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Fancy Dress Thief Faces Jail
Posted: April 5th, 2012 | Author: Robbie Handy |
Thankfully, the vast majority of us use fancy dress costumes, props and accessories for their intended purpose of allowing us to escape everyday reality and assume alternative personas during fantastically fun fancy dress parties. However, serial robber Martin Reilly, who was today sentenced to life in jail at Brighton Crown Court for a string of robberies at bookmaker's shops, used the potential of fancy dress disguises in a far more maleficent manner.
Reilly donned various disguises to hide distinctive facial scarring during robberies all over England with wigs, false beards, moustaches and masks all utilised to deadly effect, but his most iconic disguise was definitely that of a Vegas-era Elvis Presley complete with black Elvis wig, large sideburns and aviator sunglasses. His various victims can hopefully sleep more soundly tonight in the knowledge that he will most definitely be 'lonesome tonight' and every subsequent evening for at least 12 years!
We would definitely dissuade anyone from following in Reilly's infamous footsteps and sullying the good name of fancy dress through adopting costumes for criminal pursuits but any Elvis fans who want to portray peaceable versions of The King for fancy dress purposes can don a delightful white Elvis costume consisting of a white jumpsuit with open collar and flared trousers decorated with sparkling rhinestone jewels. Add a matching belt, an iconic black Elvis wig and a set of super aviator shades and you're ready to belt out hits such as 'Always on My Mind' whilst karate-kicking to your heart's content! Meanwhile, female Elvis fans can get in on the act by slipping into a gorgeous white viva Las Vegas costume which includes a white mini dress with low-cut bodice section and stand-up collar, white and gold belt and multicoloured rhinestone detailing and a ravishing red cape. The costume can be completed with a pair of sexy white fishnet stockings and white thigh high boots, a swept-over hairstyle and a set of gold aviator glasses and definitely looks kitsch and sassy. However, male fancy dress fans who want to wear the type of costume which might be a closer approximation to the ensemble Martin Reilly will be wearing every day for some time to come might like to dress up in a magnificent male prisoner costume featuring striped black and white trousers, black and white striped top with drawstring neck closure and jail ID number, black and white pillbox hat and black ball and chain attached to the ankle!
Fancy dress is all about fun, so please ensure that, unlike Martin Reilly, you always don any classic costume in the spirit of unity and frivolity!


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May 2, 2011
Last week the Girls at the New Asian Barn had their regular vet visit. Our vets come to the sanctuary weekly to visit the elephants, rotating their visits by habitat. As it was a rainy and sunless day, Misty, Dulary, Sissy, and Winkie had returned to the barn by the time the vets arrived. Winkie readily presented her feet for examination, but Misty, as always, was a little slower. To make the examinations safer and easier, Dulary and Misty were temporarily separated, and during Misty's turn, Dulary decided to leave the barn. But she returned a short time later and opened her mouth so the vets could check her color, then presented her ear for inspection. Once all the elephants in the barn were checked out, it was time to travel by four-wheeler out to Shirley and Tarra, who were still at the lake.

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Everyone knows about the green jacket every former champion of the Masters dons, but the tournament that's been around since 1934 has several other traditions as well.
Getting to enjoy a free meal every year on the eve of the Masters, courtesy of the previous year's champion, is one of the former champions' favorites among them.
It's the golf world's most exclusive invitation-only dinner just for former Masters winners and the Augusta National Golf Club chairman.
The Champions Dinner began in 1952 when Ben Hogan came up with the idea and offered to host the first gathering. Since then it has become an annual tradition at the Masters for the last 58 years.
Every year the champions of the Masters gather on Tuesday night of Tournament week to welcome the previous year's winner into the club. Officially known as the Masters Club, over the years this gathering of golf's greats has become better known as simply the Champions Dinner.
The previous year's winner selects the menu for the event and pays for all of his guests to enjoy the feast. The menus usually are associated with the host's native country, which can sometimes be a good thing and other times, not so much.
This year Miguel Angel Cabrera of Argentina becomes the newest member of professional golf's most exclusive club. And he's prepared quite a menu for the dinner. Check out what he has in store for the dinner, as well as the menus over the last 10 years.


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'Evening with the Experts' scheduled
The Pacific Whale Foundation will host an "Evening with the Experts" discussion on the latest developments about humpback whales from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at The Westin Maui Resort and Spa in Kaanapali.
PWF founder Greg Kaufman and other whale experts will also present photos, films, recordings and first-person accounts of studying whales in the wild.
The free event is part of the Maui Whale Festival.
For more information, call the foundation at 249-8811, ext. 1.
Foods, goods for sale at annual bazaar
Paia Mantokuji Mission will have its annual bazaar from 7 to 11 a.m. March 24 at 253 Hana Highway in lower Paia, across from the Paia Community Center.
Items for sale will include foods such as chow fun, nishime, Spam musubi, manju, ohagi, baked goods and pickled items; new and used clothing; produce; plants; crafts; and a variety of rummage items.
Tickets for maki sushi and nishime, for pickup April 6, will also be available for purchase.
For more information, call the Rev. Kenji Oyama at 579-8051.
Demonstration for assistive technology
The Maui Maternal Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental & Related Disabilities Program will present a free "Assistive Technology Mini Demonstration Session" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St. in Wailuku.
Assistive technology includes any item, whether bought or manufactured, that helps someone do something that would otherwise be more difficult to do. The mini vendor and product demonstration session will highlight the use of assistive technology for the enhancement of communication skills and basic learning.
The demonstration session is ideally suited for children with special health care needs and their families, case managers, social workers, teachers, speech language pathologists, behavioral specialists, physicians, psychologists, skills trainers and anybody who may be interested in assistive technology.
Mini demonstrations will last 30 minutes. Each session will be offered twice:
* iPads, Smart phones and everyday technology.
* Switch-making workshop.
* Literacy and universal design.
For more information, including a demonstration schedule, contact Lesley Alexander at 281-5077.
'Addiction Incorporated' screening set
The documentary film "Addiction Incorporated" will be screened at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Hawaii Maui College in the student lounge of the Pilina Building.
The expose of the tobacco industry was written and directed by Charles Evans Jr. and executive produced by Charmaine Parcero. It is to be shown as part of National Kick Butts Day.
It is being presented by the Maui Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii, the anti-tobacco group REAL and the UH-Maui College Tobacco-Free Task Force. After the film, there will be a discussion panel and brief presentation on why UH-Maui College should be tobacco free.
Signs on campus will direct visitors to the student lounge. The event is free and open to the community.
Orientation for UH-MC dental program
The University of Hawaii Maui College's Dental Assisting Program will hold a general orientation meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Maui Oral Health Center in Wailuku.
The program is an accredited two-semester program that provides students with the skills needed to work in the dental profession. Students are taught in the classroom and also receive hands-on clinical training at the Maui Oral Health Center and at private-practice dental offices on Maui.
For information and to reserve a seat, call 984-3250. Program and application information may be found at www.maui.hawaii.edu/dental. The application deadline for admittance in the UH-Maui College Dental Assisting Program in the fall semester is May 1.
