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- 1. What's In YOUR Bill?
- There's no question that the cost of EDI service has come down over the years. The availability of inexpensive Internet connections, DIY connections, direct transfer, and the shifting landscape of EDI ...
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- 2. Is SaaS Based EDI a Cloud Service?
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- Confusion reigns over whether hosted or software as a service (SaaS) is the better choice for that next software overhaul. It doesn't help that so many hosted vendors are touting their wares as SaaS or ...
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- 3. Clouds Defined
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- Some time ago we sent out a survey asking about your perceptions of SaaS, Cloud computing, and Hosted solutions. Of course we were interested in EDI solutions, but the question is a generic one that applies ...
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- 4. Fearless Predictions for 2016
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- Yep, it's that time of year…. time to reflect on how our predictions for 2015 turned out and to look in our crystal ball to guess what may be the compelling stories of 2016. It's a tough job but somebody's ...
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- 5. POS Data Sharing- The Ultimate Big Data
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- Point of sale (POS) data has long been the domain of the retailer that collects it. It hasn't always available – in detail, anyway – to manufacturers and suppliers that could use the data for such things ...
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- 6. Using Behavior to Your Advantage
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- It's the start of a new year and once again, I set goals for the year. These are different than "resolutions" as I fully intend on meeting them. Some of these goals are the same from year to year: get ...
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- 7. Managing Your Supply Chain
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- Everyone is suggesting what the trends in Supply Chain Management (SCM) are for 2016. Most of the writers agree on a "core" of important trends (sort of like the "motherhood and apple pie" thing. Then ...
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- 8. How Much Does an EDI Transaction Cost?
- It's fairly well documented that EDI and automated B2B processes can save money over manual, paper-based transactions. But just how much money are buyers and suppliers paying per EDI transaction, and are ...
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- 9. What is an XPL?
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- In every EDI application, knowledge of the business needs and functions is of paramount importance. If you don't understand a "purchase order" or a "load tender" or a "health care claim or encounter" you'll ...
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- 10. Your EDI Payments - Exposed
- There continues to be confusion around who pays the price for EDI. There are three answers to this based on the definition of the question. EDI VAN costs If the question is around the cost ...
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- 11. Supply Chain Management Dashboards Growing
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- There's nothing necessarily new about dashboards – software that serves as a control panels for enterprise applications and provides high-level views of a variety of performance and data-intensive information. ...
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- 12. Take it EDI Easy
- Getting started with EDI may not seem to be the easiest venture a business could undertake. But regardless of the level of difficulty, it's a necessity for a growing number of trading partners who want ...
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- 13. Outsourcing EDI Is The Way To Go, Says Expert
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- According to James H. Davis, director of sales of Amosoft, an EDI provider, a vast majority of "all commerce is done through EDI." Because of its unparalleled importance to the success of supply chain ...
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- 14. The Value Add Makes the VAN
- Value-Added Networks (VANs) have been around for more than 30 years. But today's VAN is definitely not your father's VAN. VANs have evolved from simply being a managed network on which to exchange EDI ...
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- 15. Why VANs are Important to the Transportation/3PL Industry
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- Customers turn to logistics services providers (LSPs)/third party logistics (3PLs) companies because they expect them to be able to run their warehousing and transportation operations more efficiently ...
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- 16. Missed Opportunities For Not Using EDI and How Easy It Is
- Opportunities abound in the retail industry; it is just a case of searching them out. Solutions and getting help are not the problem. Let's see what pops right out at us: (1) trading partner collaboration; ...
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- 17. Late Adopters of EDI Are Just In Time to Benefit
- EDI is the standard format for order processing and tracking in the retail industry. While every major retailer has adopted its use there are plenty of smaller and midsized retailers who haven't yet got ...
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- 18. VANs Are Well Positioned to Support Logistics
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- Processing the order is just the first step in the getting products to their markets. Some will say that getting the order to the loading dock is the easy part while moving it to its final destination ...
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- 19. EDIINT, VANs, But Not SaaS?
- ... of correcting for errors. A recent study presented by NewEDI reports that costs overall have been coming down. Of course that's good news for supply chain participants and those EDI service provide ...
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Into the corner: The corner cabinet in the country house style still does not have to hide. It is a great game when it comes to saving space, or to make the most of the space available. The delicate closet can be even more: With its pretty glass door, it is a great representative of your most beautiful glasses, family photos or tableware. It ensures that the valuable treasures do not become dusty and remain largely protected from external influences. In addition, the door itself is a great view. Its sprout-shaped design perfectly matches the country style and gives the corner cabinet the necessary elegance. This is also supported by the brass lock, which is included in the scope of supply. The cabinet, made of mahogany wood, is rounded off with a pretty antique look, which is particularly noticeable by the polished edges. With three fixed shelves and a total of four compartments, the exclusive car furniture model offers enough space to be used for your favorite utensils. Apropos in use: The corner cabinet country house style can be used in the most diverse rooms of the home. Due to its representative character we recommend to select the dining room or the living area as a place of employment. The piece of furniture is ready for you and can be decorated directly with all your treasures.Details:
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CTAC is offering up to four $1,000 scholarships for graduating high school seniors living in or attending school in Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau counties and pursuing fields of study in the arts. This includes visual arts, performing arts, theatre, dance, and music.
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The Grand Rapids Griffins and Detroit Red Wings will stick together another five years.
The AHL team and its parent club announced Wednesday a five-year extension of their affiliation agreement, ensuring that the relationship continues through at least the 2016-17 season.
The 10-year-old affiliation, currently in its final season of a second five-year deal, has helped produce a Stanley Cup and an AHL regular season championship, along with multiple division titles for both teams.
The two teams are 160 miles apart, among the closest of all AHL-NHL pairings. The Griffins have sent 46 players to Detroit since 2002.
"The American League is critical for all NHL teams, and having a great relationship with Grand Rapids helps keep us competitive," Ken Holland, the Red Wings executive vice president and general manager, said in a statement. "We're all thrilled with our arrangement.
"As a former minor league player myself, it's exciting to see 8,000 to 10,000 fans and a great atmosphere in the building each night," Holland said. "It's a wonderful city and there is terrific support from the community as well as the ownership. It's a real positive environment for our young players."
The new agreement transfers responsibility for all players and hockey operations staff – including coaches, equipment managers and trainers – to the Red Wings. Detroit's assistant general managers, Jim Nill and Ryan Martin, have been overseeing the Griffins' day-to-day hockey operations since the departure of longtime Grand Rapids general manager Bob McNamara last summer.
"We are proud to continue our partnership with one of the premier organizations in professional sports," Scott Gorsline, the Griffins' chief operating officer, said in a statement. "Detroit is committed to developing its prospects in a winning environment. Given the Red Wings' complete oversight of our hockey operations and their talented management team, we're confident that their remarkable ability to produce a Stanley Cup contender season after season will result in similar success for us at the AHL level."
Over the past decade, the Griffins have won a pair of division titles and have twice advanced to the conference finals, most notably in 2005-06 when they captured the AHL's Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as regular season champions.
The Red Wings have appeared at Van Andel Arena for several events, including four Red & White intrasquad games – most recently in 2011 – and a "Wings for Lunch" practice in 2007.
The Griffins will play their first-ever outdoor game as part of the Red Wings "Hockeytown Winter Festival" at Comerica Park in December, hosting the Toronto Marlies in the lead-up to the 2013 NHL Winter Classic between the Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium.
Nine Grand Rapids alumni were a part of Detroit's 2008 Stanley Cup, and 15 current or former Griffins played a part in the Red Wings' recent NHL record-breaking 23-game home winning streak.
In all, 19 of the 30 players who've skated for the parent club this season are former or current Griffins, and 12 Detroit regulars logged at least one complete season in Grand Rapids before earning a full-time job with the Red Wings: Jimmy Howard, Joey MacDonald, Jonathan Ericsson, Jakub Kindl, Niklas Kronwall, Kyle Quincey, Justin Abdelkader, Cory Emmerton, Valtteri Filppula, Darren Helm, Jiri Hudler and Jan Mursak.
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I understand the attraction to the myriad formulas attached to both real estate and discounted note investing.
I learned the hard way with many of 'em that most formulas don't have an infinite shelf life. In fact, some are downright misleading. Take the 2% rule — please. 😉
I'd love for somebody to show me a market in which that formula wouldn't include the advice to make close friends of Smith 'n Wesson. Or how 'bout the compromise made on location quality?
It's almost always worth a chuckle when somebody describes a neighborhood they wouldn't advise a stranger to live in, as a 'blue collar' area. Yeah, right, and the double digit interest rates of the late 70s and early 80s were merely, um, 'challenging'.
The problem with formulas is that by definition they're inflexible in an atmosphere demanding flexibility above all else.
The formula for success in my own market worked form about 30 years, give or take. Then it struck like a starving wolf in winter. That formula became something to tell the grandkids about almost as fast as you could watch it happen in real time. I invoked the rule of flexibility, and hauled buns outa California as fast as I could book a flight on Southwest. That one move, recognizing what my own lyin' eyes kept tellin' me, is likely why I'm not hundreds of thousands of dollars poorer right now, maybe more.
Here's a formula for ya. 25% down on a typical duplex in a decent San Diego neighborhood at a 5% fixed rate loan, will get ya around $400/mo negative cash flow. In better, more welcoming markets around the country, and there are several, it'll net you around 5-10% cash on cash. This is why SoCal investors haven't been braggin' much lately. Again, flexibility to the rescue.
The art of the possible. What can the typical 'regular folk' investor hope to accomplish over the long haul? We'll talk about that next week. Today let's talk principles.
Related: A Slow, Boring, Incredibly Awesome Strategy for Building Wealth Through Passive Real Estate Investing
The 20 Best Books for Aspiring Real Estate Investors!
Here at BiggerPockets, we believe that self-education is one of the most critical parts of long-term success, in business and in life, of course. This list, compiled by the real estate experts at BiggerPockets, contains 20 of the best books to help you jumpstart your real estate career.
Let's Begin with a Broad Brush:
1. If you have more than 10-15 years to retirement, with precious few exceptions, go for capital growth ahead of cash flow. Your goal is cash flow at retirement, not cash flow now. For Heaven's sake you have so much cash flow now you have untold thousands of dollars to invest. 🙂 Keep your eye on the ball, and that ball is capital growth first, then ultimately maximum retirement income. It's all about timing.
2. To the extent possible, create multiple, independent sources of retirement cash flow. When I say independent I mean that you'd like to enter retirement such that if one 'domino' falls, it doesn't cause a chain reaction.
3. When possible, and it almost always is, make use of Strategic Synergism. That is, combine multiple strategies to either speed up the process or end up with more net worth/cash flow at retirement — or both. Surveys show 'both' is preferred by a landslide.
4. We must understand that different schools of thought aren't always diametrically opposed to each other. Sometimes it's about timing. Sometimes it's about what's even possible in a given scenario. Schools of thought can be your best friend or the worst of treacherous enemies. Often they can be used in concert. Again, did you get flexibility from that? 😉
5. This one's a twofer. Sometimes doin' nothing is far and away your best 'strategy'. The other side of that coin is that you must ensure that every relatively major move you make on the way to retirement, is a slam dunk no-brainer. Major moves shouldn't be executed when the analysis concludes it's a close call.
Now let's Get into the Weeds Just a Bit.
#1 Speaks for Itself.
Here's a post on the subject that really gets into the whys and wherefores.
#2 is a Real Keeper.
If you're mid 40s or younger, I'd include an EIUL as a stand alone and completely independent source of retirement income. Real estate income property, and discounted notes are a couple more obvious sources.
Also, having notes both in your own portfolio and that of some sort of Roth 'envelope' is the best of all worlds. Why? Cuz the ones you own can have their after tax income diverted for the purpose of increasing the velocity of debt elimination re: your real estate.
The Roth portfolio(s) will grow tax free, also generating tax free income at retirement. Furthermore, BOTH note portfolios will continue growing in retirement, providing random monthly raises in income 'til ya go to your final reward. Also, inside the Roth, the untaxed accumulation of payments will buy more notes by themselves.
#3 is Almost Always THE Difference Between a Nice Retirement
and one that's magnificently abundant. The Purposeful combining of multiple strategies can and does yield remarkable, and yet empirically measurable superior results. Real synergy is rare, but when effectively harnessed it tends to magnify positive outcomes. The key is to do it on purpose with a detailed Plan. Rarely are positive results generated by 'accidental' synergy. 😉
#4 Schools of Thought
are not found on the third tablet Moses lost comin' down from the mountain.
By far the most common mistake made by long term investors is treating a particular school of thought as if it transcends all other principles. Buy 'n hold isn't the be all end all, any more than constantly using Sec. 1031 of the IRC (tax deferred exchanges) is always the best option. What'd Grandma tell us? Avoid using always and never? That goes double for schools of thought.
#5 Doing Nothing is Often the Best Option on Your Menu
If I'd of stood pat a few more times in my life, there'd be more moola on accounts bearing my name.
We get caught up in the thinkin' that we must be doing something or bad things will happen. There are more times, at least in my experience, when doing nothin' would've avoided a whole buncha financial grief. Sometimes no more than hunkerin' down produces the most preferred consequence.
Related: Are You Caught in Startup Minutiae? How to Finally Overcome Analysis Paralysis!
Ensuring that major move you're contemplating is worth the time, money, and effort is easier than most folks make it. Simply ask yourself if what you're about to do is a Captain Obvious slam dunk. It should also be wonderfully unambiguous.
Pulling the trigger on a multi-property, multi-state tax deferred exchange is no small move. Though I've executed dozens of that flavor exchange, it was ALWAYS (Yeah, I said always.) analyzed within an inch of its life first in order to eliminate all other available options. Words mean things. Captain Obvious slam dunk should be literally interpreted.
Next time we'll talk of a more specific level of details. What vehicles to acquire. Why? When, and with what strategies in mind to combine.
Be sure to leave your comments below!


