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"None of the products shown is..."
"None of the products shown are..."
Is the plural that makes the difference.
If the item is uncountable, use the singular ("none of our beer is stale").
If the item is countable, use either ("none of our beer bottles [is / are] broken").
Usually, one way will read more naturally than the other. Go for the form easiest on the ear.
"None of the products shown is..." would be correct.
victor the pronoun either is singular and requires a singular verb hence...
Either is correct :)
Could anyone pls clarify?
"None of the products shown are..." This is often used in speech, though techically incorrect. 'Are' is a plural word and is matched to the plural word 'products'. It is incorrect, although sounds correct due to common usage.
You could use either of the above and it would be perfectly acceptable, although using the word 'is' would be the gramatically correct way of using the English language.
Language is never dead: It moves and changes.
You could write a couple of paragraphs on this controversy, but in the end it might be that none of them would be worth reading. ;)
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If you feel uncomfortable with a particular context, you could try a rewrite.
I am sorry but this rule and etymology are just plain wrong. For a complete discourse on the etymology please see the OED which also btw has a whole section on the plural form.
Most indefinite pronouns are singular but 'none' can be singular or plural.
In fact 'none' is nearly always plural and takes a plural verb as in 'None of the forests were deciduous' i.e no amount of the forests.
Here is an example taking a singular verb 'None of the silver spoons was missing' i.e. not one of the spoons.
I hope that helps.
Hence, "None of the products shown are..." must be the only correct option.
I think this is one of those things where there isn't quite a right or wrong usage. The author may intend that, as has been discussed here, "none" refer to "not one." But I agree the plural sounds better in this case and I'd probably go with it. As I mentioned earlier, if you're writing something and feel uncomfortable or uncertain about a construction, there's often a way out by rewording it.
On the question of "either" raised in another post, I'd note that this too depends on context.
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SOURCE is an acronym for Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment. The program is designed for frail, elderly and disabled Georgians who require the level of care typically provided in a nursing home. However this program allows eligible individuals to receive care in their homes or communities (such as assisted living residents or personal care homes) and avoid long term nursing home placement. This program provides for both medical care and non-medical personal care services.
Originally this program was only available in certain areas of the state, but now it is open to residents statewide. In 2013, approximately 20,000 Georgians received assistance under this program. However, even with increased capacity, it is possible that a waiting list for services may exist.
The applicant's health and finances both play a role in the eligibility requirements for the SOURCE Waiver. As the waiver is intended to divert individuals from nursing home placement, the first requirement is that they need nursing home level care. Second, they must qualify for Georgia Medicaid financially.
Georgia long term care Medicaid has both income limits and financial resource limits. For 2014, the income limit for an individual is $2,163 / month and the asset limit is $2,000. If that person is married and their spouse is not applying for Medicaid, the limits change. Spouses are allowed additional income and up to $117,240 in financial resources; their Community Spouse Resource Allowance.
It is possible to receive Medicaid even if one's income or assets are over the limits. Georgia has a Medically Needy Medicaid program that will considered persons with exceptionally high medical and care costs even though they are over the limits. Another option is to restructure one's finances through the creation of Medicaid exempt trusts and annuities so that their countable income and assets are within the acceptable limits. Persons hoping to qualify using this approach should be aware that legal or financial expertise is necessary. One can find Medicaid planning assistance here.
Services are determined on a case-by-case basis and can include any of the following:
More information about this program can be found on the Georgia SOURCE webpage. One can apply for the SOURCE waiver by contacting their local Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children county offices. A list of contact information is available here.


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Chapter 1
The young solider walked with purposeful steps to the doorway of Darren Riddock, the commanding officer of the tactical analysis team. The young soldier stood in the doorway, saluting before speaking.
"Sir, we've found something."
A recent excavation for a new building complex foundation had unearthed an ancient room which had originated from the earliest human settlers on Mars. Perfectly preserved, Darren had given orders to thoroughly search the room with solid directives to immediately hand over any data they found, be it handwritten, electronic, or any other form.
The government, scientists and the tactical team held out hope. Hope that whatever they might find could provide an insight, clues as to what the civilizations on Mars needed, what everyone needed, to survive.
The young soldier handed over a small black data chip to Darren. Saluting again, he turned and walked away at the same pace with which he entered. Darren took the chip to his team, anticipating their findings. The information on the chip was originally from someone who lived on earth, before it was destroyed. Either they were amongst the few who were able to get off the planet, or they at least saw the data chip to safety on Mars.
The following information was recovered.
For years, man has looked to the sky to find out if life from other worlds really exists, if we are not alone. The answer is a definite yes, but, we were looking the wrong way! Unbeknownst to us, we had already made contact, but did not know what we were looking at. Planet earth was inhabited many years before humans came into existence. The aliens came to turn planet earth into something that would ensure their future survival, a giant fly trap, and we are the flies!
It had been a long day for the workers at the Shinwa tidal power station. The strong tidal flow turned the giant fans under the rushing waters, providing huge amounts of energy. Korea viewed the power station as a statement to the world, showing their superior technology. Chin Ho simply viewed it as a means to an end, looking eagerly forward to receiving his weekly pay.
"Bae, you watch my area for 10 minutes, I have to go to bathroom."
Chin was happy with the cleanliness of the bathrooms. He removed his tool belt and placed it on one of the benches. Leaning towards the mirror, Chin placed his hands either side of his face and moved them in a slow, downwards direction. He thought of how he had aged and longed to be young again. Shaking his head, he walked away, knowing there would be no return to his youthful vibrancy.
Walking into one of the cubicles, Chin loosened his belt and dropped his trousers to the jade green tiled floor. Checking the seat for anyone's prior mess, he took some tissue paper and wiped it regardless before sitting. A leftover news paper was placed on the paper dispenser. Sitting down,Chin picked up the paper and began reading it.
A bubbling noise from the toilet water caused Chin to startle. "Mueos!" Dismissing the noise, Chin continued to read his paper. Through the pipes came a rumbling noise, mixed with electronic ghost noises, moving rapidly. Bright blue lights began emitting from the toilet water. Chin wondered if management had installed some sort of new entertaining bathroom device. Chin's eyes shot wide open as he felt a sudden, deep, dull thud in his lower body. A coughing noise ensued from his mouth, as a small trickle of blood dribbled out. Chin's torso sunk into the toilet bowl; pulling his legs up and in, leaving them pointing upwards. It was as if Chin was trying to touch his toes. His head was nearly level with the toilet seat. His body trembled with shock as the bowl water turned a deep red color. Chin opened his mouth to say something, but it was too late. A solid finishing strike was enough to take him down fully.
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Case No. 3408/07
In the matter between :
SONIA ANNETTE BOTHA N.O. Applicant
COLLEEN DEETLEFS First Respondent
THE MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT Second Respondent
[1] This is an application for the ejectment of the first respondent from premises described as 1 Wright Place, Carrington Heights, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal ("the property"), together with certain ancillary relief.
