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Kish Bank
Kish Lighthouse viewed from a ferry
|County Dublin
|53°18.65′N 5°55.542′W / 53.31083°N 5.925700°WCoordinates: 53°18.65′N 5°55.542′W / 53.31083°N 5.925700°W
|Year first constructed
|July 1963–July 1965
|Year first lit
|7 April 1992
|Reinforced concrete
|Tower shape
|Nested cylinders (telescopic)
|Markings / pattern
|White with red band
|31 metres
|Focal height
|29 metres
|Original lens
|Two million candlepowers (three in fog)
|27 nmi (50 km)
|Fl (2) 20s. 24 hours light
The Kish Bank (Irish: Banc na Cise)[1] is a shallow sand bank about seven miles (11 km) off the coast of Dublin, in Ireland. It is marked by the Kish Lighthouse,[2] a landmark well known to sailors and ferry passengers passing through Dublin Bay and Dún Laoghaire harbour.
Many ships were wrecked on these shallows. The Vesper was lost in January 1876; the Norwegian MV Bolivar ran aground on the Kish Bank during a snow storm on 4 March 1947; both wrecks are frequently dived.[3] A mailboat operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company between Kingstown (later Dún Laoghaire) and Holyhead, the RMS Leinster, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on 10 October 1918. She went down four miles (6 km) east of the Kish Lighthouse with over 500 lives lost, the greatest single loss of life in the Irish Sea. Fifty-five wrecks are listed for the Kish Bank area at Irish Wrecks Online.[4]
In 2000, the Department of Marine and Natural Resources awarded licenses to allow detailed studies to be carried out on the Kish and Bray Banks in relation to the construction of a large offshore wind farm. Press reports at the time suggested 100 or more wind turbines might be erected.
The lighthouse[edit]
Before the present Kish Lighthouse was installed in 1965, the sand bank had been signalled by a lightship since 1811. An attempt to build a lighthouse in 1842 was abandoned because of destruction caused by severe weather. The first Irish electric lightvessel, the Gannet, was installed in 1954.
The Commissioners of Irish Lights decided in 1960 to erect a reinforced concrete lighthouse with helicopter landing pad on top. The lighthouse was built in the Coal Harbour of Dun Laoghaire. The first section of lighthouse cracked while it was being built and had to be discarded. The second telescopic lighthouse was completed, towed to its station, extended to its full height and installed in 1965, with a projected lifetime of 75 years. The sand bank was bored in 1961 and a seismic survey revealed about 300 feet (91 m) of sand at the site. Construction began in Dún Laoghaire in 1963. The completed structure was towed from the harbour out to the sandbank on 29 June 1965. The tower was raised on 27 July 1965 to its full height of 100 feet (30 m), with twelve floors inside, and with a 32-foot (9.8 m) wide helicopter platform on top.
The lightvessel was removed on 9 November 1965 and the new lighthouse replaced it, operating at between two and three million candlepowers, depending on visibility conditions. The beam is visible for 27 nmi (50 km). The lighthouse was automated on 7 April 1992, and the keepers came ashore.[2]
Burials at Sea[edit]
At the time when the Department of the Marine permitted burial at sea (of people who had died on land) they normally required the burial to occur at the Kish Bank where the tides are strong, and where the sands are always moving.
See also[edit]
- List of islands of Ireland
- Coastal landforms of Ireland
- List of lighthouses in Ireland
- Commissioners of Irish Lights
- ^ Kish Bank. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2010-10-22.
- ^ a b Kish Lighthouse. Commissioners of Irish Lights. Retrieved: 2010-10-22.
- ^ Louth, Cormac (2011-02-06). "The Wreck of the Bolivar". Maritime Institute of Ireland. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ^ Kish Bank. irishwrecksonline.net. Retrieved: 2010-10-23.


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If not, I highly recommend you take some time and review the introductory content provided. The content in this blog post mini-series requires prior installation and/or knowledge of Service Management Automation (SMA), so those posts are pretty valuable, and actually should be considered pre-requisite materials.
