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NGLCC: Champions of LGBT Business
I'm old enough to know that I would forget the details of the amazing conference I just attended if I didn't take it all down immediately. That would have been a shame because it was far too enriching to let slip away. I just returned from a four-day adventure to Chicago for the country's premiere LGBT business conference, the National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce's 9th Annual National Business and Leadership Conference. The collection of life experiences I've had in the LGBT business and media communities has given me a passion around promoting LGBT entrepreneurship and I was happy to share this passion with this week's conference attendees.
When I arrived in Chicago on Tuesday I jumped feet first into the conference, joining the mix and mingle pre-conference reception with LGBT and allied business colleagues from around the country. The theme of the conference was "Certify Your Success," -- referring to the certification process that the NGLCC encourages LGBT business owners to go through to certify their businesses as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Business Enterprises (LGBTBE).
For those that haven't heard of the NGLCC, it's a business advocacy group that represents more than 1.4 million LGBT businesses and entrepreneurs, a major focus of the group is around certifying LGBT owned businesses-more specifically, those that are 51% owned, operated and controlled by an LGBT person or persons. The group argues, that because America's top corporations are spending millions of dollars with LGBT certified businesses annually, it makes good business sense for gay owned business to go through the certification process.
The conference offered an incredible wealth of information over the three-day session, including robust programming, keynote speeches and networking opportunities. The attendance for this year's event was over 500, up 38% over last year, and included business sessions with titles such as, "Cracking the Code: Doing Business with Corporate America" and "Connecting the Dots: Employee Resource Groups and Supplier Diversity."
Before it was all over, I had met executives from almost every sponsoring company, including Wells Fargo, Toyota Financial Services, American Airlines, AT&T, Office Max, CVS, Target - and more. For someone who hadn't attended the event before, it might sound like I had an in with someone at the top to garner such access, but that wasn't the case. Every corporate sponsor in attendance made themselves available to conference attendees.
The highlight of the convention for me had to be the keynote speech given my Ernst & Young CEO James Turley. The convention organizers struck gold when scheduling Turley. He was a lively and engaging speaker, with an insatiable passion for the diversity and inclusion journey. It was perfectly clear that he understands the importance of inviting the changing faces of today's workforce to the table and he underscored the importance of making all people feel comfortable to be who they are in the workplace.
I'd been following the Turley/Boys Scouts of America coverage ever since the two-year review on its policy on banning gays-having a boyfriend who was an Eagle Scout (if you can still call someone you've been with for 22 year a boyfriend) I was particularly interested in the way the story unfolded.
Turley is no paper lion; he's a leader who really walks the talk. In the case of the Boys Scouts of America-he's sits on the board of the Scouts-he boldly expressed his opposition to the Scout's reaffirmation of its policy of excluding gays with a public statement, expressed his disagreement with the ban on gay scouts and scout leaders while supporting a proposed resolution to end the ban. In Turley's words, "you can't lead where you're not willing to go."
The conference in Chicago last week wasn't just about doing something nice; it was about doing something smart. NGLCC chambers and its memberships are making powerful contributions to our country's economy, they are fostering mutually beneficial opportunities for small and large LGBT businesses and corporations, while leveraging every possible opportunity for small businesses to grow and become strong engines to drive local economies.


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Nine Christmas-related things you (probably) didn't know about Doctor Who…Sun, 12/04/2016 - 5:37am
...can you supply the tenth?
1. The Unquiet Dead (set during Christmas, 1869) was initially entitled, 'My Name's Dickens... Charles Dickens'!
2. Dreaming of a Red Christmas? The November 2009 adventure, The Waters of Mars, was originally intended to be a Christmas Special and a few seasonal references survived, such as Bowie Base's crew preparing for Christmas dinner. Its working title was the festive, Red Christmas.
3. Justin Chatwin plays The Ghost in The Return of Doctor Mysterio and he's no stranger to superheroes… His very first onscreen appearance came in the pilot episode of Smallville, the US series that covered the early years of Clark Kent/Superman – one of the characters that inspired The Ghost!
4. Doctor Who was the first TV drama granted permission to film on top of the Tower of London. The scenes formed an important part of The Christmas Invasion and were shot in a sunny July, 2005!
5. What did you think of the Christmas Special, Miracle on Bannerman Road, from The Sarah Jane Adventures? Never heard of it? That's because although the story was originally planned to round off the show's fourth season, sadly it never made it to the production stage. The adventure would have riffed off Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and there was even talk of Tom Baker (seen below with Matt Smith) appearing in it!
6. And talking of Specials that never made it – Expelliarmus! Doctor Who's former head writer and exec producer, Russell T Davies, wanted J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter books, seen below) to appear in a Christmas episode… The adventure would have seen the imagination of 'good old JK' not just become real, but transformed into a world that the Tenth Doctor would have to battle through!
7. Sheila Dunn played the wonderfully named Blossom Lefavre in the very first Christmas Special back in 1965. Sheila was the daughter of Bill Dunn, the famous engineer who designed the bulletproof engine of the plane seen in Victory of the Daleks – the Spitfire! Sheila returned to Doctor Who in The Invasion and Inferno (as seen below) and later found fame playing the mother of Harry Hill!
8. Douglas Camfield, who directed the 1965 Christmas Special, had wanted it to be Doctor Who's first cross-over ep featuring characters and places used in the BBC police drama, Z Cars. But that show's producer, David Rose, didn't find the idea arresting (ouch!) and vetoed it!
Above: A moment from Z Cars - It Never Rains.
9. What do the evil genius Professor Kettlewell (from Robot) and the Doctor's daughter (from err, The Doctor's Daughter) have in common? Both were played by actors – Edward Burnham and Georgia Tennant, née Moffett – who were born on Christmas Day.
Have you got a tenth top trivia fact about the Doctor Who Christmas Specials? If so, tweet it using the hashtag #DWXmasFacts and we'll retweet a few of our faves!
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The Return of Doctor Mysterio: What We Know So Far!Thu, 11/24/2016 - 7:51am
This Christmas a certain Time Lord swings back into action and guess what… We can't wait! Here's what we know about the highly anticipated Special – so far! Contains minor spoilers. Obvs.
Unless you've been trapped in the catacombs of Ribos for the past few months, you're probably aware that this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special is called The Return of Doctor Mysterio! The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) is joined once again by Nardole (Matt Lucas) and the episode is written by Steven Moffat who gave us a hint about what to expect… 'I've always loved superheroes,' he revealed, 'and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world!'
The cast also includes Adetomiwa Edun (Lucifer, Bates Motel), Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Hoffman. We also know it's a 60 minute spesh directed by Ed Bazalgette who was previously at the helm for The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived.
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The Return of Doctor Mysterio: The Sneak Peek!Mon, 11/21/2016 - 9:47am
Doctor Who's relationship with Children in Need stretches back to 1983 and this year we were treated to a special preview clip from the Christmas Special!
What can we say about the sneak peek? Well, the Doctor is on top form and up to his attack eyebrows in trouble – no change there, then... Great to see Nardole back and we're super-intrigued (no pun intended!) about The Ghost – the caped figure who can fly, withstand bullets and fire off a few wisecracks in case his arrival wasn't memorable enough! We're also looking forward to finding out more about Lucy Fletcher, the journalist who seems astonished by the fact she's honest with the Doctor… How is she tied in with The Return of Doctor Mysterio?
We'll be looking into the Christmas Special very soon but for now, enjoy the preview clip and if that's not enough, check out what happened when the universe of Doctor Who collided with the world of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them…
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The 2017 Series… Returning Writers, Cast Updates and More!Wed, 11/16/2016 - 11:56am
Back for the new series...
Next year's series of Doctor Who has reached its fourth recording block, with Episodes 5 and 9 going shooting in Cardiff during November. The BBC Wales production team has revealed to DWM some exclusive news about these two episodes.
