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The search for missing 35-year-old Leighton Grant in Taupo has turned to Motutaiko Island after items including a wetsuit were found there.
Mr Grant was last seen on Friday and his car was found on Monday at Hallets Bay, just south of Hatepe.
Last night searchers found items including a red, grey and black wetsuit on the island and police believe they belong to Mr Grant.
A team of about 25 LandSar volunteers and police officers are now focusing on a comprehensive search of the Island and its surrounding waters.
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DUCKS NOTES: Scouting Arizona; Remington's return; Lyerla's place; and more
EUGENE - The scouting report on Arizona, Oregon's first Pac-12 Conference opponent at 7:15 p.m. Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.?
The Wildcats (1-2) have lost to top-10s Oklahoma State and Stanford. Quarterback Nick Foles and his cast of receivers, including the superb Juron Criner, do some damage. But, even though Keola Antolin returns at running back, the Wildcats haven't done much on the ground.
"They're trying to find their gun game and figure out their offensive line," UO defensive lineman Isaac Remington says.
The Arizona offensive and defensive lines are in the process of rebuilding.
"We're somewhat of a mirror image of each other," UO coach Chip Kelly says, of Arizona's lines. "The first thing that jumps out at you is their offensive line size. ... They're athletic on the defensive line."
Defensively, Arizona has lots of athleticism, and really good defensive backs.
Oregon (2-1) hopes to continues its momentum from two lopsided wins against lesser teams. The Ducks got their offense going after the LSU loss, but defensively, the D-line hasn't registered many tackles for loss and the Ducks give up more than 200 yards rushing per game.
"We'll have to bring some pressure on (Foles)," defensive end Brandon Hanna says. "Contain the rush lanes and make sure we can get to him quick. They spread the field. I don't think they have the strongest running game right now, but because of the past games (of UO rush defense) they might try to throw that at us."
Says Kelly: "I have great respect for (Foles). He's big, accurate and tough. They're six deep at receiver. They have a prolific passing offense. It's the best group of receivers in the league."
• Remington, a nose tackle, gets a shot to stick it to Arizona. Remington, from Queen Creek, Ariz., committed to the Wildcats during his second year at Phoenix College, but the Wildcats pulled their offer after the 6-5, 280-pound player got hurt.
The Ducks swooped in and signed Remington, who redshirted last season and emerged as a starting D-lineman for the Ducks in the first three games.
"I'm ready to go back home," says Remington, who doesn't deny that playing well against his home state team would make him feel well.
• Remington, meanwhile, has quite the Jesus look going on - long straight hair, bushy beard. He isn't planning on shaving the beard anytime soon.
"Itched at first," he says, of his two-tone facial hair. "I haven't clipped it, yet. I'm going to try to wear it all year."
• Kelly wants to temper some of the hype about freshman tight end Colt Lyerla, who has three touchdowns on three receptions.
After all, Lyerla ran the kind of routes to the right places to score. Nothing more than that.
"Not slighting Colt," Kelly says. "He was open three times in the end zone.
"Colt's a work-in-progress," he adds, referring to blocking and other things. "He was forced into being the No. 2 tight end" behind David Paulson, with Brandon Williams retired from injury.
"I don't think Arizona's game-planning to beat Colt."
Lyerla, meanwhile, opted not to talk with reporters after his two-touchdown performance against Missouri State.
• Speaking of Oregon players not, er, speaking, once-suspended cornerback Cliff Harris and linebacker Kiko Alonso are still not granting interviews. Alonso played extensively against Missouri State; Harris played some cornerback, but an apparent finger injury prevented him from returning punts.
One wonders how much Harris will play against 'Zona, considering the Wildcats' passing game.
"The finger has nothing to do with him playing defense," Kelly says. "Have our other (corners) played well? Yeah."
• Kelly says the Ducks still have to improve on finishing blocks and ball security on offense, and lining up fast, running to the ball and tackling on defense.
• Freshman De'Anthony Thomas has impressed running and catching the ball, and returning.
At 5-9, 160, Thomas isn't built to be an every down running back. But, Kelly says there is no thought of making Thomas a full-time receiver. He'll be a hybrid player for the foreseeable future.
"Our job as coaches is to get the ball in his hands," Kelly says. "We can throw to our backs. The plan for De'Anthony is to find out how many different ways we can get him the football, and not put a label on him."
• Kelly says the Ducks who won the Pac-10 title the past two years had great chemistry and attitude. "We're still trying to find out who we are," he says, of this year's team.
• Kelly expects the environment at Arizona Stadium to be energetic. In both 2007 and 2009, UA fans lined the sideline late in the fourth quarter; in '07, the Wildcats ended up upsetting the Ducks, in '09 they left disappointed after the Ducks tied the game in regulation and won 44-41 in overtime.
"I don't think our guys get overwhelmed by the environment they're in," he says.
• A reporter tried to get Kelly to take credit for en vogue uptempo offense, and Kelly wouldn't take the bait, pointing out that no-huddle offense has been around for a long time, and run to great success by the Cincinnati Bengals of QB Boomer Esiason and Buffalo Bills of QB Jim Kelly.
New England, with QB Tom Brady, has been devastating early in the NFL season with tempo.
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Fears of military action in Syria, which caused stock markets to tumble this week, eased today and the FTSE 100 index was upbeat as merger and acquisition activity lifted the mood.
Investor concerns of imminent military action took a breather as western powers waited for a conclusion to UN investigations on the use of chemical weapons.
Equities had been out of favour as investors rushed to safe havens such as gold, and Brent crude yesterday reached six-month highs. Today the price of crude oil slipped back $1 to $115 a barrel, and equities were back on the front foot.
The Footsie 100 index climbed 44.23 points to 6474.29.
Chris Beauchamp, market analyst at spread-betting group IG, said: "There was a welcome dose of optimism, which is why we're seeing the FTSE tiptoe back in the direction of 6500. Yesterday's close above 6400 suggests there is life in this uptrend yet."
Mega M&A action is back on the cards as telecoms giant Vodafone returns to discussions with partner Verizon on the potential sale of its 45% stake in its US joint venture Verizon Wireless. Vodafone was top riser, calling up a 17.2p gain to 206.4p.
A good set of results from media and advertising giant WPP also helped sentiment, and it was 50p higher at 1228p.
Docklands Light Railway operator and outsourcing specialist Serco was bottom of the blue-chips, down 60p to 545p, after it said it is investigating financial irregularities in its prisoner escorting contracts.
Security group G4S, which is also facing an investigation over prisoner-tagging contracts, revealed its new chief executive Ashley Almanza bought 100,000 shares at 251p. Goldman Sachs today rated the group a Sell with a 194p price target, and it declined 3.8p to 248.7p.
Oil and gas explorer Soco International is returning cash to shareholders, and reported record production for a third successive half year. It jetted up 14p to 400.9p.
On Aim, Goldman Sachs issued a slight note of caution on the success story at online retailer Asos, one of whose fashion lines is pictured. It said it has a "more cautious view on profitability progression over the next three years" but retained its Buy rating and a 6750p two-year price target. Asos strutted up 36p to 4762p.
