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It was dramatical the twelfth of the Turismo Carretera series disputed at Rafaela Raceway, where fourteen cars were involved in a spectacular multi-car incident in the first part of the race. Current champion, Ernesto Bessone (Dodge Nº 1), won...
It was dramatical the twelfth of the Turismo Carretera series disputed at Rafaela Raceway, where fourteen cars were involved in a spectacular multi-car incident in the first part of the race. Current champion, Ernesto Bessone (Dodge Nº 1), won the race in the track, but the final classification will be decided on tuesday.
With 60000 present in the circuit, it was all set to live a another fantastic party of Turismo Carretera. However it all changed on lap four of the main race, when Emanuel Moriatis (Ford Nº 18) spun in the middle of the 44 cars field. Moriatis received bumps from everywhere, but the most important was the one of Christian Ledesma, who couldn`t see the Ford, and hit him at 200 km/h.
Included in the melle were the championship protagonists Guillermo Ortelli (Chevrolet Nº 3), Omar Martínez (Ford Nº 4), Juan Traverso (Torino Nº 12) and Matías Rossi (Chevrolet Nº 48), among others.
Moriatis`s co-driver, Walter Jakowzuk, took the worst part. He was retired from the car unconscious after 15 minutes, and quickly received attention in the rolling hospital of the category, and later was moved to the city clinic. Rodolfo Balinotti, doctor of Turismo Carretera, explained the situation: "he in in coma 2-3 with prognosis reserved".
The situation of the others drivers involved is less delicate. Moriatis may have a fracture, Marcelo La Manna (Chevrolet Nº 93) suffered an important cut in his tongue, while Néstor Orsi, co-driver of José Savino (Ford Nº 57) received a strong knock in the chest and the right leg. There's no danger for any of them
When the situation was under control, the authorities of the race decided to continue with the race, using the system of add times between the laps before the accident and the rest of the competition.
Polesitter, Julio Catalán Magni (Dodge Nº 28), was confortably leading until he hit the wall, which made him forgate the dream of take his first victory in the series.
With just a few laps to end, Bessone received the leadership in the track, but he needed 1,3s over Ariel Pacho (Torino Nº 9), who was running third, to win.
The race finished with Safety Car, after many incidents and bumps to the wall, and Bessone, using all his experience in the series, accelerated in the end taking the gap he neded over Pacho. However the Torino driver talked to the stewards, who will decided the result on tuesday. The history of TC at Rafaela still needes another chapter. The end may be written.


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"It's a musical intifada, a musical uprising," says Shadia Mansour squinting in the sunshine outside the hip hop workshop she is running in the West Bank city of Hebron.
From inside, a DJ can be heard cutting out beats on his decks.
Ms Mansour has been dubbed "the first lady of Arabic hip hop", but she is perhaps the only lady of Arabic hip hop.
The 24-year-old British Palestinian rapper grew up in South London, but she is currently on tour in the West Bank.
Ms Mansour is giving concerts in Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah but is also working with local young rappers in free flowing jam sessions.
BBC News - British Palestinian rapper conducts a 'musical intifada'
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It's easy to forget that the once-excellent SSX series took a bit of a tumble when it last appeared back in 2007, thanks to a misjudged embrace of imperfect motion controls. Now having brushed off the powder and massaged its bruises, EA has come up with a new entry that offers the kind of extreme sports larks that have been in short supply during the reign of the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Rather than rehashing the instant speedy thrills of the past, this reboot moves with the times. The action might remain zippy, but now the focus is on honing your boarding skills and proving yourself on the world stage through the game's social features.
This emphasis means there's little sign of the madder excesses of previous SSX games. Instead there are sprawling courses based on topographical data from real mountains – though a few handy jumps and grinding rails having been added for your gnarly convenience.
Hazards – vast chasms and avalanches – are also here, so much so that on top of the usual racing and trick-performing challenges there are steep survival courses where the goal is simply to reach the bottom in one piece. This does mean SSX lacks some of the freewheeling fun of old, but to make up for that the game is blessed with social network-inspired features that provide a powerful incentive for self-improvement.
You can test your mettle against the ghosts of other players, compete in global events to win a share of the valuable in-game credits you need to upgrade your equipment and leave geotags on the slopes for others to collect.
But SSX doesn't have a simultaneous online multiplayer option and, while EA tells us it's old fashioned, we still think SSX is poorer for not having split-screen two-player races.
Overall though, SSX is a successful revival of the series that, despite toning down the accessibility, offers a great social playground for anyone who wants to try and conquer the slopes.


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Tomorrow, Harry Reid will hold a vote on cloture for the nomination of Stanley Fisher as Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fisher's nomination for a seat on the board was approved last month, but the Senate must hold a separate conformation vote on his nomination for Vice-Chair). Reid's motion also invokes cloture on the nomination of Dr. Lael Brainard to the board and the renomination of Jerome (Jay) H. Powell to the Board.
Senator Rand Paul has placed a hold on all Federal Reserve Board nominees until Harry Reid finally agrees to hold a roll-call vote on Audit the Fed (HR 24/S. 209). Campaign for Liberty members who want to Stand with Rand in favor of transparency at the Federal Reserve should call their Senators and ask they vote against cloture on all nominees to the Federal Reserve until Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid schedules a vote on Audit the Fed.
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My apologies for the delayed response. Essentially,you are looking for minimally or non-logged index builds so that you don't need huge log space. But clearly, this does not work for log shipping or database mirroring which require full logging. Based on your point, you already identified that hese indexes need to be rebuild for performance reasons.
SQL2008 mirroring provides compression for the log sent to teh mirror. So please try that and see if it works for your situation
Second thing to consider will be to see if you can partition your tables and have aligned indexes. This way you can bring down the size of indexes.
I am closing this as by design but please feel free to re-activate if you are not satisfied with the explanation.
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April 01, 2012 at 15:01:27 Apr 01, 2012 @ 15:01
Started running, this is a thread to help me and you stay motivated. roughly 4.5 miles this morning in 10 degree weather. Gonna hit the gym later and run one or two miles before workout.
werd ive been trying to run 3 miles every day or at least 5 times a week but its hard af to keep motivated especially since summers coming around and its hot as balls
where do you live that its 10 degrees. if you want to stay motivated stay accountable, find people to run with that will give you shit if you don't go.
how do you run so much without fucking up your knees?
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thinking about doing that couch to 5k plan soon. i want to ease into it and that plan seems popular.
Which supplement you take after workout?
Which supplement you take after workout?
i take the occasional protein shake to ease the soreness
anyone have a good workout to get back into running. i haven't ran in like 2 months and i need something to help me once i get back.
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I run around 4-5mil 6x a week.
7-8 months ago I barely ran 2miles 2x a week
Perhaps this amount is putting a impact on my legs?
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Question from Ed Henry: "Thank you, Mr. President. I wanted to follow up on Israel and Iran because you have said repeatedly you have Israel's back. And so I wonder why, three years in office, you have not visited Israel as President. And related to Iran and Israel, you have expressed concern about this loose talk of war, as you call it, driving up gas prices further. Your critics will say on Capitol Hill that you want gas prices to go higher because you have said before, that will wean the American people off fossil fuels, onto renewable fuels. How do you respond to that?"
President Obama: "Ed, just from a political perspective, do you think the President of the United States going into reelection wants gas prices to go up higher? Is that — is there anybody here who thinks that makes a lot of sense?
"Look, here's the bottom line with respect to gas prices. I want gas prices lower because they hurt families; because I meet folks every day who have to drive a long way to get to work and them filling up this gas tank gets more and more painful, and it's a tax out of their pocketbooks, out of their paychecks, and a lot of folks are already operating on the margins right now.
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"What I have also said about gas prices is that there is no silver bullet and the only way we're going to solve this problem over the medium and long term is with an all-of-the-above strategy that says we're going to increase production — which has happened; we are going to make sure that we are conserving energy — that's why we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars, which will save consumers about $1.7 trillion and take about 12 billion barrels of oil offline, which will help to reduce prices — and we're going develop clean energy technologies that allow us to continue to use less oil.
