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HOUSTON (Reuters) - As J. Wayne Leonard retires from the ranks of U.S. electric utility executives, the former chairman of New Orleans-based Entergy Corp (ETR.N) said he will continue to push the industry and the nation to combat climate change.
Leonard, 62, retired as chairman and CEO of the electric power producer and distributor on Thursday. He has been speaking out about the dangers of global warming for years, making him something of a rarity in his industry.
The issue of how to deal with a warming planet has created a disconnect among U.S. power companies, a division between utilities that rely on coal-fired power plants that emit heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) and those that operate more nuclear, natural gas and renewable generation with lower or no CO2 emissions.
"If you're looking for the industry to come out with something that they can all get behind, I don't see that happening," Leonard said in an interview. "But I am always hopeful."
In 2001, just two years after Leonard joined the struggling company, Entergy became the first U.S. utility to commit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a time when some said climate-change worries were based on nothing more than "voodoo science," Leonard recalled.
Because of the drastic implications of a warmer climate on increased coastal erosion for Entergy, a company that operates along the Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas coasts, "we took it seriously," he said.
In the past decade, Entergy has pared CO2 emissions by 455 million tons, exceeding its goal, the company said.
"I would try to convince the industry that (climate change) is a risk-management issue for them - not for the poor or for the world economy. It's your company that is going to be affected."
Continuing to ignore the risk will only make the problem harder and more expensive to solve, Leonard said. He believes it is worth taking action even if climate change is a mere possibility. "When you look at climate change, it doesn't have to be a certainty, it just has to be possibility."
Leonard has studied the science and is convinced that man-made greenhouse gas is a major contributor to global climate change. He acknowledges that there are skeptics but does not understand those who would do nothing.
"Even if you wanted to deny certain aspects of it, the fact that it could be absolutely catastrophic would say to you that you absolutely have to deal with it."
After years of debate, Leonard's solution today would be to put a tax on every ton of CO2 emitted across all industries, and then use the proceeds to reduce the nation's budget deficit.
While no longer at the helm of Entergy, Leonard will continue to speak out on climate change, poverty and social justice issues through a $5 million endowment created by Entergy.
"Wayne has been a passionate advocate on each of these issues during his years at Entergy, so we could think of no better way to honor him than by creating the J. Wayne Leonard Poverty, Climate Change and Social Justice Fund," said Leo Denault, Entergy's new chairman and chief executive.
Through the endowment, Leonard hopes to fund research or demonstration projects in partnership with other groups, "to get people's attention," as he said.
"For years I've been saying with the sea level rise, what's going to happen to whole East Coast? They haven't thought about it."
Hurricane Sandy gave the region a taste of what may lie ahead, he said.
Government agencies must change to be able to respond to an increasing number of extreme weather events, like Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, and Sandy, which slammed New Jersey and New York last year, Leonard said.
The United States also needs to take the lead to help other nations combat climate change with new technology.
"We desperately need to be working on a CO2-type scrubber so we can continue to use coal," especially to allow nations to improve the basic quality of life with increased electric capacity, he said.
The duty to take care of the planet is common sense, as Leonard once said in a speech: "Sustainability is a five-dollar word for an idea many of us learned in scouting - leave the place better than you found it. It's as simple as that."
Editing by Matthew Lewis


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Geneva, 6 July, 2011 – ITU has signed an agreement with key Asian standards developers that will mean new technologies come to market quicker and at lower cost. ARIB, CCSA, TTA and TTC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ITU recognizing ITU as the pre-eminent global ICT standards body. The agreement seeks to smooth the way for regional standards, developed in these four key regional bodies, to be internationally recognized.
The MoU will build on the good relationship ITU has built with all four bodies over many years, increase transparency between the organizations, avoid duplication of work and increase efficiency in the publication of standards. All of which means that product manufacturers will be able to more efficiently incorporate globally standardized solutions in their products, leading to greater economies of scale and lower costs to consumers.
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Confidence is also high in the English camp after their 21-20 defeat of Australia - their first victory in the Southern Hemisphere against Tri-Nations opposition for seven years.
But while it may seem there's never been a worse time to face a rampant All Blacks, Best believes the timing couldn't be better and believes England can catch them cold coming off the plane.
"I believe we have a very good and realistic chance that we can go out there about beat them," said Best speaking at the launch of rugbycoachingdrills.com, a comprehensive, interactive, pooled coaching tool for all levels of the game.
"We don't know what team they'll bring over. We don't know whether they'll broaden their squad or maybe even rest players. So right now I really think we have a more than fair shout
against the All Blacks.
"It's good we have them first. We don't want them after four games when they're a well oiled machine, we want them fresh off the plane and still suffering from the flight.
"They'll be rusty having not played for seven or eight weeks and that's when we need to hit them. We want them first and we'll beat them.
"You can't go out against New Zealand thinking about damage limitation.
"The All Blacks will get better as the series goes on, once they've got the cobwebs out of the way.
"When they get that out of the way, watch out."


text: Finished these a while back and never got around to posting pictures. LOVED doing the Forrest Bricks.... So easy, and I love how the colors just seemed to jump out at you. GA Bulldogs' quilt was made from scraps from other quilts... I have done so many Bulldog quilts I'm almost tired of them!


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Goddess Spotlight of the Month: Dyna's Random Blog!
It's about that time to shine our spotlight on one of our favorite bloggers! We got to know one of our international faves, Dyna from "Dyna's Random Blog". If you haven't visited her blog before, start doing so now and see her reviews and posts on her current obsessions.
NYX: How did you start your blog?
Dyna: I started my blog as a personal blog, about my passion for singing and my personal experiences. I then started posting things about nails, and later on started posting about my passion for makeup and cosmetics.
NYX: What motivated you to write?
Dyna: I was really into blogs and YouTube gurus and I had learned a lot and realized I had a passion for makeup. I initially started posting as a hobby, a time-filler so to say. When I saw all the positive feedback from people who didn't even know me or know anything about me, I felt so motivated and that's what drives me to continuously post and recently, even YouTube videos
NYX: What kind of articles do you enjoy writing the most?
Dyna: I enjoy writing "favorite articles" - I feel that's where my opinion shines the most - because I'm quite picky when it comes to the products I use and the price tag that it carries.
NYX: Who is your favorite blogger?
