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Frans Ludeke has named nine players who will make their debuts for the Bulls in Friday's Super Rugby opener against the Sharks in Pretoria.
New captain Pierre Spies will lead a side that fields rookies Francois Venter, Jacques Potgieter and Juandré Kruger in the starting XV and CJ Stander, Louis Fouché and JJ Engelbrecht on the bench.
Johann Sadie (Stormers), Jano Vermaak and Willie Wepener (both Lions) have played in the competition before, but for other teams.
Ludeke still selected no fewer than 11 Springboks for the clash and he believes their experience will be vital.
"We have some new faces and we are very excited about their possible contribution, but we also have some old hands with lots of experience and who have won this competition before," Ludeke told the Bulls' official website.
"We have worked hard in pre-season and I am pleased to say that the squad has come together well under Pierre's leadership. We are keen to kick-off our campaign."
He admits that the Sharks will be a massive game first up.
"They beat us at Loftus last year and basically knocked us out of the play-offs, so will have confidence to play here. They are a class side full of internationals and we will have to execute our game plan to perfection to beat them," Ludeke admitted.
New pairing
Sharks coach John Plumtree has picked Frédéric Michalak at scrum-half after the French veteran impressed in the position during pre-season matches, and will form a half-back pairing with Patrick Lambie.
In another interesting selection JP Pietersen will start his first competitive match at outside centre.
Plumtree selected two debutants, Dale Chadwick at loosehead prop and utility back Paul Jordaan on the bench, while Tim Whitehead and Riaan Viljoen will be playing their first official matches in Sharks colours.
All four have impressed, Chadwick having enjoyed a good season of Currie Cup rugby last year while Jordaan has offered something special with his speed and incisiveness in every outing for the Sharks during the pre-season.
"We're looking forward to the season," Plumtree told the Sharks' official website. "It comes to a point when all the work is done and the players can look forward to a game at the highest level.
"The mood at training is mirroring that, the boys are a bit grumpy and now they just want to get out there and play. We're all looking forward to it."
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies (capt), 7 Jaques Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 CJ Stander, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 JJ Engelbrecht.
Sharks: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Louis Ludik, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Frederic Michalak, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Marcell Coetzee, 6 Keegan Daniel (c), 5 Anton Bresler, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Ross Skeate, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Paul Jordaan.
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Researchers this week agreed with me, finding in a new study that having dogs in the office can reduce workplace stress levels and make one's job feel more rewarding.
Interestingly, the study found that employees who had their dogs with them all day had lower stress levels by the afternoon than they had in the morning, while those who didn't have dogs or left their pets at home were more stressed as the day went on. They also found that interaction between non-dog owners and the office dogs, such as short walks together, lowered stress levels in that group.
"Pet presence may serve as a low-cost wellness intervention readily available to many organizations, and may enhance organizational satisfaction and perceptions of support," said principal investigator Randolph T. Barker, Ph.D., professor of management at the VCU School of Business. He cautioned that policies need to be put into place to keep everyone involved safe and happy before welcoming pets at work.

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Les Gets Things to Do
Beautiful views
Even if not skiing, you can still visit the slopes, sit at the hill side restaurants and view mountain sceneries from up there if you take a cabin lift. A return ticket costs about 6 - 7 euros.Related to:
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Down hill skiing
There are many slopes for all skill levels and some ski lifts start at the village center so there's not much need for transportation if you're staying within walking distance from the center. However, there are free bus transportations from the hotels.Related to:
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'La Mure', the Wall. This...
'La Mure', the Wall. This steep black piste is not for nothing called this way and a realy nice adventure to try once (and if you have done that, you want to go again - after you take a rest. The Wall is situated on the border of Switserland and France. Don't do it when you're a beginner, as it looks maybe okay but takes an enormous strength of your muscles and is in distance further then the look from above. Maybe you won't fall, but you might sprain a muscle that ruines the rest of your wintersport.
Another great thrill is the 'women's worldcup super G' that has a quiet different terrain and has amazing view over the valley of Morzine.
Les Gets Hotels
Hotel Chamois
Les Gets, 74260, France
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Les Gets Restaurants
La Peau de Vache: Traditional delicacies
This is something you should try while visiting the Alps: eating in the local style. They actually bring you a plate of raw slices of meat or poultry and a small table cooker/grill or a fondue pot to prepare your food at table. Interesting and great fun but incredibly hot. The downside at this restaurant was that the ventilation was managed by opening the door and then some customers sitting closer to the door were cold and wanted to close it while we at our table were still steaming hot. But otherwise a great experience.
Favorite Dish: Fondue and Raclette. Try the cheeses. Yes, they are smelly but don't let that scare you off, the taste is heavenly.Related to:
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Les Gets Transportation
car rental from Geneva to Les Gets...
I have travelled to Les Gets about 6 times from the UK. The best airport is Geneva which is about 1 hour 15 mins away.
The best transfer way is by hire car ; taxis etc. are available but are expensive some friends have just been to Morzine (2009) (which is the next place to Les Gets ) and were charged 600 euros for a mini bus return trip.
Note : Genveva airport is shared with Switzerland and France if you rent a car on the French side it can be a real pain as you have to go through all the French customs etc. and VERY VERY difficult to find the return rental location!
The Swiss have a motorway tax for all users. Swiss car rentals carry the tax but the French dont so you could be caught out with an extra road tax at around 30 euros.Related to:
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Downhill skiing and snowboarding
Great opportunities for these sports activities.
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Espinoza was thrown in the fourth race at Belmont May 13 after his mount, the Rodrigo Ubillo-trained A Million Demons, was bumped on the first turn. The jockey was transported to North Shore University Hospital, where X-rays detected the dislocated ankle.
"They took X-rays yesterday and reduced the swelling by putting his ankle in a cast," DeStasio said. "The orthopedist hadn't come to see him when I left last night; they're going to look at him (May 14). They will do surgery, it just depends on who will do it or when. He'll probably be out four to six months."
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Spookiness trumps substance in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
Identity can be a fragile thing. In Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene, the heroine's sense of selfhood is as fractured as the film's title; a runaway from a cult and its hypnotic psycho leader, she's literally trying to find herself. Unfortunately, the film also suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. It wants to be a thriller, a character study, and even a domestic family drama, but it never quite hits its marks in any department. There's plenty of menace to go around, mostly told in flashbacks, but because the character remains as elusive to the filmmaker (and the viewer) as she is to herself, there's little to anchor audience interest in her story.