"And we've made progress."
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text: ISLAMABAD - Pakistan U-14 team comprising Sahibzada M Ali, Huzaifa Abdul Rehman, Hamza Bin Rehan and Mahin Aftab Qureshi along with the coach Jaleell Khan leaves for Bangkok, Thailand, from Karachi on Sunday morning.The team will participate in the ITF Asia Under 14 & Development Championship 2014 - Division 2, which commences at Bangkok, Thailand from today (Monday) to 17th of this month. Pakistan's former number 2 player Jaleel Khan while talking with The Nation said: "It is my very first assignment as coach of the junior team. All the players are very good, especially Sahibzada Ali is a great future prospect of the country who is playing exceptional tennis at international stage and had already won few events abroad. Mahin Aftab has already created waves in female circuit. She despite at a very young age had managed to climb to Pakistan number 4 in female rankings, which is by all means a significant achievement."He lauded PTF for sending juniors to international events, which would give the youngsters international tennis playing experience. "I would try to get best from my players and hopefully return with silverware, winning or losing is not matter at this stage, the thing that matters most is the platform, as these kids would benefit a great deal, it would be great learning experience for all of them," Jaleel concluded.


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'Wii U Will Have The Same Graphics As Xbox 360' – Microsoft
Wii U received a second reveal after E3 2011's false start, and although Nintendo showed its hardware off in greater detail, there were still many questions to be asked.
Microsoft Studio's vice president Phil Spencer has thrown his hat in the ring, suggesting that the Wii U is no more powerful – graphically – than his company's own Xbox 360.
Spencer gave his opinion on Wii U in a GameIndustry interview, "[Nintendo] are building a platform that is effectively a 360 when you think of graphical capability."
"Now they are really making an on-ramp for the back catalog of games that are on 360," Spencer added, "It is easy for those games to move over the Wii U. They've moved the buttons around, and they've made a controller that feels familiar for 360 gamers, so I get why they are putting those pieces together."
While Spencer is a self-proclaimed Nintendo fan, his opinion does seem to suggest that Nintendo is playing catch-up with Xbox 360. Spencer also stresses that SmartGlass is not an attempt to cash-in on the ideas behind the Wii U tablet.
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Objective: To investigate astaxanthin (ATX) neuroprotection, and its mechanism, on a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridine ion (MPP+)-induced cell model of Parkinson's disease. Methods: Mature, differentiated PC12 cells treated with MPP+ were used as an
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the
Astaxanthin (ATX), a non-provitamin A carotenoid found in the red pigment of shrimp, crab, salmon, and asteroidean, as a potent antioxidant, has been thought to provide health benefits by decreasing the risk of oxidative stress-related diseases [
Sp1 is a member of the Sp family of transcription factors that bind at GC boxes to regulate gene expression. Sp is usually an activator of transcription, upregulating downstream gene expression, and controlling cell growth and apoptosis. It is linked to the occurrence and progression of many diseases, including autoimmune disorder and malignant tumor [
However, the role of the Sp1/NR1 signaling pathway in 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+)-induced oxidative stress in PC12 cells has not been reported. Furthermore, whether ATX antagonizes MPP+-induced oxidative stress through the Sp1/NR1 cell-signaling pathway, has not been reported either. In this study, we used PC12 cells as a model of dopaminergic neurons, and caused cell injury with the neurotoxin MPP+. We observed whether ATX was protective and investigated its mechanism, finding that it may provide a promising candidate for chemoprevention and chemotherapy strategies for PD.
To evaluate the viability of differentiated PC12 cells after exposure to oxidative injury, the PC12 cells were treated with different concentrations of MPP+ (125–2000 μmol/L) for 24 h. Increasing concentrations of MPP+ treatment significantly decreased cell survival (
Astaxanthin (ATX), Mithramycin A (MIT) and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridine ion (MPP+) effect on cell viability of PC12 cells. (
The results of flow cytometry showed that ATX and MIT pretreatment could protect MPP+-treated PC12 cells from oxidative injury. ATX inhibited MPP+-induced oxidative damage in a dose-dependent manner. In the MPP+ group, ROS activity increased by 26.14%, compared with the control group. Compared with the MPP+ only group, the ATX-treated groups (5 μmol/L, 10 μmol/L, 20 μmol/L) showed decreased ROS activity (4.75%, 9.36%, 14.60%, respectively). In the MIT treated group ROS activity decreased by 8.79% (
ATX and MIT protect PC12 cells against MPP+-induced toxicity by clearing ROS. The groups were:
Following western blot analysis, immunoreactive bands were present at relative molecular weights of 115 kD, 106 kD, 42 kD (
The effect of MPP+, MIT and ATX on expression of Sp1 and NR1 protein in PC12 cells, shown by western blot analysis. The groups:
The real-time PCR showed that Sp1 and NR1 mRNA levels in MPP+ treated cells increased by 39.57% (
The effect of MPP+/MIT/ATX on expression of Sp1 and NR1 mRNA in PC12 cells with real time-PCR. Groups were:
Immunofluorescence microscopy showed that Sp1 (red) protein was found in both cytoplasm and nuclei, and NR1 (green) protein was mainly found in the cytoplasm of PC12 cells. In comparison with the control group, the expression of Sp1 and NR1 protein in the MPP+ group appeared to be significantly increased in the photomicrographs (
The localization of Sp1 and NR1 protein, as well as nuclear transfer of Sp1 in PC12 cells. The groups were:
The 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) model constitutes the best-characterized toxin paradigm for PD, clearly reflecting most of its clinical and pathological hallmarks [
Increasing amounts of evidence suggests that MPP+-induced oxidative damage plays a primary role in the induction of neuronal apoptosis [
Free radicals can damage cellular lipid, protein and DNA, leading to cellular degeneration and finally death. In MPP+-induced oxidative stress, Sp1 mRNA and Sp1 protein increase markedly. Following Sp1 overexpression, Sp1 binding to two GC-boxes was enhanced [
Cell culture reagents were purchased from Hyclone (Logan, UT, USA). Acrylamide and western blot reagents were purchased from Bio-Rad (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA). MPP+ (D048) and mithramycin A were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Astaxanthin (NO. 013-23051) was purchased from Wako Catalog (Wako, Tokyo, Japan). Sp1 (sc-420) and NR1 (sc-1467) antibodies were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). Actin antibody, mouse anti-goat IgG and goat anti-mouse IgG were purchased from Beijing Zhongshan Golden Bridge Biotechnology Company (Beijing Zhongshan Golden Bridge Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China). Sp1 (NC_005106.2) and NR1 (NC_005102.2) primers were synthesized by Shanghai Biological Engineering Company (Shanghai Biological Engineering Company, Shanghai, China). Labeled Donkey Anti-Goat IgG Antibodies (A11055, Alexa Fluor 488, green) and Labeled Donkey Anti-Mouse IgG Antibodies (A21203, Alexa Fluor 594, red) were purchased from Invitrogen (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazole-2yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide thiazolyl blue (MTT) were purchased from Wuhan Ling fly Technology Company (Wuhan Ling fly Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China). The remaining reagents were purchased from Beyotime Company of Biotechnology (Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology, Shanghai, China).
Highly differentiated PC12 cells, which were obtained from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Committee Type Culture Collection cell bank, were cultured in 100 mm tissue culture plates in high glucose DMEM supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum and 100 U/mL penicillin and 100 U/mL streptomycin. Cells were incubated at 37 °C in a humidified incubator (Forma Scientific, Marietta, OH, USA; Model No. 3130) containing 5% CO2. When the cells were 80%–90% confluent they were harvested and dispersed. The well-dispersed cells were then cultured for 24–36 h with ATX or an antagonist in the presence or absence of MPP+. The cultured medium was changed every 2–3 day. In some experiments, cells were pre-treated for 2 h with 10 μmol/L ATX and/or 0.36 μmol/L MIT, and stimulated with MPP+ (500 μmol/L) for 24 h. Control cells were cultured without MPP+.
