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A Primer on Cloning and Its Use in Livestock Operations
by Siobhan DeLancey, Consumer Safety Officer, and Dr. Larisa Rudenko, Senior Advisor for Biotechnology, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation; and John Matheson, Senior Regulatory Review Scientist, Office of Surveillance and Compliance
FDA Veterinarian Newsletter 2006 Volume XXI, No V
Imagine the perfect dairy cow. For eight years she has gotten pregnant on the first try, given birth easily, and produced gallon upon gallon of the best milk. Even when others in the herd got sick, she stayed healthy. She is ideally suited to the climate in which she lives. The farmer has depended on this cow and her daughters in lean times to carry the farm through, but now she is at the end of her reproductive life.
Although the farmer may have this cow's daughters to carry on the line, he also has another alternative: copying her. Biological copying is referred to as cloning. By cloning his prize cow, breeding the clones, and keeping their offspring, the farmer can introduce the natural positive characteristics into the herd quickly. It would take several more years to achieve these same improvements by conventional breeding.
Farmers can also clone animals to produce more uniform quality meat. Take, for example, a male pig (boar) who time after time sires piglets that mature quickly and provide lean meat. If a farmer has several of these boars he could quickly produce an entire herd with consistent, high quality meat.
Researchers have been cloning livestock since 1996. In 2001, when it became apparent that cloning could become a commercial venture, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) asked that food from clones and their offspring be voluntarily kept out of the food chain. FDA then began an intensive evaluation that included examining the safety of food from these animals.
What is cloning, really?
Cloning is a complex process that lets one exactly copy the genetic, or inherited, traits of an animal (the donor). Livestock species that scientists have successfully cloned are cattle, pig, sheep, and goats. Scientists have also cloned mice, rats, rabbits, cats, mules, horses, and one dog. Chickens and other poultry have not been cloned.
Most people think of livestock breeding taking place through traditional mating, in which males and females physically get together to reproduce. In fact, this type of mating is not often the case.
Traditional mating is not that efficient, if the goal is to produce as many offspring as possible. For example, a male has enough sperm to produce many more offspring than would be possible by traditional mating. Traditional mating also has certain risks: one or both of the animals may be injured in the proc-ess of mating. The female may be hurt by the male because he is often so much larger, or an unwilling female may injure the male. There is also a risk of infection or transmission of venereal disease during traditional mating.
Because of these factors, many farmers use assisted reproductive technologies for breeding. These include artificial insemination, embryo transfer, and in vitro fertilization. Artificial insemination was first documented in the breeding of horses in the 14th century. The first successful embryo transfer of a cow was in 1951, and the first in vitro fertilization (IVF)-derived animal was a rabbit born in 1959. Livestock production in the United States now uses all these methods regularly. For example, most dairy farms don't have bulls, so more than 70% of the Holstein cows bred in the United States are artificially inseminated. The frozen semen can come from a bull many miles, or even many States, away.
Cloning is a more advanced form of these assisted reproductive technologies. Much of the public perception of cloning likely comes from science fiction books and movies. Some people incorrectly believe that clones spring forth fully formed, or are grown in test tubes. This is just not the case. Clones are born just like other animals. They are similar to identical twins, only born at different times. Just as twins share the same DNA, clones have the same genes as the donor animal. A clone is not a mutant, nor is it a weaker version of the original animal. It's just a copy.
In all of the other assisted reproductive technologies, the male and female parents each contribute half of their genes to their offspring. Farmers have worked for years to choose animals with the best traits and breed them together, which increases the chance these good traits will be passed on and become more common in livestock herds. Even though farmers have been able to improve their herds over time, they still can't absolute predict the characteristics of the offspring, not even their sex. Cloning gives the farmer complete control over the offspring's inherited traits. Thus, a farmer who clones an especially desirable, but aging or injured animal knows in advance that the clone will have the genetic potential to be an -especially good, younger animal. He can then use that animal to further reproduce by traditional mating or other assisted breeding.
How do you make clones?
Most cloning today uses a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Just as with in vitro fertilization, scientists take an immature egg from a female animal (often from ovaries obtained at the slaughterhouse). But instead of combining it with sperm, they remove the nucleus (which contains the egg's genes). This leaves behind the other components necessary for an embryo to develop. Scientists then add the nucleus containing the desirable traits from the animal the farmer wishes to copy. After a few other steps, the donor nucleus and egg fuse, start dividing, and an embryo begins to form. The embryo is then implanted in the uterus of a surrogate dam (again the same as with in vitro fertilization), which carries it to term. ("Dam" is a term that livestock breeders use to refer to the female parent of an animal). The clone is delivered just like any other baby animal.
What can go wrong with cloning?
There are no complications that are unique to cloning. These problems are also seen in animals born from natural mating or assisted reproductive technologies. They seem to happen more often in clones for a number of reasons that probably have to do with parts of the procedure that occur outside the body. The embryo may fail to develop properly during the in vitro stage or early on after transfer to the surrogate and may be flushed out of the uterus. If it does develop, the embryo may not implant properly into the uterus of the surrogate dam. Alternatively, the placenta may not form properly, and the developing animal won't get the nourishment it needs.
Large Offspring Syndrome (LOS) is seen in pregnancies of cattle and sheep that come from both assisted reproductive technologies and cloning. With LOS, the fetus grows too large in the uterus, making problems for the animal and its surrogate dam. LOS has not been observed in goats and swine.
As a group, livestock clones tend to have more health problems at birth, and may die more often right after birth than conventionally bred animals. If clones survive the first few days after birth, they seem to become just as healthy and strong as other animals of the same age. By the time clones are young adults, it's not possible to tell them apart from other animals of the same age, even if you conduct a detailed examination. Scientists at FDA and research institutions have looked at blood work for clones that's similar to what people get when they have physicals. These results show that the clones are perfectly healthy, and walk, wean, grow, mature, and behave just like conventional animals.
