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Join the Largest Social Movement of Our Decade
Valerie Benavidez
You are about to meet the largest social movement of our decade. All across the country young people are organizing. Immigrants and non-immigrants, we are taking to the streets to protest some of the most racist legislation to ever enter the halls of Congress. We are walking out of our schools, organizing the social justice community and rallying our statehouses. April 10 will be the National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice, and it will be the biggest day of demonstrations around the nation.
We urge you to join local groups, participate in the actions on April 10 and speak your voice through the ballot box. What happens to this community is happening to all of us, especially young people of color. The immigrant rights movement is the quintessential movement of this decade. The House proposal to make 12 million immigrants into felons is a truly criminal idea.
I'm a Latina who grew up in a predominately white rural community in Texas. My father is a Mexican immigrant, and my mother is a Mexican who was born and raised in San Antonio. I'm a Mexican who was born in the United States to citizen parents. So, I'm one of the lucky ones, right?
As I watch my country debate immigration reform, I question just how lucky I am. What exactly would ripping families apart, destroying children's livelihoods and perpetuating a culture of fear and blatant racism for young people of color in the United States do?
I grew up hearing the word "wetback" being used all over my town of Kerrville, "I've got some wetbacks working on my ranch," or "He's a pretty good wetback." I also learned quickly that my lower middle-class status afforded me certain social rights. I could be told by my affluent white friends, "You're different Val, you're not like the other ones." Something about the way people took pride in telling me "you're not like the other ones," always stuck out as wrong in my head. Most of my parents' friends were Mexican families, and we were often in the hood visiting our closest family friends and having various celebrations together.
While my white friends went on skiing vacations, Disney World vacations, and Florida beach vacations, my family took the same vacation every year -- one big road trip through South Texas to H.E.B. grocery store in Laredo to fill the car up with as much food and other essentials -- sugar, cooking oil, toilet paper, paper towels -- as we could for my great-grandmother and extended Mexican family.
My great-grandmother, "Abuelita," had a personal favorite -- Cheetos Puffs, because she didn't have teeth anymore and could fizzle them down easily with some soda. We always remembered the Cheetos. After we bought groceries, we'd cross the Texas-Mexico border in Roma, and entered Miguel Aleman, Mexico. At that point I said good bye to air-conditioning, paved roads, a bathtub and sleeping on anything other than some blankets on a concrete floor.
After a week of broken Spanish conversations, attending mass with my great-grandmother, having my hair brushed and braided by various aunts, eating mangos and paletas, and bathing in a metal trough on the front porch, we would leave Mexico and return to the United States. My parents would take us to Port Isabel, South Padre Island, and we would fish for a couple of days and play on the beach before we returned home to Kerrville.
I always knew I wasn't like the others, and the others in my opinion were the middle-class white families that so much wanted my total assimilation. I was a good student, and I did achieve, but I knew who I was. I had a tremendous amount of respect for every Mexican worker I ever encountered. Each worker was a part of my identity, and what was said about that worker and that worker's family was a reflection upon my own.
It is because of my sense of identity and my knowledge of the family history that the current legislative proposals in the immigration reform package infuriate me. I sat in silence and shock when I read that there was a proposal on the table to make every undocumented person in this country a felon.
A mother who wakes up well before the crack of dawn, makes food for her family, sees her husband off to work, and puts her children on the bus for school. Then she walks to a house in another neighborhood where she cares for that family's children as if they were her own. A felon.
A father who builds houses all day long in the hot Texas sun for very little money, and in the course of the day is looked down upon by many people he encounters -- looked down upon because he's dark, sweaty and dirty from working in the sun all day. A felon.
Both parents return home, make dinner, care for their children and pass out from total exhaustion. Felons.
On the weekend, they sometimes go to the flea market, but often enough dad has to work again, and mother has taken up watching someone else's kids on Saturday afternoon while she tries to do all the laundry and clean the house. Felons.
On Sunday they head to church and pray for all of the members of the community, return home, have dinner and try to get some rest before the work week begins again. Felons.
The notion that someone could actually split these families apart since most of the children of undocumented workers are full-fledged U.S. citizens is horrifying. Turning 12 million immigrants into felons would create more chaos and horror in the United States than the avian bird flu and mad-cow disease combined. Young people understand the potential impact of this situation, and that's why we are in the streets.
We are staring in the face of the largest social movement of our decade. And it's not just in Los Angeles. When 20,000 people are marching in Milwaukee, and a couple of thousand people are standing outside of a federal building in Oklahoma City, it should be loud and clear that the immigrant rights movement is huge. When Latino high school students walk out in places like Wilson, N.C., the world should know that the time for a serious and cohesive movement has arrived.
This is an opportunity for every social justice organization and supporter to lend its support to the immigrant rights community. This community will grow to be one the most powerful and relevant voting forces this nation has ever seen. Our strength lies in our ability to fully understand that.
We are educated, we know the issue firsthand, and we are motivated and strong. Most of all we are watching. We are watching and keeping the names of the community leaders and elected officials weighing in on this issue. We are also watching those who are sitting this one out. What is happening right now is monumental, and no one should doubt that it will have a huge impact on the ballot box.
