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In 1985, I braced for my first Florida hurricane, a freaky late-season slider named Kate that roughed up Key West en route to the Florida Panhandle. For many residents of Mile Marker 0, passing hurricanes are occasion to hole up inside Sloppy Joe's Saloon, a shuttered brick bunker that's ridden out dozens of them. Once the storm passes, the» Read more
This week, President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform met its critics on the nation's ultimate legal stage, the U.S. Supreme Court. As early as Friday afternoon, the justices may vote thumbs up or thumbs down on parts or all of the Affordable Care Act, though their decision is not expected to be made public» Read more
The Supreme Court wasted no time drawing up sides on the individual mandate during its second day of hearings on President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform.» Read more
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The Billboard Awards were host to so many incredible performances on Sunday night, from artists like Lorde, Imagine Dragons, Katy Perry and more.
But, being an award show, some of the biggest names in music were also on hand to announce – and receive – top honors for their efforts in the past year, including big winners like Imagine Dragons, Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake:
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What You Need to Know About Running in National Parks
These treasured landscapes are the gemstones of our public lands. Here's how to treat them right.
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Celebrating 100 Years of National Parks
Rodale partners with the National Park Service in the Find Your Park campaign.
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Trail of the Month: Veterans Parkway, California
This quiet wood-chip path cuts through bustling beach communities on the south end of Los Angeles.
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Home Automation
Home automation is equipment capable of streamlining the home experience electronically. Allowing you to control your home's lighting, window shades, audio, video, air system and more with either a remote, control panel or even a phone application. Home automation simplifies life, allowing you to enjoy it. Port City Sound & Security carries many products that are designed for Home Automation, such as Crestron Equipment. Crestron Home Automation Equipment is the cutting edge of technology for the home.
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High Fidelity audio equipment can make the difference of the quality of your entertainment system. Port City Sound & Security carries the full line of audio equipment from companies such as JBL and Denon. Home audio equipment is available for purchase as Port City Sound & Security. Port City carries speakers and receivers from the highest quality sound system companies on the market. With options such as free standing speakers, in wall speakers, ceiling mounted speakers and wall mounted speakers as well.
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Today's top brands are all available at Port City Sound & Security when it comes to Home Video. Carrying industry leaders such as Samsung, Toshiba and more, Port City Sound & Security offers full lines of LED tvs and Projection tv units.
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Port City Sound & Security offers lighting & blind systems that are designed for energy management as well as for improving the decor of your home. We carry brands such as Lutron shading for blinds & drapery systems that can be set up automated to control the amount of light coming into a room.
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Home security systems are an area of priority for Port City Sound & Security. We carry today's cutting edge security systems from top brand names like Honeywell Security Systems. With Security equipment that is wireless security systems, wired security systems, or the hybrid systems, our team or professionals will make sure to get the system that is right for your specific need.
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Central Vacuum Systems are designed to make home cleaning more?efficient?& less time consuming. Port City Sound & Security carries Electrolux Vacuum systems, the industry's highest quality Central vacuum systems available. Designed to help minimize the labor of keeping your home clean, the Central Vacuum systems are installed outside of the living area, which prevents dust from re-entering the area.


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Filming the Watchmen: Why the First Amendment Protects Your Right to Film the Police in Public Places
by Evan Bernick, Paul J. Larkin Jr.
The Heritage Foundation
June 26, 2014
Police are relying on state wiretapping statutes to arrest citizens who film police in public. The federal circuit courts that recognize a First Amendment right to film police in public places where the citizen-recorder has a right to be present are in line with Supreme Court precedent. While the exercise of the right to film police is subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions, police cannot be allowed to suppress speech at the core of the First Amendment's protections. State wiretapping statutes that prevent citizens from filming police officers in such places without any further justification violate citizens' First Amendment rights.


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Five Jellico High School football players have been named to the All-District 4-A/AA Football Team this year following a vote of the league coaches. They include running back/linebacker Freedom Scott, running back/linebacker Ryan Morris, wide receiver/defensive back Nathan Overton, lineman/quarterback Devin Oakes and receiver Michael Douglas.
From team championships to outstanding individual performances, Campbell County athletes had another memorable run in 2009.
The year began with the CCHS boy's basketball team advancing to play in the district tournament championship game for the first time since 1996 and ended with a returning player on the same team breaking a school scoring record that had stood for nearly 30 years.
In-between there was lots and lots of action and drama. The following is a monthly review of the top sports happenings in Campbell County over the past year.
Campbell County High School's girls likely won't face a better opponent this season than the McMinn Central basketball team they played last Wednesday in the championship game of Kessler's Lady Spartans Classic at Webb School of Knoxville.
McMinn Central, a state tournament regular, graduated all five starters from a team that won 34 consecutive games last year and made the Class AA state quarterfinals. However, the Chargerettes (12-1 overall) have recharged their batteries and are playing at a high level this season.
With disgruntled parents just a few feet away and against the advice of his attorney, Dean Branam admitted he was guilty of assault on Monday.
When he was indicted last year, the then middle school teacher was charged with three counts of sexual battery and seven counts of assault, court records said. While sexual battery is a felony under state law, by the end of his hearing, Branam had plead guilty to seven misdemeanor counts of assault by offensive touching.
However, Branam's attorney, Michael Hatmaker, was not the only one who disagreed with the plea.
After years of the Bible being banned from the classroom, the Campbell County Board of Education is brining it back; at least from a historical perspective.
At Tuesday's meeting the group made the unprecedented move. After doing some research into curriculum the board voted to introduce a new elective course at the high schools that will allow the Bible to be examined as a historical document as well as a piece of literature.
Chairman Eugene Lawson touted the benefits of the course, but also offered a warning about choosing teachers for the class with care.
After many months of waiting on a water/sewer rate increase, the LaFollette Utility Board (LUB) is finally closer to a solution which would aid in the water department's deficit.
At Monday night's special called LUB meeting, board members briefly discussed and signed a resolution supporting a recent decision made by the LaFollette City Council, which gave the board the authority to set its own water/sewer rates.
Caryville's monthly mayor and aldermen meeting was short and sweet, with only two items on the agenda.
The board briefly discussed and passed a resolution allowing the town of Caryville to apply for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) at Monday night's meeting. The CDBG program is a state program, which offers grants to local jurisdictions to fund housing rehab. The grant funds will not exceed $500,000 and there is no match required by the town.
A tip of a possible meth lab left a LaFollette man in jail on drug charges on New Year's Day.
