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The Biennale of Sydney is Australia's most popular and recognisable visual arts event. The inaugural Biennale was held in 1973 as part of the opening celebrations of the Sydney Opera House and the 17th event marked the 37th year of excellence and pioneering.
The 17th Biennale exhibition and programs were presented free to the public and witnessed record attendance of more than 517,000 visits – a 19% increase on 2008, which was a 38% increase on 2006. During the exhibition period, over 300 free programs and events were held including artist talks, forums, performances, children's programs, teacher tours, lectures, disability access tours, film program, guided exhibition tours and the [email protected] performance program.
The exhibition showcased 167 international and Australian artists from 36 countries with over 100 artists travelling to Sydney. A total of 444 works were exhibited including new works by 68 artists.
The 17th Biennale consolidated the pioneering use of Cockatoo Island which hosted 120 works by 56 artists and attracted over 157,000 visits – a phenomenal 82% increase on the inaugural use for the 16th event in 2008.
The Biennale produced free resources including a 94-page guide, a 24-page student newspaper, a 40-page Teachers' Kit, audio tours and videos of artist interviews, talks, performances and installation footage.
Fundraising for the 17th Biennale began in 2008 at the height of the recent Global Financial Crisis. Despite the economic climate, the Biennale's revenues are 40% ahead of budget and 7.5% ahead of the funds raised for the previous event in 2008.
The 17th Biennale will have resounding long-term benefits including fostering a greater appreciation for the arts, particularly contemporary art, in the general population by presenting free and accessible events – allowing people to engage with the arts and to enjoy a rich cultural life.


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Campus Life, Education, Spring 2010, Uncategorized »
Alumni World, Spring 2010, Uncategorized »
Within just two months of launching, the newAlumni Network, accessible from the new university homepage, has welcomed more than 1,000 alumni into the new online community the network provides. In addition to offering a complete online directory of alumni, improved access to register for events, the ability to make a gift and a convenient way to stay connected with fellow alumni, the Alumni Network also interfaces with the popular social networking site of Facebook. To join, visit www.wittenberg.edu/alumni
Around Myers Hollow, Campus Life, Education, Spring 2010, Uncategorized »
Focused on increasing the number of under-represented populations with a special emphasis on attracting and providing support for students from Upward Bound programs nationally, a proposal submitted by two science faculty members has translated into a five-year $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Around Myers Hollow, Campus Life, Spring 2010, Uncategorized »
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Thirty alumni headed to Wooster College to enjoy the annual men's basketball game,which Wittenberg won 67-56

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Do you have a server HP ML350 Gen9 full disk and do not already have a place to expand? This kit will solve your problem and provide more space for storage server disks. Installation is simple and you do not take external drives or straight separate NAS. The kit just fully utilize your server.
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The first commercial triumph was an oscillator that surpassed all competition in quality, yet sold at a quarter of the price. In 1968, HP released their first desktop computer - a desktop calculator. The company currently manufactures products primarily related to computer technology - computers and laptops, printers, scanners, digital cameras, servers, and last but not least, calculators.
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BNP Paribas is a "European leader in global banking and financial services and one of the six strongest banks in the world (Rated AA by Standard & Poor's i.e. 3rd rating on a scale of 22)."[1] They are active in retail banking, corporate and investment banking, and investment solutions.
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U.K. Life Peer Detta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain, was a Non-executive director of BNP Paribas (UK) from 1995 to 2005.[2]
|This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.
- BNP Paribas, About us, accessed 30 December 2010.
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UAC on Windows Machine prevents authentication into RTC
Technote (troubleshooting)
Attempts to login to a fresh install of IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) on Windows system results in failed login attempt.
Logging into the new install as the default ADMIN username fails.
- In the tomcat catalina.log the following exception will be observed.
Throwable occurred: java.io.IOException: Cannot rename original file to ..\server\tomcat\conf\tomcat-users.xml.old
Windows user account control (UAC) has prevented Apache Tomcat from deploying correctly and the user database is not properly initialized.
Windows environments with UAC such as Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008.
Resolving the problem
To resolve this error, UAC will need to be disabled or the level reduced. The following instructions document how to perform this task:
- Open the Windows Control Panel
- Navigate to User Accounts
- Reduce the UAC level
- Reboot the Windows Machine for the settings to come into affect
Attempt to run RTC again. If the failure persists, continue to reduce the UAC level until you can login to the RTC server. Note that this may require disabling UAC entirely.
The Jazz based products have an active community that can provide you with additional resources. Browse and contribute to the User forums, contribute to the Team Blog and review the Team wiki.
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Software version: 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.0.1
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Two years ago Twitter agreed to comply with Germany's law prohibiting neo–Nazi propaganda and organizations, and banned one such group from the social media site. Last month Turkey got Twitter to censor material it found offensive. The United Kingdom tried to do something similar with YouTube, and today Twitter is complying with Pakistan's blasphemy laws and prohibiting anything that offends the Pakistani understanding of Islam [#welovethehaqqaninetwork].I can understand Pakistan being upset … [Read more...]
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Kevin Drab, M.A., M.Ed.
Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified EMDR Therapist, Certified Advanced Alcohol & Drug Counselor
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Anger as an experience and a behavior can have several causes which need to be assessed before deciding on which approach would work best. While generally caused by frustration, the reactions an individual exhibits can be the result of deep-seated emotional problems including trauma, or a learned reaction which seems out of the individual's control to deal with. Neurophysiological problems can sometimes exhibit as a loss of temper. Evaluation by a counselor can be very helpful when anger is a problem to determine if anger management or another form of help would be the best approach. Mental strategies and even relaxation exercises may be a part of anger management approaches.
Maura Farrell, MSS, LSW, CAADC
110 N State Street, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940
Anger, when left unchecked, can make a person feel out of control. Anger can result in relationship and work problems and medical issues. Anger is also, most often, a secondary emotion. Working in therapy can help to identify the primary emotion and root causes of anger, as well as help to devise practical strategies to manage anger and control the physical symptoms that contribute to behaviors that accompany anger.
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Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D approaches issues of anger management in a very humane yet fresh perspective. You see, anger is a normal emotion but it is the valence (intensity) as well as the coupling choice of what one does with this that is the problem. Telling someone to "not" do it or modifying behavior with a trite psychological plan that only breeds a compliant response is not the way to change anger. Brainwave optimization is a new cutting edge technology that allows one to rewire circuitry responsible for reactivity driving the anger. Contact Grey Matters International, Inc now at email@example.com or 877-606-6161.
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Are you struggling with anger and not sure what direction to go? I have always believed in the healing powers of nature. When thinking about opening my private practice, I knew I wanted to incorporate the outdoors into the work I do. WalkinTalkinTherapy was born of this vision. As I continued to research the subject I came across the articles listed below. Researchers and scientist go into detail as to the positive effect the outdoors and physical activity have when combined with talk therapy. Being able to take the counseling session out into nature is one tool we can use to address your struggle.
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Are you regularly "flying off the handle"? Do you find yourself overreacting to situations and people? Are you confused at peoples' reactions to you, "just being honest"? Do you feel as if you are always on guard, needing to defend yourself? Without a clue as to from what you are protecting yourself! Would you like to have someone to talk to about this deep gnawing need to protect yourself; someone who will get it; someone to help defuse the time bomb that you often feel deep inside? Contact me so that I can help you figure out what is going on and how to change it; to explore the pain and create healing; to react differently.


