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Progenitor cells (PC) are the precursors for many developmental structures and are sensitive to a variety of toxic agents including the environmental contaminants, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The mechanism(s) that contributes to the development of PCB-induced progenitor cell-related fetotoxicities are not completely understood. However, several studies have demonstrated an important role for neutrophils (polymorphonucleocytes) in the development of PCB induced toxicities. Our recent findings have indicated that conditioned medium collected from PC (CMPC) exposed to a single dose of the PCB mixture, Aroclor 1248, can activate isolated neutrophil populations. Because of our recent findings, this study was conducted to determine if conditioned medium from PC treated with a PCB mixture causes neutrophils to injure PC in culture. Isolated PC were cultured and treated with different concentrations of Aroclor 1248 for 24 hours. The resulting PC-derived conditioned media was collected and its affect on neutrophil activity was analyzed. Conditioned medium from PC treated with Aroclor 1248 was chemotactic for neutrophils. The conditioned medium from Aroclor 1248 treated-PC also stimulated neutrophils to release super oxide anion, cathepsin G and elastase into culture medium. Furthermore, the conditioned medium from Aroclor 1248 treated- PC was able to stimulate neutrophils to cause progenitor cell toxicity in co-cultures. The conditioned medium from Aroclor 1248 treated-PC was not toxic to individual neutrophil cultures or PC cultures. Moreover, the addition of a protease inhibitor to the co-cultures containing neutrophils and PC, afforded protection against neutrophil-induced cytotoxicity of PC. These data suggest that a PCB mixture can cause progenitor cells to produce a factor(s) that activates neutrophils and stimulates them to damage PC populations in culture.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (e.g. Aroclor 1248) are persistent environmental contaminants [
Female Sprague-Dawley rats (CD-Crl:CD(SD), Harlan Labs. Inc. Fredrick, Maryland) were obtained on day five of pregnancy and allowed to acclimate for 4 days. Rat conceptuses were explanted on gestational day 10 as described by Ambroso and Harris (1994). The explanted conceptuses were then cultured (24 hours) in medium containing 33% heat-inactivated pregnant rat serum, 66% Hank's Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS), and 1% gentamycin (Sigma chemical, St. Louis, MO). The conceptuses were then removed from the culture medium, rinsed with HBSS and placed in Tyrode's dissecting buffer (Sigma chemical, St. Louis, MO) for the isolation of neural crest cells (progenitor cell population). This progenitor cell population was isolated from the embryos by initially removing the ectoplacental cone, visceral yolk sac, and the amnion to expose the intact embryo. The neural tubes were then surgically dissected from the embryo and placed into Tyrode's dissecting medium containing 0.025% trypsin. The somites and excess tissue were removed so that the neural tube was completely exposed. The isolated neural tubes were then rinsed with Tyrod's medium void of trypsin and transferred into a Sigma 12 well culture plate coated with 0.75 mLs collagen matrix. Each well contained 2 neural tubes and 3 mLs Dulbecco's modified eagles medium (DMEM) (Sigma chemical) supplemented with 10% chick embryo extract (Sigma chemical), 10% fetal calf ser um and 1% gentamycin/pen/strep (Sigma chemical). After a 24 hour incubation period, the progenitor cells migrated away from the neural tube and began colony expansion. The neural tubes were removed from the culture at this time. After a 24 hour expansion period, the cell cultures were washed. The viable cells remained attached to the plate while the other cell types were lifted due to the incompatible culture conditions. Fresh medium was added and viability was determined by trypan blue exclusion. Progenitor cell (PC) cultures were maintained using DMEM containing the respective supplements previously mentioned. Cytospins and HNK staining was conducted to verify PC populations.
Neutrophils (polymorphonucleocytes) were isolated from female Sprague-Dawley rats (Charles River Laboratories, 250–300 grams) by glycogen elicitation as described by Dahm et al. [
Either Aroclor 1248 (standard PCB mixture) or the respective vehicle (naive Williams' Medium E) was added to isolated PC (5 × 106 cells/mL) to obtain a final concentration of 0, 6, 12, 25 or 50 μM and incubated for 24 hours. PC viability was assessed by eosin Y uptake analysis.
PC were plated (1 × 106 cells) in Falcon 3046, six-well culture plates and allowed to adhere for 3–4 hours before treatment with aroclor 1248 at a final concentration of either 6, 12, 25 or 50 μM or its vehicle for 24 hours. At this time, the conditioned medium was collected, centrifuged at room temperature for 15 minutes at 120 × g to remove cellular debris, and then stored at −20°C. To indicate PC toxicity, hyaluronan levels in the culture medium were measured as an indicator of toxicity. Hyaluronan levels in the culture medium were measured as an indicator of PC toxicity. After the incubation period, culture medium was analyzed for hyaluronan levels as a specific marker of PC toxicity. The hyaluronan levels were measured using a HA-ELISA kit from Echelon Inc.
Either CMPC, CMPC-Aroclor or vehicle (naïve Williams' Medium E) was added (1:1; v:v) to isolated neutrophils and incubated for 24 hours at 37°C. After the incubation period, culture medium from isolated neutrophils was analyzed for lactate dehydrogenase activity (LDH) to indicate neutrophil toxicity.
A two-chambered chemotaxis system was used to determine if the conditioned medium derived from PC was chemotactic for neutrophils. The upper chamber, a Falcon 3181 Cell Culture Insert (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ), was separated from the lower chamber, a Falcon 3043 Multiwell Culture Plate (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ), by a 3 μm cyclopore polyethylene terephthalate membrane located at the base of the insert. Neutrophils (1.5 × 106 cells) were placed in the upper chamber, and conditioned medium (1.0 mL) from PC was placed in the lower chamber. In response to a chemotactic stimulus, neutrophils migrate through the membrane to the lower chamber. One hour after both chambers were loaded, the degree of chemotaxis was determined by counting neutrophils present in the lower chamber. N-Formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP [10 nM]) was used as the positive control stimulus for chemotaxis, and chemotaxis was expressed as % of this positive control.
Neutrophils (2 × 106 cells/mL) were treated with CMPCP, naive medium, or CMNC for 24 hours. After this incubation period the neutrophil-derived conditioned medium was collected for analysis of protease activity. Cathepsin-G and elastase were isolated from the culture medium. Briefly, Cathepsin-G and elastase were isolated by methods previously established [
Neutrophils (2 × 106 cells/mL) were treated with CMPC-Aroclor, CMPC or naive medium, for 24 hours. After this incubation period the neutrophil-derived superoxide activity was analyzed. Briefly, superoxide anion activity was determined by the reduction of cytochrome c (100 micromolar; horse heart, type III, SigmaAldrich, St. Louis, Mo), using kinetic changes in spectrophotometric readings (absorbance - 550 nm). The rapid reduction of cytochrome C by neutrophil-derived superoxide was calculated as nmol of superoxide formed via extinction coefficient of 21 × 103 M-1 cm-1 but expressed as percentage positive control (FMLP; fMet-Leu-Phe). The production of superoxide in response to FMLP after was completed after a 25 minute incubation and ended via superoxide dismutase (30 units/ml; SigmaAldrich, St. Louis, Mo) administration.
Either CMPC, CMPC-Aroclor or vehicle (naïve Williams' Medium E) was added (1:1; v:v) to co-cultures containing neutrophils (2 × 106 cell/mL) and PC (5 × 106 cells/mL). The co-cultures were incubated for 24 hours at 37°C. After the incubation period, culture medium was analyzed for hyaluronan levels as a specific marker of PC toxicity. The hyaluronan levels were measured using a HA-ELISA kit from Echelon Inc.
Superoxide dismutase (SOD; 1000 units/mL) and trypsin-chymotrypsin inhibitor (TCI 10 ng/mL; protease inhibitor) was added to neutrophil/PC co-cultures (2 × 106 cells/mL, and 5 × 106 cells/mL, respectively) with or without conditioned medium derived from PC treated with Aroclor. The co-cultures were incubated for 24 hours at 37°C. After the incubation period, culture medium was analyzed (ELISA) for hyaluronan levels as a specific marker of PC toxicity.
