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Red Dead Redemption Review
So yes, the action rocks bells. But I still can't help but feel that for me, it's the less familiar elements that help to make Red Dead Redemption the best game of 2010 thus far.
For years it seemed as if no-one in Hollywood could make a successful pirates movie. Sure, if you looked back to the 1930s there was Errol Flynn in Captain Blood and a whole bunch of other swashbucklers – but in the second half of the Twentieth Century? Nothing but duds. From Roman Polanski's Pirates to Cutthroat Island, via numerous versions of Treasure Island, no-one managed to nail the formula, to deliver the quintessential pirate blockbuster. There seemed to be no hope for the genre… and then along came Gore Verbinski with Pirates of the Caribbean. It tore up the box office, won millions of fans and reinvigorated Johnny Depp's career. Jack Sparrow became a global icon: go to any fancy dress party and you'll find someone who looks like Russell Brand on a killing spree… only without the suspect trouser stains.
Why do I say all this? Because Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption is the Pirates of the Caribbean of cowboy games.
It's true. We've had a few decent rootin' tootin' howdy-em-ups over the years – Gun, Call of Juarez, the original Red Dead Revolver – but none of these efforts ever felt like the genuine article. Perhaps more importantly, from an industry perspective at least, they never seemed to win the heart of the gaming public. With the release of Red Dead Redemption I think things are going to change. The words "Grand Theft Auto" may be absent from the title, but Rockstar's pedigree is well known even among non-gamers – and on top of that, the release is being backed by a massive marketing campaign. More pertinently, the game itself is absolutely spectacular.
The sheer quality of Red Dead Redemption is evident right from the word go. After a moody intro sequence, former outlaw John Marston steps off a steam train and into the dusty town of Armadillo. Within seconds of the player assuming control, a drunk staggers out of the local saloon and falls flat on his face. In the grand scheme of things it's a tiny, insignificant moment, but to a certain extent it says a lot about the game as a whole. It's a nice little detail for starters, one that recalls the flavour and tone of countless Western movies. On a more technical level, it's also beautifully animated. It might seem strange for me to enthuse about a digital drunkard falling over, but when the guy tumbles to the dirt, it just feels right. This is a game where people fall over a lot, usually just after you've put a bullet or three between their eyes, and stuff like this matters.
A lot of people are probably wondering whether Red Dead Redemption is simply GTA IV with horses and funny hats. There's some truth to this idea: for all the improvements to the engine and game design – and there are many – the basic framework is very familiar. There's the usual downtrodden protagonist – a violent but principled underdog, surrounded by thugs and oddball scoundrels. There are the quest-dispensing NPCs, laden with dodgy-sounding promises, and there's the near limitless array of side quests and distractions. Once again there's also a huge open world playground to explore, but this time it really is open.
Since 2008, GTA IV's Liberty City has been the high water mark for sandbox game environments. The combined plains of Red Dead Redemption's New Austin and Mexico form a very different world, but there's no denying that they trump their urban predecessor on several fronts. Your surroundings are astonishingly beautiful at times, and when you ride to the top of a high crest of land you may find yourself pausing for a moment just to admire the sweeping grandeur of it all – the forests, deserts and canyons, and the pockets of human presence: a wooden shanty town in the distance, or a lone steam train crawling across the horizon. John Marston may be the (anti)hero of the story, but there's no doubt that the world itself is the star of the show.


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March 26, 2013
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, will be recognized with the conferral of an honorary doctor of theology degree and be the principal speaker at the 167th annual commencement of Saint Vincent College, it was announced by Saint Vincent College President Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B. More than 300 undergraduate and graduate degrees will be awarded at the Saturday, May 11, ceremony which begins at 2 p.m. in the Robert S. Carey Student Center. A native of Pittsburgh who served as bishop of the diocese of Pittsburgh for 18 years, Cardinal Wuerl is known for his teaching ministry and is involved nationally and internationally in education, health care and social service organizations. Cardinal Wuerl hosted Pope Benedict XVI in Washington in April 2008 on the Holy Father's historic journey to the United States. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the Relator General for the October 2012 Vatican Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith. He serves on numerous national and international bodies and is chairman of the board of trustees of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, chancellor of The Catholic University of America and chairman of the board of both the Pope John Paul II Cultural Foundation and The Papal Foundation. He serves on the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Congregation for Clergy, the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, the Pontifical Council for Culture and is former chairman of numerous committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, including the Committee on Doctrine, and is a member of the USCCB committee on evangelization and catechesis and the ad hoc committee for religious liberty. His commitment to the education of children and youth of all race, color and creed was demonstrated in his revitalization of the Catholic schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and the establishment of the nationally-recognized Extra Mile Education Foundation whose purpose is to provide sound educational opportunities in inner-city Catholic schools for economically disadvantaged children. He is widely known as the "education bishop" for his ongoing work as a teacher and educator and was recognized with the prestigious St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award by the National Catholic Educational Association. Cardinal Wuerl is the author of numerous articles and books, including the best-selling catechisms, The Teaching of Christ and The Catholic Way. His recent books include, The Mass (2011), Seek First the Kingdom (2012), Faith That Transforms Us: Reflections on the Creed (January 2013), New Evangelization: Passing on the Catholic Faith Today (January 2013) and The Church (March 2013). He holds earned graduate degrees from The Catholic University of America, the Gregorian University, earned while attending the North American College in Rome, and a doctorate in theology from the University of Saint Thomas in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 17, 1966, and ordained a bishop by Pope John Paul II on Jan. 6, 1986, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome. He served as Auxiliary Bishop in Seattle until 1987 and then as Bishop of Pittsburgh for 18 years until his appointment to Washington. His titular church in Rome is Saint Peter in Chains.
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The Bichot family history in Burgundy stretches back as far a 1350. Their iconic symbol of a deer will be familiar to fine wine lovers around the world. It wasn't until the 19th Century when the family began to both act as negociants and to produce wine. In 1831 Bernard Bichot began a wine brokerage in Monthèlie, not far from Beaune. Wine production began shortly after, with their first shipment to the UK, Belgium and Switzerland arriving in 1840. The family heritage has been passed down from father to son until the present day. Since 1996 Albert Bichot has represented the 6th generation to run the house. They now own 100ha (245 acres) of vineyards across the most famous Crus of Burgundy.
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A man told Buffalo police he was smashed in the head and face with a beer bottle outside a Chippewa Street nightclub early Saturday.
The attack appened about 3:45 a.m. outside Indulge bar and nightclub on West Chippewa, according to police.
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quote: google's ad revenue is targeted and is what all advertising will eventually become. people will eventually get over the fact that you are not in danger of identity theft if the coffee sellers know that you buy two coffees at 1 and 3 pm at different starbucks each day. or that you drive from home to work and sometimes to a strip club mon-fri. or even that you sometimes shop for ky jelly on amazon.
quote: if those really are the two things the two companies want out of mobile devices, then apple is lagging behind with the rest of the world.
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Scott Hammond, 31, has been calling and hunting wild turkeys since he was 8. He's bagged about 75 gobblers so far, and tagged out — shot the maximum 5 birds allotted per hunter per year — each of the past 11 years.
Impressive stuff, considering most Lowcountry hunters would be proud to score just one mature bird each year.
Turkey hunting season cranks up March 15 on private lands in the Lowcountry (April 1 on public land), and Hammond plans to be out there at first light. Having just wrapped up pre-season scouting and blind prep on his hunting properties, Hammond took a few minutes last week to share some tips.
When does he hunt?
Hammond wants to be in the woods, ready to go, 30 minutes before daylight, whether he's in a blind or standing on a road listening for gobbles.
"You don't want to be traveling through your property as day is breaking, because those birds are already awake and looking around. You're liable to bump them off the roost," he said.
"If you bump them off the roost, you're in a bad position to start with. You completely changed everything."
If Hammond doesn't bag a gobbler early, he'll often hunt all day.
