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Chip sales upgrade from terrible to bad
Still down from 2008
Global semiconductor sales have improved from terrible to bad in the third quarter, as the industry continues to recover from its massive slide a year ago.
Chip sales in Q3 jumped 19.7 per cent to $61.9bn compared to the second quarter when sales were $51.7bn, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. But Q3 sales were also 10.1 per cent lower than the $68.9bn reported in the same period last year.
Similarly, chip sales in September grew 8.2 per cent sequentially to $20.1bn, but dropped 10 per cent compared to 2008, SIA said.
SIA President George Scalise called the Q3's results "above expectations" and called September's sequential rise "in line with historical patterns" for increased demand as customers build up supply for the holiday season.
He noted unit sales of personal computer and cell phones, which are two of the largest driver demands for semiconductors, continue to run ahead of earlier forecasts. The badly beaten market for industrial application chips also show signs of recovery.
"Amid signs that we are in the early stages of recovery in the global economy, semiconductor sales continue to reflect normal seasonal patterns. Sales are running well ahead of the worst-case scenarios projected early in the year, and we are optimistic that total sales for 2009 will be better than our mid-year forecast," Scalise said.
Europe had the largest drop in September compared to last year with a 24.8 per cent decline in sales. Japan saw a 14.9 per cent drop year-over-year, while September chip sales in the Americas actually increased 7.8 per cent.
Last year, semiconductor sales fell for the first time since the dot com bubble burst in 2001. The beginning of this year was brutal on the industry as well — but recent months have shown steady sequential improvement. ®


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Wedding_Invitations needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
2 winners were selected from 70 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
New and Blue
New and Blue is a boutique in Portland, Oregon that specializes in selling high-end wedding invitations. We love Letterpress, eco-friendly, and unique wedding invites.
Brides and Grooms - Mid 20's - 30's.
Our website specializes in selling affordable wedding invitattions but our boutique specilalizes in exquisite papers and unique printing processes. We need a fantastic follow-up postcard for our boutique (Preferably 5X7) that we can mail to potential clients after they have signed up to be contacted at local trade shows.
Postcard size = 5X7
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The postcard should display photos of unique wedding invitations and be dsigned in InDesign (1st choice CS4, or CS3) or Illustrator. We want to receive INDD files in case we need to make small modifications.

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TOHOKU, Japan (AP) — Two years after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 19,000 in Japan, residents of coastal towns flattened by the wall of water are still trying to recover.
The slow pace of reconstruction is taking a psychological toll on survivors, while radiation from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant adds to the anxiety. About 160,000 people were displaced by the nuclear disaster, and even some areas outside the 20-kilometer (12-mile) zone that initially was completely off-limits are too contaminated to be cleaned up in the foreseeable future.
It remains unclear how many people will eventually return to their homes, given fears over potential risks from the radiation and the lack of jobs.
The second anniversary of the disaster is Monday, March 11.
Here's a gallery of images that illustrate the day the tsunami hit and aftermath.


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French president visits hospitalized first lady
PARIS (AP) — President Francois Hollande has visited France's first lady for the first time since she was hospitalized late last week after a gossip magazine reported he was having an affair with an actress.
An official at the presidential palace said Friday that Hollande visited Valerie Trierweiler the previous evening.
The 48-year-old journalist was admitted a week ago to Paris' Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital for rest. His office said she had experienced a "crisis of nerves" upon learning of the report in Closer magazine last week that the 59-year-old president has been having an affair with Julie Gayet, 41.
Patrice Biancone, a spokesman for Trierweiler, told The Associated Press on Thursday that her condition was improving, and that until then only one person from her family — a son — had visited her.
In its initial report on the matter, Closer published photos that it said show Hollande, wearing a motorcycle helmet with darkened visor, was sneaking into an apartment near the presidential palace to meet Gayet. Gayet is suing the magazine, accusing it of invasion of privacy.
The report dented a tradition among French media of ignoring the private lives of public figures.
At a previously planned news conference Tuesday, Hollande acknowledged "painful moments" in his relationship with Trierweiler, with whom he has lived since 2007. They are not married.
Hollande refused to go into any more detail, saying only that the question of who the first lady is would be clarified before he leaves next month for a state visit in the United States that she'd been expected to attend.
Europe-1 radio reported Thursday night that Gayet told the radio station by telephone that rumors she is pregnant are untrue. Gayet has not spoken publicly about the matter, and her agent and lawyer have declined to comment on her private life.
Associated Press writer Angela Charlton contributed to this report.


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Using 1e Modules for 4e: Treasure
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Back in the 1e days, treasure was important. The amount of treasure you hauled off gave you XP. And you needed it. A magic user needed 2500 Xp just to get to level 2 so he could get one more spell . You were not going to earn that XP by killing kobolds all day with a stick. In addition, there were training cost and you were really allowed only to advance one level per adventure, having any XP left over putting you 1 away from the next level!
Not that every group followed these instructions, but any rule you ignored would make a module seem unbalanced or a Monty Haul.
Fortunately, 3e and 4e took that aspect of the game away and gave you more XP for killing the monsters and beating encounters. never the less, if you read the current module in your hand now, the treasure is going to make your eyes pop. Even worse, 4e has kind of made money superfluous in order to make the economy workable (unlike 3e broken economy). Unless your 4e players have something they can spend money on, they are unlikely to care what gold they have and instead covet magic items.
Nevertheless, PC's will want some sort of reward for putting their butts on the line, so the speak.
Using Parcels: One way to accomplish this is to simply ignore the treasure in the module and use parcels. But this takes way from the flavor of the module. If I took out all of the unique treasure in Hidden Shrine of Tamachan, it becomes kind of dull.
Using treasure as written you could use the treasure as written, and in some modules, that is all that is needed. An orc with 1-6 gold on his person won't break the game. Finding anything under 250gpv is usually okay. When we start talking 500 gp plus, we being to see problems. In addition, Platinum in 1e is only 5gp while in 4e it is much more, so you want to avoid that as much as possible. And what the hell is an electrum piece?
Dividing Treasure value by 10 This is a common thing I do for many 3e and 1e conversions. I simply divide the treasure by 10, so a 100gp items is now 10gp. It controls the treasure out take. The unfortunate result is the PC's might ignore the small trinkets of treasure and thereby, avoid getting any monetary treasure at all.
Magic items: Many old gamers will always tell the 1e tale of "getting a +1 magic sword was big deal" . In some cases, it was. Some monsters could not be harmed without a magic weapon and most characters, unless they had a magic weapon, could not output more damage than they did at first level. A magic sword was not cheap; about 2000gp for a +1 weapon. Getting your AC to 0 was no easy task either. You need +1 Platemail and a +1 Shield to get that AC 0, and if you were lucky, a +1 ring of protection to get a -1 AC if you didn't have a high dexterity. And that was just for the fighter.
Many modules have different ideas about how much treasure in magic items should be distributed. Some have outrageous amounts of magic, while others are few or very powerful. Some are used by the monsters while others are locked in the chest the monster guards, where as they could have been very useful to the monster. 1e did not consider these factors, and it wasn't until 4e did we see a removal of random treasure to placed treasure. In all defense of the random aspect, sometimes players and DM's don't know what is going to be useful and the placing of items on purpose tends to make the same items come up all the time. In addition, a +1 sword in 4e, while useful in the beginning, quickly loses its usefulness later on.
When dealing with treasure as magic items you should follow these set guidelines:
Magical Treasure is Common In 4e, there is no way to get around it, magic is here to stay. Unless you run with the inherent bonuses, your players are going to need magic items. Nothing says you have to play this way but nothing slows down a fight than a PC that can't hit. In addition, magic is pretty cheap compared to 1e and 3e. Short of changing your dynamic in the game, you will be seeing PC's defined not only by powers but by magic items.
Magical treasure is for the Players: It is there reward for banging the heads of monsters. Unless the item is a macgruffin, it is usually not being used by the monsters. On occasion, you might have a bad-ass foe using a weapon that some player will covet, especially if it starts kicking his butt.
Magical treasure is useful: Defining what is useful can be tricky. What was useful in 1e is not so much in the mechanics of 4e. What you can assume is that an implement meant for a Monk is not very useful to a party that can't use a Ki Focus. 4e has placed a ritual to transfer magical properties of one item to another but the ritual is limited on level of player and item. Since all the good stuff is of higher level than the character (usually) then it starts to fall into the "not useful" category.
Interpreting Magic items in 1e Modules
Now that we are aware what magic items are used for, we can try and to find solutions on how to transfer 1e magic to 4e magic. Levels of the items should be determine by the + or level of part. So a +2 sword is alevel 6 item, a Wand of Magic missiles should be a +2 wand of Magic Missiles [Level 7] if the party is level 4 or higher, etc.
Scrolls are In/Out In a quick game, you can basically ignore the treasure of scrolls. If you are adventurous, you can make the scrolls into one time magic items that can be used by primal, divine, and arcane power users. Using the previous mechanics on monsters using scrolls, you can apply it to PC's. Anything that would be used outside the combat arena would be a ritual. I would use a Level of spell +4 to determine the attack roll of the spell; so a 3rd level fireball scroll would be +7 vs reflex for 2d8+3 daamge (with a area of 3). I would be wary of this as in some modules, a scroll can have a quite a few spells, since they were a keen source of spells for magicusers.
Wands I would treat wands as Masters wands of appropriate spell.
Staffs, Rods, Orbs, other implements These items should be level appropriate and their properties discovered after a extended rest. have the PC's choose based on level appropriateness.
Potions Potions were more useful in earlier additions to the game. If you find the appropriate equivalent of a potion, use that, otherwise, you can use the spell conversions listed in the first post. Potions should last only for a turn.
Armor and Weapons Later editions of D&D had more elaborate types of weapons and armor you could choose from. Not so much in 1e. I would use the armor and weapon + to determine the initial type of item, then after the adventure or extended rest, have the player choose the property of the item. So if they find a +2 sword, they will choose from a level 6 to level 10 item of +2 weapons.
Magical Shields There are no AC increasing magical shields in 4e. Any monster wielding one should be ignored, you don't have time to figure out what kind of shield it is. Players should choose any found shield based on its +; +1 is level 1-5; +2 is Level 6-10, etc.
Miscellaneous Item Ignore any creature with an item. Any found treasure should be the equivalent to the item in 4e at the appropriate level, discovered after a extended rest. Cloaks, amulets, rings, boots, belts, bracers, gloves, headbands, helms, etc should be used from the proper categories of slot items. Rings should be ignored unless the party is higher level.