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Factors in Tan Kin Lian's election loss
inSing.com - 1 hr 5 mins ago
Shortly after presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian conceded defeat in the election, he put up a survey on his blog to ask netizens for feedback on his campaign.
Tan's survey has since received more than 100 responses and he has since closed it.
After looking through the survey results, Tan has put up a list of positive and negative points in his campaign.
The negative points include his habitual excessive blinking, as well as his hi-five greeting which was deemed unsuitable for adults. He adds that handshakes are better.
His pronunciation of English was highlighted as another factor.
Netizens also said he should not have touched on the weaknesses of other candidates in his TV broadcast on the eve of Polling Day, instead he should have focused on his own strengths.
He should also not have attacked fellow candidate Tan Jee Say by saying that the latter entering the contest was a low point and a blow for him.
Finally, netizens said that Tan had over-promised in his campaign. Tan had earlier suggested that the pay of national servicemen should be increased and pensions should be introduced for those aged above 75.
Tan also blamed his poor showing on a survey by the popular Yahoo website. An earlier survey on the website had put Tan as the weakest among the four candidates with just 5% of support. Tan believes that this is a major factor that contributed to his loss as the survey had created the impression that he was the weakest candidate. He believes that this had caused many voters to change camps to back more popular candidates.
In the same survey, netizens also commented on Tan's positive points. These include his sincerity, his concern for others, his focus on public service, good ideas from him and that he was the only candidate who can speak in four languages.
Tan Kin Lian had the worst showing in this election, garnering only 4.9% of the vote-share. He also lost his $48,000 election deposit as his vote-share was below the mandated 12.5% necessary to have the deposit returned.


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Seneca, SC – Mary Paulette Mull Summey, 62, formally of High Shoals and currently resides at 185 North Grant Road, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the Cottingham Hospice House.
A memorial service will be held 2 pm, Saturday, June 28, 2014 at New Life Praise and Worship, Westminster, SC.
Memorials in her memory may be made to New Life Praise and Worship, PO Box 633, Westminster, SC 29693.
Condolences may be expressed online by visiting www.sandiferfuneralhome.com


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Regional Reviews: Chicago
Sweeney Todd
One of the first Equity performers to be hired by Porchlight under their new contract with the union, Lindner has toiled in mostly smaller parts in Equity houses like Marriott's Lincolnshire and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. This role ought to raise his profile considerably on the local scene.
After productions at Ravinia and Lyric Opera, it's nice to see Sweeney up close again. Porchlight's production in a 148-seat theater gives Lindner the opportunity to use subtle changes of facial expression to communicate Sweeney's deep sadness as well as his rage. His motivations throughout the piece are crystal-clear and his vocals, along with those of the rest of the cast, first-rate.
Lindner's performance is matched by Rebecca Finnegan's thoroughly original take on Mrs. Lovett. Her Nellie is tough as nails and as devious as Judge Turpin, her musical comedy voice as sure and voluminous as Patti LuPone's. She earns the character's share of laughs but never at the expense of character development. As the Judge, the tall, slender and operatically experienced Peter Pohlhammer (made up to look gaunt and ghostly) makes a frightening Turpin. The cast also boasts terrific supporting performances by Scott Sumerak as an adult and simple-minded Tobias, by Jonathan Lamvick as a smarmy Beadle and by Stan Q. Wash as a menacing Pirelli.
A little less on the mark dramatically, though excellent musically, are the young lovers. Zach Ford is an attractive Anthony with a strong, confident singing voice, but he needs a bit more passion. His Johanna, Bethany Dawn, follows the operatic tradition of placing beauty of sound before clarity of lyrics, and gives Johanna a bewildered look that makes it difficult to share Anthony's desire for her. Kristen Frelich is a comical Beggar Woman, but could use more makeup to look older and dirtier.
The ensemble, composed mostly of Porchlight veterans usually cast in larger roles, gives an exceptional vocal performance. Their movement sometimes feels a little awkward, though, and their stylized facial expressions and freeze-poses a bit forced, especially in comparison with the less presentational performances of the principals.
It may be asking a bit too much to expect a four-piece band to handle the richness of the score, especially after hearing it performed by a 76-piece orchestras at Lyric Opera, or by the New York Philharmonic on the LuPone recording. At times, Music Director Eugene Dizon manages just fine with two keyboards and two woodwinds, but at other times I really missed a fuller sound.
Sets by Jaqueline and Richard Penrod set the mood and period efficiently and effectively, and include a fully functional barber chair complete with trap door and slide into the bake house. They added steel pipes that complement the real ones of the theater and accomplished a bit of homage to the factory design of the original Eugene Lee set. Carol Blanchard's costumes have a suitably grimy, period look.
Director Walter Stearns has put together a production that makes 19th Century London an inhuman and thoroughly frightening place, with or without a chorus of ghouls. The clarity of the interpretations and the musicianship of the performers make this Sweeney Todd a highly respectable performance of the Sondheim classic and a definite step up to the proverbial "next level" for Porchlight.
Sweeney Todd plays Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. through November 7, 2004 at the Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont. Tickets are $27 and are available at the Theatre Building Box Office (773-327-5252) or through Ticketmaster (312-902-1500, www.tickemaster.com).
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In the 61 years since the ceasefire, North and South Korea have gone their separate ways.
In South Korea, she also reported on North Korean defectors and their adjustment into capitalist Seoul.
Further, unlike leagues in Japan, South Korea or Mexico, there are no foreign players.
He signed a commercial deal favorable to South Korea and reached out to Vietnam following recent territorial disputes.
In fact, about a year ago, on Oct. 21, 2011, Obama signed new free-trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia.
From security concerns to editing in South Korea, the cast and crew tell Marlow Stern how it came to cinemas.
Watch this clip of China's match against South Korea where the players played so poorly it's no wonder their sceme was discovered.
Yet he made early visits to two Asian treaty allies, Japan and South Korea, and he has promised to soon visit a third, Australia.
They are in Japan, South Korea, the Middle East, Europe, and in and around Africa.
South Korea immediately fired some 300 shells back into North Korean water.
Officially the Republic of Korea; located on the peninsula separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, two arms of the Pacific Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Seoul.
Note: Supported by the United States, South Korea was created in 1948 after American and Soviet occupation zones established at the end of World War II had divided Korea into north and south.
Note: During the Korean War, noncommunist South Korea, aided by forces of the United Nations, and communist North Korea, aided by Chinese forces, fought from 1950 to 1953.
Note: During the 1980s, South Korea became a major industrial power in Asia.