"Leaving the woods by 9 a.m. is a major mistake. I've killed as many birds at 10 or 11 o'clock in the morning and 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon as I have any other time of day," he said.
"The action's not quite as fast and furious and not quite as exciting, but . . . once it gets past 9 or 10 in the morning, most other hunters have left the woods, the hens are sitting on their nests, and that gobbler's lonely. He's much more apt to come to calling."
What gear does he use?
Hammond wears full camo, of course, including face mask and gloves, and prefers the Mossy Oak Obsession pattern because it's got a lot of light green, so it's good for spring.
He wears no-frills, drab-green Lacrosse Grange rubber boots when hunting turkeys.
Hammond doesn't use pop-up turkey blinds, relying instead on natural blinds built in advance or on the fly with palmetto fronds and other vegetation. That's why "the most important tool in my turkey vest is a $6 pair of garden pruners," he said.
He wears a turkey vest with a seat cushion attached and carries a compact pair of binoculars and a collection of "shock" calls and turkey calls.
Hammond hunts with glass and slate friction calls, a Lynch's box call, and a half-dozen varieties of mouth diaphragm calls.
He uses a box call on windy days or to reach out to a gobbler hundreds of yards away, and slate and mouth calls for soft, subtle purrs and yelps when he's working a nearby gobbler.
"About 80 percent of all my calling is done on a mouth diaphragm."
Hammond has outfitted his Browning Gold Hunter 12-gauge with a neoprene sling, 4x-power Leupold scope and an extra-full turkey choke tube.
"The tighter the choke tube, the easier it is to miss at close range," Hammond warned. "You get a turkey inside 15 yards with the tube I've got, and you're basically shooting a slug."
He's switching to new loads this year, the HEVI-Shot Magnum Blend.
These new, higher-tech loads deliver a mix of 5, 6 and 7-shot pellets in tight, deadly groups downrange.
The downside? "They're $35 for a box of five shells."
What are his tactics?
Turkeys prefer to roost in mature timber, especially over water. If Hammond doesn't already know where birds are roosting, he'll run-and-gun after it gets light to locate a gobbler.
Though many hunters use turkey calls to trigger gobbles in the early morning, Hammond relies mostly on "shock calls" to locate a bird.
"I rarely actually use a turkey call. I'm owl-hooting with my voice, or once the crows get cranked up I'm using a crow call."
Hammond avoids using turkey calls as locators because gobblers will sometimes come running in before he even gets a chance to set up. It's far better, he said, to locate a bird without him becoming too interested in you at the start.
If Hammond's been shock-calling in an area and hasn't heard a response in 10-15 minutes, he'll move on.
Once he does entice a gobble off in the distance, Hammond moves quickly and quietly toward the bird, stopping to set up 100 to 175 yards away.
Then he starts calling.
"If I've got a bird still roosted in his tree and he's gobbling, the first series of calls I'm going to give him would be a fly-down cackle. Then I'm going to follow that up with a lot of clucks, then go into my yelping series."
If the gobbler flies down and begins moving toward him, Hammond often shuts down his calling.
"Once a bird's inside 100 yards and he's answered me one, two, three times, I ain't saying another word for at least 15 minutes. He knows where I am. If he's committed and wants to come, he'll come."
Overcalling can backfire on a hunter, Hammond warns.
"You've got to remember that the hen is designed to go to the gobbler, the gobbler's not designed to go to the hen. So shutting up is sometimes a good thing.
"If it was 30 minutes since you last called, that gobbler's wandering around wondering, 'Where did she go?' He's covering a little more territory and might end up coming right in front of your barrel."
What if the turkey stops gobbling and disappears in the brush?
"I won't move a muscle for a bare minimum of 45 minutes," Hammond said. Often, the turkey will creep in on a hunter, fan out and start strutting without ever making another sound.
If the gobbler appears within 40 or so yards, he shoots.
If, on the other hand, Hammond hasn't started working a bird by 9 or 10 in the morning, he'll switch to "set-up mode" and hunker down in a natural blind.
"I'm going to spend two hours there, making a series of calls every 10 or 15 minutes. After two hours, I'm going to move to another area."
Above all, Hammond said, hunters must be willing to put in the time. After the early-morning rush of finding roosted birds, hunters should slow it down and work a promising area for two or three hours.
"Patience will kill you more birds than any other skill."
Want to know more?
For more of Hammond's tips, check out the Charleston Hunting & Fishing blog at postandcourier.com.
You also can catch Hammond's seminar at Haddrell's Point Tackle and Supply's West Ashley store at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Hammond will be taking questions and demonstrating turkey calling techniques.
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Self fertile.Blueberry 'Chandler' produces a wealth of juicy fruit that are simply bursting with the most delicious flavour. Enormous, firm berries weighing up to 2g and measuring 20mm (¾inch) in diameter are produced from the beginning of August until mid September. This stout blueberry bush also makes an attractive shrub for the patio or acidic borders, bearing masses of sweetly scented creamy white flowers in spring, and fiery crimson autumn foliage. Blueberries are packed with health-boosting compounds and are especially delicious in pies, muffins and jams. Height and spread: 150cm (59").
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WAILUKU - Maui County Council Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Mike White is seeking to cut Mayor Alan Arakawa's proposed county budget for the next fiscal year by $23 million and is proposing to keep all property tax rates at current levels - at least for now.
He is open to increasing some water rates and fees, as proposed by Arakawa.
Several members of the council Monday expressed shock and concern with White's proposal, which does not add any new jobs some council members say are vital to the county, and includes cuts to equipment, supplies and premium pay proposals.
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Some members took issue with White comparing Maui County to other counties in preparing his proposed budget, noting that Maui County is in a better position financially than other counties in the state that have held the line on property tax rates.
White presented his proposed budget Monday to committee members, who this week will work together to come up with a version of the budget for fiscal 2014-15 that begins July 1. The committee has set an internal deadline of Friday and has reserved Saturday, if needed, to finish up its version of the budget. The council has a June 10 deadline to pass a budget or the mayor's budget will take effect.
The committee will continue its deliberations on the budget beginning at 9 a.m. today in Council Chambers.
White is seeking to decrease Arakawa's proposed budget from $574 million to $551 million. That would still be $1 million more than the current fiscal year's $550 million budget approved by the council.
The $1 million increase is to create a County Charter-required county auditor position, White and his staffers said.
Arakawa spokesman Rod Antone did not comment Monday on the specifics of White's proposal, noting that it is currently a council committee matter.
"It's really with the council right now. It's up to the members to decide what they think of Mike's proposal because they've got to vote on it," Antone said.
After his morning presentation to his committee, White explained that now is not the time to be increasing the tax burden on Maui County residents and businesses.
"The reason for reducing the budget is that we need to look at who is paying the bill," he said. "I don't feel it is appropriate at this time when the economy is still not back where it needs to be to add a greater and greater amount of taxation on the businesses that are funding all of the benefits and wages for their employees and supplying all various other businesses in the county with additional purchases and things. So it's a philosophical position. I don't feel that it's appropriate to go back to the same well.
"My hope is that we will see our way clear. If we (council members) feel there are portions of the cuts that need to be returned . . . we (should) ask the homeowners first (for more funds)."
Even if property tax rates remain the same, real property tax revenues will increase $6 million because real property tax assessments have gone up, White explained in a news release. Under Arakawa's proposal, tax revenues would rise $26 million.
The "extra" $20 million should be kept by property owners for their own expenses, White said.
If councilors feel they need to budget more money, White said they should visit increases in the homeowner rate first. Residents in the homeowner category have carried substantially less of the burden than those in other categories and those in the homeowner category generally use the majority of county services.
Everyone in the county should carry a fair share of the load, White said.
Arakawa's budget kept rates in the homeowner category the same, noting that the classification saw a "significant increase last fiscal year" with the average homeowner tax bill going up 24 percent. Other categories would see increases ranging from 4.8 percent for the apartment classification to 13 percent for those in the improved residential classification.