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Presence Health Statement on June 28, 2012 Supreme Court Decision
The following statement is from Sandra Bruce, FACHE, President and CEO of Presence Health:
In a Supreme Court vote of 5-4, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including its individual mandate that virtually every American buy health insurance, has been deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court.
With the health care reform law being upheld, Presence Health will continue on its course to follow all federal and state health care reform efforts. We have made significant investments in ACA implementation to enhance quality and expand access to care. We are pleased that access to affordable health care coverage will be available to all.
We will continue to work closely with our elected officials and other policymakers to encourage the support of measures that increase access to care, reduce the number of uninsured and underinsured and transform the way health care is delivered.


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Simmer water, ginger, and cinnamon sticks in a pot, covered, 1 hour. Strain through a sieve into cups and garnish each serving with 3 pine nuts. Serve with honey.
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The recent parting of ways between the Vancouver Canucks and former President and General Manager Mike Gillis will no doubt have implications for their prospects, current and future.
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As with every Top 50 ranking, difficult decisions had to be made towards the bottom section, and players were left out for a variety of reasons.
Top 50: Kucherov heads 21-30 section of rankings that includes several new names
The Spring edition of the Hockey's Future ranking of the Top 50 NHL prospects continues with the prospects ranked 21-30. This particular section of the rankings is led by dynamic young forward Nikita Kucherov, who is one of several promising young forwards playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Klimchuk heads talented group of winger prospects in the WHL
In the 2013-14 season regular season, the WHL featured a talented variety of wingers that are currently NHL prospects. The focus of this article is on the those WHL wingers that are currently property of a National Hockey League team, six of whom have signed NHL contracts. Our ranking consists of seven Canadians and three imports. Seven toiled in the WHL's Western Conference, and our ranking contains a couple sets of teammates.
Bo Horvat takes over as top prospect in Vancouver Canucks Top 20
Bo Horvat now leads the Vancouver Canucks Top 20 ranking as Nicklas Jensen has struggled to find his footing in the NHL this season.


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Norway Cuts Oil-Money Spending Estimate in 2010 on Higher Taxes
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Norway will spend less of its oil wealth this year to cover the budget deficit than previously indicated after tax revenue was higher than estimated, the Finance Ministry said.
The structural non-oil deficit, adjusted for petroleum revenue and swings in economic output, will be 119.6 billion kroner ($19.8 billion), or 5.2 billion kroner smaller than estimated, the Oslo-based ministry said in an e-mailed statement. The deficit was revised after calculations in connection with the 2011 budget showed higher revenue for 2010.
Norway, the world's seventh-largest oil exporter and second-largest natural gas exporter, puts most of its petroleum revenue in a pension fund that invests abroad to avoid stoking inflation in the domestic economy.
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Clostridium difficile is the main cause of antibiotic associated diarrhea. In the past decade, the number of C. difficile patients has increased dramatically, coinciding with the emergence of two PCR ribotypes 027 and 078. PCR ribotype 078 is also frequently found during C. difficile outbreaks in pigfarms. Previously, the genome of the PCR ribotype 078 strain M120, a human isolate, was described to contain a unique insert of 100 kilobases.
Analysis of this insert revealed over 90 open reading frames, encoding proteins originating from transposons, phages and plasmids. The insert was shown to be a transposon (Tn6164), as evidenced by the presence of an excised and circularised molecule, containing the ligated 5'and 3'ends of the insert. Transfer of the element could not be shown through filter-mating experiments. Whole genome sequencing of PCR ribotype 078 strain 31618, isolated from a diarrheic piglet, showed that Tn6164 was not present in this strain. To test the prevalence of Tn6164, a collection of 231 Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 078 isolates from human (n = 173) and porcine (n = 58) origin was tested for the presence of this element by PCR. The transposon was present in 9 human, tetracycline resistant isolates, originating from various countries in Europe, and none of the pig strains. Nine other strains, also tetracycline resistant human isolates, contained half of the transposon, suggesting multiple insertion steps yielding the full Tn6164. Other PCR ribotypes (n = 66) were all negative for the presence of the transposon. Multi locus variable tandem repeat analysis revealed genetic relatedness among transposon containing isolates. Although the element contained several potential antibiotic resistance genes, it did not yield a readily distinguishable phenotype.
Tn6164 is a newly described transposon, occurring sporadically in C. difficile PCR ribotype 078 strains. Although no transfer of the element could be shown, we hypothesize that the element could serve as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes for other bacteria. Further research is needed to investigate the transfer capabilities of the element and to substantiate the possible role of Tn6164 as a source of antibiotic resistance genes for other gut pathogens.
Keywords:Clostridium difficile; Transposable element; Phage; Antimicrobial resistance; Virulence
Over the past decade, Clostridium difficile has emerged as an important gut pathogen, causing hospital- and community-acquired diarrhea. The number of patients and the severity of disease have increased dramatically, due to the emergence of two hypervirulent PCR ribotype, 027 [1] and 078 [2,3]. Traditionally, PCR ribotype 027 has been linked to nosocomial outbreaks. In contrast, PCR ribotype 078 has been detected frequently in farming animals, especially pigs [2,4], and is found more during community acquired infection. The increase in C. difficile infections (CDI) of humans has boosted interest in C. difficile biology, diagnostics and pathogenesis.
In the past few years, multiple genome sequences of several PCR ribotypes have been determined [5-8]. The analyses of the genomes, aided by comparative genomics of DNA-DNA microarrays [9,10] has shown that the genomes of C. difficile are highly variable with inserts of mobile DNA from phage, plasmid or transposon origin. These mobile DNA elements are actively moving within C. difficile genomes and are frequently passed on to neighboring bacteria, harboring mosaic genomes [7,11]. It is unclear what role the mobile elements play in the virulence of C. difficile. Some virulence linked genes, for example the holin-like tcdE, have a phage origin [12]. In fact, it has been suggested that the whole pathogenicity locus (PaLoc), encoding the major C. difficile virulence factors TcdA and TcdB, is of phage origin [13,14]. Recently, phages have been shown to upregulate toxin production in C. difficile, thereby increasing the virulence [15]. C. difficile transposons have been shown to contain antibiotic resistance genes [5,7,16,17], and therefore acquiring such an element could increase the virulence and/or colonization potential of a particular strain.
