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This is D-Day for the religious liberty case of the season landing at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Inside, the government squares off with private business owners over Obamacare and the contraception mandate in arguments scheduled for 10-11:30 a.m. for Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties.
Outside, the snowy sidewalk could be lined with demonstrators. Online, activist groups will be tweeting from all directions, blatantly promoting campaigns to create a "Twitterstorm" for their viewpoint.
Siding with the evangelical family owners of Hobby Lobby and the Mennonite Conestoga owners will be several groups tweeting at #religiousfreedomforall:
- Experts from The Becket Fund, which is representing the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby.
- Experts from Alliance Defending Freedom.
- Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, who will also be leading a prayer vigil in DC
Siding with the government in the case, and tweeting at #notmybossbusiness:
- Louise Melling, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union
- Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center
- Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America
The Secular Coalition for America announced it would organize secular and nontheistic protestors for Tuesday morning but did not organize a pre-set hashtag for Twitter.
In other contraception news: Someone thought it would be brilliant to launder their international cocaine shipment by packing $55,000 worth of powder into 14 condoms and shipping it through some obscure post office in a teeny tiny nation-state. The Holy See. Yep, cops foiled the condom shipment at the Vatican Post Office.
File under changing times: For the first time, someone in a same-sex marriage will be eligible for employment at the Christian relief agency World Vision, one of the nation's largest charities. The shift in the employee conduct manual is "not an endorsement of same-sex marriage," a spokesperson assured "Christianity Today." Franklin Graham, head of his own relief agency, promptly blasted the move as "ungodly." Meanwhile, in same-sex marriage news, Michigan's up-for-reelection Republican Gov. Rick Snyder is dancing on the fence over whether to fight or stand down on a court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the state.
File under "What could go wrong?" A U.S. President who spent his early years in community organizing on Catholic social justice principles. A church that chose a new pope famed for championing the poor. What could go wrong? Pretty much everything for President Obama and the Catholic Church for the past five years. But, David Gibson's analysis shows, Obama and Pope Francis may be able to keep focused at their Thursday (March 27) meeting on the issues they have in common.
File under "water under the damned," so to speak: Film director Darren Aronofsky takes on almost everyone's fave Bible story in "Noah" and gets a flood of criticism. He tells Sarah Pulliam Bailey it's an epic tale of wickedness and forgiveness, centered on the tension between justice and mercy, and exploring the meaning of righteousness.
File under "Cost of memory:" After a week for families, survivors and first responders to visit the finally-finished National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in private, it open to the paying public on May 21. How much? $24 admission. The parents of two firefighters who died at the World Trade Center have complained that the memorial will be "a revenue-generating tourist attraction with a prohibitive budget and entrance fee."
In the blogs and commentary:
- Brian Pellot at "On Freedom" takes readers to a faith debate on the tensions between freedom of faith and freedom of expression. Watch for yourself.
- Methodist minister and theology professor Cheryl B. Anderson can find no Christian theological basis for denying poor women health benefits available to others. Jesus, she says warned "against placing heavy burdens on the backs of those least able to bear them."
- "Faithiest" Chris Stedman says Fox News, where a host claimed the Air Force Academy was promoting atheism while persecuting Christians, has it backwards. The academy is trying to "encourage an inclusive environment" that doesn't silence any viewpoint.
- Jonathan Merritt "On Faith and Culture" talks with the Christian author Leonard Sweet about the fun of pleasing God. Says Sweet: "We need to learn to play at life again."
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About a week earlier, I posted our intentions on the San Diego Adventure Riders web forums and asked for some advice about dirt roads suitable for big bikes. Most of those cats it seems ride smaller, purpose-built, barely street legal cycle and can go up trails that would make mountain goats think twice... A friendly rider, DSFOX, answered my call and totally delivered the goods.
Deb hooked us up with a forestry map complete with highlighted trails and notes about each one and her take on whether it was cool for the biggies. There was way more to explore than we could handle in a day, but since she had just ridden the South side of the lake the weekend prior, that seemed like a good choice.
As always the day started early. We left Mark's joint at 6am and traveled fast up Hwy 15 heading to San Bernoo. Traffic wasn't bad at all - roads laden with "contractor trucks" easily identifiable by their racks, gear, and logo'ed doors - but when we hit Hwy 215 thru Riverside it became a small nightmare (you'll see later in the day why it was only "small"). Eventually, we popped out of the mess on to Hwy 10 East to the 330 towards Running Springs, Lake Arrowhead, and of course Big Bear Lake at approximately 7500' elevation.
Hwy 330, which turns into Hwy 18 about half-way up the mountains, is a clean and twisty biker paradise kinda road, winding up through the trees towards the heavens. Again, a few contractors and some semis slowed our progress, but thankfully all used the turnouts to let us pass.
Arriving near the top, the road went to one-lane due to construction, with flagmen at each end alternately stopping and releasing traffic in great long trains of vehicles. It's a joy to have a bike at these times to jet to the front of the line. ;-)
As we got closer to Big Bear, we could see some significant work being done near the dam that, well... makes the lake possible. In fact, the road over the dam to the town was closed, so we detoured on the North side of the lake and stopped for breakfast at a town called Fawnskin (eewwwww!). The Gold Pan Restaurant called out to us and we enjoyed the cool, 42-year old family run restaurant and bar.
The interior was filled with mementos of the glory days and lots of signed actor/actress publicity shots. We sat next to guy who works for a concrete company and he explained what was going on at the dam: it was built in 1911 and because the main road into town was built on the top of the dam (and 20,000 lb. trucks weren't around in 1911) it was crumbling fast. The decision was made to build a new bridge and turn the current road on top of the dam into a pedestrian walkway. I think it was TARP money footing the bill. He marveled at the construction of the dam, saying that in the old days plywood hadn't been invented yet, their "rebar" was square iron rods, and they didn't have the cranes we use today. Just an observation and nod to the ingenuity of earlier generations...
After a hearty meal, we cruised to the east side of the lake to a bridge that of course we had to stop on - it was turning into a gorgeous day! Mark got some great shots of the 2 bikes on the bridge and of course the BMW Rallye Pro 2 riding suit advertisement. ;-)
We planned to try one of the forest roads Deb suggested right away to get our boots dirty. Called "2N10", the road started off of Moonridge road near the Bear Mtn ski resort on the Southeast corner of the lake, and wound through the pines for at least 8 miles back to the lake. Nothing too tricky, and the views were spectacular.
Mark was hot-dogging it around some berms, and there were some ruts to stay out of, but otherwise it was a piece of cake. We emerged on the Southwestern edge into one of the many cabin-infested neighborhoods and then finally into the town of Big Bear.
|Mark scooting around a berm on the big bike!
By the time we left the lake, we'd pretty much decided on another road from Deb's map called 2N93 which would take us from just outside Big Bear City and wind down through the mountains to link up with Hwy 38 to Interstate 10 and home. On one map we had, 2N93 was labeled a dirt road and on another it was designated more like a 4x4 trail.
The latter proved to be true, demanding all our attention and skills to make it down the mountain. There were times when it was a pleasant dirt path, but mostly it was a rock-strewn "scree-field" of a road where you just needed to keep the speed up and roll through the shards. Other times you had to steer your front wheel slowly through the jutting rocks that could easily cause you to lose balance if they shifted. This happened to Mark once and he dinged up one of his exhaust pipes and an engine cover - battle scars...
Even though I had plenty of close calls, I found the F800GS to be in it's element on the 12-mile road. It wasn't too technical, just enough. The switchbacks were not too tight for the long bike, just right. The up- and down-grades were challenging, but manageable. Most of my time was spent standing up on the pegs (and I'm feeling it today!). I tried hard to ride the bike, not overly control it. The snatchy throttle so characteristic of the F8GS was a bit tricky, but it was surprising how low you can lug it when needed. I'm really pleased by the bite and performance of the Michelin Anakee tires - while knobbies would have been better on the dirt road part, for an all-around tire I'm pretty stoked.
There was a pretty technical downhill part right in the last quarter-mile of 2N93 that had me relying on the F8GS's massive 21" front tire to roll me through then - eureka! - there was Hwy 38, a gleaming smooth ribbon twisting through the valley. The amazing thing that completely spoke volumes to me about the versatility of the BMW dual-sport bikes, was this: we had come off a hard dirt trail, then in 30 seconds were shifting with ease through all 6 gears again, slicing and carving on an incredible twisty road, with nary a skip. I took it easy through the first couple of corners wanting to make sure the dust was off the edges of my tires, then blazed on with reckless, giddy abandon until the next town, still about 2 hours from home.
We made a quick pit-stop at an A&W, victims of a roadside billboard, then were quickly into 5pm rush hour traffic. Interstate 10 wasn't bad, but Hwy 215 - the bypass through Riverside between the 10 and Hwy 15 was a NIGHTMARE. This was the opposite of the aforementioned "small" nightmare. The only thing I'll say about it is that 40 miles of lane-splitting through bumper-to-bumper traffic is no picnic - demands equal parts instincts, faith, experience, and insanity.