Why clone?
The main use of clones is to produce breeding stock, not food. Clones allow farmers to upgrade the overall quality of their herds by providing more copies of the best animals in the herd. These animals are then used for conventional breeding, and the sexually reproduced offspring become the food-producing animals. Just as farmers wouldn't use their best conventionally bred breeding animals as sources of food, they are equally unlikely to do so for clones.
Some examples of desirable characteristics in livestock that breeders might want in their herds include the following:
- Disease resistance: Sick animals are expensive for farmers. Veterinary bills add up, and unhealthy animals don't produce as much meat or milk. A herd that is resistant to disease is extremely valuable because it doesn't lose any production time to illness, and doesn't cost the farmer extra money for veterinary treatment.
- Suitability to climate: Different types of livestock grow well in different climates. Some of this is natural and some results from selective breeding. For instance, Brahma cattle can cope with the heat and humidity of weather in the southwestern United States, but they often do not produce very high grades of meat. Cloning could allow breeders to select those cattle that can produce high quality meat or milk and thrive in extreme climates and use them to breed more cattle to be used for food production. Similarly, pork production has traditionally been centered in the eastern United States, but is moving to different regions of the United States (e.g., Utah). Cloning could allow breeders to select those pigs that naturally do well in the new climate, and use them to breed more pigs to be used for food production.
- Quality body type: Farmers naturally want an animal whose body is well suited to its production function. For example, a dairy cow should have a large, well-attached udder so that she can produce lots of milk. She should also be able to carry and deliver calves easily. For animals that produce meat, farmers breed for strong, heavy-muscled, quick-maturing animals that will yield high quality meat in the shortest time possible. The most desirable bulls produce offspring that are relatively small at birth (so that they are easier for the female to carry and deliver), but that grow rapidly and are healthy after birth.
- Fertility: Quality dairy cows should be very fertile, because a cow that doesn't get pregnant and bear calves won't produce milk. Male fertility is just important as that of the female. The more sperm he can produce, the more females a bull can inseminate, and the more animals will be born. Beef cattle or other meat-producing animals such as pigs need to have high fertility rates in order to replace animals that are sent to slaughter. Cloning allows farmers and breeders to clone those animals with high fertility rates so that they could bear offspring that would also tend to be very fertile.
- Market preference: Farmers or ranchers may also want to breed livestock to meet the changing tastes of consumers. The traits the producers are looking for include leanness, tenderness, color, and size of various cuts. Preferences also vary by culture, and cloning may help tailor products to the preferences of various international markets and ethnic groups.
How does cloning help get these characteristics into the herd more quickly? As we've previously said, cloning allows the breeder to increase the number of breeding animals available to make the actual food production animals. So, if a producer wanted to introduce disease resistance into a herd rapidly, cloning could be used to produce a number of breeding animals that carry the gene for disease resistance, rather than just one. Likewise, if a breeder wants to pass on the genes of a female animal, cloning could result in multiples of that female to breed, rather than just one.
Is it safe to eat food from clones?
It's important to remember that the purpose of clones is for breeding, not eating. Dairy, beef, or pork clones will make up a tiny fraction of the total number of food producing animals in the United States. Instead, their offspring will be the animals actually producing meat or milk for the food supply.
Dairy clones will produce milk after they give birth, and the dairy farmers will want to be able to drink that milk or put it in the food supply. Once clones used for breeding meat-producing animals can no longer reproduce, their breeders will also want to be able to put them into the food supply.
In order to determine whether there would be any risk involved in eating meat or milk from clones or their offspring, in 1999 FDA asked the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to identify science-based concerns associated with animal biotechnology, including cloning. The NAS gathered an independent group of top, peer-selected scientists from across the country to conduct this study. The scientists delivered their report in the fall of 2002. That report stated that theoretically there were no concerns for the safety of meat or milk from clones. On the other hand, the report expressed a low level of concern due to a lack of information on the clones at that time, and not for any specific scientific reasons. The report also stated that the meat and milk from the offspring of clones posed no unique food safety concerns.
Meanwhile, FDA itself began the most comprehensive examination of the health of livestock clones that has been conducted. The evaluation has taken more than four years. This examination formed the basis of a Draft Risk Assessment to determine whether cloning posed a risk to animal health or to humans eating food from clones or their offspring (http://www.fda.gov/cvm/cloning.htm). FDA conducted a thorough search of the scientific literature on clones, and identified hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, which it then reviewed. They were also able to obtain health records and blood samples from almost all of the cattle clones that have been produced in the United States and data from clones produced in other countries. FDA compared these health records, and the independently analyzed blood results with similar samples from conventional animals of the same age and breed that were raised on the same farms.
After reviewing all this information, FDA found that it could not tell a healthy clone from a healthy conventionally bred animal. All of the blood values, overall health records, and behaviors were in the same range for clones and conventional animals of the same breed raised on the same farms. FDA also saw that milk from dairy clones does not differ significantly in composition from milk from conventionally bred animals.
In the Draft Risk Assessment, FDA concluded that meat and milk from cattle, swine, and goat clones would be as safe as food we eat from those species now. It did not have enough information to make a decision on the safety of food from sheep clones.
For another study similar to the one conducted on cow clones, the Agency also evaluated the health of offspring sexually derived from swine clones, as well as the composition of their meat. After reviewing this very large data set, the Agency concluded that all of the blood values, overall health records, and meat composition profiles of the progeny of clones were in the same range as for very closely genetically related conventionally bred swine. Based on these results, other studies from scientific journals, and our understanding of the biological proc-esses involved in cloning, the Agency agreed with NAS that food from the sexually reproduced offspring of clones is as safe as food that we eat every day. These offspring animals will produce almost all of the food from the overall cloning/breeding process.