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To open Nokia World 2013 in Abu Dhabi, former CEO Stephen Elop unveiled Nokia's first tablet alongside several new handsets. Rumors had been building that some bigger Lumias were coming, with Windows Phone Update 3 including support for 1080p phones, and fuzzy pictures of increasingly larger handsets being leaked. Looking over the lineup and specifications, there's a lot to like in the new Lumias.
I like the new Asha phones the most. The Lumias are just more of the same, and still limited not by hardware, but by software.
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"The KDE Community is happy to release the fourth Beta for KDE 4.0. This Beta aimed at further polishing of the KDE codebase and we would love to start receiving feedback from testers. As KDE has largely has been in bugfix mode, this latest Beta aims to encourage testers to have a look at it to help us find and solve the remaining problems and bugs. Besides the stabilization of the codebase, some minor features have been added, including but not limited to much work on Plasma, the KDE 4 desktop shell. Sebastian Kugler notes: 'The improvements have been huge, and plasma is much closer to what it needs to be before the release. I am confident we will be able to finish it and present a very usable plasma to our userbase with KDE 4.0. We will then be able to extend on that and present truly innovative desktop interfaces throughout the KDE 4 lifecycle.'"


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P.K. Subban files for arbitration
That big, fat contract P.K. Subban is in search of? He might have to wait a little bit longer.
Much like two off-seasons ago, it appears negotiations between the Montreal Canadiens and their star defenceman have hit a speed bump. Subban heads a list of 20 NHLers who filed for arbitration.
The 25-year-old skipped training camp and the first four games of the lockout-shortened 2013 season due to a contract dispute. He ended up signing a two-year deal and scored 38 points in 42 games en route to winning the Norris Trophy.
It may not come to that this time around. Filing for arbitration ensures Subban will be present at training camp and prevents other teams from submitting offer sheets.
Arbitration hearings will also be conducted July 20-Aug. 4, giving both sides time to hammer out a deal. If the process plays out, they may be forced to sign a one or two-year deal. Subban has two years left of restricted free agent status.
The largest ever contract awarded via arbitration was $7.5 million deal in 2011 to Nashville Predators defenceman Shea Weber. Subban
Other significant players to file were Cody Franson and James Reimer of the Toronto Maple Leafs; Lars Eller of Montreal; and Derrick Brassard, Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello of the New York Rangers.


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One thing that has become clear from the recent election is that traditional outlets for reaching conservatives are not delivering what they used to deliver. The chart below shows the shift in viewership for "The O'Reilly Factor" since last October. The decline in total ratings was a .75, but for the core audience of conservative viewers (from Rentrak's Political Segmentation Schema), the decline was even greater — a 1.6 rating drop. Ratings stabilized in January, but are still way off their pre-election high.
"Hannity" shows the same pattern. Total ratings are down by .9 and the rating among core conservative viewers was down by around double — at a 1.8 decrease.
Of course, just because conservatives are not watching the tried and true the way they used to does not mean they can't be captured on TV. The chart below shows this for a sample of networks where large concentrations of conservatives can be found.
Unfortunately, the Republicans stuck to an old style type-buying pattern, using traditional demographics and sticking to a limited number of networks. Obama for America used a privacy-protected matching process to align their key segments with Rentrak viewer data. This enabled them to buy much deeper, going to around 60 networks. Rentrak went to the Republican side and made the same offer. We were turned down. The results were much more narrow with traditional buys going only 18 networks deep.
Marketers have often talked about fragmentation with traditional targets. Obama for America was smart enough to see it happening in the political arena. It's up to the Republicans now to recognize the reality of political fragmentation or remain in the marketing world of 2004.
In case you don't know, I am Bruce Goerlich, Chief Research Officer at Rentrak, the global standard in movie measurement and your TV Everywhere measurement and research company. I have been in the research end of the marketing business for more than 30 years primarily on the ad agency side, with my last stint prior to Rentrak in the role of President, Strategic Resources Zenith Optimedia North America. Somewhere along the way I morphed from young Turk to old fogey. Now that I have grey hair and am horizontally-challenged, I can speak with some authority on advertising and research issues – which I will do from time-to-time on this blog.


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Videogames Reach for the Cloud
For decades, consumers have played videogames in arcades, on personal computers or specialized consoles hooked to televisions. Sony Corp. is placing a bet on a different approach — technology that streams games to Internet-connected devices.
Last week, the Japanese electronics maker announced a $380 million deal to acquire Gaikai Inc., a company that runs games on servers in its data centers. The technology lets gamers play fast-action, visually sophisticated titles through a Web browser — without the need to install specialized game software or buy hardware with special graphics circuitry. Players can use laptops, tablets, smartphones or even some TVs.