On Jan. 1, Caryville Detective Stephanie Smith was dispatched to a Caryville motel in reference to a possible meth lab, the police report said. After arriving on the scene, Officer Ben Marlow, Deputy Freddy White, and Assistant Chief Johnny Jones approached the room, knocking on the door.
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1) Rebecca Minkoff Line Quilted Flirty Bag. $275 2) Yves Saint Laurent Belle de Jour patent Clutch. $595 3) Alexander Wang Fumo Clutch. $235 4) 3.1 Phillip Lim ...On September 11, 2012 / By Jenni Moreno
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Happening right now over at ideeli, the "Designer Luxe" sale! 7 handpicked handbags by Hermes, Gucci, Celine and Chanel. Find a lovely raisin purple calfskin Hermes Buffle Gala ...On February 1, 2012 / By Jenni Moreno
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What Are the Safe Artificial Sweeteners
Not-So-Sweet: A Dietician Weighs In On The Artificial Sweetener Debate
"Many people are wary of artificial sweeteners because of early research suggesting that high doses of artificial sweetener may cause cancer in lab animals," says Ashleigh. "However, further research conducted in the following decades has failed to show that, at normal levels of consumption, artificial sweeteners are unsafe for human consumption."
Ashleigh says that all sweeteners on the market — both nutritive and non-nutritive — are extensively tested before their release, and there is no sound evidence that those approved for use in Australia cause cancer. "Generally speaking, artificial sweeteners used in the Australian food supply are safe for consumption," she says.
Two things to take into consideration:
- In excess consumption, sugar alcohols such as xylitol and sorbitol (they all end in "ol") can cause a laxative effect and gastrointestinal upset. This is because they are not broken down in the intestine, and their presence draws water.
- Aspartame, NutraSweet, Equal and any other phenylalanine-containing sweeteners are unsafe for people with phenylketonuria (PKU) — a genetic condition that is screened for at birth.
Ashleigh concludes that as a general nutrition strategy, reduce your intake of all sweeteners (including sugar) to reduce sweet cravings. But if a sweetener is essential, use nutritive sweeteners such as sugar alcohols and stevia. This is because they have all the benefits of artificial sweeteners — low kilojoules, don't cause tooth decay, don't raise blood sugar levels — but they're plant-based and, in her opinion, don't have as much of an after-taste as other sweeteners.


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The only FDA-cleared procedure to lift skin on these hard-to-treat areas, Ultherapy uses the safe, time-tested energy of ultrasound to stimulate the deep structural support layers of the skin—including those typically addressed in a surgical facelift—without disturbing the surface of the skin.
Jeff Nourse states, "Unlike lasers, which penetrate the skin from the outside-in, Ultherapy bypasses the surface of the skin, specifically targeting the deep, structural skin tissues where collagen lives." Using ultrasound technology, Ultherapy actually works from the inside-out to lift and tighten skin non-invasively.
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With Ultherapy, there's no downtime, no foreign substances, no radical change; just a healthy revving-up on the inside for a natural, noticeable effect on the outside.Go about the day after a single, 60-90 minute in-office procedure. There is a often a noticeable short-term "boost" but the natural process of creating new, more elastic, collagen builds over time—much like the effect that exercise has on building muscle (but without the multiple workouts!).
The Beauty of Ultherapy
Results will unfold over the course of 2-3 months and some patients have reported continued improvement for up to 6 months, including lifting and tightening of the skin on the neck, under the chin, along the jawline, and on the brow. Jeff Nourse is confident that Ultherapy is a proven and inviting alternative for those who are not yet ready for surgery.
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Bank Of America Reports Second Quarter Revenue Rises 66 Percent
A sign stands in front of a Bank of America branch office on July 18,... News PhotoBank of America,Branch,Business,California,Corporate Business,Finance,Horizontal,Office,San Anselmo,USAPhotographer Justin SullivanCollection: Getty Images News 2012 Getty ImagesCORTE MADERA, CA - JULY 18: A sign stands in front of a Bank of America branch office on July 18, 2012 in Corte Madera, California. Bank of America reported second quarter net income of $2.5 billion, or 19 cents per share comapred to a loss of $8.8 billion, or 90 cents per share one year ago. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)


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|Breeders since 1998 of quality white and coloured huacaya alpaca. Our herd numbers about 60, mostly females, with six males presently standing at stud. Located 15 km. from Marulan on a sealed road, we welcome visitors with an interest in alpaca to our farm.
We are also distributors for Marty Mcgee Bennetts Camelidynamics range of halters, training and handling equipment, books and DVDs. Our animals are unusually quiet and easy to handle, due to our use of Marty's handling methods.
Nutrition is important to us and all animals receive vitamin and mineral supplements on a regular basis. Our alpacas are well fed and healthy, ensuring a sound animal to prospective clients.
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text: Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Campus Union Oregon jumps Florida State to No. 2 in BCS; Alabama stays No. 1 by Zac Ellis Twitter Email Posted: Sun Oct. 27, 2013 Marcus Mariota and Oregon leapfrogged Florida State after dominating UCLA. (Steve Conner/Icon SMI)After Florida State debuted at No. 2 in the first round of BCS standings, Oregon jumped the Seminoles on Sunday.The Ducks landed at No. 2 in the second round of BCS rankings after dropping No. 12 UCLA at home on Saturday. Alabama again stood strong at No. 1, with Florida State (3), Ohio State (4) and Stanford (5) rounding out the top five.The complete BCS rankings:1. Alabama2. Oregon3. Florida State4. Ohio State5. Stanford6. Baylor7. Miami8. Clemson9. Missouri10. Oklahoma11. Auburn12. Texas A&M13. LSU14. South Carolina15. Texas Tech16. Fresno State17. Northern Illinois18. Oklahoma State19. Louisville20. UCLA21. Michigan22. Michigan State23. UCF24. Wisconsin25. Notre DameA few thoughts:• Oregon's jump over Florida State comes despite the Seminoles' own dominant performance in a 49-17 win over NC State. But in reality, both the Ducks and the 'Noles could make compelling arguments for the No. 2 spot. Each program has taken advantage of weak spots on their schedules while also passing major tests along the way. The question is what happens if both teams finish the season without a loss -- a serious possibility for both teams.• Thanks to Missouri's last-second loss to South Carolina at home, the previously unbeaten Tigers dropped to No. 9 in the latest BCS standings. Mizzou can take solace in remaining the unexpected leader in the SEC East, but the Tigers' loss paved the way for Stanford to move into the BCS top five at No. 5, making the Cardinal the highest-ranked one-loss team in the country.• Notre Dame made its first appearance in the BCS rankings in the thick of a disappointing season. One year after losing in the BCS National Championship, the two-loss Irish appeared in the standings after losses by No. 24 Nebraska and No. 25 Oregon State. • Undefeated Fresno State climbed one spot to No. 16 in the latest set of rankings. If the season ended today, the Bulldogs of the Mountain West would earn an automatic BCS berth because they rank higher than the leader of an automatic-qualifying conference. UCF, the likely champion from the American Athletic Conference, remained at No. 23. Promoted Stories Comments


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Hip and spine implants
Machine: EOS M270
Technique: Laser sintering
These human hip (top) and spine (bottom) implants are made from titanium. The spinal implant has a lattice design to provide structural integrity, withstanding the loads between vertebrae. Both have a porous design that can only be achieved by 3D printing. Coating them with coralline hydroxyapatite -- derived from coral, which is chemically and structurally similar to bone -- encourages human bone growth into the implants. Within Technologies created the parts, and hopes to commercialise them in 2012.