Young people know this -- they have already started the movement. And they do not protest in a bubble. We know that we are able to struggle on this issue because of the people who have struggled before us. We know that the same people who created the civil rights movement and the farm worker movement are all in support of fighting for human dignity.
April 10 will be the National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice, and it will be the biggest day of demonstrations around the nation. The following cities have rallies in the planning stages: Houston; San Antonio; Austin, Texas; Dallas; St. Louis; Minneapolis; Detroit; Chicago; Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Miami; Charlotte, N.C.; New Haven, Conn.; Danbury, Conn.; Hartford, Conn.; Birmingham, Ala.; New York; Boston; Milwaukee; Washington, D.C.; and many more. As of today, here are the cities that have confirmed a time and location: New York: "Full Rights for All Immigrants" at Battery Park, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Salt Lake City: "Unity Rally" at the City-County Building in downtown Salt Lake City, 4:30 p.m.
If you can't make it to the protests, take action by email, here.


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Q: Get indexes of selected columns (DataTables + ColVis) I am using the jQuery plugin DataTables + ColVis to show tables.
I have to get an array of the indexes of the columns which the user has chosen to display (this information will be used for creating a customizable table for export).
For example: A user chooses to display only Browser and Platform(s) from the table here. I need to obtain [1,2].
Any ideas?

A: EDIT TO PREVIOUS ANSWER
I figured out a better way using datatables API:
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Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting grantees may select one or more of the models listed below for implementation using fiscal year 2018 funds.
These models have met HHS criteria for evidence of effectiveness. Summary information on these models is available in the Overview of Implementation Guidelines. This information is based on information provided by the developers but does not constitute a formal review of whether the models are eligible for implementation under MIECHV.
In addition to the HHS criteria for evidence of effectiveness, there are additional criteria identified in statute for evidence-based models eligible for implementation under MIECHV. Legislative requirements for an evidence-based model to be implemented under MIECHV are that it: "conforms to a clear consistent home visitation model that has been in existence for at least 3 years and is research-based, grounded in relevant empirically-based knowledge, linked to program determined outcomes, associated with a national organization or institution of higher education that has comprehensive home visitation program standards that ensure high quality service delivery and continuous program quality improvement," among other requirements.
When selecting a model or models for a state or territory, MIECHV grantees must ensure the selection can (1) meet the needs of the identified at-risk communities and/or any specific target populations in statute; (2) provide the best opportunity to achieve meaningful outcomes in benchmark areas and measures; and (3) be implemented effectively with fidelity to the model in the state or territory based on available resources and support from the national model developer. The model(s) selected should also be well-matched to the needs of the state's or territory's early childhood system. States or territories may select multiple models for different communities and use a combination of models with a family, avoiding concurrent dual enrollment, to support a continuum of home visiting services that meets families' specific needs.


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Oprah Winfrey Releasing Coffee Table Book This Fall
Do you want Oprah Winfrey on your coffee table? For the many viewers who're still suffering from withdrawal, that may be a resounding, yes!
The book, titled "The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy", will reportedly cover the story from beginning to end of the Oprah Winfrey Show.
The 240-page publication, will include 150 photographs, personal memories and highlights from the show.
The coffee table book, which will be priced at $50, will also feature essays by a number of stars, including a piece by U2 singer Bono and American journalist Nicholas Kristof on social action, as well as a Julia Roberts and Diane von Furstenberg article about culture.
A tribute to Oprah, 57, by John Travolta and Phil Donahue will also be included.
Winfrey was joined by a galaxy of celebrities including Tom Cruise and Madonna in the final episode of her program – which she quit earlier this year to concentrate on her TV network, OWN – on which she praised fans for watching the show.
She said: "From you whose names I will never know, I learned what love is. You and this show have been the great love of my life. Thank you for being as much of a sweet inspiration for me as I tried to be for you. I won't say goodbye. I'll just say until we meet again."
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy hits shelves on November 18.
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Cheney Leads Mustang Girls Hoops to 5-2 Start
December 15, 2010 5:50 PM by FCNP.com
Prior to the start of the 2010-2011 season, George Mason High School girls basketball coach LaBryan Thomas discussed who he expected to lead the two-time defending Virginia State Group A champions. With stars such as Chantal Thomas and Nicole Mitchell gone to graduation, coach Thomas looked to a number of candidates to set the pace for the Mustangs.
So far, Stephanie Cheney has answered the call.
Through six games, the six-foot forward leads Mason in scoring and rebounding, averaging more than 20 points and 9 rebounds a game. The Mustangs are currently 5-2.
"She's one of the retuning starters from last year," Thomas said. "The team last year was senior oriented. She played a role, but she took it upon herself to step things up."
Losing key players from back-to-back title-winning games, Cheney realized that pressure would be on this season for the Mustangs to prove themselves.
"From last year we definitely lost two key players," the sophomore Cheney said before a practice this week. "I was a little apprehensive. We're coming off two state championships. There's a lot to show for us. We didn't want to show that they were our only team members."
Cheney said that she worked on her game during the offseason, but is quick to add that her success early in the season is a credit to her teammates.
"We've come out extremely strong so far," she said. "All my points come from my teammates. I have to give 100 percent props to them. It's not really me, it's my team."