After all that, I was glad to have a little extra time at the end of the day to chill with my good friend Rod and his family in Temecula, still about 45 minutes from Buckwheat Manor. He graciously offered a bottle of cool water and we caught up a bit on the back porch of his hacienda before I scooted for home. My family wasn't there when I arrived at 7:15pm. That was probably a good thing as I was in desperate need of a hot shower. A few minutes later, a cold beer never tasted so good!
So... this one had it all folks! My checklist for a good all-encompassing adventure ride: meet new people, ride twisty roads, share good meals, ride challenging dirt roads, marvel at beautiful scenery, be with friends, don't crash, see new places, have a blast. Done, done, and done! Until next time...

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"So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?" (Acts 3:12 NKJV).
When Moses delayed in returning from the Mount Sinai where he had gone to receive from God the tables of the law, the children of Israel became perplexed and agitated, and said to Aaron, the next in command to Moses, "Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him." (Exo. 32:1).
But, rather than restraining and rebuking them, Aaron fashioned a molded calf for them. Who should be blamed for the people's carnality, immaturity or idolatry?
In the first part of this piece we began to draw out the great lessons and cautions from this unfortunate incident.
First, we examined that Moses' style of leadership contributed largely to the spiritual immaturity and carnality of the children of Israel. How?
The one man show leadership of Moses which elevated him greatly above the people, drew attention only to him, and made all the people look up to and depend upon him for everything resulted in the people making a god out of Moses and also seeking for another god to replace him in his temporary absence.
Let us now consider more lessons.
Second, when God came down upon the Mount Sinai to speak directly with the children of Israel, the Scripture records that when the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; they trembled and stood afar off and they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die." (Exo. 20:18-19 NKJV). Sadly, Moses accepted!
The result of that attitude or mindset was that the people didn't get to know God intimately because they rejected communion with God. Only Moses got to know God intimately because of his deep and constant communion with God.
While the children of Israel continued to experience, witness and enjoy the supernatural acts of God along their journey to the Promised Land, they became completely ignorant of the ways of God.
The Scripture testifies: "He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel." (Psa. 103:7 NKJV).
It is therefore no wonder that when Moses left them for a short while, they became fearful, perplexed and agitated, and thus sought for new gods to be with them and lead them on in their journey.
It takes deep and constant communion with God to know Him intimately and understand His ways!
It is the unwillingness of the children of Israel to draw near to God in deep communion that resulted in their ignorance, unbelief, confusion, spiritual immaturity, carnality and idolatry. This is still the primary cause of the spiritual immaturity, carnality and idolatry in the Church today.
Like Moses, many servants of God today are proud and pleased to stand between God and His people as a prayer contractor or mediator. They pride themselves in having a special anointing or favour with God to get answers to prayers and thus enjoy a good patronage from immature and undiscerning people who are only interested in experiencing God's acts but not God Himself, and in receiving God's miracles but not in knowing God's ways.
While it is expected of a good pastor or leader to constantly pray or intercede for God's people under his care, it is however wrong for any minister to offer himself as a mediator or go-between between God and His children.
There is no good substitute to the children of God praying, communing or speaking directly with God, and personally studying, imbibing and meditating in God's Word.
Under the New Covenant, every believer has equal access and right to God. God wants His children to grow in intimacy with Him through a regular and personal communion with Him. No pastor is called to be a mediator between God and His children.
As a born-again believer, you don't need to go through any prophet or pastor for you to relate or commune with God and receive answers to your prayers.
The Scripture clearly states: "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time." (1 Tim. 2:5-6 NKJV).
Lastly, when the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Zin, they became very thirsty and had no water to drink, so they contended with Moses and Aaron (Num. 20:1-8). Although Moses became very angry, God was not. God spoke to Moses about His divine provision of water in the rock for His people.
Besides Moses striking the rock twice rather than speaking to the rock as God had instructed him, Moses' words also confused the people and suggested to them that Moses and Aaron were the one doing the miracle.
Consider what Moses said to the children of Israel, "Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?" (Num. 20:10 NKJV).
Therefore, the people were right to an extent to make a god out of Moses and to seek for another god to replace him in his absence. Here is a caution for all God's servants!
Beloved, you need to be extremely careful with your words while ministering to God's people. You must never fail to make it very clear to people that you are not the healer, the deliverer, the saviour or the miracle-worker, but Jesus Christ.
Unlike Moses, your words must never suggest that you are the one doing the supernatural works, but God working through you.
After the miraculous healing of the man who was lame from his mother's womb at the gate of the temple, consider the attitude and declaration of Peter when the people were greatly amazed and looking at him and John as gods.
The Scripture records: "So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. "And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all." (Acts 3:12-16 NKJV).
Friend, this should always be your mindset, attitude and declaration after any miraculous acts performed by God through you if you don't want the undiscerning people to make a god out of you, or seek for another god to replace you in your absence.
When your words or actions after any miracle suggest to the people that it is you who did it, you have subtly made a god for the people to worship. This is the undoing of many ministers of God today!
Therefore, beware of making or presenting yourself as a god to God's people by your one man show or egocentric leadership, or by offering yourself as mediator between God and His people, or by subtly suggesting by your words or attitudes that you are the one performing the miracles for God's people, lest like Moses you end up raising only a bunch of spiritually immature, undiscerning, carnal and idolatrous babies, who may hinder you from making it to the Promised Land as they did to Moses.
Prayer: My Dear Heavenly Father, I refuse to make myself a god to Your People or offer them any god to worship. Help me Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name. Amen.


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For anyone who has been following us here at CrackBerry for a while now, you may be aware of what WES (Wireless Enterprise Synposium) is. But just is case you're not sure, WES is Research In Motions showcase event of the year where big things happen. WES 2010 is set to be a great one considering planning for the 2010 event began right after the 2009 event ended. The CrackBerry team will be there to bring you all the news and information, but this post serves as a reminder for those who may be on the fence about attending this year.
Registration begins in January and early birds get that $400 off deal you'll not want to miss out on. Thinking of attending but not really sure as of yet? Take a look through last years events to learn more and plan your budget for WES 2010.


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In 2007, Gartner warned in a widely picked up paper that global carbon emissions from the ICT sector was equal to the aviation sector. It prompted many to express concerns about run-away emissions from the sector.
Ten years hence have these predictions played out? In a paper for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change to feed into its inquiry on climate change and the internet, techUK sets out evidence that shows that despite continued sector growth, the concerns expressed in 2007 have not materialised.
History now reveals a dynamic balance between increasing demand in ICT services (number of devices in use; performance per devices; diversification of applications) and increasing energy efficiency (semiconductor performance; ; the shift from PCs to smartphones and tablets; reductions in standby losses; more efficient power conversion).
Technological developments, eco-design, procurement schemes, industry initiatives and market trends have driven much of the observed improvements in energy efficiency observed to date.
In its 2017 report to Parliament on energy prices and bills, the Committee on Climate Change reported that household energy use has fallen despite increased use and functionality of appliances and devices that require electricity. In Germany annual energy demand by the ICT sector decreased by 15%, 8TWh, between 2010 and 2015 with further reductions expected in the short-term. They expect this trend to continue until 2020 when energy consumption rise slightly from 45TWh to 46TWh in 2025. Sweden, which has the highest data traffic per capita in the world, has seen similar reductions in energy consumption between 2010 and 2015 despite data traffic being five-times higher. Recent analysis shows that the electricity intensity of the data distribution networks halves every couple of years.
Furthermore, evidence that the sector has a key role in helping others to reduce their energy use has become stronger. A recent Accenture Strategy report for BT, for example, showed that the right policy framework could enable technology and ICT to deliver a net 24% reduction in annual UK emissions, which it estimated to be 12 times the carbon footprint of the sector itself, with an associated economic benefit to the UK of £122 billion in 2020. Our recent paper outlined how these savings are being materialised and the future opportunities for the sector to support the decarbonisation of our economy.
That said, techUK recognise that while the sector is helping to drive down emissions, the digital transformation of our economy must be a sustainable one: energy efficiency improvements must continue to be delivered by the sector itself. Read our paper to see some of the latest industry trends and actions underway to improve the sector's energy efficiency, alongside some of the trends that threaten to derail progress unless "energy efficiency by design" is front and centre of technology deployment alongside with security and privacy.
We welcome feedback on this paper. So if you have any comments or views, please do get in touch.


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Sony and Microsoft are on the accelerator of the game consoles, and in this frantic battle to see who gets the most powerful there is a term that keeps repeating itself: the Teraflops. In fact, we could almost say that it has become a kind of new standard to measure the performance of consoles.
That is why today we are going to try to explain to you what FLOPS are and what exactly they measure. We will also explain to what extent is a reliable measure, and by the way we will put some context seeing how many have other devices that we usually use.
What exactly are Teraflops?
The term FLOPS (Floating point operations per second) stands for "floating-point operations per second" and is a unit that is usually used to measure the mathematical calculations that a CPU and GPU can make per second. The floating point representation is a way to represent especially large or small real numbers so that computers can do arithmetic faster.