The writer for Episode 5 is Jamie Mathieson, who has previously written three episodes of Doctor Who: the DWM season-poll-topping Mummy on the Orient Express (2014), Flatline (2014) and (with Steven Moffat) The Girl Who Died (2015).
Jamie's first episode was the thrilling, Mummy on the Orient Express.
An excited Jamie tells DWM, "I'm back baby, and beyond stoked to be once again putting words in the mouths of the TARDIS crew. So what can I tell you? Well, my episode this year is very, very scary. Like, seriously so. 'Let's go behind the sofa and just stay there until it's over' scary. It's got more shocks and tense scenes than anything I've ever written. And that's coming from a man who once wrote an episode of My Parents Are Aliens. It's also a taut thrill ride, a gag fest, a pitch black satire and, for the first time – [notices Steven Moffat approaching with cosh marked 'no spoilers'] – I'm writing for Bill and Nardole!"
The guest cast for Jamie's episode includes Kieran Bew, Justin Salinger, Peter Caulfield, Mimi Ndiweni and Karen Brayben.
Watch a moment from Rona's first Doctor Who adventure: Survival.require(['smp'], function(SMP) { new SMP({"container":"#smp-14814639056735","pid":"p01zhd1t","playerSettings":{"delayEmbed":true,"externalEmbedUrl":"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p01zhd1t\/player"}}); });
Speaking to DWM, Rona reveals, "Writing Survival was my dream job, but it was a mournful time in the show's history. This has been a very different experience. There's more of everything; people, resources, confidence, success... but the same constantly renewing and indefinable wonder that is Doctor Who. When I was very small and watching the First Doctor, I had a special cushion known as 'Rona's Doctor Whocushion'. I would hide my face in it when the Daleks or other monsters appeared on screen! The Eaters of Light is my version of other stories that have haunted me for almost as long."
Joining the regular cast for Rona's episode are Rebecca Benson, Daniel Kerr, Juwon Adedokun, Brian Vernel, Ben Hunter, Aaron Phagura, Sam Adewunmi and Billy Matthews.
Once these episodes are in the can, the series reaches the mid-point of shooting, with Episodes 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 still to go before the cameras. The new series of Doctor Who – starring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, Pearl Mackie as Bill and Matt Lucas as Nardole – will hit TV screens in spring 2017.
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Doctor Who on Children in Need: Five Fave Moments!Wed, 11/16/2016 - 6:23am
On Friday (Nov 18th) you'll be able to catch an exclusive preview clip from this year's Christmas Special – The Return of Doctor Mysterio! It'll be shown as part of the BBC's Children in Need night and continues a tradition that's seen Doctor Who supporting and appearing in the charity's big evening for over 30 years!
So we dipped into the TARDIS archives and present five of our favourite times that Doctor Who has materialised on Children in Need…
Time Crash! (2007)
The Tenth Doctor met the Fifth Doctor in the special minisode that showed both of them doing what they do best – showing off, trading quips and saving the universe! But it was also a lovely nod to the show's past. 'You know,' the Tenth Doctor told his Fifth incarnation, 'I loved being you… You were my Doctor!'
'To days to come...'
'All my love to long ago...'
The Great Detective (2012)
Things were looking bad for the Doctor in 2012. He'd lost the Ponds and had 'retired', sulking about Victorian London wearing a grim expression and a rather fabulous hat. But things were looking good for Doctor Who fans on Children in Need night that year as this special minisode, The Great Detective, caught up with the Time Lord and his old friends, Vastra, Jenny and Strax…
The Five Doctors (1983)
Doctor Who first got involved in Children in Need back in 1983 when the show's twentieth anniversary special was broadcast on the charity's big night. The Five Doctors featured Cybermen, a Dalek, a Yeti, old companions and (yep, you guessed it), five – count 'em – five Doctors! What a way to make an entrance…
Splendid fellows... All of them!
Meet the Tenth Doctor! (2005)
We'd glimpsed the Tenth Doctor at the very end of The Parting of the Ways, but a brief scene shown during 2005's Children in Need properly introduced David Tennant's take on the Time Lord. Ahh, memories… Allons-y!
New Doctor... New teeth!
'Hold on tight - here we go!'
Dimensions in Time (1993)
Okay. It was a bit nuts. Lots of returning Doctors, companions, the brilliant Brigadier and a bunch of familiar foes who are (Albert) squaring up to each other in EastEnders' Walford. And if that wasn't crazy enough, there was a bit of timey-wimey action going on as we zipped back and forth between 1973 and 2013. Sample dialogue from the Fourth Doctor: '…a renegade Time Lord known only as the Rani… She hates me. She even hates children!' Come on… Where's your sense of humour?!
And Coming Soon…
We nipped forward in time and had a gander at the exclusive The Return of Doctor Mysterio clip that'll be shown on BBC One on Friday! And yes, we can confirm it's now one of our fave Children in Need moments…
Find out more about this year's Children in Need!
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5 times Daleks have broken our hearts…Wed, 11/09/2016 - 5:31pm
We've already seen Bill introduced to the Daleks and loved her reaction to Doctor's oldest enemies! And how do we feel about them? Well, we can deal with the Daleks trying to exterminate anything that moves and we're fine with them zooming through the air like they're trying to collect frequent flier points. But please, for the love of the Doctor, no more breaking our hearts! Here's a roll call of heart-breaking moments so far…The whole Oswin is a Dalek thing
We liked Oswin. A lot. The whole soufflé, cheeky, helping the Doctor thing was ace. Then it turns out she's a Dalek. A Dalek in a red dress. Didn't see that one coming.Exterminating Lynda with a 'y'
She was so sweet. Then she was so dead. Lynda with a why, why, why?Shooting the Doctor in the middle of his big reunion with Rose
We'd waited ages for them to get back together, only for a Dalek to ruin it with the biggest gooseberry moment in world history. Thanks for that.Shooting Captain Jack
It was back in the days before Jack kept coming back to life so when he was shot, we'll admit it – it hurt.Rusty
He pointed out the Doctor's faults (surely that's Clara's job?) and then went off to fight his fellow Daleks, alone. Can't help feel sorry for that old Rusty rebel.
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BBC Children in Need to preview Doctor Who Christmas SpecialThu, 11/03/2016 - 5:00am
BBC Children in Need will play host to an exclusive clip from this year's Doctor Who Christmas special on the charity's annual Appeal night, Friday 18th November.
The sneak peek will see the Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi and Nardole, played by Matt Lucas, team up with an investigative reporter played by Charity Wakefield and a masked vigilante played by Justin Chatwin to defend New York from a terrifying alien invasion before the full episode, 'The Return of Doctor Mysterio', airs at Christmas.
Written by Steven Moffat, they will be joined by Adetomiwa Edun, Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Hoffman.
The exclusive clip will form part of BBC Children in Need's Appeal Show on Friday 18th November, 7pm, BBC One whilst the 60 minute special will air later in the year at Christmas.
The programme is executive produced by Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin, produced by Peter Bennett and directed by Ed Bazalgette (Poldark).
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Experimental Doctor Who Don't Blink game goes live!Fri, 10/28/2016 - 8:38am
If you like to try something a bit different and think you're brave enough to take on the Weeping Angels, we have a Halloween treat for you!
We have just launched the Doctor Who Don't Blink mini-game, which is an experiment for BBC Taster to see whether your webcam can successfully detect eye movements and be used as a game controller. We thought the Weeping Angels were a perfect fit for this! We're also interested in finding out whether you would enjoy more, short, fun branded mini-games.
It's a fun game, but it's not for the faint hearted!
You're alone in the attic of an abandoned house and the Weeping Angels are coming for you. The aim is to survive until the Doctor can send the TARDIS to save you. To help, he's rigged up your webcam to CCTV around the house so you can watch the Angels. They can only move when you're not looking at them so, whatever you do, don't blink! Your webcam should detect when you blink or look away.
We can't wait to see what you think. Does your webcam detect your eye movements? Do the Angels approach when you blink? Can you win the game if you hold your stare?