Mason opened the season with two wins at the beginning of the month, was tripped up against Liberty High, then won three in a row before falling to Sidwell Friends Tuesday.
"I'm pleased," Thomas said. "With this young nucleus, I wasn't for sure how things were going to go. They've shone their maturity, and it feels good."
Thomas says the scoring is down from last year, but the defense has improved, giving the Mustangs a different character from their two recent championship teams.
"Last year we scored," he said. "We outscored people. This year, we're more of a defensive team. A lot of defensive pressure."
In addition to Cheney, the Mustangs have seen nice efforts from freshman center Ashley Alexander (7.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg) and junior guard Leah Roth (5.3 assists per game, 4.1 steals per game). Thomas sees a rotation developing, and likes the depth the team has shown.
"Some of the young kids [have] really stepped up," he said. "I've made our rotation, I've made our bench a little deeper than I thought it was going to be."
On Wednesday the Mustangs welcome much larger neighbor Marshall. On Saturday, the team heads to Georgetown Visitation. Next week the team welcomes Manassas Park on Tuesday.
Thomas knows his Mustangs have their worked cut out for them this week, "If we come out of this week 2-1, I'll be a happy man," he said.


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Diderot bezeichnet:
 Diderot (Mondkrater), Krater des Erdmondes

Diderot ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Anne-Antoinette Diderot (1710–1796), Ehefrau des französischen Enzyklopädist und Philosophen Denis Diderot
 Denis Diderot (1713–1784), französischer Philosoph, Aufklärer, Theaterautor und Enzyklopädist
 Didier Diderot (1685–1759), französischer Handwerker und Messerschmied, Vater von Denis Diderot
 Didier-Pierre Diderot (1722–1787), französischer Kleriker, Stiftsherr von Langres, chanoine écrivain de Langres, Bruder von Denis Diderot

Siehe auch:
 Diderot-Effekt, Begriff aus der Konsumforschung
 Universität Paris-Diderot

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Renaissance painter, sculptor, and poet: Michelangelo
by Alex Peter
Michelangelo was a Renaissance painter, sculptor, poet, and architect whose artwork greatly influenced Western Art. Despite being known for a fickle temper and a complex personality, many of Michelangelo's works have gained immense popularity.
He played a significant role in reviving Roman and classical Greek art and concentrated on antiquity and beyond. He added psychological realism and emotional intensity to his works and created some of the most renowned masterpieces of art history.
Michelangelo was famous for his anatomy excellence; for this reason, his sculptures are said to breathe life. In addition, he was also known to bring life to a stone merely because of his ability to create a sculpture simply from a marble block.
Michelangelo's Personality
He was bold and stormy. The artist would leave a project midway in the name of ego, defiance, and standing up to controversies. This contentious personality resulted in occasional disagreements, especially with those above him. This created more problems for the artist. As a result, he was always seen struggling to achieve perfection where he wouldn't compromise. This often left him in a state of distress that he was seen to display through his works. However, despite his personality characteristics, Michelangelo's works are widely remembered.
The story of Michelangelo artwork evolves from a very early age. Instead of receiving a formal education, Michelangelo was more interested in watching the nearby church painters and their drawings. However, his early school friend, Granacci, introduced him to Domenico Ghirlandaio, a famous painter back then. Since the artist's father realized that Michelangelo was least interested in looking over the family's business, he was inclined to apprentice him to the workshop of a Florentine painter. Gradually, Michelangelo was introduced to the style of fresco.
After spending some time at Ghirlandaio's workshop, Michelangelo got an opportunity to study classical sculpture in the gardens of the ruler of Florentine. This opened his doors to more opportunities. He was exposed to famous humanists and scholars. Thenceforward, he got lucky to receive permission to study insights about anatomy from the Catholic Church. All this let him create his unique style influenced by muscular precision influenced by realism, and beauty. For this reason, several works by Michelangelo showcase detail and accuracy based on anatomy.
To learn about Michelangelo artist, take a look at the list of Michelangelo's works briefly described below:
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
When we talk about Michelangelo, we immediately remember his most famous work encompassing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. This painting was created in the early 1500s and was created in fresco. However, even before Michelangelo started working on the ceiling, the Chapel's walls were intricately well decorated.
Known as the most famous work of the Great Renaissance, the painting was commissioned by Pope Julius II and incorporated nine incidents taken from the Book of Genesis. Since the artist considered himself a sculptor over a painter, he was hesitant to paint the Chapel. Later, he agreed to create the painting, and no doubt created a masterpiece for which millions of people flock together to see the outstanding piece of artwork.
Sistine Chapel Ceiling: The Delphic Sibyl – Michelangelo
The artist's work David was one of the most famous sculptures in the world. Michelangelo started to work on it when he was 26 years old. Before his famous battle, David was shown tense and alert, as portrayed by Michelangelo, unlike other artists who had always depicted the victorious biblical hero.
At the same time, one can assess the eye of anatomy here. The artist portrays a masculine god emphasizing his strength where much of his weight is directed towards his right leg. One could easily see the confidence in the sculpture, with the upper body being more significant than the lower part. From a distance, the viewer would understand the naturalism and realism found in Michelangelo's artwork. Verily, for this reason, he got famous for bringing life to the dead.