Thus, FLOP is a measure that uses as reference the number of scientific operations that can be performed in a second. Generally, in modern computing the Gigaflops have always been used, the calculation in millions, but with the advancement of the computing capacities of the processors in recent years we usually speak in billions of calculations per second, the Teraflops.
Until the current power war of the consoles, this was a unit of measure in which they were fixed mainly in the scientific fields to develop some of the greater supercomputers of the world. These currently have already left behind the Teraflops, and his career is now for the Petaflops.
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Over time, beyond their scientific and mathematical approach, FLOPS have become a benchmark measure of total system performance (CPU + GPU). Even so, it must be borne in mind that in ordinary non-scientific applications of processors, operations on whole numbers measured in MIPS are much more common.
Therefore, although we have all finished measuring performance in FLOPS, this measure does not accurately predict how fast a processor will do a task. In addition, not everything is power, and when valuing a device we also have to take into account other concepts such as the frequencies of their processors or ROM and RAM.
A good example was given by Jorge Huguet, Director of Marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment: "It's like the engine of a car. You have a motor like that that gives you 200 horses, or you have a small engine that for your Technology reaches 180 horses but in the end the speed that takes you is the same". This means that beyond gross performance there are many other technologies that also influence the end result.
In any case, Teraflop is a reference measure with which developers can know how much computing power they can count on when creating their games on certain platforms. Therefore, the more Teraflops have a larger and more complex console will be the virtual universes that can be created for it.
How many Gigaflops does your mobile, computer or console have?
The best way to understand what this or that console means to have these and those FLOPS is to compare them to other nearby devices that we used conventionally. For this, a page that sure is more than interesting is GPU GFLOPS , which gives you the measure in Gigaflops of several types of device.
For example, and although it belongs to the high end of last year, a mobile with SoC Snapdragon 821 with Adreno 530 has a performance of 519.2 Gigaflops, and the Apple A9X chips of the iPad Pro reach 345.6 Gigaflops. For its part, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 has a power of 9000 Gigaflops, about 9 Teraflops.
As for the video game console market, you have the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 with 1311.5 and 1840 Gigaflops respectively. The PlayStation 4 Pro will reach around 4200 GFlops, and Project Scorpio expects to reach 6000 Gigaflops. There are not yet too many benchmarks on the Nintendo Switch, but their specs suggest between 400 and 500 Gigaflops.


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Alan Scheff '79, '82
It's a 'pay it forward' kind of thing.
There is so much in the press now about college not being worth it or too expensive and unnecessary. I think the college experience is so much more.
When I graduated high school in 1975, I was a naïve, 17-year-old, sheltered kid from the suburbs. I had no idea what diversity meant. When I arrived at RIT for my freshman year, I was not sure what to expect. By the time I graduated, I learned what many college leaders say is true. I read an interview with the president of Harvard that sums it up well – college is not just about how to build a start-up, or a means to the end of supporting a family and leading a life "not dogged by financial uncertainty and stress."
During my time at RIT, I kindled lasting relationships that I still have today. In fact, my wife, Michele, and I had not seen each other in six years until I saw her one day outside the General Studies Building on campus. The rest is history. We grew to be well-educated and worldly individuals and we owe a lot of that to RIT. Not only did I learn about business and finance but I learned so much about other cultures and the diversity of the world.
Michele and I decided we wanted to give back to RIT to help aspiring young individuals that do not have the wherewithal to gain that incredible experience of "discovering new worlds and the value of deliberation" that the Harvard president talks about. We created a scholarship in the Saunders College that supports business students from the RIT/Rochester City Scholars program.
So the bottom line is that I have done extremely well in the finance industry and my gift both helps with personal financial goals and helps those less fortunate to get on this path. Like a pay it forward kind of thing.
– Alan K. Scheff, CEO of Scheff Thompson Cress Investment Group, LLC. and branch manager at RJFS
We will see problems from a new perspective
Greek Student Life Fund Supports Leadership Conference Attendance
Thanks to the many RIT Greek alumni who support the Greek Student Life Fund, Peter Ryan, Jr. '15 and Taylor Evans '16 were able to attend the 2013 Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI), a national leadership conference for students in Greek organizations. The conference brings together Greek leaders from around the country for conversations and workshops on opportunities and challenges facing Greek organizations in the 21st Century.
"Sometimes when trying to solve problems or plan new events within our local Greek community, we are too narrow-minded and only look internally for answers," says Peter. "The conference introduced me to more than 80 individuals who are from different schools and organizations, but who largely share the same problems. Different exercises and conversations allowed us to share problems and solicit advice on how to address them from each other as well as fraternity and sorority life professionals."
An especially memorable experience was a discussion about the benefits and detractors of the Greek system. It was a frank and raw exercise that helped the students understand that Greek Life as a whole was in trouble due to some gravely serious transgressions committed by a small number of members. The group came to realize that as leaders on their campuses, the Greek Life students are responsible for leading their organizations in a better direction.
Both Peter and Taylor are grateful for the opportunity to have attended UIFI. Without the support from RIT's Greek Student Life Fund, they wouldn't have been able to attend. The experience will deeply enhance Peter's role as RIT's Student Government Greek Senator, and Taylor's role working on the Greek Programming Board.
Support the Greek Student Life Fund »
You can take a student around the world and back to RIT.
Study abroad is a critical component of developing "global intelligence," an increased comfort level with cultures in non-U.S. countries.
At RIT, when students go abroad, they take the opportunity to do more than be "tourists." They delve into cultures very different than their own, and often use that experience as a foundation for further study. Professor Roberley Bell's students spent 12 days in Dubai on a study abroad field research trip. When they returned, they turned their experiences into an exhibit.
The Constellation Brands Study Abroad fund was established to support RIT students choosing to study abroad or conduct research at any one of the RIT global campuses. Study abroad costs an average of $2,500 to $3,000 per student over and above the cost of tuition and is not covered by student grants and loans.
RIT's goal is to ensure a global experience for every undergraduate student. There is a significant need for support of the travel and living expenses associated with student study abroad. You can sponsor a student for a study abroad experience with a gift of $2,500 per year.
Watch the video about RIT students' trip to Dubai »
Alex Van Hook '16
I will make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities.
My passion for leadership is one of the reasons I had an internship in Washington, D.C. through the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), where I worked for a congresswoman. This experience changed my life. It taught me that I can do anything and make a difference in the lives of others.
As a scholarship recipient, I know how important our donors are to student success. Your annual support helps make an RIT education possible for thousands every day and increases the value of every RIT degree. After graduation, I plan to go to graduate school. My dream is to work with companies and other organizations to create more opportunities for people with disabilities.
Rochester City Scholars graduates its first class.
When RIT announced a program offering full scholarships for Rochester City School District students in 2009, the goal was to launch the most capable students into careers they had always dreamed about.
Twenty-seven students from the district qualified for the scholarships for the 2010 academic year. Four years later, 21 are on track to graduate in May. They have aspirations to be lawyers, engineers and scientists - and those careers are within reach.
Scott Thompson '13, '15
I will reach the stars - or maybe send others to them.
My career goal is to be involved in developing software or hardware for the next generation of space systems. I have completed two co-ops working as a software engineer for a defense company, and I hope my next co-op is in developing hardware for space or satellite systems. Without the scholarship support I received, I would not have been able to attend RIT, and wouldn't have had the chance at such great co-op experiences.
When I graduate, I want to help bring about the next revolution in space technology. I want to experience what it would have been like to work during the space race of the 1960s. The world needs that big of challenge again, and I could see myself right in the middle of it.
Camila Gomez Serrano '16
I will make a difference - thanks to RIT donors.
Thanks to a scholarship, I am able to attend RIT. I have the opportunity to learn from amazing professors and this summer thanks to the Innovation Center, I was able to do research in the Mechanical Engineering Department. I am very grateful for all the opportunities of growth that RIT has offered me in just my first year. I cannot imagine myself being as successful and happy somewhere else!
Heather L. Schoenberger '04
I am helping others stay healthy, and helping RIT too!
I'm very grateful to the many donors to RIT's Alumni Legacy Scholarship. I received tuition support from that fund while attending RIT, which has a highly respected physician assistant degree program. I really wanted to attend RIT, and the scholarship made it much easier to complete my studies without worrying about huge student debt.
Today, I am loving my career as a physician assistant. Every day I help patients to get healthy and stay healthy, and they tell me how grateful they are for my help. As an alumnus I now give back to RIT to help pass on the same legacy to current students. Thanks, RIT alumni donors, for changing my life!
Kathleen Clas - Mom to Michael '13 and Greg '13 Coady
My sons will meet challenges head on.
My sons graduated with a valuable RIT education, thanks to the generous support of scholarship donors. The cost of college was overwhelming, especially with two children in school at the same time. I'm twice as certain that every gift of support is important. I don't know how I would have covered two tuition bills, and the thought of the debt they would have taken on scared me even more. Because donors choose to support RIT's scholarship funds, they'll have what they need to succeed in a very challenging world, and be ready to meet those challenges with confidence instead of worry. Thank you, donors!