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By: Chris Ashby and Katherine Maxwell*
A few weeks ago—between the "Santorum Sweep" on February 7 and Mitt Romney's rebound with victories in Michigan and Arizona on February 28—it became impossible for a new candidate to jump into the GOP race for President and win the nomination outright.
Prior to the third week of February, it was still legally and mathematically possible for a new candidate to enter the race, run the table, and win a majority of delegates before the Republican National Convention in Tampa. That window, narrow as it was, is now closed.
But that doesn't mean that a late entrant couldn't emerge from Tampa with the nomination. That's right. We're telling you there's a chance. And we're even giving you the road map.
Cable news and the blogosphere have been buzzing about the possibility that no candidate will win a majority of delegates prior to the opening of the Convention on August 27. Out of such a situation, a "brokered convention" could emerge, in which influential party insiders coalesce around a candidate—perhaps one of the four existing candidates, but more likely someone who did not contest the nomination through the primaries and caucuses—and use their political power to deliver large blocks of delegate votes for the chosen candidate.
There is a different possibility, however—an "open convention." In an open convention scenario, no one candidate would have a first ballot majority of delegates, most likely because a new candidate would have gotten into the race late, run strong, and denied the nomination to any of the other candidates. Such a candidate would arrive in Tampa with a head of steam. His or her momentum would sway most of the uncommitted delegates, blunt the power of party bosses who might attempt to steer the nomination to someone else, and prove to be a magnetic force to delegates as they became unbound or were released after the first and subsequent ballots. The open convention thus would not be brokered in back rooms, but rather would remain open and would be won on the floor.
The list of would-be candidates who could even think about attempting a maneuver of this degree of difficulty is obviously short—very short. But there are certainly two, and maybe as many as four or five, who could pull it off. To deny a first ballot majority of delegates to any other candidate, and force the GOP nomination fight to an open convention, here is what a late entering candidate would have to do:
1. Immediately get on the ballot Montana (deadline 3/12), Utah (3/15), California (3/23) and South Dakota (3/27). To get on the ballot in these four states requires little more than filing papers, and puts as many as 266 delegates up for grabs.
2. Take a shot at putting as many as 84 more delegates into play by getting on the ballot in two states which require petition drives: Nebraska (100 signatures per congressional district by 3/7) and New Jersey (1,000 signatures statewide by 4/2). (Oregon (28 delegates), which requires 5,000 signatures statewide or 1,000 per congressional district by March 6, is probably impossible.)
3. Contest the mid-March caucuses: Kansas (3/10), Hawaii (3/13) and Missouri (3/17), with up to 112 delegates between them. (Six more states will hold caucuses between now and Super Tuesday, but it likely is too late to contest them in any serious way.)
4. Plan to run as a write-in candidate in the District of Columbia (4/3), Wisconsin (4/3), Pennsylvania (4/24) and Rhode Island (4/24) primaries. There is plenty of time to wage effective write-in campaigns in those states, as well as later in West Virginia (5/8) and Oregon (5/15). There are 211 delegate votes available in those six contests. (Realistically, there is not enough time to mount a credible write-in effort before the Massachusetts primary (41 delegates) on Super Tuesday.)
Those four steps constitute a two-month, 14-state campaign for as many as 673 delegates. Of course, with 2,286 delegates to the Convention this year, and 1,144 needed to win a first ballot majority, 674 delegates would not necessarily be enough to deny the nomination to a candidate who breaks away from the pack on or after Super Tuesday, or simply remains standing as others fold.
What's more, while a late entrant stands to win as many as 673 delegates, he or she would not win all 673 delegates. This is because a number of the 14 states will be awarding their delegates on something other than a winner-take-all basis—either proportional, winner-take-all by congressional district, or a hybrid method. Thus, a late-entering candidate could finish first in all 14 states, but garner less than 673 delegates, perhaps substantially less.
For this reason, in addition to campaigning in the 14 states identified above, a new candidate would have to do two more things. First, when the Convention is gaveled to order, delegations from Colorado (36 delegates), Illinois (69), Iowa (28), Maine (24), Montana (26), North Dakota (28), Pennsylvania (72), and Wyoming (29) all will be unbound. The Louisiana (25) and Minnesota (40) delegations may be unbound too. And for the first ballot, the Ohio (63) and Arizona (29) delegations are not legally bound, but rather are bound "morally" and by "best efforts," respectively, making them ripe to be picked off by a momentum-fueled candidate. 84 more delegates—state party chairs, national committeemen and national committeewomen from 28 states—also will be unbound. Altogether, that's 753 uncommitted delegates when the gavel drops.
Second, a late entrant could urge voters in North Carolina (55 delegates) to vote "no preference" in that state's primary on May 8, and encourage Kentucky voters (45 delegates) to vote "uncommitted" on May 22. If successful in convincing voters in those two states that a no preference or uncommitted vote was effectively a vote for the late entering candidate, that candidate might be able to expand the universe of uncommitted delegates by as many as 100.
In the final analysis, between the 14-state campaign outlined above and the universe of uncommitted delegates as it could exist on Day One of the Convention, there are a total of 1,526 delegates that still could be won by a late entering candidate. We do not believe that any candidate could win them all—too many states are awarding delegates proportionally this year, ballot access deadlines are looming in a few states, and some percentage of uncommitted delegates may feel bound to vote for the winner of their state's primary or caucus. If a late entrant could win half or more, however, it might just be enough to deny a first ballot nomination to one of the four existing candidates—especially if three or more of them stay in the race all the way to Tampa.+
Having sketched out what's possible, a dose of reality is now in order. As noted above, we think there are two, and maybe as many as five, candidates who might be "big" enough to win the nomination in this manner. And with each passing day, it becomes more and more unlikely that any one of them could or will actually do it.
This year, however, is truly unlike any other—in more ways than one. Consider this: Candidate-specific Super PACs are a big part of the new political reality. For the past several presidential elections, the biggest barrier to entry has been the mounting cost of national politics. More than one plausible candidate has been deterred from making the race because she or he did not have the network, time and resources necessary to raise—in $2300 or $2500 increments—the many, many millions of dollars necessary to compete and win in a presidential election.
This year, though, the most expensive aspects of a national campaign—voter identification, mail, TV, and voter turnout—could be handled by a SuperPAC. Presently, there is plenty of political talent and money sitting on the sidelines that could manage and fund such an organization. By placing a trusted former aide at the helm, and securing a blessing of the sort that President Obama gave to Priorities USA just a few weeks ago, the SuperPAC would be well-positioned for immediate success. In the meantime, freed from the burden of raising multiple tens of millions of dollars in hard dollar increments, a late entering candidate could focus on getting on the ballot, developing a message, traveling the country, and delivering that message to voters in person, through earned media, and via the Internet and social media.
If all this seems like too long a shot, so too did the presidential campaign of a former Pennsylvania Senator who lost his last election by more than 25 points.
Even at this late stage, a majority of Republicans are telling pollsters that they are still not satisfied with the current field of candidates. Schizophrenic national polls and split decisions in the early primary states bear that sentiment out. Nothing about the state of the race or the candidates remaining in it provides any basis for believing this dynamic will change anytime soon. If GOP voters truly want another choice, there's still a chance.
* First-year law student, University of Richmond School of Law.
+ The number of candidates remaining in the race at this relatively late stage, the volatile nature of the Republican primary electorate this year, and the number of states which will be awarding at least some delegates proportionally make it impossible to predict with certainty how many delegates it would take to prevent a first ballot victory. For instance, if two or more of the existing candidates drop out of the race, it will take more delegates to deny the nomination to the remaining candidate(s). If three or all of the existing candidates continue their campaigns, and continue to split delegates, it will take fewer delegates to deny someone a first ballot win.