Quadrise Fuels International has closed a contract with Maersk to supply it with its "low-cost fuel", which is an alternative to oil, and it surged 2.5p to 15.2p.
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The proliferation of alcohol retailers in Wanganui is unsustainable and taking its toll on the community.
That is the view of two local liquor store franchisee holders, who are disappointed the Wanganui District Council has not agreed to take a stronger stance against the establishment of new alcohol outlets.
John Sherwood of Mickey's Super Liquor and Jenny Murphy of Liquorland Wanganui say the four new off-licences set up in Wanganui since 2010 have saturated the market.
They say at least 14 local former employees from their two outlets and The Mill Liquorsave - in Victoria Ave and Somme Parade - lost their jobs as a result of aggressive competition.
In May, the Liquor Licensing Authority found Thirsty Liquor in Wanganui East - one of those new off-licences - had sold alcohol to minors on three occasions within a one-month period last year and the application to renew its licence was declined.
Wanganui District Council's community and environment committee last week rejected a recommendation to oppose any new off-licence applications.
Those objections would have been lodged with the District Licensing Agency - which is based at the council but operates as a separate entity - and treated in the same way as any other objection to a liquor licence application.
While that would not have guaranteed the rejection of all new off-licence applications, Mr Sherwood said it could have at least declared an opposition to the establishment of any more.
Both he and Ms Murphy admit the recession has impacted on their trade, with alcohol being a discretionary purchase.
But the economic downturn was nothing in comparison to the unsustainable competition posed by the new outlets, they said.
Mr Sherwood said that, even aside from the job losses, it had affected their ability to contribute to the community through sponsorship.
Ms Murphy said that, as a result of that competition, alcohol prices in Wanganui were reported to her as being among the cheapest in the country. She said a social impact study of bottle stores needed to be conducted.
The Government's Alcohol Reform Bill, which is still making its way through Parliament, aims to give communities the ability to set local liquor policy controls.
The pair hoped the council would take advantage of that.
A local alcohol policy is being developed for the council in anticipation of the bill becoming law.
Opinions were divided on the issue at last week's committee meeting.
Councillor Rob Vinsen disagreed with the blanket objection, suggesting instead that the council oppose applications made unsuitable by virtue of the history and character of the applicant and the outlet's proposed location.
Mayor Annette Main was also uneasy about endorsing such a hostile approach. "I share Rob's concern for the opportunity for new, quality businesses coming to Wanganui. For example, what if a new supermarket wanted to come to Wanganui?"
But Councillor Jack Bullock was firmly in favour of the recommendation.
"Go into town on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday evening and you'll see young people drinking and fighting," he said. "In Wanganui East there are three [alcohol retailers] within 200m of each other, so you can't say Wanganui doesn't have a problem with the density of bottle stores."


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Advantage and Disadvantage across Australia's Extended Metropolitan Regions: A Typology of Socioeconomic Outcomes
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Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
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All in all, Sal Perreca, network chairman, is keeping it in perspective. He has assumed stewardship of the 60-person agency until a replacement is found, and he's not rushing things. Perreca will stay in the role until he familiarizes himself with the agency, its people and clients. Only then will he feel comfortable hiring someone to fill Cobb's shoes. "I'm wearing a couple of hats here, but that's fine," he tells MM&M. "I'd rather do that now so that I can really know what kind of a person…and what kind of a structure I need there."
While Cobb's departure appears to have been a result of a decision by the network, Perreca declines to comment on the circumstances. "We came to an agreement, and it was time for me to leave," is how Cobb described it in an interview for mmm-online.com.
Her departure follows Pfizer's decision earlier in the year to move its ophthalmology business, including the worldwide Xalatan account (which Pace held for eight years) and global Xalacom account, over to its mainline agencies. (Pace is expected to cease all work on the accounts later this year.) Almost immediately after, Pace pitched and won Bayer's oncology franchise, which includes the global account for kidney cancer drug Nexavar (sorafenib). Coming on the heels of the Pfizer loss, Nexavar offered a morale boost.
Existing Pace accounts include emergency contraceptive Plan B, which made an OTC switch last year under a restricted access program. Pace does the consumer and professional creative for the brand, as well as for other women's health products from Duramed—the proprietary unit of Barr Labs—including the contraceptive Seasonale and its follow-on Seasonique.
Producing both professional and DTC ads distinguishes Pace. Although Lowe Healthcare's flagship agency, Integrated Communications, is now offering combined campaign capabilities thanks to the recent decision by Interpublic Group to move consumer agency Alchemy under its aegis. Lowe's Interlink shop is even getting into the act, relaunching a line of cosmeceuticals to plastic surgeons and the spa/salon crowd.
Cobb had been with Pace for 16 years, running the agency since January 2000 and growing it every year since. At the network level, another longtime fixture left—erstwhile chief administrative officer Bill Young, who is now EVP/CAO at IPG sister shop Draftfcb Healthcare. Frank Galella, formerly Lowe Healthcare CFO, is now COO, encompassing IT, network operations and personnel, which had been Young's forté.
In February, Chuck DeMarco shifted from Integrated to Pace to fill the new role of executive creative director. Another senior-level hire, Michael Krocker, joined as Lowe Healthcare SVP/director of global branding and integration. Krocker was once CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide Healthcare.
With a number of global accounts in the network, the need to maintain strength throughout the global network is paramount. Lowe Healthcare has been working to develop the healthcare expertise of its affiliates.
HR remains the toughest test, though, as the Pace situation shows. "You always want to find business, but…when you do good work, that seems to find you, sometimes," Perreca says. "To get the right people into these positions, that's going to be our biggest challenge."


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Moody's latest study of delinquencies of commercial mortgage-backed securities has found that commercial real estate in smaller cities is riskier than in larger ones, even when the debt level of buildings in larger cities is considered.
Report author Sally Gordon, a Moody's analyst, studied about 40,000 commercial real estate loans valued at almost $US330 billion underlying CMBS deals from 1995 to 2003.
She also found that the traditional life insurance experience in commercial real estate was that delinquencies peaked in years three to seven before starting to decline.
CMBS deliquencies had a different profile.
Ms Gordon said there were several possible explanations for this.
One was that life companies had options other than foreclosure. Another was the different composition of CMBS and life company portfolios.
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Time could also be a factor.
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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
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|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
Boston Unversity faced the 13th ranked University of Connecticut Huskies at the Hartford XL Center for the first time in 12 years, dating back to their preseason NIT pairing in 1997. After getting walloped by 28 points, 94-62, BU probably wishes they will not have to come back to Hartford for another 12 years. The Huskies dominated the majority of the game from start to finish, easily putting away the Terriers after the first 10 minutes of play.