Dyna: DEFINITELY Kandee Johnson - Love her, adore her! She's a true inspiration for bloggers and guru worldwide. She inspires me so much, I read her blog almost everyday
NYX: How do you find the inspiration to write every day?
Dyna: Honestly, I preplan my posts. Sometimes I don't feel like posting, so I'll post something that I saved on a draft before. I also take photos in bulks, I hardly ever post photos on my blog that I took that same day, due to the lighting. I sometimes write up to 8 posts a day, whenever I'm in a good mood and have time to write.
NYX: What is your favorite and must have NYX product?
Dyna: Well, that's a hard one. I truly enjoy the NYX single eyeshadows and I definitely think the NYX powder blushes are a standout product. However, If I only had to choose one, I'd choose the NYX HD foundation. It is the ONLY foundation I use, it's my HDfoundation, photographs amazingly. I love and adore it.
NYX: What is your ULTIMATE beauty tip?
Dyna: Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize! I can't say that enough, well moisturized skin is the base of a flawless makeup look.
NYX: How did you discover NYX Cosmetics?
Dyna: YouTube, definitely! Mainly from Marlena from MakeupGeek.com's videos.
NYX: What are your words of advice for those who want to be a blogger just like you?
Dyna: Be truthful, be open, be you, be passionate and be fauthful to your readers. They're you're main priority.
NYX: If you can be anything in the world, what would you be?
Dyna: I love this question. I never really thought about it, I'd probably be a bird, I'd love to feel not constrained by anything and just be free.This entry was posted in Goddess Spotlight. Bookmark the permalink.
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As a Board officer and former Chicagoan, I've been back and forth to the city a lot lately to introduce the National Women's History Museum to my friends, friends of friends, business colleagues of friends, and, frankly, any stranger who will talk to me including a young woman at O'Hare Airport who asked if she could have the Museum button I was wearing to give to her mother: it read "Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History." It's been fun and gratifying.
But two recent Chicago events reminded me of why this museum exists and must take its place at the National Mall — community, sisterhood, remembrance and cultural (r)evolution.
Chicago Event #1
Partners Anita Ponder, Jennifer Breuer, and Laurie Holmes and the Women's Committee of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLC hosted a dialogue among 40 successful and diverse Chicago women about how gender roles have had an impact on their lives and what the Museum can do to inspire cultural change. We explored an incredible range of topics. We discussed the legacies of ground-breaking Chicago women who came before us. We shared personal stories and aspirations. We shared links to our online exhibits on African American women and Chinese-American women. Our plans for exhibits about Latinas and Jewish American women were presented. We talked about the Museum's mission to be a change agent for gender equality. It was intense and electric!
We talked about feminine values and similarities as well as contrasts in gender roles across different ethnic and racial groups. Noting that men share the common language of sports ("how 'bout those Bears?"), one woman called for us to help find a similar language to bring women together. The inimitable Hedy Ratner, President and Founder of the Women's Business Development Center responded: "Shoes! We meet. You say "Great shoes!" …we bond." The crowd broke up. It was a Sex and the City moment….. And we bonded.
Chicago Event #2
My friend Kaarina Koskenalusta, the (first woman) President and CEO of the Executives' Club of Chicago invited me to join the Speakers Table at her final Women's Leadership Breakfastof the season. I accepted immediately. Kaarina introduced me to a ballroom filled with 1400 executive women and men as a former Chicagoan and an Officer of the National Women's History Museum. And then she said: "Susan needs to raise a lot of money to build this important legacy and tribute to all women on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Please support her in this effort." The packed Chicago Hilton Ballroom clapped and cheered.
I connected with Sherren Leigh, the publisher of Today's Chicago Woman Magazine and a sponsor of the Executives' Club Women's Leadership Series. She and the magazine's Associate Publisher flew to New York in April to join us for Good Housekeeping's star-studded ShineOn eventthat benefited the Museum. Sherren has been supportive in helping us to extend our Chicago network.
It's About "Us":
Our president Joan Bradley Wages often states that the National Women's History Museum goes far beyond the "hall of fame" approach to history. Of course, we tell the wonderful stories of individual women leaders. But we go much further to look at what women have accomplished together. Our exhibits explore how women as a collective force, for example, were the community builders of Jamestown , the first colonial settlement in the United States. Among other things, our exhibit on the Progressive Era tells the stories of the women of the settlement houses in Chicago and New York who gave rise to the passage of major public health, education and labor reforms.
Welcome to the Community:
And so, with the privilege of joining the amazing women at Drinker Biddle and of the Executives' Club last month, I rejoined a community — a sisterhood of smart, successful, and supportive women in Chicago. I hope they will join my community of women who will build a museum on the National Mall that celebrates women. Women's history teaches us that together we can be the architects of our future culture.
— Susan Sudman
Secretary, National Women's History Museum


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You can claim tax relief on the cost of employing a carer either if you employ one for yourself, or for another family member.
You can employ the carer directly or you can use an agency that employs
carers. If you employ the carer yourself, you should register as an employer
and you will be responsible for your employee's tax and social insurance (PAYE,
Universal Social Charge and PRSI).
You will also have other duties and obligations as an employer, for example
regarding hours
of work, contracts
of employment, payslips,
and the minimum
If you pay an agency to provide the carer, the agency will employ the carer and be responsible for their tax and social insurance etc. You can still claim tax relief on the cost of paying the agency to provide a carer.
If you employ a carer for yourself or on behalf of a family member, you can claim the tax relief on the cost of that care. A family member is a spouse, civil partner, child or a relative, including a relation by marriage or civil partnership.
You must be totally incapacitated for the complete tax year (January to December) in which you are claiming the tax relief but the carer does not have to be employed for the full tax year. The term totally incapacitated means you are disabled and require a carer.
You cannot claim tax relief for employing a carer if the carer only carries out housekeeper duties or if a Dependent Relative Tax Credit or an Incapacitated Child Tax Credit has already been granted.
You may be asked by the Revenue Commissioners to get a medical certificate to confirm the nature of your disability but it isn't necessary to send one in with your application form unless you are getting home nursing for a serious illness.
If you, or a family member has a serious illness and you employ a qualified nurse, you must provide the Revenue Commissioners with the following:
The medical certificate must state the following:
Tax allowances and reliefs reduce the amount of tax that you have to pay. The amount by which a tax allowance/relief will reduce your tax depends on your rate of tax. You can find out more about how your income tax is calculated.