This is Part 1 (of 2) in my mini-series for the SMA Runbook Spotlight on Virtual Machine Startup by Priority. Originally this was just going to be a single post with a simple example for "Virtual Machine Startup by Priority" leveraging PowerShell v3 Workflow and SMA. Then I discovered a slightly more complex (and elegant) way to accomplish the same task – So why not provide both examples as stepping stones from Orchestrator to SMA and PowerShell v3 Workflow?
That is right, like Jim, this blog post (as well as part 2) will not only contain new SMA/PSv3 Workflow examples but also the bridge from Orchestrator to SMA through the example itself.
Remember this post? Automation–Orchestrator Runbook Spotlight–Virtual Machine Startup by Priority
If not, check it out, because what comes next will take that example from Orchestrator to SMA…
First things first - as I stated above, we need to get some pre-requisite stuff out of the way. The following will cover the specific configuration items needed to get this example up in running by leveraging the key steps outlined in the Automation–Service Management Automation–Getting Started with SMA Runbooks.
Make sure you have SMA installed. If you haven't already, refer to our initial intro blog post for more information on that: Automation–An Introduction to Service Management Automation, then come back.
Because access to VMM will be via PowerShell Remoting, there are some simple pre-requisite steps that need to be taken care of (as well as some example specific configurations for a VMM Cloud and VM Startup Delay):
The example Runbooks can be found here (TechNet Gallery contribution):
SMA Example - Virtual Machine Startup by Priority (w/PowerShell v3 Workflow) Download this ZIP and extract the PowerShell files to a location accessible by the Windows Azure Pack (WAP)/SMA console for import. The import process is outlined below.
The account used for the connection to VMM and the Startup of VMs needs to have the appropriate rights to do so. The connection from SMA to VMM using PowerShell Remoting also needs to be validated.
A simple way to validate rights and connectivity for the account being used, is to make a similar connection to VMM with a remote Invoke-Command. Execute a simple script within PowerShell ISE from the SMA Runbook Worker machine to validate the necessary rights (see example):
Note Because SMA leverages PowerShell v3 Workflow the Invoke-Command call will need to change to an InlineScript call.
Connection to and specific VMM Server information should be seen if the test was successful – see the following example [successful] output:
If you have any questions on this process, follow the details outlined here in Step 5: Automation—Service Management Automation – Getting Started with SMA Runbooks.
Once imported, a series of (3) Runbooks related to to this project should be visible within the AUTOMATION section of the WAP/SMA console. Validate the following Runbooks can be seen (they may span across pages so you may have to click page 2, 3, etc. to see all Runbooks).
The final step is to reconfigure the Runbook variables to match your environment and test the example solution within the WAP/SMA console. If you would like more information on executing SMA Runbooks in WAP/SMA, further detail can be found here in Step 6: Automation—Service Management Automation – Getting Started with SMA Runbooks post.
The following section will outline each of the Runbooks included in this example solution, and how they compare to their Orchestrator counterparts.
This is the top process level Runbook that is used to execute the entire process.
Note One thing to keep in mind, the "Contoso Creds" above is an SMA Credential Variable. Variables (credential or otherwise) are located and created in the RESOURCES section within the AUTOMATION area of the portal. SMA credential variables enable you to create and store PowerShell credential objects as connections to resources in your environment. These can then be referenced by name (as we did above) and leveraged throughout your Runbook execution without hard coding or prompting.
Process level Runbooks in SMA function the same as they do in Orchestrator. They are still top level Runbooks that invoke all the subroutine Runbooks. They essentially control the flow of Runbook execution. Take a look at the following post where process level Runbooks are detailed as part of our best practice series: Automation–System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Best Practice Series–Naming Conventions.