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Editorial: The promise of Vatican II to the people of God
For NCR readers, the phrase "the people of God" probably describes best what Vatican II gave birth to and what still gives meaning to us today.
For NCR readers, the phrase "the people of God" probably describes best what Vatican II gave birth to and what still gives meaning to us today.
Mary Fishman has spent the last eight years working on the documentary film "Band of Sisters" about American women religious after the Second Vatican Council -- a project that eventually inspired her to become an associate member of the Sisters of Mercy. But did she ever consider becoming a nun?
"Not at all," the Chicago-based producer and director said with a bit of a nervous laugh. "It wouldn't have worked, because I don't get up early enough."
The public has been treated to over-the-top political assertions from bishops repeatedly in recent years. Catholics have become numb to culture-warrior bishops.
The Catholic church reform group Call To Action will hold its annual conference Nov. 9-11 in Louisville, Ky., veering from its usual host city of Milwaukee. The shift in venue is part of the organization's ongoing commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppression principles, said Call To Action communications and programs director Nicole Sotelo.
To reach out to new people in different parts of the country, future national conferences of the Chicago-based organization will alternate between various locations and Milwaukee, where it has been for the last 10 years, Sotelo said.
Sr. Simone Campbell has emerged as the nation's most visible Catholic sister, in the process giving a face to a generation of motivated women religious.
Soul Seeing: Michael Leach sits down with his old friend Bishop Morrie to talk Election 2012.
A Catholic development aid organization had to put on hold its fall education campaign after bishops criticized the campaign as too political.
In January 2007, Catholic Charities USA launched a campaign to cut U.S. poverty in half by 2020, but the Great Recession threw up a roadblock.
With elections weeks away, several bishops have become unabashedly vocal in highlighting the issues they think should determine Catholics' votes.
While candidates hit the road, political groups and committees, including CatholicVote.org, will ramp up the fight to push their politicians into office.


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Mocha lattes have become incredibly popular as the majority of recipes consist of mostly milk and a little bit of coffee, with that being said, it's perfect for people who want a more flavorful drink in comparison to straight black coffee. Below are the steps that you can take in order to create the perfect mocha latte for you, your friends, or your family.
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- Mocha Syrup (Can be purchased from local coffee shops or grocery stores)
- ¼ Cup of Cocoa Powder (Make sure that it is not ground chocolate)
- ½ Cup of Sugar (You can use less, depending on how sweet you want your latte to be)
- 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract (There are many recipes available to make your own so that you don't have to use generic vanilla)
- 2 Teaspoons of Coffee (Choose your favorite coffee blend for the perfect flavor)
- ¼ Cup of Hot Water
- ¾ Cup of Hot Milk (If you have a steamer, consider steaming the milk)
- Brew your 2 teaspoons of coffee with ¼ cup of hot water
- Once milk has been steamed or warmed, add a ¾ cup of milk to the coffee
- Mix in vanilla, sugar, and cocoa powder
- Dress the top of your latte with the syrup
- Drink and enjoy
With the use of the aforementioned recipe, you will be able to brew the perfect mocha latte every time. Not only is the recipe simple to follow, but it also calls for a small amount of ingredients, therefore it is quite cost efficient. It is important that you try to follow the recipe as many times as possible to determine what your preferred ratio of ingredients is.


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Anne Riordan, a pioneer in dance for the disabled, passed away Saturday at the age of 76.
"She was such an incredibly beautiful human being," said Joan Woodbury, co-founder of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. "She danced like an angel."
Riordan was born July 30, 1934, in Salt Lake City. She studied with Woodbury at the University of Utah; her other teachers included Shirley Ririe and Martha Graham. Riordan's performing days were cut short when she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in her mid-20s.
Following her diagnosis, Riordan returned to the U., where she added a master's degree in special education to her bachelor's degree in modern dance. And she combined the two into her life's work.
"She kind of made her own degree dance for the handicapped," Woodbury said. "She blazed the trail."
Riordan taught dance and adaptive physical education in the Granite School District for two years, then moved to the University of Utah in 1971 as an adjunct professor.
"She took over a couple of my classes when I started teaching graduates. And her classes were always packed. I thought, 'Gee, they weren't packed for me,' " Woodbury said with a laugh. "She got everybody dancing and everybody felt good about it,"
From 1975 until her retirement in 1997, Riordan was an assistant professor at the U., where she pioneered methods for people with both mental and physical disabilities. She also founded two dance companies for disabled adults: Sunrise Dance Company (for mentally challenged adults); and Sunrise Wheels, for individuals in wheelchairs.
Riordan led more than 80 Sunrise performances; conducted 52 dance residencies to train teachers in creative movement for the physically and mentally challenged; was the subject of six documentaries; and was featured in several publications.
Among the awards she received were the Utah Honors in the Arts Award; the Cathedral of the Madeleine Award for Arts and Humanities; the National Dance Association Plaudit Award; a Presidential Scholar Award; the Utah Dance Organization's Lifetime Contribution to the Art of Dance Award; the Distinguished Teaching Award from the U.; and the Utah Professor of the Year Award.
Riordan continued to teach dance while dealing with family tragedy. Her son, Merritt, was murdered in a botched robbery at the Green Parrot Cafe in Salt Lake City in 1992.
Riordan is survived by her husband of 43 years, Michael; daughter Stacia; son Christian; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Neil O'Donnell & Sons Mortuary, 372 E. 100 South. Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Riordan's name to the Arthritis Foundation of Utah, the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation or Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.


