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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - Air Force One gave President Barack Obama an advantage that wasn't available to many other frequent flyers Thursday: the opportunity to watch the U.S. team play World Cup soccer.
About midway through the approximately 2½ hour flight, aides brought photographers to Obama's airborne conference room to capture him watching the match against Germany. Bowls of chips and other snacks were laid out on the table.
Germany defeated the U.S. 1-0, but both teams advance to the tournament's next round.
The final score came after Obama landed in Minneapolis, but he began a speech there by expressing his pride in the team for getting through. "They are defying the odds and earned a lot of believers in the process," he said.
In an interview Thursday with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who traveled with the president, Obama said the World Cup has even had a slight impact on how the U.S. conducts foreign policy.
"We had elements - which I won't detail - of our foreign policy that have been shaped around the World Cup," Obama told Stephanopoulos. "Phone calls, meetings, initiatives we had to think about."


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The purpose of the Cherokee Nation Tax Code is to raise revenues, in a fair and efficient manner, to enable the government of the Cherokee Nation to provide governmental services of the Cherokee Nation and to promote tribal economic development, self-sufficiency and a strong tribal government. As the population and needs of the Cherokee Nation increase, with the resulting increase in the demand for governmental services partly as a result of increased employment and development with the Cherokee Nation, it is an appropriate exercise of the sovereign authority of the Cherokee Nation to require those earning income or possessing wealth in Cherokee Country as defined herein to share in the costs of such governmental services.
In August 1990, the Cherokee Nation established the Cherokee Nation Tax Commission to raise revenues in a fair and efficient manner. Then in the fall of 1992, the Cherokee Nation compacted with the State of Oklahoma. Six years later, the Cherokee Nation Tax Commission began collecting 3 percent retail sales tax from retail smoke shops and other tribally owned businesses.

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It is always best to Sign-in to your account before you begin shopping so that you are shopping more securely, and faster. Also, your cart will always be saved when you are logged in. You may get logged out if you are inactive but all you will need to do is log back in to find your cart safely waiting for you. If you are not logged in and you step away and your cart logs out you will lose it, and we cannot get it back :(
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Our site is a lot like a giant file cabinet. First, look to the left-hand side of the page and you will see the main menu, a column of categories. Each category in the main column has a type of product stored, or linked inside of it. When you click on it, the "folder" opens and usually, there will be more "folders", also referred to as "Icons", inside. Click on them to open and view what's inside. Once finished you can click on the back button or the home button to start over with a different category.
The 'Swarovski Crystal' file is a good example. Inside you will find folders for the different sub-categories, such as: 'Beads', 'Pendants', 'Components', 'Vintage', etc. Each of these "folders" opens and inside are more folders. If you chose the 'Beads' folder then inside will be all the types of beads such as 5328 Bicones, 5000 Rounds, 5601 Cubes, etc. When you click on these folders you will find a list of all the sizes of that style of bead that we carry. Once you choose the size you want to look at, click on the icon and it will open up to the list of what colors we offer in that style (Bicones, etc.) in that size. You can then scroll the list to find the one you are interested in, viewing all that we offer in that size in one handy place.
Once you find one you want to know more about click on either the picture or name and the description will enlarge, you will get more information, as well as the Discount Schedule. The Detail page has a tab you can click on for additional pictures, and more info. The discount schedule will be at the bottom of the description, and you can often click on the picture to get a bigger view some of the time.
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Campaign Finance in Local Elections: An Eleven City Study, 1989-2007 [United States] (ICPSR 25801)
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This study contains campaign finance data for candidates in local elections held from 1989 to 2007 in the following cities: New York City (NY), Los Angeles (CA), Chicago (IL), San Francisco (CA), Seattle (WA), Miami (FL), Tampa (FL), Lexington (KY), Louisville (KY), Sacramento (CA), and Long Beach (CA). Data were also collected for the counties Hillsborough County/Tampa (FL) and Miami-Dade (FL). The study includes data on funds raised and spent, as well as candidate data and election returns, and both mayoral and city council races. Information was also collected on the size of the population of the candidates jurisdiction, the amount of political contributions and committee expenditures, whether the election was held in a publicly-funded city, and the outcome of the election. Demographic variables include candidate's sex, race, political party, education, and occupation.