You can claim tax relief (at your highest rate) on the lower of the following two amounts:
The maximum amount of relief for employing a carer is €75,000 in 2017 (It
was €75,000 in 2016 and 2015 and €50,000 in 2014 and previous years). You
must claim the relief each year. You can get
tax relief on the cost of employing a carer, less any amount recovered from the
Health Service
Executive (HSE). If two or more of you pay for the care, the relief is
divided between you in proportion to the amount each paid.
You must claim tax relief on the cost of employing a carer each year.
PAYE taxpayer
If you are a PAYE taxpayer, you can apply for tax relief for employing a carer on form HK 1 (pdf) or telephone Revenue Lo-call Service.
Your certificate of tax credits will be increased to include the relief due. This means that you will pay less tax each week from your salary.
Alternatively, you can claim relief at the end of the tax year by submitting your form P60 and that of your spouse or civil partner, if applicable, to your local Revenue office.
Self-assessment taxpayer
If you pay tax by self-assessment the claim for tax relief for employing a carer should also be sent on form HK 1 and attached to your annual tax return.
Send your completed application form to your local tax office.
If you have a question relating to this topic you can contact the Citizens Information Phone Service on 0761 07 4000 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm) or you can visit your local Citizens Information Centre.


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CYCLING supremo Brian Cookson has appointed three people – including a war crimes investigator – to sit on an independent commission to look into allegations of wrongdoing in the past.
The Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) will be chaired by Switzerland's former state prosecutor Dick Marty and will include Peter Nicholson, an Australian who has investigated war crimes for the United Nations.
Professor Ulrich Haas from Germany, a specialist in anti-doping rules who works for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, is the third person on the commission.
The investigation, led by East Lancashire's Cookson, will centre on the UCI's dealings with doping findings and allegations during the late 1990s and early 2000s, including its handling of claims against Lance Armstrong who has since admitted to doping.
Cookson, who lives in the Ribble Valley, said he wants the commission's investigation to be completed this year.
He said: "This commission will investigate the problems cycling has faced in recent years, especially the allegations that the UCI has been involved in wrongdoing in the past – allegations which have done so much to hurt the credibility of the UCI and our sport.
"Their work will also be focused on understanding what went so wrong in our sport and they will make recommendations for change so that as far as possible those mistakes are not repeated."
Cookson said the commission will be given complete access to the UCI's files and electronic data that was seized by private investigators at his instigation within minutes of his election.
He added: "We have agreed a budget for the commission, which the UCI will cover in full, and we have also expressed our wish that its work be concluded this year."


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One of the central themes of the Art of Manliness has been, and doubtless will continue to be helping men better define their manly values. While values will no doubt vary
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THE competition regulator has again delayed its decision on whether to allow Sonic Healthcare to take over Healthscope's east coast pathology businesses, raising expectations the $100 million deal might be rejected.
The long-awaited decision was expected to be announced today, but the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said yesterday it was still seeking information from relevant parties and a decision would be made ''in due course''.
Sonic Healthcare, the international medical centre, pathology and radiology company, announced in May its intention to buy private equity-owned Healthscope's pathology businesses in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
The ACCC, in a statement of issues released this month, said it was its ''preliminary view'' that the proposed acquisition might raise competition concerns in the Queensland, NSW/ACT and WA community pathology services market.
Sonic chief executive Colin Goldschmidt said this month that the deal was ''one of those things that we're optimistic it will happen, but if it doesn't happen, then Sonic is big enough that it's not really going to make a whole lot of difference''.
Its shares reached a two-year high this week of $13.43, after reaching guidance with a 7.3 per cent increase in full-year profit to $316 million.


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Staten Island officials were becoming increasingly agitated about the lack of aid and supplies; they blasted the Red Cross for their absence. Staten Island Borough President Jim Molinaro was furious: "This is America, not a third world nation. We need food, we need clothing," he fumed.
|Hurricane Sandy Looter: Is a caption necessary?
Peggy Joseph famously said (of Barack Obama's election), "It was the most memorable time of my life. It was a touching moment because I never thought this day would ever happen. I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know, if I help him, he's gonna help me."
She wasn't far from the truth, was she? A prophetess indeed. That society will not last forever. This era - Black-Run America (BRA) - which has its origins in events that happened centuries ago, only coming to complete fruition in the 1960s, will end.
Daring to notice the truth that Hurricane Sandy (just like Hurricane Katrina) exposes makes you an enemy of this state.
The real state of America, the one the government work to protect, feed, ensure procreates and promote, is complaining about people defecating in the hallways of high-rise projects of Brooklyn.
Three days... it took three days.


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County Judge, Veronica Escobar
EL PASO, Texas -- This border city, once the thriving commercial hub of the U.S. Southwest, is reviving its moribund downtown with the help of some native benefactors.
Still in its early stages, the effort to overhaul dormant hotels and office towers has delivered results already.
Over the past two years, property values in a 288-acre section of downtown defined by a new tax-reinvestment district jumped 40% to almost $446 million. And many prominent El Paso structures that have stood empty for decades, including the Plaza Hotel, are being renovated.
The difference between this and earlier revitalization efforts that fizzled is the involvement of deep-pocketed investors, who decided in 2004 to gather their own resources and chart a course for revival. Among them: longtime El Pasoan William Sanders, the founder of real-estate firms Security Capital Group Inc. and LaSalle Partners, and Paul Foster, chief executive officer of Western Refining Inc., an independent oil refiner and marketer based in El Paso.
"This is El Paso's shot to revitalize downtown," says Brent Harris, managing partner of Mr. Foster's real-estate interests. "With the folks that are involved in this, if it doesn't happen now, it's never going to happen."
El Paso, a city of 610,000 tucked into the far western corner of Texas between the borders of Mexico and New Mexico, was one of the first cities settled by Spanish explorers in what is now the U.S. El Paso established itself as the primary stop on the trail from the Mexican state of Chihuahua to Santa Fe, N.M., and later served on the all-weather route for travelers headed from the East Coast to California and back. In 1913, Texas established its college of mines -- now the University of Texas at El Paso -- in the city. For much of the last century, El Paso's major industries were cattle, cotton, textiles, copper refining and the neighboring Fort Bliss U.S. Army post.
Hotels closed downtown, as did the Kress department store, leaving its iconic storefront vacant at a prominent street corner. Many floors in downtown buildings remain vacant with boarded-up windows, and department stores are mixed in with pawn shops and an outdoor swap meet.