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The workshop will present Knowledge Exchange (KE) and its current initiative in relation to assisting scholarly societies in transitioning their journals to open access. The workshop aims to collect the experience of OASPA members, the Public Knowledge Project and other organisations in supporting the transition to open access. The workshop also seeks to identify good practice in existing business models for scholarly society journals, particularly in relation to sustainability and the achievement of benefits to the scholarly community.
Finally in the workshop a discussion will be held on further actions Knowledge Exchange might take in collaboration with other organisations to support scholarly societies in a transition to open access.
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Influenza A H3N2 subtype virus NS1 protein targets into the nucleus and binds primarily via its C-terminal NLS2/NoLS to nucleolin and fibrillarin
1 Virology Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300, Helsinki, Finland
2 Signaling Systems Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
3 Functional Organization of the Nucleolus, RNA Biology-FRE 3402 CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75252, Paris cedex 5, France
4 Nuclei and Cell Cycle, Institut Jacques Monod-UMR 7592 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 75205, Paris cedex 13, France
Virology Journal 2012, 9:167 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-9-167Published: 21 August 2012
Influenza A virus non-structural protein 1 (NS1) is a virulence factor, which is targeted into the cell cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus. NS1 is a multi-functional protein that inhibits host cell pre-mRNA processing and counteracts host cell antiviral responses. Previously, we have shown that the NS1 protein of the H3N2 subtype influenza viruses possesses a C-terminal nuclear localization signal (NLS) that also functions as a nucleolar localization signal (NoLS) and targets the protein into the nucleolus.
Here, we show that the NS1 protein of the human H3N2 virus subtype interacts in vitro primarily via its C-terminal NLS2/NoLS and to a minor extent via its N-terminal NLS1 with the nucleolar proteins, nucleolin and fibrillarin. Using chimeric green fluorescence protein (GFP)-NS1 fusion constructs, we show that the nucleolar retention of the NS1 protein is determined by its C-terminal NLS2/NoLS in vivo. Confocal laser microscopy analysis shows that the NS1 protein colocalizes with nucleolin in nucleoplasm and nucleolus and with B23 and fibrillarin in the nucleolus of influenza A/Udorn/72 virus-infected A549 cells. Since some viral proteins contain NoLSs, it is likely that viruses have evolved specific nucleolar functions.
NS1 protein of the human H3N2 virus interacts primarily via the C-terminal NLS2/NoLS and to a minor extent via the N-terminal NLS1 with the main nucleolar proteins, nucleolin, B23 and fibrillarin.


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Here's an article about Celera, the major private investigator
on the human genome project, beginning the process of discovering
the tiny but vast numbers of genetic individual differences between
people that lead to genetic diversity of all functions of the
body. We excitedly await the findings in the genes controlling
the FOKS in the decision-making apparatus leading to the Hypoism
predictions. WOW!
Mapping Tiny Differences Genome Company Has Found 2.8 Million
Small Discrepancies
W A S H I N G T O N, Sept. 13 - Celera Genomics Inc., the Maryland-based
company that is working to map every single human gene, said today
it had found 2.8 million of the little changes that make one person
different from another. These differences - known as single nucleotide
polymorphisms or SNPs - each represent a single change in the
3 billion letters that make up the human genetic code. For instance,
one person may have an "A" where another has a "C."
The announcement means Celera has outstripped the rival public
project to map the human genome, Craig Venter, president of Celera,
said in a telephone interview. "It is a far greater number
of SNPs than there are in the public databases," Venter said.
Earlier this month, the publicly funded Human Genome Project and
the public-private SNP consortium, which includes 10 major pharmaceutical
companies, announced that they had found 800,000 different SNPs
(pronounced "snips"). Venter said Celera had duplicated
400,000 of these in its 2.8 million. But the public project has
400,000 unique SNPs, which means 3.2 million SNPs are now known.
Promise of SNPS:
Scientists hope to eventually use these SNPs to find out why
one person develops heart disease and another does not, why some
women have a higher risk of breast cancer, and why some people
have side-effects from certain drugs. Most of these traits will
probably be caused by a combination of SNPs. Such a genetic trait
is known as a haplotype. But occasionally, a single SNP is linked
with disease. For instance, Venter said the 2.8 million SNPs that
Celera had found include a single letter change in a gene known
as APOe that makes people prone to heart disease. This change
had been known, but Venter said Celera's work confirmed it independently.
Venter, who was scheduled to announce his findings at a conference
of genomics researchers in Miami later today, said it will take
some time to determine which SNPs mean something and which are
just random differences. "We know precisely where they are,"
he said. "As we annotate the genome, we know whether they
are in protein regions ... or key regulatory regions. We will
know which ones have a chance of being associated with function."
Are Differences Important?
Proteins are the basic building blocks of the human body, so
changes there may have biological importance, Venter said. Those
that occur in regulatory regions may turn a gene on or off - also
of huge biological significance, Venter said. "A single change
could have profound impacts on protein expression," Venter
said. "It could lead to physiological changes and or disease."
But Venter stressed that it will take a great deal of research
to find which changes are important. "In most of us, most
of the traits and things that we have are due to combinations
of changes," he said. "The genetics community has made
such a big deal out of rare diseases and rare genes that people
assume that these are the standard. And they assume it is all
determinism, as well, which it isn't." Environmental factors,
such as age, diet and exposure to sunlight, combine with genes
to create changes such as ageing or disease in people. Celera
has made the information about the SNPs available to its subscribers,
which include drug companies and academic researchers who will
use the raw information to try and find biological meaning in
the SNPs. On Tuesday, Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. said its
researchers had found 12 different haplotypes that affected patients'
response to the asthma drug albuterol. Each was made up of a combination
of different SNPs.