Mobile elements play an important role in the diversification of bacterial genomes. One important group of mobile genetic elements is the Tn916 family of conjugative transposons (also known as integrative and conjugative elements [ICEs]) [18]. These conjugative transposons usually code for tetracycline resistance and are found primarily in the Firmicutes. Numerous transposons have been described to be present in C. difficile genomes [5,7,11,17,19]. Several elements closely related to Tn916 are present in diverse C. difficile strains, including Tn5397 which confers tetracycline resistance [20,21]. Other transposons have been described to confer resistance to chloramphenicol and erythromycin [5].
Recently, the first full length genome of a PCR ribotype 078 strain was published [5]. This M120 strain has been isolated from an Irish diarrheic patient. It was shown that PCR ribotype 078 is highly divergent from PCR ribotype 027, 001, 017 and 012. In addition, this PCR ribotype 078 strain was described to contain a unique 100 kb insert that showed 80% similarity to sequences of Thermoanaerobacter species and Streptococcus pneumoniae[5]. In this paper we show that the 100 kb insert is a mobile element that is only sporadically present in PCR ribotype 078 strains. Furthermore, we show that the 100 kb consists of at least two independent mobile elements that were fused during evolution.
Previously, an insert, unique for C. difficile, was described in the genome of strain M120, a PCR ribotype 078 strain, isolated from an Irish diarrheic patient [5]. We analyzed the open reading frames (ORFs) present in the insert to investigate their nature and origin (see Figure 1 and Table 1).
Figure 1. Schematic view of full Tn6164 (top panel) and half the element (bottom panel) and its open reading frames, flanked by C. difficile regions. Various parts of the insert are colored according to their homology. White, C. difficile; Red, Module A; Yellow, Module B; Purple, Module C; Orange, Module D; Blue, Module E; black, unknown. Location of the oligonucleotides used for the data in Table 2 is indicated by arrowheads
Table 1. Open reading frames encoded by Tn6164
The 100 kb insert has a modular composition
Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the insert has a modular composition. The 3' end of the insert (module E) is homologous to Tn1806 of S. pneumoniae which confers erythromycin resistance. Although this element has not been shown to transfer via conjugation, transfer via transformation was shown [22]. In C. difficile strain M120 this element appears to be the backbone into which several other elements have been inserted (see Figure 1 top panel). The first 7.3 kb on the 5' end of the insert (module A) has only moderate homology (60–70% maximum sequence identity) to known sequences. Interestingly, this part of the insert contains 2 putative modification DNA methylases and a putative endonuclease, possibly enabling a form of molecular vaccination as described by Kobayashi et al. [23]. During this process methylation protects the incoming element from host endonucleases and, following integration, will protect the host chromosome from endonucleases present on other mobile genetic elements. This sequence is followed by a complete prophage of approximately 39.5 kb (module B), which shows 92% sequence identity to a Thermoanaerobacter sp. prophage (Genbank accession no. CP002210). The next 4.5 kb stretch (module C) is 99% identical to part of the Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pEF418 containing, amongst others, a putative methyltransferase and a putative spectinomycin adenyltransferase (ant(9)Ia) [24]. It is also described to be part of a pathogenicity island in Streptococcus suis[25]. Finally, an insertion of approximately 4.5 kb (module D) with 90% sequence identity to the transferable pathogenicity island of Campylobacter fetus subsp fetus[26] is present within the sequence of Tn1806. This sequence contains, amongst others, putative tet(44) and ant(6)-Ib genes, which could respectively confer tetracycline and streptomycin resistance.
The G + C content of the entire insert (34%) was significantly higher than that of the entire genome (29%), clearly indicating that the insert was of foreign origin (see Additional file 1). In addition, within the insert the different modules could be distinguished by their G + C contents. The G + C content of module A, B, C, D and E was 31%, 41%, 35%, 28% and 31%, respectively.
Additional file 1. Circular representation of the genome of C. difficile strain M120.The two concentric circles represent the genome (outer circle) and the G + C content (inner circle; window size 10,000; Step size 200). Green represents values higher than average (29%), purple below average. In between the two circles, the presence of the two transposable elements is indicated in red (Tn6164) and blue (Tn6190). Figure was created using DNA plotter [46].
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The 100 kb insert is a transposon
Based on the bioinformatic comparison of the insert described above, the possible excision of 3 (independent) elements was predicted. Primers were designed (primers 14–20, see Table 3) to amplify the circular intermediates of the complete insert (primers 14 and 15), the putative Thermoanaerobacter sp. phage (module B, primers 15 and 16) and the C. fetus pathogenicity island (module D, primers 17 and 18) of the element. PCR confirmed only the excision and circularisation of the entire insert (results not shown). It is expected that the serine recombinase at the 3' end of the element is responsible for excision (see Table 1). Sequencing of the circular intermediate was used to determine the precise ends of the element, showing the element is flanked by a TG dinucleotide; serine recombinases prefer a 2 bp crossover site identical in the target site and joint of the circular intermediate [27]. In silico extraction of this sequence from the genome confirms that the element is present in the homologous target site of CTn2 in strain 630 [7]. The precise size of the element is 106,711 bp and it runs from bp 418,525-525,236 (including the TG dinucleotide at both ends) in the M120 genomic sequence (GenBank accession no. FN665653). Upon our request, the transposon number Tn6164 was provided by the Transposon registry [28] (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/eastman/tn/index.php webcite).
To test the conjugative transfer of the element, filter mating assays were performed, selecting for the possible tetracycline resistance by means of the tet(44) gene. However, M120 contains also a copy of tet(M) present on a conjugative transposon with 97% sequence identity to Tn916[16], which we have designated Tn6190. This element has inserted intragenically in the homologue of C. difficile strain 630 ORF CD2015. Tn6190 contains homologues to all Tn916 ORFs except orf12 which is involved in regulation of tet(M) through transcriptional attenuation [29].
During filter mating experiments with M120 as a donor strain and CD37 as a recipient, all putative transconjugants were identified as the recipient strain. In total 70 transconjugants were tested by PCR, using primers Lok1, Lok3 [13],[19,20], Tn916 Fw, and Tn916 Rev [30]. However, none contained Tn6164, all contained only Tn6190 (results not shown).