Joe Crespo '13
I will help people build new scholarship funds.
One day I want to own my own financial advising business. I'm very good with budgeting and keeping track of finances, so a career as a financial planner is my dream. To get that career off on the right foot, I'm looking forward to paying off my student loans within five years. After all, what good is it to be a financial advisor if I can't even forecast my own finances, let alone someone else's? Managing finances is an important skill, and I don't want to be in my late 20s or even 30s with my student loans holding me back. The scholarship support I've received is a big part of making that possible.
I am grateful for being able to attend RIT. When I graduate, I want to be living in a big city like Los Angeles or New York City or Boston – debt free, of course – and helping others to manage their financial futures so they can hopefully set up a scholarship fund like the one that helped me.
Margaret Bailey
I will change the face of engineering.
During my tenure as the Kate Gleason Endowed Professor, I was given the chance to change the face of engineering by increasing diversity in the field. Teaching and doing research are both full-time, demanding jobs. Through the support of an endowed professorship, generously donated by friends of RIT, I was able to spend some of my time recruiting and mentoring young female engineers. I helped them find their particular area of interest in the field, and encouraged them in a demanding course of study. I also helped direct the Women in Engineering program. WE@RIT is a supportive, inspiring place for future women engineers to prepare for leadership in the engineering field. Now, I am overseeing a multi-faceted program intended to enhance recruitment, retention and advancement opportunities for women faculty in STEM disciplines.
Without the support of generous donors to the professorship, to WE@RIT, and to other efforts to help women succeed in STEM fields, engineering classes at RIT might look very much like they did 30 years ago. The progress we've made has been valuable to the field of engineering and has helped to launch the dreams of hundreds of young women.
Dan Tessoni
My students will keep American businesses strong.
Nothing is more gratifying than knowing that your former students think so highly of what you taught them that they establish scholarships in your name. I'm honored to have had two funds established by former students. I've taught every Executive MBA student at RIT, and two EMBA alumni, Jim Goff '91 and Kim Burkart '02, created an endowed scholarship for EMBA students to which many alumni have contributed. And Jim Salzano '87 established an endowed scholarship for accounting undergraduate students, hoping it would support student success and provide a vehicle for other Saunders College alumni to give back to the school. Since then, Saunders alumni like Ron Ricotta '79 have helped to build that scholarship and have increased the support it provides to students.
I have had an amazing career at RIT, and have been so honored to teach so many talented students. These scholarships are a wonderful legacy after 40 years of teaching.
Jim Winter
A scholarship ensures that Jim Winter will continue to help students.
After decades of helping RIT students navigate the financial aid maze, Jim Winter was a legend in the RIT financial aid office. The stories of how he impacted students' lives flow from across the country - many alumni say they never would have been able to attend RIT if it weren't for the help Jim gave them to address tuition costs.
When Jim passed away unexpectedly, something else came from alumni - gifts to support the Jim Winter Scholarship at RIT. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were given to the fund to honor the man that so many students knew for his dedication in helping them come to RIT.
REDCOM Laboratories
RIT alumni-owned company, REDCOM Laboratories, is helping to create a new, state-of-the-art conferencing facility in RIT's Saunders College of Business.
REDCOM Laboratories in Victor, NY is helping RIT's Saunders College of Business to create a much-needed 21st century conferencing facility in Lowenthal Hall. The REDCOM Global Telepresence Room, an advanced technology multipoint video and audio conferencing area, will be constructed in the new wing of the building and is a pivotal component of the new vision for the Saunders College laid out in the Saunders Challenge campaign. The new conferencing capabilities will enable Saunders College students, faculty, and administration to conduct coordinated global discussions with individuals in several locations that rival face-to-face meetings.
REDCOM has very strong RIT connections. Founder, CEO and chairman, Klaus Gueldenpfennig '74, '77, Vice President of Finance, Brigitte Gueldenpfennig '81; and Executive Vice President, Dinah Gueldenpfennig Weisberg '97, '03, all received their MBAs from the Saunders College. In addition, Klaus and Dinah have degrees from other RIT colleges, Klaus is a member of the RIT Board of Trustees, and Brigitte is a member of the Saunders College Dean's Advisory Council. The company employs many RIT co-ops and alumni in both technical and business fields.
REDCOM is a manufacturer of digital and IP-enabled telecommunications systems for carriers, utilities, emergency response and defense applications, and has been a long-standing supporter of RIT. The $250,000 gift from the company will fund the telecommunications-video communications room allowing RIT to tap connections to state-of-the-art web services and networks so that the Saunders College will be able to deliver conversations across the continents with every participant feeling as if they are in the same room. The room will consist of multiple plasma displays forming a video wall. Software will allow either the entire wall to be used as a single screen or to view multiple separate screens connected to several locations. Cameras in the room will focus on participants at each seat and transmit their voice and picture to other locations.
The Gueldenpfennigs made the decision to fund the room through their company in response to the Saunders Challenge. E. Philip Saunders, namesake for the Saunders College, created a $20,000,000 challenge to friends and alumni to help make the Saunders College become a center of entrepreneurship and innovation for the next generation of business leaders. Mr. Saunders' committed the first $5,000,000 as a 1:3 matching gift to help reach this goal. To date, the Challenge has received over $6,000,000 to be matched by Mr. Saunders.
For more information about the Saunders Challenge or to add your support, visit saunders.rit.edu/challenge.
RIT Centers of faith and culture being renovated
Two facilities will receive needed design changes and upgrades in the coming year.
As noted in the Spring 2011 University Magazine, more than 1,000 students take part in faith observances or cultural/social activities offered by RIT's Center for Religious Life every weekend. Now, two centers of faith and campus culture are receiving much needed renovations in the coming year thanks to support from two Rochester-based foundations.
Schmitt Interfaith Center
The Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Interfaith Center at the heart of campus recently received a $300,000 grant from the Schmitt Foundation to kick off a major renovation plan. The money will be used for renovation of the Allen Chapel to provide new seating, lighting, and design elements to make the chapel practical for all faiths. The Schmitt Foundation grant will also provide funding to renovate the lobby to the Schmitt Center, creating a more welcoming first impression for students and visitors. Future plans include renovation of the smaller Jones Chapel, the lower level Skalny Room, foyer, and kitchen, addition of a canopy structure on the Quarter Mile entrance, and extensive exterior landscape design improvements for the south entrance to the Center. The Schmitt Interfaith Center was dedicated in 1985. This is the first significant renovation planned since the Center's opening. Additional renovations will be based on fundraising progress.
RIT Hillel
Over the past five years, Jewish life has grown significantly at RIT and RIT Hillel has become a recognized student organization. Committed to creating a pluralistic, welcoming, and inclusive environment for Jewish students, RIT Hillel has created a strong partnership with Hillel of Rochester to build a campus culture that is nurturing for Jewish students and their ability to incorporate Jewish tradition into their lives. Jewish
As a University priority, President Destler has committed to building a bridge between religious and intellectual life and a recent gift from the Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation will bring RIT closer to that goal. A $45,000 gift from the Farash Foundation is being used to expanded RIT Hillel's programs and renovate Hillel House on the RIT campus. Hillel House provides programming and meeting space on the residential side of campus for both hearing and deaf students. Renovation plans include updated lounge and kosher kitchen, new television that is closed captioning compatible, and other furnishings and updates to meet the needs of our Jewish community for a vibrant, inclusive space.
If you are interested in more information on either project or would like to support the Center for Religious Life's many programs, please contact us.
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Rescind decision to hinder building mosque
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In May 2010 area zoning commissioners approved the building of a 52,960 square foot Mosque/recreation center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Construction for the mosque began in late 2011 and efforts have been met with unabashed threats of violence, intentional property damage, arson, and other acts of domestic terrorism. Recently, nearing completion, public opinion arose and judicial injunctions have brought construction to a screeching halt.
Last month, at a meeting open to the public, resident Tracey Steven added to the discord by saying, "Our country was founded through the founding fathers through the true God, the Father and Jesus Christ." Joining her in her most noble of plights, resident Stan Whiteway added, "They (people of Islam) seem to be against everything I believe in, and so I don't want them necessarily in my neighborhood." A self-proclaimed religious investigator for the Murfreesboro metropolitan area and Pastor at the World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Allen Jackson also stated, "We have a duty to investigate anyone under the banner of Islam." The nazistic and narrow-minded beliefs expressed by the residents of the area where the Mosque is to be built breed ignorance and fuel the preconceived notion that all Muslims are terrorists.