What's next?
FDA's Draft Risk Assessment includes data collected or published before early 2006. FDA will continue to closely monitor the development of clones and their progeny as a source for food as further data become available.
FDA encourages public comments on the Draft Risk Assessment, Proposed Risk Management Plan, and Draft Guidance for Industry. We will review these comments and evaluate any additional data that may be shared with us
during the comment period. We will then issue a Final Risk Assessment, Risk Management Plan, and Guidance for Industry.
Comments and suggestions regarding any of these documents should be sent to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Comments may also be submitted electronically on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments. All written comments should be identified with Docket No. 2003N-0573. Please specify which document your comments address.
Copies of the Draft Risk Assessment may be requested from the Communications Staff (HFV-12), Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855, and may be viewed on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/cvm/cloning.htm


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We went and had an ultrasound done at 15w 4 days she told us a girl but my dr said she would not relay on that although it looked very convincing... I'm sad we have two girls already now a third one I was hoping it was a boy I just don't even feel good about being prego anymore I feel bad for feeling this way but I have a deep feeling it's a girl and I had it from the start I'm just super down I love feeling and looking at the baby but I don't like the sex of the baby I will be so happy when she is born but I don't want to feel this way!!! I've tried to talk to God but I feel shame for feeling this way reading this makes me feel a lot better about feeling bad...posted 07/02/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
When I was pregnant with my second baby I was hoping for a girl. I didn't want anymore kids and I wanted my daughter to have that close sister relationship. I felt horrible when I felt disappointment when I found out it was a boy. To think of all the people who can't have kids just made me feel even more horrible for the way I felt. Looking back now I see how ridiculous I was being. My son is hilarious and I can't imagine my life without him. You get so set on how you want things to go that you end ruining moments that you should just be happy with. It is true boys are mommies boys ;-) good luck with everything!posted 07/02/2014 by FinalOnTheWay
When I was pregnant with my second baby I was setposted 07/02/2014 by FinalOnTheWay
My husband and I were opposite. We both always wanted a boy and a girl. First pregnancy we were hoping for the boy and found out it was a girl. We were a little disappointed but not too bad. Second pregnancy, we were really hoping for that boy and everyone thought we were having a boy. Including my friend who knew I was pregnant before I did both times and predicted the first one to be a girl when I was about 8 weeks. When we went to the ultrasound we found out we were having a girl and I wanted to cry. Not to say I don't love my other daughter but we were extremely disappointed. However I have to say that we think god changed our baby to be a girl because of our situation at the time. I'm pregnant with the third baby now and we're again hoping for that little boy.posted 07/02/2014 by TiffaniDaniels
Think about this. Even though you didnt get what you wanted theres a special lil man growing inside you who will protect you and his future sister (or brother ) and who will love you no matter what now and forever. Also its the mens sperm who will determine the sex of the child so if you really want to place blame on anyone just blame your hubby!!!! Sorry about your miscarriages but that doesnt determine your chances of having another baby! There was a 65 year old lady who had a baby and they were fine. Also id be disappointed to have a girl if that makes you feel any better im on baby number two and damn near cried when they said they thought he was a girl. Thankfully for me im having a boy. Hope your son makes you happy thoughposted 06/27/2014 by damianalex2
I think I was a little disappointed that we were having a boy. Our siblings all had girls so that's all we knew really. But you will start getting excited!! My son is almost 3 now and I can't imagine what having a girl is like. I am 7 weeks pregnant now and want a girl so we can have one of each. But boys are awesome!posted 06/19/2014 by crleebsu
My husband and I both said we'll stop at 2 kids and now I'm about to give birth to another baby boy! I wanted a girl sooo Badlyy since I can remember and didn't care for having a boy at all. Now that I have my 2 year old boy and another one coming, I also feel like I'm disappointed that I'm not going to have a girl at all, BUT I would NOT change my first son with a girl and I'm sure I'll have the same feeling once I see the second boy! Right now it's hard NOT to feel disappointed but when I see him, I'm sure I'll fall in love just as I fell in love with my first born. Hope you'll feel the same.posted 06/16/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
Aww don't be hard on yourself I think we all go through this at one stage I have a boy and I'm 5 months with my 2nd we find out today I'm hoping a girl and I'm sure il be sad if i find out we are having a boy but I will be happy either way as long as my baby is healthy and happy it's only natural all the best..posted 06/16/2014 by Thekellybabies
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Rainbow Center Lecture discusses the difficulties of the gifted and GLBT
Lecturer Shawn R. Cherry discusses the difficulties gifted and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students face with studets in the Rainbow Center. Ari Mason/The Daily Campus
It is one thing to be gifted or to be identified as gay, lesbian, bi or transsexual (GLBT), but it is another to be both in this modern-day society and face the emotional and social issues that arise from it. This week's "Out to Lunch" lecture, hosted by the Rainbow Center, featured Shawn Cherry, who is currently conducting research on the parallels between being GLBT and gifted or talented (G/T).
The presentation, titled "Twice Different: Meeting at the intersection of G/T and GLBT," addressed the problems that gifted and talented GLBT students face every day of their lives, and the magnification of the problems for those who are both.
Cherry began with some shocking statistics, revealing that 50 percent of GLBT youth attempt suicide and 30 percent of all teen suicides are committed by people who identify as GLBT. These figures put into perspective the real problem that these ostracized groups suffer from.