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Volume 10 Issue 5 • Oct. 2005
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Table of contentsPublication Year: 2005, Page(s): c1| PDF (39 KB)
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics publication informationPublication Year: 2005, Page(s): c2| PDF (37 KB)
Integrated joint actuator for serpentine robotsPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):473 - 481
Cited by: Papers (30) | Patents (1)
Serpentine robots, also sometimes called "snake robots," are slender, multisegmented vehicles designed to provide greater mobility than conventional wheeled or tracked robots. Serpentine robots are typically comprised of three or more rigid segments connected by two or three degrees of freedom joints. The segments typically have powered wheels, tracks, or legs to propel the vehicle forward; the jo... View full abstract»
Design and experimental implementation of an electromagnetic engine valve drivePublication Year: 2005, Page(s):482 - 494
Cited by: Papers (36)
In conventional internal combustion engines, engine valve displacements are fixed relative to crankshaft position. If these valves were actuated as a variable function of crankshaft angle, significant improvements in fuel economy could be achieved. To this end, a new type of electromagnetic valve drive system (EMVD) for internal combustion engines was more recently proposed. This EMVD incorporates... View full abstract»
Application of shape memory alloy actuators for flexure control: theory and experimentsPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):495 - 501
Cited by: Papers (30)
This paper presents a nonlinear control scheme for deflection control of a flexible beam using shape memory alloy (SMAs) actuators. These actuators possess interesting properties in terms of force generation capacity, possibility of miniaturization, and power consumption. However, their use in precision applications is hampered by undesirable characteristics, such as nonlinearities, hysteresis, ex... View full abstract»
A new spatial three-DoF parallel manipulator with high rotational capabilityPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):502 - 512
Cited by: Papers (19)
This paper concerns the proposal and analysis of a novel spatial parallel manipulator. The parallel manipulator consists of a base plate, a movable platform, and three connecting legs. The moving platform has three degrees of freedom (DoFs), which are two degrees of translational freedom and one degree of rotational freedom, with respect to the base plate. The inverse and forward kinematics proble... View full abstract»
Design and control of robotic highway safety markersPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):513 - 520
Cited by: Papers (6)
Proper traffic control is critical in highway work zone safety. Traffic control devices such as signs, barricades, cones, and safety barrels are used. Accidents can occur because of improper work zone design, improper work zone housekeeping, and driver negligence. Automated safety devices could improve work zone design and housekeeping and therefore increase safety. This paper presents a mobile sa... View full abstract»
Fast and robust control of systems with multiple flexible modesPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):521 - 534
Cited by: Papers (13)
This paper derives shaped time-optimal servomechanism (STOS) closed-loop control laws using a phase-plane approach to address flexible structures having multiple flexible modes. The STOS control laws for systems having two and three flexible modes are detailed. The flexible modes are addressed by using multimode input shapers to shape the time-optimal control for the rigid body portion of the syst... View full abstract»
Short track seeking of hard disk drives under multirate control-computationally efficient approach based on initial value compensationPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):535 - 545
Cited by: Papers (13)
This paper proposes a design method for short track-seeking control based on one degree of freedom (ODOF) control and initial value compensation (IVC). IVC uses nonzero initial values of the feedback controller to improve the step reference response of the ODOF tracking control system. This makes feedforward control unnecessary to shape the transient response of short track seeking. As a result, t... View full abstract»
A switching command-based whole-body operation method for humanoid robotsPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):546 - 559
Cited by: Papers (28)
This paper introduces a switching command-based whole-body operation method for humanoid robots. Humanoid robots are biped machines possessing multiple degrees of freedom (DOF). Due to the complexity of their multi-DOF structure, and the difficulty in maintaining postural stability, whole-body operation of humanoid robots is fundamentally different from traditional fixed-base manipulators or stabl... View full abstract»
An end-to-end transmission architecture for the remote control of robots over IP networksPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):560 - 570
Cited by: Papers (27)
Teleoperation via the Internet is attracting more and more attention from both academia and industry. Physical interaction with remote environments over IP networks, however, poses many technical challenges that are still outstanding, such as time delay, limited bandwidth, and unreliable transmission. To deal with these problems, the majority of current work is concentrated on developing advanced ... View full abstract»
An energy-based adaptive control design technique for multibody-mechanisms with flexible linksPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):571 - 580
Cited by: Papers (9)
In this article, an adaptive control design technique for multibody mechanisms is proposed and described in detail for the case of a planar four-bar flexible-link mechanism. The controller is obtained by superposing a PD position controller, an adaptive proportional vibration controller, and, when the effects of gravity cannot be neglected, an additional term that compensates the (equivalent) grav... View full abstract»
Biomimetic soft actuator: design, modeling, control, and applicationsPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):581 - 593
Cited by: Papers (57)
A new biomimetic linear actuator named Antagonistically Driven Linear Actuator (ANTLA) that could be directly employed in both macro and microscale of robotic applications is introduced in the present work. The presented actuator provides cost effectiveness and simple fabrication process thanks to its plain construction. In addition to producing basic bidirectional rectilinear motions, the actuato... View full abstract»
Boundary control of a translating tensioned beam with varying speedPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):594 - 597
Cited by: Papers (42)
The investigational results for an active vibration control of a translating tensioned beam with a varying traveling speed are presented. The dynamics of beam and actuator is modeled via the extended Hamilton's principle. In a proper mathematical manner, the Lyapunov method is employed to design a boundary control law for ensuring the vibration reduction of the nonlinear time-varying system and al... View full abstract»
Electrostatic linear actuator with a long stroke rolling spring guidePublication Year: 2005, Page(s):597 - 601
Cited by: Papers (2)
In contrast with diverse design concepts of actuators, we have developed an electrostatic linear actuator integrated with a long stroke rolling spring guide. The rolling spring guide realizes guiding function through rolling movements of two parallel preloaded belt-shaped springs. The electrostatic actuating force is generated by applying electrical fields to the structure of spring guide. Besides... View full abstract»
Identification and control of a sensorized microgripper for micromanipulationPublication Year: 2005, Page(s):601 - 606
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When we saw these Modpod lights modular lights, all we could think about was creating the most amazing illuminated wall divider or a molecular structure chandelier. Pods can be combined with up to two hundred pods, with an interlocking system that distributes electricity from a base transformer to all interconnected pods…it's like Lego lighting!
We've already contacted Places and Spaces, inquiring about pricing, as the site lists the ModPod set for a reasonable 12 for £80.00. But right below,the 12 piece set is also listed for £220.00 on the page. We'll report when we hear news back from over the pond.
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"INDIA will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings."~ [Will Durant, Author of Story of Philosophy, 1885-1981]
"After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of Quantum Physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense." ~[Werner Heisenberg, Co-Founder of QUANTUM PHYSICS, Nobel Prize 1932 in PHYSICS]
"You can't say A is made of B, or vice versa. All mass is interaction." ~(Richard Feynman, Theoretical Physicist, 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics)
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"Indian philosophers' subtleties make most of the great European philosophers look like schoolboys." - [TS Eliot, NOBEL Poet Laureate]
"What we shall find in Modern Physics is an exemplification, an encouragement and a refinement of old Hindu Wisdom." - [Oppenheimer, "Father of ATOMIC BOMB", Theoretical Physicist]
"I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganga - Astronomy, Astrology, Metempsychosis, etc. It is very important to note that some 2500 years ago at the least, Pythagoras went from Samos to the Ganga to learn Geometry." - [VOLTAIRE]
"IF I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered over the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions of some of them which well deserve the attention even of those who have studied Plato and Kant, I should point to INDIA. And if I were to ask myself from what literature we who have been nurtured almost exclusively on the thoughts of Greeks and Romans, and of the Semitic race, the Jewish, may draw the corrective which is most wanted in order to make our inner life more perfect, more comprehensive, more universal, in fact more truly human a life… again I should point to INDIA." - [MAX MULLER in India, What Can It Teach Us]
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Our Mother of Perpetual Succour, Our Holy Father Saint Alphonsus, and all the Saints of the Redemptorist Congregation, Pray for us.
The site of the new foundation. The building to be the new Chuch is on the left, and the house is on the right.
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The Roads Also - Poem by Wilfred Owen
The roads also have their wistful rest,
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Dominic constructed the practice altar for his little brothers, and Gabriel scrounged around to find all the "props." He even dug up an old cassock to practice in and has grand plans for making a little "tabernacle" to put on the practice altar. (The biggest disappointment of his ten years is that he's not allowed to use the chop saw by himself...)
Gabriel and William are the fifth and sixth altar boys Dan has helped train. When the big brothers are around, they help, as well. When Dominic was here, he quizzed them on their Latin and built the practice altar, and being in Omaha now, we get the special bonus of a seminarian big brother (Frater Philip) to help the little boys with the rubrics on the altar at our parish on Wednesdays after Mass. With all this practice, they'll be up there next to Jesus with the big guys before we know it.
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October 27, 2017
This is a short story about my time in Houston after Hurricane Harvey. I wanted to thank all the generous people that helped in so many ways and let them know just how much good they were able to achieve. This wouldn't have been possible without all of them.… Read More
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*On Hiatus* Alexa Powers is hopelessly socially awkward and clumsier than Bambi on ice. Despite her family's money and power, she's never been comfortable with crowds or any of the attention her heiress status brings. Because of this, she prefers to spend her time curled up with a good book,… Read More
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Suits future fic. Harvey has finally acknowleged how he feels about Mike. Before he can turly show what he means, something happens that'll show everybody what Mike means to Harvey. Father/son, no slash. I don't own Suits, USA owns the rights and characters. Read More
June 30, 2011
Her world is held between the petals of the sacred rose she received as a little girl. The man appeared so friendly, yet he carried so much darkness, and that darkness was personified in that rose. If she removes the rose, she will be faced with an eternity of punishment… Read More
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Cheryl - posted on 04/07/2013 ( 1 mom has responded )
I kicked out my 17 year old daughter (3 weeks ago) soon to be 18 on Halloween. She has been stealing from all of us at home for the last four years. She dropped out from high school grade 10; the TDSB gave her the option to attend school or sign her out-she chose an alternative school and was doing well until exam time, she decided to find a job that never happened. Continually she would come and go as she pleases, 2, 3, 4, 5am – I wouldn't see her for weeks at a time. I took her house key away. She continually stole from her sisiter who left our house because the sister felt I wasn't doing enough about the situation. I'm convinced my 17 yr old daughter has kleptomania - a dissociation (mental illness); I tried getting her help in the alternative school to see a psychiatrist and counselling - but I have learned you cannot help anyone unless they ask or want the help. How can you help someone if they dont see they need help? I know in my heart this is one of the issues my daughter has had since grade 4-not seeking help; she would never complete any of her school work and never ask for help. Now in her teen years this is just coupled with a whole bunch of other issues, including anger, etc. She admitted to getting help with anger management while attending the alternative school but she stopped attending school at the beginning of Jan 2013. Today she is begging me to come home saying sorry, saying she will do whatever it is to come home – its breaking my heart but those are just words – she contacted me one other time 3 weeks ago asking to come back home. I offered to meet her somewhere so we could look at womens shelters to find her some place to live and I told her I would only consider her living with me/us if she got help for her stealing. Today it was the same, she needs to show me that she is willing to get help instead of begging me and saying sorry, wishing she could rewind time and take it all back. I have given her kids helpline number and Ontario works – I only had contact with her thru text messages – I keep telling her I love her and that I want to meet with her but she refuses and only wants to come home. I cannot live with a thief any longer it's affected my whole family, the grandmother, sister, my boyfriend and me. We live under chains and locks on all our cabinets – the things she has stolen over the years – some irreplaceable but that's not the issue at this time – the issue is how do I get my daughter help – first she needs somewhere to live – she needs to help herself – I have tried and tried … what should I do? Does anyone have any ideas or experience with something like this?