MTT is absorbed into cells, and then converted to formazan by mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase. Accumulation of formazan reflects the activity of mitochondria directly and the cell viability indirectly. Cells were plated at a density of 1 × 104 cells/well in 96-well plates, cultured, differentiated and treated according to the above described methods. PC12 cells were treated with various concentrations of ATX (1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 20 μmol/L) or MPP+ (125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000 μmol/L) for 24 h
The 2′,7′-dichlorfluorescein-diacetate (DCFH-DA) assay was used to measure ROS production in differentiated PC12 cells treated with MPP+. DCFH-DA is a fluorescent dye that crosses the cell membrane and is enzymatically hydrolyzed by intracellular esterases to non-fluorescent DCFH. PC12 cells were seeded in six-well plates at a concentration of 105 cells per well. After the cells were treated with MPP+ and/or ATX/MIT, the medium was removed, and the cells were washed three to four times with DMEM. The cells were incubated with DCFH-DA at a final concentration of 10 μmol/L in high glucose DMEM without FBS for 20 min at 37 °C and washed three times with DMEM. ROS levels were measured using a flow cytometer (FACScalibur, San Jose, CA, USA) with excitation and emission wavelengths set at 485 and 535 nm, respectively. For each analysis, 10,000 events were recorded. The value for each treatment group was converted to a percentage of the control value.
PC12 cells, plated at a density of 4 × 105 cells per six-well dish, were treated with various concentrations of antagonist or ATX in media with or without MPP+ (500 μmol/L) for 24 h. The cells were washed with ice-cold phosphate buffered saline (PBS) several times, then the PBS was removed and cells harvested in RIPA Lysis Buffer (50 mM Tris pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 1% Triton X-100, 1% sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS, sodium orthovanadate, sodium fluoride, EDTA, 0.5 mM phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride (PMSF)). The lysates were incubated for 10 min on ice and centrifuged at 12,000×
Total RNA from PC12 cells was isolated according to manufacturer's protocol using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). Total RNA purity and integrity was confirmed by ND-1000 NanoDrop (NanoDrop Technologies, Wilmington, NC, USA) and 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA). RNA (1 μg) was reverse-transcribed into cDNA in a total volume of 20 μL using the RevertAidTM First Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (Fermentas, St. Leon-Rot, Germany). The cDNA (2 μL) was amplified with a sequence detection system (ABI Prism 7500) in a total volume of 20 μL containing 10 μL of the FastStart Universal SYBR Green Master Mix (ROX) (Roche, Penzberg, Germany) and each primer at 0.3 μM. Quantitative real-time PCR was performed using the ABI prism 7500 HT sequence detection system (Applied Biosystems, Forster City, CA, USA) based on the 59-nuclease assay [
Sp1 (forward, 5′-TGTGAATGCTGCTCATCAACTGTC-3′,
Reverse, 5′-CAGGGCTGTTCTCTCCTTCTT-3′), and
NR1 (forward, 5′-GCTGGGATTTTCCTCATTTTC-3′,
Reverse 5′-GGGCTCTGCTCTACCACTCTT-3′), and
β-actin (forward, 5′-GGAGATTACTGCCCTGGCTCCTA-3′,
Reverse 5′-GACTCATCGTACTCCTGCTTGCTG-3′).
The conditions for PCR were initial denaturation for 3 min followed by 95 °C for 1 min, annealing temperature for 1 min 30 s, and 72 °C for 1 min 30 s for 40 cycles and a final incubation at 72 °C for 10 min. The PCR product thus obtained was loaded on a 2% agarose gel and visualized by ethidium bromide staining. The bands obtained were documented for densitometry. The experiments were performed in triplicate to ensure reproducibility of results.
PC12 cells were permeabilized and fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and 0.5% Triton X-100. Slides were blocked with 1% normal donkey serum (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) in PBS for 30 min at room temperature. Cells were washed with 0.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) (Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology, Shanghai, China)/PBS three times with gentle shaking, then incubated with the primary antibodies diluted (Sp1 1:50 and NR1 1:1000) in 0.1% BSA/PBS at 4 °C overnight. Labeled donkey anti-rabbit IgG or anti-mouse IgG (Invitrogen, Paisley, UK) (1:1000 dilution) was used as the secondary antibody and incubated in the dark for 2 h at room temperature. The cells were incubated with 0.5 μg/mL DAPI at room temperature for 30 min and mounted with anti-quenching medium. Specific antibody binding was detected by Alexa Fluor 488-(green label) and Alexa Fluor 594-(red label) conjugated extravidin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). Confocal microscopy was performed using the Leica SP5 confocal microscopy system (Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH, Mannheim, Germany). Optical sections were taken at 0.5 μm intervals and images were captured and stored digitally for analysis. Fluorescence intensity was quantified from at least three random fields (1024 × 1024 pixels; 310 × 310 μm) per slide, three slides per experimental condition, and repeated three times using separate cell cultures.
All quantitative data were collected from at least three independent experiments. The final data are expressed as mean ± SEM. Differences between mean values were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and a
ATX as a potent antioxidant and has been thought to provide health benefits by decreasing the risk of oxidative stress-related diseases. This study showed that ATX at a concentration of 5 μmol/L exerted significant protective effects against MPP+-induced PC12 cell death, and ATX could specifically suppress Sp1 expression and Sp1 nuclear transfer, thereby suppressing NR1 expression. This study also found that ATX significantly reduced MPP+-induced intracellular ROS generation in a dose-dependent manner. In summary, we found that ATX exerts neuroprotective effects against MPP+-induced cell death and suppression of ROS production via the the inhibition of Sp1/NR1 signal pathway activation. ATX may also activate other pathways or protect PC12 cells by alternate mechanisms [
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Qinyong Ye conceived and supervised the study, Xiaodong Zhang participated in the DCFH-DA assay, immunohistochemistry, western blot analysis, and helped to draft the manuscript, Bixia Huang also helped to draft the manuscript, and Yuangui Zhu and Xiaochun Chen helped to conceive the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This work was supported in part by the Fujian Province Science and Technology Department Fund "Neuroprotective role of EGCG on the model of Parkinson's disease and its molecular mechanism" (No. 3031713).


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ALACHUA, Fla. -- John C. Marken, loving husband and father, former president of Bell & Howell's Micro Photo Division, passed away in Gainesville, Fla., on March 5, 2013, at the age of 84.
While in Wooster, John was a very active community member through the local Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Zion Lutheran Church, as well as Wooster Country Club.
He is survived by his wife, JoAnn; children, Doug Marken and Diane Masterson, along with three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Hi JoAnn, Doug (and family) and Diane (and family) -- I just happened to look at past history on Wooster obits and ran across John's obit. I just got down picking out photos for my father's passing last Saturday (services at Zion Lutheran this Sat.). (His obit was in 3/27 paper/online posting.) I specifically chose a picture of what I think was the housewarming party at the new Saunders house -- as I remembered the Markens were laughing and toasting and having a great time with the group. I always remember lots of laughter at the Marken household.
I had sent a couple emails to JoAnn's email to see if she came to Naples area last year and also about my father's passing just this week.
I am so sorry to learn of John's passing. I know he lived a very blessed life and loved all of you very much! Please let me know if any of you get toward the SW Florida area....I am a snowbird and down through June on/off.
Love, Janet
My memory of Mr Marken during his time at B& H is that he treated everyone with the upmost respect; knew everyone by their name. He was a remarkable leader and human being. It was a privilege to work for him!
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this is a recording of a bird call which I made from the back of my work place early one morning.I think it's a magpie but would be pleased if anyone could confirm or deny that ? :)
Yes an Australian Magpie, not a Corvid, it just looks like an European magpie.
It is a magpie. Wonderful sound, isn't it?
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By Kevin Allen, USA TODAY
PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia Flyers center Mike Richards' effort in the clinching Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals could be used as a video job description for how an NHL captain is supposed to perform.