[2] The applicant is the executrix of the estate of her father, the late Frederick Johannes Rossouw ("the deceased"), who died on 17 May 2006. The first respondent is a major female, with whom the deceased formed a relationship during mid 1999, whereafter they commenced living together. They remained living together up to the death of the deceased. The second respondent is the Master against whom no relief is claimed.
[3] The property is registered in the name of the deceased. It is hypothecated in favour of the Standard Bank of South Africa to secure a loan, with a balance of R449 282,80. The estate pays the municipal rates accruing on the property. An amount of R42 983,46 has been paid out of the liquid portion of the deceased's estate towards instalments on the loan secured by the mortgage bond. The first respondent has been paying for municipal services consumed on the property. She has not made any contribution towards the payment of the monthly instalments on the loan secured by the mortgage bond over the property.
[4] According to a draft liquidation and distribution account of the estate:
(a) the total assets (including the property) amount to R1 554 178,87;
(b) the property is valued at R850 000; and
(c) the total liabilities of the estate amount to R835 038,60 (which includes the mortgage bond, which is the single largest liability).
The applicant maintains, and prima facie it seems, that it will be necessary to sell the property to discharge the admitted debts of the deceased estate. It also appears from the estate account that there are certain assets on which further interest is accruing in the interim.
[5] The first respondent contends that since 1999, when she commenced living with the deceased, there existed a tacit universal partnership between her and the deceased. She has issued summons out of this division under Case No. 7707/06 seeking an order declaring that such a universal partnership existed, declaring that is was dissolved by the death of the deceased, and for an order appointing a Receiver to take charge of and realize the assets of the partnership, demand a true and correct account of any portion of the assets of which others may have taken possession, discharge the liabilities and debts of the partnership and dividing the partnership equally between the estate of the deceased and the first respondent. In that action, the onus will obviously be on the first respondent to prove such partnership – see Bosman v Registrar of Deeds 1942 CPD 303. The proceedings in the action are still pending and the first respondent accordingly contends that the present application is premature as it is only the court in the action which will be in a position to make a finding whether or not she is entitled to one half of the deceased's estate.
[6] In support of her contention that a partnership exists, the first respondent claims that she and the deceased administered a joint household since 1999, when they combined their lives and possessions. She always contributed to the expenses running the household and also contributed to the mortgage bond instalments. In 2002 she and the deceased purchased their first property situate at 30 Rocky Ridge Road, Hillary, in the approximate amount of R290 000-00. They sold this property during 2005 for approximately R985 000 and then purchased the property where she currently resides for R590 000. R240 000 thereof was paid from the profits out of the 30 Rocky Ridge Road property and the balance was financed by a mortgage bond.
[7] She further states that she "will endeavour to obtain the other half portion of the immovable property should the relief be granted as set out in the abovementioned action". Accordingly, she contends, that she is not in unlawful occupation.
[8] The applicant submits that irrespective of whether there is a universal partnership or not, the first respondent is obliged to dispose of the property and discharge the debts of the estate. She complains that the first respondent has not co-operated with her in placing the property on the market for sale and that she requires vacant occupation of the property to market it properly.
[9] It is trite law that :
"An executor is not a mere procurator or agent for the heirs but is legally vested with the administration of the estate. An estate is an aggregate of assets and liabilities and a totality of the rights, obligations and powers of dealing therewith, vests in the executor so that he alone can deal with them. … Immediately after Letters of Executorship have been issued to him, the executor must take into his custody or under his control all the property in the estate which are not in the possession of any person who claims to be entitled to retain them under any contract, rights of retention or attachment. … It has been succinctly stated that it is a duty of the executor to liquidate the estate and the estate is liquidated when it is reduced to possession, cleared of debts and so left for the enjoyment by the heirs. …"
See Meyerowitz on Administration of Estates and Estate Duty 2004 ed. para 12.20, section 26(1) of the Administration of Estates Act, No. 66 of 1965, Lockhat's Estate v North British and Mercantile Insurance 1959(3) SA 295 (AD) at 302.
[10] It is common cause that the provisions of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act No. 19 of 1998 ("PIE") apply, should it be found that the first respondent is in unlawful occupation.
[11] The first respondent did not in argument dispute that the procedural requirements of PIE have been complied with. In view of the first respondent's opposition to the application, it is in any event not necessary to serve further notices on the first respondent – see Ubunye Co-operative Housing (Association Incorporated under section 21) v Joyce N Mbele and Others NPD Case No. 3754/2005 dated 22 September 2005.
[12] The issues arising are thus:
is first respondent in unlawful occupation or does she have a right to remain in occupation of the property registered in the estate;
if the first respondent is in unlawful occupation, is it just and equitable that she be ejected, and if so, on what terms.
[13] Applicant contends, arguing on first respondent's version, that even assuming the existence of a universal partnership (or some from of joint ownership of the property), that:
such alleged partnership is an anonymous partnership, or in the nature of an anonymous partnership, as the first respondent was not held out to the world as a partner and did not actively participate in the business of the partnership – see generally Lawsa 1st re-issue Vol. 19 page 267;
as an anonymous partner, the first respondent had no right to claims possession of assets while the partnership remained in existence – Sabatelli v St. Andrew's Building Society and Ors 1933 WLD 55, Eaton and Louw v Arcade Properties (Pty) Ltd 1961(4) SA 233 (T), Mmabatho Fruit Corporation (Pty) Ltd v Fourie en Andere 1985(1) SA 318 (T) at 322;
if it is a case of mere joint ownership (as the first respondent on her own version also describes the situation), the applicant as representative of the estate cannot be obliged to remain a co-owner against her will and such alleged co-ownership can be terminated with the actio communi dividundo – see Robson v Theron 1978(1) SA 841 A; Drummond v Dreyer 1954 (1) SA 306 N at 308.
[14] The death of the deceased terminated any such partnership ex lege from the date of death.
[15] Upon termination and in the absence of agreement, a receiver should in the ordinary course and in the absence of agreement as to how the dissolution of the partnership is to be achieved, be appointed to collect all the assets, discharge debts and generally liquidate the partnership. Assets in the possession of either party must be surrendered to the receiver. Indeed, once a receiver is appointed, he is the only one with the locus standi to claim delivery of partnership assets. Before a receiver/liquidator is nominated and appointed, the other partner can institute proceedings, but it seems only to protect a partnership asset – see Van Tonder v Davis 1975 (3) SA 616 (K) at 618 C – D.
[16] In the absence of some agreement, or a unilateral legal act making over such property to the first respondent, for example as a bequest, (none of which is alleged, the deceased also having died intestate) no actio pro socio seems to be available, only the actio communio dividundo.
[17] In the absence of a receiver, the parties would be under an obligation, in my view, to assist in the disposal of any partnership assets, or then at least to assist in the protection thereof by making the same available for realization on more advantageous terms than would be realized by a forced sale of the property at the instance of the mortgagee.