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Patients who ate a meal in 30 minutes had higher levels of two peptides that signal satiety -- peptide YY (PYY) and glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) -- than those who wolfed down their food in five minutes, according to Alexander Kokkinos, MD, PhD, of Laiko General Hospital in Athens, Greece, and colleagues.
They published their findings online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
"Most of us have heard that eating fast can lead to food overconsumption and obesity, and, in fact, some observational studies have supported this notion," Kokkinos said. "Our study provides a possible explanation for the relationship between speed eating and overeating by showing that the rate at which someone eats may impact the release of gut hormones that signal the brain to stop eating."
Anecdotal evidence has shown that eating quickly may not induce satiety the way eating more slowly does.
Recently, knowledge of the mechanisms involved in appetite control has increased. PYY and GLP-1 (which make patients feel full) and ghrelin (which makes them feel hungry) have been shown to act on the hypothalmus in regulating energy intake.
But postprandial concentrations of appetite-regulating hormones had not yet been examined in the context of different rates of eating, the researchers said.
So they conducted a crossover study of 17 healthy adult male patients, who each ate 300 mL -- or 675 calories worth -- of ice cream in two different scenarios: in one session they ate the ice cream in five minutes, in the other, 30 minutes.
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The same was true for levels of GLP-1 (8,794 versus 6,219 pmol/L/min, respectively, P=0.001).
There were no differences in hunger-producing ghrelin responses, although there was a trend for lower levels of the hormone after 120 minutes for the 30-minute meal group.
"This suggests that rate of eating may not influence this orexigenic gut hormone as much as the anorexigenic peptides," the researchers said.
More patients said they felt full immediately after the end of the 30-minute meal compared with the five-minute meal, but these results were not significant.
The investigators noted that the subjective scales they used may not have been sensitive enough to discern differences in fullness.
Patients reported no differences in hunger scores between meal groups.
Also, results were the same in both normal-weight and overweight patients, the researchers said.
"Eating at a physiologically moderate pace leads to a more pronounced anorexigenic gut peptide response than eating very fast," the researchers said. "The warning we were given as children that 'wolfing down your food will make you fat' may, in fact, have a physiological explanation.'"
The researchers reported no conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & MetabolismSource Reference: Kokkinos A, et al "Eating slowly increases the postprandial response of the anorexigenic gut hormones, Peptide YY and Glucagon-like peptide-1" J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009; DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1018.


