Ventura trio sentenced to prison for $27 million Ponzi scheme
Defendants ran 'Ad-toppers' Ponzi
Three Ventura residents were sentenced to federal prison on Monday for their roles in a Ponzi scheme that bilked hundreds of investors out of more than $27 million. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles said the victims are from all over the United States.
Alan G. Flesher, 65, was ordered to serve more than 17 years in prison for being the leader of the scheme. His brother, Wayne D. Flesher, was sentenced to 72 months in prison and Nancy Carol Khalial, 65, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison.
All three were ordered collectively to pay back more than $27 million in restitution to the victims.
Federal prosecutors said all three defendants admitted that they used Oxnard companies called Unlimited Cash Inc. and Douglas Network Enterprises, Inc. to run the Ponzi scheme. The Flesher brothers and Khalial sold nonexistent ATMs and Ad Toppers and paid later investors with the funds from the earlier investors.
The following is the entire press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office:
Three Involved in Ventura County-Based 'Ad-Toppers' Ponzi Scheme that Cost Victims over $27 Million Sentenced to Federal Prison Terms LOS ANGELES - Three Ventura residents were sentenced today to federal prison - with one defendant being ordered to serve more than 17 years - for their roles in an investment scheme that victimized hundreds of investors across the United States and caused losses of more than $27 million. The three defendants - two brothers and woman, all of whom share a house in Ventura - fraudulently raised money by telling victim-investors that funds would be used to purchase Ad Toppers, a video device that can be placed on ATMs or vending machines and used to display advertisements. The defendants sentenced today were: * Alan G. Flesher, 65, the leader of the scheme, who was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison; * Wayne D. Flesher, 62, Alan's brother, who was sentenced to 72 months in prison; and * Nancy Carol Khalial, 65, who was sentenced to 48 months in prison. All three were sentenced by United States District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr., who also ordered the defendants collectively to pay $27,377,470 in restitution. All three defendants pleaded guilty last July to 17 counts of mail fraud and admitted that they used Oxnard companies called Unlimited Cash, Inc. (UCI) and Douglas Network Enterprises, Inc. (DNE) to run the Ponzi scheme. The defendants told victims that UCI would sell ATM machines and "Ad Toppers" - computer monitors capable of displaying video advertisements - and DNE would place the devices in commercial locations that would generate income. Victims were told they would earn income from ATM transaction fees and advertisement revenue generated by Ad Toppers which would show ads for companies such as Coca-Cola, Gold's Gym and Paramount Pictures. Even though the scheme took in approximately $41 million from approximately 790 victim-investors from approximately 2001 to 2005, the defendants did not place most of the ATMs and Ad Toppers sold to investors. "In other words, defendants sold nonexistent ATMs and Ad Toppers and paid the later investors with the funds from the earlier investors," prosecutors wrote in court documents filed in relation to today's sentencings. The defendants used the majority of investor funds to pay personal expenses and to continue operating the fraudulent scheme by paying personal salaries, sales commissions and by making Ponzi-style payments. This investigation was conducted by the FBI and the United States Postal Inspection Service, which received assistance from the Securities Exchange Commission. CONTACT: Assistant United States Attorney Pio S. Kim Major Frauds Section (213) 894-2589 Assistant United States Attorney Sarah J. Heidel Major Frauds Section (213) 894-2451 Release No. 13-072
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Beautiful! I remember those half day Wednesdays! I don't think my son got the full day off. Enjoy! It is a welcomed break in the middle of the week.
Ah, full day wednesdays now but not sure for how long. We have a four day school week, no school on saturday either. It's nice!
Beautiful pictures, Deborah!
Thank you Lise. Just enjoying a walk round the village with Miles before it gets too hot!
Pique nique au bord de l'eau avec ma fille en regardant passer les cygnes .....puis j'ai regarder pousser les fleurs de mon jardin .Superbes clichés qui me rappellent mon trop court séjour en Camargue .merci !
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Thunderstorms, showers likely in San Antonio area Tuesday night
Chances of showers at 60 percent Tuesday night
The San Antonio area will likely see showers and some strong thunderstorms tonight.
There is a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 11 p.m. Large hail and strong damaging winds will comprise the main threats.
KSAT Weather Authority Justin Horne says the threat for thunderstorms will end on Wednesday morning, but some showers are possible.
Horne predicts a low temperature of 65 for tonight and Wednesday morning should start off cloudy with a chance of showers.
Wednesday will likely see a high in the low 70s.
Chances for rain drop to 20 percent Wednesday night with a low around 50.
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Richard Blanco‚Äôs Looking for The Gulf Motel¬†(University of Pittsburgh Press)¬†is a compelling series of poems that explore Blanco‚Äôs Cuban heritage and his journey from adolescence to manhood, from places like Florida to places like Maine and, most importantly from places like adolescence to places like manhood. Along the way he chronicles the gender stereotypes that haunted his youth, as well as the dynamics of a long-term relationship.
Opening with the title poem, ‚ÄúLooking for The Gulf Motel,‚ÄĚ Blanco sets the mood and tone for the book as he remembers a motel in Florida he once visited with his family‚ÄĒa motel, a vacation and a time that is now lost to him but which he is able to recover through poetry, in vivid memory and detail:
My mother should still be in the kitchenette
of The Gulf Motel, her daisy sandals from Kmart
squeaking across the linoleum, still gorgeous
in her teal swimsuit and amber earrings
stirring a pot of arroz-con-pollo, adding sprinkles
of onion powder and dollops of tomato sauce.
My father should still be in a terrycloth jacket
smoking, clinking a glass of amber whiskey
in the sunset at the Gulf Motel, watching us
dive into the pool, two boys he‚Äôll never see
grow into men who will be proud of him.
With this wonderful gift of observation and lyricism, Blanco goes on to render the various members of his Cuban family—his grandmother and grandfather, his aunts and uncles, visits back to Cuba and the many moments of cultural bewilderment they have all experienced in their adopted country.
In ‚ÄúBetting on America,‚ÄĚ for instance, his grandmother and family place bets on the new Miss America only to be bewildered by the crowning of Miss Ohio, the one candidate that not one of them bothered to vote on. Why? Because Miss Ohio didn‚Äôt reflect their own culture‚Äôs idea of beauty.
Blanco writes humorously and with great affection at the end of ‚ÄúBetting on America‚ÄĚ when he comments that none of his family could honestly answer his mother when she asked where exactly Ohio was.
In ‚ÄúT√≠a Margarita Johnson‚Äôs House in Hollywood‚ÄĚ Blanco gives us the not so subtle differences in culture between a Cuban aunt married into an all-American household and the woman she was back in Cuba. We are told that, in America, instead of being a se√Īora, the aunt who is no longer a G√≥mez but a Johnson has transformed herself into a woman with house slippers and an embroidered housecoat brandishing Good Housekeeping.¬† This Brady Bunch style house watches Sonny and Cher and Lawrence Welk on Sunday nights and not his mother‚Äôs telenovelas or his grandfather‚Äôs Westerns dubbed-over in Spanish. Blanco tells us his aunt’s house is now the house that speaks English and ‚Äúthe house where I wasn‚Äôt Cuban anymore,/the house without a revoluci√≥n.
This great sensitivity to cultural differences as well as to the high price of gender conformity are the hallmarks of Blanco‚Äôs great gift as a poet. ‚ÄúQueer Theory: According to My Grandmother‚ÄĚ is a wonderful list poem in which Blanco gives us his grandmother‚Äôs do‚Äôs and don‚Äôts for gender normalcy. It is clever and smart but ends with the devastating lines by the grandmother: ‚Äúyou will not look like a goddamn queer,/ I‚Äôve seen you. . ./even if you are one.‚ÄĚ
The pressures of gender conformity also find expression in the poems ‚ÄúPlaying House with Pep√≠n‚ÄĚ and ‚ÄúAfternoons as Endora.‚ÄĚ In the former a young boy pretends with another boy to act out scenes of domestic bliss including a kiss on the lips. In the latter, an adolescent Blanco wishes he could vanish as he identifies so strongly with the female witch character in the TV sitcom Bewitched.
Blanco looks back on his family and on his adolescent self with love and great understanding, and that is his strength as a poet. Despite all the estrangements and the great distance from the island of Cuba and all its significance, he tells us that ‚Äúlove is thicker than any country.‚ÄĚ Love and tenderness can win out in making the necessary adjustment of past to present and Cuban culture to American.
Towards the end of the collection Blanco gives us two very moving tributes to his mother. ‚ÄúCooking with Mam√° in Maine‚ÄĚ and ‚ÄúHouse of the Virgin Mary‚ÄĚ both pay homage to his mother.
Blanco‚Äôs poetry and writing is autobiographical in nature, narrative and lyrical and comes directly from that impulse to express his attempt to meld his past with his present, his gay life with his family‚Äôs expectations. In ‚ÄúSince Unfinished,‚ÄĚthe closing poem of the book, he writes:
I‚Äôve been writing this since
the woman I slept with the night
of my father‚Äôs wake, since
my grandmother first called me
a faggot and I said nothing, since
I forgave her and my body
pressed hard against Michael
on the dance floor at Twist, since
the years spent with a martini
and men I knew couldn‚Äôt love.
The temporality in these poems is curious. Blanco often suspends time as he flashes back to the past, weaving both in and out and holding moments together by the use and repetition of prepositions such as ‚Äúbefore,‚ÄĚ and ‚Äúsince.‚ÄĚ Antithesis is gained in one instance by the repletion of ‚Äúnot‚ÄĚ to accentuate and call attention to the descriptive richness of his memory as in the poem ‚ÄúEl Florida Room‚ÄĚ:
Not a sunroom, but where the sun
both rose and set, all day the shadows
of banana trees fan-dancing across
the floor. . .
Not a sitting room, but El Florida, where
I sat alone for hours with butterflies
frozen on the polyester curtains. . .
Not a TV room, but where I watched
Creature Feature as a boy, clinging
to my brother, safe from vampires . . .
Looking for The Gulf Motel is a wonderful, beautifully observed collection–a likely contender to be a classic work of multicultural poetry.
Looking for The Gulf Motel
By Richard Blanco
University of Pittsburgh Press
Paperback, 9780822962014, 83 pp.