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FRANCE: CRIIGEN (Committee for Research and Independent Information on Genetic Engineering) is an independent non-profit association of scientific counter-expertise to study GMOs, pesticides and impacts of pollutants on health and environment, and to develop non polluting alternatives. It proposes expertise, advice, at different levels: legal, scientific, sociological and economic. It is particularly involved in the case of GMOs bringing together a panel of top scientists totally independent of biotechnological companies and governments. One of the main objectives is to reach transparency on blood analyses (crude data) of mammals having eaten GMOs in regulatory tests. In general, transparency is requested on the results of commercial genetic engineering and on the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that might have an impact on the environment and/or health.
NORWAY: GenØk - Centre for Biosafety was founded in 1998 and is a non-commercial foundation located in the research environment at the University of Tromsø and Forskningsparken (the Science Park). GenØk is engaged in research and teaching in the professional field Gene Ecology. The Foundation focuses in particular on the environmental and health related consequences of the application of gene technology and gene modifi cation. GenØk is also engaged in the broad dissemination of information and offers advisory and consulting services in its field of expertise.
NEW ZEALAND: The Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI) aims to contribute to the increased understanding and more effective management of emerging biotechnologies. Our research is:
- Independent We are practiced in the techniques associated with recent and emerging biotechnologies, but we have no financial interest in their development or prohibition.
- Transdisciplinary INBI brings together scientists skilled in biotechnology research and safety assessment and social scientists with experience in the evaluation of the ethical, social, cultural and political impacts of novel technologies. This team is committed to working collaboratively across disciplinary boundaries and to modelling new forms of integrated research.
- Collaborative and International When conducting capacity-building activities in the developing world, we offer our own expertise while also working with the knowledge and specific needs of the country or region.
- Committed to Biosafety The Centre participates in the national biosafety framework of New Zealand and supports, to the degree that we are able, the research needs of citizens, civic leaders, NGOs, scientists and others who are participating in their national biosafety frameworks.
GERMANY: The International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) is an independent non-profit organisation committed to influencing the role and the impact that science and technology have on society. INES efforts focus on disarmament and international peace; ethics in science; responsibilities of scientists and the responsible use of science and technology; just and sustainable development.
Engineers and scientists play a key role, both in developing new knowledge that might threaten international security and in providing positive solutions for the future. They are as much a part of the problem as they can be a part of the solution.
INES Goals
- Abolition of nuclear weapons
- Promoting the responsible and sustainable use of science and technology
- Implementing ethical principles in the education of scientists and engineers
UK: Scientists for Global Responsibility (incorporating Architects and Engineers for Social Responsibility, Electronics and Computing for Peace, Psychologists for Peace, and Scientists Against Nuclear Arms) is an independent organisation of scientists, architects and engineers committed to the ethical and accountable practice and use of science, design and technology. We believe science, design and technology should be used responsibly, in a way that contributes to justice and peace in human society, and to the long-term well-being of the wider environment.
Scientists for Global Responsibility:
- promotes ethical science, design and technology, based on the principles of openness, accountability, peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability
- is an independent UK-based membership organisation of over a 1000 natural and social scientists, engineers, IT professionals and architects
- carries out research, education, and lobbying centred around the military, environmental and political aspects of science, design and technology
- provides a support network for ethically-concerned professionals in these fields
MEXICO: La Unión de Científicos Comprometidos con la Sociedad (UCCS) es una organización no lucrativa conformada por iniciativa de un amplio grupo de científicos de campos diversos como las ciencias naturales, sociales y las humanidades, dispuestos a asumir su responsabilidad ética frente a la sociedad y el ambiente. Su objetivo es auspiciar la discusión libre y abierta sobre el papel de la ciencia en México, sus políticas, proyectos y líneas de investigación. Asimismo, la UCCS asume el compromiso de coadyuvar a encauzar los frutos de la ciencia y la tecnología en beneficio de la sociedad, y a colaborar en la vigilancia y control de los riesgos que ellas mismas generan, al poner a disposición de la sociedad las habilidades y conocimientos de sus miembros.
USA: The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices. What began as a collaboration between students and faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 is now an alliance of more than 250,000 citizens and scientists. UCS members are people from all walks of life: parents and businesspeople, biologists and physicists, teachers and students. Our achievements over the decades show that thoughtful action based on the best available science can help safeguard our future and the future of our planet.


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Readers of your article (Footballer fined £5,000 for Newcastle nightclub brawl, 26 October) will have been amused by the size of the fine and by the oration of the defendant's QC that "The fact that the defendant has a famous profession gives him no advantage in this courtroom at all." Does he think all attackers are defended by QCs? In Switzerland speeding fines are worked out using a formula including the income of the motorist. This saw a recent case involving a fine of £650,000. Given the current interest in fairness, perhaps the government would look at introducing a system of progressive fines in the UK. Such fines could encourage the younger undeserving rich, including footballers, to control their excesses, and increase the demand for the services of QCs – a win-win situation.
Geoff Holmes
The Equality Trust North-East
• Tom Poole's suggestion (Letters, 25 October) that disused aircraft carriers would make ideal vehicles for emergency aid to stricken areas anywhere in the world was the theme of my novel The Holy Father's Navy (Hodder & Stoughton, 1971). It was discovered by an Italian publisher two years ago, translated into Italian and about to be printed when sadly the house went bust. Par for the course.
Philip Purser
Towcester, Northamptonshire
• You would do well to remember the following mnemonic for diarrhoea: Dash In A Rush, Run Hurriedly Or Else Accident (What is cholera?, 25 October).
Gary Hogben
Moreton, Wirral
• Arranging a recent family funeral in south Wales, I couldn't resist a smile when the undertaker said his name was Mike Coffin (Letters, 25 October).
Brian Minards
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• I congratulate Lauren Booth on her conversion to Islam (Report, 25 October), and I trust that it will bring her the peace, joy and enlightenment which it has brought to so many others.
Dr Isabel Miller
Institute of Ismaili Studies
[• 27 October 2010: Since publication, the writer has been in touch to note that the letter above was written in a personal capacity and not on behalf of the institute.]
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A Perth woman who fled a violent relationship with just the clothes on her back, while her former partner breached a restraining order more than 20 times, says she is devastated police prosecutors let him off with "just a slap on the wrist".
Rebecca Burton spent more than two months living in a women's refuge and claims prosecutors did not consult her before offering her former partner a deal that involved dropping more than half the VRO breaches she lodged against him in exchange for an early guilty plea in court.
"They don't negotiate traffic fines or parking infringements, so why are they negotiating breaches to VROs when it's the only instrument that keeps us safe in these situations?" she said.
"It's not acceptable because it's meant that a judge is going to base their sentencing decision on the number of breaches that they see.
"I lost two months of my life living in restricted circumstances because he was threatening me...meanwhile he's allowed to roam the streets and do whatever he likes."
On March 3, Ms Burton's former partner, Antonio Politi, appeared in Midland Magistrates Court, charged with 37 breaches of a VRO and one charge of threatening to injure or harm.
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Police prosecutors dismissed 24 VRO breach charges and the threatening to injure or harm charge, leaving the magistrate to sentence him based on 13 breaches of a VRO.
A WA Police spokeswoman said she was unable to comment on why the charges were dropped, telling WAtoday police did not comment on individual cases after they had gone through court.
Mr Politi received a $1500 fine and seven months' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months.
Ms Burton claimed when she rang the detectives who dealt with the charges, she was told negotiating early plea deals was routine and a matter of course.
"To hear the VRO breaches had been negotiated was devastating for me because I thought, what's to stop him going and doing this again?" she said.
"How is a judge supposed to decide if he goes to jail or not if they're not getting the full information in front of them?
"Because he entered an early guilty plea, the opportunity for me to make a victim impact statement in court was also removed."
Ms Burton claimed the decision by prosecutors to dismiss some of the charges could also deter victims from going through the process of reporting a breach to police.
WAtoday understands it is not uncommon for state prosecutors to offer early guilty plea deals if it does not consider it in the public's interest to proceed to trial, particularly if a deal is unlikely to impact the penalty the offender receives.
Ms Burton sent a letter to Police Minister Liza Harvey, the Attorney-General Michael Mischin and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in March lobbying them to change the laws to make people who repeatedly breached a VRO accountable for every breach.
On Friday, a Change.org petition supporting the letter had been signed more than 30,000 times.
But Ms Burton claimed her letter and follow-up calls to the agencies were not returned until Wednesday, just hours after WAtoday put questions to the offices of Ms Harvey and Mr Mischin office about the matter.
Ms Harvey said a new directive announced by Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan in February placed domestic violence among police's top four priorities.
"I have heard devastating personal stories of women who have suffered family and domestic violence and I can say addressing the causes and enhancing the response to family domestic violence is a priority," she said.
"With regard to breaches of VROs, each prosecutor has discretion to negotiate with the defence and each case should be dealt with according to the individual circumstances."
In March 2015, Ms Harvey and Mr Mischin announced an overhaul to WA's Restraining Order Act.
Mr Mischin said the changes were expected to better protect family violence victims in WA.
The legislation, which is currently being drafted, is based on 73 recommendations listed in the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia's report on Enhancing Laws Concerning Family and Domestic Violence.
Despite Ms Harvey and Mr Mischin both referring WAtoday to the reforms after being asked about Ms Burton's case, none of the 73 recommendations directly relate to changing the way people who repeatedly breached a VRO are prosecuted.
The report said the "third-strike" imprisonment sentencing laws for repeat offenders, introduced in 2012, had not been effective as repeat offenders often grouped a number of breaches into one court date, which only counted as one strike.
"Offenders are able to accumulate a very high number of charges of breaching an order and, by having these dealt with by a court on the same day, potentially avoid the presumptive sentence of imprisonment," the report read.
"This issue was frequently mentioned during the commission's consultations; many people consulted contended that the penalties imposed for breaching violence restraining orders and police orders are too lenient," the report read.
"The concern is that inadequate sentencing sends the wrong message that breaches are not treated seriously by the justice system and victims may, therefore, be discouraged from reporting breaches or the future commission of family and domestic violence."