Richards had a goal, two assists and was literally a force from Philadelphia's first goal to its last in the Flyers' 4-2 series-clinching win against the Montreal Canadiens.
"He doesn't say much, but he goes out there and goes through everyone," Flyers center Ian Laperriere said. "You want to follow a guy like that."
GAME STORY: Flyers advance with 4-2 win
Montreal scored 59 seconds into the game, and Richards got it back by surviving a race/collision for the puck with Montreal goalie Jaroslav Halak and defenseman Roman Hamrlik. When Philadelphia forward Claude Giroux threw a clearing pass up the ice, Richards went jetting after it. Halak came 35 feet out of his net and collided with Hamrlik and Richards as the puck went past them. Richards quickly rose to his feet and shot the puck into the empty net.
"We didn't come out the way we wanted, and one of our leaders goes out and does a play like that," Giroux said. "You know, it just shows how much of a leader he is on the ice, and he shows a lot of character on that play."
With 23 seconds left in the game, he fought off a defender to drive the puck into Montreal's end with an empty net. He was knocked down but pushed the puck toward the slot, where Jeff Carter knocked it home to end the Canadiens' rally hopes.
On Philadelphia's third goal, it was Richards making the perfect feed to Carter, who flipped into the net to give the Flyers' a two-goal lead.
Richards was 23 when named captain two years ago. Bob Clarke, the most famous captain in Flyers history, was 24.
"Every time we have a big game, it's Ritchie coming up big," said Flyers winger Simon Gagne.
Richards made an interesting decision as Philadelphia's captain after the game. He carried the Prince of Wales conference trophy into the dressing room. Superstitious captains have refused to touch it in the past because it's not the trophy they really want. Chicago captain Jonathan Toews didn't touch the Clarence Campbell trophy when the Blackhawks won their Western Conference title Sunday.
"I was for it," Gagne said. "I saw Pittsburgh two years ago not doing it, and they did grab the trophy last year. Oh, who knows, you know. I think you deserve to celebrate a little bit tonight for what we accomplished. It's a big thing."
Chris Pronger doesn't put much attention to the superstition story about the conference trophies.
He can do it either way," Pronger said. "It is what it is. If (we) win, you'll write about it. If we lose, you'll write about it. You're going to write a story either way. Doesn't matter."
Richards said there was debate on the ice about what to do.
"I thought a little about it last night, and my first instinct was to grab it," he said. "Obviously, (it) took us a lot to get here, and obviously, (it's) not the trophy that we want. But we haven't done anything conventional all year, especially in these playoffs. Might as well go against the grain one more time."
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Domaine Vacheron Sancerre 2008
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Winemaker's Notes
From one of Sancerre's most prized producers, this certified biodynamic Sancerre from the Vacheron family is medium bodied and juicy, with aromas of mineral, elderflower, pink grapefruit, and a faint note of white truffle. Raised exclusively in stainless steel, nothing stands between you and the peerless Sauvignon fruit that these chalky hillsides offered up in 2008.
Critical Acclaim
International Wine Cellar - "Very pale yellow. Highly aromatic bouquet of lemongrass, lime, smoky minerals and anise, plus a hint of white pepper. Dry, focused and pure, offering mineral-laced citrus and orchard fruit flavors given grip by dusty minerals. The finish is refreshingly spicy and very persistent. This will be fleshier and deeper with a year's more bottle age."
Domaine Vacheron Winery
The Vacheron vineyards are all close to the village of Sancerre itself and have been in the family for 9 generations. Today, this domaine is run by two cousins, the Messieurs Vacheron. Both have sons studying viticulture to carry on the family tradition. The vineyards cover 34 hectares with two principal soil types; "silex" and "caillotte" or chalk.
Organic viticulture has been a goal of the family for a number of years; as of 2003, the entire estate was certified organic. The following year the winery was converted completely to biodynamic agriculture--to be sure, you won't find more terroir-driven Sancerre anywhere else in the appellation. Jean-Dominique and Jean-Laurent Vacheron are ably leading the domaine to ever-loftier winemaking heights. The wines speak for themselves—always consistent, the quality of Vacheron Sancerre continues to astound. View all Domaine Vacheron Wines
About LoireView a map of Loire wineries Chenin Blanc, Muscadet and Sauvignon Blanc. For reds, Cabernet Franc takes center stage but the region also has plantings of Pinot Noir and Gamay. The AC of Cremant de Loire is popular – these are the sparkling wines of the Loire, usually made with Chenin Blanc.
Notable FactsAs for which grapes you find in which regions… Starting on the Atlantic Coast and moving east - Muscadet hails from the region of the same name, within the larger Nantes district, right on the Atlantic coast. The wines are dry, citrusy and pleasant, but rarely powerful or intensely aromatic. Just inland from Nantes is Anjou-Samur, home to Savennières, an excellent source of dry Chenin Blanc. To the east is Touraine, where you'll find the popular white region of Vouvray - Chenin Blanc shines in Vouvray, which can be dry, off-dry or sweet – the majority of those found in the states are a lovely and food-friendly off-dry. In the same district, Cabernet Franc makes delicious, delicate and elegant reds from Bourguil and Chinon. Finally, in the Upper Loire area, Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé turn out Sauvignon Blancs of razor sharp acidity and minerality.
About France - Other regionsWhen it comes to wine, France is a classic. Classic blends, grapes and styles began in the country and they still remain. Think about it - people ask for a Burgundian style Pinot Noir, they refer to wines as Bordeaux or Rhone blends - Champagne even had to pass a law to stop international wineries from putting their region on the label of all sparkling wine.
The top regions of France are: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Rhone. And these regions are so diverse! It makes sense that wine regions throughout the world try to emulate their style. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah are no longer French varieties, but international varieties. They may not be the leader of cutting edge technology or value-priced wines, but there is no doubt that they are still producing wines of great quality and diversity.
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Epson BrightLink 585Wi Projector Review
EPSON BRIGHTLINK 585WI Projector Intro: The Epson Brightlink 585Wi is an ultra short throw, interactive projector, sporting 3300 lumens. It targets the education projector market, suitable for both K-12 and higher education applications. Features include WXGA resolution, Wired and Wireless networking, including advanced features, Dual Pen use, and classroom filling sound. The Brightlink 585Wi is the middle of three new interactive projectors. The Brightlink 575Wi projector is similar, but with 2700 lumens, while the flagship Brightlink 595Wi has more advanced interactivity, including pen free, touch interactivity – use your fingers. Epson's pens work as well on that 595Wi. There's also a non interactive version, the $1499 Brightlink 585W (no "i"), for those not interested in full interactivity. This Brightlink series of projectors from Epson may primarily focus on schools, (including large educational discounts), but is also widely sold for business use as well. It brings ultra short throw and interactivity to conference rooms, training rooms, and at trade shows. The Brightlink Pro 1410Wi projector has even more features, and targets the executive boardroom but costs significantly more.
|Epson BrightLink 585Wi Specs
|Native Resolution
|Brightness (Manufacturer Claim)
|Zoom Lens Ratio
|Lens Shift
|Lamp Life
|4000 hours, 6000 in Eco mode
|2 years overnight replacement
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Brightlink 585Wi Projector - Overview
I expected great things from Epson's Brightlink 585Wi, considering that it's predecessor received our Best In Classroom: Interactive Projector two years ago. This newer version builds on that older projector's strengths. Interactive functions seem slightly improved. Sharpness, often a challenge with ultra short throw projectors had been very good, but the 585Wi is excellent, rivaling traditional throw distance projectors.
I'll be mentioning education, and the classroom quite a bit, but in reality, the Brightlink 585Wi is just as at home in a corporate boardroom, conference or training room. It's also very suitable for use at trade shows and other events where interactivity is designed, and fast, smooth operation demanded.
Networking features are advanced. Network administrators should find all the features they are looking for. The 585Wi has both wired – LAN networking, and Wireless. Wireless is accomplished by simply inserting the included wireless dongle into its slot, and, of course configuring.
Of course if your purpose is to place one of these (or its siblings) in a school classroom, then you'll appreciate that Epson offers an aggressive education program.