NY Times: Study Breaks New Ground on Variations in Genome
Genaissance shows that on average, genes have 12 alleles each.
A large-scale study of the variability in the human genome has shown that each human gene may come in 12 different versions on average. The authors also say their findings cast doubt on the way that a large government and industry program is mining the genome for the genetic basis of common human diseases.
The study was undertaken by Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company in New Haven, to discover the genetic basis for why individuals respond differently to given drugs.
The company's plan is to help doctors determine through a genetic test, rather than trial and error, which asthma or cholesterol drug, for example, would be best for a patient. The company has bought 60 of the latest-model DNA-sequencing machines, one of the largest sets outside those of the genome-sequencing centers, and installed them in a refurbished World War II munitions plant in New Haven.
The decoding of the human genome provided, in effect, a single DNA sequence. But what is of interest for most medical purposes is to know how each gene varies from one person to another and how those variations influence an individual's susceptibility to disease and response to drugs.
Government and industry have devoted considerable resources to looking for sites in the genome's three- billion-unit sequence where some people have one letter of DNA and some another. These sites of common variation are known as SNP's (pronounced snips). The hope is to correlate SNP's with disease and discover which versions of a gene predispose a person to diseases like diabetes or cancer.
So far three million or so SNP's have been cataloged, but they have been discovered more or less at random across the genome. Genaissance officials estimate that there are some 30 million SNP's in the human population, and say a SNP chosen at random is unlikely to pinpoint a gene variant that causes disease or drug response.
Instead, Genaissance is analyzing sets of closely bunched SNP's in the hope of correlating the patterns with a patient's response to various drugs. A connected set of SNP's inherited as a unit is called a haplotype, and so the company calls its method the haplotype approach.
Its ambition is to catalog the haplotypes of every human gene by decoding each gene in a total of about 90 people drawn from the three major human-population groups: Africans, Asians and Europeans. Company officials say they have already sequenced 4,000 of the estimated 30,000 human genes in this way and intend to sequence all of them within a few years.
Genaissance has published the results from 313 of these genes in today's issue of Science, in an article by Dr. J. Claiborne Stephens and several colleagues. From an analysis of the SNP's in these 313 genes, the authors calculate that each gene exists in 12 versions on average.
Dr. Kenneth Kidd, a population geneticist at Yale University who was not connected with the study, described the data as very important and said it confirmed how much genetic variability existed in the human population. He said he agreed with Genaissance's view that the SNP approach was "misconceived," and chided the government for having stripped ethnic identities from the panel of people whose genomes have been searched for SNP's.
But Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, said the SNP and haplotype approaches were not in opposition. His institute plans a workshop next week, he said, on how to build a haplotype map of the genome. There may be quick ways of arranging the SNP's already discovered into the sets or haplotypes in which they are usually inherited.
Dr. Gualberto Rua�o, chief executive of Genaissance, said its haplotype catalog could help pharmaceutical companies to profile patients who respond best to their drugs, and to develop new drugs for any identified group of those who fail to respond.
Genetic information can be a delicate matter, particularly if it reveals a person's susceptibility to disease. Dr. Gerald F. Vovis, the company's chief technology officer, said Genaissance was developing information only about drug response, which in his view would fall into a less delicate category.
Both Dr. Kidd and Dr. David Altshuler of Harvard University said Genaissance was overcounting the number of SNP's and haplotypes, by including SNP's found in a single person. Because only common SNP's are likely to play a role in common diseases, geneticists usually count a DNA change as a SNP only it if occurs in at least 1 percent of a population. Many of the DNA changes Genaissance finds are singletons of perhaps no significance for any but the individual involved.
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Uniting human variation
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It's becoming increasingly clear that polymorphism in the human genome goes way beyond SNPs. More and more studies are now identifying large-scale genomic variants � which include inversions, deletions and copy-number variants � as important components of normal human genetic variation. The Database of Genomic Variants aims to put all the information from these studies in one place.
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Useful graphical representations allow you to visualize where each variant lies in relation to cytological bands, coding regions and segmental duplications. The database also tells you the frequency of each variant, the method that was used to identify it and the ethnic backgrounds of the individuals in whom it was located. Links to gene databases and original papers make further investigations straightforward.
Once you've identified a variant of interest, the database also allows you to access a genome browser that provides more information about the surrounding genomic region. Here you can look for a range of features, including CpG islands, gene deserts, SNPs and segmental duplications.
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Greyhound racing has its roots in Hare Coursing, where a Hare would be released on a straight track and the first dog to catch it was deemed to be the winner. Coursing had obvious welfare issues and it wasn't until dogs racing round a circular track, chasing mechanical Hare, was introduced from America that the sport really took off in the UK. The rules are very simple the first dog to get its nose over the finishing line is the winner. This simple formula has an obvious appeal to the gambling fraternity.
Greyhound betting appeals across the class divide but is historically thought of as a working class sport, post war attendances were 30 plus million and on course betting helped to maintain those figures until a change in the law permitted off-course cash bets to be made. This resulted in a decline in figures since the mid 60's however another change in the law allowing on course betting to be conducted free of tax has helped to stem the decline.
Greyhound racing is popular in the UK, USA, Ireland and Australia and betting across international boundaries is becoming increasingly popular especially via online gambling sites.
As with horse racing there are many ways to place a bet on a greyhound race, some of those are explained below:
To Win – the most straight forward bet the better chooses the dog they believe will cross the line first.
To Place – The bet is made on the dog that you believe will come first or second.
Show Bet – you only win if your chosen dog comes in the first 3.
The Reverse Forecast or Quinella bet – here you chose two dogs that you believe will finish the race in first and second place, you don't have to identify the order they fill the top two places. An extension to this type of bet is the double Quinella which is the same bet as above but over two consecutive races.
The best Greyhound Betting Odds are normally available for a SuperPerfecta bet – this is where you bet on the order of the first "Four" dogs in a race, you must get the order exactly right in order to win the bet.