When asked if his other job as general manager of Ka'anapali Beach Hotel had influenced his view on the homeowner property tax issue, White replied: "Absolutely not." He added that he is a homeowner who pays property taxes.
The council member from the Makawao-Haiku-Paia residency district is OK with current rates for businesses. Philosophically, he does feel that businesses should pay a higher property tax rate than homeowners.
After committee members were given several hours to look over White's proposed budget, Council Chairwoman Gladys Baisa said that the proposal was "a mind-boggling document" and was concerned about the "breadth of the changes" and how it might reflect on the county's financial stability.
She noted that the county pays its bills on time and has a good bond rating.
Baisa said that throughout the council budget process there have been meetings with communities and with county department staff with some participants making their cases for more money. For example, she said it is important for the Information Technology section of the county to receive more funding to get "just up to par."
White's proposal calls for eliminating four new proposed information systems analyst positions, cutting at least six new positions in the Fire and Public Safety Department and trimming six new service representative positions for the Department of Finance.
Baisa also questioned moving some projects from cash to bond funding.
"I have a lot of concerns about these proposals," Baisa added.
Council Member Mike Victorino took issue with White comparing Maui to other counties, saying Maui County hasn't had to sell its land to raise funds as some counties have.
He also wondered why White did not go ahead and increase the homeowner real property tax rate rather than suggesting it if the committee feels it needs more funds.
"I felt that was very contradictory on your part," Victorino said, noting that there are others besides homeowners who use county services 24/7.
White told the committee that he did not propose a homeowner rate hike, because he didn't want to dictate what could be placed back into the budget.
The committee chairman's proposed budget also seeks to hold tipping fees at the landfill at current rates and to not call for higher rates for planning fees. Arakawa was seeking to increase the solid waste tipping fees at landfills from $61 to $75 per ton. The Planning Department was seeking a new rate structure to help recoup up to 30 percent of the cost of issuing planning permits.
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- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Washer/dryer
- Towels
- Family/child friendly
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Medium Studio Apartment for max 2 people (#IN8) is in Bayswater (zone 1). Bayswater benefits from a fantastic location bordering Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, is an area of West London in the City of Westminister. This is a perfect choice for tourists and holidaymakers.
This is a PRIVATE FLAT with its own kitchen and en-suite bathroom. NOT SHARED WITH OTHERS.
FREE WIFI CONNECTION. TAX INCLUDED. BILLS ARE INCLUDED, but NOT ELECTRICITY (the apartment has an electricity meter, which will be topped up by a client on pay as you go system)
Floor: 1st Floor
Self-contained fully equipped kitchen with Fridge/Freezer, Microwave, Cooker/Oven, Vacuum Cleaner (communal use - hallway area), Cutlery and Kitchenware
Washing machine
Private bathroom with a soap and a roll of toilet paper
Double bed
Fresh Bed Linen and Towels on ARRIVAL
Furniture: wardrobe, chairs, chest of drawers, dining table/coffee table TV
ADDITIONAL ITEMS (on request):
Iron and ironing board
Additional set of keys
Washing machine liquids and detergents
Children accessories
Parking and storage spaces
Wheelchair access
Airport transfers
Bayswater Tube Station, zone 1, District and Circle lines: 2 min. walk
Queensway Tube Station, zone 1, Central line: 4 min. walk
Lancaster Gate Tube Station, zone 1, Central line: 13 min. walk
Paddington Station, zone 1 (Bakerloo, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City lines - Heathrow Express - Crossrail - National Rail): 13 min. walk
Local and Night Buses walking distance
Several Buses to all major parts of Central London
Minicab (local taxi service) walking distance
Whiteleys Shopping Centre: 3 min. walk
Tesco Express, Sainsbury's, Costcutter: 3 min. walk
Tesco Express and Local Sainsbury's, 2 min. walk
Portobello Market Road: walking distance
Local Food&Wine groceries shops walking distance
Restaurants, pubs and other various shops, walking distance
Pharmacy, walking distance
Launderette, walking distance
• Check in time: from 2pm – 8pm.
• Late check in: After 8pm. Additional fee: £20.00. This fee is automatically added to the total bill, which you must pay in full on arrival.
• Early check in: before 2pm. Additional Fee: £20.00 Subject to availability. This fee is automatically added to the total bill, which you must pay in full on arrival.
• Checkout time: before 11 am.
• Smoking IS NOT permitted in the apartments or in any other area of the property.
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Unfortunately, the apartment was not cleaned. The kitchen was very dirty, everywhere was dust. In the bathroom there is no way turn off something. Out of the drain pipe, it stank. The beds were not made, we did himself. In front of our house entrance were rats. If the apartment NOT recommend.
Leider war die Wohnung nicht geputzt. Die Küche war sehr schmutzig, überall war Staub. Im Badezimmer hat man keine Möglichkeit etwas abzustellen. Aus dem Abflußrohr stank es. Die Betten waren nicht bezogen, machten wir selber. Vor unserem Hauseingang waren Ratten. Würde die Wohnung keinem empfehlen.
Disgusting, small, horrible neighborhood, all evil
Asqueroso, pequeño, barrio horrible, todo mal
The only real advantage of this apartment is that it has a great location right next to Hyde Park and it is easy to quickly reach central London in particular by bus.
The studio is located on the top floor (the last steps are difficult to climb) and faces the back of Inverness Terrace with a view without charm. In hot weather the only solution is the opening vent window and then enjoy the sound of vents located on the back of the restaurants in Queensway;
The studio is right .It appears well equipped but with little utensils or cooking or cleaning (not even a broom). Luckily we only used to sleep ...
So in the end we were disappointed with the quality / price ratio
Le seul véritable atout de ce studio est qu'il est très bien situé juste à coté de Hyde Park et il est facile de rejoindre rapidement le centre de Londres notamment par bus.
Le studio est situé au dernier étage (les dernières marches sont difficiles à monter) et donne sur l'arrière d'Inverness Terrasse avec une vue sans charme. Par temps chaud la seule solution d'aération est l'ouverture de fenêtre et alors de profiter du bruit des aérations situés sur l'arrière des restaurants de Queensway;
Le studio est correct .Il apparait bien équipé mais avec peu d'ustensiles soit de cuisine soit de ménage( pas même un balai). Heureusement nous ne l'avons utilisé que pour dormir...
Donc au final nous avons été déçu par la rapport qualité/prix
The apartment very comfortable, everything clean, with wifi.
Well connected by underground and overground.
Very friendly contact person.
Negative: was broken shower hose, but you could also shower.
Cleaning utensils were common with neighbors.
Worst: the entrance to the building.
El apartamento muy cómodo, todo limpio, con wifi.
Bien comunicado con el metro y overground.
Persona de contacto muy amable.
Negativo: estaba rota la manguera de la ducha, aunque te podías duchar igualmente.
Los utensilios de limpieza era comunes con los vecinos.
Lo peor: la entrada al edificio.
Not worth the price. I've stayed in cleaner, better serviced & maintained apartments/rooms then 10 Stanley. Its dirty unhygienic it's not worth your money!!! Kitchen /cleaning utensils minimal and I'm not to complain but falsely advertised! No toilet paper or fresh towels supplied.
The hostess was not Irene, appeared with a small delay someone else to give us the keys and tell us something of the apartment.