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- That's fascinating.
Game technologie is actually making a round trip with all this VR stuff in movie production now. In fact, I have a few other semi-interactive VR pieces, derived from panos and video inserts.
With semi-interactive I mean, it's not prepared for the web but rather for an on-stage live recording. Sort of like the virtual set in a weather studio: a gyro sits on the camera, and a secondary webcam is looking at tracking marks. Focus and zoom have snap-on sensors, as well. All that is realtime connected to a box with the VR engine running. It can deal with 4 HD video streams, and that can even be cut up and cloned in the 3d world. In one extreme case I had production shoot 20 audience members, then make 400 out of them, in a giant gladiator arena. The show just aired last week, so I guess it's not a secret anymore... already showed up on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyPJp65jwTQ
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> Amazing animations! I love it!
> It would be great to be able to have this in a pano. I was a co-author of a computer PC game back in 1998 and it used panorama-like viewer of pre-rendered 3D scenes and we used animated sprites to add torches on walls or running water in the scene. I'm imagining that something like this could be easily added to today's technology panoramas. After all, some of the cameras we all use to capture panos can record video so imagine some scene where objects don't move from a photo to photo - otherwise the stitching would be impossible - and you just capture the pano the way you are used to except it's a video for each shot and some miraculous technology stitches your video into a pano-video. Krpano can easily play video these days (flash video youtube-like format) so the viewing technology is not the limitation. It's the stitching that might be a bit difficult. The shooting remains virtually the same. And of course this could be used only in certain types of settings/scenes.
> I would love to see links of this being tested and if somebody is planning to try it please let me know - I'd like to help if I can.
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Demi Lovato had a party with hundreds of her "closest friends" before her rehab stint, but only four texted her after her treatment.
The 20-year-old star checked into a centre in 2010 due to "physical and emotional issues". She later admitted suffering from bulimia and self-harming. She also turned to alcohol during her darkest times and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Looking back, Demi is amazed by how sucked in to celebrity life she had become.
"A couple of months before I went to rehab, I had a birthday party and there were a couple of hundred people there. It was full of people who I considered my closest friends," she told Company magazine. "When I turned my phone on after being in rehab for three months, I expected lots of text messages and phone calls. I had four texts. That was a wake-up call. I have severe trust issues but I try not to be jaded."
Now the star has a select group of people she is close to and knows she can rely on. Although it was hard to realise she needed to make changes in her personal life, they have been for the better.
"I don't have loads of friends. I used to, but then I realised, do any of them actually care? Now I have people who, if I break my leg in the middle of the night, they'll come to the hospital with me," she said. "Or they'll answer the phone at 4am if I need them."
The former Disney star used to be close friends with Miley Cyrus and while they still talk, they don't see each other much.
The star has also dismissed claims she dated One Direction's Niall Horan, insisting they were just friends. She can't understand why people are so keen to discuss her personal life, or that of other stars.
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No one can say hip-hop is dead, much less in OC, where groups the caliber of the Locally Grown Collective are hustling. Based in Orange, the vocal trio of Endz, DeeJaeeBee and DaveAllen hit on multiple fronts as evidenced by the release of their We Are Locally Grown mixtape. Proper production by collective member FourthBeats lays the foundation for the rappers to do their thing: Endz will energize you with his relentless rhymes; DaveAllen is a rapper and singer coming with a harmonized delivery; and vocal coach DeeJaeeBee is a triple threat with his soulful baritone croon, unique style of rapping and spoken-word poetry. The Locally Grown Collective put their diversity of talents on display on an online episode of The Cypher Effect and have opened for the likes of Talib Kweli. They refuse to leave crowds disengaged, and with drummer Coley Cole backing the beats for shows, hip-hop-heads will definitely be throwin' their ones up in the air.
It's often said that portraying a character with a disability is one of the easiest routes an actor can take to draw rave reviews. Whether that's true or not, it seems that one of the most difficult feats is to portray a real, larger-than-life character whose personality is engrained into the popular consciousness. That's why Robert Edwards' turn as the formidable Orson Welles in Orson's Shadow was such a triumph. He lacked the body mass of the porcine Welles, but Edwards more than made up for that through his booming voice and, most important, a keen ability to capture the fascinatingly complex personality—from a joyfully wicked wit to a gargantuan ego—of this giant of stage and screen. It helped to make the flawed Austin Pendleton play, produced by the Alive Theatre at the Long Beach City Playhouse, a delight to observe.
Under director (and OC Weekly arts writer) Dave Barton's direction, every character in Mark Ravenhill's wickedly funny pool (no water) carried his or her own bright torch. But the one who shined the brightest in this Monkey Wrench Collective production at South Coast Repertory was Lamprinos, in the lead role of a successful visual artist whose fame drives her once-close-knit friends bat-shit crazy. Lamprinos was mesmerizing throughout, but probably most so when she didn't say a word. For much of the play, her character was in a medically induced coma while being brutalized by her friends in the supposed interest of art. When she finally came to and realized the horror her friends had inflicted on her, her rage and, surprisingly, mercy were palpable.
The world premiere of Catherine Trieschmann's play at South Coast Repertory drew more attention for putting the battle between creationism and evolution in public schools under the dramaturgical lens. But, while filled with some juicily packaged polemics about the rather warped views of anti-science Middle America, How the World Began was about things personal as much as political. An Ivy League-educated teacher seeks to rebuild her life in a small Kansas town that's trying to rebuild after a devastating tornado. Characters reeling from trauma converge, and through an apparently innocuous remark in a science class, a firestorm sweeps across the town. The play ultimately becomes not so much about politics, but rather the importance of tolerance.
Honorable mention goes to the Maverick Theater's The Legend of Robin Hood; Nathan Makaryk's innovative retelling captured the men-in-tights style of the legendary tale, but was as much a metaphor on contemporary America as a classic fable.
Shitty plays generally don't earn Pulitzer Prizes, so it wasn't astonishing that Suzan-Lori Parks' 2002 Topdog/Underdog kept viewers' attention. But this Susan Seret-directed piece, staged at South Coast Repertory, didn't just make you pay notice; it grabbed you by the throat and forced attention. The two-person character study about brothers trying to reject—and embrace—street-level hustling offered a rich perspective on life in inner-city black America, something sorely lacking in our black-free county. But the combination of Parks' street-poetry-infused writing and the dynamic performances of Larry Bates and Curtis McClarin elevated it above the topic of color and into the discussion of nothing short of the American dream, in all its red, white and blue illusion.
An honorable mention for best play goes to the Brian Newell-directed Frost/Nixon at the Maverick Theater. Newell's novel staging, which incorporated live video alongside his stellar cast, made for a gripping production.
This category could just as easily be Best Director for Oanh Nguyen. No, he didn't choreograph or light the Chance Theater's gripping and sensual staging of West Side Story, one of the most seasoned chestnuts in the pantry of American theater, but Nguyen picked the people who did, and his ability to weave their terrific efforts into this story made for a riveting production. Kelly Todd's sinewy, writhing choreography masterfully captured the bursting hormones of the young men and women at the center of this play's timeless conflict, and lighting designer KC Wilkerson took full advantage of the LEDs (according to the program, this was one of the "world's first shows in which LED lighting has replaced all conventional lighting"). This arsenal gave Wilkerson the opportunity to drench her design with textures and colors that eliminated unsightly flat or dark patches and, via technology, gave the proceedings a natural, realistic feel. Actors are conditioned to find their light, but rarely does that light actually strengthen and even comment upon their performances.