Injuries have plagued BU this year, and Coach Pat Chambers was only able to dress nine bodies. Starters Corey Lowe and Valdas Sirutis were nowhere to be found and Scott Brittain was forced to sit because of a preseason concussion. BU's Jake O'Brien won the opening tip-off of the game, and the team seemed to hang in with UConn for the first ten minutes of the game. A hot start by Tyler Morris and John Holland had BU up 13-9, just seven minutes into the contest.
The teams traded baskets, and the game was knotted at 15 midway thru the first half. However, it was only a matter of time before Jerome Dyson, Stanley Robinson, and Kemba Walker took over. Sloppy Husky play allowed BU to hang around for the first half, but once BU shots started rimming out, UConn's high powered offense was on full throttle; there was no stopping them. BU missed shots turned into Stanley Robinson fast break dunks and simple turnovers led to Jerome Dyson and Kemba Walker two-on-one lightly contested layups. UConn tallied 37 points over second part of the first half, and this game was over by halftime.
John Holland poured in 23 points to lead BU, many of them as time expired in the second half. The second half featured much of the same gameplay as half number one. UConn's inside height towered over the smaller Terriers, and the Huskies won the rebound battle 54-29. Many Husky fans received a scare as Jerome Dyson fell to the ground, seeming to tear his groin muscle on an agile drive thru the lane. He eventually returned to play and scored several baskets to put the icing on the game. Much heart was shown from the Terrier players, as Coach Chambers congratulated Tyler Morris, Holland, and O'Brien for their 110% effort. BU returns home after the loss to face a more manageable Bucknell team on Sunday, December 7 at Agganis Arena.
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Kids Polysaccharides
The focus on healthy living has grown in the past few years, and is the reason that a market for kids polysaccharides even exists. There is a bigger drive towards eating foods that are low in fat and calories and high in nutrients. People have also begun to be concerned with exposure to toxins and now have an understanding of how harmful that can be.
With this new healthy conscious developing there has been a great rise in scientific research and study into better ways to prevent and treat diseases and illnesses. The focus has shifted from creating pharmaceuticals to trying to find more natural ways of keeping people healthy.
History of Polysaccharides
One such discovery through this process of natural living has been nutraceuticals. Nutraceuticals are natural, plant based substances that are taken as supplements. There have been plenty of studies that have shown the benefits of a range of nurtraceuticals, such as glyconutrients.
Polysaccharides are actually one of the most promising discoveries of the nutraceutical studies. This supplement has great promise as being one of the most beneficial nutraceuticals on the market. To better understand the potential risks and benefits of new health products, it's a good idea to understand the basic assumptions behind them.
Overview of Essential Sugars
As you have already learned, polysaccharides are a nutraceutical. It is a dietary supplement for both adults and kids. Polysaccharides contain a blend of the 8 essential sugars needed by the body. These 8 essential sugars are: xylose, fucose, galactose, mannose, N-acetylgucosamine, N-actylgalactosamine and N-actylneuaminic.
Polysaccharides become beneficial to the body when they attach to proteins. This creates glycoproteins that serve as a covering on cells. Through this covering cells can communicate. The communication of cells is vital to the survival of the human body. Without enough polysaccharides to attach to the proteins, the body simply uses the proteins and some cells may go uncovered and therefore be unable to communicate properly with other cells.
Main functions aided by taking a polysaccharide supplement are the formation of collagen, the sustaining and proper operation of the immune system, communication of cells, the process of fertilization, blood clotting and lubrication within the body. The main benefit of having enough glycoprotein in the body is overall good health.
Cell communication helps to keep a person free from disease and illness, slows aging and tells the body how to function and how to react. Every cell in the body needs glyconutrients. This cellular identifier is a common deficiency in adults and kids, which leads to an array of illnesses, diseases and other health issues.
Healthy Claims of Polysaccharides
It is clear that the body needs polysaccharides, but it is not so clear why there is a need for a supplement. The reason behind this has to do with the food we eat.
Most people believe that by eating a balanced diet, avoiding unhealthy foods and eating fresh fruits and vegetables that they get all the nutrients they need. This used to be very true. It is no longer true, though. Food today is much different than it was in the past.
It may be hard to realize just what modernization has done to impact our food. Food travels farther than ever before due to the ability and ease of transportation by train, air, boat and road. Farmers use new methods of harvesting, planting and maintaining crops. Packaging of food has changed, too, with many new technologies being used to package food faster and more efficiently. All of these variances have had an affect on the food we eat, stripping them of vital nutrients.
People who eat plenty of fruits and vegetables likely believe they are getting all the nutrients they need because these foods are naturally packed with a lot of nutrients. Unless you are eating fruits and vegetables that you just got from your own garden, you are not getting near the amount of nutrients you think you are.
The food you buy at the grocery store has been grown in soil that may not have all the necessary nutrients. This food has been harvested quickly and probably earlier than it should have been so it can ripen as it is transported and set on the store's shelf. It has also traveled far and been sitting.
Food that is grown in nutrient depleted soil, harvested too early and off the vine for longer than 48 hours will have a great loss of nutrients. Once you get that food home you likely cook it is some way, and this process further depletes the nutrients.
This is why most people do not get the needed glyconutrients in their daily diet and why there is such a need for a glyconutrient supplement.
Benefits of Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides are a solution to many health problems. They are not a medication that treats symptoms, but rather a supplement to the body's natural defense system - the immune system. Polysaccharides do not treat symptoms. Instead, they get to the root of the problem.
Essential sugars aid in and help to treat many common health problems. These problems include general problems like inflammation and more severe health concerns such as HIV/AIDS and cancer.
White blood cells attacking bacteria in body tissue cause inflammation. Polysaccharides help to increase the ability of the white blood cells to attack the bacteria, so this in turn reduces inflammation.
HIV/AIDS is caused when the virus attaches to cells, converting the cells into the virus and spreading it throughout the body. Glyconutrients proponents claim that they help to prevent HIV/AIDS from attaching to cells and thus halting the spread of the disease.
Cancer cells are tough and they often break away and start attaching to other cells in the body where they then grow into a tumor. Chemotherapy is often a treatment method for this disease. Polysaccharides aid chemotherapy by weakening the cancer cells so they can not spread throughout the body and adding the drug to better reach cancerous cells and kill them.
Kids Polysaccharides
Kids are at even greater dietary risk than adults to regards to nutrient deficiency. Kids are picky eaters and despite the best efforts from parents they often do not eat the right foods. Even then, due to nutrient depletion in foods, the little healthy food they may be willing to eat is not packed with nutrients. Kids can easily become deficient in glyconutrients. A deficiency in nutrients has been directly linked to malnutrition in kids. Polysaccharides supplements are very safe for kids because they are an all natural, food based substance.
Polysaccharides have been shown to help reduce common childhood illnesses, both those caused by bacteria and viruses. They have also shown to be very beneficial in the treatment of some serious health conditions often occurring in childhood, such as ADHD, severe food allergies and autism.
How Kids Polysaccharides Make Healthier Kids
Kids polysaccharide supplements provide children with the nutrients they lack in their diets. This boost of nutrients is linked to improvement of some serious childhood health problems, as mentioned.