Cherry's lecture dealt not only with GLBT students, but also with those who are categorized as gifted and talented. In schools, the average G/T population is between 5 and 20 percent; the GLBT population ranges from 1 to 10 percent. It is the intersection that Cherry focuses on: the 0.05 to 2 percent of the student population that fits into both of these categories, thus "twice different."
Cherry explained that very little is known about this population because of the difficulty in finding research subjects.
Cherry discussed the "old paradigm" of what it means to be gifted. Being labeled as such meant one had a high I.Q, that one was elitist and naturally gifted with this intelligence, and of course the only way to quantify it was through testing. This is a severely dated definition, and the "new paradigm" reveals that there are many different types of giftedness, which can be examined through what one produces. A person can be gifted in one area and not another, an example of the true diversity of the G/T group.
Even with the revised definition, though, people still believe that because the students are gifted and smart, they do not need any help at all.
"But it ends up being that the gifted and talented population needs more help, not because they are less well-adjusted, but they are just dealing with so much more," Cherry said.
Three of the most common issues that G/T students suffer from are "advancement over age peers, internal asynchronies and membership in groups with special needs." These gifted students suffer isolation in school because of these issues that need addressing.
Cherry introduced the class in his presentation to a Polish psychiatrist named Kazimierz Debrowski, who worked with gifted children and adults and proposed the theory of "overexcitabilities" and the five subcategories attached to it: intellectual, imaginational, emotional, psychomotor and sensual. The first three are more commonly thought about, but the ideas of psychomotor and sensual giftedness are less common. Psychomotor overexcitabilities could describe someone's talent for sports, while sensual describes the gift of heightened senses like taste and smell.
With all of these overexcitabilities, G/T students tend to experience things with a heightened intensity, sometimes occurring in just one area.
"They are often categorized by curiosity, asking probing questions, problem solving and theoretical thinking. When a normal student sees something and has a thought, a gifted student will have ten," Cherry said.
But these overexcitabilities, coupled with the recognition of being GLBT, lead to certain social and emotional characteristics. Simply being GLBT, students face developmental challenges that heterosexual, non-gifted peers do not, leading to alienation. Falling into both categories though might cause a gifted student to recognition they are GLBT much quicker than their peers. In relation to Debrowski's theory of overexcitability, these students might then start analyzing all of the ways they are different.
Cherry cues in on the fact that addressing these issues in high school is too late. Some of the examples he provided of gay teen suicides were as young as 13. Cherry stresses thus the need for programs that could help cater to students that fall into both of these categories. Here at UConn, we have one of the best gifted and talented programs in the state.
Not helping these students causes the common issue of homophobia and prejudice of anyone labeled as "different."
"Homophobia locks everyone into rigid gender-based roles and discourages close, intimate friendships with members of the same sex," said Cherry.
In addition to this, bullying and harassment occurs for both G/T and GLBT students. Not surprisingly then, the students do not want to go to school and suffer from serious underachievement.
"For educators it shouldn't matter what your sexual orientation is, or your beliefs; you should just be helping to nurture these students who need it," Cherry said.
This lecture, Cherry explained, was to open people's eyes to the reality that the "twice different" population suffers from. The G/T and GLBT students exist as a group that suffers a severe lack of attention, which, through his work, Cherry hopes to change.
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The final six laps brought tight racing.
"At the end of the day there's stupid and bravery, and I think we were right there on the edge, both of us," Castroneves said. "I'm glad we both come out in a good way. I'm sad it did not come out the way I wanted."
The Brazilian Castroneves said he was happy to see an American win the race, noting the significance for the series.
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The race went a record 150 laps without a caution. The first caution flag came when Charlie Kimball hit the turn two wall. But it waved three more times in the final 50 laps.
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Draught @ Brewpub: This one pours a cloudy, darker straw yellow color. There was a wisp of an off-white head. It had minimal lacing. The aroma is a bit lighter. Wheat, hints of citrus. It has a slightly lighter body too. Wheat and citrus are the main tastes. Just OK.
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Poured a hazy, dark straw hue with a one finger foamy white head. There was decent retention and lacing.
The smell featured light esters and a light wheat spice.
The taste consisted of light malts and a soft wheat spice. Some diacytl.
The mouthfeel was typical for the style.
Overall a decent ale.
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Served in a hefeweizen glass at the Run of the Mill.
Appearance: A one finger head was poured that reduced to a thin layer. It is a hazy pale yellow orange color with no clarity of anything.
Smell: Tart wheat, vanila, green apple, herbal, and grassy hops.
Taste: Chewy and tart wheat with some slight vanilla, apple, herbal, and grassy notes.
Mouthfeel: Refreshing, crisp, tart, chewy, light, and medium carbonation.
Overall: Nice wheat or pale wheat. Good choice for my growler.
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ROBBERS wearing fluorescent yellow jackets and armed with a knife and a small axe stole cash after threatening post office staff in Stourport.
The incident happened at Wilden Lane Post Office and store at about 10.40am today. The robbers threatened two workers and smashed a glass counter screen before taking cash from a till and walking off in the direction of Kidderminster.
No one was hurt during the incident and there were no customers inside at the time.
It is not yet known how they arrived and left the area but officers at West Mercia Police are interested in sightings of a black car which was nearby in Bigbury Lane at about that time and may possibly be connected.
The raiders were wearing hi-vis jackets, black trousers and scarves across their faces. They are both described as white, appeared to be in their 20s and one was very tall with a large build and brown hair which was flat and swept to one side. The other was smaller and thinner and had a hood which was up.
Det Insp John Cashion said a full investigation was under way and officers have been conducting door to door inquiries in the area.
He said: "We have spoken to some witnesses but we really need anyone who was in that area this morning to come forward if they think they saw these men there either before or afterwards and in particular any vehicle or vehicles that may have been associated with them.