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- Adams, Brian. Campaign Finance in Local Elections: An Eleven City Study, 1989-2007 [United States]. ICPSR25801-v1. [distributor], 2010-06-10. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25801.v1
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Domestic drone backers worry about privacy and security
Lawmakers got a wake-up call after researchers demonstrated how to hijack aircraft's navigation system.
A peculiar contingent is raising questions about the risk of populating U.S. airspace with remotely piloted aircraft: drone proponents. Lawmakers who voted to expand the use of domestic drones, and even the unmanned aviation industry, are promoting heightened regulation of espionage practices.
Within the span of about two weeks in July, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International issued a code of conduct and backed a defense spending bill that would restrict the government's use of drones for surveillance. Lawmakers who, in February, mandated that the Federal Aviation Administration permit more drones to fly stateside voted in June to ban weaponized ones.
"It did seem curious to me that there are a lot of Congress people who are concerned about the security and privacy issues. I wonder where they were during the debate over the FAA bill," says Jennifer Lynch, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group.
She suspects publicity surrounding the recent successful hijacking of an aircraft's navigation system by University of Texas students unsettled some drone champions. Unmanned planes are dependent on civil Global Positioning System signals, which, unlike encrypted military GPS signals, can be manipulated to provide false readings. At White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in June, UT researchers showed authorities—at the request of Homeland Security Department officials—that a drone GPS receiver can be tricked into believing it is flying too high so that the aircraft will lower its altitude and consequently crash into the ground.
In Congress, "I think they are all a little scared by that University of Texas experiment," Lynch says. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican and avid proponent of using drones to monitor U.S. borders, invited one of the scientists to testify on GPS spoofing at the House Homeland Security Oversight, Investigations and Management Subcommittee, which he chairs.
DHS officials declined to appear at McCaul's July 19 hearing, which largely focused on the department's role in protecting citizens from drone abuse. There is bipartisan concern that remotely piloted
planes will capture personal information, fall victim to hackers—or worse—when the FAA law takes effect in 2015.
Customs and Border Protection operates about 10 drones to police illicit activity along the nation's borders and its neighboring seas. But, increasingly, other government agencies are borrowing DHS drones or procuring their own to scout populated areas without the department's supervision, lawmakers complain.
In September 2011, government officials arrested a man in connection with a plot to attack Washington using bomb-hauling, unmanned aircraft. "We had a man who tried and attempted to use this drone, but was thwarted by the FBI, in an attempt to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol," McCaul said later in July at a full committee hearing.
McCaul maintains his concerns about the safety of drones have always existed. "We are less than two and a half years from our skies opening up to widespread use of drones by law enforcement and the private sector and no federal agency has taken the lead to address security and privacy," he told Government Executive in an email. "This is the responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security, and as chairman of the subcommittee with oversight jurisdiction it is my job to ensure DHS addresses these concerns. The department needs to provide guidance on security and privacy now, in advance of this proliferation, not after the fact."
Civil liberties groups are puzzled as to why DHS has not conducted a privacy impact assessment, which is required for information-collecting projects, that would explain controls protecting stored data, how long that data is retained and the procedures for deleting it. The fear is images of regular citizens and property, which are unavoidably captured during scouting missions, may be exploited.
When asked whether Homeland Security will conduct an assessment or update privacy policies, CBP officials said there are established, clear protocols regarding aerial surveillance to ensure that privacy and civil rights are protected while the agency is executing its mission. In addition, they said, the agency treats video from manned and unmanned aircraft the same way using existing evidence handling policies.
The Guardian, a maritime version of Homeland Security's domestic Predator drone, has the same sensor and radar technologies already used on piloted aircraft. And the Guardian's camera is very similar to the ones on board many of Homeland Security's other planes.
Lynch, however, says the old policies for manned aircraft may not translate to planes that are monitoring people from afar. "I do still think they need to conduct a [privacy impact assessment]. Even if they are using the same sensor technology on manned aircraft, I would believe it is being collected differently and they may be combining that information differently," she says.
Others in Congress are moving to outlaw weaponized drones at DHS. In June, 217 Republicans approved a department spending bill that would "prohibit the use of funds for the purchase, operation or maintenance of armed unmanned aerial vehicles." In February, these same lawmakers had called on FAA to pick up the pace in opening up the friendly skies to more domestic drones.
Spokesman Mike Rosen says McCaul generally opposes weaponizing stateside drones, but right now it is unclear what "weaponizing" means—"Lethal? Non-lethal? Tear gas? Missiles?"—because the technology is not fully developed.