Hard pressed by Tennessee Attorney Joe Brandon, appointed court official Chancellor Robert Corlew revoked the Mosque's building permit. In a pathetic attempt to add validity to his ruling, Corlew delivered this statement, "plans for the new Mosque, previously approved by a local planning commission, are now 'void and of no effect.'" Corlew claimed the planning commission violated the law by not providing the community with sufficient public notices, as mandated by law. However, when confronted with newspaper printed evidence to the contrary, Corlew went on to say the notification in the newspaper was "in relatively small type near the bottom of the page." For Tennessee Attorney Joe Brandon, the satisfaction of an impressive law degree and the most handsome of hairlines pales in comparison to the contentment afforded to him by Corlew's ruling. Brandon went on record saying, "The ruling was a victory for all the county's residents." It is evident Chancellor Robert Corlew, Tennessee Attorney Joe Brandon, and the cowards who hide behind the judicial skirt tail are among those who have either succumbed to threats of domestic terrorism and or are among those political powerhouses simply operating to further some political agenda.
In addition to the legitimacy of the building permit, Judge Corlew has declared that occupancy for the Mosque is also an issue. In yet another attempt to mollify the bigots who so heavily oppose the Mosque, Corlew has decided a case for the building's occupancy should be decided upon. He has ordered the county not to grant a certificate for occupancy until after a final decision is made on July 2nd. In closing he added these measures were necessary because the Mosque was "controversial." The Rutherford County Commissions office has voted to appeal Corlew's ruling. The cost of such an appeal can range anywhere from $15,000 to 25,000. The decisions to disallow and renege on the building's permits outline the plethora of intolerance that brews just beneath the surface of this outwardly diverse and tolerant nation's judicial system. These court appearances and series of appeals and hearings are nothing more than judicial "nit-picking." Making matters worse, those contributing to the mayhem are those sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution and all it encompasses. A center for worship is useless if people cannot worship in it. Change and growth within a developed and civilized society should be revered. Instead it is shunned and out casted, while those in opposition use the judicial system to condone and enforce religious oppression. As a result, an entire group of people are forced to fight, petition, and sue for rights protected by and guaranteed under Constitutional decree.
Public opinion should have zero standing in matters of private building plans when any such building presents no foreseeable reasonable risk to the community. However, public opinion seems to have weighed heavily in these decisions. Tennessee Attorney Joe Brandon, in collusion with his judicial drudge, seems to think he can use some false technicality, conveniently but not previously given merit to, as absolution for these miscarriages of justice and the continued violation of Civil Liberties. In a derisory attempt at justification, Chancellor Corlew and Tennessee Attorney Joe Brandon can masquerade beneath the façade of clerical or new-found error in the permits' approval or issuance, but with little success. The people of the Islamic faith and locals of the Murfreesboro community will not be dissuaded from the blatantly obvious prejudices unfolding before them at the cost of something they have worked so hard for.
Based upon pronounced underlying determinants, Corlew's rulings push this country one step closer toward a communistic governing body. A refusal to render or the decision formally to retract any previously approved permit(s) for any prospective religiously affiliated center or building, based solely upon a public opinion born of ignorance and fear, is not only unconstitutional but also heartless and inhumane. When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution they did so with the belief that freedoms of religion and speech, along with the right to assemble, were liberties to be granted to every citizen, not just those considered "desirable." The bigots who claim to love this country and fear for its well-being are ones from whom it should be protected. Undermining the Constitution and allowing these violations of civil liberties will pose a greater threat to this nation than any Islamic Center ever could. This country was founded on the backs of immigrants from many walks of life, all of whom differed in political and religious preferences and affiliations. Still, it has evolved into the strongest nation on the planet. Help this nation and sign this petition asking Chancellor Corlew to reconsider his position and remove the appearance of judicial impropriety. Ask the courts to grant the Mosque the same unalienable rights it would unquestionably grant a Baptist Church or a Buddhist Temple. Ask Corlew to permit this place of worship to be used and occupied as such and to allow the building of the Mosque to continue, unimpeded.
Sign this petition and help send a message stating no longer is the outdated ideology, one professing that the "American way of life" is a lifestyle rooted ONLY in Christian faith, the opinion of this religiously neutral and diverse nation. Stand with us to protect the candor of the United States' Constitution and give way to the truth it holds self-evident, FREEDOM!
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No Man's Sky: A beginner's guide
We've begun our journey into the ether and learned a lot since setting foot on our first planet. Here are our top tips for getting a head start in No Man's Sky.
We've barely scratched the surface of No Man's Sky's vast universe. We've left our first planet, met with aliens friendly and not-so-friendly, traded resources, duked it out with sentinels and managed to warp to another star system. While that sounds like a lot, its a relatively small achievement in the No Man's Sky world.
However, we feel we've achieved and failed enough to offer some sage-like advice on the dos and don'ts of NMS beginners.
1. Mine early, mine often
When you set out on your first planet, you will be asked to gather multiple elements and resources to repair your ship. Planets are teeming with valuable minerals, but to get started you're going to need to power your mining beam with some isotopes. Carbon, Plutonium and Thamium9 are all isotopes that are plentiful on most planets we've visited so far. We recommend stocking up on isotopes to save you from running out of charge when you've found a rare mineral or come toe-to-toe with a pesky sentinel. If you run out of charge, you can always interact with certain flora or loot boxes. Interactive flora often spits out carbon and you can find all sorts of treasures in loot.
2. Relax. Take your time.
As soon as you begin No Man's Sky, you are given an objective: repair your ship. While its a good idea to get that out of the way early, don't be in such a rush to leave your first planet.
Skimming over the surface and setting off your scanner will reveal all sorts of exciting places to visit. So long as you keep a steady supply of plutonium to power your launch thrusters, you can set down and take off as often as possible.
Keep an eye out for Monoliths and Knowledge Stones early on. These two stick out like a sore thumb and teach you words from various alien languages. Before you know it you will be conversing with Korvax, and without any knowledge of Korvaxian vernacular, these conversations can take a dive quickly.
It's also a good idea to familiarise yourself with the elements early. Knowing the symbol for what you're looking for will help you navigate to exactly what you need at any given time.
|Commonly used for...
|Red lightning bolt
|Carbon, Thamium9 and Plutonium
|Phase Beam, Pulse Engine, Hyper Drive fuel, Life Support System and feeding fauna.
|Yellow brick
|Sulfur, Iron, Zinc, Titanium, Lemmium, Aronium, Crolium, Teromin and Magmox.
|Charging the Deflector Shield and Exosuit. Crafting Carite Sheets etc.
|Blue beaker
|Silicon, Heridium, Platinum and Chrysonite
|Used for constructing new tech for your Exosuit, Ship and Multi-tool
|Neutral elements
|Green brick
|Nickel, Iridium, Emeril, Copper, Aluminium, Gold
|Neutral elements are sometimes used for crafting, but are most valuable as a commodity to sell.
|Precious elements
|Purple icon
|Calium, Radnox, Omegon, Murrine
|Valuable trading resources
3. Save, save, save
No Man's Sky does a pretty great job of saving your progress often. It autosaves just about every time you exit your ship, when you achieve certain goals and when you make contact with an outpost. However, I found myself on more than one occasion falling victim to a game-breaking bug, losing some significant progress. If you're stocked to the teeth with resources, take a short pit stop at your ship or a local outpost if there's one nearby.
Speaking of bugs. I've ran into my fair share so far. In one situation, my objective directed me to "press square" to activate a beacon. However, when I stepped close there was no prompt. I spent way too much time searching for answers in forums, before closing the game and restarting it, but that fixed things right up.
In another situation, an outpost I was tasked with visiting seemed to be placed in between the surface and an underground cave, making it impossible to reach. Again, a quick refresh and the problem sorted it self out.
4. When the Bypass Chips are down
You will come across terminals early on that require Bypass Chips to access. At first I stupidly ignores these, thinking a Bypass Chip was something I would have to wait to unlock. Turns out you can fashion a Bypass Chip using some Iron and Plutonium, both of which are plentiful on just about every planet. Accessing terminals with a Bypass Chip reveals various points of interest on whatever planet you're currently visiting.
5. Avoid combat early on, stay close to your ship
Sentinels, No Man's Sky's protective bots, have roamed every planet I've visited so far. They tend to show up after you've seriously pillaged a planet of its resources. The Sentinel will look at the space where a rock formation used to be, then at the player, back at the vacant space, then back at the player. If you keep it cool around patrolling Sentinels, they shouldn't give you too much grief. However, if you just go about your business, bleeding the planet dry in their presence, they will seriously mess you up.
For this same reason, its always handy to keep your ship close by. Some encounters can be easily avoided by getting out of dodge.
Bonus tip for those playing at home
Make friends where you can. Creatures tend to be skittish or aggressive, making it hard to scan them or get a good screenshot. If you chase them down and feed them Carbon, they'll learn to love you. Get friendly enough, and some creatures will even point you in the right direction for valuable resources.
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Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)
Professor, Department of Genetics
Professional Interests
Dr. NAMITA ROY-CHOWDHURY
The overall goal of my laboratory is to study the liver-based inherited metabolic diseases, mainly, inherited disorders of Bilirubin Glucuronidation and Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1. To understand these diseases we determine the mutations in the genes and structure-function relationship. We also developing methods for correction of these diseases by gene therapy, introducing functional genes by different methods and by liver cell transplantation. As normal liver cells are not easily available and to avoid immune suppression, we collect skin fibroblasts of the patients and reprogram these to induced pluripotent stem cells, differentiate them to hepatocytes and transplant these cells to different animal models to test their efficacy.