Tn6164 is sporadically present in PCR ribotype 078
Simultaneously with the publication of the M120 sequence, we obtained Illumina sequence reads of the C. difficile strain 31618, which was isolated from a diarrheic piglet from a pig farm in the Netherlands [16]. Comparative genomic analysis of 31618 to M120 revealed an almost complete overlap of the two genomes. However, reference assembly of the 31618 reads to M120 showed that Tn6164 was not present in 31618 (results not shown). This prompted us to investigate the prevalence of Tn6164 in PCR ribotype 078 strains. We designed a PCR to show presence (primers 1 and 3) or absence (primers 1 and 2) of Tn6164 in PCR ribotype 078 genomic DNA (see Figure 1 top panel). In addition, in view of the heterogeneous origin of Tn6164 and to investigate the presence of both the Thermoanaerobacter prophage and Streptococcus DNA (Modules B and E, respectively), we designed two more PCRs (primers 4–5 and 6–7). Finally, we designed a PCR to detect the presence of the tet(44) gene present on Tn6164 (Module D, primers 8 and 9). Besides the sequenced 31618 strain, 173 human PCR ribotype 078 strains and 58 porcine PCR ribotype 078 strains (from 27 pig farms) were tested for the presence of these elements.
A minority of the isolates tested did contain a DNA insert at the indicated location in the genome; 18 of the 231 isolates (7.8%) were positive in the 1–3 PCR (Table 2). Remarkably, all 18 strains were tetracycline resistant human isolates. None of the porcine strains contained an insert at the position tested. Strains positive in the 1–3 PCR were negative in the 1–2 PCR, and vice versa, showing complete complementarity of the two PCRs in PCR ribotype 078 strains.
Table 2. Detection of specific regions of Tn6164 in PCR ribotype 078 strains
Evidence for multiple insertions in Tn6164
All the strains that contained an insert (based on the 1–3 PCR) were further analyzed for the presence of Module B and E present in Tn6164, using primer pairs 4–5 and 6–7 (see Figure 1 top panel and Table 3). Only nine of 18 strains positive for PCR 1–3 were positive for PCRs 4–5 and 6–7, suggesting the presence of the complete element as described for M120. The other 9 strains were only positive for Module B (PCR 4–5), showing the existence of alternative (shorter) elements (see Table 2), as predicted by the bioinformatic analysis. The strains that were positive for Module E (PCR 6–7) were also positive for Module D (PCR 8–9, see Table 2). In contrast, strains containing Module B, but not Module E, thus containing only half the element, also lacked Module D. This indicates that the 3'end of half the element was situated upstream of Module D.
Table 3. Oligonucleotides used in this study
Of the isolates that were only positive for the PCR 4–5, the exact 3'end of the insert was determined by sequencing the PCR product obtained with primers 12 and 2 (see Figure 1 bottom panel), which yielded a 350 bp product. The border of the 3'end was between the 3' end of Module C and the 5'end of Module E. A similar sequence was found at the homologous site when the full element was present, but also at the 3' end of the full element, the 5' end of the element, the joint of the circular intermediate and the predicted target site as based on the 630 sequence (see Table 4). This indicates that Tn6164 was created by two elements integrating in the same target site (next to each other) and fusing, with a second copy of the target site still present between the two original elements within Tn6164.
Table 4. Sequences of the joints between the genome and Tn6164 and the joint of the circular form
Absence of Tn6164 sequences in other PCR ribotypes
Since PCR ribotype 126 has been shown to be very closely related to PCR ribotype 078, with an almost indistinguishable PCR ribotype banding pattern, we also tested a small collection of PCR ribotype 126 strains with the 1–2 and 1–3 PCRs. In none of the 10 PCR ribotype 126 strains tested could we demonstrate the presence of an insert at the site in which Tn6164 was inserted in M120 (results not shown).
In addition, a collection of 66 other PCR ribotypes was tested as well. This collection consisted of the 25 most frequently found PCR ribotypes in Europe, supplemented with the Leeds-Leiden collection [31]. None of the other PCR ribotypes, was positive for PCR 1–3, 4–5 or 6–7.
No antibiotic resistance phenotype linked to presence of Tn6164
Since several putative antibiotic resistance genes were found to be present on the element (see Figure 1 and Table 1), strains containing full Tn6164, only half of the element, or no element at all were tested for antibiotics resistance. Resistance to tetracycline, spectinomycin and streptomycin was tested using several methods (see materials and methods). Surprisingly, no correlation was found between the presence of tet(44), ant(6)Ib or ant(9)Ia and resistance to tetracycline, spectinomycin or streptomycin (see Table 5).
Table 5. Antibiotic sensitivity of PCR ribotype 078 strains with.doc
Strains containing full Tn6164 are all genetically related
Since we could not find many isolates containing Tn6164, we reasoned that the element could be relatively recently acquired and that the isolates thus might be genetically closely related. Therefore, we applied MLVA [3,16] on all the isolates containing Tn6164, or only half of it, supplemented with a number of isolates without the element, to investigate the genetic relatedness of the strains. In Figure 2, a minimal spanning tree of all the isolates containing an element is shown, with control strains. Based on the MLVA, all the isolates containing full Tn6164 (n = 9) are genetically related (STRD < 10) and four of them are in one clonal complex. Six isolates containing half of the element are also in this genetically related cluster, whereas the other three isolates containing half the element are not (STRD > 10).