For its part, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, on behalf of drone vendors and operators, met with privacy groups several months ago, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Speculating on the distribution of a page of principles soon after, Lynch says, "I think the AUVSI has been trying to improve their image. I don't think they realized they were going to have such negative publicity."
Association officials say they are committed to incorporating drones into the national airspace in a safe and responsible manner. "Like with any new technology, there is reasonable concern over how that technology can and should be used," association president Michael Toscano said in a statement. "That is why the industry recently adopted a code of conduct, which places safety, professionalism and respect as the guiding principles for those who design, test and operate" unmanned aerial systems.
He added the systems actually can improve public safety. "UAS could be a critical tool to help firefighters battle wildfires, Border Patrol agents monitor and protect our borders, and emergency responders mitigate the impact of natural disasters such as hurricanes or floods," he said. "The UAS industry is confident that we can protect individuals' privacy and ensure the safe operation of UAS, while also unlocking this technology's potential to save time, save money and even save lives."
The organization backs legislation that would require drone operators to comply with Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches.
A Pentagon spending bill the House approved in July includes a clause sponsored by Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J., that would uphold this constitutional safeguard. In introducing the measure, LoBiondo said, "While funding for these platforms is critical for our nation's intelligence activities, these normal operations will not conflict with our constitutional protections against unreasonable searches. This language would ensure that there is no misperception about the department's use of these technologies."
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Based on a common set of directives for C and Fortran languages, OpenACC sets out to enable programmers to easily take advantage of the processing power of heterogeneous many-core architectures. Its multi-platform and multi-vendor compatible model offers a way to preserve investment in legacy applications by enabling an easy migration path to accelerated computing.
"The GPU computing breakthrough has allowed many users to propose new massively parallel codes to advance many scientific fields. With OpenACC we are simplifying the use of accelerators and leveraging legacy applications. We are very confident that this will help to further broaden the community taking advantage of many-core technologies," said Francois BODIN, Caps CTO.
"The goal of OpenACC is to provide a familiar directive-based programming model that makes it quick and simple for developers to take advantage of the performance benefits of accelerators like GPUs," said Duncan Poole, president of OpenACC. "I congratulate Caps on its latest release of HMPP Workbench, and applaud their efforts in helping us bring the tremendous value of directives and OpenACC to customers."


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Political change is giving the abortion lobby an upper hand. What's the best action for pro-life Christians to take next? Melinda Delahoyde, president of Care Net, Clenard H. Childress Jr., founder of BlackGenocide.org., and Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, suggest the next steps for the pro-life movement.
For the pro-life movement, last November looked like the beginning of a walk through the valley of the shadow of death. The American people elected the most pro-abortion candidate in our nation's history. Moving at warp speed, the Obama administration began to implement its agenda. It bears repeating: The most dangerous place for an African American to be is in the womb of his or her African American mother.
What at first looked like our worst nightmare, however, has proved to be our finest hour. In early spring, social prognosticators were dumbfounded by polls showing an unprecedented shift in the minds of Americans on abortion. The 9 percent shift was a stark change from last year, when a Gallup poll showed a 6 percent majority in favor of abortion rights.
The election of Barack Obama, along with his pro-abortion ideology, raised the level of awareness on the abortion issue as never before. Heroic Illinois nurse Jill Stanek, whom one liberal branded "the worst person in the world," testified before Congress about the atrocities caused by botched abortions at Christ Hospital in Chicago. We need to protect children who have survived abortions as well as the unborn.
Shortly before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. posed this question: "Where do we go from here?" King relied on the church to be the catalyst and voice for those who had been disenfranchised and denied the American dream. Most of the pro-life ...1


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When John from All Spice Cafe offered to send us some products to sample, I was definitely game. We eat really spice food, so the chile sauces, salsas and other products from this wonderful company seemed right up our alley. Honestly, I think I was a bit arrogant in thinking that nobody made food spicy enough for the likes of my father-in-law, who makes habanero sauce by the liter and finishes it faster than you can imagine.
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Fire Ecology
Fire Ecology is the understanding and management of fire. Everyone is familiar with firefighters, but firefighting in wildlands (forests and grasslands) is much different than in cities and towns. Wildfires can be huge and unpredictable, claiming the lives of many firefighters every year. But wildfires are natural and inevitable, playing an important role in many ecosystems. Unfortunately, the encroachment of human development into forests and grasslands means that fire and people will be more at odds than ever.