Makawao Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday
The third annual Makawao Easter Egg Hunt will begin with a sign-up at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Oskie Rice Rodeo Grounds on Olinda Road in Makawao. The egg hunt, for children 10 and younger, will follow. Participants should bring their own baskets.
Refreshments will be sold by King Kekaulike High School students.
The Easter Egg Hunt is sponsored by the Makawao Community Association, along with Haleakala Ranch and Kaunoulu Ranch.
Luau for civic club awards presentation
The Central Maui Hawaiian Civic Club will present awards during a luau Saturday at the Velma McWayne Santos Community Center in Wailuku. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with pupu and silent auction followed by the luau, awards ceremony and dancing at 8 p.m. to the music of Deja Vu. Kaniela Masoe will perform music during the luau.
The club will honor Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Colette Machado; OHA Community Outreach Coordinator Thelma Shimaoka; Queen Liliuokalani Children Center-Liliuokalani Trust Unit Director Iris Mountcastle and Hawaiian entertainer Richard Ho'opi'i.
The purpose of the function is to provide funds for college scholarships, according to a news release. Tickets are $25 and may be obtained from any member of the club, at the door or by contacting David or Florence Keala at 281-9486 or 572-8151.
HGEA retirees slated to meet Thursday
An HGEA retirees meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday at the UPW Hall in Wailuku. The agenda includes election of new officers and board members, and delegate selection for the June 4-5 convention.
Certified public accountants Marilyn Niwao and John Roberts will speak on the economy and general tax issues. Niwao is an attorney and member of state Council on Revenues. Roberts is state president of the Hawaii Association of Public Accountants. They both are past members of the State Tax Review Commission.
Steve Tam, AARP Hawaii's advocacy director, will also update members on state and federal issues.
Public welcome at award celebration
Maui Economic Opportunity Inc. invites the public to the 7th annual Cesar Chavez Award Celebration from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 28 at the MEO Family Center in Wailuku.
The award celebration and luncheon will honor an individual who represents the life and achievements of the late Cesar Chavez, an activist with the United Farm Workers.
The celebration will be emceed by Maui County Council Chairwoman Gladys C. Baisa.
The cost for lunch is $12, and reservations and payment must be received by MEO no later than Friday. No payment will be accepted at the door.
To make reservations and remit payment, contact Kai Oliver at 249-2990. For more information, call Leonardo Sequeira at the Enlace Hispano program at 249-2970.
'Picnic for Poki' concert open to public
Roselani Place and Ola Na Mele Productions invite the public to attend the ongoing "Picnic for Poki" concert series at 11 a.m. Thursday. The free performance will be on the grounds of the Kaahumanu Church in Wailuku.
The featured guest will be the Brown Ohana, which consists of brothers Sheldon and Kevin Brown, along with friend Joe Bommarito.
The Brown brothers began their musical careers early in life and became professional musicians, forming the Waiehu Sons in 1970. They perform traditional Hawaiian and slack key guitar music.
Roselani Place, Maui's assisted-living community, will provide fresh-baked cookies, coffee and water. Attendees may bring a lawn chair or mat and lunch.
Picnic for Poki is held every third Thursday of the month to continue bringing the spirit of aloha and Hawaiian music to the Maui community in honor of the late Allen "Braddah Poki" Pokipala.
The church is at 103 S. High St. For more information, call 871-7720.
Homebuyer seminar set for Saturday
Na Hale O Maui, a community land trust, will present a home-buyer seminar from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday in the J. Walter Cameron Center auditorium in Wailuku. Registration will be from 8:45 to 9 a.m.
Attendees will learn about community land trust homeownership, the basics of obtaining a mortgage and four steps to ownership of a community land trust home.
The seminar is being offered free, but seating is limited. Reservations are due by Friday. For more information, call 244-6110.
Rotary to host author of 'Thunder Road'
Stu Nichols, author of "Thunder Road, The Journey Home," will speak at the noon meeting of the Kihei Wailea Rotary Club on Wednesday at Mulligans on the Blue restaurant in Wailea.
Nichols, a carnation farmer in Kula, will talk about his difficult experience of returning to the U.S. after the Vietnam War and how during his return to Vietnam 20 years later, he received the homecoming that America had denied him.
The cost for lunch is $16, and everyone is welcome.
Roselani Place's sale slated for Saturday
Roselani Place will hold its fifth annual rummage sale from 8 a.m to noon Saturday at 88 South Papa Ave. in Kahului, next to Ala Lani Methodist Church.
There will be furniture, clothing, books, household goods, plants and craft items. Proceeds will be used to benefit the residents of Roselani Place. Donations of salable items are welcome.
Roselani Place is also looking for volunteers to sort and price items Wednesday through Friday or to help out on the day of the event. For more information, call 871-7720.
Roselani Place is a senior living community licensed to provide assisted-living services.
Tenrikyo church to host rummage sale
Tenrikyo Maui Church will hold its annual rummage sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at 649 S. Kamehameha Ave. in Kahului.
Call Kristl Ito-Lau at 227-0499 with questions or to arrange for donation drop-off.
Global Technology head to discuss school
Global Technology High School's head of school, Elaine Blasi, will be the guest speaker at the American Association of University Women's meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Waterfront Restaurant in the Ma'alaea Harbor Shops.
At 11 a.m., Blasi will discuss the new Wailuku school's four-year college preparatory science, technology, engineering, art and math program.
Global Technology High School is one of the first Montessori high schools in the nation.
For noon lunch reservations and information, contact Janet Walker at 874-9435 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Perception of space presentation topic
There are a lot of things that humans cannot see without the aid of modern technology. This is the premise of a presentation by Gary Greenberg titled "The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things: How Science has Changed our Perception of Light, Space and Time."
The free presentation will be given at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Maikalani UH Institute for Astronomy Advanced Technology Research Center at 34 Ohia Ku St. in Pukalani.
Technology has allowed us to extend our perception of space by integrating microscopes and telescopes with the modern camera, according to a press release about the presentation. The extraordinary nature of ordinary objects is revealed when the universe is seen through these powerful technologies.
In the presentation, participants will see that everyday objects take on a new reality when magnified thousands of times, illuminating the hidden secrets of nature.
For more information, call 573-9500.


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Featured Golf News
More than 9,000 Entries Accepted for 2012 U.S. Open
The United States Golf Association has announced that more than 9,000 golfers have entered to play in the 2012 U.S. Open Championship at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. The total of 9,006 entrants is the fourth-highest in U.S. Open history, just 80 shy of the record number accepted for the 2009 championship at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y. The 53 players, including nine past champions, currently fully exempt into the field are among those entered for the championship.
"It is always gratifying to see how many golfers, from across the world, are interested in playing in the National Open Championship," said USGA Executive Director Mike Davis. "The great appeal of the U.S. Open is that anyone can enter, provided they meet the Handicap Index standards set forth. We look forward to the qualifying process, conducting the 2012 championship in San Francisco and identifying this year's United States Open champion."