"A black car was seen in Bigbury Lane at about the same time as the robbery and we really need to identify that vehicle and its driver, even if it is just to rule it out of any involvement.
"Despite the fact no one was hurt it has left the staff involved quite shaken. These men need to be caught quickly so please come forward if you know anything at all."
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SAN FRANCISCO and IRVING, Texas, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Certain Inc., the leading provider of event management solutions for the global meetings and events industry, and Lanyon Inc., the leading corporate travel and hospitality solutions provider, announced today a new partnership and technology integration that combines Certain's powerful meeting management platform with Lanyon's hospitality sourcing solution. The move allows users of Certain's platform to easily locate and negotiate hotel room blocks and event venues with the most accurate and easy-to-use solution available—right within the platform they currently use to manage meetings and events.
The Certain Sourcing solution addresses one of the most challenging components of the meeting planning process by automatically locating and negotiating hotel rooms and event venues. Accessed directly through the Certain platform, Certain Sourcing saves time, controls spend, and improves the experience for event owners and participants by finding the best rooms for the available budget and increasing the accuracy of managing booking details.
"Lanyon's powerful hospitality sourcing will close the ROI gap for many of our customers," remarks Peter Micciche, CEO of Certain. "Just as the Certain platform has served to bolster event success by engaging event participants and enabling more efficient and accurate event execution, Certain Sourcing will further reduce the cost and improve the quality of events by addressing the pressing need for hospitality sourcing."
The Certain event management platform enables clients to manage the entire event and meeting management process—including registration, marketing, planning, sourcing, mobile, and more—from a single platform. The new sourcing feature, in particular, allows for greater control over budgets, saves time over manual processes, and allows organizers to easily find the best rooms for the budget while accessing the most accurate and up-to-date hotel information available. Certain Sourcing, powered by Lanyon, pulls data from the same sources used by hotels to propagate content on travel websites, which enhances data accuracy and relevance.
"We are proud to work with Certain to provide an integrated enterprise meeting management platform that leverages our unique sourcing technology," said Michael Bolt, Chief Commercial Officer of Lanyon. "As partners, our goal is to help all of our customers turn their meetings into high value, revenue-producing programs."
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Col. Donald B. Kaiserman, of Henrico, has been elected as chairman of the Virginia Joint Leadership Council (JLC). The JLC is recognized as the leading Veterans Council advocating for the military community in the Commonwealth and "Speaks with a Single Voice" for the more than 820,000 veterans living in Virginia. Kaiserman had previously served as the JLC legislative chair and as vice chair. Kaiserman is also president of The Council of 18 Chapters of the Military Officers Association of America, serves on the Virginia Board of Veterans Service (being vetted by Gov. McDonnell), the Virginia War Memorial Board of Directors and the Fort Lee Retiree Council.
Donte Boston, of Richmond, will attend West Virginia Wesleyan College this fall.
Tracie Grady, vice president of member services, recently celebrated 10 years of service with Eisenman & Associates, Inc. Grady started with E&A in August 2002 and was promoted to her current position in the fall of 2011. Prior to her employment with E&A, Grady was the administrator at the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals for over five years. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor of science in Business with a concentration in Human Resources. E&A is a full-service association management and meeting consulting firm based in Glen Allen.
Gov. Bob McDonnell recently appointed the following local residents to Virginia boards and commissions: Board of Social Work – Joseph Walsh, of Richmond, professor of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University; Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – W. Birch Douglass, III, of Richmond, partner at McGuireWoods; Terrell Luck Harrigan, of Richmond, community volunteer; and Satya Rangarajan, of Glen Allen, co-founder of Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc.; Citizen's Advisory Council for Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion – Bryan Clark Green, of Richmond, director of historic preservation for Commonwealth Architects; Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council – Lissa Power-deFur, of Richmond, professor of communication sciences and disorders at Longwood University; and Virginia Resources Authority Board of Directors – Dena Frith Moore, of Richmond.
The University of Richmond's all-male a cappella group, The Octaves, has been featured on a two-disc album showcasing the best a cappella tracks released by collegiate groups from around the world. The Octaves track, "The Show Goes On," as performed by Lupe Fiasco, is featured on "Voices Only 2012." A new "Voices Only" album has been released each fall since 2005 and includes songs recorded, mastered or released during the previous year. Songs are chosen for a variety of reasons, including featured soloists, production excellence, arrangements and more. The 2012 album is available on iTunes. The Octaves have recorded 10 albums since forming in 1990 and perform on campus and throughout the East Coast. For more information about The Octaves, visit http://www.richmondoctaves.com
Rotary donates to 'Bright Beginnings'
The Sandston Rotary Club recently donated $1,000 to the Sandston YMCA for its Bright Beginnings program, which helps provide children in need with school supplies for the new school year. > Read more.
Author, child abuse survivor to speak at Henrico event
To help celebrate twenty years of service to advocating for abused and neglected children in Henrico County, Henrico Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (CASA) will host an evening with bestselling author K.L. Randis on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Belmont Recreation Center in Lakeside.
Randis is best known for her bestselling novel, Spilled Milk, which tells her painful – but ultimately triumphant – personal story of abuse and of child abuse prevention. The book is her first novel.
Philippines ambassador to the US visits Filipino Festival in Henrico
The Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. attended the Ninth Annual Filipino Festival at Our Lady of Lourdes Church earlier this month. Cuisia (pictured above with festival performers) was welcomed by County Manager John Vithoulkas and Brookland District Supervisor Dick Glover (below) at the church, which is located in Lakeside.
While enjoying some of the cultural performances at the festival, the ambassador and his wife had a private lunch with Vithoulkas, Glover, Eldon Burton (an outreach representative from U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner's Office) and Father James Begley, the pastor of OLL. > Read more.