My sister's exhusband has custody of their three children. He has since remarried but has not paid her her part of the equity on their house, nor has her name been removed from the mortgage. He died last week and we are wondering if his life insurance will be used to pay off the mortgage on the house. Does the house now belong to my sister? Who is responsible for making payments on the house now? Does his wife and her children have to move out? My sister is going to try to get custody of her kids. This is a huge mess! What are my sister's rights?
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You might want to consult with a family law firm, one that handles custody, post-divorce support issues etc. The best is The Crittenden Firm in Birmingham. Look them up in the phone book since I can't give you a number here. Ask for Frances.
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By Gerry Mak in New Photography on Wednesday 7 March 2012
I haven’t seen much arresting photography of late, mostly because I haven’t been paying attention. But Corey Arnold’s fishing, hunting, and nature photos make my eyes perk up.
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She has Swiss, Italian and Austrian ancestry. She has two younger siblings, Nicolas and Kassidy. Sheridyn attended Narara Valley High School in North Gosford, Australia and Lisarow High School in Lisarow, Australia.
Sheridyn Fisher began modeling at the age of 15, after being approached by a talent scout. "I thought it was a prank as I was never popular growing up! I ended up trying it out and then entered into some model search competitions" (impulsegamer.com). Sheridyn has appeared in a variety of magazines, including Fast Fours, AutoSalon, Hot 4's, Ralph, FHM Australia, Zoo Weekly and many more.
Sheridyn Fisher has won Miss Rally Australia and the International Face of 2005. She has travelled all over Australia and describes her journey as "exhilarating," "overwhelming," and "a once in a life time opportunity that I am so grateful for" (aussiemoldesonline.com).
Sheridyn is also a spokesperson for a variety of companies, including Von Zipper, Milwaukee Tools, Vamp Bikin's and more. Most people, however, probably know Sheridyn as the winner of the Playboy Swimwear Australia competition. Her photographs were selected ahead of 600 other entrants. Sheridyn said, "Just to be a part of Playboy.it's such a classy magazine and has featured the best of the best.if I can be part of that.I am so excited" (theage.com.au).
Aside from modeling, Sheridyn has two pet ferrets. She loves traveling, boxing, dirt bike riding and playing soccer. She also enjoys mediating. She also collects "Alien," "Predator" and "Terminator" memorabilia. Sheridyn has said, "None of my girlfriends like sci-fi, so I find it hard to mix with girls sometimes. I'd prefer to have a movie marathon at home then go to the club.. when I have kids I'm going to call my daughter Sigourney."
In 2010, Sheridyn Fisher became the official ambassador for "Mafia II." Her involvement highlights the agreement between 2K Games and Playboy magazine to use 50 of their vintage covers and Centerfolds in "Mafia II" as part of the in-game collectibles integration. Sheridyn Fisher has said of becoming ambassador, "I am a tomboy and love playing games."
Sheridyn Fisher also built her own companies, Swan Productions and Sheridyn Fisher Swimwear.
Some of Sheridyn's turn-ons include a sense of humor, someone interesting, spontaneous, goofy, and punk boys. Her turn-offs include "up on themselves Rod Boys (eww!)"
Sheridyn Fisher owns a Husky named Kendra and a Rottweiler called Predator, based on her favorite movie of the same name.
Sheridyn Fisher travels a lot, but lives in Australia.


WASHINGTON -- Hydrocodone-containing combination products, such as hydrocodone/acetaminophen (Vicodin), should be kept as Schedule III controlled substances and not be subject to tighter regulations to prevent abuse, the FDA recommended Thursday.
There's insufficient evidence to support the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) finding that hydrocodone-containing products have a similar abuse potential as Schedule II drugs and should be regulated as such, the FDA said in briefing documents released ahead of a public meeting next week on the issue.
"It is clear, however, from [FDA] analyses that combination hydrocodone-containing analgesics are widely abused, but no objective threshold exists to correlate levels of abuse with the level of scheduling," Silvia Calderon, PhD, team leader for pharmacology on the FDA's controlled substance staff, wrote in the documents.
Hydrocodone alone is already a Schedule II drug.
There have been a number of efforts to move hydrocodone combination products to Schedule II, which would put more stringent requirements on storage and prescribing, including limits on oral prescriptions and refills.
The most recent effort on the federal level came as an amendment to the Senate's FDA user fee reauthorization bill. However, that provision was stripped before the final bill was passed, and the two-day meeting being held in Silver Spring, Md., was the compromise for its deletion, according to Sen. Joe Manchin (D.-W.Va.).
And last June, New York state passed a law that will make hydrocodone combination products schedule II drugs.
But the charge to up-schedule these drugs has spanned more than a decade, with the DEA receiving a Citizen's Petition in 1999 to investigate the issue.
In 2004, the DEA asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to look into a schedule change, and HHS concluded in 2008 that hydrocodone combo products could remain Schedule III drugs.
The following year, DEA asked the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research to re-evaluate drug abuse-related data for hydrocodone combination products, and the center's final analysis will be presented at a meeting of the agency's Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee on Monday and Tuesday.
The panel is comprised of the committee's regular members as well as a handful of temporary members who will have the opportunity to vote on whether to up-schedule or not.
Those temporary panelists include Perry Fine, MD, of the University of Utah, a former board member of the American Pain Foundation (APF), which shuttered last spring after reports of its financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. A Senate Finance Committee investigation into the ties between opioid drugmakers and various physician and advocacy groups is ongoing.
Other temporary panel members also include Angie Gravois, a pain patient who formerly spoke on behalf of the APF, Michael Fry, the pharmacy manager for Rite Aid Corp., and a handful of other pain specialists and chronic pain advocacy groups.
Those panelists are balanced by representatives from the CDC and other clinicians, including Lewis Nelson, MD, of New York University, who have been pushing for increased awareness of the prescription painkiller abuse epidemic.
An FDA spokesperson said it's not unusual to include temporary voting members, though it's not routine for every drug safety advisory committee.
In its own risk analysis study, which it released online ahead of the meeting, the FDA found more emergency department visits and more toxic exposures with oxycodone combination products -- such as oxycodone/acetaminophen (Percocet) -- than hydrocodone combos.
It also highlighted similar initiation rates for both products, and concluded that it "could not find data to support DEA's assertion that the addition of acetaminophen to hydrocodone tablets does not deter abuse."
The FDA and DEA noted that it's difficult to ascertain the abuse of specific hydrocodone combination products, since there is no single national system for collecting data on both events representing abuse and a measurable population exposed to risk.
The FDA outlined a number of other reasons against up-scheduling hydrocodone.
There could be an increase in the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) if these other drugs are up-scheduled and therefore become harder to prescribe.
Also, with their usual Schedule III drugs now on Schedule II, providers may be more likely to prescribe Schedule II opioids more frequently, the agency charged.
In addition, codeine-containing cough suppressants would be the sole option among antitussive opioid combination Schedule III products with the up-schedule.
Should the schedule change occur, clinicians will face greater barriers to prescribing the drug. Schedule II drugs must be handwritten and pharmacies must have the original prescription in hand before dispensing. Also in many states, mid-level practitioners are not authorized to prescribe Schedule II drugs.
But critics are still concerned that hydrocodone combination products are just as addictive as oxycodone combination products, which already fall under Schedule II.
"FDA doesn't need to go much further than [a handful of published journal] articles to conclude that Vicodin belongs in the same schedule as Percocet," Andrew Kolodny, MD, chair of psychiatry at Maimonides Medical Center in New York, told MedPage Today.
Still, FDA concluded that "alternatives to up-scheduling may also decrease the levels of abuse and misuse of these products." And an analysis from the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, included in the meeting preview documents, similarly concluded that "drug abuse is a complex problem that is not likely to be addressed by rescheduling of drugs or other regulations."
Several groups, including Advocates for the Reform of Prescription Opioids and Save the Michaels of the World, plan to protest against FDA's stance during the meeting.