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Master of Arts in Social Justice and Community Development
This 36-credit hour program includes 12 three-hour courses. Students can begin the degree program in any academic term. Full-time students can complete the program in four academic terms. Part-time students have five years within which to complete the degree. The following courses are required for this degree:
- IPS 532: Social Context OR IPS 646: Historical Dimensions of Community Development
- IPS 610: Foundations of Social Justice
- IPS 645: Principles and Processes of Community Development
- IPS 620: Diversity and Equity
- IPS 660: Leadership for Social Transformation
- IPS 640: Internship/Practicum: Beginning Action-Reflection in Context - (IPS 580 satisfies this requirement)
- IPS 612: Applied Research (Final Research project)
- IPS 647: Ethical Dimensions of Social Justice and Community Development
Four electives complete the degree. Electives are courses of the student's choice based on their interests, but they can be organized into a kind of topical "minor." Program electives include:
- Faith-based strategies (Faith Justice and Public Policy, Holistic Strategies for Congregations, Christian Non-Violence, SCUPE courses, etc.)
- IPS 611: Building Sustainable Communities
- IPS 648: Current Issues in Housing
- IPS 625: Global Economics
- IPS 635: Community Organizing*
- IPS 453: Fundraising and grant writing (offered in summer)
- Asset-Based Community Development courses
*Also offered in summers by Midwest Academy or Interfaith Worker Justice as a ten-week internship experience. If accepted, this could be your internship for IPS 640 under certain conditions. Please check with these organizations for an application and additional information.