ADHD is a neurologically based disorder. It causes behavioral problems and is linked to the body's improper reaction to stimuli. The actual cause of ADHD is unknown and treatment methods often include medications which cause a range of side effects. Many parents claim that this condition is greatly improved through the use of polysaccharides. Polysaccharides suppress symptoms of ADHD by helping the cells to communicate properly and therefore react to stimuli in an acceptable way.
Severe food allergies go beyond just a simple rash from eating a food. Severe allergies can lead to breathing difficulties, shock and even death. They can be caused just by being around food that triggers the reaction. Severe food allergies are caused by a malfunction in the immune system. Polysaccharides aid the immune system and help it work properly which allows kids suffering from severe food allergies to be able to enjoy a lessened reaction or no reaction at all to the food allergy.
Autism is another condition where the cause in unknown. It has been linked to toxins in the body. Kids with autism that take glyconutrient supplements get the benefit of the natural cleansing as glyconutrients rid the body of some toxins. Symptoms of autism may lessen in a child taking polysaccharides.
These serious health concerns are currently being studied more in depth to see just how glyconutrients work to treat them. There is a range of patient data that backs up the fact that glyconutrients are very beneficial to kids and can help them avoid major health problems like these.
Recommended Daily Allowance of Kids Polysaccharides
There is no risk associated with taking polysaccharides. The ingredients are naturally found in foods we already eat. Therefore it is not possible to overdose on the products. The daily recommended dose of kids glyconutrients is � to one teaspoon per day. This can be increased by � teaspoon per day if the child is ill. Follow directions on the package, and always inform your physician of any supplements you give your child.
Using Kids Polysaccharides
Adding polysaccharides into your diet or a child's diet is not difficult. There are many different forms of supplements from juices to pills. They are also easy to find. Stores online and offline stock polysaccharide supplements. Bulk discounts can make them very low cost. With no side effect risk and being all natural, glyconutrients are considered safe.
The benefits of polysaccharides have been seen in numerous studies with many in the medical community starting to recommend a supplement for people of all ages. As more research is done into the benefits and function of polysaccharides there is likely to be much more interest in getting parents to add a kids glyconutrients to the family's diet for maximum health.


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here, got a big table.12 of us
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figured i'd dump some shots from friday on here... and one of justin looking seductive as hell
Lmfao..... I make it look good
Didn't know gymnastics teach you that..
GD. that car is beastly.
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I don't think I'll be out tonight for the cruise. Got hit with the Ohhh so lovely taser and my back is all f-ed up
Anyone one the big island i am from la i have a bagged mkv jetta hit me up
Anyone coming out today at waikele, at 7pm ill be here for little while
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2006 GTI MKV BT HTA 35r, Unitronic, Mahle, BSH, Eurojet, IE, AEM, Borla, ClutchMaster, APR, Draft42....For Sale PM me for details
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Anyone goin out at 7pm? Or 9?
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MK6 GTI / MK1 Scirocco S
I'll be out at 930-10ish. Worse case scenario, I could meet up with you guys later for some 's.
sorry for splitting tonight fellas. i wanted to stay and eat with you all, but my buddy wanted to stay in the car and be awkward
i'll come out next week and be less lame, promise.
DERBZ- its not just a made up word, its a made up way of life.
Hey guys
Im coming to HI for vaca and would like to meet some vw locals! I wont be landing till about 9, but will be here for 10 days. I'm a big enthusiast, I have a 97 glx vrt, 80 sportruck, 82 aba truck, and a few others.
Ill be staying in Honolulu marriott 96815
Hope to meet some people
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Will do
tuengling..best beer on the planet..i will def have one tonight then.
how have the GTGs been? havent been out in a long time .
So what time does this kick off, I got a friend from Philly that dodged the superstorm that wants to hit up the VW GTG?
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Cadillac CTS First Generation Forum - 2003 - 2007 Discussion, Opening the trunk in Cadillac CTS Coupe, Sport Sedan and Sport Wagon Forums; When I use either the key fob or button on the door panel to open the trunk on my CTS, ...
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Opening the trunk
When I use either the key fob or button on the door panel to open the trunk on my CTS, all it does is open the latch so the trunk can be opened manually.
I've had my old car so long and I'm not used to all these power locks, windows and such. But isn't the trunk spose to pop open all the way when I push the button?
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Mine does the same thing, thats how they are desigend, i wonder if a tighter spring would fix it? Its pretty annoying to push a button on ur key just to open it manually!
ditto here. I never gave it much thought, but I guess it could be annoying.


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text: I just returned from Home Depot with a 4x8 sheet of plywood, but now my 95 suburban is holding it hostage. The left rear door latch quit working, and won't open. The right door opens fine, but the handle in the door jam of the left door isn't connected to the locking mechanism. It just flops around. Any ideas how to unlatch the door? Do you have to drill those rivets out around the latch? Help! This is not how I expected to spend my Sunday. :grrrrrr: ---------- Post added at 02:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:23 PM ---------- ok, I got the answer from an internet search. The carpeted lower panel will come off with the door shut. Start from the latch side of the door and pop the carpeted panel off with a "interior panel removal" tool (You know, the tool with the divided blade that goes around the plastic posts that snap the panel to the door frame). You may be able to use a large flat blade screwdriver if you are careful. Once you have the panel off you can reach the mechanism and unlatch it.


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The New Yorker, June 8, 2009 P. 90
The cover of R. Crumb's newest work, an illustrated version of "The Book of Genesis," contains a warning label: "ADULT SUPERVISION RECOMMENDED FOR MINORS." Crumb says that he wanted to prevent people from thinking, Oh, a Bible comic book; I'll give it to my kid! Crumb, who is sixty-five and will become a grandfather this fall, around the time the book appears, was worried that readers might forget what the Bible is really like. . . .


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Some Reflections on Selecting a Bible
I frequently get asked what version of the Bible I would recommend. It is a good question because there is a bewildering variety of translations and special editions on the shelves (physical and vitual) of booksellers. And the truth is that not all of them are created equal. Some translations are easier to read while others are more accurate in their translation of the Bible's original languages (Hebrew for the Old Testament and Greek for the New Testament). Translators are always trying to render the biblical text in ways that are both accurate and readable. The problem is that this is not always possible and they have to make a choice as to which direction to lean. In addition, some versions display a bias towards certain understandings of Christianity while others do not. Such biases can hinder or prevent the reader from arriving at an accurate understanding of the biblical text. Therefore a more neutral translation is preferable to heavily biased one. What version of the Bible that you should buy depends on how you plan to use it. People read the Bible for a wide variety of reasons but the two main purposes are for study (such as participation in a Disciple Bible Study class) or devotional reading. If you have to choose one type over the other, I would opt for a Bible designed for serious study because it is possible to use a study Bible for devotional reading but the reverse is more difficult. Below, I have divided some of the popular versions of the Bible into these two categories and offered some thoughts on them.