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Restaurant watch
Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health. > Read more.
Cultural Arts Center seeks artists, designs for holiday displays
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen is seeking artists, crafters, and creative groups for three opportunities allowing creative thinkers and doers to design and display imaginative holiday decorations.
The center is seeking designs for:
• Illumination 2014 – A Festival of Trees: Artists can celebrate the holiday season by creating a one-of-a-kind Christmas tree filled with decorations to suit any unique or traditional theme. Past trees exhibited have included Buzz Lightyear; HEROES; Santa tree; Musicology; and many others. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
There are several fun events planned for families this weekend. CMoR Central will offer free admission to those who have completed their HCPL Summer Reading Club goal; Walkerton Tavern is hosting a family game night; and family-friendly karaoke will take place at Aunt Sarah's. Families can also get Movin' & Groovin' at Dorey Park or purchase children's books at Tuckahoe Library. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Pipers frustrated by No. 22 Lady Wildcats
The Lyon Pipers and the No. 22 Bethel Lady Wildcats battled to the wire in a TranSouth Athletic Conference basketball game Saturday afternoon in Becknell Gymnasium.
When the smoke cleared, the Lady Wildcats were 81-76 winners of the key contest. Bethel now controls its own fate. If it wins one of two or if Lyon losses one of its next two, Bethel will clinch at least fourth-place and will host a first round playoff game.
Sign-up scheduled for ball leagues in Pleasant Plains
PLEASANT PLAINS — A sign-up for the Pleasant Plains youth tee-ball, baseball and softball leagues will be held Saturday at the Pleasant Plains Fire Department from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Margaret Milam announced.
The league fee is $20 per player. Milam said. Players should have their birth certificates with them at the registration.
Basketball in town tonight
Green County Tech Lady Eagles (8-3, 5A-East District; 16-6, overall) vs. Batesville Lady Pioneers (7-4, 13-10), Pioneer Gym, 6 p.m.
The Lady Eagles, third in the district standings and one game ahead of the Lady Pioneers, won 62-58 in overtime in Paragould on Feb. 3. Brittany Chesser, Tech's leading scorer, led that night, too, totaling 25 points. They included the only four points scored in overtime.
Eagles (9-1, 18-5) vs. Pioneers (1-10, 2-21), 7:30
Salahub shuts out Eagles
CLARKSVILLE — Nick Salahub hurled a 3-hit, complete-game shutout and the Lyon College Scots collected seven hits en route to a 4-0 victory over the University of the Ozarks on Thursday in a nonconference game at Lonnie Qualls Field.
Salahub (2-1) has only given up one run and seven hits in his last 16 innings and is 2-0, since losing to Henderson State in the season-opener. The 6-foot-9 senior pitcher struck out nine and walked only one for his first complete game of the season and the sixth of his career.
Eight area teams advance to district finals
CONCORD — The home teams will provide a doubleheader for their fans here tonight in the 1A 2-South District Tournament championships.
In semifinals Thursday, the Concord Lady Pirates downed the Bradford Lady Eagles 53-42 and the Pirates romped on the Eagles 67-36.
In the other semifinals, the Rural Special Lady Rebels 39 topped the Greers Ferry West Side Lady Eagles 49-39 and the Greers Ferry Eagles whipped the Rebels 58-43.
Local gymnasts win team title, 10 all-around championships
Batesville Stars & Stripes Gymnastics Academy athletes won a team title and collected 10 all-around titles at the River City Classic meet in Little Rock last month.
Utah sends Brewer to Memphis for future first-round selection
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz traded shooting guard Ronnie Brewer, former University of Arkansas Razorback, to the Memphis Grizzlies for a future first-round draft pick.
The trade completed just before the deadline Thursday afternoon should open up some room in a position where the Jazz are well-stocked and reduce the club's luxury tax burden. But it is costing the Jazz's first-round pick in the 2006 draft who has started every game this season and averaged 9.5 points.
U.S. breaks drought in men's figure skating
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — On a day when Lindsey Vonn crashed and Canada's pride-and-joy hockey team nearly went down, Evan Lysacek stood up strong.
In the biggest event of his life, Lysacek — the reigning world champion in men's figure skating — didn't try the most daring routine, but he hit nearly every move he picked. He knew it, too, repeatedly screaming "Yes!" as his music faded.
"It was definitely my best, and that's what I came here to do," Lysacek said.
Pioneers miss opportunities early, late in loss to Cougars
Turnovers, offensive rebounds and missed free throws, in that order, did in the Batesville Pioneers Wednesday night in Pioneer Gym.
The West Helena Cougars ordered up the first two, getting the lead, then the Pioneers delivered on the last, eliminating any chance of a rally.
With that, the Cougars took a 57-46 high school basketball victory over the Pioneers in 5A-East District action.
Lady Pioneers close in on state tourney berth
Two in a row and wanting more.
That's the thinking of the Batesville Lady Pioneers as they rush toward the finish line in the 5A-East District basketball race.
Wednesday night, they followed up a 13-point victory in Wynne with a 40-22 walloping of the West Helena Cougarettes.
Now, with three games to go in the regular season, all against district foes, the Lady Pioneers need one more win to clinch a berth in the Class 5A State Tournament, which is set for Alma on March 2-6.
Ryan Mallett's recovery will take 3 to 4 months
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett is expected to miss spring practice after sustaining a broken bone in his left foot.
Officials said Mallett's injury occurred during conditioning drills Wednesday morning. He is expected to fully recover in three to four months.
Mallett completed 225 of 403 passes for 3,624 yards and 30 touchdowns during the 2009 season, when the Razorbacks went 8-5. He led the Southeastern Conference in total offense (276.5) and passing yards per game (278.8).