The fire management policy of most of the past century has been to suppress, and therefore prevent all forest fires. These policies failed to realize the extreme importance of fires to many ecosystems, particularly in the western United States, which cannot function without a natural cycle of fire. Now, we know that fires really are inevitable and that suppression practices have allowed a heavy build-up of dead vegetation and plants which are not resistant to fire. As a result, when fires do occur, they burn hotter and faster, are harder to control, and result in extensive human, economic and ecological damage.
Prescribed burns are one management tool used to simulate the natural fire ecology of wildlands. They remove dead vegetation and dense undergrowth, they thin out tree stands, and they effectively remove non-native species. Other tools include manual or mechanical removal of brush. Sometimes, Fire Ecologists have to get creative. In environmentally-sensitive areas, some managers are even using goats to clear understory plants and grasses.
The Academic Requirements
There are many two-year degree programs in Fire Science; these programs usually focus on the technical aspects of fighting fires and prepare graduates for seasonal or full-time employment. There are not many four-year degree programs in the field, but there are a number of forestry or natural resource degree programs with emphases and/or certificates offered in Fire Ecology.
Fire Ecology programs focus on the evaluation and management of fire-prone ecosystems. Students examine the complex issues that effect fire management, including the need to protect people and their property as well as to effectively manage wildlands to prevent catastrophic fires. Students learn the traditional roles and myths of fire and the scientific basis for fire ecology. They also learn about the latest technology of the field, including remote sensing of wildlands and fires. There may be courses in management and team-building, because most Fire Ecologists work with teams of fellow natural resource managers, foresters, the public, firefighters, and government supervisors to help solve fire management issues.
Fire Ecologists need to have good written and oral communication skills. Effective time management and crisis response skills are also important; sometimes, Fire Ecologists have to make difficult decisions quickly under stressful situations, such as catastrophic wildfires.
Here are some courses that we've seen:
- Fire Ecology and Management
- Fire, Myth and Mankind: Coming to terms with nature
- Fire Ecology and Management
- Prescribed Burning Laboratory
- Advanced Applications in Fire Ecology and Management
- Chemistry in Society
- Occupational Health & Safety for Firefighters
- Fire/Hydraulics/Water Supply
- Fire Prevention Practices
- Firefighting Tactics and Strategy
- Forest Ecology
- Hydrology
Professional Outlook
Fire Ecologists can do several different jobs. Those who work for State or Federal agencies will spend a good deal of the fire season looking out for and fighting wildfires. This can be very dangerous work, but it is also very rewarding to be able to save people and their homes from fires. In this field, most of the jobs are only available from May through September. All firefighters must be between the ages of 18 and 35 and pass a physical fitness test. They also go through training, either on the job or through an accredited school, such as a local community college or through a land-grant university. In addition to training, many firefighters are trained as Emergency Medical Technicians, so they can assist with medical emergencies related to the fire.
Other Fire Ecologists work as consultants, foresters, and other jobs. They mostly evaluate and monitor forest or grassland ecosystems for their interactions with fire. Many agencies use prescribed burns as part of their natural resource management strategies. For a prescribed burn, Fire Scientists evaluate the ecosystem, determine safety parameters, and light a fire under controlled conditions. This fire usually burns out the understory of a forest or grassland, allowing new plants to come through after the fire. These ecosystems have adapted to fire and thrive best when periodic small fires come.
Full-time positions can be obtained after firefighters have a few years in the field. Competition for these positions is fierce, because of a large applicant pool. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), "Firefighters receive benefits usually including medical and liability insurance, vacation and sick leave, and some paid holidays. Firefighters are generally covered by pension plans, often providing retirement at half pay after 25 years of service or if disabled in the line of duty."
Fire Ecologists who complete a bachelor's or master's degree program have a good chance of obtaining full-time employment, often with a government agency or as a private consultant. They usually work normal hours, in offices, meeting rooms and out in the field. During times of crises, ecologists may be called on to help manage wildfires. During this time, hours and working conditions will vary considerably.
Here are some job titles that we've seen, including some of the organizations that offer them, all of which included a requirement for experience in Fire Ecology:
- Firefighter (Bridger Fire Inc.)