La anfitriona no era Irene, apareció con un pequeño retraso otra persona para darnos las llaves y comentarnos alguna cosa del apartamento.
the apartment is located in zone 3, but however the tube line is within walking distance and is well connected to central London. The area is full of market and all in all not bad, although I do not know how it is at night since we came back up to 21.00. The apartment was not the ultimate in cleanliness, in fact it was full of dust, but the thing that has been weighing on the sofa bed they slept in my children that was completely broken .... just be thrown away, buckled and rusty ... Ivan, the boy sent by Irene to fix the situation was very kind and tried to fix the best network .... but unfortunately without success. All in all, apart from the inconvenience and the smell of damp and mold in the entrance hall, our stay in London was amazing and London is lovely !!!
l'appartamento si trova in zona 3, ma tuttavia la linea tube si trova a breve distanza ed è ben collegata con il centro di Londra. La zona è piena di market e tutto sommato non è male, anche se non so come sia di notte in quanto massimo alle 21.00 noi siamo rientrati. L'appartamento non era il massimo della pulizia, anzi era pieno di polvere, ma la cosa che più è pesata è stato il divano letto su cui hanno dormito i mie bambini che era completamente rotto....proprio da buttare, inarcato e arrugginito...Ivan, il ragazzo mandato da Irene a sistemare la situazione è stato molto gentile ed ha cercato di sistemare al meglio la rete....ma purtroppo senza esito. Tutto sommato, a parte gli inconvenienti e la puzza di umidità e di muffa nell'androne, il nostro soggiorno a Londra è stato stupendo e Londra è incantevole!!!
exepcional situation, very quiet, 2 minutes walk from the station i of a 24 h supermarket area.
It is located in a house that has been divided in several studies. This has 4 hotplates, but the fume extractor does not work, the bed was broken i every 2 x3 well we had to put the mattress that was falling. The banjo was very young: if you are taller than 185cm wide i you are something not enter. The second day there we had to call us to be lit warm water in 30 minutes it was fixed. The rest ok: Ok cleaning, heating ok, ok neighbors.
is what you see in the picture plus a banjo 1 x 3m.
situacion exepcional, zona muy tranquila, a 2 minutos andando de la estacion i de un supermercado 24 h.
Se encuentra en una casa que ha sido dividida en varios estudios. Este dispone de 4 fogones, pero el estractor de humos no funciona, la cama estaba rota i cada 2 x3 teniamos que colocar bien el somier que se caia. El banyo era muy chico: si mides mas de 185cm i eres algo ancho no entras. El segundo dia tubimos que llamar para que nos encendieran el agua caliente, en 30 minutos estaba solucionado. El resto ok: limpieza aceptable, calefaccion ok, vecinos ok.
es lo que se ve en la foto mas un banyo de 1 x 3m.
Apartment as photos. A little dirty.
Appartamento come da foto. Un po sporco.
The apartment very correct with all amenities. But the input side street is an authentic guarrada full of bags piled garbage and not collected. At the entrance when it rains, you have to put bricks to avoid getting wet shoes.
El apartamento muy correcto con todas las comodidades. Pero la calle lateral de entrada es una auténtica guarrada, llena de bolsas de basura amontonadas y no recogidas. En la entrada cuando llueve, hay que poner ladrillos para no mojarse los zapatos.
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When President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23, a new Internal Revenue Code Section, 48D, was created that provided for a tax credit or grant for qualified investments. The credit or grant is aimed at small and medium companies (250 or fewer employees) in the life science and pharmaceutical industries.
The program allows qualifying companies to claim a tax credit or receive a grant for a Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) during tax years 2009 and 2010, with a maximum of $1 billion allocated under the program.
When the program was announced in March, the benefit was said to equal 50% of allowable expenses of the QTDP. Importantly, unlike similar programs for other industries in the past, this one allows companies to elect a grant in lieu of a tax credit, regardless of the company's taxable status. The due date for applications was July 21; and companies should not expect notification of awards until late October.
To qualify for the program, companies had to apply on a project-by-project basis and wait to be certified by the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department will only take into consideration projects that show a reasonable potential to:
In addition, the Treasury Department will also consider which projects have the greatest potential to:
Although the basic selection criteria were announced in March 2010, details and guidance did not come until later. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance approximately once a month, in April, May, and June. Many companies were frustrated by the process because expectations changed as information was released. The three biggest areas of frustration related to timing of availability of the application form, timing and selection method, and potential size of the benefit.
Although the original language of Section 48D said the application form would be available by April 21, 2010, and Treasury would act on applications within 30 days of submission, in reality, the application form was not made available until June 18, 2010.
In addition, companies did not know for weeks that there would be strict word limits on most of their technical answers, leading them to have to change much of the work they had done.
Most importantly, however, was the change in benefit expectation. Although the program initially talked about a 50% benefit, later guidance clarified that the actual benefit would be up to 50% with an aggregate $5 million maximum benefit for each company.
To determine the amount of benefit for each company, Treasury will determine an "equal" amount to distribute to each approved application based on the number of approvals. This means that an application with $10 million in eligible costs could be awarded the same amount as a project with $1 million in eligible costs. Many companies were disappointed by this change as the impact on their businesses will not be as significant as they thought.
Even with the changes, however, the program is generous and accessible compared to others. As a result, it has been extremely popular with eligible companies. Many of the companies participating in the program have also taken advantage of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.
In many ways the programs complement each other. The main reason for this is that, unlike other tax-based R&D incentive programs, this one does not make research costs funded by other programs ineligible. This means that a company that received a SBIR grant could apply the costs funded by the grant to this program as well.
Many companies were expecting guidance that would eliminate this possibility but were pleasantly surprised when it did not come. Another reason for the complementary nature of the programs is that many companies had prepared grant requests in the past related to the same projects and could thus reuse their research and responses.
In terms of this specific program, companies reported that the application time-line—June 18 when the application form was released to July 21 when applications were due—led to a more efficient preparation process as they did not have any time to waste.
Anticipating the number of applications and the resources available to Treasury to assess them, many companies also believe that the assessment process will not be as arduous as with other grant programs. Finally, although the benefit will not be a full 50% for most applicants, the amount they expect is still generous, and since the vast majority of applicants are not current taxpayers, as they are in the development stage, they will still benefit since they will receive a grant instead of a tax credit.
Chris Bard ([email protected]) is national leader of R&D tax services, and Jonathan Forman ([email protected]) is principal of R&D tax services at BDO. Web: www.bdo.com.
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It wasn't a good sign for me when "Roar," the No. 1 single that heralded Katy Perry's third studio album, felt kind of tame compared to Sara Bareilles's "Brave," a similar self-empowerment anthem that came out a few months before.
But the good news is that "Roar" (which, admittedly, has since grown on me) isn't even one of the best songs on the vibrant, multicolored Prism – and there are certainly plenty more hits where that came from.
This is a pop blockbuster that easily beats 2010's hit-laden behemoth Teenage Dream. It finds Perry once again working with A-list producers like Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Stargate and Benny Blanco, and they deliver the hooks and beats for the diva, whether it's blissful dance tracks ("Birthday") or forceful power ballads ("Unconditionally").
Perry, though, also strays out of her comfort zone, from the retro pop-house of "Walking on Air," with a surprisingly soulful vocal from the singer, to the hip-hop swagger of "This Is How We Do," a party jam that tops Miley's "We Can't Stop."
Through it all, Perry has never sounded better, confidently belting it out or revealing more nuanced shades of her voice on cuts like "Double Rainbow," an atmospheric, Sia-co-written reverie.
Such tunes sound like they could be about current love John Mayer, while others seem as if they might be about ex-husband Russell Brand.
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Will smokers soon be seen huddling en masse outside Lancaster County restaurants, theaters and other public buildings as they light up their next cigarette?
It's very possible, especially if County Council decides to approve a proposed ordinance that would prohibit smoking in enclosed public places and enclosed areas of work.
The proposal and its ramifications were a hot topic at council's meeting on Monday, June 11.
City of Lancaster residents may face a property tax increase for the first time in four years.
The proposed hike is part of the drafted 2012-13 budget city of Lancaster officials are now considering.
The recommendation calls for the city's millage rate to go from 143.5 to 149.7 mills. That results in about a $24 tax increase on a $100,000 owner-occupied home, said City of Lancaster Finance Director James Absher.
The last time the city raised taxes was for the 2008-09 fiscal year, when the rate went from 140 to 143.5 mills.