Powell nets 26 as Hogs cruise
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Arkansas responded to its only loss in the last 25 days by getting back into the win column.
Freshman Marshawn Powell scored 16 of his game-high 26 points in the first half as the Razorbacks defeated South Carolina 92-79 on Wednesday night. Courtney Fortson added 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
Fortson decided before the game to issue a challenge to Powell, who had scored only 19 points over Arkansas' last two games.
"Courtney told me I was due for a 20-point game," Powell said. "He said it a couple times.


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Archive for 'Tax Office'
Cost of Australian Tax Office job cuts outweighs salary savings
Posted by John, August 25th, 2014 - under ATO, Australian Tax Office, Tax Office.
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Me in today's Canberra Times letters. Scroll about half way down. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/ct-letters/big-parties-cashed-up-20140824-3e7x5.html
Australian Tax Office to lose 3000 staff by October; what happens to revenue collections from the rich and powerful, Commissioner?
Posted by John, July 15th, 2014 - under Tax, Tax avoidance, Tax cuts, Tax evasion, Tax expenditures, Tax havens, Tax Office, Tax policy, Tax the rich.
Comments: 6
The one percent has captured not only Parliament and tax policy but tax administration now too. If that is true, the conclusion we might then reach is that the slaughter of Tax Office jobs currently under way is actually an attempt to administratively reduce taxes on capital by weakening the capacity of the ATO to tax the rich and powerful. Certainly that fits in neatly with the neoliberal cut taxes mantra of most politicians and the Treasury.
Over to you Commissioner of Taxation.
Lessons for Australia? Tax workers strike to stop Tories' job cuts
Posted by John, June 29th, 2014 - under Cuts, Fighting back, Strikes, Tax Office.
Comments: 3
Are there lessons for Australia in what tax staff in the UK are doing? Some 50,000 tax workers at HMRC offices around Britain began a week of rolling strikes on Monday of this week writes Annette Mackin in Socialist Worker UK.
Company tax avoidance in Australia: is it just one bad Apple?
Posted by John, March 9th, 2014 - under Apple, Google, Tax, Tax advisers, Tax avoidance, Tax havens, Tax Office, Tax reform, Tax the rich.
Comments: 5
Company tax avoidance is not a failing of capitalism: it is its logical expression.
There are two ways to really tax the rich. The first is for workers to win bigger pay increases to stop the bosses getting their hands on more of our money before they can play funny buggers with it. The second is to overthrow the capitalist system which produces corporate tax avoidance.
Tax cheats and union 'corruption'
Posted by John, February 2nd, 2014 - under Chris Jordan, Tax evasion, Tax Office.
Comments: 1
Why is there no royal commission into corrupt business people and their companies cheating on their tax? Could it be because they are rich and powerful?
It's the Tax Office the Australian left should be worried about
Posted by John, December 23rd, 2013 - under ATO, Chris Jordan, Commissioner of Taxation, Tax, Tax advisers, Tax avoidance, Tax cuts, Tax evasion, Tax Office.
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This may be the logic. Trickle down will increase revenue. The less tax we collect today from companies will magically produce more economic activity in the future. So having people in charge of the Australian Tax Office who 'understand' business and the realities they face is just what capital needs. To business, tax is just another cost and the lower the costs the higher the profit and the better off all of us will be
I believe in Santa Claus too.
Advice fuels MRRT doubts
Posted by John, January 17th, 2013 - under Minerals Resource Rent Tax, Tax, Tax Office, Tax policy, Tax secrecy.
Comments: 2
I am quoted in today's Australian. Among other things: 'Former senior tax official John Passant concluded yesterday that the government's need to suppress the quarterly revenue figure indicated that nothing was being collected.' Find out why. Here is the link to the article 'Advice fuels MRRT doubts' by David Crowe.
Tax secrecy and the mining tax
Posted by John, January 15th, 2013 - under A band of hostile brothers, Doug Cameron, Le Rhiannon, Social Democracy, Tax, Tax avoidance, Tax havens, Tax Office, Tax secrecy, Tax the rich.
Comments: 3
If the UK Public Accounts Committee can question Starbucks, Amazon and Google about their tax affairs, and then condemn them for not paying any tax in Britain, we can do it here in Australia.
A thoroughgoing investigation into the tax affairs of big business is needed to see just what they get up to and whether they are paying a fair share of tax in Australia. After all, what has big business got to hide? Over to you Senators Rhiannon and Cameron.
How much tax does big business in Australia pay?
Posted by John, December 23rd, 2012 - under Business tax, Tax, Tax avoidance, Tax havens, Tax Office, Tax the rich.
Comments: 1
Without a mass working class movement demanding and winning better wages, more jobs and price controls as well as more tax paid by the rich and big business, the rich and big business will continue to get richer and pay less and less tax.
The new Commissioner of Taxation – a reprise
Posted by John, November 13th, 2012 - under Australian Tax Office, Chris Jordan, Commissioner of Taxation, Michael D'Ascenzo, Tax, Tax Office.
Comments: none
Has newly appointed Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan been involved in tax avoidance arrangements for his clients or even himself? Will he, for example, release his tax returns for the last ten years?


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Get ready for some stemming! This route is on the left-facing dihedral area of Rincon (uphill, and around the corner from the right-facing dihedral area). It follows a nice dihedral for about 90 feet. The crux(es) are stemming moves with not much for hands. At the top, you can walk off, or finish with the last pitch of Over the Hill (recommended), which is a beautiful finger crack that goes right through a pink streak on the wall. The summit is also a walk off to the left.
Bring your stoppers, RPs, some small TCUs, a #1 cam, and some slings.


