA's Cybersecurity Assessment Challenge – a Jeopardy-style review game which can be used as a review for the certification exam (Free Add-On)
- Exam registration for ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Specialist
- Course Note Set and Syllabus
Not sure this particular course is for you?
A pre-instructional survey is available for you to evaluate your level of understanding of the course material and to show you the types of questions you'll be able to answer after completing the course.
Cost for ISA members: € 2.075,- (non-ISA members pay € 2.475,- ; ISA membership: € 125,-).
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Letter to the Minister of National Defence
On Wednesday, August 22, 2012, CAM sent the letter below to Peter McKay, Minister of National Defence, several members of parliament and members of the Inter-departmental Committee (IDC) expressing our concern about the structure of the Letter of Interest for Household Goods Moving Services.
The Honourable Peter MacKay
The Canadian Association of Movers (CAM) is the only trade association representing moving companies in Canada. CAM's membership is composed of moving companies, van lines, international movers (both in Canada and overseas), suppliers to the industry, and national and international trade associations. Our mission is to further the interests of owner-managed moving and storage companies.
On June 1, 2012 Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) invited interested parties to reply to a Letter of Interest (LOI) for Household Goods Moving Services for DND, RCMP and CRS personnel.
While it is the contractors – Atlas Van Lines, SIRVA Canada and United Van Lines – that contract with PWGSC and manage the program, it is their agents and members, members of the Canadian Association of Movers, that deliver the service.
With a few exceptions, this group is comprised of hundreds of small businesses across the country, each providing personalized, professional moving services in its local service area. Over the past 15 years, these movers have provided quality service to employees of the Government of Canada. These services have steadily increased in service satisfaction to your employees and improved service levels.
In order to achieve this, movers have been obliged to invest heavily to meet the summer spike in demand. And in return, movers receive a return on revenue between 3% and 4%, which is typical in the trucking industry.
The pricing and penalty system that is laid out in the LOI yields all the evils of any all-inclusive system. In theory, some movers would enjoy a windfall based on the services they don't have to provide on a specific move, and others a loss based on a broad range of services that they do have to provide. For the individual mover it becomes a gamble and with the industry's small margins, a series of moves of either kind could make or break a small business.
Further, with a high demand and a very short time frame in which to perform these moves, the proposed new penalty system could drive many movers out of business or encourage them to opt out of the system.
The LOI attempts to reduce complexity of the payment system, while in fact it is reducing compensation to the individual mover and increasing the movers' business risk. At the same time, it could be argued that the increased business risk incurred by the van lines and movers will be met with a higher price to offset penalties and unknown operational factors.
In conclusion, we invite the Inter-departmental Committee (IDC) to meet with the responsible members of the moving industry to effect changes in the LOI prior to its transition into a Request for Proposal. We strongly believe that the cost of this contract pales in comparison to the impact it has on the lives of Canada's military personnel, RCMP, government employees and their families.
Ted LeLacheur, President and CEO – Chairman, Canadian Association of Movers
Thomas (Tom) S. Finlay, Senior Vice President – Vice Chairman, Canadian Association of Movers
Perry Thorne, Sales Manager – Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Association of Movers
John Levi, President


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Program Description
Programme Profile
The two-year long Master's in International public and business administration Double Degree Programme MGIMO University and Macerata University (Italy) is designed to meet the needs of rising leaders in the public and private sector professions.
The programme provides on-campus training in political science, international trade and economics, as well as management, public administration and government relations. Approximately 20 students will be enrolled in the programme.
During the study, 1st year is spent at Macerata University, Italy. 3 months out of 9 are provided for an internship at one of Marche region's leading corporations.
The 2nd year of study is organized at MGIMO-University, where the students are taught the core courses of public and municipal administration for a semester and then have an internship at Russia's leading public and private sector agencies.