Along with Pieta, Bacchus was one of the first sculptors created by Michelangelo on a large-scale setup. Instead of focusing on the pagans, the artist concentrated on Christian subjects. The statue represents the Roman god of wine and is seen in a drunken state. You can find the marble sculpture at Museo Nazionale del Bargello.
You can learn about Michelangelo's artists through his best-known works, David and Pieta. It was made for the tomb of Jean de Bilhères. The sculpture showcases Virgin Mary with Christ after his crucifixion. It is also said that this is amongst one of the seven hardships that the Virgin Mary has faced that is a part of the Catholic devotional prayers.
The Renaissance era in Italy has been a theme typical for funerals. However, what makes Pieta stand out is that it was the only artwork that Michelangelo signed. Also, Pieta suffered damage when Lazlo Toth raised his hammer at the sculpture.
Interestingly, instead of portraying Mary as an old woman, Michelangelo showcased a young beauty. An important thing to note here is instead of merely focusing on the sufferings of the Virgin Mary, Michelangelo showcases maternal love and motherhood in his artwork. Instead of seeing Christ's crucifixion, the artwork showcases Christ peacefully sleeping in his mother's lap, waiting to be woken up. This rather signifies resurrection.
Pieta – Michelangelo
A few weeks after his 89th birthday, Michelangelo passed away in Rome because he was ill. His body was taken to Florence, where he was publicly remembered as the father of all arts. The artist was, however, lucky to have achieved wealth and fame during his lifetime and had the pleasure of seeing two of his biographies published during his life. He was an outstanding artist famous for producing many artworks that enjoy a special place in the world.
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This week on Alcohollywood, we strap cameras onto some oscillating fans and bring along Daniel Lackey of Forced Viewing and The Nightmare Gallery to talk Paranormal Activity 3! This third entry in the found-footage ghost/demon/whatever(?) series has all the thrills and spills you expect from the series: passive-aggressive bickering between couples, small noises in the night, time-lapse standing near beds, and so much more. Even still, we dig into the nature of found footage, especially this series. We also talk about what exactly makes us fear the idea of watching someone else's home movies. Take a listen, and try out our custom cocktail and drinking game while you're at it!
ANNOUNCEMENT: Early next week, between this episode and our last Horror Octorbor episode, we'll be doing a mini-episode of Clint's coverage of the 2014 Chicago International Film Festival – including an interview with Evolution of a Criminal director Darius Clark Monroe. Stay tuned for that!
We love us some puns here, so our Paranormal Activity cocktail is pear-based, with some gentle, fruity flavors to supplement the sly sweetness of the pear. The result is immensely crisp, bright and floral, which should help you get through those dark scenes of nocturnal mayhem.
Muddle basil, orange and lime in a cocktail shaker; add remaining ingredients and ice and shake well.
Strain into cocktail glass and enjoy. Top with Midori if you want a little more melon-y bite and some color contrast.
Join us for our CIFF 2014 minisode early next week, then we wrap up Horror Octorbor with Halloween III: Season of the Witch!


Cheaper, smaller, faster, more efficient. These are the topics on the minds of today's instrument manufacturers and end-users. As chemistries and workflows are becoming more complicated, the need for new, innovative materials on the fluidic path and new instrument designs that produce better results in a smaller footprint are becoming more critical. The analytical chemistry instrument market is following the same trend as personal electronics: "Give me double the performance in half the size and customize it to my personal needs".
In analytical chemistry, method development evolves almost daily, so speed and accuracy are always being pushed to the limits. These new tools and techniques are needed to keep up this kind of momentum.
How is momentum sustained? We're seeing several significant trends making headway, which are the kinds of tools and techniques needed for advances in the world of analytical chemistry. These trends include increasing the efficiency of processes and helping get faster and more accurate results. Understanding these trends will help bring the future of drug discovery into focus. Over the next several months, we'll be covering these trends as well as challenges facing our customers in the life science industry in a series of articles.
Many of us have seen or currently work in labs with HPLCs, Mass Specs, and GCs sprawled across a massive room filled with analytical chemists. As impressive as it is to see, what if we were to condense that room in half while maintaining the same throughput? Or what if we were to take that same room and get double the throughput because we're able to fit twice the number of instruments? Imagine you or your employees could get double the output since scientists were able to manage twice as many machines at one time because they're all close together in a single workspace. The benefits of smaller instruments would be significant in terms of throughput and speed to market, as well as the business costs of space and labor.
We haven't even mentioned the benefits of removing dwell volume from your system. Take for example column innovations over the past decade. The particles got smaller, the pressures got higher, and the column got shorter, so the system got faster. This allowed samples to run in seconds instead of minutes without sacrificing performance and results.
Real-time sampling allows users to exert significantly better quality control over their manufacturing process. When we manufacture porous metal components at Mott, I can assure you that we don't manufacture a batch of 1,000 units to find out the process was out of spec the entire time. We test as we go to ensure we're developing quality components that are compliant to our customers spec during manufacturing. Quality assurance during the process is always miles better than quality assurance after the process. Biopharm and Pharma manufacturing is no different.
For instance, the product produced in biotherapeutics is much more than its weight in gold. You can't have it foul up, you can't have a contaminated batch, and you need to extract as much out of it as possible. Most importantly, you can't wait until after the batch is manufactured to find out you failed at all three of these things.