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Happy New Year
A very Happy New Year to you one and all. I've been a lax blogger, I know, but to make up for it, here's a (slightly coggly) gingerbread house. I can take no credit for its making – it's entirely the work of my daughters. My one contribution was to attempt a halved chocolate button sombrero for the snowman, a move that resulted in the pinched, somewhat demonic look he's sporting. I quite like it. He reminds me of Licht in John Banville's Ghosts: 'His eyes are brown and his brow is broad, with two smooth dents at the temples, as if whoever moulded him had given his big head a last, loving squeeze there between finger and thumb.' The literary allusion cut no ice with the daughters, though, I was banned from all further tampering. Domestic goddess I am not (but then look at the trouble that can get you in…)
The truth is, it's been a very busy few months. We moved out of temporary rented accommodation into our newly built house so for the past number of weeks, we've mostly had our heads in boxes saying, 'I wonder where that would be…?' At this stage, we've found all of the most urgent things but I must admit, after sixteen months without one, I'm very much looking forward to the first unspooling of tissue from a toilet roll holder that is fixed to the wall. That's the true sign of a family who have no intention of going anywhere. It is, as Epicurus says, in the very small pleasures that we count our happiness.
There has also been some writing. There was a memorable November retreat to a house on a hill overlooking Cushendun Bay with good friends working on writing projects. We did our best to be tranquil and focussed and for the most part we succeeded, but it would be remiss of me not to mention the after-dark rescue of a car from a ditch on a narrow road above the bay, or the threat of night-time terrors and somnambulists, or the stories by the range (lit specially for us) in Johnny Joe's in Cushendall, or the delights of the caves, or the encounter with a goat, tethered to a post by the hotel in a high-visibility jacket. We each of us came away with our heads a little busier, and with more words to show for it.
I'm not much of a one for resolutions (although I'm thinking of adopting Woody Guthrie's 'Rulins' recently shared by a Facebook friend.) What I can say with a degree of certainty, is that 2014 will be the year that I finish the second novel. It's been a difficult one to write (when is it not difficult to write?) but the thing has a shape now, I can see what it might be. Its completion has been made more imminent by some welcome late 2013 news – a letter from the Society of Authors to say I've been awarded a research grant. The Authors' Foundation at the Society awards grants for work-in-progress to writers under commission from a British publisher (or to writers who have had one book published by a British publisher and whose next book is likely to be published in Britain). What this means for me, is that I can take some time out to travel to the Bodleian Library and to the Museum of the History of Science, both in Oxford, to research the Rathlin story. I don't want to say too much about the book, I'm a little bit superstitious in that way, but I'm excited at the prospect of finishing it. That will be a very big pleasure and in the meantime, a wall-mounted toilet roll holder will do just fine, thank you. Bring on 2014. I'm ready for it.
Happy new year to you and good luck in the new gaff. ANd with all the writing of course.
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By Nathan Fisher
Aug 22, 2004
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|2 great sections of climbing. The lower twin cracks, that I thought were the best, and the upper crack. Unfortunately they are divided by a lengthy forest!!!
By Tea
Feb 26, 2006
|The "Jungle Gym" in the middle of the pitch does detract a bit...but definatly still the variation of choice to get to lunch ledge.
By Mark Gillis
Jul 1, 2006
|Really fun unless you have a haul bag. Maybe it is because i don't know how to properly haul, but it took me and my buddy at least an hour to haul our bags up the first pitch of this variation. Other then that i would much prefer this variation over the dirty gully of the standard thumb. Oh yeah about half way up the "jungle" there is another variation, like a 5.5 traverse, that takes you to the killer 5.8 trough above the crux of s-crack.
By Joe A
From: Moab, Utah
Jul 27, 2006
|haul bag?
By Mark Gillis
Jul 29, 2006
|yeah dawg, we were sleeping on lunch ledge so we tried a haul bag. Probably a bad idea.
By Greg Gavin
From: SLC, UT
Jan 21, 2009
|2nd trad lead for me. Good solid moves for the beginning leader.
By Stan Pitcher
From: SLC, UT
Sep 14, 2009
|Our favorite way to get to lunch ledge was always to cut right at the appropriate spot and belay at the start of the S-cracks 5.8 groove pitch. Its a great crack pitch that although a bit wide does not require any big gear. Up to a 3 or 3.5 camalot should be sufficient.
By Boissal
From: Small Lake, UT
Oct 5, 2009
rating: 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|You can avoid doing battle with the trees by staying on the left face. When the double cracks fade out shoot straight up in a system of discontinuous shallow cracks. A bit runout, probably 5.8ish, and a bit dirty. Seems like this line puts you between Indecent Exposure and Higher Expectations. Did it again yesterday and touched exactly 1 tree at the belay. Definitely the way to go.
By Alex Quitiquit
From: Salt Lake City
Nov 11, 2013
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
With a 70 you can run both mentioned pitches together in 1 to the chain anchors above S-Crack's final 5.8 groove pitch.
As Boissal said, you can avoid the tree jugs by staying to the left of the gully - the cracks may be sporadically filled with veg, but it climbs fairly straightforward.
By Billy Smallen
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 23, 2015
Just so everyone is aware a large block fell off the first pitch (double cracks above the gully before the trees) while we were climbing in February 2015 causing serious injuries. Be aware that there may be pieces yet to fall and the belay is super exposed. The bolts at the standard anchor were also smashed.
I would strongly recommend climbing past the first anchor (smashed bolts) you arrive at on when getting to this pitch (after pulling out of the wide crack on the Standard Route and into the tight gully). Keep going to a new pair of bolts with rings 30 ft up on your left that are for another climb. This will keep the belayer out of the line of fire should something else come down.