Results are expressed as mean + SEM. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA), and individual means were compared using Dunnett's test. Appropriate transformations were performed on data for which variances were not homogeneous. An
Initially experiments were conducted to determine if treatment of progenitor cells (PC) with different concentrations of Aroclor caused an increase in PC lethality. Thus, PC were isolated and incubated with either Aroclor(6, 12, 25, or 50 uM) for 24 hrs. The subsequent data indicated that neither concentration of Aroclor resulted in statistically significant changes in PC viability (
Studies were then conducted to determine if the same concentrations of Aroclor that were non-lethal to PC caused an increase in cytotoxicity. Therefore, isolated PC were incubated with Aroclor(6, 12, 25, or 50 μM) for 24 hrs. After this incubation period the levels of hyaluronan released in the culture medium were determined as an indication of PC toxicity. The results indicated that the higher concentrations of Aroclor (25 and 50 μM) caused a significant increase in PC cytotoxicity when compared to control groups. The lower concentrations of Aroclor (6 and 12 μM) did not cause an increase in hyaluronan release (
Studies were then conducted to determine if the conditioned medium from progenitor cells treated with Aroclor (CMPC-Aroclor(6, 12, 25, or 50 μM)) altered neutrophil viability. In order to investigate this parameter, CMPC-Aroclor(6, 12, 25, or 50 μM) was collected and then added to isolated neutrophil cultures. After a 24 hour incubation, neutrophil viability was determined using trypan blue exclusion and eosin Y uptake assays. When cells are non-viable, trypan blue is easily distributed to the intracellular domain of the cells and exhibit a blue color phase. In addition, when cells are non-viable they will internalize eosin Y and a redish color phase can be observed optically. The results indicated that PC-derived conditioned medium did not cause any overt neutrophil toxicity (
In order to determine if CMPC-Aroclor was able to induce neutrophil migration, a two-chambered vertical chemotaxis system was used. Neutrophils (1.5 × 106 cells) were placed in the upper chamber, and CMPC-Aroclor was placed in the lower chamber. In response to the potential stimulus (CMPC-Aroclor), neutrophils migrated through the membrane barrier (separating the upper and lower chambers) to the lower chamber.
The results indicated that the CM derived from PC treated with 25 or 50 μM Aroclor was able to stimulate chemotaxis. In addition, the remaining derivations of CMPC-Aroclor were not effective in stimulating neutrophil chemotaxis (
To determine if CMPC-Aroclor can influence the release of specific proteases, isolated neutrophils were incubated with CMPC-Aroclor(6, 12, 25, or 50 μM) for 24 hrs. After this incubation period, the culture medium was collected for the measurement of cathepsin-G and elastase levels (
Studies were also conducted to determine if CMPC-Aroclor could stimulate superoxide production from isolated neutrophils. In order to analyze this parameter neutrophils were incubated with CMPC-Aroclor(6, 12, 25, or 50 μM) for 24 hrs. After this incubation period, the production of superoxide anion by this cell population was analyzed using a cytochrome C reduction assay (
In order to determine the ability of CMPC-Aroclor to stimulate neutrophil-induced cytotoxicity in PC, Isolated neutrophils were co-cultured with PC in the presence or absence of CMPC-Aroclor. These studies indicated that neither naïve CMPC or CMPC derived from 6 or 12 μM of Aroclor were able to stimulate neutrophils to damage PC in co-culture. Conversely, CMPC derived from 25 or 50 μM of Aroclor was able to stimulate a significant degree of neutrophil-dependant PC cytotoxicity (
In order to determine the cytotoxic role of neutrophil-derived substances (cathepsin G, elastase and/or superoxide) in this model of inflammatory cell-mediated PC injury, TCI and SOD were added to neutrophil/PC co-cultures containing CMPC-Aroclor (
In adults, neutrophils have been shown to play a role in a variety of cytotoxicities by responding to factors released by tissue associated cell populations that have been exposed to contaminants and/or pollutants [
The present study has shown that in response to exposure to the PCB mixture, Aroclor 1248, PC produce a factor(s) that causes neutrophils to chemotax and release cytotoxic proteases and reactive oxygen species. These observations are indicative of a potential pathway involving immuno-effector cells in the development or progression of fetal/embryonic toxicity.
It is important to emphasize that little research, has been documented concerning the involvement of neutrophils in the genesis and propagation of progenitor cell toxicity. For example, studies conducted by Ganey (2005) have indicated that PCBs, depending on their structural orientation, are able to influence neutrophil activity. This influence can result in a variety of tissue specific cytotoxicities with liver and lung being very prominent. However, this study, which provides valuable information, does not include PCB-induced alterations in parenchyma and parenchyma-derived factors regulating neutrophil activity. In addition, a significant void of documented information also exists concerning the ability of PC (in response to a toxic challenge) to produce a factor(s) that can regulate neutrophil activity. However, we will endeavor to address the results and discuss them as they correlate with the relevant body of literature that does exist to date.
The progenitor population of neural crest cells is critical for the development of the cranio-facial structures. These cells have been shown to be very susceptible to the toxicities of various environmental contaminants [
The present study indicated that Aroclor 1248 was not lethal to PC at concentrations of 6 and 50 μM (
Conditioned medium from PC treated with a minimum of 25 μM Aroclor 1248 was shown to be chemotactic for neutrophils in comparison to control chemotactic agents (
The present study has also demonstrated that CMPC-Aroclor has the ability to cause neutrophils to produce and release superoxide anion
In addition, CMPC-Aroclor causes neutrophils to release the proteases, cathepsin G and elastase
Although all the specific mechanisms facilitating cytotoxicity in our model design are not fully understood, there is an emerging body of evidence that the ideology of inflammatory response effectors (neutrophils) and their regulation/modulation play an important role in the onset of many tissue organ specific cytotoxicities.
Furthermore, this study showed the ability of CMPC-Aroclor to stimulate neutrophils to damage PC in co-culture using neutrophil-derived proteases and reactive oxygen species (
Our studies suggest that an undetermined regulatory factor is present in the PC-derived conditioned medium. However, certain epithelial cell populations have been shown to produce neutrophil-regulatory factors in response to a toxic challenge. For example, Schmouder (1993) and Kayama (1995) [
In conclusion, the current study indicates that in response to Aroclor 1248, PC produce an unknown factor that was chemotactic for neutrophils and caused them to release the cytotoxic proteases, cathepsin G and elastase, and superoxide anion which subsequently induced PC damage
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Published on: 22 July 2017
1 night's dinner, bed & breakfast and 2 rounds of golf (Oulton Hall Course)
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Originally a mid-18th century mansion, Oulton Hall in Leeds has been lovingly made into a luxurious 4* hotel. Staying at Oulton Hall Hotel is a real treat and you will feel spoilt by the warm welcome, fine interior, picturesque grounds, spa facilities and well-appointed bedrooms.
Oulton Hall Golf Club has 27-holes of championship golf. Designed by former Ryder Cup legend, Dave Thomas, Oulton Hall Golf Course is a wonderful challenge for golfers of all abilities. For those of you who also want to perfect your swing, the golf club also boasts a state-of-the-art Nike Golf Academy - the only one in England at that.
Located in Oulton, West Yorkshire, Oulton Hall Hotel lies 10 miles south east of Leeds city centre. It is easily accessible by train or car, situated just 5 minutes from junction 44 on the M1. A 13 minute train journey from Leeds takes you to the neareast station of Woodlesford, which is only a mile away from the venue.
Oulton Hall Hotel, formerly known as De Vere Oulton Hall, is a deluxe converted Victorian mansion. Staying here is truly exquisite experience where you can spoil yourself in the luxurious spa and on-site leisure facilities. The hotel boasts 133 standard bedrooms, 12 deluxe double rooms and seven suites. The bedrooms contain all the facilities you would expect including en-suite bathrooms (with bath and shower), satellite TV and free internet connection. The bedrooms can either be twin or double depending on your golf party's requirements.
If you are hungry after your round on the golf course why not try The Claret Jug bar located in the clubhouse. This is a bar and restaurant with a great atmosphere where you can watch the golfers teeing off and finishing their rounds, whilst indulging in a well-earned drink and some delicious food. Alternatively, let yourself be tempted by the 2 Rosette award winning Calverley Grill restaurant located at the heart of the hotel. Oulton Hall also provides private dining options which can be pre-arranged for parties of 10-25.
End your day's golf in style and enjoy some relaxing music in the indoor pool, or chill out in the sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi. For the more energetic guests, the state-of-the-art gym has the latest Technogym equipment, power plates and free weights.
The facilities at the award winning Oulton Hall Spa are outstanding. Voted as the 'Best Spa' in the city by the Leeds Guide, the spa boasts 10 treatment rooms and a VIP Suite which boasts its own Jacuzzi and steam room. Choose from a range of rejuvenating treatments such as back massage and facials, or unwind in the hydro pool with mood lighting and chilled out music. Go on, spoil yourself!