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2009 • Volume 1, Number 3
In this issue:
OPINIONQuantitative Imaging Speaks Volumes about Biomarker
Response By P. DAVID MOZLEY, MD, and
TECHNIQUES MR-Based Functional
Assessment of Tumors: Challenges and Opportunities By EDWARD F. JACKSON, PhD
ONRSNA 2009: Quantitative Imaging/Imaging
BIOMARKERS IN THE LITERATURE PubMed
Search on Imaging and Treatment Response in Oncology
Quantitative Imaging
Speaks Volumes about Biomarker Response
By P. DAVID MOZLEY, MD, and ANDREW J. BUCKLER,
Because all stakeholders are seeking
the most sensitive biomarkers for response, quantitative imaging is almost
completely aligned with the needs of both biopharmaceutical companies and
individual patients.
For a patient in an ordinary medical
setting, beginning a new therapy is analogous to starting a personal clinical
trial. Patients want to know as soon as possible whether a new treatment is
working, and if not, they want to search for alternatives as soon as possible.
Although informed patients understand that almost no treatment is without risks,
they don't want to endure those risks longer than necessary if the therapy is not
working. Bottom line: No one wants to waste time, effort, and money on
ineffective treatments.
Biopharmaceutical enterprises view
clinical trials of products in much the same way. Like patients, those companies
want their products to alleviate suffering, succeed, and produce a return on
investment. Sensitive biomarkers for response allow industry to reduce the number
of patients required to test new products as well as decrease the time patients
remain in the study. The net effect would increase the number of new treatments
for unmet medical needs.
Quantification Underutilized
in Oncology Although quantification is routinely used in medical
imaging to make critical decisions about a number of major health problems, it
has often been rather rudimentary in oncology. This is ironic, because
innovations in instrumentation and signal processing have long made it possible
to visualize large portions of many whole-body tumors with exquisite
Consider the case below. The
original Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) analysis suggested
that the patient remain in a prolonged state of stable disease; consequently, the
subject added little of the analytical power needed to distinguish between the
two arms of the trial. In retrospect, volumetric image analysis suggests that
this patient had an initial response to treatment but could have switched
therapies several months before changes in unidimensional line lengths met
criteria for progressive disease. All stakeholders lose when there is a delay in
diagnosing progressive disease.
CT scans were
acquired every 6 weeks in a patient with lung cancer enrolled in a trial of a
novel drug or placebo plus the standard of care. RECIST line lengths were placed
by radiologists working for a central laboratory. Tumor volumes were measured by
another image analysis laboratory.
In the top panel, all values are
normalized for the measurements at baseline immediately prior to the initiation
of treatment. RECIST suggests the patient remained in a state of stable disease
for the duration of the trial.
In the bottom panel, all values are
normalized for the smallest measurement that preceded the time point, referred to
as the "prior nadir." All negative values reflect a decrease in size, while all
positive values represent an increase in size. An increase in 20% from the prior
nadir is categorized as progressive disease. This patient showed clinical signs
of progression before the longest diameters ever reached RECIST threshold values
for progressive disease. In contrast, volumetric image analysis revealed clear
signs of progression more than 5 months before the patient came off the
QIBA Advances Quantitative
Imaging in Oncology
QIBA is one of the few places where imaging device manufacturers, software
developers, academicians, officers in regulatory agencies, representatives of
biopharmaceutical enterprises, and other stakeholders can collaborate to create
strategies for advancing quantitative imaging in oncology.
The QIBA Volumetric CT Technical
Committee has now produced a systematic research program to determine whether
volumetric image analysis is practical, reproducible, and valuable to all of the
stakeholders. So far, results have been extremely encouraging. Delivering more
sensitive biomarkers for responses to treatments for cancer will be a win-win for
everyone involved.
P. David Mozley,
MD, is a senior director of clinical research for Merck Research Laboratories and
represents the Extended PhRMA Imaging Group on the QIBA Quantitative CT
Committee. Andrew J. Buckler, MS, is an imaging analytics specialist who has
worked in the medical device manufacturing sector for more than 20 years. Dr.
Mozley and Mr. Buckler co-chair the QIBA Quantitative CT Committee along with Dr.
Lawrence Schwartz.
MR-Based Functional
Assessment of Tumors: Challenges and Opportunities
By EDWARD
F. JACKSON, PhD
One key advantage of MR is the wide
range of intrinsic tissue properties that can be assessed by the appropriate
choice of parameters defining the associated measurement technique.
In neuroimaging applications, for
example, routine MR imaging provides a qualitative means of assessing the
breakdown of the blood brain barrier as reflected by the extent of gadolinium
contrast agent extravasation (T1-weighted sequences), the extent of vasogenic
edema (T2-weighted and T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery
sequences), the presence of blood products such as hemosiderin, methemoglobin
(T1-weighted and T2* susceptibility-weighted images), and the ability to assess
brain atrophy and regional white/gray matter abnormalities (using proton
density-weighted and/or magnetization prepared gradient-echo
Neurovascular anatomy can be
evaluated with or without the injection of exogenous contrast agents (using
time-of-flight and/or phase-contrast MR angiography techniques). Such
wide-ranging contrast mechanisms and acquisition techniques have frequently led
to MR as the modality of choice for soft tissue neuroimaging. Recent improvements
in acquisition rates and contrast agent-enhanced MR angiographic techniques have
expanded such applications throughout the body.
Use of Functional MR
Measures Increasing
In addition to such morphological, qualitative assessments, there is increasing
interest in MR-based assessments of the functional status of tissue.
A partial, but not comprehensive,
list of such functional MR measures includes those used to detect changes in
cellular volume/density due to disease process or response to therapy as
reflected by the degree of restriction of water diffusion (diffusion-weighted MR
imaging); changes in the microvascular environment (microvascular volume, flow,
and permeability assessment using dynamic contrast-enhanced and/or dynamic
susceptibility change MR imaging); and biochemical changes (in vivo MR
Such functional measures are now
being used as secondary or exploratory endpoints in several Phase I/II clinical
trials of targeted therapies or combinations of such therapies with conventional
treatment regimens [1-3].
However, to fully realize the power
of such a broad range of anatomical and functional techniques and to use them in
a quantitative manner in clinical trials-and ultimately in
clinical patient management-several challenges must be
overcome, including:
1) Characterization of the sources
of bias and variance and mitigation of such effects at the instrument,
acquisition protocol, and data analysis levels.
2) Standardization, or at least harmonization, of signal response for a given
protocol across instruments from a single vendor and, ultimately, across
instruments from multiple vendors.
3) Standardization of acquisition and processing protocols used to obtain
quantitative anatomical and/or functional measures.
4) Validation of such quantitative measures using accepted outcome-based
comparison measures.
Various groups are now addressing
each of these areas.
Finally, the RSNA Imaging Biomarker Roundtable,
comprising representatives from these and other groups, seeks to harmonize and
enhance each of these efforts. The RSNA Toward Quantitative Imaging (TQI)
initiative, which offered education exhibits at RSNA 2009, aims to educate
radiologists and other physicians about the challenges and potential rewards of
quantitative imaging.
Other groups-too
many to mention by name-are also involved in many of these
efforts or are poised to become involved.
There are many challenges facing
MR-based quantitative imaging biomarkers-some of them
considerable. However, given the broad range of anatomical and functional
information potentially available in a quantitative fashion using such
techniques, the potential rewards are clearly sufficient to continue and,
hopefully, accelerate our efforts to address such challenges.
References: [1]
Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging as an Imaging Biomarker. J
Clin Oncol 2006 July; 24:3293-98. Hylton N.
Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers in the Clinical Development of Targeted
Therapeutics: Current and Future Perspectives. Lancet Oncol 2008 August;
9:766-76. O'Connor J.P., et al.
Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Cancer Biomarker: Consensus
and Recommendations. Neoplasia 2009 February; 11:102-25. Padhani A.R., et
Edward F. Jackson,
PhD, is section chief for MR and ultrasound physics and professor and deputy
chair of the Department of Imaging Physics at the University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He is co-chair of the QIBA Quantitative MR
Committee, a member of the RSNA TQI Steering Committee, chair of the ISMRM Ad Hoc
Committee on Standards for Quantitative MR, and chair of the AAPM Working Group
on Standards for Quantitative MR Measures.
RSNA 2009: Quantitative
Imaging/Imaging Biomarkers
Quantitative imaging and imaging
biomarkers were well represented at RSNA 2009.
At an open informational meeting
held November 30, RSNA Science Advisor Daniel C. Sullivan, MD, offered an
overview of imaging biomarkers and the QIBA process. The meeting marked the 2
year anniversary of an RSNA 2007 meeting of quantitative imaging
Since then, the Quantitative Imaging
Biomarkers Alliance-comprising representatives from the
pharmaceutical industry, imaging equipment manufacturers, imaging informatics
companies, government agencies, imaging societies, the clinical community and
RSNA leadership-has progressed from discussion to action. The
QIBA Committees and the Uniform Protocols for Imaging in Clinical Trials (UPICT)
subgroup of the CTSA Imaging Working Group reported on the past year's
The QIBA Committees noted their
experimental groundwork with phantoms and human data as well as the development
of documentation in the form of QIBA Profiles. The UPICT subgroup has developed a
template for a uniform imaging protocol and is engaged in extracting and
reviewing proffered protocols into the UPICT template.
Lakeside Learning Center at
RSNA 2009 On the exhibit floor at the RSNA annual meeting, the
QIBA Committees and UPICT presented educational posters and held Meet the Expert
sessions and question/answer segments throughout the week.
The Toward Quantitative Imaging:
Reading Room of the Future area focused on quantitative imaging and
analysis. An educational showcase offered visual and experiential exposure to
quantitative imaging and biomarkers through 15 exhibitor products integrating
quantitative analysis into the image interpretation process. The Reading Room
of the Future also featured hands-on exhibits and informational posters,
computer-based demonstrations, and Meet the Expert presentations throughout the
In his December 1 Annual Oration in
Diagnostic Radiology (see Daily
Bulletin article), Dr Sullivan emphasized the importance of extracting
quantitative information from scans and noted that quantification is attainable
with current imaging modalities. He also highlighted the work of RSNA initiatives
such as QIBA, the Imaging
Biomarkers Roundtable and Toward Quantitative Imaging that
aid the transition toward quantitative imaging.
PubMed Search on Imaging
and Treatment Response in Oncology
Each issue of QIBA
Quarterly will feature a link to a dynamic search in PubMed, the National
Library of Medicine's interface to its MEDLINE database.
Click here to view a PubMed search on imaging and treatment response in
Take advantage of the My NCBI
feature of PubMed that allows you to save searches and results and includes an
option to automatically update and e-mail search results from your saved
My NCBI includes additional features for highlighting search terms, storing
an e-mail address, filtering search results and setting LinkOut, a document
delivery service.
Improve the value and practicality of
quantitative imaging biomarkers by reducing variability across devices,
patients and time.
Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers
Alliance (QIBA)
QIBA Wiki
Contact usComments &
suggestions welcome
Daniel C. Sullivan,
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I'm not dead yet
People have asked why I am absent.
I have no real reason why I haven't written much this year (these last years); I don't think I have the blog bug any longer.
Lots of changes in my life, too many to list here, but for an overview:
- Beginning 1Sep I've been relocated to Maryland, ~157 miles from home. My somewhat famous long-distance-commute has gotten worse. I had plans to spend time with a friend who had a spare room, but after spending but one night there, I came home with so.much.pet.dander that my much-better-half and youngest son spent over 24 hours sneezing (friend has 2 cats, 1 dog). Since then I've been living in hotels - so far a different one each week - Mon-Fri. It sucks, but it could be far worse.
On the upside, my commute now puts me back on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, at least 2x/week, meaning for now my nom de plume is once again more accurate.
- Last month I spoke of a prospective employer making me a verbal offer, then delaying the formal offer due to upper-management. In the proceeding weeks the story went like this: upper-management kicked out the offer, as they indicated the hiring manager offered me too much in salary. The hiring manager then said he needed to take time-off from work due to a death in his family, and apparently no one else picked up the task regarding hiring me.
This meant I had to wait through Labor Day weekend for an update. Over the next 10 days, we went back and forth with phone calls and e-mails, and that had me in Maryland 2 full weeks. In the end, I suppose, I did myself the biggest damage by stating as my reason for leaving my current position was the Maryland relocation. They hooked me with the initial verbal offer, then had no reason to honor it knowing I was bleeding cash by either a hellish, 6 hour round-trip commute or that I was paying for hotels.
The final offer was less than I had hoped, and clearly less than I gross today, but not out of the question of consideration. Last Thursday I resigned, and agreed to stay-on through EOM.
- The new position will not involve the PA Tpk. Perhaps with this change will also come the end of this blog for good?
Time will tell.
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Where is that user-posted-data stored?
CQ users might come across the question of where the data is stored when you have a custom component which accepts user inputs. Let's use the following as an example:
If I have the above form inside a paragraph system and the radio group is set like the following:
Then once the user submits the form, the data is generated into CRX at the /content/usergenerated folder. For the example above, it is stored at:
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Recycling mandate 'with teeth' up for debate in HooksettBy BRENDAN CLOGSTON
Union Leader Correspondent
February 12. 2013 11:32PM
HOOKSETT - A warrant article to institute a recycling mandate in Hooksett is already drawing debate in the town, with a town councilor hoping to remove the question from the ballot and supporters saying it would send a message about the importance of the habit.
The proposal would mandate recycling at the curbside and the town's recycling center, giving the department's superintendent teeth to ensure that recyclables are not disposed with regular trash.
"It would give me more control at the facility .... because it's not mandatory, I can't enforce anything. They just come in and they just dump," said Diane Boyce, superintendent of Hooksett's recycling and transfer station. "It's that 1 percent of the town that will not recycle at all."
How the policy would be implemented and enforced have not been finalized. Boyce has suggested a system where the first two offenses would elicit letters notifying the residents of a violation. On the third offense, the residents would potentially lose curbside service for a limited period of time. Fines have also been discussed.
The town council voted 5 to 2 on Jan. 9 to move the warrant onto the town ballot.
Councilor Todd Lizotte, however, who feels the policy was "not properly vetted," has stated his intent to remove the question from the ballot.
"I think the recycling department in town is top notch," he said.
"I just think that mandatory recycling is premature until we have a better understanding of what we can possibly achieve, versus an open-ended goal."
Lizotte's concerns include the difficulties in enforcement, ambiguities in what is considered a recyclable, the lack of a specific goal for the mandate, fears that a mandate could produce a resentment toward recycling, and a reluctance to "police people's lifestyle choices." He said that instead of a mandate, the town should emphasize education.
Boyce has argued, however, that the mandate will not place any recycling-waste ratio requirements on residents or entail any regular auditing. She said that the mandate would only be enforced against violators who are dumping items which are "obviously recyclable," and would not target residents who are trying but may have made a mistake.
Lizotte said a goal for overall recycling percentage should be offered, along with an understanding of how that goal can be met.
Boyce said she did not have a specific tonnage goal in mind and that Hooksett's recycling program was doing "very well" in its first year.
The next town council meeting will be today at 6:30 p.m. at the town hall.