The Epson Brighter Futures education program includes huge discounts from the $2199 MSRP, an extra year of warranty, and an extra year of their support programs. Finally, schools get to purchase Epson's long life replacement lamps for $99, that's about half to 1/3 of what most lamps sell for these days.
The last Epson ultra short throw interactive projector we reviewed, we mounted directly to a whiteboard – basically drafting table style. This time around we kept things simple, going for a basic table top setup.
The projector can be mounted above the "screen" surface, be used table top, or mounted to the display surface. As an added bonus, it can be used to project horizontally using a table as the display surface. That means an interactive table. That may work well in a small classroom, an engineering station, or a museum display. The interactivity is the key reason for that type of setup. Epson offers the type of mount that you need for your configuration. You can see an example of their wall mount in one of the images above.
The Epson comes with two interactive pens and a pen case.
Remember, if you plan to use this projector interactively, that a traditional screen surface really doesn't work. A whiteboard or a "hybrid" combination of screen and whiteboard work better. The reason, of course are the pens. They are pressure sensitive, so pressing against a traditional screen surface is just going to push that surface in an inch or so, before the pen's contacts click. In other words, you'll end up stretching the screen surface, not a good thing.
We wish to thank Epson America for sponsoring this year's Best Classroom Projectors report, in which this projector is considered.
Brightlink 585Wi Highlights
- Very bright projector – 3300 white, and 3300 color lumens, for better than most color
- Impressive interactivity, tools, pens, etc.
- Support from 3rd party interactive software programs
- Wired and Wireless networking, including Crestron RoomView support
- Sharp image
- Ultra short throw design doesn't "blind" the presenter/teacher/student
- Extensive selection of inputs and connectors
- Multiple color modes, most with very good to excellent color
- Speaker system capable of handling small and medium sized classrooms
- Excellent warranty and support programs
- Additional breaks (on price, warranty) for educational institutions
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Dr. Carla Gerberry
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department
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Phone: (513) 745-4907
Fax: (513) 745-3272
- Ph.D. Mathematics Education, Purdue University, 2009
- M.S. Education, Mathematics Education, Purdue University, 2004
- B.S. Education, Concentration in Mathematics, Youngstown State University, 2003
First Year at Xavier University:
Female Persistence in STEM fields, Efficacy Beliefs in Mathematics and Teacher Learning
Professional Interests:
Female Persistence in STEM fields, Efficacy Beliefs in Mathematics and Teacher Learning
Dr. Carla Gerberry's area of research is Mathematics Education. Her specific interests are self-effiacy beliefs of females in Mathematics and how this influences persistence in STEM fields. Other areas of interest are teacher learning and implementation of state and national standards coupled with teachers' use of inquiry based learning while carrying out such implementations.
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We had to do a rather quick kitchen floor fix right before Christmas. Why? Well, we have had sticky squares of linoleum down on the floor for @6-7 years. Over those years we have had water spill on it, water leaks, breaking tiles, and other things. Quite a few of the tiles were badly scratched up, and we happened to have a box of the tile sitting in the basement. We were having a party, and didn't want to have anyone say anything so we decided to just quickly get it back in a better looking condition. After I did this the floor looked a bit strange because various parts of the floor were brand new looking, and looked out of place. It almost looked like scattered glass tile.
My wife tried telling her nephew that we had gotten some miracle stuff in from blogging, and that it turned a badly worn floor into a new looking floor. He actually believed it for the first few minutes until she laughed, and then he knew that he had been had.


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text: Hello All. My name is Eric and I am new to the site. I'm currently the owner of a 2010 GT and was wondering if it was possible to swap the entire Radio section of my 2010 GT with a 2011/12 Premium Radio section (i.e. A/C Cluster, In-Dash Nav screen...etc) and still keep all of my SYNC functionality. I am trying to maintain a "stock" form. Yes, most of the replies might be "Why not just get a 2011/12". Well I love my 2010 and thats all too it


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HOUSTON -- The latest accusations of brutality by the Houston Police Department involve a shooting, a beating and something else—slow and sloppy investigations by HPD's Internal Affairs Division.
And one of the alleged victims is a Houston basketball legend.
Michael Young said he still cannot figure it out.
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Adjacent Routes
A fine crack climb which provides one of the (few) real gems of the Upper Circle, pumpy and quite awkward to protect. It starts on the lower left toe of the buttress and follows the prominent crack on the right to a lower-off. Good value.
I used to think that this was a soft touch E1 but having recently revisited I found it fair E1 and 5b - perhaps I'm getting old!
HVS 5a is spot on. Nice steady route although not quite as nice as PingPong.
Bit thin for HVS and 5a - I say it's E1 5b albeit the lower end of the grade.
first limestone route of the year thought the gear looked rubbish didnt trust it at all so phsycologically it was nearly a solo. ran it out from the start of the hanging crack to the last 4m headwall
Thought the middle section was a bit goey for HVS with the gear placements a bit iffy, felt it was more like the old guide book grade of E1 5b. The bat 1/8/06
I reckon it's closer to the old guide book grade than HVS 5a
Maybe it was because we had just done Ping Pong and Erithaca (both hard E1), but I thought this was soft for HVS, good gear throughout. But the grade is irrelevant, it's a fine line on clean, solid rock in a great setting.


text: ...NSMB involves much more design? I'm not trying to be rude here, but seriously. Let's consider the games we're comparing for a moment. NSMB is a side scrolling series involving platforms, the exact same enemies and friends, usually the same style of environments, with maybe a couple new power ups thrown in there. Maybe. The level designs have also usually been done before, as noted in the NSMB2 review. Call of Duty, while rather lacking in the innovation category itself, at least has the decency to give people new enemies and new weapons every time out(and, I might add, they do it every year as opposed to the Mario Staff having 3 or so years in-between games). Which brings me to my next point: I find all this consistent bashing of Call of Duty for "not innovating" to be rather ridiculous. I'm no Call of Duty fan, but the amount of hate it gets for "not innovating" is flat out stupid. There are plenty of games out there that don't do a ton of innovating from the preceding games they draw upon. The Ace Attorney series(well, the non Edgeworth games) have basically been the same since 2001. 3D Zelda has been the same "fetch quest, dungeon, boss, fetch quest, dungeon, boss" pattern for the last 14 years. Metroid Prime 3, outside of new controls, had very little in the way of new innovations from Metroid Prime. And you know what? That doesn't make any of these games bad. If there are people in the Call of Duty community who prefer that same style of gameplay and always want more, then let Infinity Ward produce it and let them go crazy. I'm not one of those people, but the fact that Metroid Prime 3 did very little new in terms of innovation from the original Prime didn't make it any less enjoyable for me. Nor did Trials and Tribulations carry any less enjoyment from the original Phoenix Wright because it had similar gameplay. Lack of innovation does bother me in some games more than it does in others(I didn't enjoy Skyward Sword as much as most people seemed to) simply because the gameplay there already wasn't my favorite, and a lack of innovation tends to stick out more on repeat performances. I'm also not saying that NSMB2 will be a bad game: I just find the notion that people get so angry at Call of Duty for not innovating to be rather annoying. Anyways, bit of a side rant there. If, for example, a Metroid were to be announced to be released next July(a giant stretch, I know) then forget my original intention to buy the Wii U at the end of next year. I'm buying it before Metroid comes out. In essence, my attempts to be frugal shall be disregarded if a Metroid is announced for the near future.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. - In preparation for his first season as head coach of the Saint Leo tennis program, James Bryce has announced the addition of University of Tulsa graduate Marta Marcinkowska as his first assistant coach.
Marcinkowska comes to Saint Leo after concluding a Division I playing career at the University of Tulsa where she regularly competed against Conference USA and top national talent. During her career she played regularly in all three doubles slots, finishing her career at the No. 1 doubles and No. 4 singles position where she won the C-USA Championship her junior and senior years.
"Marta will help raise the level of this program with her extensive Division I playing experience," Coach Bryce said of his new assistant. "She will help in all aspects of both programs, especially on the women's doubles side of things."