Have a play and, if you like it, rate it and challenge your friends to try it too.
This pilot works on Chrome 48.x or higher, Firefox 43.x or higher, Windows 10 Edge on desktop only.
Play 'Doctor Who Don't Blink' now on BBC Taster!
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Doctor Who Superhero Adventure for Christmas DayFri, 10/07/2016 - 2:49pm
This Christmas on BBC One, the Doctor teams up with a comic-book superhero in New York for a heroic special written by Steven Moffat, titled 'The Return of Doctor Mysterio'.
The family favourite will return on Christmas day as the Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, teams up with an investigative journalist, played by Charity Wakefield (Wolf Hall, The Player) and a superhero to save New York from a deadly alien threat. Steven Moffat, Writer and Executive Producer, said:
"I've always loved superheroes and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world. My favourite superhero is Clark Kent. Not Superman, Clark Kent."
Grant will be played by Justin Chatwin (Orphan Black, War of the Worlds). He comments on joining the Doctor Who team for the special:
"Working with the amazing people at Doctor Who has been one of the most fun and rewarding projects I've ever had the pleasure of being involved with."
Matt Lucas (Nardole) will also be joining the cast of the special with Adetomiwa Edun (Lucifer, Bates Motel), Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Hoffman.
The 60 minute Doctor Who Christmas Special will air on BBC One and is written by Steven Moffat, Executive Produced by Brian Minchin, Produced by Peter Bennett and Directed by Ed Bazalgette (Poldark), it was shot in Cardiff at BBC Wales Roath Lock Studios.
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5 times the Doctor nearly settled down to the 9-5Mon, 09/26/2016 - 7:00am
Today is the second anniversary of The Caretaker, in which the Doctor takes a job as, well, a caretaker at Coal Hill School. However, he spends most of his time planting alien detectors and gatecrashing Clara's English lessons than actually cleaning or caretaking (which shouldn't really surprise anyone)!
Our favourite Time Lord also took the role of Caretaker in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe. After Madge Arwell helped the Doctor back to his TARDIS after crash-landing on Earth, he decides to give her and her children a very special Christmas to repay her for her kindness. Of course, his best-laid plans go slightly pear-shaped (or should we say, humanoid-tree-shaped), but it all ends happily with the safe return of Madge's fighter pilot husband Reg for the most magical Christmas the Arwells have ever had.Shop assistant
The Doctor was only stopping by for a social call, that's all, honestly! He was done noticing things, and he definitely didn't notice the electrical fluctuations around Craig Owens's house and all the local people going missing. And he was just living in the moment when he got a job in the local department store to investigate a strange silver rat with glowing red eyes…!UNIT scientific adviser
The Doctor was exiled to Earth at the end of The War Games with a defunct TARDIS, and spent almost half of his third incarnation working with UNIT as a scientific adviser. He worked closely with fellow scientist Liz Shaw, UNIT operative Jo Grant and of course the Brigadier, although at times, he and the Brig didn't quite see eye-to-eye on certain things (the end of Doctor Who and the Silurians springs to mind).Call centre employee
Filling in for Craig after he'd touched the 'dry rot' on his ceiling and fallen ill in The Lodger, the Doctor was rocking the phone lines at his new housemate's call centre job, blowing raspberries at 'rude Mr Lang' and according to boss Michael, was brilliant at the planning meeting. Not bad for someone who 'had some time to kill'!Teacher
"So… physics. Physics, eh? Physics. Phyyyyyysics. Physics. Physics. Physics. Physics. Physics. Physics. Physics…
I hope one of you is getting all of this down."
Can you guess what subject the Doctor taught while undercover at Deffrey Vale School in School Reunion? That's right, Art! :)
Just kidding, it was Physics, obviously! Although he didn't really get up to much teaching in between investigating the super-intelligent pupils and the strange, new faculty staff…
He was pretty laidback in School Reunion, but we can't really say the same for his teaching tenure as the 'human' John Smith in the 1910's in Human Nature/The Family of Blood (think learning by rote, the cane, and giving a student permission to beat a fellow pupil for being "deliberately shoddy". Not nice.)
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Cast of Class to appear in Live Stream on Friday 23 SeptemberFri, 09/16/2016 - 8:00am
The cast of Class will appear in a global Class Live Stream on Friday 23 September, so put it in your calendar now! The Live Stream will be available on the Class official Facebook page and will start at 4:30pm BST.
Radio 1Xtra DJ A.Dot will host the Class Live Stream and will be joined by exciting young new talents Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins and Vivian Oparah, as well as Class producer Derek Ritchie. The Live Stream will also be available on the BBC Three YouTube channel.
Post your questions for the Class cast and Derek on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat by responding to the official Class social media channels or use the hashtag #AskClass.
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Class is a YA series that will premiere on BBC Three this Autumn - please note it is not suitable viewing for younger audiences.
Coal Hill School has been a part of the Doctor Who Universe since the very beginning, but that has come at a price. All the time travelling over the years has caused the very walls of space and time to become thin. There's something pressing in on the other side, something waiting for its chance to kill everyone and everything, to bring us all into Shadow.
Fear is coming, tragedy is coming, war is coming. Prepare yourselves, Class is coming.
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Doctor Who spin off series Class launches social channelsWed, 09/14/2016 - 8:00am
The brand-new Doctor Who spin off series Class, set in the legendary Coal Hill School, has launched its social media channels, so you'll never be late for class again!
Class is a YA series that will premiere on BBC Three this Autumn and will feature more mature themes than Doctor Who - please note it is not suitable viewing for younger audiences.
Starring exciting young new talents Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins and Vivian Oparah, as well as the brilliant Katherine Kelly, Class centres on four Coal Hill School students as they face their own fears and navigate a life of friends, parents, school work, sex, sorrow – and possibly the end of existence.
You can catch all the latest Class news and photos on:
And don't forget to follow BBCClass on Snapchat for exclusive behind the scenes videos with the cast!
Scan this snapcode in Snapchat to follow BBCClass, or search 'BBCClass' in Snapchat!
Fear is coming, tragedy is coming, war is coming. Prepare yourselves, Class is coming.
Head this way for more info on the brand new series set in the universe of Doctor Who, and click here to Meet the Cast of Class in 360°.
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The ABCs of Doctor WhoMon, 09/05/2016 - 6:00am
It's September, and you know what that means: back to school!
So, if the summer holidays have left your brain a little bit mushy and you need a jumpstart to get you back into action, here are the ABCs of Doctor Who!
A is for Amy, the girl who waited.
B is for Bill, the girl to come.
C is for Cyberman, prepare for deletion!
D is for Dalek, "Exterminate!" …RUN!
E is for Earth, the Doctor's favourite planet.
F is for the Flood, the water of Mars.
G is for Gallifrey, planet of the Time Lords.
H is for Home, a blue box amongst the stars.
I is for Ice Warrior, prepare to ssshiver!
J is for Judoon, great big space rhinos!
K is for Kate, following her father's lead.
L is for the Library, with its deadly shadows…
M is for Missy, say something nice!
N is for Nardole, what's happened to his head?!
O is for Oswald, Clara and Oswin!
P is for Prentis, a ghost, now that he's dead.
Q is for Quantum Shade, inescapable death.
R is for River, "That's Professor Song to you!"
S is for Silence, and silence will fall…
T is for TARDIS, a beacon of hope in blue.
U is for UNIT, five rounds rapid.
V is for Vastra, of the Silurian race.
W is for Weeping Angel, don't even blink!
X is for X-tonic rays, keep them off your face!
Y is for Yana, he's the Master – who knew!
Z is for Zygon, he looks just like you!
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6 Doctor Who stars who showed up earlyThu, 09/01/2016 - 4:00am
On 1 September 2012 Jenna Coleman unexpectedly made her Doctor Who debut in Asylum of the Daleks. We knew that Jenna would be joining the Doctor but we hadn't expected to see her quite so soon.