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MediaTek has unveiled its new mobile processor for smart devices that uses Multi-core System on chip (SoC) design to deliver high performance at an efficient power usage. The Taiwanese based company has used advanced scheduler algorithm, combined with adaptive thermal and interactive power management to deliver the benefits of ARM big.LITTLE technology.
You may claim that Samsung's Exynos5 already poses an 8-core architecture.But the actual picture is that Samsung's Octacore is a combination of four Cortex-A15 cores and four Cortex-A7 cores and also only a set of four cores only can be put to use simultaneously.But the MediaTek's architecture allows all the eight cores to be used simultaneously overcoming the known issues like over-heating and energy drain,in the big.LITTLE architecture.
The new processor can delegate user input to individual cores and rendering of 3D effects are smoother.This promises to enhance the user interface experience in a better way.Also advanced browsing feature on the processor has the ability to allocate the tabs to different cores.The multi-threading offered by the processor delivers improved framerate.
The processor on decoding mode, uses 18 percent lesser battery compared to current quad-core solutions for decoding HEVC (H.265) FHD video.The same on display mode provides frames increased to 20 percent.[Source]


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Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
Phone: (415) 514-4269 (voice)
Box 2922, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-2922
Dean Sheppard received an AB (Social Studies) from Harvard College in 1972, and an MD from SUNY at Stony Brook in 1975. He trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle and in Pulmonary Medicine at UCSF. He has been on the faculty of UCSF since 1980 and was appointed the founding director of the Lung Biology Research Center in 1986. He has been the Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep since 2009. Dr. Sheppard is Professor of Medicine and a member of the Cell Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Immunology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics graduate programs.
Research Interests
Dr. Sheppard's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying pulmonary (and other organ) fibrosis, asthma and acute lung injury. One aim of the research is to identify new therapeutic targets to ultimately improve the treatment of each of these common diseases. The work begins with basic investigation of how cells use members of the integrin family to detect, modify and respond to spatially restricted extracellular clues and how these responses contribute to the development of common lung diseases. Utilizing mice with global or conditional knockouts of four integrins, the epithelial-restricted integrin, avß6, and the widely expressed integrins a9ß1, avß1, avß5 and avß8, the lab has identified important roles for these integrins in models of each common lung disease and key steps upstream and downstream of the integrins that provide potential therapeutic targets.
avß6 has two distinct functions: enhancement of cell proliferation, and activation of latent transforming growth factor beta (TGFß), that depend on distinct sequences in the ß6 cytoplasmic domain. We have shown that the latter function plays a central role in pulmonary and renal fibrosis, acute lung injury, protection from pulmonary emphysema, tumor invasion and in the airway hyperresponsiveness that follows chronic allergen challenge. Currently we are identifying pathways that regulate each of these responses. A humanized monoclonal antibody generated by immunizing our knockout mice is currently in clinical trials for treatment of pulmonary and renal fibrosis. We have also found that mice lacking all av integrins on myofibroblasts are protected from pulmonary, hepatic and renal fibrosis and are using this model to develop new approaches for treating a wide variety of fibrotic diseases.
The avß8 integrin also activates TGFß. Mice we have generated lacking this integrin on dendritic cells develop auto-immunity and colitis, suggesting avß8-mediated TGFß activation on dendritic cells negatively regulates adaptive immunity. However, these mice are dramatically protected from pathology in a number of immune-mediated disease models, including a model of allergic asthma. We are currently characterizing the mechanisms underlying these effects, the mechanisms by which this process is regulated during the induction of adaptive immune responses, and the relevance of this pathway in various models of immune-mediated disease.
The avß1 integrin is an understudied integrin that is expressed on fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells. Together with Bill DeGrado, we have generated a potent and specific small molecule inhibitor of this integrin and shown that also activates TGFß and plays a critical role in driving tissue fibrosis in several organs, including the lung, kidney and liver. We are currently working to develop even better small molecule inhibitors and reagents that will allow us to more accurately follow expression of this integrin in vivo.
a9ß1 is expressed by a wide variety of cells and recognizes at least 15 distinct ligands. a9ß1 is critical for cell migration, an effect that depends on unique sequences in the a9 cytoplasmic domain. As a9 ko mice are not viable, we have generated mice expressing a conditional null allele to better the role of this integrin in vivo. Mice lacking this integrin in airway smooth muscle cells develop spontaneous airway hyperresponsiveness, resembling asthma. We have used these mice and cells and tissues from their lungs to identify a completely novel pathway regulating airway smooth muscle contraction, and are currently working to develop specific inhibitors of pathway components in the hope of finding new treatments for asthma.
avß5 is also widely expressed, but mice lacking this integrin are phenotypically normal. However, these mice are dramatically protected in multiple models of acute lung injury and septic shock. This phenotype is explained, at least in part, by a central role for this integrin in regulating reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in activated endothelial cells. We are currently examining the mechanisms by which this integrin, and its close relative, avß3, exert opposing effects on actin organization, vascular permeability and tissue edema. We have also generated a potent blocking antibody to avß5 that we hope to develop for treatment of acute lung injury and septic shock.
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, A.B., 1972
SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, M.D., 1975, Medicine
Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, Resident, 1975-78, Internal Medicine
Univ of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, Fellow, 1978-80, Pulmonary


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B.C. caribou relocated to save dwindling herd
...the hope is the transplanted animals will merge with the endangered Purcell herd [which is down to just 15 mountain caribou].
The B.C. government is moving 20 northern mountain caribou from northern B.C. to help bolster a dwindling herd in the Kootenays.
The Purcell herd, near Kimberley in southern B.C., is down to just 15 animals.
Project manager Steve Gordon says transplanting caribou from the Dease Lake area is the only way to bring back the herd.
"Our goal is have 100 animals in that habitat 15 years after our first release," he said. "If we want to have mountain caribou in that habitat we have to take some action."
Gordon says the hope is the transplanted animals will merge with the endangered Purcell herd.
"They would join with resident animals and learn their patterns."
The program is expensive and controversial — not everyone agrees with moving animals to southern B.C.
If the transplant is successful the government plans to move another 20 caribou next winter.