Of course there is another way to enjoy greyhound racing other than online odds or at your local bookies. The UK has many greyhound tracks where you can enjoy this wonderful sport, they are scattered all over the UK in Belle Vue, Brighton & Hove, Coventry, Great Yarmouth, Harlow, Henlow, Mliton Keynes, Nottingham, Oxford, Perry Barr, Peterborough, Reading, Romford, Sunderland, Swindon, Wimbledon and many more. If you want a thrilling evening out you'd be hard pushed to do better than 'going to the dogs'.


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Succession Planning
The significance of succession planning to the success and continuity of business firms (Miller, 1993; Ocasio, 1999; Pitcher, Cherim, & Kisfalvi, 2000) more so for family businesses (Lee, Lim & Lim, 2003) is well known and therefore has been a thrust area of research. (Ramachandran, 2005)
Succession planning is all about finding the next leadership for the organization. The research on family owned enterprises found that the fundamental problem of family owned and run businesses is their ability to ensure competent family leadership across generations. (Le Breton-Miller, Miller, & Steier, 2004) The rate of survival of family businesses into the second and third generation has been about 30% and 10 to 15% respectively. (Birley,1986; Ward, 1987) The reasons attributed for the same are the smaller talent pool, complicating emotional factors between the incumbent and successor and complex social ties with the family. (Dyer, 1986; Lansberg, 1999; Miller, Steier, & Le Breton-Miller, 2003) The rate of survival and the reasons for successful survival of Indian family businesses is still a least deliberated topic. (Ramachandran, 2005)
Succession Planning appears to be one of the "Ten Commandments of Family Business" of Ramachandran (2005). The sustenance and growth of family owned businesses beyond two or three generations is not all that easy. Still many make it (Ramachandran, 2005) specifically, in the Indian context. Except for a few cases of failures, many Indian family businesses have seen more than two or three generations and more so in the case of Coimbatore region.
The Coimbatore Region
The geographical unit of Kongu Nadu of olden times comprised of present day, Periyar, Salem and parts of Madurai and Trichy districts. This part of the country was ruled mostly by tribal chieftains. The well known among them was an Irula,...


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Kidney Bean Chocolate Cake Recipe (With Chocolate Avocado Icing) (GF DF NF)
The "Magic Bean" Chocolate Cake is one of the most popular recipes on the Recipe Community and understandably so. It's amaaazing! Chocolate cake without the guilt? Yes please. The recipe below is my version that I made today and that was almost completely devoured by my family in one sitting. I wasn't sure how the kids would go with the different texture but I don't even think they noticed the difference. You should have seen their faces when I told them what the cake and the icing were made ... [Read More]
Raw Coconut Cranberry "Fudge" Recipe (DF GF)
OK, so it's not real fudge but it sure would pass! This is quite the delicacy and relatively healthy too. It will go soft at room temperature so serve it straight from the freezer and stick the leftovers back in the freezer as soon as possible. Leftovers. Ha! Raw Coconut Cranberry "Fudge" Print Prep time 5 mins Total time 5 mins Author: Amanda Powell (www.onecraftymum.com) Serves: 16 Ingredients 150gm coconut oil 120gm honey 100gm desiccated coconut 80gm dried ... [Read More]
Apple & Date Muffins Recipe (DF)
This is another of my 'oat flour' experiments which thankfully turned out great. As you can see, Mr 3 is a big fan! You'll find these and more ideas on my 'Lunchbox Snacks Made in the Thermomix' list. Apple & Date Muffins Recipe (DF) Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 25 mins Author: Amanda Powell (www.onecraftymum.com) Serves: 12 or 24 mini Ingredients 250gm rolled oats 2 apples, cored and quartered Handful of medjool dates, pitted ... [Read More]
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There was a great Era of Norwegian Atmospheric and Symphonic Black Metal from 1994 to 1997. At least, in my opinion, those were the blooming years. Classic releases from bands like Emperor, Covenant, Arcturus and Gehenna, and many others, were released upon the hungry black metal crowds.
Among the smaller jewels of this style was Mundanus Imperium. A couple of years before they released their quite interesting full length album which sounded like a mixture between their original style, progressive metal and classic hard rock, there was this EP. A 16 minute trip into Nordic melancholy and longing.
All the elements that a fan of this style would want to hear are present. First of all, a thick blanket of keyboards that seem to serve as the main source of composition. Adequate and moderately paced drums. Tremolo picked guitars performing minor chords and harmonies, with a single lead melody here and there. And greatly mixed biting vocals that add a lot of subzero to the whole. But where is the bass? Well...it's black metal you know.
M.I. on this EP could be compared to Covenant's "In Times Before the Light", although the main focus here is an atmosphere of longing to be in other places, whereas Covenant adds a certain depth of foreboding darkness to their music. This EP shows that neo-classical themes and (black) metal are a powerful combination, and such themes are foremostly present in the third and closing song, performed by heavy strings and piano. Occasionally, a single melody line stands out above the blanket of keys, very effectively performed in the shape of some woodwind instrument. It is this that makes the second song the highlight of all three.
Music literally speaks to me with its moods and tempers, and this EP is no exception. It's one of those wonderful musical pieces that create visions without seeing them clearly, in this case like cosmic light sources peeking through the slowly swirling Northern Lights over the cascading mountain ranges of my mind. A certain loneliness and desire that lives within us all. It makes me sigh loudly every time the last tones of this EP fade away. Partly because it's just way too damned short.


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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Cochise County deputies are investigating a rollover accident that occurred Friday night.
Cochise County deputies responded to a rollover accident just after 7:00 p.m. Friday on Sanders Road, near Bowers Road in Whetstone, according to Carol Capas with the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
Paramedics from the Whetstone Fire Department also responded to the scene and discovered that 56-year-old Florence Cates of Huachuca City had died of injuries she sustained in the rollover crash, Capas said.
During the investigation, deputies learned that Cates was driving a 2005 Ford sedan, heading east on Sanders Road, when she sped around a sharp curve and rolled the car.
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ACTIVE TIME: 15 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 35 minutes
Ingredients1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried basil
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 cup milk
4 medium zucchinis, thinly sliced
Preparation1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees & grease 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
2. In a shallow bowl, combine breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, dried basil, salt & pepper. Whisk to combine.