Chemists need to be able to run these samples immediately because minutes could cost millions. Imagine you're cooking a roast at Christmas for your family. You're aiming for that perfect temperature of 145 degrees. You stick the thermometer in after it's been in the oven for a while… to find out that your thermometer takes 10 minutes to tell you the internal temperature. 10 minutes later you find out that your roast over-cooked during that time and you're now feeding a lot of unhappy people. No different, except the stakes are slightly higher in manufacturing.
Real-time sampling, often using smaller or portable technology, provides incredibly fast results. For example, last year a team of Nagoya University researchers developed a process of in vivo real-time monitoring of metabolites using a combination of probe electrospray ionization (PESI.) They also used tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) for greater detailed characterization of endogenous metabolites. Fast, accurate, and real-time is how analytical chemistry should be done—and the life science industry is making great strides in that direction.
Personalized medicine has ushered in a new dawn of targeted therapies. These wonder drugs provide lifesaving treatments with far fewer side effects compared to conventional therapeutics. From early stage drug discovery to process scale production, these breakthrough medicines require analytical instrumentation to provide accurate, reproducible data to help validate assays and optimize production enabling safer, better drugs faster.
However, with these new methods come new challenges. New materials are needed to reduce interactions with metal along the fluidic path. You don't want your protein sticking to some sort of metal and you sure don't want reactivity leading to inconsistent results. Polymers and new metals are overcoming these challenges caused by new chemistries and proteins.
Integrated assemblies play a role in miniaturization and making a smaller footprint for instruments by reducing subassembly package size. They take multiple discrete components and combine them into a single package. Integrated assemblies also allow for better instrument performance, usually with reduced hold up volumes in the system flow paths and reduced chance of cross-contamination when properly designed.
Additionally, you reduce the potential errors from the component manufacture since there are now less potential points of failure in the assembly. Take the column example again. If you're able to 3D print the inlet and outlet frits with the column instead of manufacturing the frits separately and assembling them into the column, it eliminates the potential for a frit to be placed incorrectly, which would cause sealing, leaking, and uniform flow issues. It would improve design for manufacturability, and collectively would result in improved serviceability. This means it's no longer necessary to test each component to find out what's wrong, and working with drop-in replacement components means less downtime. In an upcoming article, we'll discuss how Mott's 3D printed filters and flow control products can simplify system design and assembly.
Referring back to the electronics, I'd like to take you all back to 1985 when the first ever laptop was introduced, the Osborne 1, which weighed 25-pounds. While an enormous leap forward for personal electronics, many people would not be thrilled at the idea of carrying around a 25-pound dumbbell today.
For reference, the average laptop today weighs 4-5 pounds. Now over the course of nearly 25 years, the weight of laptops has been reduced by over 80%. Imagine that the year is 2044 and your 300-pound HPLC now weighs 60 lbs. The idea of carrying around a 60-pound dumbbell isn't going to thrill anyone either, but many chemists would burden the weight to be able to get results right at the point of sample acquisition. The ability to gain real-time results without the risk of contamination in transport would produce enormous benefits for a variety of analytical chemistry fields, such as remote analytical testing of air quality in remote areas or testing at security checkpoints for explosives, toxic, or biohazardous weapons. Advances in battery life of portable analytical instruments are bringing more consistent and longer-term field analysis within reach.
A process with rapid separations, high efficiency, and low volume requirements checks off a lot of boxes for analytical chemists. Assay interference can be avoided by directly measuring the target or enzymatic product. Fortunately, capillary electrophoresis provides direct detection of the product, allowing for the identification of some forms of assay interference.
Protein analysis and biotherapeutic quality control are enabled and enhanced through a microfluidics-based capillary electrophoresis. In addition, label-free technology allows for direct measurement of the sample without the need of secondary labeling.
We'll be delving more deeply into each of these trends in the coming weeks and months and we'd love your feedback as well. Feel free to shoot me an email, or connect with me on LinkedIn to start the conversation. No matter where we connect, I'd love to hear your feedback.
In the meantime, feel free to contact us to discuss your newest project if you have a filtration or flow control need. We have a team of Application and Design Engineers specializing in porous metal components to assist your efforts.


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The IXAudio2VoiceCallback interface contains methods that notify the client when certain events happen in a given IXAudio2SourceVoice.
This interface should be implemented by the XAudio2 client. XAudio2 calls these methods through an interface pointer provided by the client in the IXAudio2::CreateSourceVoice method. Methods in this interface return void, rather than an HRESULT.
See the XAudio2 Callbacks topic for restrictions on callback implementation.
The IXAudio2VoiceCallback interface has these methods.
OnBufferEnd Called when the voice finishes processing a buffer.
OnBufferStart Called when the voice is about to start processing a new audio buffer.
OnLoopEnd Called when the voice reaches the end position of a loop.
OnStreamEnd Called when the voice has just finished playing a contiguous audio stream.
OnVoiceError Called when a critical error occurs during voice processing.
OnVoiceProcessingPassEnd Called just after the processing pass for the voice ends.
OnVoiceProcessingPassStart Called during each processing pass for each voice, just before XAudio2 reads data from the voice's buffer queue.
