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Hedley House Hotel
Hedley House Hotel is situated in a quiet residential street within an easy eight minute walk to the centre of York. Unique to other York hotels, Hedley House has been under the same family ownership since 1984. Most rooms have recently been refurbished.
The Grange Hotel
Conveniently located, just a few minutes' walk from York Minister, guests dining at The Grange Hotel, enjoy exceptional food in luxurious surroundings. There's a choice of two restaurants.
Beechwood Close Hotel
Personal friendly service and courtesy are assured at the Beechwood Close Hotel which has a well stocked bar where a drink and a bar meal can be enjoyed and a licensed restaurant offering a wide range of choices including a vegetarian selection.
The Waterfront
11:31am Tuesday 18th March 2008
The independent hotel and restaurant, situated on King's Staith. York city centre location, overlooking the river. All rooms are ensuite and of a very high standard.
Marmadukes Hotel
4:04pm Wednesday 9th May 2007
Marmadukes beautiful boutique hotel is situated in the heart of historic York and is charming and splendid in equal measures thanks to its gorgeous Victorian architecture and close attention to comfort and detail.
Hilton York
12:52pm Thursday 4th May 2006
The only 4-star hotel within the city walls, the Hilton York hotel is 10 minutes walk from York Minster and other York attractions. Do business in one of 8 meeting rooms and savour European or Tex-Mex food in the 3 bars and restaurants.
The Groves Hotel
12:57pm Thursday 4th May 2006
Set in the peaceful, tree-lined St Peters Grove, The Groves offers the comforts and services to make your stay a relaxing and memorable occasion. Close to the city centre, a short stroll takes you directly to all the places of interest that the historic and beautiful city of York has to offer.
Park Inn York.
4:38pm Wednesday 3rd May 2006
Boasting spectacular views over the River Ouse in the heart of York, the hotel is just minutes away from all the attractions of this historic, walled city. why not indulge in the Body Club health and fitness centre with steam room, sauna, solarium and gym before dining and relaxing in the Waterfront Bar and Brasserie or the Regatta Lounge Bar.
The Black Bull Inn
2:50pm Thursday 4th May 2006
The Black Bull Inn the traditional cottage style inn which is located in the idyllic village of Escrick, situated five minutes south of York, just off the A19. The elegant traditional furnishings and blazing log fire reflect the warmth and friendly atmosphere of this peaceful village setting.
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WordPress 2.6.2 released for security reasons
Free blog software WordPress notifies of a security update in its 2.6.2 version.
The WordPress security breaches were discoverd by Stefan Esser. They are based partly on SQL column truncation and partly on the weakness of the mt_rand() function. These breaches are especially noticeable if open registration is allowed on the blog. An immediate WordPress upgrade is recommended for such blogs.
As the developers make clear in their announcement, it is possible in WordPress to reset another user's password. Taken alone this may be a mere annoyance to users, but combined with the weakness of the mt_rand() function there is a risk that the randomly generated password can be predicted. The discoverer of this security breach will release details soon. Possible other PHP applications are susceptible, according to the WordPress Blog. The project recommends a patch, but certainly an upgrade to 2.6.2 in case open user registration is enabled. The upgrade also includes a number of bug fixes.
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Aimee's Wing was donated to Aimee Copeland and her family on Wednesday. Pulte Homes, with the help of Home Depot, worked on the additions to Copeland's Snellville home. It includes a large room for rehab, a study, an elevator and a bathroom designed specifically for her needs. The builder finished the project 10 days ahead of schedule. Construction began on the home in July.
Aimee Copeland's father, Andy, says it would have been tough to get the additions to the home done without the help of the community. He says the family would like to return the favor by putting a spotlight on the needs of others who suddenly become disabled and don't get the attention that Aimee did during her ordeal.He says Aimee is due home next week, possibly Thursday."Throughout the entire process of her life, Aimee is going to be facing a future of new beginnings. I think that's what I find really compelling is that there is no end to the story when you have so many new beginnings," said Andy Copeland.Andy Copeland says his daughter has worked hard to ensure she's strong enough to live independently when she moves back in with her parents. He says she's practically mastered the use of prosthetic hooks and is now strong enough to do up to 275 crunches at one sitting. The 24-year-old university of West Georgia graduate student is undergoing rehab after having her hands, left leg and right foot amputated after contracting flesh-eating bacteria after a zip-line accident in May.The Snellville community is planning a celebration for Aimee's return home sometime in September.
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Five Generations of Family Farming
In 1894, Benjamin Burroughs traveled to California from Illinois to find his future in the milk business. One hundred years and five generations later, Ward Burroughs and his family continue their farming in the northern San Joaquin Valley near Turlock in Merced County.
What started out as a small dairy in 1906, has now become a full circle collaboration of farms and family to produce a wide variety of quality, organic products.
Burroughs Family Farms (BFF) is a family effort of Burroughs siblings working together to offer hand raised and sustainably grown products directly to you. Through a combination of four farms all jointly managed and interconnected, we produce grass-based meats and eggs, organic olive oil, raw organic almonds and gouda style cheese made with organic "Grass to Gold" milk.


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Building a community-powered user testing process
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- We want to work with you on user testing for Webmaker. Building a more regular, agile and community-powered process to gather and act on feedback from users.
- The goal: make Webmaker.org work better for the people we most want to serve. Especially lead users: teachers, informal educators / Hive members, and techies interested in teaching.
- It's more than just "user testing." It's about bringing our community closer into the design and build process — to co-build, share ownership, and take Webmaker's user experience to the next level.
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- Attend our prototype user testing event in Toronto. We're hosting an experimental user testing event on Jan 24 in the Mozilla Toronto community space. If you're a teacher, informal educator or Hive member, please come and test, hack and play with us!
- More events will follow. This one's just a prototype we can learn from, document, and hopefully spread everywhere.
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SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Robin Duppstadt waited for a relative to bring a television to her family's store at mid-morning on Sept. 11, 2001, so she could watch the news about hijacked airliners flying into New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Then she heard and felt a loud noise that seemed to come from just outside the store's front door. It was United Airlines Flight 93 crashing into a former coal mine field a mile or so away at 10:06 a.m.
She thought right away there must be a connection even though this tiny town of 200 had no strategic importance to the organized terrorist attack on the United States that fateful day.
"It was real fast," she said. "It sounded like something fell over, and we ran out the front door," crash scene smoke visible in the sky just north of town.
Tucked away in the rolling hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, Shanksville changed in an instant from rural obscurity to American landmark, the place where a hijacked airliner plunged to earth instead of hitting its intended target: the U.S. Capitol building 125 miles away.
It changed forever the pastoral nature of the community. Now travelers by the thousands flock to Shankesville to view the crash scene, the national memorial to the hero passengers and crew, and to hear local stories about that day.
They also want to tell her their stories – where they were when they learned of the attacks, who they knew among the victims and how they've been affected. "We get some off-the-wall conspiracy theorists, too," said Duppstadt. "I just listen to them."
Dan Santoro, associate professor of sociology at he University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, said it was purely happenstance that Shanksville "ended up being in the center of what happened."