The idea for this SMA Runbook originally came from the Automation–Orchestrator Runbook Spotlight–Virtual Machine Startup by Priority blog post and related Orchestrator example. As can be seen from that post, while the look is different, the functionality is the same. So you don't have to jump back and forth between posts, here is a look at Orchestrator Runbook for this same process level portion (Start-VMs-by-Priority) of this SMA solution example:
Note The highlighted portion of the above SMA Runbook (PowerShell script) would represent variables that would be defined in the Global Settings section within Orchestrator.
Just like Orchestrator, these variables are used throughout the execution of the SMA Runbooks. Due to the nature of SMA (PowerShell v3 Workflow) these variables are simply defined here in the process level Runbook and passed as needed to the subroutine Runbooks. Also, much like Orchestrator, these variables can be stored like Global Settings, but for SMA they are stored in the RESOURCES section within the AUTOMATION area of the portal. This example simply leverages one SMA Credential Variable and no other SMA Variables – usage of the SMA Variables is up to you based on your solution requirements.
This subroutine Runbook gathers a list of VMs based on an identified VMM Cloud.
The highlighted portion of the below process level Orchestrator Runbook represents the scope of this subroutine level portion (Get-Cloud-VMs) of this SMA solution example:
This subroutine Runbook takes a list of VMs and starts them based on their specific VM configuration.
Thesubroutine level Orchestrator Runbook below represents the subroutine level portion (Start-VMs) of this SMA solution example:
While the following screen captures originally came from the Automation–Orchestrator Runbook Spotlight–Virtual Machine Startup by Priority blog post, they are directly related to the "Update the "Delay start up (seconds)" Values for each VM" pre-requisite item above, and thus are provided for convenience here:
VM - spftest03 (Priority 3):
VM - spftest02 (Priority 2)
VM - spftest01 (Priority 1)
That's it! I hope this post has provided you with a helpful overview of another end-to-end example solution in SMA and how it compares to what could also be accomplished in Orchestrator. Thanks for taking a look!
Oh, and if you want more examples for SMA and PowerShell v3 Workflow, be sure to check out this list (to be updated as more examples are provided):
And for more information, tips/tricks, and example solutions for SMA, be sure to watch for future blog posts in the Automation Track!
Well done
Not sure if I understand the example correctly. Even if I set up the "startup delay" as 0 seconds, it still needs 7-8 min for the vm to be ready to use right?
@Patrick - This example was simply leveraging "Startup Delay" as the mechanism to "force" startup in a particular order. The much better method starts VMs by priority, but only starts dependent machines based on if the primary machine has services started
(no arbitrary time dependency). See the following post for this alternate method:
In the workflow Start-VMs:
What's the reason for having "Import-Module virtualmachinemanager" inside the foreach loop??
is it by mistake? or something that I don't know?
@McMilad - At the time we created these examples, modules were not automatically imported during execution. In the latest builds of Windows Server, this should be not required.


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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) -- State marine officials expect the oyster industry can expect extreme losses when record amounts of freshwater heading down the Mississippi River reach the Mississippi Sound.
Oysters will be hit hard because they're a stationary species; shrimp, finfish and crabs, which are mobile, are expected to be able to move ahead of freshwater entering the salty waters of the Sound, and the effect on the adults should be minimal, said Scott Gordon, director of the Shellfish Bureau, Office of Marine Fisheries in the Department of Marine Resources.
Gordon and other officials spoke Tuesday at a meeting in Biloxi.
'I fully expect to have 100 percent mortalities of the oysters in the western Mississippi Sound,' Gordon said.
Gordon said increased nutrient levels in the Sound will likely lead to algae blooms and lowered oxygen levels, which can kill fish.
'Many of the mobile species, shrimp, finfish, crabs should be able to move ahead of the diverted floodwaters,' he said.
Gordon expects much of the Sound will experience lower salinity levels and warmer water temperatures as the result of fresh water flowing from Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana.
Another outcome of the fresh water will be the threat of invasive species such as Asian carp, silver carp, grass carp, apple snails, zebra mussels, hydrilla and salvina making their way into coast streams, he said.
The fresh water is coming from the Bonnot Carre Spillway opening on May 9 with near record flows, he said.