IXAudio2VoiceCallback::OnBufferEnd Called when the voice finishes processing a buffer.
IXAudio2VoiceCallback::OnBufferStart Called when the voice is about to start processing a new audio buffer.
IXAudio2VoiceCallback::OnLoopEnd Called when the voice reaches the end position of a loop.
IXAudio2VoiceCallback::OnStreamEnd Called when the voice has just finished playing a contiguous audio stream.
IXAudio2VoiceCallback::OnVoiceError Called when a critical error occurs during voice processing.
IXAudio2VoiceCallback::OnVoiceProcessingPassEnd Called just after the processing pass for the voice ends.
IXAudio2VoiceCallback::OnVoiceProcessingPassStart Called during each processing pass for each voice, just before XAudio2 reads data from the voice's buffer queue.


Before launching into investing, every potential investor should first determine their own Personal Risk Tolerance for market swings (the ups and downs of securities markets).
Personal Risk Tolerance is defined as "an awareness of your level of comfort/discomfort with the market swings commonly associated with investing". Many internet sites offer free quizzes that help investors hone in on their risk "comfort" level. These quizzes measure how you (as an investor) would hypothetically feel or react to a significant down-swing in the market.
Economists tell us that market swings---both up and down---are natural occurrences in robust financial markets. Further, they say if investors maintain a well-balanced portfolio and remain in the market for the long haul (in other words, refuse to react emotionally to the market) they will almost certainly see positive financial gains. But these same experts also say that market nose-dives generally prompt lots of handwringing and nail-biting from investors, and when nervous investors withdraw from the market during a down-swing, they won't actually be saving their money; they will be locking in their losses.
Financial experts advise investors to base their risk tolerance level on their existing personal situation and present frame of mind, instead of how they might feel in a down-market swing. The following are a few real-time factors that will help you to determine your real-time tolerance for investing your money, before you actually invest.
Your Age: The younger you are when you start saving and investing, the more time your invested monies can compound and grow without having to risk principle loss. The older you are when you start saving and investing the more protective and low- risk oriented you should be.
Time Horizon for Invested Monies: Are you investing to meet short-term goal needs or is the need for the money a long time (10+ years) in the future?
Comfort Level: How much do you value the time and energy it took you to earn the money you are investing?
Associated Costs and Fees of Investing: Evaluate all costs and fees in every investment you make - even a half of a percentage point adds up to huge savings or losses over the long run.
Investing is a great way to grow your money and help secure your future dreams. Just remember: it's your money and you need to decide which investments work for your real-time tolerance. Registered investment professionals can help you evaluate and understand risks and help you select from among many investment alternatives for achieving your investment goals.
Before launching into investing, every potential investor should first determine their own Personal Risk Tolerance for market swings.


Chances are, at one time or another, we've all used Google Maps to find the shortest route from point A to point B. But if you are like some people, you've used this mapping tool to have a look at geographical features or places you hope to visit someday. In an age where digital technology is allowing for telecommuting and even telepresence, it's nice to take virtual tours of the places we may never get to see in person.
But now, Google Maps is using its technology to enable the virtual exploration of something far grander: the Solar System! Thanks to images provided by the Cassini orbiter of the planets and moons it studied during its 20 year mission, Google is now allowing users to explore places like Venus, Mercury, Mars, Europa, Ganymede, Titan, and other far-off destinations that are impossible for us to visit right now.
Similar to how Google Earth uses satellite imagery to create 3D representations of our planet, this new Google Maps tool relies on the more than 500,000 images taken by Cassini as it made its way across the Solar System. This probe recently concluded its 20 year mission, 13 of which were spent orbiting Saturn and studying its system of moons, by crashing into the atmosphere of Saturn.
Artist rendition of the Cassini spacecraft over Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill.
After launching from Earth on October 15th, 1997, Cassini conducted a flyby of Venus in order to pick up a gravity-assist. It then flew by Earth, obtaining a second gravity-assist, while making its way towards the Asteroid Belt. Before reaching the Saturn System, where it would begin studying the gas giant and its moons, Cassini also conducted a flyby of Jupiter – snapping pictures of its moons, rings, and Great Red Spot.
When it reached Saturn in July of 2004, Cassini went to work studying the planet and its larger moons – particularly Titan and Enceladus. During the next 13 years and 76 days, the probe would provide breathtaking images and sensor data on Saturn's rings, atmosphere and polar storms and reveal things about Titan's surface that were never before seen (such as its methane lakes, hydrological cycle, and surface features).
It's flybys of Enceladus also revealed some startling things about this icy moon. Aside from detecting a tenuous atmosphere of ionized water vapor and Enceladus' mysterious "Tiger Stripes", the probe also detected jets of water and organic molecules erupting from the moon's southern polar region. These jets, it was later determined, were indicative of a warm water ocean deep in the moon's interior, and possibly even life!
Interestingly enough, the original Cassini mission was only planned to last for four years once it reached Saturn – from June 2004 to May 2008. But by the end of this run, the mission was extended with the Cassini Equinox Mission, which was intended to run until September of 2010. It was extended a second time with the Cassini Solstice Mission, which lasted until September 15th, 2017, when the probe was crashed into Saturn's atmosphere.