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Would have been an interesting match...if he played like he did against djoker and didn't bottle it then sure he could have won.
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June 8, 2011
Kickstarter crowdsources publishing
by Melville House
So who will be Kickstarter‘s Amanda Hocking? That’s the question that immediately comes to mind after reading this article in Publishers Weekly by Todd Allen.
Kickstarter, if you don’t know, is a sort of public venture capital fund where you post projects that you’d like to get funded, you set a goal for how much money you want to raise, and you have a certain amount of time to raise that amount before the project is taken down. But instead of private investors pitching in on a project for a return on an investment, Kickstarter projects are funded by random people on the internet who would just like to see certain ideas come to fruition.
While it’s been useful for a whole slew of projects like designer bags, video games, and movies, Kickstarter now funds nearly as many comic book and graphic novel projects as big houses like Vertigo. For instance, in May Vertigo funded a total of 17 projects (graphic novels and single issue comics). Kickstarter funded 15.
Allen says that the average amount of money devoted to comics/graphic novels a month has gone from $81,000 per month in January to $102,110 per month in May. Projects run the gamut from titles like Girls Making Comics: A Midsummer Night’s Dream to The TRANSMETROPOLITAN Art Book.
Okay, so graphic novelists and comics writers and illustrators have found a new way to raise money to support themselves and get projects funded. The inevitable question is, what does this make Kickstarter? Like Amazon, who provides the infrastructure for many writers to self-publish their work, does Kickstarter count as a self-publishing platform?
Not exactly according to Allen. “Functionally,” he says, “it exists somewhere between a direct-to-consumer pre-sales program and a PBS/NPR pledge drive.”
But then, the question remains, who exactly is publishing these books? Patrons? The authors? And how does it all work? Allen offers something of an answer:
Is it possible for artists to work out a price they need to create and then print each issue or graphic novel, then put the project’s price tag on Kickstarter, offering a copy of the finished work to everyone who pledges the cover price and then selling the product in the direct market? That’s not far off from what’s happening right now. The emphasis here is on shorter print runs and on more dedicated fans doing the heavily lifting with larger pledge amounts.
What’s intriguing about this model versus the Amazon model is that it seems to me that the functions of the publisher–which, under the Amazon model, are largely taken over by the author–are somewhat diffused under the Kickstarter model. Pledgers, or investors, or whatever you call people who give money to Kickstarter projects, are collectively asserting some sort of editorial preferences in the projects they decide to fund.
Of course, this doesn’t even begin to address production, marketing, publicity, and distribution questions–so it’s not exactly publishing–but it is interesting. Thoughts?


KALAMAZOO, MI - The Color Run made its way to Kalamazoo Saturday, billing itself as the "Happiest 5k on the Planet."For many of the more than 4,000 participants who came out to Acadia Creek Festival Place, the event lived up, as people ran throughout downtown Kalamazoo, getting doused with colored powder at various checkpoints along the way.
“Getting covered in chalk was my favorite part,” said Kalamazoo's Cody Barkowski. “It was exciting, had a lot of fun.”
For Kalamazoo resident and first time Color Run participant Ellen Girouard, it was the event's atmosphere that she found to be the best part.
“It's full of energy,” said Girouard. “I would most definitely do it again.”
At each of four checkpoints, about 10 volunteers were waiting to spray the runners with powder, and each one had their own reason for doing it.
“It's fun to see the people's reactions,” said volunteer Melanie Murello. “It gets them pumped up to keep going.”
Volunteer Kaitlin Wagner had seen photos of the event and decided to get out and see for herself.
“My friends posted the pictures of it on Facebook,” said Wagner. “It looked like a lot of fun.”
The run ended with a massive dance party at Acadia Creek Festival Place, with packets of powder and random swag being launched into the crowd.
“It was a lot better than I expected” said Amelia Penamon, of Kalamazoo. “I'm giving it a thumbs up.”
For more info on the Color Run visit their website www.thecolorrun.com


A military history question:
On this day in 1862,
A. Mexican army defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla.
B. Union and Confederate forces battled at Williamsburg.
C. Both A and B.
The correct answer is C. And while few in New Jersey are commemorating the civil war battle (in which both sides claimed victory), Jackie Benavides’ Spanish 3 class is celebrating Cinco de Mayo! While still a major holiday in the Puebla region, Cinco de Mayo has recently become more popular north of the border. Her students created piñatas to celebrate- and she shared their work in this animoto. Look at her filming plan- this animoto demonstrates the piñata process- from the simple balloon, then the newspaper strips, to the final decorated product. Please comment on your favorite piñata- I enjoyed all of them!
Feliz Cinco de Mayo!


Green Campus Transport Good Economics and Community Relations
from Wildlife Promise
Will Toor and Spencer Havlick’s book, Transportation and Sustainable Campus Communities (2004), is a vital resource for anyone interested in how campuses can reduce congestion related to cars on campuses and in surrounding communities while saving money and preventing global warming and other forms of pollution. The resource is held in such esteem by decision-makers that, last October, members of the City Council of College Park, Maryland who are concerned about how best to manage university-related growth and congestion issues purchased a copy for each member after a presentation by NWF staff on how campuses and communities all across the country are working together to improve the public health. Incidentally, the University of Maryland, according to the authors, has already begun to implement a number of strategies to reduce congestion and the demand for new parking, such as charging 75 percent less for carpool permits than for drive-alone permits (p. 7).
Universities are moving toward a new vision that encompasses better bicycle and pedestrian facilities, expanded access to transit and financial incentives to drive less, observe Toor and Havlick. With chapters on campus transit, nonmotorized transport and campus fleets, their book makes a strong, well-documented economic case for sustainable transportation policies on campus . “Because parking has not typically been priced at the true marginal cost of new parking supply,” the authors note, “good economic analysis of transportation options for university communities will generally show that an economically efficient transportation policy will rely less on parking and more on transportation alternatives compared to most universities’ current practice (p. 282).”
Campuses featured in the book’s in-depth case studies include the University of Washington-Seattle, the University of British Columbia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Montana at Missoula, Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire along with shorter references to almost 200 other college and university programs of various types and sizes.
Transportation demand management strategies considerably reduce campus carbon dioxide emissions. At the University of Washington, for example, alternative transportation plans enabled the campus to grow while reducing the anticipated growth in the number of cars driving to and from the campus by 10,000 vehicles per day. At 20 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted for every gallon of gasoline that would have been burned by those vehicles, the CO2 emissions reductions for just this one project on one campus alone could be well over 100,000 pounds of CO2 per day (assuming the cars would have used half a gallon per day on average which is probably a low estimate).
The book is published by and can be ordered through Island Press.
Also consulted by campus transportation planners are NWF publications Ecodemia (1995) and Green Investment, Green Return (1998) which can both be ordered through NWF’s Campus Ecology Program. See also “projects” in the left-hand column of the website and click on “transportation” to find case studies on a variety of current transportation-related projects coordinated by member Campus Ecology teams and fellows.


Inside Lacrosse magazine's Face-Off Yearbook has picked seven players from the Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to its Division II preseason All-America teams.
Senior goalkeeper Jeff White (Buffalo./Canisius HS) and senior defenseman Alex Cameron-Carter (Fayetteville-Manlius) were first-team picks. Senior attackman Tyler Prevost (Watertown/Immaculate Heart/Onondaga C.C.) and senior defenseman Josh Klepfer (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) were selected to the second team, while redshirt senior long-stick midfielder Brian Craig (Brewerton./Paul V. Moore), junior face-off specialist Kam Bumpus (Marshfield, Mass./Needham/Bridgton Academy) and junior midfielder Andrew Chadderdon (Auburn) were honorable mention selections.
Limestone face-off specialist Jake Ternosky of LaFayette was named to the first-team.


