Car rental is no longer a domain of the upwardly mobile set, or people traveling on a business. Ordinary Americans use car rental as an affordable way of dealing with their transportation requirements. Dozens of multinational car hire companies, occupy booths of every major airport. Hundreds of the less known auto rentals operate along the major thoroughfares and from the parking lots of every major commercial center.
And because of their accessibility, car rental services are often the first port of call, when it comes to getting a mean of transport, to cross the city, or move to the other end of the state. Yes, no special sophistication is required on part of the hirer.
No, I'm not talking about your driving skills, or your level of proficiency when driving an unknown model or make. The problem lies with the fact, that you're taking a temporary possession of somebody else's property, not knowing anything about its hidden faults, damages and limitations.
In case you thought that once you've paid an insurance cover, you're fully protected; think twice. Have you taken more care, and read the "fine print", you would found out the limitations that make paying your $30 or more per day extra, a waste of money.
There are so many restrictions contained in rental car's insurance policy, that it's a virtually useless defense against paying for damages, from your own pocket. Especially so, in the case of relatively minor problems, costing $500-1000 to fix, at the neighboring panel beater.
– Hired car had existing dents and scratches that were not listed on the hire agreement. The work to remedy them was charged to the current car user.
– Upon returning the car, petrol level was not checked and confirmed as being full. Hirer's credit card was charged for a gas "top up" despite the fact, that it was not needed.
– Car was returned to the location different than the pick-up point. This incurred a surcharge of $170 being the transfer fee, for moving the vehicle to its original location.
Although all of these money costing situations could have been prevented by the hirer reading the rental agreement carefully, none would actually have arisen without the personnel acting dishonestly.
Without much generalization, these problems are more likely to occur when dealing with smaller car rental businesses where the owners will attempt to improve their "bottom line" at any opportunity. In case of the larger car hire companies, it will often be a result of the employees acting maliciously, or to cover their own mistakes.
Regardless of your individual circumstances, it's your responsibility to make sure that you're fully aware of the legal implications of your signature under the car rental agreement. If in doubt, ask at the service counter; visiting some related online sites like www.carrentaldeal.info will help you understand the issues concerned better and act more responsibly.
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Q: Ruby on Rails link tag in  not working I created an simple site, where the user can view different documents (uploaded with carrierwave (thumb version) in an table, and when he clicks on one, an modal view should open (fancybox) and display the normal version of the picture:

The picture displayed in the table

Then when the modal view opens, it shows the (:thumb version) and not the full width/height version

And my biggest problem is that, after the user closed the model view, the picture is not anymore displayed in the table!
I am pretty sure that the cause for my problems is how I made my links in the code:
 <% treatment.paintings.each do |paint| %>
         <%= image_tag  paint.name.url(:thumb)%>
 <% end %>

A: Replace the line
 <%= image_tag  paint.name.url(:thumb)%>

with
<%= link_to image_tag(paint.name.thumb.url), paint.name.url, class: 'fancybox' %>

A: link_to is helper for a-tag. http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/UrlHelper/link_to
Why do you use link_to inside a-tag?

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Letter to the Editors: Concern Regarding Congresswoman Tenney (R-NY)
Mike Foran, Class of 1982
Dear Colgate community,
I write you as a concerned member of the Class of 1982. Congresswoman and Colgate alumna (Class of 1983) Claudia Tenney is in the news today for giving a radio interview about the mass shooting at a Florida high school and her comments saying that "…so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats … but the media doesn't talk about that." As a member of the Class of 1982, my time in Hamilton, New York overlapped with that of Congresswoman Tenney. I do not think I ever met Claudia Tenney, but I am a self-proclaimed Democrat of the liberal persuasion and, as anyone who listens to talk radio or Fox News knows, us liberal types are generally wracked with guilt regarding just about everything. So I am truly concerned that something I did as a part of the Colgate community robbed Claudia Tenney of her critical thinking skills and her humanity. Because nothing but a complete lack of humanity and critical thinking skills could explain Congresswoman Tenney's comments in the wake of another mass shooting. Serving in Congress should be a privilege reserved to those actually concerned about solving problems. Solving problems in a country as diverse in all ways as ours means a willingness and responsibility to discuss serious issues like a serious person, not a proclivity for parroting talking points from the Daily Kos, the NRA or the tinfoil hat, Russian Bot, where everything is a conspiracy crowd. Congresswoman Tenney is clearly not a serious person and I would ask you to do your best to ensure that, this fall, Congresswoman Tenney forfeits the privilege of serving in Congress.
The Democratic Party Must Become The Party Of The Good Neighbor
Sustainability: Opening Alaska to Onshore Drilling Isn't the Only Way to Create Jobs
Minus the City: Hooking Up with Your Best Friend
A Promised Land Review: Obama Grades Himself
Business as Usual, Special Edition: Reading Recommendations
Returning Home, But Carefully
Business as Usual: Positive Vaccine News Highlights Risks of Stay-at-Home Stocks
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Coney Barrett Will Shift Partisan Blance in Supreme Court
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Category Archives: From the archives
From the Archives — Fishmonger Restaurant and Other Restaurants at the Bridge…
By wpadmin | July 29, 2016 - 1:41 am | August 11, 2016 Current, From the archives
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By Susan F. Witzell, Archivist
I was asked to write something about the history of the Fishmonger, the restaurant which has been in existence since the early 1970s at the Woods Hole drawbridge. Last year it went out of business and the restaurant has become the Water Street Kitchen. Frances Buehler still owns the building.
Nick Witzell, Bill Dyer and Rollie Beliveau talked to me about their memories of the place. Tom Renshaw, at my request, wrote an extensive piece on the history of the building and restaurant. There was more detail in this than I could use but I am very grateful to Tom for setting down all this important information for the record.
These recollections are those of men in their 60s and 70s, so please be forgiving of inaccuracies and let me know if you have corrections or more information.
The building that has been home to the Fishmonger restaurant has had a long and varied history. It dates back to at least the 1880s when it shows up on the Bird's Eye View Map of Woods Hole of 1887. On that map it is labeled "E.F. Donnelly – Fruit, Confectionary, Tobacco & Reading Material."
The Sea Robin Tea Room (site of the Fishmonger), with a barbershop by the Channel. Across the bridge the long low building housed the Ideal Lunchroom and Home Bakery. Postcard from WHHM Archives.
Like many properties around Great Harbor the lot on which the building stood was owned by Walter O. Luscombe. By the teens and 1920s it was the Sea Robin Tea Room, a popular type of destination for ladies at the time. Beyond it right by the bridge was the first of many barber shops in that location, originally built out on pilings over the water. Al Blanchard was the last of them in that building.
In the 1920s on the east end in the rear section of the building was The Bookstore, which was also a publisher and printer of handsome small booklets, brochures, illustrations and maps, many of them done by talented local artist R.L. Dickinson. This back area eventually became an ice cream parlor. Continue reading →
From the Archives — Blacksmiths in Quissett and Woods Hole
By wpadmin | January 7, 2017 - 6:53 am | November 21, 2017 Current, From the archives
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Blacksmith Edward Ward Bragg in the doorway of the old blacksmith shop in Woods Hole on the north side of Water Street with Eel Pond behind it, 1902. The advertisement on the wall at right reads: "KICKAPOO INDIAN OIL. QUICK CURE FOR ALL PAINS." WHHM
by Susan F. Witzell
Braddock Gifford (1791-1873) worked as a blacksmith in Quissett in the early 1800s. There was a small shipbuilding works there and he made hardware for the small vessels, brigs, barks, schooners and sloops made by shipwright and captain Thomas Fish and owner-investor Barney Marchant at a stone dock built in 1802 on the east side of Quissett Harbor. Gifford owned land on the opposite side of Quissett Harbor and had cranberry bogs along the shore of Buzzards Bay. The prosperity he found as a blacksmith is reflected in his home on Woods Hole Road in Quissett, a handsome center-hall house with a hipped roof (presently 274 Woods Hole Road). Continue reading →


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Q: How to translate model in Ruby class/module namespace? I have a model Products::Car. How can I translate its attributes?
I have already tried this:
activerecord:
  models:
    products:
      car: "Автомобиль"
  attributes:
    products:
      car:
        owner: "Владелец"

And this:
activerecord:
  models:
    products_car: "Автомобиль"
  attributes:
    products_car:
      owner: "Владелец"

But if I try to use Products::Car.model_name.human it still says "Car". My other translations work well, and the language is set to :ru.