With the vibrant city of Leeds just 5 miles away from Oulton Hall Hotel, don't miss out what is has on offer. With a fantastic array of museums, shopping centres and natural landmarks, there are plenty of attractions to keep you occupied away from the golf course. Not to mention, Leeds is renowned for having one of the best nightlife's in the UK.
Oulton Hall is a Golfbreaks.com bestseller and it is easy to see why. You will experience breath-taking scenery, renowned spa facilities and a testing golf course, all wrapped up in a luxurious 18th century mansion.
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Oh help! Tears and Tantrums
I thought my life was tough til I stopped and looked at things through my angel's eyes today. We had the roughest day that we have had in a long time. Nothing was going right for her today. Besides fighting the big bad teething monster at the moment Felicity has begun to delight everyone with her acting/drama skills.
The tantrums have to be the worst. When my little starshine wants something and mummy says no she screams loud enough to raise the roof, crosses her arms, gives filthy looks and even stomps her feet.
I was contemplating strategic plans to conquer this huge grey elephant in the room when all of a sudden I had a light bulb moment, I decided this fish wasn't biting and I just turned and walked away. Miss personality herself decided that this was decidedly unfair and followed me while continuing to protest loudly. We fought in this strangely one sided manner for about half an hour until I think she just gave up.
While life is excruciatingly tough some days as a single parent I wouldn't trade the priceless moments for all the money in the world. When the tantrum had subsided this tear stained little princess tugged on my pants and looked up at me and said 'mummy hug pease'. It took but a moment to realise what a huge experience this tantrum had been for her and that she needed reassurance that all was right with her world once again.
We wrapped our arms around each other and just held on tight.
It amazes me how our days can be filled with such dramatic highs and lows and I wonder will there ever be balance? I adore my little angel and I think have I encouraged these displays? Parenting has to be the most wonderful, amazing, magical, scary, lonely and guilty job in the world.
Anyone that is parenting a spirited child will understand..... until the next tantrum I am just going to hold on tight and love this little girl.
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MATILDAS captain Melissa Barbieri has revealed her hurt at Australia's failure to qualify for the London Olympics - and blamed some of her teammates' attitudes for a poor showing in qualifying.
Speaking to Fairfax's new women's website, dailylife.com.au, Barbieri said that between the Women's World Cup last July and the Olympic qualifying tournament in September, the squad was allowed a two-week break.
''I think the wheels fell off because after the World Cup we were told to have a couple of weeks off, and I think players may have taken that a bit too literally,'' she said. ''They went off on their merry way to different parts of the globe having a real holiday. And I think that bit us in the butt. Everyone looked under the weather, not sharp.''
Australia, the Asian champions, finished third in qualifying behind world champions Japan and North Korea, to whom they lost in the opening match of the qualifying tournament. North Korea has been banned from all 2015 World Cup competition because five players tested positive to steroids at the 2011 World Cup. However FIFA allowed them to compete in Olympic qualifying.
Asked if she was bitter about North Korea's participation, Barbieri said: ''It hurts me more that the girls weren't really upset about not making it. I've been to an Olympics in Athens, and knowing that I could have gone to another two does hurt me a little.''
Despite three Asian teams (Australia is ranked No.10) in the FIFA top 10, Asia has only two places in London. ''Even though they won the World Cup, Japan, they would have been straight back in training,'' Barbieri said. ''It usually works for us to have a couple of weeks off because it refreshes us but I dare say we came back worse for wear.''
If the Olyroos don't qualify, it will be the first time in 28 years Australia has not had a football team at the Games.
Barbieri, 32, talks to the Herald's new women's website today about football, motherhood and making ends meet.


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Battle of the Books: Final Showdown
After a long summer of intense voting, it's finally here: the last Battle of the Books showdown! For the next two weeks (that's right, two!), cast your ballot for your favorite books in the following match-ups:
In adult fiction, The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) will battle with The Help (Kathryn Stockett).
In YA fiction, The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) will battle with Eragon (Christopher Paolini).
In children's fiction, Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) will battle with Charlotte's Web (E.B. White).
Which book do you think should be crowned the Ultimate Battle of the Books Champion? Stop by the library by Saturday, August 24 to cast your vote!
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From one of the most influential artists of his generation comes a provocative, moving novella about what it means to be a creative person under today's digital regime. In the course of a gripping, headlong narrative, Price's unnamed protagonist moves in and out of contemporary non-spaces on a confounding and enigmatic quest, all the while meditating on art in the broadest sense: not simply painting and sculpture but also film, architecture, literature, and poetry. From boutique hotels and highway bridges to PC terminals and off-ramps; from Kanye West and Jeff Koons to George Bush and Patricia Highsmith; from the playground to the internet to the mirror, Price's hybrid of fiction, essay, and memoir gets to the central questions not only of art, but of how we live now.
Seth Price was born in 1973 in East Jerusalem, Palestine. He received a BA from Brown University in 1997, where he studied modern culture and media. In 2012 he began to work as an artist, and his first one-person exhibition was in 2004; major exhibitions of his work have since been presented around the world. His writings are widely anthologized and taught, and have been translated into eight languages. He lives in New York City.
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Boeheim Ribs Pitino In New ACC Video
Today the ACC Digital Network released the first of what they say will be six videos featuring Hall of Fame coaches Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, Jim Boeheim, and Rick Pitino. It seems to be a fun little series with each video lasting a couple minutes and the other five video shorts to be revealed over the next 10 days.
No other college basketball league can even approach this kind of coaching prowess, and props to the digital network for gathering them together and letting the cameras roll.


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London: Enrique Iglesias has revealed that he stays up to write music in the middle of the night.
Enrique Iglesias. Pic/Santa Banta
The singer admitted that many of his most inspired moments come during his nocturnal songwriting sessions.
The 39-year-old told the Daily Star that's how a lot of his music comes to him.
He said that he's an insomniac even when he is not songwriting.


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Community groups across Hertfordshire can now bid for grants from a £125,000 community safety fund.
The Police and Crime Commissioner's community fund is now open for bids for individuals, communities and businesses in Hertfordshire whose projects contribute toward the priority areas set out in the Police and Crime Plan for Hertfordshire, "Everybody's Business".
The commissioner is particularly looking for projects and schemes that focus on the needs of the public, particularly in the areas of support to victims of crime, offenders making amends and paying back for the cost of their crimes and for projects which can apply business sense to community safety. Bids should relate to projects and initiatives within this financial year (April 2014 to March 2015).
Among the thirty three schemes that have been successful in obtaining funding so far are two street pastors' schemes in Dacorum and East Hertfordshire, a countywide service supporting the victims of sexual and domestic abuse, and a scheme in St Albans which provides talking therapies for young people who present with anti-social, violent or criminal behaviours.
A form is available online now for bids which need to be submitted by May 18 for consideration.
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THE spring market held ground over the weekend but the real test is not due until the end of the month when larger volumes of stock finally come on the market.
Agents are hoping buyers who need to be settled before Christmas or the 2013 school year will help prop up the clearance rate and property prices.
Another interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia in early November and some stronger action from the major banks could also spark sharper activity.
Data from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria shows a modest 1 per cent rise in Melbourne's median house price for the past quarter to $530,000, against a 1.9 per cent fall for the year.
The auction clearance rate fell slightly over the weekend to 62 per cent, compared with 64 per cent last weekend. But it's a big improvement on the 54 per cent recorded for the same weekend in 2011.
The REIV recorded results for 578 auctions over the weekend, with the outcome of 90 auctions yet to be reported.
Next week, 690 properties are up for auction, but on the following weekend, October 27-28, 1150 auctions are scheduled.
Buyers agent David Morell said the spring market should be drawing more people out to auctions.
''Auction numbers are down and attendances are down as well. Auctions used to get 200 people, now they're lucky to get 50,'' Mr Morrell said. ''It's a bit quiet and everyone's pinning their hopes on October 27,'' he said.
Marshall White director John Bongiorno, who auctioned the most expensive house at the weekend at 13 Redcourt Avenue in Armadale (for $2.2 million), said people bought new houses in spring so they could be settled by Christmas and the return to school in the new year.
''And this includes people moving to Melbourne through interstate work transfers. Overseas buyers want to be set up before 2013 too,'' Mr Bongiorno said.
RT Edgar agent Andrew Smith said some people who had already sold their houses had less than three months until Christmas to buy and settle a new property.
''They want to wrap up their affairs before Christmas and have a good break,'' Mr Smith said.
While private sales and off-market transactions have accompanied the year's falling and flat prices, some auctions are still firing.
Mr Smith sold an Armadale town house on Saturday for $180,000 more than its reserve price. Three bidders pushed the price of 1/1086 Malvern Road to $1.51 million.