The last time the spillway was in 2008 when 160 of the 350 bays were opened, Gordon said. This year, 330 of the bays are open and he expects all 350 to be opened.
Officials are looking at 1983, when all 350 bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway were opened for floodwaters, as a benchmark for predicting what will happen in the next few days and weeks.
'I was here in 1983 for the spillway opening,' Gordon said. 'There was freshwater all the way to the Gulfport Ship Channel.'
Salinity levels were so low people were catching channel catfish and largemouth bass off the beach in Waveland, he said.
'I feel we'll have at least that effect this time,' he said.
The soonest oysters could be re-established could be in August, for a 2013 harvest, Gordon said.
'It takes about 18 to 24 months for them to get from larva to the legal size,' he said.
Oyster reefs can be restored with cultch plants, which can be a mix of clean oyster shells, crushed limestone and crushed concrete.
Gordon and Tracy Floyd, the shrimp and crab bureau director, said the shrimp look in good condition to survive an influx of fresh water.
Floyd said the brown shrimp have been exposed to very conducive growth conditions of warm water and healthy salinity levels this year.
'We continue to see good abundance in our samples,' she said.
Most of the shrimp have reached the post-larval stages and are able to move out of the way to the coming fresh water, she said.
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May 18-19, 2015
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Format: 36- hole stroke play, flighted by age (50-59, 60-69 and 70+)
Course: We will play the ladies red tees which measure 5175 yards.
Entry Fee: $105 Per Player - Includes golf, cart, range balls, awards lunch and prizes. Please make checks out to WSNGA. Limited to the first 80 players.
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Magic in the Moonlight doesn't cast its spell
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And finally, as this year's festival passes in history, a Golden Madeleine to Wong Kar-Wai's Ashes of Time Redux
The master of Chinese chinoiserie managed to return to Cannes for the fourth consecutive festival with a restored, rescored, and digitally recolored version of his 1994 exercise in action sword-play and wuxhia nostalgia. Insanely gorgeous, filled with poses and ecstasies, and always trembling on the brink of self-parody, this tale of medieval warriors and the women who can't forget (or remember) them evokes the most extreme mannerism of the '60s—Last Year at Marienbad, Flaming Creatures, Once Upon a Time in the West. Had it been selected by Cannes in 1994, could Ashes of Time have beaten another delirious, time-tripping genre film—Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction? It's highly unlikely (a poll published during the festival named Pulp Fiction the most popular Palme d'Oreate of all time), but it's beautiful to think so. Memories should be made of this.
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Our Fitness Network can help get you moving.
A few weeks ago, I started training for the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. This event, co-sponsored by Group Health, is held in Seattle in June. I'm fairly new to running, so I'll be thrilled to make it to the finish line, achieving my 2012 fitness goal.
Having both short- and long-term goals makes it much more likely that I'll stick with my training program. Just as important is being part of a community that helps keep me focused on those goals. It's one reason that I frequent my neighborhood fitness center, where I'll usually see a few other Group Health colleagues. They notice if I don't show up for a few days, or if it looks like I've put on a few pounds. (And they'll say something.) They also notice when I achieve something I've been working toward.
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If you visit our Fitness Network website, you'll find all the community events — runs, walks, rides, triathlons, and kids' fitness camps — that Group Health is sponsoring. Members and staff are eligible for registration discounts for most events, which hopefully helps to remove cost as a barrier that might keep you from participating. And when you register, we'll help keep you on track with reminders and encouragement.
On the site, you'll find inspiring stories from members and staff who have taken on a fitness goal and discovered what a difference it makes in their life and their health. And you'll also find tips from our doctors and other clinicians aimed at helping you reach your fitness goal.
Setting fitness goals isn't always easy, as I know from experience. After all, it's taken me years to commit to running a half marathon. But I also know what it feels like to set a target, work toward it, and achieve it. I'd like all of you to share that sense of personal satisfaction, control, and renewed energy from meeting your fitness goal. So I hope you'll check out the Group Health Fitness Network, and join me in pursuit of health.