A: I have checked 'model_name.human' source code and found 'i18n_key' method. I have tried this:
irb(main):006:0> Products::Car.model_name.i18n_key
=> :"products/car"

Then I changed my yml file to this:
activerecord:
  models:
    products/car: "Автомобиль"
  attributes:
    products/car:
      owner: "Владелец"

and it works!
EDIT:
For further reference: the i18n_key is set in the initializer of ActiveModel::Name https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/375a4143cf5caeb6159b338be824903edfd62836/activemodel/lib/active_model/naming.rb#L147
and it is simply based on
MyClass.name.underscore

A: As of rails 3.2.12 it seems to be converted back to this:
activerecord:
  models:
    products:
      car: "Автомобиль"
  attributes:
    products:
      car:
        owner: "Владелец"

And products/car: "Автомобиль" is not working anymore


Today's review is going to be another of my Christmas presents, the Sephora Once Upon A Look eyeshadow palette.
To be honest, I'd never pick this up myself, I'm always on Sephora but I haven't even seen it, that being said I'm glad my family got it for me because it gave me the opportunity to try something that I wouldn't have tried myself.
This palette was limited edition≡ for Christmas and it isn't available on sephora.com anymore but you might still find it in store. Since it was a gift I don't know the price but I think is something around 15$-20$.
This palette is absolutely stunning, I love rose gold and this looks very luxurious and fancy, like a clutch. It's a padded leather on the outside with metallic details on the inside.
It comes with a big mirror. As you can see though, all the info about the palette are on the plastic sleeve so if loose that you can't even see the name of the palette which is a bit annoying.
I also don't like that the shades have no name because it's harder to refer to. Apart from those things I love the packaging.
This palette contains 15 different shades, going from more neutrals to some bright ones and there are 5 shimmers, 3 glitters and 7 mattes.
Quality wise they all act differently but for the most part, they are really pigmented and they have a bit of fall down (mainly the glitters).
MATTES: Apart from shade #6 which has no pigment at all, all the other mattes are so nice, they are buttery, creamy, pigmented and blendable. Even the more colorful ones (Shades: #1, #4, #6, #8, #11, #13, #15).
SHIMMERS: They look so pretty swatched but they are so difficult to work with, they apply beautifully but they blend into nothing, they literally disappear even after you layer them. If you put more than one colour on they will mesh together into one shade without showing the difference. It takes forever to make them decent. I feel like they don't have any grip. (Shades: #3, #5, #7, #9, #10).
GLITTERS: They act like the shimmers but they get better if you wet them, like most glitters, but they do have quite a bit of fall down (Shades: #2, #12, #14).
Tip: The shimmers and the glitters will work a little bit better if you wet the brush or use your finger tips to apply them, if you don't use more than 1-2 colours together and if you use a primer underneat.
Believe it or not, this is a halo eye, can you see it? No, because all the shades blend together into one shade, without any dimension. The look is pretty but it wasn't what I was going for.
The colour #5 was blended in the crease it was supposed to give dimension but it blends into nothing, the look is patchy and looks horrible apart from the blue on the lower lashline that is nice.
I wish the shimmers were better because this palette has one of the best colour selection I have ever seen and I love the mattes, the packaging is stunning too. But the shimmers are terrible as you can see. So I'll leave the decision to you, the mattes are good, the shimmers are not. You can make them work but it takes a lot of effort. I think is a nice palette that I'll use again but it won't replace my favourites.
This is a wonderful palette that seems to compliment many skin tones including my own! Thanks for the post!
I absolutely LOVE the packaging! I'm not HUGE on eyeshadow, but I love these colors!
This is a gorgeous palette. I think these colors would work for me!!
I love a lot of pigment when I buy eye shadows because I don't like to use a lot of product (my skin is SUPER sensitive). I don't think I'm sold on this particular palette. I would be concerned with some of the pigmentation and the colors showing up on my darker complexion (even though I'm not very dark). Also, the packaging is beautiful.


Not every child has access to books at home or parents or carers who take them to the public library but every child must go to school. Therefore, in order for reading for pleasure to be a core part of every child's curriculum entitlement, every school needs a school library. But that isn't enough. To create a great school library that isn't just a room full of books, but the heart of the school, the library needs to have a school librarian who can provide the active encouragement, knowledge and expertise in reading as well as keeping the library and stock relevant, attractive and up to date.
"The work of a School Librarian has the potential to make a huge contribution to the school in ways that I had not realised until we found ours. Her work has impacted directly on the children; their involvement and enthusiasm for reading as well as our participation in enrichment activities and the maintenance of the reading environment." (Headteacher, Primary School in Tower Hamlets, London).
Yet despite their level of professional training and experience, many school librarians are regarded as support staff. Often they have dual roles. They are also responsible for careers, reprographics, admin, video conferencing and accelerated reader or other structured schemes.
Status and salary need to be of a high enough level to attract high quality, experienced, dedicated people to the role. They are a vital ingredient in making the library the heart of the school and to improve a school's performance in SATs and exams.
Every child should have somewhere to go when in doubt; to learn independently and to retrieve information. Every child deserves a great school library.
Image from Flikr Creative Commons. Created by Carlos Porto here.
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Poster Session Highlights Graduate Student Research
More than 40 graduate students presented their research—with topics ranging from understanding obesity to mapping HIV antibodies to measuring nanoparticles—to faculty members, their peers, and others in the Dartmouth community during the April 8 Graduate Poster Session. The event was one of the highlights of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, held April 8 through 11.
Awards were presented to the following graduate students for their posters:
Seth Cohen received an award for his poster, "Star Formation and Substructure in Galaxy Clusters." (Photo by Eli Burakian '00)
Seth Cohen, Physics and Astronomy Hometown: Columbia, Md. Poster Title: Star Formation and Substructure in Galaxy Clusters
Research: "I study how stars form in galaxy clusters, the largest structures in the universe and home to the most energetic events since the Big Bang. To do this, I use observational data from both ground- and space-based telescopes to analyze thousands of galaxies at once."
Why Dartmouth: "Dartmouth's astronomy department is ideal for me: small, but with excellent professors and research programs. This combined with the unlimited mountain activities in the area made Dartmouth an obvious choice for me."
Anna Hatch received an award for her poster, "Actin-Dependent Mitochondrial Fission Mediated by Drp1, the Formin INF2, and Myosin II." (Photo by Eli Burakian '00)
Anna Hatch, Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Program (Biochemistry) Hometown: Hibbing, Minn. Poster Title: Actin-Dependent Mitochondrial Fission Mediated by Drp1, the Formin INF2, and Myosin II
Research: "Just as cars require a regular tune-up and oil change for optimal performance, cells in our body have multiple mechanisms to maintain molecular machinery. The mitochondrion is one cellular structure that requires routine maintenance. To do this, the mitochondrion undergoes a process called fission, where it divides into two parts. I am using biochemistry to better understand how the actin cytoskeleton promotes mitochondrial fission in mammalian cells."
Why Dartmouth: "The MCB faculty make scientific training a priority. I feel well equipped to organize experiments and communicate my results."
Max Mehlman received an award for his poster, "Head Direction Cell Activity in the Dorsal Striatum and Medial Precentral Cortex Requires Intact Anterodorsal Thalamic Nuclei." (Photo by Eli Burakian '00)
Max Mehlman, Psychological and Brain Sciences Hometown: Bethlehem, N.Y. Poster Title: Head Direction Cell Activity in the Dorsal Striatum and Medial Precentral Cortex Requires Intact Anterodorsal Thalamic Nuclei
Research: "My lab examines how the brain processes sensory input to form a sense of direction, which animals require to efficiently navigate within their environments and obtain vital resources. We study rodent head direction cells, specialized neurons that activate only when the animal is facing a specific direction, thus functioning much like a compass."
Why Dartmouth: "For me, Dartmouth is the complete package. I work in a fantastic lab studying a topic I have been fascinated by since I was an undergraduate. Outside of lab, I have enjoyed many opportunities to teach and mentor a wide range of students, another passion of mine. Pair these wonderful academic experiences with getting to live in the beautiful Upper Valley, and I could not be happier."
Sarah Wolff received an award for her poster, "Separation of Variables and the Computation of Fourier Transforms on Finite Groups." (Photo by Eli Burakian '00)
Sarah Wolff, Mathematics Hometown: Arlington, Va. Poster Title: Separation of Variables and the Computation of Fourier Transforms on Finite Groups
Research: "My work is motivated by techniques used in digital signal processing. Digital signal processing techniques allow us to manipulate signals, such as audio or radio, in order to better analyze them. A Fourier transform allows us to convert a signal from one domain to another (time domain to frequency domain) so that it is simpler to apply mathematical tools to analyze the signal. I study generalizations of Fourier transforms and methods to efficiently compute them."
Why Dartmouth: "I am very passionate about teaching, and the Dartmouth math PhD program is committed to training excellent teachers by providing a summer teaching seminar as well as many teaching opportunities."
Elizabeth Molina-Markham, web content editor for The Graduate Forum, contributed to this story.
Timing is really critical, and this shows that the timing is changing.
Donald Perovich, professor of engineering