Jellis Craig director Alastair Craig said classic single-fronted terraces were still selling well, with five bidders competing for 16 Henry Street, Hawthorn. It fetched $897,000.


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Management consulting and technology outsourcing giant Accenture (ACN) services a global stable of clients, operating in 200 cities across 54 countries.
This is a Rolodex that includes 89 members of the Fortune Global 100, and 75% of the Fortune 500.
Not bad company to be in.
Accenture keeps growing revenues, with FY2013's $30 billion up 31% from three years ago. Growth has slowed a bit, but things are still pointed in the right direction. FY2013 revenues were up 2% year-over-year, with Wall Street expecting 3%-plus rev growth in FY14 and 5% in FY15. Earnings growth is slated for an even faster clip.
Accenture's dividend history is just as impressive, albeit unorthodox. Accenture actually paid annual dividends for a few years before switching to semiannual payouts in 2010. The current 81-cent dividend is more than double its first 2010 payout, and represents a yield of 2.6% on current prices.


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remove the upper and lower steering column bezels, they have Phillips screws
remove the lower dash panle under the steering column
set the steering wheel straight --remove the clock spring and do not let this turn -put tape on it so it does not turn ---
remove the turn signal switch
disconect the battery ---put the key in the ign tumbler and turn it to the run position --on the bottom of the hole where the tumbler goes in there is a set pin for the tumbler --push in on it and the tumbler will slide out -
if this a auto trans --the shift indicator cable ( a white thin cable about center bottom of the column ) must be unbolted and put to the side
now on around the upper steering shaft is the turn signal black plastic paw-use a flat screwdriver and work it off the shaft
use a snap ring pliers and remove the snap ring on the shaft -and its spring , top hat and race.
there are four bolts that hold the steering column up---remove the front two and leave both rear on but at there last threads---
now on each side of the column there are two gold bolts for the tilt-use a 30 torx socket and remove them
now the only thing holding the upper housing on is the lower tilt gears---mounted on the upper housing on the bottom --they have big teeth on them ---pull down on them while pulling up on the steering shaft and the housing should come off.
there are two bearings in the upper housing ---take a long look at them -there is a top and bottom to them ---use a punch and tap them out ---then but the new ones in -
now install the housing on to the shaft by pulling down on the tilt gears and pulling up on the shaft --the tilt gears will lock onto a bar on
now you can put every thing back into place all the way up to the snap ring --the snap ring has to be pressed on ----what I do is put the snap ring on as far as I can ---then I put about five to six closed ended wrenches over the upper steering shaft all the way to the top of the shaft and then use the steering wheel bolt to screw it down onto the wrenches and they push on the snap ring---if it does not go down all the way ---then dont worry , you take the steering wheel bolt off and add another wrench and screw the bolt back down --the snap ring will stay in place---press the snap ring down until it snaps into place --
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It's official: former Middleton WR Richard Benjamin is now enrolled at Tampa Bay Tech, as head coach Jayson Roberts saw him at school this morning.
Benjamin, one of the area's top recruits for 2013, began his career at TBT before transferring to Middleton for his sophomore and junior seasons. It appeared as if he was headed for Tampa Bay Tech this summer, but he did so without his mother's permission and was back at Middleton for last year's 0-10 campaign.
The Titans (8-4) won the Class 7A, District 7 title before losing a rematch against Gaither in the second round of the playoffs. Benjamin will help fill the void left by departing senior RB Cludner Lacount, who rushed for a team-best 1,132 yards and seven touchdowns on 172 carries and also caught a team-leading 38 passes for 511 yards.
The 6-foot-1, 173-pound Benjamin has over 20 Division-I offers from the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame and Ohio State, among others. Benjamin visited Miami last weekend.


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Harley boot camps bring bikers together
There's never a shortage of strong opinions, friendly jabs and caustic comebacks when bikers, especially biker couples, get together.
In fact, my wife Janice and I were pretty much the quite ones at a recent motorcycle "boot camp" with six other couples at the Wisconsin Harley-Davidson dealership in Oconomowoc.
The Harley dealership promoted the boot camp gathering on its website as a chance to simply learn more about motorcycles with your significant other. All we had to do was register and show up. As much as we all wanted to ride our bikes there, it was a typically cold, rainy Wisconsin spring night. While we had to drive, we wore our boots and Harley gear just in case.
We were greeted at Wisconsin Harley by marketing manager Dianne Crowley, along with food, refreshments and just a few fine motorcycles. After some brief introductions, we got right into it with a little friendly competition.
The contest was about as unique as it gets. It was the guys against the gals to see who could do the best job of packing a three-wheel Harley Ultra Tri-Glide aka Trike for a long road trip. After getting the ground rules from Jodi Howland, the guys were busy packing and debating what to pack, and packing and debating what to pack, and well, you get the picture.
As might be expected, the women packed more for hygiene and style, while the dudes focused on cool T-shirts and tools. While the guys won in a close call by Jodi, it could have gone either way. One interesting recommendation from Jodi was to pack old clothes that can actually be tossed during a long trip to save space for the swag you buy along the way.
The couples then mixed up to compete in a Harley version of "Family Feud." The questions ranged from as easy as naming Harley's styling guru and icon "Willie G." to matching historic Harley engine nicknames. After this learning experience, we did a little shopping and talked motorcycles and more.
For years, Harley-Davidson has worked to reach newer customers like women, minorities and young adults. Part of those efforts include these boot camp or garage party concepts aimed to get these groups of potential riders together at Harley dealerships to get a taste of the biker lifestyle in a tamer, almost unbikerlike setting.
Downtown Milwaukee residents Ivan Araya-Schraner and friend Kari Stower don't ride Harleys, yet. He rides a Honda cruiser and she hopes to learn to ride very soon, possibly through a Harley Riding Academy class.
"Harley is a great place to learn about motorcycles," Kari said. "We're trying to learn all that we can. We're also looking to ride safely when it comes to the right helmets, jackets and things like that."
Harley's outreach efforts are part of the motorcycle industry's success in increasing growth, participation and increasing sales to new audiences. At Harley, it's sometimes referred to as "extending the brand."
Harley Softail rider Dan Kurth and passenger Lori Gunderson enjoyed the event and did some recruiting for their local Harley Owner's Group (HOG) chapter. They appreciated and enjoyed the chance to talk to competitive bike riders like Ivan and Kari.
"Harley is about the bikes, but it's also about the people you ride with," Dan said. "The more events, the more people you get to meet and the bikes bring people together."
Lori is happy riding on the back of Dan's Harley and is not looking to ride herself. "I feel like a princess when we're riding," she said. "We can talk, enjoy the scenery and I like being the navigator."
As much as getting more people on motorcycles is about new riders, it's also about passengers and other enthusiasts, which includes a lot of couples.
If nothing else, events like Harley boot camps show that the biker stereotype of being intimidating, unapproachable and just plain scary is more of a holdover from the 1950s to the 1970s than the reality of motorcycling in the 2010s.
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• Boswold retires from Pa. Extension (Top Story)
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• Like a garden, newspaper is growing (Editorial)
Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Rolodex
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Fertilizer bill should be based on sound science (Editorial)
There are very few people who would purposely pollute a waterway. We all want clean water. But homeowners also want a nice lawn, whether they care for it themselves or pay someone to do the work, and fertilizer is part of that equation. New fertilizer legislation proposed in New Jersey, designed to protect the environment — Barnagat Bay in particular — would affect both commercial fertilizer applicators and home gardeners. The bill would remove phosphorus from most lawn fertilizers and limit the amount of fertilizer that can be applied at any one time or in one growing season.
One topic of debate is how late in the year fertilizer can be applied. In Delaware, fertilizer cannot be applied between Dec. 7 and Feb. 15. Dates as early as Oct. 15 have been suggested in New Jersey. Experts recommend lawns should receive the bulk of their fertilizer in the fall, which is sometimes difficult to do if there are a lot of trees dumping leaves which then have to be raked up.
The idea of certification has elicited a lot of comment also. Ed Wengryn, New Jersey Farm Bureau field representative, said NJFB has no problem with an education and certification program, particularly if it is voluntary or designed to improve customer service, but if there are additional licenses and fees on businesses, "we do have a problem."
Rick Mondi, interim executive director of the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association, said, "We are 100 percent in favor of some sort of legislation that controls fertilizer and helps water quality. It just should be well thought-out and based on good science, not other states' (regulations) and not completely handcuff the industry."
We couldn't have expressed it better.