Figure 2. Minimum spanning tree of all the PCR ribotype 078 isolates that contained an insert (50 or 100 kb), supplemented with strains not containing the element. Each circle represents either one unique isolate or more isolates that have identical MLVA types. Red circles indicate strains with full Tn6164 and blue circles indicate strains with half the element. The numbers between the circles represent the summed tandem-repeat differences (STRD) between MLVA types. Underlined numbers represent porcine strains and normal numbers represent human isolates. Thick red lines represent single-locus variants; thin green lines represent double-locus variants and dotted blue lines represent triple locus variants between MLVA types. Clonal clusters are defined by an STRD of <2 (pink area), and genetically related clusters are defined by an STRD of <10 (green area)
Suggestive link between the 100 kb insert and increased virulence
To investigate a possible increased virulence of strains containing the element, clinical parameters of patients with a C. difficile infection due to a strain that contained Tn6164 were compared to parameters of patients that suffered from a strain that did not contain the full element. Patients with Tn6164 resembled patients without the element concerning demographic characteristics. Clinical characteristics were only known for patients from the ECDIS study [32] and patients registered in the CDRL (n = 84). Patients with and without the element suffered from severe diarrhea in similar proportions. Mortality due to CDI was more common in patients infected with C. difficile::Tn6164 (29% vs 3%). This suggests that Tn6164 might convert PCR ribotype 078 strains to a more virulent strain. However, since the number of patients infected with a Tn6164-positive strain, and for which the clinical data was available, was very low (n = 7), no multivariate analysis could be performed, which means that a bias cannot be ruled out. Further research is needed to confirm a possible link between increased virulence and the presence of Tn6164.


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Four independent-minded sisters come of age in the early 1900s - and four interwoven novels tell their stories, each through a different sister's eyes.
The year is 1910, and the four Purcell sisters have only each other. Their mother has died, leaving them orphans in a rambling country estate. But with the help of the Mackenzies - their guardian and his family, whom the sisters come to love in very different ways - Sarah, Frances, Julia, and Gwen find the courage to follow their own paths in a world that is rapidly changing.
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Friday, May 9, 2014
How to Write with an 8 Week Old Puppy
I'm sure Cesar Millan might take issue with my quirky dog whispering, but hey...whatever works, Hoss. That's my motto. No, really. It says so on my mini-van bumper.
And seriously, could this YouTube video have possibly frozen on a more unattractive expression?
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Oh for cute... enjoy that puppy!
- May 9, 2014 at 7:21 PM
- chaplaindebbie said...
She is soooo cute! I don't see how you can get any writing done with her around. And you ARE a Writing Whisperer....you've already taught me so much and I'm not even a writer. You make learning fun....have a great weekend!
- May 9, 2014 at 9:30 PM
- Ane Mulligan said...
She's precious, Michelle! Enjoy this time with her. Puppies grow up even faster than our kids did. Hmm, maybe that's why we like to get puppies ... reliving our kids babyhood?
- May 10, 2014 at 7:50 AM
- Michelle said...
So cute, Michelle! I love your vlogs!
- May 10, 2014 at 10:03 AM
- Michelle Griep said...
RD ~ You bet I will!
Chaplain ~ Thanks girlie!
Ane ~ Nah, I think we're just gluttons for punishment
Michelle ~ Thanks buddy!
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Great for District Championship meet!
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This is my first tech suit purchase in over 10 year since I was able to get free suits while in college. Initially, I was not sure which size to get. I am between a 31-32" pants waist a more modern fit stores like Banana Republic. I went with a size 26 suit because I've had experience with race suits in the past and I wanted maximum compression with this suit. It took over 5 minutes to properly put on the suit, but I was able to make it fit. If you were not a college level swimmer or have a slightly larger waist, I would order a size slightly larger. For me, a 27 or 28 would have also worked just fine, but with a little less compression. Overall, I'm pleased with the purchase at a $100 price point. I hope this review helps others looking for sizing information.
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on 4/7/2012
my son won 50/100/200 freestyles and set two ymca national records at 2012 YNATS in Greensboro.he uses LZR elite in finals at night and loves the "feel" of speed it gives him.
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on 3/19/2012
Be careful tightening the string, it broke the third time i put it on.
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on 3/19/2012
Ordered a suit, 1 size smaller than I normally wear at swim outlet's suggestion and it worked well.
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from Cape Town, S.A
on 7/17/2011
i found it perfect for 100m and 200m freestyle
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from Nashville, TN
on 2/1/2011
Suit is great-Took time off with the help of a lot of hard work in the pool! You must tie it very tight, as if any water gets in, it traps alot of water.
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from Newark, DE
on 1/27/2011
Everyone who says this is too big... Its not. When you do a flip turn it puts bubbles in your suit causing you to float, which makes you swim faster. i have bought these suits before and competed in YMCA short course nationals and long course. These suites help you compete faster and drop time. It is way better than the Fastskin pro. Fastskin pro has 2 layers. The LZR Elite has 3 layers that repels water the best.
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Laura S.
from Topeka, KS
on 12/16/2010
We got a size 27, even though endurance size is 28. Perfect fit, but caught water when tied wrong. When tied right, awesome!
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from Houston
on 12/6/2010
The suit feels good, and I got several new best times the first time I wore it.
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Sean S.
from Tucson, AZ
on 10/4/2010
this suit is way over rated. i raced it once thinking since it's the highest price, it should show a difference. in prelims i raced with my TYR C-Series suit which i wore for 3 races before, at finals i added time after putting on this suit for the first time. it wasn't that it was too tight or too loose, i just didn't feel right in the water. do NOT pay for this suit! you will be wasting your time and money!
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from Kansas City, MO
on 6/14/2010
I swam in this suit at the state championship meet and ended up doing very well with it. Great fit and feel, only issue was the waist for me. I felt like I should have purchased the size 27 but they were out of stock everywhere, so I went with a 28. The fit around the thighs were still good, but it was a struggle to use the drawstring to make the waist tight enough. Overall, if you get the right size, it will be great.
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from Fairview, TX
on 2/16/2010
My son used this product to compete in his District meet. He achieved his best times ever. It feels uncomfortable putting it on but it worked great for comptetition.
from waterbury, CT
on 1/16/2010
this is just like a fastskin pro... waste of money.
from GA
on 2/22/2015
Simply incredible. Im on the shorter side of things(5 1/2 feet tall), and I'm pretty muscular(155). Considering how big I am in the legs, this suit has some pretty good compression. It's not the best but it's water repellency makes up for it. It also has a lot of movement in it. One of the problems that I usually have with suits is how well I can move my legs since I'm a breaststroker but this suit had very good flexibility. I was able to drop 9 seconds in the 200 breast while wearing this suit(from a 2:36 to a 2:27). I was half shaved and not at all tapered so I give most credit of my time drop to the suit. If I ordered another one though I would order a size smaller. I wear a practice suit size 28 and I ordered a 26. 26 was fine for the first meet but after that I didn't have the comoression I wanted at all. I would reorder a 24 if they had 24 in stock right now. It's a great deal and a great suit and I recommend it to everybody.