The U.S. Open will be held at The Olympic Club's Lake Course on June 14-17. To be eligible, a player must have a USGA Handicap Index® not exceeding 1.4, or be a professional. Local qualifying, which will be played over 18 holes at 109 sites, will take place between April 30-May 17. Sectional qualifying, played over 36 holes, will be conducted at two international sites (May 21 in Japan and May 28 in England) and on Monday, June 4, at 11 sites in the United States, ranging from New Jersey to California. The USGA established two international sectional qualifiers in 2005.
The USGA received entries for the 112th U.S. Open from golfers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 71 countries. A total of 801 applicants listed foreign addresses.
Rory McIlroy, the 2011 champion, and eight other past champions are fully exempt from having to qualify for the championship. They are: Angel Cabrera (2007), Michael Campbell (2005), Jim Furyk (2003), Lucas Glover (2009), Retief Goosen (2001, 2004), Graeme McDowell (2010), Geoff Ogilvy (2006) and Tiger Woods (2000, 2002, 2008).
For the second time in 2012, only online entries were accepted. The USGA received 677 entries on the last day applications were accepted (April 25), including 124 applications in the final hour. Brad Doster, a 28-year-old professional from Winter Park, Fla., submitted his entry just 29 seconds before the deadline of 5 p.m. EDT. Jason May, a 38-year-old amateur from Sterling Heights, Mich., was the first entrant on March 5.
The number of fully exempt players will increase with the inclusion of the top-60 point leaders and ties on the Official World Golf Ranking, time sensitive to dates of May 21 and June 11, 2012. The winners of the Players Championship (May 10-13) and European Tour BMW PGA Championship (May 24-27) also receive exemptions.
In 2009, the USGA received a record 9,086 entries for the U.S. Open, while 9,052 golfers entered the 2010 championship in Pebble Beach, Calif. For the 2005 U.S. Open in Pinehurst, N.C., 9,048 entries were received.
A list of the 53 golfers who are fully exempt into the 2012 U.S. Open follows (as of April 25):
Aaron Baddeley
Keegan Bradley
Olin Browne
Jonathan Byrd
Angel Cabrera
Michael Campbell
a-Patrick Cantlay
Kevin Chappell
K.J. Choi
Stewart Cink
Tim Clark
Darren Clarke
Jason Day
Luke Donald
Jason Dufner
Jim Furyk
Sergio Garcia
Robert Garrigus
Lucas Glover
Retief Goosen
Bill Haas
Peter Hanson
Padraig Harrington
Charles Howell III
Trevor Immelman
Fredrik Jacobson
Dustin Johnson
Martin Kaymer
Matt Kuchar
Hunter Mahan
Graeme McDowell
Rory McIlroy
Phil Mickelson
Geoff Ogilvy
Louis Oosthuizen
Chez Reavie
Justin Rose
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
John Senden
Webb Simpson
Vijay Singh
Brandt Snedeker
Steve Stricker
David Toms
Bo Van Pelt
Nick Watney
Bubba Watson
Lee Westwood
Mark Wilson
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
Y.E. Yang
Bold - Past U.S. Open Champion; a-amateur
The above report is courtesy of the USGA. For more information, visit www.usga.org.
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'Memphis' heats up the Warner Theatre on Sunday
RaMond Thomas plays Delray, the owner of the Beale Street Club, in "Memphis." He talks about the role and the musical.
Q What is the best part about playing Delray?
For the time, he is a Renaissance man of the day. With no help from family, and little to no education, he navigated his way through the workings of business while taking care of his sister. Through a small club serving only "coloreds," he mastered financial sensibility to sustain himself, the club, his sister and her career.
Q What qualities do you have in common with your character?
I share Delray's passion, resilience and drive. He is a man that is able to have obstacles and overcome them with pure passion as fuel and drive forward till his goals are met.
Q What is your favorite part of "Memphis" to perform?
"She's My Sister." At the least, the audience understands how much Felicia means to him. Musically, the song has so much pull and release, which is quite indicative of the necessity of control "coloreds" had to exercise with relation to "whites." With every "What else could I do ..." tension builds, then control and release on " ... for my sister?" It's storytelling, it's dialogue, and it's simply poetic.
Q What is the best part about being in Memphis?
Being charged to tell this brand-new story of a time ago that has so much relevance today. With every show, I know someone leaves, not only entertained, but more self-aware, more hopeful, more loved, more accepted and more driven to inspire change. If not an audience member, I do!
Q What has been your most memorable momentOur matinee performances in Worcester, Mass. Our show was a collaboration with the students of South High. I say collaboration because throughout the halls hung papers from every subject from English to physics on "Memphis" and music. On the backs of chairs and throughout the theater were messages of how the students would inspire change in their lives. Mostly from poor, impoverished homes or homeless, the students joined us in the aisles for the finale with such joy! Having been in many of their places myself, the message of "Memphis" was sent from them to us.
Q What is it like to sing these songs?
As Delray, I don't have many numbers in the show, but listening or singing from "Underground" to "Steal Your Rock 'n Roll," there is a circular sense of pride that goes out and always comes back.
Q What does the message of the show mean to you?
The message of the show, to me, is one of self-determination. Love and acceptance of yourself and others can bring about ultimate change. In "Change Don't Come Easy," Mama brings home that determination. Will and pride are great attributes, but they will not get you far without being cognizant of those around you.
Q What do you hope audiences take away with them after seeing "Memphis"?
I hope audiences leave with a stronger sense of who they are, how they relate to all humanity, what they can inspire and, above all, to always hope. Oh, and with a whole lot of Broadway show eye candy to boot!
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8000 B.C.E. to around 600 C.E.
Neolithic Revolution
This social revolution was also known as the New Stone Age where people changed from hunting and gathering food to domesticating animals and cultivating land as farmers.
Agricultural Revolution
A time when new inventions such as the seed drill and the steel plow made farming easier and faster. The production of food rose dramatically.


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Lost in translation: On naming babies and genes
"Our classifications are often plainly influenced by chains of affinities." From On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles R. Darwin (1809-1882)
Sometimes words get in the way.
Consider the naming of our youngest son.
His name is Connor.
This would not be a problem in and of itself, were it not for the fact that he was named in the country of his birth, France. That, and poorly executed attempts at pronouncing his name with a French accent by his father.
When Connor was born, we were informed that he had to be registered officially with the local authorities, the mairie. Not wanting to fall afoul of the authorities, a trip to the mairie was made with due haste.
At the mairie, the office for registering newborns lay at the end of a cavernous, dimly-lit corridor. Bright light slanted out of the office into the corridor, in a foreboding fashion. A small queue of men, presumably recently endowed with a new baby, lurked as silhouettes in the angular light. Taking a position at the end of the queue, there was a short wait as each man stepped forward to register their child.
Two desks were arranged side by side in the office. Each desk faced the doorway, and behind each desk sat a prim, middle-aged woman with a ledger. In front of each desk was a chair for the registrant to sit and answer questions.