What's Selling: Zia Records Phoenix
Disturbed topped the chart with Asylum.
Iron Maiden's latest release made the list, and Fabolous slipped into the mix too.
1. Disturbed, Asylum
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2. Stone Sour, Audio Secrecy
3. Rick Ross, Teflon Don
4. The Black Keys, Brothers
5. Interpol, Interpol
6. Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World soundtrack
8. Iron Maiden, The Final Frontier
9. Fabolous, There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music Mixtape
10. Krizz Kaliko, Shock Treatment


“Options Morass Deepens at Sonsini Firm” reads the headline in this morning’s Recorder. Why? A 2004 email has surfaced in which Wilson Sonsini lawyer Roger Stern asks his then partner Bret DiMarco to dig up a document from when client KLA-Tencor was “using the time machine to pick low strike prices.” The email was produced to the SEC as part of the fed’s KLA probe.
KLA-Tencor is at the epicenter of the stock-options backdating scandal. At the time of many of its questionable stock-option grants, the company’s corporate secretary was Larry Sonsini. In addition to its close connection to KLA, Sonsini will reportedly face questions in the coming weeks regarding his role in stock-options grants at Pixar, Brocade and Juniper. (For Law Blog background on Sonsini’s connection to the backdating imbroglio, click here, here and here; the Recorder has a separate story today on Wilson Sonsini’s investments in backdating-scarred clients.)
Wilson Sonsini chose not to participate in the Recorder story; in an email to the paper, the firm spokeswoman wrote, “Based on direct experience with The Recorder, we have concerns that any information we provide will not be treated responsibly and fairly.”
The Recorder cites people familiar with KLA’s probe who say that the 2004 “time machine” email refers back to an earlier 2001 email from Stern and DiMarco to KLA that advised the company on the accounting and regulatory issues surrounding options backdating. Stern referred questions to Wilson Sonsini’s spokeswoman; DiMarco, now GC at Coherent, said he couldn’t comment.
The story quotes Boalt law school professor Jesse Fried, who said the responsibility of outside counsel in this situation is gray, but added that “if an outside lawyer has knowledge that someone inside the company is doing something illegal, he probably has a duty to report it to the board.”


re # 28 Hillary is heading to Vienna and it’s not for the sagsaue. Why should the US do all of the heaving lifting for European Oil supplies? Libya is nothing that cannot solved with a few cruise missiles and a few well placed smart bombs. We have plenty of missile boats and subs in the region if needed to back up the Germans, French and Italian ships. The USS Enterprise Carrier Group and guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf transited the Suez on Feb 15th and are close enough. Once we get the remaining US citizens and European citizens out all bets are off when the missiles start flying and bombs start dropping. 1.7 million barrels a day is too important to the European economy which is already suffering from diesel shortages to leave it up the madness of a syphilitic despot who apparently already ordered the bombing of the oil production facilities.
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I like map blogs, design blogs, infographics blogs...they give me a space in which I see what is going on, to inspire me and help the creative juices flow....they can also be an antidote, a refreshing break to remind you that there are people out there who share your own values and approaches. They keep you focused on what you enjoy when you're struggling to work out why some people simply don't get it.
One of my favorite blogs is Nathan Yau's Flowing Data. This blog entry is simply a round-a-bout way of encouraging people to go visit his site if you haven't already. It's a shameless plug...but then again, I was pleasantly surprised to see my Cartonerd blog appear on a list he recently published on Data and Visualization blogs worth following so I'm biased. More seriously...go to that page, take a look. There's lots of really great links to useful content out there in Professional media space.


i need some help, iam a newbie who just start to learn c++.
I want to write a program in c++ that would execute program files. Any files, like .doc, .jpg, or any others.
I also want to set a timmer on when to execute each program.
can some one help me out and show me some pointer on where to look
Thank you very much,
Have a happy Holiday.


Leaked Propaganda Directives and Banned “Future”
In order to circumscribe the influence of Taiwanese democracy, in order to progress further in the work of guiding public opinion, and in accordance with the requirements established by higher authorities to “be strategic, be skilled,” we hope that internet commentators conscientiously study the mindset of netizens, grasp international developments, and better perform the work of being an internet commentator. For this purpose, this notice is promulgated as set forth below:
(1) To the extent possible make America the target of criticism. Play down the existence of Taiwan.
(2) Do not directly confront [the idea of] democracy; rather, frame the argument in terms of “what kind of system can truly implement democracy.”
(3) To the extent possible, choose various examples in Western countries of violence and unreasonable circumstances to explain how democracy is not well-suited to capitalism.
(4) Use America’s and other countries’ interference in international affairs to explain how Western democracy is actually an invasion of other countries and [how the West] is forcibly pushing [on other countries] Western values.
(5) Use the bloody and tear-stained history of a [once] weak people [i.e., China] to stir up pro-Party and patriotic emotions.
(6) Increase the exposure that positive developments inside China receive; further accommodate the work of maintaining [social] stability.
In the meantime, a very long list of keywords is currently banned on Sina Weibo’s search function. Among those banned keywords are: “艾未未” (Ai Weiwei)，“艾未” (Ai Wei)，“未未” (Wei Wei)，”艾” (Ai)，”未” (Wei)，“未来” (Future [similar to Weiwei])，“艾胖子” (Fatty Ai)，“胖子” (Fatty) and “月半子” (Moon Half Son). [The latter are common nicknames for Ai Weiwei.]


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Saturday, August 31, 2013
To use rubbers or not?
When painting of course, as the pigments are so toxic. Well I for one had never really thought of wearing gloves but the question was posed and it made me think. Well maybe I should. If I did I think only one would be necessary as only one hand is wiping. Finger painting isn't my style but then I think of the old masters. I don't remember seeing them wearing gloves especially latex gloves. Then there is an issue with wearing latex for long periods of time. So hot and sweaty and it really puts a damper on that loving feeling. If anyone reads this I would really like to hear your thoughts.


Educators and law enforcement were on high alert today on the lookout for a parent who had threatened violence at a Hurst elementary school. Alexius Tavo was banned from all HEB ISD campuses but showed up at a school anyway.
A big competition is stirring in North Texas, and it has students from 25 area high schools vying to make a big splash in the world of culinary arts.
Kids in Hurst are ‘on track’ when it comes to exercising their creativity. The Hurst Public Library is holding their annual Train Week once again.
HURST (CBSDFW.COM) – A Hurst Police officer has been suspended indefinitely after an investigation determined that the officer violated department rules in an outburst caught on tape. The internal affairs investigation concluded that the officer, […]
New dash cam video from police cruisers allows us to hear what happened in the moments leading up to the arrest and will likely play a role in the department’s internal investigation.
The teenager who was the focus of a police officer’s outburst caught on video denied resisting arrest Monday, while filing an official complaint about the incident.
A North Texas mother is outraged after she said a Hurst police officer used excessive force while he was arresting her 17 year old son.
The owner of two medical clinics in Hurst and Houston has plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud for filing nearly $3 million in fraudulent claims.
The mystery of an suspicious SUV in Hurst has been solved. Authorities found what they described as “civilian-style weapons” and “military documents” inside the vehicle, which was parked behind a dry cleaning business.
A 38-year-old North Texas stage actor has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting an underage girl.
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|And Another Thing Kyori doll|
by Integrity Toys
It seems I'm super late in this year's Christmas doll line-up. It's been kinda hectic and stressful the past few weeks but looking at my Kyori doll had me smiling. There was a lot of ranting and raving when she was first introduced earlier this year and she sold out faster than you can say 'doll'. I happened to be one of the luckier ones to get her. She definitely does not disappoint and even though she's looking like a real diva in that attire, she's a good enough sport to pose next to a gingerbread tree topper.


I don't understand the motivation for this. Addicted to competition? Determined to rebuild a name for himself? Can't get snough publicity?
I'm sure there are other disgraced sportmen who have tried their hand in other fields (so to speak). Didn't Dwayne Chambers try to get into American football?


A continuum model of the growth of engineered epidermal skin substitutes
Adams, Matthew P., Mallet, Daniel G., & Pettet, Graeme J. (2012) A continuum model of the growth of engineered epidermal skin substitutes. In Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference, The ANZIAM Journal, Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics, University of Technology Sydney, N.S.W, C90-C109.
We present a porous medium model of the growth and deterioration of the viable sublayers of an epidermal skin substitute. It consists of five species: cells, intracellular and extracellular calcium, tight junctions, and a hypothesised signal chemical emanating from the stratum corneum. The model is solved numerically in Matlab using a finite difference scheme. Steady state calcium distributions are predicted that agree well with the experimental data. Our model also demonstrates epidermal skin substitute deterioration if the calcium diffusion coefficient is reduced compared to reported values in the literature.
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A well-being support program for patients with severe mental illness: A service evaluation
Eldridge, D., Dawber, N. and Gray, R. (2011) A well-being support program for patients with severe mental illness: A service evaluation. BMC Psychiatry, 11 (46). ISSN 1471-244X
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Background The risk of cardiovascular disease is increased in patients with severe mental illness (SMI) dramatically reducing life expectancy. Method A real world pragmatic service evaluation of a Well-Being Support Program (WSP) was conducted. This was a four-session package delivered over a one-year period by mental health practitioners that had received additional training in providing physical health assessment and intervention. Patients' physical health was screened and appropriate one-to-one and group intervention was offered. Results 212 mental health practitioners were trained in the WSP and 782 patients were enrolled on the program. The majority of our sample was overweight or obese; 66% had a Body Mass Index (BMI) >25. Lifestyle risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) were common and the patients had low self esteem. The average number of formally recorded well-being sessions attended was 2.10. Just under a quarter of those patients enrolled in the program completed. The only cardiovascular risk factor that significantly altered in patients that completed the program was BMI. The qualitative feedback about the program was largely positive. Conclusions The need to intervene to enhance the physical health of people with SMI is beyond doubt. Maintaining patient engagement in a physical health improvement program is challenging. Regular comprehensive physical health monitoring is necessary to establish the benefit of intervention and increase life expectancy and well-being in this population.