A native of Poland, Marcinkowska had a career singles record of 46-29 and doubles mark of 65-33 at Tulsa, which ranks her seventh on the all-time doubles wins list at Tulsa.
An extensive background in the sport of tennis prior to playing for the Hurricanes, Marcinkowska was the three-time Vice-Champion of Poland for the Under-18 and Under-21 divisions in doubles play in 2004 and 2005. She also won three national singles titles as a junior and earned her highest national ranking of 17th in Under-18 singles and 10th in Under-18 doubles.
Bryce added, "After working with Marta this previous summer I knew that she would be a great addition to the Saint Leo Athletic Department. Her knowledge of the game and international experience will be vital in the Sunshine State Conference."
Earning her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Tulsa in December 2009, the Lions' newest assistant earned her minor in coaching as well. New to the NCAA coaching ranks, she has previous experience with instruction as she was a tennis pro at Sportime in Amagansett, NY and served as an instructor at the charity tennis camp First Serve in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Marcinkowska resides in Wesley Chapel, Fla. and will be pursuing her MBA degree at Saint Leo while coaching the Lions.


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To THE WAYNEDALE NEWS,
c/o Ray McCune-Scouting Smoke Signals
We are pleased to report that the Boys Scouts from Troop 344, chartered through Waynedale United Methodist Church, earned 2nd place overall in competition at the Miami District annual Klondike Derby recently. The Derby was held Saturday, January 12th at the Anthony Wayne Council's Camp Chief Little Turtle located at Pleasant Lake, Indiana – north of Fort Wayne.
The Scouts demonstrated a variety of skills as they raced from station to station with a large sled full of equipment and provisions in tow. Many events such as ravine crossing (We had to use the proper rope knots and the sled could not touch the ground!), first aid, obstacle course, and fire building (materials must be all natural) kept everyone busy. Our Scouts placed first in the first aid and ravine crossing events and finished second in the overall competition.
Activities prior to the Klondike Derby have found the Troop helping the Waynedale Lions Club serve pancakes and sausage at the Muddy River Run charity car show as well as assisting the St. Therese Parish with the parking lot during their annual Fall Fun Day. Even with these community service projects, the troop has also managed to work in a 'campout' and several 'lock-ins' at the Southeast YMCA. These guys are keeping themselves occupied by learning and busy by serving our Waynedale public. They are also having a lot of fun.
Gary McOmber-SA Troop 344
Associate Ed. Note: We are always eager and willing to let the good citizens of Waynedale know that there really are a few good kids out there that don't spend their time 'hanging out', 'doing nothing', 'going to the mall', or 'getting into drugs' and what is going on in our Waynedale Scout Troops. For anyone wanting to join the Boys Scouts, you can take your pick of troops. Here's a list with their sponsors – Troop 22-SouthWest Conservation Club, Troop 25-South Wayne Baptist Church, Troop 38-Calvary United Methodist Church, Troop 44-Portage Creek Camp Association, Troop 344-Waynedale United Methodist Church, and Troop 302-sponsored by Monson Chapel and the Fort Wayne Beagle Club.
Letter to the Editor, (Mae Julian)
I was just setting here reading my WAYNEDALE paper, which I have always enjoyed, but your Mae Julian column was sick. The people that did this to that poor dog was cruel. Number one, the mother's saying she was not a dog lover and shot her dog in the garage with a gun. She could have had it done in a humane way.
When she found out the dog could not have puppies, she should have had her dog spade to make sure the vet was not wrong which as we can see he was very wrong. The people she claims loved the dog. They must have loved her too much if they sent the Animal Control out. If the dog wouldn't stay in the yard, they should have put it in a pen to exercise.
The poor dog was in a lot of pain all day and about died. Anyone would know there was something really wrong. That is probably why the first vet said, "No," and you wouldn't pay the $175 to get the dog taken care of; then you got another doctor to put her thru all of this even after what he found wrong with her.
The Boxer had no choice in the odds; the dog was asleep while all of you did what you did. Now the poor thing looks like a rack of bones. All you can see is her bones sticking out. She should have had special food while she carried these puppies.
Now that the poor eight babies are here, who knows what they will look like after all of this? You make a joke about who the father was; then say as big as the puppies are, it could be a Shetland pony in the neighborhood. You thought that was funny. All of the people I have talked to thought it was sick.
Now the puppies will be placed not knowing what problems they may have. If you can't get rid of them, then the Animal Control will be good enough for you. There is no hero in this story, just sadness for the dog who had all the pain. As a dog lover it really makes me sad and sick.
A Waynedale reader (that is very disappointed and very sorry for the dog.)
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Chief Marketing Officer Jim Berra said Vista will be "extremely connected to the ocean."
He added, "It will look different from (Carnival's most recent newbuild) Breeze and the layout will be different, but there will be a lot of the same spaces onboard."
Berra would not say if it will be a new class of ship or an addition to an existing class (Carnival Breeze is part of the three-ship Dream Class).
He also said Carnival is looking at three key areas for changes: dining, entertainment and kids' clubs.
Dining will be "more contemporary," moving more toward open dining, entertainers will include performers as well as musicians and the kids' clubs will use innovation and technology to make Camp Carnival "more memorable."
Vista, set for delivery in winter 2016, will be built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. The 4,000-passenger, 135,000-ton ship will feature Carnival's 2.0 enhancements as well as a number of innovations unique to the ship, which will be the line's 25th "Fun Ship."
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Dont know how much luggage you will have but there is a Piccadilly Line replacement bus from Hatton Cross to Terminal 4Originally Posted by T5
As you'll see from my signature, I'm flying to Paris for the day next month with British Airways, but I'm going to admire the city this time and not the airport.
When booking the flight last night, I ignorantly assumed that I was flying from Terminal 1, but then noticed after the booking was complete, that the flight is actually from Terminal 4. This is a totally new terminal for me. I've been from 1 and 3, but never 4. So, how do I go about getting to Terminal 4 from either Hatton Cross Tube Station or from Terminals 1, 2 and 3?
Secondly, I'll be arriving in Paris at about 11.30am and will have about 7 hours before returning to the airport for the flight home again, but what is the quickest/cheapest option to get from the airport to the city centre.
I honestly don't have a clue, so any help will be greatly appreciated!
Dont know how much luggage you will have but there is a Piccadilly Line replacement bus from Hatton Cross to Terminal 4Originally Posted by T5
Ah, great thanks. No luggage as its just a day trip, fortunately. Any idea of the frequency? I won't have too much time to spare as its a 9.20am departure.Originally Posted by Humberside
The last time I transferred from T1 to 4 and vice versa I used the bus services. These are run by the airport and are free. You're probably best asking exactly where the pick up point is when you arrive as I can't remember exactly, but it was very easy to find.
As far as Paris is concerned, CDG has it's own train station, so just follow the signs and you're (if I remember correctly) about 20 minutes or so from Gare Du Nord.
Hope that helps.
The Hatton Cross-T4 tube replacement bus is every 5 minutes
Thanks very much to the pair of you. Need to look organised or I won't impress my travelling companion... and that's my aim
To get to T4, you have a couple of choices. Either get off the tube at Hatton Cross and take the bus (as discussed above) to continue on the tube to Heathrow Central and then take the Heathrow Express (HEx) to T4 - HEx is free between central and T4. The former - Hatton Cross plus bus - is probably quickest.
At CDG you will arrive at Terminal 2B. Its probably quickest to walk to the station (which is between 2D and 2F I think - or maybe between 2B and 2D?), and then take the RER train into central Paris - its stops at Gare du Nord and several other stations past Gare du Nord which are closer to the usual tourist attractions. Queues for train tickets at the airport can be long, but the automatic ticket machines will issue a day return ticket to any station in the metro central zone (change from the RER to the metro at most central Paris stations).
I would recommend on-line checkin (print your own boarding passes) the night before you fly, or use the automatic checkin machines in the terminal. If you checkin at a desk, ask for same-day return checkin, as this will save you time at CDG when you are flying back.