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Though the Great Recession officially has ended, its consequences linger for a service many consider a suburbia staple: the neighborhood dry cleaner.
Some shops suffered so greatly that they closed their businesses; most surviving dry cleaners experienced reduced business as a result of a confluence of factors caused by the recession and changing consumer demand.
Among the forces affecting them: During the recession, some customers switched to clothing that could be washed at home, thus saving dry-cleaning bills. And because many white-collar workers lost their jobs, they no longer need their collared shirts professionally laundered and pressed, said Ray Rangwala, a regional director at the Southern California Cleaners Association.
The Southern California Cleaners Association listed about 100 members pre-recession, most in Orange County; it now has about 60, said Jackie Smith, the association's executive director.
About 30 dry-cleaning and laundry service businesses are registered in Irvine, staffed by about 170 workers as of September, though the list does not indicate whether or not the stores are actively in business.
One of them is Yes Cleaners at 14419 Culver Drive, which has lost 30 percent of its business in the past five years, said owner Khaliq Ahmed. "I've been here for years – I've never seen anything like this," he said. "People used to bring about 10 items; now they bring two or three."
Ahmed, a native of Pakistan, was a mechanical engineer on an oil tanker before settling in the United States and founding Yes Cleaners in 1976. His initial success allowed him to open several stores across Orange County. Pre-recession, he operated six locations; now he's down to two.
Ahmed said he tries not to pass on any increased costs to his customers. He often gives discounts to regulars to keep them coming back, he said. However, his customers still don't bring in as much as they used to.
Sunny Fresh Cleaners, at 5365 Alton Parkway, also has felt the pinch. The dry cleaner has lost at least 25 percent of its business since the recession hit, said manager Veronica Cuevas.
Most local dry cleaners are reporting similar losses, said Bobby Patel, vice president of the Southern California Cleaners Association, a network of dry-cleaner owners and employees. He has felt these effects himself – he owns Kona Cleaners, with locations in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Placentia.
Moreover, many in the industry work 12-hour days and don't have time to get away to learn new business practices, Patel said. And most of them are owned by immigrants – "mom and pops," he said. "They're barely hanging on."
Fashion and consumer behavior in the apparel industry also has affected dry cleaners.
Many consumers are exhibiting a "buy, wear, enjoy and buy something new" mentality, said Barbara Bundy, vice president of education at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.
Fashion today trends toward "fast fashion" or "disposable fashion" – "Kleenex clothes," Bundy said, which are young, current and inexpensive. It's a trend that is pushing out traditionally expensive and cherished "handkerchief clothes," she said, that would go to the cleaners for professional treatment.
Younger consumers often have more disposable income, Bundy said, and are more likely to cycle through inexpensive clothes that are machine washable.


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In the Future Your Yoga Will be Televised
- Yogis Anonymous!
We've seen the future of group fitness, friends, and it's called live video streaming. All the convenience of DVDs and regular streaming classes, but LIVE. Like, happening, now; and with real people, in a real classroom. Who wants live when you can have "on demand," you ask? Not to panic, you can have both! Sometimes you'll stream on your own schedule, but sometimes it might be nice to know that you're not sweating away alone in your living room, you're sweating away with those people on the screen, and with thousands of other people alone in their living rooms. Naturally, hipster yogis in L.A. are at the front of the trend.
Yogis Anonymous, a grassrootsy, donation-based yoga studio in Santa Monica started offering free, live streaming classes last month, and it claims have reached 10,000 students on four continents. Curious? The next free class is scheduled for this Sunday at 12 P.M. (PST). Meanwhile, just down the boardwalk, YogaGlo.com has fitted out a gleaming made-for-TV yoga studio. (Greenscreen meets Krishnamurti!) If you show up physically at YogaGlo, class is free; while virtual yogis pay $18 a month for unlimited access. Oh boy, YogaDownload is so 2009!