To voice your opinion, attend the Joint Senate and Assembly Environmental Committee Hearing on Thursday, Aug. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at Toms River Town Hall, 133 Washington Street.


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Past Annual Banquets and Meetings
View of Tejon Ranch land in flower.
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Dr. Phil Rundel
Past Events:
2016 California Botanical Society
Annual Banquet and Meeting
Please join us on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Padre Hotel in Bakersfield, CA. Registration closes March 31, 2016.
ScheduleSaturday, April 9, 2016
8:45 AM - Field trip to Tejon Ranch
6:00 PM – Social & Annual Meeting (No-host Bar)
7:00 PM – Dinner and presentation
PresentationMediterranean Biomes: Evolution of their Vegetation, Floras, and Climate
Dr. Phil Rundel
Distinguished Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Field TripSaturday, April 9, 2016, 8:45 AM
Tejon Ranch
Limited to 20 persons
Location of Banquet and MeetingThe Padre Hotel
1702 18th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Register OnlineSOLD OUT!
Register by MailPlease mail in the registration form and payment.
Newly discovered and undescribed species of Matelea (Apocynaceae) from the Vizcaino Desert of northwestern Baja California Sur.
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2015 California Botanical Society
Annual Banquet and Meeting
Please join us on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, CA. The Banquet and Meeting follow the 25th Graduate Student Symposium.
ScheduleFriday, April 10, 2015
4:00 PM - tour of RSA herbarium
4:30 PM - tour of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Saturday, April 11, 2015
8:00 AM - 5 PM - Graduate Student Symposium
6:00 PM – Mixer & Annual Meeting (No-host Bar)
7:00 PM – Dinner and presentation
Sunday, April 12, 2015
8:00 AM – Field trip to Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve
PresentationBotanical Adventures in Baja California
Dr. Jon Rebman
Mary and Dallas Clark Endowed Chair/Curator of Botany
San Diego Natural History Museum
Field TripSunday, April 12, 2015, 8:00 AM
Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve
$5/person due morning of trip.
Sold out! No more seats left.
Surrounded by a sea of Pinyon trees, Junipers, and the occasional Yucca brevifolia characteristic of the nearby Mojave desert, the pebble plains of North Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve along highway 18 at the eastern end of Big Bear Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains harbor some extraordinary "gems" hidden among the abundant quartzite cobbles that dominate this unique habitat type. Referred to also as belly plants, these gems are not extraordinarily large, but this in no way detracts from their magnificent floral morphologies. Furthermore, one cannot beat a fantastic spring carpet at 7000 feet in elevation when adjacent wooded hillsides are still covered in feet of snow!
Bring water and a lunch for a day out in the sun (potential for high winds, so layers also recommended). Transportation will be provided, but the number of available seats is limited. Please meet at the kiosk area of RSABG between 8:00-8:15 AM.
Tommy Stoughton, a graduate student at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, will lead this field trip. Email any questions to him at email@example.com.
Location of Banquet and MeetingRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Claremont, California
1500 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Calamagrostis ophitidis, Tiburon Peninsula.
Photo: Neal Kramer
2014 California Botanical Society
Please join us on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies at
San Francisco State University in Tiburon, CA. Registration closes April 18, 2014.
Annual Banquet and Meeting
ScheduleSaturday, April 26, 2014
11:00 AM – Field trip to Ring Mountain and Old Saint Hilary's Wildflower Preserve
5:00 PM – Social & Annual Meeting
6:30 PM – Dinner and presentation
PresentationEcological Contingency in the Effects of Climate on Serpentine Plant Communities
Dr. Susan Harrison
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
University of California, Davis
LocationBay Conference Center
Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
3152 Paradise Drive
Tiburon, CA 94920, CA


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my students and teachers in the yoga community and the change my practice has brought to my life. Seeing people grow in their practice, open and strengthen their bodies, and connect with themselves inspires my teaching.
Why I Practice
I practice yoga because I have found it to be a vessel for well being and self discovery. I was first drawn to yoga for the athletic aspects of asana; however, in short time, the practice led me to a feeling of peace, balance, and contentment that I had not experienced in years of sports and athletic training. I then knew that my own yoga practice would accompany me for the rest of my life.
Why I Teach
I feel that being properly taught the practice of yoga is a gift and I hope to share that gift with my students. Selfishly, it feels really good to see a student progress in their practice. Seeing a student have a breakthrough, or simply finish their first class, inspires my practice and my teaching.


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You want to see if a value contains only alphabetic characters.
A first approximation can be achieved using the standard character classes:
1> regexp:first_match("OTPErlang", "^[A-Za-z]+$"). {match,1,9} 2> regexp:first_match("123-Have Fun", "^[A-Za-z]+$"). nomatch 3> case regexp:match("Soup", "^[A-Za-z]+$") of 3> {match,_,_} -> io:fwrite("I like alphabet soup!\n"); 3> nomatch -> io:fwrite("I don't like number soup.\n") 3> end. I like alphabet soup! ok
Unfortunately, this does not properly handle foreign languages that might have additional characters outside the standard 26 english letters.
4> regexp:first_match("Molière", "^[A-Za-z]+$"). nomatch
If you need to match alternative alphabets (as defined by the user's locale settings), you will have to identify the proper character codes for the additional characters and add them to the search routine. Erlang's built-in regular expression support is pretty miserable here.
As discussed in other recipes, Erlang is fully capable of processing any Unicode string (because it stores strings as lists of integers). However, Erlang is really not fully Unicode compliant because its regular expression engine does not support characters outside the standard ASCII set.
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She is a very talented red actress.Click here to see Tori Amos nude!
Tori Amos has been (or will be) noticed in "AOL Sessions" (2007) as Performer, "Mona Lisa Smile" (2003) as Wedding Singer, "Crossroads" (1994) as Performer
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Latest question:
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Storage Systems for Massive Image Files
by Rich Handley
September 2001
The comedian George Carlin-not a name one might expect to see evoked within the pages of Advanced Imaging, to be sure-used to perform an hilarious sketch about the "stuff" people accumulate: how people buy more and more "stuff" until they fill up their home, then move to a bigger house in order to store that "stuff," then go out to get more "stuff" to fill the new house after they move,
and so on and so forth.
For imaging professionals, there is much wisdom to Carlin's humor. Being able to create bigger and bigger image files, and more of them, is a valuable asset, certainly-but if there's nowhere to store them, then the point is moot. In this graphics- and video-intensive world, finding the best storage systems for massive image files is a paramount concern-one that will only continue to increase with time. Just like Carlin and his "stuff," those searching for better storage solutions for their image files are just as likely to run out of space again once they find them. In the meantime, the following companies' products can at least alleviate the problem...
The FIA Storage Systems Group (San Clemente, CA) has designed the POPnetserver 2000, an entry-level network-attached storage (NAS) appliance for small businesses, departments and workgroups. Flexible as a standalone, stackable or rack-mount unit, the POPnetserver 2000 three-drive systems is available in 40GB, 80GB, or 120GB configurations and significantly reduces network management time by providing optimized file access to multiple heterogeneous clients. The POPnetserver 2000 supports all major network protocols in mixed NT, Apple, Netware and UNIX environments and can be configured for
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higher-capacity NAS appliance from FIA Storage Systems is the POPnetserver4000, which features four hot-swappable
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— Indicate 202 under September 01
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a woman divided
de Amanda K. Hefner
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"Twenty-one" is a book about a moment in transition - a glimpse of myself at the age of twenty-one. It does not profess to be about all twenty-one-year-olds, or about all women twenty-one-year-olds, or even all about me. It is not a comprehensive study - the very nature of the subject prohibits it from being so. But it is an attempt, a look through a keyhole into another room.
It is also, on a more surface level, my final project for my digital photography class - featuring many of my photographs from throughout the semester, as well as some of my poetry.