But Miss Coleman isn't the only Doctor Who star to jump the gun and turn up a little early… So, here's our guide to the actors whose first Doctor Who appearances were ahead of their time.1. Jenna Coleman as Oswin
In Asylum of the Daleks Jenna played Oswin Oswald, the junior entertainment officer of the Starship Alaska, which had crashed on the Dalek Asylum. When the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory were sent to disable the Asylum's impenetrable force field, Oswin took a break from baking soufflés and listening to Carmen to help them find a safe path through the most insane Daleks in the universe.
Unfortunately for Oswin, she soon discovered that during her stay at the Asylum she'd been converted into a Dalek but had been able to resist her Dalek conditioning. She was able to lower the Asylums defences so that the Doctor, Amy and Rory could escape and the planet could be destroyed, but not before wiping all information about the Doctor from the Dalek data banks. What a hero!2. Peter Capaldi as Caecillius
All the way back in 2008, Peter Capaldi guest starred as Caecillius in The Fires of Pompeii. Caecillius was a marble merchant who was saved from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius by the Tenth Doctor. Many years later the Twelfth Doctor, fresh from his regeneration commented that he was sure he'd seen his face before… But it wasn't until he helped the Viking villagers in The Girl Who Died, that he realised he'd chosen that face to remind himself to save people.3. Karen Gillan as the Soothsayer
The Fires of Pompeii was also the first episode to feature Karen Gillan, a whole two years before she first appeared as Amy Pond. Karen played the Soothsayer who was the first of the Sibylline Sisterhood to see the TARDIS, whose arrival in Pompeii had been foretold in prophecy.4. Freema Agyeman as Adeola Oshodi
Freema Agyeman is best known in the Doctor Who world as Martha Jones, but she first turned up as Adeola Oshodi in Army of Ghosts. Adeola worked at Torchwood Tower and when she snuck off for a romantic rendezvous with a colleague, she was upgraded by the Cybermen. The Doctor Who production team were so impressed by Freema's performance as Adeola, they offered her the opportunity to become the Doctor's new companion and cast her as Martha Jones. The strong resemblance between the two characters was explained in Smith and Jones when Martha mentioned that her cousin Adeola had worked in Canary Wharf but didn't return home after the Cybermen attacked.5. Colin Baker as Commander Maxil
In 1984 Colin Baker materialised on our screens as the flamboyant Sixth Doctor, but this wasn't his first time portraying a Time Lord as he'd already graced Gallifrey with his presence as Commander Maxil in Arc of Infinity. Maxil was a member of the Gallifreyan Chancellery Guard and was sent to intercept the Fifth Doctor when he was recalled to his home planet. Believing the Time Lords might try to kill him, the Doctor did his best to evade the Chancellery Guard. However Maxil, dedicated to completing his task, found the Doctor and shot him – thankfully, he did not shoot to kill.6. Lalla Ward as Princess Astra
Before she was the second Romana, Lalla Ward was Princess Astra of Atrios aka the sixth segment of the Key to Time! When the Fourth Doctor and Romana travelled to Atrios in The Armageddon Factor in search of the final segment of the Key to Time, they were shocked to discover it was in fact a human being – Princess Astra.
Astra fulfilled her destiny by transforming into the sixth segment and the Key to Time was finally complete. However the Doctor soon realised the Key was too powerful to be entrusted to any one being, and that Astra would be forever imprisoned within it, so he scattered its segments across the universe, returning Astra to her human form.
Later when Romana regenerated she chose the appearance of Astra saying she "thought it looked very nice on the Princess".
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6 historical events the Doctor was present atFri, 08/26/2016 - 6:00am
The Doctor can travel to any point in time and space thanks to his fabulous TARDIS, and has a habit of getting involved in events both accidentally and intentionally!
And thanks to his soft spot for Planet Earth and its inhabitants, he's had a hand in a fair few historical happenings. So, here are six historical events the Doctor was present at!1. The Great Fire of London – The Visitation
In one of the Master's more, well, low-key plans, he disguises a metamorphic android named Kamelion as King John in a ploy to prevent the real King John from signing the Magna Carta, thereby destroying parliamentary democracy as we know it. But the Doctor is on hand to stop him!
In a battle of wills over who controls Kamelion, the Doctor is victorious and brings the android with him onto his TARDIS. The Master is foiled and the real King John is able to sign the Magna Carta – huzzah!3. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius - The Fires of Pompeii
Sometimes the TARDIS can get a bit…wobbly. The Doctor arrives in 79AD, expecting to show Donna the wonders of Ancient Rome. Instead, they land some 150 miles away in the city of Pompeii, the day before disaster strikes. Donna tries her best to persuade the Doctor to save the people of the city, but he refuses, arguing that the destruction of Pompeii is a fixed point in time that cannot be changed.
They soon find out that a fiery alien race of Pyroviles have been building an energy converter in the heart of the volcano, and plan to convert every human on Earth into Pyroviles and conquer the planet. So, the Doctor has a choice to make: destroy the energy converter, which would cause Vesuvius to erupt and kill the Pyroviles and the citizens of Pompeii, or let the Pyroviles take over Earth.
It's a horrendous situation, but the Doctor chooses the world over Pompeii, triggers the eruption and ensures the survival of the human race. The burdens of a Time Lord…4. The Moon landing - Day of the Moon
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Chasing a metal cylinder ("It's mauve and dangerous!") through the time vortex towards Earth, the Doctor and Rose land in the centre of London, right in the middle of the Blitz. Cue raid sirens and bomb shelters, Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade, Captain Jack and a creepy little boy with a gas mask fused to his face.
It's worth noting that the Doctor, in this story, doesn't actually get involved with the War, and is instead quite preoccupied with the 'empty children' and Chula nanogenes threatening to rewrite the DNA of everyone in London.6. London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony – Fear Her
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Fear Her was made in 2006 about the 2012 Olympics, but seeing as the 2016 Rio Olympics have just ended, we can now think of the London Games as an historical event (hands up who else thinks the linear progression of time is not fair and is going way too fast).
A young Isolus, separated from its billion-strong family on the journey through space, has possessed Chloe Webber, who is able to make people disappear by drawing them. The Isolus tries to replace its lost familial love, heat and emotion by using Chloe to make every person on Earth disappear and stealing their love and happiness for the Olympic flame. Feeling threatened by the Doctor, Chloe traps him and the TARDIS in one of her drawings, leaving Rose to work out how to solve the situation. She does, in style, and all the missing people are returned, except for the Doctor. Where does he turn up? Only carrying the Olympic torch into the stadium and lighting the cauldron to rapturous cheers and applause! Amazing!
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Maui County officials are still trying to figure out the extent of the damage after a series of lightning strikes on Maui during Tropical Storm Flossie.
County officials say there was a report that a Makawao man may have been struck by lightning. In Kahului, there were reports that lightning hit a home and caused a tree fire near Kmart.
Click here to see photos of the lightning damage.
KITV's Cam Tran spoke with the Kahului homeowner about the lightning strike.
Uilani Endo recalls what she said when the lightning struck her house.
"I have to get out of this part of the house and go to Dad," said Endo. "At the same time, the house is shaking and then hear 'crash!'" said Endo.
Cam Tran will have more on this story tonight on KITV4 News at 5, 6 and 10.
Residents should conserve water until further notice because of the power situation. Monday night, the entire island of Molokai lost power for about an hour.
Due to power outages in Haiku, the Haiku wells have not been running. Consequently, the Kokomo and Kaupakalua tanks are now empty and water service to Haiku is interrupted.
Click here to see photos of MECO workers restoring power.
Water service to the following Upcountry areas has been disrupted:
- Kokomo Road
- Kaupakalua Road
- Kauhikoa Road
- Awalau Road
- Lilikoi Road
- All roads or streets off the above main roads
Water tanker trucks with potable water will be placed at the top section of Hanzawa Store parking lot, near Awalau Road; a second water tanker truck will be placed at Puuomalei Road, off of Kokomo Road.