The EU has passed new food labelling legislation aimed at protecting people with coeliac disease, reports the Anaphylaxis Campaign. In future people seeing food labelled 'gluten-free' will know that the finished product does not contain gluten exceeding 20 parts per million — a level thought to be safe for most people with coeliac disease. The on-pack statement 'very low gluten' will indicate that the level is within 100 parts per million. Food businesses have three years to comply with the new regulation.
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H-1B Orientation
Orientation for newly arrived foreign national scientists in H-1B status, as well as those new to H-1B status. More information is provided here.
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Seminar for newly arrived foreign national scientists on U.S. income tax responsibilities.More information is provided here.
J-1 Basics
Seminar for IC administrative staff on bringing foreign national scientists in J-1 status. The seminar is offered annually in the spring during the DIS Annual Conference. More information is provided here.
H-1 Basics
Seminar for IC administrative staff on bringing foreign scientists in H-1B status. The seminar is offered annually in the spring during the DIS Annual Conference. More information is provided here .
Seminar for IC administrative staff on NIH policies that impact foreign national scientists. The seminar is offered annually in the spring during the DIS Annual Conference. More information is provided here.
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Seminar for IC administrative staff on basic immigration concepts. The seminar is offered quarterly. Contact the Division of International Services at (301) 496-6166 for current offerings.
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Seminar for IC administrative staff on best practices when working with the Division of International Services. The seminar is offered annually in the spring during the DIS Annual Conference. More information is provided here.
NIH Library & Research
Produced by the National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA indexes more than 2,000 journals, as well as books, pamphlets, conference proceedings, research reports, government documents, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual content, and microforms pertaining to all aspects of agriculture. Some topics covered in this database include: animal science, biology, biotechnology, botany, chemistry, ecology, entomology, food and nutrition, microbiology, physiology, plant science, pollution, soil science, water quality, and zoology. AGRICOLA contains citations to approximately 2 million records, both in English and non-English, with over 100,000 records added annually. Please register here.
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Alternatives in Animal Research is intended to guide researchers to resources that help address reduction, refinement, and replacement (the 3 R's) of animal use. Resources covered include databases available through the NIH Library Web site such as MEDLINE, AGRICOLA, PsycINFO, and Web of Science. In the class, you will be introduced to a checklist for planning searches for alternatives to painful procedures and to several methods for creating a research update service. Attendees will also learn the advantages of working with Library staff to perform mediated searches in databases available through DIALOG, a fee-based resource. Please register here.
Assessing the Impacts of Research: New Tools and Approaches
Refresh your knowledge of the Journal Impact Factor and related measures of journal quality; add to it with quantitative metrics for assessing the impact of your work and that of your research program, with such tools as the H and G indices. Finally, examine qualitative measures of the value and impact of a research program and its findings, and consider ways to plan for dissemination and uptake of results. Please register here.
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Chemistry researchers need to know how to retrieve information about chemical compounds. Learn how to search MEDLINE, ChemID, and other databases for chemical names and CAS registry numbers and how to explore the Internet for additional chemical data. The availability of the Beilstein database for searching for chemical structures and substructures at a library terminal and acquiring a personal SciFinder account to search the Chemical Abstracts database will be discussed. Please register here.
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CINAHL Plus covers the research literature in alternative/complementary medicine, biomedicine, consumer health, health sciences librarianship, nursing, and 17 allied health disciplines. More than 3,000 journals in nursing and allied health are indexed, with citations from 1937 to the present. Special features include cited author searching; clustering of search results and organization of results in visual maps; Thesaurus of CINAHL Headings (subject terms); export to EndNote, Reference Manager, and other bibliographic management programs; alerts and RSS feeds for notification of new content; Evidence-Based Care Sheets; and CINAHL Continuing Education Unit Modules accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Please register here.
CLC Genomics Workbench Version 5
CLC bio provides a variety of tools for the analysis of data from all of the next generation sequencing (NGS) platforms. The software options include a graphical user interface in the desktop software, the Genomics Workbench. In addition to an open API that allows the user to incorporate 3rd party tools, CLC bio's functionality includes pipelines for de novo assembly, reference mapping, and SNP and DIP detection. It also provides tools for RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and microRNA analysis. Plug-in capability, like those for targeted-resequencing and integration with BIOBASE TRANSFAC, is also provided. Note about platform: CLC bio's applications work equally well on the Mac, 64-bit Windows and 64-bit Linux operating systems. The voluminous nature of NGS data often dictates a more powerful computer than sits on the average desktop. This is true even though the CLC algorithms are highly parallelized. Therefore the data sets used in this class will represent only a subset of the normal data used in a typical NGS experiment. The NIH Library has a bioinformatics workstation with a 64-bit architecture, 48Gb RAM, and 2Tb disk space for patrons to use in analyzing NGS data using software such as CLC bio Genomics Workbench (GWB). Please register here.
Clinical Trial and Other Evidence-Based Medicine Searching: Resources and Strategies
Clinical research protocols and systematic reviews require comprehensive literature searches to ensure patient safety, maximize research results, and meet standards for systematic reviews. Many databases available through the NIH Library and freely on the Web are critically important for identifying published and unpublished information on human clinical research and trial results. This class will cover major resources as well as several less well-known files and resources for grey literature. Please register here.
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NIH employees make presentations about their research as well as publish about it in journal articles, book chapters, or books. To enhance audience engagement, NIH authors often choose to use cartoons, illustrations, photographs, figures, and tables. In this class, you will learn how to reduce the risk of copyright infringement and plagiarism when using artwork or writing that is not your own. Please register here.
Correlation of Disease Genes to Phenotypes
This course describes how to determine what is known about a disease, the gene(s) associated with it and its genetic testing. We will then elucidate the biochemical and structural basis for the phenotype caused by the mutant protein. Please register here.
Drug Information Resources at the NIH Library
Drug information is a necessity for work performed by researchers and clinicians at NIH. Learn how you can find drug properties, action, adverse effects and their development or regulatory status by searching bibliographic and factual databases, online books and journals, available to NIH staff. Please register here.
EMBASE, the Excerpta Medica database, is an international biomedical and pharmacological database that provides access to the most up-to-date information about medical and drug-related subjects. Comprehensive inclusion of drug-related information makes EMBASE particularly valuable when carrying out drug-related searches. EMBASE features comprehensive coverage of drug research, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Human Medicine (Clinical and Experimental), basic biological research, Health Policy and Management, Substance Dependence and Abuse, Psychiatry, Veterinary Science and Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation. Please register here.
Endnote and Pubmed: Optimizing Their Interaction
Endnote and PubMed are two powerful tools available to researchers at NIH. This class looks in depth at the various options for searching PubMed and bringing citations into EndNote desktop and EndNote Web. Depending on the browser (Internet Explorer versus Firefox) and the route you choose (online search versus import) you can exploit various advantages. The class will explore all possible interactions and detail the advantages and disadvantages of each. Please register here.
EndNote Web: Using EndNote from Anywhere
EndNote Web is a web-based research and writing tool and a perfect complement to EndNote and Reference Manager. Add, transfer or import your references to EndNote Web and access your account via any web browser. Use Cite While You Write from EndNote Web to format your in-text citations and bibliography. If you do not have access to EndNote, than try EndNote Web - it is another great tool in your researcher toolbox! Please register here.
EndNote Webinar: Managing Your Search Results
This online webinar is a great way to learn about EndNote without leaving your desk. EndNote is a reference management tool for finding, downloading and organizing references in a personal, searchable database. With EndNote you can import references from online databases such as PubMed and Web of Science; automatically retrieve article PDFs; search for and edit references; insert references in manuscripts with Microsoft Word's Cite While You Write; create bibliographies; and choose from thousands of journal publishing styles to format references and bibliographies. Note about this class: This class will be offered remotely via Adobe Connect and will cover EndNote for Windows. Connecting to the Online Class: Information about connecting to the Webinar will be sent to registered users one week before the start of the Webinar. Please register here.
EndNote: Managing Your Search Results (WIN)