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Belgian will be dark horse for BMC Racing
BMC Racing lines up Sunday at the Tour of Flanders with a super-star squad loaded with potential winners, if not the weight of a disappointing start to the cobbles season. Alessandro Ballan won Flanders in 2007, while Philippe Gilbert and Thor Hushovd will be hogging the limelight as the team's top current-day stars.
Lost somewhat in the shuffle this year with the arrival of Gilbert and Hushovd is 26-year-old Greg Van Avermaet, who could well be one of the outsiders for victory for Sunday's Ronde.
A solid sprinter and budding classics specialist, Van Avermaet has been forced to step back with the arrival of the two superstars, but that's just fine with him.
Van Avermaet knows there is a lot to learn and that time is on his side.
His palmarès are impressive: in 2008, Van Avermaet won a stage and the points jersey in the Vuelta a España. He was fifth at the 2010 world championships and enjoyed a solid 2011 campaign, with a big win at Paris-Tours and top-10 finishes at the Clásica San Sebastián (3rd), Liège-Bastogne-Liège (7th) and Milan-San Remo (9th).
Since turning pro in 2007, Van Avermaet has made steady progress and many observers believe it's only a matter of time before he breaks out for a major win. With all eyes on Gilbert and Hushovd, this could well be the year.
So far this season, he was fifth at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and fifth again at Strade Bianche.
Van Avermaet was caught up in the nasty finish line crash at Ghent-Wevelgem last weekend, costing him a shot at the final sprint, but he's brushed that off and is ready for Sunday's Tour of Flanders.
VeloNews caught up with Van Avermaet earlier this year; here's what he had to say about Flanders, Gilbert and Hushovd, and why he gave up soccer for cycling:
VeloNews: The big news for BMC Racing is the arrival of Hushovd and Gilbert; that obviously moves you down a few rungs on the power charts. How are you dealing with that?
Van Avermaet: It certainly affects me, but it makes us a very strong team for the classics. Last year, we already had a good team for the classics, this year it makes us even better. It's a bit different. It would be stupid to say it's not. We have two new riders who have won a lot of classics. It's good for the team and also for me. I will not have the big pressure on me and I can learn a lot from those riders. I will work for them in the big races, but maybe I can have some luck for my own chances as well.
VN: So far in your career, you've had good results; you're still missing that big win. That's something you're still looking for, but it's not easy to get, is it?
GVA: No, it's not easy to get. For winning a big classic, it's not easy. I have been a few times close. I think my win last year from Paris-Tours was big for me. I take a lot of confidence out of that and it gave me a good end of season. Now I have to improve my level even more this year. I still have some time and maybe some day I can get that big win as well.
VN: What is the ideal scenario this year for you to win one of the big classics? It must be to win out of a small group?
GVA: I am quite fast in the finish, so for me, it's best scenario to have a small group of several riders going to the finish, and then I can beat them in the sprint. I am always getting better with the longer races. It will be good if it's going like this. We have to see. Every race, every classic is a bit different. I also have to have some luck and I think one day I can also win a big race.
VN: What is your favorite race or the race you would like to win most?
GVA: As a Belgian, I have to say Tour of Flanders. It's the race you know your whole life. You grow up watching it. You're looking forward to watching it. It's the most important race. Milan-San Remo and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, I also like. When it's a classic, it's ok for me.
VN: How many years now pro for you?
GVA: I have to think now… Well, this is the start of my sixth year.
VN: Of course it takes some years to get the strength and the experience to win a big race like Flanders …
GVA: That's true. For the classics, it's really important that you have done the races a lot of times. Every year you learn something else, especially in the positioning. In Flanders, the positioning is very important. Every year, you can make a better race. Now I am at a stage of my career, I am only 26, but I am gaining the experience when I can start to think of something else. I have already done Flanders quite a few times, since my first year as a professional.
VN: Where are you from in Belgium? Were you a cycling fan as a kid?