"What is the name of your child, monsieur?" Was the simple question asked, in polite French.
"Connor." I stammered, with an attempt at a French accent.
The woman's head tilted up from the ledger to look me in the eye.
"Pardon, monsieur?"
"Co--nnor." A little more accented this time.
"Une autre fois, monsieur." Another time, sir.
Clearly the name was causing some problems.
Perhaps an even more accentuated "French-sounding" pronunciation was in order.
The prim woman's eyebrows shot upwards.
She turned to her colleague.
"Giselle, Giselle – écoutes, écoutes."
Her colleague, Giselle, looked up from her ledger and turned to listen.
"Encore. Une autre fois, monsieur."
Both women appeared aghast.
"Ce n'est pas possible, monsieur!" That's not possible, sir.
An attempt to explain that, indeed, this was the name desired for the child, was met with furrowed brows.
A paper form was extracted from a drawer in the woman's desk.
Politely, patiently, the woman explained that a declaration, an attestation, was needed. There needed to be proof that this name was acceptable.
"Acceptable, how?" I asked.
Acceptable in his parents' home country, of course.
Clearly the name was not acceptable in France.
Carefully, "Connor" was written on the paper, and passed back across the desk.
After a focused read, a knowing realisation came to the woman's face.
"AAAH! CONE-ORE! Comme Jimmy Connors!"
Connor, like Jimmy Connors, the tennis great. It wasn't a cultural reference that had even figured in the naming of the baby, but whatever worked for the bureaucratic machinery was just fine.
The form was completed, signed, and approved. Jimmy Connors' namesake safely registered. Grateful, but perplexed, a hasty retreat was made from the registration office.
Back at work with French colleagues, the response to Connor's name played itself out again: "That can't possibly be his name!" "Oh, you joker!"
Only when the name was written out on paper were things resolved. It emerged that an Anglophone-attempt-at-a-French-pronunciation was the root of the problem. With the rather poor "Francophonisation", "Connor" emerged as "connard" – French for "idiot" or "jerk" – as in "C'est un vrai connard!" – "He's a real jerk!". No wonder Francophones had a problem with the name. Imagine someone naming their baby "Idiot"! Well, there was certainly one idiot outed on that day.
The baby naming experience was truly an instance of something being lost in translation. A classic case of the real intention for the word – a Celtic name for our lovely auburn-haired baby – being completely different from that which is heard and understood – an idiot.
The communication of science is full of such pitfalls for miscommunication – instances where meaning can be lost in translation. As scientists, we make use of words that make great sense to us but whose meaning is lost or distorted when shared with people whose expertise lies outside of the realm of our specific disciplines. We have a specific understanding of the word – its origins and its meaning. It's not fair to assume that others will infer this same meaning when they hear the word with their own frame of reference.
The naming of genes, like the naming of babies in another language, is a great example of where meaning can get lost in translation.
Gene names pose challenges for scientists and non-scientists alike. Consider the human genome, for example. The human genome has approximately 21000 genes. The shear number of possible gene names poses a problem in and of itself. How to give each gene a meaningful name that would convey the same information to experts and interested non-experts alike? Location in the genome might be a useful place to start.
Each gene has a particular location on a chromosome. Theoretically, each gene could simply be given its name on the basis of its location along the length of a given chromosome. This is one way of naming a gene – based on chromosome location – and, in fact, each gene in the human genome does have such a name. This said, it is better to consider this name more like an address than a proper name. Indeed, this name is considered the gene's "map location" – the region where it sits on a map of the human genome. The reason why the location is not used as the name for the gene is that it is relatively uninformative with respect to the function of the gene and its functional relationship relative to other genes. That is, naming genes by map location alone would be the same as naming people on the basis of their street address – it says nothing about their relationship to each other.
One way to connect a genes name to its function would be to assign it on the basis of the product that is encoded by the gene – the gene product. For example, a large proportion of genes in the human genome encode proteins – macromolecules that serve specific functions within the cell. A significant portion of these proteins are known as enzymes. Enzymes function to catalyse a particular chemical reaction – converting one molecule to another, fusing molecules together, or cleaving them apart. Enzymes have a well-defined nomenclature, based on a well-established set of rules. Enzyme names are not impacted by the organism from which the enzyme was derived – so there is nothing special about the name of an enzyme called pyruvate dehydrogenase from Homo sapiens relative to the same enzyme from Escherichia coli. Given this, genes could have names designated on the basis of the enzymes they encode.
There is an effort to apply enzyme-naming conventions to genes. The Guidelines for Human Gene Nomenclature lay out a set of conventions to name genes according to the enzymes they encode. Consider, for example, the enzyme group known as cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. As their name implies, these enzymes use a co-factor, known as cytochrome P450, to catalyse reactions that add oxygen to organic molecules. Each cytochrome P450 monooxygenases is known as a CYP. CYPs are grouped into families contingent on the type of organic molecule it acts upon. Humans have 18 families of CYPs that are, in turn, divided into 43 subfamilies in total. All told, humans make 57 different CYP enzymes. Genes can be named on the basis of the CYP they encode. For example CYP19A1, a member of the CYP19 family, encodes a enzyme that catalyses the conversion of androgens to estrogens.
Naming genes on the basis of enzyme function seems sensible. However, this naming convention is limited. It is limited by the fact that only a subset of all genes encode enzymes. What's more, it is limited by the fact that biochemical function is only one way to define a gene's activity. While enzyme function is relatively unambiguous, it says nothing about the function of the gene in a larger biological context. It is the equivalent of giving each member of your family a surname and a number. It says nothing of the unique "personality" of the family members, and the broader role they play.
Not surprisingly, scientists have most frequently assigned gene names on the basis of biological function. Frequently, this function has been assigned by mutant analysis. As its name implies, mutant analysis involves exploring gene function by investigating the consequences of mutations in a given gene. Usually, mutant analysis begins by identifying individuals within a population that have an identifiable, inherited difference in a particular trait – that is, they are mutants. For example, mutants may be visibly different, they may have health defects, or they may be more susceptible to disease. These traits are inherited generation after generation. They have a genetic basis. The genetic basis is a consequence of a mutation in a particular gene. The mutation is a change in the gene's DNA code that creates either a difference in the way the gene product functions or a change in the abundance of the gene product.
When the mutation that underlies a mutant trait is discovered, the gene in question is usually given a name based on the mutant. That is, the gene name relates to the effect that gene has when it isn't functioning properly. It is for this reason that plants have a gene called LEAFY that is actually involved in making flowers. When LEAFY loses its function due to mutation, plants don't make flowers, but leaves instead. In some ways, the name LEAFY says more about what the gene doesn't do, than what it actually does.
Similarly, mammals have a gene called SONIC HEDGEHOG, which is decidedly not involved in turning mammals into video game characters. SONIC HEDGEHOG owes its name to the discovery of a fruit fly gene, HEDGEHOG, which is also definitely not involved in making fruit flies turn into hedgehogs. When HEDGEHOG is mutated, fruit fly embryos harbouring two copies of the mutation in their genome are not smooth. Instead mutant embryos are covered with small pointy protrusions, known as dentricles, giving them a hedgehog-like appearance (if you use your imagination).