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Leak detection at Red Hill dates back to 2003UPDATED 11:12 PM HST Mar 04, 2014
Warnings about storing fuel and detecting leaks under Red Hill came a decade before the 27,000 gallon spill, and now KITV4 has obtained a Department of Health letter showing the agency had grave concerns about leak detection monitoring at Red Hill.Video Transcript
under Red Hill... ...And they came more than a decade before the 27-thousand gallon spill in January. Good evening, I'm Kenny Choi in for Yunji De Nies. I'm Paula Akana, thanks for joining us tonight. KITV4 just obtained a Department of Health letter showing the agency had grave concerns about leak detection monitoring at Red Hill. But instead of using systems considered more reliable, the Navy chose a different path. KITV4's Andrew Pereira has this KITV4 exclusive! Andrew? Paula... sources say the fuel spill in January MAY have been prevented with better monitoring. 20 tanks standing 250 feet tall, each capable of holding 12.5 million gallons of fuel. The Red Hill underground fuel storage facility is a technological marvel, but leaks have been an issue almost since construction ended in 1943. Rock samples taken near the tanks show staining from petroleum products. STEVEN CHANG: "WHEN YOU READ STUFF BACK IN 1947 IT SAYS THERE WAS A THREE GALLON PER MINUTE RELEASE, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T SAY MUCH TO YOU. SOME OF THE LARGER ONES MAYBE 18,000 GALLONS." In October, 2003 the Department of Health's Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch sent THIS letter to the Navy asking for a leak detection system for each of the 20 tanks at Red Hill. The Navy's response came nearly nine months later. STEVEN CHANG: "SPECIFIC WITH RESPECT TO OUR RELEASE DETECTION THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON REVIEWING TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD BE EMPLOYED." Unbeknownst to the Department of Health, Red Hill tanks were built with a leak release system in place, called the Telltale System, which consisted of a series of pipes that monitored any leaks on the outside wall of the steel tanks. That system was eventually augmented by the AsterNet system in the early 80s, which was upgraded and refined through the 1990s. The upgraded AsterNet system used a float device, probes and algorithms to more accurately determine how temperature and pressure could impact tank level readings. STEVEN CHANG: "AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANYTHING THEY WERE DOING AND BASED ON THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS THEY WERE DEFERRED FROM HAVING RELEASE DETECTION SYSTEMS. SO IF ANYTHING, THEY WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS." Sometime in the early 2000s sources familiar with Red Hill monitoring tell KITV4 the more intricate AsterNet system was replaced by a Mass Tank Gauging System, which is in use today. The Mass Tank Gauging System uses indirect readings from probes every 9 feet to determine if there's a leak. The Department of Health had no way of knowing which was better.. STEVEN CHANG: "YOU KNOW WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR DOCUMENTATION, JUSTIFYING ONE SYSTEM OVER THE OTHER." The Navy's lag in providing information to the state continues to be a sore spot with lawmakers. Sen. Mike Gabbard will lead an informational briefing this Friday about the latest leak from Red Hill tank #5, at least 27,000 gallons of jet fuel detected Jan. 13 that could threaten the Pearl Harbor aquifer that supplies drinking water to Oahu. SEN. MIKE GABBARD: "I'M VERY CONCERNED AND THAT'S WHY AT THE MEETING ON FRIDAY I WANT TO BRING UP THESE ISSUES AND HEAR DIRECTLY FIRST HAND FROM THE NAVY THEIR RESPONSE." Last month the Health Department announced low levels of lead and other chemicals were found in the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam water system. DOH says the chemicals do not represent a health threat. The Navy responded late today to KITV4, saying another leak detection system with networking capabilities replaced the AsterNet system mentioned in our report. Paula?
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Districts around York County have different traditions when it comes to what colors students will wear at graduation.
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Three local high schools — South Western, Spring Grove Area, and West York — took the top honors in the Second Annual York/Adams High School Seat Belt Challenge, according to a news release.
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He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?
This skirt has all the details that should make it an immediate favourite for me: plaid, cute pocket detailing, above knee length. However, I just can't make this skirt work for me! Everything just says way too much "Look at me, I'm a rebellious teen!"
I know, I know: never buy a skirt unless you can think of three outfits to wear it with, but I didn't buy this skirt. Since my mother did, I'm determined to make it work.
Can you think of any ways to make it not feel so : "schoolgirl punk?"
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I think you should do the opposite and make it punky. But that's just me. You could always wear a cream colored top and a yellow or blue shoe to make it summery/springy.ReplyDelete
I suggest taking a look at Sheila (Ephemera) because I know she's done some plaid skirt coordinations before. Those her's are more punky. Also Christine of Futurelint does plaid skirts in really cute ways.
I love plaid skirts but it's hard to keep them from veering too far into "Catholic school girl" or "punk rock" looks. I really like the skirt with the blue top and boots. Blue is a great color coord for it.
Thanks for getting that song stuck in my head. Avril Lavigne may be my *least* favorite Canadian. I love the skirt; don't have the cojones to pull it off. At least you're not wearing too much eyeliner and a man's tie with it!ReplyDelete
I would agree with Megan and go punk with this, but there is a certain point where one has to give up schoolgirl skirts, sadly. On me, they just look pathetic, like I'm trying really hard to look young.ReplyDelete
Wow you are gorgeous! I love your skirt/boots combo...it just seems to "fit" you.ReplyDelete


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Robyn McDonald, Delta Zeta
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2014 - "Honor Bronze and Blue" - Matthew Frech (Pi Kappa Alpha) and Shelby Allen (Sigma Kappa)
2013 - "There's No Place Like Central" - Vincent Burr (Diversity Round Table) and Jillian Goodman (Alpha Gamma Delta)
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Three-quarters of driving instructors think cycle awareness should be part of driving test
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More than 75 per cent of driving instructors believe that a cycle awareness module should be part of the driving test in Britain.
With the number of cyclists on the increase following the Tour de France and the Olympics, and a corresponding hike in the number of cycling-related injuries (up 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2012, according to Department for Transport figures), instructors are concerned that learner drivers don't learn the skills required to safely interact with riders on the roads.
The study was carried out by RED driving school, who polled 600 instructors.
On the flipside, even more instructors - 88 per cent - thought that cyclists should have some sort of training.
"The Government should reintroduce cycling proficiency in schools or at least facilitate partnerships between schools and The National Standards for Cycle Training, which was established as a unified cycle training program to promote road safety," said Ian McIntosh, CEO of RED.
Those National Standards are however already taught in many schools as part of the Bikeability programme, billed as 'Cycling Proficiency for the 21st Century.'
A review of the National Standards was started in April this year with the updated version due to be published in January 2013.
Mandatory training and testing for cyclists has always been controversial. The AA and various cycling groups would like to see cycling proficiency as part of the National Curriculum, but last month BikeRadar was forced to pull out of a joint campaign with insurers Ingenie after widespread public anger that part of the campaign revolved around testing cyclists before they were allowed on the roads.