Thanks to all the images taken by this long-lived mission, Google Maps is now able to offer exploratory tours of 16 celestial bodies in the Solar System – 12 of which are new to the site. These include Earth, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto, Ceres, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Mimas, Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Iapetus and (available as of July 2017) the International Space Station.
This latest development also builds on several extensions Google has released over the years. These include Google Moon, which was released on July 20th, 2005, to coincide with the 36th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Then there was Google Sky (introduced in 2007), which used photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to create a virtual map of the visible universe.
Then there was Google Mars, the result of a collaborative effort between Google and NASA scientists at the Mars Space Flight Facility released in 2011, one year before the Curiosity rover landed on the Red Planet. This tool relied on data collected by the Mars Global Surveyor and the Mars Odyssey missions to create high-resolution 3D terrain maps that included elevations.
In an age of high-speed internet and telecommunications, using the internet to virtually explore the many planets and bodies of the Solar System just makes sense. Especially when you consider that even the most ambitious plans to conduct tourism to Mars or the Moon (looking at you, Elon Musk and Richard Branson!) are not likely to bear fruit for many years, and cost an arm and a leg to boot!
In the future, similar technology could lead to all kinds of virtual exploration. This concept, which is often referred to as "telexploration", would involve robotic missions traveling to other planets and even star systems. The information they gather would then be sent back to Earth to create virtual experiences, which would allow scientists and space-exploration enthusiasts to feel like they were seeing it firsthand.
In truth, this mapping tool is just the latest gift to be bestowed by the late Cassini mission. NASA scientists expect to be sifting through the volumes of data collected by the orbiter for years to come. Thanks to improvements made in software applications and the realms of virtual and augmented reality, this data (and that of present and future missions) is likely to be put to good use, enabling breathtaking and educational tours of our Universe!


Collection of various polychrome and gilded ornamental plates, collector's plates.
Beautiful small animals, birds and nature collection on high-quality porcelain, with 24 carat gold-plated rim, manufactured by the Franklin Mint.
Limited edition, collectors' plates, only obtained by registration.
The plates are made by nature artists Peter Barrett and James Herriot, the veterinarian from the country who wrote various articles about his experiences with taking care of animals.
The plates are in an excellent condition without chips or repairs.
Netjes ingepakt en vlot bezorgd.
Alleen een groter exemplaar dan verwacht :) maar zullen we niet goed de maten hebben bekeken.
Salve.Grazie tante per l'acquisto. Pacco e stato imballato molto protetto. Percio i piatti sono arrivati tutti integri. Complimenti. Buon proseguimento.
Goed verpakt. Mooi exemplaar. Merci.
Prima verpakt, maar het heeft zeker niet de leeftijd zoals in de verkooptekst omschreven! Jammer.
Het potje heeft een plekje gevonden in onze verzameling.
Satisfaite : jolie statuette arrivée rapidement.


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The decision to cut Russia's international competition ban to two years for manipulating drug-testing data is "not comprehensively explained" in the Court of Arbitration for Sport judgement, the World Anti-Doping Agency says. WADA had pushed for a four-year ban in relation to the breach of its code, but a CAS panel halved that suspension last month. That move was heavily criticised by the American and UK anti-doping agencies, among others. The full decision, or award, was published on Thursday, and afterwards WADA released its own legal statement. "With respect to the seriousness of the non-compliance in this case, the (CAS) panel was - for reasons that are not comprehensively explained in the award - not willing to endorse the full suite of consequences recommended by (WADA) ... which WADA believes were proportionate and reasonable," the statement said. "In other words, based on its own assessment of proportionality, the panel considered that the legitimate objectives of WADA could be adequately achieved with lesser consequences." WADA President Witold Banka said the full CAS decision shows WADA proved its case and "exposed the Russian authorities' brazen attempts to manipulate data from the Moscow Laboratory in an effort to thwart our investigations". "We remain disappointed, however, that CAS did not agree with all our proposed consequences, which we felt were proportionate to the egregious nature of the offences committed by the Russian authorities as they sought to cover up the details of their institutionalised doping scheme," Banka said in a statement. The three-person CAS panel found the data, which had been requested as a condition of Russian reinstatement to WADA in 2018, had been manipulated. Its judgement means Russian teams will not compete at this summer's Olympic or Paralympic Games or other major international events for the next two years. WADA also expressed concern about CAS' ruling that Russian athletes wishing to compete as neutrals should not have to prove they were not implicated in the manipulation of data. Instead, only athletes prosecuted for anti-doping rule violations would be barred from competing. WADA said it regretted that finding, and also felt the decision by CAS to make the conditions around neutral athlete uniforms less restrictive was "not explained in any particular detail". CAS' ruling will allow neutral athletes to still wear uniform containing some or all of the colours of the Russian flag, and to feature the word 'Russia' so long as the words 'Neutral Athlete' are given equal or greater prominence. The full also decision reveals the defence supplied by Russia's national doping agency, RUSADA, against the sanctions. It argued WADA could not prove it had consented to the 2018 World Anti-Doping Code or the International Standard for Code Compliance for Signatories, and therefore could not be sanctioned. It also said it had no access to or control over the data at the centre of the case, and could therefore not be liable for the manipulation and deletion that had occurred. CAS dismissed those arguments. Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the US Anti-Doping Agency, said last month that there was "no consolation in this weak, watered-down outcome" that came after a "sordid Russian state-sponsored doping affair". Australian Associated Press
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Russia ban cut not fully explained: WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency is disappointed Russia's ban was cut to two years.