The Maui Electric Company is working around the clock to restore power to customers. About 9,800 customers were without power on Monday. An estimated 500 customers are still without power, as of 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Restoration of power for most of the customers is expected sometime on Tuesday.
MECO says workers are currently responding to small isolated outages affecting various parts of the island including Kokomo, Kauhikoa, Makawao, Kula, Waiehu, Wailuku, Kahului, Maui Meadows, and Huelo to Nahiku in East Maui.
As of 9:45 p.m. Monday night, power had been restored to about half of the customers initially affected. An additional 4,000 customers were brought back online by 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. Lightning strikes to electrical equipment and fallen trees were found to be the cause of the outages experienced over the past 24 hours.
Road situation
Central Maui to Keanae: roads are open and have been cleared of debris.
Keanae to Hana: Roads may be closed temporarily while crews work to clear debris.
Nahiku: The road to Lower Nahiku Village was blocked last night by large fallen trees; it is unknown whether crews have been able to remove the trees as of this morning. Local traffic only between mile markers 28-29 as utility crews work in the area; poles and wires are down.
Beyond Hana: Kalepa Bridge is impassable due to flooding. Public Works crews expect road closures and delays along Piilani Highway in the Kaupo area over the next two days as crews continue to inspect and repair roads and bridges.
All shelters have been closed as of 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Hana Landfill was scheduled to open by 11 a.m. Tuesday.
There was a delay in Upcountry refuse pickup due to a low-hanging cable line on Monday. The following streets will have its trash picked up on Thursday:
- Kekahi Place
- Kalua Place
- Hemala Street
- Kekolu Place
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January 11, 2006Alert #06-525
The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Kawasaki 2005-2006 model year Mule 600 Utility Vehicles
Units: About 15,200
Distributor: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., of Irvine, Calif.
Hazard: The steering knuckle can twist or break from wheel forces transmitted to the steering system during operation. This can cause a loss of steering control and possible collapse of the front suspension, posing a risk of incident or injury to the operator or passenger.
Incidents/Injuries: Kawasaki has received 24 reports of the knuckle cracking or breaking. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The recall involves Kawasaki 2005-2006 model year KAF400 Mule 600 Utility Vehicles. These models are off-road utility vehicles available in red, green, or camouflage livery. They have "Kawasaki" on the side of the cargo bed and "Mule" on the side of the front cowling.
Sold by: Kawasaki Utility dealers nationwide from November 2004 through December 2005 for between $5,900 and $7,100
Manufactured In: United States
What to Do: Consumers with recalled utility vehicles were sent direct notice from Kawasaki. Consumers should stop using these vehicles immediately and contact a local Kawasaki Utility dealer to schedule an appointment for a free repair.
Consumer Contact: For more information, consumers can call Kawasaki Customer Service toll-free at (866) 802-9381 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.kawasaki.com
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(NBC News) The World Wide Web, the concept that made the internet relevant to most of us, turned 25 Wednesday.
British scientist Tim Berners-Lee came up with the idea for the Web; the internet was already in existence, a global connection of computer networks that had been developed in the 1960s.
The World Wide Web opened the door to that network and launched a technology revolution.
"It's humanity connected, when you look up the web you see humanity," Berners-Lee now says.
"87 percent of all Americans are online on a regular basis, and if you look at people with college degrees or young people, that's like 97 plus percent," points out CNET.com Senior Editor Dan Ackerman.
For all of the benefits the World Wide Web has created, it's also brought increasing concerns about privacy, surveillance and cyber-crime.
That's led the Web's creator to use its anniversary as a call for an online bill of rights to guarantee free speech and protect online users.
It's an issue Berners-Lee never envisioned when he introduced a concept 25 years ago that wound up changing the world.
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Alisa Boswell
Art in a variety of forms — from literature to painting — appears alive and well in Clovis and Portales.
Two major annual events are already under way — The Jack Williamson Lectureship and the Pintores Art League Spring Fling.
The Pintores Art League Spring Fling kicked off Friday by accepting submissions for the exhibition all day at Clovis Community College. Submissions will continue to be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon today in the commons area.
Art works will be on display Sunday through Thursday.
"It's an opportunity for local artists to have a place to exhibit their art," said Lois Snyder, president of the art league and coordinator for the event. "We have some wonderful local talent in every area of art. People are going to be missing out if they don't come and see."
Snyder said submissions are allowed from local professionals, amateurs and junior high and high school students and there will be six categories of art.
Snyder said last year the event drew 275 submissions and this year, she expects even more.
"Since it's the only time of the year that we get to show our work to the public, we are really excited," Snyder said. "It's a great opportunity for an artist to show their work and for the public to see what a great artist they are."
Submission rates range from $5 to $15 and first through third place cash prizes will be given for student artwork and adult artwork as well as a Best of Show grand prize for each group.
"I think it's a fabulous opportunity for our community to share it's talent on a visual level," said Scott Blazek, a Pintores member. "I thought the last couple years have been great in revealing how much artistic talent we have in our area, professionally and amateur. If this year is anything like last year, people will love it."
The awards ceremony for the event will take place 7:15 p.m. Thursday in the community college commons area.
The Williamson lectureship kicked off Thursday night with a writers reading in which Ian Tregillis and Walter Jon Williams read excerpts from their novels. On Friday, there was a question and answer workshop with guest writers and the lectureship luncheon which included talks by Michael Cassutt, Melinda Snodgrass and Connie Willis.
Willis is also the guest speaker 10 a.m. today at a Young Writers Workshop at the Portales Public Library.
Friday, Willis shared some of her experiences with fellow authors and Jack Williamson.
"Jack Williamson was one of the forefathers of science fiction," Willis told her audience. "And inspired many young writers through the years."
Snodgrass and Cassutt both spoke on how science fiction has become a large part of the entertainment industry and on the changes which have been seen in science fiction due to these entertainment venues.
"I have always loved science fiction stories and the finding of new worlds and new people," Snodgrass said. "Science fiction has always been about new ideas, new worlds."
Cassutt told his audience that he feels the success of the science fiction genre has caused many science fiction stories to become cliche. When speaking about the joining of the Eastern New Mexico University film festival with the lectureship, he said he feels some young writers and creators may bring back some originality.
"You have some lovely new concepts growing right here in Portales that are like they came right off the page of one of Jack's books," Cassutt said. "These projects, to me, are the equivalent of writers like Jack Williamson."
Event coordinator Patrice Caldwell said she feels this year's event was a big success due not just to large turnouts but to the special guest authors (Cassutt and Snodgrass) that were able to attend.
"They both had personal relationships with Jack, so they brought back some of the history of the lectureship," Caldwell said. "But they also gave great insight into where science fiction is going in modern times."


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Home List of Titles Ultrathin coatings from isocyanate terminated star PEG prepolymers: patterning of proteins on the layers
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/216061
- Title
- Ultrathin coatings from isocyanate terminated star PEG prepolymers: patterning of proteins on the layers
- Author(s)
- Groll, Juergen; Haubensak, Wulf; Ameringer, Thomas; Moeller, Martin
- Abstract
- This study presents the easy and fast patterning of low molecular weight molecules that act as binding partners for proteins on Star PEG coatings. These coatings are prepared from isocyanate terminated star shaped prepolymers and form a highly cross-linked network on the substrate in which the stars are connected via urea groups and free amino groups are present. Streptavidin has been patterned on these layers by microcontact printing (μCP) of an amino reactive biotin derivative and consecutive binding of streptavidin to the biotin. Patterns of Ni 2+-nitriltriacetic acid (NTA) receptors have been prepared by printing amino functional NTA molecules in freshly prepared Star PEG layers that still contain amino reactive isocyanate groups. Complexation of the NTA groups with Ni(II) ions enabled the binding of His-tag enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in the desired pattern on the substrates. Since the unmodified Star PEG layers prevent unspecific protein adsorption, His-EGFP could selectively be bound to the sample by immersion into crude, nonpurified His-tag EGFP containing cell lysate.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Langmuir, Vol. 21, no. 7 (Feb 2005), pp. 3076-3083
- Publication year
- 2005
- Keyword(s)
- Amino groups; Binding energy; Biotin; Biotinamide; Carboxylic acids; Crosslinking; Drug derivatives; Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Isocyanates; Isocyanic acid derivative; Macrogol derivatives; Molecular structure; Molecular weight; Nonfouling surfaces; Plastic coatings; Polyethylene glycols; Proteins; Prepolymers; Ultrathin coatings
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- 0743-7463
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2005 American Chemical Society.