Rising insurance costs, extra county personnel and an updated E-911 system weighed heavily on the minds of county officials as Lancaster County Council took its first look at the county's budget Monday night, May 21.
Council voted 6-0 to approve first reading of the county's budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2013. Councilman Larry McCullough was not at the meeting.
Smoking in Lancaster County may become a lot more restrictive this year.
County Council is expected to soon consider a proposed ordinance that would ban smoking in all public-access buildings in the county.
The county's Health & Wellness Commission had been discussing the idea for some time. County Administrator Steve Willis said the drafted ordinance is modeled after those adopted in York and Greenville counties.
Despite some political wrangling Tuesday, May 8, the S.C. Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure that would allow any candidate who attempted to file a statement of economic interest by April 20 back on the ballot for the June 12 primary. The deadline to file was March 30.
The S.C. Supreme Court ruled May 2 that 180 candidates across the state were disqualified for the upcoming primaries, which meant their names were removed from the primary ballots.
Part of what makes graduation so memorable is the depth of tradition inherent in it.
In the coming weeks, Lancaster County's high school seniors will begin their march toward graduation with a ceremony that dates back to the days of the world's ancient universities – baccalaureate.
According to several sources, the services are believed to have begun at the United Kingdom's University of Oxford sometime around 1432 to celebrate young lives dedicated to learning and wisdom.
After a report on the contributions of the local 4-H, and an outpouring of support from the community, Lancaster County Council decided to fund the county's 4-H agent position on Monday night, April 23.
The unanimous vote to approve funding the position, which provides a 4-H agent through the Clemson University Extension Service, came three weeks after council members discussed whether to renew a $35,000 contract for the agent.
Public safety surpassed economic development on this year's county strategic plan, as Lancaster County Council recently ranked the most important issues facing residents and the county.
With ongoing efforts by county officials to strengthen the local E-911 system and increase the number of law enforcement officers on patrol, council unanimously decided on making public safety its top goal.
"Public safety, that was just No. 1 for everyone," said County Administrator Steve Willis.
At its Tuesday, April 10, meeting, Lancaster City Council discussed recommendations for road repaving that were made during its recent planning session.
Each member listed two roads he or she would like to see would like to see selected by the County Transportation (CTC) for improvements.
Each year the city suggests roads to the CTC) for resurfacing. The CTC then choses which ones will receive their repairs, which are paid for through funds from the CTC and S.C. Department of Transportation.
This year's Red Rose Festival will feature something extra for adults.
Lancaster City Council voted 6-1 at its Tuesday, April 10, meeting to approve a resolution that permits the sale and consumption of beer at the upcoming festival on May 18 and 19.
Councilwoman Linda Blackmon-Brace cast the dissenting vote.
In November 2011, council revised an existing ordinance, to allow beer and wine to be sold at city-sponsored functions. However, a vendor must apply and be approved for each event.
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AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot on Thursday revealed the company has begun laying off an additional 2,300 selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) employees—just three days after unveiling an R&D restructuring that will eliminate 1,600 positions—as part of a comeback strategy designed to reverse years of clinical setbacks by achieving growth and scientific leadership.
The new layoffs bring to 5,050 the number of jobs—roughly 10% of the current workforce—to be cut through 2016 by the troubled pharma giant. That's about half of the more than 11,000 jobs AZ has announced eliminating since January 2012. AZ disclosed plans last year to cut 7,500 jobs worldwide, including its MedImmune subsidiary, placing the company atop GEN's list of Top 10 Biopharma Layoffs of 2012. To date, AZ said, it had yet to carry out 1,150 of 2012's planned layoffs.
AZ said it will take a $2.3 billion one-time restructuring charge for the newest layoffs, which it expects will generate $800 million in annual savings by 2016. Most of the 2,300 SG&A employees being let go in the latest layoff wave are sales staffers based in Europe, with the locations and departments of the remaining employees to be idled yet to be decided, an unnamed AZ spokesman told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The new layoffs were announced on the day Soriot led AZ executives in detailing the company's comeback strategy at an Investor Day event in New York. That strategy, they said, entailed focusing its portfolio on core therapy areas, with "distinctive" science and a growing late-stage pipeline.
"We are making an unambiguous commitment to concentrate our efforts and resources on our priority growth platforms and our priority pipeline projects," Soriot said in a statement, adding: "I'm confident that we have set out on the right path to return to growth and achieve scientific leadership, and I'm equally confident that our people possess the talent, determination and focus to deliver for patients as well as our shareholders."
AZ has struggled in recent years to recover from several late-stage clinical setbacks involving drug candidates the company had counted on to make up for sales revenues it is set to lose due to the "patent cliff" expiration of several brand-name drugs through the end of 2014.
That year, AZ will lose U.S. patent protection for two of its biggest selling drugs: its proton pump inhibitor Nexium, and its asthma and COPD medicine Symbicort. Nexium generated $3.944 billion in sales last year, down 10% from $4.429 billion in 2011; while Symbicort racked up another $3.194 billion, up 5% from $3.148 billion.
Soriot cautioned that the company's new strategy would not necessarily yield immediate results. And he ruled out expanding AZ's product offerings beyond prescription drugs, as several pharma giants have done in recent years: "We see no case for diversification."
"This leaves it in a higher risk position than many of its peers however also enables it to benefit from a potentially high reward," Fitch Ratings told investors in a statement.
Higher reward, because profit margins for pharmaceuticals are higher than for the generic and over-the-counter drugs that many of AZ's rivals are now looking to also develop along with prescription drugs. The higher risk, Fitch said, stems from less stable revenue streams in pharma vs. generics or OTC.
"As opposed to its more diversified European peers GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer, Novartis, Sanofi, and Roche, which are expected to report low-to mid-single digit organic sales growth over the next two years—supported by the generally lower-growth but less-volatile healthcare businesses—AstraZeneca is expected by Fitch to report negative organic growth for at least that time period," Fitch predicted.
Soriot laid out corporate priorities for AZ over the next three years:
"Based on our focused investment in key growth platforms and our pipeline, we believe we can significantly exceed current market consensus for 2018 revenues of $21.5 billion," Soriot stated.
AZ's Japan sales slid last year, to $2.904 billion, 5% below 2011's $3.064 billion. But in announcing 2012 results January 31, the company saw "good performance" in Japan late in the year, after the government repealed a law restricting prescriptions for products in their first year on the market to a two-week supply.
As for alliances, AZ on Thursday announced two new collaborations. It agreed to license Moderna Therapeutics' messenger RNA technology to develop and commercialize new drugs for cancer and "serious" cardiovascular, metabolic, and renal diseases under a deal that could net Moderna more than $420 million.
AZ also said it will join Sweden's Karolinska Institutet to create an Integrated Translational Research Center for cardiovascular and metabolic disease and regenerative medicine. AZ will contribute up to $20 million annually, while Karolinska Institutet will contribute expertise and facilities for the center, to be located at its campus in Stockholm. The center will initially operate for five years and consist of "between 20 and 30 scientists," many from AZ, the partners said.
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If you use a MacBook, an iPhone or any other electronic device, you're susceptible to a new threat for the 21st century: iStalking.
At a session Thursday during the Macworld/iWorld conference in San Francisco, Jacqui Cheng, senior Apple editor at online publication Ars Technica, explained that many of the 3.4 million adults stalked in the US each year can have their whereabouts tracked via the e-trails that they leave. Cheng has written extensively about high-tech stalking; in all 50 states, stalking is a crime.
For potential stalking victims, one key vulnerability in the high-tech era is sharing your various passwords with a romantic partner. Statistics show about 75 percent of stalking victims know their stalkers and many of those known stalkers are current or former romantic partners. (By the way, women age 18 to 24 make up the group most likely to be stalked.)
Cheng stressed that a current or former romantic partner could easily turn on you, unearthing your location and your activities by signing into one of your many online accounts – iCloud storage service, Find Your Friends app, Facebook account and so on.