- Wildland Firefighter (Redmont IHC)
- Assistant Superintendent (Union IHC)
- Squad Leader (Union IHC)
- Supervisory Range Technician (Bureau of Land Management)
- Fire Planner (Nez Perce National Forest)
- Forestry Technician (US Department of Agriculture)
- Fire Management Officer (Bureau of Land Management)
- Senior Fire Management Specialist (BLM Alaska Fire Service)
- Landscape and Fire Ecology Researcher (US Geological Survey)
- Bureau of Land Management, Office of Fire and Aviation
- California Nevada Hawaii Forest Fire Council
- Cohen, Jerry. "The Impacts of Fire on Ecosystems." University of Texas, at Austin. Good info page on Fire Ecology.
- Colorado State University
- Fire Effects Information Page, USDA Forest Service
- "Goats-R-Us preventing fire, clearing grass," CNN. May 2003.
- Jobs for the Wildland Firefighter
- Keiser College, Fire Science Program
- Landscape and Fire Ecology Studies at Bandelier National Monument and the Jemez Mountains, USGS
- Lansing Community College, Fire Science Program
- USA Jobs; Jobs with the U.S. Federal Government
- USDA Forest Service, "The Ecology of Fire."
- Wildland Fires in Yellowstone National Park


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UMass Lowell is expanding space for entrepreneurs, startups and new ventures in the city's emergent Hamilton Canal District, thanks to $1 million in capital funding from the state.
In an April 24 visit to the city, Gov. Deval Patrick announced the funding, which will help complete construction of the two top floors of the newly renovated building at 110 Canal St., a former mill. The University, the building's first tenant, is leasing 22,000 square feet of space from the developer, Trinity Financial.
The new UMass Lowell Innovation Hub will help entrepreneurs and early-stage ventures in testing products and business concepts, developing prototypes, raising funds and launching high-growth businesses. It will also provide additional room for the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2), a UMass Lowell-UMass Medical School partnership that offers product and business development assistance, incubator space and other support to medical device entrepreneurs. M2D2 currently occupies 14,000 square feet in Wannalancit Mills at 600 Suffolk St.
"We invest in innovation because we believe in enabling and encouraging industries that are using their brainpower to help shape our future," said Patrick. "We look forward to seeing the great work that will come out of the Innovation Hub."
"This is great news for the University. This facility will provide much-needed innovation space for startup companies, expanding beyond just the medical-device industry by supporting other startups in the robotics, flexible electronics and clean tech sectors," said Chancellor Marty Meehan.
Federal, state and local elected officials were on hand for the announcement of the Innovation Hub, which will have enough room for as many as 40 entrepreneurs and startups.
The $1 million in funding comes on the heels of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center recent award of $4 million to UMass Lowell for the M2D2 expansion.
The third floor of the building, which is scheduled to open in the fall, will feature office space, rapid prototype development tools, collaboration and meeting areas, industry suites and advanced manufacturing capabilities.
M2D2's expanded presence on the building's top floor is expected to open in Spring 2015 and will include wet labs, offices, prototyping and collaboration space.
The Canal Street building was built in 1920 by the Lowell Machine Shop, at one time a leading manufacturer of textile-making machinery and one of the largest businesses in Lowell. It was occupied from 1954 to 2006 by the Pellon Corp., which later became the Freudenberg Nonwovens Corp., a maker of lining materials for the garment industry and other technical applications. The building has been vacant since 2006.
State Sen. Eileen Donoghue described the transformation of the Hamilton Canal District, which now is home to condominiums, artists' studios, the Lowell Community Health Center and other businesses, as a key to economic growth in the city.
"Ten years ago, we didn't come down to the area. It was completely blighted," Donoghue said. "Now, entrepreneurs can come here, grow and stay in Lowell. It really is a recipe for success."


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An AIDS epidemic threatens Ethiopia with a long wave of premature adult mortality, and thus with an enduring setback to capital formation and economic growth. The authors develop a two-sector model with three overlapping generations and intersectorally mobile labor, in which young adults allocate resources under rational expectations. They calibrate the model to the demographic and economic data, and perform simulations for the period ending in 2100 under alternative assumptions about mortality with and without the epidemic. Although the epidemic does not bring about a catastrophic economic collapse, which is hardly possible in view of Ethiopia's poverty and high background adult mortality, it does cause a permanent, downward displacement of the path of output per head, amounting to 10 percent in 2100. An externally funded program to combat the disease is socially very profitable.