But, he added, it also drove home the point to Americans everywhere that "something like this can hit them at home."


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Eric Smith, rural Lebanon, said he is taking down an effigy of President Barack Obama that caused outrage among some people and discomfort for his neighbors. He said he's taking it down because, "I'm sick of hearing about it from people."
On Tuesday the controversial stuffed figure was photographed and videoed dangling from a wood post — wearing a President Obama Halloween mask.
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The 10-day-old partial government shutting down is sending hundreds of young children home hungry. The Powerlines Community Network operates daycares across the Mid-South.Powerlines provides snacks to young children from families in need. Those snacks stopped when Washington, D.C., shut down Oct. 1 over a budget impasse.The snacks don't seem like much but to a hungry child they can make the difference between learning and being irritable. Powerlines says it can't afford to feed these children so it is turning to the public For help with donations.
Every weekday 10-year-old Sabriya attends a daycare center at Autumn Ridge Apartments. She and other youngsters play with art and work on homework."I like that you can hang out with my friends and we can still do things safely and have fun," she said.Art supplies are plentiful but food in the kitchen doesn't exist anymore. Hot and cold meals and snacks to feed these youngsters stopped Oct. 1, leaving children confused, hungry and struggling to focus."I got distracted a lot," Sabriya said."The government shutdown has caused Building Futures, which is funded by USDA, not to serve the agencies that they normally serve," said Twana Whitlock, Powerline Community Network. "That has hurt us because we can not give our kids in our community the hot meal that we would normally do."
For single parent Eulicia Green it means her three children have to wait for hours until she comes home from work to eat."They come home they are hungry, they are irritable, they are agitated," Green said.Powerlines is turning to Memphis for help. It is asking for donations of food to be dropped off at Agape Child and Family Services Office at 111 Racine St. They need juice, bottled water and healthy snack such as fruit cups, snack foods, applesauce, popcorn and other items."We want to give them what they need," Whitlock said. "We want to make sure our kids are not going hungry."An urgent plea for to fill the mouths of young growing minds."We have no snacks," Whitlock said. "We have nothing. We know that Memphis is a city with a wealth of services so we are looking for the community to step up and help us out."
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WANTED: Executive to lead bankrupt city with crime and blight but no money to fix them. Must be willing to work long hours, endure abuse by elected officials. Nerves of steel a plus.
Any takers?
The clock is ticking for San Bernardino to replace its departing city manager, Andrea Travis-Miller, who begins a new job on Feb. 19.
Mayor Pat Morris is talking to city managers, mayors, anyone who can help him find a "highly experienced professional with a deep knowledge of budget and finance."
The candidate must tackle the immediate problems but also build a stable future for the city long term, Morris said. (The mayor appoints, but a council majority must approve his pick.)
Searches also are on for new finance, human resources, refuse and public works directors and fire chief.
Finance Director Jason Simpson is gone Feb. 19. The fire chief retires soon after. The public works, refuse and HR directors already left.
Morris said the city manager will hire the department heads (no small task).
"That's a huge turnover," said Sam Racadio, retired Highland city manager, who also did stints in Redlands and Banning. "There's no magic pill for it that I can see."
Referrals for city-manager jobs often come by word-of-mouth, Racadio said.
The International City Managers Association has Range Riders, retired city managers who advise or mentor but don't take the jobs themselves, and Encore Managers, a network of retired managers who know who's available for openings, said Kevin Duggan, West Coast regional director for the association.
The city also could hire an executive search firm, he said. But I doubt the public — or the bankruptcy court — would stand for that expense, since the city is broke. Morris said there's no time to go that route anyway.
I asked Duggan whether San Bernardino would be better off hiring another interim city manager or, given how long it will take a new manager to get up to speed on the city's finances and the bankruptcy, would it be better to hold out for a permanent replacement?
He said he isn't sufficiently familiar with San Bernardino's circumstances to venture to say. But he emphasized that it's crucial to find the right people.
"You definitely need to make the right choice in the long term," he said.
Morris said he's optimistic he'll find the right person. He has spoken to active and retired city managers who are willing to take on the challenges of a bankrupt city, he said.
Frighteningly, Councilman John Valdivia suggested council members could manage the city themselves. That's a recipe for Chicago-style politics, ward-heeling and favoritism. And incompetence. And chaos.
Councilwoman Virginia Marquez said Morris told her he will bring his choice to the council by Feb. 19.
Councilman Rikke Van Johnson said Travis-Miller has offered to stick around and help with the transition.
Whoever takes the job will have to be a quick study. The city's future depends on it.


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Bahamas Update July 2014
by Sandra Davis
The temperature is rising, and days have gotten longer. With the U.S. 4th of July and the 41st Anniversary of The Bahamas Independence July 10th on the calendar this month, you'll find over 30 events throughout the islands: boating flings, Junkanoo Jump Ups, flag raising ceremonies, Bahamas Royal Police Force Band concerts, small regattas, fish fries, and homecoming parties with local vocalists and bands. Your best bet is to pick a favorite island and just go. Here are a few festivals close to the U.S. mainland.


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Women "Outpacing" Men
by singingsophist, Mon Aug 06, 2007 at 04:41:47 PM EDT
Okay, this article probably caught the eye of every New York Times reader on Friday. It's about how in New York, Dallas and several other major cities, women in their 20s now earn higher salaries than their male counterparts. It then goes on to hypothesize about the reasons for the change:
"'Previously, female migration patterns were determined primarily by their husband's educational levels or employment needs, even if both were college-educated,' she said. 'Today, highly qualified women are moving for their own professional opportunities and personal interests. It's no longer an era of power couple migration to, but one of power couple formation in places like New York.'"
"It is not clear whether this is the front edge of a trend in which women will gradually move ahead of men in all age groups. Typically, women have fallen further behind men in earnings as they get older. That is because some women stop working altogether, work only part time or encounter a glass ceiling in promotions and raises. But as women enrolled in college and graduate school continue to outnumber men, gender wage gaps among older workers may narrow, too, experts said. Even among New Yorkers in their 30s, women now make as much as men."
"And women in their 20s now make more than men in a wide variety of other jobs: as doctors, personnel managers, architects, economists, lawyers, stock clerks, customer service representatives, editors and reporters."
"Melissa J. Manfro, a 24-year-old lawyer who was raised in upstate New York, offered her own theory on why younger female lawyers are outearning their male peers: a desire to begin their careers earlier to prepare for starting families."
"Several experts also said that rising income for women might affect marriage rates if women expect their mates to have at least equivalent salaries and education."
Wait a second. Okay. There was something else you said, earlier in the article:
"Economists consider it striking because the wage gap between men and women nationally has narrowed more slowly and has even widened in recent years among one part of that group: college-educated women in their 20s."
So things are going poorly on the national level? Okay, that deserves a second's pause. It's not completely in line with the photo caption: "Melissa J. Manfro, center, theorizes that young female lawyers outearn male peers because they begin earlier, to prepare for starting families."