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The name Penzance means 'holy headland' from the Cornish Pensans, probably because the chapel of St Mary, first mentioned in 1327, was
built on the ridge. A Spanish raid in 1595 burnt the town accounts records for
the lack of very old buildings. This ecclesiastical parish, which was once part of the Madron Chapelry of Penzance, was formally created
in 1871. It had long possessed its own chapel and had been registered as such since the
new church was built in 1832 when it became separated from Madron parish. The
parish of St Mary, (Cornish: Pennsans Sen Maria), is now united with that of St
Paul for ecclesiastical purposes; it is now a part of Penzance
Borough for civil purposes.
Today, the town contains many shops and interesting buildings and is used as a holiday centre by tourists. The harbour of Penzance lies in a sheltered corner of Mount's Bay in south-west Cornwall, from which boats leave for the Isles of Scilly. There is also a helicopter service to the Isles from a nearby heliport.
Many inscriptions are available on the Cornish Cemeteries Site which can be
The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for
the Parish Church - 971 entries
Jewish Cemetery - 49 entries.
Anglican. The parish
church is located in OS Grid Square SW4730 and was dedicated to St
Mary the Virgin. The present church was built in 1833-5, and opened on 15th
November 1835. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter in 1836. The
architect, Charles Hutchens, was a native of St Buryan, a few miles west of
Penzance. The Church replaced a chapel building which had been on the same site, and
when it was completed it was still actually known as the Madron Chapelry of Penzance as it came under the
parish of Madron.
St Mary's became a Parish Church with a Vicar of its own on 24 March 1871, the Bishop of Exeter being the patron, although the bishop still had to consult the Vicar of Madron before he appointed a priest to the living. In March 1985, the interior of the church was devastated by fire which completely destroyed the High Altar and Reredos and the organ in the west gallery.
The church consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, vestry, organ loft and side galleries. At the restoration of 1987, the opportunity was taken to divide the church by glass screens to provide a narthax or vestibule, with kitchens, etc. and to create a new Chapel of the Resurrection. Meeting rooms were also provided upstairs at gallery level. The upper casing of the organ and pipes (part dating from 1675) came from the University Church at Oxford; the new action and console were constructed by Lance Foy of Truro. The Mayor's seat, by the South wall near the font, was restored by the Town Council; it was believed to have been in the previous building pre-1835 and had not been used by the Mayor for some 150 years. It was used in the sanctuary, prior to the fire of 1985, as a sedilia for the priest and his assistants.
A relic from an even older chapel of St Gabriel and St Raphael, sited near the harbour and dating from 1425, is the remains of a granite cross which can still be seen outside the south-east corner of the church. Relics of St Mary's chapel, which still survive, are the alms box (dated 1612) and the Holy Water Stoup found towards the back of the church. The bowl of this was the original font. The weather vane on top of the church dates from 1789.
The churchyard has been restored by Penwith District Council in whose care it remains. There has been much replanting of shrubs; seats have been provided and all paths renewed. It faces out to Mount's Bay.
Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
Following the parish's union with St Paul in 2000, it is now styled the Church of St Mary with St Paul.
OPC Assistance. The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for this parish is available on-line, from where the OPC can be contacted by email.
Penzance (St Mary) parish was part of the Penzance Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
Population figures for this parish are included as part of Penzance Town. However, it is recorded that in 1901, the population for Penzance, St Mary was 6216 persons.
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All-American sailor finishes career
Dr. Robert Salk can often be seen on the water in his J-109 Picante. Natalie Salk, his daughter, just graduated from Tufts University. She finished a collegiate sailing career that includes being named an All-American honorable mention twice.
Natalie grew up in Jamestown and started sailing in the Conanicut Yacht Club’s junior program. Like many young people, Salk began by cruising Optimists, which continued until she reached 15. She then moved to 420s until she was 18.
“Kids learn how to sail, and then they learn to race as they get older,” Natalie said. “It was a great time. It felt like my home for many summers. The entire basis of my racing knowledge came from sailing locally.”
Salk attended elementary school in Jamestown and then Providence Country Day School until graduation. At Tufts University, she majored in mechanical engineering. Salk was on the school’s sailing team all four years. She lettered each year and was team captain as a junior and senior. The last two years also brought her the All- American honors.
“There is a committee that hands out the All-American awards,” Salk said. “They decide who the top sailors are. If you make the cut you get an award. This past year the top 13 sailors got All-American.”
During practice, Tufts University sails in unique boats called Larks, the only college to do so. The fast, lightweight 14-foot boats have carbon fiber masts and fat head mainsails. The actual racing is done in 420s and FJs.
“I sailed a lot of boats before I came to college,” Salk said. “The skills I learned in Larks could re- ally be transitioned to the FJs.”
According to Salk, Tufts has the largest sailing team in the country, with more than 50 members. Coach Ken Legler sailed everyone, sending split squads to as many as 10 regattas each weekend, up and down the East Coast. Each regatta features two divisions and they would alternate racing on the course. The A division is generally more competitive, and the squads are broken down into female crews and co-ed crews.
Salk points to this year’s New England championship as a personal highlight of her sailing career. She finished third in her division and the team was fifth overall. She made the all-conference team and was named sportswoman of the year. She is particularly proud of the latter award, which she received twice in her career – all the teams in the conference determine who is honored.
“Everybody in our conference is at that regatta,” Salk said. “Each team gets one vote. I think I’m most proud of that.”
Legler has been coaching the Tufts sailing team for 33 years. He became aware of Salk before she got to Tufts when she was a junior sailor competing on Narragansett Bay. He saw her train and race at the Brooke E. Gonzales Advanced Racing Clinic that takes place at Sail Newport each year.
“She did very well there, and she became a recruit of ours,” Legler said. “What made her an interesting recruit was that she was a female engineering candidate, which is a little bit rare. It worked out, she got in, and we were really happy about that.”
Legler said Salk was one of his best woman skippers as a freshman and sophomore, and his best over the last two years. He said Salk represented the school well, winning both regional and national honors.
According to Legler, Salk wasn’t named sportswoman of the year just because of her sailing ability. He said Natalie’s demeanor with her rivals also played a part.
“What gave her good leadership qualities were her confidence and ability,” he said. “Her ability and friendliness combined gained her a great deal of respect among her competitors.”
Legler points to a situation this spring that demonstrated Salk’s character. The school is building a new boathouse for the team, and while it was being built, the team was forced to move out of their old boathouse. The sailors had to find temporary facilities at a neighboring boat club. At the same time, Tufts was hosting the regional women’s championship.
“Natalie led the charge to stay extra hours to do maintenance on all the boats,” Legler said. “They are fairly old and fragile boats that needed a tremendous amount of work. It was frustrating but that didn’t seem to bother Natalie. She made sure all the boats were in as perfect a condition as we could make them.”
Now that she has graduated, Salk plans to pursue a career in mechanical engineering. She has secured a job in Attleboro, Mass., and will live in Providence.
Natalie would like to continue to race sailboats. She is looking to put a team together and start a weekend warrior project. It will help her determine how much time she will have to devote to the sport based on the demands of her new job.
“I plan on working hard and figuring it out,” she said.


A proposed initiative to ban commercial setnetting was rejected earlier this week by Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell. He was in Kodiak Wednesday, campaigning for his Senate run and talked about that decision, and the previous court cases that were used to make it.
A 12-page opinion from the Department of Law was the basis for Treadwell’s decision. It cited one main court case from 1996, but the basic precedent goes back much farther.
“I’ll go back to the Burn Homestead initiative in 1978. Alaskans voted to have a new homesteading program, and the Supreme Court later on said ‘wait a second, you’re appropriating a state asset of land, the constitution says you can’t do that by initiative,” Treadwell said.
That same principle was at the heart of this decision. The group that introduced the initiative, the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance, was calling for a ban on commercial setnetting in all urban areas of the state. But in reality, the only urban area of the state that has a commercial setnet fishery is Cook Inlet, where more than 700 permits are issued.
Treadwell says on first read, it didn’t appear to be an allocative issue. Those decisions are left to the Board of Fish.
“We looked at and initially the legal analyisis was that this is a gear type decision not an allocation decision, it might be able to go forward, and that was their (AFCA’s) argument.”
The case the Department of Law used a case called Pullen vs. Ulmer as the basis for its opinion. That case was also about a ballot measure. It wanted voters to give preference for a portion of the salmon harvest to subsistence, personal use and sport fisheries, then allocate the rest to other users. The problem is that, according to the law, salmon are considered a state asset.
“The Pullen decision makes it very clear that if there is, in essence, a self-serving allocation or an allocative effect all told, it’s not an appropriate use of the initiative. And so based on that opinion, it was turned down,” Treadwell said.
In a news release after the Lt. Governor announced his decision, AFCA Board Chair Bill MacKay said the initiative “seeks no authority to regulate or allocate fisheries management in our state.” And that the group should be out gathering signatures instead of looking into a possible lawsuit.
The group’s executive director, Clark Penney, thanked Treadwell and the law department for their due diligence, but said he was puzzled by the decision and struggled to see the logic or the legality of it. The AFCA pointed to one of the state’s first ballot initiatives, a ban on fish traps in the 50’s, as precedent for their ballot measure. In addition to that, the group noted similar bans in Texas, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, New York and California.
Treadwell says he isn’t surprised or worried about a potential lawsuit.
“As soon as I raised my right hand as Lieutenant Governor to be sworn in three years ago, I was being sued by Joe Miller. I’m used to that. But as a result of the lawsuits we may get clearer law. We did turn down this initiative and I know that made the commercial groups happy and some of the sportfishing groups unhappy.”
He had some advice for the group moving forward; go through the normal process of managing fisheries.
“Go back to the fish board, let’s try to make sure that setnets are not doing what they’re not supposed to be doing. Let’s do some other things we can for conservation in the river as well.”
King salmon management is sure to be the hot-button issue when the Board of Fish meets later this month in Anchorage.
-Shaylon Cocharn/KDLL, Jay Barrett/KMXT-