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lane shark
from Massachusetts
on 2/22/2015
I used this suit for the 8 session UNYSCA championship meet this weekend for prelims and finals.sizing:I wear size 32 jeans, and 28-30 size practice suit. I am 6'2" and 180 pounds and got a size 26 for this suit. It was pretty tough to put on, but I managed.fit:The suit is very tight, especially along the waist and at the silicone grippers, but I don't feel as if it is as compressive as other suits like the TYR AP12, which I had also reviewed. No points of irritation but it is slightly uncomfortable in the crotch if the suit is pulled up.longevity:I wore the suit for every session of the meet and its water beading properties were still holding for the most part. The only point of concern I have in regarding this suit is the drawstring. The drawstring had almost ripped through the two holes and the little overlay that separates them. The drawstring also poked through some parts of the back of the suit which is worrying. The bonding tape held up fine and at no point did I feel like the suit was going to give. There are no stitched seems on the suit because they are bonded. Again, only the drawstring waistband were giving me trouble.in the water:The suit has a very nice "glide" affect as the water repellency helps keep you buoyant. sometimes when I did turn I felt that the suit would fill with water and balloon which was not good, but this was infrequent and a retying of the suit would fix it. I did feel the lack of compression in the 100 free.overall:I bought the suit for around $90 in September, and for that price point the suit performed very well, but I think that other suits would be better at the original price. I did drop a significant amount of time in this suit, but I will atribute that to the taper that I went through as apposed to the suit. The suit is nice but its the training that gets you to where you are.I hope this review was helpful!
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Amy K.
from Centennial, CO
on 2/18/2015
Bought this suit for my 12 yr old. I ordered a 24 because it was the smallest size available. The fit of this suit is very odd. There is ample room in the back, but the front is low and tiny. It was just too strange, so we didn't even attempt to swim in it.
from Miami, Oxford
on 11/22/2014
I really love this suit. I've had Arenas and even the lzr racer 2, but in my opinion, this one is the best. I love the feel (in all the strokes-especially breaststroke). And as an added bonus, it's only $100!
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from Macomb, MI
on 9/3/2014
This is a fantastic price for a LZR suit. I purchased a similar suit for almost $200 in the spring.
Jo W.
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|Boned lamb shoulder/Lamb fillet, trimmed of excess fat and cut into 2 inch cubes
|2 Pound, trimmed (1 Kilogram)
|2 Ounce, seasoned with salt and pepper (50 Gram)
|Sunflower oil
|2 Tablespoon
|2 Ounce (50 Gram)
|Baby carrots
|8 Ounce, scrubbed (250 Gram)
|Baby turnips
|8 Ounce, peeled (250 Gram)
|Small onions
|8 Ounce, peeled (250 Gram)
|1 Clove (5 gm), crushed
|Chicken stock
|3⁄4 Pint (450 Milliliter)
|Tomato puree
|2 Teaspoon
|Rosemary sprig
|1 Small
|Frozen peas
|4 Ounce (125 Gram)
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1. In a plate, toss the meat in the seasoned flour shaking off and reserving any excess flour.
2. In a large flameproof casserole dish or heavy saucepan, fry the meat briskly on all sides and using a slotted spoon remove from the pan and reserve.
3. In the pan gently fry baby carrots, baby turnips, small onions and crushed garlic in the butter such that lightly browned all over.
4. Then sprinkle in the reserved seasoned flour and cook gently, with constant stirring for about 1 minute.
5. Gradually stir in the chicken stock, tomato puree and rosemary.
6. Bring the pan to a boil, stirring constantly such that the sauce has thickened and is really smooth and then add back the meat to the pan.
7. Simmer the pan reducing the heat with cover stirring just occasionally, for about 1 hour.
8. Add the frozen peas and cook for more 30 minutes such that the meat is tender.
9. Serve the navarin of lamb hot with fresh green vegetable or a mixed salad.


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Wilkinson is stopped in his tracks at Thomond Park
Munster emphatically bounced back from their narrow defeat at London Irish last weekend with a 45-18 bonus point win over Toulon at Thomond Park.
In a high octane Heineken Cup encounter, it was the two-time European champions who dominated, scoring six times after falling behind in the first minute of the match.
Stand-in captain Denis Leamy, Tony Buckley, Doug Howlett (2), man-of-the-match Mick O'Driscoll and James Coughlan all crossed the whitewash for Munster, with Ronan O'Gara kicking 15 points.
Toulon were far from overawed, but tries from Jean-Philippe Genevois and skipper Joe van Niekerk and a long-range drop goal from Jonny Wilkinson were their only high points as they were put to the sword.
Dream start
Questions were being asked of Munster after their 23-17 loss to London Irish, and big-spending Toulon travelled with confidence following an opening Pool Three win over the Ospreys.
The French side got off to a dream start in sunny Limerick. Felipe Contepomi's short pass unlocked the home defence, van Niekerk drew the cover and Genevois was up in support to thunder over from the 22.
Contepomi's successful conversion was followed by an immediate barrage from the Munster forwards who showed their strength in contact - a feature throughout the 80 minutes.
With Toulon pinned back on their line amid a series of penalties, flanker George Smith was sin-binned for hands in the ruck after a previous warning from referee Wayne Barnes.
From a subsequent five-metre scrum, Peter Stringer picked from the base and darted to the right before passing back inside for Leamy to muscle his way over for a try. O'Gara converted to bring his side level.
Contepomi pulled a 45-metre penalty away to the left, and Munster showed their renewed sense of adventure, countering through Paul Warwick.
Released down the right, Howlett blasted forward to set Johne Murphy up for a dash to the corner, but a last-ditch tackle from Contepomi forced the centre into touch.
Television match official Graham Hughes also ruled out a Buckley effort, but the giant prop made the breakthrough in the 19th minute, lunging his way over the top of a ruck from a couple of metres out.
O'Gara again added the extras and Toulon remained on the defensive for much of the second quarter, with flanker Joe El Abd reaching double figures in terms of tackles. Fotu Auelua stood out too, the powerful centre proving difficult to stop when the visitors attacked through the middle.
Contepomi closed the gap by stroking over a penalty from the right, but Munster went in at half-time with a 21-10 lead. Howlett having burrowed over from a close-range ruck for the third try, with O'Gara landing the conversion.