EndNote is a reference management tool for finding, downloading and organizing references in a personal, searchable database. With EndNote you can import references from online databases such as PubMed and Web of Science; search for and edit references; insert references in manuscripts with Microsoft Word's Cite While You Write; create bibliographies; and choose from thousands of journal publishing styles to format references and bibliographies.
Note about platform: This class covers EndNote for Windows using laptops with the Windows operating system. Please register here.
Evidence-Based Resources in Public Health
This course will look at what evidence based public practice means, and review sources and search strategies on how to find EBPH information. Please register here.
Gene Resources: From Transcription Factor Binding Sites to Function
This course describes how to obtain information about a human gene at all levels of the central dogma of life, genome, transcript and protein, and transcription factors regulating its expression. It also covers information about single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the gene and which ones are known to be associated with disease. Please register here.
GeneIndexer
In this course, we will demonstrate GeneIndexer, a text-mining tool for genomic analysis. Used to quickly identify genes of interest in large data sets, GeneIndexer is a unique discovery and hypothesis generation tool. With GeneIndexer, an investigator uses text queries, and a collection of over 1 million abstracts, to uncover mechanistic relationships between genes and prioritize genes for further research. Please register here.
GeneSpring
This class spans two days. Analyze microarray gene expression data and cluster the results. Learn about GSEA/GSA (gene set enrichment) approaches to analysis. Perform gene ontology (GO), pathway, and network analyses. Create Venn diagrams. Import data from GEO (gene expression omnibus). Please register here.
Genomatix Software Suite: Transcription Factor Binding Site and Promoter Analysis
The Genomatix Software Suite allows the detailed analysis of genomic data with a strong emphasis on understanding the molecular mechanisms of eukaryote gene regulation and expression. Whether your point of entry is a single gene or several thousand, the Genomatix Software Suite provides tools and data content to thoroughly investigate the biology hidden in a gene or gene list, whether derived from a microarray experiment or next generation sequencing (NGS). The Genomatix Software Suite provides a fast and comprehensive analysis linking biological knowledge derived from the literature to our collection of primary and expert-curated molecular sequence databases. These databases include (but are not limited to) high-quality genomic annotation, promoters, transcripts, transcription factors and canonical pathway data. The integration of our extensive data content and novel tools for visualization allow the researcher to obtain biological results quickly, based on our approach for merging multiple lines of evidence, all pointing to a common endpoint and in an easy-to-use and intuitive graphical user interface (GUI). In this Core Seminar training course students will learn how to use the Genomatix Portal interface to explore our comprehensive genome annotation, and to use it as a basis for: detailed promoter analyses; predicting, analyzing and comparing transcription factor binding site patterns in genomic DNA; defining new binding sites in genomic DNA; and analyzing the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on transcription factor binding sites, to name just a few of the many possibilities available in our robust software environment. Please register here.
This course describes how to use different publicly available genome browsers such as UCSC genome browser, MapViewer and Ensembl. Used to view the assembly of the complete human genome, these browsers are valuable tools to identify and localize genes and to obtain information about them. This course will demonstrate how to view different human genome maps/tracks and make best use of them. Please register here.
HGMD - Human Gene Mutation Database
HGMD Professional is a unique resource providing comprehensive data on human inherited disease mutations. Its compilation of structured, manually curated data from the peer-reviewed literature enables quick access to both single mutation queries and advanced search applications. HGMD is widely used in human genetics research, diagnostics, and personal genomics applications and was an essential tool in analyzing the genomes of James D. Watson and J. Craig Venter among others. Please register here.
Information Resources for Clinical Research - A Brief Overview
This course will present a brief overview of clinical information resources and services available through the NIH Library. Please register here.
Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA)
Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA) is a web-based bioinformatics application that enables users to identify the biological mechanisms, pathways and functions most relevant to their experimental datasets or genes of interest. IPA allows users to map microarray identifiers and accession numbers to genes, and generate networks based on molecular function. The course will create custom pathways or perform searches for particular genes, targets, disease areas, or biological functions. Please register here.
Journal Article Publishing: An Overview
Increase your chance of publication through an understanding of the journal publishing process. In this overview course you will: learn how to use Journal Citation Reports to identify target journals in your subject area; determine the requirements for different types of journal articles; use tools and techniques to improve your writing; and create text and references correct to a specific journal's style. Please register here.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides easy access to data that helps you to evaluate and compare scholarly journals using citation data from over 8,400 journals in the areas of science and technology. JCR is the source for the impact factor of a journal, a measure of the frequency with which articles in a journal have been cited in a particular year. It provides subject groupings of journals, enabling users to view and compare citation information among journals in the same subject area. Please register here.
Keeping Up with Public Health: Access Your Files From Anywhere and From Any Computer
Public health decision making, policy development and the establishment of new programs to improve public health should be supported by scientific evidence. This class will introduce students who are involved in public health initiatives to the concept of evidence based public health, will explore selected resources that provide evidence based information and present techniques for searching and finding research to support best evidence in the field of public health. Please register here.
Microbial Genome Analysis
This course describes how to access the microbial genome sequences and annotations, explains how to navigate and download the gene and protein datasets, and introduces the available genomic and comparative genomic analysis tools from NCBI, IMG and EcoCyc. The course will address practical discovery questions such as 'Are there identifiable genes in microbial genomes that may be horizontally transferred?' and 'What are the differences between closely-related pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria?' Please register here.
MICROMEDEX
The MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series provides web-based desktop access to full-text drug information. Its knowledge bases include DRUGDEX®, DRUG-REAX®, POISINDEX®, INDENTIDEX®, EMERGINDEX®, PDR®, Index Nominum, and many more drug and toxicology information systems. This tutorial will introduce you to the database and teach you techniques for searching it. Please register here.
Modifying Endnote Styles
This course will show students how to modify and customize Endnote Output Styles. Please register here.
NCBI's Entrez Gene is a source for gene-based information that includes chromosome location, sequence and expression data, as well as evidence on gene function. Please register here.
NCBI Entrez Structure
The Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB) contains 3D macromolecular structures, including proteins and polynucleotides. Please register here.
Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis
Massively parallel sequencing, also known as next generation sequencing, is a technology enabling high-throughput sequencing of genomes or loci of interest. This hands-on class focuses on a single locus. It examines the quality of the sequence reads; mapping of reads; and the quality of the mapping. It also examines sequence variation. Please register here.
NIH Library Catalog
The Library's catalog is the entry point to the entire collection. Additional features the catalog provides--other than letting you search for books and journals (both print and online) --are a list of new books received, what print journals have been received daily, links to other libraries in the area, and a link to your own library record, where you can review due dates for items and renew them, create email alerts to be notified whenever the NIH Library adds an item of interest to the collection, and save searches of the catalog that can be executed later. Please register here.
Learn how to find nursing information for patient care and research. Coverage includes accessing online journals and books, ordering articles, and searching databases and other resources. Emphasis will be on techniques for searching CINAHL Plus, a nursing and allied health database. Please register here.
Ordering Books and Articles
NIH staff may order journal articles and books related to their work at NIH. The service is free. Articles available in the NIH Library are scanned and sent via e-mail or copied and mailed to your office, usually within 3 days. Materials not available in the NIH Library are obtained from other libraries, document suppliers, and online full-text databases. Learn any of several ways to order materials, i.e., NIH Library Item Request System, the NIH Library Catalog, Web of Science/PORPOISE, or PubMed's Loansome Doc ordering system. Please register here.
Partek Genomics Suite Software: Explore the Underlying Biology of the Results of Statistical Analsyses
Partek Genomics Suite (PGS) is a commercial software package available to researchers at the NIH. Although PGS can be used to analyze microarray, rtPCR, and NGS data from virtually any vendor, this class will cover post-analysis techniques. Besides statistical analysis and visualization tools, PGS includes many powerful features to explore the underlying biology of the results of statistical analyses. This course will cover tools in PGS like GO (Gene Ontology) Enrichment, GeneSet ANOVA (ANalysis Of VAriance), GSEA (Gene Set Enrichment Analysis), and pathway analysis using Partek Pathway. This class will NOT address the data analysis features of Partek. The class will be a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises. The afternoon will end with an open lab for you to continue exploring the tool with your own data or with demo data. Please register here.