Martin Gibbs, British Cycling's Policy and Legal Affairs Director, said: "We want to see learner drivers educated to see cyclists as legitimate road users who have a right to be treated with respect and consideration. We are also calling for drivers to learn safe overtaking manoeuvres."
I think this is fair enough, yes new drivers should have training to make them aware of cyclists of course, and training for cyclists should equally be mandatory.
I don't personally think the effect from the olympics or TdeF should be the reason. I think this has been long overdue in this country. The problem is the existing drivers around cyclists and the law courts attitudes towards drivers who maim or kill cyclists.
posted by Karbon Kev [682 posts]
13th September 2012 - 8:52
Agree, legal system is far too soft on dangerous driving (and not just where it hurts cyclists).
Cycle training in schools would be a good idea. But training can only do so much. All those idiots you see speeding, tailgating, texting while they drive... they've all passed the driving test haven't they?
posted by JonSP [60 posts]
13th September 2012 - 8:56
Good to hear. It's a shame that Karen Dee, director of the Freight Transport Association in her remarks to the London Assembly cyling session on Monday, said she didn't think HGV drivers should have to undergo cycle awareness training, but cyclists should of course be trained. Classic throw the responsibility onto the victim.
Trouble with making cycle awareness part of the driving test is that it doesn't address the problem of existing drivers. Of course, over time younger drivers who have this training will gradually replace older ones who don't and who will eventually have to give up as they lose competence, but that will be a slow process.
In fact, motoring demographics already show that there is a "bulge" in proportion of drivers by age group, measured at decade intervals, which has moved like a wave into the higher age groups in the last two decades, such that now there are nore drivers in the >65 bracket than in the <25. As take-up among the young seems to have declined over the last 15 years, perhaps the bulge, formed by the baby-boom generation, will soon deflate?
posted by Paul M [339 posts]
13th September 2012 - 10:30
Learner drivers should be trained to be safe in all situations where there is a risk to other road users. They should be trained and tested on how to safely share the road with cyclists and, in particular, how to overtake safely.
The argument about mandatory training for cyclists is different. A bike doesn't weigh a tonne and have the potential to do 100 mph. As a low kinetic energy machine it does not have the potential to harm and kill other road users.
Of course, it's sound common sense to take steps to improve one's ability to survive in a hostile environment but we should allow people to make their own choices when it's only their personal health and wellbeing that is at risk.
posted by Campag_10 [153 posts]
13th September 2012 - 10:35
I doubt this RED instructor was part of the 600 who where polled... http://youtu.be/hbXEtlg-4ww
posted by onyourbikeinlondon [12 posts]
13th September 2012 - 11:22
Well said Campag10
If 75% of driving instructors believe that the driving test should include a module on cycle awareness this must be to make their clients better able to drive safely on the roads and like most road users (cyclists, drivers and pedestrians) I think there is much need for improvement in the way many drivers behave around all other road users, especially slower or stationary ones.
Wouldn't it be a start if those 75% of driving instructors simply made sure that during their lessons the topic was properly covered? It doesn't have to be a module in the test to be covered in the teaching.
I don't really trust what the driving instructors say, nor indeed their motivation (extra test module=extra lesson=extra fees).
I guess most are fairly sensible but only last weekend I can across an instructor angrily berating a group of cyclists for riding two-abreast even though it was clearly the correct way to ride given traffic conditions and road layout.
A good few years ago I was physically attacked by a driving instructor who was teaching a client at the time - he rammed my bike with his car and as I picked up myself and my bike he got out of the car and hit me knocking me back to the ground. My offense was simply riding two-abreast. That was of course reported to the police but after hours of giving statements etc. they said they would "speak to him".
People with those attitudes shouldn't be instructing drivers at all.
As for training for cyclists, yes good taining can be really helpful for cyclists but it is not, and should not, be legally required ....
A reminder to everyone that cyclists of all ages and abilities have a right to be on the roads. Pedestrians and horse-riders also have a right to be on roads - they are not supposed to have to leap out of the way whenever a motor vehicle approaches - the vehicle driver is supposed to wait until there is room to overtake and then to do so in a safe manner.
Motor vehicle drivers have a licence not a right and that licence can be withdrawn if they don't behave correctly. I think that withdrawal doesn't happen enough and is too often ignored.
posted by shay cycles [289 posts]
13th September 2012 - 12:48
Unfortunately accidents happen even to the safest and best drivers.
Only yesterday i was at a junction in my car and whilst checking left and right i saw nothing, literally nothing was there, or so i thought as just as i pulled out a lady on a sit up and beg style shopper appeared to my right.
After slamming the brakes on and apologising profusely she was ok and went on her way, no doubt having a pop about me, and rightly so, to her hubby and friends later on.
It just goes to show they do happen and even to good drivers (which i pride myself on being one). In the end some drivers are muppets and no amount of extra advice or training will change them or their attitudes.
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
posted by stumps [3111 posts]
13th September 2012 - 12:53
"The argument about mandatory training for cyclists is different. A bike doesn't weigh a tonne and have the potential to do 100 mph. As a low kinetic energy machine it does not have the potential to harm and kill other road users."
Bad cyclists DO harm other road users (and not just the Wyatt family, my Father had his hip broken by one), and can cause serious accidents. The notion that the only life at risk is the cyclists, and training is therefore unnecessary, is frankly absurd.
posted by The Rumpo Kid [590 posts]
13th September 2012 - 13:20
@Rumpo - absolutely. I think you need to reconsider your reasoning, Campag. A bicycle most definitely does have the potential to harm and kill other road users (pedestrians and other cyclists) and this becomes actual when you add a rider who's an idiot. I'm off the bike currently with a trapped nerve but ride most days on busy roads with few problesm; so taking the bus last week, I was able to witness the vehicular view of what many cyclists de nos jours look like on the same roads - frankly, I was gobsmacked. An absence of basic road abilities (awareness, signalling, anticipation, riding too close) and so much ignorance of basic road rules like not steaming through red lights and NOT USING LIGHTS IN THE DARK! Un-f#cking believable.
posted by dullard [140 posts]
13th September 2012 - 13:45
Does Ian McIntosh, CEO of RED not know that Bikeability is being taught in schools or does he mean it should be mandatory?
Making it mandatory in schools as in a required part of the syllabus is very worthwhile, as is strongly promoting cycle training for adults (make it free, get the money from reduced health care costs, have employers fund it for any employee who wants it). But making it a requirement to use a bike on the road is unworkable and counter productive.