Creating engaging elearning programs certainly requires the use of dynamic questions to drive home the learning.
Be it a quiz at the end of a course or knowledge checkpoints throughout, the way you form your questions will go a long way in the effectiveness of the elearning course.
Since asking smart questions is a critical component to supplementing any learning program, it’s important to get it right. In a previous article, we discussed some tactics to engage learners with questions that require reflection and critical thinking – this particular post will expand upon those ideas, offering some additional considerations.
The three strategies below are ideal for any learning event, especially for those that are instructor-led as they often tend to lend themselves to robust discussion. Remember that in the end the questions you ask will go a long way in determining the effectiveness of the training.
A Few More Strategies
Be Specific - Generic questions regarding broad plans, programs, or even policies puts the onus on the learner to participate. Instead of asking learners to offer up their thoughts, frame the question so that it expects an answer. For example, don’t ask questions that require “work” (i.e. “do you have any comments…”). Instead, ask “how” questions and frame the situation (i.e. “how would you change…”).
Be Brief - It can be easy to become long-winded when asking questions. If a question is over three sentences long, more often than not the learner will immediately begin browsing the answer selections, searching for a probable answer without really considering what was asked. Keep questions short and to the point. If necessary, break out long questions into multiple questions.
Provide Context - Context is a very important factor in any question as it helps to guide the learner’s thinking and reflection of the content. Contextualizing a question is a great way to motivate future discussions.


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The Orlando Magic have engaged the Washington Wizards in an ongoing trade dialog centered around Wizards shooting guard Gilbert Arenas, Orlando Pinstriped Post has learned. What Orlando would send Washington in return for the three-time All-Star is less clear, but the proposed deal likely includes shooting guard Vince Carter, according to a source. Wizards big man Andray Blatche, Magic forward Rashard Lewis, and Magic center Daniel Orton could also be involved. Both teams have a mutual understanding of what the trade might include, the source says, and it’s unclear what factors are holding up the trade. What is clear around the league, however, is that Magic President of Basketball Operations Otis Smith has his eye on Arenas. If Orlando is to make a major trade this season, Arenas will likely be the target.
CBS Sports’ Ken Berger reported the Magic listened to trade offers regarding Arenas this summer, but rebuffed the Wizards due to concern over the salary remaining on his contract, which runs for three seasons after this one, at a total cost of $62.4 million. In early November, Marc Stein of ESPN.com reported “the Magic have cooled on the notion of a Vince Carter-for-Arenas exchange,” citing “NBA front-office sources.” However, the source who spoke to Orlando Pinstriped Post contradicts Stein’s report, saying Orlando has indeed initiated the discussions with Washington of late.
Orlando Pinstriped Post’s report was later refuted by general manager Otis Smith.
Still, it’s a topic worth discussing.
One of the most common criticisms of the Orlando Magic, when determining their chances of winning a championship this season, is that there is no one on the roster that can serve as a go-to scorer on the perimeter. The Los Angeles Lakers have Kobe Bryant, the Miami Heat have LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the Boston Celtics have Paul Pierce, and the San Antonio Spurs have Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. These are players that have proven themselves when the stakes are at the highest. But what about the Magic?
There’s Jameer Nelson. If there’s anyone on the roster for Orlando that comes closest to being regarded as a go-to scorer (the main knock is his consistency), it’s Nelson. There’s no question that Nelson has been a clutch performer for the Magic not only this year, but in years past. It’s a shame that Nelson played through an injury in the 2009 NBA Finals because it would have been interesting to see how he would have fared against the Lakers, a team he demonized in the regular season that year, with the bright lights on him and fully healthy.
There’s Vince Carter. It’s fair to say that his performance in the 2010 NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics is a major reason why people are skeptical that Carter can be relied upon when the going gets tough.
And that’s it.
Which is why, for better or worse, Gilbert Arenas’ name keeps getting mentioned in trade rumors with Orlando. But is Arenas really the answer?
There’s a possible answer to that question. Problem is, no one will know until the trade deadline comes and goes in February. Until then, everyone is going to try to determine whether or not the Magic need Arenas.


Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a new Battle Profile gameplay video for Guardians of Middle-earth where the powers and abilities of Galadriel and Ugluk are revealed. From the tactical use of Galadriel’s ranged and defensive maneuvers, to the disabling techniques of Ugluk’s brutal and decimating whip attacks, players will choose from a variety of different strategies and tactics to best fit their style of play in Guardians of Middle-earth . Choose your Guardian wisely!
You can download the new Battle Profile gameplay video for Guardians of Middle-earth to post to your site and share with your readers via the following link: http://games.premiercomms.com/pics.asp?i=1141
Guardians of Middle-earth is a new, multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed by Monolith Productions, set to be released in fall 2012 on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network. The console-based MOBA offers more than 20 iconic guardians including Gandalf, Sauron, Gollum, Galadriel, Legolas and many more for players to control in PVP arena battles. Gamers will have the ability to connect with other players via an in-game voice communication system, as well as access to a comprehensive online stat and leader board system where they can track friends’ victories and defeats, and more.


News by Andrew Kameka on Monday February 25, 2013.
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Mozilla Firefox OS, the web-based smartphone operating system developed by the same folks responsible for the popular Firefox web browser, will not challenge the likes of Android and Apple iOS until 2014. Firefox OS will instead ignite first in a handful of countries in Europe and Latin America.
At its Mobile World Congress press conference, Mozilla revealed that Firefox OS will first appear on Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered smartphones developed by Alcatel, Huawei, LG, and ZTE. Today, Sony and Telefonica announced that Sony is also exploring a possible launch of a Firefox OS smartphone. Bob Ishida, deputy CEO and head of Products Business Group at Sony Mobile said:
"At Sony Mobile we continue to evaluate innovative technologies that can help deliver the premium user experiences that Sony's consumers expect. Our engineers are now working with Firefox OS Mobile and HTML5, evolving technologies which show great potential. In addition, we continue to work with our operator partners, including Telefónica, on a development project with an ambition to bring a product to market in 2014."
Ishida's comments are not confirmation that Sony will definitely release a Firefox phone, but it shows a clear intention to develop a phone that could be released next year. His comments are also a boost to Mozilla's hopes that its OS will find a place in a market where several companies struggle to compete with Apple and Samsung.
Mozilla won't wait until next year to launch Firefox OS; it revealed yesterday that individual carriers will "soon" announce the availability of Firefox OS phones in Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Venezuela.
Absent from the list of launch countries are the larger smartphone markets in China, the U.S., and most of Western Europe; however, that's only because those countries will not appear in the first wave of devices. Mozilla says that it has made agreements with Deutsche Telekom, China Unicom, Three, Sprint, Telefonica, and other companies that operate in the bigger markets. Firefox will first launch in emerging markets, followed by an another round of markets later this year. Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs doesn't expect Firefox to launch in the U.S. until "somewhere in the 2014 timeframe" according to comments made in a Q&A session, and Sony's decision shows some of the larger manufacturers may wait until then as well.
Why the long wait? Shouldn't the companies behind Firefox be feverishly trying to take on Android, BlackBerry 10, iOS, and Windows Phone 8 before it's too late? Yes, but it can't win that battle in the U.S. right now, so the long wait in the U.S. isn't surprising. Mozilla wants Firefox OS to be its way of bringing the web to more people who may not want to spend great sums of money on a smartphone, and the OS won't be mature enough to compete in the high-end smartphone arena. That's evident from Mozilla's past statements and the first Firefox OS phones being entry-level devices. Firefox phones have a better chance of success in its first markets, and an extra year of development on the OS and HTML5 advancements might help make a better first impression when Firefox OS makes its U.S. debut.source: Mozilla
Andrew is based in Miami, Florida.