The decision to cut Russia's international competition ban to two years for manipulating drug-testing data is "not comprehensively explained" in the Court of Arbitration for Sport judgement, the World Anti-Doping Agency says.
WADA had pushed for a four-year ban in relation to the breach of its code, but a CAS panel halved that suspension last month. That move was heavily criticised by the American and UK anti-doping agencies, among others.
The full decision, or award, was published on Thursday, and afterwards WADA released its own legal statement.
"With respect to the seriousness of the non-compliance in this case, the (CAS) panel was - for reasons that are not comprehensively explained in the award - not willing to endorse the full suite of consequences recommended by (WADA) ... which WADA believes were proportionate and reasonable," the statement said.
"In other words, based on its own assessment of proportionality, the panel considered that the legitimate objectives of WADA could be adequately achieved with lesser consequences."
WADA President Witold Banka said the full CAS decision shows WADA proved its case and "exposed the Russian authorities' brazen attempts to manipulate data from the Moscow Laboratory in an effort to thwart our investigations".
"We remain disappointed, however, that CAS did not agree with all our proposed consequences, which we felt were proportionate to the egregious nature of the offences committed by the Russian authorities as they sought to cover up the details of their institutionalised doping scheme," Banka said in a statement.
The three-person CAS panel found the data, which had been requested as a condition of Russian reinstatement to WADA in 2018, had been manipulated.
Its judgement means Russian teams will not compete at this summer's Olympic or Paralympic Games or other major international events for the next two years.
WADA also expressed concern about CAS' ruling that Russian athletes wishing to compete as neutrals should not have to prove they were not implicated in the manipulation of data. Instead, only athletes prosecuted for anti-doping rule violations would be barred from competing.
WADA said it regretted that finding, and also felt the decision by CAS to make the conditions around neutral athlete uniforms less restrictive was "not explained in any particular detail".
CAS' ruling will allow neutral athletes to still wear uniform containing some or all of the colours of the Russian flag, and to feature the word 'Russia' so long as the words 'Neutral Athlete' are given equal or greater prominence.
The full also decision reveals the defence supplied by Russia's national doping agency, RUSADA, against the sanctions. It argued WADA could not prove it had consented to the 2018 World Anti-Doping Code or the International Standard for Code Compliance for Signatories, and therefore could not be sanctioned.
It also said it had no access to or control over the data at the centre of the case, and could therefore not be liable for the manipulation and deletion that had occurred. CAS dismissed those arguments.
Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the US Anti-Doping Agency, said last month that there was "no consolation in this weak, watered-down outcome" that came after a "sordid Russian state-sponsored doping affair".
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In the last two months, Grace and I have had a ton of fun collaborating together on our series Budget vs High-End, and this month we are coming together for another episode in the series - this time we're focusing on highlighter! For Grace's post, make sure to click here!
I could talk so much about my favourite highlighters as I have so many, and most of my favourites are drugstore bought products that have cost me less than a fiver. That said, I have such evident favourites that I often find myself talking a lot about the same bunch of products instead of shedding light on new ones, and I often neglect to mention many in my collection. One such product for me is the Barry M Illuminating Strobe Cream. It's a recent launch that hit the stores this year after the strobing trend exploded. I'm no master at strobing or contouring - it's something I'm constantly working on to try and get better at but I find with contouring that some days are better than others. As for strobing, I'm not someone to splash that highlighter across every inch of my face - I stick to my cheekbones more often than not. Some days I want all the shimmer, but some days I want just that dewy glow.
For those days, one of the products I reach for the most is this Barry M strobing stick. It's a gianormous twist-up crayon, except it's way fatter than your average lip or eye crayon. I find this style of product to be so easy to use and apply, and it fits so perfectly along the tops of the cheekbones. This buy from Barry M comes in two shades: Frosty Pink and Iced Bronze. The bronze is more of a golden tone than straight up bronze to me, whilst the pink is exactly what you'd expect. I have the pink shade as I already own Collection's Speedy Highlighter which has a similar golden tone. I love the Collection one, but I must admit that Barry M's offering is a little softer and creamier to apply. It doesn't drag on the skin like I find Collection's one to do sometimes. All you have to do to apply this is to run it along the areas you wish to glow - in my case, I apply it to my cheekbones - and then blend the edges a little with your fingertips. That's pretty much all there is to it. Not only is it dreamy to apply and so quick that it's great for taking on the go, it's also not going to disappear from your skin. For best results, use a setting spray over your makeup, and a primer underneath, and you're good to go!
As this is a cream product, it also makes a great base for your powder highlighters as it adds an extra shot of intensity to the powder products. I find the colour looks exactly as it does in the tube, a pearly, frosted pink that's amazing at catching the light. There's no shimmer or glitter to this, it simply adds some straight up glow to your face and illuminates the places that the sun would normally hit.
You can find this beauty in Superdrug, Boots and online for £4.49. Have you tried the strobing trend? What do you make of this highlighter? Make sure to check out Grace's post here!