- Peer reviewed


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Welcome to the CRG Discussion Forum!Forum registration problems: Make sure you enter your email correctly and you check your spam box first. *Then* email KurtS2@gmail for help.
Early 67's with U17 had a 2 pc. oil line with a bulkhead connector on the firewall. Was changed to a 1pc. line and rubber plug as shown around 05 or 06of 67.Bob


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Halladay Shopping Is Done For The Phillies
The Phillies made it official this afternoon; Cy Young award winning pitcher Roy Halladay is now a Phillie :O) Some say he is the best pitcher in baseball. This is a huge pick up for the Phillies and an exciting day for the fans. Halladay has signed a 3-year extension, keeping him in red pinstripes through 2013 for around 20 million a year after his 1-year Jays contract is fulfilled in 2010.
So the Phillies have swapped one Cy Young winner for another and three prospects for 3 different prospects. The casualties for the Phillies include Cliff Lee, who went to Seattle plus 3 of our top 4 prospects; pitcher Kyle Drabek, outfielder Michael Taylor and catcher Travis d'Arnaud who all went to the Jays. In return, the Phillies will get 3 prospects from Seattle to restock the farm system; pitchers Phillipe Aumont, J.C. Ramirez and outfielder Tyson Gillies.
The Cliff Lee trade is disappointing, but it makes sense from a business perspective as the Phillies were nearing their payroll limit and they knew for sure that Lee would be only a 1-year pitcher, testing the market after 2010. From a fan perspective, it is sad to see Lee go and one cannot help but wish we could have had both Lee and Halladay even for just the one year.
And to all the yahoo's out there who want to shout obscenities and declare that Phillies fans do not appreciate Roy Halladay, get over yourselves. It has nothing to do with appreciating Halladay and everything to do with losing Cliff Lee. If the Yankees got Halladay and had to ship off CC Sabathia to do so, tell me Yankee fans would not be shouting from the rooftops? It is the same thing. And yes, Lee and Sabathiha have comparable stats.
We are very, very happy to have Halladay and excited to see him pitch in a Phillies uniform. But it does seem sad to lose other good players in the process, especially Lee and the three prospects. You feel like a kid at Christmas that got exactly what you always wanted, but had to give back all your other presents to do so.
I have personally spoken to Michael Taylor, as an example, and he is not only a great player, but a great person as well. One cannot help but feel disappointed to see these guys leave. And I saw Lee pitch his first game with the Phillies in San Francisco; he pitched a complete game and made it look easy. We are entitled to be upset over losing our best pitcher, as I am sure Jays fans are upset over losing theirs. Are we getting a better pitcher in return? Absolutely. But wouldn't both be so much nicer?
That being said, Phillies fans are thrilled to finally get the big prize! Happy Halladay's to everyone in Philly! I cannot wait until Spring Training :O)
*Read more about the Phillies at my other home page, Phightin' Phils Phorum in the My Team Rivals network*
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Good luck to the team I will be cheering for in the NL – the Phillies – since they acquired Blue Jay Roy Halladay. Philadelphia fans, embrace him please, as we here in Toronto took his his pitching for granted and didn't even sell out the Rogers Centre when he started. I imagine he'll look pretty good in red pinstripes, rather than black ones (i.e. Yankees). It's a shame about Lee being dealt, but I think Doc will be a nice little consolation prize for the next three years.
why does everyone always have to throw in a Yankees jab? lol
Miss Phillie Phollower. I know its upsetting getting rid of Lee. Me personally, I would've expanded the payroll for this year to see if magic would happen. But maybe this will help put your mind at ease. Ask yourself, Why was Lee so dominating? Well out side of him being a good pitcher, he switched leagues. The national league didn't see him before. So he caught all of them off guard. THIS YEAR wouldn't be the same. They saw him and would figure him out. So in turn, he wouldn't be lights out like he was this past year.
feel better? Didn't think so. I TRIED!!!
Jenn, as usual, your image is utterly brilliant. The double-double entendre is great.
Jonah – Thanks for the good wishes :O) I am looking forward to seeing him!
Mike – You are very sweet…I appreciate the attempt :O) Think I'll feel better on opening day when Halladay smokes the Nats ;o)
Ed – Glad you liked it! Love that movie…LOL
Congrats and condolences at the same time. When I first heard whispers of Doc going to Philly, I was thinking "Holy sh!t…Lee AND Doc in the same rotation? The Phils will be un-freakin-stopable in 2010!".
Of course, you losing Cliff Lee actually sucks for me too…he's gonna be in an M's uni and in the rotation with that tilted-cap wearing %#$@^ Felix Hernandez…this does not bode well for my Rangers!
— Jonestein
If nothing else I'd like Halladay over Lee, though it is like choosing between Coke and Diet Coke… I mean, they're both pretty awesome, right? I think Ruben did a good job on this.
My take is that making these deals the Phillies prevent putting all their eggs in the 2010 basket. This way they have a chance to compete for another World Series title for another three or four years, while Utley, Howard, etc are in their prime. Lee wants "CC" money starting in 2011. The Phillies probably wouldn't be able to pay it, given their commitments to other superstar players.
Long-term contracts with pitchers are always risky. Let's hope Roy stays healthy.
Congratulations on the acquisition of Halladay. Should be an interesting season for the Phillies.
Congrats on Halladay! He is one of the most classiest players in the game. And I don't think I need to speak of his brilliance on the mound so I'll pass. Hope Phillies fans treat him well lol!


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Moving In
Scarcely two weeks after moving out of Haverford, I am back in Philadelphia. I've moved into our apartment in Queen Village (with the help of my ever-obliging parents) which I'm sharing with Lizzy Wingfield '12 and Kelley Neil '12. On Tuesday, I will be starting my internship.
First, a little bit about myself. My name is Lizzie Douglas and I am a rising junior at Haverford. Back in April, I declared a History major with a concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights. I have been interested in the law since high school and I am looking forward to interning at a renowned Philly legal non-profit. The Women's Law Project does amazing work which you can read all about on their website.
This is the first time I will have ever lived in a city and I am really excited. We're living near the Italian Market and I will be working near Chinatown and Reading Terminal Market. I also plan to visit many of the museums and historical sites in Philly (always the history geek).
But before I can begin my summer adventure, I have to unpack…
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Friday, 23 December 2011
Marine Programme - Newsletter January 2012
Read our newsletter to learn about our major accomplishments, including new services that will help improve marine protection efforts around the ...
Friday, 23 December 2011
Best Wishes 2012
40 years of protection, 188 States Parties, 936 World Heritage Sites. Join us for the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention as we ...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
World Heritage Volunteers 2012
Call for Projects concrete actions for the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme in ...
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Kernavė Archaeological site in Lithuania granted "enhanced protection" in the event of armed conflict
Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) World Heritage site has been given "enhanced protection" status by the Committee for the ...
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
London 2012 Torch Relay to pass through Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site
While exact details of the route are still under cover, it has been announced that the Olympic Torch will be carried through Ironbridge Gorge World ...
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Italy announces support to UNESCO for Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in Myanmar
The Government of Italy has granted 400,000€ to support a new UNESCO project to build capacity for safeguarding cultural heritage in ...