This tutorial provides an introduction to patent searching, including reasons for conducting a patent search, tools available, and search techniques. Tools covered include specialized subscription services, free Internet sources, public library resources, and sources available through the NIH Library. Please register here.
PsycINFO
The PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1400 journals, to dissertations, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Participants will learn the basics of how to search PsycINFO. Please register here.
PubMed, PubMed Central, NIH Manuscript Submission System
Many NIH-funded authors are required to submit their manuscripts to PubMed Central. Many authors are confused about how to get their manuscripts submitted, how to search from their NIHMSID, how it gets into PubMed Central, and the differences are between PubMED and PuBMed Central. Please register here.
PubMed: Understanding the Basics
Use PubMed to find articles on your research topic in biomedical and scientific journals. PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine and preclinical sciences, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the health care system. It includes journal article citations and abstracts from MEDLINE and other sources. Many of the citations lead to full-text articles available online through NIH Library subscription agreements. Please register here.
QUOSA: Downloading Articles and Software Overview
QUOSA® is a software program that enables researchers in the life sciences to retrieve full articles, organize their literature collections, and perform powerful full-text searches. It functions as a reference, full-text and image database, an online search tool, and along with citation management software, serves as a bibliography and manuscript maker. This class provides an introduction to the program. Class participants will learn to build a database by importing references, the full-text of articles in PDF, and images from online sources such as PubMed®. You will also learn the basics of preparing formatted citations and creating bibliographies instantly. Currently, the following NIH Institutes have institute-wide subscriptions to the QUOSA® software: NCI, NIAID, NEI, NHLBI, NINDS, and NICHD. Institutes with licenses may download QUOSA® from the QUOSA® Downloads site. Researchers already using QUOSA® are encouraged to check the site for updates. QUOSA® access is available on a limited basis, (i.e., specific labs, offices or branches) at the following institutes: NIMH, NHGRI, NIDDK, NCRR, NIAMS, and NIBIB. Check with your administrative officer or information technology office for information on whether or not your office has access to the QUOSA® package. Please register here.
Reference Manager: Managing Your Search Results
This hands-on session provides instruction on using Reference Manager, a reference management software program to help you manage references. You can use the software to create libraries that are essentially a record of reprints in your filing cabinets, or that are a record of references you find in database searches or cited in papers you read. As you write a paper or book chapter or book, you can link to references in your libraries. And when you are finished, with a few clicks of the mouse, you can format the references in your paper to meet the formatting requirements of a particular journal. The software maintains a list of reference format styles for a variety of journals. Reference Manager is only available for PC's. Please register here.
Research Updates (Alert Services)
Do you need to browse the latest issues of journals for articles in your area of expertise? Save time by learning to create searches for topics or journals of interest that are run on a recurring basis. Research updates are available for MD Consult, PubMed, the Ovid databases (Agricola, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO), ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science. Searches of the NIH Library Catalog may also be saved using the Preferred Searches function. Learn to set up any of these research updates by requesting a tutorial. Please register here.
Resources for Infectious Disease Research
This course will familiarize NIH staff with NIH Library-provided and other resources useful in the conduct of research on infectious diseases. It will also highlight best practices for the use of those resources. Please register here.
ScienceDirect is a research tool that provides access to online journals, bibliographic databases, online reference works and alerts. After you set up an alert, ScienceDirect automaticallly sends an email with new information on topics of interest or the table of contents from a journal. Learn to search online journals and databases such as MEDLINE and EMBASE through the Science Direct interface and to create a research alert. Please register here.
Scopus & Web of Science: Rich with Citations
Stresses the capabilities and features of each product. Much of the utility of these products is in the eye of the beholder and will satisfy different information requirements to different degrees. Learn how to use both databases to search for articles and how to use both to track citations and analyze research. Please register here.
Searching PubMed for Mental Health Literature
This hands-on course will focus on developing effective search strategies for finding behavioral health literature in PubMed as well as demonstrating the unique features of PubMed, such as Collections and Alerts. The instructor will contact attendees beforehand in order to develop tailored search strategies for each student. This class is limited to 15 attendees. Please register here.
Sequence Similarity Search: BLAST-Like Alignment Tool (BLAT)
The BLAST-Like Alignment Tool (BLAT) is used to find genomic sequences that match a protein or DNA sequence. BLAT search results can be viewed on the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Genome Browser. This course demonstrates how to use BLAT to map a cDNA/mRNA sequence to a genome to identify exon-intron locations in the genomic sequence and a protein sequence to a genome to search for gene family members in the genome. It also demonstrates how to visualize the alignment in the UCSC genome browser and compare the results to a similar search done using NCBI's BLAST. Please register here.
Social Sciences Resources
Locate the literature from social science and psychology research using two electronic resources: Social Sciences Citation Index and PsycINFO. The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, public health, social work and sociology. PsycINFO (1984-present) covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, psychology and education. Coverage is worldwide and includes references to over 1,400 journals. PsycINFO also includes dissertations and book chapters. Please register here.
Undertaking a Systematic Review: What You Need to Know
Learn what you need to know and do to conduct and Publish a high-quality systematic review. Please register here.
Web Search: Thinking Beyond Google
Go beyond the standard Web search tools and learn to search more efficiently; access the invisible web; evaluate websites; use image and non-text search engines; search for scholarly information, news, people, and blogs; and customize your search results. Please register here.
Radiation Safety for Authorized Users (RSAU)
Extensive course required of all personnel applying to become an NIH Authorized User (AU) under the terms of the NIH's Nuclear Regulatory Commission License. Attendees receive a working knowledge of radiological health in relation to the evaluation of hazards associated with the use of radionuclides in biomedical research and the many aspects of the responsibilities of an NIH AU. Each class presentation (PowerPoint) in this course has an associated handout for additional reading of more detailed information, and the course includes homework, quizzes, laboratory exercises and demonstrations, and a final exam.More information is provided here . Registration is completed via email at drstraining@mail.nih.gov or by calling (301) 496-2255.
Radiation Safety in the Laboratory (RSL) [Includes RSL for NIH Academy Students]
Entry-level course, with exam, required for all laboratory personnel using or working with radioactive materials (RAM). Acquaints users with the hazards of RAM, methods of protection against these hazards, and aspects specific to NIH policies and procedures. Register for this course here.
Radiation Safety for NIH Housekeeping Personnel
Basic radiation safety refresher course for NIH housekeeping personnel. Register for this course here.
General Radiation Safety for Clinical Center Employees
Basic radiation safety information course for workers in the NIH Clinical and Clinical Research Centers. Register for this course here.
Radiation Safety Orientation (RSOR)
Fundamental course detailing minimum radiation safety training requirements for NIH and special appointment personnel prior to using radioactive materials. Register for this course here.
Radiation Safety for Irradiator Users (RSIU)
Course introducing policies and procedures governing the use of sealed-source irradiators at NIH. Register for this course here.
PET Staff (PET)
Basic course designed to acquaint radioactive material users with principles and hazards of PET radionuclides and pertinent DRS procedures and policies. Register for this course here.
Nuclear Medicine Staff (DNM)
Basic course designed to acquaint radioactive material users with principles and hazards of Nuclear Medicine radionuclides and pertinent DRS procedures and policies. Register for this course here.
X-ray/Therapy Machine/Electron Microscope/X-ray Diffraction
Fundamental refresher training course assisting the NIH research community in performing work using radiation producing devices while ensuring minimal risk. Register for this course here.
Department of Laboratory Medicine Research and Personnel (DLM)
Basic refresher course designed to acquaint researchers with radiological hazards of the radionuclides used or found in samples within DLM and pertinent DRS procedures and policies. Register for this course here.
Radiation Safety for Clinical Center Nurses
Basic course designed to acquaint NIH nursing personnel with radiological hazards of radiation and radionuclides used in patients within the CC and CRC, and pertinent DRS procedures and policies pertaining to them. Register for this course here.
Authorized User Review (RSAR)
Refresher course designed to remind Authorized Users of pertinent radiation safety information in their role as NIH AUs, including DRS procedures and policies taught in the 3-day RSAU classroom course. Register for this course here.