Study Bibles: 1.Harper Collins Study Bible (New Revised Standard Version/NRSV with verse notes and various explanatory materials) - There is some top notch scholarship in this version which should come as no surprise since some of the best translators and scholars worked on it. 2.New Oxford Annotated Bible (New Revised Standard Version/NRSV with verse notes and various explanatory materials) - This is another product of great scholarship. Some of the best scholars were involved in its production. For what it is worth, this my favorite study Bible. It got me through seminary at Duke and has served me well in seventeen years of ministry. 3.The New American Standard Version of the Bible – I use this one to check my own translations from Hebrew & Greek. It is very faithful to the original languages but it sometimes sacrifices readability to accomplish its goal. If you want to get a sense of the original languages of the Bible without learning Hebrew and Greek, this a good way to start.
Devotional Bibles: 1.The Message – a new and very readable translation of the original Hebrew and Greek texts into contemporary language and idioms (Be prepared for a double-take; this is not your grandfather's Bible). 2.The New International Version of the Bible (NIV) – This is an easy to read translation that does a respectable job of faithfully rendering the original Hebrew and Greek. I am not a fan of some the ways that it chooses to translate certain words and grammatical constructions of the original Hebrew and Greek but this is more a matter of personal preference than poor skill on the part of its translators. It has a tendency to be used in more conservative Christian circles but it is not overly biased in that direction. 3.The New Living Bible – This version tries to do the same thing as The Message, but is a little less startling.
*The Life Application Study Bible bridges the two uses reasonably well. It does neither in exceptional fashion, but it is relatively good for either study or devotional reading. It is essentially a New International Version or New Living Translation of the Bible with added explanatory notes and suggestions on how to apply passages to our lives. It leans a little toward the conservative side of biblical scholarship but not excessively so. The suggested applications may not work for everyone but they can jump start your own reflection on how to apply the scripture to daily living.
** I would avoid the Ryrie Study Bible or the Scoffield Reference Bible. These are biased toward a very literal interpretation of the biblical text that reads a particular schema for understanding the end times into every nook and cranny of the Bible. It does so with biased and dogmatic explanatory notes and by deliberately choosing to translate words and phrases in ways that are favorable to its viewpoint. To a certain extent, all translations are guilty of bias but these two are off the charts in this respect.
***If you like Shakespeare and can understand him without Cliff Notes then buy a King James Version of the Bible and take delight in the fact many Christians will think you have bought the only real version of the Bible. According to them, the Bible was first written in the King's English and only later translated into Hebrew and Greek. Or as one sagely woman once put it to me when I served a six point charge in the North Carolina mountains, "If the King's English was good enough for our Lord, then it is good enough for me." All kidding aside, the King James Version is a beautiful text that was the product of some of the best scholarship of the 17th century. The problem is that English language has evolved since its creation in 1611. In addition, more original language manuscripts have been discovered over the past four centuries and these have allowed scholars to fill textual gaps and compensate for the errors of scribes who hand copied the early texts. Therefore newer translations are more readable and more accurate.
No matter which translation you use, the important thing is that you spend time in the Holy Scriptures. I hope this brief guide has helped you select the version of the Bible that best suits your needs.


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Here's a new term: this movie is neither a sequel nor a prequel to 300, the story of the 300 Spartans who died battling the vastly greater army of the Persians. This is a "side-quel," a "meanwhile" story about what was going on in a sea battle led by Spartan's rivals, the Athenians. While "300" was based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller, itself based on historic events in ancient Greece, this side-quel was written at the same time as Miller's still-uncompleted follow-up, to be called "Xerxes."
We get a bit more backstory this time, too. In a previous battle, Athens' great warrior Themistokles (hunky Sullivan Stapleton) killed the Persian king. His furious son, Xerxes (returning Rodrigo Santoro) traded his humanity for godlike powers to get his revenge by invading Greece. The leader of the Persian forces is the even-more-furious Artemisia (Eva Green), who can kiss the lips on the head she has just severed, enjoying the kiss just slightly less than the kill. She is tougher than any of her generals, more lethal than any of her soldiers, and even hungrier for inflicting desolation on Greece than her king. And she has the kind of fearlessness only found in those who have nothing left to lose and who will never win enough to feel that they have succeeded.
Themistokles needs to get the support of the resolutely independent city-states if they are to hold off the far greater Persian forces. He knows that his men have heart and dedication, but they are not trained warriors like the Spartans. I could say more about the story, but let's face it — like the first film, this is about abs, swords, and lots of blood spurting in artistic slo-mo, drenching the screen.
The primary differences are the absence of Gerard Butler and the shift from battles on land to battles on water. We feel Butler's loss, as he brought a bit more to the original in terms of acting and managed to give his character some depth and personality in the midst of the carnage. But that works for the story, as the death of his character Leonidas is felt deeply in Sparta. The only thing that stands out from the carnage, though, is Green, whose Artemisia cranks up the cray-cray as one of the most evil-relishing villainesses since Cruella De Vil. There's a sizzling sex-and-fight scene (hmmm, Green did something very similar in "Dark Shadows") that is way over the top of whatever point over the top used to be. Green has a blast striding around casting laser beams of hatred at everyone, and wipes everyone else in the cast off the screen more thoroughly than her character does to to the "farmers, sculptors, and poets"-turned soldiers of Athens.
Parents should know that this film has constant very intense, graphic, and bloody violence with many battles, swords, fire, drowning, executions, rapes, disturbing images, nudity, sexual references and situations, and some strong language.
Family discussion: What are the biggest differences between the Greeks and the Persians? Do we think about war differently today?
If you like this, try: "300" and "Gladiator"


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There are gigs aplenty this week, with highlights from the international contingent being Brit trip-hoppers Portishead, bringing their reformed line-up plus new band to Vector Arena to perform tracks from their three albums tonight; and Grammy-winning laid-back pop sensation Jason Mraz performing at the Civic on Tuesday.
We've also got local supergroup Fly My Pretties winging into Auckland to perform three nights at the Mercury Theatre from tonight until to Saturday, presenting one act of new material, and a second act of old faves.
If you're feeling charitable, Rock for Starship at Juice Bar on Friday night will have Blam Blam Blam and Andrew Fagan among others performing to raise funds. And Flying Nun's 30th birthday celebrations continue with a Kings Arms show on Saturday from HDU and The Verlaines.
This silent movie will never have sounded so good when the NZSO arrive to perform a live soundtrack to a screening of gargantuan 1927 German expressionist film Metropolis on Saturday evening at 8pm in the Town Hall.
The gloriously restored print of Fritz Lang's film, will be enhanced by Gottfried Huppertz's original orchestral score, the rich Wagnerian language of his music providing the perfect partner to Lang's dystopian vision of a city of wealth and want in the year 2026.
Also opening this week is the Steven Soderbergh-directed Contagion, an action-thriller about the threat posed by a deadly disease with an all-star cast. And for something a little less terrifying, Beginners is a heartfelt comedy-drama about a young man rocked when his elderly father reveals that he has terminal cancer, and a young male lover.