Monday, 12 December 2011
Palestine and the World Heritage Convention
Since Palestine was admitted to UNESCO on 31 October, there have been several misleading media reports about the status of Palestinian cultural ...
Friday, 2 December 2011
Panasonic sponsors The World Heritage Special on National Geographic Channel in 183 countries
The two-year partnership signed between Panasonic and the World Heritage Centre in June 2011 aims to promote sustainable development and increase ...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
3rd annual Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site manager training event held
Midway through a discussion on risk analysis, someone jumps to their feet and shouts "ELEPHANTS!!" and within a matter of seconds the classroom is ...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
UNESCO and Italy agree to cooperate on the restoration of Pompeii
UNESCO and Italy have agreed to collaborate on the restoration of the Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, inscribed on ...
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Scotland hosts global conference on remote access to World Heritage sites
Leading lights in science, technology, conservation and heritage interpretation descended upon Edinburgh on 23 November 2011 for a unique conference ...
Friday, 18 November 2011
UNESCO World Heritage app downloaded over 13,000 times
To launch the 40th anniversary celebrations of the World Heritage Convention, UNESCO offered the World Heritage iPhone/iPad application (app) free for ...
Friday, 18 November 2011
Presentation ceremony held to recognize tri-national World Heritage site
On 16 November 2011, Kishore Rao, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, presented a certificate to German Minister for Environment Norbert ...
Thursday, 10 November 2011
State of Conservation of World Heritage Forests report launched
The World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the publication of the World Heritage Paper #30: "Adapting to Change – The State of Conservation of ...
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
World Heritage Centre and Turismo de Portugal cooperate on Tourism Management at World Heritage sites
In June 2011 UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and Turismo de Portugal, the Portuguese Tourism Authority, signed an agreement engaging in a ...
Monday, 7 November 2011
The G-77 & China at UNESCO celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
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2011-2012 World Heritage Map Available
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UNESCO kicks off 40th anniversary celebration of World Heritage Convention
The Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova today launched the 40th anniversary celebrations for the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World ...
Monday, 7 November 2011
Nine members elected to World Heritage Committee
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Boris Johnson helps to raise £2.8m for Norwood
November 28, 2011
Celebrities including Alesha Dixon, Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady joined guest speaker Mayor of London Boris Johnson and more than 1,200 Norwood supporters to help the charity raise £2.8 million at its annual gala dinner. Praising Norwood's work and the generosity of its supporters, the Mayor said: "Norwood shows the true spirit of the city of which I am so proud to be Mayor". The event, which was the first official engagement for Elaine Kerr, Norwood's new chief executive, was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane.
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SONOMA, Calif. — Since being told of her cognitive impairment earlier this year, Paula Wolfert swears, she has simplified her cooking.
"I try to cook something every few days," she says, "like practicing a musical instrument."
The plan makes sense for the 75-year-old cookbook author, in the early stages of impairment.
Yet her definition of simplified doesn't necessarily match that of others.
Her eight seminal cookbooks on the foods of the Mediterranean are known for challenging readers to become better cooks.
During her four-decade career, she often tested a few recipes a day.
Meals for herself and her husband of 30 years, crime novelist Bill Bayer, qualified as eclectic: duck confit and a Syrian dish spiked with Aleppo pepper, a spice she introduced to American chefs in 1994 with The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Recently, she has revisited favorite recipes — casually considering an anthology.
The recipes include seared scallops with tangerine sauce from The Cooking of Southwest France (1983) and slow-cooked sandpot mushrooms from Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking (2009).
As she cooks the scallops, something unusual happens: She turns to an open cookbook and reads from her own recipe.
"Bring to a boil and add cream," she says, readying her measuring cups.
When about to pour, she turns back to the book: "Is it a third of a cup or a half? I forget everything as soon as I read it."
Wolfert has turned into a cook like the rest of us. This new phase is giving her profound insight.
She looks up and says with a laugh: "Now that I have to follow my own recipes, some of them are so hard!"
For several years, Wolfert suspected that something was wrong. In its earliest stages, Alzheimer's disease is surprisingly hard to detect. The telltale proteins that might cause degeneration can be confirmed only by a brain sample taken in an autopsy.
For a living patient, doctors look to other signs, including memory loss and other difficulties in functioning. Yet the illness can affect the brain for up to two decades before symptoms are noticed.
When Wolfert started forgetting words, she complained that she was losing her mind. Friends and her doctor insisted that she was fine.
Then, two years ago, during appearances to promote her most recent book, The Food of Morocco (2011), whenever someone asked her a multi-pronged question, "I couldn't connect three sentences together," she says.
Still, her doctor told her there was nothing wrong.
Finally, late last year, her husband suggested that they have omelets for lunch.
Wolfert drew a blank.
"I said to Bill, 'Wait a minute; how do you make an omelet?' "
She saw two neurologists; each had a different opinion. One said she had early-stage Alzheimer's disease; the other diagnosed mild cognitive impairment, a form of dementia that can progress to Alzheimer's. Time will tell which she has, depending on how much she loses.
"It doesn't matter," she says. "I know there's something wrong. This isn't the Paula that I used to know."
Dementia is an unpredictable foe. There is no cure and no sure way to slow its progress. In 1983, New York University physician Barry Reisberg delineated seven stages to measure its progress. Wolfert has been told she seems to be at stage four: moderate cognitive decline.
Thankfully, her long-term memories remain crystal clear.
Wolfert knows that her condition has no cure. But once she was given a diagnosis, she looked to food to help — not just to keep her mind engaged, but also to see whether superfoods could buy her time.
"My feeling is: Accept that it is what it is, but stall it by trying to do as much as possible."
She began taking donepezil, a drug used to treat dementia that might aid cognitive function. She scanned the Internet and started watching The Dr. Oz Show on television. Her condition became a surprising blessing: After a lifetime of charting cuisines, now she had a scientific frontier to explore.
A lifelong ingredient scout, she tapped into her network to find the best superfood sources. To maximize her omega-3s, she ordered 48 6-ounce packages of wild Alaskan king and sockeye salmon. She ordered sardines from Morocco.
Wolfert cut back on carbs and gluten after hearing that they might hasten the progression of the illness. She has a light snack in the afternoons, often gluten-free crackers spread with coconut oil. She usually skips dinner because she's not hungry and for the supposed benefits of intermittent fasting. Lunch is light — usually seafood and vegetables — followed by an espresso and a square of dark chocolate, both of which might slow memory loss.
Is any of it working? The only evidence she can cite is that she looks and feels better than she has in years.
"I know I'm not better," Wolfert says, "but I'm not getting worse."


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Police patrol on the beach near a home in Acapulco, Mexico, where masked and armed men broke in and raped six tourists.
A gang of masked men entered a vacation home near the resort city of Acapulco and raped six Spanish tourists, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.
The assailants, brandishing guns, first tied up the men with phone cords and the straps of bathing suits and then raped the women, The Associated Press reported.
A police report, obtained by Prensa Latina, a Cuba-based Latin American news service, said that 15 subjects with ski masks sexually abused the Spanish women, and also stole the belongings of a Mexican national and six Spanish men.
The assault took place Monday in the town of San Andres, Barra Vieja, in the Diamante area of Acapulco.
Acapulco Mayor Luis Walton and the state prosecutor for Guerroro said Mexican federal police were involved in the hunt for those responsible, CNN reported.
"It's a very delicate situation," Walton said at a news conference on Tuesday in which he condemned the attacks. "We are going to have the full weight of the law against those responsible."
Walton admitted the attacks would likely tarnish Acapulco's image. The Pacific Coast resort city and its beaches are a popular destination for tourists, including American college students on spring break.
Though the number of rapes in the area is unclear, in one weekend in March 2010, at least 13 people were killed in and around Acapulco in apparent drug-gang violence, including four victims found beheaded. And, according to Reuters, some 70,000 people nationwide have been killed in drug-related violence since 2006.