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5 Ways to Use Metrics to Improve Your Social Media Marketing
Do you review your website's metrics on a regular basis?
Are you struggling to figure out how you can better use the data?
To know which of your marketing efforts are most successful, you need to look beyond the numbers. Explore what they mean and figure out what parts of your strategy need to be adjusted to increase your reach.
Here are five ways metrics can improve your social media marketing.
#1: Determine Which Stats Matter
Before you enter into any metrics analysis, decide what you need to track and how you'll track it. Google Analytics is clearly the go-to, although there are other analytics sites. Most social channels have their own insights, as well.
How to Measure Your Social Media Traffic Using Google Analytics
Do you have a grip on your social traffic?
Measuring your social media impact can be overwhelming.
A tried-and-true favorite social media measurement tool is Google Analytics.
Google Analytics can track the impact of social media traffic on your site, going beyond clicks, retweets and other vanity metrics.
Here's how to measure your social media traffic using Google Analytics.
#1: Identify Where Your Social Traffic Comes From
Google Analytics can help you understand the users' social networks and their physical location.
To see your social media traffic, you need to first set up an advanced segment in Google Analytics.
When you're logged into your Google Analytics account, head to Advanced Segments, +New Custom Segment, then add your social media traffic sources to the segment.
You can see this below.
5 Reasons You Should Measure Social Media Return on Investment
Are you wondering if measuring social media return on investment (ROI) is important?
Do you cringe when you think about putting together another report?
You aren't alone. But times are changing for social media and these reasons will show you why it's time to get serious about measuring your results.
Do I Really Need to Measure ROI?
Let's start by addressing the elephant in the room. Is ROI the right measure of success for social media?
There are many who would argue that a financial return doesn't show the true value of social media for the organization. I would agree that ROI doesn't paint the full picture.
However, the bottom line is that executives and business owners sleep, eat, and breathe ROI. It has been the measure of success since the beginning of their careers and while we can jump up and down and tell them it isn't a complete picture, they aren't going to believe it until they see it.
Therefore, it's time to get serious about ROI, but that doesn't mean that you should sacrifice other types of metrics that help to round out the story. You need both and this is why.
5 Simple Metrics to Track Your Social Media Efforts
Are you looking for simple, straightforward metrics to measure the impact of your social media efforts?
Social networks and blogs continue to dominate Americans' time online (accounting for nearly a quarter of total time spent on the Internet) according to a recent Nielsen report on social media, .
While we all know how important it is to market through the various social networks, it is vital to track and measure your efforts for success.
Here are five simple metrics to find out whether your social media effort is paying dividends.
#1: Examine Referring Traffic
Google Analytics is a fantastic way to measure how much traffic is being referred to your website from the various social channels.
Under the Traffic Sources tab, click on Referring Sites and then type in your social network of choice to see how much traffic is being referred. Set up goals based on the actions you want your visitors to complete.
How to Estimate Your Social Media Return on Investment
Are you wondering how to determine the return on your social media activities? If so, look no further.
In my prior Social Media Examiner article about Social Media return on investment (ROI), I discussed the financial definition of social media ROI.
This article goes a step deeper by working through a few examples of estimating the social media ROI.
Why Estimate a Return?
Before we go any further, let's review why we need the social media return and ROI again.
You use the return and the ROI to compare the efficiency of marketing campaigns; for an in-house team, you can use these numbers to negotiate budgets with your management; for agencies, you can use estimated numbers to land prospective clients and to retain current clients. The numbers are used in conjunction with social and web metrics to analyze and optimize current and future campaigns.
7 Tips for Selling Executives on Social Media
Are you a marketer who's trying to juggle social media with the rest of your team's activities? Do you think social media should be at the top of your priorities, but you're having a hard time proving it?
Don't worry. You aren't alone.
I fought this battle also, and in the end I realized that I needed to drop terms like followers, retweets and status updates from my discussions in executive meetings. It was a tough conclusion, but I realized those metrics didn't tell executives what they wanted to know.