Fans of The Wire will be pleased to see that the new drama series from its creators, Treme (pronounced tre-may), begins screening on SoHo this week (Thursday, 9.30pm). In fact, everyone should be pleased really - it's one of the best darn shows to come out in a while. Set in New Orleans three months after Hurricane Katrina, Treme is steeped in soul and music, and full of unique cultural references. It gently prods at the cause of the disaster, while also following this community as they find ways to carry on, regardless of the destruction.
And returning to SoHo this week is Dexter, kicking off season six, on Tuesday at 8.30pm. There's also a one-hour special on the final of the Smokefreerockquest, which was held at Claudelands Arena in September, on Four, Saturday at 5pm.
It might sound like a bit of an oxymoron, but Art in the Dark, an event that showcases over 30 works of light art, installations and creative performances, returns to Ponsonby's Western Park this weekend between 8pm and midnight on Friday and Saturday. Free.


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Memorial to stolen children
Jul 08, 2013 , 3:50 PM by Vicki Kerrigan
It's 100 years since Kahlin compound in Darwin was opened. Aboriginal children, stolen from their families, were taken to the compound where "...they were stripped of their language, their law, their families, everything that makes up the identity of a person." Larrakia women, artist and activist June Mills has decided to make a memorial to those children by making them clothes which represent different clan groups and cultures across the Northern Territory.
June has called the project, Memorial to Stolen Children, and she has started a Facebook page which is documennting each of the 100 baby outfits she plans to paint. June's grandmother, Kilngaree, was stolen from her family at around the age of 4 or 5 and sent to Kahlin. Click below to listen to June talk about the connection between her grandmother and her granddaughter and this unique art project she has undertaken.
Pictured above is June (in the middle) with her daughter Kay, her brother Robert and granddaugter Zyneek.
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This was Brainerd
20 years ago (1992)
The Warrior girls had no individual winners as they placed sixth in the Class AAA True Team state meet, but took three second places: Turena Johnson in the 3,200 meter run, Jenny Johnson in the 110 high hurdles and Jennifer Imsande in the 300 low hurdles.
30 years ago (1982)
(Photos) 13-year-old Mike Jones of Nisswa hooked a 9-14 walleye in 14 feet of water during the Minnesota fishing opener, using a Floating Jig-Head and leech. Donald Ohr of Princeton caught this 10-2 walleye in nine feet of water on a Rebel Perch.
40 years ago (1972)
(Photo) Brandy, a Chesapeake Retriever, seems proud of himself as he lounges on Mayor George Bedard's desk. The dog is credited with saving the life of Clarence Hanson after his boat swamped on Pelican Lake, by pulling Hanson back to the boat until help arrived.
60 years ago (1952)
It appears that the opening weekend, in addition to producing a record turnout of fishermen, was one of the most successful in years. The largest walleye weighed 10-2, taken on a Lazy Ike at Cross Lake. And a 20-pound northern was hooked at Gull Lake.
80 years ago (1932)
Police scoured the city for traces of a swarthy-faced man who, about 8:30 this morning, robbed Earl DeRocher, driver of a Model Laundry truck in West Brainerd. The man robbed him of $20 at gunpoint, then escaped in an older Model T Ford.
100 years ago (1912)
Les Hallett is the hero of a fishing adventure which eclipses anything before in Brainerd. While casting his line at the hospital bridge, he felt an awful pull. A huge pike threatened to take both pole and fisherman. He needed a wheelbarrow to get the 23 pounder home.


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"A good old rodeo never hurt anyone."
"I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something."
Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actor. After his hockey career was ended by a knee injury, Taylor moved to New York in 2002 to pursue modeling and study acting. He moved to Los Angeles in 2004, where he worked for Diesel and Abercrombie & Fitch, and by 2006, he was cast in his most well-known role: Tim Riggins in the hit series Friday Night Lights. He went on to star in buzzed-about films, including Battleship, Savages, alongside Blake Lively, Lone Survivor, and HBO's The Normal Heart. In 2014, he was cast in Season 2 of of HBO's True Detective, premiering June 21, 2015.
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Taylor is best known for his role as Tim Riggins on the TV series Friday Night Lights.
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Before he became an actor, Taylor played junior ice hockey in the British Columbia Hockey League, but his career was cut short by a knee injury. He is known to keep his personal life very private.
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It might seem obvious that the more the news media report on crime, the more afraid of crime we will become.
Proving it, however, is another matter.
What's a lot easier to show is the simple fact that the media do devote an awful lot of time and space to covering crime, something the current Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Judy McGregor, investigated for an article she published in 2002.
McGregor looked just at newspapers, but she showed that the "hard news" space going to crime was on the rise, reaching around 20 per cent in the nation's major dailies.
It might have come as a surprise, then, to read this month that crime rates across the country - including here in the Bay of Plenty - are at record lows. The police did a good job of breaking the data down by region and putting together easy-to-read, downloadable reports of crime stats.
The 26-page report for the Bay of Plenty looked at different kinds of crime as well as trends, and showed total crime had dropped about 9 per cent since 2011, and has (mostly) been trending down for well over a decade.
Internationally speaking, New Zealand is a pretty safe country: it's among the top 10 safest in the OECD, with assault and murder rates among the world's lowest.
If that's true, and if crime really is going down, why do the news media devote what is arguably a disproportionate amount of hard news space to covering it? The obvious answer is that crime is news, but that just invites the next question: what's news?
For a long time, I bought into the "news values" theory I learned in journalism school, with all those noble goals of the Fourth Estate: to inform, to educate, to reflect society, to write the first draft of history, to speak truth to power. (Okay, I didn't learn that last one in journalism school.)
As anyone with an internet connection knows, journalism is in crisis and if journalists ever did have high-faluting notions of why they do what they do, they've surely been disabused of most of them by now.
The not-so-secret truth is that the news value that really matters is the one that sells the most papers. Whatever that happens to be.
Discussing the revamp of The New Zealand Herald a few months ago, the paper's editor, Shayne Currie, spoke of the increasing commercial pressures on newspaper editors. "We get about two ... seconds to capture the reader's eye," he explained. And there's nothing like a big headline to do that.
Hard to prove or not, an over-emphasis on crime is likely to make us feel less safe - at least, less safe than the statistics suggest we should feel. A solid research study published some years ago in the British Journal of Criminology actually set out to try to measure the impact of crime reporting on how people feel.
It concluded, as you might expect, that the papers that report the most crime and do so in the most sensational way have readers with the highest levels of fear. The authors were careful to say they couldn't prove a causal link and pointed to the need for more research.
It would certainly be interesting to update the study and carry out a local version. The results might be surprising. We've been reading about so much crime for so long, it could be that it doesn't bother us anymore and we've simply become immune. Which might be why the headlines just seem to get bigger and bigger.


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Pipos is a ball jointed doll company that produces lots of cute anthro bjds, and some tiny human ones. They recently released two new dolls, dreaming Mari and Cube. Dreaming Mari is a 26 cm human doll, and Cube is a 29 cm rabbit. These two dolls are not limited.