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Governments should stop thinking of the property sector as a cash cow
The burden of regulation on businesses needs to be slashed
My City 2014
Good public policy can deliver tangible benefits to the community
A large, skilled workforce is needed if the property sector's success is to continue
Australia needs to rethink and modernise its approach to the three tiers of government
Australia's cities should be great by design, not by accident
July 2014 Office Market Report results
The property industry has a clear plan for addressing climate change
...The property industry has sustained Australia's economy in contrast to falling manufacturing and mining ...
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The Hodgman Government has released its first budget – the first Liberal budget Tasmania has seen in 16 years.
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The Sydney and Melbourne office markets continue to perform strongly despite national office market vacancy rates rising over the past six months, according to the Property Council of Australia's latest Office Market Report.
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Last week I was in north Queensland as part of Property Council led discussions on how to 're-life' Townsville's CBD.
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21 Jul 14
The Rising Generation Award is an opportunity to celebrate the success of young individuals who display innovation and leadership in their work and uphold the values of the retirement living industry.
28 Jul 14 - Property Week
Current superannuation structures may soon lead to hundreds of thousands of retirees renting, downsizing or moving in with their children because of dwindling retirement funds, says Club Plus Super.
29 Jul 14
MIT's Kent Larson is building the prototypes for compact, exciting future cities.
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In 2015, The University of Sydney will introduce a new postgraduate course centred on high-performance buildings: the Master of Architectural Sciences (High Performing Buildings) is the first course of its kind in Australia.
21 Jul 14
Forward funding deals have played an instrumental role in getting as many as 30 landmark office projects off the ground in recent years, according to new research by CBRE.
10 Aug 14 - Property Week
National office market vacancy rates have risen over the past six months, but Sydney and Melbourne have emerged as the exceptions with falling vacancy rates due to solid demand for office space, according to the Property Council of Australia's latest Office Market Report.
11 Aug 14
Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra continue their strong capital gains trend, with dwelling values across capital cities nationally up 1.1 per cent in the past quarter.
18 Aug 14 - Property Week
Apartment developer Meriton has announced it will commit to meeting best practice benchmarks for livable design by joining in a partnership with Livable Housing Australia (LHA).
18 Aug 14
Australia has set the standard in food retail best practice, and international retailers are following suit to establish strong food retail formats in shopping centres, particularly in the US. Robert Welanetz, chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centers, spoke about the trend at a shopping centre industry lunch in Sydney last week.
25 Aug 14 - Property Week
The latest research by Knight Frank indicates that retail vacancies are on the rise in Melbourne's iconic shopping strips – and that the popularity of CBD shopping is largely to blame.
18 Aug 14
The WA Government has taken up a number of reforms specifically recommended by the Property Council, ensuring that there will be major improvements to the state's planning system.
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The Property Council of Australia says the SA Government's plan to grow the state economy aligns with its policy objective of boosting the state through investment and development.
21 Jul 14
The Property Council of Australia states in a submission that the proposals contained in the federal government's consultation paper on an Asia Region Funds Passport will not achieve the main objective of increasing managed funds investment in Asia.
11 Aug 14 - Property Week
The Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA) has welcomed the Government of India's proposal to foster a REIT market, which it contends will improve the transparency and professionalism of the Indian real estate market.
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Funding opportunities
Derivation and Characterization of hESCs Derived from Single Cleavage-Stage Blastomeres
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Public Abstract:
The ultimate goal of the work described in this Comprehensive grant proposal is to develop methods to reliably derive new human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) without destroying the embryo, something that is required with current methods. This approach is designed to improve the efficiency of hESC derivation while significantly reducing the ethical objections to hESC research - the major objection to hESC research is that the current derivation method requires destruction of the human embryo. We propose to use the embryo micromanipulation techniques developed for the clinical technique which diagnoses embryos before the are implanted - pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) - to isolate single cells from developing embryos for generation of new hESC lines. During PGD, one or two cells are removed from the early embryo for genetic analysis; the resulting embryo retains its ability to develop into a normal human baby. While the proof-of-principal of this approach has recently been published, three major questions still need to be addressed, and all three will be addressed in the work described in this proposal: 1) How can the efficiency of establishing hESCs from single embryo cells be improved? Published methods demonstrate a very low efficiency of hESC derivation - less than 5% of attempts are successful; 2) Can it be shown that the single embryo cells can be used for both hESC derivation and PGD without compromising the clinical genetic diagnosis? Published literature suggests that single embryo cell culture before genetic analysis significantly reduces the clinical ability to detect certain genetic defects. 3) Are single embryo cell-derived hESCs similar to those derived from inner cell masses (ICMs)? The "gold-standard" for hESCs today is a hESC that was derived from the ICM during destruction of the human embryo. The results of our comprehensive analysis of the single embryo cell culture technique will allow us to determine whether single embryo cell hESC-derivation is a viable alternative to current methods that use whole embryos to derive new hESC lines. An important corollary to this research is that it may greatly improve our ability to derive hESCs from embryos with very rare genetic diseases, embryos themselves that are very rare. As this research involves the manipulation of human embryos, it cannot be funded by the federal government at the present time; thus, CIRM funding is critical to this research project.
Statement of Benefit to California:
Besides the considerable scientific obstacles that human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research has to overcome before it leads to a therapeutic reality, the ethical controversies associated with this research are likely to continue to haunt it. Even if a therapy is devised using hESCs that were derived during destruction of the human embryo, there will be some members of society who, in conscience, will be loath to or even refuse to use those therapies. It is thus morally incumbent upon scientists in this field to endeavor to devise methods to derive hESCs that do not incur the death of the embryo. This proposal describes work whose sole purpose is just that, to derive new hESCs without harming the embryo. The obvious benefits to the people of the State of California of this proposed research, therefore, are two-fold: 1) The major ethical objection to hESC research will be eliminated, and 2) Therapies resulting from use of these new cell lines will be palatable to a greater proportion of the citizens of California. In addition, the method will allow a greater efficiency of hESC derivation from embryos, especially those with very rare genetic diseases. These hESCs will be extremely useful in defining the detailed nature of these genetic diseases and in providing cells that may be used to search for new therapies. Finally, not only will the stem cell banking expertise of the Principal Investigator be used to supply these new hESCs to other qualified investigators, the new techniques themselves will be incorporated into the hESC culture training program that the Principal Investigator directs, allowing for other investigators to be trained in these new methods.