[18] In the absence of agreement:
a former, albeit anonymous partner, cannot remain in exclusive possession and occupation of a partnership asset to the exclusion of the other partner (or his estate), and a fortiori where no contribution is being made by that partner towards the mortgage bond liability in respect thereof, especially where this was the case up to the date of death;
the option to buy in the other half share in the property, even after a full accounting (or, in casu, finalisation of the pending action) by one partner cannot be enforced. The other partner (or the heirs of the deceased partner's estate) might have a similar desire. That is all the more so where the only evidence of the state of the assets and liabilities of such a partnership, indicates that the property will have to be sold to liquidate the debts of the disclosed partner primarily liable therefore. That is the very fate that will befall any partnership asset, whether in a disclosed or anonymous partnership.
[19] A half owner of property is not ex lege entitled to occupation or to remain in occupation of property, but is only the owner of an undivided (in the absence of partition) half share. In the absence of agreement, the first respondent has not greater rights to exclusive occupation of the property than the other owner of the remaining half share. The first respondent's occupation of the property is unlawful. Her right to an undivided half share in the partnership (assuming it to have existed) is not necessarily co-extensive with a half share in the immovable property.
[20] In my view, the first respondent is on her own version in unlawful occupation of the property.
[21] The first respondent has been in occupation of the property for more than six months. Section 4(7) of PIE provides:
"(7) If an unlawful occupier has occupied the land in question for more than six months at the time when the proceedings are initiated, a court may grant an order for eviction if it is of the opinion that it is just and equitable to do so, after considering all the relevant circumstances, including, except where the land is sold in a sale of execution pursuant to a mortgage, whether land has been made available or can reasonably be made available by a municipality or other organ of state or another land owner for the relocation of the unlawful occupier, and including the rights and needs of the elderly, children, disabled persons and households headed by a woman.
(8) If the court is satisfied that all the requirements of this section have been complied with, and that no valid defence has been raised by the unlawful occupier, it must grant an order for the eviction of the unlawful occupier, and determine -
(a) a just and equitable date on which the unlawful occupier must vacate the land under the circumstances; and
(b) the date on which an eviction order may be carried out if the unlawful occupier has not vacated the land on the date contemplated in paragraph (a)."
[22] I have taken into account that it was obviously the deceased's desire that the first respondent be accommodated in his home and that this arrangement would probably have continued for some time to come, but for his death. They seem to have been part of one household.
[23] In determining a just and equitable date, I must have regard to the interests and circumstances of the first respondent as occupier and pay due regard to the broader considerations of fairness and constitutional values. I am required to infuse elements of grace and compassion into the formal structures of the law – see Wormald N.O. and Ors v Kambule 2006(3) SA 562 SCA at 570.
[24] My discretion is one in the wide and not the narrow sense – see Ndlovu v Ngcobo; Bekker and ano. v Jika 2003(1) SA 113 (SCA) at para [18].
[25] Taking into account inter alia that:
the first respondent was the deceased's companion and co-habitant and occupier of the property and would probably have continued in occupation of the property;
the first respondent was part of the deceased's de facto household;
the first respondent is now on her own as the survivor of this union and heads her own household;
the first respondent has been in occupation for more than six months;
the first respondent is pursuing a claim based on the alleged partnership which, if proved, will vest her with certain benefits (and might, and I put it no higher than that, enable her or place her in a position to negotiate and achieve her stated intention of acquiring the remaining interest of the estate in the property);
the estate has paid the mortgage bond instalments on the property in the interim;
it is my view that the first respondent should be ordered to vacate the property on or before 30 April 2008 and if she has not done so by then, that an eviction order may then be carried out.
[26] The applicant has been successful, as the first respondent denied any obligation to vacate, and is accordingly entitled to her costs.
[27] I grant an order in terms of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Notice of Motion, save that the words "on or before 30 April 2008" are substituted for the words "within THREE (3) days of date of service of this order" in paragraph 1 thereof.
Date of Hearing : 7 December 2007
Date of Judgment : 23 January 2008
Counsel for Applicant : M. Harcourt
Instructed by : Sanan & Watts
Counsel for Respondent : Van Rhyn Fouché
Instructed by : De Villiers, Scholtz


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CYRIL WONG has been called Singapore's first confessional poet, mainly "on the basis of the brutally candid sexuality in his poetry, along with a barely submerged anxiety over the fragility of human connection and a relentless self-querying; but the label understates Wong's constant evolution" (Toh 662). By turns "acerbic and tender, ironic and meditative" (Cheong 45), he has "many styles, all of them limber, which combine the anecdotal and the confessional with the intuitive and the empathetic" (Patke and Holden 185). Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a novel, two short-story collections and editor of two anthologies, his poems are known for their "lyrical intensity" and for "training an almost anthropologically curious eye on the laws and customs of his own family: their strange taciturn ways, their gnomic references to disappointment and guilt, and their penchant for self-delusion" (Holden, Poon, Lim 370). In a way that makes him particularly distinctive in the Singaporean literary scene, his poetic orbit possesses "a heightened awareness of the physical body, and a desire to probe its visceral materiality for emotional truths" (Holden, Poon and Lim 370-71). Edwin Thumboo has praised Cyril's poems for their "remarkable inwardness" and how "they leave us with the feeling of subjects occasion, non-happening, an especially poignant experience explored to unusual limits" ("Introduction" 9). With regard to Cyril's third collection and its play of presence and absence in the context of Singapore's urbanity and cultural memory, John Phillips described his poetry as offering "an affirmation of emptiness in a time and place where this is barely possible" ("The Future of the Past: Archiving Singapore" 160).
Cyril is popularly known as a homosexual poet "a condition about which he has written much and of which he takes complete and total ownership; that is, he refuses to blame this on biology or some other mis-alignment, taking, rather, full responsibility for being gay" (Singh 108). TIME magazine (Dec. 10, 2007) has also written that "his work expands beyond simple sexuality...to embrace themes of love, alienation and human relationships of all kinds" (Tharoor 48). Singaporean critic Gwee Li Sui has stressed that readers need not perceive the poet's persona in terms of gay exceptionality, "his qualities of spaciousness and morphing images also manifesting an interest in a kind of New-Age irreligious spirituality" ("The New Poetry" 250). For Cyril, "the lyricism he offers is a unique aria that laments but ultimately gives voice to one who chooses to detach himself from the ebb and flow of routinary urban experience" (Lizada 179). In a review by the Southeast Asian Review of English, his poetry has been called "an art that works simply from a personal plane, and from within such a plane we have some of the most sensitive, articulate probings into the nature of one's self that have never been seen before in all of contemporary Singaporean verse" (Jeyam 99).