When a mammalian equivalent to HEDGEHOG was discovered, it was dubbed SONIC HEDGEHOG. Of course, the full name, SONIC HEDGEHOG, owes its etymology to the video game character "Sonic the Hedgehog".
The SONIC HEDGEHOG gene encodes a soluble protein that diffuses through the mammalian body. As it spreads within the body, the SONIC HEDGEHOG protein establishes a concentration gradient – high in some locations, and low in others. The SONIC HEDGEHOG protein gradient functions as a signal to direct the formation of animal tissues – making sure that the right things develop in the right places. The SONIC HEDGEHOG protein is, therefore, said to control animal morphology, and it is referred to as a morphogen.
It turns out that HEDGEHOG has relatively ancient origins, with functionally equivalent genes found in organisms as diverse as insects, fish and humans. As HEDGEHOG-related genes in different species emerged, so did some entertaining names. This included tiggywinkle hedgehog, named after Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, from Beatrix Potter's children's story, and echidna hedgehog, named for the monotreme, the spiny anteater. While they can still be found in the scientific literature, the general convention is that these latter two names should be pared back to variants of SONIC HEDGEHOG, and INDIAN HEDGEHOG – much more sober gene family names.
SONIC HEDGEHOG underscores the potential to lose something in translation with a gene name. While entertaining, and while it provides reference back to the original discovery in fruit flies, the name SONIC HEDGEHOG is largely irrelevant to its function in vertebrates such as humans, where it plays an important role in the development of the central nervous system. In humans, mutation of the SONIC HEDGEHOG gene can cause holoprosencephaly, a cephalic disorder where the forebrain of the embryo fails to develop into two hemispheres. Some have made the case that "entertaining" names like SONIC HEDGEHOG can undermine the seriousness with which the condition that it is involved in is taken. The gene name can be seen as belittling factor. What's more, it can serve as a distraction, or even misleading, as to what the gene actually does.
Gene names are just one example where caution might be warranted in terms of better communicating science. On the one hand, catchy and entertaining names and terminology could, theoretically, enliven discourse around the science, and, potentially, serve as a useful means to remember some scientific information – an aide memoire. On the other hand, such words could obscure understanding. They come with their own history, their own meaning, and potentially their own baggage. They may appear pithy to us, or they may add another dimension to the work we undertake, but we must exert some caution lest we make pronouncements that, like the poorly-accented pronunciation of "Connor", just sound idiotic.
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It's been a while since I've actively done anything here. I've been so busy lately, but now I can spare some time. I just completed Max Payne 3 and decided to write a review as a way to get back in. It's been like 6 years since my last review. I hope I have time for more in the future. I've been a big fan of the game since the first one came out and I've been eagerly awaiting this game and I had a blast with it. I'm glad that they brought this game back and still maintain the essence of the original despite its changes to the modern era. After completing it, I just felt like sharing my thoughts about it in a review.
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If you guys need a breakdown of how I review games, here's how it works. It follows the classic Gamespot approach that each category is graded out of 10 and the certain scores have a specific weight to them. Gamplay: worth 0.3 pts, Presentation: 0.2 pts, Sound: 0.1 pts, Value: 0.2 pts, Tilt: 0.3 pts.
Gameplay is self explanatory; it is essentially how the game is made and plays. Mostly game quality.
Presentation is more than just the graphics. It is how the game presents itself using what it has and the level of artistry.
Sound includes the voice acting and musical score.
Value is how well the holds up during the experience you play it and how long it lasts.
Tilt is the lasting impression and how much credit I would give it. If it was fun or if I liked how the game was put together, then it'll get more in this category. Depending on where it is in respect to the other categorial scores will push it up or down in the 0.5 range of the new system.
With this point system, a game can end up with a score between the 0.5 intervals the new system implements. But the score presented at the top of my review is what it gets with the new Gamespot system.
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I just ordered a Zetterberg and Kronwall jersey.
Free shipping and 30% OFF with employee promo code 'NHLE'. I don't know if it works in the US (I live in Canada). Came to $126 per jersey.
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Posted 09 April 2013 - 05:37 PM
I just ordered a Zetterberg and Kronwall jersey.
Free shipping and 30% OFF with employee promo code 'NHLE'. I don't know if it works in the US (I live in Canada). Came to $126 per jersey.
Posted 09 April 2013 - 06:40 PM
Damn ... they're going to get me to spend another >$100? I already got a Winter Classic from the last time they played it.
Edited by RedWingsRox, 09 April 2013 - 06:40 PM.
Posted 09 April 2013 - 07:58 PM
^I'm from Vancouver, too. I went to the 5-2 game in March, and I'm going to the April.20th game.
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Posted 12 April 2013 - 07:24 PM
I didn't notice that. All of the players on their site have a "C" on the arm.
I called their customer service and all 3 people I spoke to were really dumb. They had NO knowledge of what I was talking about when I mentioned Winter Classic jerseys, and they have NO knowledge of players.
I talked to one of the managers, and he said he'd have to call the warehouse of where they're shipped out of to confirm that the non-captains do not have a "C", and that the assistant captains have an "A". He's gonna get back to me in a few days....
Edited by L3T5G0W1NG5, 12 April 2013 - 10:49 PM.
Posted 28 April 2013 - 02:32 PM
I'm really wanting to get the Winter Classic Kronwall jersey, however I'm just not sure on what size to get. I've looked at the guides and everything but I thought I'd best ask someone who has had a jersey before, because this will be my first purchase, and when my first purchase is going to set me back $165 it's not a decision I'm going to take likely.
I'm 6ft 2 and a half and weight around 180 pounds. I just wants a regular fit that's not tight but it's not like a dress either, just an average good looking fit. I'll be grateful of any help, thanks.
Posted 29 April 2013 - 12:10 AM
Jersey's didn't have an A patch on the arm, btw.
I'm 5'10" 160 lbs and a size small fits perfect.
Posted 29 April 2013 - 08:24 AM
Posted 29 April 2013 - 09:58 AM
Iam 6ft 190lbs and medium Reebok feets perfect over a tshirt.
Are you talking about this Winter Classic jersey specifically? I have a different Reebok jersey which fits a bit bigger than the Winter Classic one.
Posted 29 April 2013 - 02:01 PM
no just the regular premiere jersey.
Iam 6ft 190lbs and medium Reebok feets perfect over a tshirt. Are you talking about this Winter Classic jersey specifically? I have a different Reebok jersey which fits a bit bigger than the Winter Classic one.
Posted 29 April 2013 - 03:19 PM
So you guys think a medium with the winter classic jersey should be a good fit, not a large?
Also, how can I tell if the sleeves are going to be long enough, is it just a case of if the measurements for the chest and hem are right then the sleeves should also be right?
Edited by RedWingsENG, 29 April 2013 - 04:13 PM.