This article will share 7 tips for getting executive buy-in for social media.
Is Your Business Ready for the Now Revolution?
I recently interviewed Jay Baer, co-author of the brand-new book The Now Revolution and founder of the popular blog ConvinceandConvert.com.
In this interview, we talk about social media marketing, Jay's experience writing the book and about where this crazy, fast-moving industry is headed.
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We'll be rooting for Francisco, Domingos, Gomes and Horacio.
That's right. When they tip off in Beijing next month, we're pulling for Angola. And Greece. And Germany. And pretty much every basketball player there wearing letters that aren't U, S or A.
We, too, can have an Olympic dream, right?
Sorry folks, but we just can't wrap an embrace around a group of multiple-million-dollar corporations in short pants assembled to deliver glory to American round ball and Nike sneakers.
U-S-A? Ain't No Way!
It's not just the size of the wallets these guys are sitting on, either. In truth, that's barely a factor. Other countries also will be employing NBA players, such Chris Kaman, who will represent his motherland of Germany, a place he might possibly even visit someday.
No, the reason we're siding with the rest of the world in China is even simpler than money:
We can't pull for such a decided over-dog.
Rooting for the U.S. team in these Games will be like rooting for the sun to rise. What's the point? The result pretty much is inevitable either way.
Paying income tax isn't as much a forgone conclusion as Chris Paul beating some Iranian off the dribble.
The Americans haven't won a significant world tournament since 2000, true, but does anyone really think this team will end up being anything but golden?
LeBron James guaranteed a first-place Olympic finish, and some people reacted as if he promised to play wearing lipstick and nothing else. Hold the shock, please. Who needs a guarantee that Christmas is coming?
It's a much better story if the Americans don't win in Beijing. Because of the recent U.S. struggles internationally, international basketball — in terms of interest — finally has eclipsed international plate spinning.
Spain matters. Argentina is a threat. Puerto Rico has a one-game Olympic winning streak going against Team U.S.A. Thankfully for Uncle Sam's boys, the Puerto Ricans didn't qualify for the '08 Games.
Everyone suddenly bolted to attention when the Americans finished sixth at the 2002 World Championships. A bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics only made the story more intriguing.
Aren't the Olympics all about great stories? Aren't the best stories ones of unlikely triumph? Aren't unexpected victories the most memorable kind?
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U.S. scientists say they've deciphered the structure of telomerase — an enzyme that plays a major role in the development of nearly all human cancers.
Researchers at The Wistar Institute said their achievement opens the door to the creation of new, broadly effective cancer drugs, as well as anti-aging therapies.
The new findings should help researchers design effective telomerase inhibitors, said Assistant Professor Emmanuel Skordalakes, who led the study.
"Telomerase is an ideal target for chemotherapy because it is active in almost all human tumors, but inactive in most normal cells," Skordalakes said. "That means a drug that deactivates telomerase would likely work against all cancers, with few side effects."
The study provides the first full-length view of the telomerase molecule's critical protein component, revealing "surprising details, at the atomic level, of the enzyme's configuration and how it works to replicate the ends of chromosomes — a process critical to both tumor development and the aging process," the scientists said.
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Returning for the third year in a row to the Springfield Fair, we along with G. Force Laser Tag are offering a interactive form of entertainment for three full days. Beginning between 10:00 AM and noon, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, anyone will have the opportunity to play laser tag. G. Force Laser Tag, Corp. […]
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TRUST THE POST: Classical background to Skiffle King's talent.
IT'S so long since the Princes Park polymath Fritz Spiegl has been in contact that I could hardly wait to open his long-awaited missive for this humble little column. I was not to be disappointed.
Mr Spiegl shares: ``On reading the obituaries of Lonnie Donegan that his (Donegan's) father was `a professional classical violinist', Stan Kelly writes from America that we got it all wrong: `My old man's a professional classical violinist, He wears a professional classical violinist's dinner jacket and tails, He sports a cor-blimey bow-tie, And spends hours practicing scales. . .'``Altogether now. . .'' Meanwhile back in the real world, Eileen Cannell, from somewhere up the coast, is seeing blue. Or rather he's not. Blue flags that is.