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Bullet For My Valentine have added a Sheffield date to their upcoming UK tour.
The welsh rock andmetal outfit will now play at the O2 Academy in Sheffield on November 28.
The gig will see the band play their classic album 2005 The Poison in full as well as other fans favourites.
Since the release of The Poison (now certified gold), Bullet For My Valentine have established themselves as one of the biggest bands on the planet.
Their next two albums, Scream Aim Fire (2008) and Fever (2010) both made number five on the UK album charts and their last album. Venom (2015) was their most successful yet, making number three.
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In the UK their last tour saw them hit sell out arenas, including the 10,000 capacity Wembley Arena.
Last summer, they went on a headline tour of South America, as well as playing a series of major live dates alongside Slipknot and Lamb of God.
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For those of you following Twiggy's story, we thought we should give you an update at the end of this long season. There's something of a line to be drawn in this tale now, although we hope there will still be news of Twiggy in the future. These pictures were taken 19th November, with Twiggy four days off being six months old.
Twiggy's now weaned so Peter and Iona don't feed her any more. Up to now she's been penned during the day in a large enclosure in a quieter area of the gardens and then allowed out to browse and roam where she pleases at night.
The time has come though to let her make her own way and so she isn't enclosed at all now and is free to roam. That might mean that she leaves the estate completely, particularly if she hooks up with her wild cousins. Peter and Iona have done really well, against formidable odds, to raise her to this stage, from unborn fawn to independent sub-adult, essentially as a wild creature able to look after herself.
We all hope we'll still see her occasionally of course, on the fringes of the gardens and in the woodland, as we do the wild deer which frequent the estate. Much as her public love her and great as it has been to be able to see a roe deer at close quarters, the aim was never that Twiggy should become a pet or domesticated animal and that she now lives independently in the big wide world (very big, for a little roe deer!) is the right thing.


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March 7, 2014 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
ComedySportz March Musical Madness is this Friday, March 7 at 6 p.m. in the PAEC.
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Osteria Latini's chef and owner Paolo Pasio's brand new Venice Beach Italian restaurant next to the canals on Washington in the reappointed site of Marguerite Cafe. Exceptional sandwiches. Good crowds but not crowded. An auspicious opening.
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I miss 5 Dudley, which used to be in this spot. However, I hear the food at Piccolo Cipriani is excellent. Cozy little place right off ocean front walk only open for dinner.


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text: Fiber optic sensing and laser imaging equipment provider Micron Optics Inc. has installed an optical interrogation system on Mount Rushmore. The Rock Block Monitoring System (RBMS) will provide the National Park Service with information critical to the maintenance of the Mount Rushmore National Monument because of the complex assembly of the Rock Block structures that make up the mountainside on which the carving is based. The RBMS – composed of one Micron Optics sm125 optical sensing interrogator and 36 sensors – was installed in partnership with Respec Inc. and the Mount Rushmore Rope Access Team. A benefit of using the system over traditional electrical systems is its immunity to electromagnetic discharge or lightning strikes in the vicinity of the sensing station, according to the National Park Service. "Monitoring the critical rock blocks for significant movement will enable the National Park Service to preserve the monument for future generations' enjoyment, said Alan Turner, an applications specialist at Micron Optics. "The optical monitoring system that we have installed, in conjunction with the National Park Service and Respec Inc., on Mount Rushmore gives the Rangers the information they need to deal with this type of problem before it occurs." For more information, visit: www.micronoptics.com


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W. Edwards Deming, the quality control expert, wrote a very interesting book in the 1950s, entitled Out of the Crisis. In this book, Deming wrote a formula to show how quality improvement results in a chain reaction:
Improve quality>>costs decrease (less rework, fewer delays)>>productivity improves>>capture the market with better quality and lower prices>>stay in business>>provide jobs and more jobs.
Now, 50 years later, this formula is still very applicable to any successful corporation in the United States. According to the article, Deming's writings and the 2000 revisions of the ISO 9000 standards have ten common elements:
(1) Communicate the importance of meeting customer requirements.
(2) Develop an integrated overall plan.
(3) Ensure that quality starts at the design stage to prevent problems.
(4) Monitor process capability.
(5) Measure key product and service characteristics.
(6) Continually improve processes.
(7) Create constancy of purpose.
(8) Demonstrate leadership. Work on the system to support the employees.
(9) Commit to ongoing training.
(10) Promote continual improvement rather than management by numbers.
The main theme of this article is how certain parts of the 2000 revisions to the ISO 9000 standards restate information that Deming wrote in the 1950s. After reading the article, I was amazed by how relevant Deming's work is to modern business practices. One example of this according to the article is that Deming wrote that quality must be built in at the design stage. ISO 9001:2000 now places more emphasis on up-front quality planning because an organization can have the most influence on product quality during the planning stage. Deming said the central challenge of management is to better understand the meaning of variation and the processes being managed. Quality is about effective process management. ISO 9001 now incorporates the measuring and monitoring of the product, process and quality system.


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In which we also discuss the deadliness of corn.
Horrible corn... so deadly...
In other news, Doug's work is providing him with a pedometer, so he can measure his 10,000 steps. And if you (like one of our co-hosts) have lost your Poke-Walker, you can pick up a replacement and measure your own 10,000 steps in Poke-style for 8.95 from Nintendo.
Mae is going Gluten-Free. And her awesome husband is sharing the pain.
And Zach admits that he needs more sleep.
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- Dani in NC said...
Doug, I am surprised that you had never heard of the 10,000 Steps initiative before now. A few years ago, you couldn't swing a stick without hitting a magazine that had an article about it. I imagine it is a fun way to get a fitness program started. I never tried it because frankly, I am too lazy to do the math required to set my stride length in a pedometer :-).
I took a break from listening to you guys for a while, but I've started back because I need company while I try to lose this extra 100 lbs. So let's get moving!
- August 28, 2010 at 12:59 PM
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We did just that when Howard Hughes Medical Institute set out to create the Janelia Research Campus in 2006 to expand the scope of biomedical research. The campus would act as an experiment of sorts – one in which scientists would have no deadlines, no rules, no schedules, no tenure. The result? Nobel Prize-winning science. Cross-disciplinary collaboration. Intellectual freedom. Passionate researchers. Unthinkable projects.
Unraveling Brain Function
Initially, we did not know exactly what scientific problem we'd tackle. We just knew we wanted scientists to do science differently. The labs would stay small, the funding provided internally. Research would be driven by passion, collaboration and creativity.
An Interview with Gerry Rubin: Executive Director Gerry Rubin discusses where Janelia fits in the scientific landscape.
That experiment has paid off. Since then, Janelia scientists have begun to unravel the function of the brain, the body's most complex collection of molecules.
We've developed Nobel Prize-winning imaging technologies and new ways of processing scientific data. We've gained new insights into the brain's neuronal circuits – whether it's seeing thousands of neurons fire at once in a zebrafish brain or understanding how hippocampal neurons lead to memory.
A Different Kind of Science
It's not the kind of science tackled by most academic institutions. They're risky, long-term projects that may often fall outside the realm of most funding and academic goals. They bring together myriad disciplines – perhaps combining physicists, computer scientists and biologists to build a new microscope. It's not necessarily what you'd find in a university biology department.
In fact, just about everything at Janelia is different than in most research settings, from the day-to-day jobs of scientists and the free-flowing approach of projects, to the social design of the campus, to the robust support services. We eliminate administrative and teaching duties for scientists. We offer internal funding and access to world-class lab services. We give scientists time to ask the hard questions that others haven't been able to ask, and we urge them to talk to each other to find answers.
That flexibility and focus have helped Janelia attract some of the top minds in biomedical research. They're by nature passionate, creative, curious and collaborative. They can't imagine doing anything else or working anywhere else.
Today, Janelia has a narrow set of research goals – but the path to get there is still wide open. That, we believe, is one experiment that will lead to more big ideas.