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Inch Abbey is a large, ruined monastic site 0.75 miles (1.2km) north-west of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, on the north bank of the River Quoile in a hollow between two drumlins and featuring early Gothic architecture. The site is mostly in State Care and is at grid ref: J477455, off the main road to Belfast.[1][2][3]
Pre-Norman site
The site was originally on an island (Irish: Inis) in the Quoile Marshes. The pre-Norman Celtic monastic settlement here, known as Inis Cumhscraigh (or Inis Cuscraidh)[3], was in existence by the year 800. In 1002 it was plundered by the Vikings led by Sitric,[4] King of the Danes, who came up the Quoile with a fleet from the sea. The Vikings plundered the settlement again in 1149. Its large earthwork enclosure has been traced from aerial photographs.[2] On the ground, the early bank and ditch can be followed along the line of trees on the eastern boundary of the site, and partly along the western boundary. The buildings of the early monastery would have been made of timber.[3]
Norman Establishment
Inch Abbey was established as a Cistercian house by John de Courcy and his wife Affrica. Inch, or Iniscourcy, was erected as an act of repentance for the destruction of the Abbey at Erinagh (or Erenagh) (3 miles (4.8km) to the south) by de Courcy in 1177. It was colonised directly by monks from Furness Abbey in Lancashire in 1180, along with some of the monks from Erinagh.[5][2] The Cistercian monastery was located near to the river in the southern area of the Early Christian earthwork enclosure.[3]
The Cistercian precinct was enclosed by a bank and ditch extending north and south from the parish graveyard to the river and east to west up the valley sides. The buildings are mainly of the late 12th century and the 13th century. The church (length 170ft) was built about 1200, in the Cistercian cruciform plan with a low tower at the crossing, an aisled nave to the west and two projecting transepts (each 27 ft (8.2 m) square) each with a pair of chapels. Only the impressive east window remains. The chancel wall has three well proportioned pointed windows, the middle one being 23 ft (7.0 m) high. The chancel was 42 ft (13 m) by 27ft.[2][6][4] There was an altar in each of the rib-vaulted transept chapels and in the north transept is a door out to the monk's cemetery (no longer visible) and a tower with broken stairs in the north-west angle. On the stone plinth of the north transept's exterior north wall a number of incised symbols can be seen which are mason's marks. The high altar was under the east windows and in the south wall are the remains of triple sedilia (seats for the priests) and a piscina for washing the altar vessels.[3]
The church is north of the cloister, divided in use between the monks to east and lay brothers to west. The cloister was surrounded by a series of rooms for meetings, work, sleeping, eating and storage.[7] The foundations of the refectory and kitchen are along the south side of the cloister. A small excavation in 1993 failed to uncover the foundations of any stone buildings on the west side of the cloister.[3]
Later alteration
The community of monks was probably never very large (suggested by the small chapter house), and this may have led to the decision to reduce the size of the church by walling off a smaller area to the east end. Some continuity was maintained with the 13th century work by reusing a fine door of that period as the west door of the reduced church.[3] In the 15th century, when the monastic community was smaller, the church was altered. Through the walling in of the chancel and first bay of the nave, and blocking off the transepts, a much smaller church was created and the rest was abandoned. The cloister walks to the south have disappeared, but foundations of the east and south ranges remain, as well as outlying buildings toward the river. These include an infirmary and a bakehouse with two ovens and a well nearby.[2]
Much of the detail in the chancel is made up with cement over decayed sandstone, the result of restoration carried out in the 19th century.[3]
Post-Norman site and Dissolution
Judged by medieval standards the abbey was wealthy. In 1291 its temporalities were valued for taxation at £10 19s 4d. In 1380 Parliament tried to help waning English influence by restricting the membership of the Order at Inch to English or Anglicised Irish.[4] Twenty-four years later, the abbey was burned and that, perhaps together with the collapse of a central tower and a dwindling community, gave the impetus to alter the size of the church.[8] Monastic life continued, most likely on a small scale, until the 16th century, but the Abbey had been dissolved by 1541, when the abbey with about 850 acres (3.4 km2) of land was granted to Gerald, Earl of Kildare, along with other monasteries.[3][9]
Sherds of medieval pottery were found in a field north of the Abbey graveyard.[5] In 1983 conservation/preservation excavations were carried out on the Abbey nave by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.[10] One Romanesque carved stone of 12th century date was found at the site and could suggest that there had been a previous stone church on the site which could have been re-used.[3]
- ↑ Barry, TB (1987). The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland. London: Methuen. pp. p145.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. pp. p103.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Donnelly, CJ (1997). Living Places. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, QUB. pp. p85–88.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Government of Northern Ireland (1947). An Account of the Ancient Monuments in State Charge. Belfast: HMSO. pp. p26–27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Donnelly, JP & Donnelly, MM (1980). Downpatrick and Lecale. A Short Historical Guide. pp. p18.
- ↑ De Breffney, B & Mott, G (1976). The Churches and Abbeys of Ireland. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. p60–61.
- ↑ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. pp. p51–52.
- ↑ Harbinson, P (1992). Guide to National and Historical Monuments of Ireland. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. pp. p114.
- ↑ Gwynn, A & Hadcock, RN (1988). Medieval Religious Houses Ireland. Irish Academic Press. pp. p135.
- ↑ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1988). Pieces of the Past. Belfast: HMSO. pp. p91.
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Athens-area officials want more say-so on how they are allowed to spend a shrinking pot of state and federal money for roads and other transportation projects.
MACORTS, a board of Athens-Clarke, Oconee and Madison county residents and officials that advises the state Department of Transportation, is too small to control how it spends transportation funding. Metro areas with more than 200,000 people, on the other hand, do control such funding.
Athens-Clarke Mayor Heidi Davison said Wednesday she is frustrated with the process. She said she wants an explanation of the rules and a way to exert more influence.
"We have more power than we've been told," Davison said. "We're just not exercising it."
MACORTS is starting work on a long-range plan that will identify projects members want to fund through 2035 and expects to have $500 million to spend during the next 25 years, less than half of past 25-year estimates.
The board will sort out which projects members want to include in the latest 25-year plan this summer, but members said they are worried the DOT will ignore the plan and build whatever state officials want built.
For example, local officials said the DOT gave them no reason for why it fast-tracked a $7 million widening of U.S. Highway 129. The project was unpopular among Jefferson Road residents and not a priority for local governments, Athens-Clarke Planning Director Brad Griffin said.
"Roads don't just get widened," Davison said. "Somebody influential made a phone call."
MACORTS is scheduled to finish updating its long-range plan in July and hold public hearings in July and August.
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Appalachian State University wrestling has been honored by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) as a Division I All-Academic Team for the 2013-14 wrestling season. In addition, NCAA qualifiers
Dylan Cottrell (Spencer, W.Va/Roane County) and Dominic Parisi (Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson)was selected to the NWCAs Individual All-Academic team, as announced by the association on Wednesday.
After making the team in 26th place last year, Appalachian States GPA ranked fourth in the nation (3.31), its highest finish in the programs history. In John Mark Bentleys five seasons as head coach, the Mountaineers finished as one of the top 30 teams honored by the NWCA.
Im really proud of our team and our staff for the commitment that they are making toward academics, Bentley said. Our top priority is putting out quality and character individuals to represent our program.
The NWCA also released its Individual All-Academic team, in which Cottrell and Parisi joined 87 others recognized as the countrys elite grapplers based on academic and athletic performance. Parisi became the only repeat award winner for Appalachian and one of only four Mountaineers honored , joining Savva Kostis who was honored in 2011-12 and Dylan Temple who was honored in 2009-10.
For ranking purposes, the team GPA is comprised of 12 student-athletes, including the 10 wrestlers that were entries in the NCAA tournament conference qualifier. If teams had less than 10 entries for their respective qualifier, they were allowed to fill those spots with wrestlers that competed in at least one varsity dual during the season.
To qualify for the Individual All-Academic team, a wrestler must have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA and be an NCAA qualifier or win 60 percent of his total schedule. Wrestlers also qualify with a 3.0 GPA and NCAA all-America honors (top eight at the NCAA championship).
Garner-Webb and The Citadel also represented the Southern Conference in the team GPA rankings, while Parisi and Cottrell were two of eight SoCon members honored. The Citadel led the SoCon with five members honored.
Harvard repeated as the top academic wrestling program for the second-straight year.
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by Wendeen H. Eolis
CRITICAL NOTE: This afternoon, CNN published a story regarding this deal while it was still embargoed, noting in its headline that the story could not be published without clearance from representatives of Groupe Bernard Tapie. EOLIS International Group had the same information from multiple sources. Following publication of the CNN story, Wendeen H. Eolis, CEO of EOLIS Intl Group, spoke with GBT counsel Benham Dayanim who confirmed for her all of the information herein.
In a letter signed by Laurent Tapie, the contents of which this writer has confirmed with Groupe Bernard Tapie' outside counsel, the United States Department of Justice has signed off on an unprecedented agreement with GBT, allowing Tapie to "buy" FTP's full assets from the Justice Department—subject to approval of FTP.
I. Upon approval by Full Tilt, the deal can and will be put in place as follows:
- FTP agrees to forfeit all of its assets to the United States in consideration of the Government's dismissal of the forfeiture action against the companies comprising FTP.