``In the recent EU report about water quality, Formby beach got a blue flag. The report was covered in the Daily Post (Nov 12), but no mention was made of this local achievement among the many beaches that were accredited with improved status. Such a special accolade deserves recognition.''
My suspicion, Mr Taylor, is that this was agency copy from London which wasn't tailored with a local angle.
Meanwhile P. L. Towers, complains, apropos our story of October 16 (Gloom on the tracks for region's travellers), that our reporter ``...once again repeats that train operator First North Western is hiring a freight locomotive to haul trains.
The class 47 locomotives used are mixed traffic locos capable of hauling both freight or passenger trains,'' he writes.
``Some, however, are used mainly on freight whilst others are specifically different to haul mail and passenger trains. It is the latter which are scheduled to haul the First North Western trains.
INDEED on the occasions I have seen them, they have been hauled by either Prince William, Prince Henry or Windsor Castle, all engines used on the Royal Trains but used on other services when not required for that duty.''
Our reporter, Eryl Crump, replies: ``Regarding Prince Henry, this clapped-out loco worked a service to Holyhead on October 28, breaking down and causing chaos both that day and the following. The Class 47s hired by FNW are owned by English Welsh and Scottish Railways, a company which operates freight trains. The locos, when not used on the North Wales line, are used on parcels trains.
``Despite these locos being elderly (over 40 years' old), and unreliable (Virgin Trains says that they couldn't wait to get rid of them), they are still in use from Crewe and Chester and along the North Wales main line.''
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Several other lesser families established themselves in regions of the kingdom and through time, have also become the hereditary rulers of provinces, owing fealty to the Leudorf family and King Lewdorff, the present day ruler of Tetavon. Although the usual amount of squabbling occurs among the heirs of the various titles, the political structure of the realm is relatively stable and undisrupted except for minor political in-fighting of the nobles. Marriages, alliances, treaty and agreements occur among the noble families and happen with regularity, keeping the King on the move to all of the various feasts, tournaments and ceremonies. A period of peace has existed for a number of decades, although recently, rumblings from within The Sinks has begun to concern the King and he is considering a partial mobilization of the army in preparation for a mission against the Evil.


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Strong foreign investments, remittances flow
The country's balance of payments (BOP) surplus hit a six-month high of $1.099 billion in July.
Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that the July figure was the highest since January, when the BOP surplus reached $2.043 billion.
This was achieved as foreign investors returned to the Philippines after pulling out in droves in June amid widespread aversion to emerging markets in view of the reported tapering of the US Fed's bond-buying program.
The BOP position is the summary of all transactions between the country and the rest of the world. A surplus in the BOP indicates that more money came into the country than the money that went out during a given period.
The surplus in July was also significantly higher than the June surplus of $692 million.
For January to July, the country's BOP surplus reached $3.677 billion, lower than the $4.498 billion a year ago.
Latest available data showed that foreign investments in local stocks, bonds and government securities reached a net inflow of $895 million in July, a turnaround from the $23 million outflow recorded the month before.
Another major component contributing to the surplus in the BOP are remittances from overseas Filipino workers, which are expected to reach $22.5 billion this year, up by 5 percent from the 2012 level.
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-- Announcement of research and license agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Roche) for the use of ZFP technology to develop transgenic animals. In July, Sangamo and Sigma-Aldrich Corporation jointly announced a research and license agreement to provide Roche with non-exclusive, worldwide rights for the use of Sangamo's ZFP nuclease (ZFN(TM)) technology to develop cell-lines and transgenic animals with targeted modifications in a specified gene in a specified species. Roche also has an option for an exclusive, worldwide license from Sangamo for the commercial use of such ZFN-generated transgenic animals in the production of therapeutic and diagnostic products.
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