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Men armed with axe, taser, allegedly 'storm' home
A GLADSTONE man has been accused of 'storming' a home, alongside a group of other men allegedly wielding weapons including an axe, metal poles and a taser.
George Stanley John Kirk appeared in the Gladstone Magistrates Court to apply for bail, after he was arrested and placed in custody on a number of charges on July 10.
Mr Kirk faces seven charges including one count of grievous bodily harm, two counts of the unlawful possession of a weapon and one count of the attempted enter of a dwelling with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Defence barrister Tom Polley said his client would be disputing all charges, except one count of contravening police direction.
Police prosecutor Sargent Barry Stevens said the accused was charged with grievous bodily harm after he allegedly, alongside about six-eight other people, 'stormed' a Gladstone home.
>> Gladstone man threatens pig hunters on property with shotgun
>> Woman lights boyfriend's car on fire, smashes work car
>> 'SUSPICIOUS DEVICE': Homemade explosive sent for testing
The court heard on June 4 at about 4 am, the group of men, Mr Kirk allegedly included, jumped the front yard fence of a Toolooa street home.
In a statement to police, the victim of the alleged home invasion stood up from his chair when he saw the men enter his yard.
He told police a light was shone on his face as the men entered his home.
The court heard the victim began to walk backwards and fell over doing so.
While on the ground, one of the men leaned over the victim and bashed him repeatedly with the axe, causing the victim to suffer a fractured jaw, a broken nose, multiple bruises and lacerations all over his body and other injuries, the court heard.
When the victim was able to stand and call the police, the group of men had left the house.
It was not alleged that Mr Kirk was the man with the axe, however, the victim told police he recognised only two of the group involved, Mr Kirk being one of them.
The victim told police he saw Mr Kirk with a taser. He also told police that prior to the alleged attack the defendant had sent him a number of threatening text messages.
Over two days from July 9, the court heard Mr Kirk had two run-ins with police.
The first being when Mr Kirk allegedly broke down the door of a Gladstone home, after the resident refused him entry at 10.30pm.
The court heard Mr Kirk broke the door in half and one end folded over the victim, who was using his back to force the door closed against Mr Kirk.
Another person smashed a window of the victim's house trying to get in. However both Mr Kirk and the other man took off shortly after, the court was told.
In a search for Mr Kirk the following day, police attended a motel in South Gladstone.
Upon police knocking on the door, Mr Kirk opened it, but he slammed it when he saw who was visiting, the court heard.
Police forced their way inside however, Mr Kirk had left the room and jumped off the balcony onto an awning, 10 metres above ground.
Realising he had nowhere to go, Mr Kirk turned around and faced the officers who were quickly gaining on him. He was arrested.
A search of the motel room found a sawn-off shotgun, a replica handgun, drugs and drug utensils.
Police also found another person in the room locked in the bathroom, allegedly to have been flushing evidence down the toilet.
Magistrate Jeffrey CLarke refused the bail application, remanding Mr Kirk in custody until his next court date on September 19.


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The games need to be selfboot in order to work in Chankast.
Thanks. I have that emulator but it hates me because it won't work with me. i downloaded everything and it won't let me load my games in just the bloody bios.
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If u want to be sure just grab a game that is specifically labelled (SB) to confirm it. I think theres a v small Mr driller on Supernova atm that Im sure is SB.
Anyway hardly use Chankast as i have a dc but seems most non-playing games issues stem from an incorrect/corrupt bios file. Ensure that u have the correct one and also the latest Chankast too ( i know its obvious but some people... ).
Here follows my honest opinion - buy a cheap second hand dc and just forget about chankast. Save yourself the hassle, plus quite a few games need the DC controller to get the most from them.
If u like I could send u a small SB game to verify things.
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Random thought: Playstation games aren't roms.
I do get my roms from supernova. Is supernova bad with dreamcast games? cause all the playstation roms i get from supernova work with epsxe and psxeven.
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"searching file: image.cdi
not found. try image cdi.cdi. instead...
image.cdi: no search file or directory"
then another error message say:
file not found
you may have typed wrong name or path to source CDi image.
whats is wrong here? thanks
Posted 29 September 2004 - 04:19 PM
I'm trying to use DCstella... the Atari 2600 emu.
I have had no luck what so ever in trying to find a tutorial or anything to help me thru this step by step...
Can anyone explain the basics of getting this emu on a disc that will play on my Dreamcast alond with games...
For the love of god, help me out here...
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It says the burning instructions are in the README.
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The joint announcement by Verizon and T-Mobile that both companies had agreed to a complex spectrum purchase and swap arrangement will apparently eliminate T-Mobiles objections to the purchase by Verizon of Advanced Wireless Services spectrum from a group of cable companies.
Statements made by T-Mobile to eWEEK indicate that the deal is contingent on regulatory approval. However, the regulatory approval has been challenged by T-Mobile, among other entities, to Verizons plans to buy AWS spectrum from a group of cable companies.
In a statement provided to eWEEK by a T-Mobile spokesperson, the company noted that it had been saying that Verizons deal with the cable companies wasnt in the public interest, but that now T-Mobiles position had changed. All of that happened when Verizon agreed to sell some of that spectrum to T-Mobile, the spokesperson said.
We believed the transaction represented an unfair concentration of spectrum in the hands of the nations largest wireless carrier, the spokesperson said in a statement to eWEEK. The significant spectrum divestitures by Verizon announced today are good for competition and consumers.
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The spokesperson also noted that while the T-Mobile agreement to purchase and swap AWS spectrum is a separate transaction from the Verizon deal to buy cable company spectrum, it is contingent on the approval of the cable company deal. Our agreement with Verizon is subject to separate FCC review and approval, the spokesperson said, adding, but it is contingent upon completion of Verizons transaction with the cable companies since much of the spectrum we are acquiring is now held by the cable companies.
While T-Mobile has not explicitly said that it would withdraw its current objection before the FCC, it would be necessary for that objection to be disposed of, and the fastest way for T-Mobile to make that happen would be to withdraw its objection. T-Mobile, it should be noted, has said it will have refarmed its existing Evolved High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) spectrum to 1,900MHz and implemented a 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology systemwide by the end of 2013.
The HSPA+ system refarming will be necessary if T-Mobile is to offer the Apple iPhone 5 when it ships in the fourth quarter. T-Mobile has already begun supporting iPhones by selling accessories in its stores and providing technical support. Furthermore, the company has said that by offering the new frequencies it will support iPhones as well as international GSM phones in the United States. T-Mobiles first iPhone-friendly data cell saw service at Apples Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco in mid-June when the company launched test service there.
However, despite T-Mobiles probable withdrawal of objections from Verizons cable company spectrum deal, other groups remain opposed. Rebecca Mark, spokesperson for the Alliance for Broadband Competition, said in a prepared statement that the groups objections to Verizons agreements with the cable companies are about a lot more than spectrum.