Various levels of government have tried to boost El Paso's downtown, building a county courthouse in the 1980s, a state office building in the 1990s, a parking garage in recent years and a federal courthouse now under construction.
"For years, the city had tried redoing downtown on its own," says Verónica Rosales-Soto, redevelopment manager in the city's economic-development division. "But none of that mattered because the private investment didn't follow."
It wasn't until 2004 that private investors began gathering their resources to reverse the downtown's decline.
Led by Mr. Sanders, the newly formed Paso Del Norte Group, a club of El Paso's business elite, hired a San Francisco-based consultant to help it draft a plan for overhauling downtown. The group brought in city officials to advise it on the plan's feasibility, but in a move that proved controversial, the business group elected not to subject the plan to widespread public scrutiny in its early phases, reasoning that too many opposing viewpoints might stymie the process.
By 2006, the plan was finalized. The Paso Del Norte Group unveiled it for an audience of 1,200 business owners, city officials and citizens at the historic Plaza Theatre downtown. The plan envisioned separate zones for an entertainment district, historic preservation, mixed-use development and a Mercado shopping district, among other things. In October 2006, the City Council adopted a revised version of the plan, which included changes such as removing a few blocks from the revitalization area to avoid disturbing adjacent neighborhoods. The council voted two months later to form a downtown tax-reinvestment district, where property-tax revenue in excess of 2006 amounts is used to help finance new city infrastructure, such as streets and sidewalks.
Mr. Sanders, who declined to comment for this article, formed the Borderplex Community Trust REIT in early 2007, specifically to buy and rehabilitate buildings in El Paso and Juárez. A REIT can pool its investors' money; buy and sell properties; and forgo paying corporate taxes as long as it pays out 90% of its income as dividends.
The REIT, with 216 investors so far, has purchased more than a dozen properties, investors say, including the O.T. Bassett Tower, a 15-story office building erected in 1930, and the 18-story Chase Bank Building, where occupancy has risen to 93% from 43% over the past 17 months.
The REIT intends to sell most of the O.T. Bassett Tower to apartment developer TVO Groupe and retain the first floor to convert to retail space. TVO will begin converting the tower to 30 luxury condominiums later this year.
The El Paso-based developer anticipates the project will yield less than half of the 20% return it typically seeks in its investments, but it is willing to accept that to support the broader revitalization push, Chief Executive Charles Garrett says.
Mr. Foster, meanwhile, purchased the 98-year-old, 12-story Mills office building in 2006 and the adjacent, six-story Centre building last year. He also bought the 294-room Plaza Hotel, built in 1929 but vacant for the past two decades, directly across the street from his two office buildings. Mr. Foster has begun a renovation and expansion of the office buildings and moved Western Refining's headquarters there. Plans for the hotel still are in flux, though eventually it will be reopened.
Developments elsewhere in El Paso have added momentum to the downtown revitalization. Texas Tech University has begun construction of a medical campus in El Paso. The U.S. Army's realignment of its domestic and foreign forces stands to nearly double the size of Fort Bliss to almost 37,000 soldiers within the next five years.
But even with the rise in property values, not everyone supports the revitalization unequivocally. Some business and property owners object to the Paso Del Norte Group devising the plan privately before unveiling the final version. Their biggest fear is that the city will use eminent domain to seize properties and turn them over to developers if multiblock projects such as shopping centers are proposed.
"To have the city being manipulated by developers into scaring people out of their property is an un-American process," says Enoch Kimmelman, whose family has operated the Starr Western Wear store since 1964 and owns the store's 40,000-square-foot building.
Mayor John Cook denies that developers are steering the city government. A two-year moratorium on the use of eminent domain downtown is set to expire in November, but Mr. Cook says, "I don't really see that the city is going to have to use" it.
Meanwhile, El Paso's problems extend well beyond the vacancies downtown, according to Tom Fullerton, a University of Texas at El Paso economics professor. He says below-average graduation rates in El Paso's public schools and community colleges remain the city's biggest problem, resulting in a loss of $1 billion in personal income annually. The city's median household income measures $33,103, well below the national median of $48,451.
Still, James Scherr, a native El Pasoan, is betting the renaissance downtown is the beginning of something bigger. The attorney bought the 38-year-old, 200-room International Hotel downtown out of foreclosure for $1 million in 2004. He is spending $20 million, including $5 million in city-provided incentives, to get it back in operation as a Doubletree hotel by the end of the year.
"El Paso is going into the 21st century with our running shoes on," he says. "Right now, this town is poised for takeoff."


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Casa Mono Restaurant Review: Perhaps the most below-the-radar restaurant in the Joe Bastianich-Mario Batali empire, tapas 'n' more emporium Casa Mono serves riveting Spanish food in a very tight space. Diners sit at hefty wood table or at the bar where food is cooked "a la plancha." The menu, overseen by Batali disciple Andy Nusser, includes typical tapas (mussels with cava and chorizo) and less typical ones (soft shell crabs with black truffle aïoli). Exotic ingredients from generally neglected animal parts, a Batali signature, are in abundance as well. Adventurous diners are encouraged to order lamb's tongue with mint aïoli. The small plates here include meaty options like pork and skirt steak (topped with onion mermelada), ensuring that even the finickiest diners will find something to eat.