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Tom's next stop after Bomac Engraving was an in-house position with Art & Design Studios (ADS). "It was really good studio," enthuses Tom, "first rate. They had a wonderful big group with over a hundred people on staff. They had film, the art studio - they even had a television studio - catalogue (which was mostly photography, even then)."
"But I could see, after five or six years at Art & Design, that the print world was shrinking."
"I knew I had to leave the comfort of that nice studio because I knew [the illustration business] was getting smaller... I could see it shrinking... so I had to go out on my own."
In 1968, Tom opened his own studio across the street from the Arts and Letters Club in downtown Toronto. "I was really scared," says Tom today. "I didn't know what to do... how do you promote? No one thing in my experience was the answer. I did mailings, I bought space in Black Book... I had things in Communication Arts... but the first two years were tough. And I wondered why I'd left the comfort of that nice studio at ADS. Because I ended up making half as much as I had at my salaried job and I worked twice as many hours."
I asked Tom if, when he spoke with other illustrators, there was a general sense that the market for illustration was in decline. He says, "Most of them had work. Jerry [Sevier] and I could do a broad range so that meant we could do either roughs or storyboards or different kinds of finish. [Some artists] were a little more selective. They would do book covers, they would do editorial... but they didn't want to bother with the commercial stuff."
Commercial work or not, Tom found it hard to land the really lucrative advertising assignments very often. "The studios all had salespeople who practically sat on the doorstep of the ad agencies in hopes of getting a job that day. So I learned you have to do a range of things."
"Because of the nature of the auto advertising illustration I could also do architectural stuff. That created one more source [of work]. At least once a month I would do one [architectural concept painting]."
"But that's why I've had a very busy career... if I wasn't doing something for magazines or some agency or National Geographic of the British publications, I did architectural, or corporate, or publishing. I knew you had to be flexible."
"And that's not all bad. My comparison once again is to the New York artists just getting one thing down and worrying it to death: If you do a broad range of stuff, you become a broader person and should have a better solution. You don't burn out as fast."
"What I like about [my career] is I wasn't doing the same flower painting over and over. The subject changed by the week, by the month... and I liked the process of researching it because it opened your head up to what's been done before. And you could pick and choose the things that grab you... colour, shape, drama."
"When you work in the studios they didn't want you to spend a lot of time going to the library and so on. They'd say, 'Aw, use your clip file and get it out of here this afternoon', and I understand that."
"But at least when I went on my own I could do the research I wanted... do all that preliminary... and then paint with as much abandon as possible."
This coming weekend will see the launch of "Tom McNeely, 50 Years of Visual Arts", a book showcasing work from every period in Tom's career. If you would like to order the book, you can contact the artist at fmcneely(at)rogers(dot)com
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Thanks again for showing this amazingly diverse body of work. This last group yielded my favorite of all, the paperback cover. What a feat to illustrate three horses, three cowboys, a herd of cattle, and keep it all fresh!!! Beautiful value and gorgeous effect of light.ReplyDelete
Just dropping ya a line to say that I've been enjoying this series.ReplyDelete
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Only a frozen heart could be unmoved as ET bids farewell to Elliot, Bambi cries forlornly in the forest for his fallen mother or Carl falls in love with Ellie in the opening sequence to Pixar's Up.
The Fault In Our Stars will offer a stern test to the waterproof mascara of every teenager who fell in love with John Green's bestselling novel.
Josh Boone's polished adaptation deftly plucks heartstrings to the point that a trickle of saltwater tears threatens to become an unstoppable torrent.
One tissue simply doesn't suffice as scriptwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber navigate the tricky topic of terminal illness with wry humour and sensitivity.
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Woodley plays 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster, who was diagnosed with cancer at an early age and almost slipped away in hospital.
An experimental drug trial has halted the spread of the disease but Hazel is resigned to her grim fate.
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He is attending the meeting to support best friend Isaac (Nat Wolff).
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As the relationship intensifies, Hazel attempts to keep Gus at arm's length, warning that she "is a grenade", destined to obliterate everyone around her.
"It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you," he counters tenderly.
The Fault In Our Stars is a beautifully sketched portrait of adolescence, anchored by emotionally raw performances from the talented cast.
Dern impresses as a parent braced for the anguish of burying her child, while Willem Dafoe injects spikiness to the role of Hazel's favourite author, who doesn't welcome fans with open arms.
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North Country trials of varieties to see if fescue is as good as alfalfa for milk production
The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program plans a 40-variety North Country trial of tall fescue after Cornell University researchers found the grass is as good as alfalfa silage for milk production.