The DOJ takes possession of FTP's assets for the purpose of selling them in their entirety to GBT for the sum of $80,000,000 and on the understanding that GBT will re-establish FTP based on the following understandings:
- GBT will hold at least a majority interest in the company
- None of the current FTP directors will be permitted to hold shares in the company
- The Agreement does not bar any other shareholders from owning shares in the company
- With respect to FTP's US customers, the Agreement provides that such customers can submit petitions to the US government to "request compensation for their losses"
- With respect to players outside of the US, the Agreement provides that GBT will, "repay or make whole," all of those customers
- The US customer list is a part of the assets, but GBT has no plans of any kind to utilize that list except to assist the DOJ to identify customers who are due or entitled compensation, according to GBT counsel, Behnam Dayanim.
Mr. Dayanim says, "The next step is to obtain an agreement from the Full Tilt Companies." Dayanim emphasizes, "I anticipate it will happen," explaining his optimism; "It allows for players to be repaid, and resolves the FTP forfeiture action by the Government."
It should be noted that there is nothing in the signed agreement between GBT and DOJ to suggest any relationship whatsoever between the proposed resolution of the April 15 forfeiture action (as amended September 19), and the DOJ's prosecution of any of the defendants in the April 15 indictment, U.S. v. Scheinberg, et. al which notably includes FTP CEO and board member Ray Bitar, among others.
Editor's Note: Wendeen Eolis is CEO of Eolis International Group, a legal/government affairs consultancy with 40+ years of experience in the gaming space, and related responsibilities during her stint as 1st assistant and senior advisor to former New York Governor George E. Pataki. During her spare time, Wendeen became the first woman to cash in the main event of the World Series of Poker and counts six more WSOP prize-winning finishes to her credit.


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Empowerment is at the core of building healthy self-esteem in a child. According to TBRI, empowering principles focus on a child's ecology and physiology. This is to say that empowerment of a child is directly related to the child's feelings of safety within their environment and the balance of the child's biological needs. Because adoptive children have often known their environment to be unstable, they tend to exhibit hypervigilant behavior. Hypervigilant behavior can be recognized when the child is consistently suspicious of the environment and remains alert to the changes therein. The child lives in constant distrust of the environment and is therefore constantly on the defense for whatever may seem threatening. The authors suggest that this child desires felt safety, which grows out of empowerment and entails a safe environment where a child is free to learn and grow. Another component of a child's environment should include predictability to alleviate a child's anxiety over what is coming next in their schedule. When the environment is predictable, the child is less guarded as he or she comes to expect and trust their schedule. An example of predictability would be establishing a bedtime routine. Transitions within the day should also be given special attention. Give a child "notice" of when the environment will be changing, so that the child can mentally prepare for the change. For example, if dinner is going to be ready in ten minutes, let the child know that they will be expected at the dinner table in ten minutes. This avoids anxiety over sudden changes in the child's environment and establishes trust with the child.
The social and emotional health of a child is directly connected to their physical needs. Thus, it is also important to maintain a delicate balance of the child's physiological demands. Children that have experienced a troubled infancy or have difficulty with attachment are often sensitive to the same sensations that are typical of an infant. Parents of children that have been harmed may implement safe touch, which includes asking the child permission before touching them, ensuring that the child is aware that they are going to be touched, making sure that the touch is friendly, and that the child does not feel trapped by the touch. Children are also calmed by "stereotypic" movement, which is repetitive movement, such as walking or bouncing on a trampoline. Repetitive movements make the child feel safe as they are stable and uninterrupted and allow the child an outlet to stress. Another area of concern should be hydration, which is particularly crucial to children who were exposed to alcohol in utero or have lacked attentive caregiving in the past. Nutrition is also important. The child may experience less mood swings and a more enhanced learning ability if their blood sugar is regulated by a balance between complex carbohydrates and protein. Food and drinks with high sugar content, caffeine, and that have been exposed to pesticides should be avoided.
Perhaps the most rewarding part of parenting is when the relationship feels completely open to being nurtured and the parent and child truly connect to deepen their relationship. Every parent has an idea or a memory of what emotional connection looks like. In TBRI, connecting principles focus on the relational needs of the child, which the authors suggest are dependent on awareness and engagement. Unfortunately, the child that has been adopted internationally often has to conquer some type of childhood trauma. This may be simply due to feelings of abandonment or cultural and social differences or could go as far as severe malnutrition, neglect, or physical and sexual abuse. Two of the most common responses to trauma are dissociation and hyperarousal. With dissociation, the child tries to maintain an emotional distance during activities in an effort, either conscious or subconscious, to aid past or avoid future emotional pain. Hyperactivity, hypervigilance, or sometimes even aggressive or abrasive behavior is characteristic of hyperarousal. Awareness and engagement address these responses while still encouraging the parent to remain understanding to them and enabling the child to feel safe.
Being aware involves observing the child's anxiety level, voice intensity, and facial expression, while the parent maintains self-awareness. It is also important to recognize behavior or for the parent to ask themselves questions such as, "What is the child really saying?" or "What does the child really need?" When a child is reacting to emotional pain or avoiding a parent's attempts to nurture them, they are doing just that, they are reacting not responding. A reaction is impulsive and often defensive. The child may say something cruel or become emotionally distant to the parent. A response is more mature and thoughtful. When a child responds to a nurturing stimulus as opposed to reacting to it, they are demonstrating that they were prepared to receive that nurturance. A child may also avoid eye contact. This can be changed by playfully moving your head into the child's span of vision or praising the child when eye contact occurs. Match the child's voice inflection and behaviors. An example would be to whisper if the child is whispering or to try kneeling to match the child's eye level when talking to them. Matching is a form of engagement. This makes the parent more relatable to the child and is at the center of the attachment process in early childhood. Infants match their parent's vocalizations and sleep cycles. The authors also suggest to encourage process, which is to help the child identify their feelings and needs. Feelings are more powerful and frustrating when they are confusing. Simply helping the child name and describe their feelings can make them less confusing.
The last of the principles that the authors include is the correcting principle, which is usually the least fun to apply for both parents and children. First and foremost, it is important to maintain structure but not at the expense of nurture. The key in TBRI is to maintain a balance between the two. When correcting, there are both proactive and redirective strategies. When the child misbehaves, the behavior should receive the minimum response to change the behavior; and once the behavior is changed, there is an immediate return to playful interaction between the parent and child. One proactive strategy is emotional regulation. An example of encouraging emotional regulation would be to ask the child to "stop and breathe" in order to redirect the child's attention away from the problem behavior. It is also important to encourage the positive behaviors of the child. The authors also stress the use of life value terms, such as "showing respect" or "accepting no". In "showing respect" the child is asked to change a disrespectful statement by trying again with respect and is then praised for showing respect. A child should be praised for "accepting no" when the child's wishes are declined and they are still compliant with the parent's wishes.
An equal part of correcting is using redirective strategies. It is important to give the child choices with discipline. Suggest to the child that they have two choices and then give them the opportunity to choose from two different forms of discipline that are relative to the misbehavior. Give the child a chance to redo the behavior appropriately. Avoid protecting the child from natural consequences as this inhibits the child from learning what good or bad things happen from their choices. The voice of the parent is also important. It should be more intense when disciplining, a little louder, lower in intonation, slower, and delivered close to the child. The authors cite that children with a history of abuse or neglect function predominantly from the "primitive" brain stem. Research suggests that 90% of all communication is nonverbal, but children that are at risk tend to process 99% of all communication as nonverbal. It is helpful to encourage the child to complete tasks by redirecting the child's attention back to the task when they are asked to do something.
It is true that with all human beings, the past continues to affect the present. This can be seen in the behaviors of adopted children with a history of maltreatment. The principles presented by Trust-Based Relational Intervention include empowering, connecting, and correcting. These principles may serve as an insight into breaking the cycle of attachment and behavior problems and contribute to the more overarching goal of emotionally connecting the parent and the child.


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French without tears
Dix out of dix (at least) for Will Self's wonderfully entertaining article (Deluded, moi?, 23 March). My very limited attempts to seek fluency in my favourite European language range from regular canings at school for mistakes with grammar through to the pleasures of asking a French waiter in Dieppe for une assiette de petits pois (fondly imagining that I had ordered fish), and more recently being complimented for my politeness and fairly good accent by a Parisian - small enough progress - but a great deal of bonheur en route.
I adore the French language and find increasingly that my honest if sometimes clumsy attempts to speak like a native are welcomed across La Manche.
Courage, monsieur Self - there will be further recompense!