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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A ballot measure that could make Alaska the third state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana is getting pushed back to the November ballot because lawmakers couldn't end their session on time.
State election officials confirmed Monday that the marijuana initiative and two others can't be on the Aug. 19 primary ballot. State law requires at least 120 days between the legislative session and the election for initiatives.
The Alaska Legislature was supposed to end the 90 day session Sunday, but lawmakers couldn't agree on an education bill and the funding for it. When lawmakers reconvened Monday, that pushed the three initiatives to November.
A public referendum on Alaska's oil tax structure will still go ahead in August.


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Thanks to everyone who came to the Barnsdall Community Stakeholders meeting on Tuesday, October 5th. In addition to remarks from City Council President Eric Garcetti and City Councilman Tom LaBonge, members of the panel were:
Olga Garay, General Manager, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)
Saul Romo, Asst. General Manager, DCA
Marta Segura, District-Field Director Council District 13, and member of the RFP Working Group
Terry Sauer, City Administrator's Office (CAO)
Claudia Aguilar, CAO
Marshall Lewy, Moderator, Co-President Barnsdall Art Park Foundation
Nyla Arslanian, Opening Remarks, President of Hollywood Arts Council, VP Advocacy Barnsdall Art Park Foundation
You can listen to the full audio of the meeting here.
Meeting, Part 1 (48:15)
Meeting, Part 2 (52:17)
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Download a list of all the questions submitted to the panel here. If there are any questions here not answered at the October 5th meeting, email email@example.com and we will try to get a response.