Radioactive Materials (RAM) Security
Refresher course detailing NIH RAM security requirements for NIH and special appointment personnel using RAM. Register for this course here.
Contamination Control Refresher Training
Refresher course detailing NIH RAM contamination control requirements for NIH and special appointment personnel using RAM. Register for this course here.
Introduction to Lab Safety - Online Training
This is an introductory course in laboratory safety to be completed prior to attending the classroom course Laboratory Safety at the NIH. This course introduces laboratory personnel to common hazards and exposure risks, including chemical, radiological and biological hazards that are found in NIH research laboratories. The course provides instruction on how to prevent exposure to these hazards and emergency response procedures in case of exposure. The course covers NIH waste handling procedures as well as provides useful information on methods to ensure the research laboratory is free from common physical hazards. This course also provides information on security policies and procedures on the NIH campus as well as in the research laboratory. Please register here.
Laboratory Safety at NIH
This MANDATORY course is a follow on to the introductory computer-based laboratory safety training course to provide additional training on the recognition and control of common physical, chemical and biological hazards found in NIH research laboratories. The course provides required information on specific NIH policies and procedures for working safely in NIH research laboratories as well as methods for hazardous waste minimization. The course provides information on engineering and personal protective equipment as well as the NIH medical surveillance programs available through the Division of Occupational Health and Safety, Occupational Medical Service. Students are tested on course material at the conclusion of class. A passing score of 75% is required for certificate. Please register here.
Laboratory Safety at the NIH (Baltimore Campus)
FOR BALTIMORE RESEARCH CENTER EMPLOYEES ONLY. This MANDATORY course is a follow on to the introductory computer-based laboratory safety training course to provide additional training on the recognition and control of common physical, chemical and biological hazards found in NIH research laboratories. The course provides required information on specific NIH policies and procedures for working safely in NIH research laboratories as well as methods for hazardous waste minimization. The course provides information on engineering and personal protective equipment as well as the NIH medical surveillance programs available through the Division of Occupational Health and Safety, Occupational Medical Service. Students are tested on course material at the conclusion of class. A passing score of 75% is required for certificate. Please register here.
Laboratory Safety Refresher Course - LIVE
This is a live refresher course of laboratory safety for employees and visitors, including summer research associates and summer students who have completed the "Laboratory Safety at the NIH" classroom course. The class takes place in actual laboratories in small group settings. This is a hands-on class arranged for review and update on safety procedures and policies while learning about hazard recognition in laboratories. Please register here.
Laboratory Safety Refresher Course - Online Training
This is a refresher course on laboratory safety for employees and visitors, including summer research associates and summer students who have completed the "Laboratory Safety at the NIH" classroom course. This course reviews and provides updates on safety procedures and policies that govern laboratory safety at the NIH. Please register here.
Working Safely with HIV and Other Bloodborne Pathogens for Non-Hospital Personnel
This MANDATORY course provides research personnel with information on working safely with bloodborne pathogens in NIH research laboratories in accordance with OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). This course specifically discusses work practices in Biological Safety Level 2 and 3 laboratories, common methods of bloodborne pathogen exposures and the use of various controls to help prevent exposures. The course outlines steps to take in case of a potential exposure and reviews medical pathological waste disposal procedures. The course also reviews the Occupational Medical Service medical surveillance programs including the hepatitis B vaccination program. Students are tested on course material at the conclusion of class. A passing score of 75% is required for certificate. Please register here.
Working Safely with HIV and Other Bloodborne Pathogens for Non-Hospital Personnel (Baltimore Campus)
FOR BALTIMORE RESEARCH CENTER EMPLOYEES ONLY. This MANDATORY course provides research personnel with information on working safely with bloodborne pathogens in NIH research laboratories in accordance with OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). This course specifically discusses work practices in Biological Safety Level 2 and 3 laboratories, common methods of bloodborne pathogen exposures and the use of various controls to help prevent exposures. The course outlines steps to take in case of a potential exposure and reviews medical pathological waste disposal procedures. The course also reviews the Occupational Medical Service medical surveillance programs including the hepatitis B vaccination program. Students are tested on course material at the conclusion of class. A passing score of 75% is required for certificate. Please register here.
Bloodborne Pathogen Refresher Course - Online Training
This course provides annual refresher training for research laboratory personnel who work with human blood, body fluid or tissues, or other bloodborne pathogens in the research laboratory and have previously attended the "Working Safely with HIV and other Bloodborne Pathogens" Course. This course will provide researchers with the latest information bloodborne pathogen risks in the research laboratory as well as provide information for means on protection from potential occupational exposures. Please register here.
Biological Materials Shipper Training
Division of Occupational Health and Safety sponsors a one-day certification course from an outside vendor for all personnel involved in the shipping of infectious substances, diagnostic specimens, biological specimens and dry ice classified as "dangerous goods." The course provides personnel with the knowledge and certification to be a shipper of categories A and B infectious substances, biological substances, exempt human and animal specimens, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and dry ice. An awareness of existing regulations and their legal aspects for the transportation of Dangerous Goods as specified in the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR) is provided. The course will use, as its core reference, the latest Edition of the International Air Transport Association Dangerous Goods Regulations (IATA DGR). This course provides hands-on activities to enhance knowledge retention. A certificate of training is awarded upon demonstration of a student's knowledge and understanding of the regulations. Please register here.
Biological Safety Level 3 Training (Lecture)
This is a specialty training provided to those who work in NIH BSL-3 laboratories (only). Training dates are arranged through the Institute Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, Division of Occupational Health and Safety. This 2 hour lecture class provides information specific to working safely in NIH Biosafety Level 3 laboratories. The unique features of the BSL-3 laboratory will be explained along with security and entry and exit procedures. Practices and procedures for BLS-3 laboratories will be explored using case studies of laboratory acquired infections. Waste disposal practices specific to these laboratories are also outlined. Comprehension of material will be determined by a quiz. A passing score of 80% is required for successful completion and certificate award. Please register here.
Biosafety Level 3 Training for Support Personnel
This is a specialty training provided to those who provide support services to NIH BSL-3 laboratories (only). This 1 hour lecture class provides information specific to working safely around NIH Biosafety Level 3 laboratories. The unique features of the BSL-3 laboratory will be explained along with security and entry and exit procedures. Practices and procedures for BLS-3 laboratories will be explored. Waste disposal practices specific to these laboratories are also outlined. Comprehension of material will be determined by a quiz. A passing score of 80% is required for successful completion and certificate award. Please register here.
Biological Safety Level 3 (Hands-On)
The BSL-3 hands-on teaches proper laboratory technique in the BSL-3 laboratory arena. This encompasses donning and doffing techniques, proper use of equipment and decontamination methods. Please register here.
S.T.A.R.S. "Learn By Doing" Lab Safety Training
All new summer students working in a NIH laboratory who are within this age range (21 and under) are required to complete the "Learn-by Doing" laboratory safety training. A broad range of laboratory topics will be covered including, but not limited to: the principles of biosafety; chemical handling and use; common laboratory hazards; and emergency preparedness. The learning objectives will be met through active dialogue between students and instructors. Students will work in small groups with an instructor to practice and learn safe laboratory techniques and practices, as well as the rules of safe conduct. Learning exercises will stress problem solving and challenge critical thinking skills. To demonstrate material comprehension, attendees must complete a quiz. An 85% minimum passing grade is required. Students are tested on course material at the conclusion of class. A passing score is required for certificate. Please register here.
CPR/AED Lay Responder Training
This course teaches individuals (who are not healthcare providers) critical skills needed to respond to and manage a first aid, choking or sudden cardiac arrest emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services (EMS) arrives. This course does not fulfill Healthcare Provider Certification. If you are a healthcare provider, you must enroll in the Healthcare Provider AED/CPR Training, not the Lay Responder AED/CPR Training. Please register here.
CPR/AED Healthcare Provider Training
This course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals (i.e. physicians, nurses, those who work in patient contact areas, clinical staff, or NIH Public Health Service) the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. It is mandatory for healthcare providers to take this training. If you are not a healthcare provider, you cannot enroll and take the Healthcare Provider AED/CPR Training. Please register here.