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SYNOPSIS: The aim of the proposal is to develop methods to reliably derive new hESC lines without destroying the embryo. The applicants intend to use embryo micromanipulation techniques that have been developed for preimplantation genetic diagnosis and isolate blastomeres from developing embryos to generate new hESC lines. The approach is based on a recent Nature paper by the Lanza laboratory that reported positive results on human embryonic stem cell lines derived from single blastomeres, although another 2006 paper by Bongso's laboratory reported negative results. The applicants will study how the efficiency of this technique can be improved, whether single blastomeres can be used both for hESC derivation and preimplantation genetic diagnosis without compromising the clinical genetic analysis, and finally, whether blastomere-derived hESC are similar to those derived from inner cell masses (ICM). IMPACT AND SIGNIFICANCE: The proposed research carries the objective of alleviating some of the ethical problems associated with hESC research through developing the ability to efficiently derive hESCs from individual biopsied embryonic blastomeres. Essentially, the PI proposes to obtain cells as a byproduct of the clinical technique of preimplantation genetic diagnosis in which one or two blastomeres are removed from the cleavage stage embryo and the isolated cells are subjected to genetic analysis. This way, the embryo can continue to develop in culture and, if the genetic analysis shows no evidence of abnormality, can be implanted to produce a pregnancy. Success with this approach that does not require the destruction of the embryo would likely eliminate ethical objections associated with the use of entire blastocysts and will address the issue of efficiency of hESC derivation. The significance to the general field of stem cell biology is limited since the focus is on improvements in blastomere culture conditions and not directly on studies that might increase our fundamental knowledge concerning hESCs. Also the innovative component is limited since the authors are using a recently published proof of principle publication as a springboard. QUALITY OF THE RESEARCH PLAN: The research plan is divided into 3 phases with the second two phases highly dependent on success in phase 1. Phase 1 proposes to develop improved culture conditions for growing isolated blastomeres. While the proof of principle for establishing hESC from single blastomeres has been reported in at least one publication, the efficiency is less than 5%. In order to improve the success rate, the applicants propose to co-culture blastomeres with mouse or human embryonic stem cell lines that have been genetically modified in order to permit eventual elimination of these cells from the culture. The investigators will study critical variables in early embryo culture and investigate trophic factor supplementation and medium modifications. In vivo characterization will involve the "gold standard" of generation of hESC-derived teratomas. The approach is inadequately focused and it is impossible to evaluate feasibility given the number of variables proposed for testing and that the plan uses low quality embryos as the blastomere source. Although this decision was driven by ethical principles, there remains a major concern over the relevance of optimized culture conditions based on studies with inferior blastomeres. The second phase of the proposed research addresses the clinical utility of deriving ESCs from blastomeres and concerns the potential co-use of blastomeres for PGD and ESC derivation. The third phase will compare blastomere-derived hESCs with blastocyst derived lines by global gene expression analysis, genotyping and global methylation analysis. Without a doubt, differences will be documented and the challenge is to relate those differences to the fundamental properties of ESCs. The actual experimental work will provide information of value, but it is not based on hypotheses nor can it be considered scientific in the general sense of the word. Rather, the work has more to do with technical development of methods for deriving hESCs from blastomeres rather than blastocysts. STRENGTHS: The possibility of deriving new hESC lines without harming the embryo is desirable and would facilitate laboratory work in this area of research. This all depends on whether the investigators are capable of repeating the positive study reported by the Lanza lab and, equally importantly, whether they can increase the efficiency from less than 5% to a practically useful percentage. If successful, a major ethical objection to hESC research would be eliminated. The assembled team is capable and experienced with hESC culture. The institution has strong collaborative ties with the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in San Diego, especially their Stem Cell Center, as well as with USC and the Coastal Fertility Medical Center, where solicitation of embryo donation, embryo culture, and blastomere extraction will take place. WEAKNESSES: While the investigator is experienced in extraction of blastomeres for preimplantation genetic diagnosis, there are as yet no preliminary data to support the notion that they are capable of growing cell lines from such cells so feasibility appears low. The Preliminary Data section is underdeveloped in general and inappropriately includes biographical information about the investigative team. This section currently focuses on a description of techniques available to the PI. Use of the published approach as a starting point should have been included in preliminary results. This section requires enrichment with actual data demonstrating initial success in some of the planned experiments. Another weakness of this proposal is that it is not hypothesis-driven and is more a plan to improve technology in the area of stem cell research rather than answer fundamental basic or clinical questions about hESCs. The proposal relies too much on a successful outcome of phase 1 which is hampered by the proposed use of low quality starting material. The rationale for parts of the experimental plan is not clearly developed. Also, since, by design, cells will be obtained in the course of prenatal diagnosis, there is likely to be a high incidence of blastomeres with genetic defects, which would not lend themselves to eventual clinical application. While hESC from embryos with specific genetic abnormalities might be of interest scientifically, it is not even known whether they could be expanded into cell lines. Although the proposal is focused on alleviation of ethical problems, the approach would still be subject to the criticism that if you can derive hESCs you likely could produce an embryo that could support a pregnancy. Finally, although commitments from several IVF programs are documented, the ability to obtain the large numbers of embryos required to support the proposed research may be limiting. The described work is certainly worthwhile, but it needs to be refocused and expanded into mechanistic and biologic, rather than purely technical, goals and hypotheses. This in turn will require additional collaborators who are more scientifically oriented and who have more extensive histories of scientific publications. DISCUSSION: The proposal is based on the attractive idea of improving the efficiency of deriving hESC lines from blastomeres without destroying the embryo. The technology has been demonstrated in one publication but was very inefficient. 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Mary G. Saum of Delphos will celebrate her 90th birthday on Sunday. Born in Cloverdale to Edwin and Anna Heidenescher, Mary was raised by her aunt and uncle, Flora and Ben Liebrecht of Cuba.On Aug. 24, 1940, she married Norbert A. Saum. Her marriage was long and happy until Norbert's death March 15, 1995. She is the mother of three daughters, Phyllis (Norbert) Greve, Wapakoneta, Doris Slone (deceased) and Barbara (Jerry dec.) Brinkman of Ottawa. Mary is also blessed by nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.Mary spent her working life as a seamstress for various businesses and on her own. Now she spends her time doing needlework and gardening.A card shower is planned and anyone caring to wish Mary a "Happy 90th" may send cards to 8433 Defiance Trail, Fort Jennings, OH 45844.
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Newly revitalized production company Hammer Films are at it again, this time releasing a new film in the UK called "Wake Wood." In an attempt to deal with the grief of losing their only child Alice, who was killed by a vicious dog attack, veterinarian Patrick and his wife Louise move to the remote country village of Wake Wood. Of course, things don't go as planned:
I'm like a little school girl for the movie "Priest" and the new trailer has got me all in a tizzy. I'm flustered, light headed and I think I may of started menstruating. Wait there's vampires in it? Oh man I'm going home pregnant!
The problem with being awful with names is that every time you read a headline about some guy's next film you get kind of excited. So when I read that David Ellis' next flick is going to be "The Briar Lake Murders" I got interested. Then I found out David Ellis is the guy who directed "Snakes on a Plane" and I realized this news is useless. So don't bother reading it.
Here's the new trailer for Hammer Film's "The Resident". What did I learn? Well Christopher Lee is still alive so that's nice. What was confirmed? Hilary Swank is in fact a man, which is not very nice. It's not very nice at all is it.
Just days after Joe Johnston admitted that "The Wolfman" kind of sucked there is now talk that the film could be up for an Oscar. Now before you go renting a tux I should point out that it's for best makeup which to be fair "The Time Machine" remake was nominated four years ago and only one person in the world liked that. If you promise not to keep it I'll let you borrow the DVD.