Coillte windfarm in Co Roscommon granted planning permission
A windfarm development within a Coillte forest plantation at Slieve Bawn, near Strokestown, Co. Roscommon has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála.
The planning application was managed by Jennings O’Donovan & Partners, Consulting Engineers, and the ecological assessments for the EIS and Planning Appeal were undertaken by Natura Environmental Consultants. The development includes 20 wind turbines.
Find further information on Coillte’s wind energy programme.
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The Effects of Price Changes on Alcohol Consumption in Alcohol-Experienced Rats
Jeffrey K. Sarbaum, Solomon W. Polachek, Norman E. Spear
NBER Working Paper No. 6443
This paper reports results of two experiments designed to measure how addicted rats (i.e. laboratory rats with previous ethanol exposure via a variant of the Samson ethanol fading technique) respond to changes in the price of ethanol. For both experiments, rats facing a budget constraint choose between two alternative non-ethanol commodities in a morning control session and between ethanol and a non-ethanol commodity in an afternoon session. The results from both experiments shows that economic models of consumer choice are a useful tool to study ethanol and non-ethanol consumption in rats, and that a history of ethanol exposure did not interfere with rats' ability to behave according to economic theory. In the first experiment, rats responded only moderately to a 100% price increase (especially when compared to the response for the non-ethanol commodity during the control session), but more dramatically for a 400% ethanol price increase. However, going back to baseline prices after a prolonged duration of high ethanol prices yields some evidence that ethanol consumption declines below its original levels. In the second experiment rats responded to increased ethanol prices but not to a cue signaling future price increases. Thus, the experiments provide evidence supporting habit formation but not rational addiction as an explanation of ethanol consumption in rats.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w6443
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress, located in Washington, D.C., is the national library of the United States, and represents the research arm of the U.S. Congress. It is one of the largest libraries in the world, holding more than 29 million books and printed materials in 470 languages. It is home to the world’s largest collection of legal materials and the largest collection of published aeronautical literature. The library holds the largest rare book collection in North America.
The Library of Congress began with the limited mission of providing research support to members of Congress after the relocation of the federal capital to the new city of Washington, D.C. in November, 1800. Due to British soldiers burning of most of Washington, D.C. including the the U.S. Capitol building during the War of 1812, the original collection was destroyed. Ameliorating the disastrous effects of the loss, Thomas Jefferson donated his personal collection to the library. By some estimates his was the largest private library in the United States at that time. Today the library maintains its mission to support the Congress while also making its massive collection accessible to scholars worldwide.
Libraries have played a historic role in the advance of civilization since ancient times. From collections of clay tablets found in ancient Mesopotamia to the digitized information of present day, the world's great libraries remain indispensable intellectual archives, enabling humanity to progress by the light of knowledge of the greatest thinkers of previous ages.
The Library of Congress was established on April 24, 1800, when President John Adams signed an act of Congress allowing for the transfer of the U.S. Government from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the new capital city of Washington, D.C.
The congressional act appropriated $5,000 for the purchase of a collection of books deemed necessary for the use of Congress, and for fitting the establishment of a suitable facility for containing them. The original library was housed in the new Capitol until August 1814, when invading British troops set fire to the capitol building during the burning of Washington, destroying the contents of the 3,000 volume library.
Within a month, Adams' successor and third U.S. Thomas Jefferson offered his personal library as a replacement. Jefferson’s library was considered to be one of the finest in the United States, as Jefferson had spent more than 50 years accumulating books. The former president anticipated some controversy over the nature of his collection, which included books in foreign languages, and volumes of philosophy, science, literature, and other topics not normally viewed as part of a legislative library.
In January 1815, Congress accepted Jefferson's offer, appropriating $23,950 for his 6,487 books, and the foundation was laid for a great national library. The Jeffersonian concept of universality, the belief that all subjects are important to the library of the American legislature, became the philosophy and rationale behind the comprehensive collection policy of the Library of Congress.
The antebellum period was difficult for the Library. During the 1850s the Smithsonian Institution's librarian Charles Coffin Jewett aggressively tried to move that organization towards becoming the United States' national library. His efforts were blocked by the Smithsonian's Secretary Joseph Henry, who advocated a focus on scientific research and publication and favored the Library of Congress' development into the national library. Henry's dismissal of Jewett in July 1854 ended the Smithsonian's attempts to become the national library, and in 1866 Henry transferred the Smithsonian's forty thousand-volume library to the Library of Congress.
On December 24, 1851, a fire destroyed the library’s 35,000 books, an original portrait of Christopher Columbus, portraits of the first five presidents, and statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Marquis de Lafayette. By the end of the Civil War, the Library had recovered an estimated 82,000 volumes.
The Library of Congress began to grow and develop more rapidly with the addition of the Thomas Jefferson Building and institutional reorganization in 1897.
Spofford's successor John Russell Young, though only in office for two years, overhauled the Library's bureaucracy, used his connections as a former diplomat to acquire more materials from around the world, and established the Library's first assistance programs for the blind and physically disabled. Young's successor Herbert Putnam held the office for forty years from 1899 to 1939, entering into the position two years before the Library became the first in the United States to hold one million volumes. Putnam focused his efforts on making the Library more accessible and useful for the public and for other libraries. He instituted the interlibrary loan service, transforming the Library of Congress into what he referred to as a "library of last resort." Putnam also expanded Library access to "scientific investigators and duly qualified individuals" and began publishing primary sources for the benefit of scholars.
Putnam's tenure also saw increasing diversity in the Library's acquisitions. In 1903 he persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to transfer by executive order the papers of the Founding Fathers from the State Department to the Library of Congress. Putnam expanded foreign acquisitions as well, including the 1904 purchase of a four-thousand volume library of Indica, the 1906 purchase of G. V. Yudin's eighty-thousand volume Russian library, the 1908 Schatz collection of early opera librettos, and the early 1930s purchase of the Russian Imperial Collection, consisting of 2,600 volumes from the library of the Romanov family on a variety of topics. Collections of Hebraica and Chinese and Japanese works were also acquired. Congress even took the initiative to acquire materials for the Library in one occasion, when in 1929 Congressman Ross Collins of Mississippi successfully proposed the $1.5 million purchase of Otto Vollbehr's collection of incunabula, including one of four remaining perfect vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible.
In 1914 Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service as a separative administrative unit of the Library. Based in the Progressive era's philosophy of science as a problem-solver, and modeled after successful research branches of state legislatures, the LRS would provide informed answers to Congressional research inquiries on almost any topic. In 1925 Congress passed an act allowing the Library of Congress to establish a trust fund board to accept donations and endowments, giving the Library a role as a patron of the arts. The Library received the donations and endowments of prominent individuals such as John D. Rockefeller, James B. Wilbur and Archer M. Huntington. Gertrude Clarke Whittall donated five Stradivarius violins to the Library and Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge's donations paid for a concert hall within the Library of Congress building and the establishment of an honorarium for the Music Division. A number of chairs and consultantships were established from the donations, the most well-known of which is the Poet Laureate Consultant.
The Library's expansion eventually filled the Library's Main Building despite shelving expansions in 1910 and 1927, forcing the Library to expand into a new structure. Congress acquired nearby land in 1928 and approved construction of the Annex Building (later the John Adams Building) in 1930. Although delayed during the Depression years, it was completed in 1938 and opened to the public in 1939.
Modern history (1939— )
When Putnam retired in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Archibald MacLeish as his successor. Occupying the post from 1939 to 1944 during the height of World War II, MacLeish became the most visible Librarian of Congress in the Library's history. MacLeish encouraged librarians to oppose totalitarianism on behalf of democracy; dedicated the South Reading Room of the Adams Building to Thomas Jefferson, commissioning artist Ezra Winter to paint four themed murals for the room; and established a "democracy alcove" in the Main Reading Room of the Jefferson Building for important documents such as the Declaration, Constitution and Federalist Papers. Even the Library of Congress assisted during the war effort, ranging from the storage of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution in Fort Knox for safekeeping to researching weather data on the Himalayas for Air Force pilots. MacLeish resigned in 1944 to become Assistant Secretary of State, and President Harry Truman appointed Luther H. Evans as Librarian of Congress. Evans, who served until 1953, expanded the Library's acquisitions, cataloging and bibliographic services as much as the fiscal-minded Congress would allow, but his primary achievement was the creation of Library of Congress Missions around the world. Missions played a variety of roles in the postwar world: the mission in San Francisco assisted participants in the meeting that established the United Nations, the mission in Europe acquired European publications for the Library of Congress and other American libraries, and the mission in Japan aided in the creation of the National Diet Library.
Evans' successor L. Quincy Mumford took over in 1953. Mumford's tenure, lasting until 1974, saw the initiation of the construction of the James Madison Memorial Building, the third Library of Congress building. Mumford directed the Library during a period of increased educational spending, the windfall of which allowed the Library to devote energies towards establishing new acquisition centers abroad, including in Cairo and New Delhi. In 1967 the Library began experimenting with book preservation techniques through a Preservation Office, which grew to become the largest library research and conservation effort in the United States. Mumford's administration also saw the last major public debate about the Library of Congress' role as both a legislative library and a national library. A 1962 memorandum by Douglas Bryant of the Harvard University Library, compiled at the request of Joint Library Committee chairman Claiborne Pell, proposed a number of institutional reforms, including expansion of national activities and services and various organizational changes, all of which to shift the Library more towards its national role over its legislative role. Bryant even suggested possibly changing the name of the Library of Congress, which was rebuked by Mumford as "unspeakable violence to tradition". Debate continued within the library community until the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 shifted the Library back towards its legislative roles, placing greater focus on research for Congress and congressional committees and renaming the Legislative Reference Service to the Congressional Research Service.