GVA: I am from Lokeren. It's not on the Flanders parcours, but very close. My family is quite cycling-minded. My two grandfathers were professional riders. One of them rode the Tour, the other rode on the same team as Fausto Coppi. My father was a professional for four years and he went to the Olympics. I really started quite late in cycling. I was 18 when I started. First, I was a football player and the love for cycling was too big and I changed sports.
VN: I read that you were quite a good goalie, but cycling proved too big of a draw?
GVA: I played goalkeeper for a long time. I also like football, because it's easier. I was not suffering so much. Cycling gives something special. I like cycling more, because you really have to work to reach a goal. You have to prepare yourself for races. In football, it was a bit more of a game.
VN: What do cyclists think when they see footballers writhing on the ground after a tackle when you guys crash on pavement and have to get right back into the race?
GVA: It hurts, too, in football. They are completely different. You cannot compare the two sports. But like in any sport, if you reach the highest level, it's hard. If you play with Barcelona, it's a very physical game at that level. You have to be talented, but also when you want to reach the highest level in football, you also have to be tough and be well prepared.
VN: You decided to leave football because you dreamed of winning Flanders?
GVA: Well, part of the reason was that I reached a certain point and I realized that I could not reach the highest level of football. At that point, I wanted to try something else. I think I made the right decision. My level in cycling is higher than it would have ever been in football. I would never have played with Real Madrid or Barcelona with football, but I am playing with the best cycling team in the world. That makes a lot of difference.
VN: What is your contract situation with this team?
GVA: I still have one more year left and we are talking for a few years more. I think it would be good to stay on this team. I am happy here.
VN: What does the Tour of Flanders mean to Belgian fans? Describe that scene from a riders' perspective?
GVA: It's such a big day. There is so much pressure, so many expectations for that day. The journalists get all excited about it. The fans are there, drinking their beer. We riders know we are going to suffer, but we are happy to do it. If there is one race to win, it's the Tour of Flanders. It's the most important race. Everybody is looking forward to this day. Even to the people who do not like sport or do not like cycling, they make a special day of it. That's a very special thing about the race.
VN: What is your take on the changes to the Flanders route and how do you think it's going to affect the race?
GVA: I think it's a pity. I really liked the old course. It was a good final. You could see every year that the best guy in Flanders won each time. Now they've changed it; we will have to race it and see what will happen. It can be difficult, because there are some roads [that are] really steep. There are only four or five guys who can pass easily, then guys behind can be in trouble, especially when it's in bad weather. We have to wait to race it before we can say whether it's good or not.
VN: The changes are permanent? Why do you think they changed it?
GVA: They will have this parcours at least for four years. I think they did it for the publicity. I think the guy who owns it thinks he can make more money out of it. I think a lot of riders think it should be the same as every year. Sometimes people who are deciding from higher up and the riders cannot say anything. All we can do is race it. We have nothing to say about it.
VN: What part of the race will be most decisive?
GVA: I think the final 30km will be harder. Now they've changed it, there are a lot of climbs, so I think it will be harder at the end of the race.


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A little over a year ago, I posted this item on PJW's old website (the name of which eludes me at this moment). As that website no longer exists, the only record of that post in my possession is an early draft which, somehow, fails to mention a couple of my key points, that being the fact that the eccentricity of Mercury's orbit around the sun creates a tremendously oscillatory solar gravitational force (essentially, massive "solar tides"), which ripped the tectonically dying (now tectonically dead) planet apart. It also included an attempt to calculate the sun's gravitational lock upon Mercury (I wound up flubbing the calculations, but the fact of Mercury's day being two-thirds of her year, as opposed to the Moon's day being identical to her year, clearly means that the sun's gravitational lock upon Mercury is 2/3 the Earth's gravitational lock upon the moon).