Holy mother of God why did no one get this on camera? An Italian man who was shot in the head got the bullet out the manliest way possible, he sneezed it out. I wonder if it made a bang when it came out, man I hope so.
Now I don't want to say I'm for crime and hurting people but if it's happening to a guy who's dressing up like a super hero and trying to fight bad guys, well then it's kind of funny. Phoenix Jones is just such a guy who thought he would be the next Superman but instead was held up at gunpoint and had his nose broken. See isn't that funny?
Good news kids! I think at least. "The Howling: Reborn" has been picked up by Anchor Bay for all English speaking territories. So congrats America and Britain. See you in hell, France.
Here's another clip from "Skyline" which hits theaters this Friday. It features a giant robot shooting laser beams out of its eyes and destroying all of the west coast. No I'm kidding, it apparently it has some spoilers in it so I didn't watch. Man wouldn't it be crazy if I was right?
Hammer Film's "The Resident", starring America's most handsome sweetheart Hilary Swank will finally see the light of day now that Image Entertainment has picked up the US distribution rights. Swank plays a you doctor who lives in a Brooklyn apartment that might be haunted. I'll star as the guy in the audience who keeps leaning over and asking his wife why people like Hilary Swank so much.
A gaggle of new pics from "Paul" starting Nick Frost and Simon Pegg have popped up online and I just threw up with excitement. Seriously, it's all over the laptop, it's awful and I think I may have ruined the thing. If this is my last news update ever I want you to all know I love you.
A couple in Oregon woke up Monday night to find a naked man in their closet. Seriously I had a roommate in college who use to pull this shit for about a month straight. Minus the whole nude thing but still it was frightening as hell, I can't imagine what it would have been like if his manhood was flopping around when he jumped out.
Never let it be said that the Russians are inhuman. In fact a prison in Moscow is planning on installing sunbeds in order to improve their inmates health. Remember comrades, the only thing worse than looking at a pasty inmate is an inmate with tan lines.
1972 – Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
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Our beautiful condo, located in the Playas del Coco Las Palmas resort, only 30 minute drive from Liberia airport, will offer you comfortable, relaxed, and pleasant vacation in Costa Rica. The condo is only 4 blocks from the beach and about 15 minutes walk to the town of Playas del Coco with its restaurants, supermarkets, mall, banks, beauty salons, ice cream café, bars, casino, and gift shops.
The condo, situated on the 2nd floor of the 4-unit building in the gated community, has a balcony and provides beautiful views of the local mountains and nature. It has a queen bed in the master bedroom, 2 twin beds in the second bedroom, and a full size futon in the living room, kitchen with full amenities. The condo furnished with beautiful Costa Rican Guanacaste wood that gives you feeling of comfort.
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There are several beaches within 1 hour from Playas del Coco that are well known for their famous sport fishing tours, scuba diving, and snorkeling. You can have fun on the canopy tours, boat river tours along the Palo Verde River, and enjoy nature and amazing species in the National parks. You can also take a bus tour or drive yourself to the neighboring Nicaragua with many active volcanoes, beautiful lakes, etc.
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Mass/RI film event: Restless Heart: the confessions of St. Augustine
I may be sponsoring an event to see this film which is generally not to be found in theaters save through special arrangements:
There has been some strong support/attendance at other locations in the country. As I live in Southeastern Mass, I'm close to a lot of major metro areas: Boston, Providence, Cape Cod, Newport and all the smaller communities/cities in between. If you think you'd be interested in seeing this (I'm guessing 12 to 20 a ticket) please let me know about it (post here or message me if you like). We can build a dinner/event or something around it too I suppose, though this would be an event in itself. I'll be checking with area parishes as well for interest, support, etc.


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Software Quality Hell: Bandaid Development
In the industry, I see a mindset problem that can be very detrimental to the software quality - and quite opposite to the Software As an Art mindset: shortsightedness to fix only the problem at hand. Let me explain through an example.
Let's say you have a very simple problem: fix a unit or component test that is broken after some major changes in other components. Now, for some reason, a parameter is being passed null and you get a null pointer/reference exception. What do you do?
- You can just to a "if (param != null)" and work around the issue. If this is the only issue, the test be passing, you can close the bug with the feeling that you're quick, your manager will think that you're really efficient, everybody will think that the software is now fixed, and ultimately you will jus collect the rewards for being a good engineer for the business.
- You can try to understand why this parameter is now null, which would require going through some other code, potentially requiring major fixes in some other areas. This will very likely take longer (sometimes much longer), so it will not give an immediate relief to the problem and, depending on your manager, you may be considered someone who is not quick or overengineer or overly complicates things.
- Ticking bomb: essentially that is what this decision is. The code base becomes harder and harder to reason about. Bugs are very complicated to understand, there are side-effects and regressions in my places.
- Time saved with this solution will not be enough for the time investigating issues in the future given the difficulty and obscurity of the software as it has all unclear behaviors. It is just a mess.
- It is just a black hole: the worst, confusing, and less maintainable the code is, the harder it is to isolate yourself from all this mess. To implement new features or bugs, you end up needing to write bad code, because writing good code may require fixing some many other places that becomes very risky to the business and no manager would actually approve that.
- New people changing this code become very scared of making changes, as it may have effects all over the place. In particular in orgs where risk is not reward, but being bold and going above and beyond is not worth the risks you're taking, people will not take the initiatives to improve such code.
- Any serious software professional loses the pride of working on such code base. This is an overlooked and often not even noticed aspect of the hidden consequences of such behavior. You risk losing good professionals and, not only that, but given word of mouth, takes the risk of not attracting really good professionals.
In my experiences, I've come across quite a few people that would pick option 1 right away. And not only that, but it would be very hard to convince them of the reasons to consider option 2. I've seen people from all backgrounds (with and without graduate degrees), working at big and known software companies and at startups. As it turns out, it is a mindset issue, like a friend of mine said. Unfortunately this is one of the areas of the creative process of software development that cannot be enforced by process.
When this is restricted some individuals, it's less of a problem if the team culture embraces high quality - as in, you see people in general improving their code quality and spending time on that, either through additional efforts, reading books or any other material to push themselves forward; management actually values that, etc. In that case, the issue can be contained if the team has the encouragement of rejecting code reviews and the "bandaid" engineers accept comments to fix the issue properly.
However, this issue become very toxic when leads/managers themselves are the first ones to pick themselves (or to encourage through subliminal messages) that the bandaid solutions are the ones to go with. Not only that, but if the company's culture, performance reviews or other mechanisms actually encourage and/or reward one to think in a shortsighted way at the expense of the long-term solutions, then there is nothing one engineer alone can do - and in this case I'd suggest to consider other options. In my opinion, that's where companies start to lose the agility to add features and innovate as they get caught up in the software mess they created in the past.
Finally, do you know what the problem is with the software bandaids that keep getting added to the software? If that software is integral to the business, you can't get rid of it and just do it properly from scratch. Someone will need to deal with the consequences of it. And that's when you distinguish great engineers that are worth keeping in your org: they are not the ones to think that it will be someone else's problem. Great engineers don't think about their upcoming review first, but think about doing it right (of course aligning with the business priorities). If you want to build a great team and a great company, start distinguishing between these types of engineers - not always the ones that apparently deliver are the ones worth keeping or rewarding.