With northern New York cropland suited to growing the cool-season grass, the NNYADP has funded the trial, the most comprehensive tall fescue variety trial in the U.S.The Cornell scientists have shown that tall fescue silage used in a well-balanced dairy ration can produce as much milk per cow as alfalfa silage.
"Tall fescue often ranks highest for yield among cool-season grass species grown in New York State," says Cornell Crop and Soil Sciences Professor Jerry H. Cherney. "It has survived northern New York winters and does not appear to have any persistence problems in New York State."
Tall fescue is typically lower in crude protein than other grasses with the exception of timothy, but is similar in fiber concentration and quality, making it suitable for inclusion in dairy cow rations.
A previous NNYADP trial, planted at the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy, included five novel endophyte versions of some varieties. These varieties have a coexisting "friendly" fungus that gives the plants added vigor.
The variety trials provided insight as to whether the extra cost to northern New York farmers of the novel variety seed would be warranted by return on investment in yield and quality compared to endophyte-free varieties.
"The novel endophyte tall fescue varieties are essential in areas of the mid-South U.S. where certain physical and biological stresses are high. Here in northern New York we have neither the very high summer temperatures nor any significant insect pressure, so there is no advantage for regional farmers in purchasing the relatively high-priced novel endophyte varieties," Cherney says.
The research report posted on the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program website includes data on yield, milk per ton return potential, and other key quality measures. FORVAL, a program developed by Dr. Gary Fick at Cornell University, uses current prices of protein/soybean meal, energy/corn grain, and hay to generate a dollar value for the protein and energy in the tall fescue forage. A new index was created to refine the measurement of forage quality.
Among the conclusions Cherney draws in his report on the trial from 2011-2013 is the suggestion that it is likely advantageous to select a later maturing grass variety when grass is planted as a companion with alfalfa.
Cherney suggests that farmers looking to plant a pure stand of tall fescue look for the highest GRASVAL/acre data as reflective of the best combination of both yield and quality.
"In a mixed stand, most producers are looking for a high proportion of alfalfa, with the highest possible NDFD for the grass at harvest (NDFD is an estimate of digestibility potential in the crop; high NDFD is found in the diets of high-producing milking cows). High grass yield potential may not be desirable, as this likely indicates a more competitive grass. Harvest date is usually based on alfalfa maturity, not on the tall fescue; therefore, if choosing a fescue variety to seed with alfalfa, simply select the variety in a trial with the highest NDFD at spring harvest," Cherney explains.
Cherney notes research to develop optimal timing for spring harvesting of grass crops to significantly impact fiber digestibility, particularly with alfalfa-grass mixes, is a next step in advancing crop management for milk production value.
To learn more about dairy and crop production in Northern New York visit the NNYADP website at www.nnyagdev.org. The results of the latest NNYADP tall fescue variety trials are also available at the site.


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My previous post did a quick comparison of the GSK anti-malarial screening dataset with a virtual library of Ugi products. That comparison was based on the PubChem fingerprints and indicated a broad degree of overlap. I was also interested in looking at the overlap in other feature spaces. The simplest way to do this is to evaluate a set of descriptors and then perform a principal components analysis. We can then plot the first two principal components to get an idea of the distribution of the compounds in the defined space.
I evaluated a number of descriptors using the CDK. In a physicochemical space represented by the number of rotatable bonds, molecular weight and XlogP values, a plot of the first two principal components looks as shown on the right. Given the large number of points, the plot is more of a blob, but does highlight the fact that there is a good degree of overlap between the two datasets. On going to a BCUT space on the left, we get a different picture, stressing the greater diversity of the GSK dataset. Of course, these are arbitary descriptor spaces and not necessarily meaningful. One would probably choose a descriptor space based on the problem at hand (and also the CDK XlogP implementation probably needs some work).
I was also interested in the promiscuity of the compounds in the GSK dataset. Promiscuity is the phenomenon where a molecule shows activity in multiple assays. Promiscuous activity could be indicate that the compound is truly active in all or most of the assays (i.e., hitting multiple distinct targets), but could also indicate that the activity is artifactual (such as if it were an aggregator or flourescent compound).