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text: Hey Erika, As someone who's also in the social work field, I believe it is important to include this policy in your research program and make it clearly know to your participants, in that it allows them NOT TO DISCLOSE information. A policy like this I think is above all empowering - it facilitates trust between researcher and researched because the participant knows exactly where you stand. I wouldn't use the word immoral though, just illegal. We all engage in immoral activity from time to time, based on someone's definition of the word. (Would you report someone who was engaged in extra-marital, consensual sex? Who would you report it to?) With regard to "Who would you report it to?" - It can be a bit of a non-question, in that the policy itself can prevent disclosure and therefore the need to report. If I need to report something, I would report it to the Australian Federal police (because my research is based in Australia, and the AFP can act on reports involving people outside the jurisdiction of other police organisations in this country). The big issue would lie in research across borders - would you report someone who's profiting from pirated music sales in Thailand or a country where there are no copyright laws? Or would you report a twenty-one year old for having sex with a seventeen year-old in Victoria, Australia (it's legal here)? paul teusner -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Erika Pearson Sent: Friday, 18 May 2007 11:24 To: air-l at aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Research question: interviewing online subjects? Hello all I've been reading the general sociology literature on conducting interviews as part of a research project, and some of the literature I have come across makes a point of noting that interviewers should be warning interviewees that any illegal or immoral behaviours uncovered during the course of the research/interview may be reported (for example, Adler and Adler, 2003). My questions in regards to this are: 1) Are those who have or are conducting online interviews or even interviews about internet issues making a point of such cautions? ( I suspect the two approaches have two separate answers). What are others' experiences of this as practice? 2) If so, what is the benchmark for classifying acceptable and unacceptable behaviours? (i.e.: the laws and norms of the interviewers context? Those of the physical jurisdiction of the interviewee, if known? The norms of the virtual group, network, or community under study?) I browsed through the AoIR Ethics Committee document on Internet research, and (as I read it) there seemed to be an implication that the physical jurisdiction of the research subject was the prime candidate for setting a legal or ethical standard more generally in regards to proper treatment of research subjects, but that was just my sense on a first reading. I would be very interested to hear the thoughts and experiences of others on this matter. I admit, as I was reading this, my first thought was 'who would I report it to anyway!' I look forward to hearing your thoughts. with thanks erika ~~ Erika Pearson Dept. of Media, Film and Communication. University of Otago P.O. Box 56 Dunedin 9054 Aotearoa/New Zealand Ph: (+0064 3) 479-8680 E-mail: erika.pearson at otago.ac.nz _______________________________________________ The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/


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Dennis O'Brien, a professor of veterinary neurology at the University of Missouri (MU) College of Veterinary Medicine, is the 2011 recipient of the Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence. Presented annually by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM), the award recognizes outstanding achievements and dedicated service to the veterinary profession. Kirk Award recipients' careers in veterinary medicine have garnered national and international recognition for contributions and service in activities such as clinical medical practice, instruction, research or public service.
"The Kirk Award is undoubtedly the most prestigious honor possible for any veterinarian working in the fields of internal medicine, which includes small and large animal internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, and oncology," said Leah Cohn, professor of veterinary internal medicine at MU and president of ACVIM. "I can't tell you what a joy it was for me as the president of the ACVIM to see this important recognition go to Dr. O'Brien. All of his colleagues and students here at Mizzou have long known what an incredible clinician and scientist he is, but it was great to see his contributions so prominently recognized."
O'Brien, whose pioneering research in hereditary diseases is benefitting both animals and humans, received his DVM in 1975, from the University of Illinois. After three years in private practice, he returned to the University of Illinois where he entered a neurology residency program in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and completed a doctorate in neuroscience in 1987.
He became an assistant professor of veterinary neurology with the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at MU in 1985 and was appointed full professor in 2003. In 2007, he was named the MU Chancellor's Chair of Excellence in Comparative Neurology.
O'Brien is an internationally recognized expert in veterinary neurology and has contributed both through scientific discovery and publication in scholarly journals. He has lectured internationally on topics related to clinical veterinary neurology and his research on canine inherited neurologic disease. He is well known for expertise in neurodegenerative disease, metabolic encephalopathies, movement disorders and epilepsy in dogs and cats. He has pioneered the discovery of canine dysautonomia. He is considered one of the leading experts in genetic disorders of the nervous system of dogs and cats.
O'Brien helped found the Comparative Neurology Program in the College of Veterinary Neurology, which today is part of the Mizzou Advantage One Health, One Medicine initiative. Research in the Comparative Neurology Program is devoted to understanding the causes of developmental and degenerative diseases of the nervous system in domestic animals and translating that knowledge into the therapies of tomorrow for the benefit of both human and animal patients. His current research focuses on understanding canine multiple system degeneration, a naturally-occurring form of Parkinson's disease in dogs for which he received funding through the National Institutes of Health.
His service on committees of the University of Missouri campus has been extensive and currently includes the Campus Promotion and Tenure Committee. O'Brien, a diplomate of the ACVIM since 1984, has served as president for the Neurology Specialty of the ACVIM and as a member of the Board of Regents from 1999-2002. In addition, he served on the Board of Directors for the Central Missouri Humane Society for six years.
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StatPro's (LON:SOG) newly acquired risk analytics platform, Investor Analytics, has been awarded Best Risk Management Software 2016 at the HFM US Technology Awards.
The investment portfolio solutions provider won the accolade after a panel of judges deemed it had demonstrated "exceptional customer service and innovative product development" in the last 12 months.
The HFM US Technology Awards in New York were designed to mark achievements of technology firms for innovation in hedge fund management solutions.
The Investor Analytics software analyses portfolios and provides its clients with risk and transparency tools to manage their investments.
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Well, there was nothing paltry about Obamacare or rescuing the country from an oncoming depression.
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text: When she began her studies at Wheaton, Barbara Thomson Getz '75 thought she was training to be a high school counselor. Instead, after graduation she married Jack Getz, a Salvation Army officer, and joined the Army ranks herself (a requirement for married officers). After Barbara completed her officer training and received her ordination, she spent the next three-plus decades as a Salvation Army officer—and only recently returned to counseling. The couple's first assignment took them to Indianapolis, where they started an inner city church and community center. Over the years, they worked across the Midwest in a variety of positions: pastoring churches, teaching at the Territorial College for Officer's Training (seminary), heading up community care programs, leading a regional youth ministry department, and eventually administering all of The Salvation Army's work in Minnesota and North Dakota. Always they were looking to answer the question, What can we do to help people in practical and spiritual ways? Over the years the couple moved frequently. "I would guess we averaged a move every three years," Barbara says. As a working mother, Barbara also had to balance infinite needs with finite resources. "I realized early on that I couldn't be Wonder Woman," she says. The moment of clarity came soon after their first daughter was born. Consumed with the Army's Christmas ministries, she and Jack realized on Christmas Eve that they didn't have their own tree up. "I had to learn that there were some things I could do, and others I couldn't. And the lesson was learning to know the difference." After Barbara and Jack retired in 2008, she earned a master's degree in counseling and currently heads the Officers' Personal and Spiritual Development department for The Salvation Army's Southern Territory with the headquarters in Atlanta. In this role, she oversees the personal counseling, leadership and communication coaching, and pastoral care for about 1,400 Salvation Army officers and their families. "All of my life has prepared me for this. It's definitely the fulfillment of my passion, and the highest use of my experience," she says. Despite Barbara's significant administrative responsibilities, connecting at a personal level remains her focus. "She amazingly keeps regular follow-up contact with those in her care, encouraging and providing answers for fearful, wounded individuals, all of whom intuitively trust her and follow her lead," says Wendy Gorton Hill '87, a friend. Recently when Barbara received a call from a couple who were packing to leave the ministry, she immediately drove several hours to meet with them, to listen and help them devise a plan to address the critical issues. "They just needed someone to understand their pain and frustration and to access the resources available to them," Barbara says. Today the couple continues in effective ministry. Jack says, "She has literally saved lives and provided countless expressions of hope for people feeling there was none to be found." In fact, Barbara says she makes a point of trying to leave people with hope—even if that means simply letting them know she will stick with them. "That's the wonder of Christianity," she says. "There is always hope." Love Still in the Air: Jane Reed '53 >


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With the Texas Rangers celebrating their 40th Anniversary in 2012, fans will have the opportunity to vote for the top players in the club's history.