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ah....city of love eh!Originally Posted by T5
Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on the ends of pencils.
Thanks for the other replies everybody. Online check-in is one of the reasons I chose British Airways. I'm getting to Heathrow by either train or Railair bus service, so I can't really get to the airport too early. Being able to get there for about an hour before, knowing that I've got two good seats on both flights, is great.Originally Posted by Skymonster
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Calendar of events at Daytona State announced for October 2016
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2016) - Daytona State College presents the following calendar of events for October 2016.
Events are open to the public and free of charge, unless otherwise noted.
Sept. 19-Jan. 13, 2017, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (Monday-Friday) and during performances
Alumni Studio Arts Exhibit
specifically designed to highlight past Daytona State College art students. This group show will be a representation of the diversely artistic graduates from DSC throughout the years. Opening Reception: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 5-7 p.m. FREE ADMISSION
DSC News-Journal Center, North Lobby/Art Gallery
Oct. 5, 11:30 a.m.
Tickets On Sale: Yuletide Feast (Dec. 5, 6, 7, & 8, 6:30 p.m.)
Join the lords and ladies of the Royal Court for an evening of feasting, singing and merriment as Daytona State college celebrates the holiday season. The singing, dancing and dialogue are accompanied by the Halifax Consort's Early Music Ensemble and the Daytona State College Brass Ensemble while patrons dine on a scrumptious feast. Always a sellout! Tickets go on sale for this event at the DSC News-Journal Center on Wednesday, October. 5, at 11:30am. Tickets are $40 per person; online ticketing available at www.DaytonaState.edu/TheArts.
DSC's News-Journal Center, Gillespy Theater
Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. **POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE**
Music Production Rocks! Mid-Term Concert
This performance comes as a mid-semester sneak peak of a semester-long course in the contemporary performance aspects of modern rock, pop, blues and country music. The groups will perform a variety of selections that are representative of successful touring bands. FREE ADMISSION
DSC's News-Journal Center, Davidson Theater
Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m.
Symphonic Band
Join us for an afternoon of orchestral "pops" music sure to delight both young and old. Free to Daytona State College students as well as Volusia and Flagler county elementary, middle and high school students, all others $8 per person or $15 for two; online ticketing available at www.DaytonaState.edu/TheArts.
DSC's News-Journal Center, Davidson Theater
Oct. 20-22, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 23, 2:30 p.m.
An Evening of Culture Faith County II: The Saga Continues
The long-awaited sequel to the wonderfully popular Faith County. We're in Mineola County again, where the Community Theatre is producing Romeo and Juliet. Even though the cast members don't have their lines memorized, the set isn't finished, and a dog keeps barking off stage, they're gonna give it a go! There's just an awe-inspirin' performance given by Mildred Carson (who doesn't look fifty) as Juliet. And there's great chemistry between her and Bubba Bedford, who is cast as Romeo. And lest we forget Naomi Farkle Carson who provided the additional dialogue. Free to Daytona State College students as well as Volusia and Flagler county elementary, middle and high school students, all others $8 per person or $15 for two; online ticketing available at www.DaytonaState.edu/TheArts.
DSC's News-Journal Center, Gillespy Theater
Group rates are available when purchasing 10 or more tickets for any performance (some restrictions apply). For additional information, contact the DSC News-Journal Center Box Office, (386) 226-1927.
The performing arts programs at Daytona State prepare students for futures in music, drama and dance, while also providing entertainment opportunities for the community through a variety of events produced each semester. Proceeds from tickets are used to support the Performing Arts Scholarship program at Daytona State.
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French meat processing firm Spanghero starts to produce certain types of meat products, after the French authorities partially lifted the licence ban imposed on the company.
At the time the ban was imposed Spanghero was suspected of having knowingly selling horse meat labelled as beef.
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This month, the Knights of Columbus released the results of a survey done with Marist Poll on the attitudes of young Catholics in the U.S., ages 18 to 29. From the press release and executive summary, one would think that most, if not all, US Catholic Millennials toe the Knights' party line.
The Knights' news release states: "Some of the good news for the Catholic church in the survey includes: 85 percent of Catholic Millennials (those 18-29) believe in God and top priorities for many are having a family and being close to God." The news release also says this of Catholic Millennials: 82 percent believe commitment to marriage is under-valued, 80 percent see religion as at least "somewhat important" in their lives and 66 percent say abortion is morally wrong, while 63% say the same of euthanasia.
The Knights led with their best stuff. And who can blame them? After spending a lot of money on a poll, I certainly understand why they'd frame the results to back their politics.
Buried underneath the Knights' top line statements, the poll reveals a much more complex picture of Catholic Millennials, showing that oftentimes young Catholics are more progressive than young people as a whole. Again, I don't blame the Knights for burying this information, and I'm more than happy to parse some of it out here for them.
When asked whether morals are relative or "fixed and based on unchanging standards," a resounding 82 percent of Catholic Millennials chose relativism -- this is compared with 64 percent of Millennials as a whole. That's an 18-point spread. My question: what is it about the Catholicism -- argued (by some) to be an absolutist faith tradition -- that makes us relativists? I have a hunch that has to do with church teaching on conscience.
Now, the Knights surveyed "practicing" Catholics of all generations, as well as general US Catholics. And, though they don't explain how they identified "practicing" Catholics, I have to say that this distinction is bothersome for a number of reasons I won't go into here. Nonetheless, on relativism, US Catholics came in at 63 percent and "practicing" Catholics came in at 46 percent.
When asked about a number of moral choices, the results may be astounding -- especially if you read/believe the comments on this blog that continually assert that we young Catholics who support issues like same-sex marriage are in the minority. (Not that I don't appreciate dialogue, debate and challenging questions in the comments section ... seriously, I do.)
On same-sex marriage, 63 percent of Catholic Millennials think it is morally acceptable or not a moral issue, compared with 53 percent of Millennials.
On gay and lesbian relations, 65 percent of Catholic Millennials think it is morally acceptable or not a moral issue, compared with 57 percent of Millennials.
On having a baby outside of marriage, 64 percent of Catholic Millennials think it is morally acceptable or not a moral issue, compared with 60 percent of Millennials.
On divorce, 65 percent of Catholic Millennials and Millennials think it is morally acceptable or not a moral issue.
On embryonic stem cell research, 67 percent of Catholic Millennials and Millennials think it is morally acceptable or not a moral issue.
On premarital sex, 80 percent of Catholic Millennials think it is morally acceptable or not a moral issue, compared with 67 percent of Millennials.
It's perplexing that they didn't ask about contraception, but I think the having a baby outside of marriage and premarital sex questions probably give us a glimpse of what the results would be.
So, you can see why the Knights -- who have donated millions of dollars to defeating same-sex marriage legislation across the country -- wouldn't want to highlight these statistics that show not only that a vast majority of Catholic Millennials are alright with same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian relations, having a baby outside of marriage, divorce, stem cell research and premarital sex, but also that Catholic Millennials support these issues at a higher rate than Millennials as a whole. I'm actually a little surprised -- and very grateful -- that they published these results at all.
Juxtaposed with the statistic that shows only 37 percent of Catholic Millennials consider themselves "liberal," it seems that, on these issues, support goes beyond the liberal-conservative divide. (The poll results didn't show the percentage of Catholic Millennials who identified as conservative or moderate.)
Perhaps I'm reading too much into it, but the idea that we can rise above partisan politics and ideologies, look at the moral complexities of hot button issues and stand in opposition to our "party" line if our conscience compels us is pretty spectacular. It gives me a great deal of hope for the future of our country and our church.
Kate Childs Graham writes for ReligionDispatches.org and YoungAdultCatholics-Blog.com. She also serves on the Women's Ordination Conference board of directors and the Call to Action Next Generation Leadership Team.
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Is the future of scientific production and scholarly publishing going to be "gold" or "green"? The choice is between the gold of money, and growth, or the green of environment and sustainability. In the case of scientific and scholarly publishing, the choice is both about mechanisms and about values.