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Knicks Blog | ESPN New York Before the All Star break, the Knicks gained plenty of depth. J.R. Smith signed as a free agent and Baron Davis made his long-anticipated debut. It appears they'll be getting even deeper this week. Forward Josh Harrellson (wrist) and guard Iman Shumpert (knee) will return to practice on Tuesday, according to the Knicks. Harrellson has been out since fracturing his right wrist on Jan. 21. Shumpert has been sidelined since last Monday due to left knee tendinitis that became too severe to play with.
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24w, 2d. Have you ever wanted something so terribly much that when you're close to actually getting it, you still can't believe your good fortune?
Yesterday was one of those days for me. I went in for a growth scan--basically a quick ultrasound my maternal-fetal medicine specialist has asked that I do every four week until 36 weeks (at that point, I'll be going for them weekly) to measure the baby's growth and ensure that my high blood pressure isn't restricting it. There, I said it--not just the baby but her. I'm still in disbelief that we're going to be parents of a daughter. In such disbelief that despite my feverish shopping spree over the past few weeks (I seriously could not help myself), I've been thinking about other friends who might be having daughters and what I should pass on to them now or just give away because surely at one of these ultrasounds a sonographer will tell me that they've been mistaken and this baby is in fact another boy. I know, I know--it's crazy. (And despite bagging up all of our sons' super masculine baby boy clothes for donation--we're keeping the more gender-neutral stuff--I still haven't been able to bring myself to drop it off; WHAT IF WE NEED IT BECAUSE THIS IS A BOY?!) I mean, the sonographer at our anatomy scan tried to point out labia and ovaries to my husband and me (but really, you could have told me just about anything and I would have nodded and pretended to understand what she was looking at--yesterday I thought we were looking at the brain when she typed in 'bladder' on the screen). And this time, I could have sworn we had an unobstructed view of the vagina--but then the sonographer asked if we knew the sex or wanted to know, and I said, "YES! It's--well, we were told it's a girl. Is it still a girl?"
She looked at me like I was crazy because obviously girls don't magically turn into boys in utero--and I get that--but I've also heard so many stories of people being told one thing and then being surprised by a child of the other sex at birth. How does that happen--and if it does, why couldn't it happen to me?
Anyway, um, yes, she's still a girl--and she looks totally healthy as of now. Like, 91st percentile healthy (approx. 1 lb, 13 oz.)--which kind of astonished the doctor and sonographer because they're used to seeing the opposite with high blood pressure. I even got a high-five from the doctor when I gave her my most recent blood pressure readings, which have thankfully been pretty close to normal. We're not out of the woods yet, though--she let me know that blood pressure often rises again around 30 to 32 weeks, and if mine does, I'll be going on BP meds at that point--not just the baby aspirin I'm taking now.
But for now, I'm tremendously thankful to have a healthy baby--and a healthy baby girl at that. After 12 boys and zero girls born into my husband's family over the past three generations, she kind of seems like a miracle to me. And all of a sudden, as I was floating out of the doctor's office, I was reminded of the dream family I used to conjure up when I was a little girl; I used to say that I wanted three kids--two older boys and a baby girl. And (knock on wood) I think I might just be getting that. Well, unless she magically turns into a baby boy before my next ultrasound.
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This may be a eulogy for the beginning of the end of the great downtown department stores. The rise of the young depending on hand-held electronic devices to shop via e-commerce may doom shopping as we have known it.
This may be a eulogy for the beginning of the end of the great downtown department stores. The rise of the young depending on hand-held electronic devices to shop via e-commerce may doom shopping as we have known it. My prediction is that such stores will be replaced by customers viewing merchandise in 3-D on their iPad rather than hands-on, followed by home delivery. Chinese clothing manufacturers already provide free air shipments to America, which could be followed by direct competition at the retail level. Retailers could soon be stocking as much virtual, 3-D merchandise as real. Let's hope my vision is wrong.
Marshall Fields (1834-1906)
This article is mostly a photo gallery to present a picture of what was and will be no more. To the young who never walked through Macy's at Herald Square in mid-town Manhattan or the old Hudson's on Woodward in downtown Detroit, or John A. Brown's in Oklahoma City, this will give you some idea of their grandeur that words cannot present. Simply put, they were a wonderland compared with the world most of their customers came from. With society dividing into the affluent few and the strapped many, there is no longer a customer base to support them.
Not much to tell about Marshall Field the entrepreneur. He was born in Massachusetts and worked in a dry goods store there like those described in my earlier article. He moved to Chicago at age 21 and began work in Potter Palmer's downtown dry goods store. The old man sponsored him and eased him into partnership then sole ownership, making him the wealthiest man in Chicago. Not interested in or even supportive of it, he had to be talked into donating $10 million to endow the Field Museum of Natural History, doing so only to ensure his legacy.
Much of his success was due to hiring Harry Gordon Selfridge, who later founded his eponymous store in London recently featured in a PBS program series. Over a 35-year period (1879-1914) he built the one-square block store bearing his name six blocks east of the loop in downtown Chicago.—for many years the largest department store in the world. The cards shown here provide a unique view of the palatial department stores of their era. *
• Special thanks to Ann [Mrs. Ronnie] Jones for the very generous gift of these cards.


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But as a fan of the books, I thought that the whole R+L=JS was pretty commonly known. Am I mistaken on that front?
Witness the aforementioned two elements from this past Sunday's episode of Game of Thrones.
Jeyne Westerling (Stark) first and foremost
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I am tandem nursing my toddler and a 3mo baby. Hr was brain once a day through most of the pregnant because it was so painful for me. I was naïvely surprised when he wanted to nurse often after the baby was born. He now wants to nurse about 5x throughout the day. We have worked on some boundaries as far as how long he nurses each time and sometimes when it it not his 'regular' time to nurse he will accept a snack or cup of milk instead. It also irritates me how insistent he is on touching my breast while he nurses. I feel very sensitive and we try to come up with alternatives.
Sometimes this all leads to a negative experience for both of us. While I have tried to persevere through the baby's early months i am beginning to think it may be better to try to wean because of my negative feelings. If I try to deter him, he will insist and will demand 'mommy milk' until I give in. I try to offer other activities and spend most of my day just playing with him because he won't 'let' me do anything else. I had to shut myself in the bathroom just to post this and feel very trapped by this situation.


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prev next ABOUT THE SAGER FAMILY TRAVELING FOUNDATION AND ROADSHOW
The Sager Family Traveling Foundation & Roadshow began in 2000 when Bobby Sager, his wife Elaine, daughter Tess and son Shane traveled in the developing world for over a year to engage in "hands-on, eyeball-to-eyeball philanthropy." Working together as a family, the Sagers apply their entrepreneurial skills and Rolodex to make an impact in areas of conflict and crisis, including Rwanda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Zimbabwe and Palestine. They travel as a family several times a year to do the hands- on work of their foundation.
Learn about the initiatives that Sager Family Foundation has incubated over the last 10 years.READ MORE
For only the nineteenth time in its 63 year history, Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) has presented its highest honor, the Hickok Award, to one of its 20,000 members around the world. At its 2013 Global Leadership Conference in Istanbul, YPO recognized Bobby Sager for embodying founder Ray Hickok's dedication to the organization.READ MORE
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Microsoft recently tweeted some stats about developer uptake since the BUILD conference, and overall they're pretty impressive. There have been an average of 1,500 new developer registrations every day since the conference, and more than double the Windows Phone 8 SDK downloads in the first 8 days compared to the 7.1 SDK.
That works out to a 17% increase in the total number of Windows Phone developers out there, and makes the WP8 SDK the most rapidly-downloaded development kit Microsoft has launched this year. Of course, this all might have had to do with the significant slash in registration cost. We'll have to wait to see if there's actually an increase in apps available.
Any surprised by these numbers, or at least impressed? How many devs here went to BUILD? Did it pump you up to get working on Windows Phone 8?
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Pew is no longer active in this line of work, but for more information, visit the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies on PewHealth.org.
Washington, D.C. - 04/27/2005 - With nanotechnology hailed by some as the "next industrial revolution," The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars today announce the formation of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies to help businesses, governments, and the public anticipate and manage possible health and environmental implications. The two-year, $3 million project is located at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., and is part of the Trusts' growing portfolio of emerging technology projects, which currently includes reproductive genetics and agricultural biotechnology.
"Nanotechnologies hold tremendous societal and economic benefits, from new cancer therapies to pollution-eating compounds, from super-lightweight materials to detectors for biohazards like anthrax," said Rebecca W. Rimel, president and CEO of The Pew Charitable Trusts. "However, if history is a guide, nanotechnology's long-term success will depend on the willingness to tackle potential health and environmental issues associated with this emerging technology early and collaboratively. This is the goal of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies."
The project is led by science policy expert David Rejeski, director of the Wilson Center's Foresight and Governance Project, which focuses on long-term, strategic issues facing the public sector. The project's advisory board includes:
"Given the national and international investments in nanotechnologies and their potential to drive future economic growth, it is crucial that all parties effectively anticipate and address both their merits and risks," said Lee Hamilton, president and director of the Wilson Center. "The Wilson Center's longstanding mission to provide a neutral, fact-based forum for scholars, policymakers and other concerned citizens makes this a natural and exciting initiative for the Center."
Nanotechnology refers to working with matter at the scale of one billionth of a meter, or less than one-100,000th the width of a human hair. Researchers are exploring ways to see and build at the atomic and molecular level, reengineering familiar substances like carbon and gold to create new materials with novel properties and functions. In just a few short years, nanotechnology has catapulted from being a specialty of a few physicists and chemists to a worldwide scientific and industrial enterprise. Globally, governments and industry are now investing more than $8 billion annually into research and development of nanotechnologies. In the United States investments are already over $2 billion annually. The National Science Foundation predicts that the global marketplace for goods and services using nanotechnologies will grow to $1 trillion dollars by 2015.
"Businesses taking risks to develop nanotechnologies need a clear, transparent, and predictable path to market along with growing public confidence in new technological solutions," said Rejeski. "A forward-looking dialogue can help create that path and provide a competitive advantage for U.S. companies in the global marketplace."
The project plans to bring together leaders from industry, government, research, and other sectors to take a long-term view of what is known and unknown about potential health and environmental challenges posed by emerging nanotechnologies, and to develop recommendations to manage them. The project will be a credible source of information on the topic, producing reports, case studies and analyses about potential nanotechnology risk management strategies. It will regularly convene events with leaders in many sectors.
The Pew Charitable Trusts is a national charitable organization serving the public interest by informing the public, advancing policy solutions and supporting civic life. The Trusts' national Health and Human Services policy program addresses a range of issues, such as foster care, reproductive genetics technology and retirement security. Its hallmark is investments to engage experts, explore divergent views, identify options and build consensus on policy solutions—all with the goal of improving the health and well-being of the American people. The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies joins two other Trusts-supported science and technology policy projects – the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University and the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology at the University of Richmond.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the living, national memorial to President Wilson established by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Center establishes and maintains a neutral forum for free, open, and informed dialogue. It is a nonpartisan institution, supported by public and private funds and engaged in the study of national and world affairs.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KGO) --California's Great America celebrated its 75,000,000 customer Monday.
The Santa Clara theme park had expected that guest to pass through the gates sometime Labor Day weekend and it happened around 10:30 a.m. The lucky winners were the Prosper family from Redwood City.
The foursome got a streamer-filled surprise of a lifetime and 25-year season pass to the park.
"We've never won anything like this before and 25 years, that's, that's a lot of visits to this park," said Mike Propser. "It'll be great. It saves a ton of money and you know it's just makes a lot of memories. We'll have a lot of memories here."
The park's general manager thanked the Prospers for coming to the park with the 25 year free pass.
The couple's daughters say they look forward to riding the water slides and roller coasters when they're older.