Cyril has been a featured poet at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the inaugural Singapore Literature Festival in New York, the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, the Sydney, Melbourne and Byron Bay Writers Festivals, Castlemaine State Festival, Vietnam's first Asia-Pacific Poetry Festival, Utan Kayu International Literary Biennale, Ubud Readers and Writers Festival, CausewayEXchange Festival, and Singapore Writers Festival. Theatre companies, dancers, visual artists and musicians have adapted his work. His poems were performed at the 2004 Queensland Poetry Festival and his verse monologue, Still Flight, was presented at the 2005 Magdalena International Festival of Women in Contemporary Theatre (USA). Cyril served as a mentor under the Creative Arts Programme and the Mentor Access Project, as well as a judge for the Golden Point Awards and a creative-writing instructor at Pelangi Village in Singapore. His works have appeared in Atlanta Review, Fulcrum, Poetry International, Prairie Schooner, Best of Asheville Poetry Review (1994-2004), MĀNOA, Poetry New Zealand, Kunapipi, Ideya, Asia Literary Review, Die Horen (German Translation), La traductière (English and French translation), The Bungeishichoo (Japanese translation), Force Majeure (English and Indonesian translation) and SARE, among various journals and magazines. Anthologies featuring his work include The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One, This Assignment is So Gay (Sibling Rivalry Press 2013), Little Things (Ethos Books 2013), Eastern Heathens (Ethos Books 2013), Collective Brightness (Sibling Rivalry Press 2011), ALIA storie l'arcipelago del fantastico (CS_libri 2011), GASPP (The Literary Centre 2010), Tumasik (AHB & IWP 2009), Double Skin (Ethos Books 2009), Fifty on 50 (NAC 2009), Writing Singapore: An Historical Anthology of Singapore Literature (NUS Press 2009), Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond (W. W. Norton 2008), Chinese Erotic Poems (Everyman's Library 2007), Singapore: Sedici racconti dall'Asia estrema (Isbn Edizioni 2005) and Dance the Guns to Silence (Flipped Eye Publishing 2005).
A past recipient of the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award (2005) and the Singapore Literature Prize (2006), Cyril completed his doctoral degree in English literature at the National University of Singapore under a Research Scholarship in 2012, and founded the poetry webjournal, SOFTBLOW. Upon the banning and pulping of books by Singapore's National Library Board in 2014, he announced his decision in TODAY to retreat from writing come 2015: "As a queer writer, I think I have reached a limit of some sort, in the light or dark of recent events. I don't know why I'm bothering anymore. By sometime next year, I'm just going to stop; yes, stop publishing, stop working with governmental organisations, even stop writing."
Photo: Nguyen Vu Hung (2012)
Cheong, Felix. "Out in the City." The Edge, Singapore. Jul. 28, 2003.
Toh Hsien Min. "Wong, Cyril (1977— )." The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English. Ed. Jeremy Noel-Tod and Ian Hamilton. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
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The CAG repeats in the human Huntington's disease (HD) gene exhibit striking length-dependent intergenerational instability, typically small size increases or decreases of one to a few CAGs, but little variation in somatic tissues. In a subset of male transmissions, larger size increases occur to produce extreme HD alleles that display somatic instability and cause juvenile onset of the disorder. Initial efforts to reproduce these features in a mouse model transgenic for HD exon 1 with 48 CAG repeats revealed only mild intergenerational instability ( approximately 2% of meioses). A similar pattern was obtained when this repeat was inserted into exon 1 of the mouse Hdh gene. However, lengthening the repeats in Hdh to 90 and 109 units produced a graded increase in the mutation frequency to >70%, with instability being more evident in female transmissions. No large jumps in CAG length were detected in either male or female transmissions. Instead, size changes were modest increases and decreases, with expansions typically emanating from males and contractions from females. Limited CAG variation in the somatic tissues gave way to marked mosaicism in liver and striatum for the longest repeats in older mice. These results indicate that gametogenesis is the primary source of inherited instability in the Hdh knock-in mouse, as it is in man, but that the underlying repeat length-dependent mechanism, which may or may not be related in the two species, operates at higher CAG numbers. Moreover, the large CAG repeat increases seen in a subset of male HD transmissions are not reproduced in the mouse, suggesting that these arise by a different fundamental mechanism than the small size fluctuations that are frequent during gametogenesis in both species.
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Sep 08, 2013 11:27 amAs we wrap up this gorgeous morning at Rocky Gap State Park, we wanted to send a special shout out to Allison Nederveld, 32, of Hyattsville, Md., who finished today's triathlon in 2:07. Allison, who used to weigh 250 pounds, could barely walk up a flight of stairs when she started going for long walks around her neighborhood. A year after dedicating herself to becoming healthy, Allison completed her FIRST triathlon, remembering the times people told her she could never finish one on her own! Congratulations Allison!
Sep 08, 2013 11:22 amRESULTS ARE POSTED!
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Photos will be available in the coming days.
Congratulations Iron Girls!
Sep 08, 2013 11:16 amCongratulations to these superstar Iron Girls who finished their journeys today to become Iron Girl Triple Crown Winners!
These women conquered not one, not two, but THREE Iron Girl events this year, including the Athleta Iron Girl Half Marathon in April, the Athleta Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon in August, and today's Iron Girl Rocky Gap in beautiful Flintstone, Md. You did it!!
Sep 08, 2013 10:33 amVolunteers Taylor and Samantha (perhaps future Iron Girls themselves) welcome home their mom, who is not only a finisher today, but an Iron Girl Triple Crown Winner!
Sep 08, 2013 10:23 am37-year-old Rebecca Ward from Kensington, Md. is competing today to prove her disease CANNOT stop her. Rebecca suffers from a collagen synthesis disorder called Ehler Danlos, causing unstable joints, which makes even the simplest tasks, such as walking and sleeping, difficult. She began her journey two years ago when she could barely walk, and now cannot get enough of this active lifestyle. She says her disease hurts and makes life difficult, but she is more than capable of making it to the finish. She competes in every race in honor of American Military Heroes who are no longer with us.
Sep 08, 2013 10:11 amNone of our races would be possible without the help of our amazing volunteers! From start to finish, these folks are up before the sun rises and are the last to leave at the end of the day. THANK YOU!
Sep 08, 2013 9:50 amAs our Iron Girls make their way home this morning, we would like to honor Erin, who was unable to make it today due to injury. Her sister Kristi however wanted to make sure we heard her incredible story in hopes it may inspire others!
In Kristi's words:
"Almost two years ago my sister Erin and I sat in the Trainer's assessment room: nurturing a formerly broken leg and a severely wounded ego, Erin admitted she hadn't seen a scale in years. After months of commitment to food logging, cardio doing, weight lifting, candy declining, outside praise and even criticism; her confidence is what dominates the room entering as a woman who has harnessed her strength in capacities she'd never imagined possible. This champ blew through obstacles (college, peers, a broken leg..) that have so often halted many others' attempts. Congratulations to my beautiful sister for kicking butt and proving that with seriously hard work, boatloads of patience, a reasonable goal and admirable commitment you can take control & stop making excuses to adapt an all-natural, healthier, sustainable lifestyle. Because of a muscle spasm from swimming, Erin and I will not be able to compete in the Rocky Gap Triathlon this weekend, and she is heartbroken. But we will cheer from afar and will be participating in our very own Manhattan-Tri this October! Girls Rule!"