Posted 29 April 2013 - 09:17 PM
For what it's worth, Icejerseys.com has the best sizing guide I've seen when it comes to the Reebok Premier and Edge jerseys. You'll need to break out a tape measure to make sure you get the right fit, but they make it easy to see what size will fit you best.
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 10:25 AM
Thanks, I've looked at the sizing charts, the nhl shop one must be wrong. If the winter classic jerseys are in fact 'premier'/'reebok premier replica' jerseys then that means a small is 30" front and 33" back (meaning that it basically nearly touches my knees, and i'm nearly 6ft3) according to the nhl's shop website.
The nhl website and the one you gave me give two different measurements, which one should I be following. The one that the nhl shop gives on its website, or icejerseys.com?
One of them has to be wrong and I'm afraid that if I go by the wrong one then I'm completely screwed, as I live in the UK so return postage would be a nightmare!
Edited by RedWingsENG, 30 April 2013 - 01:10 PM.
Posted 30 April 2013 - 02:59 PM
Something that kind of sucks about these jerseys is that the sleeves are super wide. It looks like they're cut for goalie equipment or something.
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Those legislators who insist that South Carolina's ethics laws are just fine should try explaining how lawmakers differ so widely on what income from public entities they believe they are required to disclose.
The State newspaper reported this week that only 23 percent of what lawmakers reported was in the form of salaries and reimbursements from public sources. And it gave numerous examples of how those numbers were flawed because everyone has a different idea about what is necessary to report.
Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, took the cautious route. He listed the value of every property he owns, including his $1.1 million house. Disclosure is required, he said, because the value of his property is enhanced by public services like roads, water and sewer.
At the other end of the spectrum, Rep. B.R. Skelton, R-Pickens, did not even disclose his $22,900 legislative salary until asked by a reporter. He said he didn't know he had to.
The law is unclear, allowing elected officials to file pretty much what they want to.
Oversight is severely limited, so no one is calling them on any shortcomings of disclosure.
And if a problem is detected, investigations are handled internally, leaving the public to wonder if the law is being enforced or if colleagues are going easy on each other at the public's expense.
Attempts were made this spring to clarify and tighten the ethics law. The House approved a law that would expand the definition of income that elected officials would have to report.
But the Senate failed to make any headway. In fact, senators threaten to water down the requirement that they reveal the sources of their income.
That would be a crippling change. Legislators could easily avoid disclosure by funneling income through an LLC. The public might never recognize how it might have been used to influence a legislator's vote.
Opponents to that disclosure requirement say making public such information could be harmful to their businesses or clients. It could sour a business deal or impede a lawsuit.
Sadly, it doesn't appear that those opponents are looking for a solution to their concerns. Their answer has been simply to remove that requirement altogether.
Meanwhile, every other state in the nation requires such disclosures by its elected officials, according to the State report.
The ethics bill is still alive, and Senate President Pro Tem John Courson, R-Richland, has appointed a bipartisan committee to study the issue further before the Legislature takes it up again next year.
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In contrast, a senator who owns a pharmacy and medical-supply company, reported receiving $1.6 million in Medicaid payments.
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The first is the skills assessment of program participants through the Council's Educational Leadership Assessment (ELA). The ELA is an online assessment tool, transparent with the new Florida Principal Leadership Standards and their dimensions. The ELA reports strengths and needs to better target and individualize professional development.
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A former Philadelphia police officer shot and killed a knife-wielding man who tried to rob her vitamin store Monday evening, police said.
Police did not release the 46-year-old shopkeeper's name, but online business records identified her as Sharon Doyle, who worked as a police officer in Philadelphia as well as Lower Makefield and Warminster Townships. She also served as a Secret Service agent from 2002 to 2004, according to a resumé posted online.
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Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Jeffrey A. Markle has graduated from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
During the 12 weeks of training, the officer candidate received "basic soldiering" instruction in leadership, professional ethics, soldier team development, combined arms tactics, weapons defense, combat water survival, squad drill, intelligence, field training exercises, day and night land navigation, confidence obstacle course, common core tasks, communications, staff and general military subjects, and physical fitness tests which include three, four and five-mile runs, and foot marches between 5-12 miles carrying rucksacks.
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Markle is the son of Richard Markle of Fieldstone Lane, Sanford, Maine, and Holly Spitzner of Kalamazoo, Mich. His wife, Brandi, is the daughter of Garold and Debrah Spitters of Richland Mich.
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It's safe to say that Hurricane Ike left no island congregation untouched when it struck on Sept. 13, 2008. But, almost six years later, what lessons have been learned that can help them prepare against the next big storm?
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GMG and Esko announce Color Engine connection
Ghent (Belgium), May 4, 2012 – Esko (www.esko.com/drupa) and GMG (www.gmgcolor.com) announced that version 5.4 of GMG ColorProof and GMG FlexoProof have the option to connect directly to the Esko Color Engine.
Color Engine is a central database of color information including library definitions for brand colors. This connection means that a customer using Esko and GMG needs to maintain only one color library, cutting down on duplicate work and reducing the chance of errors.
"Our customers prefer a single location for all their brand colors," explains David Harris, Product Manager for Color and Proofing at Esko. "For many years, our customers have been using Color Engine to centralize color data for Esko products such as PackEdge and ArtPro, as well as standard platforms such as Adobe® Illustrator® using our DeskPack plug-ins. This cooperation with GMG means that customers can connect Color Engine to their GMG proofing RIPs to share a database of spot color ink profiles. Color Engine can contain PantoneLIVE™ definitions as well as customer made ones, and these can be shared easily throughout the customer configuration.
"We have created a simple, easy to use workflow for our customers," says Sebastian Vorländer, Product Manager at GMG. "Files arriving at the GMG proofing software from Esko contain ink and ink book name information in XMP. Once the Color Engine option is configured, the GMG software will automatically look up color definitions on the Esko system, with no further user intervention needed."
The Color Engine connection for GMG is available immediately and is a product option available from Esko. Interested customers should contact their usual Esko sales representative for more information. PantoneLIVE™ connectivity is available from Esko as a separate subscription based product.
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We've all met a person or two who never wants to be in a photo. No matter what these people look like or how good any photos of them turn out, they indiscriminately hate every picture of their own face. It's often irrational and baseless in the eyes of those around them, but those people go on with only the default Facebook avatar all the same.


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But as the Orange came back from its deficit, students began yelling and cheering for each basket.
Upstairs in the dining area of the Schine Student center, students filled the tables and it was standing room only along a back wall.
Antonette Chandler, who works for Syracuse University parking services, watched the screen anxiously as she headed back to work.
"They've got to win it to stay in it," she said when SU was eight points behind the Hoyas.
Chandler couldn't stay long enough to catch SU's comeback. But the Orange couldn't come back all the way and lost 91-84.
Students quietly left the Schine Student Center dining area after the loss.
"Now it begins," said a dejected Steve Mosher, 44, of Syracuse, a university student who also works as a food handler in the dining area. "I'd rather lose by a few points than be walked on."