The Rangers today announced the ballot to select the 40th Anniversary All-Time Team. Voting begins on Tuesday at texasrangers.com/alltimeteam and will continue through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, May 31.
The Texas Rangers 40th Anniversary All-Time team will be announced in June and its members will be honored on the club's annual Alumni Weekend, August 10-12. That will include the Rangers 40th Anniversary Weekend Luncheon on Friday, August 10 at the Arlington Convention Center. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at texasrangers.com or by calling 817-436-5933. Net proceeds benefit the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation. The team will also be recognized in an on-field ceremony prior to the Saturday, August 11 game with the Detroit Tigers.
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Digital Cultural Communication: enabling new media and co-creation in Asia
Russo, Angelina & Watkins, Jerry J. (2005) Digital Cultural Communication: enabling new media and co-creation in Asia. International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 1(4).
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Digital Cultural Communication (DCC) is a new field of research and design which seeks to build a co-creative relationship between the cultural institution and the community by using new media to produce audience-focused cultural interactive experiences (Russo and Watkins, 2005). By situating the development of cultural communities within DCC, the institution adopts a more representative curatorial practice and benefits through the creation of original community-derived content which can form new digital collections. The community benefits through improved 'information literacy' – the skills required to use digital technologies to engage in both cultural consumption and production (Russo and Watkins, 2004) – and can go beyond being a stakeholder of an institutional exhibition. Information literacy skills enable the community to both produce and consume its own original cultural content, in the form of narratives, wikis, blogs, vlogs or any other medium which is supported by the institution and connects to the audience. The institution ceases to be the sole custodian of cultural experience; instead it provides co-creative infrastructure for the community and distributes original cultural content to the audience via multiple platforms – physical, online and broadcast.
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My second daughter, Scarlett Emily, was born April 16th, 2008.
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WikiLeaks haunts Cong, Opposition seeks answers
WikiLeaks returned to haunt the Congress party on Monday which trashed reports claiming that Rajiv Gandhi was a middleman for a Swedish aircraft company before entering politics.
New Delhi: WikiLeaks returned to haunt the Congress party on Monday which trashed reports claiming that Rajiv Gandhi was a middleman for a Swedish aircraft company before entering politics but the Opposition demanded that the "truth" be made public.
The Congress made it clear that the reports had no basis whatsoever, with party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi referring to the last line of the leaked Wikileaks cable to emphasise that there was no foundation to the allegation.
Accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of "spreading lies and falsehoods", Dwivedi said "having noted what the Swede has said, the cable makes the comment that there was no additional information to either refute or confirm the information. The foundation of the whole story falls flat here."
The Congress leader also urged media not to fall for "temporary gains" and added "we are very hurt with the news".
The BJP sought an explanation from Congress on the "serious" accusations made in the Wikileaks cables while the CPI sought a probe by independent agencies like the Vigilance Commission.
"These revelations are serious. The nation has a right to know the truth. These are 30-year-old documents which point out to a possible connection of late Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi in different defence acquisitions," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
"There is an accusation that Rajiv Gandhi is playing some role in aircraft purchase and Indira Gandhi taking a final call in defence deals. These allegations become even more serious against the backdrop of the helicopter scam," he said referring to the recent Augusta Westland deal.
The leaked secret cable claimed that Rajiv Gandhi was the "main Indian negotiator" for a massive aircraft deal for which his "family" connections were seen as valuable.
The CPI also demanded "a permanent independent judicial set up to probe the allegations that are being made in defence purchases, as allegations of corruption and favouritism are cropping up every now and then."
As the BJP launched a stinging attack, the Congress general secretary reminded the opposition party of another WikiLeaks cable, which spoke of a big leader of the NDA taking money from the US intelligence agency CIA, a reference to George Fernandes, to organise sabotage activities during Emergency.
Suggesting that the matter should "not be stretched further", Dwivedi said otherwise it would be presumed that all this had happened in the knowledge of all the BJP leaders as well as Jayaprakash Narayan, who had led the anti-Congress movement in the 1970s.
"If it is accepted that there is any truth in this suspicion (about Rajiv Gandhi). Then just below that cable it is one more report in which the name of a big leader of the NDA figures.
"I do not want to take his name or level any accusation against him because of the condition in which he is. But whether that is also true that he used to get money from the CIA or he had demanded money from the CIA," Dwivedi said.
Reacting to the WikiLeaks cable, Fernandes` wife Leila called it a "piece of fiction".
The cables during Henry Kissinger`s time, made public by Wikileaks, claimed that then trade union leader Fernandes sought to get funds from CIA and the French government.
"This is a piece of fiction. There is no question of George asking for funds from CIA. He was very anti-American and you know this," Leila told a news agency.
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Jeffrey E. Hundstad wrote: > What enclosures are you using for your drives? We had a ICP vortex card > with CI-design enclosures we bought that we're supposed to be > ultra-160. I have had enclosure problems on that machine in the past. I have U160 drives, but I've got the sync rate set down to 80, as I was getting an unacceptably high level of retries, and I had disks reported as failed when they were fine. Operating at 80MB, they seem to be OK, though I have seen some retries. I have been operating on the assumption (as there's nothing in the controller's event log) that the host OS would see only good data from the controller even where a disk retry occurs. > As it tuns out when we opened the CI-design enclosures they > didn't meet any of the ultra-160 design goals. ...We threw out the > enclosures and the ICP vortex card works fine. ...We only had problems > with the enclosure setup when a drive had a little problems -- soft > retries for example, then it threw the whole scsi channel into > disarray. Many disks LOOKED as if it had a problem, it of course nuked > the raid-5 array. ...If you checked each drive individually each drive > succeeded (including the original failed disk.) ...and I could run > bonnie++ on it for weeks. ...but several days into a production run it > would fail. I have a second machine, also running an ICP controller and XFS, but with ICY DOCK caddies. These operate perfectly with SCA disks at U160. This machine has never reported any XFS errors, so I suppose it may be worth my while purchasing new caddies and swapping them out. Unreliable SCSI chains are certainly not much fun at all.... Mike.