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Staff Report
A Montgomery County woman is charged with filing a false police report and other violations after she called 911 to claim that her child had been thrown from a bridge.
Officers responded to the bridge over Chestnut Creek on South Main Street the afternoon of April 29. Police closed off the street while officers, firefighters and rescue personnel waded the creek and searched the banks below the bridge for the child, who the woman said was thrown off the bridge by a male suspect.
The Galax Volunteer Fire Department responded to two fires last weekend and a false alarm on Monday.
On April 22 at 10 p.m., firefighters responded to a structure fire at Dannelly Park on Creekview Drive at the New River Trail.
Firefighters responded to find a wood shed in the campground on fire. Due to the difficulty of accessing the campground, the Brush 13 engine was called to cross the footbridge to extinguish the fire. The GVFD cleared in 30 minutes.
In 2016, Chestnut Creek School of the Arts in Galax held more than 100 classes, at an average of five hours per class, for more than 425 students, resulting in payments to area artists totaling over $17,000.
Chris Pollins, executive director of CCSA, reported on the school's 2016 activities at a March meeting of Galax City Council. She also requested funding for public art projects.
INDEPENDENCE — A jury trial for Travis Dale Coulson, indicted on multiple charges in a Galax chase that allegedly caused another driver to crash through a house, has been rescheduled.
Coulson, 38, of Galax, was scheduled to appear in Grayson County Circuit Court on April 21; but the case was continued and a new trial date is set for June 8, beginning at 9 a.m. The trial is scheduled to last one day.
INDEPENDENCE — A survey to assist Grayson County fire and rescue departments in providing local services found that time and travel for training are the biggest issues facing volunteers.
The survey team, which included representatives of the Virginia Fire Services Board, Office of EMS and Virginia Department of Forestry, met with local fire and rescue volunteers on April 13 in the boardroom of the Grayson County Courthouse.
HILLSVILLE – The Town of Hillsville will have a new addition to its summer event lineup in the form of a community farmer's market. Running from May to December, the market hopes to draw in local vendors and promote healthy food choices within the community.
Avery Beamer, the market manager, says that the community seems to be eager for it to open. "I've seen a lot of excitement from the community about the market," Beamer said. "People are really supportive of the idea and I think it's going to do very well."
Galax teacher Rose Houk is usually noted for her cheerful demeanor, positive attitude and willingness to offer a hand. On March 23, she was honored by Emory & Henry University on the institution's Founders Day for so much more.
The Galax Police Department has issued a formal report regarding a vehicle that crashed into the front of the BB&T on E. Stuart Drive on April 19.
According to the report, a 1997 Chevrolet Lumina, driven by Bobby Don Spicer, 78, of Galax, was pulling into the parking lot directly in front of the main entrance when he tried to brake. Spicer apparently hit the gas pedal by mistake, driving forward over a cement barrier and into the building.
INDEPENDENCE — Grayson recently welcomed Will Crawford as the county's new planning and community development director.
Crawford will fill the empty seat left last December by Elaine Holeton, who served as the director for five years before accepting a new position with the Virginia Department of Transportation.
"Tide Tags" are a highly sought-after reward among Galax Elementary School students, according to a group of teachers and administrators – April Gunn, Darla Robbins, Beth Hodges and Darla Wells – who presented the program in the Focus on Instruction segment of the Galax School Board meeting on April 11.
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Installing WordPress
I recommend to use a wordpress blog as your web site and a web host with Cpanel, it has a one click installation of wordpress and many other web site scripts.
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Is it a fish, is it a bird? ...It's an eagle ray!
24 January 2012
Is it a fish, is it a bird? ...It's an eagle ray!
They fly like birds under water and create strange pits in the sand. Eagle rays can be seen around New Zealand's coast in the summer months, when they come in to breed. Like their larger cousins, the longtail and shorttail stingrays, they have a sting in their tail.
Eagle rays appear to fly through the water, gracefully beating their large pointed pectoral fins like wings. "This distinguishes them from stingrays, which undulate through the water," says NIWA fisheries scientist Bruce Hartill. Their bodies are wider than they are long – up to 1.5m across, with females larger than males – and tails longer than their bodies. Eagle rays get their name from their protruding heads, which appear eagle-like in profile.
"While eagle rays are not aggressive, they can deliver a painful sting with their tail, says NIWA fisheries biologist Malcolm Francis. "This is likely to contain a protein-based venom, as immersing the injured area in hot water appears to neutralise the pain."
Eagle rays are found in coastal waters and estuaries around New Zealand and the Southwest Pacific, spending most of their time in shallow waters down to depths of 160 m. They're occasionally seen as far south as Foveaux Strait, but are mostly found around the North Island, and as far north as the Kermadec Islands. They spend most of their time over sandy and muddy bottoms, but are seen occasionally around reefs.
Eagle rays are generally solitary – more so than stingrays – but will congregate in shallow water during the summer months, when they come in to breed.
"Females come into bays and estuaries in early spring to give birth to live young," says Mr Hartill. "The young are perfectly formed miniatures of the adults, less than a foot across.
"Once the females have pupped, the smaller males come in to mate in January/February. The males grip onto the back of the female with their plate-like teeth, leaving telltale round scars. They fertilise the female using 'claspers' that protrude from the base of their pelvic fins.
"The males head back out to deeper water before the females, who stay near the coast a bit longer to fatten up after pupping."
Eagle rays belong to the group of cartilaginous fish – which includes sharks and chimaeras – whose skeletons are made of cartilage rather than bone. They can detect their prey even when they can't see them, using a well-honed electric sense: jelly-filled pores on their head can detect the weak electrical fields created by the muscles of other animals.
Eagle rays use these electro-sensory organs to find shellfish and other prey buried in sand or mud. "They blast a jet of water out of their gills to excavate the sand around their prey, leaving telltale pits behind," explains Mr Hartill. "You can often see these pits in bays and estuaries at low tide in the summer months – they're about a foot across, with steep sides."
Their prey – which includes scallops, oysters, worms, and hermit crabs – are crushed by strong, broad plates of teeth. They consume only the meat, leaving piles of broken shell behind.
Eagle rays are not fished commercially, but are sometimes accidentally caught. "Fishermen tend to cut off their tails to avoid a sting, and because they get tangled in nets," says Mr Hartill. "This doesn't kill them, but leaves them defenseless against their main predators: orcas."
Species Fact file
• Common names: New Zealand eagle
• Māori name: Whai keo
• Scientific name: Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
• Type: Cartilaginous fish
• Family: Myliobatidae – Eagle rays
• Distribution: Temperate waters of Southwest Pacific: Norfolk Island and New Zealand, including Kermadecs.
• Habitat: Bays, estuaries and near rocky reefs in 0-160m depth range.
• Size: Max width: 150cm; wider than they are long.
• Lifespan: Females: up to 25 years; males: up to 15 years – data from counting rings on backbone.
• Diet: Scallops, gastropods, oysters, worms, crabs.
• Reproduction: Ovoviviparous – gives birth to live young.
• Things you need to know: If stung by the spine on the eagle ray's tail, the poison is quickly neutralised by immersing the injured areas in hot water.
Something strange: Eagle rays uncover their shellfish prey from sand or mud by jetting columns of water out of their gills, leaving telltale excavation holes in the sediment.


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preschool run by a board of directors consisting of parents,
teachers and an administrator. The first priority for PCEL is to
create an environment where our children will thrive, prepare for
elementary school, and enjoy school in a safe and nurturing
environment. Organized in 1972, the school has grown in the
intervening years; since 1977, PCEL has operated three classrooms
for as many as fifty-six children a year (ages two to five),
usually with three teachers in each classroom.