Though millions of people travel to Mexico each year without incident, the U.S. State Department has issued a warning to travelers visiting the country. It says travelers to Mexico should be aware that "crime and violence are serious problems throughout the country and occur anywhere." Travelers to the Acapulco area are urged to exercise caution and stay within tourist areas.


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Edward Alden and others explore ideas and initiatives for rebuilding American economic strength.
Shannon K. O'Neil analyzes developments in Latin America and U.S. relations in the region.
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In a cogent analysis of why the United States is losing ground as a world power, Blackwill and Harris explore the statecraft of geoeconomics. More
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India now matters to U.S. interests in virtually every dimension. This Independent Task Force report assesses the current situation in India and the U.S.-India relationship, and suggests a new model for partnership with a rising India.
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Holiday season officially kicks off
One glance at store shelves in early November reveals an unavoidable truth – the holiday season is fast approaching.
For some – including an old Grinch like me – it's a bit too soon to be donning that gay apparel and slinging around the Christmas tinsel.
Curmudgeonliness aside, Elkins is beginning to look – and feel – a lot like Christmas.
Elkins ON TRAC started hanging decorations downtown recently, including LED rope-light displays around the Delmonte, Bialek and Wilt buildings.
The City Square has been decked out with lights and wreathes that welcomed residents and travelers alike for the annual Polar Express train rides.
On Monday, crews were afoot decorating the rest of the city with banners, wreathes and a variety of other holiday frills.
In keeping with the Christmas spirit, there are several events scheduled to get residents in the holiday mood.
For the first time, a holiday market is being offered. The bazaar started Nov. 7 at the Delmote Hotel and will run through Dec. 15.
Hours of operation will be from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.
AmeriCorps member Dustin Smith worked with ON TRAC on the project that showcases local businesses and their merchandise.
Organizers are hoping area residents will utilize the market for some of their holiday shopping needs.
As Dec. 25 approaches, other popular events will help to ring in that special time of year.
The annual Christmas Parade in Elkins is scheduled for 7 p.m. Dec. 6. The route begins in South Elkins at Wimer Field and ends at the corner of Davis Avenue and Fourth Street.
This year's theme is Sugar Plums and Christmas Drums.
Following the parade, area youth will have the opportunity to get their photo taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Children can share their wish lists with the jolly old St. Nick at the YMCA.
The Inter-Mountain will again be taking the photos, which are popular keepsakes and remembrances.
These are just a few of the holiday happenings in the city, with many, many more scheduled throughout the area.
Although I never have been much of a festive person, it is heatwarming to see the city, local businesses and so many organizations come together to brighten the city for this season of giving and thanks.
This is the time of year many families and children make memories that last a lifetime. With all the effort being put forth by so many, it truly will be a holiday season not soon forgotten.
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- Ten acres. Maybe not much to work with, but for Javier Mancha it was the acreage he obtained and worked by hand when he returned from the Vietnam War in 1969. It was his start.
JAVIER MANCHA, left, visits with NRCS district conservationist Serafin Aguirre about pasture conditions and grazing plan for his cattle.
Ten acres. Maybe not much to work with, but for Javier Mancha it was the acreage he obtained and worked by hand when he returned from the Vietnam War in 1969. It was his start.
For the U.S. Army 1st Logistical Command veteran it was a cherished portion of God's green Earth, and that sliver of land in Maverick County, Texas, on the Mexico border, was the beginning he needed to raise a family over the next four decades.
Mancha's Rosita Valley farm is known for growing some of the hottest peppers and the sweetest melons. Mancha raised and sold enough produce from this fertile valley to put four daughters through college, and eventually obtained additional land to raise cattle.
"I have always loved to farm," Mancha says. "I married my wife in 1967 and began my career as a farmer in 1970. Together, we have raised cantaloupe, watermelon, peppers, squash, hay grazer and alfalfa.
"When my father was 10 years old, he came to the U.S. (from Mexico), and he was soon responsible for helping his mother raise a family and provide for his siblings. In 1946, he opened a grocery store in Eagle Pass and worked as a butcher and baker."
That work ethic is still ingrained in Mancha's grandchildren, who work in the summer months selling their grandfather's producer at roadside stands.
In 1983 Mancha's original 10 acres turned into 40, and he grew to be respected for the same high quality and dependability as his crops.
"We struggled at times, but I learned not to fight nature but (to) work with it, and I tried to learn something new every day that would make it easier for the next generation," Mancha says.
"It is an enormous sense of pride not only to farm, but also to know that it has provided for my family," he says. "I could not have done it alone; I had good people support me and help me along the way."


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Rebecca Shrimpton has been acclaimed as "a simply exquisite vocalist" for "her mastery of the art of singing" and "nearly perfect control and truly expressive depth." (All About Jazz; All Music Guide; All About Jazz Italia) Her CD, Madman's Moon, with guitarist Eric Hofbauer, garnered international praise, earning a four-star review from the All Music Guide and making the Top Ten CDs of 2005 lists of Jazz Times and Canadian radio station CHUO FM. Her latest CD, Wallflower in the Amazon, features music by composer Darrell Katz, with blues legend Mike Finnigan from Jimi Hendrix' Electric Ladyland. The 2009 release, Requited, features new songs by internationally best-selling novelist Anita Diamant (The Red Tent) and pianist Bert Seager, with Rick DiMuzio, tenor sax, Jorge Roeder, bass, and Richie Barshay, drums.
Shrimpton has appeared with Joe Lovano, Steve Lacy, Oliver Lake, George Russell, Ran Blake, and George Lewis, and is vocalist for Boston's 18-piece Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, with whom she has recorded five CDs. Gaining a reputation as a composer's singer, Rebecca has performed new works with Darrell Katz, Laura Andel, Daniel Felsenfeld, among others, as well as her own compositions, one of which debuted with luminary bassist Cecil McBee and singer Roberta Gambarini. She has also been featured on two PBS/NPR concert broadcasts and recordings, performing alongside singer/actor Theodore Bikel.
Shrimpton has extensive training and performance history as both a jazz vocalist and a classical mezzo soprano. As a voice teacher, she embraces jazz, modern classical, blues, R&B, gospel, folk, country, and pop, while providing instruction in healthful vocal technique, improvisation, development of individual sound/style, repertoire, theory and ear training.
B.A., summa cum laude, Union College. M.A., Miami University. M.M., academic honors and distinction in performance in jazz studies, New England Conservatory. Jazz studies with Dominique Eade and John McNeil. Coachings with Sheila Jordan and Ran Blake. Masterclasses with Mark Murphy. Recordings on Rounder, Cadence, Accurate, Red Toucan, Innova, Invisible Music, and Creative Nation Music (CNM).
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John O'Neil has served as an editor on a number of desks at The New York Times since arriving in 1989, including metro, Washington and special sections.
He has written on a wide range of subjects for the paper and the Web site, including health and education, with an emphasis on special education. In 2004, his essay about his son's autism was the closing installment of a series the paper nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
In 2006, he made the jump to online journalism, working as a writer on the continuous news desk. In 2007, be became editor of is the editor of Times Topics, which evolved into an up-to-date online encyclopedia based on the paper's coverage ranging from the civil war in Syria to cabernet sauvignon. The project also encompassed an array of historical subjects, and featured essays by a number of prominent historians.
Before joining The Times, Mr. O'Neil worked as a stringer for The Associated Press in Africa; as a writer for The Reporter Dispatch in Westchester County, N.Y., and The SoHo Weekly News in New York City; as a reporter and managing editor at The Hudson Dispatch in Union City, N.J.; and as an editor at The Record in Hackensack, N.J. He majored in history at Yale University.
Outside of work, he has been involved in a number of autism awareness efforts. For one, SingSOS! Songs of the Spectrum, he wrote lyrics for original songs about autism that were recorded by Jackson Browne, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw and others.
He lives in Millburn, N.J., with his wife, Dr. Marcia Sherman, and their sons.
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