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5 Changing Perspectives That Show You've Become An Adult
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Let's get this straight right off the bat: Nobody walks into their kitchen, looks at a pile of dirty dishes, and starts rainbow-farting joy at the thought of washing them. Chores suck, and when you're a kid, it's a case of "I'm taking out the garbage because Mom makes me." They do it because they have to. So do adults, but we tend to put a finish line on the race, and that's where the perspective changes.
As you get older, you'll notice that your reasoning changes into something closer to "I'm taking out the garbage because I like living in a house that doesn't smell like garbage." That end result is important, and that's what makes the chore worthwhile. "I'm cleaning my house because it's relaxing to sit in a living room that doesn't look like it's been house-fucked by a tornado made of dicks."
Hey, at least it didn't cum on your books.
It's the same with any responsibility. Even at a crappy job, you start to view menial tasks as stepping stones to something better. The more responsibility you take on, the more you grow in money and power. Yes, you're just packing boxes at the local black market baby warehouse, but do it better than everyone else, and now you're supervising other baby packers. Supervise better than the other supervisors, and now you're managing. Manage better than the other managers, and now you are the king of Cuba. Or whatever they have as a ruler there. I don't know politics very well, but I'm pretty sure that's the way it works.
This is a perspective that changes out of necessity because if you looked at every responsibility as a personal torture, you'd let your life go to hell and/or go insane. And putting a finish line on an otherwise shitty chore isn't just some bullshit optimistic hippie talk. It's a direct answer to the question "Why am I doing this?" If the answer is ever "Because I have to," maybe it's time to re-evaluate the task or your outlook on life, because one of them is a problem.
"Hey, dogs didn't need baths before humans came along. Fuck him; I quit."
#1. You Realize That if Something Happens to You, Other People Are Fucked
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Fair warning: Things may get a little dark here. I'll do my best to keep it light, but if it wasn't important, I wouldn't bring it up.
My dad died at age 49. For the sake of keeping it light, we'll say he died of Tickle Fartbutt Disease. He had no health care and no life insurance. The entire brunt of his funeral fell onto his brother, who was the only person in the family who could afford to pay for it at that time. My mom is on her last legs now. She has ... um ... Licky Puppy Syndrome. When she goes, I will be responsible for her funeral for the same reason.
In another article, I talked about how at some point in life, you become the tap instead of the bucket. And while I am proud of the fact that I finally became the tap, my parents never did. Because of that, other people will be taking care of their affairs long after they've passed. However, that being said, it's not just about money.
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It's about a ridiculous hat that you're only going to wear once.
What really scares me is that I easily get a dozen emails and messages a year from young people telling me that they were about to or are going to commit ... um ... bunnycide (Christ, this is hard). And there is no way for me to convey to them the amount of people they're about to fuck over by doing that because in their current state of mind, they feel genuinely alone. They can't see the chain reaction of guilt, anger, sadness, and regret that mushrooms out like a nuclear explosion when something like that happens. And they definitely don't understand that no amount of reassurance in their note will convince a single person that it wasn't their fault.
They don't realize that every person they've spoken to feels the crushing grip of failure every time they think of what happened. "I know I could have said or done something to prevent it. I know he liked monkeys. I could have bought him a whole herd of monkeys. Wait, do monkeys come in herds? Let me Google that ... no, that's stupid, I'm calling them herds. I could have bought him a herd of monkeys."
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Not crazy, snarly tooth monkeys, though.
I fully realize that plenty of adults go through this -- it's not a teenagers-only deal. The difference between an adult and a child in these situations is that a kid is used to being taken care of. If the parents notice him acting weird, they can step in and get him the help he needs. But when you're an adult, all of that is on your shoulders, which means you have to recognize that the situation isn't normal, and you have to get up and pursue a cure yourself. Because adults get shit fixed, including themselves.
An adult lives, goddamnit.
John is a columnist right here at Cracked with a new article every Thursday. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook.


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HOBOKEN – A 22-year-old Cresskill woman told Hoboken police that a man became irate and punched her in the face when she rebuffed his bid to strike up a conversation early Sunday morning, police said.
A few hours earlier in the same area, police charged a Ridgefield man in a bloody assault on a Long Beach man after the Long Beach man's girlfriend rebuffed the Ridgefield man at a bar in Hoboken.
The Cresskill woman approached a police officer at 2:14 a.m. and told him the incident happened after a man tried to start a conversation with her while she was walking toward a municipal parking garage at Hudson and Second streets, reports said.


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A Canyon Country businessman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife pleaded not guilty today to a charge of attempted murder, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.
Dino Roy Guglielmelli, 52, who heads a natural products company and lives in Sand Canyon, appeared Tuesday in San Fernando Superior Court, where he entered the plea of not guilty, the spokeswoman said.
He is now scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Dec. 3. During that hearing, prosecutors will present evidence in the case, and the defense can respond, after which the judge will decide if the case should go to trial.
Guglielmelli was arrested Oct. 3 on suspicion of attempted murder, according to records from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
His bail was set at $2 million at the time of his arrest, but bail was later revoked.
He remains in custody without bail at the Men's Central Jail on Bauchet Street in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Inmate Information Center.
A 20-year resident of the Santa Clarita Valley, Guglielmelli started a natural products company in 1993 called Creation's Garden. The business started in Newhall but has since moved to a location in the Valencia Industrial Center near Castaic Junction.
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Blizzard Still Has a World of Warcraft Linux Client
For years its been said that Blizzard has developed a Linux client for its very popular World of Warcraft MMORPG game but that it's never been publicly released. It turns out that this appears to still be the case that internally they have a Linux build of World of Warcraft but as of yet they have decided against releasing it to the public.
Mentioned this week by one of the Mac Tech Support MVPs in this Battle.net thread was this comment: "Last time I checked the developers have their own internal build of a linux client they use for testing."
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LAIZA, Kachin State—On the sandy banks of the Jeyang River that separates Burma and China, hundreds of Kachin families are living in makeshift huts made of bamboo and plastic sheets.
The twin camps of Jeyang and Hpun Lum Yang, located some 10 kilometers south of Laiza, have been their home after they fled the fighting between the Burmese army and Kachin rebels many months ago.
Upon entering the camps, it's immediately clear that these internally displaced persons (IDPs) cannot count on international aid that is common in crisis areas.
Absent are the usually ubiquitous blue UN tarpaulins, World Food Program rice sacks, or clinics run by medical NGOs such as Medicine's sans Frontiers (Doctors without Borders).
"At the moment we are managing the needs of the IDPs with a little outside assistance, mostly in the form of cooking oil, and my committee is able to provide enough rice and salt, but meat is in very short supply," says Salang Kaba Doi Pyi Sa, chairman of the IDP and Refugee Relief Committee (IRRC).
"Even though we are not too worried at present, we are facing increasing difficulties due to more and more border restrictions," he said, referring to border controls in China, where local NGOs get their supplies.
UN and other international humanitarian support for Kachin NGOs is not forthcoming, as the Burmese government has closed off UN access to rebel-controlled areas since July 2012, citing security risks.