So, why is Mercury being ripped apart by the sun, when the moon isn't being ripped apart by the Earth? (Indeed, the moon has been in the process of escaping Earth's orbit (perhaps, eventually,to become an independent planet) ever since she was formed.) I accept the theory that the moon accreted from the ejecta of a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized planet, which means only the least dense crustal material would have remained in orbit rather than crashing back into Earth, meaning the moon was never tectonically active, and is, today, a unitary, solid body (essentially, a big puff-ball in the sky). (This further explains the moon's lack of mass relative to the smaller Mercury.) Thus, it has never had any layers to peel apart.
Anyways, the ideas promulgated in the materials included in the Prison Planet article:
would seem to support my theory concerning the sun's ability to wreck a planet.
Here's my original post:
Is There a Geologist in the House? (Science Question)
« on: March 02, 2010, 11:58:20 PM »
Earlier this evening I watched a show on National Geographic called "Journey to the edge of the Universe", in which was mentioned the fact that the planet Mercury, which is a ball of solid iron with a relatively thin coating of rock, was obviously the core of what had once been a much larger planet. The show said that Mercury must have collided with another planet to produce this result, but I posit an alternative theory: that, when the planet cooled to the point of tectonic death, its various layers separated, leaving the original crust and most of the mantle susceptible to being ripped apart by the immense solar tidal forces, and, eventually, torn off and pulled into the sun by solar gravitational attraction (in the manner of old plywood separating into its various layers).
(I draw my facts for the following discussion from this webpage:
Mercury has a volume of 0.056 Earths, and Mercury's enormous iron core is 0.42 Mercurys, whereas Earth's core is only 0.17 Earths.
This means Mercury's core is equal to 0.02352 Earths, or 0.1383529 Earth cores, and, if you take the math further (and assuming that Mercury's core was originally proportionally identical to Earth's relative to the total volume of the planet, which assumption I admit I can't defend, but I'm just looking for a ballpark figure), you find that the original planet must have had a volume equal to 0.17 Earths, (coincidentally,exactly the proportion of Earth's core to the total volume of the Earth (and, no, I didn't just get snagged by a tautology: I checked my math both conceptually and numerically, and that's really just the way it is!)). This further means, if my assumptions are correct, that Mercury lost 86.16471% of its volume, whatever the event that caused the volume loss (which did not, in turn, cause equivalent loss of mass, as Mercury, being smaller than Earth's moon, has, proportionally, more than twice the gravitational attraction (i.e., in absolute terms, more than twice the mass of the larger Moon).
What does anyone else think?
I'm not here advocating that Mercury was totally tectonically dead at the time of the major volume-loss event (which event I theorize took place over an immense period of time (and may, in fact, be continuing, too slowly for humans to have observed since we gained the capability to observe the planets)). In fact, evidence of lava flows on the current surface of Mercury conclusively proves quite the opposite. I'm only arguing that Mercury had cooled and solidified to an extent sufficient to cause the effect I described (and I have no idea what point that may be!). But, the omnipresence of impact craters confirm that the planet is currently tectonically dead.
And, as far as concerns the strength of solar tidal forces operating upon Mercury, I'm working out the math right now. This involves, not only the gravitational equation, but also angular momentum equations given Mercury's mean sidereal day cycle of three days per two years (as opposed to Earth's 365.25 days per year), combined with Mercury's short year relative to Earth's (88 Earth days).
I'm gonna have to get drunk to do that type of math correctly, and then re-check it while sober, so don't expect me to post it for some time (give me about 24 hours).
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Actually, all I have to do concerning the angular momentum equation is to use the ABSOLUTE rate of Mercury's rotation about her axis.
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New version of the royalty-free 3D graphics API used on virtually all smartphones and tablets adds advanced 3D features and integrated GPU computing
SAN FRANCISCO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 17, 2014 — The Khronos™ Group today announced the immediate release of the OpenGL® ES 3.1 specification, bringing significant functionality enhancements to the industry-leading, royalty-free 3D graphics API that is used on nearly all of the world's mobile devices. OpenGL ES 3.1 provides access to state-of-the-art graphics processing unit (GPU) functionality with portability across diverse mobile and embedded operating systems and platforms. The full specification and reference materials are available for immediate download at http://www.khronos.org/registry/gles/.