Dreaming Mari costs US$260. Options include two bust sizes, the facial makeup seen in the images, and extra hands. Cube costs US$245, and you can also get his facial makeup and choose between white and gray resin. You can also purchase dreaming Mari's wig and outfit and Cube's outfit separately.
I love temperamental girls, so dreaming Mari is a hit with me. I love those sulky eyes and that little stern mouth! But she's also available with wider eyes, and she's really cute like that, too, so I imagine it would be hard to choose between them. As for Cube, I find him a little unsettling, but lots of people adore anthro dolls and are sure to love him. What do you think of them, Tomo?


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Nation needs intervention to get Cheney out of office
By Roscoe C. Born, Baltimore Sun
Seriously, now is the time for a real intervention.
Those close to President Bush, people whose faith and loyalty he cannot doubt - first lady Laura Bush, his parents, perhaps an elder statesman or two, his preacher - need to assemble in his White House quarters one night soon, lock the door and sit the president down for a serious, forever-secret talk. Unlike the YouTube "intervention" parody on the Internet, the subject would not be the Iraq war, at least not primarily. The focus needs to be on Vice President Dick Cheney.
Mr. Bush's confidants need to gently but frankly tell him this:
With the detailed record that The Washington Post has compiled of Mr. Cheney's extremism, his contempt for the law and constitutional democracy, and his thirst for aggression, the nation no longer can run the risk that he could become president. And Mr. Bush, who seems to care about his place in history, no longer can allow his name to be associated with that of Mr. Cheney, who may be the most reviled vice president since Aaron Burr.
The president's interveners might try to impress on him the reality of the situation: According to a consensus of public opinion polls, more than 8 in 10 Americans disapprove of Mr. Cheney. Seven in 10 disapprove of Mr. Bush.
His administration is condemned for the catastrophe in Iraq, for the threat of a new war with Iran, for environmental damage, for wiretaps of American citizens, for their opened mail, for torture and hopeless imprisonment, for assertions of a right to ignore the law. Even stalwart Republican leaders are deserting.
In short, they could tell the president that, justly or not, the Bush-Cheney administration is widely perceived as a disaster. It has zero credibility. No single act by Mr. Bush, no legislative proposal, no earnest plea on television could change all this.
And worst of all, this is not the worst of all. The president's interveners could point out the possibility - tragically, we've learned this must be considered - that within the next 18 months, the unseen engineer of much of Mr. Bush's authoritarian policy, Dick Cheney, could become president of the United States, unfettered. Preventing that possibility could be the salvation of the Bush legacy, the interveners could tell him. Congressional Democrats feel the pressure for a power showdown with the president. The feeling is growing that somebody will have to answer for all this. Therein, the Bush interveners could point out, lies the answer.
With Mr. Bush's nod of assent, agents of the interveners would communicate with Mr. Cheney's people, and two-person teams from each side would arrive separately one night at a home in the Washington exurbs.
Mr. Bush's representatives would paint the picture and offer the deal:
1. Mr. Cheney's reputation, they would say, has been mortally wounded. He is a severe handicap to the administration and its hope of achievement in the remaining 18 months. Mr. Cheney must go.
2. The vice president's poor health is well known. It would be entirely plausible if Mr. Cheney were to announce that he has deliberated carefully, and for health reasons, he has decided he must resign the vice presidency, effective at once. His resignation, the Bush representatives say, would take pressure off the White House and, in the bargain, perhaps permit some legislative progress on important programs. Mr. Bush would come on television to praise the vice president's selflessness and dedication, and to wish him well - maybe give him a medal.
3. If Mr. Cheney refuses to resign gracefully, the Bush agents could explain, the president would have no choice but to bargain secretly with Democratic leaders. The offer: If they began impeachment proceedings against Mr. Cheney, the president and his administration would not come to his defense, and might even provide backstage support for the impeachers, such as documentation, memos, meeting notes, witnesses. Mr. Cheney would be disgraced.
In this scenario, if Mr. Cheney were thus induced to resign, President Bush would, in accordance with law, nominate a new vice president: Colin L. Powell. Both houses of Congress would immediately approve him; the American public would acclaim him.
Vice President Powell could devote his time in office to repairing some of the damage done to our image abroad and to America's vital institutions of freedom. President Bush's approval ratings might even start to rise again. And the GOP would, overnight, gain a potential front-running candidate for president with widespread appeal.
As for Mr. Cheney, he could retire to field and stream, and the devil take the hindmost. The nation would have been rescued from the worst of what has truly become, in the words of Gerald R. Ford after Watergate, our long national nightmare.
Roscoe C. Born, a Sykesville resident, was Washington editor of Barron's magazine and a reporter in The Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau. His e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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some very good thinking in this article.
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What an excellent solution to a tricky situation! But we still want to prosecute Cheney.
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The Hucul or Carpathian is a pony or small horse breed originally from the Carpathian Mountains. It has a heavy build and possesses great endurance and hardiness. The breed is also referred to as the Carpathian pony, Huculska, Hutsul, Huţul, Huţan or Huzul.
Hucul ponies are usually calm with a good disposition, and are used for both Hacking and pulling timber in otherwise inaccessible forested areas. They are usually bay, black, chestnut, or the grullo variation of dun, with a dorsal stripe and zebra stripes on the legs characteristic of the breed.[1] Their conformation traits include a short head with a relatively short neck, compact body, short legs, and sound feet.[2]
The Hucul bears some resemblance to the now-extinct Tarpan. Said to have originated in the Carpathian Mountain range of Eastern Europe covered by present-day Poland, Slovakia and Romania,[1] it is named after the small ethnic group of Hutsuls. However, the horse breed is much older than the Hutsul people. The Huculs are probably depicted on the monuments erected by Roman Emperors Domitian and Trajan, as Dacian draft horses. The breed was mentioned for the first time in written resources around 400 years ago (as the "Mountain Tarpan"). Unlike the Polish Konik, the Hucul has been only rarely cross-bred with domestic horses.
In the 19th century, the Huculs were used by the Austro-Hungarian Army.
In 1856, the first stud farm was established at Rădăuţi, Romania. Several bloodlines were established by the foundation stallions Goral, Hroby, Ouşor, Pietrousu and Prislop, and the horses were carefully bred to preserve the purity of these bloodlines. In 1922, thirty-three horses were sent to Czechoslovakia to establish a herd there which would become the Gurgul line. World War II caused a severe decline in the number of Hucul horses in Czechoslovakia. After the end of the war, only 300 Hucul horses remained there. It was not until the early 1970s that breeders established an organization, Hucul Club, to prevent the extinction there caused by the declining number. In 1982 they established a stud book with fifty purebred animals and the goal of increasing the numbers in that region.
Thanks to the efforts of breeders, the world population of these horses now exceeds 1,000. Most of them live in Poland, Slovakia, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. Many ponies in Europe also have Hucul blood. In recent years the popularity of this bred has spread as far as England.