PS - for companies that have surveys among engineer and do take them seriously to improve the company, I'd suggest a couple of questions to measure this effect:
- Do you actually feel proud of the product/service you work on?
- Do you feel that management embraces high quality and does not promote low quality indirectly through shortsightedness?
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
Lund Wolfe replied on Thu, 2012/11/08 - 4:58am
It takes time and skill to fix it properly. "Do the right thing." If the test is worthwhile then fix it, otherwise just delete it. Regardless of what any person or company thinks, at the end of the day, you have to live with yourself. Apply the Hippocratic oath to "do no harm".
Giovanni Tirloni replied on Thu, 2012/11/08 - 7:15am
The "technical debt" term has been abused so much by people less committed to quality that I almost immediately assume laziness whenever I hear it. Nobody ever goes back and if they even track what's being left behind, the group taking care of such thing usually has no power to set the priorities.


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Imagine being up close and personal with some of country music's biggest stars. That wish became a reality for 40 lucky Nashville's News 2 viewers who won tickets to the CMA red carpet event Thursday at the Bridgestone Arena.
"I was really ready for this," said Sherry Smith. "I needed a good night out and this was it."
As celebrities strutted their stuff on the red carpet, they posed for photos and signed autographs for lucky fans.
"They were all really gracious, they all gave us autographs [and] they all stayed for pictures," Smith told Nashville's News 2.
"My camera broke right in the middle of all of it but thank goodness for cell phones," said Bryant Durham, who attended the event with his wife and three-year-old daughter.
Durham was resourceful, using his camera phone to snap pictures of Kellie Pickler, Willie Nelson and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland.
Durham already has his sights set on next year.
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Am I supposed to be impressed about the "pull the roof with tennis shoes on," comment ? ? All the while that big long rope is impeding the shot. . . HE'S ON T.R. (that's top rope) *** not impressed do it on the top end of a limp rope.
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Help! We just moved into this home, which we love, but has a lovely (insert much sarcasm here) shimmery pastel painted concrete stone exterior. We want to paint it, and have since put a white-ish color on, as you'll see. It's better than what it was before at least! Wondering if anyone might have a great suggestion for color for us?
I think I like the white, but hubby isn't convinced. He is more of a natural stone guy- but it's tough trying to get non-natural stone to look natural, you know? Anyways...we are open to any kind of suggestions! The siding is also going to be kind of tough to pair certain colors with, I think. It's a grey- but has kind of a purple-y hue to it. We like the siding, so are just interested in changing the color of the brick for now. We also are wanting to paint the door. Thinking maybe a blue? What do you think?!
Thanks for any help y'all can offer :-)
Wow! What a difference!
I would probably go with a gun metal grey (which has blue tints to it) for all of the woodwork and hope that you are planning to paint the rest of the original brick in white as well.
If you prefer a blue door to the medium grey just be sure the blue is a deeper rather than lighter color with a grey tone to the blue.
The siding is just fine. Don't touch it.
The house is adorable now that you have gotten rid of that old brick color.
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Cute house, Becca. Love your updates.
I concur with arepo's colors. You might consider a deep, royal blue for the door. (You can move up the paint chips after selecting your grey, to make it easy.) That way, it stands out, directing/welcoming visitors to your home. BTW, I wouldn't use blue anywhere else, making the door unique.
In addition, I would also think about painting out your window trim/sashes, using a different color. You might consider black.
Good Luck!
I think the white looks great!!!
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The Ecstasy is a smaller ship. We like this because we can get from one end of the ship to the other in just a couple of minutes. Also, when in port, you don't have to stand in line near as long to get on and off.
The ship was spotless. The service was great. The food was fantastic. The shows were excellent.
The only complaint we have is a suggestion or perhaps a warning to future cruisers to this port. We booked transportation from the Orlando airport to the ship in Port Canaveral, from Port Canaveral Cruse Shuttles. They asked what time our flight arrived. I told them 10:00. They said OK we will see you then. After we paid, on line, we received a confirmation e mail that said they would pick us up between 11:00-11:30. I called again and told them AGAIN that we were arriving at 10:00. He said " you can't get on the ship till noon anyway, it's better to wait at the airport than the cruise terminal". We have cruised several times before and this is not true. After waiting almost an hour and a half, he picked us up then drove to a hotel to pick up some more people. When we arrived at the hotel, no one was waiting for the shuttle so he called them. They were staying at a different hotel. He went to the wrong one. So we had to drive to another location. After another 45 - 60 minute drive, we finally arrived at the cruise port. By then the lines were really long.
After the cruise, we were told we needed to be out of our rooms by 8:30 so the staff would have time to clean before the next cruise started. We had to wait on the side of the curb with all our luggage for over an hour before he showed up.
My suggestion to you is rent a car from the airport. Turn it in at the port. Then re- rent it to get back to the airport. It will save money and frustration.


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My project was to frame and drywall the west and south walls in a basement room we used as a schoolroom. The Ceilume tiles were the easiest part of the job. They cut smoothly for fitting around corners and a couple of pipes that could not be moved. The lightness of the tiles made installation a breeze and gentle on my tired shoulders after resetting the grid. I was so thrilled with it that I had to blog about it to my friends. Our fourteen year old stretched out on the floor when it was all done. Looking up at the tiles, he said, " this is like being in a fancy hotel room. The ceiling gives this room class." That's saying a lot for their schoolroom now turned into a game room. Friends thought the tiles were made from wood! Have a great day and thank you for the Ceilume tile.
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6:00pm Monday 3rd December 2012 in News
A MARIE Curie fundraising group set up in Verwood and Ferndown this time last year has already raised £13,235 since it launched.
The funds raised include more than £4,000 collected for the Great Daffodil Appeal and Christmas collections, and £2,190 raised at a Blooming Great Tea Party.
Another fundraiser saw group members serving customers at a local pub, and the team have already been selling Christmas cards, books and teddies at venues around the towns.
Chairman Jane Shappard, who held two fundraising events in her home this year to raise more than £3,000 for the group, said: "Marie Curie does so much to help people in our community, and we are all delighted to give something back."
As well as raising funds, the group aims to inform the community about Marie Curie Cancer Care's local nursing at home care service.
The charity has created a new volunteer post in Dorset for a community ambassador who will spread the word about their work.
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"When I lost my mother I wanted to give something back.
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BUILDING sites in Bury will be targeted during a health and safety blitz.
The town is one of a number of locations selected as a venue for a "white van road show" aimed at tackling poor safety standards. The campaign co-incides with a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) programme embracing 1,500 construction sites, including 200 in the North West.
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A suspect in a Woonsocket shooting was arraigned on Monday morning but it took two attempts.
Christian Rosado, 25, of Worcester Mass., was arrested by Woonsocket Police for allegedly shooting a man four times near the Fairmount St. Bridge on Sunday. The victim is currently at Rhode Island Hospital in stable condition.