Last year's Finch report endorsed the move towards much more openness in scientific and scholarly publishing, and away from the current regime of hugely expensive journals that ration access. Almost everyone, including most enlightened academic publishers, agreed. After all, the freest possible circulation of research findings is how science makes progress – through critique and interrogation. The freest possible circulation of ideas is also the foundation of an open society.
But how best to achieve this universally desired goal? The gold route would shift the financial burden (because academic publishing has to be paid for somehow) from journal subscribers to the authors of articles. The green route would require all universities to deposit an open-source version of articles in their institutional repositories.
There are problems with both routes. Under gold, universities would still end up paying. Their budget for journal subscriptions would fall. But they would have to meet the costs of "administrative charges", if publication were not to be restricted to affluent academics who could pay their own way.
Under green, there might be a delay before articles became freely available in open-source repositories, reducing the velocity of scientific progress. There might also be greater uncertainty about the status of articles. Which versions in the medley of Word documents and PDFs in hundreds of repositories were really the "final" ones?
Perhaps only information specialists can judge between gold and green in technical terms. But there is a much bigger issue here. Two radically different concepts not just of scientific publication but also of wider intellectual production are at war.
The first is that publication and production must be managed. The looming Research Excellence Framework (REF) is just the latest in a series of national assessments that go back to the mid-80s. These have produced fundamental, and probably irreversible, changes in institutional (and individual) behaviour.
Individual academics must be divided into the "research-active" and the "research-inactive", with focused publication plans for the former, and alternative duties for the latter. Institutions must be divided into the "research-intensive" and the rest, with corresponding top-down strategies to support or struggle to subvert these labels.
The gold route, of course, would strengthen these trends. Why should an institution pay for the publications of someone it does not plan to enter in the REF (or who has crossed the dean)? Why should universities with staff who are prolific publishers not receive the lion's share of compensation on offer, if and when the gold route is implemented, reinforcing their predominance?
The second concept is that ideas must be set free. Academic freedom is at risk in an over-managed research environment, constrained by REF-oriented (and so risk-averse) plans. But so too is scientific promise. Alongside the established researchers we need the iconoclasts, the marginal, maybe even the mad.
I remember being cornered by a junior minister (as it happens, a Conservative) who said: "Surely you agree that 25% of the research in universities is a waste of time and money." I replied: "Maybe, but we would never agree which 25%."
There are other types of knowledge apart from "hard", theory-led, experimentally driven, evidence-based science. There are lots of ways of describing them – tacit, customary, applied. But one label to capture these forms of knowledge has caught on: Mode 2. It was coined in a book called The New Production of Knowledge, of which I was one of six co-authors. The main characteristics of Mode 2 knowledge are that it is highly reflexive, socially embedded, embodied in practice, problem-oriented and, crucially for the present discussion, "published" in countless forms.
At one level it is a banal idea. Anyone who has studied creativity or innovation recognises this form of knowledge. But our research policy frameworks have struggled to incorporate this idea, preferring the heroic model of science produced by great men (mostly male) and in great universities. Of course, great men and women and great universities matter. There should be no hostages to mediocrity. We need to insist on a … well, gold standard. But any healthy research ecology needs to create spaces in which green shoots can flourish. We need a balance between gold and green.
Peter Scott is professor of higher education studies at the Institute of Education


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I have a low nose bridge (asian). If I get rhinoplasty to heighten my nose bridge, what would it do for the rest of my face? (i.e. create the illusion of a slimmer face, smaller eyes, or smaller nose tip).
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Five-Run Fifth Helps Push Liberty Past Longwood, 10-4
The Liberty Flames plated five runs in the fifth inning and designated hitter Becker Sankey and second baseman Ryan Seiz each homered, en route to a 10-4 victory over the Longwood Lancers in a Big South Conference game at Bolding Stadium, Friday night.
Sankey had two hits, drove in two runs and scored twice. In the sixth inning, the designated hitter hit the first home run of his Liberty career.
Seiz also had two hits, drove in two runs and scored two runs. He connected for his Big South-leading eighth home run in the eighth inning.
Liberty moves to 12-1 in the Big South play and 27-8 overall. The Flames have won five straight contests and 10 consecutive Big South games. Longwood drops to 4-9 in conference and 14-21 overall.
Both teams plated runs in their first at bat of the evening. Liberty left fielder Nick Lacik led off the inning with a walk and stole second base. Two batters later, Seiz ripped a single back through the middle of the diamond, scoring Lacik for an early 1-0 edge.
In the bottom of the inning, Longwood shortstop Matt Dickason doubled and moved to third base on a single by left fielder Kyri Washington to open the frame. Dickason then came home on a double play ground out to tie the game at 1-1. The run ended Liberty starting pitcher Trey Lambert's shutout streak at 23 innings and the Flames' shutout streak against Big South competition at 60 2/3 innings.
The Lancers took the lead in the second inning. Third baseman Alex Owens tripled to begin the inning. Two batters later, catcher Marc McCafferty plated Owens with a ground out for a 2-1 advantage.
In the third, both teams pushed across runs. Just like in the first, Lacik led off the top of the inning by drawing a base on balls and moved to second on a singled by right fielder Will Shepherd. After advancing to third on a fly out to the left field wall by Seiz, Lacik scored on a fielder's choice ground ball by Sankey to knot the game at 2-2. Later in the inning, the Flames had a chance for more by loading the bases with two outs, but Longwood starter Travis Burnette retired the next batter to end the inning.
In the home half of the frame, Dickason and Washington singled with one out. Right fielder Brandon Delk followed with a double to the bottom of the center field fence to give the Lancers a 3-2 edge.
Liberty batted around and plated five runs in the fifth. With one out, Seiz was hit by a pitch and moved to second base on a single back through the middle of the infield by Sankey. After shortstop Dalton Britt walked to load the bases, a wild pitch by Lancer reliever Mitchell Kuebbing allowed Seiz to tie the at 3-3. First baseman Alex Close followed with a run-scoring single for a 4-3 Flames' advantage.
Liberty upped its lead to 5-3, as Longwood's Owen misplayed catcher Danny Grauer's grounder to third base. A RBI single by the next batter, third baseman Dylan Allen, plated the fourth run of the inning and the Flames made it, 7-3, on a sacrifice fly by Lacik.
The Flames and the Lancers each hit solo home runs in the sixth. In the top of the inning, Sankey belted a towering home run over the left field wall to give Liberty an 8-3 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Delk lined his sixth home run of the year over the left field wall, cutting Liberty advantage in the contest to four runs at 8-4.
Seiz homered in the eighth and Grauer had a RBI double in the ninth for what proved to be the final score of 10-4.
Lambert moves to 8-1 on the year. The right-hander, who has won his last eight starts, gave up four runs on eight hits over seven innings. He struck out seven batters and walked three.
Kuebbing, the second of four Longwood pitchers in the game, falls to 1-2. He allowed five runs on three hits over two innings. The right-hander struck out one and walked two batters.
Liberty outhit Longwood in the game, 10-9. Grauer joined Sankey and Seiz with two hits for the Flames. Delk had three hits for the Lancers.
Liberty and Longwood will meet again tomorrow at Bolding Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.


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Some radical environmental activists' act of eco-terror plunges them into a moral maelstrom in this movie.
The first trailer for "Night Moves" is available for viewing pleasure. The video gives an idea of what kind of eco-terrorism planned by three radical environmentalists played by Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard. The trio devises a plan to explode a hydroelectric dam in Oregon.
Directed by Kelly Reichardt, the drama has been screened at Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals last year. It will screen at the Tribeca Film Festival which will run from April 16 to April 27 before it opens in U.S. theaters starting May 30.
"I actually really dislike the term 'eco-terrorism,' " Sarsgaard told ET Movies. "We could apply it to everything. That person would be like a terrorism cocktail. It's a difficult term. Terrorism is a term used by the people being terrorized... There are these laws invented after 9/11 that were meant to apply to terrorists... if you committed an act of violence, even if people weren't killed, these laws would be applied to you."