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Centre for Performance Headlines Targeted Athlete Program
THIS SUNDAY: Manitoba Male Centre for Performance Tryouts Set for Sun Sept 11 at U of W
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11: Basketball Manitoba is pleased to announce the try-out details for the MALE Canada Basketball / Basketball Manitoba Center for Performance training program for 2016-17. This year the CP will have a 15U age group (eligible athletes are born 2002, 2003, and 2004). This year's tryouts will occur on Sunday, September 11 at the University of Winnipeg Duckworth Centre from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Please arrive early to register.
INFORMATION ON FEMALE PROGRAM TRYOUTS
All tryouts will occur at...
University of Winnipeg Duckworth Centre, 400 Spence Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Male Tryouts - Born in 2002, 2003, and 2004
Sunday, September 11 - 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Decisions will be made after the above try-out and continue on into September to finalize the training group.
The Canada Basketball/Basketball Manitoba Center for Performance Program is a regional training program that targets potential high level athletes and provides them with advanced training and experiences to help them develop into an elite level basketball player. The Center For Performance is the start of the National Team identification pathway.
Male athletes from Manitoba will be identified on an annual basis to participate in the Manitoba Region of the Basketball Canada Centre for Performance training programs. The program runs from September to December before pausing for the school season. There will be classroom sessions in January and/or February before the program wraps up leading into the 15U Provincial Team try-outs in May. The program offers a highly qualified coaching staff trained with Canadian National Team curriculum.
The program has a heavy emphasis on developing individual fundamentals and athletic abilities to prepare them for next level competition. Players receive education on sports nutrition, psychology, strength, agility and physical testing. CP athletes also participate in special CP sessions with guest coaches from a variety of programs. Past guest coaches have come from programs including the Canadian National Team, CIS and NCAA programs, and NBA skills trainers.
Tryout Notes
$25.00 tryout fee (cash or cheque payable to Basketball Manitoba) due at the first tryout.
All players are to complete the proper tryout form - CP Tryout Form (PDF) either in advance or on-site at the first session.
Show up at least 20 minutes before the first session to register.
No preregistration required
Basketballs will be provided at all sessions.
Players are to come dressed ready to play.
Athletes are expected to be ready to attend both try-out dates as selections and cuts will be made after the first try-out and continue on to the second try-out.
Male Coaching Staff
Dan Becker is no stranger to the Manitoba basketball scene. He has been an active player and coach for over 30 years at all levels of the game. His playing history began as a standout player at Fort Richmond Collegiate which took him on to play NCAA Division 1 basketball at the University of Colorado. After graduating with a Bachelor's of Science in Marketing Degree, Dan continued his basketball career playing 12 years for a variety of teams and leagues all over the globe, including stints with the Winnipeg Thunder and the Winnipeg Cyclone. In the summer of 1991, Dan was invited to tryout for the Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers of the NBA. Dan's playing career also saw him represent Team Canada in the late 80's early 90's on various Student and Training National Teams including the World Universiade Games in Germany and 2 Jones Cups in Taipei, Taiwan.
As a coach, Dan has worked with players at many different levels. Dan completed his NCCP Level 4 education at the National Coaching Institute in Winnipeg. He has assisted at the CIS men's level in 2000 to 2004 and took the interim head coaching duties in 2004-05 with the University of Manitoba Men's Program. Over this same time period, Dan coached a number of Basketball Manitoba's Provincial Teams at the 15U and 17U levels, winning a bronze medal at the 2004 17U Championships, and culminating with the Canada Games team in 2005.
From 2005 to 2010 Dan worked with Randy Kusano and the Oak Park Raiders Varsity Boy's Program winning two Provincial Championships and making five consecutive Final Four appearances. Dan coached the University of Winnipeg Collegiate Varsity Boys team during the 2010-11 season. Dan has also coached grassroots programs in the school system, RSL, and WMBA capturing 2 provincial titles, a RSL title and three WBMA championships.
Currently, Dan is the head coach of the 17U Boys provincial team. In 2014, Dan lead the team to their first ever National Championship and the Gold Medal. Dan is the Head Coach of the Basketball Canada Centre for Performance Boy's Program for the Manitoba region. Dan is also a Learning Facilitator in the new NCCP coaching education program.
Eric Sung has been highly involved in basketball development in Manitoba since 2006. Currently, he is on the coaching staff at Oak Park High School with the Varsity Boys team. Most recently he lead the 15U Boy's Provincial Team to a 4th place finish at the 2014 National Championships after he served as an assistant coach on the 15U Male Provincial Team that won a bronze medal in 2013 National Championships.
His past coaching history includes being a head coach of the Junior Varsity Boys at Maples Collegiate and the 18U Chinese Universal Storm, which competed at the NACBAIT championships.
Eric graduated from Steinbach Regional Secondary School and played two years of college basketball at Providence. He currently works as the lead physical education teacher at Archwood School in the Louis Riel School Division and just completed his fourth season as an assistant coach with University of Manitoba Women's Basketball Program.
After being involved with the Center of Performance program in 2013-14, Eric is excited to coach the province's best young basketball players at the national level.
Jon Lundgren was the head coach of the 15U Manitoba Provincial Team Program from 2010 to 2013 and led the program to 2 National Bronze Medals and 2 fourth place finishes at the Canada Basketball National Championships over his 4 year run.
Jon currently coaches the Oak Park Raiders and was named the MBCA AAAA Male coach of the year in 2011 after leading his team to the AAAA Provincial Championship. He also has coached the Magnus Eliason Club Team.
Jon's coaching experience also includes stops as an assistant coach at the University of Manitoba from 2006-2008, Head coach at Fort Richmond Collegiate in 2006-2007 where he won a Provincial Championship with the Junior Varsity Boys Program and then went on to coach the varsity boys in 2007-2008 before moving on to head coach the Gordon Bell High School Varsity Boys team from 2008-2010 while serving as an assistant at the Canadian Mennonite University Men's Program in 2009-2010.
Jon has served as a Regional Training Center and Center For Performance coach for a number of years, working to develop some of the province's best young talent and is a NCCP Level 3 and Introduction to Competition Advanced certified coach.
Jon Lundgren graduated from John Taylor Collegiate and went on to play basketball at the University of Manitoba before transferring to Trinity Western University where he would become one of the leading scorers in the Canada West Conference.
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by Gajan Mohanarajah and Markus Waibel
Update: New video of final robot! My colleagues at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich have created a small robotic cube that can autonomously jump up and balance on any one of its corners .
This latest version of the Cubli can jumping up, balanc, and even "walk". This new version is self contained with respect to power and uses three slightly modified bicycle brakes instead of the metal barriers used in the previous version. We are currently developing learning algorithms that allow the Cubli to automatically learn and adjust the necessary parameters if a jump fails due to the deterioration of the brakes and changes in inertia, weight, or slope of the surface.
This robot started with a simple idea:
Can we build a 15cm sided cube that can jump up, balance on its corner, and walk across our desk using off-the-shelf motors, batteries, and electronic components?
There are multiple ways to keep a cube in its balance, but jumping up requires a sudden release of energy. Intuitively momentum wheels seemed like a good idea to store enough energy while still keeping the cube compact and self-contained.
Furthermore, the same momentum wheels can be used to implement a reaction-torque based control algorithm for balancing by exploiting the reaction torques on the cube's body when the wheels are accelerated or decelerated.
Can this work?
The first step in creating the robot, therefore, was to look at the physics to figure out if a jump-up based on momentum wheels was possible. The image below shows some of the math to figure out the Moment of Inertia (MOI) of the wheel and full cube.
This mathematical analysis allowed a quantitative understanding of the system which allowed to inform design choices, such as the trade offs of using three momentum wheels vs. a design with a momentum wheel mounted on each of the six inner faces of the cube.
Another outcome of this analysis was a good understanding of the required velocities of the momentum wheel to allow the cube to jump up, and the torques required to keep the cube in balance. Both factors were critical for the next steps: Determining the required hardware specs.
Specs and hardware design
Given the required velocities and torques determined above, it was clear that the momentum wheel's motor and gearbox would be a major challenge for creating the robot. Using the mathematical model allowed to systematically tackle this problem by allowing a quantitative analysis of the trade-offs between higher velocities (i.e., more energy for jump-up) and higher torques (i.e., better stability when balancing).
This mathematics-driven hardware design resulted in detailed specs for the robot's core hardware components (momentum wheels, motors, gears, and batteries) and allowed a CAD design of the entire system.
Part of this step was the design of a special brake to suddenly stop a momentum wheel to transfer its energy to the entire cube and cause it to jump up.
The photo to the left shows an early design of this brake, consisting of a screw mounted on the momentum wheel, a servo motor (shown in black) to move a metal plate (in blue) into the screw's path (in light brown), and a mounting bracket (in light brown) to transfer the momentum wheel's energy to the cube structure. The current design uses a combination of hardened metal parts and rubber to reduce peak forces.
2D prototype
To validate the mechanics and electronics of the jump-up and balancing strategy and prove feasibility of the overall concept a one-dimensional version was built:
The results obtained with this 2D version of the cube were published in an IROS 2012 paper.
The final robot
Following successful tests with the 2D version, a full robot was built. The result is Cubli, a small cube-shaped robot, named after the Swiss-German diminutive for "cube".
As you can see in the video, Cubli can balance robustly.
However, first jump-up tests showed that the stress resulting from a sudden braking of the momentum wheel led to mechanical deformations of the momentum wheels and aluminium frame. This made repeated jump-ups of the whole Cubli impossible without part replacement. It was therefore decided to tweak the structure and breaking mechanism to reduce the mechanical stress caused by the jump-up.
In addition to balancing, my colleagues are now investigating the use of controlled manoeuvres of jumping up, balancing, and falling over to make the Cubli walk across a surface.
Key infos
Robot name: Cubli
Researchers: Mohanarajah Gajamohan, Raffaello D'Andrea
Mechanical design: Igor Thommen
Websites: http://www.idsc.ethz.ch/Research_DAndrea/Cubli, http://raffaello.name/cubli
Status: Ongoing research project
Last update: March December 2013
Note 1: This post is part of our Swiss Robots Series. If you'd like to submit a robot to this series, or to a series for another country, please get in touch at info[@]robohub.org.
Note 2: This work was done at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and was funded in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), grant number 146717.
Note 3: If you have questions, post them below and we'll post answers.
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DC updates its open data terms of use: Round 2
Over the last few months DC has worked with the open data community to revise its outdated terms of use agreement. Here's where we stand today, after DC's second revision posted earlier today.
Background: Do I need a lawyer to hack?
Back in September I asked Do I need a lawyer to hack in DC? on the Code for DC blog. I had discovered that in exchange for access to the District's data, civic hackers (including myself) were agreeing to very odd terms including not taking any legal action against the District. Imagine if the data reveals actual injustice. We'd have given up the right to use the legal system to make things right! See the Code for DC post for more on why I think these terms were bad policy, but in short: data isn't "open" if it can only be used on capricious terms. Open government data must be license-free.
What's been revised since then
The District's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) immediately engaged with me, Code for DC, and others in the open government community to fix these problems. To their credit, several OCTO staff members spent several hours talking through these issues with me on multiple occasions. They have really been putting in the effort to get this all right.
Little more than a week after my blog post, DC posted its first update to the terms, which Alex Howard covered here. That update removed two of the clauses that I noted were problematic:
the agreement not to take legal action against the District
the indemnification clause
The removal of those two clauses were major improvements. But the rest of the updated terms, in the parts I cared about, were incoherent. They had intended to retain a requirement to attribute the District in all uses of District data, they explained to me, but the legal language they used to say it made no sense.
In a new update to the terms posted today, which followed additional conversations with OCTO, there were two more great improvements. These terms were finally dropped:
agreeing to follow all "rules", a very ambiguous term
the requirement to attribute the data to the District in all uses of the data (it's now merely a suggestion)
The removal of these two requirements, in combination with the two removed in September, makes this a very important step forward.
One of my original concerns remains, however, and that is that the District has not granted anyone a copyright license to use District datasets. Data per se isn't protected by copyright law, but the way a dataset is presented may be. The District has claimed copyright over its things before, and it remains risky to use District datasets without a copyright license. Both the September update and today's update attempted to address this concern but each created more confusion that there was before.
Although today's update mentions the CC0 public domain dedication, which would be the correct way to make the District data available, it also explicitly says that the District retains copyright:
The terms say, at the top, that they "apply only to . . . non-copyrightable information." The whole point is that we need a license to use the aspects of the datasets that are copyrighted by the District.
Later on, the terms read: "Any copyrighted or trademarked content included on these Sites retains that copyright or trademark protection." Again, this says that the District retains copyright.
And: "You must secure permission for reuse of copyrighted … content," which, as written (but probably not intended), seems to say that to the extent the District datasets are copyrighted, data users must seek permission to use it first. (Among other problems, like side-stepping "fair use" in copyright law.)
With respect to the copyright question, the new terms document is a step backward because it may confuse data users into thinking the datasets have been dedicated to the public domain when in fact they haven't been.
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Q: Exception thrown by `Insert all` RDF triples in Oracle11g After creating a new table containing rdf data
create table rdf_data (triple SDO_RDF_TRIPLE_S);
execute SEM_APIS.CREATE_SEM_MODEL('mymodel', 'rdf_data', 'triple');