On Monday morning Rosado was brought in to Providence District Court for his arraignment but the judge ordered him back to the holding cell when he refused to "cooperate" and give his date of birth to the court.
Rosado was brought back into court later in the morning where he was officially arraigned.
Rosado was charged with assault with intent to commit murder, assault with intent to commit a felony and a misdemeanor charge of firing a firearm in a compact area. He entered a not guilty plea for the misdemeanor charge and the felony charges were referred to Superior Court.
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MIAMI, Fla. – The FGCU swimming & diving team continued their strong start to the 2009-10 season, crushing Florida International 205.5-92.5 at the Bay Vista Aquatics Complex on FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus. Of the 16 events that were held, the Eagles placed first in 13.
FGCU's "D" team captured first place in the day's first event, the 200 medley relay, finishing in 1:52.13, one second ahead of FGCU's "A" team. The Eagles also swam well in the only other relay event of the day, the 400 free relay, in which FGCU's "A" team took first in 3:37.45, followed by FGCU's "B" team.
The Eagles dominated the freestyle events, winning four out of the five races, including sweeps of the top three positions in the 50 free and 200 free. Margie Chamberlin (Land 'O Lakes, Fla.) won the 50 free in 25.28, followed closed by Dani Beabrun (Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia) and Shannon Blizzard (Jacksonville, Fla.). FGCU's Myriam Plante (Sainte-Foy, Quebec) won the 200 free, edging out Chamberlin and Kristen Potter (Rockledge, Fla.).
Plante also excelled in the breaststroke events, winning the 100 breast in 1:08.37 and the 200 breast in 2:24.63. FGCU also captured victories in both backstroke events, with Vicky Cadge (Long Melford, Suffolk, UK) winning the 100 back in 59.13 and Leah Daniel (Winnipeg, Manitoba) winning the 200 back in 2:12.48. Alex Cianci (Plantation, Fla.) picked up a first-place finish in the 200 fly, finishing with a time of 2:10.61, and Regina Rodriguez (Mexico City, Mexico) won the final individual event of the day, the 200 IM, in 2:16.50.
In the diving competitions, Stephanie Young won the 1-meter diving with a score of 216.45, while Karmin McNamara earned a second-place finish in the 3-meter diving with a 201.90. Young was just a couple points behind McNamara with a 199.88.
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Nick Swisher has been with the New York Yankees for four years, but he may have played his last game in pinstripes.
The Yankees are apparently planning to make a qualifying offer to Swisher, a free agent, but with the hope that he rejects it, according to Jon Heyman. The qualifying offer would be for about $13.3 million for one year, but Swisher will likely field multiple multi-year deals this winter, his foray into free agency.
The idea is that the Yankees would like Swisher to reject the offer so they could then reap an extra first-round draft pick as compensation when he signs elsewhere.
Swisher came to the Yankees in an off-season trade before the 2009 season after spending a disappointing 2008 with the Chicago White Sox. In his four years in the Bronx, Swisher hit an impressive .268/.367/.483 while averaging more than 25 home runs per season. Swisher will turn 32 this month, and he could be one of the most sought-after outfielders on the free agent market this winter.


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A look at some of the most memorable talking points from the GOP candidates at CNN debate.
Michele Bachmann ended her bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, hours after a disappointing sixth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
Rep. Michele Bachmann explains why she ran for the presidency and why she's pulling out following Iowa.
In 2012, a strong Web presence must be part of every political hopeful's strategy.
From Mitt Romney's apparent growing confidence to Newt Gingrich's fading expectations, to Rick Santorum's coming under increased scrutiny, there's a new political reality in the Hawkeye State with just four days to go until the Iowa caucuses.
Michele Bachmann understands that to fill her campaign sail (I'm going with a nautical theme today), she must steal that air from the sails of the leading candidates.
NBC has apologized to Rep. Michele Bachmann after the house band for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" played an inappropriate song during her appearance on the show Monday, CNN confirmed Thursday.
Jimmy Fallon's band, The Roots, is taking heat for the song they played as Michele Bachmann walked onto the set.
GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann discusses Pakistan and immigration after Tuesday's CNN debate.
There's an old saying that a lie can go halfway around the world while the truth is putting its boots on -- and in politics, a steady drumbeat of misinformation and mischaracterization can too often shape the national debate.
Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann said at Saturday's foreign policy debate that they would renew the use of waterboarding, the controversial practice banned by President Barack Obama. "I don't see it as torture. I see it as an enhanced interrogation technique," Cain said. His comments were met with loud cheers of support from the debate audience. Bachmann, meanwhile, called the practice "very effective" and said Obama "is allowing the ACLU to run the CIA." After the debate, Romney aides told CNN that he does not believe waterboarding is torture.
In the GOP presidential candidates' debate Saturday night in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota cited numbers relating to debt and deficit and implied that the Obama administration is to blame for their increases.
Silly season has begun again. The sideshow is threatening to move into the big tent, and distraction will seem like it's the main event.
CNN's Erin Burnett takes a closer look at Herman Cain's new political campaign ad.
The Republican presidential candidates spar over the issues at the CNN GOP debate in Las Vegas.
Now that he's running in the top tier of national polls, Herman Cain's "9-9-9" tax plan came under immediate criticism from his rivals at a GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.
At Tuesday night's GOP Presidential Debate in Hanover, New Hampshire, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann criticized the Affordable Care Act claiming the health care plan puts political appointees in charge of medical decisions that are currently made by patients and their doctors.
For the second straight Republican presidential debate, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann on Tuesday said that the health care reform act championed by President Barack Obama is the No. 1 reason that employers aren't hiring.
GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann vows she would make changes to Obama's policies in her first 100 days.
Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann defended her position on gay rights, the HPV vaccine and the debt ceiling as she made her debut on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
Perhaps it was because Rep. Michele Bachmann was in her element at the CNN/Tea Party Republican Debate. With her campaign flagging, the founder of the Tea Party Caucus in Congress delivered a surprise body blow to the GOP front-runner, Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann accuses Rick Perry of helping drug companies with the HPV vaccine.
CNN's Anderson Cooper looks into Rep. Michele Bachmann's suggestion that the HPV vaccine is dangerous.
CNN DC Bureau Chief Sam Feist on why CNN partnered with the Tea Party for tonight's debate and what viewers can expect.
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She's been in the national spotlight only a few years, but in that fairly short amount of time, Michele Bachmann has gained real notoriety -- even if, at times, the attention has come for reasons that she may wish to put behind her.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) talks to CNN's John King about getting closer to a decision on a presidential run.
It's difficult to find an Iowa Republican who thinks Michele Bachmann has an easy road ahead.
Michele Bachmann attacks President Obama's decision to announce his economic plan the night of a GOP debate.
CNN's John King and panel members talk about whether Michele Bachmann's statements match the facts.
President Michele Bachmann has a promise: $2 gas.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says a lot of "good people" are in the running for the presidential nomination.
Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa last weekend -- and that may be the last good news she gets for a while.