O'Gara kicked the second of two penalty attempts early in the second half to keep the scoreboard ticking for the hosts.
Huge pressure
Toulon boss Philippe Saint-Andre changed his half-backs, bringing Wilkinson and youngster Laurent Magnaval into the fray. Wilkinson linked well with Contepomi, who moved to inside centre, and Munster had to be on their toes as last season's Amlin Challenge Cup runners-up began to throw the ball around.
An almost effortless 42-metre drop goal from Wilkinson, off his weaker right foot, reduced the arrears to 11 points, but despite their stranglehold of possession at times, Saint-Andre's side lacked the necessary penetration.
The red defensive wall would not give way and a yellow card for Contepomi, coming up to the hour mark, left Toulon under huge pressure. The Argentinian was spotting holding Howlett back as Keith Earls launched a kick chase, and Munster then went for the jugular.
They killed off the game and annexed the all-important bonus point with two tries in four minutes. Wilkinson was powerless to prevent second row O'Driscoll from barging over on the right, and a superbly weighted cross-field kick from O'Gara was gobbled up by Howlett for try number five.
Toulon showed their eagerness to fight for a bonus point, but a try from van Niekerk, who had earlier knocked on over the whitewash, was all they could muster.
The new Pool Three leaders had the final say, Leamy being held up short before replacement Coughlan scrambled over between the posts.


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Abuja — CROSS River State Government has disbursed more than N470 million to 55 communities in 12 Local Government Areas across the state for the execution of various community-based projects.
Speaking during the presentation of cheques to the beneficiary communities in Calabar, Governor, Liyel Imoke, described the model of using communities for the execution of projects as cost-effective and result-oriented.
The Governor called on the beneficiaries to use the money wisely for the purpose which they are released and ensure the projects were executed within the timeframe and in line with quality specification.
He said such projects created value to the communities because the people, who were the beneficiaries, were involved.
The Governor charged chairmen of local government areas to impact on rural communities.
He called on the communities to take ownership of the World Bank-assisted projects.
Imoke charged political officer holders in the state to sensitize their subjects on this approach with the view to attracting rapid development to their respective domains.
"I will make sure those who hold political offices but have not contributed to community based projects in their areas are booed by the people they represent," he said.
General Manager of Cross River State Community and the Social Development Agency hailed the programme, which started in 2009 with the assistance of World Bank, as the most successful in the country. He lauded the Governor for not interfering with the administration of the agency.


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I'll back up what Magus said with a little clarification of my own. Square has said that the two announced FF games are for the PS3, the new title that they announced is cross platform, and that they have not decided on which platforms future titles will be for.
In addition Square has said this time around that they would be much less committed to one console and would be bringing loving to all that they could. You also need to realize that most Square games take 3+ years to develop, so the currently announced FF games have been in development quite a while already.
Come to think of it, I'm not sure I read Square saying the two FF games in development are exclusive, however at the time they said they were not in development for the 360. Basicly, that kind of statement leaves them open to porting it.
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Health Dept issues new breastfeeding guidelines
The Department of Health has issued a new set of guidelines to increase Bermudas very low breastfeeding rates.
Fewer than one percent of Bermudian mothers currently follow international recommendations by exclusively breastfeeding their infants for the first six months.
We have to improve these numbers, surely we can do better than one percent, said Health Minister Zane DeSilva yesterday, announcing the new guidelines to a room full of young mothers which included his daughter Zarah.
The Minister said that the Islands breastfeeding rates were low because of commercial influences that promote formula feeding and workplace policies which discourage the practice.
The guidelines will be distributed to healthcare professionals on the Island, encouraging them to educate women on the benefits of breastfeeding.
We know breastfeeding protects babies from illness, lowers cancer risks for mothers, reduces healthcare costs for communities, provides financial savings for parents and has a positive impact on the environment, the Minister said.
Mr DeSilva was joined by Cheryl Peek-Ball. The senior medical officer at the Department of Health said the guidelines would help women overcome the initial challenges of breastfeeding.
Our goal is for the entire healthcare community to communicate simple and consistent messages to new mothers and to empower women to breastfeed successfully for at least the first six months of their babies lives, she said.
The guidelines were welcomed by Melony Kendell of La Leche League, an organisation which promotes breastfeeding worldwide. She said mothers need to be encouraged to embrace nursing.
We are thrilled that healthcare professionals in our community will now have additional information to support breastfeeding mothers, she said.
Ms Kendell continued: We encourage women to give their babies the best beginning by nursing and to seek assistance if they are facing difficulties. We also urge family members, friends and employers to support nursing mothers increasing our breastfeeding rates benefits everyone.
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I'm just not interested in any new projects that have anything to do with the old '70s series. I only care about the RDM version.
Speak for yourself. I'm interested. And there are many original BSG fans who would love to see the old cast reunited for a movie.
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Neurosurgeon Fangxiang Chen, M.D., recently joined the staff of St. Anthony's Medical Center and St. Anthony's Physician Organization. He has joined the practice of St. Anthony's Neurosurgery Services, 10012 Kennerly Road, Suite 400, in South St. Louis County. He is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at St. Louis University.
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Nantes inventing itself anew
Nantes inventing itself anew
Georges Rouzeau - 2009-12-14
Nantes, no doubt the French city that has most changed in the past century, is in the spotlight now. Its chateau has just opened again and next summer you will discover 'machines on the island' and also 'Estuaire 2007', an artistic enhancement of the Loire estuary imagined by Jean Blaise, director of the Lieu Unique.
The two most symbolic monuments of Nantes face one another in the town centre, a stone's throw from the station. The former LU biscuit factory, now dubbed Lieu Unique by Jean Blaise (creator of the Nuit blanche), has undeniably been one of the most active artistic centres in France since its opening in 2001. On the other side of the railway line, the Château des ducs de Bretagne, with its powerful ramparts and crenelated towers befitting a real fortress, has opened again at last to the public after several years' closure for restoration.
Rebirth of a chateau
Today, the former residence of Anne de Bretagne houses a magnificent museum of the city's history. Designed as a society project aimed at placing history and an historic awareness at the heart of the city, this museum also acts as a link between the cities of Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, which together form an agglomeration of more than one million inhabitants.