I. Inherited Disorders of Bilirubin Glucuronidation. GT1A1 is a member of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) family of enzymes, which is concentrated in the hepatic endoplasmic reticulum (ER). UGT1A1 mediates the glucuronidation of bilirubin and estrogens. UGT1A1-mediated glucuronidation is required for excretion of bilirubin in bile. We showed that the genetic lesions in any one of the five exons encoding UGT1A1 can abolish or reduce bilirubin glucuronidation, causing potentially lethal Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I (CN-I), or it's less severe variant, Crigler-Najjar syndrome type II (CN-II). We also showed that Gilbert syndrome, a milder form of inherited hyperbilirubinemia, is caused by a promoter variation. We have been studying the regulation of UGT1A1 gene expression. Our objective is to develop novel therapies (gene and cell-based therapies) to cure this disease, using the jaundiced Gunn rat model of CN-1.
II. Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1 (PH1). PH1 is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase gene (AGXT). In humans, insufficient AGXT activity in liver peroxisomes leads to increased oxalate production that causes calcium oxalate stones in the kidney and then in blood, heart, bones, etc. It is a lethal disease unless combined liver and kidney transplantation is performed. We have developed a mouse model of PH1. Our plan is to cure this disease by (a) gene therapy (b) transplantation of adult primary hepatocytes or (c) hepatocytes derived from human embryonic (hESC) or induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC). For the latter, fibroblasts from the skin of normal volunteers or patients with PH1 are used to generate iPS. Initially we used viral vectors to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Our current focus is to use non-integrating factors to generate iPS cells.
Roy-Chowdhury J, Locker J, Roy-Chowdhury N. Nuclear Receptors orchestrate detoxification pathways. Developmental Cell 4:1-2, 2003.
Ghosh SS, Lu Y, Lee SW, Wang X, Guha C, Roy-Chowdhury J, Roy-Chowdhury N. Role of cysteine residues in the function of human uridinediphosphoglucuronate glucuronosyltransferases-1 (UGT1A1). Biochem J 392:685-692, 2005.
Roy-Chowdhury N, Wang X, Roy-Chowdhury J. Bile Pigment Metabolism and Its Disorders. Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics, Fifth Edition, Rimoin DL, Connor JM, Pyeritz RE, Korf BR, editors. Churchill Livingstone, London, 2006.
Salido E, Li XM, Lu Y, Wang X, Santana A, Roy-Chowdhury N, Torres A, Shapiro L, Roy-Chowdhury J. Alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase deficient mice, a model for primary hyperoxaluria that responds to adenoviral gene transfer. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:18249-18254, 2006.
Kawashita Y, Guha C, Moitra R, Wang X, Fox I, Roy-Chowdhury J and Roy-Chowdhury N. Hepatic repopulation with stably transduced conditionally immortalized hepatocytes in the Gunn rat. J Hepatol 49:99-106, 2008.
Jiang J, Salido EC, Guha C, Wang X, Moitra R, Liu L, Roy-Chowdhury J and Roy-Chowdhury N. Correction of Hyperoxaluria by liver repopulation with hepatocytes in a mouse model of primary hyperoxaluria type -1. Transplantation 85:1253-1260, 2008.
Roy Chowdhury N, Roy Chowdhury J. Disorders of bilirubin metabolism. In: The Liver: Biology and Pathobiology, 4th Edition, Arias, IM, Editor-in-Chief. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2009, 251-256.
Roy-Chowdhury N, Roy-Chowdhury J. Liver physiology and energy metabolism. In: Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 9th Edition.Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, editors. Saunders-Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2010, pp. 1207-1226.
Ding J, Yannam GR, Roy-Chowdhury N, Hidvegi T, Basma H, Rennard SI, Wong RJ, Avsar Y, Guha C, Perlmutter DH, Fox IJ, Roy-Chowdhury J. Spontaneous hepatic repopulation in transgenic mice expressing mutant human alpha1- antitrypsin by wild-type donor hepatocytes. J Clin Invest 121:1930-1934, 2011.
Zhou H, Dong X, Kabarriti R, Chen Y, Avsar A, Wang X, Ding J, Liu L, Fox IJ, Roy-Chowdhury J, Roy-Chowdhury N, Guha C. Single liver lobe repopulation with wildtype hepatocytes using regional hepatic irradiation cures jaundice in Gunn rats. PLoS One 7:e46775, 2012.
Sauer V, Roy-Chowdhury N, Guha C, Roy-Chowdhury J. Induced pluripotent stem cells as a source of hepatocytes. Curr Pathobiol Rep 2:11–20, 2014.
Chen Y, Li Y, Wang X, Zhang W, Sauer V, Chang C-J, Han B, Tchaikovskya T, Avsar Y, Tafaleng EN, Sanal MG, Tar K, Polgar Z, Strom S, Bouhassira EE, Guha C, Fox IJ, Roy-Chowdhury J, Roy-Chowdhury N. Amelioration of hyperbilirubinemia in Gunn rats after transplantation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes. Stem Cell Reports 5:22-30, 2015.
Sauer V, Tchaikovskaya T, Wang X, Li Y, Zhang W Tar K, Polgar Z, Ding J, Guha C, Fox IJ, Roy-Chowdhury N, Roy-Chowdhury J. Human urinary epithelial cells as a source of engraftable hepatocyte-like cells using stem cell technology. Cell Transplant 2016 Jun 9 [Epub ahead of print].
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What to Know
Geraldine Mendez, 20, was last seen leaving her Bushwick apartment Sunday morning
She arrived in New York City from Mexico in August to do some fashion shows, her father says
Friends and family are desperately searching for the woman
A model from Mexico last seen leaving her Brooklyn apartment has been missing since Sunday, sparking a desperate search by family and friends in New York City.
Geraldine Mendez, 20, arrived in New York City in August to do some fashion shows, according to her father, who flew in from Mexico to help find her. She was last seen leaving her Bushwick apartment Sunday morning.
"I don't think there could be greater pain than knowing your daughter is in a city alone, in a fragile situation," Hugo Mendez told NBC 4 New York in Spanish.
Geraldine's social media show pictures and videos of her traveling the world and discovering New York. There has been no update since she disappeared.
"Geraldine is what I call a happy hippie," said friend Kris Kemp. "She's creative like most of the people here, so she was just kind of hanging out with different people here."
Friends and family were knocking on doors through the neighborhood, seeking any leads.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.


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|Transformation (Trans`for*ma"tion) (?), n.
[L. transformatio: cf. transformation.]
The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: -- (a) (Biol.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis.
(-- esp. the change from a normal to a cancerous state for a eukaryotic cell --)
(b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis. (c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation. (d) (Theol.) A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion. (e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value.
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Qualifying productions: minimum EEA expenditure
S1217GB Corporation Tax Act 2009
To be a qualifying production for Theatre Tax Relief (TTR) purposes at least 25% of the core expenditure (TPC50010) on the theatrical production incurred by the Theatrical Production Company (TPC) must be European Economic Area (EEA) expenditure.
Pre-completion periods
Whether a theatrical production meets the 25% EEA expenditure condition cannot be determined until after the end of the completion period (the accounting period in which the company ceases to carry on the separate theatrical trade in respect of the production).
But tax returns for any earlier periods (pre-completion periods) can include claims to TTR based on an expectation that the condition will be met if they include a statement of planned core expenditure that is EEA expenditure and this indicates that on completion of the theatrical production the EEA expenditure condition will be met.
Claims for pre-completion periods will be revisited, and TTR claims appropriately revised if it turns out the final amount of core expenditure that is EEA expenditure is less than 25% but claims have been made as if the condition would be met.
Final statement of the core expenditure on the theatrical production that is EEA expenditure
The tax return for the final accounting period must:
- indicate that the theatrical production has been completed or abandoned, and
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Image caching with Flex 3
As always I will start with my examples because I know most people want to see a demo before reading about it. Both of these examples are identical except for one line of code which flags image caching on or off. I have added stats.as so you can see the memory usage as you load more images. You will notice that when using the example with image caching you can load hundreds of images with little memory impact and it is much faster than the example with out caching. Also if you do not believe stats.as open up your task manager and view the memory usage of your browser to confirm that ImageCache is really working.
View source is enabled so you can see whats going on.
App NOT using cache
App using cache
I have seen several Flex 3 image caching solutions out on the web but most of them seemed to subclass SWFLoader or Image. In my opinion the Image class should know nothing about caching, it should just know about displaying the image. Why add extra functionality to the Image class? Why not have something else manage the caching? So I created ImageCache which is a utility class that handles caching images which can then be used as the source for any Image component.
The reason I like this approach is that it leaves the Image class alone and if you want to cache something you do not need to swap all the Images in your app with some subclass. You only need to change the way you set the Images source property.