Breeding centers
- Romania: Lucina
- Poland : Gładyszów, Odrzechowa
- Slovakia: Topoľčianky
- Hungary: Aggtelek
- Czech republic: Prague
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The daily rhythm of life is maintained by a circadian clock which allows an organism to coordinate a self-sustained circadian rhythm. The time kept by a circadian clock enables the organism to respond physiologically to daily environmental changes. This rhythm can be maintained endogenously, even after long periods of time in total darkness. Light entrainment is the resetting mechanism by which light exposure can alter the phase of the circadian cycle. Prokaryotes, fungi, plants and animals have been reported to be entrained by light triggering of the circadian pacemaker, which generates the oscillation and regulates various output rhythms. In such manner, an organism's physiology and behavior can be temporally regulated.
Light entrainment is a more complex mechanism than a simple resetting due to light exposure. When an organism in constant darkness is exposed to a pulse of light during its putative "day," there is no resetting of the clock. Phase shift is affected only by exposure during putative night. Further, exposure at different times during the night has a different effect. A pulse early in the putative night induces a phase delay, while a pulse late in the night induces an advance. Thus it is context, as well as stimulus, that triggers light entrainment.
Three major classes of photoreceptors are present in plants: phototropins, cryptochromes and phytochromes. With these three types of receptors, plants are able to detect a wide range of the spectrum, from ultraviolet to far red. Based on this information, plants are able to maintain an endogenous clock that regulates a diverse array of activities including leaf opening, fragrance emission, carbon metabolism and leaf motion.
In contrast to mammals, cryptochromes are not a vital part of the entrainment mechanism in plants. Indeed, it has been shown that no single photoreceptor is entirely responsible for entrainment in plants. Another difference between the clock systems of plants and those of animals is that plants can actively regulate expression of photoreceptors as part of the feedback governing timekeeping. Animals cannot and therefore must use only downstream regulators. Initial work also indicates that the entrainment and regulation systems of plants have much more cross talk and more plasticity than their counterpart systems in animals.
How is circadian rhythm regulated in Drosophila?
Drosophila serves as a good model for circadian clock research since it is a well studied organism and many of the mechanisms governing its clock are conserved in other species. The Drosophila circadian oscillator is composed of two intracellular feedback loops in gene expression: a PER/TIM loop and a CLK-CYC loop. CLK–CYC heterodimers bind to PER and TIM promoters and activate transcription of both PER and TIM. The DBT and Shaggy/GSK3 protein kinases regulate PER/TIM accumulation and nuclear transportation. TIM binds to phosphorylated PER-DBT and stabilizes the complex. PER is also stabilized by PP2a, which removes phosphates that were added to PER. The TIM–PER–DBT complexes are phosphorylated by Shaggy which, promotes their transport into the nucleus. TIM–PER–DBT complexes then bind to CLK–CYC, thereby removing CLK–CYC from the PER and TIM promoters and inhibiting PER and TIM transcription. In the nucleus, PER and TIM eventually dissociate, and PER is phosphorylated and degraded by DBT. Two more cycling transcription factors, Vrille and PDP1, form a second feedback loop by regulating transcription CLK and attributing the oscillation of PER/TIM loop.
Entrainment Mechanisms
- Light exposure shifts the phase of the circadian oscillator. In Drosophila, mRNAs for TIM and PER are highest at the beginning of the night; TIM and PER proteins start to accumulate in the cytoplasm. In the middle of the night, as accumulation of PER-TIM-DBT complexes in the nucleus, CLK–CYC induced transcription was inhibited leading mRNAs of PER/TIM drop. Several photoreceptors are activated by light, and these photoreceptors then trigger the degradation of TIM via tyrosine phosphorylation. The light dependent degradation of TIM in the late night is accompanied by stable phase advances in the temporal regulation of the PER and TIM biochemical rhythms.
- A different link between light and central clock of Drosophila is cryptochrome (CRY) which is a blue-light sensitive pigment protein and plays a different role in the light entrainment. CRY transcription is influenced by other clock genes such as PER, TIM, CLK, and CYC. CRY protein levels are significantly affected by light exposure. Importantly, circadian photosensitivity is increased in a CRY-overexpressing strain. (Emery, 1998) It has been shown CRY binds to TIM in a light dependent way and causes fast degradation of TIM upon such binding, relieving its action as a transcriptional inhibitor. These physiological and genetic data link a specific photoreceptor molecule to circadian rhythm. CRY serves a major photoreceptor dedicated to the resetting of circadian rhythms in Drosophila.
How similar are fly and mammel circadian rhythm regulation?
The light-responsive properties of the circadian pacemaker are conserved between flies and rodents. Are these timekeeping mechanisms conserved? Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) have been shown the target of direct retinal projections and required for entrainment by light. The rhythm was eliminated when SCN was ablated. In mammals, a heterodimer, CLOCK and BMAL1, binds to the transcription promoters of PER and CRY, and activates their transcription. CKIε, homologue of Drosophia DBT, phosphorylates cytoplasmic PER and triggers its degradation. There are three different forms of PER (mPER1, mPER2, mPER3) and two different forms CRY proteins (mCRY1, mCRY2) in mammalians. The PER binds to CRY and CKIε to form a repression complex that translocates back into the nucleus. The complex interacts directly with CLOCK and BMAL1, and results in loss of their activation activity.
Are different light entrainment mechanisms used in mammals?
Since mouse TIM does not show function similarly as in Drosophila to control rhythm and mouse cryptochromes (mCRY1 and mCRY2) have no distinct role in being photoreceptors for entrainment, mammals likely use different mechanisms of light entrainment. Eye loss in mammals abolishes light entrainment, indicating that the eyes provide the major source of light information to the clock pacemakers. Mice without both rods and cones photoreceptors are blind, but they still retain many eye-mediated responses to light. Retinal ganglion cells express melanopsin, a photo pigment that confers this photosensitivity. However, the melanopsin deficient mutants only show attenuation of circadian rhythm. Recently, the study done by S. Panda et al. showed that outer-retinal degeneration with a deficiency in melanopsin mutant exhibits complete loss of light entrainment of the circadian oscillator. We can conclude that both the unique characteristics of melanopsin and photoreceptor cell type provide integrated inputs to SCN for light entrainment
Mechanism of Entrainment In Mammals
Phase change in the clock cycle can be effected by both photic and non-photic (usually endogenous) stimuli. By definition, only photic input defines light entrainment. Photic shifts take place through the direct retinohypothalimic tract (RHT). Entrainment depends on release of glutamate from the RHT nerve terminals in the SCN. This release induces a calcium influx which, in turn, induces phosphorylation of a CRE-binding (CREB) protein. Phosporylated CREB then travels to the nucleus, where it initiates transcription of clock-mediating genes. Recent work has indicated that histamine, rather than glutamate, is the final neurotransmitter in the entraining sequence, however this is still under debate. The same studies also indicate that histamine may be both the final neurotransmitter in the photic and non-photic pathways.
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