Visitors can follow a chronological and thematic route in seven sequences from the 13th century to the contemporary period. For the first time, the covered way, offering fine views over the city, is now open to the public. The architecture is often highlighted in the first rooms. You'll see large areas of the chateau that had remained closed for decades on end, for want of floorboards for example.
The full history of the city of Nantes, between the Loire and Ocean, is told using carefully chosen items and multimedia tools. Among the finest items, mention is of course to be made of the golden reliquary enclosing Anne de Bretagne's heart or the tapestry of the States of Brittany. No chapter of the tumultuous history of this great port has been missed. The slave trade was the source of the city's prosperity in the 18th century and still remains a highly topical subject today, on account of the remembrance process. A blind room, entirely lined with wooden shingles, recalls the stifling hold where the slaves were chained.
Fortunately, more pleasant aspects of navigation are shown, such as magnificent figureheads or the Loire captured in a Turner watercolour. For our great pleasure Jules Verne is also presented in various rooms. Open to the sea and distant countries, subject to reverie induced by the deep blue, Nantes has always had a fertile imagination.
Machines on the island
The new project of François Delarozière and Pierre Oréfice, the brains behind the company Royal de Luxe, fits into this background. The author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea would feel at home here. From June 2007, the 'machines on the island' are going to make Nantes one of the world's most unusual amusement parks. What exactly is it? First, you'll find a hydraulically propelled elephant, 12 m high and 40 tons in weight! Made of steel and lined with Virginia tulip, it's a superb creature which we saw in early construction in a workshop of twenty decor creators, from carpenter to welder. From June next year, this imaginary proboscidian will embark in its belly 35 people for a one and a half hour trip around the Ile de Nantes.
At the same time, the 'machines gallery' will open as a living workshop and 'museum': the public will see decorators working directly on François Delarozière and Pierre Oréfice's future projects while waiting to embark in the elephant. Other projects, planned till 2011, will comprise a kiosk inhabited by submarine creatures, dubbed Mondes marins (2009), and a giant tree, a veritable steel cathedral weighing some 800 tons, the Arbre aux oiseaux. This latter machine will carry two giant herons, each perched on an artculated branch: after an acrobatic and secure trail through the greenery of the tree, travellers will climb onto the herons for a few rides in the air.
The Ile de Nantes, a new territory in the heart of the city
Opposite the historic centre, surrounded by two arms of the Loire, the Ile de Nantes has a surface are of 350 hectares which is changing before our very eyes. Those with an interest in town planning, industrial wasteland and modern architecture, should hurry to Nantes, which, one again, is inventing itself anew.
The eastern part of the island was laid out as an administrative complex in the 1960s whereas the western part suffered the closure of the large Chantiers Navals de l'Atlantique shipyards in 1987 and the delocalisation of the large canning factories, and was also in need of an ambitious planning project. Architect, Alexandre Chemtoff, and his team are supervising this work in accordance with a guiding plan that is updated every three months: this new part of the island will combine, in the future, chic and social housing, shops and creches, green areas and cultural infrastructures like the new Fine Arts school. Each time, the designers try to respect the history of the places: a former foundry for example will be transformed into an exotic garden and not demolished.
Threatened, at one stage, with destruction, the large crane Titan, whose cadmium yellow radiates all around and serves as an emblem for this part of the island, has been saved by defenders of industrial heritage. Work on the island is expected to last twenty years.
The Anne de Bretagne footbridge (located on Quai André Morice, opposite the media library) allows pedestrians to access the island, directly opposite the new Courts of Justice that opened in 2000. Admire the outside and stroll through the hall of this black and majestic monolithic building by Jean Nouvel. While the rationality of the proportions dominates (symbolising the equity of justice according to the architect), the omnipresence of black, blood red and the grated walls are also highly striking.
The island machines will be located, for their part, in the former Dubigeon shipyards, currently being restored. A former banana ripening plant, a mere concrete rectangle for the moment, will be converted into a restaurant, bar, and gallery. Above all, it will be an integral part of the Estuaire 2007 project (see frame). To understand all the challenges of this project that is unique in France on account of its scale, visit hangar 52 to see the exhibition of aerial photographs, plans and models.
A walk on the Ile de Nantes is somewhat melancholic with the grey walls of its industrial past and the trace of all the future changes…
A feeling of the open sea: the district of Trentemoult
A former island, this little village bordering the Loire belongs to the borough of Rézé from which it was separated by a secondary arm of the river. It is a former fishermen's village, the place of retirement of seafarers and master mariners, with narrow streets huddling together and its Place des Filets (fishing nets square): Cape Horners lived in the fine dwellings located on the edge of the village while fishermen grouped together inside the village to protect themselves from the wind and bad weather. At the top of some houses, pulleys can be seen which were used to hoist the most precious goods to the safety of attics, bearing witness to the violence of the floods. In the gardens, typical exotic shrubs flourish like magnolias and camelias, emblems of the city of Nantes.
The district became fashionable after the creation of the pleasure port in 1980. At weekend, many Nantais come here to feel the marine breeze. After a stroll down its narrow streets, you can have a drink in one of the two institutions, la Civelle and la Guinguette.
Today, a navibus connects the village to the centre of Nantes. In the past, this vessel, dubed 'roquio', took workers to the shipyards.
Practical information
Nantes tourist office:
Where to sleep?
Hôtel Pommeraye.
Located two minutes from the famous arcade of the same name, this hotel was entirely refurbished two years ago and offers spacious and comfortable rooms with warm and yet hip decor. Art exhibitions are regularly organised.
Hôtel Pommeraye
2, rue Boileau
44000 Nantes
Tel.: 02 40 48 78 79
Where to eat?
Brasserie du SNUC
This is the 'official' restaurant of the Stade Nantais UC Rugby, Nantes rugby club created in … 1904 ! Pascale Crimée is the proprietor and treats his regulars - tennismen, rugbymen, footballers, businessmen and gourmets - with delicious cuisine, a new version of luxury brasserie cuisine. Crete-style food as against the typical rugbyman's cassoulet: the dishes he lovingly prepares make broad use of olive oil and feature seafood. A warm ambience every day of the week. In the evening, it is also a bar.
SNUC 'La Brasserie'
74, Bd des Anglais
441000 Nantes
Tel.: 02 40.76 42 62
Fax.: 02 51 83 01 17
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