Sep 08, 2013 9:38 amThere are more than 300 women today completing their Iron Girl Triple Crown journey! These women took on 13.1 miles at the Athleta Iron Girl Half Marathon in April, stuck it out the rain at the Athleta Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon in August, and finished the 0.5 mile swim, 16 mile bike and 2.5 mile run today! Congratulations Triple Crown Winners!
Sep 08, 2013 9:25 amRace announcer Jeff Meeks is proud of his daughter Jordan on the completion of her FIRST TRIATHLON! The triathlon bug must run in the family :)
Sep 08, 2013 8:42 amThank you sponsors for your continued support throughout race season! Today's include...
Hammer Nutrition
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Sep 08, 2013 8:37 amGood luck today to 40-year-old Helen Burdman of Baltimore! Helen signed up for the 2012 Athleta Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon, then discovered she was pregnant! She gave birth to her baby boy, Ben, her third child, on August 21, 2012, and was of course unable to compete! However, Helen is on track to complete the Iron Girl Triple Crown this year, and finishing today's race will be the end of her journey to the goal. As she says, "Three kids, Three events, Three sports....coincidence?"
See you at the finish Helen! You are already an Iron Girl!
Sep 08, 2013 8:28 amRACE UPDATE: Chevy Chase, Md. Pro Kristin Andrews finishes first, just minutes before elite Loren Winebrenner! Congratulations Ladies!
Sep 08, 2013 8:17 amGO MOM! We've got a BIG fan out here today cheering on mom.
Sep 08, 2013 8:15 amRACE UPDATE: Our runners are a mile out! Go Kristin & Loren!
Sep 08, 2013 8:08 amRACE UPDATE: Both Loren Winebrenner and Pro Kristin Andrews are onto the run, competing neck and neck! It is going to be a close finish!
Sep 08, 2013 8:05 amToday would not be possible without the support of local groups! Thank you Flintstone Fire Company, Allegany County Sheriff's Department, Cumberland Rescue & Rocky Gap State Park from all of us at TriColumbia and all of our Iron Girls!
Sep 08, 2013 7:56 amGreat friend Amanda Seested is here today supporting her friends, whom she has trained with for months leading up to Iron Girl. Unfortunately, Amanda will have back surgery in a few weeks and was unable to compete today, but that does not stop her from cheering her teammates on!
Sep 08, 2013 7:52 amWe are proud to call the Cumberland YMCA our race beneficiary today! The YMCA serves human needs in Allegany County and the Tri-State region through programs and services that promote lifelong personal growth and the balanced development of spirit, body and mind.
Sep 08, 2013 7:43 amRACE UPDATE: Our lead biker has reached the halfway mark on the bike...is it Kristin Andrews or Loren Winebrenner?
Sep 08, 2013 7:38 amThere are so many inspiring women here today, including age grouper Wendy Stevens. After a rough year, between her son being in a car accident, her daughter being hospitalized, and her mother having a terrible fall, she did not think she would be able to compete today. At the last minute, she decided to drive up with her friend and compete this weekend, saying she wants to "Celebrate Life." GO WENDY! See you at the finish.
Sep 08, 2013 7:33 amRACE STATS: 1,000 women are here today, representing 28 states and two countries (US & Canada), ranging in ages 14 - 71.
Sep 08, 2013 7:28 amWe would like to wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to some Iron Girls today, including:
Laurie Bortscheller, 46
Katie Leonard, 32
Shana Bynon, 43
Cindy Ramsey, 49
Saralyn Elkin, 51
Ana Dalton, 53
Peggy Leizear, 46
Sep 08, 2013 7:22 amTune into our LIVE FEED from Iron Girl Rocky Gap to watch our 1,000 competitors make their way to the finish!
Sep 08, 2013 7:18 amRACE UPDATE: Our first swimmers have made their way to T1 with Loren Winebrenner leading the pack!
Sep 08, 2013 7:09 amAnd they're off! See you at the finish Iron Girls!
Sep 08, 2013 6:53 amWe are just a few minutes out from race start! Good morning Lake Habeeb!
Sep 08, 2013 6:46 amOur athletes are up bright and early and are ready to go!
Sep 08, 2013 5:42 amWelcome to the 2nd annual Iron Girl Rocky Gap Triathlon at beautiful Rocky Gap State Park in Flintstone, MD!
Happy Race Day! It is a gorgeous crisp morning at 61'F with a water temp in Lake Habeeb at 76.5'F as of 5:30am.
Who's ready?!
Archived Trilights
- Iron Girl Half Marathon 2014 (April 27, 2014)
- Iron Girl Rocky Gap Triathlon 2013 (September 8, 2013)
- Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon 2013 (August 18, 2013)
- Celebrating Heroes Triathlon 2013 (June 23, 2013)
- Ironman 70.3 EagleMan Triathlon 2013 (June 9, 2013)
- The Columbia Triathlon 2013 (May 19, 2013)
- Iron Girl Half Marathon 2013 (April 28, 2013)
- Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon 2012 (August 19, 2012)
- Celebrating Heroes Triathlon 2012 (June 24, 2012)
- Ironman 70.3 EagleMan Triathlon 2012 (June 10, 2012)
- The Columbia Triathlon 2012 (May 20, 2012)
- Iron Girl Half Marathon 2012 (April 29, 2012)
- Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon 2011 (August 21, 2011)
- Celebrating Heroes Triathlon 2011 (June 26, 2011)
- Ironman 70.3 EagleMan Triathlon 2011 (June 12, 2011)
- The Columbia Triathlon 2011 (May 22, 2011)
- Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon 2010 (August 22, 2010)
- Celebrating Heroes Triathlon 2010 (June 27, 2010)
- Ironman 70.3 EagleMan Triathlon 2010 (June 13, 2010)
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UPDATED: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 8:54am
COLLEGE STATION -- Texas A&M, a university known for its sense of tradition, is continuing to make history as the school celebrates its birthday.
135 years ago, Texas A&M was founded as the state's first public institution of higher learning and it was back on October 4th, 1876 when Aggie students attended their first day of classes on A&M's campus.
As the years have passed, the University has grown to become a nationally recognized school that continues to rank year after year as one of the best universities.
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Nereid. Greek mythology, Elektra. ELEKTRA (or Electra) was the Okeanid Nymph wife of the sea god Thaumas, and the mother of Iris the Rainbow and the storm-wind Harpyiai (Harpies).
She was perhaps the Nephele (Cloud-Nymphe) of the amber-trim, êlektron, of storm-clouds illuminated by the returning sun. Her other name Ozomene, suggests the cloudy source of the rainbow shooting down to the sea. Hesiod, Theogony 346 ff (trans. Oceanus. Oceanus (/oʊˈsiːənəs/; Ancient Greek: Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós);[2] pronounced [ɔːkeanós]) was a pseudo-geographical feature in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the divine personification of the World Ocean, an enormous river encircling the world.
Some scholars believe that Oceanus originally represented all bodies of salt water, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the two largest bodies known to the ancient Greeks. However, as geography became more accurate, Oceanus came to represent the stranger, more unknown waters of the Atlantic Ocean (also called the "Ocean Sea"), while the newcomer of a later generation, Poseidon, ruled over the Mediterranean.