It has has fallen on the IRRC to coordinates aid for IDPs in these areas. It cares for 9,000 IDPs at Jeyang and Hpun Lum Yang, and another 6,000 in camps on the outskirts of Laiza.
Another 26,000 IDPs are living in more than a dozen camps in other rebel-held areas, according to the UN. It estimates that some 30,000 Kachin live in government-controlled IDP camps further south.
Despite the lack of external support, the camp appears in good condition and in Jeyang new housing is being constructed, while there are facilities such as schools and medical clinics.
Although there have been troubling outbreaks of potentially lethal diarrhoea amongst the children, which killed three infants last week, doctors and nurses are hard at work to alleviate the situation.
"Recently a large number of children have been affected by such illnesses as dysentery or diarrhoea," Doi Pyi Sa said.
At Jeyang camp clinic, a number of children have put on intravenous drips to prevent dehydration, a common cause of death for children affected by the conditions.
Several foreign doctors are also treating patients, but they declined to be identified or photographed, due to the sensitivity of the situation.
Tang Gun, the director of the adjoining Hpun Lum Yang camp, said he was caring for some 1,900 people, about a quarter of who were of student age, while there were about 40 women with newborn babies.
"These people come from 39 different villages and are broken down into 399 households. Here we have a church, a clinic and also a kindergarten for the very young children," he said. "We have 465 school-age students and over 30 pregnant women."
Hpun Lum Yang camp is well-kept and there is an even a women's weaving centre. Yet, a number of bomb shelters—dug next to the schools—provide an ominous reminder of the conflict that rages less than 10 kilometers away.
Tang Gun said it was a daily struggle to provide for his camp.
"Our biggest headache is finding enough food and medicine and sometimes even cooking oil for everyone," he said. "We desperately need more equipment for our schools"
IRRC Chairman Doi Pyi Sa warned however, that local food aid needs continued to rise, as Laiza residents could no longer visit their farms and livestock outside the town after fighting escalated late last year.
"It has now become far more dangerous to do so and many of the townspeople have joined the long list of people requiring food and essential needs support," he said, adding that people were worn out by the conditions.
"The residents are weary of the conflict and long to one day return to their homes and a normal life," Doi Pyi Sa said.
UN US Should not wait the permission of the Burmese Government for the delivery of aids to the Kachin IDPs in KIA Areas, the Government of Burma cut and block the roads effectively to KIA areas with the sore intention to starve the peoples there to dead in the surrounded IDP camps. Burmese Government is purely violating the Human rights and committing the crimes against humanity. The War in Kachin is Purely Genocidal War. Kachins are now in the grave danger of brutal elimination, giant troops have surrounded, pointing with the big guns including the Chemical Weapons of WMDs. Only the Decisive Action of the International Community will save these disadvantaged indigenous ethnic minority in the hand of barbaric brutal terrorist troops of the Democratic guise War mongaric Thein Sein Government.
What are the roles of the International Community and The UN for such situation in Kachin State of Myamar. We are just waite and see ?
Many HUMAN (children and mothers,innocent civilians) falling victim by this armed conflict many of them killed and injured in a residential area. More than 100,000 civilians have been displaced by the conflict in Kachin State since it began in June 2011. Why …? as we are HUMAN, can not give helping hand that the Kachin People are in GREAT NEED….
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Jay's Place Pasta, Pizza & Subs is the newest eatery to open at the Wharf Cinema Center on Front Street in Lahaina.
"Mulligan's at the Wharf closed after Halloween, and I was working at Amigo's nearby on the middle level of the mall," says owner Jose Pascual, who saw an opportunity to turn his dream of running his own restaurant into a reality.
All of the kitchen equipment was replaced by the Pascuals as well as all of the furniture.
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"We painted the walls a nice orange color and transformed the ambience into a cozy, family-style Italian restaurant. We also added four big flat screen television sets."
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Jay's Place serves Italian pasta dishes, pizzas, appetizers, salads, subs and a full bar with cocktails, beer and wine. There is no pizza delivery "yet," but there is plenty of validated parking for takeout orders.
Pastas include linguine vongole, frutti de mare, and vodka penne. Dinner specialties range from New York steak to chicken cacciatore to tequila-lime mahimahi.
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In their final episode of the season, Michael and Jeff recap the Spurs first round exit at the hands of the rival Dallas Mavericks. We talk about some of the highlights and lolights of the five-game series and touch on some of the adjustments that should have been made and wonder why Pop gave Drew Gooden the Nazr Mohammed treatment. As you might remember, the last time the Spurs lost a playoff series to the Mavs, Pop played Nazr and Rasho Nesterovic little to no minutes.
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The Etowah County and Gadsden City school systems will be cutting 65 teaching or support jobs for the next school year because of budget cuts, The Gadsden Times reports.
The Etowah County Board of Education on Tuesday approved non-renewing 26 certified or teaching positions and 20 non-certified or support positions, the newspaper reports. Tuesday night the Gadsden City Schools board announced 19 employees would receive letters letting them know their services will not be needed next school year, the newspaper reports.
Other stories on school system cuts across the state:
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HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi yesterday welcomed the findings of the third National HIV Communication Survey, which showed more South Africans are taking HIV tests, using condoms and getting circumcised to protect themselves from the disease.
SA has one of the world's worst HIV epidemics, with about 11% of the population infected.
The study, which sought to gauge the effect of communication programmes such as those produced by loveLife, Soul City and Siyayinqoba Beat It, found South Africans were indeed changing their behaviour to reduce their likelihood of getting HIV, as a result of the information they had received.
It was encouraging to see that the survey found President Jacob Zuma's decision to take a public HIV test had prompted many South Africans to follow suit, said the minister in a telephone interview from Washington, where he released the survey. Dr Motsoaledi is attending the week-long 19th International AIDS Conference.
The survey found 17,4-million South Africans, or 63% of the population, had taken an HIV test, of which 10,2-million were tested in the past year as part of the government's testing campaign.
"We need to step up communication (on HIV) and not just through the media," said Dr Motsoaledi, arguing that authorities from district councillors to provincial leaders all had a role to play. "The other significant finding that makes me excited is medical male circumcision. When the issue . was first mooted within the South African National Aids Council there were those who were very sceptical and scared that if we promoted it people would stop using condoms.
"(The survey shows) 85% of men who are circumcised know they must use condoms, which shows that fear was misplaced," he said.
The survey found that over half of South African men are now circumcised, and just under 1-million men were considering getting the procedure done in the next year to protect themselves from HIV.
The research, which included 10034 respondents throughout SA, was conducted jointly by Johns Hopkins Health and Education in SA, loveLife and Soul City, and was funded by the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
The finding that the number of people exposed to HIV communication campaigns had fallen slightly in the past three years was worrying, said Saul Johnson, MD of Health and Development Africa, which managed the survey.
This was because the survey found that the more people are exposed to HIV communication programmes, the more likely they are to adopt or maintain behaviour that reduces their risk of getting HIV.