I thought the browser cached images?
You may think that you don't need to cache your images in Flex because your browser is already doing that. While it is true that your browser is caching the images that your Flex app requests it probably works a little different then you think. For example the first time you load an image you might notice that it takes a second, but if you load that same url again it shows up right away. This must mean that it is using a cached version of the image right? Well thats partly correct your browser is giving you a cached version of the image BUT, your Flex app is creating a whole new instance of that image data. So by default you get a speed gain with your browsers cache but what you are not getting is any memory gains. Each time you load that image your Flex app's memory usage will go up by the size of that image. This is because each Image component keeps a separate BitmapData for its own use. In some cases this is good but most of the time it is not necessary and can be wasteful.
If we cache the images in the app it self we can achieve even faster loading speeds because we do not even need to ask the browser for the image. Second and even better, we can reuse the same image over and over with almost no memory overhead. This is done by sharing the same BitmapData between multiple Image components.
How it works
ImageCache works by keeping a mapping between URL and BitmapData. When you use ImageCache to cache an image it will load the image and then store the BitmapData for that image. Then when you want to set an Image component's source to that image ImageCache will create a new Bitmap using a reference to the stored BitmapData. This means that there is almost no memory overhead and the image will load almost instantly because we are just referencing the BitmapData instead of creating a whole new copy of it. One thing to note is that because of the BitmapData sharing if you change the underlaying BitmapData of one of the Images all of the Images referencing that BitmapData will also change. This may or may not be good for you depending on how your app works.
ImageCache currently has 4 public methods:
public function setImageSource(image:Image, source:Object):void
public function cacheImage(source:Object):void
public function flushImage(source:Object):void
public function loadIntoCache(source:Object):void
The setImageSource method allows you to set an Image's source using the cache. If the url is not cached already this method will cache the image and set the Image component's source. If the image is already cached it will just set the Image component's source.
Next the cacheImage method will simply cache an image with out setting any component's source. This is useful for pre-caching images so they can be used later on with out having to load them.
If you want to flush an image from the cache you can use the flushImage method to do so. This method removes an image from the cache meaning that the next time it is requested it will ask the browser.
Lastly the flush method will clear all images in the cache.
When you use the setImageSource method you do not have to worry about timing or whether or not the image has been cached yet because ImageCache already accounts for that. It will keep a list of Image components that want a certain source and once it has finished caching it will go back and set it on all the Images that were waiting.
One more thing. I require Image components but that could easily be swapped out for SWFLoader or whatever class you wanted. This is just a quick example to show the benefits of using caching in your app. The same techniques could also be used to cache any type of file your app might be loading .swf, .pdf, .xml and so on.


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Publishers and authors now have the power to silence the Kindle 2 e-book reader.
Amazon.com Inc. reversed course Friday on the device's controversial text-to-speech feature, which reads digital books aloud in a robotic voice. The company gave rights holders the ability to disable the feature for individual titles.
The Kindle 2, which shipped this week, is a faster and smaller version of Amazon's gadget. It can hold more than 1,500 books and has 25% more battery life than its predecessor.
But the Authors Guild objected to the text-to-speech function, saying Amazon doesn't have the right to essentially turn e-books into audio books. Guild President Roy Blount Jr., well-known for his role on the NPR quiz show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," wrote an opinion column in the New York Times denouncing the function.


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Sometimes there are weekends that are so good that you forget to pause and document them. If you follow me on Instagram, you will have seen a few images from this weekend, but it really wasn't much. I know that seems paradoxical – so good you forget to document, but not much? But it's true.
Sweet Husband and I decided last weekend that because he hadn't been north to spend time with the family, it might be a good idea for him to come up. Friday nights are hard – SH, his momma, and I are teachers. By the time Friday night rolls around, we are worn out and just tired. SH's daddy got us steaks from the best steakhouse in the area, and we chowed down at home before settling in to watch movies on the couch. Try not to be jealous of that much excitement. Sometimes, though, just being with the people you love is enough.
Saturday I woke with a splitting headache, so instead of attending the Hattiesburg Mardi Gras parade, we took it easy. When we finally got up and around, SH, his momma, and I made our way to a couple of places – antique shops, salvage stores, etc – just poking around a few other places before heading home to have a delicious dinner of first-of-the-season crawfish.
We wait forever for crawfish, and when it shows up, we know it's too expensive. We all make noises about how we won't pay more then $2.50-3.00/pound, but then we just can't stand it and the next thing you know, you've paid $5.00/pound for them – when you just said that you would never pay that much for them, but somewhere in the back of your mind you remember that you do this at the beginning of last year too because you just need a taste to get your through. $100 later, after you've sucked heads and pinched tails and had a few beers, you groan about how good they were but how expensive, and pat your belly.
While the boys settled in to watch basketball, we made our way out for more antiquing and more salvage store shopping. I bought the things I was looking for and saw some fabulous ideas. Makes me remember that my project for spring break is to refinish a rocking chair I picked up for $5. I've been thinking we need some sort of chair in the living room, and while I'm looking for what I really want, the redone rocking chair will work nicely I think. I'm actually pretty excited about it (don't tell SH – he's been trying to throw that chair away for 2 years).
After shopping, SH and I made our way out to a friend's where we had burgers for dinner and then spent the rest of the night sitting around a bonfire, drinking beer and talking about our lives and where we're headed. I'm always a little surprised at how quickly the hours race away when you're enjoying good times with good people.
Today has been lazy. Incredibly, supremely lazy. After a brief sleep-in, we made our way home where we took an incredibly luxurious nap and then made our way out for some lunch/dinner and grocery shopping. We're preparing for the new week and making ready to get back into the swing.
Weekly Intentions
There's a lot that has to happen this week. Things are gearing up in lots of areas of our life, and I need to get some order and routines in place to make it easier for me to deal with them.
- Get back into my morning pages routine. I allowed things to get in the way of it this past week, and I only wrote once this past week. That's unacceptable.
- Drink more water. It's been quite awhile since I was last so dehydrated that I was nauseated & vomiting, but I hit that stage on Friday. I have a lovely new glass waterbottle, and I intend to drink at least 3 of those a day.
- Send 2 cards to friends.
- Order SH's Valentine's gift.
- Pull together application materials for the literacy coaching position.
- Create binders and folders for my office.
- Create schedule of work.
- Prep for the 2nd Photo Friday link-up. There weren't very many of us this week, but I'm so proud and happy with the success! I'm glad there were people who wanted to join in and share some love. I really enjoyed the photos that were shared, and I think that participating in this is going to greatly improve my photography. I'm envious, and that makes me want to do better.
- Figure out the problem with the mobile sites.
- Prep and publish my 10 on 10 photo series, part of a photography circle with other ladies from my Clever Cookie School of blog group.
- Create new landing pages for several of my projects.
- Figure out promotion strategies for my See Mississippi series and my Photo Friday link-up
I hope that y'all had a great weekend! What was one awesome thing that happened? And what big dreams are you running after this week?


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So, what do you think of Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie"?
Last week, Justin Timberlake nearly sent the internet crashing to its knees by suddenly announcing that he was "ready" to release new music for the first time in SEVEN YEARS. Upon hearing the news, we rocked our bodies, reacted in GIFs, cried rivers of joy, and may or may not have relived the early aughts with some old-school *NSYNC. Not that we don't love *actor* Justin, but there's really nothing like watching the pop master at work, ya know? And as his countdown clock promised, Justin's brand-new Jay-Z-assisted, Timbaland-produced jam "Suit & Tie" arrived this morning, along with an open letter to his fans promising an upcoming third solo album, The 20/20 Experience. (Also, you realize JT totally just one-upped the 2013 Golden Globes, right?) Since then, many fans have weighed in on "Suit & Tie," and reactions have ranged from borderline religious ecstasy to tepid intrigue. Now, all we want to know is, was it worth the wait?
Tell us how you liked Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" after the jump.
That's right, we said it. Was Justin's "Suit & Tie" worth the wait? Did the song's retro horns soothe your soul? Or did they grind your gears? Was Justin and Jay-Z's ode to a sharp, Alexander Wang or Tom Ford three-piece gratuitous? Or was it the sexy club banger you've been waiting all your life for? Did it live up to seven years of musical silence? Or should Justin stick to playing "couch trampoline" in People magazine and impersonating Sean Parker? Tell us below!
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Briscoe holds off Hunter-Reay to win in St. Pete
Vision Racing's Hunter-Reay came home second less than 1/2-second behind, the best finish ever for Tony George's team, followed by Dale Coyne's Justin Wilson, Dario Franchitti in the Ganassi Dallara Honda and Tony Kanaan in the AGR Dallara Honda.
Briscoe who started 4th, gave Team Penske its 30th IndyCar Series victory and he led 46 of 100 laps. Early leader Justin Wilson led a race high 52 laps.