After Mumford retired in 1974, Gerald Ford appointed Daniel J. Boorstin as Librarian. Boorstin's first challenge was the move to the new James Madison Building, which took place between 1980 and 1982. The move released pressures on staff and shelf space, allowing Boorstin to focus on other areas of Library administration such as acquisitions and collections. Taking advantage of steady budgetary growth, from $116 million in 1975 to over $250 million by 1987, Boorstin actively participated in enhancing ties with scholars, authors, publishers, cultural leaders, and the business community. His active and prolific role changed the post of Librarian of Congress so that by the time he retired in 1987, the New York Times called it "perhaps the leading intellectual public position in the nation." Ronald Reagan appointed James H. Billington as the thirteenth Librarian of Congress in 1987, a post he holds as of 2008. Billington took advantage of new technological advancements and the Internet to link the Library to educational institutions around the country in 1991. The end of the Cold War also enabled the Library to develop relationships with newly open Eastern European nations, helping them to establish parliamentary libraries of their own.
In late November 2005, the Library announced intentions to launch the World Digital Library, digitally preserving books and other objects from all world cultures.
The primary responsibility of the library is to serve members of Congress in the objective research of congressional agendas. This responsibility is handled by the Library's Congressional Research Service (CRS). This branch was designed for the exclusive use by the U.S. legislature and assists members of congress in their legislative and representative functions. The CRS is estimated to answer more than five thousand requests for information per year and maintains specialized reading lists, automated information systems, and several research subdivisions for the personal use of congressional representatives and their staff.
Annual events of the Library of Congress include the National Book Festival, the Founder’s Day Celebration, the Archives Fair, and the Davidson Fellows Reception.
The Library of Congress serves as a legal repository for copyright protection and registration, and is the base for the United States Copyright Office. Regardless of whether they are seeking copyright, all publishers are required by “mandatory deposit” to submit two copies of their "copyrightable" works to the library. Each business day, nearly 22,000 new items published in the United States arrive at the library. The library does not retain all of these works in its permanent collection, but does add an estimated ten thousand items per day. Rejected items are used in trades with other libraries around the world, distributed to federal agencies, or donated to schools, communities, and other organizations throughout the United States. As is true of many national libraries, the Library of Congress retains copies of every publication in the English language.
The Library of Congress exists on congressional appropriations, and an income sustained through the establishment of library funds. In addition to welcomed donations, the library relies on the contributions of national foundations and private sources through the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board.
The Librarian of Congress is a position appointed by the president of the United States with the consent of the U.S. Senate. Under President Lincoln, the Librarian of Congress was awarded two free copies of every publication submitted for copyright in the United States. This allowance stands today.
The Library of Congress holds an esteemed collection of publications, including more than 32 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America, including the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, a Gutenberg Bible (one of only four perfect vellum copies known to exist); over 1 million US government publications; 1 million issues of world newspapers spanning the past three centuries; 33,000 bound newspaper volumes; 500,000 microfilm reels; over 6,000 comic book titles; and the world's largest collection of legal materials. The library also houses an extensive collection of interactive media, including films, 4.8 million maps, sheet music, 2.7 million sound recordings; more than 13.7 million prints and photographic images including fine and popular art pieces and architectural drawings; the Betts Stradivarius; and the Cassavetti Stradivarius.
The library is home to the world’s largest collection of published aeronautical literature, and possesses the personal papers of most U.S. presidents including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The library also holds an array of personal papers from various figures around the world including Margaret Mead, Henry Kissinger, Thurgood Marshall, and Sigmund Freud. The collection includes one of the three existing Gutenberg Bibles, and a Sumerian scripted tablet dating back to 2040 B.C.E..
The Library of Congress is widely recognized as the largest library in the world, based on the shelf space its collection occupies. The library states that its collection covers approximately 530 miles. The British Library is reported to cover an estimated 388 miles of shelf space. The Library is estimated to hold, if digitized and stored as plain text, 10-20 terabytes of information.
The Library of Congress makes millions of digital objects available at its American Memory site. American Memory is a source for public domain image resources, as well as audio, video, and archived Web content. Nearly all of the listed holdings can be found directly on its web site. Librarians all over the world consult these catalogs when seeking to add to their collection a book published in the United States. Using the Library of Congress Control Number, librarians can make sure of the exact identity of the book.
The Library of Congress also provides an online archive of the proceedings of the Congress of the United States including bill text, Congressional Record text, bill summaries, the Congressional Record Index, and the U.S. Constitution. The library also administers the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, an audio and Braille library program provided to more than three-quarters of a million Americans.
The Library of Congress also provides an online archive of the proceedings of the U.S. Congress at THOMAS, including bill text, Congressional Record text, bill summary and status, the Congressional Record Index, and the United States Constitution. The Library also administers the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a talking and braille library program provided to more than 766,000 Americans.
Classification and preservation
The congressional library developed a system of book classifications called the Library of Congress Classification, or LC Classification. These classifications are used by most U.S. research and university libraries, though most public libraries continue to use the Dewey Decimal system of classification.
The preservation of the library’s collection revolves around the conservation, binding, and digitization of the institute’s original materials. Publication preservation is conducted by the Library’s Preservation, Research and Testing office, which is responsible for ensuring the general survival, conservation, and public availability of each article of the congressional library.
Using the Library
The library is open to the general public for academic research and runs tours for visitors. Only those who are issued a "Reader Identification Card" may enter the reading rooms to access the collection. The Reader Identification Card is available in the Madison Building to persons who are over 18 years of age upon presentation of a government-issued picture identification card.
Only certain government officials, including Supreme Court Justices and their staff and members of Congress and their staff are allowed to check books out. University libraries may also request items through interlibrary loan from the Library of Congress, if no other American institution possesses the item. The library is also involved in various standard activities related to bibliographical and search and retrieve standards.
The Library of Congress remains the largest up-to-date library in the world, and employs a number of technological initiatives to stay current. In order to make its diverse collection of resources readily available, the Library of Congress has established an office of strategic initiatives, an information technology service, and the most comprehensive online library in the world through the National Digital Library Program.
The National Digital Library Program has allowed the Library of Congress to make its digitized collection easily accessible by a worldwide public audience. The library’s resources and collections can be accessed free-of-charge via the internet and includes millions of records, online library exhibitions, and the entire card catalogue of the congressional library. The program has also established a comprehensive database, known as THOMAS, for the use of Congress members and their staff, and offers an optical disk system for Congressional members to supply them with a pocket library of public policy.
Though the times have changed and resources have advanced, the mission of the Library of Congress has remained the same. The institution continues to serve members of Congress in the objective research of congressional agendas, uphold a universally available collection, sustain and preserve this collection, and to establish general policies and administrative duties to support and complete the mission of the congressional library.
- Barbara Krasner-Khait, "Survivor: The History of the Library," History Magazine (October-November 2001) Retrieved November 11, 2008
- Foner, Eric and John A. Garraty (eds.). 1991. “Library of Congress.” The Reader's Companion to American History. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0395513723
- Lehman, Jeffrey and Shirelle Phelps (eds.). 1998. “Library of Congress.” West’s Encyclopedia of American Law. Second edition, 2004. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale. ISBN 0787663670
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Rather than "nanodropping" every well by hand, we measure DNA concentrations on a plate reader.
Accuracy The results agree with nanodrop measurements to within 5% accuracy.
Limits Concentrations down to 10 ng/µl can be reliably measured. The volume should be 20 µl or more per well. The samples are later recovered for dilution and storage.
- Tecan plate reader
- (or any reader that accepts 384 plates and can measure at 260 and 280 nm)
- 384 well UV transmissive plate with flat clear bottom
- we use Greiner UV star Cat # 781 801
- miniprepped DNA, at least 30 µl
- well dimension: flat bottom 3.3 mm x 3.3 mm
- DNA extinction coefficient e: 50 [(ng * cm) / µl]
- path length in mm / in cm:
d' = V / (3.3^2 * mm^2) d = d'/10
(V... volume per well in µl)
c = (A-A0 * e) / d
- c... DNA concentration in ng / µl
- A... Absorbance @ 260 nm
- A0...Absorbance of blank sample (same amount, same buffer/water)
- d... path length in cm
- Pipette exact volume of DNA samples into 384 well plate
- measure 260 nm and 280 nm absorbance on plate reader
- Pipette sample back into storage plate
- calculate DNA concentration from formula above
Please feel free to post comments, questions, or improvements to this protocol. Happy to have your input!
raik: This protocol is quick and robust in my hands.
or instead, discuss this protocol.


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