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Antibiotics 101
Medical Author:
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
Medical Editor:
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
Mary thinks she may have a bladder infection. She makes
the call to her doctor and is able get an appointment to come in and give a urine sample. Sure
enough, bladder infection. Her doctor prescribes an
antibiotic for the infection. Mary goes to the pharmacy, fills the prescription
and as she is
driving home, begins to think of questions that she should have asked her doctor
about the antibiotic.
This scenario has run through many patients' minds. What are the side effects of the
antibiotic? How soon should I begin to feel better? What if I don't feel better
after 4 or 5 days? When should I call my doctor? Should I be concerned about a
rash or other side effects that develop while taking the antibiotic?
Antibiotics 101
Antibiotics are a class of drugs that treat bacterial
infections by stopping growth of bacteria or killing the bacteria directly. It's
important to remember that antibiotics are ineffective in treating infections
causes by viruses, which include the majority of colds, sore throats (with the exception of
streptococcus-induced, or so-called
"strep throat"),
coughs, and
In fact, taking antibiotics when they are not really
necessary will not speed your recovery and can even contribute to a problem
known as antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance refers to the capacity of
many bacteria to become resistant to a particular antibiotic so that it is no
longer effective against these bacteria. It is known that the increasing use of
antibiotics when they really aren't needed has contributed to this problem and
has led to the evolution of many bacterial strains that no longer respond to
treatment with common antibiotics.
The evolution of antibiotic-resistant strains of
Staphylococcus aureus
[methicillin-resistant Staph aureus or MRSA, and
enterococci (VRE)] has received much attention in recent years, and a new
strain of the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which can cause intestinal
illness in people taking antibiotics for other conditions, has arisen which is
much more difficult to treat and is associated with a higher death rate.
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Raf Simons is back once again with mod father Fred Perry to bring their SS09 collab. Moving away from the monotone of previous seasons these power houses of style are moving into the exciting unknown with a vibrant colour palette taking it's inspiration from West African culture.
The range consists of 25 pieces some of which are reworkings of Fred Perry classics such as the polo shirt augmented with new weaves and knits. New comers to the line include slipon, tassle loafers in both navy blue and burnt red and a slim fit harrington jacket in regal blue.
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walk in love. Blue Pennant
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." - Ephesians 5:1-2
T.J. Mousetis started walk in love. during the summer of 2005. His only goal was to raise enough money to travel to Russia on a mission trip with his Dad. T.J. purchased 100 blue shirts, printed them with the phrase "walk in love", and sold them to friends, family, church members. Even a random stranger or two bought shirts online via T.J.'s Myspace page! Due to the success of the original walk in love. shirt, T.J. has been able to return to Russia several times since his first trip. But it only took one trip to Russia to give T.J. his passion for designing and selling t-shirts.
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In recent years publishers like Ubisoft, 2K and EA have done a great job pissing off paying customers with systems aimed at preventing piracy. Which, uh, is counter-productive! Especially when PC pirates are able to easily circumvent said measures.
So it's great seeing Christofer Sundberg, from Just Cause developers Avalanche, speak a little common sense. In an interview with Edge, Sundberg said, "If a DRM system constantly needs to be defended, something must be wrong."
"As a developer you will never win over any fans if you constantly let everyone know how much it costs to develop a game and how much money you lose."
"I don't like always-on DRM solutions at all, since they offer nothing to the consumer. If you continuously give something extra for registering and being online, and award them for actually paying for and playing your game, it'd be different, but always-on DRM only says: 'Thank you for buying our game, we trust you as far as we can throw you."
Sundberg's "solution" to PC piracy is an admittance that there never will be a solution. That there's always been piracy on the PC and always will be, and publishers need to work to engage with players instead of punishing them.
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CAMP June Newsletter: Page 3
CAMP Professors John McLaughlin and Ian Suni Are Involved with Computational Materials Design: New Graduate Course and Software
Professor John McLaughlin Professor Ian Suni .
In June 2011, the Federal Government announced the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI). The primary goal of the MGI is to reduce the time needed to develop and commercialize new products, such as lithium ion batteries, which took nearly twenty years to commercialize. A key task is the use of computational modeling of materials to predict and optimize their properties. The plan is to use software that models materials properties and simulates material processing to optimize both materials and production time and cost.
CAMP Professor John McLaughlin (newly appointed chair of Clarkson's Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, effective July1, 2012 and an expert in computational modeling) led an effort to obtain this special software for Clarkson University. As a result of this work, Clarkson University recently purchased a five-year license for Materials Studio (Accelrys Inc.). CAMP provided approximately 50% of the funds for this purchase, with the remainder coming from the Schools of Engineering and Arts & Sciences and the Departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering. Materials Studio will be used to teach MSE 5555 (Atomistic and Multiscale Modeling of Materials), a new course created for Clarkson's Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. program. CAMP Professor Ian Suni, from the University's Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, is the Director of the Materials Science and Engineering graduate programs.
Materials Studio uses databases and simulation programs available as freeware in conjunction with software developed by Accelrys. An important advantage of Materials Studio is its Graphical User Interface (GUI), which eliminates the need for C or C++ program development and makes it possible to perform simulations relatively quickly and easily. Like other simulation programs, Materials Studio makes efficient use of parallel computation. It is expected that the software will eventually be placed on a new 128 processor IBM cluster that will arrive at Clarkson this summer. At present, it is being placed on a smaller machine so that researchers can familiarize themselves with it.
Professor S.V. Babu Honored continued from page 1
Distinguished University Professor S.V. Babu is an expert in the field of Chemical Mechanical Planarization. He supervised 38 Ph.D. and 36 M.S. students and is a co-inventor of 27 patents and is a co-author of over 230 professional publications. He co-organized many symposia and served as a Keynote Speaker numerous times. Among others, he is a recipient of the 2004 IBM Faculty Award and was honored in 2010 with a Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai.