Inconsiderate cycling is a major factor in other peoples perception of cyclists - hence the hate. The police act on matters of public interest and public interest demands control and policing of cyclists - hence the periodic focus on pavement cyclists and rlj-ers (and the lack of focus on car offences).
posted by horizontal dropout [218 posts]
13th September 2012 - 14:22
It's possible for pedestrians to kill people too, but as with bikes it's a lot harder to do so. I don't propose we test people on their road skills in order to be pedestrians, and I don't propose we do it for cyclists either.
The number of people killed by cyclists in the UK remains under 1 per year. It does happen, but it's certainly not worth the expense and admin of training and testing for the benefit, if any, that it would bring. Let us not forget that most cyclists already have a driving license, for what that is worth.
That said I would advocate any cyclist get training voluntarily, or at least reads the highway code and the principles of defensive and assertive cycling.
posted by HKCambridge [208 posts]
13th September 2012 - 14:27
Dullard, Rumpo, I understand what you're saying but joggers and walkers have the potential to knock pedestrians over and cause injury, do they need formal training too? Compulsory training in schools I agree with, but any sort of formal cycling test to be taken by adults before they can ride is simply a barrier to people riding their bike (like compulsory helmets) which would be a net negative to society. Besides most of the bad cycling I see isn't because the riders don't understand the rules (jumping red lights etc), its that they don't care about the rules.
posted by Manx Rider [18 posts]
13th September 2012 - 16:21
Manx rider. Just to clarify, my position on training/licensing of cyclists is exactly the same as yours.
posted by The Rumpo Kid [590 posts]
13th September 2012 - 16:35
I am not for compulsory testing for cyclists but as I have a full motor bike license and have used it for years I do find that the training I was given to pass the motorcycle test very helpful when riding my bike on the road.
There are two particular parts that should be highlighted here, bike control and road craft the ability to see the road around you and act from a range of stimuli. You see too many people who think getting out of there car and on to two wheels is an easy transition.
The basic skills don't take long and even less time to be aware of, in terms of road awareness but what never ceases to amaze me is the lack of skills many cyclists have in both areas highlighted. I don't reckon that it applies to many of the readers and writers here but everyday I must see two or three cyclists wobbling all over the place, in a wide range of situations who have no real control of there bike.
but give them a few week of constant riding and there skills improve. Its keeping them safe in this initial period that could be the problem, however road awareness takes time and more importantly it takes information. How do you find out about a life saver or assessing the road ahead and developing scenarios for things that may happen ahead and positioning your self in away for how you read the road
posted by Ciaran Patrick [119 posts]
13th September 2012 - 16:55
I think that mandatory training for cyclists is something that may become more relevant (and may start to seem less disproportionate) as the number of electric-assist bikes increases. These are enabling unskilled and inexperienced cyclists to move at average speeds they would not previously have attained, and to carry out overtaking manoeuvres they would previously not have.
I find it striking that so many cyclists suspend whatever road sense they have as soon as they are on routes that are free of motor traffic. My last Sunday cycle featured a few stretches of forest road, and I had to brake half a dozen times because other cyclists had simply stopped right in the middle of the path for a rest or a chat or a snack and were blocking the route.
As a cycle campaigner, I think mandatory training is probably a disproportionate response, but as a cyclist, I would quite like other cyclists to display greater awareness of the rules.
posted by bambergbike [88 posts]
13th September 2012 - 22:10
Indeed cyclists do have the potential to harm, but the risk relative to that posed by motorists it is pretty low really. @Campag seems to have the right idea.
posted by richteebis [23 posts]
14th September 2012 - 14:22
@Rumpo - absolutely. I think you need to reconsider your reasoning, Campag. A bicycle most definitely does have the potential to harm and kill other road users (pedestrians and other cyclists) and this becomes actual when you add a rider who's an idiot. I'm off the bike currently with a trapped nerve but ride most days on busy roads with few problesm; so taking the bus last week, I was able to witness the vehicular view of what many cyclists de nos jours look like on the same roads - frankly, I was gobsmacked. An absence of basic road abilities (awareness, signalling, anticipation, riding too close) and so much ignorance of basic road rules like not steaming through red lights and NOT USING LIGHTS IN THE DARK! Un-f#cking believable.
Absolutely right, I also regularly witness road manners like that. I also witness the same on pavements by adults on bikes several sizes too small, usually a man on a woman's bike. Recently I was pushing my toddler in her buggy along the pavement, suddenly there was a bike about two inches away from the front of the buggy after his emergency stop, with a man screaming at me for putting my child in danger.Fortunately there was a Policeman there within seconds who had seen him riding on the pavement, he was issued with a fine.
I think that Cycling should actually be an integral part of the Driving test, not just Cycle Awareness, but an actual part of the test. It would give new road users freedom to the road before they have passed the Driving Test, and also enhance their observational skills and senses as a different group of road user.
It would be a huge boost to cycling as new road users could be given the confidence to cycle as well as drive. I don't think it necessary to have a test, just two to three hours worth of lessons might be enough for some. Obviously there are some people that would want exceptions and that is fine, that is to be expected and could be worked out. But just think of the extra awareness it would create in new drivers if they had already been given cycling lessons. It would also create a demand for Cycling instructors. I don't think it would be too hard to implement. It could start off as a voluntary trial somewhere, because it would be voluntary, the take up may be quite high and would give enough people to evaluate it properly. Obviously the money to pay the Cycling instructors would need to come from somewhere, but there are some councils giving free cycling lessons anyway. It would be a boost to the economy as more work for Cycling instructors, less traffic on roads with more confident cyclists.
posted by tommy2p [86 posts]
15th September 2012 - 2:58
Well, isn't this a step in the right direction; and I truly believe that public awareness of the safety issues on our roads, should be at the forefront of all motoring organisations, specifically the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
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I wasn't sure where I was meant to post this so hope it's in the right place.
So last night I had the weirdest dream about weighing in this week. I am a little anxious about it as I need a -2lb to get my stone loss and go into the 13s so i'm guessing that's the reason my mind is going crazy.
So in my dream I was at weigh in and the scales were on top of a mountain of other scales that I had to climb up to get on top, I kept falling off and it took me ages to get up there, when I finally got to the top there was a washing line to hold onto to steady myself while I weighed and my result was that I put on 17 stone!!
I know it is totally ridiculous and would never in a million years happen, but I wondered if anyone had the most strange dreams about weigh ins or dieting and wanted to share?
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