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The European Union should aim to lead innovation to fight infectious diseases in the developing world, speakers told a Friends of Europe event on 16 February.
The event, called Shaping the World, launched the 2016 G-FINDER report on global funding for research into neglected diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. These diseases kill nearly seven million people each year – mostly the world's poorest people, and often due to a lack of effective tools for prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Despite the urgent needs for new tools, G-FINDER reported that funding for neglected disease R&D fell in 2015 for the third consecutive year. When subtracting the spike in funding for Ebola in 2014 and 2015, R&D funding in 2016 was actually at its lowest level since 2007. More on the Friends of Europe website, including podcast, playlist, and photo gallery.


text: Did you realize that today's date is 7/7/07? I saw in the news that today was an enormously popular wedding day and that many people were trying their luck at gambling today. There are some really cool ways to tie this into the curriculum, but I'm guessing that very few were in school today because it is a Saturday and it's July. 🙂


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Like other railroad approved watches, this Seiko Solar has luminous hands and markers, day/date display and military time displayed in red.
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- Full charge under fluorescent light: 175 hours
- Full charge under normal sunlight: 9 hours
- 10 month power reserve with full charge under light
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- Water resistant to 30 meters (100 feet)
- Case width 36mm (approximately 1 3/8 inches)
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Book Title: 21 Stolen Kisses
Author: Lauren Blakely
Series: Standalone
Release Date: May 26th, 2015
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
When I first met him I resisted.
Like any forbidden love, I told myself he was a crush, and it would pass.
That was a lie. It never faded.
And I never expected he would fall for me just as hard.
There were so many reasons that should have kept us apart, least of all, the decade that separated us. Growing up in New York City, I learned early on that love is a double-edged sword. Love broke up my parents, love took away my friends, and love — the big, intense, never-been-like-this-before love — landed me in therapy. Now I'm heading to college, and it's time to give love a clean slate again. But, can I really start over when he's still in my life Because the one man I've always wanted, is also the only guy I absolutely can't have…And he wants me just as fiercely.
Can I settle for anything less than the love of my life?
"I'd never forget how it felt to say those words. To be in our place. In love with you, in love with us, in love with our secret, with the island we were building, keeping out the whole wide world."
This author is one my go-to for the steamy reads but when I heard she was switching up to contemporary NA genre, I was definitely intrigued. It also seemed to hinted at the forbidden romance aspect which is a bonus for me.
21 Stolen Kisses is about Kennedy, soon to be 18-year old girl who is in love with her mother's TV agent, Noah Hayes. He's 25 and has been a close friend to her mother who helped him kickstart his career. Both Kennedy and Noah bonded over their love for the Broadway musicals and those shared moments remained a secret among everyone who knows them.
When it comes to secrets, Kennedy has been engulfed in one almost her entire life especially with her mother having multiple affairs and became a pawn in her mother's social affairs by helping her cover them up since she was young. The guilt that has been weighing finally pushes her to embark on a journey to send love letters as a form of apology to all the women that her mother has wronged in the past.
Now the thing is, I loved the crux of this story. This was more than just a forbidden love story, it was also telling about a teenage girl trying to atone the sins for her mother due to her misplaced guilt and seeking forgiveness from those who got hurt by her mother's actions. I also liked the idea that each stolen kiss moment between Noah and Kennedy were placed between chapters and those were written quite beautifully.
At times I thought Kennedy was a little childish by some of her actions and more often than not, she was then portrayed for being rather mature for her age with her deep thoughts. I found the disparity there a bit confusing for me sometimes. I also didn't really feel the connection between both MCs other than their shared love for Broadway, it just didn't come off as that passionate or longing love that made me want to die-hard root for this couple, y'know?
Another major struggle I had with this book was how the past/present was weaved within the chapters. There was no distinct telling that a certain 'present' scene was then followed by a 'past' scene (which is a rather long scene) and suddenly back into the 'present' scene. This is very much a pet peeve for me if not done right because it disrupts my reading momentum and even worse when I put it down and later get back to it to only forget if it was the past or present.
Also this book just wasn't what I expected it to be based on the blurb prior going in. Sadly, the "forbidden" love aspect in this book completely fell short for me. I believed the idea of forbidden here was due to the fact that the heroine is barely 18, coupled with the fact that the guy she loves is 8 years older. Morevoer, the guy is close to her mum and in a way, sneaking behind her back to be together sorta makes it taboo? =\ I really don't know but I wasn't feeling it at all.
Overall the book can be quite heart-breaking at times, mostly the parts where Kennedy deals with her family affairs. It's almost strange that I love those parts better than the forbidden love aspect. It was still a decent read for me but sadly it wasn't exactly what I was hoping with my expectations being very different from what I imagined this book turned out to be.
ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
21 Stolen Kisses is a New Adult contemporary romance read.
About Lauren Blakely: Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat, heart, and humor, and her books have appeared multiple times on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. Like the heroine in her novel, FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. She loves hearing from readers! Her bestselling series include Caught Up in Love, Seductive Nights, and Fighting Fire. She recently released Nights With Him, a standalone novel in her New York Times Bestselling Seductive Nights series that became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Her next book in that series is Forbidden Nights, releasing in early 2015. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, text BLAKELY + your email address to 678-249-3375 (please use the actual + sign)


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Arsene Wenger has likened Arsenal's British revolution to Barack Obama becoming the American President.
The Arsenal boss is set to give home-grown youngsters Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Gavin Hoyte and Mark Randall another chance in tonight's Carling Cup tie with Wigan.
Wenger enjoys giving the English starlets - plus Welsh international Ramsey - a start but claims just like Obama they get their chance simply because they are good enough.
"I am happy with that because that is the approach I have had for a very long time," said Wenger. "I always gave the same answer - you don't look at the passport, you look at the quality.
"When England produce quality you put them in and England produce quality now and I think very, very quickly you will see that in the Arsenal football team.
"It is just a consequence of the quality. I believe that the pride in sport is that if you have the quality, you play. If it was my son and he wasn't good enough, he could never play at Arsenal.
"I always did fight for that. You have the example of Barack Obama in the United States, that is one of the countries where if you have the quality you will make it.
"What made everybody happy in this election is because basically nobody knows what his ideas are, but when the system brings people to the top just because they have the quality and nothing else, I think that is right. And in sport that is the case."
Arsenal (probable): Fabianski, Hoyte, Djourou, Toure, Gibbs, Randall, Ramsey, Merida, Wilshere, Bendtner, Vela.