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FIREPROOF, from the same team that made the 2006 hit FACING THE GIANTS, is a Christian relationship drama with a very strong message. The film stars Kirk Cameron of the classic television series GROWING PAINS as Captain Caleb Holt, a fireman whose fearlessness is limited to his work. At home with his wife of seven years, Caleb shows little of the bravery he displays on the job, and has a failing marriage as a result. Fighting over every little thing, Caleb and his wife, Catherine (Erin Bethea), are on the verge of signing divorce papers when Caleb's father and coworkers urge him to approach his marriage in the same way he fights vicious flames. When Caleb's father gives him the "Love Dare," a 40-day guide to religiously motivated marriage help, Caleb begins a difficult journey to reclaim his wife, and in the process, his faith in God.
With several action-packed scenes, FIREPROOF uses fire metaphors in its exploration of marriage. The film offers an alternative to the common romantic comedy and, some might argue, a more multidimensional view of romance. The film examines both the ups and inevitable downs of married life, offering faith as a prescription for saving what may at first glance appear to have already failed. Likely to please its target audience, the film offers a fresh perspective on marriage and inspiring relationship tips viewers may want to try regardless of their faith.
Cast List
David Nixon - Producer
Alex Kendrick - Director, FACING THE GIANTS (2006)
Ken Bevel - Actor
Kirk Cameron - American Actor, GROWING PAINS, LEFT BEHIND
Stephen Kendrick - Screenwriter
Jason McLeod - Actor
Mark Willard - Score composer
Erin Bethea - Actress
Bob Scott - Director of photography
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- Run Time: 118
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- Release Date: September 2015
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Steffen Freund, the Tottenham Hotspur assistant manager, has praised winger Aaron Lennon ahead of his homecoming to Leeds United, from whom he was sold to the north London club for £1 million in 2005.
The midfielder has been a fans' favourite at White Hart Lane, and with Gareth Bale on the opposite flank, the duo have been known to destroy opposing defences with their lightning-quick pace.
|Aaron Lennon is 3/1 to score anytime against Leeds with Paddy Power
Since the arrival of Andre Villas-Boas as Spurs manager, the England international has blossomed. This season, he has managed three goals and six assists in comparison to last season's three goals and five assists in 23 games.
But what has impressed Freund the most this season, is the total number of chances he has created, even the ones which are not finished off by his team-mates.
He told the Daily Star: "For me as a coach, it's great to see Aaron at that level.
"We created 10 chances against [Manchester] United and he was involved in seven. That means that we have one of the best wingers in England.
"What I can say is that Aaron has always had the talent to be one of the best wingers and now he is playing well every game.
"I'm sure Aaron is happy to read about this in the paper but the most important thing is that we finish in the top four and maybe we could win some silverware again for Spurs."


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My hope was that the screw positions were standard and the rest was Dell dreaming up some funky stuff. Guess we're not nearly that lucky.
You will run into a problem subbing fans -- you gotta stick to the one you've got, or one very much like it. Dell has a habit (HP does this too, sometimes) of mucking with the wires, so that either the fan won't work, or the computer will think the fan has gone bad, if you do a substitution.
I've got a ton of heatsink/fan assemblies here -- a well meaning local tech shop owner gave me all the stuff he couldn't use (not realizing that it was largely useless overall) -- so I'll see if I've got anything that matches that mounting footprint you gave me. I'll also experiment and see how zip ties and such play out -- I've a few aluminum heatsinks that look very similar to what you're dealing with (is yours copper all through or just at the base?).
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Alright. Dug around in my parts bins... here's what I found.
I've a fan that *I think* matches your description -- it's a Datech (brand) DS9238-12HBPA. This is a 92mm fan (standard size). It's marked as "P/N P2780". Typing 0P2780 into eBay (a good way of checking Dell part numbers!) reveals that this is a common fan part number for several Dell systems.
Please check the photo below (clickable thumbnail) to make sure the connector and wire colors are identical. If they are, then it should work in your system, should you need a new fan.
Dell pulled a fast one with their heatsinks -- the ones we're dealing with tend all to be the same size, and therefore physically interchangeable, BUT they're in Imperial measurements (inches rather than mm). All of mine (I've got a couple different styles) are 2.5"*3.5" (width*length).
This one should look like yours (clickable thumbnail) --
For what it's worth, the heatsink in that picture is a Dell P/N 8P238.
Having the heatsinks all the same size is great -- it means that, assuming the fan is compatible (which it should be!), I can produce for you a heatsink and fan assembly that will work for you.
I will also include some thermal paste -- it's a good idea to replace the thermal material in between heatsink and processor (usually a gray or pink pad) with something engineered to work -- rather than engineered to be incredibly cheap while doing "just enough" (if that). Besides, over a long period of time (3+ years) the stuff can "bake" so that it becomes more of a thermal
You will, of course, have to get the old stuff off first, but that's not hard at all. Get "Arctic Silver Arcticlean" and follow the directions. It's bonehead simple.
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Just powered up. All systems are GO. Substituted CPU is running fine at 2.79 GHz. I reversed the combo fan to make it the case fan. (Transferring rubber mounts was tricky.) I top-mounted a 80mm fan on the CPU. There was a feature in the fins I could exploit, namely, two length-wise holes through all the fins, about a quarter inch above the heatsink copper base. I looped 12 gauge copper wire through the fin hole and up through two pairs of holes on the side of the fan; bent and twisted the ends together above the fan to tighten it down on the heatsink, then clipped the excess. Same for other side of fan and heatsink; balance between sides of the fan was important. No green hood now. The case fan is connected to the motherboard, as before, and the heatsink fan is connnected to a power supply terminal. The heatsink fan draws air up through the fins; the case fan pulls air out of the case in back. Like a typical two-fan arrangement. So much for the special Dell Dimension 4700 air flow design. I must say, this heatsink fan makes the cooler look like a Thermaltake custom job.
EDIT: Restarts work with no hangs (45 minutes after cold boot). Maybe I'll put the side back on, see how things go. I might have to take a picture of this mod.
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Good to know!
Check that connector photo anyways, if you want a spare fan AND it's the right connector, I'll gladly shoot it off to you; dell fans are useless to me.
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Looks like I did myself a favor swapping the CPU out. Turns out this is a multiprocessor computer (ACPI Multiprocessor PC, as reported in Device Manager), and I installed a 2.8 GHz dual core processor. Everest reports it as an unknown processor. There are two entries in System Infomation, one is 2.79 GHz, the other 2.80 GHz. I did a memory-read benchmark with Everest and it scored 3915 MB/s, where I would expect 2800 MB/s at best for a 2.8 GHz uniprocessor. This is strong evidence that the processor is dual core. Should run cooler too, eh? [EDIT: The CPU is a Prescott P4 running in HT mode.] Santa came early this year. Just my luck the world ends tomorrow.
I intended to install Motherboard Monitor 5, but I wonder. If the BIOS has no temperature monitoring, like in System Health (non-existent), can I really expect to run a temperature monitoring program like MBM 5, SpeedFan, or CoreTemp? Opinions, recommendations, advice?
I ran the computer for 3 hours, watched a DVD movie without a snag. I'm not entirely satisfied with the temperature of the heatsink. It feels like 45 to 55 degrees Celsius, quite hot to the touch, but wouldn't sear flesh. Maybe shrouding would increase heat dissipation by improving air flow. The flimsy fins on the heatsink are the problem: they don't conduct enough heat, rather they just guide air flow. Unless another heatsink (80mm x 50mm base) is found, not much to do here.
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TORRANCE – The UFC took a quick breath after staging the leading candidate for fight of the year in order to begin promoting what is undoubtedly the rematch of the year.
From Saturday in Toronto to Monday at the UFC gym in Torrance, the MMA promotion kicked off its world tour with middleweight champion Chris Weidman and former champion Anderson Silva to publicize their Dec. 28 showdown at UFC 168 in Las Vegas.
Free and open to the public, the first leg of the tour featured the fighters and UFC President Dana White conducting an hourlong Q&A with several hundred fans who packed the gym while fitness buffs went about their workouts.
Some of the questions centered on Saturday night's epic five-round war when light heavyweight champion Jon Jones narrowly defended his belt against challenger Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165.
But most focused on Weidman's stunning knockout upset over Silva at UFC 162 in July and the repercussions that followed.
"It's gonna be unbelievable," White said during a media interview before the public session. "Weidman wants to prove it wasn't a fluke and Anderson wants to prove that it was. This is gonna be a fun fight."
For his part, Weidman seems to still be getting accustomed to his championship status. With the belt comes responsibilties – like this media blitz, which covers seven cities in seven days. After Monday, the tour heads to Las Vegas, New York, Bristol, Conn., Miami and then stops in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo in Brazil.
"It's crazy that, I was basically a no-name guy before this last fight. I took a lot of short-notice fights, not a lot of promtoing behind me. And now after this last fight, I have a chance to be part of the biggest fight in UFC history," said Weidman (10-0), who fights out of Mineola, N.Y. "It's a surreal situation. I'm excited to do it, but obviously the main thing, the main focus for me is I gotta go out there and do my job and win this fight. There are a lot of doubters out there and I'm excited to prove them wrong."
Silva, who lives in Redondo Beach, had an unfathomable UFC-best 16-fight win streak snapped by Weidman, as well as his record of 10 title defenses.
But a lot of the media wanted to focus on not that he had lost, but how he had lost. Known for dropping his hands and shimmying and shaking to rattle his opponents, Silva was doing exactly that in the second round when Weidman caught him on the chin with a powerful left hook to floor and dethrone the champion.
With manager and fellow Redondo Beach resident Ed Soares translating questions, the Brazilian legend said being the challenger was no different and wouldn't cause him to change his approach.
"The same. The same. I no change nothing because this is me. Anderson," said Silva, who later bristled when asked whether he sees Weidman any differently than before. "Normal. It's normal. C'mon, guys. It's normal. Two legs. Two arms. It's normal."
Silva put on a good face during the Q&A session, clowning with kids while joining Weidman and White in signing several autographs and taking pictures with fans.
White said he understands if Silva was tired of answering the same questions from the media, but the payoff will come in three months.
"Anderson is … when have you had a normal interview with Anderson? All this stuff annoys him. I'm sure he's not thrilled we have to do seven cities in seven days. I'm sure he had other things to do, but this is part of the deal," White said. "Here's the one thing: No matter what he said, no matter how he feels, no matter what he acts like, this fight is gonna be insane. Ths fight is gonna be unvbelievable."
Tickets for UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Also on the card is UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey taking on heated rival Miesha Tate and a heavyweight brawl between Josh Barnett and Travis Browne.
But White knows the tremendous potential for this highly anticipated main event.
"This fight, I think it's gonna be the biggest fight we've ever done and I think the energy, whether you're there live or on television, is gonna be nuts," White said.