"One of the best ways to stalk you is through your iCloud account," Cheng said.
For instance, she said, a stalker can break into your iCloud account and view stored photos that could be a tip-off about where you've been and who you've been with.
To help prevent a stalker from prying into your life, you should tighten the location and privacy settings for iCloud and other such accounts, Cheng said.
One-fourth of stalking victims report being stalked via some form of technology, such as email or instant messaging, according to the US Department of Justice. Ten percent of victims say they were monitored through GPS.
Citing the recent case of on-the-run software millionaire John McAfee, whose location was revealed through data embedded in an iPhone photo posted online, Cheng recommended turning off the location setting on any camera app you install. If you don't do that, someone can study photos of you and find out details such as where you live, where you work and where you're traveling.
"This could happen to anyone," she warned.
Cheng said a "very determined and dangerous person" will employ many tools – including tapping into online accounts – to stalk someone. By fortifying the privacy and location settings on those accounts, you can impede a stalker.
"Don't make it easy for them," Cheng warned. "It's already easy enough as it is."
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15 ounces Eden Black Soybeans, 1 can, drained
14 1/2 ounces Eden Diced Tomatoes w/Green Chilies, 1 can, drained
1/2 cup red onion, minced
1/2 cup diced yellow bell pepper
2 Tbsp green onion, chopped
3 Tbsp lime juice, freshly squeezed
2 tsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce
1/8 tsp dried coriander
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced
Toss all ingredients together in a bowl. Taste, and add extra lime juice and shoyu if desired.
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Announcing the 6th Annual Urban Forest Symposium! Registration is now open for this year's symposium, focusing on Climate Change and the Urban Forest.
Learn about the climatic changes our region can expect and strategies that can be used to plan and manage for a healthy and resilient urban forest. Presenters will discuss the expected changes to the climate, urban forest responses, and what urban foresters and advocates can do to prepare. Presentations will be relevant to urban foresters, landscape professionals, restoration ecologists, tree care professionals, consulting arborists, sustainability professionals, urban planners, landscape designers, landscape architects, municipal managers, and tree advocates.
Professional credits will be available.
Date: Wednesday, May 28, from 9am-4:30pm
Location: UW Botanic Gardens – Center for Urban Horticulture, NHS Hall
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Cost: $75 per person. Lunches available for $15.
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Presenters include:
Greg McPherson, Research Forester, Urban Ecosystems and Social Dynamics – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Jim Robbins, journalist and author of The Man Who Planted Trees
Nick Bond, Washington State Climatologist and Principal Research Scientist for the UW Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Nancy Rottle, RLA, ASLA, Associate Professor at University of Washington and founding Director of the UW Green Futures Research and Design Lab
Tom Hinckley, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Drew Zwart, Ph.D. Plant Pathology and Physiology, Bartlett Tree Experts
Municipal representatives discussing urban forest strategies for climate change adaptation
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Australian Army Sergeant Brett Wood, 32, of Ferntree Gully, VIC, assigned to the 2nd Commando Regiment, based in Sydney, NSW, died on May 23, 2011, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, after insurgents attacked him with an improvised explosive device. He is survived by his wife Elvi, his mother Allison, and his father David. Donations can be made in his name to the Commando Welfare Trust.


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Air Traffic Controller Wins Federal Settlement from Government Union Bosses After Overt Religious Discrimination
Union had worker transferred to force him to work on Saturday, violating his religious beliefs and threatening his livelihood
Potomac, VA (July 29, 2014) – With the help of National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee has won a federal settlement from a government union that used his religious beliefs to punish him for resigning his union membership.
Last year, Matthew Gray, a Seventh-day Adventist who works at the FAA's Potomac facility, filed a federal charge with the Federal Labor Relations Authority against the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) union.
Gray filed the charge after he was informed by a union official that he was being removed from his detail and transferred to another in which he would have to work on Saturdays as punishment for resigning from the union. Gray resigned union membership because he believes union membership is contrary to his faith.


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A group wanting to turn East High School and Waterfront Elementary into charter schools was told Wednesday they could not present their plans to the Buffalo Board of Education.
Chameleon Community Schools Project, a nonprofit group, last week submitted applications to the state Education Department proposing to close the two schools and reopen them as charters. Both have been labeled by the state as persistently lowest-achieving schools.
It is the first time in New York that an outside group has submitted such plans without support of the local school board.
Chameleon representatives said that in July, Ralph R. Hernandez, board vice president for executive affairs, invited them to this week's meeting to present their plans.
When they were called to present at the meeting, though, Hernandez turned the floor over to Christopher M. Putrino, the district's general counsel.
"I don't think a presentation on a charter school should be made at this point in time," Putrino said. "We're talking about a school that is presently operated by the district, where the district has taken no action in regard to the school at all.
"I think hearing a presentation at this point, before the district has acted one way or another, is prejudicial against any other groups that may want to make a presentation."
Jason M. McCarthy, who represents the North District, was the only board member to say he thought Chameleon should be allowed to make a presentation.
"For the last couple months, this group has been trying to make their presentation on these schools," he said. "I don't understand why we can't listen to their proposal."
John B. Licata, an at-large board member, said the issue was fairness - that it would not be fair to other groups that also might be interested in running those schools.
Some board members said they were upset because Chameleon already had submitted the applications to the state.
"It appears that there were decisions made prior to coming to this board that this would be put in place before coming to this board, and that is very disrespectful to this board," said Sharon Belton-Cottman, who represents the Ferry District.
Steven H. Polowitz, an attorney representing Chameleon, said his group had already submitted the applications to the state.
"With all due respect, this is for your information only," he told the board. "We're not asking you to approve anything."
Superintendent Pamela C. Brown noted that the state has already approved a plan for Buffalo to hire Johns Hopkins University to run East High, beginning in this school year. The district has negotiated a contract with Johns Hopkins, she said, and the state is expecting implementation of that plan.
After the meeting, Chameleon representatives said they were disappointed but not surprised that they were not allowed to make a presentation to the board.
They expect to hear in October whether the state has approved their application. If it does, one of two things would have to happen for the schools to actually close and then reopen as charters: the School Board would have to vote to close and then restart the schools, or the state Education Department would have to revoke the registration of the schools - something it has never done in any district.
Chameleon representatives acknowledged it appears unlikely their plans will come to fruition, but said they would continue trying.
"We have 26,000 kids in failing schools in this district," said Valerie Nolan, the group's executive director. "These kids deserve something better. And their parents deserve options."
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Melvin WatsonAge: 38High School: BurkePlaying Career: Watson was named All-SEC in 1996-98 and still ranks as South Carolina's all-time leader in games started (116), while he also ranks first in career assists (543) and fourth in steals (194). Watson ranks 14th all-time in South Carolina history with 1,424 points and was a 41.1% career shooter. Played professionally for seven seasons in Cyprus, Greece and Belgium.Coaching: Watson has been the head coach at South Pointe High School for the last two seasons. The Stallions are 36-14 during that span, including a 22-2 mark this year.Larry DavisAge: 39High School: Denmark-OlarPlaying Career: Davis averaged more than 44 points a game as a senior at Denmark-Olar High School. Won a national title at North Carolina in 1993 before transferring to South Carolina. One of only two players in USC history to record more than 1,000 points in two seasons. He was named All-SEC in 1996 and 1997. Played professionally for seven seasons in Korea, South America. Spain and Belgium.Coaching: Davis has been the head coach at Lewisville High School for the past two seasons. Davis has a 31-20 mark with Lewisville. Davis led Lewisville to the Class A state title earlier this month. It was the first state title in 37 years for Lewisville.BJ McKieAge: 35High School: IrmoPlaying Career: McKie finished his career at South Carolina (1996-99) as the Gamecocks' all-time leading scorer with 2,119 points. McKie was named the 1996 SEC Freshman of the Year, and earned First Team All-SEC honors for three seasons. McKie scored in double figures 111 times and recording 38 games with 20 or more points.McKie played professionally for more than a decade in the CBA, the D-League with the North Charleston Lowgaters, and eventually played overseas in France, Italy, Cyprus, Germany and Israel.Coaching: McKie has been an assistant coach at Charleston Southern the past two seasons. Helped led the Bucs to a Big South regular-season title and spot in Big South title game and NIT spot this season.