Registered members of the press are invited to the Khronos Press Conference when Khronos will be providing exclusive access to OpenGL ES 3.1 demonstrations, along with making significant additional announcements relating to OpenCL™ and WebCL™. The event takes place on Wednesday, March 19th at 10:00 AM at Moscone Center in the Khronos meeting room #262 on the South Mezzanine Level, near the press room. Please RSVP to email@example.com.
"OpenGL ES 3.1 provides the most desired features of desktop OpenGL 4.4 in a form suitable for mobile devices," said Tom Olson, chair of the OpenGL ES working group and Director of Graphics Research at ARM. "It provides developers with the ability to use cutting-edge graphics techniques on devices that are shipping today."
Key features of the OpenGL ES 3.1 specification include:
- Compute shaders – applications can use the GPU to perform general computing tasks, tightly coupled with graphics rendering. Compute shaders are written in the GLSL ES shading language, and can share data with the graphics pipeline;
- Separate shader objects – applications can program the vertex and fragment shader stages of the GPU independently, and can mix and match vertex and fragment programs without an explicit linking step;
- Indirect draw commands – the GPU can be instructed to take draw commands from its memory rather than waiting for commands from the CPU. For example, this allows a compute shader running on the GPU to perform a physics simulation and then generate the draw commands needed to display the results, without CPU intervention;
- Enhanced texturing functionality – including multisample textures, stencil textures, and texture gather;
- Shading language improvements – new arithmetic and bitfield operations, and features to enable modern styles of shader programming;
- Optional extensions – per-sample shading, advanced blending modes, and more;
- Backward compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 and 3.0 – programmers can add ES 3.1 functionality incrementally to working ES 2.0 and 3.0 applications.
"The OpenGL family of APIs including OpenGL ES, OpenGL and WebGL have proven themselves as the foundation for 3D graphics on mobile devices, PCs and the Web – this OpenGL ES release is yet another graphical milestone that will enable billions of users to experience new levels of realism and interactivity on pervasive, mainstream devices," said Neil Trevett, president of the Khronos Group and vice president of mobile ecosystem at NVIDIA.
Developer Session at GDC 2014 – "OpenGL ES 3.1: A Developers Overview"
Attendees at the San Francisco Game Developer Conference are invited to attend the Khronos DevU session "OpenGL ES 3.1: A Developers Overview" taking place at 5:00pm on Wednesday, March 19th in the Khronos private meeting room (#262 on the South Mezzanine Level). Space is limited and is available on a first-come first served basis. Other Khronos API DevU sessions are also available, for a full listing see: http://bit.ly/gdc2014.
"The certain future of graphics is mobile and with multiple advanced features the Khronos OpenGL ES 3.1 specification takes a significant step forward for mobile and embedded graphics; bringing mobile platforms closer in line with performance and feature set expectations of the very capable desktops and consoles of years past," said Jon Peddie, president of JPR. "The widespread adoption by semiconductor manufacturers and developers has made OpenGL ES the technology of choice for mobile application development."
Industry Support
The OpenGL ES 3.1 specification is the result of significant and thoughtful input from the Khronos OpenGL ES Working Group.
"Mobile handset manufacturers and software developers are competing
in an increasingly fierce market and features such as high-performance
graphics make a huge difference in building customer engagement and
satisfaction," said Jem Davies, Vice President of Technology at ARM.
"Khronos has an important role in creating industry-wide standards and
ARM, as a promoter member, is playing an active role in its OpenGL ES
working group. Historically, ARM has led the way in the development of
mobile APIs on ARM Mali™ GPUs and we believe OpenGL ES 3.1 is a tangible
step forward allowing developers to take full advantage of the graphics
features in the OpenGL standard while maintaining the efficiency
required to deliver these features to mobile users worldwide."