This analysis is performed by looking for those GSK molecules that are in the NCGC collection (272 exact matches) and checking to see how many NCGC assays they are tested in and whether they were active or not. Rather than look at all assays in the NCGC collection, I consider a subset of approximately 1300 assays curated by a colleague. Ideally, a compound will be active in only one (or a few) of the assays it is tested in.
For simplicities sake, I just plot the number of assays a compound is tested in versus the number of them that it is active in. The plot is colored by the activity (pXC50 value in the GSK SD file) so that more potent molecules are lighter. While the bulk of these molecules do not show significant promiscuous activity, a few of them do lie at the upper range. I've annotated four and their structures are shown below. Compound 530674 appears to be quite promiscuous given that it is active in 46 out of 84 assays it's been tested in at the NCGC. On the other hand, 22942 is tested in 232 assays but is activity in 78 of them. This could be considered a low ratio, and isoquinolines have been noted to be non-promiscuous. (Both of these target kinases as noted in Gamo et al).


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[Illinois] CNST 2012: Nanostructured Silicon Optical Materials as Multifunctional Cell Culture Substrates
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Showcasing University of Illinois research in bionanotechnology/nanomedicine, nanoelectronics/nanophotonics, and nanomaterials/nanomanufacturing, leading to cross-campus and industry collaborations
National Center for Supercomputing Applications Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The broad objective of the University of Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) workshop is to showcase University of Illinois research in bionanotechnology/ nanomedicine, nanoelectronics/nanophotonics, nanomaterials/nanomanufacturing, and computational nanotechnology/nanomechanics.
The general framework of the nanotechnology workshop is similar to those held on campus since 2003; which were all well attended by industry and academia. Some of those interactions have since then led to industry and cross-campus collaborations. The CNST-led forums and workshops have contributed tremendously toward the formation of multidisciplinary teams leading to the establishment of multimillion dollar new nanotechnology centers on-campus. The workshop will provide a forum for industry interactions and collaborations. The workshop brings together campus community (faculty, graduate and undergraduates, administration) from UIUC and other academic institutions, and industry engaged in cutting-edge research. A workshop panel will discuss the roadmap to future direction of research and development in nanotechnology and regional partnerships.
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It brings together nanoscale research from across the campus, drawing faculty from engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, neuroscience, agriculture, medicine, and other areas. The center envisions seamless integration of research from materials to devices to systems and applications. CNST is uniquely located to harness the entrepreneurial and technical spirit in downstate Illinois, with ongoing linkages with the University Research Park, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the State legislature. Industrial and international linkages have also been initiated through multidisciplinary centers. In addition, CNST has embarked on developing a curriculum for nanotechnology education, which will transcend a number of campus departments and units. Exceptional students with interest in nanotechnology projects have been awarded fellowships, as the center prepares the next generation workforce. CNST-led efforts have led to leveraging of existing nanotechnology research labs into also hands-on training sites for molecular and cellular biology, mechanobiology, micro and nanofabrication, and enabling technologies, and tissue engineering.
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Professor Kristopher Kilian received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Washington in 1999 and 2003 respectively. He worked at Rosetta Inpharmatics/Merck & Co. in the Methods Development group from 2000-2004 before travelling to Sydney, Australia to do his PhD with Justin Gooding at the University of New South Wales. His doctoral research involved the development of nanostructured porous-silicon based photonic crystals and their chemical modification for optical biosensors and biomaterials. In 2007, he joined the laboratory of Milan Mrksich at the University of Chicago as a NIH postdoctoral fellow to investigate new methods for directing the differentiation of stem cells. Kris joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in 2011.
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Topic: The Clone Wars vs. the story of Clan Skirata
So, i am new here, so forgive me if this has already been talked about...
anyway, i heard somewhere (can't remember where) that The Clone Wars was the reason that the Republic Commando/Imperial Commando books were cut short, effectively nuking the Skirata storyline. is this confirmed? because if this is true, i will continue my boycott of The Clone Wars tv series.
also, what ever happened to the Boba Fett storyline that had been started in the Legacy of the Force books? the Mando'ad are some of my favorite characters in the SW universe, and any more information that i could get on them would be VERY appreciated.
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- Height: 5'8
- Waist: 27
- Bust: 34B
- Hips: 37
Sizes Chest (in) Waist (in) Hips (in) XS 0-2 31.5-32.5 23-24 33.5-35 S 2-4 33.5-34.5 25-26 36-37 M 6-8 35.5-37.5 27-28 38-39 L 10-12 38-39.5 29.5-31 40.5-42
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