I am trying to add multiple RDF triples at once
insert all
into rdf_data(triple)
values (sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', 'foo', 'bar', 'foobar'))
into rdf_data(triple)
values (sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', 'bar', 'foo', 'foobar'))
select 1 from dual;

However, I am getting the following error:
ORA-00932:  inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got BINARY
00932. 00000 -  "inconsistent datatypes: expected %s got %s"

Instead, the following examples works:
-- Trying insert all with integers
create table foo(a integer);
insert all
into foo values (1)
into foo values (2)
select 1 from dual;

-- Inserting a single RDF triple
insert into rdf_data(triple)
values (sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', 'foo', 'bar', 'foobar'));

However, given a table of 1,000,000 tuples I need to perform many inserts for each tuple (for instance, one insert for each table attribute). I suppose that having multiple insertions is not a viable solution.
create table bar(id varchar(100), foo char(100), foobar char(100));
insert all
into rdf_data(triple)
values (sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<rdfs:type>', '<myont:Bar>'))
into rdf_data(triple)
values (sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<myont:hasFoo>', foo))
into rdf_data(triple)
values (sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<myont:hasFooBar>', foobar))
into rdf_data(triple) values (...)
select * from bar;

Is there any known bug within the insertion of multiple triples with insert all?

A: I guess you could say it is a bug. Or at least a limitation when dealing with the SDO_TRIPLE_S object type ...
Then again, why not use multiple inserts ?
EDIT 1: based on clarifications by the OP.
So the actual need is to generate multiple triples from a single input row. Sorry for missing that from the original question. That is definitely an appropriate use for the multi-insert statement. Unfortunately, that does not seem to work when the value list contains an SDO_RDF_TRIPLE_S object. The restriction is not with all objects (other object types work fine).
But then the SDO_RDF_TRIPLE_S constructor does extensive work in checking the physical triple store for existing values. I imagine that this is what causes trouble ...
EDIT 2: The original INSERT ALL syntax works fine as long as you insert more columns than just the triple proper.
Let's redefine the triple table like this:
create table rdf_data (id number,triple SDO_RDF_TRIPLE_S);

And fill the new ID column in the insert, like this:
insert all
into rdf_data(id, triple)
values (id, sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<rdfs:type>', '<myont:Bar>'))
into rdf_data(id, triple)
values (id, sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<myont:hasFoo>', foo))
into rdf_data(id, triple)
values (id, sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<myont:hasFooBar>', foobar))
select * from bar;

12 rows created.

Elapsed: 00:00:00.10

That operation completes successfully. I don't know why the multi-insert fails when only the triple object is inserted. We need to investigate that.
EDIT 3: workaround: Use multiple inserts
The other workaround is to use multiple successive INSERT ... SELECT, each one generating one of the kind of triples to produce from the input rows.
Consider this is the input table with the source for triples:
create table bar(id varchar(100), foo char(100), foobar char(100));
insert into bar (id, foo, foobar) values (1, 'F1', 'FB1');
insert into bar (id, foo, foobar) values (2, 'F2', 'FB2');
insert into bar (id, foo, foobar) values (3, 'F3', 'FB3');
insert into bar (id, foo, foobar) values (4, 'F4', 'FB4');
commit;

Here are the inserts:
-- Insert the "<rdfs:type>" triples
insert into rdf_data(triple)
select sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<rdfs:type>', '<myont:Bar>')
from bar;

-- Insert the "<myont:hasFoo>" triples
insert into rdf_data(triple)
select sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<myont:hasFoo>', foo)
from bar;

-- Insert the "<myont:hasFooBar>" triples
insert into rdf_data(triple)
select sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<myont:hasFooBar>', foobar)
from bar;

commit;

A variant can be the more efficient:
insert /*+ append */ into rdf_data(triple)
-- Insert the "<rdfs:type>" triples
select sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<rdfs:type>', '<myont:Bar>')
from bar
union all
-- Insert the "<myont:hasFoo>" triples
select sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<myont:hasFoo>', foo)
from bar
union all
-- Insert the "<myont:hasFooBar>" triples
select sdo_rdf_triple_s('mymodel', '<myont:'||id||'>', '<myont:hasFooBar>', foobar)
from bar;
commit;


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Q: How to extrapolate object position and rotation into the future/past? Lets say we have the homogenous transformation matrix of the position and rotation of a camera for n different points in time. We also have m different images taken by this camera, which weren't neccecarily taken at the same instant the htm data was recieved. For example:
We have camera htms at t=1, 3, 5
And we have images at t=1.5, 4, 6

and so on.
I want to be able to roughly guess where the camera was and what its rotation was at the time a certain image was taken. For example:
We want the htm of the camera at t=6
We have htms at t=4, 5, 5.5

Another example:
We want the htm of the camera at t=6
We have htms at t=4, 5, 8

I was thinking of using a simple angular and linear velocity calculation from the two closest htms but the angular velocity may need to be expressed in euler coordinates, which suffers from gimbal lock.
Is there any better/easier way to achieve this effect? I am trying to map my environment using these values so precision is pretty important. Any help is appreciated!

A: I have the same problematic. You can use linear interpolation/extrapolation. Separe interpolation into position and orientation.
Use LERP algorithm for position and SLERP algorithm for orientation.
If you want better model you can use a Spline to interpolate the trajectory but it can quick become complicated.


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Seaweed could yield malaria drug
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In Fiji, chemical ecologist Julia Kubanek of the Georgia Institute of Technology collected seaweeds and other marine species to look for natural antibiotics, screening compounds isolated from those organisms not just for antibiotic potential but also for anti-cancer, anti-HIV and other biomedical properties.
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