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Toward the end of the game, I looked up into the stands to see a fan reading the Advocate's special section featuring double-sided cover pages. The sight warmed an editor's heart on a cool November night. To see a gallery of almost 100 photos from the game, go to VictoriaAdvocate.com/game.
I bumped into Victoria superintendent Bob Moore on the field after the East-West game Friday night. I was busy trying to capture iPhone video of the excited Titans and their fans. He was understandably soaking up the pleasure of seeing the community come together in record numbers for a school event.
Wearing his "WE" (West and East combined) hat, Moore shook my hand and told me the district estimated the crowd at 14,000 or 15,000. About 11,000 tickets were sold, and at least 3,000 had staff, student or faculty passes, he said.
You might argue that sports play too big of a role in our society, but the best the game had to offer was on display this night. You could feel the positive energy flowing from the packed stands.
At the Advocate, we tried our best to capture this excitement before, during and after the game. Our game-day special section featured a double cover, an idea managing editor Thomas Martinez brought from something he had worked on for the Oregon-Oregon State rivalry at another newspaper. We figured this was one way to satisfy the rabid fans of each school who regularly call us to complain we're favoring the other one.
During the game, public service editor Gabe Semenza and I sent video to AdvoSports.com as fast as we could. Combined with Martinez's efforts at the St. Joseph game, we filled our website with 141 video clips, a record for us since we started shooting almost-live video this season.
Of course, we also spent considerable effort making Saturday's Advocate one befitting the historic nature of the game. "Rivalry reborn," we declared in a screaming front-page headline.
Over the top for a silly football game? I don't think you'd feel that way if you were inside Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
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Independent travelers may wish to rent kayaks, motor boats or backpacking equipment to use without a guide service. Tulchina Adventures offers gear, kayak, canoe, and skiff rentals. Alaska Alpine Adventures offers kayak rentals. The Farm Lodge offers skiff rentals. The General Inn Cafe & Store offers skiff, open style recreational kayaks, and bikes. All companies are located in Port Alsworth on Lake Clark.
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Lake Clark is 1056 feet deep and covers 128 square miles. Thousands of years ago, the lake (and nearby Lake Iliamna) may have been open to salt water before being closed off by glacial outwash deposits.


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Welcome, to The 9-12 Project in Mentor, OH. - You are not Alone
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- Willoughby Public Library
- 30 Public Sq, Willoughby, OH (map)
Hosted by: Kim L. (President)
This Meetup repeats on the 1st Thursday of every month
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August 7 · 7:00 PMCommon Core - Let's Activate!Sarah Fowler, State School Board member, will be our speaker tonight and will make a presentation on behalf of Ohioans Against Common Core to help formulate our course... Learn more
July 22 · 8:00 PMGlenn Beck Live in Theaters - "We Will Not Conform"Glenn Beck announced a "call to action" that will take place on July 22, which he said will arm Americans with the knowledge to speak out against Common Core education... Learn more
June 5 · 7:00 PMThe Future of the Mentor 9-12 ProjectIt's no secret there are a lot of liberty groups in Ohio, three just in Lake County, and for the most part we all work separately toward similar goals. What... Learn more
May 1 · 7:00 PMExposing the Enemies of FreedomPresented by Fred Deming, member of Heritage Club and local leader of John Birch Society, this video is one of a six-part Constitutional course that provides a practical... Learn more
April 3 · 7:00 PMIllegal Immigration Locally & Nationally, by Robert Najmulski, FAIRILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: HOW THE TAIL IS WAGGING THE DOG Reform and Amnesty efforts at the National level The Threat of Illegal Immigration: Economy, Jobs, Public Safety... Learn more


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The last year has been an inspiring and encouraging one for economic development in Boone County, said Boone County Economic Development Corp. Director Bryan Brackemyre on Thursday, June 12, at the organization's annual meeting held at Traders Point Christian Church in Whitestown.
He anticipates this next year to be even better.
"I cannot be more optimistic about our future," he said. "I'm confident that 2014-15 will be another year to remember."
Present and past Boone County EDC board members and other community members celebrated the organization's 25th anniversary at the annual meeting. Brackemyre shared about the successes of the past year, including several expansions of existing businesses and new projects that came to fruition, including Weaver Popcorn, Lids and GNC.
"These companies saw the potential here in Boone County, and they could have gone anywhere in the world," Brackemyre said.
The featured speaker, President of Subaru of Indiana Automotive Tom Easterday, spoke about the truly global nature of economic development today. Easterday, a Zionsville resident, said Indiana cities are competing with low-wage and low-benefit countries around the world now, not just with each other. He shared the top 10 reasons companies choose a manufacturing site, and said Boone County isn't quite up to par with two of them -- a generally healthy population and low utility costs. The other eight reasons are a skilled workforce, good transportation infrastructure, low business taxes, strong education systems, cooperation between state and local government, a favorable regulatory environment, shovel-ready sites, and air quality.
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Taking on Long-Term Care
Here's an exciting idea from the Commonwealth Fund: Add a longterm care benefit to Medicare. It wouldn't be a freebie. It would be financed by ...
Here's an exciting idea from the Commonwealth Fund: Add a longterm care benefit to Medicare. It wouldn't be a freebie. It would be financed by a premium to pay for care. It might put the long-term-care insurance sector out of business but it would spell major R-E-L-I-E-F for state Medicaid budgets.
According to a recent Health Care Opinion Leaders survey on the subject, the Commonwealth Fund (and Modern Healthcare) found that four out of five respondents favor adding such a benefit to Medicare. More than two-thirds believe it's important that the health reform plans of the presidential candidates address the quality and financing of long-term care.
The opinion leaders surveyed came from academia, the health care and insurance businesses, and government and advocacy groups. Elected officials were excluded. Just imagine the results if governors had been included.
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