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Alan Moore v Frank Miller: comic book smackdown
Alan Moore Looked down on us and whispered...."occupy"
Frank Miller caused quite an outrage and disbelief amongst the majority of his fans last month by denouncing the occupy protestors as "nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists" and that they were [implicit] BFF's with Al Qaeda, and to a lesser extent....Xerxes.
Fans were bemused by his sh!tspew, as this he wrote some of the best Batman and Daredevil comics about vigilantes that challenge the status quo where corruption and greed is rife, but yet he is oblivious to the parallels with the occupy movement.
Many have voiced their displeasure and disagreement with Frank Miller, including those from the comic book world, but they were just one off comments. No one had given Frank Miller a verbal beat down. At least not anyone that could equal or surpass Frank Miller's stature in the comic book world....
And now, unlike my obvious segue way, Alan Moore, the legend behind Watchmen and V for Vendetta, a man just as famous for being a recluse, has decided to speak out and deliver an awesome rant of his own....and man does his sh@t all over Miller!
Frank Miller has long been compared to Alan Moore, due to their writing style and dark undertones as well as the fact taht they are both widely regarded as pioneers. No doubt Frank Miller saw this as an honour, but Alan Moore on the other hand doesn't, and wants to make it absolutley clear that they are nothing alike – in every way. Here is what Moore said in an interview with Honest Publishing
"Well, Frank Miller is someone whose work I've barely looked at for the past twenty years. I thought the Sin City stuff was unreconstructed misogyny, 300 appeared to be wildly ahistoric, homophobic and just completely misguided. I think that there has probably been a rather unpleasant sensibility apparent in Frank Miller's work for quite a long time.
Oh snap son! You just got served boi!
Since I don't have anything to do with the comics industry, I don't have anything to do with the people in it. I heard about the latest outpourings regarding the Occupy movement. It's about what I'd expect from him. I think it would be fair to say that me and Frank Miller have diametrically opposing views upon all sorts of things, but certainly upon the Occupy movement. And just to be clear, here is what Moore thinks about the movement:
I think that the Occupy movement is, in one sense, the public saying that they should be the ones to decide who's too big to fail. It's a completely justified howl of moral outrage and it seems to be handled in a very intelligent, non-violent way, which is probably another reason why Frank Miller would be less than pleased with it. I'm sure if it had been a bunch of young, sociopathic vigilantes with Batman make-up on their faces, he'd be more in favour of it.
Woah...leave Batman out of this Moore. Let's not go crazy here.
Totally agree with Moore's spiel about the occupy movement. Regardless of what some have suggested they have a message, albeit not a clear one, that is consistent in all their arguments –fairness built on transparency and accountability.
Unfortunately, Moore's abundant disdain for Miller and his work clearly made him lose track near the end. Can't believe I am having to defend Miller but, Batman and V for Vendetta are not interchangeable and Moore's comics are just as violent and graphic as Miller's.
the only difference is that Miller is apparently an assf*ck.
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Q: Last year I had small-cell bees in a TBH; it died. I want to install bees in the TBH again, but am getting "normal" bees (not small cell.) Do I need to destroy that comb? Kelly, Indiana
A: We've received a variety of answers to this question. We asked Trevor Qualls, an expert on small cell bees. Trevor noted that the queen wouldn't like it but as small-cell comb was available and drawn out, the likelihood that bees could or would change the cell size would be small. The queen would lay in the small cell comb and then the size of the bee would be small cell size eventually. (By the way, Trevor is speaking at Kelley's Field Day. Have you signed up yet?)
We asked two more very seasoned beekeepers. (Not) surprisingly, their answers were different. One noted that the big bees probably wouldn't like it; the queen might have trouble laying in the smaller cell and the entire colony may move on. The other said bees will rebuild the comb to be what they need, so not to worry about it, they may ignore the small comb if they don't like it and build new to their expectations, or rework it to fit their needs.
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The Triglav National Park (TNP) is the only Slovenian national park. The park was named after Triglav, the highest mountain in the heart of the park, which is also the highest summit in Slovenia (2864 m). The origin of the name Triglav is rather uncertain. Triglav (»three-headed«) owes its name to its characteristic shape as seen from the south-east side or to the highest Slavic deity who was supposed to have its throne on the top of the mountain. The mountain is a true national symbol and is featured on the national coat of arms and the flag.
The Triglav National Park extends along the Italian border and close to the Austrian border in the north-west of Slovenia, that is, in the south-eastern section of the Alps. Its territory is nearly identical with that occupied by the Eastern Julian Alps. The park covers 880 square kilometres, or 3% of the territory of Slovenia. The Triglav National Park is one of the oldest European parks; the first protection dates back to 1924 when the Alpine Conservation Park was founded. The principal task of the Triglav National Park Public Institution is the protection of the park, but it also carries out specialist and research tasks.
|TNP history milestones:
|1906 or 1908 – first proposal by Prof. Albin Belar; unfortunately, the idea was not realized
1924 – The Alpine Conservation Park in the Triglav Lakes Valley was founded (1600 ha)
1961 – The decree promulgating the Triglav Lakes Valley as the Triglav National Park (2000 ha)
1981 – the Law on the Triglav National Park defined the park's present borders
2003 – The Julian Alps and the Triglav National Park were included into the UNESCO MaB (Man and Biosphere) network
2004 – The Park was awarded the European Diploma of Protected Areas
2007 - European Union Prize for cultural heritage / Europa Nostra awards for the safeguarding of a rare and authentic example of 18th century alpine architectural and ethnological heritage on Pocar Farm in Zgornja Radovna.