In ancient literature and legend[edit] Thaumas. THAUMAS : God of the Wonders of the Sea. THAUMAS was an old marine god who personified the wonders of the sea.
His name was derived from the Greek word thaumatos meaning "miracle" or "wonder. " His daughters were the Whirlwinds (Harpyiai) and Rainbows (Iris), and his wife amber tinged clouds (Elektra). Hesiod, Theogony 233 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "And Pontos (the Sea) begat Nereus . . . . Water deity. Poseidon, Greek god of seas and waters.
A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water. Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important. Kelaeno, Greek Goddess of Storms and One of the Harpiesn art cards.


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I've yet to get to see the newly revamped, and critically acclaimed, Food Hall. This is where, I assume, the wine department is located and where you pick up a bottle of this beautiful Sauvignon.
Wine Tasting Note: Fortnum and Mason Martinborough Sauvigon Blanc, 2007, Martinborough, New Zealand
Available from Fortnum and Mason for £10.50.
Like all own-label wines someone (other than the seller) has to produce it; in this case step forward the talents of Alana Estate. in short this is vibrant, juicy, pure and delicious! There are edges of red peppers (capsicum) to the nose and a streak of minerality running though, the nicely complex, palate. Hints of passion fruit, herbs and un-ripened pears can all be found.
It's a text book New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and worth every posh penny.
Scribblings Rating – 90/100 [3.75 out of 5]
I'm coming down to London at the end of the month and I'm going to try to remember to visit F&M's food hall … and maybe buy a bottle of this!
I always feel a small shot of nationalistic pride when a New Zealand wine gets a good review! Sometimes I get the sense that critics/experts/public in general are a bit down on NZ wine. I wonder if this is because not so good examples can be found in supermarkets and people are missing out on the better examples.
I have bought this wine a couple of times now and have loved it both times.
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Is your life half-empty or half-full? Learn how you can choose to find and embrace the silver linings and life lessons in disguise, to create a new reality for your life....MORE INFORMATION »
"Is your life half-empty or half-full? What if I chose to find and embrace the silver linings, the life lessons in disguise? What if I chose to let go of the baggage I have been carrying around? The choice in perception makes all the difference." ~ John J. Murphy
We are all blessed with an opportunity to bring greater joy and prosperity to this world. The hand we are dealt simply makes life interesting. The secret to it all is in how we perceive things. Is your life "half-empty" or "half-full"? More importantly, what is even "in your glass," and how long have you been holding on to it?
In Half-Full, award-winning author John J. Murphy shows us how this choice in perception makes all the difference.
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How Rich People Think will challenge every belief you've ever had about money, and if you're not careful, it may just make you rich....MORE INFORMATION »
In How Rich People Think, author Steve Siebold compares the thoughts, habits and philosophies of the middle class to the world class when it comes to wealth. If you follow the beliefs, philosophies, and strategies of the rich and take action, you have a legitimate shot at becoming a millionaire.
The secret is not in the mechanics of money, but in the level of thinking that generates it. Once you learn to embrace this, your earning potential is limitless.
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There's still plenty of time before this assignment is due…
I'll get to it tomorrow…
We typ typically learn procrastination when we are kids, and we may continue to struggle with it our entire lives. What we often fail to understand is that procrastination makes a person ordinary (at best). We can't do our finest work at the last minute. Creativity is a process that takes time.
The good news is that we can learn how to stop procrastinating…how to get assignments done right away. Nothing beats the satisfaction of having the project complete, the assignment thought through, the task done.
In Stuck on Stop, Vicki Hitzges shares strategies to get you going when you'd rather do anything but work. These guidelines only work if you do. And the payoff is great. Let's go…
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In both your business and personal life, following conventional wisdom is usually the "safe" approach. But the people who make a remarkable difference in the world are typically those who challenge conventional wisdom with an "uncommon sense."...MORE INFORMATION »
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In both your business and your personal life, following conventional wisdom is usually the "safe" approach. But the people who make a remarkable difference in the world are typically those who examine conventional wisdom with a critical eye, using "uncommon sense."
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Biographical and Playing Info
Given Name: Ryan A. Spilborghs
Born: Santa Barbara, CA, USA, in 1979
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Left Field
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Major League Games: 619
Primary Team: Colorado Rockies
Played For
Colorado Rockies (2005-2011)
First major league game: 7/16/2005
Final major league game: 9/5/2011
Hall of Fame Voting
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Through rugs from a wide range of traditions and styles, Fluid Borders explores the impact of oriental rugs on western decor, art and thinking, and traces an understanding of the history of this fascinating branch of textile art. This exhibition has been curated for The Johnston Collection by Susan Scollay, an internationally recognised specialist in textiles and carpets and Islamic art and culture and a contributing editor of HALI, the London-based journal of carpet, textile and Islamic art.
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2011 NCAA tournament
UConn cheerleaders rally the crowd during the championship game in Houston.
Butler cheerleaders look on as UConn pulls ahead during the championship in Houston.
Singer LeAnn Rimes looks on from the stands after signing the National Anthem at the championship game in Houston.
A Butler Bulldogs cheerleader performs during a break in the championship in Houston.
Butler's mascots meet before the championship game in Houston.
Connecticut Huskies cheerleaders perform during a timeout in the championship in Houston.
The Butler pep band plays before the championship game in Houston.
The UConn mascot greets fans before the championship between the Huskies and Butler at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
Former President George H.W. Bush takes photos with the Butler Bulldogs cheerleaders during the semifinals in Houston.
Connecticut cheerleaders perform during the Huskies' semifinal victory over Kentucky in Houston.
The Kentucky mascot lifts a cheerleader during the Wildcats' semifinal loss to UConn in Houston.
Butler Bulldogs guard Zach Hahn greets mascot 'Blue II' after their semifinal victory over VCU.
The Florida Gators mascot goofs around before Florida's Southeast Regional semifinal against Butler in New Orleans.
A Florida cheerleader performs during the Gators' Southeast Regional semifinal game against Butler in New Orleans.
A young fan watches North Carolina play Marquette in an East Regional semifinal in Newark.
The Florida State cheer squad performs a routine during the Seminoles' regional semifinal vs. Virginia Commonwealth in San Antonio.
The VCU mascot takes to the court during the Rams' matchup with Florida State in the Southwest Regional semfinals in San Antonio.
A Kansas cheerleader roots for the Jayhawks during their victory in the regional semifinals over Richmond.
Kansas fans show their support for the Jayhawks during the regional semifinals in San Antonio.
Marquette's cheerleaders perform a routine during a break in the action of the Golden Eagles' loss to North Carolina in Newark.
A Kentucky band member plays a tune during the Wildcats' battle with Ohio State in the East Regional semifinals in Newark.
A Richmond cheerleader does her part to pump up the crowd during the Spiders' loss to Kansas in the Southwest Regional semifinals in San Antonio.
A Florida cheerleader reacts during a performance as the Gators cut down Brigham Young to advance in the Southeast Regional in New Orleans.