John M Cowin, Hornchurch
Success beyond Oxbridge
"Giving Eton a run for their money" (30 March) rightfully sets out the superb role played by some sixth-form colleges in helping young people enter Oxford and Cambridge universities. However, it does not reflect the whole situation - many others, such as the college of which I am chair of governors, play an equally important role in helping thousands of youngsters also enter other quality higher education institutions throughout the UK. Many are often from non-traditional backgrounds, claim the highest rate of education maintenance allowance and frequently are the first in their family to enter university. This is a considerable step for these 18-year-olds and I am extremely proud of the role my college, and many others, play in this genuine demonstration of social mobility.
John Bingham, chair, Thomas Rotherham College and Association of Colleges
Gay-friendly assessment
You quote Stonewall ("The pride of universities", 30 March) as proposing to use "the number of honorary degrees awarded to gay and lesbian public figures" as one indicator of how gay-friendly a university is. A related indicator would be whether it gives degrees to notable homophobes. Lesbian and gay students and staff at Glasgow University, where I used to teach, are concerned about the fact that the university proposes to give an honorary degree to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Mario Conti, who has gone out of his way to condemn moves towards gay equality such as civil partnerships. It is no answer to say they are not awarding him the honorary degree because of his anti-gay remarks but because of distinguished contributions in other spheres. Had he, for instance, attacked inter-racial marriage (which, I should say, I am sure he would not) I have no doubt he wouldn't be awarded the honorary degree no matter how distinguished his contributions elsewhere.
Paul Brownsey, Glasgow
Fair pay?
Universities may be "complex organisations" (Malcolm McVicar, 23 March), but they cannot be comparable to those that provide services and products for profit and shareholders. The "products" of a university are well-educated graduates for the future social and economic success of the nation. Many graduates will leave university after their first degree with an average debt of £23,000 that will take many years to pay off, and will be trying to find jobs in the same "highly competitive environment" that McVicar and his fellow vice-chancellors operate. That is an increase of 30% from a figure of £6,700 in 1999 (BBC website 2002) - almost as big an increase as vice-chancellors' pay over the past decade.
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On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: >> So let's try to hammer something out now. The obvious thing that >> occurs to me is to have a column in the catalog that is a 2-D array of >> text, with the first element of each array being something like "tag" >> or "subtag" (i.e. event_trigger_variable) and the remaining array >> elements being a list of legal values. That is: >> >> WHEN thingy IN thingy IN ('item1', 'item2') AND otherthingy IN ('foo', 'bar') >> >> would be represented as this array: >> >> {{thingy,item1,item2},{otherthingy,foo,bar}} >> >> This would allow us to support 0 or more WHERE clauses, each of the >> form "thing IN (value1, value2, ...)". Is that general enough for >> every use case that you can foresee, or do we need more? > > Given what I foresee, simply having another columns in there named > evtstags with the exact same content as evttags would be the simplest > and most natural implementation, really. That seems a lot less general for no particular gain. > I don't foresee more generic needs here, unless you can convince me that > we need both a. a full stack of arbitrarily nested commands and b. a way > to match and target any level of that stack. Well, let's take the example of an ALTER TABLE command. You could want to match on: - the type of object the user mentioned in the command (did he write ALTER TABLE or ALTER VIEW?) - the type of object actually being modified (could differ if he used ALTER TABLE on a view, or visca versa) - the particular ALTER TABLE subcommand in use (e.g. SET STATISTICS) I suspect there are other examples as well. If we pick the 2-D list representation I suggested, or something like it, we can easily accommodate these kinds of filters without having to whack the catalog representation around any further. That seems pretty appealing. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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FEDERAL Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has left open the prospect of commercial free-to-air television networks screening sport on their new multi-channels next year as a way of encouraging people to switch to digital TV.
In a wide-ranging interview with BusinessDay just short of a year after taking up the communications portfolio, Conroy talked about his review of the anti-siphoning list, progress of the tender for the broadband roll-out, and the impending arrival of internet television.
He said there was lively debate in the TV industry about the Government's mandatory review of the anti-siphoning list of sporting events that are protected for broadcast on free-to-air TV.
"Part of the debate around the anti-siphoning list revolves around the capacity of the free-to-air TV networks to show more sport on their new multi-channels, which begin next year," he said.
"We want to drive take-up of digital TV. Content is obviously critical here. There is no point doing reruns of McHale's Navy on your multi-channels," he said.
The anti-siphoning list, which includes major events like the AFL grand final, the Melbourne Cup and the Australian tennis open, expires at the end of next year.
The commercial free-to-air and the subscription TV networks have been fiercely lobbying the Government about restrictions placed by the previous Coalition government on what can be shown on the new standard-definition multi-channels that will begin from January 1.
The commercial free-to-air networks want the restriction lifted, enabling them to program more sport and to make the so far commercially marginal new multi-channels more attractive to advertisers.
The pay TV industry strongly opposes any relaxing of restrictions as it would weaken the appeal of their subscription packages.
Alternatively, pay TV supports the abolition of the anti-siphoning list altogether to allow open competition for sports TV rights that the list at present quarantines for the free-to-air networks.
The Minister's remarks came as Ten Network yesterday confirmed a report in BusinessDay about a new 24-hour dedicated sports channel that from early next year would broadcast on both its high-definition channel and its new standard-definition channel.
Ten chief executive Grant Blackley said yesterday the new network, named One, was not predicated on the Government allowing it to broadcast anti-siphoning-listed sport on its new standard-definition channel, but said he would welcome a lifting of the restrictions.
Conroy criticised the commercial free-to-air networks for treating sports fans "very poorly" in the past by buying "some sporting rights that they never had any intention of using".
"The free to airs have lifted their game substantially," he said. "There is now not many sporting rights that are bought but not shown. They have got the message loud and clear - not just from the sporting public but from their competitors - that it is not good enough to treat sports fans that way."
He said he did not believe sports fans had been in uproar about the one-hour delay in broadcasting of AFL matches on Channel Seven on Friday nights. "If the network was showing it five hours later people would have every right to scream," he said.
Conroy said he was acutely aware how difficult it was to find common ground between the "very entrenched warring parties". "But I'm an optimist in life. If we could reach an agreement we don't need to wait until the end of next year. But the option to do nothing no longer exists."
Less than a month ahead of the closing date for tenders to build a fibre-based broadband network to cover 98% of the population, Conroy remains optimistic despite three telecommunications companies recently withdrawing from the Terria consortium of bidders. "I've dealt with numerous industry sectors in my 12 years in Parliament," he said. "Telecommunications is by far the most aggressive, the most brutal.
"There is a lot of interest in the tender for the broadband roll-out. There are substantial players who are spending a lot of money preparing their bids. I'm expecting a lot more positioning, a lot more argument, a lot more media commentary between now and then.
"A lot of people are complaining about having a competitive process. I'm not. This is about driving a competitive bidding outcome that will get faster broadband speeds and cheaper prices for Australians." Conroy also remains committed to the Government's policy of leaving open the possibility of creating a fourth commercial TV network after the analog signal is switched off at the end of 2013.
He believes the additional broadcasting spectrum freed up by the switch-off - the so-called "digital dividend" - could be won by a telecommunications company.
"It is entirely possible that if you put up that spectrum for auction now someone else might come in and buy it and use it for another purpose, such as wireless broadband," he said.
"The sliver of spectrum that the free-to-air networks have is, in real estate terms, the waterfront property because of its propagation properties. It's about physics - how far the spectrum reaches and how it can go through walls.
"You can go into some homes now and see the personal computer sitting alongside the television in the lounge room, with people streaming stuff down from their computer and playing it on their TV. Internet TV is well and truly on the way.
"In the United States, when they auctioned off the equivalent digital dividend, none of the free-to-air networks successfully bid for it. It all went to the telcos, for their wireless networks. The market will determine whether people really want another free-to-air TV network."
Next month the five free-to-air television networks - Seven, Nine, Ten, ABC and SBS - will launch the Freeview box that will provide an electronic program guide that will enable viewers to gain access to the new multi-channels as well as existing channels.
To Conroy it is long overdue. "The free-to-air sector has done a miserable job dragging its feet on digital television," he said. "This will be transformed when Freeview is launched.
"When Australians see what the Freeview box can offer they will ask: 'My God, why haven't we had this before?' "


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Greenville - Old Tuberculosis Hospital
Update: also known as Devil's Castle Has since burned down Reports of footsteps that break into a run then screams on the first floor. On the third floor feelings of being pushed accompanied by loud clattering in the hall and items moving and apparitions. Singing has been heard- Formerly listed as Taylors TB Asylum then a work release prison & Travelers Rest TB hospital/Insane Asylum.
Greenville, South Carolina
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