To people more familiar with South Carolina's team, they were Snap, Crackle and Pop or Earth, Wind and Fire.
Whatever moniker Melvin Watson, Larry Davis and BJ McKie traveled under back in the mid-1990s, they left an indelible mark on the Gamecocks' basketball program.
On the court, Watson, Davis and McKie were the perfect complements to one another.
Watson was tough, defensive-minded and unselfish. He was a pass-first point guard who got Davis and McKie involved in the offense.
Davis was the flash. A high-flying shooting guard who never met a shot he didn't like or wouldn't take. He could score in bunches and often did, becoming only the second player in USC history to score 1,000 points in just two seasons.
McKie was a combination of power and finesse, able to penetrate and dish to his teammates or create his own shot. He finished as the school's all-time leading scorer.
Separately, all had impressive resumes, but together they were nearly unbeatable.
Playing in coach Eddie Fogler's three-guard system, the dynamic trio led the Gamecocks to 43 victories from 1995-97, with an NCAA tournament appearance and a top-5 national ranking.
All three went on to have successful professional playing careers overseas and are now flourishing on the sidelines as coaches. McKie is an assistant coach at Charleston Southern; Watson and Davis are head coaches at South Pointe and Lewisville high schools, respectively.
Nearly 15 years removed from those two seasons, Fogler said he can't help but feel a sense of pride in the accomplishments of his three former players.
"To watch them develop as people and as coaches has been great to watch," Fogler said. "I'm not surprised at all by their success on and off the court. You can see their values in the teams they are coaching today. To have had some small part in that is very satisfying."
Playing days
When Fogler arrived in Columbia in 1993, the Gamecocks were among the worst programs in the SEC, winning just 19 games the two previous seasons combined.
Watson signed with the Gamecocks in Fogler's second season.
The former Burke High School star started all 27 games and led the Gamecocks in scoring as a freshman.
USC struggled to a 10-17 mark, but Watson showed promise. And help was on the way.
The following season the Gamecocks added Davis — who had sat out the 1994-95 season after transferring from North Carolina, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team — and McKie, the state's reigning Mr. Basketball at Irmo High School.
It didn't take long for Fogler to realize that Watson, Davis and McKie needed to be on the floor at the same time, but this went against conventional wisdom at the time.
"This was before three-guard offenses became so popular," Fogler said.
The Gamecocks won 19 games, including a game in the SEC tournament and two more games in the National Invitation Tournament.
"It was the start," Davis said. "I think that season gave everyone a lot of confidence going into the next year."
The relationship between the three guards who appeared to be so in sync on the floor wasn't as close off the floor. Watson and McKie, while friends, were not close and rarely hung out together away from the basketball court.
"It's funny to think about it now, but when (Fogler) signed BJ, I didn't like it," Watson said. "I thought about transferring. I'd had a pretty good freshman season, so I wondered why we needed another point guard. I thought he was there to take my job."
It wasn't until a team trip to Europe the summer following Watson's sophomore season that he and McKie finally had a heart-to-heart talk.
"We got everything out in the open, and from that day on, BJ has been one of my best friends," Watson said. "I think that helped us that next season."
The following year was one of the best in the program's history. The Gamecocks finished the season 24-8 overall and 15-1 in the SEC, which included two wins over Kentucky. USC climbed to No. 4 in the national rankings. Not since the late 1960s had the Gamecocks been part of the national conversation.
But the season ended abruptly in the NCAA tournament when South Carolina became the first No. 2 seed to ever fall in the first round — a 78-65 loss to Coppin State.
"I still hear about that game to this day," McKie said. "It's not something I like to talk about."
Coaching careers
Davis graduated from USC in 1997. Despite being without their backcourt teammate, Watson and McKie led the Gamecocks to their second straight NCAA tournament appearance in 1998, only to lose again in the opening round to Richmond.
After college, all three played several years overseas in more than a dozen countries and on three different continents. Davis and Watson dabbled in coaching after their playing careers were over, working as assistant coaches at the high school level. McKie's plan all along was to get into coaching.
"I've wanted to coach since I was in high school," McKie said. "I wanted to stay around the game and give something back to it."
When Charleston Southern coach Barclay Radebaugh heard McKie was looking for a job, he hired him on the spot. Radebaugh was an assistant coach at South Carolina when McKie, Davis and Watson were there.
"I knew BJ had a tremendous work ethic and he really knows the game," Radebaugh said. "He's a great teacher and has done a great job with our guards."
Just two years removed from his playing days, McKie, 35, still has plenty of game. He's not shy about giving first-hand demonstrations to the Buccaneers guards if he thinks its necessary. McKie helped lead the Bucs to the Big South title and a spot in the NIT.
"BJ's in great shape. He can still play," said Radebaugh, whose Bucs won the Big South Conference this season to earm a spot in the National Invitation Tournament.
Davis and Watson landed head coaching jobs two years ago.
Davis led Lewisville to a 13-10 mark in his first season, while Watson's Stallions went 14-12.
This past season, Lewisville went 17-11 and won the Class A state championship.
"It was so gratifying to see the kids grow and have their hard work pay off," said Davis.
Watson's South Pointe team went 22-2, losing in the playoffs to Irmo, the eventual state champion in Class AAAA.
Davis and Watson faced each other on the basketball court as opposing coaches. South Pointe won both games.
McKie frequently exchanges texts with Davis and Watson during the season and kept up with their progress as the season went on. McKie was there when his son Justin led Irmo past South Pointe in the playoffs.
"I felt a little bad for Melvin because I know how much work he put into this season," McKie said. "His team played just like he did when we were together. Tough, smart, unselfish. It was great to watch."
The future
For the three former Gamecocks, it's been tough to watch USC's basketball program struggle for so long.
McKie, whose son has signed to play for the Gamecocks, believes Frank Martin is the right coach to turn things around.
"He holds his players accountable," McKie said. "I think that's important. He's got them moving in the right direction. I just hope the fans give him a chance."
Like McKie, Davis and Watson hope to coach at the collegiate level eventually. Fogler and Radebaugh believe that will happen sooner rather than later.
"They know the game, they relate to kids so well and they work hard," Radebaugh said. "If Melvin and Larry's goal is to become college coaches, I have no doubt they'll make it."
Watson said if he ever becomes a head coach, two of his first calls for assistant jobs will be to McKie and Davis.
"That would be a no-brainer," Watson said. "I know what we're capable of accomplishing together."
USC's Melvin Watson drives in a game at Clemson. PHOTO/SMITH 12/9/95×
Charleston Southern assistant coach Barclay Radebaugh against the College of Charleston in the Buc Dome on Wednesday November 28, 2012. (Wade Spees/postandcourier.com)×
USC's BJ McKie drives past cof C's CArlos Brown in the second half. (HAWES) 12/4/98×
USC Larry Davis (4) puts an exclamation point on his slam dunk over Citadel's Kirill Misyuchenko during second half action. 2/20/97 photo by mic smith×
Charleston Southern assistant basketball coach BJ McKie. (Photo provided by CSU)×
South Pointe boys basketball coach Melvin Watson.×
The Lewisville Lions Class A State basketball Champions. Head coach Larry Davis.×
With less then 2 minutes left in the game Lewisville's head coach Larry Davis keeps the team focused.×


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Perched at the end of a ridge with a grand panorama of the entire Parekh Chu watershed including the Kanchenjunga massif, the hallowed monastery of Pemayangtse, 118km from Gangtok and a mere 2km from Pelling, is poised high above the River Rangit. It's a 9km journey along the main road from Gyalshing; or you can take a steep, 4km short-cut through the woods past a line of chortens and the otherwise uninteresting remains of Sikkim's second capital, Rabdantse, now made into a pleasant park.