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann criticizes Warren Buffett's comments that taxes should be increased on the rich.
A day can be a long time in politics, and that was certainly true this past Saturday.
Michelle Bachmann defends the tea party against declining poll numbers and where she is willing to comporomise on issue.
Rep. Michele Bachmann wins straw poll in Ames, Iowa. Gov. Rick Perry beats Mitt Romney. CNN's Paul Steinhauser reports.
An Iowa debate crowd boos when Rep. Michele Bachmann is asked about submitting to her husband.
While a lot of the focus after Thursday's Republican debate was on Newt Gingrich snapping at Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace for asking "gotcha" and "Mickey Mouse" questions, what I found the most offensive one of the night was Byron York questioning Rep. Michelle Bachmann with regards to submission.
Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty criticized each other during the FOX News debate in Iowa.
So here's what I learned watching Thursday night's Republican debate:
In all of my years covering politics on the local, state and national level, many stories have earned the "Are you serious?" look.
Comedians eye Michele Bachmann's eyes on Newsweek cover. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
The cycle of incitement continued this week as Democrats frustrated with the debt-ceiling deal equated the tea party with terrorists, just weeks before the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
At a DNC fundraiser, President Obama says there's no time to play politics when there's work to be done on the economy.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, is concerned about job loss and poverty.
Rep. Michele Bachmann is cutting short her presidential campaign trip to Iowa to return to Washington for a vote on a debt ceiling deal.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains to John King what Michele Bachmann's headaches may mean for her, her health and her campaign.
The puzzle that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's migraine condition poses is emblematic of the confusion that has surrounded the disease for decades, if not millennia:
First of all: Michele Bachmann will not be getting my vote for president.
When Republican presidential candidate and tea party favorite Michele Bachmann was recently asked by Fox News' Chris Wallace if she was "a flake," the moment seemed like déjà vu all over again for some women active in politics.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will not sign a controversial marriage vow from the Iowa social conservative group, The Family Leader.
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann visits a diner in Iowa City and discusses her motivation focusing on Iowa.
According to recent polls by The Des Moines Register and The Iowa Republican, Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney are in a virtual tie for top of the pack, with Bachmann edging ahead, among caucus-goers.
A top adviser to Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign apologized late Wednesday for making a reference to Michele Bachmann's "sex appeal" during an interview.
Yes, it has already begun: The comparisons between Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin--one declared as a presidential candidate at this point, the other in a prolonged state of suspension. Their hair. Their jackets. The fashion face-off.
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is getting more creative, and apparently more aggressive, in her political attacks against President Barack Obama.
With U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota making a splash in the Republican presidential campaign while Sarah Palin sits on the sidelines, is Bachmann edging Palin out of the Tea Party's heart?
Forget political pedigree, executive experience or ties to deep-pocketed donors.
Republican Michele Bachmann officially announces her bid for the presidency in her hometown, Waterloo, Iowa.
On Monday morning, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann formally announced her candidacy for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, made her official announcement for the Republican presidential nomination Monday in Iowa. Speaking from a rally in her hometown of Waterloo, Bachmann told a cheering crowd that America "cannot afford another four years of Barack Obama." She hit the president on his health care reform plan, foreign policy, the housing crisis, and especially jobs.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is a Tea Party favorite and now a GOP presidential candidate. CNN's Joe Johns reports.
Rep. Michele Bachmann boasted of having a "titanium spine" in an interview broadcast Sunday, the day before she formally enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
There are three ways to run for president these days.
Michele Bachmann gets high marks at the first Republican debate. CNN's Mary Snow reports on her performance.
Seven Republican candidates faced off on Monday in the first debate in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary of the 2012 election.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's newly official presidential bid drew fresh eyes Tuesday after complimentary reviews of her performance in a face-off with her Republican rivals.
She's been in the national spotlight only a few years, but in that fairly short amount of time, Michele Bachmann has gained real notoriety -- even if, at times, the attention has come for reasons that she may wish to put behind her.
The first big Republican debate ended with two clear winners in the race for the nomination: Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann. And there was one other candidate who helped himself: Newt Gingrich.
Which candidates connected with voters at Monday's GOP New Hampshire debate? Undecided voters weigh in.
A lot of New Hampshire voters may have been watching the Boston Bruins win Game 6 of the Stanley Cup, but a lot of money was watching the performance of the seven Republican candidates Monday night. Donors to campaigns, both large and small, have their checkbooks ready. They just need a reason to sign on the bottom line.
The GOP presidential candidates tackle the issue of immigration and explain how they would approach it if elected.
Strongest lines: No one sound bite dominated the debate, but two gimmicks stuck -- Mitt Romney announcing the Bruins' lead in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup to great applause and Michele Bachmann announcing her candidacy for president on the set.
Seven GOP candidates participate in CNN's first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate from Manchester.
Seven Republican presidential contenders faced off Monday in one of the first debates of the primary season, offering policy ideas and criticism of President Barack Obama to try to separate themselves from the competition almost 17 months before the 2012 election.
CNN will hold the first Republican presidential debate in the critical early voting state of New Hampshire at 8 p.m. ET on Monday.
Conservative Rep. Michele Bachmann Wednesday joined a growing list of Republican politicians and strategists distancing themselves from the "birther" issue that questions where President Barack Obama was born.
CNN got an exclusive ride along with GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann on her tour of New Hampshire.
First lady Michelle Obama found herself at the center of an unlikely breast-feeding debate this week when three prominent conservative women criticized her for encouraging the creation of a "nanny state."
CNN's John King holds a discussion on the IRS decision that breast-feeding is a medical expense.
Rep. Michele Bachmann calls on CPAC delegates to make President Obama a one-term leader.
Politics is serious business -- but not all the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail to the international stage, there's always something that gets a laugh or a second glance.
Politics is serious business -- but not all the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail to the international stage, there's always something that gets a laugh or a second glance.
The Tea Party campaigned on scaling back the size of government, and now we know how they want to do it.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, responded to President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night from the National Press Club. Here is a transcript of Bachmann's speech.
In an unusual move, Rep. Michele Bachmann will give a secondary response to President Obama's speech.
If you're angry at Washington politics, you're not alone. But if you're only angry at one party, you're missing the point.
Sen. Alan Grayson defends his campaign ads, which some observers say are misleading.
It's 3 p.m. on a busy weekday afternoon at the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul.
CNN's Gary Tuchman takes an inside look at the campaign of Rep. Michele Bachmann.
Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann speaks with CNN's Ali Velshi about the Tea Party movement and the GOP.
Republican hot button Sarah Palin took the stage Wednesday in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, calling on conservatives to "get our country back on the right track."
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the recent election proves Americans don't like where the Democrats are taking the country.
The thousands of restive conservative protesters milling outside the west front of the Capitol last week definitely didn't seem in the mood to listen -- but there was at least one voice they wanted to hear.
Much like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Rep. Michele Bachmann's name has become a kind of cultural shorthand -- a conservative rallying cry and a Jon Stewart punch line.
The House vote on a health care bill is a big victory for the president, but the battle's only half over.
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