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STOCKTON - Two Stockton women, fed up with the rising tide of crime, are calling on the city's residents to pray at noon Saturday.
STOCKTON - Two Stockton women, fed up with the rising tide of crime, are calling on the city's residents to pray at noon Saturday.
"Wherever people are, we're asking them to stop on the spot and pray at noon," said Bernice Bass, who has created an organization known as Mothers Making A Difference in Stockton.
Anita Moore, 53, represents Communities Standing Together With Friends 'n' Families.
The two women will be standing at noon Saturday in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statue on North El Dorado Street, inside the downtown plaza by the same name.
"If it's just the two of us, we're going to pray," said Moore, who invited "preachers, teachers and parents" to join them.
Two years ago, the 39-year-old Bass said she started talking to others whose families had been victims of crime.
"We need to start educating our children," she said. "They're making crime an activity. Stealing gold chains is like a sport right now.
"Silly as it sounds, that's real."
Bass, who is unemployed, has devoted herself to the Making A Difference organization.
"Most of the time, it is the mothers raising the children," she said. "We need to educate them, support them; call each other, help each other."
She pointed to a recent weekend that was particularly violent in Stockton.
"Every time someone dies, I want to be there. We need to stop the violence before it happens. We take it too lightly."
She and Moore are determined to pull the community together in standing up to crime and violence.
"I have faith," said Moore. "We are calling out Stockton. We want to pray over Stockton. If you can't join us, stop wherever you are at noon Saturday to pray for the city."
Moore and her group were part of a September Peace Picnic organized at Oak Park by activist Ulysses Hall and We Are Family.
Bass, lamenting that there are too many car washes to pay for funerals, said she believes prayer will make a difference.
"God is on top," she said. "He's over all."
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QB Lewis among 5 players cut by Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills have given themselves room to maneuver while
continuing what's become a weeklong shuffle of their
quarterback-depleted roster.
In releasing five players – including newly acquired quarterback
Thaddeus Lewis – on Saturday, the Bills are three spots short of
their 53-player roster limit entering the first week of the season.
That opens the likelihood of Buffalo spending time scouring the
waiver wire to add players to address its most pressing needs at
quarterback and cornerback.
The Bills also released veteran linebacker Bryan Scott and
defensive linemen Torrell Troup, Jamie Blatnick and Izaan
Lewis became the latest quarterback on the way out in Buffalo, a
day after the team cut Matt Leinart and placed veteran Kevin Kolb
on injured reserve because of a concussion. Lewis had spent less
than a week in Buffalo, after being acquired in a trade that sent
reserve linebacker Chris White to Detroit.
Lewis went seven of 16 for 132 yards passing, including a
79-yard touchdown to Marcus Easley in taking over for Leinart in
the second quarter of a 35-13 preseason finale loss to Detroit on
Thursday. He also had a Bills-leading 51 yards rushing.
Without Lewis, the Bills are left with two quarterbacks – rookie
first-round pick EJ Manuel and undrafted rookie Jeff Tuel- on their
roster in preparing to open the season against New England. Manuel
has missed two weeks after hurting his left knee, and it's unclear
if he'll be ready to play next weekend.
Tuel is penciled in to start against the Patriots if Manuel is
not ready.
Buffalo is also short on depth at cornerback with starter
Stephon Gilmore to miss the first five to seven weeks with a broken
The Bills have been off since Thursday's game, and return to
practice Sunday afternoon.
Scott is a 10-year veteran, who spent the past six seasons
playing several roles in Buffalo. The Bills were forced to cut
Scott after they failed in a bid to trade him over the past two
"I'm still all smiles," Scott told The Associated Press by
phone shortly after he was released. "I'm so thankful to the
organization for the opportunity."
The move didn't entirely catch him by surprise, even though the
Bills had re-signed Scott to a one-year contract before the start
of free agency in March.
"My only regret is we didn't get over that hump and get to the
team to playoffs," said Scott, referring to Buffalo's postseason
drought which now stands at 13 seasons. "But I'm very much in
their corner."
Scott, who can also play safety and special teams roles, intends
to attempt to continue playing.
"I know I still have a lot of gas in the tank, and still want
to play," he said.
Troup was Buffalo's second-round pick in the 2010 draft. After
appearing in 15 games, including three starts as a rookie, he
played only six more in 2011 and then missed all of last season
after having back surgery.
Troup was finally healthy entering training camp this season,
but was unable to crack a defensive front that's been improved by
the offseason addition of veteran free-agent Alan Branch.
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No, not before the start of this 45-7 rout that sent the Patriots, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady back to the Super Bowl for the sixth time in the 21st century. We're talking about before the kickoff of last year's Patriots playoff rout of the Indianapolis Colts.
Trying to take down LeGarrette Blount, the Colts coach said, is like trying to take down a "greased pig at the country fair."
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Steve Earle, "The Low Highway" (New West Records)
On "The Low Highway," Steve Earle surveys the landscape, sings about a world of hurt and still musters optimism.
Earle has been writing about the places he has been and how he fits in ever since his 1986 breakthrough debut, "Guitar Town." He crafted "Low Highway" as his road album, recorded with his crack stage band, and you can almost hear the tour bus tires sing.
"Roll over Kerouac, tell Woody Guthrie the news," Earle warbles on "Down the Road Part II."
"Low Highway" covers a lot of ground. Earle's marble mouth sometimes makes it tough to tell, but he laments homelessness on "Invisible," makes peace with loneliness on "After Mardi Gras," riffs on rednecks on "Calico County" and contemplates torching a Wal-Mart on "Burnin' It Down."
The tunes are sturdy, and there's a ramshackle charm to the performances, which have a first-take vibe. Even so, this is coffeehouse country rather than Earle at his edgiest. By the end, on the shamelessly sentimental "Remember Me," he contemplates his legacy singing to his 4-year-old son.
The 58-year-old troubadour clearly is enjoying the ride and wants to keep rolling.
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The Webelos Geologist Activity Badge is one of 20 different Activity Badges that can be earned in the Webelos Scout Program. The requirements are typically worked on during den meetings or den activities while the skills are practiced at home, with the help of the Webelos Scout's family. The requirements are either completed with the den or at home with the den leader's approval. Projects are brought to meetings to share with the den and for Webelos Den Leader or Activity Badge Counselor approval.
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- 1. Collect five geologic specimens that have important uses.
- 2. Rocks and minerals are used in metals, glass, jewelry, road-building products, and fertilizer. Give examples of minerals used in these products.
- 3. Make a scale of mineral hardness for objects found at home. Show how to use the scale by finding the relative hardness of three samples.
- 4. List some of the geologic materials used in building your home.
- 5. Make a drawing that shows the cause of a volcano, a geyser, or an earthquake.
- 6. Explain one way in which mountains are formed.
- 7. Describe what a fossil is. How is it used to tell how old a formation is? Find two examples of fossils in your area.
- 8. Take a field trip to a geological site, geological laboratory, or rock show. Discuss what you learned at your next Webelos den meeting.
- 9. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Geology.
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HomeKit-Enabled Lighting
Inspired by svfist's post, I wanted to create an LED lighting system for the Series 1 & Series 1 Pro machine that we could control from any iOS device in the studio. Sometimes we don't have hands free, or we're on the other side of the room and want to check on a print job using the Series 1 Pro's webcam... and there isn't enough light to see. Here's a quick demo video using the Apple Watch...
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I took the time to take a bunch of pictures along the way, and used the project as an occasion to post my first Instructable. Head here to check it out if you're interested in making your own lighting solution.
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