Pemayangtse, the "Perfect Sublime Lotus", founded in the seventeenth century by Lhatsun Chempo, one of the three lamas of Yoksum, and extended in 1705 by his reincarnation, is one of the most important gompas in Sikkim and belongs to the Nyingmapa sect. The views and the surrounding woods create an atmosphere of meditative solitude. Surrounded by outhouses featuring intricate woodwork on the beams, lattice windows and doors, the main gompa itself is plain in comparison. Built on three floors, it centres around a large hall which contains images of Guru Rinpoche and Lhatsun Chenpo (the latter was an enigmatic Tibetan lama who is the patron saint of Sikkim), and an exquisite display of thangkas and murals. On the top floor, a magnificent wooden sculpture carved and painted by Dungzin Rinpoche, a former abbot of Pemayangtse, depicts Sang Thok Palri, the celestial abode of Guru Rinpoche, rising above the realms of hell. The extraordinary detail includes demons, animals, birds, Buddhas and bodhisattvas, chortens and flying dragons, and took him just five years to complete.


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Scientists suggest that blocking the cell cycle protein cyclin D1 in tumor cells may provide a new approach to increasing the sensitivity of a wide range of cancers to radiotherapy. A team led by Siwanon Jirawatnotai, Ph.D., at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has demonstrated that ionizing radiation causes cyclin D1 to directly interact with a protein known as RAD51 that is involved in the homologous recombination process, and that this cyclin D1-RAD51 interaction leads to the repair of DNA damaged by radiotherapy.
Reducing levels of cyclin D1 in different types of cancer cells effectively impaired this homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair, and increased the sensitivity of cancer cells to radiation both in vitro and in experimental mice. The team's studies are reported in Nature, in a paper titled "A function for cyclin D1 in DNA repair uncovered by protein interactome analyses in human cancers."
Cyclin D1 is a component of the core cell cycle machinery, and is found at abnormally high levels in many human cancer types, Dr. Jirawatnotai and colleagues report. To elucidate the molecular functions of cyclin D1 in human cancer cells, the researchers analyzed the proteins with which cyclin D1 interacts in different cyclin D1-overexpressing tumor lines. They found that along with its expected interaction with cell cycle control proteins, cyclin D1 appeared to connect to proteins involved in the cells' DNA repair processes, and particularly with RAD51, a key DNA recombinase that mediates DNA repair via homologous recombination. "These observations suggested that cyclin D1 may play a role in DNA damage repair," the authors write.
When cyclin D1 was subsequently silenced in different types of cancer cells using using a short hairpin RNA (shRNA), the cells became more sensitive to ionizing radiation. This effect of cyclin D1 silencing was confirmed in retinoblastoma protein-negative cell lines, which don't require D-cyclins for proliferation, and in mouse embryonic fibroblasts that lack D-cyclins but have normal cell cycle progression. Cyclin D1 activates the CDK4 and CDK6 kinases, but treating cancer cells with a specific inhibitor of these kinases had no effect on cell sensitivity to ionizing radiation, suggesting the kinases were not involved in the cyclin D1-related DNA repair mechanism.
Interestingly, subjecting cyclin D1-depleted and non-depleted cancer cells to radiation induced comparable initial levels of DNA damage. Sixteen hours later, however, there was more unrepaired DNA in the cyclin D1-depleted cells than in the controls. This was linked with significantly reduced rates of homologous recombination, which again pointed to a potential role for cyclin D1-RAD51 interaction. Adding cyclin D1 to the initially depleted cells reinstated homologous recombination rates after ionizing radiation, indicating that cyclin D1 was required for an efficient homologous recombination DNA repair process, the authors write.
Further analyses confirmed that cyclin D1 binds directly to RAD51 in several human cancer cell lines. This interaction was induced by radiation, and intensified with increasing doses of radiotherapy. Both cyclin D1 and RAD51 were both found to be recruited directly to the sites of DNA damage, and colonized at the sizes of double-stranded DNA breaks. Ionizing radiation did actually lead to reduced total levels of cyclin D1 (but not RAD51), but the researchers suggest the strong induction of cyclin D1-RAD51 interaction after radiation, even in the face of reduced total cyclin D1 levels, just prompts more of the remaining cyclin D1 molecules to be recruited to form complexes with RAD51 to facilitate DNA repair.
The recruitment of cyclin D1 to DNA damage sites was found to rely on its interaction with BRCA2, another homologous recombination protein which is recruited to DNA damage sites prior to RAD51. Knocking down cyclin D1 had no effect on the recruitment of BRCA2, supporting the notion that it acts upstream of cyclin D1.
In a final set of in vivo studies, the researchers generated retinoblastoma-negative, cyclin D1 knockout cancer cells and injected them into nude mice. Cyclin D1 silencing per se had no effect on the initial growth of tumors in the experimental animals. However, treating the animals to ionizing radiation slowed the growth of these tumors to a greater extent than cyclin D1-overexpressing tumors, indicating increased sensitivity to the radiotherapy.
"Collectively, these results are consistent with the model that cyclin D1 is recruited to DNA damage sites through BRCA2; cyclin D1 then helps to recruit RAD51 through a direct cyclin D1-RAD51 interaction," the authors conclude. "Our observations suggest that depletion of cyclin D1 could sensitize human cancers to radiation by limiting DNA repair."
"This is the first time a cell cycle protein has been shown to be directly involved in DNA repair," Dr. Jirawatnotai states. "Our results potentially change the way we think about cyclin D1 and cancer and may encourage targeting cyclin D1 in a very large pool of human cancers which do not need cyclin D1 for proliferation, but may still depend on cyclin D1 for DNA repair."
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May 14, 2013 - Al Stephenson
While teaching both government and sociology, it was customary to have a debate on the death penalty at some point in the school year. Students would share their thoughts, but a concensus was never reached. The act of having society put to death a convicted person was controversial. Some felt it was necessary, while others did not think it was something that should ever be done. Now you know why some states have the death penalty and others do not.
With word out of Cleveland that three women managed to escape from a man that had kidnapped them and held them captive for a decade, the death penalty will be once again be debated throughout this nation. If the alleged charges against Ariel Castro are true, there will be a large contingent calling for his death. There will also be those that will protest that possibility.
I always found the student debate interesting. For those who were against the death penalty, two main reasons were given for their postition. First they felt that human life was precious and that no human being had the right to decide that another should die no matter the crime. The second was the fact that the criminal justice system does not always work properly and how would we feel if an innocent person was executed. They felt society should not take that chance.
Both reasons are legitimate in my mind, particuarly the second one. Innocent people have been sentenced to punishment that was later overturned when new evidence became available. The thought of killing an innocent human being is abhorrent.
The students who favored a death penalty did so again for two main reasons. First of all they suggested that a person could commit a criminal act that was so heinous that they forfeited their right to live. Jeffrey Dahmer's name was brought up as an example. Secondly, some students wanted to have the death penalty to serve as a deterrent for other potential criminals. If one person chose not to commit a crime because they knew they would possibly lose their own life if caught, then it is worth having.
One young person suggested that having the death penalty and never having to use it would be the ideal. I could understand these viewpoints as well.
So now we are faced with a story that is hard to comprehend. Not only did the man allegedly kidnap these three women, but he raped them repeatedly. One of the women produced a child while another was supposedly impregnated five times. She was reportedly physically assaulted each time resulting in miscarriages.
The news is both shocking and sickening. The man will be punished if found guilty, but just what that punishment will be remains to be seen. The view from my seat suggests that though I don't know exactly how I feel about the death penalty, the word forfeit seems to be uppermost in my mind.
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