The North Carolina mascot pumps up the crowd during the Tar Heels' victory over Marquette in the East Regional semifinals in Newark.
A BYU cheerleader takes to the court to pump up the crowd in New Orleans during the Cougars' overtime loss to Florida in the Southeast Regional semifinals.
The Arizona band performs during the Wildcats' victory over Duke in the West Regional semifinal in Anaheim, Calif.
The Duke Blue Devils mascot performs during the team's loss to Arizona in the regional semifinals in Arizona.
A San Diego State cheerleader performs during the Aztecs' loss to Connecticut during the West Regional semifinals in Anaheim, Calif.
The Butler Bulldogs mascot takes a breather behind the team's cheerleaders during the second half of their win over Wisconsin in the regional semifinal in New Orleans.
Wisconsin cheerleaders perform a routine during the Badgers' loss to Butler in the Southeast Regional semifinal in New Orleans.
A Kansas cheerleader performs during the Jayhawks' third-round game against Illinois in Tulsa.
Florida State cheerleaders perform during the Seminoles' third-round game in Chicago.
The Richmond Spiders mascot celebrates after their victory over Morehead State in Denver.
A Temple cheerleader during the Owls' third-round game against the San Diego State Aztecs in Tucson, Ariz.
A Washington cheerleader performs during their third-round game against North Carolina in Charlotte.
A Connecticut cheerleader performs during the Huskies' third-round game against the Cincinnati Bearcats in Washington.
Arizona cheerleaders sit on the sideline with their mascot during their second-round game in Tulsa.
An Illinois cheerleader performs during the Illini's second-round game in Tulsa.
A North Carolina cheerleader performs during the Tar Heels' second-round game against Long Island in Charlotte.
UCLA cheerleaders perform during the Bruins' victory over Michigan State Thursday in Tampa.
This George Mason band member shows off his school pride as he performs during the Patriots' victory over Villanova in the second round Friday.
A Michigan fan brings some Charlie Sheen chatter to the NCAA tournament with this sign suggesting that the Wolverines' Zack Novak has "Tigerblood."
A Duke cheerleader flips past the NCAA logo at center court in Charlotte while performing a routine during the Blue Devils' second-round win over Hampton.
A Utah State cheerleader performs during the second half of the Aggies' second-round loss to Kansas State in Tucson.
Kentucky's cheerleaders get in formation during the Wildcats' third-round victory over West Virginia in Tampa on Saturday.
Louisville head coach Rick Pitino and the Cardinals' mascot react during their second-round upset loss to Morehead State in Denver.
Cheerleaders from UC Santa Barbara root on their team during the second round in Tampa. The Gauchos lost to Florida.
A member of the Boston University band plays during the Terriers' second-round loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in Tulsa.
A Clemson cheerleader performs during the Tigers' second-round game against West Virginia in Tampa.
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Updated: 12/16/2003 - Lauderdale County supervisors voted to spend another million on the Riley Grand Opera House project.
Updated: 12/16/2003 - Authorities say the son of slain Lee County Sheriff Harold Ray Presley was found dead Tuesday at Parchman after apparently hanging himself.
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Updated: 12/15/2003 - As things continue to look up for the economy, a new national survey shows that about 20 percent of employers will hire more people next year. How could this affect residents in east Mississippi and west Alabama?
Updated: 12/15/2003 - Historically December 15th is the busiest day of the year for post offices nationwide.
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The Cuisinart mandoline has a wide slicing surface and can hold a very large beefsteak or heirloom tomato. It comes with extra blades for cutting julienne or waffle shapes and theyre a cinch to assemble (unlike on most other mandolines in the bunch). However, the straight edged-blade cut tomatoes unevenly and left them with torn edges in our tests. Only consider dishing out the dough for this model if you frequently find yourself with super-sized tomatoes.
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If you ever needed proof that I have rather eclectic reading tastes, then this review coming directly after W.G. Sebald's The Emigrants and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four should do it. Admittedly, I read Everyone's Got A Bono Story on my sick bed; my mind couldn't settle on anything and I was looking for something completely fluffy, something that wouldn't tax my brain and would be as easy to read as a knife slicing through soft butter. This book, the first by Anne-Marie O'Connor, fit the bill perfectly.
It's set in Dublin where everyone has a story to recount about Bono, the lead singer of U2. Perhaps they've seen him drinking in a bar, maybe a cousin went to school with him, or a friend of a friend once delivered him a pizza. But Aoife Collins, a 20-something office manager who has dreams of becoming a fashion designer, hasn't got a story to relate. When she loses her job and is evicted from her flat, all in the same week, her lack of a Bono tale seems the least of her worries. Then her best friend, Rory, throws down the gauntlet: if she can engineer her own encounter with Bono he will give her 5,000 euros.
You see where this is going, right? Okay, the story is as cheesy as the cover image, and the whole premise is just ridiculous, but it's a very witty read. Part of the joy of reading Everyone's Got a Bono Story is following Aoife's exploits as she tries lots of different ways to meet the man himself, including dressing up as a nun and knocking on his front door. There's certainly an element of farce to it, and I'm surprised no-one's actually made it into a film -- it'd be a riot.
O'Connor fleshes out the narrative by giving both Aoife and Rory complicated parental relationships: Rory's dad is super-rich but oblivious to Rory's homosexuality; and Aoife's mother just wants her daughter to return to rural Kerry, where she can settle down with a nice man, rather than running amok in the city.
Of course, there's the obligatory romantic liaison for Aoife, which doesn't go according to plan, and a similar amount of angst about her career, because she just lacks the confidence to do what she really wants to do.
There's no surprises in the rather predicable plot, which ends on a rather happy note for all involved (including Aoife's mother), but this is a light-hearted read, perfect for those times when you fancy a giggle.