Under a glorious Florida sunshine, one of the largest crowds in St. Petersburg history enjoyed a hard race with a number of mishaps, including Graham Rahal, who a day earlier became the youngest pole winner in IndyCar Series history, was hit and spun sideways into the grass and fell back to 21st. The defending race winner drove back through the field to a seventh-place finish.
"The race started bad right from the beginning for the McDonald's team," Rahal said. "I was conservative on the start and I'm guessing it was Kanaan that punted me. From there, it was just battling back all day trying to find a way to get the car back up to the front. We certainly inched away at it to get back up to seventh from last place and I'm pretty happy with that, but I think the results should have, and could have been, better."
Wilson took the lead in the first turn of the race as the field went four wide into the first corner.
Wilson led the first 34 laps on alternate tires, known as "reds."
Briscoe was good coming off the final corner and it made it difficult for anyone to get a good slipstream on him and pass him back under braking for Turn 1, which was the best place to pass all day.
"This is our first race of the season and it's such a great feeling to kick it off with a race win," said Briscoe. "The conditions were tough; it was very tricky on restarts. The tires would get very cold and it would be very slippery. It was a challenge to keep it between the white lines and off the wall. I had some strong challenges from behind, but my car was very strong today and I was able to hold them off."
Perhaps the drive of the race was by Hunter-Reay. Starting 14th for Vision Racing, which has always done poorly on the street and road courses because they never had a talented driver, Hunter-Reay drove a clean race and made smart passes to give Tony George some hope that he now has the talent in Hunter-Reay to bring the team its first ever IndyCar win.
"It was a good, clean race for us," said Hunter-Reay, who won at Watkins Glen in '08 with Rahal Letterman Racing and started 14th here. "Late in the race, I was thinking long term with points. You couldn't step a foot off line without jeopardizing your car, so I kept it in line for the team. It's been a long week for everyone on the team and everyone who worked on getting it here deserves the credit."
Danica Patrick, the IRL's biggest star, crashed out early. She was running ninth in the 22-car field on Sunday when rookie Raphael Matos tried to pass as the two went into one of the tightest turns on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit.
Both cars crashed, with Patrick's Andretti Green Racing entry slamming hard, rear end first into a tire barrier.
"It's not exactly the ideal spot to pass," she said. "We were going into the fast chicane there and there's no room, there's no room for two people. ... I was looking in my mirrors and I saw him. He just wasn't all the way up next to me."
Matos was probably frustrated because she was slow, and he wanted to get past.
Ed Carpenter and Scott Dixon, who had a horrible day on the track and in the pits, crashed into the third turn wall. IndyCar champion Dixon's problem was contact in the first turn with Mutoh. His left front suspension was damaged and by the time he got to turn three, he couldn't make the corner. It was a big hit, ending his day. It was the first time he's failed to finish a race since this race last season.
On the lap 87 restart, Dan Wheldon tried to outbrake Tony Kanaan entering the first turn, and that backed things up by the time the field reached turn four. Wheldon and series newcomer Robert Doornbos made contact, igniting a melee. Mutoh drove into the back of Wheldon, who ended up in the tire barrier, and Marco Andretti clipped Mutoh and damaged his front suspension. Will Power was involved, too, but he came out with minimum damage.
On lap 96, Tagliani was not up alongside Marco Andretti to pull of the pass and they made contact entering turn 10. Andretti's day was over.
Next up for the IndyCar teams is the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 17-19, on the streets of Long Beach, California. The Long Beach event is Round #2 of the 2009 IndyCar Series season. It will be televised live on Versus at 3:30 p.m. ET.
RYAN BRISCOE (No. 6 Team Penske, first): "At the end there, we had some restarts and I was able to get Justin Wilson down on the inside. Team Penske gave me a great car today. Roger Penske calls my strategy, and it was just absolutely perfect today. This is our first race of the season, and it's such a great feeling to kick it off with a race win. The conditions were tough – it was very tricky on restarts. The tires would get very cold, and it would be very slippery. It was a challenge to keep it between the white lines and off the wall. I had some strong challenges from behind, but my car was very strong today, and I was able to hold them off."
RYAN HUNTER-REAY (No. 21 Vision Racing, second): "It was a good, clean race for us. Late in the race, I was thinking long term with points. You couldn't step a foot off line without jeopardizing your car, so I kept it line for the team. It's been a long week for everyone on the team and everyone who worked on getting the car here deserves the credit."
JUSTIN WILSON (No. 19 Sonny's Bar-B-Q, third): "It's been a fantastic weekend. The Sonny's Bar-B-Q car has been working fantastic. On that restart, I got out-dragged on the front straight. There's not much you can do. You can't block. It's just one of those things. I was just disappointed because you can't do any more."
DARIO FRANCHITTI (No. 10 Air Wick, fourth): "The Air Wick car was pretty quick, especially at the end, but we lost track position. Some of the other guys maybe caught a lucky break there and jumped us in the pits. But all through the day we made it a little better. The one thing it wasn't doing well was using tires. You could see that at the start when Justin (Wilson) and I were fighting and Justin was able to pull away further and further. That last stint was good for us because we had a chance to cool them down again. We've got a little bit of work to do, but it was definitely a good start." (About the start of the race): "I went out this morning and practiced where I needed to brake in order to get into the corner without locking the wheels, and then everyone just stood on the brakes and I saw a gap o pen up so I went for it. The biggest problem we had all day is anytime someone would go on your inside or you would go on someone's inside, if you went off line, you were just done. The track was so dirty it was probably the worst marbles I've ever seen. And that was why you saw a lot of people go slightly off line and then crash in the next corner."
TONY KANAAN (No. 11 Team 7-Eleven, fifth): "It was a tough race, flat out from lap one to the last lap. I feel sorry for Graham (Rahal), but he got chopped up. He had to stop in the middle of the corner, but I wasn't expecting him to do that. It cost us a few spots. The beauty is, it's so competitive right now that it's so much fun. I am dead tired. My arms are cramping because we had to push the whole way. I've got to thank my guys, the whole 7-Eleven team on the pit stops and the strategy. It's a shame, on the start, Dario (Franchitti) dive-bombed everybody and Graham (Rahal) tried to avoid him, and he came to a stop. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't avoid him, and unfortunately I ended up breaking my front wing and I had to come in. It was a fun race. I cam e all the way from the back to finish fifth." (About the alternate tires): "They're definitely a lot of fun. There is a little bit of a difference. I know Firestone is going to make a bigger one. It just makes it more exciting for sure. It brings extra excitement for the fans and a lot of work for us."
GRAHAM RAHAL (No. 02 McDonald's Racing Team, seventh): "The race started bad right from the beginning for the McDonald's team. I was conservative on the start, and I'm guessing it was (Tony) Kanaan that punted me. It's absolutely ridiculous, and you would expect a guy like that with experience to know it's the first corner of the first lap of the first race of the season. Why make moves like that? From there it was just battling back all day trying to find a way to get the car back up to the front. We certainly inched away at it to get back up to seventh from last place, and I'm pretty happy with that, but I think the results should have and could have been better. Our race car was pretty good, but it could have been better. The tires were really good, but they wore out towards the end of a stint. One was out of balance and started vibrating like crazy. On one set of tires near the end of the stint, the car didn't want to turn right whatsoever and I lost a lot of positions. I was supposed to come in one lap later but I said, 'Hey, I have to come in now.' It had been that way for about 10 laps. We had a couple of little issues here and there, but we made it to the end."
VITOR MEIRA (No. 14 ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing, ninth): "It was a survivor's race. I almost went out when (Alex) Tagliani blocked me. We had to replace the nose, which put us to the rear. It is so hard to recover from that. I had the pace and was able to run with people, but once you're behind it is really hard to catch up. I feel we had a little luck just to finish today."
ALEX TAGLIANI (No. 34 Rexall Edmonton Indy, 10th): "We had bad luck today. It was unfortunate at the start. I tried to avoid a free for all. I had to get on the inside of the track to avoid not wrecking with Graham (Rahal), who was spinning in front of everyone. That cost us a couple of positions, and then I got a puncture because (Vitor) Meira punted me from behind on the back straightaway. I don't know what he was thinking. That cost us our race right there. I went a lap down because of that. We were just unlucky, because the Rexall Edmonton Indy car was really quick. We put in the second-fastest lap of the race at the end. I think if we would have been in the mix, we would have had a good run. I just wasn't at the right place at the right time. I want to thank the team for doing a fantastic job this weekend. I wanted to give them, as well as Northlands and the Rexall Edmonton Indy, a better result than this, but at least we showed that Conquest Racing is a very competitive team and that we can fight with the best of them."
Winner's average speed: 81.542 mph
Time of race: 2:12:26.8387
Margin of victory: 0.4619 of a second
Cautions: 7 caution flags for 28 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers
Lap leaders: Wilson 1-34, Briscoe 35-66, Wilson 67-69, Andretti 70-71, Wilson 72-86, Briscoe 87-100.
Point standings: Briscoe 50, Hunter-Reay 40, Wilson 37, Franchitti 32, Kanaan 30, Power 28, Rahal 27, Manning 24, Meira 22, Tagliani 20.
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