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|Central area:
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|Average temperatures in the warmest month range from 20 °C in the valley and 5.6 °C in the mountains, and in the coldest month the temperatures range between 0.7 °C and – 8,8 °C. The annual average of precipitation exceeds 1500 mm. There are 120 to 146 precipitation days in a year.
|Forest covers two thirds of the park territory; the predominating tree species on the south side of the park is the beech, whereas spruces and larches are characteristic of the northern side of the park.
|Subterranean waters, karst springs, water courses and glacier lakes are invaluable TNP assets. The mountain ridges between the Sava and the Soča rivers mark the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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|Municipalities in the park:
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5. One of my CathSorority friends posted this the other day and it cracked me up:
4. I got out Cupcakes' old Rainforest Play Mat for Tootsie Roll to play on, and -as I knew she would- Cupcakes joined right in. She loved it and I think Tootsie Roll really liked it too! He was looking around at everything and I think maybe smiling a little bit. Cupcakes was all over the place.
3. This. With her hands on her cheeks. It happens when she gets excited and tells me something in a hushed voice.
Another thing one of my CathSorority friends posted the other day.
During the 2 o'clock in the morning hour, the little guy pulls some hijinks. Sometimes during that night feeding I find myself barely awake. On this occasion, though, I noticed that he managed to get one of his arms out of the swaddle. I thought it was funny so I snapped this shot for my hubby, but thought I'd throw it up here too. 🙂
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You don't like partridge, Archilochus, or porridge, or what not?
I don't care a fig whether Archilochus likes the papers or no.
The gnomic verses of Theognis were certainly sung; so were the satires of Archilochus and the romantic reveries of Mimnermus.
His anger did not arm him, like Archilochus, with lyrical vengeance.
Aristotle quoted without question a judgment that placed her in the same rank as Homer and Archilochus.
And Archilochus also mentions the cherambe: and Ibycus mentions the periwinkle.
Hermippus also appears to have written scurrilous iambic poems after the manner of Archilochus.
To this island Archilochus himself, hard pressed by poverty, afterwards removed.
His satires were esteemed almost as pungent as those of Archilochus.
I have done my best with this extraordinary expression, of which Elmsley quotes another example from Archilochus Fragm.


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A WOMAN has raised more than £7,000 cycling 500 miles in memory of her former marine brother.
Emma Young rode from the marine base in Lympstone to Arbroath in memory of Darrener Martin Craig, who was just 17 when he died in a motorbike accident two days after passing out as a Royal Marine in 1987.
The ride marked the 25th anniversary year of his death.
Mrs Young, 39, was joined by a number of other riders during the mammoth ride, which took a week to complete.
She said: "The event was a huge success and to date we have raised well over £7,000, which is still growing."
Mrs Young said there were four riders who joined her for the leg that passed through Darwen, including friends from Blackburn Cadets and an ex-Royal Marine.
She said: "We celebrated with Champagne at the gates of RM Condor and then went into the Garden of Remembrance there and met the gardener who helped us choose a tree, which we will be planting in memory of Martin in the next couple of months.
"I would like to thank everyone for their donations and well-wishes."
Martin died on November 15, 1987, after being found on a grass verge at Duckworth Hill, Oswaldtwistle.
He had been riding a motorbike from Blackburn bus station to Burnley, where he was due to meet up with his girlfriend.
Mrs Young, a former pupil of St Cuthbert's Primary School and St Wilfrid's High School, Blackburn, left Darwen when she was 18 to join the Navy. She now lives near Stockport.
The siblings grew up at The Olde England Kiosk, Sunnyhurst Woods, which was then owned by their parents, Elaine and Craig Gordon.
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I started a video blog and though I have only 5 videos so far (only 2 of them are new), I'm having a great time with it. It's fun to be able to record something, quickly edit it, and have it live in about the same time it would take me to write up a really good blog post. Let me know what you think. The latest two episodes are below.
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Grade 12 biology students at Charlottetown Rural High School are studying DNA and gene splicing in class these days thanks to a grant from BioVectra Inc. From left are student Niki Triantafillou, Cydney Lantz and Shae-Lynn Pugh.
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Biology students at Charlottetown Rural High School got to experience being crime scene investigators.
Thanks to a $2,500 grant from BioVectra Inc., the high school began teaching modern lab skills and techniques in the field of biotechnology this year.
Those classes involve DNA amplification and profiling as well as a lab on gene splicing.
"I think it's an awesome experience because these are skills that we will actually be able to use someday,'' says Grade 12 biology student Shae-Lynn Pugh. "You see it on TV every day. Being able to actually do it feels important and it's hands-on experience.''
The grant from BioVectra was used to purchase consumable supplies to run two biotech labs for all Grade 12 biology classes. That involved about 140 students this year.
DNA profiling is used in forensic labs for things like criminal cases and paternity tests.
With gene splicing, students took a glow-in-the-dark gene from jelly fish and introduced a bacteria.
Patricia Shields, biology teacher at Charlottetown Rural, said it's a technique used in modern science to create insulin or see how cells communicate when it comes to cancer.
"They take the human insulin gene and they can splice it into bacteria and have the bacteria produce insulin, purify it and extract it,'' Shields says. "It's pretty amazing science, really.''
The purpose is to expose students to modern lab skills and techniques, showing them there are viable and rewarding careers in the biotech field.
"I think we've always done a good job teaching the traditional lab skills. I felt, though, that it was important that they learn these modern techniques. The world has changed,'' Shields says.
"If you look at the impact that science has had on society over the past two decades, I think we really need to embrace that and show it to students, what an important role it plays and to give them exposure to this.''
Cydney Lantz, another Grade 12 biology student, says it opened up a whole other world to pupils.
"This gives us another opportunity. I think Holland College has a course if you're interested in that,'' Lantz said. "I didn't know about any of this stuff.''
Her friend Niki Triantafillou says students often wonder how some of the subjects they take in school are going to benefit them down the road. That's not the case with the lab classes.
"You can relate to this,'' Triantafillou said. "You know that people need insulin and that there are crime scenes out there.''
Shields says it wouldn't surprise her at all to see some of her students working at BioVectra some day.
"They would be lucky to have them, I will tell you that; in any capacity of the business,'' Shields says, referring to Triantafillou, Lantz and Pugh.
In summary
- BioVectra Inc. in Charlottetown gave Charlottetown Rural High School a $2,500 grant.
- That money is being used to modernize biology classes at the school.
- Grade 12 biology students learned about DNA amplification and profiling this year, as well as gene splicing.
- Approximately 140 students took the classes.


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