text: Page Content 1Honorary Degree Candidates and Speakers Babson's 2012 Commencement ceremonies will honor Reid Hoffman, Executive Chairman of LinkedIn and partner at Greylock Partners, and Maria Eitel, President and CEO of the Nike Foundation. Reid and Maria will speak at both the undergraduate and graduate ceremonies. Maria will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the undergraduate ceremony, and Reid will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws during the graduate ceremony. All Bachelors and Masters degree graduates will receive, as a gift from Reid, a copy of his new book, The Start-Up Of You. The book provides a blueprint for thriving in your job and building a career by applying the lessons of Silicon Valley's most innovative entrepreneurs. Reid Hoffman In 2003 Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn, the world's largest professional networking service—as of November 2011, LinkedIn has more than 135 million members in 200 countries. Reid led LinkedIn through its first four years and to profitability as CEO and Chairman. He joined Greylock Partners in 2009. Reid serves on the boards of Airbnb, Edmodo, Mozilla (Firefox), Shopkick, Swipely, and Zynga, and also leads the Greylock Discovery Fund, which invests in seed stage entrepreneurs and companies. The Discovery Fund is an extension of his prior angel investing, which included Facebook, Flickr, Last.fm, and Zynga. Reid focuses on the consumer internet broadly, including marketplaces, networks, and platforms. Prior to LinkedIn and Greylock Partners, he served as executive vice president at PayPal, where he was a founding board member. As impressive as these accomplishments are, Reid also believes strongly in the ability for entrepreneurship and technology to improve the world. He serves on the boards of Kiva.org, Endeavor.org, DoSomething.org, and StartupAmericaPartnership.org. Reid earned a Masters degree in Philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a Bachelors degree with distinction in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. In 2010, he received an SD Forum Visionary Award and was named a Henry Crown Fellow by The Aspen Institute. In 2011, Reid was named an Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Year. Maria Eitel As the founding President and CEO of the Nike Foundation, Maria Eitel works to unleash "the girl effect," the powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have opportunity. Prior to the Foundation, Maria served as NIKE, Inc.'s first Vice President of Corporate Responsibility. Before Nike, she served at the White House, the Microsoft Corporation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and MCI Communications Corporation. Early in her career, she was a reporter and producer in commercial and public broadcasting. She holds degrees from McGill University (BS) and Georgetown University (MSFS), and Stanford University (SEP). Maria serves on a variety of boards, committees and advisory councils including the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on HIV/AIDS, Millennium Promise, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Lakeside School in Seattle, Young Presidents Organization International, and the Acumen Fund. She is a regular speaker at local, national, and global forums on corporate responsibility, governance, human and labor rights, sustainable development, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurism. Honorary Degree Candidates and Speakers


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Arriving at the Clyde Auditorium just as the lights dimmed, I was surprised to be met by a security guard in over-sized ear defenders, who looked like she was chaperoning at The Prodigy.
My sudden fears that I was perhaps at the wrong venue were soon put to bed as I noticed the generous whaft of perfume and an abundance of hair that was much higher than it was wide, not to mention the 73-year-old American legend teetering onto the stage and sliding comfortably behind his grand piano.
Like a jolly Grandpa, albeit one with a Hollywood smile that lit up like a reflector in the bright lights, Neil Sedaka played a stripped back set, trying to cram his 60 years of songwriting into one show and narrating his own life along the way. Where was Michael Aspel when you needed him?
After a comic delivery of The Queen Of 1964, with the audience shamelessly singing along, the Brooklyn-based hit maker revealed that at live shows he likes to picture himself at home in New York with family and friends. This explained his ease with the audience, or it could be the fact that this old pro had been in the business from back in the golden years of the 50s.
Stretching back to the beginning of the rock 'n' roll era Oh, Carol had the Glasgow crowd providing less than sweet backing vocals with Sedaka in fantastic humour, his hosting skills as finely honed as you'd expect for a superstar of his era. Racing through his set as fast as a septuagenarian could, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, was another crowd pleaser, with Sedaka telling fans he was going to have to mimic a fade out from his piano as he could never think of an ending for these songs.
Slight weakening of his tremolo vocal could be forgiven, as the show laughed at fluffs in lyrics, or temporary memory loss – a result of Sedaka's frighteningly large back catalogue rather than senior years.
Where The Boys Are and Calendar Girl were delivered to the eager crowd, with Calendar Girl featuring again later in the set, where the music video was projected onto the stage. He joked, "That was the first ever music video, before Lady Gaga." Though watching the footage, I'm sure Gaga has attempted to rock a good portion of the costumes from this video, with Miss August perhaps onto a particular winner.
Speaking of the cull of his music career by those dastardly Beatles, and its subsequent resuscitation through the help of Elton John in 1975, the show looked at the past through rose-tinted glasses, though not so much tinting required when you were selling 40 million records.
After Laughter In The Rain, particularly relevant when you live in Scotland, and a "wee sweetie" from the mature lady to my right, (you just don't get this level of catering at the stadium pop shows next door in Glasgow's SECC), the emotional ol' boy played his most recorded song, Solitaire, best known by The Carpenters.
Still writing new work, generally fuelled on two Martinis, Sedaka then took great pride in playing from his new album The Real Neil, which retained the class of the past and old school showbiz soundtracking.
Amarillo complete with some Tony Christie dance moves – all ending without the dislocation of a hip – took the seated show to a standing ovation for Breaking Up Is Hard To Do.
Several encores later, and the guitar shredding equivalent of the boogie woogie piano world, Neil Sedaka left fans with enthusiastic handshakes and the motion that, at 9.50pm, he must take his sliver hair and twinkle toes to bed.
Leaving long term fans musing over his magnificence, as I treaded past a large pile of vomit, it seems that even some good old-fashioned American rock 'n' roll was just too much for some these days.


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Saccharomyces telomeres consist of approximately 350 bp of C(1-3)A/TG(1-3) DNA. Most of this approximately 350 bp is replicated by standard, semiconservative DNA replication. After conventional replication, the C(1-3)A strand is degraded to generate a long single strand TG(1-3) tail that can serve as a substrate for telomerase. Cdc13p is a single strand TG(1-3) DNA-binding protein that localizes to telomeres in vivo. Genetic data suggest that the Cdc13p has multiple roles in telomere replication. We used two hybrid analysis to demonstrate that Cdc13p interacted with both the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase alpha, Pol1p, and the telomerase RNA-associated protein, Est1p. The association of these proteins was confirmed by biochemical analysis using full-length or nearly full-length proteins. Point mutations in either CDC13 or POL1 that reduced the Cdc13p-Pol1p interaction resulted in telomerase mediated telomere lengthening. Over-expression of the carboxyl terminus of Est1p partially suppressed the temperature sensitive lethality of a cdc13-1 strain. We propose that Cdc13p's interaction with Est1p promotes TG(1-3) strand lengthening by telomerase and its interaction with Pol1p promotes C(1-3)A strand resynthesis by DNA polymerase alpha.
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Many fans have been hoping for a follow up album from Amy Winehouse since she released her Grammy-Award-winning album Back to Black in 2006, but with her untimely passing will her music live on?
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In the days since her tragic death, her songs have become best sellers, even occupying three of the four top slots on the iTunes chart.
Now fans are wondering whether any further albums will be released with music created before her death and if so, when?
E! News Editor, Ken Baker confirms that the 27-year old Winehouse was hard at work on a third album at the time of her death, and that YES, we can expect some of these tracks to be released. Most likely before the end of the year.
Other artists that have had successful posthumous releases include, Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G..
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I loved Nelly K's light summer knitwear which is perfect for the ladies in my life, gorgeous new kiddies clothing from idibidi and of course my main men won't be forgotten either with some cool men's T's I picked up from Millie. Of course I never go without and managed to bag a few new pieces for myself also!
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Accidents impact not only a company's bottom line, but the safety of fleet's greatest resource: its drivers and the vehicles they operate. The past five years have seen an increased focus on driver safety, accident management, and minimizing distracted driving. Automotive Fleet has been analyzing fleet accident management trends for several years. The following pages review the past five years and are chock full of important trends and data.Interesting trends that emerged include the age range of drivers involved in accidents and driver tenure, which continue to illustrate just how important continued driver education and training can be.
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